aspirations football

Chapter 40 The Peak Showdown

Inter Milan's tactics in the first half were very clear. Through the crazy press of the midfielder, it interfered with the transmission of AC Milan's technical midfielder.

But after all, Inter Milan had one less midfielder than the opponent. After 10 minutes in the first half, AC Milan had the advantage of possession.

The skillful passing between Kaka, Seedorf, Pirlo and Ambrosini made Jingxuan have to retreat to help the team's midfield strangle AC Milan's pass control.

In the 16th minute of the first half, Pirlo's pick ball was passed to Philip Inzaghi's feet accurately.

Inter defender Cordoba brought the ball down before Inzaghi dribbled into the penalty area. AC Milan won a direct free kick from the front of the penalty area.

Pirlo took the free kick and hit the ball into the upper left corner of the goal. AC Milan took a 1-0 lead.

After conceding the goal, Inter Milan coach Mancini hurriedly called on the players to be patient and not to be discouraged.

In his opinion, AC Milan had just played the final of the Club World Cup two days ago, and it is definitely not as good as Inter Milan in terms of physical fitness.

As long as Inter Milan can complete the frontcourt press and consume AC Milan's physical energy, then the advantage in the second half will definitely be on Inter Milan's side.

The game was re-kick-off, and after losing the ball, Inter Milan really stepped up their offense and midfield pressure.

In the 19th minute of the game, Jingxuan's dribbling in the midfield was once again cut off by the joint defense of Gattuso and Ambrosini.

It was only then that Jingxuan realized that AC Milan's Christmas tree formation had a dense defense in the middle of the midfield. What this technical team is afraid of is speed and impact.

So Jingxuan, who had learned a lesson, deliberately leaned to the left in the next game.

In the 22nd minute of the game, Ibrahimovic retreated to the middle of the midfield to get the ball, and Jingxuan took the opportunity to insert near the left side of AC Milan's penalty area.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic crossed the ball to Jingxuan. After receiving the ball, Jingxuan adjusted his right foot and put the ball into the penalty area. Unfortunately, Cruise's head-shaking attack was slightly higher than the crossbar.

After taking the lead, AC Milan seems to intend to control the rhythm of the game in order to save energy, so Inter Milan has more opportunities to steal the ball and attack.

In the 25th minute of the game, Ibrahimovic got the ball again in the midfield,

He knocked his heel directly to Cruise in the penalty area. Cruise didn't stop the ball and passed the ball to Jing Xuan on the left.

After Jingxuan got the ball, he volleyed with his right foot from the left side of the AC Milan penalty area.

The ball was hit hard, but unfortunately it missed the right post slightly, which made AC Milan goalkeeper Dida break out in a cold sweat.

In the 28th minute of the game, the midfielder of Inter Milan made a mistake in passing the ball. After taking the ball, Kaka drove straight in along the right side.
On the right side of Inter Milan's penalty area, Maxwell's defense was swayed, he broke into Inter Milan's penalty area, faked a real pass, and crossed the ball to the middle of the penalty area.

It's a pity that Inzaghi's shot was blocked by Samuel's legs, and the speed slowed down.

Inter goalkeeper Julio Cesar finally threw the ball into his arms.

In the 32nd minute of the game, Jingxuan dribbled the ball from the left side of the front court, pulled the ball back with his right foot and then smashed the ball, getting rid of Gattuso's defense,

Dribbling the ball to the edge of AC Milan's penalty area, facing the joint defense of Odo and Kaladze, the ball was flicked to the front right, and then passed diagonally to the full-back Maxwell who inserted on the left.

After Maxwell got the ball, he inserted into the AC Milan penalty area and made a cross with his left foot.The quality of the passes is high.

Unfortunately, under the pull of Nesta, Zlatan Ibrahimovic failed to take off to the proper height and headed the ball high.

Then Ibrahimovic complained to the referee about Nesta's foul, but the referee didn't say anything.

Seeing that Inter Milan's offensive is getting stronger and stronger, there is a tendency to equalize the score, but the bad news happened suddenly.

In the 36th minute of the game, AC Milan launched a counterattack, and the World Footballer Kaka dribbled the ball into the Inter Milan penalty area.

Facing Samuel's defense, Kaka's continuous fake moves shook, Samuel's center of gravity was unstable, he twisted his knee when he stopped suddenly and changed direction, and fell to the ground injured.

A stretcher came into the field and carried Samuel down. AC Milan took advantage of one more player and launched a siege to Inter Milan's goal on the field.

Seedorf's fake fax in the frontcourt was dunked and passed again, which completely stunned Cordoba.

Inzaghi, who was ambushing in the penalty area, hit the goal from a small angle after receiving the ball and hit the ball into the dead corner of the goal.

