Chapter 441 Great Opportunity

Perugia is a small city in central Italy. The Perugia Club, located in this small city, is also a small club. They have a long history, but most of their time they have worked in low-level leagues, winning the Serie B championship and the Serie C championship, but they have never won the Serie A championship. Their best result was that they won the second place in Serie A in the 1978/79 season and created an unbeaten history, but unfortunately, they were won the championship title by AC Milan, which was in full swing at that time.

This season, under the leadership of Cosmi, Perugia has defeated veteran strong teams such as Parma and Lazio in a row, but just when Chairman Gao Qi arrogantly said that he wanted to win the Champions League seat, the weakness of Perugia's insufficient bench also emerged. The team's performance declined all the way, and finally almost fell into the relegation circle. . Although it rebounded in the later period, it was more than 10,000 kilometers away from the Champions League seat, basically losing the ability to compete for European qualification.

This match between Inter Milan and Inter Milan is very important. For Perugia, it is one of more than a dozen games. Whether you win or lose, it has nothing to do with the grand purpose. It doesn't have much practical significance, as long as you don't lose all the time.

But even so, because there are many things to see, the Guri Stadium, which can accommodate 27,663 people, is also full of seats, which can catch up with Perugia's relegation and promotion.

Perugia's starting lineup attracted a lot of attention in this game, but when the players came on the field, the fans found that An Zhenhuan and Ma Mingyu, who were fired before the game, did not appear in the starting lineup. Perugia's starting lineup is the traditional 532, goalkeeper: Mazantini; defender: Rivalta, Loreto, Zemaria, Bu Lacy; Monaco, midfielders: Tedisco, Riveran, Pierri; strikers: Bush and Flizas.

Inter Milan's lineup in this game is relatively stable 442, goalkeeper Frey, four defenders Sanetti, Materazzi, Cordova, Gresco; four midfielders: Pirlo, Dibianio, Sedorf and Dalma, striker Rekoba partner Vieri.

After the debut of the players, commentator Scarpini compared the starting list and said, "The two head coaches did not pretend to be mysterious in the starting lineup. The list is no different from the 22 people on the court. An Zhenhuan and Ma Mingyu, who attracted much attention before the game, were not able to appear in the starting lineup, but he We are all sitting on the bench. If Inter Milan has a big lead in the game, or can't start the situation, maybe Cosmi will let two Asian stars play to try the luck, but Cosmi doesn't trust Asian players. Whether Ma Mingyu and Ahn Jung-hwan can play depends on Perugia's chairman Gaoqi to give Cosmi. How much pressure."

Forced!

With the whistle of the referee, the game began.

The commentators' commentary voice is also one-third higher than when the two sides started before the game. "The game has begun! This is the 18th game between Inter Milan and Perugia. Perugia is completely at a disadvantage with 1 win and 7 draws and 10 losses, including 1 win, 4 draws and 4 losses at home. Although Perugia is known as a giant killer, they are not very brilliant in the face of Inter Milan. In the first two seasons, Inter Milan was at a low ebb when they still lost at home. Now Inter Milan, under the leadership of Jiang Mu, swept Serie A and the UEFA Cup, in a state of the best. Although Perugia is playing at home, the possibility of winning is not great..."

It may be because there is no burden. After the opening, Perugia took advantage of the home court to launch an attack on Inter Milan.

Because former teammate Materazzi and midfield partner Livilani were selected for the national team, the midfielder Grand Disco performed particularly outstandingly. After the opening, he was very excited and kept begging for the ball from his companions. Breakthroughs and running were the most and most positive in the team.

Under the leadership of Tedisco, Perugia got his first chance to attack.

Perugia got a chance to kick a corner, and Tedisco sent out a beautiful arc. Greek striker Frizas pressed Materazzi to the top in front of the goal, but the ball deflected off the post under the interference of Materazzi.

Inter Milan is also not polite to play the weak team. After resisting Perugia's three-board axe, the three technical players, Pirlo, Sedorf and Dalma, took good care of Inter Milan's midfield and fully controlled the rhythm of the game. They also created a lot of threats at the front of Perugia's penalty area.

In the 6th minute of the game, Pirlo inserted the curved ball instep outside the front of the penalty area and pulled out the rapidly falling arc ball. Fortunately, goalkeeper Mazandini reacted quickly and saved the ball out of the bottom line without letting Pirlo's cold shot from his opponent.

A minute later, Dibbiao made another strong long-range shot from 30 meters away from the midfield, but Mazandini, who was in excellent condition, made a wonderful save when his sight was blocked. He blocked Dibiano's shot with his foot.

