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"Tottenham got the ball and were ready to attack... Kompany passed it to Pirlo and then to Marcelo."

"Marcelo dribbled the ball forward, crossed to Ramsey, rushed forward, and Ramsey knocked back, followed up with a one-two, and reached the frontcourt."

"The pass was passed to Cavani, who made a wall and hit the front of the penalty area. Ribery made a cross and Messi got the ball!"

"When he got to the penalty area, Zapata blocked Messi, and in a flash, he passed by, kicked off directly, and the ball went in!!!!"

"Messi, Messi scores a goal!!!!"

"In the 31st minute of the first half, Tottenham Hotspur took the lead in knocking on AC Milan's goal. Messi's shot came from near the penalty area line. The Argentinian passed Zapata and took off directly. Volleyed with the foot and the ball hit the net!"

"1:0! Tottenham Hotspur has temporarily taken the lead!!!"

The commentator at White Hart Lane was still shouting [GOAL] loudly, and all the fans in the entire stadium were cheering for Messi. Messi was hugging Ribery, and the two rushed out side by side. At the stadium, the goal was celebrated on the sidelines.

"AC Milan paid the price for their mistakes. Tottenham Hotspur had just launched an attack from the left, and they also used this skillful one-touch pass to open AC Milan's defense. , but the Rossoneri players did not learn from experience, so this time, Tottenham Hotspur used a goal to teach them a painful lesson!”

With the slow-motion replay of the live TV broadcast, it can be clearly seen that from the backcourt to the frontcourt, everything is passed with one kick, without any sloppiness. Although the AC Milan players stood still when defending, the key There were still some problems exposed at all times, mainly concentrated on the right side of the midfield.

Flamini has to fulfill two responsibilities in this area at the same time. One is to protect the right back Abate, which requires him to stand on the sideline when Tottenham drives the ball to attack from the left. , but at the same time, he also needs to help defend Ambrosini to prevent the Italian midfielder from falling into a one-man battle, and Ambrosini's position is basically in the center.

From Tottenham Hotspur's two consecutive attacks just now, we can clearly see that Marcelo, Pirlo, Ramsey, Ribery and others are moving back and forth from the center to the left. , constantly pulling on AC Milan's defense, reaching the frontcourt, pulling Flamini to the left, then knocking across to the middle, and then Ribery passed the ball behind Ambrosini to find Messi who was cutting in from the right. .

The whole process seemed to have been arranged in advance, and AC Milan's defense was like paper.

"Messi's kick was very accurate and had an excellent angle. In addition, he took off the ball as soon as he passed Zapata. Abbiati's sight was obstructed and he was unable to react immediately, causing the ball to Directly into the blind corner, this is a wonderful goal from Leo Messi!”

After seeing Messi's goal, Ye Qiu smiled and applauded his beloved disciple. This goal just told Allegri, don't always stare at my single midfielder, and also worry about your own midfielder. When it comes to market problems, don’t worry about your head and body!

In fact, strictly speaking, all-round players will become more and more popular. This is caused by the development trend of modern football. Therefore, when Ye Qiu gave up Fabregas and David Silva, he actually had this aspect. Consider that because they are there, Tottenham Hotspur must be equipped with a full-time defender.

The advantage of being an all-around player is that even if you seem to have many weaknesses, in fact there are few or even none opportunities for your opponent to take advantage of, which makes you look like you have no weaknesses.

Some people may say that an all-round player always takes on multiple responsibilities by himself. Isn't there a problem?

This depends on the head coach’s assignment!

Just like Allegri, the task he assigned to Flamini in this game was too heavy. He was asked to protect the right wing and help defend in the middle. This is too much pressure for a player. It's too big, especially when the team cannot control the game situation. Tottenham Hotspur only needs to pull Flamini to the left and then cross the center to directly attack Ambrosini. point.

Tottenham Hotspur's Vidal and Ramsey also have a lot of responsibilities, but this involves a kind of distribution.

Assuming the same situation, if the opponent wants to attack Tottenham Hotspur's right wing, Vidal will pull to the wing and Pirlo will lean to the right appropriately, but at this time Ramsey or even Cavani, He will definitely retreat to the middle of the midfield to defend and become a central midfielder to help Pirlo defend and protect.

Also, due to the wavy defense line, when the opponent attacks the right and Kyle Walker retreats, Thiago Silva is positioned forward and the distance between him and Pirlo is close, which allows him to It effectively provides support and protection for Pirlo. As for the opponent passing Kyle Walker and passing in, there are Kompany and goalkeeper Cech who controls the small penalty area.

A big problem with AC Milan's current defense line and midfield is that the combination is very mechanical and still follows the functional combination of the past. Moreover, the players' mutual defense protection and movement ability are not strong. It's very deadly.

Just like this time, after Tottenham Hotspur had just scored a goal, Ye Qiu waved his hand and continued to attack as before, trying to swallow up AC Milan in one breath, and Allegri's ball The team had to retreat to the front of the penalty area.

