Chapter 997 - For the Second Year in a Row
"Zhang Shujie's pick is very beautiful! Varane probably didn't expect him to come out like this, and he ran a little too far. ”
Raphael Varane did run a bit, but his speed was so fast that his inertia extended his braking distance, and by the time he tried to lean over to Zhang again, he was already away with the ball.
Real Madrid's defense is dangerous, Zhang Shujie is now close to the penalty area, Navas went out to block the angle, Milan No. 9 made a feint to shoot, and Navas fell to the ground to save the ball, but Zhang Shujie wiped the ball with the sole of his right foot and passed the Real Madrid goalkeeper lightly.
Zhang Shujie raised his left foot and gently pushed the ball, and the ball jumped over the small penalty area, jumped over the goal line, and jumped into the door of Real Madrid!
2:0! AC Milan leads Real Madrid by two goals away! At the same time, the aggregate score is 5:2!
Zhang Shujie's goal helped AC Milan extend their lead, and now the score is 2:0! This is Zhang Shujie's 16th Champions League goal this season, and he is just one goal away from Cristiano Ronaldo's record of 17 goals in a single season set in 2013/2014!
Zhang Shujie was very happy after the goal, he opened his arms and patted his heart, ran to the corner kick area, put his left hand on his waist, held the flagpole of the corner flag with his right hand, and looked at the excited Milan fans in the stands, and his teammates quickly ran over and grabbed his shoulders. Inzaghi on the sidelines clenched his fists and roared, and the expression on his face became a little hideous.
Real Madrid fans were a little deflated, Zidane was also a little frustrated, and the players on the field shook their heads and sighed. Even if Real Madrid could score three goals in less than 30 minutes remaining, they would only have to drag the game into extra time. The extra time test is not the technique and tactics, but the physical strength of the players, most of the main players of Real Madrid are over 30 years old, AC Milan only has Bonucci 31 years old, and the others are under 30 years old.
The on-site commentator sighed: "The score of 0:2 and the total score of 2:5 have forced Real Madrid to a dead end!"
The rest of the game was AC Milan's all-out defence, and Inzaghi began to make defensive changes, first with Xu Ziyi and Kessie, and six minutes later with Silva and Musacchio. Zinedine Zidane seemed to be ready to give it a go, replacing the aging Luka Modric for Isco, and then soon after Kroos for the more impactful Asensio.
However, in front of AC Milan's impregnable defense, all this did not have too obvious effect, Isco's dribbling, Asensio's breakthrough, could not smoothly hand over the ball to teammates in the penalty area, and Isco, who likes to stick the ball, is often easy to fall into the siege of Milan players. As for Mateo Kovacic, he hasn't been in a good performance since the second half, and with his position far from the penalty area, the threat to goal is almost zero.
Real Madrid began to look for the back of the net with long-range shots from outside the box, with two of their four long-range shots blocked by Milan players and two saved by Donnarumma. AC Milan also got a shot on goal during that time, with Antonio Conte's volley from the right side of the penalty area going too high.
With fifteen minutes to go, Inzaghi used up his last substitution and replaced Zhang Shujie with Bolini. Zhang Shujie scored a goal with only two shots on goal in this game, and this goal is very likely to be the goal that sealed the victory.
Borini came on the pitch and appeared in the center of the field, and it is strange that although Borini is a nominal striker, he has not scored a goal so far, and many times he is like a-stirring stick in the front court to disrupt the opposition's defense. For this reason, Milan fans joked: "Borini is a defensive striker. ”
Bolini's running range is very large, even bigger than Zhang Shujie, but this scoring ability is much worse than Zhang Shujie, but the players don't care, in the tactical role, Borini is mainly to cover.
Real Madrid worked very hard, they wanted to pull off a miracle but they couldn't score. Seeing that the time is getting shorter, the players are getting more and more anxious, and the action on the field is getting bigger and bigger, four Real Madrid players, including Cristiano Ronaldo, have received yellow cards in a row in just two minutes.
Many fans in the stands at the Bernabeu also left the stadium and the game went into injury time. Zinedine Zidane had already returned to the dugout from the sidelines, and he knew that Real Madrid could not do a miracle.
In three minutes of stoppage time, Real Madrid had three shots on goal but did not score, and when the whistle blew at the end of the game, the score was fixed at 2:0, and the aggregate score was 5:2 Real Madrid, Real Madrid lost to AC Milan in the semi-finals for the second year in a row, and the Rossoneri reached the Champions League final for the second year in a row.
Inzaghi and Zinedine Zidane shook hands, and the players on both sides shook hands on the pitch, like this kind of big team, maybe everyone can't be friends with each other, maybe they are hostile to each other on the pitch, but after the game, they can do the most basic greetings to each other. It doesn't matter who wins or loses.
At the press conference after the game, Zidane, who was in a bad mood, did not say much, only said that the team's defeat made him feel regretful, but he would not blame the players, because no one wants to lose, but Milan's performance was really flawless, so that people could not find holes in the defense.
Inzaghi was full of red faces: "Real Madrid is really difficult to deal with, especially at the Bernabeu, they once surrounded us at the back, but fortunately we scored two goals and won the final victory. It's a great feeling to be in the Champions League final for the second year in a row, but I don't want to talk about winning the title just yet, we don't even know who our opponents are, and we have to wait until after the game between PSG and Chelsea. ”
The team advanced to the Champions League final, and Inzaghi, who was in a good mood, gave the whole team a day off. In the final moment of the league title, he dared to do so because of the four-point advantage in the standings, and for Inzaghi, Milan has played so far, there are very few injuries, and even if there are, most of them are minor injuries. Only Antonio Conte suffered a major injury at the start of the season, but he returned in time to prevent the Rossoneri from winning the title.
A day later, Paris Saint-Germain's match against Chelsea began, and the Azzurri failed to capitalise on their chances as they lost 1-0 at Stamford Bridge to Paris Saint-Germain, with talented teenager Kylian Mbappe scoring the only goal of the game in the 64th minute to help Paris reach the Champions League final in a historic victory.
Chelsea's defeat was not accidental, in fact they had far more chances in the game than in Paris, but it was a pity that Morata and Eden Hazard, as well as Willian and Pedro who came off the bench, all missed good chances to score. Even the commentators at the scene had to miss Li Mu, but Li Mu was still recuperating from his injuries and could not play.
In the end, after losing Li Mu, the deadliest nuclear weapon, Chelsea finally stopped in the semi-finals, while Paris and Milan met in the final!
(End of chapter)