Yu Zixiang really didn't know if Pierre liked Christine, Pat, or Mr. Flores. Or maybe the French kid just loves the three protagonists of that love triangle.

"Is the story of the three of them a movie for you?"

Once on the training ground, Yu Zixiang was really annoyed by Pierre's questioning and yelled at Pierre. He joined Real Madrid with Pierre last season, when they didn't know each other very well, and Pierre only occasionally tentatively asked him questions of Pate and Christine, but since being recalled by Everton this season, Pierre has been able to come up with a new question almost every day. Questions such as "Does Christine play FIFA" and "Does Pat eat chicken breast with black pepper", Yu Zixiang didn't understand how Pierre came up with it.

"It's a movie. Pierre replied with his big innocent eyes.

"Then you ask the manager to go, he knows more details, especially about your queen Christine. ”

Pierre's expression at that time made Yu Zixiang roll his eyes, the French boy must have really fucking thought about it, he just didn't dare.

So when the news broke two weeks ago that the club might use Harrington Training Base for the semi-final trip to London, Pierre was excited as if he had been cool several times overnight – Yu Zixiang said so in front of Pierre. Pierre is an adult, and this kind of joke can finally be made. Pierre actually told Zixiang seriously: "It's an appropriate analogy." Zixiang was dumbfounded, "Have you had a night a few times?" Pierre smiled and nodded.

It's unbelievable!!!Later, Yu Zixiang sighed loudly with Ian and Pat in the video.

However, Real Madrid did not choose to train at the Harrington training base for unknown reasons. In fact, Yu Zixiang was also a little disappointed, but far less disappointed than Pierre. Pierre privately complained to Yu Zixiang that it must be Mr. Flores' reluctance to return to his old place, which touched the scene. Yu Zixiang ignored Pierre. Although he also has this guess.

Yu Zixiang walked from the rest area to the stands, and Pierre was with him. The San Siro is gradually filling up again and the second half of the game will soon begin. Yu Zixiang saw that both teams had players and coaches coming out of the players' tunnel.

"Zixiang, are you going to the locker room after the game?" asked Pierre, beside Zixiang.

Yu Zixiang twisted his head, "Go." ”

"And what if the QPR loses?" Pierre continued, and just after asking, he smiled again, "I want the QPR to win." If you go to the dressing room, I'm with you, I miss Mr Amber and Queen Christine a lot. ”

Yu Zixiang turned his head again with an expressionless face, "I'm sure they miss you too." ”

As if he didn't understand Zixiang's sarcasm at all, Pierre said happily: "I think so too." ”

They were back in their seats, as were the head coach, Mr. Flores, and the assistant coach, Mr. Gonzalez.

Compared to the life-and-death duel between QPR and AC Milan, Real Madrid defeated Chelsea 3-0 in the first leg at the Bernabeu. And last night, relying on goals from □□ and Pierre, Real Madrid won the second leg 2-0 at Stamford Bridge and swept Chelsea 5-0 over the second leg to advance to the final.

Nicholas sat down and glanced at Zixiang and Pierre. In fact, after qualifying for the final last night, he gave the players a day off. The rest of the players should be watching the game, but only Pierre and Zixiang came to watch the game. But neither player is here to look at the opposition.

Zixiang is here to support his best friend, and as for Pierre...... Nicholas couldn't laugh or cry, Pierre had come to support him with Mr. Amber and Queen Christine.

When QPR scored in the first half, the two men jumped straight from their seats and later hugged each other tightly. provoked a sigh from the AC Milan fans in the stands.

Juan said that the scene was filmed, and it must have been ridiculed by the media and fans for a long time. Nicholas shrugged.

There are still plenty of fans looking in their direction, and although tonight's game has attracted a lot of celebrities, Real Madrid's four are the focus of attention on the live camera and the fans in attendance.

Nicholas unbuttoned another shirt, revealing a little bit of his pecs. It was the beginning of May in Milan, and the temperature of the night was suitable, and he was wearing only a solid shirt on his upper body, but he was still sweating, perhaps from the half-pint of beer just now.

When Nicholas looked over the pitch, both managers came out of the tunnel. Tina took off her trench coat and wore only a white shirt with two buttons open at the neckline and rolled up cuffs. So many cameras and ** followed her, she was very quiet, looked up, and seemed to glance in their direction, he was not sure. A conversation between Pierre and Zixiang rang in his ears.

