The strongest winger

Chapter 441 Suspense until the second round

据不完全统计，在中国收看这场巴伦西亚客场挑战国际米兰的2006-2007赛季欧洲冠军联赛1/8决赛的首回合比赛的球迷已经达到了1·1亿人次。

At the moment, there are even more fans sitting in front of the TV or computer watching the live broadcast. Many fans know that Ai Luo is good at free kicks, but they have never seen him score a goal with a free kick from a relatively partial position, so they are a little puzzled.

After all, the time has reached the 86th minute of the whole game, and once a chance is wasted, it is one less time. Inter Milan, playing at home, will definitely spend as much time as possible in the next game time, and keep the score of 2:1 until the end.

In their memory, Ai Luo's header ability is quite good, but this time Ai Luo insisted on standing in front of the free kick, which surprised the fans watching the live broadcast. Is it really necessary to try it?
At this moment, many fans of Ai Luo imagined that Ai Luo used this free kick to break through the goal guarded by Cesar, helping the team equalize the score and gaining the upper hand in the two rounds of competition.

Following the whistle of the referee on the TV, the fans watching the live TV broadcast all stared at the screen intently.

……

Ai Luo started to run up, and the pulling movements of the players in the penalty area began to increase. All kinds of pulling and pulling were common, but the referee turned a blind eye and didn't blow his whistle. He just looked at Ai Luo who was running up.

I don’t know if the fans’ eyes were dazzled. They seemed to see that Ai Luo was very confident in the camera, but the white gauze wrapped around his head damaged his image a bit.

Will this ball...will it go in?

All fans who support Valencia have this idea.

……

Aiello ran up and hit the ball, all in one go.

The football is as precise as a cruise missile, passing over the top of the high-jumping wall and flying straight to the destination.

Although Cesar in the camera focused most of his attention on the crowded restricted area, after watching the football pass through the crowd, his attention was attracted by the football.

Subconsciously, he took two steps back. When he saw the football falling sharply, he kicked his last right foot towards the turf, trying to use his strength to jump high and shoot the sudden football out of the goal post, but his innate disadvantage prevented him from doing all this.

Flying in the air, he was completely exhausted, but he hadn't touched the football yet. A terrified expression spread across his face, and then there was the sound of the football hitting the goalpost.

But before he had time to be pleasantly surprised, the body that fell inside the goal touched the football, which...

in?

The football did go in because half of his body was over the goal line.

Immediately afterwards, the noisy stands just now suddenly became quiet, leaving only sporadic cheers from the far end of the stands.

***
"Okay, the referee blew the whistle in his mouth, and Ai was the first to run up. It seems that he really handled the direct free kick! Ai's direct free kick!!" Andy Gray's voice became hurried, and then, his voice was an octave higher, "GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL——"

Regardless of his personal admiration for Aiello, this direct free kick is really beautiful. It passed over the wall, then flew to the highest point and then suddenly fell. The football hit the crossbar and the goal post and bounced into the goal. This is Ai Luo's typical direct free kick!

At the same time, this is also a theoretical absolute dead end.

Even Buffon, the best goalkeeper in the world at present, can't save such a tricky free kick, unless he is not a prophecy.

After scoring the goal, Ai Luo was very excited, turned a corner to the right, and then sprinted [-] meters to the right corner area of ​​the bottom line of the team, then jumped over the billboard, walked on the plastic track, and patted the team logo on the chest of the two visiting fans who came with the team at the top of the stands.

"Hahaha, at the 87th minute of the game, Ai Luo still had the stamina to run a hundred meters and rushed to the stands of the fans of the visiting team who came with the team. It seems that he is in a very good mood!"

Ai Luo equalized the score before the end of the game, and Huang Jianxiang was in a very good mood.

His teammates were as excited as him, just because at this point in the game, their physical fitness couldn't keep up.

To everyone's surprise, goalie Canizares was the first to run to Aiello to celebrate.

"It's so beautiful! Ai!!"

Canizares covered Ai Luo's head with his hands excitedly and said.

"I promised to give you a Champions League trophy, Captain!"

"..."

Before Canizares had time to speak, other teammates also flocked to him. Looking at Aiello surrounded by his teammates, he seemed to be getting closer and closer to his own Champions League trophy...

***
Conceding two goals at home is a difficult fact for Mancini, because the next round is going to the Mestalla Stadium, and Valencia only needs to keep a 0:0 or 1:1 to advance to the quarterfinals.