After two long-range shots mobilized Perugia's defense line outward, Inter Milan immediately organized a fine short pass penetration. After a series of dazzling cooperation for Perugia, it saw that Perugia's back line was a little disordered. Seedorf suddenly stuffed a straight ball, and Rekoba quickly inserted and caught up with the skin. The ball is shot.

After being tested by two consecutive long-range shots, Mazandini was extremely alert. He also quickly attacked when Rekoba started. When Rekoba shot, Mazandini blocked Rekoba's shot again with his body.

Then Cosmi saw that Inter Milan's advantage in the midfield was too strong. The three midfielders he played out seemed to be alone both defensively and offensively, so he ordered the players to retreat and use intensive defense to deal with Inter Milan's strong waves of attacks.

Breaking the intensive defense is an international problem. Inter Milan has been psychologically prepared for this. They are not in a hurry to score, but quickly fell down in the midfield to find a flaw in Perugia's defense line.

The pace of the game eased, and the reporter's camera no longer stared at the field all the time. From time to time, they pointed the camera at Ma Mingyu and An Zhenhuan on the bench, hoping to see something from the faces of the two Asian players.

Ma Mingyu and An Zhenhuan sat next to each other, but because of the language problem, the two did not talk. They just applauded together when the team performed well. An Zhenhuan shook his head from time to time, as if he was very disdainful of Perugia's striker, but he was helpless.

Look at the nearly 20 minutes of the first half, Inter Milan still did not score, which made Inter Milan fans a little anxious. They kept shouting "One!" Enter one!" Cheer for your team members.

Commentator Scapini appreciated Cosmi's tactical arrangement. "Cosmi is very smart. He has adopted a pragmatic style. Although their offensive is not a threat, what will happen to the team against Inter Milan this season? All of them have lost. However, the defenders also lost, but from the video of the past games, it is also a little troublesome for Inter Milan to deal with this kind of intensive defense... Today, Perugia actively curbs the sidelines of Inter Milan. Pieri and Ze Maria have done a very good job. As long as Inter Milan gets the ball, there will be Perugia's players to rob. Physical energy in exchange for a technical balance is the only way to stop a strong team, but it takes great perseverance to help them complete such a difficult task..."

In addition to Ma Mingyu and An Zhenhuan sitting on the bench, Materazzi, who appeared on the court, was the most watched player. After he returned to the Guri Stadium, Perugia's fans did not resent his departure, but gave him applause and welcomed him back to Perugia as a guest.

Materazzi also showed a strong professional spirit in the face of his old boss. In addition to giving his former teammate Frizas a chance to break the goal at the opening stage, his defense was watertight and never gave the old boss's striker a chance to shoot.

On the other side, Loreto, who replaced Materazzi's position, also performed very well. Except for the attack, which can't be compared with Materazzi, his fierceness and accuracy in defense are not inferior to Materazzi. Perugia sells core players every season but always has new stars. Cosmi is not the best coach in Serie A, but he is definitely the best scout in Serie A.

The game continues, and Inter Milan is still playing slowly. It seems that they have made up their mind to be more patient with Perugia. Another absolute protagonist, Jiang Mu, has been leaning against the coach's seat, with a motionless look. Occasionally, there is something to explain to the fans. It is also the assistant coach Baresi to execute, showing that However, it is difficult for this level of game to attract Jiang Mu's interest now. Although Perugia has a good defense and is also known as a giant killer, Jiang Mu is very confident to defeat Perugia. Under his strong attack, no team can support for 90 minutes.

However, in the 28th minute of the game, there was good news and bad news from another field. The good news was that the first match between Juventus and Brescia was a surprise, and Brescia in the away game drew the powerful Juventus 1:1; the bad news is that Inter Milan In the same Rome match, the leader Roma has led Verona 3-0 in 30 minutes, basically scoring three points.

These two news made Jiang Mu unable to sit still. He showed joy on his face and stood up and said to Baresi, "Our opportunity has come. Juventus has been forced to draw."

Baresi was equally excited and said, "Yes, as long as we win, we can catch up with two more points, and the gap will become three points, a ball."

Jiang Mu smiled and said, "Juventus is over. He can't be an obstacle for us. After two rounds, we will kill them on the road."

That's what Baresi wanted to say, but he didn't dare to say it. Seeing Jiang Mu say it bluntly, he couldn't help laughing and said, "Lazio may also lose this round. If AC Milan loses again, he will enter the relegation circle. They must not lose this game."

Jiang Mu smiled and said, "It will be better if Lazio loses, so that we are expected to rise to the second place in three rounds and directly PK Rome."