The Day I Played with Ronaldo

The development of the game to the present situation, no one could have imagined before the game.

Who would have thought that Roma could lead the seemingly powerful Inter Milan by two goals? Who dares to say that Inter Milan can score three goals in a row when they are two goals behind?

The ups and downs of the game, the fans are happy, they have one more thing to talk about, and they will even talk about this game many years later.

It is the head coaches of both sides who suffer. It is necessary to constantly make adjustments according to the changing situation on the court.

The Roma team has just experienced a coaching change. The head coach Fabio Capello who led them to the second place last season went to Juventus, and Prandelli's wife, who took over the team, was seriously ill and had to resign as the head coach. The role of coach.

At this time, Völler from Germany took over the team, but Völler failed to settle the Roma locker room, especially had conflicts with Totti, completely failed to get the support of the players, and had to resign after the last round of the league .

In this game, it was Del Neri, who led Chievo to achieve good results, who led Roma to play.

Everyone knows that Del Neri's qualifications, grades, and level are not enough to coach a famous family like Rome, and he is a firefighter.

Before the game, "Corriere dello Sport" pessimistically said that as long as the Roma team does not suffer a big defeat in this game, even Del Neri has done a lot. It would be even more thankful if a draw could be achieved.

No one would have imagined that Roma, who had obvious internal and external troubles, dared to play offensive football in this game, and they succeeded, at least for a period of time leading by two goals.

It was only Ricardo's sudden outburst that ruined their efforts.

The score of 3:2 did not last long. Only 3 minutes later, Inter Milan launched an offensive again, and Ze Maria launched a long pass from the back to find Adriano. After Adriano unloaded the ball, he knocked it across the middle, and Ricardo appeared in a key position. After taking the ball, he didn't hesitate or dribble to delay the opportunity of the battle.

"Chinese boy" Recoba jumped in at high speed, took the ball past Mex, shot from a small angle, and the football went straight to the far corner, breaking through Pellizzoli's ten fingers again.

Inter Milan leads 4:2!

Mancini couldn't help standing up and applauding the cooperation of the players.

On the opposite side of him, Del Neri had a pale face. Although his eyes were anxious, he quietly did not command loudly.

Perhaps Del Neri knew it himself,

He's not as good at talking as Totti. Instead of yelling and wasting saliva, let Totti cheer up and lead the team to fight back.

"Wolf King" is the king of wolves. When it's time for him to show off his muscles, he never disappoints. As long as the "Wolf King" is around, the wolves are always full of fighting power and dare to deal with any powerful enemy.

Just 3 minutes later, Zemalia fouled at the front of the penalty area and Totti took a free kick.

The Olympic Stadium made overwhelming noises. Totti did not live up to the expectations of the fans. His free kick flew into the dead corner of the goal cleanly. Toldo did not make a save. He could only shrug his shoulders to express his helplessness. This ball is already out of human reach.

Now Inter Milan is only one goal ahead.

Mancini couldn't sit still. He quickly made substitution adjustments, replaced Ricardo with C. Zanetti, hoarded 4 muscular players in the midfield, and Recoba played the second striker.

Ricardo was a little depressed. No one wants to be replaced halfway through such an important game. Mancini noticed his depressed expression and stepped forward to comfort him: "You have done a great job and made a great contribution to the team. But the team needs to defend now, this is just a tactical substitution."

Ricardo nodded sullenly to express his understanding, but he scoffed in his heart. Without their own threat in the frontcourt, the Roma team can attack more brazenly.

Although I have to participate in the defense, my physical fitness has declined sharply, and now I have reduced the dribbling breakthrough after getting the ball, but I can use the pass to sort out the offense in the frontcourt, which can also create a murderous opportunity.

After leaving the field, Inter Milan will definitely face a massive counterattack from their opponents.

On paper, such a midfield defensive ability should be strong: Davies, Cambiasso, Stankovic, C. Zanetti. But in actual combat, their defense is always frightening.

One-on-one defense, each of them is strong. But the line of defense formed by kneading together gave the opponent many opportunities to counterattack.

Of course, Roma pressed heavily and Inter Milan also got some chances, but the connection between Recoba and Adriano was not ideal.

When Ricardo was on the field, Adriano would pass the ball a few times. After Ricardo left the field, Adriano got the ball and did it alone.

Recoba also seems to want to prove himself in the limited playing time, and he will shoot and shoot when he gets the ball. For a while, Inter Milan only had an offensive, but did not create enough threats.

In the 74th minute, Roma got another free kick. Totti took the ball to the front point, and De Rossi stopped the ball with his chest and swept it with his legs.

Toldo seemed to be blocked by the crowd and failed to react in time. The football rolled slowly into the near corner.

4:4, Roma equalized the score!

Mancini replaced Recoba with super substitute Cruz, but Cruz failed to perform magically in this game.

In the end, Inter Milan and Roma could only shake hands and make peace, and both sides scored one point each.

In the post-match press conference, Mancini looked a bit bitter: "The lads played very well, we deserved a win. But Totti turned our 3 points into 1 with two free kicks. point."

"Our defense still needs to be adjusted. Conceding two goals in the first 9 minutes is intolerable."

"Everyone makes mistakes. We shouldn't criticize Zanetti. He is a good captain and a good player. I believe he will give us better games in the future."

"Ricciardo's performance is very good, one goal, three assists, our four goals are all related to him, I think he has made a great contribution to the team. Taking him off does not mean that I am sorry. He was dissatisfied, it was just a tactical need, at that time I needed a player with stronger defensive ability to appear on the court."

"This game has passed, we need to learn the lesson and look forward. The season is still very long and we have plenty of time to adjust. I insist that Inter Milan has the strength to compete for the championship."

On the bus back to Pinettina, Mancini couldn't help thinking, why did the game change so dramatically, why did it go from falling behind by two goals, to leading with four goals in a row, and then being equalized? What happened during this period?

So as soon as he returned to Pinettina, he found the video of the game and watched it over and over again.