Chapter 312: The Game Ends!
"Cristiano Ronaldo! Very beautiful back-cut header on goal!" Seeing Ronaldo send the ball into the door of AC Milan, Andy Gray jumped up from his seat in excitement and waved his fists in the live broadcast room to celebrate, "The Portuguese has made a meritorious achievement! His goal can be said to be invaluable! Now, Tottenham Hotspur temporarily leads AC Milan 4-3 in this Champions League final! If they can keep that score until extra-time, then Tottenham will win the first Champions League trophy in the club's history!
It's no surprise that Andy Gray would be so excited. You know, there are only a little more than ten minutes until the end of extra time, and with AC Milan's almost exhausted fitness and the situation of being almost completely pressed by Tottenham in extra time, it is undoubtedly extremely unrealistic for the Rossoneri to equalize and drag the game into a penalty shootout!
"I have to say that the physical advantage of the Tottenham players and Ronaldo's outstanding sense of running without the ball are vividly reflected at this moment. Compared with Andy Gray, who can't wait to celebrate in advance in the live broadcast room now, Martin Taylor is more calm at this time, "From the slow-motion replay, we can see that before Ribery kicked the ball, Ronaldo, who had not participated in the passing process before, had already started and rushed into the AC Milan penalty area in advance, which is enough to prove that Ronaldo has excellent off-ball running and court observation. It is precisely because of this that Maldini, who is physically exhausted, will not be able to keep up with Ronaldo's forward insertion, which led to the latter being able to score this goal that was enough to decide the outcome of the game without interference!"
"Right now, the situation is extremely bad for AC Milan. Even if Ancelotti is willing to give it his hand and let his team take the initiative in the remaining ten minutes, the Milan players who have reached the limit of fitness cannot guarantee that they will be able to break through Tottenham's goal, and they will have to risk being further widened by Tottenham's quick counter-attack. Seeing Tottenham's victory in sight, Andy Gray, who sat back in front of the microphone, couldn't help but feel a little proud, and began to make fun of AC Milan, "The game has become like this, it can only be said that AC Milan has suffered on its own." They clearly didn't learn the lesson of last season's four-goal reversal by Deportivo La Coruna and let their guard down after taking a 3-0 lead, giving Tottenham the chance to catch up!"
"Andy, it's too early to say that. Martin Taylor, who listened to it more and more and felt that something was wrong, quickly interrupted his partner's imprudent speech, so as not to get into unnecessary trouble because of this truth, "The most important thing for Tottenham players to do now is to forget about their current lead over AC Milan as soon as possible and put all their energy into the game." Otherwise, Tottenham will likely repeat the mistakes of AC Milan and lose a good game at the last hurdle!"
While Andy Gray and Martin Taylor were commenting on the game situation, Ronaldo on the field enjoyed Drogba's treatment, and was pressed to the ground by his teammates who pounced on him and stacked Arhat. However, the Portuguese clearly do not have the physical strength of the Ivorian Monster. I saw that Ronaldo, who was crushed at the bottom of the pile, was weakly and helplessly said forgiveness, hoping that his teammates could get off him quickly, otherwise he would be in a coma due to lack of oxygen......
"Paul, what should we do now?" Pirlo, who walked up to Maldini's side, tried to suppress the sense of loss in his heart, gasping for breath and asking his captain in a low voice - as the heart of the Rossoneri, Pirlo knows better than anyone the bad situation of the team. That's why he asked Maldini this question. Because Pirlo really can't think of how to save the situation in front of him!
"Alas...... Now do we have any other choice? but to do our best!" Maldini sighed and replied helplessly, hearing Pirlo's question. Contrary to Andy Gray's suspicions, Maldini was pretty sure that his team-mates didn't have any careless thoughts and actions. As for why this game was played like this, the Milan captain was also extremely puzzled, and could only attribute it to Drogba's sudden enlightenment.
After the game restarted, AC Milan, who had no choice but to fight with their backs, all went out and launched an attack on Tottenham's goal with great tragedy, and the Spurs players who had managed to take the lead naturally would not let Milan get their wish. Like AC Milan before, they took the initiative to shrink the formation and start from the middle circle of the stadium to deploy layers of defense, luring the opponents who were behind the score to press on a large scale, leaving only Ribery and Ronaldo waiting for opportunities to counterattack in the front court!
As experts in defensive counter-attacking tactics, the Milan players certainly saw Tottenham's intentions and took some precautions against it, but their poor physical condition severely limited their performance at both ends of the pitch, making it impossible for them to give their best in the coming period when they needed to be distracted from the defense!
In the 117th minute, Pirlo's through ball to Kaka was intercepted by Mascherano halfway, Alonso passed the ball to AC Milan's empty backfield, and the unguarded Ribery won the ball and drove straight along the left side of the pitch, and passed the ball to the far post as he advanced to a position parallel to the line of the big penalty area!
The lateral movement of Drogba attracted the attention of Dida and Stam, and Ronaldo took the opportunity to shake off the old Maldini again to the front of the goal and squeeze Nesta behind him, and then raised his right foot to block the ball into the goal, five to three!
Cristiano Ronaldo's goal completely killed the suspense of the game and destroyed the last trace of AC Milan's fighting spirit - with less than three minutes left in the game, AC Milan wanted to score two goals in a row and then go to Tottenham to shoot penalties, which is undoubtedly a dream!
In this way, when all 30 minutes passed and referee Mejuto Gonzalez blew the whistle for the end of extra time, the entire Ataturk Stadium reverberated with cheers from Tottenham fans - The biggest dark horse in the Champions League this season, Tottenham Hotspur from the English Premier League, lost and won in the 2004-05 UEFA Champions Cup final, scored five goals in a row in the extreme unfavorable situation of conceding three goals, and won the championship favorite AC Milan with a score of 5-3, winning the Big Ears Cup for the first time in history!
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