"I understand!" The players answered in unison. The first half of the game was indeed smooth, but the players of Leiden East did not dare to underestimate the other party. After all, none of the people who can reach the semi-finals this season are weak.

Xiao Ming didn't say anything more. After all, Inter Milan's biggest problem is not only the backward scene, but the players have begun to feel a little dissatisfied with the coach. In this case, if the relationship between the coach and the players cannot be adjusted properly, no matter how outstanding the lineup is, it will only be a mess.

But the ice is three feet long, and it will not be a day's cold. Although Cooper has achieved good results in leading Inter Milan in the past two years, his biggest weakness is his failure to win a championship with weight. The team's dissatisfaction with him is not something that can be formed in a day or two. Can Cooper solve this problem within a short fifteen minutes of halftime break?

Xiao Ming will not give the opponent a chance to breathe, that is to say, to completely solve Inter Milan at home, so that the players from Inter Milan will feel that they will no longer be able to recover the score. Then no matter how much time Cooper is given, they may not be able to get back the disadvantage at home!

Two goals at home are not enough...

The fifteen minutes of the halftime break passed in a blink of an eye, and when Xiao Ming sat on the coaching seat, he immediately sneered in his heart.

Cooper did not substitute - Recoba, Caron and Martins three forwards were still sitting on the bench.

"What is Cooper thinking?"

The commentators asked questions one after another. In their opinion, if Inter Milan, which was already two goals behind in the first half, does not make adjustments, it would almost mean that they would give up the game. For a two-round elimination game, what is the difference between giving up one game and giving up all games?

Five minutes after the second half, even McDonald couldn't help asking: "What the hell is Cooper thinking?"

Because judging from these five minutes of the game, Cooper has not even changed his tactics except for no substitutions - Inter Milan is still defending and counterattacking on the court!

"What is he thinking? I'm afraid he is thinking about how to maintain his authority." Xiao Ming sneered: "In the first half, Inter Milan players scored another goal by us because of a large pressure. I guess Cooper got angry in the locker room during the halftime break. He asked the players to implement the tactics he arranged more resolutely... Unfortunately, Cooper didn't know that authority was not maintained by toughness and stubbornness, but accumulated through victory after victory... Two goals were behind, not thinking about how to equalize the score but sticking to the so-called head coach's authority. Cooper is inevitably unable to escape from petty aura."

McDonald stumbled for a moment and felt that this was true. Perhaps it was not just to maintain his authority, but to Cooper's conservative personality, he felt that he had not yet reached the point of breaking his attack. After all, although he lost two goals away from home, if he did not lose the ball, he could even seize the opportunity of Leiden East's pressing against one goal, returning to the home court would be beneficial - Inter Milan suppressed the attack in the second half of the first half and conceded a goal, which was unbearable for Cooper.

It is not too wrong to say that Cooper’s thoughts are not wrong. After all, if he puts a big push on the offense, Leiden East will follow the coup and take a chance to counterattack. Inter Milan is not easy to play. However, Cooper forgot that the Inter Milan players were already quite dissatisfied with his defensive tactics in the first half. Now that they are behind two goals, they are not attacking. How can Inter Milan not feel frustrated?

So although the defense is still as stable as usual, it lacks the feeling of trying hard to stop you from scoring the goal. The two forwards in the frontcourt just stand there, and only when the long passes in the backcourt launches a counterattack will there be a passionate move...

Inter Milan, who was continued to be suppressed by Leiden East, only received another shot in the 53rd minute. Emre dribbled the ball to attract the attention of two Leiden East defensive players and then passed back. Dibiagio, who followed, shot a long shot from outside the penalty area, was saved by Yasquelenen. At this time, Cooper may have noticed the dissatisfaction of the players. He finally replaced Cordoba with Recoba, changed the lineup and strengthened the attack.

However, Inter Milan, who wanted to strengthen the attack, was hit five minutes later. Vieri fell to the ground after fighting with Campbell. His right thigh injury, which had not been cured, broke out again. In desperation, Cooper replaced Vieri with Caron and supported Crespo with Recoba, who was behind Crespo, and he was alone in the fight against the single center.

Inter Milan, who had more offensive opportunities, strengthened its offensive. After Recoba came on the court, he showed excellent form. Through his skills and long shots, he kept causing trouble for Leiden East's defense line outside the penalty area. It was not until Marklele stared at him that Recoba did not seem so active.

However, after Marklele went to guard Recoba, Emre became more active. Originally, this Turkish little man had excellent technical and organizational skills, and he also had excellent long-range shooting ability. Although Pirlo returned to defense, he could not keep an eye on Emre with average defensive ability.

Xiao Ming made the first substitution in this game. Tovdin replaced Ronaldo on the court. After the game, Ronaldo was a little dissatisfied, but he also knew that it might be more important to keep the victory at this time. Van Nie, who can be a beacon in the frontcourt, also has an important role in counterattack. At the same time, he was too excited on the court today. The back and forth of the first half consumed a lot of physical energy, and he could no longer run like in the first half.

"Ronnie, don't forget that there is still a second round of game." Xiao Ming said to Ronaldo.

Ronaldo nodded, and the little grudge in his heart finally disappeared.

