Chapter 172 Two passes and one shot, Lin Feng’s crazy performance! Lin Feng put his hand on his forehead, and the corners of Cruise's mouth twitched. It was obvious that he was trying hard to hold back his laughter, but it seemed that he couldn't hold it back anymore. "This doesn't count, it was my mistake, try again!" Ade's face turned red and he shouted unyieldingly. His teammates rolled their eyes when they heard what he said. Still playing? Are you kidding me? We are still behind! "Don't play anymore, let's tie the score first!" Ade might not be willing to listen to what others said, but as soon as Lin Feng opened his mouth, he immediately nodded in agreement. "Okay, let's knock them down first!" …… The all-out attack and defense of Dutch football is indeed powerful, but this tactic places high demands on the players on the field. He requires the players on the field to have very comprehensive strengths, otherwise, when he rotates to a position he is not comfortable with, he will become the Achilles heel of the team. Ajax more than a decade ago did have the foundation to play all-out attack and defense, and at that time Ajax's lineup was also very luxurious in the whole of Europe.

But with the departure of a large number of stars, Ajax is no longer what it used to be. When the team's strength has obviously declined, forcing an all-out attack and defense can easily turn into a self-destructing truck. However, the Ajax coach did not seem to realize this problem. After Inter Milan's counterattack, they further increased their offensive intensity. In the 37th minute, Bukari's long-range shot with his left foot from 28 meters away on the right side missed the near post. In the 39th minute, Ajax's corner kick entered the penalty area. Inter Milan players headed the ball away. Maduro volleyed with his right foot from 20 meters in front of the goal, but his shot was saved by Toldo. Although the continuous shooting opportunities created seem to be quite impressive, they actually do not pose much threat to Inter Milan's goal. Although Toldo has not played in a game for a long time, he can still deal with this level of threat with no problem. At the end of the first half, Ajax seemed to be tired of attacking, and it seemed that because Inter Milan's defense was too tight, Ajax could not find any good solution, so they temporarily suspended the attack. However, they wanted to control the tempo of the game, but Inter Milan was not happy about it. The moment the opponent passed the ball back, Inter Milan's formation suddenly moved forward, and the frontcourt players led by Lin Feng launched a frantic pressing on the Ajax player who was holding the ball. This change came too suddenly and Ajax was caught off guard. Their players made a pass error under pressure and the ball was intercepted! Inter Milan’s quick counterattack comes again! As a last resort, the Ajax defender who was lagging behind was forced to foul Lin Feng who was dribbling the ball, and stopped Inter Milan's counterattack at the cost of a yellow card. "What a pity! If the opponent's foul had happened a little later, Lin Feng would have rushed into the penalty area. In that case, this would have been a penalty kick!" "This goal was scored thanks to Ajax's No. 4 player Heitinga's decisive foul, otherwise the consequences would be disastrous!" “Yes, it was a yellow card, but it’s better than conceding a goal. Ajax players were a little careless. They probably thought the first half was almost over, so they let down their guard. But they didn’t expect Inter to suddenly attack and catch them off guard.” Seeing Lin Feng get up from the ground and come to the scene with the ball to take a free kick, the Ajax goalkeeper and the home team fans at the scene were a little nervous. Not long ago in the Italian national derby, Lin Feng's unpredictable free kick was selected as the best goal of February in the top five leagues. As Inter Milan's opponent, Ajax fans will naturally collect information about the opponent in advance.