"Pierre, your queen Christine. ”

"I see it. Oh God, she's beautiful. Pierre's voice suddenly lowered, "And so sexy." ”

"You're like a fan, for God's sake, Pierre, you're the main midfielder of Real Madrid, the main midfielder of the French national team!"

"I know, so what?"

“…… You don't have to be too enthusiastic about Christine, Pat is jealous, even though he never admits it. ”

Pierre asked Zixiang strangely, "Why doesn't Pat admit it?" Pierre heard the assistant coach's laughter after asking, oh the head coach must have heard the conversation between him and Zixiang as well. Pierre blushed a little.

"That's not cool, how to pretend to be cool in the school of Trick Amber, you will be more like girls......" Yu Zixiang's voice became quieter, and the main forces of the two teams basically returned to the court.

****

Benjamin and Patrick descended the steps and walked out of the long passageway, the noise getting closer, and then, the turf of the San Siro reappeared, and the stands were crowded on all sides.

In front of them, Phil hooked Leon's neck and said thoughtlessly, "Your boyfriend is in the stands today." ”

Leon knew that Phil was talking about Zixiang, and he slammed his elbow into Phil's chest and laughed, "Fuck you." ”

Phil laughed and let go of Leon, and they each ran onto the field, and Benjamin and Patrick both ran to the court, and boos rang out.

Benjamin saw that Pat was in his position and made a very provocative gesture at random-

He put a hand to his ear. It means that he can't hear this boo.

Benjamin smiled, knowing that Pat couldn't wait to take out the Italians.

Two hours ago, the first release of the QPR was announced. Benjamin didn't see it with his own eyes, but he could imagine people's reactions.

In this San Siro battle, she abandoned the three-centre-back five-back formation that she dominated in the second half of the season. Instead, all four of the team's world-class attackers started without reservations.

Patrick Amber, Leon Ferreira, Henk DeGraaf, plus unbanned Phil Beasley. The attacking line of these four will never be inferior to Real Madrid's attacking quartet of Jesus, Mbappe, □□ Xius, and Rongkai. Perhaps, the "four-headed monster" of the QPR is the most powerful offensive combination in the world.

The attack of these four men, which once shook the Allianz Arena, has now been brought to the San Siro. Massimo Romano may or may not have foreseen. Regardless of what the Milan coach speculated, in the last 90 minutes of the semi-finals, as the QPR manager, she made a declaration in this way.

At the start of the first half, AC Milan did not adopt the same strategy as last week. Instead, they unleashed a rather aggressive high press at home.

This was partly guessed by the QPR coaching staff, who logically saw the first fifteen minutes of the first half be the most physically fit period, and it was highly likely that a goal would be scored by playing a suffocating high-pressure soccer game with home advantage.

And if AC Milan score from the start, QPR will be under a lot of pressure, after all, the Serie A champions have a mythical defence.

In the first two and a half minutes of the match, Milan did a good job of suppressing the QPR. The overall front of the QPR retreated deeply.

It was only two and a half minutes. It was different when Eden Hazard turned away and was cut off by Ian at one point.

That's her established strategy – and she's well targeting the debilitating nature of the 30-year-old. Deliberately showing weakness in the opening game, the opponent wants to press, so let them come.

If Eden Hazard thinks he can perform in this environment, come on.

Eden Hazard has recorded more goals and assists in Serie A this season than any other season in the past.

However, there is a law in the world of football: the efficiency of a player in an ordinary league does not tell the whole story.

Pat and Leon are the types of strong and weak passes, and the current Hazard, when facing strong teams, is an attacker who must need a lot of support to play.

At least, that's what she thinks, and interestingly, Benjamin observes that Massimo Romano has an unusual trust in Hazard.

Benjamin doesn't know what motivates this trust. Perhaps it had something to do with Massimo's own mediocre talent as a player, or perhaps Massimo was influenced by a very pragmatic Italian coach like Claudio Pasolini (Chapter 465). In short, Massimo's understanding of "inspiration on the offensive end" presents something completely different from hers.

Last summer, it was reported that Arsenal's young Italian striker Bernardino wanted to return to Serie A and join AC Milan to join Massimo Romano because he was not comfortable with life in England.

But in the end, Milan opted to bring in Eden Hazard, who was 29 years old at the time. The reason that came out later was that Arsenal's price tag for Bernardino was too high.

Bernardino is clearly a player with more inspiration and talent than Hazard, but Bernardino also has the problem of being inconsistent, and his inspiration has been accompanied by a lot of haphazard handling and loss of possession, and Hazard is clearly more experienced in this area.

