Midfielder.

Chapter 362

The asset transfer of the Premier League clubs has caused a major earthquake in European football this time. Now not only the Premier League is being targeted by those foreign consortiums, but several old clubs in Serie A are also unable to stay out of the matter.

Like Rome, whose debt is already unbearable, there have been rumors recently that foreign funds are ready to take over.

It’s just that the Sensi family, which has always regarded the club as their own private property, has not yet planned to sell the team’s shares, but the old Sensi, whose economic situation is not optimistic, does not know how long he can last, maybe tomorrow, maybe the day after tomorrow?
Teams like Parma and Lazio are also struggling on the verge of being acquired. The only difference may be who they will be acquired by, whether they are foreign capital predators or those wealthy owners from Italy.

Anyway, the increasingly high salary of players has crushed the backbone of many teams. Many teams are relying on the players they have trained to win the world. Those stars who can attract fans to watch the game are being lost.

This is the status quo of the Serie A team, no matter how brilliant it used to be, everything is a cloud in front of the funds.

When money began to control everything, many traditions have disappeared, and all that can be left are benefits.

It may be that Abramovich started to buy Chelsea, and then spent a lot of money to build this team. This way of capital operation has invaded on a large scale. You can say that the Russian tycoon stimulated these people with a lot of money.

When Chelsea successfully won the Premier League championship, this kind of crazy investment has a better excuse.

Especially those consortiums in the Middle East regard the operation of Premier League clubs as an investment with good returns.

Many commentators and reporters who pay attention to the Champions League have said on different occasions and the media that if Chelsea and AC Milan finally appear in Istanbul, then this will be a fierce collision between tradition and reality.

But before that, AC Milan must ensure that they can win Eindhoven at the San Siro Stadium, although both Dutch fans and Italian fans agree that the result of this game is already doomed.

Players including PSV Eindhoven also told the reporters when they arrived at the Milan airport that they came to Milan this time to feel the atmosphere of San Siro. As for the game, they will play with a relaxed mind.

Perhaps because of this relaxation, or the excessive optimism of the Italians, when the game officially started, those PSV players only took 25 minutes to make the entire San Siro stadium fall into a dead silence.

It may be that AC Milan's players have not had time to concentrate because they successfully won the opponent in the away game in the first round.

In the eyes of many Milan players, this game is just a routine. The extremely precise counterattack in the last game has already made the Eindhoven team helpless for 10 minutes, and now it is just a repetition.

Although Ancelotti still sent all the main players of AC Milan at home, the game was not under the control of AC Milan from the very beginning, and Eindhoven almost uncharacteristically came up and started a large-scale attack.

Perhaps Hiddink is too indifferent to the gains and losses of this game, so the Dutchman has only one request for the team, no matter whether this is the San Siro Stadium or not, he must play beautiful Dutch football on the field for me!
In less than 9 minutes of the game, when many Italian fans were still waving their flags vigorously, AC Milan conceded a goal. Eindhoven's counterattack was even more accurate than the Italian team this time. .

The Korean Park Ji-sung, who impressed the Italians in the last game, took the ball on his left rib more than 30 meters away from the goal. He did not choose to pass the ball, but turned away Gattuso with a dexterous turn.

Before the iron waist of the AC Milan team realized what happened, Park Ji-sung had already made an accurate direct pass into the penalty area, and Heselink, who ran in time to respond, made a deft ball with the outside instep of his right foot. change direction.

This made Stam, who had been pressing on him, touch the football with his leg, but failed to keep the football smoothly. Star flinched.

When Nesta watched the football roll from his feet to the goal, Park Ji-sung, who had followed up in time, volleyed with his left foot directly from nine meters in front of the goal. Drill into the top of the goal.

PSV Eindhoven tied the total score to 1-2 with his first shot, and this was AC Milan's last eight games since being scored by Ronaldinho in the fourth round of the group stage. First goal conceded in the Champions League.

Scoring a goal did not make AC Milan wake up immediately, but such an early goal made PSV Eindhoven suddenly see some hope. In the second wave of attack launched by the Dutch, they played even more. fierce.

Eindhoven continued to attack after scoring a goal, and had a clear advantage in possession of the ball. From personal skills to overall interspersed running, these fearless Dutchmen fully demonstrated a total attack and total defense tactical arrangement.

Hiddink is no longer sitting firmly on the coaching bench at this moment, he stands on the sidelines and shouts loudly for the players to press on, press on again!
No. In 207 minutes, Eindhoven almost relied on an attack to tie the total score. Pirlo, who has always been stable, took the ball in the middle, but when he faced the strong pressing of Eindhoven, he suddenly seemed very hesitant.

