After the derby with AC Milan, Inter Milan flew to Newcastle overnight to prepare for the Champions League match in three days.
The Magpies have performed very well this season, not only qualifying for the Champions League group stage, but also only ranked behind Manchester United and Arsenal in the league standings.
Before the game, the coaching staff of Inter Milan carefully studied the videos of Newcastle's recent rounds of the league and the Champions League group stage.
"Their offensive ability and toughness are really strong, and they can win three games in a row to advance to the unfavorable situation of losing three rounds first." Assistant coach Dono said with emotion.
Cooper looked at the tall British center in the video and frowned: "This Shearer is their captain, he has top-notch offensive and confrontation abilities with the ball. We must focus on defending him."
"Analyze and analyze the characteristics of other players and see how to deploy the defense. Our defense line is already very tired, so we must arrange it properly at the tactical level!"
Newcastle's starting lineup and formation are basically consistent with the predictions of the Inter Milan coaching staff, goalkeeper Given.
Guards Griffin, Bramble, O'Brien, Berland.
Midfielders Lauren Robert, Speed, Janus, Solano.
The forwards are Bellamy and Shearer.
Inter Milan's striker Batistuta partnered with Wang Feng, Recoba's absence was replaced by Morfeo, and Zambrotta replaced the underperforming Cannavaro in the defense, and the rest remained unchanged.
Cooper did not dare to rotate in this game. Leverkusen and Barcelona in the same group were eyeing each other, and the two games against Newcastle had to be won.
After the start of the game, Newcastle United launched a fierce attack on Inter Milan amid the cheers of the home fans. The defense composed of Cordoba, Koko, Zambrotta and Materazzi suffered a severe test.
In the 17th minute, Lauren Robert made a breakthrough from the right and made a pass from the bottom. Materazzi in the center failed to reach the ball. Shearer hit the poor Keke from the back and stopped the ball in the chest. Far corner hit.
What Cooper was worried about happened! The continuous high-intensity combat has greatly reduced the confrontation ability of the Inter Milan players, and they are at a disadvantage in the face of tall Premier League players.
In order to make up for this disadvantage, the striker led by Wang Feng must stand up. In the 7th minute after conceding the goal, Di Biagio sent a diagonal pass from the left. Wang Feng got the ball at high speed and faced Bran. Blocked by Bull, he swung past his opponent with a croquette before volleying hard with his right foot to equalize for the visitors.
After changing sides to fight again, in the 51st minute, Inter Milan launched a counterattack. Wang Feng dribbled the ball quickly through the midfield, past Griffin and O'Brien who were blocking him, and directly entered the frontcourt within 30 meters.
But Newcastle United's retreat was very fast. Wang Feng was embarrassed to find that there were still four players standing in front of him, while Inter Milan had zero supporters, and everyone couldn't run anymore.
In desperation, Wang Feng could only protect the ball and bring it back, and quickly counterattacked and turned into a position. This happened more than once.
In the 71st minute, when Wang Feng faced the dense defensive line alone again, he bit the bullet and rushed forward! I saw that he first dropped his shoulders left and right, smashed the ball backwards, and broke out from the double-team of Griffin and O'Brien without time.
Then he passed the ball horizontally at the front of the penalty area, widening the distance with Bramble, but Berland's tackle was also followed immediately. After Wang Feng caught up with the ball, he stepped on it abruptly, and swiped back. dodged his legs.
Both knee and ankle were aching from the forced emergency stop, but Wang Feng couldn't control it. He turned around on the spot and fired a heavy cannon. The ball hit the dead corner of the goal, and the goalkeeper couldn't stop it!
"Goal! Goal! goooooooooooooal! Wang Feng scored a goal!"
"He 1VS4, scored the ball into the home team's goal! God, this ball played the entire defense of Newcastle United!"
"Let's look back at the process of this goal... Well, no matter what angle you look at, it is so thrilling. It seems that the ball will be lost in the next moment, but the ball is always firmly under control. Within Wang Feng's control."
"He seems to be a dancer dancing between knives. This goal is full of artistic atmosphere!"
The moment Wang Feng shot the goal, the shutter on the sidelines kept flashing. Newcastle United's swaying defense and Wang Feng's resolute kick were forever frozen by the camera and became the headlines of the next day's major news, and also became eternal The classic!
In the final stage of the game, the crazy Newcastle United bombarded Inter Milan's defense. Cordoba and Koko even got cramps due to fatigue.
However, they persisted desperately to the end. Inter Milan reversed Newcastle 2:1 and won the first victory in the second stage of the Champions League group stage!
After the battle with Newcastle, Inter Milan could not stop and flew to Brescia overnight to prepare for the 12th round of Serie A.
This time Cooper finally carried out a substantial rotation, and almost all the starters were rested, except Wang Feng. He specifically found the coach: "Mr. Cooper, although I am also very tired, can you let me play."
"I have no problem with my fitness at all. Brescia is the team we have to grab points, isn't it? Now we are only four points ahead of AC Milan. If we lose this advantage, it will become very dangerous."
Cooper looked at Wang Feng worriedly: "Is there really no problem with you? You have traveled to three places in 8 days~www.mtlnovel.com~ for three consecutive games, I am very worried that you will suffer fatigue injuries."
Wang Feng patted his chest, his physique was really useful to some extent. After repeated confirmation by the team doctor, Cooper put him on the starting list.
Facts have proved that Wang Feng's worries are justified. Even facing a mid-lower team like Brescia, Inter Milan's substitute lineup is still very weak. The passive scene lasted until the 25th minute. Veteran Baggio opened the scoring for Brescia.
And Wang Feng's insistence on staying on the field also played a vital role! He was fouled on the edge of the box towards the end of the first half.
Inter Milan won an excellent free kick, Wang Feng personally took the penalty, the ball drew an arc in the air, bypassed the wall and flew into Brescia's net.
In the second half of the game, Wang Feng dragged his exhausted body and continued to move in the opponent's half, making them afraid to attack with all their strength.
In the 71st minute, Wang Feng launched a quick counterattack again. He broke through with the ball all the way and approached the opponent's frontcourt. Brescia defender Petrucci had no choice but to bring him down from behind.
Yellow card + free kick! Wang Feng fell to the ground, breathing deeply, taking advantage of the pause of the game to take a good rest.
When he stood at the penalty spot again, his legs were already a little numb, which was a sign of overuse, and he said silently in his heart: "I must win! No one can stop me!"
Run up, hit the goal! The ball flew out with a bang, passed through the gap in the wall, and hit the goal directly.
The speed of the ball is very fast, and the Brescia goalkeeper did not expect it to pass through the wall, so he could only look at the ball and sigh.
Wang Feng scored twice! With his outstanding performance, Inter Milan reversed their opponents 2:1 again!