Reminiscent of Valencia's terrifying record of home victory after the start of the 2006-2007 season, he has a headache.

Therefore, he had to take his fate into his own hands. He used the last substitution spot on Cruz, replacing the veteran Figo who was already exhausted, and strengthened his offense.

For Flores, Aiello's direct free kick is an extra gain. Scoring two away goals in the away game is a good help for the team to advance to the quarter-finals of the Champions League. Coupled with the team's record of home wins, it is not a dream to enter the quarter-finals of the Champions League for two consecutive seasons.

Unlike Mancini's signal to strengthen the offense, he waved his hand to make the team shrink the defense and prepare to keep the tie until the end. Of course, it would be best if Inter Milan can be lore at the last moment.

With Valencia's shrinking defense, the game entered the final moment. Inter Milan's players have become accustomed to the rhythm of defense, and it is really difficult for them to overwhelm the offense suddenly.

Although Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored twice in the first half to help the team overtake the score on the field, but now the game is approaching 90 minutes of regular time, and his physical condition is not very good. In addition, Valencia's shrinking defense has compressed his space for movement extremely quickly, so there is no chance.

On the contrary, Valencia's counterattack was impressive, but because Inter Milan became more resolute in defense, they paid the price of two yellow cards and killed the visiting team's two defensive counterattacks in the cradle.

In the end, Inter Milan drew with Valencia 2:2 at home.

***
After the game, Ibrahimovic and Ai Luo, who both scored twice in this game, naturally became popular in the eyes of reporters, but Ibrahimovic did not rush to be interviewed by reporters, but went to Ai Luo, whose head was wrapped in gauze.

"Boy, exchange jerseys?"

Ai Luo, who was celebrating with his teammates, was suddenly patted on the shoulder and turned his head away.

Ai Luo turned around, looked at Ibrahimovic, and raised his eyebrows in doubt: "Why not?"

Now it was Zlatan Ibrahimovic's turn to be speechless. In the end, he could only take off his jersey and make a long story short, "I will definitely win you in the next round!"

Ai Luo is not surprised by Ibrahimovic's answer. In his impression, isn't Ibrahimovic a very fighting and ambitious player?Otherwise, after the transfer to Barcelona, ​​he would not bombard the then coach Guardiola because of Messi.

"I'll wait for you at Mestalla." Aiello handed over the jersey, took Ibrahimovic's jersey with his right hand, and hung it on his shoulder.

What's interesting is that when the two sides shook hands after the game, Aiello refused to shake hands with Materazzi.

**
When Valencia and Inter Milan ended the first round of the 1/8 finals, the first rounds of the other three 1/8 finals also ended.

The most surprising thing is that Barcelona lost 1:2 to Liverpool at home.

In the other two games, Lyon drew 0:0 with Roma at home, while Chelsea, coached by Mourinho, did not show mercy when facing their old club Porto, and the two sides fought 1:1.
On the second day, the mainstream European media reported that the defending champion Barcelona lost 1:8 at home to Liverpool in the first round of the UEFA Champions League 1/2 final, which made the two rounds of the game lose the opportunity.

Of course, Aiello scored twice to help Valencia draw 2:2 with Inter Milan in the away game. The "Turin Sports News" even compared the remarks of the two sides before the game.

The most eye-catching thing is that Ibrahimovic mentioned in the interview before the game that he wanted to help the team win and surpass Aiello in the number of goals, but the final result was that Aiello's two goals helped Valencia draw with Inter Milan away.

Fans who followed the second round of the Champions League 1/8 final between Valencia and Inter Milan paid more attention to that game.

At the same time, what attracted the attention was the Portuguese hotman Benquilenka who was the referee in this game, because his missed judgment benefited Inter Milan and took a half-time lead.

However, many people still sympathize with the referee on duty. After all, the referee is a human being, not a camera with all-round and no blind spots on the court.

Instead, Materazzi, who elbowed Aiello, was widely criticized.

"Sometimes I have to say that the Italian Marco Materazzi's defensive 'level' is really high. His foul reminded me of Zidane's anger in the overtime of the World Cup final, and this time it was even more outrageous. He directly used an elbow during the defense. In the understanding after the game, Ai's brow bone was torn with a 1 cm hole. Of course, what makes people even more shameful is that he ignored Ai who was knocked down by him, but directly passed the ball forward, which benefited his side and finally scored a goal..."

Report from The Kicker.

And this report also represents the views of mainstream European media.

Of course, Italian newspapers are an exception.

(End of this chapter)