Many of them have seen Lin Feng's goal, so they are very wary of Lin Feng's free kick ability. After positioning the ball, Lin Feng took a few steps back and looked towards the opponent's penalty area. After seeing the human wall formed by Ajax, Lin Feng couldn't help but frown. What did the Dutch grow up eating? How come you are so tall? The human wall is a bit high, and if we kick the ball in the usual way, the ball will most likely be blocked by the wall. In this case, you can either go around the wall from the side or take a high arc free throw to ensure that it will not be destroyed by the wall. Lin Feng chose the former! While the human wall was not yet formed, Lin Feng quickly made a tactical gesture. Seeing this, the teammates were cheered up: Here it comes, a tactical free kick from Lin Feng! After seeing Lin Feng's gesture clearly, Inter Milan's players immediately took action. Except for three players left on the periphery to provide support, the rest of the players rushed into the penalty area. Three of the players were positioned behind the wall, deliberately taking an offside position to interfere with the opposing defensive players. Among the other three players, two of them forcefully penetrated into the opponent's wall, and the remaining one stood at the outermost side of the opponent's wall. Although the Ajax players didn't know what their opponents were going to do, they couldn't help but feel nervous when they saw the opponent's position, and suddenly they had a bad feeling. Beep! The referee's whistle sounded and Lin Feng started to run. At the same time, the two Inter Milan players standing in the middle of the human wall suddenly broke away from the wall and ran to the back, while the outermost Inter Milan players tried their best to squeeze the human wall to the empty space on the right. The two defensive players sandwiched between three Inter Milan players had not yet figured out what was happening before their positions were squeezed out. As soon as they left, the shooting space they had blocked was exposed. And Lin Feng's ball almost flew into the penalty area from this side at the same time. The Ajax goalkeeper's reaction speed was very fast. When he saw the human wall was broken, he immediately judged that the opponent was going to shoot from the left side. But the speed of Lin Feng's shot was beyond his imagination. The football and his outstretched palm arrived at the left side almost at the same time, but he was still a step slower, and the ball brushed against his fingertips and went into the net. The score became 2:2, and Inter Milan equalized the score in the last minute of the first half thanks to Lin Feng's double goal. For a moment, the Amsterdam Arena was silent. More than 50,000 fans of the home team looked at their own goal with dull expressions. For them, it only took 20 minutes to go from heaven to hell! The more than 2,000 Inter Milan fans who traveled with the team were the complete opposite. They ascended from hell to heaven. The situation was so disadvantageous in the first 20 minutes, but the score was evened before the end of the first half! ? Even they themselves couldn't believe it! On the sidelines, Mancini confirmed it several times, and only after the referee indicated that the goal was valid did he celebrate wildly with his colleagues. When the team was trailing 0:2, he had already thought about what kind of hair dryer he would turn on in the locker room. Unexpectedly, Lin Feng brought him such a big surprise and almost tied the score by himself.

Now, we don’t have to turn on the hair dryer, and there is no need to adjust the tactics for the second half. The score of 2:2 is already very satisfactory for Inter Milan. Not only did they not lose the game, but they also earned 2 away goals. "It really lives up to the saying 'When things are against the odds, rely on Ade; when things are desperate, rely on Lin Feng'!" Mancini said to the assistant coach with emotion. The teaching assistant nodded in agreement: "This kid is really born to play in big games. I've never seen him get nervous and make mistakes on the court. He always performs so stably!" The physical trainer also said: “The most terrifying thing is that he is still making progress. When he first joined the team, Lin Feng's physical confrontation ability was weak and his physical fitness was also a big problem, but now these problems have been completely solved. His physical fitness is even more abundant than most of the players in the team. Otherwise, it would be impossible to guarantee that he would still perform so well in the face of multiple fronts! " The physical trainer's words resonated with everyone. Lin Feng is the kind of player who is both talented and hardworking. "I really don't know how high this kid can grow in the future!" Mancini said with emotion. …… One minute later, the first half of the game ended. In the locker room, Mancini did not turn on the hair dryer. But he also summarized and criticized the mistakes made by the team in the first half. "In the second half we played a defensive counterattack and the score was in our favour, but Ajax certainly couldn't accept it. Since they like to attack so much, let them attack. When they attack, we can seize their mistakes and launch a counterattack. Then the victory will be ours!" Inter Milan had just finished their league game not long ago, and the players' physical fitness did not support them to go all out and fight against the opponent. Adopting the economical and affordable squatting defense tactics is the way to win with the least cost and the greatest benefit. After the start of the second half, Inter Milan kicked off, but they did not rush to attack. Instead, they wasted time passing the ball back and forth in the backcourt. When Ajax players rushed up to press and the formation moved forward as a whole, Zanetti made a long pass to his teammates in the frontcourt and quickly launched a counterattack. Although the counterattack failed, it still made the Ajax players frightened. Many of them ran back and forth, which consumed a lot of physical energy. After Ajax took control of the ball, Inter Milan quickly shrank their formation, with the entire team retreating to their own half. They used their numerical advantage to press the opponent in some local areas, compressing the opponent's offensive space and denying them the opportunity to organize an attack. This tactic is actually quite disgusting. Inter Milan cannot be considered to be parking the bus because their formation does not retreat deep enough and their fighting intensity in the backcourt is also quite strong. Once Ajax makes a mistake and loses the ball, Inter Milan's thunderous counterattack will come immediately. This made the Ajax players play very awkwardly. They wanted to attack but couldn't. Calling all the players in the backcourt to join the attack, they were also worried that the backcourt would be left empty and the opponent would counterattack. With this contradictory mentality, the second half of the game quickly entered the 60th minute. The score on the field is still 2:2. Ajax has not scored any goals during this period, and even the number of shots has decreased. Mancini sat calmly in the coaching booth, very satisfied with the situation on the field.

