masters-orleans Chapter 137 Strong
Chapter 137 Strong
Chapter 137 Strong
Because AC Milan's style of play is to press forward as a whole, even Li Xiaoming had to retreat behind the center line to wait for the opportunity. If he crossed the center line, he could easily fall into the opponent's offside trap-Leonardo was not completely innocent. Make arrangements for Li Xiaoming.In view of Li Xiaoming's ability to find loopholes in the defense and the prediction that Manchester United may play a defensive counterattack, Leonardo not only requires the team to be in defense, but the two central defenders must keep pace and actively create offsides.
Because after the two full-backs assist, the backcourt will be relatively empty.Making offside is the cheapest, easiest and most cost-effective defensive tactic.
Before Li Xiaoming fell into the offside trap woven by AC Milan.Nesta and Thiago Silva are very close.
So Li Xiaoming had to withdraw, and the withdrawal was very deep.
In AC Milan's view, in this way, their goal is much safer.Because of Li Xiaoming's retreat, the distance between Li Xiaoming, Rooney, Berbatov and AC Milan's goal became longer. Even if Li Xiaoming wanted to counterattack with a pass, AC Milan's players still had time to return to defense.
There are two sides to the thing of too much space in the backcourt. On the one hand, of course, it will create many opportunities for the opponent to counterattack. On the other hand, it has also become the so-called "strategic depth".
Li Xiaoming is now forced to catch the ball behind the center line.But he never gave up the idea of fighting back, he has been waiting for the opportunity.
Now, the opportunity he was waiting for came.
When Beckham kicked the football at him, he knew what to do.
Seeing Beckham's long pass, Li Xiaoming glanced at Nani, and Nani would turn around and run, rushing forward.
He crossed the center line in one step, shooting forward like an arrow off the string!
"Manchester United—!!" Martin Taylor roared in surprise, this is Manchester United's chance to counterattack, and the next step is to see how many opportunities Beckham's long pass can create for Manchester United.
At the same time, the four AC Milan defenders behind also made corresponding defensive moves.One of them, Bonera, ran directly to where the football landed, intending to make a clearance before Nani, and even if he couldn't, he would disturb Nani.
On the other hand, central defender Nesta retreated directly, so that even if Bonera was passed by Nani, he could still form a defensive line in front of Manchester United's offensive line, buying time for the entire team to return to defense.
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"It really deserves to be an Italian team. This defensive ability... is not afraid in the face of danger. Facing such an unexpected situation, they don't panic at all!" He Ping also had to praise AC Milan's performance.Although there are only four defenders, they are still very calm and organized in the face of Manchester United's counterattack.Under the command of Nesta, they organized the defense neatly and orderly.
This kind of handling, they have specially done targeted exercises-what should they do if they face Manchester United's counterattack in the game?
But... in the face of Manchester United's offense, Milan's meticulous preparation and superb defensive skills seemed a bit useless...
They counterattack very fast
Nani rushed into AC Milan's half like lightning, and approached the football's landing point.
At the same time Bonera is also trying to catch up.
At this time, the speed difference between the two people is reflected...
While Bonera was still chasing back, Nani rushed up like lightning, and then lifted his foot to unload the football in the air.
Although in order to stop the ball, Nani slowed down.But at this time, Bonera was still two or three meters away from Nani, and Bonera caught up after Nani got the ball.When Bonera was panting and ready to put on a defensive formation, Nani passed the ball back to Li Xiaoming's feet, and then continued to run to the deep position to help Li Xiaoming open the defense.
Nesta, who was running, was a little surprised when he saw Nani choose to pass the ball. He didn't expect Nani to be so decisive and passed the ball directly.This shows how much the Chinese can be trusted by Manchester United on the pitch now.
This is the first time AC Milan has played against Manchester United, and it is also the first time Nesta has played against Li Xiaoming.The theory about Li Xiaoming's extraordinary talent has been widely spread in Europe, but he has never personally experienced how strong Li Xiaoming is. If he only looks at the highlights, everyone is the king of the ball.
Now that he directly experienced it himself, before Li Xiaoming got the ball, he took a look in advance at Nesta who was heading towards him.
