Chapter 273: Iev among Men
Conte watched the ball fly from his front of goal to the centre circle, and the stone in his heart finally fell to the ground. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
That Ibrahimovic was terrible, he ran twenty meters with the ball, shook three players and shot, if Buffon hadn't seen Ibrahimovic's idea of hitting the far corner in advance, maybe the score would have become 0:1! Marchisio also deserves praise, his clearance was very timely.
We have to find a way to freeze Ibrahim, but how do we freeze him?
The on-site commentator also said: "Ibrahimovic's breakthrough just now was wonderful, he single-handedly tore apart the Juventus defence. Antonio Conte needs to have his hands on Ibrahimovic. ā
He said it lightly, the question is that in the entire Serie A arena, who can stop Ibrahimovic? Sweden's civil war is notoriously tough, when he swept Serie A, he grabbed a lot of big-name defenders who had suffered losses in his hands. It's not easy to guard against him casually.
Marchisio's clearance was picked up by Silva near the centre circle, and AC Milan were in control, but no matter how much AC Milan controlled the game at the moment, the players all had the same idea: pass to Ibrahimovic.
Undoubtedly, compared with AC Milan, which bloomed more in the past, the current Rossoneri suffer from serious "Ibrahimovic dependence". Without Ibrahimovic, AC Milan's strength will immediately drop a notch. But the truth is that AC Milan have Ibrahimovic.
Silva handed the ball to Nocerino, Emmanuelsen cut in from the left and Nocerino passed it to him. He led straight along the line, and Marchisio stepped forward to block his path. Emmanuelsen glanced at Seedorf diagonally in front of him, was in a good position, and sent the ball over with his right foot.
In this game, Seedorf served as the captain of the field, he played his little skills, thought about Vidal, but was accidentally stabbed by Vidal's toe, fortunately Nocerino was not far away, and quickly regained the ball. Seedorf still likes to play with fire so much, slowly controlling the ball and dribbling the ball, and he doesn't like to grab the ball back when he loses it.
Nocerino is not as sticky as him, he doesn't have that habit, and he doesn't have that skill. He passed directly to Boateng, who transitioned a bit, swapped places with Robinho and came to Ibrahimovic.
I'm afraid that even AC Milan fans can't give a correct assessment, but as long as Ibrahimovic is on the field, "Prince (Boateng)" can play at a super level. This is Boateng's potential, but also Ibrahimovic's ability to activate his teammates and bring them to the pinnacle of a competitive level.
Although Ibrahimovic didn't get the ball, the Juventus defenders kept their defensive focus on him, which gave Boateng more opportunities to dribble. Nocerino and Seedorf, Aquilani and the likes of Seedorf and Aquilani also had plenty of space around him, and it wasn't until they got close to the box that Juventus realized something was wrong, and Boateng didn't pass the ball to Ibrahimovic.
Barzagli went to defend him, Boateng glanced at Ibrahimovic, Ibrahimovic raised his right hand high to ask Boateng to pass the ball to him, Boateng tried to pass it, but was touched by Vidal on the way, the ball changed direction and did not reach Ibrahimovic's feet.
The ball was refracted by Yang and bounced to Seedorf's feet, and Seedorf raised his leg to shoot angrily and set off the anti-aircraft gun.
Ibrahimovic was a little unhappy that Seedorf could have passed the ball but he opted to shoot. If it was another player, Ibrahimovic would have roared a long time ago, but this person is Seedorf, one of the heroes left behind by "An-style Milan", who has a high prestige in the team, and Ibrahimovic is not good at gossiping.
Buffon took the goal kick, he didn't kick it to the midfield, but gave it to Chiellini, who didn't go directly to the midfielder after getting the ball, first poured a few kicks in the back to observe the situation.
After the four-legged pass, the ball was back to Chiellini, Pirlo ran back a few steps, Chiellini looked at him and passed the ball out.
Twenty-five minutes into the game, neither side has scored. Judging from the field, the two teams should be evenly matched, with each other attacking, and now it will be up to them to see who can score first.
Juventus' midfield as a whole is stronger than AC Milan, and now they have the initiative, Pirlo gave the ball to Vidal, Vidal to Piero, Vucinic and Zhang Shujie ran into the box, but Piero's ball was not passed, it was pushed out by Mex, and Vidal intercepted the ball again.
Lichtsteiner inserted from the right, Marchisio's run led away Seedorf, Vidal split the ball diagonally to the right, Lichtsteiner unloaded the ball diagonally to the front of the penalty area, Emmanuelsen rubbed the ball with his foot, the path of the ball changed slightly, so that Zhang Shujie ran a little past when receiving the ball, and he had to turn around and stop the ball first. It was this turn that sent Thiago Silva behind him.
Now that Silva has grown into a world-class defender, it will be difficult for Zhang Shujie to break through the Brazilian defender's defense. Silva clinged to him tightly and didn't let him control the ball calmly, Zhang Shujie stepped on the ball and pulled back sideways, pulling out a little gap, but this gap was too small, and it was not convenient to pass and shoot.
The closer Silva became, the smaller Zhang Shujie's space became. He looked up at his team-mates, Vidal, Marchisio and Lichtsteiner were all around him, so he didn't want to play around Silva anymore and wanted to pass the ball.
Silva guessed his idea, and was so defended that only passing the ball was the best way, so he took the first step to get his feet. At this moment, I saw Zhang Shujie touch the ball with the inside of his left foot and hook the ball back, and his body also turned around. Silva found out that he was fooled and was about to press back, but his body was already leaning to the outside, and he could only use his left leg dragged behind to stop Zhang Shujie, but now Zhang Shujie is in the penalty area, and it is easy to hook him if he stretches his foot, so he gave Juventus a penalty for nothing.
