Chapter 851 - The First Step to Victory?
Antonelli was already warming up on the sidelines. In terms of comprehensive ability, Antonelli is slightly stronger than Desiglio, but the reason why Inzaghi is more willing to use Desiglio is also because Desiglio came out of the Milan academy, and he wants to cultivate it well, but it turns out that Desiglio is a little bit of a "can't help Adou".
In the next fifteen minutes, Desiglio was in good form, with no mistakes and no mistakes to make up for it, AC Milan had three shots on goal, Zhang Shujie, Deulofeu and Suso once each, all of them were within the woodwork, but unfortunately they were unable to break Szczesny's ten fingers.
The live announcer praised Szczesny for his good performance in the first half, but he didn't know if he could sustain such a performance in the second half.
Antonelli went to the dressing room with the main players, Inzaghi explained the tactical play of the second half, asked the players to strengthen the scramble, and removed Desiglio, Antonelli took his place.
Roma didn't make any changes, they still played the same lineup and style of play as in the first half. After taking the lead in the first half, Spalletti has one more point of confidence in the win over AC Milan, and as long as they can win this game, then Roma will have no big problem qualifying for the Champions League.
However, after the start of the second half, AC Milan's style of play surprised Spalletti, and the players no longer focused on handing over the ball, but took the initiative to press up and grab the ball, usually two or three people to grab it together, which made the Roma players very uncomfortable and frequently conceded goals.
"We saw AC Milan intensify their scrambling in the second half, and to get the initiative on the ball, Roma didn't seem to react and conceded more goals. ”
Spalletti saw that Zhang Shujie and Chen Zihua, who are good at ball control, also grabbed very actively, especially in the 55th minute, the two combined to snatch the ball back from De Rossi's feet in the backfield, and also formed a shot, but unfortunately Zhang Shujie's strength was not pressed down when he hit the goal, and the ball grazed the crossbar and flew out of the bottom line.
The Roma team was suppressed a little badly, but this does not mean that they have no offensive opportunities, De Rossi handed the ball to Salah, this time the defender of Salah was replaced by Desiglio Antonelli, the thirty-year-old Antonelli is obviously more solid than Desiglio, the first cut off Salah's ball, but failed to grab the ball, Salah regained control of the ball, passed to Nainggolan.
Nainggolan, who had a mediocre first half, was expecting a good second half when Montolivo intercepted, Nainggolan faked a shot that tricked Montolivo into turning his back and then he played the ball towards Dzeko.
Romagnoli's block was so fast that Dzeko had no room to shoot, and he knocked the ball back to Nainggolan, who hit it with a kick and kicked it on Yan Tao's back, bounced high into the air, and finally landed above the net. Corner kick.
The Roma team attaches great importance to set-pieces, De Rossi drove the ball to the penalty area, Yan Tao and Dzeko grabbed the first point, and finally Yan Tao relied on his sense of position to successfully jam Dzeko, grab the point, and push the ball out of the penalty area, but the ball fell to Paredes.
Paredes glanced at his teammate's position and was about to pass the ball when he saw two Milan players surrounding him, Bonaventura and Chen Zihua sandwiched him in the middle, making him unable to even control the ball, let alone pass it.
Paredes lost the ball, he thought that Chen Zihua's pull just now was a foul action, and loudly protested to the referee, but the referee ignored it and ran to the front with Chen Zihua, who was carrying the ball. Paredes just had to get up and get involved in the defense.
"AC Milan's scramble worked, and now they are on the counter-attack! Roma are really careful about the speed of their counter-attack, especially Zhang Shujie, once they run, no one can keep up. ”
The ball is now at Zhang Shujie's feet.
Deulofeu and Suso's runs pulled Manolas and Facio, who were on the back of the defense, Zhang Shujie drove the ball all the way, De Rossi and Juan both tried to block them, but both of them were thrown away by his change of direction and acceleration. There are no bells and whistles, only speed! This is Zhang Shujie, when he doesn't need to play personal skills, there will never be the slightest trick, he knows very well that what Milan needs at this moment is to play to the back of Rome in the shortest possible time.
Chen Zihua also came up from the back point, Zhang Shujie was close to the penalty area, Suso stepped forward, and a huge crack immediately appeared in Rome's defense, Zhang Shujie knocked the ball to Chen Zihua, everyone thought that Chen Zihua would shoot from a distance, because this place is what he is best at.
But Chen Zihua didn't shoot, he picked the ball up, picked Juan and Facio, and fell into the vacuum between the big and small penalty areas, where Zhang Shuzhuo appeared.
"It's a very good chance for AC Milan, it's a little bit of a small angle, but if you shoot, it's not impossible!"
Zhang Shujie stopped the ball with his right foot, aimed at the goalkeeper, did not shoot, knocked the ball in front of the penalty area, at this time Szczesny left most of the empty goal behind him, Suso appeared in time, gently pushed with his right foot, and the ball rolled into the door of Rome.
1:1! AC Milan equalised early in the second half!
Sure enough, AC Milan seized the opportunity. From the siege of Chen Zihua and Bonaventura, to Zhang Shujie's breakthrough with the ball, and finally Suso to complete the fatal blow, AC Milan's offensive thinking is very clear. It seems that Inzaghi's second-half change of tactics quickly had the effect he wanted. ”
Inzaghi is happy that even if it's just a draw now, it's still early, with 35 minutes to go, and Inzaghi believes that as long as there are no more mistakes in the team's backline, Roma won't score again, and it should be AC Milan who should score.
Chen Hui recorded AC Milan's goal under the cheers of tens of thousands of Milan fans at the scene. Zhang Shujie was arguably the most crucial link, as he ran at least 50 metres from the ball and set up Suso to score after a clever combination with Chen Zihua in front of the penalty area. This is also Zhang Shujie's 17th assist this season, ranking first on the assist list.
With the goal, AC Milan's morale was fully boosted and the fans in the stands were more enthusiastic than before, singing the anthem "Milan, Milan" to help keep the players in this high spirit.
Two minutes later, Zhang Shujie completed another attack, a header in the penalty area, the ball smashed into the small penalty area, and after rebounding, it did not bounce into the goal as desired, but bounced off the bottom line above the crossbar.
This is Zhang Shujie's first shot in the second half, and he has only hit the goal three times in the whole game so far, which is not much. However, Zhang Shujie himself does not care about this, and if his teammates need to score, he is also happy to help them score.
(End of chapter)