Chapter 452 The Wind of the Golden Ball
Inter Milan hasn't enjoyed the pleasure of leading two goals in the opening game for a long time. Now with Zheng Zhizai, they obviously play much more at ease than before. There is no problem saying that he is Inter Milan's savior.
In the past, when Dibiagio and Zanetti got the ball, they only wanted to get the ball as soon as possible and handle the ball, but now they are playing very relaxed and dare to cooperate in the middle and backcourt. Just because Zheng Zhi is in front, he really doesn't work, so he handed the ball to Zheng Zhi.
Zheng Zhi also played very simply, constantly supporting the midfield and frontcourt running position, and a series of coordination made everyone play more calmly. When he took the ball, a player always appeared around him in time to prevent him from easily taking the ball and turning around. However, Zheng Zhi did not intend to do his best and ended when he was good. As long as he won the game, it was not the Champions League knockout round, so there was no need to really fight his opponent.
To win, you have to win easily, but you can't defeat yourself and the team.
Ronaldo in front was much quieter. In the first few games, he always ran back and forth. He didn't get many balls, but his physical energy was consumed a lot. Now he was cruising in front with peace of mind, waiting for the opportunity. This is the benefit of the striker.
Although Monaco has pushed up the formation, there are not many shot opportunities. Farinos and Dibiagio, who have few playing time, performed very hard in the backcourt, constantly sniping Monaco's attack, and Inter Milan's defense line is not under great pressure. Although Jiuli often finds space for sprinting with his flexible running and speed from time to time, he is basically isolated outside the penalty area.
After trying a 15-minute counterattack, Monaco's pace slowed down, and his morale was bit by bit by bit by bit by bit by bit by bit. However, he found that Inter Milan began to attack from both sides frequently. Zanetti on the right and Dalma on the left seemed very excited.
The situation was dominated by Inter Milan. How could they not be excited as offensive full-backs? In the first few games, they were busy like headless flies but difficult to create goals. Today they could do whatever they wanted, of course they would burst out.
This idea is contrary to Zheng Zhi's. Gradually, Zheng Zhi discovered that he became the person who led the offense again. He didn't run much, but his teammates ran very hard.
There is no way to control this. You can't kill the enthusiasm of your teammates. All he can do is pass the ball out and send out more threatening balls.
In the 39th minute, Sanetti forced Liser to compete with Liser on the right. Although his body was not as strong as Liser, Sanetti grabbed half of his position and squeezed Liser behind him. Zheng Zhi's pass came as scheduled and came to Sanetti. Liser had no choice but to foul, and reached out to pull Sanetti's left arm. As a result, Sanetti swung hard, swept him away, and staggered a step before continuing to catch up with the ball!
"Aowu~"
"pretty!"
Then Sanetti immediately swept the ball into Monaco's penalty area.
Ronaldo rushed out from the middle of Anelka and Marcos like an arrow, swept the ball directly into the far corner of the goal with his right foot. Although Monaco fell to the ground in time to make a save, the ball still penetrated into the goal from under his armpit.'
3:0.
“goooooooooooooool!”
“gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooool!”
“gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!”
"Javier Sanetti!"
"It seems that the battle has been resolved in the first half."
"There will be no more suspense in the game."
"Javille played too tenaciously. In fact, he did not have any advantage in the confrontation with Riser, but he still forced an opportunity. He could have fallen down just now, but he just didn't fall and gave Ronaldo an assist."
"He's so eager for this attack."
With three balls in hand, Mourinho finally smiled slightly, tidied up the collar, then walked back to the coaching seat and sat down. All the worries before were completely wiped out.
There are two games left in the Champions League, and as long as you get one point, Inter Milan can advance steadily. He can even consider the away game against Vicenza on the weekend.
With a week of buffering, you can deal with Juventus with more peace of mind.
Huh ~
He slowly breathed into the cold air, and finally, the time for the turmoil was about to pass...
At the end of the first half, Inter Milan led Monaco 3-0.
