Chapter 987: Counterattack, starting from the second half
Zhang Shujie's left-footed shot was saved by Keylor Navas, the first time in the first half that AC Milan hit the ball in the woodwork, and although the ball did not go in, it created a corner. Chen Zihua came to take the penalty, he drove the ball directly into the penalty area, and the ball was confiscated by Navas.
Real Madrid launched a counterattack, Navas threw the ball to Marcelo, and Marcelo used a "Marseille sleuver" to cleverly past Conte, which attracted the on-site commentators to applaud.
"Marcelo is very chic, which is also the consistent style of most Brazilian players, the style of play is very spiritual, even a defensive midfielder like Casemiro, the work at his feet is very good. ”
After passing Marcelo, he knocked the ball to Modric, Modric rubbed the outside of his right foot to Ronaldo on the left wing, and now Ronaldo is not as good as he was then, when his threat is still there, AC Milan's defense does not dare to be careless, Romagnoli pasted Ronaldo.
Ronaldo knocked the ball to Benzema, although Benzema has been ridiculed by fans as a "man behind the pot" for so many years, in fact, his ability is undoubted, although the goal efficiency has not been very high, but his cooperation with Ronaldo can be described as seamless, and it is rare in world football to find a tacit forward partner like the two of them, which is why Benzema has always occupied the main striker of Real Madrid.
Cristiano Ronaldo and Karim Benzema played a clever one-two, past Romagnoli and Leonardo Bonucci, and Ronaldo burst into the box from the left side after regaining the ball, and Romagnoli immediately followed.
"Cristiano Ronaldo has arrived in the penalty area, the threat of Ronaldo in this area is very great, in this position, Ronaldo has scored a lot of wonderful goals, I believe that even if it is not Ronaldo fans, they know his power in this area. ”
Ronaldo, who was dribbling the ball, saw Romagnoli getting close, knocked the ball on the inside of his left foot and knocked it outward, while Ronaldo didn't have time to flash back due to physical inertia, but Ronaldo had flashed out of space. I have to admit that even though the 33-year-old Ronaldo's passing ability has declined significantly, such a way of shooting has not diminished in terms of deterrence.
"Ronaldo got up and shot!" At this moment, Romagnoli was still trying, he raised his leg, trying to block Ronaldo, but it was unsuccessful, not only that, he also strained his muscles, Ronaldo kicked the ball and drew an arc around the goal, Donnarumma tried his best, but he couldn't stop the ball from going into the net.
2:0! Real Madrid leads AC Milan by two goals!
Cristiano Ronaldo made his most common celebratory move, and Zidane on the sidelines spun around happily. Inzaghi crossed his arms and hung his head, pacing back and forth a few steps. Zhang Shujie looked at the celebrating Real Madrid players and felt a little unwilling.
2-0? It looked like it was an extremely bad score for Milan, especially as the first half was about to end and AC Milan only had 45 minutes to save themselves. But for now, Milan have one more thing to do – to check Romagnoli's injury.
Romagnoli accidentally strained himself while defending Cristiano Ronaldo, and in order not to delay the game, he received treatment off the field. The team doctor determined that Romagnoli could not continue the game, and in desperation, Inzaghi passively used the first substitution, replacing Romagnoli with Musacchio.
"AC Milan is not alone at this time, two goals down, but also lost a main defender, and also used up a substitution, AC Milan in the second half of the attack variables will be a little smaller. ”
Inzaghi also felt very angry now, and he threw the mineral water bottle on the ground in anger, swearing and not knowing what he was talking about. Chen Hui also smiled wryly in the press box, probably no one would have thought that AC Milan would be two goals behind Real Madrid after only playing half at the San Siro, but it must be admitted that Real Madrid's offensive efficiency in the first half was indeed higher than that of Milan.
At the end of the first half, AC Milan temporarily trailed 0:2. Back in the locker room, Inzaghi adjusted the formation, he replaced Locatelli and replaced Suso, the formation changed to 343, the front three Silva in the middle, Zhang Shujie on the left, Suso on the right.
Zhang Shujie was placed in the position of left winger, although this striker is very versatile in the forward line, but he plays a little less left winger. Not counting this game, there have only been eight times this season, and Zhang Shujie has scored five goals and assisted twice in these eight games, all of which have worked well, and Inzaghi decided to try again in this game, hoping to bring some changes to the team's attack.
343 is a typical progressive formation, and Inzaghi is determined to turn defeat into victory. There were no changes on Real Madrid's side, and judging by the situation in the first half, Zinedine Zidane did not give a reason to make changes to the line-up. However, he could also guess that AC Milan would definitely hold high the banner of attack in the second half, just reminding the players to pay more attention to defense.
Chen Hui sorted out the data in the press gallery, and looked at the reaction of the fans by the way, the San Siro Stadium is naturally dominated by Milan fans, because of the concern about the score, many Milan fans are not very happy, and Real Madrid fans show their joy on their faces one by one. And those neutral fans, who win or lose doesn't seem to have much to do with them, as long as the game is exciting. However, it cannot be ruled out that among these neutral fans are Barcelona fans and Inter fans, who certainly do not want their sworn enemies to win.
The second half of the game began, kicked off by AC Milan, after the ball fell a few feet in the backfield, Milan started the attack from the left side, Rodriguez gave Silva in front, Casemiro pasted it, forcing Silva to pass the ball back to Xu Ziyi, Xu Ziyi gave it to Chen Zihua, Chen Zihua wanted to stuff Zhang Shujie with the first kick, but was blocked by Ramos, Xu Ziyi received the ball, and knocked it to Chen Zihua, and Chen Zihua passed to Conte.
The person with the most pressure in the second half should be Xu Ziyi, his position is a little further back than Chen Zihua, after Locatelli is off the field, he needs to shoulder more heavy responsibilities in the defense of the middle of the midfield. Inzaghi also explained at halftime, asking Chen Zihua to put more defense into the game than before, otherwise it would be difficult for Chen Zihua to withstand the impact of Modric and Kroos alone.
Conte's cross was pushed out by Varane, Casemiro handed the ball to Kroos, who gave it to Modric, Chen Zihua wanted to force the defense, but Modric had already dribbled the ball away, and Xu Ziyi blocked it.
This is not the first time the two have played each other in the game, the two have two one-on-one in the first half, but neither side has really formed a confrontation, passed the ball to teammates, this time the situation is a little different, Real Madrid only has one Ronaldo in front of Modric on the left, and the other teammates have not come up, if Modric wants not to waste this attack, either put the ball to Ronaldo who is caught in the encirclement, or break through Xu Ziyi's defense.
(End of chapter)