After the start of the second half, Ricardo showed that although Liverpool did not make substitution adjustments, their tactics have changed.
If they said that Ronaldo's outstanding personal ability frequently burst in the first half and had to retreat to protect himself, then they consciously and actively recovered in the second half.
Even two full-backs, Riser and Luis Garcia, recovered to the corner of the penalty area, leaving only Smitchell and Baros in the frontcourt.
It seems that they intend to fight for a draw and then use the physical advantage of overtime to determine the outcome. After all, the English League has ended, and Liverpool had no hope of winning in the league, gave up early, and the main players were fully rested.
In the counterattack, Luis Garcia often took the ball on the wing and then made a breakthrough in the middle, forming a number advantage in the middle, so their quality of counterattack was not bad at all.
Mancini watched for a few minutes, shouting on the sidelines to slow down the players on the field.
Since Liverpool is not in a hurry, he is not in a hurry. At this time, it is patience. Whoever loses patience first exposes flaws and is likely to bear the consequences.
Even though Inter Milan's offensive rhythm has slowed down, Ronaldo still poses threats to opponents from time to time.
Accordingly, Adriano's condition is really bad. Before Christmas, he definitely had the strength of world-class players, but after Christmas, his status immediately fell, and now he only maintains the level of the mid-level and upper-continental level.
Now his role on the court is to use his strength and strength to fight against Liverpool's muscle guard and create space for Ronaldo. I have to say that he did a good job of this. So Mancini continued to trust him and did not immediately replace him with Ricardo.
In the 51st minute, Ronaldo passed the ball to Adriano in the penalty area. This time, Adriano was acting as a "wall". He knocked the ball back to Ronaldo. Ronaldo has used the degree to get rid of Carragher and in the top of the arc. Shot with one kick and deviated slightly from the post.
In the 53rd minute, Cambiasso took the ball in front of the penalty area and passed it to Ronaldo. Ronaldo turned his back to Carragher, slyly leaked the ball and wiped the ball from Carragher's side. Because he was in the penalty area, Carragher did not dare to make big moves, but Traore quickly rushed to make up for it.
Before Traore arrived, Ronaldo made a low pass to the midfield and Adriano grabbed a point, but he was a little fierce under the interference of Xavi Alonso and shot the ball at the plane.
In the 56th minute, Liverpool countered and the ball was delivered to Luis Garcia on the right. Garcia rushed with the ball. When facing the blockage, he decisively passed the ball to the middle. After Barros took the ball, he did not harden it, but handed it to Smitchell. Smitchell made a wide kick and Gerrard rushed for a high-quality long shot. Fortunately, Taldo concentrated on the ball and a wonderful side kick hit the ball. Zanetti returned to his defense. Make a clearance.
The game progressed slowly and quickly reached the 58th minute. At this time Benitez made a second substitution adjustment, he replaced Baros with Cisse.
French forward Cisse is very fast and is very suitable for counterattack.
Mancini frowned slightly, his opponent was so determined that he wanted to get a bus, and he was helpless.
In fact, in the positional battle, Belon is an organization-type player is very critical, but Belon still does not pass to the Brazilians, which led to Inter Milan's positional battle was very sluggish.
After thinking for a while, he turned back to Ricardo and said, "Go warm up."
Ricardo jumped up, quickly took off his jacket, and began to warm up.
In the 61st minute, Ricardo came off the bench. Before he came on, Mancini grabbed his arm and said, "Listen, I want your position to retreat a little and do a good job of organizing the frontcourt. Don't blindly pursue one With your foot out, I allow you to hold the ball properly and use your dribble to open the situation. When appropriate, I also allow you to shoot long distances. I believe you can seize the opportunity. Also, after you play, tell Ronnie to let He pulled back a little and put Adriano at the top. It wouldn't matter if Carragher didn't come out with him, it was even better to follow him. You should make good use of Carragher's vacated position.
Ricardo nodded again and again.
Belon trot to the sideline with a gloomy look, didn't high-five with Ricardo, didn't talk to Mancini, and didn't even return to the bench, but walked straight into the player channel.
After the game, the media has another topic.
However, it is understandable that no one wants to be replaced in such a crucial game, especially Belon, who claims to be the absolute core and midfielder of Inter Milan.
After Ricardo came on and conveyed Mancini's words, he ran away for a while, his degree and flexible dribbling rushed Liverpool's formation into chaos.
In the 67th minute, Ricardo took the ball in the middle. He took several steps horizontally, suddenly started, broke Gerrard's defense, came to the right of Liverpool penalty area, and then passed blindly to the center of the penalty area instead, Lightly divided Zanetti with an assist on the right and ran to the center.
Zanetti gave a glance, trying to make a pass, tricked Traore to raise his leg in front of him, and then passed the ball near the bottom line of the penalty area.
Ronaldo is playing high, Carragher obviously cannot keep up with Ronaldo's rhythm, and clumsily chased behind Ronaldo.
After stopping the ball with his right foot near the bottom line, Ronaldo took advantage of his left foot to pull the ball back to avoid Carragher's steal, and then went forward.
This time the Liverpool defenders immediately became tense, and Hypia and Xavi Alonso immediately came up to block, causing a short emptiness in front of the door.
Ronaldo did not miss this opportunity, he immediately passed the ball to the middle with his left foot and passed a half-high shot. Adriano smashed the ball and everyone thought that the ball was about to go. Exclamation, this is what Liverpool fans are worried about.
However, Adriano's close shot actually hit Dudek's chest and bounced out.
Liverpool's players were too late to be afraid, one by one, after chasing the ball, they had to make a big clearance.
However, a figure wearing a blue and black arrow shirt first reached the landing point and hit the ball. Dudek was still in the aftermath of a strong impact and was dizzy. He barely made a rescue action, but Without hitting the ball, the football rushed into the net with great force, setting off a white wave.
"Adriano's shot was blocked, and there! Ricardo! Goa1 !!! Ricardo, who just played shortly after the first shot, penetrated Dudek's ten fingers Off! Inter Milan reversed the score and now it is the 67th minute of the second half with a score of 2: 1. Inter Milan leads! "
"Inter Milan's attack was very smooth. Ricardo scored the ball after a beautiful breakthrough. Zanetti found Ronaldo high in. Ronaldo made a great effort and then passed the ball to the middle. Although Adri Jarno's shot was blocked, but Ricardo made another shot immediately, resulting in this goal. "
"In this championship fight, Inter Milan has taken the lead! Including stoppage time, the game has less than 3o minutes, Liverpool people still have a chance, but they must act immediately!"
After completing the shooting action, Ricardo immediately turned around and began to run wildly. He ran to the side of the field and slipped on his knees, holding his hands up to the sky. This is his past life and his first goal in the Champions League final!