Bonazzoli was taken aback!
He quickly tensed up completely, without any hesitation stopped the ball with his left foot, and looked up at the goal.
"The angle is a bit off, it’s still the left foot, should I shoot?"
While hesitating, he took another step forward, causing the angle to the goal to become even smaller.
Due to Tang Long’s precise through pass tearing Barça’s defense apart, the two central defenders Pique and Mascherano hurriedly spread out, with Pique going up to block Bonazzoli, while Tang Long also rushed towards the goal.
In the first 80 minutes of this match, these two main Barça center-backs had never been so embarrassed.
"This kid is going to pass, block his line!"
Mascherano followed Tang Long closely while directing Pique.
However, the next scene was a slap in the face for the Barça players!
Bonazzoli indeed didn’t take the shot, but chose to pass, yet the passing line wasn’t as Pique and Mascherano anticipated, a simple cross in front of the goal.
The ankle suddenly trembled - here came an inverted triangle!
Mascherano only felt a sudden rush of air beside him.
Instinctively reaching out, he touched nothing.
Tang Long had somehow stopped his forward sprint, made an emergency brake, using a change in rhythm to shake off Mascherano, and near the penalty spot, he struck the ball fiercely with his instep!
He clearly could have made a steady push, but he insisted on blasting!
The football zoomed into the bottom left corner with a "thud," catching Barça’s goalkeeper Ter Stegen completely off guard!
This face-saving goal not only thrilled the more than 20,000 Inter Milan fans at the scene, shaking the stadium;
but also made Barça coach Enrique look extremely displeased!
What embarrassed him wasn’t Barça being pulled back a goal with a 4:0 lead, but the manner of conceding.
From Tang Long’s back-heel flick past Neymar, to a roulette past Iniesta, and then amid Pique and Mascherano’s blockages, a highly concealed nutmeg through pass splitting the ball to Bonazzoli.
Bonazzoli then went to the byline with an unexpected inverted triangle, allowing the returning Tang Long to score uncontested.
Isn’t this the familiar scoring style for Barça?
Using one’s own tactics against them.
Inter Milan scored against Barça using a Barça-style goal!
Enrique knew Tang Long did it deliberately because, based on what he knew about Tang Long, the back-heel flick and roulettes were rarely used by him in Serie A.
Facing Barça today, it was clearly to showcase some skills right in front of him, especially the skills that Barça players often use, it’s like having a showdown with Barça players!
The newly appointed Inter Milan coach Leno was also applauding vigorously.
Slapping so hard that his hands were almost swollen red.
"That’s so satisfying! Even if we can’t win, we should break Barça’s momentum!"
Meanwhile, far away in Milan.
Sports director Ossilio was about to lose his temper in his office.
He was busy with player transfers while also watching this Inter Milan match.
The 80-minute 0-4 score was indeed unpleasant, but it was within Ossilio’s expectations.
However, when he saw Tang Long come on as a substitute in the 81st minute, his eyes nearly popped out onto the floor.
Looking as if struck by lightning, Ossilio shuddered, quickly picked up his phone to call Leno.
After dialing over a dozen calls, the ringtone lasted a full 5 minutes until Tang Long scored before the call was answered.
Before Leno could speak, Ossilio burst out scolding on the phone:
"Leno! Are you freaking crazy?! Why did you substitute Tang? Don’t you know he’s about to transfer to Manchester City? What if he gets injured? If this transfer falls through, can you bear that responsibility? You won’t earn 70 million euros in your lifetime!"
(Another Chapter will be published at midnight, friends who can’t wait can read it tomorrow morning)