Mourinho is one of the few who is not excited in the locker room and let Adriano go out to warm up early. Ronaldo, who scored twice, can get off the court to rest. The forward staff are already very nervous and he needs to protect the aliens.
And where on Monaco?
Give up.
Pierre gave up and continued to work with Inter Milan, and he would not get any benefits.
So in the second half, Pierre replaced the mediocre midfield core Garrado and the forward core Jiuli. What's the point of fighting?
However, when the war begins and when it ends? Inter Milan decides.
Inter Milan is not satisfied with the 3:0 score. Although Mourinho and Zheng Zhi both want to play more easily, other Inter Milan players who have suppressed for several weeks are unwilling to do so.
Nothing can help them find happiness better than a big victory.
Although the striker was replaced by Ronaldo to Adriano, he was still as fierce as a tiger. Ronaldo was a little lazy. Adriano was really a tiger going down the mountain. He had been holding up a few games and didn't score. Tonight he also gritted his teeth to break the goal drought. The last time he played Monaco to complete a hat-trick, and this time Monaco once again brought him good luck.
In just 11 minutes of his appearance, he received a cross from Dalma and completed a header, rewriting the score to 4:0. Monaco couldn't lose less. After scoring the goal, Adriano took off his jersey to celebrate and took the initiative to receive a yellow card, breaking the ball drought. What is a yellow card?
But Mourinho off the field swears, "Sb~"
Can you not be stupid? Inter Milan's forward is short of soldiers and generals. As soon as Adriano got this yellow card, he will be suspended in the next game. The forward will catch chickens! Vieri is injured and Adrian is suspended. Then the next game is Recoba and Ronaldo. Well, what if he adds a cameo Zheng Zhi? His scalp is a little numb. If he had known that he would not have given up so many forwards at that time, Mourinho really regretted it. He thought he could conquer the world with four forwards...
Pierre sat in the coach's seat, his eyes still on the court, but his heart was ashamed. He was still scolding "hell" and "god", but now he is completely numb.
But the massacre continued. In the 69th minute, Zheng Zhi got the ball near the center line, and played against Sanetti and Dalma in a row and dribbled the ball to the top of the penalty area in Monaco. Facing Abidal's robbery, Zheng Zhi made a butterfly step, and Abidal shook his figure and was killed by Zheng Zhi dribbled the ball from the right.
Marcos, who was originally staring at Adriano, faced Zheng Zhi and Adriano alone, but he had no choice but to give up Adriano and instead rushed towards Zheng Zhi. Zheng Zhi is not a greedy person, this is not a multiple-choice question. He handed the ball to Adriano immediately. Adriano kicked his left foot and finished the second goal!
5:0, it looks like the last duel...
After completing this assist, Zheng Zhi was finally replaced. He scored one goal and two assists, and returned to Inter Milan's first game, and he delivered a perfect answer.
"Zheng!"
"Zheng!"
"Zheng!"
He ended up in the fanatical cheers of the fans. Although he was not the one who scored the most goals, in the hearts of the fans, today, he is the savior of Inter Milan and the hero of Meacha Stadium.
"I'm saying I'm going to buy a big ball tonight!"
"Is it over? Why don't you believe Zheng?"
"Ah~ah~ah~ah~"
"Do you know Inter Milan is so powerful? It's hard to score even in the first few games."
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In the end, Inter Milan defeated Monaco 5-0 at the main and defeated Monaco with a big score at home and away. After four games, he finally ushered in a long-lost victory.
However, Mourinho did not smile at the press conference. Now he has no capital to be happy for the time being, victory really doesn't mean anything. It can only be said that it proves another problem, that is, when Zheng Zhizai and not here, Inter Milan are completely two different teams. Even he himself has to admit that Zheng Zhi is the key to victory. Once Zheng Zhi is not here, Inter Milan's invincible tank will turn into a classic car at any time.
Before Zheng Zhi went to participate in the Asian Cup, he was fully prepared to let Pirlo replace Zheng Zhi, but who knew that the effect was not ideal. Pirlo could not replace him for the time being and could not achieve the effect he wanted.