Silva could kick but didn't dare to kick, so he could only watch Zhang Shujie pull and dunk again and again, and burst over with the ball. The narrator praised: "Very subtle, this is a 'Cruyff turn'!"
Chen Hui and Shen Hao in the press gallery were also amazed, although they had seen Zhang Shujie use this trick in Parma before.
cleverly shook off Silva's defense, Zhang Shujie had no space to shoot, he would not force a shot, his teammates were in a better position than him, so the best option was to pass the ball to his teammates.
He flanked the ball close to the bottom line and Vucinic flanked it from the middle, but Mex's halfway shot and scraped the ball with his foot, which was unbiased to Marchisio.
Marchisio was about to shoot when Nocerino stabbed the ball from behind and it rolled out again. Zhang Shujie ran up to meet the ball, Thiago also ran towards the ball, just when Zhang Shujie was about to take control of the ball, Silva made a bold shovel and shoveled the ball out of the penalty area, and Zhang Shujie was also tripped.
Juventus' team-mates signalled for a foul on Silva but the referee did not blow the whistle. Silva did trip Zhang Shujie, but he kicked the ball first, and in the process of sliding, Zhang Shujie's progress was hindered, which tripped Juventus' number 9, such a ball is impossible for the referee to blow unless it is a black whistle.
Juventus' attack did not result in a shot on goal, but it also frightened AC Milan a lot, and even caused a commotion at the back. Now the ball has been kicked out and the danger in front of goal has been temporarily eliminated.
Seedorf dribbled the ball on the flank, picked up Ibrahimovic, and Boateng and Robinho saw that Ibrahimovic was in control of the ball, and both boldly attacked the Juventus backfield. Nocerinoha Aquilani also ran over as fast as he could, and Seedorf also ran towards the penalty area.
Juventus quickly returned to the defense. Ibrahimovic didn't stick to the ball too much, taking less than three steps before passing to Robinho. Robinho once again showed his skill, and when he saw Ibrahimovic running ahead, he shouted to him: "Pass it to me, here!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Ibrahimovic received a pass, and at the moment he was about 20 metres from the penalty area, on the left side of the edge of the penalty line, exactly opposite the area where the previous shot had been taken. Barzagli tried hard to defend Ibrahimovic, even if it was difficult, he could not back down.
Ibrahimovic moved the ball towards the middle, and Seedorf, Boateng and Robinho were already waiting for Ibrahimovic's assist in the box. Everyone knows that Ibrahimovic is a very well-rounded striker, only with a slightly worse header and a good goal assist. So Juventus still have to guard against him at this time not to pass good balls to his teammates.
However, Ibrahimovic did not pass the ball at all, he looked up at the goal, his body set up Barzagli, picked up his right leg and fired a powerful long-range shot, the ball penetrated the Juventus defense like a cannonball, and blasted towards the gate guarded by Buffon.
Buffon made a save, but the power of the shot was too great! Buffon couldn't do anything about it, and the ball grazed the bottom edge of the crossbar and slammed into the goal.
The large LCD screen outside the stadium displayed the name of the goalscorer, and then a subtitle appeared, juventus0:1milan!
"AC Milan, who were playing away, scored first, and the scorer was Ibrahimovic, a brilliant long-range shot. Juventus have to work harder!"
Ibrahimovic didn't run to celebrate like any other player after the goal, he just stood where he was, his arms outstretched, his head held high. That momentum is really like Lu Fengxian, full of fearlessness and pride.
It can be seen from this blockbuster long-range shot that "Yi Fengxian" is by no means in vain.
AC Milan's team-mates stepped forward to gather around Ibrahimovic and bow to him. Head coach Allegri sat in the dugout and didn't react, still with that "embarrassed" face. Maybe he thinks that with Ibrahimovic's ability, such a goal is very normal.
Outside the Juventus bench, Conte, who was standing on the sidelines, frowned and said to Alessio: "If it weren't for Ibrahimovic, AC Milan would not have scored." ā
This is a bit helpless, but it also shows that Conte is very sympathetic to Ibrahimovic's ability. Even now Ibrahimovic is Juventus' opponent.
Buffon shook his head and kicked the ball out of the goal, and as a goalkeeper, he must have been unhappy when he lost the ball. But it can't be helped, Ibrahimovic's shot is too powerful. No matter who stands in front of goal, it's hard to save.
Zhang Shujie looked at the tall Swede in the front court and was also amazed by his strength. It was Ibrahimovic's sixth league goal of the season, an average of one goal per game, and with those six goals, he also tops the scorers' charts. AC Milan have scored just 12 goals, with Ibrahimovic alone accounting for half of them, in addition to providing two assists for his team-mates.
Ibrahimovic has produced almost two-thirds of all the Rossoneri's goals, which is a remarkable statistic!
Juventus kicked off in the centre circle, and Vucinic knocked it to Zhang Shujie, who in turn handed it to Vidal. With the home score trailing, Juventus had to equalise as soon as possible. Ibrahimovic's goal came in the 32nd minute and Juventus will be hoping to get the two sides back on the same page before entering the dressing room.
Juventus controlled the ball in midfield and Pirlo, who was dribbling the ball, was blocked by Seedorf. The two had been teammates together at AC Milan for many years and knew each other very well, so what did they think when they faced each other as rivals today?
Pirlo dribbled to the right and Seedorf followed, pushing his body on. Pirlo slammed back on the soles of his feet and turned to the other side, and Seedorf pounced. But Inseedorf knew Pirlo's playing habits and kept a hand before pressing, and after being deceived, he pressed it down again and kicked the ball away from Pirlo's feet.
Since the opening, Pirlo has conceded a goal for the first time.