Both Ibrahimovic and Mancini thought that Jose Passarella's forced comeback was their chance.
Mancini even made temporary adjustments to his tactics.
We plan to strengthen our offensive here with Jose Passarella and achieve a breakthrough.
Of course, Mancini also learned the lesson of Real Madrid and did not focus all his attacks here.
He just asked Ibrahimovic to focus on attacking Jose Passarella without mercy.
Then when the whole team attacks, the center of gravity will be slightly tilted this way.
He believes this is enough.
When the game started, everyone saw Jose Passarella. He appeared in the starting lineup wearing the captain's armband.
The first captain Rocky was sitting on the bench.
The Lazio fans gave a burst of cheers. Although Pavin also performed very well, the other Stendaldo's level and ability were not as good. He was not Lazio's main central defender combination after all.
After Jose Passarella returned to the team, he formed a central defender partnership with Pavin. This is Lazio's strongest central defender combination.
Seeing Passarella return to the team, Lazio fans are relieved that they don't have to worry about conceding goals in the future.
"José Passarella was injured in the penalty shootout of the second leg of the Champions League quarter-final against Bayern Munich. After a long recovery period, he returned to the team's lineup...
This is really exciting news for Lazio fans. But I am worried about him without any adaptation process. Is it really okay to directly play the main role in such an important game? Jose Passare
Are you fully prepared physically and mentally?"
The question raised by the commentator is also a question raised by many fans and reporters.
Although Jose Passarella's performance has been stable before, he has not played a serious game for seven months.
He even missed Lazio's various warm-up matches before the start of the season.
What can such a player who is not in game condition do?
Do you let your opponent break through again and again?
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Amid everyone's doubts, the game began.
Ibrahimovic charged towards Passarella with confidence and murderous intent, intending to show off the centre-back who had made him suffer so much before.
The first confrontation between the two took place in the sixth minute of the game.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic finally faced Jose Passarella.
Everyone was staring at the two of them. Inter Milan fans started cheering as if Ibrahimovic had broken through Jose Passarella.
But the next second, all these cheers stopped abruptly, as if someone had grabbed their throats.
Because Ibrahimovic tried to break through, but Jose Passarella intercepted the ball with a very precise steal.
The football flew behind him, and Ibrahimovic rushed over due to inertia.
When he turned around in surprise, he saw that Jose Passarella had already caught up with the football and was wading forward with the ball!
"Uh... this..." The commentator didn't even respond. He was stunned, his mind went blank, and he didn't know what to say.
At the same time, the few Lazio fans in the stands gave a huge cheer.
"Jose!!"
"This is our new Nesta!"
Lazio fans demonstrate against Inter Milan.
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"José Passarella intercepted Ibrahimovic's ball!"
After reacting, the commentator yelled.
"But... maybe it's a coincidence, an accident." He then added.
Those Lazio fans who could not go to watch the game in person and could only watch the live broadcast in front of the TV shouted at the TV: "This is not a coincidence!!"
Both Ibrahimovic and Mancini thought it was a coincidence.
No matter how out of shape a central defender is, he won't be able to defend successfully even once.
Only this time, the successful defense came from the start.
Ibrahimovic gave his teammates a "no big deal" gesture.
Tell everyone he is fine.
Mancini's heart dropped when he saw it on the sidelines.
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Soon Ibrahimovic faced Jose Passarella again, but instead of facing him with the ball, he ran to his position and received the pass from his teammate.
As soon as he received the pass from his teammate, Jose Passarella pounced on him and pressed hard against him, preventing him from turning around.
Ibrahimovic originally planned to use his body to force a breakthrough. He thought that injured players who have just returned from injury will have a psychological shadow, that is, they are afraid of being injured again. Therefore, as long as the opponent is tougher in defense, they will
It will be soft.
He thought to himself that this rule should also apply to Jose Passarella.
Unexpectedly, when he tried to use his body to turn around and break through, he felt as if he had hit a wall after turning around!
Jose Passarella intercepted from the front and stopped Ibrahimovic who was turning around. At the same time, he knocked the football away from his feet!
Then he pushed away Ibrahimovic, bypassed the opponent, and caught up with the football.
