Chapter 110 Backfired

The game between Manchester United and Lazio gave Mourinho inspiration, and he integrated Ferguson's tactics into his own defensive tactics.

Of course, this Manchester United is definitely not the Manchester United with the fake mad dog tactics, but the Manchester United in the first round.

Manchester United was different from other teams at that time. Instead of defending high to stop Lazio, they formed multiple lines of defense in their own half, forcing Lazio to slow down layer by layer, and finally brought them to a complete stop.

According to the characteristics of Lazio, Lazio, which cannot run, is much less threatening.

So when the game started, Lazio quickly found out what their opponents were going to do.

In the backcourt, Lazio's players can hit their feet wherever they want, even if they don't stop for ten minutes, it doesn't matter if the opponent can't even touch the shadow of the football. But as long as Lazio crosses the halfway line, it will encounter tenacious resistance from Inter Milan.

The advantage of Inter Milan's doing this is that they will not disperse their forces when defending. They can concentrate their forces on the main battlefield to contain Lazio's advance.

Like other teams, they always want to use high defense to intercept Lazio, trying to force Lazio to be unable to send the football to the frontcourt by counter-robbing, siege and other methods in the frontcourt.

This trick may be useful against teams that generally pay attention to ground coordination, but they all forget that Lazio not only has control and ground coordination, they also have speed!

Their overall advancement speed is very fast!

High defense means leaving a huge space behind yourself, and then telling Lazio: "You pass us directly behind us! Make sure you hit one right!"

In fact, this is also the case. When encountering teams that defend them in high positions, Lazio will frequently use through passes to hit their backs.

The effect is very good.

No one in Lazio's absolute speed is very fast, but with their tactics, the speed becomes very fast.

Inter Milan's defense in this game is not to give Lazio the space behind them. Make them unable to pass those threatening through balls and behind the ball.

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When the game starts, as Chang Sheng said, Inter Milan will strive for the first goal, so they will attack at the beginning of the game.

At this time, the general team will ask their team to have a solid defense.

Try not to concede the ball, survive this period of time and then fight for the goal group.

But Chang Sheng doesn't do that.

He wants to do the opposite.

As he said to his players before the game. If Inter Milan intends to score first and launch a fierce offensive at the beginning of the game, this is an excellent opportunity for Lazio!

Because it is conceivable that for most of the game, Inter Milan will shrink their defense in order not to lose the ball.

So there are very few times when they can be pressed to attack.

At the beginning of the game, it is definitely a good opportunity for Lazio. Inter Milan pressed out to attack, and there was more space behind them.

Of course, Lazio also pressed out. There is a certain risk in the confrontation with Inter Milan, but Chang Sheng believes that in order to win, this risk is worth taking.

What's more, Inter Milan certainly didn't expect that Lazio would take advantage of their pressure to attack them and counterattack them...

Generally, when facing the opponent playing like this, the team will choose to withdraw the defense.

But Chang Sheng only thought about attacking.

This is the real offense as defense.

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So when Inter Milan attacked at the beginning of the game, they were surprised to find that the opposite Lazio did the same!

When they thought they were going to lay siege to Lazio. Lazio threatened their goal with the same sharp attack...

Moment before, Cambiasso had just completed a shot attack. The next moment it was Cavani's header.

Mourinho stood on the sidelines, watching the game in the stadium with a solemn expression.

I let the team aggressively attack the offense, because I thought that Lazio would definitely shrink the defense. During the opening period, Lazio could not threaten their goal.

As a result, I didn't expect...

This Lazio in turn took advantage of the space left behind by their attack!

Mourinho is very conflicted now, is he going to interrupt this offensive plan. Let the players retreat and defend without giving Lazio a chance?

Or just stick to it and try to get ahead of Lazio by a goal within the opening ten minutes.

As long as Inter Milan can lead Lazio, no matter how many goals they lead, Mourinho is confident that he can keep this lead at home.

By studying the footage of the first leg between Manchester United and Lazio. He already has an idea.

But if you don't score a goal and shrink your defense... Isn't that right in Lazio's arms? In the standings, Lazio is the leader, they are three points ahead of Inter Milan. If neither side scores a goal in this game and it is tied 0:0, then Lazio will still lead Inter Milan by three points. This is the result Lazio wants to see, but it is not what Inter Milan wants!

In other words, in this game, apart from winning, Mourinho will not accept any other results.

After much deliberation, Mourinho decided to take a gamble.

Temporarily do not recycle, strive for the first ball.

He wants to see whether his team scored first or Lazio scored first.

He believes that after continuous battles, the entire Lazio team is exhausted. In such a high-intensity game, they are not as good as their own team in terms of state, performance, and psychology.