Between "inspiration" and "stability", Massimo Romano chose the latter.

This also lowers their attack power limit in big battles. This kind of high-intensity game is completely different from the usual loose leagues, and it is not surprising that Eden Hazard will have a high probability of being cut off in a dense area if AC Milan take the initiative to besiege him, and QPR has rehearsed the counter-attacking pattern after such a situation has been rehearsed several times in training sessions.

Milan's high pressing was naturally very strong, but Ian, who broke the ball, was not distracted, and the QPR captain leaned on his body against the midfielder Kovacic, who rushed up to press, and then kicked the ball with his backheel to Benjamin behind him.

The opponent's other midfielder, Ndombele, was already pressing, and on his flank, Eden Hazard was also counter-attacking.

At that time, Benjamin knew exactly what he was going to do. He didn't stop the ball and went straight forward with his left foot.

The pass was only about fifteen yards away, but he picked a high arc and a soft force that was perfect for tall people to catch. What's more, Phil retreated to the landing point at this time. Behind the strong centre-forward is the Italian midfielder Saldo, who is much shorter than him.

Here's another point she asked to rehearse during her pre-match training session:

In the counterattack, Leon and Phil switched positions in an instant, using Phil's strength and physique to stand in the forward position to receive the ball, and directly squeeze the opponent's physique Sardo, who was relatively at a loss.

In the first round, QPR didn't have a chance to use Phil's weapon, but this time Phil returned, it was completely different.

Just past the center circle, Phil chested the ball in the air from Benjamin. Saldo was completely blocked by Phil with his body and could not do anything about it.

Without waiting for the ball to land, Phil relied on his flexibility to lift his leg high to touch the ball and gave it to Pat. The action is a little weird, but that's Phil. The point is, this action is very effective and saves time to give the ball out.

Pat began to charge. Dendombele was chasing back, but couldn't keep up and couldn't interfere, and Pat took the ball straight to the left side of the field, which was a very quick counterattack, and Phil, who had just finished the ball, also rushed into the penalty area.

The fast-moving Milan right wing-back Fahd Hallack was in place and he wanted to push Pater to the touchline, at least to limit his pace and buy time for his team-mates to return. Kat didn't want to entangle him at all, he smashed the ball, and the ball passed between the two slender legs, and then immediately changed direction and rushed towards the middle.

The counterattack of the QPR has been completely opened up -

Phil single-handedly pinned down the two centre-backs of Sabatini and Lemos, and Genk raced up the right flank, followed by Moroccan Ali Hallac who was desperately chasing back. Due to the speed of QPR's counterattack, there was a big gap in Milan's backfield!

Instead of giving Phil, Pat pulled a diagonal line with the instep of his left foot to the ground for Genk, who was sprinting up on the right. The Dutchman didn't stick to the ball under the chase of Ali Halak, and after a pause, he immediately pulled the ball back to the edge of the box -

This inverted triangle pass, only Sabatini reacted. The 19-year-old Milan captain put on the brakes with all his might, then reached out with one foot to reach the ball.

The QPR attack line four-headed monster handled the ball too fast in this counterattack. Sabatini's foot barely touched the ball and prevented it from going straight back to Pate's feet.

But the ball bounced to Benjamin's feet just outside the box.

Benjamin almost understated, and immediately knocked the ball forward with the arch of his foot......

Sabatini immediately kicked the ground and then rushed towards Patrick again.

Benjamin was amazed by the Italian's physicality, the two changes of direction in such a short period of time, the deceleration and acceleration were terrifying, and the resoluteness and fighting spirit of his defence.

However, Benjamin's ball was not for Pat.

Pat took a thoughtful step to let the ball slip behind him and Sabatini swooped in.

The real target of this pass was Leon, who was on the same line as Pat, but closer to the goal.

Leon didn't stop the ball either, he turned in the direction of the pass, jerked his calf and added a slight angle, and hit the ball hard with the instep of his foot towards the goal.

Donnarumma only had time to reach out, but he didn't have time to block the ball -

Just 3 minutes into the game, the aggregate score became 1:1!

After the goal, Leon ran towards Benjamin like never before, the two embraced, and ran to the away fan zone together, and many of their teammates behind them, such as Pat, Genk, and Phil, all rushed over. Leon was even dragged down by that guy from Pat......