But at this time the referee's whistle blew, the linesman had already raised the flag, and Inzaghi was already in an offside position before receiving the ball, the goal was invalid.

After Samuel determined that he could not return to the pitch, Mancini replaced him with Materazzi.

At this stage of the game, the physical fitness of both sides has dropped significantly, and Inter Milan's full-court pressing has also stopped.

Seeing the first half, the two sides will enter the intermission with a score of 1-0.

At this time, Cambiasso suddenly steals the ball in the backcourt and launches a counterattack, and distributes the ball to Zanetti in front right.

After receiving the ball, Zanetti dribbled the ball along the side and passed it to Maicon who was inserted behind.

After receiving the ball, Maicon passed the low ball into the penalty area and was cleared by Nesta.

Cambiasso stepped in and swept the ball directly to Jingxuan near the left side of the penalty area.

Jingxuan turned sideways to face the goal at this time, and saw that he leaked Cambiasso's pass behind his legs,

Then he tapped the heel of his right foot and passed the ball diagonally into the penalty area.

After Cruz got the ball in, he shot with his left foot and hit the near corner.

Because the ball was too fast, Dida had no time to make a save and could only watch the ball roll into the lower left corner of the goal.

The score on the field became 1:1, and Inter Milan equalized the score.

For this wonderful goal, the Inter Milan fans at the scene responded with warm applause and cheers.

Jingxuan's magical stroke seems to be an understatement, but the difficulty is really not small.

The most valuable thing is that a simple diagonal pass from the heel deceived the entire defense line of AC Milan.

"Jing, your pass reminds me of Barcelona's Messi and Elista."

Cruise hugged Jingxuan and said in admiration.

To be honest, Jingxuan didn't know why there was a flash of inspiration in his mind, and such an action came.

It's just that with his current technical ability, it's no problem to complete such a pass.

"Why do you have to dribble the ball at high speed every time, and kick it wide and wide? Occasionally, the effect is better."

Jingxuan sighed in his heart. With more and more actual battles, he hoped that the way of handling the ball would become more flexible and efficient.

At this moment, in front of the TV set in the ancient oriental country, the host Huang Jianxiang excitedly commented on the goal:

"What is playing football with your brain? This is called playing football with your brain.

I often say that our young Chinese players don't use their brains when they play football and cannot read the game well.

You see, Jingxuan's one heel at his fingertips penetrated the entire defense line of the Milan team. "

In another live broadcast room, director Zhang Luzhang also praised:
"Look at Jingxuan's attack, if he stops the ball directly, it will be difficult for Kaladze to defend against him.

Milan's entire line of defense has been put in place, and his knock like this is simply a stroke of genius.

Don't look at the simple moves of this ball, it actually tests the basic skills."

The two well-known show hosts boasted so well that the Chinese audience enjoyed watching and listening to it.

Of course, Jingxuan has no time to care about how Chinese fans evaluate his performance at this moment.

Two minutes into stoppage time in the first half, just when everyone thought the two teams would end the first half in a draw, Kaka showed his bloodthirsty fangs.

His right-footed shot from 25 meters in front of goal mimicked his goal against Croatia in the 2006 World Cup group stage.

Hanging directly into the upper right corner of the goal, Inter Milan goalkeeper Julio Cesar had no choice but to watch the ball enter the net.

There is no way, Kaka is on the hook, even if there are two goalkeepers, it is still out of reach.

In the end, AC Milan ended the first half with a score of 2:1 in the "away game".

During the intermission, Jingxuan changed a pair of shoes. He felt that the uppers of the shoes he wore in the first half were a bit hard, which was not conducive to rubbing the ball.

The score fell behind in the first half, and the atmosphere in the Inter Milan locker room was of course not easy.

In fact, Inter Milan played better than AC Milan in the first half, especially in the last 20 minutes, they have completely taken advantage of the field.

But Kaka's inspiration flashed and completely killed Inter Milan's efforts.And he also injured Samuel, causing heavy losses to Inter Milan's defense.

"Zlatan, you played well in the first half, and several of your shots were very imaginative."

Ibrahimovic was the one who played the most non-existent game in the first half. He was guarded by Nesta and Maldini without temper.

Fortunately, he took the initiative to retreat to the midfield to get the ball, otherwise he would have no sense of presence throughout the first half.

Of course, this is just the opinion of ordinary people. In fact, even if Zlatan Ibrahimovic does not ask for it, he can contain half of AC Milan's defense line by standing there, which is of great tactical value.

So Mancini must encourage Ibrahimovic, not to let the proud Swedish tower feel too aggrieved.

'Coach, I think the formation in the first half was too conservative, we have to put enough pressure on AC Milan.

In the first half, the two wingers inserted too little, we had to play more boldly. "

Although Ibrahimovic's words were not pleasant to listen to, Mancini and the players knew that what Ibrahimovic said was right and wrong.

