312 Kaka(1/2)
"Okay, the second half has begun. During the halftime break, Betis made a personnel adjustment. Magic Don replaced Robben with Villa, which should also be an active revision on the offensive end! Inter Milan did not make a substitution adjustment, but we can see that Ronaldo was already warming up on the sidelines. It seems that he is very likely to be on the bench in today's game..." When the second half of the game started again, Jessus was analyzing the situation on the court as usual.
The TV broadcast also came to Ronaldo on the sidelines.
Compared to his peak period, Ronaldo is now significantly thicker.
This is also related to his consecutive injuries in recent seasons. Take this season for example. If Ronaldo appears today, then this is his third time returning from injury this season!
The continuous injuries also made it difficult for Ronaldo to find his peak state, and his position in Inter Milan is also a bit embarrassing.
In the league, Cooper trusted Recoba Gavieri's combination more, and in the League Cup, he prefers to use the young forward teams of Caron and Ventola.
In this way, Ronaldo, the world's best forward, has become the fifth forward in the team in a sense!
It is precisely because of this that there was news of a disagreement between Ronaldo and Cooper.
As a veteran, Tang Feng knew very well that the contradiction between Ronaldo and Cooper was actually at an irreconcilable level.
It is said that after the end of the season, Ronaldo was determined to escape from Inter Milan to transfer to Real Madrid. In addition to hurting his heart because of losing the championship in the last round of the league this season, the conflict with Cooper is also a very important reason.
Although he knew that Ronaldo was not in his best condition now, Tang Feng couldn't help feeling a little nervous when he thought that this "alien" might appear in the next game.
After all, as a standard post-80s post-80s before traveling through time, he has a "Ronnie plot" like most post-80s fans.
He fell in love with football by the influence of alien Ronaldo. In his mind, Ronaldo is the best striker in the world football world today... no one!
Even though Ronaldo's weight is already a little over the standard and his health is not in the best condition, Tang Feng is still a little afraid of the trouble this Brazilian may bring to the team.
With this in mind, Tang Feng also walked to the sidelines and encouraged the players to strengthen their offense because he hoped that the team could tie the score before Ronaldo came on the court.
The players on the court also performed very hard, almost forming a siege against Inter Milan's penalty area.
Villa, who came on the bench, performed very actively, even though he was facing Zanetti, one of the best right-backs in world football today.
In the 53rd minute, Villa completed a signature inward cut shot!
After continuous horizontal dribbling, he found a gap between the crowd in the penalty area and hit a stick to the earth!
Although this ball is not particularly powerful, it is expensive because it is sudden and the angle is extremely tricky, almost straight to the near corner of the goal!
Tordo's vision in front of the door was obviously disturbed to some extent!
However, after seeing the ball, he made a fallen side viewer immediately, and barely took the ball out of the bottom line!
Four minutes later, Joaquin on the right also launched an extremely threatening attack.
After receiving Kaka's side ball, he continued to use the change of rhythm to shake. After tricking Grasco's center of gravity, he suddenly accelerated down the bottom, then squirted into the middle and entered the penalty area.
After successfully breaking through, Joaquin entered the penalty area, which undoubtedly disrupted the defensive deployment of Inter Milan's team in the penalty area. Matrazi, who was close to this side, had to make up for defense.
Adriano and Villa in front of the door have formed a double ghost slap in the door.
Hua Jin made a move to knock the ball across the front of the door, but in fact he turned his ankle and knocked the ball back near the penalty area line!
Kaka appeared on the ball route. Without any extra moves, he directly raised his right foot and pushed the shot!
His shot was not very powerful, but he pushed the angle with all his strength!
The ball headed towards the far corner of the goal with a clear arc!
This time, Toldo had already given up resistance and stood there and failed to make a save!
The Betis fans in the stands couldn't wait to stand up from their seats, and the commentator on the sidelines had already made preparations...
Bang!!!
The ball hit the post hard and made a crisp sound!
This crisp sound is like a natural sound to the Inter Milanese, but it is so desperate for the Betis!
"Oh! Oh my God! Kaka hit the goal post with excellent quality directly. Betis was really not lucky. With the shot from the outside of the post in the first half, they had already hit the post in this game. We can only say that the home post at Lopela Stadium seemed a little 'in-the-goal'!" commentator Jessus said regretfully.
Tang Feng on the sideline was already rushing to the sideline to cheer. After seeing the ball hit the post, he could only withdraw his hands in disappointment, with regret on his face.
What’s even more regrettable is that Kaka on the field felt great when he shot the ball out. He originally thought that he had this ball, but who knew... it was still a little bit worse. Kaka also covered his sunny and handsome face with both hands, looking very depressed!
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Seeing the team withstood several waves of Betis' offensives, and it seemed that even God was standing on his side, Cooper, in front of another coach's seat, couldn't help but feel that God wanted him to take away a victory at Lopela Stadium today.
Thinking of this, he also had a little ambition. After all, if he could establish enough advantages in the away game in the first leg, he could continue to retain some in the lineup in the second leg. In this way, he could not only go further in the League Cup, but not have too much impact on the league championship competition.
It has to be said that in the face of each honor, even the coach with experience will be unable to withstand the temptation. Especially Cooper, the "thousand-year-old second", his record in leading the team in European football is very outstanding, but he has won very few championships. What impressed people more was that he won the runner-up in the Champions League for two consecutive seasons...