From that moment on, the QPR was no longer completely passive in this knockout round. Because as long as QPR scores one more goal, Milan will have to score two goals if they want to advance, and the pressure is thrown from QPR's side to Milan's side from the opening 3rd minute.

What's more, the record of "Milan knockout games without conceding a goal" has been shattered, which is feared by everyone.

Benjamin looked at the referee, his whistle in his mouth, looking at his watch.

****

Pierre said: "Pate's provocative gesture was cool, but I can't learn it." Also, the girls say I'm cute. ”

"Do you think you'll still have this childish face when you're thirty?" Zixiang disdained.

"I probably became a dad at that time, and I didn't need girls to like me anymore, as long as my wife liked me. ”

"Do you think it's so easy to meet a girl you want to marry?"

Pierre seemed to think for a moment before he said, "...... You're right. ”

The voices of two young men continued to reach Nicholas's ears with the noise in the San Siro stands. His hands were crossed over his laps, and his two thumbs kept tapping gently against each other. His fingers tapped at Zixiang's words stopped, but he immediately resumed his rhythm.

If the score is still the same after 45 minutes, the two teams will go to extra time. It's a possibility to be left unconsidered, but neither manager should want it.

For Massimo, if it goes to extra time, according to the rules of the Champions League, Milan needs to score two goals if the away QPR scores one goal, which is obviously unfavorable.

For Tina, she will also try to avoid overtime. With QPR all four attackers on the court, she lacked a strong backhand on the bench and could have problems with continuity going into overtime.

What's more, both coaches have a very strong desire to control, albeit in different forms. Going into extra time means getting out of control, and whether it's risky or conservative, the chances of luck are even greater. Anyway, Nicholas himself really didn't like overtime.

Nicholas looked at the white shirt on the sideline. What was she thinking at this point?

The start to the game was smooth for QPR, but AC Milan retreated immediately after being scored and reverted to a tight and conservative formation. That also allowed QPR to control a lot of the ball. Even so, there was not much real threat after the QPR goal and no further goals were scored.

Patrick Amber was a little too far away from the box, and Phil Beasley continued to operate outside the box, which made QPR very much in control but not enough to put in the opposing box.

On the other hand, although the QPR played with a back four, the two full-backs Gonzalo Chica and John O'Connor were still too far behind. There is almost no offensive mode with an up-and-down bottom. It's also a more controlling, but not conducive to attacking development.

There must be some reason for this.

The referee blows the whistle and the second half of the game begins.

Nicholas pulled his mind back to the arena in front of him.

Patrick continued to pull on to the perimeter and then dribbled the ball to the left of the centre and headed towards Kovacic.

Nicholas's gaze immediately turned to Phil...... The center of the QPR is back down.

Suddenly, all the fragments were put together in Nicholas's head.

Patrick's super abilities, Phil's strength and harassment abilities are all known elements that QPR contains in the offense, and the key is how to combine them......

The way she chose to do so, which appeared to be a strategy to stabilize after the equaliser, actually concealed an intention.

In the eyes of most people, AC Milan's pillars from back to front are Sabatini on the back line, Saldo at the back, Hazard at the front, and Belotti at the center. But Nicolas knows that Hazard in the midfield position is only the protagonist in name, but is actually a senior role player, and this essence has been exposed by her in these two matchups before and after.

However, AC Milan's central midfielder Mateo Kovacic has not been completely contained. The quality of this player......

In fact, when Nicolas first arrived at Real Madrid, Kovacic had already decided to join AC Milan, otherwise he would never let the Croatian go.

Kovacic's longitudinal prowess, technique at his feet and physicality make him a true link between Milan's midfield and the front. Therefore, Milan's four pillar players, or the "backbone" of Milan, should actually be Sabatini Saldo Kovacic Belotti.

At first, Nicholas only thought Patrick's drop back was to improve his consistency on the ball. But now recalling that every time Patrick hit the ball, almost all of them were aimed at Kovacic, putting the Croatian in a very constrained position, there was tactical intent in this.

Although it was a bit overkill to have Patrick do such a job, it was really the most effective.

At the start of the second half, Kovacic's footsteps were already starting to weigh up, and it wouldn't be long before Milan's point would be invalidated.

On the other hand, Phil Beasley's stance. For a lot of the time, Nicolas felt that the center forward was almost playing as a midfielder, and the result was that Phil would face Milan's midfielder Saldo directly.

Phil's physical superiority was already evident in the first goal, and in the subsequent games, Phil continued to do so, which contained another layer of tactical significance.