Li Xiaoming, who stopped the ball, did not slow down and adjust, but took advantage of the situation to throw the football out again. Nesta was a little surprised. He did not expect Li Xiaoming to handle the ball like this. He hadn't even prepared the defensive action for the ball. He passed through the block, and when he was a little flustered, Li Xiaoming spared him and got the football again.
"Beautiful! Stopping the ball is very beautiful and very suitable. It didn't stop directly at the foot, but stopped forward. This kind of handling just gave the former world's number one central defender Nesta a heart-wrenching blow. Li Xiaoming spared him like a scarecrow.!" Martin Taylor shouted.
And this time it was the turn of the Italian commentator to panic: "Lei broke through with the ball! Oh, my God, Nesta made a mistake, he was completely unprepared for defense! Now in front of him, only Thiago Silva...but now there is Rooney in the frontcourt, now Thiago Silva is facing a 2v[-] situation. AC Milan is in danger"
The ease and joy in the previous commentary tone are all gone.
But what he said was wrong, Thiago was running out of breath, and just after running back, he saw Li Xiaoming rushing over, so he had no time to adjust his breathing, so he was going to meet him again.
Li Xiaoming didn't give him a chance to block him head-on, he pushed the football forward, and then Rooney accelerated and overtook Thiago Silva!
Thiago Silva could only watch Rooney, who was next to him, gallop past him, running towards the football and the goal.
The AC Milan fans in the stands booed Rooney from the moment he started chasing the ball, hoping to interfere with his receiving and dribbling, but all failed without exception.Until now, they had no time to boo, and everyone looked nervously and horrified at Li Xiaoming, who was meeting at high speed in front of the goal, and Brazilian goalkeeper Dida, who was attacking.For Dida, his only chance was when Li Xiaoming passed the ball. As long as he attacked earlier than Manchester United expected, he would have the opportunity to "pull his teeth out" from Rooney's feet and grab the ball!
So he didn't consider the possibility that Thiago Silva could stop Rooney at all, and attacked decisively when Li Xiaoming passed the football.
Sure enough, Rooney got the football and rushed towards the goal.
And Dida also went up to meet him.
Thinking of this, Rooney suddenly opened his eyes wide in horror, because he saw that Rooney raised his leg directly outside the penalty area just now.
Dida hastily made a saving action—he was doomed not to grab the ball, so he could only temporarily change his mind and use his body to block Rooney's shot. He stretched his body as far as possible, letting his fingers to toes form a very Wide defensive area, try to block the angle of Rooney's shot.
But when Li Xiaoming kicked the football, he didn't kick his best strong kick, but chose a very dexterous kick!
"Spoon!?" The exclaimed Italian commentator revealed his disbelief now.
Manchester United's previous series of fast breaks were very fast, crisp and full of sharp and tough lines. Everyone thought that Rooney would use a strong volley to end this attack.Unexpectedly, in the end, he suddenly changed his style, and came up with a soft and beautiful spoon lob!
The football passed over the stunned goalkeeper Dida, drew a graceful parabola in the air, and then fell into... the empty goal!
The noisy San Siro Stadium suddenly fell into silence at that moment.
Because not only the goalkeeper Dida was stunned, but also thousands of Milan fans in the stands!
"Spoon! Spoon! Rooney broke AC's goal with a spoon?! This fierce Englishman completed the fatal blow in such an embroidered way." The Italian commentator was shocked.After a clean and sharp counterattack, Rooney, who finally got the ball, suddenly chose a shooting method that was very different from the previous style. How do you look at it, it makes people feel that Manchester United has achieved a state of ease.
Therefore, after reacting, the Milan fans in the stands booed collectively, and the previous silence was instantly broken.
The excited AC Milan fans in the South Stand even gave their middle fingers to Wayne Rooney and Manchester United players on the pitch.
The Manchester United players didn't care about the boos of the AC Milan fans in the stands, and they didn't think about why these people booed themselves so crazily, because they had been booing since the game started, and if they heard too much, it would be the same as the ordinary background music , I won't take it to heart at all.What's more, they have experienced so many games, as long as they are away games, they will encounter the experience of being booed.
After scoring the goal, he turned and ran back, hugging and celebrating with his teammates.
Rooney gave Li Xiaoming a thumbs up, showing him that the pass just now was beautiful.