No one likes to always win the runner-up, and the championship is the eternal pursuit of football coaches!
So far this season, Cooper will inevitably be tempted!
When the game was in the 62nd minute, Cooper requested a substitution, Ronaldo came on and Ventola went down.
Cooper obviously hopes to use Ronaldo's personal ability to steal another ball in the last thirty minutes. At the same time, it can also be regarded as giving Ronaldo some time to play to calm some of Ronaldo and the fans' dissatisfaction with him.
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Seeing Ronaldo making final preparations for the field, even Betis fans as opponents could not hide their respect.
Not to mention how crazy Ronaldo's performance in his peak state was, just judging from Ronaldo's strong performance of being injured again and again, he is a respectable man.
Therefore, when Ronaldo replaced Ventola, neat applause rang out in the stands at Lopela Stadium.
At this moment, Lopela Stadium is less tense and more warm!
Ronaldo also waved his hand to the fans and expressed his gratitude when he came on the court.
However, when he ran to his position, he began to devote himself to the game. His position was the striker, and his mission was to score goals! He would not give up on the goal because of the encouragement from Betis fans!
Betis fans also returned to their previous state, cheering for Betis with their highest decibels, and also booed the Inter Milan team, which was constantly delaying time in the midfield and backcourt.
Soon, Ronaldo, who came on the bench, had his first chance to get the ball.
After receiving the pass from Seidorf, Ronaldo beautifully completed the turn and was ready to use his personal ability to forcibly break through Carvalho's defense.
Who knew that Carvalho made a preview first and stabbed the ball under Ronaldo's feet!
In this way, Ronaldo's first attack after appearing in failure.
Although this ball well reflects the reality of Ronaldo's poor form, Tang Feng still dared not be careless. He walked to the sidelines and reminded the defending players to pay close attention to Ronaldo.
Ronaldo's appearance has restrained Betis' defensive energy to a certain extent, but in the situation of being behind, Betis has no reason to give up the offense!
Their crazy offensive is still hitting Inter Milan's defense one after another!
Perhaps because of the excitement of his idol playing, Adriano, who performed mediocrely in the previous game, became active again.
In the 68th minute, he took the initiative to retreat outside the penalty area. After receiving Villa's cross pass, he did not stop the ball and directly shot with a side left foot!
The shot was very powerful, and it hit Inter Milan's shot like a cannonball.
Toldo in front of the goal had a great position. Looking at the ball directly towards him, he didn't dare to hold it up and directly hit the ball out of the penalty area with both fists!
However, the attack was not over yet. After the ball flew out of the penalty area, the Betis man appeared on the ball line. This man was Captain Betis, Xavi Alonso, who was inserted in the back!
Before the ball could land, he swung his right foot and shot in the air!
The kick was very sudden, and because it was leveraging the force, Xavi Alonso's shooting seemed to be a little bigger than Adriano just now!
This time, Toldo did not dare to neglect any of it and directly blocked the ball from the bottom line with a side viewer.
After completing the save and getting up from the turf, Tordo gritted his teeth and shook his hands. Obviously, the heavy guns connected to the door made his hands a little numb.
After resisting these waves of attacks between Betis, Inter Milan also gained a good opportunity.
This was a counterattack from Inter Milan. Seidorf directly teleported to Karon who was on the frontcourt at high speed.
Caron saw that he could not get rid of Pablo Alfaro's defense, so he simply pushed the ball in the air back to Ronaldo behind him.
Ronaldo directly swung his left foot in the face of Caron's ball, as if he was about to volley!
Faced with this situation, Guardiola could only bite the bullet and prepare to block Ronaldo's shot.
Who knew that Ronaldo was just a fake move. With a light tap on his left foot, he avoided Guardiola's blockage and then swung his right foot again. This time, without any hesitation, he directly pulled the ball to the near corner!
Ronaldo's spike and shot can be said to be completed in one go, and Van der Sa in front of Betis' goal failed to even make a symbolic save.
Fortunately, this time the goal post at Lopela Stadium finally realized the situation and understood that Betis was the home team... Ronaldo's shot also hit the outside of the post and bounced out of the baseline.
Hiss~~~ Although this shot failed, the Betis fans in the stands still couldn't help but take a breath!
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In this way, in the continuous offensive, the game had entered the last ten minutes.
Under Cooper's command, Inter Milan's formation began to shrink further, leaving only Caron and Ronaldo in the frontcourt ready to counterattack at any time, while others were defending in the backcourt.
Obviously, in Cooper's opinion, even if the score cannot be expanded, it would be very good to be able to take away a 1-0 victory at Lopela Stadium. After all, no one has been able to defeat Betis at Lopela Stadium in the past two seasons!
Now it seems that Inter Milan has a great hope of doing this!
Tang Feng was paced back and forth on the sidelines, thinking about whether he should change to another attacker and attack for a strong attack.
In the end, he gave up this idea because the configuration of the midfield and frontcourt on the court was already very good, and blindly increasing the offensive staff was not necessarily helpful.
After thinking about it, he walked to the sidelines and signaled Guardiola and Xavi Alonso to take turns to participate in the attack.
Although these two men are both midfielders, they both have excellent organizational skills. They have great help to the midfield offense!
To be continued...