When Ibrahimovic turned around to look, he could only see the back of Jose Passarella...
"Pasarella intercepted Ibrahimovic's ball again! This time Ibrahimovic planned to turn around and attack!"
Ibrahimovic raised his hand to gesture to his teammates: "I'm fine, don't worry. No problem, it's no big deal."
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Once or twice can be accidental.
What about three or four times?
In the 45 minutes of the first half, Ibrahimovic and Jose Passarella faced off directly six times. Of these six times, Ibrahimovic only won once.
1:5, Ibrahimovic, complete defeat!
The score in the first half was 0:0.
Ibrahimovic stood on the court, panting and looking at Jose Passarella in the distance.
Only playing the first half, with Ibrahimovic's physical strength, it is impossible for him to be so tired. Although Ibrahimovic's character is not well known, his professionalism is still lacking.
His physical fitness has always been excellent. His physical fitness is also very good.
But he was very tired after playing the first half today.
This feeling was not unfamiliar to him.
Because it happens every time after competing with Jose Passarella.
After getting tired in the first half, I recovered some physical strength during the halftime break and continued to get tired in the second half.
When he feels this way, it means that the Jose Passarella in front of him has indeed returned to form. This is the boy known as the "New Nesta"!
This feeling cannot fool him.
Regardless of whether he admits it in his heart or not, his body has already admitted it.
But Ibrahimovic still doesn't understand.
He didn't understand how a player who hadn't played in a game for seven months could be in such good shape as soon as he got back into shape...
As for that "I'm fine" gesture, Ibrahimovic has long stopped making it.
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Jose Passarella's outstanding performance greatly boosted Lazio's morale and weakened Inter Milan's fighting spirit. Facing the god-like Passarella, they became less and less confident as they played.
Plus the other Lazio players also performed well.
For example, Pavin also completed several key defenses from the side.
Let those Inter Milan players who planned to find another path fail again and again.
Although Lazio did not score a goal in the first half, many people could see that the initiative was on Lazio's side.
Maybe in the second half, when the Inter Milan team's physical strength decreases, Lazio will speed up and use wave after wave of breathless offensives to completely end Inter Milan.
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During the halftime break, Lazio teammates congratulated Jose Passarella on his successful comeback.
Chang Sheng also praised Jose's performance.
But he didn't make this the theme of the halftime break.
Praise for players should also be appropriate. After all, when Jose Passarella was absent due to injury, whether it was Stendaldo, Campagnono or even Chiellini, they all made contributions to the team.
made a contribution.
They blindly praise Jose Passarella for his successful comeback. What do the players who have been replaced by Passarella think about it?
"In the first half, we managed to knock down most of Inter Milan's morale. But I thought maybe they would speed up because we had to wait until they ran out of energy. No, we didn't play like that in the second half. From the beginning of the second half
Just speed up and catch them off guard! If they think we are going to wait, then we will send them to hell in advance!"
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Ibrahimovic sat in his seat with his head lowered, puzzled by what happened to him in the first half.
He even felt that this could be regarded as a century-old mystery.
Why is Jose Passarella able to maintain such excellent form?
Of course he wouldn't know. On the days when Jose Passarella was injured and unable to play football, he watched the game videos and various highlights of all Serie A forwards three times. These three times deepened his understanding of these forwards.
understanding.
Now, Passarella has begun to watch game videos and highlights of forwards from other European teams.
Then start analyzing those possible opponents in the Champions League.
So his defense often relies on his brain rather than his body.
He is not very dependent on his body. Sometimes, he already knows in advance what Ibrahimovic will do. Because this is the Swede's habit and characteristic. No matter how he plays, some characteristics and habits cannot be changed.
As long as you know this, you can make a judgment in advance, and you can make Ibrahimovic unlucky without relying on your body.
Mancini is also reviewing.
The team's offense fell into a quagmire in the first half, and this quagmire was created by Jose Passarella.
You can't do this in the second half.
In the second half, we need to return to normal and play how we want to play, not specifically targeting a certain player.
Of course, this also means that Ibrahimovic has fewer chances to get the ball than in the first half.
Mancini glanced at the Swede who lowered his head and said nothing, thinking that he would have no objection...
