In the 42nd minute of the game, when Leeds United was attacking, Van Persie received a pass from Smith in the penalty area, made a fake shot, and then waited for Materazzi to pounce, then dunked with his right foot. Past Materazzi.
However, when he smashed the ball past someone, his hands moved a little. Materazzi rushed too hard and failed to stop the car. In addition, Van Persie's hand movements caused him to fall to the ground.
The referee whistled for a foul on Leeds United.
All the Leeds United players were stunned, especially Smith and Robin van Persie.
At that time, after Van Persie passed Materazzi, he should have faced the goal directly. Leeds United definitely disagreed with the foul being called at this time.
Van Persie held the ball directly in his arms and did not give Inter Milan a kick-off. Then he ran to the referee and kept shouting at the referee. Smith and other Leeds United players also ran over and surrounded the referee.
"I didn't touch him, he fell on his own."
"Referee, he is a habitual offender. He is very good at acting. Don't be fooled by him."
The Leeds United players on the field are now transformed into the French "Avengers", constantly responsible for Materazzi.
George Lee, who was watching the game off the court, was also very angry. He found the fourth official and kept saying bad things about Materazzi.
"Referee, he's diving, can't you see?"
"You should remind the referee, I believe you saw the truth."
At this time, Mancini also came over and explained to the fourth official that Van Persie did make a move on his hands at that time.
In the end, the referee insisted on his decision and determined that Van Persie had committed a foul and replaced it with a set kick from Inter Milan's backcourt.
However, the referee was relatively polite to the home team. He was annoyed by the Leeds United players being surrounded by them for so long and did not show any yellow cards to the Leeds United players.
If it were another referee, he might have to take out a card to stabilize the situation in order to control the situation.
"It's too passive. We need to change our tactics in the midfield."
Seeing his players retreating to his own half, George Li made up his mind that the midfielder must change his playing style, as it was too conservative.
In the injury time of the first half, Vieira successfully intercepted Smith and launched an attack.
To the wing, Zanetti passed the ball to the center from between Bynes and Matteisson on the right.
Crespo outflanked the ball in the middle and hit the football before Woodgate.
However, because the ball was too fast and did not hit the right spot, the ball went over the crossbar.
After the goal, the referee also blew the whistle to end the first half, and the two sides entered the halftime break.
Li George stood on the sidelines and signaled the players to quickly return to the locker room to rest. He specifically waited for the referee on the sidelines and continued to argue with the referee about the controversial ball just now.
The referee said that he would watch the video during the halftime break, and if George Li had any objections, he could appeal.
Of course, Li George knew that it was impossible to really appeal to UEFA, and the appeal was unlikely to have a result. He just wanted to put pressure on the referee so that he could get some favorable penalties for his team in the second half.
Then he hurried back to the locker room and began to lay out tactics.
At the beginning of the second half, Leeds United fans discovered that Leeds United had made a substitution, and Lennon replaced Baines.
This is not a matchup substitution. It is obvious that Leeds United have changed their formation.
And Radebe, who was the commentator, could see it at a glance.
"In the second half, Leeds United will strengthen their wing attack, probably focusing on the right wing."
"Let's take a look together." Although Taylor also noticed it, Radebe said it first, so he could only continue what he said.
As expected by Radebe, Leeds United's substitution put Van Persie on the left and handed over the right to Milner and Lennon. After Baines came off the field, Mathisen came to the left. Although he was in the left back position, in order to defend Zanetti and Maicon, Mathisen would hardly step in.
"The tactics in the first half were my fault, and I took the initiative to review them."
"In the second half we went back to the way we play best and don't be afraid of losing."
"It's not good if we play too conservatively."
"TMD, I shouldn't be like this. I beat them every moment in the second half."
"Go fight, go grab, I want to see your presence in the audience."
During midfield, George Li not only changed players, but also asked the team to play more liberally and stop being conservative.
Although he can not lose, he cannot play in his team's style. Li George believes that the players on the team will feel uncomfortable.
During the European Super Cup, George Li had already roughly figured it out.
The team's last-minute offense was a release after being suppressed for too long.
Today, when playing against Inter Milan, George Lee shouldn't be too conservative. After all, his team is not weak now. Why should he retreat to defend and only fight back?
I have to fight back, and I have to fight in position. I also have to play ball control and push forward.
Sure enough, in the second half, Inter Milan's Mancini discovered that Leeds United was different.
Obviously, I felt that Leeds United's high-position pressing defense mentioned when the team was setting up tactics was the same as in the video.
As soon as Materazzi received Vieira's return pass, he was immediately targeted by Lennon and Kuyt.
After Vieira returned the ball, he felt the familiar feeling coming back when he played against Leeds United at Arsenal.
Subconsciously looking around him, he saw that Smith was standing not far to his left and in front, with Parker behind him on his right.
Materazzi quickly passed the ball to Cordoba. He knew that his ability to pass and control was weak. If the ball stayed under his feet for a while, it would be more dangerous.
Cordoba also used his own experience to deceive Van Persie with a fake move, and then handed the ball to Maicon.
I don't know if Maicon went to see the red light district in Leeds with Adriano yesterday, or if Mancini specially arranged it for him. In short, he made very few forward moves today and stayed in his position.
In the second half, the two sides began to attack and defend each other.
In the 50th minute of the game, the Inter Milan center back made a clearance not far from the penalty area. Robin van Persie got it and shot directly from a long distance. The ball hit the crossbar and flew out of the baseline.
In the 56th minute of the game, Stankovic's long shot from outside the penalty area was caught by Van der Sar.
In the 63rd minute of the game, it was Inter Milan's attack again. After Figo's breakthrough came to the left, he made a pass from a 45-degree position on the left. Crespo's header was confiscated by Van der Sar.
In the 67th minute of the game, Inter Milan replaced Figo with Solari.
In the 68th minute of the game, Leeds United also made a substitution, replacing Woodgate with center back Granqvist.
This substitution was a bit unexpected by everyone. I don’t understand why Woodgate, who was very good at restricting Adriano in the second half, was replaced.
In the 70th minute of the game, Leeds United's corner kick, Robin van Persie's corner kick was met by Albucheson at the front point, but it missed the right spot and hit the side netting.
In the 71st minute of the game, it was another set piece from Leeds United. Granqvist used his height advantage to overwhelm Cordoba in the penalty area, and his header was blocked by Cesar.
It wasn't until the 73rd minute of the game that something unexpected happened on the court.
Milner, who served as Leeds United's right back today, fell to the ground during a fight with Solari and rolled around holding his ankle.
At this time, Leeds United was not leading, and Li George has always emphasized the team's football quality. So Milner must be really injured this time.
The team's main right back Mills is injured, and now the substitute right back Milner is also injured.
George Lee looked to his bench and spotted the team's third right back option.
Charlotte Blake, who just turned 17 this year.