An attack once again entered the penalty area. Mexes headed the ball to clear the 30-meter area, but Thiago Silva pressed up and headed the ball back, but the ball fell to Montolivo. After stopping the ball with his chest, the latter immediately dribbled the ball forward when he saw an opportunity in front of him.

Vidal came out with a diagonal stab. When Montolivo was about to pass the ball to Boateng, he directly intercepted the ball. When stealing the ball, he made an emergency stop, turned around, and rushed towards the ball again. into AC Milan's penalty area.

At this time, AC Milan's entire midfield was shifting from defense to offense, but suddenly the ball was lost again. The moment Tottenham Hotspur stole the ball, they counterattacked again, which caught AC Milan off guard. The defense was better, but in the center But all positions on the field have been lost. Ambrosini recently ran to the top of the penalty area.

After Vidal took two steps, he quickly passed the ball to Messi's feet. The Argentine quickly cut from the right to the center, stopped the ball, and pushed it in one go. The ball passed from Messi's feet to Ambros. Before Sydney was in place, he passed the ball diagonally to the middle of Zapata and Abate on the left side of the penalty area.

Zapata quickly moved to the left, trying to steal the ball, but Ribery cut in at high speed from the left, got ahead of Zapata, and abruptly changed the direction of the ball, while Ribery It was a passing encounter with Zapata.

The Milan central defender has two options at this time. One is to pull down Ribery, but this is a very serious foul, and it is still in the penalty area. There is no escape from the red card and penalty kick. The second option is to hope Behind him, Mexes was able to fill in for him early and block Ribery's kick.

In a flash of lightning, he chose the second option, but unfortunately, Mexes failed to rush over to intercept the ball immediately. After stopping the ball, Ribery started directly and volleyed hard with his right foot, and the ball deflected. After the arc, it hit the upper right corner of the goal, 2:0!

All the Tottenham Hotspur fans went crazy with joy. They rushed out of their seats one by one and shouted and cheered for the players on the court. In less than five minutes, they scored two goals in a row. This was a must. The rhythm of beating AC Milan to death!

If, after the opening, everyone felt that this game was boring, lacked passion, and lacked speed, then now, no one doubts the excitement of this game anymore. Maybe the boring opening is just It's just a foreshadowing before the climax, just a trough.

"Tottenham Hotspur are playing crazy!"

The live broadcast commentator shook his head and sighed, AC Milan did a good job in the opening, which showed some signs of the first round, but as the game progressed, AC Milan seemed to be getting worse and worse. People can’t understand.

"With a two-goal lead and an away goal in hand, Tottenham now have half a foot in the quarter-finals, while AC Milan still need two goals if they want to advance. It works, but it’s not that difficult!”

Allegri regretted this situation, but it was more of a helplessness, because he found that he seemed to have grasped Tottenham Hotspur's weakness, but in fact his weakness was also Tottenham's. Mr. Hotspur held on tight.

When he thought he was smart and wanted to send Boateng up front to suppress Pirlo, AC Milan's midfielder also exposed the problem of insufficient coverage, allowing Tottenham Hotspur to effectively to attack.

Frankly speaking, Allegri is not completely ignorant of the weaknesses and shortcomings of his team's midfield. He has repeatedly emphasized that he wants to introduce a midfielder because he knows the problems of the midfielder, but now the resources in his hands are In this way, he had to continue to arrange his troops in this way, and he had no choice.

Therefore, in the locker room before the game, he repeatedly emphasized that after the sneak attack was successful, the team should immediately switch back to the 451 tactics. Boateng should return to the midfield to actively participate in defense, and Niang should also return to the right to actively protect the side. This is because he has always seen the road very clearly, but he is hoping that Tottenham Hotspur cannot see clearly, or cannot grasp this loophole.

This had to remind him of what his seniors often said. When you are worried about something before a game, basically this thing will happen during the game, because you don’t always worry about something. Your enemies regard you as a blind man.

Thinking of this, Allegri suddenly frowned, his whole forehead was full of wrinkles, and his two eyebrows were raised like horoscopes. The whole person looked very happy, which also caused many Chinese fans to jokingly call him Ajiao. .

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Conceding two goals in a row at critical moments in the first half was a huge blow to AC Milan, especially for many Milan players. They clearly realized that this game was not what they imagined.

In the first round of the match between the two sides, they felt that Tottenham Hotspur was not strong, but they did not consider that the reason why Tottenham Hotspur was bad was because they encountered strong enemies one after another. But now, Tottenham Hotspur are not strong. Tottenham tried their best to face Milan, striving to advance from the knockout rounds, showing all their attacking firepower.

As a result, everyone in Milan was a little confused!

During the halftime break, Allegri had to take the initiative to make adjustments. He clearly realized that the biggest mistake he and the team made in the first half was his desire to score. The tactics obviously tell the players to attack, which causes many players to never let go of their mentality from the beginning.

Can we be impatient when playing against Tottenham? Can we not consider defense first?

So during the halftime break, Allegri made adjustments, pulling Boateng back to the midfield, arranging Niang to the right, and Shalawi blocking in front. The team's formation became a 451 tactic to further strengthen the midfield.