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Mourinho guessed right, Lazio's team is very tired now, and the state is ups and downs.

They can't even guarantee that they will always be in good form in this game.

But because of this, the time when the game started was extremely precious to them.

Because their physical fitness really cannot guarantee the high-intensity fight throughout the game.

If you fall into a tug-of-war with Inter Milan, you must be the one who is unlucky in the end.

Chang Sheng was very aware of this, which allowed Lazio to attack Inter Milan at the beginning of the game.

Of course, if it was Lazio before, I am afraid that Inter Milan will be pushed back soon, and it will become a situation where Lazio besieges Inter Milan.

But now, because of the impact of state and physical fitness. Lazio couldn't completely suppress Inter Milan, which instead gave Inter Milan hope and made Inter Milan mistakenly think that they could attack Lazio, so they would not withdraw their defense for a while.

Isn't Mourinho deceived?

Of course, this situation cannot continue forever, so it is not Inter Milan that must score first, but Lazio...

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Inter Milan attacked and scored into the Lazio penalty area. Zlatan Ibrahimovic was going to take a kick, but Jose Passarella blocked it with his foot. The two sides matched each other and the football bounced away.

Chiellini kicked the football out before Cambiasso came up with a supplementary shot.

The ball fell into midfield and Cavani headed it to Candreva.

Lazio launched another attack.

After receiving the ball, Candreva did not continue to dribble or anything, but sent the football directly to the wing.

On the right, the young Azpilicueta cut in at high speed and participated in the attack.

He received a pass from Candreva and this time he missed it. Instead, keep on dribbling!

"Lazio's counterattack!"

exclaimed the narrator.

Mourinho, who was standing on the sidelines, suddenly smelled uneasiness in the air, and he became a little anxious.

He yelled into the court: "Get back to the defense quickly!"

Azpilicueta dribbling forward by himself does not violate Lazio's tactical discipline, because there is no enemy in front of him, so why doesn't he dribble?

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Inter Milan's left-back Maxwell quickly jumped up and was stuck inside to intercept Azpilicueta.

Seeing this, Azpilicueta stopped dribbling the ball.

But he didn't pass back or cross.

He sent a through ball directly!

The football bypassed Maxwell and passed to the ribs of the penalty area!

From there, Cazorla cuts in at high speed, under the close marking of Samuel. Rush to the football!

In fact, Cazorla is already very tired, in the Lazio formation. It's not just Goetze who is tired, many people are tired.

At any rate, Gotze didn't play in the last game against Bayern Munich. He spent 90 minutes on the bench and got a chance to rest.

And Cazorla didn't have any chance to rest.

As a swingman and panacea for the striker and midfielder, his role is particularly important when the team is short-handed. He needs to play multiple positions, so he plays almost every game without any rest time.

When the midfield needs someone, he goes to the midfield. He was needed on the front line, and he went to the front line again.

There is no chance to rest at all, so Cazorla is also very tired.

But Cazorla knew that now was not the time to shout thunder.

In the Champions League, Lazio will be eliminated in all likelihood.

If the league has led for more than half the season, and then let Inter Milan reverse... that is absolutely unacceptable!

So Cazorla has been gritting his teeth and insisting.

Including this attack.

In order to avoid Maxwell's interception, Azpilicueta passed the football deeper.

In order to catch up with the ball, Cazorla must try his best to speed up and sprint.

It made him feel even more tired...

But this is a good opportunity, and you must not give up just because you can't run!

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Samuel has been stuck on the inside of Cazorla. On the one hand, Cazorla is naturally not allowed to cut inside, and on the other hand, Cazorla is not allowed to shoot directly.

This angle is not too biased, Cazorla has the ability to shoot and the possibility of scoring goals.

In order to avoid being scored by the opponent here, Samuel will definitely not relax.

But what he didn't expect was that Cazorla never thought about shooting!

Cazorla is very aware of his physical ability. He has already struggled to catch up with the ball. Under such circumstances, it is simply difficult for him to shoot with high precision. He cannot guarantee the final result of the football. will fly into the goal...

Such a good offensive opportunity, if it is shot because of myself, it is absolutely unforgivable!

So Cazorla didn't shoot, but crossed with all his strength!

Of course, before the cross, he made a fake shot, Samuel stretched his legs to the blue, and there was a space between his legs.

Cazorla's cross pass passed through Samuel's crotch!

"Cazorla... cross the goal!!"

In the exclamation of the commentator, Cavani slapped him.

Then a flying shovel came and shoveled Cazorla's cross into the goal!

The shouts at San Siro stopped suddenly.

Inter Milan, who wanted to score first, conceded the goal first! (to be continued...)