Chapter 996: Counterattack!

At the end of the first half, Real Madrid had a total of seven shots on goal, two on the back of the net, Milan had two shots on goal, one on the back of the net, one goal, and Real Madrid had a 59% advantage in possession. Chen Hui found that Inzaghi seemed to have grasped the psychology of Real Madrid to continue to score, let Real Madrid attack, and then used the space left by them at the back to play out again.

After the start of the second half, Real Madrid decisively adjusted the formation, Zidane boldly replaced Casemiro with a more organized Kovacic, so that the defense of Real Madrid's midfield will be greatly reduced, but Zidane is now desperate, Real Madrid's most urgent need is to attack.

AC Milan still takes a defensive posture to lure Real Madrid forward, Real Madrid knows that this is a trap set by Milan, but they still have to jump into it, as for whether they can climb out, it depends on their own creation.

In the 54th minute, Ronaldo's header in front of the penalty area hit Donnarumma's chest and bounced back into the penalty area, Benzek immediately stepped forward to make up for the shot, Chen Zihua gave up his body to block the gun's eye, and blocked the ball back, Kroos wanted to make up for it again, but Bonucci kicked the ball out of the bottom line first, and Real Madrid got a corner, which was the first corner of the game.

Kroos took the penalty, the ball went directly to the penalty area, and it was Ronaldo who grabbed the point, but he failed to form a shot, under the interference of Romagnoli, the ball was rubbed by him to the back point, and the following Bale shot with a cushion and kicked too high.

Real Madrid's short period of attacking climax ended, and AC Milan launched an attack, and compared to Real Madrid's fierce attack, the Rossoneri looked much softer. At half-time, Inzaghi told his players to hold on, and if Real Madrid attacked, then pull up the defence, and if the ball was at their feet, then take control of it and not rush to hit the goal.

Therefore, AC Milan's attack passed back and forth at the front of Real Madrid's penalty area, and Locatelli and Xu Ziyi, who were delayed, also passed the ball back to the goalkeeper, so that the Real Madrid players could only run back and forth in vain in the scramble, which made him very depressed.

"Real Madrid were pinned down by AC Milan, and now the Milan players controlled the ball and brought Real Madrid into their own rhythm. It's really rare to be able to make a super big player like Real Madrid like that. ”

Chen Hui watched AC Milan's back and forth pass and possession from the stands, and secretly admired Inzaghi's tactics. When the team is in dire need of a goal, AC Milan will use the fastest speed to hit the ball in front of the opponent's penalty area, and when it is necessary to control the tempo, AC Milan will use simple and effective passing to widen the field, so that the opponent will run back and forth needlessly to consume physical strength.

Chen Hui also aimed at Inzaghi, a player who was not good at ball control in his playing days, and a coach who was only a "young coach" in this coaching position, but who had already shown the strength of AC Milan to the fullest. After he led the team to win the league and the Champions League last season, many people were amazed, but some people thought that he was lucky, and met a top striker like Zhang Shujie in the team, and also met a world-class midfielder like Chen Zihua who is all-round in attack and defense, and also met Yan Tao, one of the best defensive stalwarts in today's football, coupled with the growth of young players such as Locatelli and Donnarumma, Inzaghi got a strong AC Milan, so he achieved so many championships.

But in Chen Hui's view, this is only one of the factors. As we all know, although AC Milan has no shortage of super strikers in history, from the ancient Nodal and Basten, to the modern Weah, Shevchenko, Inzaghi, Ibrahimovic, and now Zhang Shujie, all of them are super goalscorers on the Megatron side, these people are either close to the Golden Ball or dominate the scorer list of international competitions in European football, but there is another key place that cannot be ignored, that is, their backline.

It is precisely because of this solid backline that Milan has always been a team that pays attention to defense, and Inzaghi, who is the "An's Milan" meritorious service, is deeply aware of this, so today, even if the team has Zhang Shujie, he will still put defense first. His basic philosophy in charge is to make sure you don't concede a goal first, and then think about scoring goals.

Therefore, defensive counterattack has become an important idea in his offense.

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On the pitch, Silva received a cross from Chen Zihua in the penalty area and headed the goal, Navas confiscated the ball, AC Milan immediately returned to defense, and Real Madrid's attack began.

Like Inzaghi's Milan, Zidane's Real Madrid also regards defensive counterattacks as the top priority, AC Milan knows the stakes, so when a wave of attacks fails, they immediately retreated, Yan Tao always pays attention to Bale, in his eyes, a healthy Bale is no less powerful than Ronaldo, and sometimes even more threatening than Ronaldo!

Real Madrid's attack came out and Bale picked up the ball on the wing, but this time he didn't sprint with his pace, he handed the ball to Carvajal who was cut in and then fed to Modric in the middle. Modric's performance in this game was average, and his previous sharp breakthroughs failed to show, he looked at the position of his team-mate and picked up the pass to Benzema.

The ball was pushed out by Bonucci in the penalty area, and it was just given to Ronaldo without bias, and Ronaldo did not make adjustments, and raised his leg to kick it.

Cristiano Ronaldo was very close to the goal, and it was difficult to say whether Donnarumma would be able to save the ball if it was really pumped, but the ball did not hit the goal, Conte blocked the ball with his body, the ball fell outside the penalty area, and Silva rubbed his head against Rodriguez next to him.

"Cristiano Ronaldo's shot was blocked, the ball was at the feet of AC Milan and they were about to counter-attack! ”

Unlike AC Milan, Real Madrid are more up-and-coming in attack, leaving only Keylor Navas in the back to look at the goal. AC Milan at least left Romagnoli and Bonucci behind, and the pressure was not so great when they were counterattacked, and Yan Tao's speed was fast, so he could chase back in time.

Rodriguez gave the ball to Chen Zihua, who was on the left side of the pitch, and Real Madrid's center of gravity was also on this side, at this moment Chen Zihua looked to the right, took the ball with his right foot, and made a long pass to Conte on the wing. Conte chested the ball, and seeing that Marcelo was not completely close, he boldly took a few steps forward, and then passed to Zhang Shujie.

Zhang Shujie quickly started to catch the ball, but fortunately it was Varane who followed him, and if it was Ramos, he would definitely not be able to keep up with him. Zhang Shujie and Varane squeezed each other, and when they got to the falling ball, Zhang Shujie suddenly slowed down, picked up the ball with his right foot, and volleyed the ball over Varane's head, and at the same time half-turned, went around the other end of Varane, and unloaded the ball with his left foot.

(End of chapter)