Pirlo's hesitation gave Eindhoven a chance to steal. Park Ji-sung, who was extremely active in this game, suddenly stepped forward to steal the ball. After grabbing the ball from Pirlo's feet, he made a long pass to the left road.

Another Korean, Lee Young-pyo, put a lot of pressure on the Italian with his breakthrough speed like a donkey on the sideline. Maybe he was trying to make up for it. Anyway, Pirlo seemed a little restless when he rushed to the side to defend.

His tackle directly dribbled the ball to Li Rongzhuo and tripped near the penalty area, which directly gave PSV a free kick in an excellent position. The heavy gunner Van Bommel came to take the penalty in person this ball.

But Van Bommel did not choose to shoot this time. Instead, at the moment when AC Milan's wall was not stable, he directly made an extremely fast 45-degree diagonal pass. At least three people from Eindhoven grabbed the ball. Point in place.

After the opening, Hesselink, who frequently made threats, jumped in from the back row and directly grabbed the forward header. His header a few meters in front of the goal avoided Stam's block and Dida's ten fingers. It just couldn't escape the entanglement of the beam.

But the AC Milan team that escaped the catastrophe seems to have not woken up. Although many Italian fans have shouted to remind them, the players on the field seem to have not noticed that the danger is approaching.

Just 5 minutes later, AC Milan paid a heavy price for their sluggish reaction. The Italian, who had planned to take the initiative to attack, was intercepted by Eindhoven's counterattack in the middle before he could pounce.

Lee Young-pyo, who was brought down by Pirlo just now, once again found an opportunity from the wing. When facing Cafu's block, he made a very simple feint, and then suddenly broke out and started to pass with his right foot and left foot. middle.

This action was simple and sloppy, but Cafu was obviously slow, and he didn't have time to raise his leg to block the ball. Just as slow as him was Kaladze, who was in charge of defense in the middle, and that guy was also stunned for a moment.

Cocu, who was originally preparing to respond to the cross at the back point, took advantage of this short circuit of Kaladze's nerves, directly grabbed the opponent's body, and shook his head trickily in front of the goal. The ball passed between Dida's legs strangely Got into the door.

Just 25 minutes into the first half, the Eindhoven team has even chased the total score to a two-to-two tie.

No one could believe what they saw, especially the Italian fans, they were simply stunned.

where is thisThis is San Siro, this is the invincible home of AC Milan!Those Dutchmen even scored two goals! ?Isn't this really a dream?At this moment, half of the tickets to the finals that were already held in their hands seemed to have been taken away by those crazy Dutch. If this continues, the other half will not be kept!

This is definitely not alarmist talk. Everyone knows what Hiddink can do. Don't forget, this guy led the Korean team to defeat the Italian national team in the Korea-Japan World Cup. Does he want to do it again?
The two goals just now were all due to the stalking of the Koreans in the frontcourt. Don't say it was luck and coincidence. In the past 20 minutes, AC Milan didn't score a single goal. shoot.

Not to mention shooting, they haven't even entered the opponent's penalty area. Is this still the sharp attacking AC Milan?
Ancelotti did not dare to slack in the slightest at this time. He adjusted the staffing on the field after 1 minute. Eindhoven's old player Thomasson replaced Seedorf, AC The Milan team resumed the double striker.

But at the same time, Hiddink also made personnel adjustments. This Dutchman, who has always dared to see his opponents bayonet, is also quite tit-for-tat. He replaced the defender Booma with the Brazilian attacker Roberto, and Cocu retreated to the back line. .

Against the attack, PSV Eindhoven chose the most courageous way to deal with the challenge of AC Milan. At this moment, you may not be able to tell who is the home team. Those Dutch players are obviously more active than the Italians.

If God gives the Dutch enough luck, or he can make the two teams stand on the same starting line and continue to fight for 10 minutes, maybe the Italians will not be the last laughers, and miracles will not happen.

It's just that the prudent Italians killed the possibility of this miracle. Although they were very passive at one point, Ambrosini's header saved AC Milan in the No. 80 minute of the game.

A goal, a goal that made the San Siro stadium full of shouts, Ambrosini finally did not let this damn game be dragged into overtime, otherwise, no one would dare to predict the final result, including God.

When Mourinho watched the game, he said a word, "AC Milan's defense line does not seem to be indestructible, and there is a possibility of being bombed down even on a solid wall..."

(End of this chapter)