After Tovdin came on the court, he immediately targeted Emre. Although the Danish midfielder was already very old, he still had physical fitness in the half game. Moreover, he was a pure engineer with excellent running and defensive ability. Now he didn't do anything else after he came on the court. He was all focused on staring at Emre. In this way, Emre, who had already performed some improvement, began to feel a little difficult to move forward again. If the Turkish boy had read Journey to the West, he would definitely shout: "I just went to the golden hoop curse, why did I get another tight hoop curse!"

Faced with Xiao Ming's approach, Cooper was helpless. Now it's Leiden East's turn to defend, and the opponent is the most threatening player to stare at you. What can you do? Send a forward? There are only Martins and Ventola on the bench. If you change one, there will be an experienced Deselli on the bench...

Leiden East is not a defensive defense now, and both sides still launch a counterattack whenever they have the chance. Although Ronaldo has already left the court, Fanny's speed is not slow. In addition, Ronaldo and Figo on both wings are still very easy to fight back. Every time they counterattack, Inter Milan waits for the defense to retreat - losing two goals will not cause the team's morale to collapse, but if you lose the third one, it will be different...

In the 66th minute, Inter Milan finally had a good opportunity.

Recoba finally got off Marklele through continuous running and got the ball, then dribbled the ball and rushed into the penalty area. As a result, three defenders from Leiden East immediately blocked him. Daniel broke the ball out of the penalty area. The ball that was rolled out fell to Emre's feet. Emre knocked the ball to Recoba again. Recoba dribbled the ball and broke through again. Marklele made a rare mistake. His falling tackle did not destroy the ball, but tripped Recoba...

Penalty!

Swiss referee Mayer ran into the penalty area and decisively pointed to the penalty spot. Cooper jumped up from the coach's seat and waved his fist hard!

He even thought about it. As soon as the penalty kick was scored, he immediately defended himself - he only lost one away goal and scored one away goal. There is still a game to play!

Marklele complained to the referee, but Meier was unmoved. He saw clearly that maybe Recoba did not have a chance to shoot, but Marklele did trip over Recoba...

However, he showed mercy and did not show a yellow card to Marklele. Daniel pulled Marklele away. He also knew this very well. You should know that if Marklele takes another card, he will have to be suspended...

Recoba stood in front of the penalty spot, and Jasklein stood on the goal line and moved his arms, then opened his hands to wait for Recoba's shot.

Recoba assisted and pushed the shot in the lower left corner!

Yasquelenen made a correct judgment and rushed to the lower left corner!

Yasquelenen's height advantage of 1.93 meters was fully utilized at this moment. His hand stretched out just blocked Recoba's shooting route, and he held the ball out of the baseline with force!

"Roar!" Yasklenen jumped up from the ground, turned to face the stands, punched his chest with his right hand, and roared loudly at the stands!

There was also a huge roar in the stands. The usually calm Yasquelanen's roar also ignited the incomparable passion of the fans of Leiden Oriental!

Leiden East players rushed forward and surrounded Yasquelenin in the middle - at this moment, this silent Finnish big man was the most focused on the field!

"Beautiful job-" Xiao Ming shouted.

Morati in the box covered his forehead, and at this moment he was also hit the worst. He fell behind two goals and failed to score a penalty!

Inter Milan players were also hit by the same blow. Recoba stood in the penalty area with his hands on his hips. Cooper came forward to score for the goal, but he was unable to score the penalty...

The powerful Leiden Oriental expanded its lead to three to zero eight minutes later!

Ashley Cole made a long diagonal pass from the backcourt. This long pass unexpectedly broke the Inter Milan's defense line. Figo inserted it at high speed along the side. After receiving this long pass, he threw away Cannavaro and Koko who made the defense on the side with speed. Then he volleyed on the right side of the penalty area and flew straight to the lower left corner - three to zero!

After scoring the goal, Figo opened his arms and rushed to the sidelines, kneeling against the cheering fans. Fanny hugged his neck from behind, and then cheered loudly in the stands.

"The overall situation is decided!"

Countless commentators made such a voice at the same time!

And Inter Milan's misfortune is far from over.

Cooper originally planned to replace Martins with his last goal, but while the players from Leiden East were still celebrating, Koko covered his thighs with pain on his face, and then signaled to substitutions to the field...

Cooper cursed angrily, but what could he say? He could only choose to replace Coco with Pasquale to maintain the integrity of the defense line...

However, perhaps God doesn't want to see the second round turn into garbage time. Before the end of the game, Inter Milan's seemingly inadvertent attack tore open the defense line of Leiden East. Dibiagio passed the long pass in the midfield, and Recoba, who successfully counterattacked the result. Facing Jasqueline directly, he calmly scored the ball into the lower left corner, maintaining a glimmer of hope for Inter Milan to advance.

Three to one, this is the final score of the game. Leiden Oriental has gained enough advantage at home, but Inter Milan is not desperate yet. A away goal allows them to enter the finals by winning two goals at home...

But Xiao Ming was very dissatisfied with this, because in the last ball, Recoba offside half of the position. At the post-match press conference, Xiao Ming pointed out this point dissatisfiedly. He did not say anything too much because he was unwilling to be suspended for criticizing the referee. However, fans of Leiden East scolded UEFA in the fan forum. They believed that this was UEFA doing this on purpose to prevent the second round of the game from losing suspense...

However, in private, Xiao Ming didn't care much about this.

Because Inter Milan's current situation is much worse than Leiden Oriental, even if they scored that offside goal, they still don't have many opportunities in the second round, because the trouble between Cooper and Inter Milan has just arrived...
Chapter completed!