Chapter 357
Chapter 357
After the results of the Champions League semi-final lottery draw, everyone got their attention and began to shift back to the league. After all, the league has come to the final sprint stage.
However, in terms of Serie A, the suspense of the championship is actually not much, even if Cagliari will face the giants Inter Milan in the next round of the league.
Because of the Champions League in the middle of the week, everyone's physical energy consumption is similar, and even worse than Cagliari in terms of morale. After all, Inter Milan is the loser.
So in this game, even though Inter Milan still ruled out most of the main players, because of the Champions Cup, Inter Milan's players seemed a bit sluggish on the field.
On the contrary, Cagliari's morale was like a rainbow. Even the full substitutes suppressed Inter Milan on the scene, so that when the first half ended, the score was already 1:2.
The home team is at the front and the away team is at the back, and this game is being held at Meazza.
In fact, Inter Milan was the first to score, but Inter Milan's goal was a test of luck. Vieri's shot was directly blocked by Cech, but the ball was still at the feet of Inter Milan.
Suazo, since his transfer to Inter Milan, Suazo has rarely started, especially when Martins was valued by Mancini, but this game Suazo is rare to usher in the start, and also scored goals.
After receiving the ball blocked by Cech, Rami rushed to Suazo at the first time, but Suazo still forced a shot, and then the ball bounced behind the crossbar and into the goal.
But soon, Cagliari retaliated. In the 208th minute, Cagliari made a quick counterattack. Although Palacio missed the single-handed goal, Valbuena, who followed up with a supplementary shot, still scored the goal.
What's interesting is that the first goal of the opening of the two teams was completed by supplementary shots, but Cagliari's second goal was no longer a supplementary shot, but an upright shot.
Montolivo held the ball, and then began to tear through Inter Milan's defense line through non-stop passing. Veteran Zola appeared in the most appropriate position to complete the fatal blow. Zola scored the No.11 goal in the league this season.
After taking the lead, Cagliari's morale became stronger, and the offensive became stronger, but Cagliari did not continue to expand the score in the first half.
Cagliari finally realized what it means to fight a snake without dying. At the beginning of the second half, Inter Milan relied on a sneak attack to equalize the score.
Taking advantage of his own speed, Inter Milan sent a long pass after the start of the game. Vieri headed the ball back. Suazo rushed into the Cagliari penalty area at high speed, grabbed the ball before Hierro, and watched the Cagliari veteran shoot the ball into Petr Cech's goal.
Fully retreated, after scoring this goal, Mancini immediately changed tactics, Inter Milan players fully retreated, obviously, Mancini has given up chasing victory, hoping to keep this point.
Unlike Cagliari, which has basically won the championship, Inter Milan still needs to fight for its Champions League qualification. After the first 52 rounds, Inter Milan's points are [-] points, ranking fourth.
But Inter Milan’s fourth place is not safe. Udinese and Sampdoria are chasing after them. Currently, Udinese has 47 points, and Sampdoria has 46 points. Even Palermo, which is seventh, has a chance to surpass Inter Milan. In this case, even one point is very precious to Inter Milan.
It can also be seen from the situation in the first half that even though Inter Milan sent most of the main players, due to physical consumption and being eliminated, Inter Milan's morale was a bit low, and the players suffered a lot.
During the intermission, Mancini tried to motivate the players, but the effect was not obvious. This made Mancini set the opening surprise attack. Even if it was unsuccessful, Inter Milan would retreat and fight back. Fortunately, God did not give up on Inter Milan.
However, Inter Milan was a little too early to be happy. Although Inter Milan did a very good defense, they still failed to keep the score of 2:2.
No.80 minutes, Palacio's breakthrough caused Materazzi's foul, and Materazzi's foul happened to be in the penalty area.
Although Materazzi strongly denied, defended and begged for mercy, the referee showed no mercy and awarded a penalty kick and a yellow card.
Two yellows turned into one red. Materazzi had already received a yellow card before, so after getting this one, Materazzi could only leave early.
The subsequent penalty was taken by Hierro. The Cagliari veteran lost one and naturally wanted to get one back. Hierro did not disappoint his teammates and fans, and steadily sent the ball into Toldo's goal.
3:2 is also the final score of this game. Cagliari won this game as he wished, expanding the number of league games to 11 games, and also expanded the number of unbeaten games to 56 games.
What does 56 unbeaten games represent?This is the second longest unbeaten run in the five major leagues, and there are only two games left from AC Milan's 58 unbeaten games.
In other words, the record that once seemed out of reach is already in sight. As long as Cagliari remains unbeaten in the next two league games, it can tie the 58 unbeaten games.
So after the game, the whole of Italy was reporting about the 58 unbeaten games, about Cagliari, and even the bookmakers began to further lower the handicap.
Obviously, in their prediction, Cagliari tied AC Milan's 58 unbeaten games after all, and will create a new record.
The subsequent performance of Cagliari seems to prove this point. In the second round of the No.30 league, Cagliari sits at home and ushers in Lazio, which has completely fallen.
Cagliari, who played the main game, also declared their strength with a hearty victory. Although Milito was still a little short of his first hat-trick, his brace had already ensured Cagliari's victory in this game.
Because Ribery had already helped Cagliari score before Milito scored twice, so when the first half ended, Cagliari already had a 3:0 lead.
Although Lazio moved back a goal in the second half, the score soon opened up again. It was Ribery who scored for Cagliari. The French also scored twice in this game.
In this way, when the referee finally blew the whistle for the end of the game, the score on the field was fixed at 4:1, and Cagliari's unbeaten streak continued to 57 games.
However, Cagliari was a little too early to be happy, because the next day, when the results of the match between Juventus and Inter Milan came out, this season's Serie A championship competition came to an end.
Lost, Juventus lost the game again, and when Juventus lost this game, the point difference with Cagliari had widened to 20 points, and there were only 6 rounds left in the league.
(End of this chapter)