If Patrick's blow to Kovacic was by making the opponent move differently, tired of defending and filling in the position, then Phil's blow to Saldo was a direct physical crush. This made the two of them focus too much on defense, with serious physical loss and mental exhaustion.

In other words, this whole set of strategies can directly knock out the two points in Milan's "four-man backbone", and it is two points in the middle that are used to connect!

Nicholas looked at the other person on the sideline. Massimo paced, his thin figure looking a little uneasy.

The corners of Nicholas' mouth twitched slightly. Massimo may have been a little proud in the last round, whether it was the psychological warfare played before the game or the process and result of the game, as for this round......

He guessed that Massimo might be feeling a little out of control. And did he ever feel that way himself?

Ohhell, yes, and it's only about her. On the pitch and off the pitch.

Nicolás recalled the match he had eliminated by Massimo Romano a year ago.

Real Madrid did not actually lose, as Milan advanced on away goals. At that time, he was missing some key players and there were some luck reasons, but when he looked back, he also recognized the strength of Milan and Massimo.

What has in this emaciated and pale Italian has seeped into the heart of this AC Milan team and shaped the soul of this team. Machiavellianism and extreme pragmatism.

Nicolás was initially influenced by the stereotype, believing that this was undoubtedly the heir to the tradition of Italian football, with a strong focus on defense, any means to get a good result, and a typical embodiment of the philosophy of Italian football.

But then he realized that it couldn't be summed up so simply. Massimo is naturally an outstanding coach produced in the Italian football system, but the more he thinks about his contact with him, the more he feels that some of the things that AC Milan embodies are not exactly the tradition of Italian football, but more of Massimo Romano himself.

He knows that a person's football philosophy is essentially rooted in his character and values, and further stems from his past experiences. He remembered the few exchanges they had, and beneath those cold eyes was a man who desperately longed for poer.

Nicholas had no interest in studying Massimo's life experience. But he knew that this was a man who had not been successful in his playing career, and that many of them had chosen to become coaches, and some of them had become famous coaches.

But Massimo presents a particularly strong and terrifying desire to control everything.

To that end, he's built what may be the most perfect defensive system in history, he's deliberately hiding his battle plan, and he's used off-court interference to cause problems for opponents. It's all about Poer, he's so much in control of this, he's built the best defensive team ever.

Nicholas respects this, but when he understands this, he also understands the coach's neck: there is no place for "inspiration" in his football philosophy.

Fantasia is a dreamy word in the Italian football vocabulary. The tradition of Italian football is not only tactical and defensive, but also revered for the unpredictable and sudden bursts of inspiration on the offensive end. Inspiration is unpredictable, and Massimo must have thought it was too uncontrollable, so he abandoned this element, thus abandoning the "trequartista" tradition in Italian football, and only retaining the relatively controllable "regista" (the role of Milanese midfielder Saldo).

Nicholas himself is actually conservative in his understanding of inspiration, but he definitely does not go so far as to limit this kind of thing completely. That's why, after those two meetings, despite Real Madrid's elimination, Nicolás always believed that if he met this opponent next time, the chances of killing him were very high.

And her understanding of "inspiration" ...... It's completely different from Massimo and himself.

Nikolaas stared at the stadium at the moment, and someone in the stands of the San Siro had just released fireworks illegally, so there was some smoke in the stadium at the moment. In that blurred vision, he saw someone fall on the field and couldn't hold on.

It's Kovacic. The Croatian midfielder has been plagued by injuries over the years, having had problems in the last game, and it is no surprise that this one could not withstand Patrick's constant attacks.

Nicholas looked up and looked through the smoke at the scoreboard above the opposite stand. 0:1, the aggregate score is 1:1, and the time is 55 minutes.

He looked down again. She called Patrick to the sidelines. Nicholas rolled his eyes and looked at the edge of San Siro's roof. He sat here with her in March, and she always looked up in that direction. What did she want to see? the lights of San Siro or the night in Milan?

The Milan fans in the stands erupted in scattered laughter, boos, and whistles.

Nicholas's afterglow swept over the two figures on the sidelines, and his heart could not be clearer. This is a signal.

In the first 55 minutes, Patrick played a tactical pawn and completed his mission perfectly, but unusually suppressed his inspiration for 55 minutes. Now, Mateo Kovacic has been crushed and another important player, Saldo, is out of breath and at the end of his power.

My dear Tina, you have broken the backbone of Milan, so the next step is of course to unleash your inspiration and let your beast out. 166 Reading Network