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After seeing Li Xiaoming's goal, Ferguson celebrated on the sidelines.
Manchester United took the lead, which is the best start.In the defensive counterattack, the most important thing is to get the goal.Not to mention it was an away goal.
AC Milan, which is one goal behind, can only continue to attack, while AC Milan can easily play a defensive counterattack, anyway, it already has a one-goal lead.And as long as AC Milan continues to attack like this, Manchester United will definitely have a chance to score.
So after celebrating the goal, Ferguson went back to the dugout and finally sat down for the first time since the game started.He felt somewhat at ease.
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When the game restarted, AC Milan, unwilling to lose the ball, launched a fierce offensive to Manchester United's goal.
AC Milan was obviously irritated by Manchester United's offense. The offensive line headed by the former World Footballer Ronaldinho attacked Manchester United frantically. When the game restarted, he appeared very active.
Ronaldinho's desire to attack is also much higher than before.He had only one shot before conceding the ball, the one that came out of the slide.At other times, he is threading needles for his teammates, taking it as his duty to revitalize the team's frontcourt offense.
But now, he has changed his mind.
He shoots more and wants to score goals as soon as possible. His limelight cannot be robbed by the English and Chinese.
It seems that AC Milan's offense is more violent than before they lost the ball.
But this did not bring them goals.
Their massive pressure, in exchange for the extreme emptiness of the defense.
So just 7 minutes later, AC Milan passed the football to Li Xiaoming in almost the same way as the first ball.
Li Xiaoming cuts in at high speed, catches up with the football and then throws a straight kick. Then, just as Rooney, who knows it well, just entered the penalty area, he suddenly takes a long shot and blasts the football into Dida's goal.
Dida had just come out, so he seemed unprepared for Rooney's shot, and Rooney's shot was so powerful that he couldn't react at all.
Unlike the last goal, this is a powerful volley in the style of Rooney.
In this way, in less than 10 minutes of the first half, Manchester United had already led AC Milan by two goals in the away game...
"Wayne Rooney, this is his game, scored twice!" Martin Taylor cheered with arms raised.
What a wonderful start.
If Manchester United maintains this state, they can take the lead in the two rounds. AC Milan is like an old classic car, it needs a long warm-up to exert its power, but Manchester United's fast and precise football tactics crushed AC Milan when they still had the ability to control themselves.
The Milan fans who kept booing Manchester United in the stands were really silent. Even when Manchester United started to celebrate the goal, they did not boo.Their boos paled in the face of Rooney's brace.
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It was not just the AC Milan fans in the stands who were silent, but also AC Milan's head coach Leonardo.
If he was able to remain calm when he conceded a goal before, after all, the game has just started, and it cannot be said that Milan will lose.
But now, the luck in his heart has been knocked out of the sky.
Two goals behind is not as simple as one goal behind, the situation is already very serious.
The Italian commentator was silent for about half a minute after Rooney scored twice, not knowing what to say.
Things got a little quicker.Before, AC Milan looked like it could score at any time and completely defeated Manchester United.Why did he become two goals behind in a blink of an eye?
Now AC Milan is two goals behind, and the advantage is gone.
"...Milan should seize the time to score a goal. As long as they can get a goal back in the first half, it is good to enter the intermission with a score of 1:2. Then count on Leonardo at the intermission adjusted."
The narrator said so.
He felt that Leonardo should adjust his strategic goals and be more pragmatic, from winning the game to tying the opponent.Then put all your energy into the decisive away game against Manchester United... The Italian commentator believes that Manchester United have scored two goals in the first half. So far...
How naive!
Three minutes later, Rooney forced a breakthrough with speed after receiving the ball in midfield. When he reached the 3-meter area, he passed the football to Berbatov, who was completely unguarded.
Berbatov calmly shot low without anyone interfering, the football passed Dida's ten fingers, and got into AC Milan's goal for the third time in this game...
When the football went into the net, the atmosphere in the San Siro stadium was described as "silent" is not enough to describe the scene at that time.
Another word has to be used.
The San Siro stadium is "deadly silent"!
Even Ferguson was a little surprised, he didn't expect this away game to be so smooth...
In just 33 minutes, Manchester United has already led AC Milan by three goals!
This score almost means that the game loses suspense and enters garbage time early!
(End of this chapter)