The reporters kept mocking at the press conference, and even the air was mixed with the smell of ridicule.
"Jose, the facts have proved once again that if Zheng is missing, Inter Milan is useless?"
"No, it turns out that Zheng is our commander. But you didn't understand. Zheng is not in the midfield position today. I positioned him as the shadow striker and the front midfielder. So today's game showed something special. That's on the spiritual level. Can you understand? In other words, Zheng's shadow striker and Recoba's shadow striker play are actually similar in competitive roles, but they are very different on the spiritual level. Everyone is used to this. Just like before, relying on Ronaldo, now relying on Zheng."
Mourinho thought about it, but it was still not specific enough, and added, "Just like Maradona to Naples and Maradona to Argentina, it has exceeded the scope of pure competition. So I will not stop trying to test next. I must continue to train Zheng's replacement, as you have seen, but this should not be your reason to mock Inter Milan."
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Zheng Zhi has also become a hot spot in Italy and the entire Europe.
"Milan Sports" - Zheng Jean Inter Milan returns to the track of victory. He is the savior of Inter Milan tonight. Although there are many superstars like aliens in Inter Milan, the first one to stand out is the Chinese. Now, only one point is needed to get Inter Milan to advance to the top 16 in the Champions League.
"Roman Sports" - Rookie Mourinho is lucky. In the midst of bumps and stuttering, he is about to fall into the abyss of death, but he is finally pulled up by the Chinese again. The prospects for their Champions League have become clearer again, and as long as one point is scored in the last two rounds of the league, it is enough to advance to the top 16.
"Turin Sports" - The Chinese have once again proved their talent, and this time he was standing on the front line to solve the problem. Mourinho boldly placed him behind the alien Ronaldo, and such changes made Inter Milan direct another incredible victory.
Zheng Zhi's photos also appeared on the official website of UEFA. They also have praises: From the best in the Asian Cup to the best in the Champions League Week, Chinese players continue to conquer the football world with excellent performance. His starlight has never dimmed throughout 2000. We have reason to believe that he will be one of the most competitive Golden Globe candidates of the year.
That's right, UEFA selected Zheng Zhi as the best player of the Champions League this week. But the focus is not this, but the last sentence. What signal is UEFA sending? One of the most competitive candidates for the Golden Ball Award? This is UEFA's official website, not other media, it's not the French "Team" that said.
The news quickly wandered around the world, and Chinese fans were the most excited. After Sina Sports saw this reprinted news, everyone became excited.
"One of the Golden Ball Candidates? What do you mean? Could it be that Zheng Zhi has entered the last top three candidates?"
"But it's unscientific. Isn't the list yet?
"Anyway, this is the news released by UEFA. I think this news is not simple. Isn't it revealed in advance every year during the Golden Globes selection?"
"Does Zheng Zhi have any hope of winning this year's Golden Globe Award? I feel that Zidane has the greatest probability, after all, he led the French team to the European Cup. But I don't feel how effective Zidane is in the French team?"
This news was interpreted very well by fans. Many people went to look at the odds of winning the Golden Ball recently opened by Spinach Company. When they saw that Zidane ranked first, Zidane’s club teammate Figo ranked second. The odds of the two were quite close, and Zheng Zhi ranked third!
"It's not scientific. I understand Zidane ranks first, but why is Figo second and Zheng Zhi third? What did Figo last year? There's nothing, it's so unreliable."
"Zidane is nothing. Zidane did not win the league championship and did not play in the Champions League. There was only one European Cup."
"Zheng Zhizai Leverkusen is the triple-champion, and his performance in Inter Milan is also good. If we count the Asian Cup?"
"The Asian Cup is Asian, how can it be counted as the Golden Ball? A European Cup can offset the triple crown. Zheng Zhi still can't beat Zidane, let alone he is only ranked third now."
"But now that the official website has released this news, is there any hints?"
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Chapter completed!