In this way, AC Milan's defense was improved, but the threat on the offensive end, especially the pressure and pressing on Tottenham's midfield and backcourt, basically became a formality and failed to achieve results.

This adjustment of AC Milan still played a certain role in curbing Tottenham's offense, so Tottenham found that the first half of the set was not working in the second half, so they began to slow down and patiently look for opportunities.

Until the 61st minute of the second half, Messi passed the ball to Ramsey along the penalty area after a two-on-one with Cavani on the right. The Welshman made a through pass, and Ribery stopped the ball in front of Abate and Zapata and turned around. He suddenly accelerated and broke through with the ball, and squeezed out a channel between the two defensive players. After entering the penalty area, he suddenly shot with his left foot.

The ball rolled into the goal from Abbiati's left side, 3:0!

AC Milan's goalkeeper was so angry that he turned around and kicked the ball hard towards the net. Then he turned around and yelled at his teammates in front of him. He didn't understand why this happened? Why were the two people squeezed by the other side? Couldn't the two of them stop Ribery?

Zapata and Abate both pulled their heads, and they obviously had a disagreement. That is to say, when Ribery turned around with the ball, they misjudged each other, which made them both think of not stopping Ribery, but thinking that maybe their teammates would stop him.

Sometimes this kind of misjudgment is really fatal, especially in a game of the Champions League!

However, Ribery turned around after stopping the ball, dribbled the ball quickly to break through the defense of two players. The whole process was indeed quite exciting, and then faced Abbiati's calm shot, and also seized the key opportunity to score twice for himself!

Tottenham Hotspur led by three goals, and with half an hour left, the game was no longer suspenseful.

But it was in this situation that Allegri finally made the decision to give it a try, replacing Montari and taking down Ambrosini, replacing Bojan and taking down Flamini, and continuing to strengthen the team's offense, at least to fight for a goal away from home, to regain some face and preserve the dignity of the giants.

So the scene suddenly changed, AC Milan pressed forward, and Tottenham Hotspur had to be forced to retreat. The reason was very simple. With Constant on the left, AC Milan actually put five offensive players in front. This was obviously not a calm and rational change of formation, but a battle of will.

To put it bluntly, Allegri has no more tricks!

Tottenham Hotspur was also very determined when retreating. Cavani almost returned to his own penalty area and the bottom line to participate in the defense, and Ye Qiu quickly made a substitution, replacing Pirlo with Sandro, which was also a signal to strengthen the defense.

When the game reached the 82nd minute, AC Milan was already fighting like crazy, investing huge forces in the frontcourt, and there was only one goal, that is, scoring goals.

But sometimes things are like this, the more anxious you are, the more chaotic it is.

Messi, Ramsey and Vidal formed a triangle to press, and after intercepting Montari who wanted to break through with the ball, the ball fell to Montolivo's feet, but Vidal quickly completed the interception of Montolivo again, and then passed it diagonally to the right to Kyle Walker.

At this time, the ball was still in the front area of ​​30 meters of Tottenham Hotspur. Kyle Walker was very fast and rushed all the way to the hinterland of AC Milan with the ball, and at this time Milan's two central defenders were also quickly returning to defense.

But Kyle Walker didn't wait for them to react. Just after entering the 30-meter area of ​​Milan, he kicked a low cross with his right foot. The ball bypassed Mex and Zapata, bounced after landing in front of Milan's penalty area, and Ribery, who rushed up from behind, stopped and entered the penalty area.

Zapata and Mex were left behind by Ribery. Although Abbiati had just complained about his teammates, he didn't dare to abandon the goal at this moment. Instead, he waited until Ribery rushed over, staring at Ribery's movements, judging whether Ribery was going to push the near corner or the far corner?

While Abbiati was hesitating, Ribery kicked the ball with his left foot in front of the small penalty area and directly hit the far corner. Abbiati was obviously caught off guard. He made a flying save to block the near corner. The whole scene looked very embarrassing.

4:0! ! !

Ribery, who performed a hat trick, quickly rushed to AC Milan's goal, picked up the ball from the goal line, turned around and ran all the way to the stands of White Hart Lane Stadium, rushed to the sidelines, raised the ball with both hands, and shouted to the fans in the stands, venting his surprise and excitement after performing a hat trick.

At this time, many Tottenham fans in the stands were shouting loudly, asking Ribery to throw the ball up. As a result, the French scar-faced man really threw the ball into the stands with both hands as if he was throwing a ball out of bounds when his teammates rushed up, causing a frenzy of scramble among the fans in the stands.

All Tottenham players rushed up and hugged Ribery tightly, congratulating the winger for his hat trick, which was also the best gift for Ribery on his 30th birthday.

At the age of 30, he has already entered the twilight of his career without knowing it!

No one doubts Ribery's strength, and no one thinks that he is a vital core member of the team, because it was his flying fairy in the first round that saved Tottenham.

And now, in the second round, he eliminated AC Milan with a hat trick and an assist!

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