King of World Football: Chapter 87 : trough stage
In the fourth round of Serie A, Inter Milan was a guest in Turin. Coach Cooper rotated the lineup. Many main players such as Zanetti, Cordoba and Vieri did not appear on the squad.
The strength and tacit understanding of the substitute lineup is much worse than that of the main lineup. The team played a bit chaotic at the beginning, and there were some problems in the organization of both offense and defense.
Forward Maximilian O'Connell opened the scoring for the hosts in the 17th minute as Torino capitalized on an Inter defender's error.
In the 34th minute, Di Biagio passed the ball into the penalty area, and the Torino defender made a header to clear the siege, but the ball did not fly out of the penalty area, but was intercepted by Wang Feng on the edge of the penalty area.
After Wang Feng broke the ball, he took the ball two steps horizontally along the penalty area line, and then shot with his foot. The ball drew an arc in the air and hit the dead corner of the goal.
1:1, Inter Milan equalized the score!
Easy side to fight again, in the 75th minute, Torino once again took advantage of Inter Milan's defensive mistakes to overtake the score.
Seeing that the team was about to swallow the first defeat of the season, it was Wang Feng who stood up again. During stoppage time, he received a cross from Di Biagio in the penalty area. Although the defensive players tried their best to interfere, But still failed to stop Wang Feng pushing and scoring.
Relying on Wang Feng's brace, Inter Milan was finally able to get away with a 2-2 away draw with Torino.
In the post-match press conference, coach Cooper severely criticized Inter Milan's defense: "Although we have rotated, this is not an excuse for low-level mistakes. Our two conceded goals are entirely due to attitude problems. "
"In these botched performances I can see why the club lost last season, which is undoubtedly distressing and regrettable."
For Wang Feng, Cooper expressed his appreciation for him without hesitation: "Wang's efforts to turn the tide allowed us to get a precious 1 point. I bet that without Wang, we would never have been able to score points in Turin."
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In the fifth round of Serie A, Inter Milan played against Bologna at home. In this game, Cooper tried his best to win a victory, but the performance of the players on the field was still sluggish.
Wang Feng was under strict defense during the game. He was fouled many times and fell to the ground. Even though the referees in Serie A were more lenient in the penalty scale, they still gave Bologna's defense four yellow cards, which shows how big the opponent's actions are.
Even so, Wang Feng still broke through the sideways many times to create opportunities, but unfortunately all the high-quality crosses were wasted by non-threatening finishing kicks.
In the 77th minute of the second half, Wang Feng received the ball near the right side of the frontcourt. He swung past the defense with a beautiful Marseille maneuver. When he was about to break through with the ball, he was tackled from behind by the opponent's defender.
Italian Brando Ebert, the referee on duty, finally couldn't take it anymore and showed the defensive back a second yellow card to send him off.
Wang Feng stood up with Zanetti's help. He felt sore all over his body, as if he had fought with someone. Bologna's style of play made him very annoyed, and his body was constantly injured.
So he personally took the free kick this time. This is the first time he has taken a free kick on the Serie A stage. Recalling the previous feeling in my mind, I started to run up and hit the door directly!
The ball drew a strange arc in the air, and then fell against the crossbar and crashed into the visiting team's goal!
After scoring the goal, Wang Feng roared and celebrated while running, and deliberately passed by the Bologna coach's seat to vent his dissatisfaction.
However, Inter Milan's leading advantage was still not maintained until the end. In the 85th minute, Inter Milan's rear line made a mistake. Plug in the steals.
After forming a single shot, facing goalkeeper Toldo, Conroy calmly pushed and hit the far corner to help the team equalize the score.
1:1, Inter Milan bitterly swallowed a draw at the Giuseppe Meazza Stadium.
After this round, Inter Milan, which had two consecutive draws, fell to fourth in the league. Juventus led the standings with a record of complete victories, followed by Roma and Lazio. AC Milan also returned to the eighth place with its two recent victories.
After the game, Wang Feng received a detailed inspection by the club. He had several skin injuries all over his body, but there were no serious hidden injuries. This made the club's senior management heave a sigh of relief.
Club chairman Moratti said angrily: "We must protest to the Football Association. This is not a reasonable confrontation at all, but violence and a malicious foul!"
Technical director Horacio Boehm said: "Yes, sir, we have organized personnel to edit the malicious foul footage of Wang Feng in this game, submitted it to the Football Association and Gazzetta dello Sport, and officially reported to the Football Association Protest and believe that the referee's scale will be changed in the future."
Moratti nodded, and then said: "What's going on with the team's recent state? Didn't they make great progress at the beginning of the league? Why is it so difficult now?"
Bohm said: "I discussed with the head coach Cooper, the problem is mainly concentrated in two aspects, the first is that the national team game makes the players very tired, and the second is that the smooth start of the season has made some players relax."
"No matter what the reason, let Cooper solve it as soon as possible. The tragedy of last season must not be repeated in Inter Milan."
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The day after the draw with Bologna, Cooper canceled the team's holiday and called all the players together to study the last two games. He said: "Guys, we made a lot of mistakes in these two games. A mistake to make."
"The competition in Serie A is very fierce, and any game may determine the final title of the league championship, so we cannot make the same mistake again."
He analyzed one-on-one, including the tactical execution and actual performance of the players on the field. When it was Wang Feng's turn, Cooper made the only praise: "Wang fully implemented the tactics I prescribed on the field, and even did better. , These two draws are also what he worked hard to get back."
"Not only that~www.mtlnovel.com~ he is also the hardest working one in the whole team, I hope everyone can look up to him." Wang Feng showed an embarrassed expression, he felt very much like being praised by the teacher in class typical.
Then everyone got into the training. Beside the treadmill, Recoba fiddled with the machine with a look of lovelessness, and complained to Wang Feng who was training next to him: "My vacation, my lovely Italian girl, all turned into For bubbles."
"Wang, how can you do such a boring thing like training all the time?"
Wang Feng said while running: "Because I don't feel bored. After each training, I feel that my body has been strengthened and improved, just like fighting monsters and upgrading in games. It is very enjoyable."
Recoba rolled his eyes and said, "Is it possible to become a superman by strengthening the body? I really can't understand the idea of a genius."
Seeing Materazzi who was also training seriously, Recoba asked: "What about you, why are you training so vigorously? Do you also feel the progress of your body?"
Materazzi said seriously: "I haven't felt obvious progress, but only by obeying the coach's order and continuous training can I have a stable performance and not be eliminated."
"A player like you who debuted very smoothly may not be able to understand a player like us who came from the bottom."
Hearing what Materazzi said, Recoba sighed and said: "I feel that the world is full of malice towards players like me. Why is it so difficult to lie flat and make money?"
Everyone couldn't help but smile when they heard that, captain Javier Zanetti said with a straight face: "Don't complain about being lazy, be careful if the head coach finds out, I will give you extra training alone."
Recoba shrank his neck in fear, so he had no choice but to get on the treadmill and start the **** training.