Seeing Cambiasso return to the defensive midfielder position, many Barcelona fans in the stands secretly thought that something was wrong.
The fans all saw that something was wrong, and Barcelona coach Guardiola's face naturally became even uglier.
Zanetti and Cambiasso are both world-famous top defensive midfielders, and they are world-class in terms of experience and strength.
It’s hard to deal with one defensive midfielder, let alone two.
With the addition of Lucio, Samuel, Maicon and Yuto Nagatomo, Inter Milan's defensive strength has improved a lot compared to the previous 4132, and it is not as simple as just one more person.
The commentators in the commentary booth also praised Mourinho's tactical changes, saying that Mourinho's use of Cambiasso was simply perfect.
Indeed, after Cambiasso retreated to the defensive midfielder position, Inter Milan's defensive strength suddenly improved a lot.
Although this came at the cost of sacrificing a striker position, Inter Milan are now leading the score, they have the initiative and are qualified to play a defensive counterattack.
Barcelona, on the other hand, had to attack aggressively.
Although Barcelona's passing and controlling skills are unrivaled in the world, with the configuration of Inter Milan's double defensive midfielder, and the help of Lu Wenbin, Sneijder and Stankovic who often return to defense, Barcelona has been unable to score a goal.
On the contrary, Inter Milan took advantage of the change of ball possession to launch counterattacks from time to time.
Not only the ball grabbing, but also the goal kicks Inter got after Barcelona's shots, made Inter Milan counterattack more times than before.
In the 33rd minute, Lu Wenbin made a cross from the bottom after breaking through the wing, but Eto'o got the first chance to head the ball into the goal.
Unfortunately, Valdés performed exceptionally well in this attack and actually saved Eto'o's header from the small penalty area, making a great contribution.
In the 42nd minute, Lu Wenbin also won a free kick on the right side of the penalty area through his own breakthrough.
However, the free kick sent by Lu Wenbin using his special skill hit the far post, bounced back into the penalty area and was cleared by Pique.
Although Barcelona tried their best to attack and equalize the score, they did not get many good opportunities due to the concerted defense of the experienced Inter Milan defenders.
The only attack that came close to scoring was a shot from Messi after he dribbled past three players. The ball went straight into the blind corner, but was also bravely saved by Cesar as it went out of bounds.
After 1 minute of stoppage time, the referee blew the whistle to end the first half. The two sides entered the halftime break with a score of 0-1, with Inter Milan leading Barcelona away from home.
After a 15-minute break, the two sides changed sides and continued the game.
Failure to equalize the score in the first half naturally made Barcelona more impatient in the second half.
If the game ends with this score, Barcelona will be eliminated.
Therefore, they had to deploy more manpower, with Xavi, Busquets, Pedro in the midfield, and even Puyol and Alves in the back line often rushing forward.
Barcelona's passing and controlling football requires a sufficient number of people to be implemented, and it cannot be done by one or two people like Inter Milan's counterattack.
As a result, Barcelona, with a decrease in the number of defensive players in the backcourt, naturally gave Inter Milan more opportunities to counterattack.
In the 57th minute, Lu Wenbin took the ball in the midfield but did not break through, but suddenly made a straight pass.
With his full vision and passing ability, Lu Wenbin's through pass showed the same artistic sense as Xavi. The ball passed through almost the only route between Busquets, Mascherano, Pique and others, avoiding everyone's interception and rolling to the front court.
Eto'o also used his speed to receive Lu Wenbin's through ball before Mascherano, and he was in a one-on-one situation and rushed towards Barcelona's penalty area with the ball.
Unfortunately, Eto'o's speed decreased when dribbling the ball, and he could not match Lu Wenbin's speed of connecting the ball, so he was caught up by Mascherano.
Facing the attacking Valdes, Eto'o was pushed from behind by Mascherano when he shot, and his shot was not strong enough. Valdes saved the ball with his toes and poked it out of the goal.
Eto'o wasted Lu Wenbin's through pass and missed a scoring opportunity.
However, despite this, the entire Barcelona team was still scared, causing them to restrain themselves and not dare to press forward so boldly as a whole team.
However, as time passed and the end of the game got closer, Barcelona had to press forward as a whole again and strengthen their attack.
Since they are the ones who are behind in the score, they can't stop attacking just because they are afraid of being counterattacked by Inter Milan, right
Then just surrender and admit defeat.
At their home ground, at Camp Nou, Barcelona naturally would not surrender.
They could only press forward again and intensify the attack.
In the 71st minute, Barcelona had a good chance to score.
Xavi's pass had already torn through Inter Milan's defense. Villa, behind Lucio and others, received Iniesta's pass in the corner of the small penalty area and shot.
As a result, the shot evaded Cesar's save and hit the near post.
Not only that, after the ball bounced on the near post, it neither bounced out of the baseline nor bounced back into the penalty area, but bounced onto the far post.
The ball bounced on the far post again before it bounced into the small penalty area. Samuel, who was driven back to the goal line, kicked it out of the sideline.
Barcelona and Villa were unlucky enough to hit the post twice in one shot but failed to score, which was really driving people crazy.
As the end of the game got closer, Barcelona's overall formation pressed forward, leaving more and more space in the backcourt.
Finally, in the 80th minute, Inter Milan got a good chance to counterattack.
Pedro's dribbling ball was poked away from behind by Cambiasso and passed to Maicon.
After receiving the ball, Maicon quickly passed it to Sneijder in the midfield, and then Sneijder passed it to Lu Wenbin who was running without the ball on the right side.
After Lu Wenbin received the ball, Alves was the only one left in front of him: Barcelona's forward formation was counterattacked and there were not enough people defending in the backcourt.
Pique and Mascherano in the middle did not dare to move to the sidelines, because Sneijder and Eto'o, who had passed the ball, were sprinting towards the penalty area in the middle. They did not dare to let go of Sneijder and Eto'o to help Alves defend Lu Wenbin.
Lu Wenbin naturally would not miss this opportunity.
Although Alves was very cautious in retreating and defending, how could his speed compare to Lu Wenbin
Lu Wenbin passed the ball to another player while running, ran out of the sideline and made a big circle outside the court, but still managed to catch the ball before Alves.
Then, Alves was blocked by Lu Wenbin behind and couldn't touch the ball at all, while Lu Wenbin started to cut inside with the ball.
Pique had to give up Sneijder and move to Lu Wenbin's side, ready to block Lu Wenbin's breakthrough and shot. (Seeking monthly votes)