Chapter 365
Chapter 365
In last year's Coppa Italia, Cagliari was eliminated by the team led by Mancini, but Mancini was still the head coach of Lazio at that time, and now it has become Inter Milan.
Compared with Lazio, Inter Milan is undoubtedly stronger, but in the league matches, Inter Milan has never been able to take advantage of Cagliari.
The Triple Crown, even if Li Yi didn't call it out at this time, the media would call it out for Li Yi. After reaching the final of the Champions League, Cagliari's goal of chasing the Triple Crown couldn't be more obvious.
Now, Inter Milan has become the biggest obstacle to Cagliari's pursuit of the Triple Crown. After winning the championship six rounds ahead of schedule and reaching the final of the Champions League, only the Coppa Italia is still stuck in the semi-finals.
"Yes, our goal is to win the Triple Crown, but the premise is that we can pass the Inter Milan barrier," Li Yi directly admitted in the pre-match interview.
Media speculation is one thing, but Li Yi's voluntary admission is another. Triple crown, this is the pinnacle of glory that no team in Serie A has ever touched.
The Italian media really wanted to refute Li Yi, but they couldn't refute it, because Cagliari had already achieved the first crown, and was only one step away from the second crown. Now they are chasing the third crown.
"GuysAlthough Mancini has changed the head coach, it is an indisputable fact that we lost to Lazio led by him last season. Now, whether it is for me or for yourselves, we must defeat him"
On the other hand, Mancini is also making the final mobilization. With the league hopeless and the UEFA Champions League eliminated, the only honor that Inter Milan can pursue is the Coppa Italia.
The time ended with the mobilization of the head coaches of both sides. Soon, under the reminder of the staff, the players of both sides walked out of the locker room, came to the player tunnel, and then walked to the court under the leadership of the head referee.
"These two rounds of competition will determine the height that Cagliari can finally reach this season." In the distant Asia, in China, the National Sports Channel will naturally not miss these two rounds of competition.
It is said that this season, the National Sports Channel has almost become a special live broadcast of Cagliari events. Whether it is the Champions League, Serie A or even the Coppa Italia, the National Sports Channel has not missed it.
Regarding this situation, although a few fans expressed dissatisfaction, most of them supported it. Because of Li Yi's relationship, Cagliari almost became "its own team". This phenomenon is like the Rockets in basketball.
Cagliari, who took the lead in attacking, Conte guessed the coin and chose the kick-off, but Cagliari's first wave of offense was not good.
After the ball was passed in, it was pushed out. Materazzi, in terms of air supremacy, Inter Milan still has an advantage. Although Milito and Di Natale have good headers, they have no advantage in height.
In the transition between offense and defense, Materazzi pushed the ball out of Cambiasso's feet. The latter kicked Adriano on the striker, but Martins shot.
Adriano held the ball to attract the defensive attention of the Cagliari players and then passed the ball to Martins, who inserted into the penalty area at high speed and shot hard.
"Martins is too high, Martins' shot directly deviated from the goal." Martins is very fast, but his shooting skills need to be practiced well.
To be honest, Mancini doesn't know how to be flexible at this point, or he is too stubborn on the players he is optimistic about. After all, there is Suazo who is very similar to Martins in the Inter Milan team.
Perhaps, in terms of speed, Suazo may be a little worse than Martins, but the gap between the two is not big, and compared to speed, Suazo is better than Martins in other aspects. It has to be said that Suazo's transfer to Inter Milan is not a good choice.
In the 6th minute, Cagliari finally completed the first shot. Although Cagliari wanted to use offense to express his determination for this game, Inter Milan was also fighting hard.
Guardiola sent a direct pass to Di Natale, who drew the ball to Ribery on the left after attracting the defense in the interior of Inter Milan. The Frenchman cut inside into the penalty area, and then pushed the ball across to the goal.
Milito grabbed a point in front of the goal, but Cordoba's defense failed to show strength, and the ball was directly crushed by Toldo.
In the following time, both sides had a chance to shoot. No. 15 minutes, Adriano carried Chiellini and blasted a long-range shot, and the ball was pushed out of the penalty area by Petr Cech.
No. In the 201st minute, Chiellini hit the goal with a header from a corner kick, but unfortunately the ball finally hit the goal post, then fell and was cleared.
In the 26th minute, Martins once again wasted an opportunity, and Inter Milan played a quick counterattack, almost reaching Martins' final shot, which was blocked by Petr Cech's arm.
In the 33rd minute, Cagliari almost rewritten the score. Poboski broke through with the ball and rushed into the penalty area. Then Poboski made a pass-like shot to deceive Toldo. Inter Milan couldn't even make a save, but the ball finally hit the goal post in the far corner.
"God, luck is not on our side" Giovanni shouted with a depressed face.
The ball hit the goal post and bounced in front of Toldo, and then was directly crushed by the old Inter Milan goalkeeper.
No. 308 minutes, Cagliari made a comeback, but this time he switched to the left. Ribery broke through from the side and then cut inside, creating chaos in Inter Milan's defense. Unfortunately, the team captain who stepped in at the back failed to seize the opportunity. Conte's shot directly kicked the ball into the stands.
"Perhaps, the ball in the penalty area made Cagliari captain forget how to shoot," a commentator joked.
However, this statement still makes sense to many people, because Cagliari's captain's penalty area is almost all long-range shots outside the penalty area. So far this season, there has been no goal in the penalty area.
Cagliari's Conte was ridiculed for this shot, and Inter Milan's was ridiculed by Martins. The Nigerian striker had a lot of shots in this game, but among these shots, only one kick was within the range of the goal frame.
For example, in the No.404 minute, Martins got another chance to shoot. Unfortunately, his shot was almost exactly the same as the Cagliari captain's shot, and the ball flew directly into the stands.
In stoppage time, the two sides completed another shot, but the ball never flew into each other's goal. That is to say, at the end of the first half, the score on the field was still 0:0.
"Maybe the players on both sides forgot to bring their shooting boots in this game," the neutral commentators joked as they watched the players on both sides walk to the locker room.
Even neutral fans couldn't help but join in, because the two sides shot a lot in the first half, but they just couldn't score.
(End of this chapter)