Everything is within your calculation! But the head coach of Ajax next door can no longer sit still. If they continue playing like this, Ajax's hopes of advancing to the quarterfinals will probably be completely shattered. Ajax is originally weaker than Inter Milan, and the schedule is also very unfavorable to them. If they can't even win the game at home now, what can they use to fight Inter Milan in the next round at Meazza? So even though he knew what Mancini was planning, he had no choice but to jump in. In the 65th minute, taking advantage of the Inter Milan players' declining physical strength, Ajax launched a massive attack. This was probably their strongest wave of attack. If this round of attack was not successful, Ajax would be able to take it away. Seeing this, Mancini decisively started to make substitutions, replacing Adriano and Figo with Pizarro and Stankovic. This is a signal to strengthen defense! Seeing Figo leave the field, the Ajax coach was ecstatic. Although the Portuguese is old, his deterrent power on the right is still as strong as before. When he is on the field, he always brings huge pressure to Ajax's left defense. Now that he is off the field, Ajax's left side can finally move. The liberation of Ajax's left side did add a lot of threat to their attack. In the 67th minute, Ajax's left-back Emanuelsson ran with the ball and was intercepted by an Inter Milan player. He made a beautiful pass to get rid of the defense, then cut inside with the ball and shot with his left foot from 17 meters in front of the goal, but the shot went wide of the near post. This was the most threatening shot by Ajax in the second half. Although the ball did not go in, the left-back created a great threat in this attack. This in itself is a very positive signal, giving Ajax fans hope again, and the cheers in the Amsterdam Arena began to get louder again. However, there are always a few unromantic guys who like to jump out and shatter the dreams of the home team fans when they are full of hope. In the 68th minute, Stankovic intercepted the ball in the backcourt and Cambiasso passed the ball to Lin Feng who retreated to receive the ball. After Lin Feng used his God's vision to see the passing route, he half turned around without looking at the position of his teammates, and directly passed the ball through Ajax's defense line, accurately finding Cruz on the striker. Inter Milan's super substitute dribbled into the penalty area and faced the goalkeeper who came out, and he bravely and carefully shot the ball into the goal. The score became 2:3, Ajax lost even the tie and was reversed by Inter Milan. The throats of the cheering Ajax fans seemed to be clamped by a pair of pliers and they could no longer shout. "Beautiful, the ball goes in again, a goal from Cruz!" "Inter Milan was trailing 0-2 but scored three goals in a row and turned the game around!" "If the game ends with this score, it will be very bad for Ajax!" "Yes, they will go to San Siro in the next round. Inter Milan's home record this season is very strong. In the three fronts of the league, Champions League and Italian Cup, Inter Milan has remained unbeaten at home so far. And Ajax is still three away goals behind, which means that if they want to advance, they must beat Inter Milan at Meazza! "

In the CCTV studio, the two commentators were not optimistic about Ajax's advancement to the Champions League after Cruz scored the reversal goal. Although there is indeed a subjective preference for Lin Feng, the objective situation is here. Unless Ajax can complete another reversal in the remaining 20 minutes, Ajax's hopes of advancing are very slim. (End of this chapter)