He sacrificed his data and performance to retreat to take the ball, hoping that his teammates could participate more in the offense.

"Jing, I hope you played more boldly in the second half.

Milan is different from Juventus. Milan's style is soft. Don't be afraid of being kicked down or stealing the ball.

Opponents are much older than you. As long as you continue to attack, their physical strength will soon be exhausted and they will make mistakes. "

Whiskers nodded vigorously. After all, Mancini would find him to rebuild his prestige after being deprived by Ibrahimovic. Jingxuan was already used to such things.

The second half started and AC Milan replaced Inzaghi, who performed well in the first half, with Gilardino.

Inter Milan did not make substitution adjustments.

The first time Jingxuan touched the ball, he gave the AC Milan team a blow,

I saw him break through with the ball along the left side, pull the ball with rhythm, get rid of Odo's defense, and break into the penalty area of ​​AC Milan.

At this time, Gattuso came to defend. Facing Gattuso who stretched his feet, Jingxuan dunked and pulled the ball. A rainbow came and caught the ball between his feet, breaking through Gattuso's defense.

Annoyed and angry, Gattuso stretched out his foot to tackle the ball behind him. Although he touched the ball, he brought Jingxuan down.

Jingxuan's center of gravity was unstable, and when he fell, he happened to be on Gattuso's leg. Gattuso yelled and groaned in pain on the ground.

The referee whistled decisively and awarded a penalty kick, and then stepped forward to check Gattuso's injury.

After confirming that Gattuso had sprained his knee and was unable to continue the game, Ancelotti replaced him with Emerson.

After Emerson came on, Inter Milan began to take penalties.

I saw Zlatan Ibrahimovic start off, and then hit a big shot. Although the goalkeeper Dida judged the right direction,
But it still couldn't stop the ball from hitting the net heavily.

Inter Milan rewritten the score on the field to 2:2.

After scoring the goal, Ibrahimovic looked up to the sky and sighed, venting his depression.

Jingxuan ran forward and bumped chests with him in celebration.

After conceding the goal, AC Milan was not in a hurry to attack, and they still played steadily in the backcourt. They seemed to be very satisfied with the result of the draw.

Of course, this has a lot to do with their lack of physical fitness.

However, after scoring the goal, Inter Milan became more active and wanted to eat AC Milan in one go.

In the 55th minute of the game, Jingxuan's midfielder and Ibrahimovic hit the wall to cooperate. After stopping the ball in the chest, Ibrahimovic volleyed with his right foot 25 meters in front of the goal.

The ball hit the crossbar and flew out of the baseline, and Ibrahimovic screamed to the sky, venting his dissatisfaction.

In the 57th minute of the game, Cambiasso and Jingxuan played two to one and entered the AC Milan penalty area.

After swaying away from Karadze, he hit the goal with his left foot from a small angle. The goalkeeper Dida failed to catch the ball, and the ball flew into the lower left corner of the goal against the post.

Inter Milan overtook the score 3:2!
Conceding consecutive goals in the second half had a great blow to AC Milan's morale, and coach Ancelotti quickly made substitution adjustments.

Serginho came on and replaced veteran Seedorf.

In the 62nd minute of the game, Inter Milan played cooperation from the right side, and Maicon entered the bottom line of AC Milan's penalty area, and then made an inverted triangle pass back to the middle.

Cambia, who was following up with the goal, was blocked by Nesta's buttocks. After Pirlo got the ball, he transitioned to Kaka who had already started.

The World Footballer took the ball and accelerated his breakthrough. After throwing off Zanetti's follow-up defense with speed, he waded past Materazzi's defense and entered the Inter Milan penalty area.

Cesar was slow to attack and catch the ball, bringing down Kaka who had already shaken him.

The referee decisively pointed to the penalty spot and sent off Cesar with a red card.

Facing the situation that took a turn for the worse, Inter Milan was caught off guard.

Mancini, who has always been gentle and gentle, became furious on the sidelines and quickly replaced Chivu with Toldo. Inter Milan, who had one less player to fight, had to change to a 4-2-1-2 formation.

Kaka took the penalty kick very calmly, even in the face of Santordo, who is known for his penalty kicks, he was still calm.

I saw him rubbing lightly, the spoon hit the middle of the penalty kick, and tricked Toldo.

The score on the field became 3:3!
The two sides once again returned to the same starting line. Inter Milan originally had the upper hand in physical fitness and had a better chance of winning.

But now that there is one less person to fight, the two sides are considered even.

And all this is thanks to Kaka, the Shinco World Player of the Year and Golden Globe double winner. His halftime raid was too terrifying.

Ibrahimovic, who was originally smiling, turned ugly again at this moment.

In this game, Kaka was brave and unstoppable, but he himself only scored a penalty kick completely created by Jingxuan.

(End of this chapter)