Chapter 866: Give up the high-position pressing

GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL!2:1!AC Milan leads Real Madrid away!

"Zhang Shujie finally scored in the game, it was his 14th Champions League goal of the season, and it was also very crucial. Now AC Milan not only leads away from home, but also has one more away goal than Real Madrid in the aggregate score, and the initiative has reached AC Milan's side. ”

Zhang Shujie ran to the stands, and his teammates also ran to him. He knew that Wang Shihan was in the stands, although he couldn't see it, but Wang Shihan could see him.

Wang Shihan was standing in front of her seat, she didn't cheer like other Milan fans, just stood there quietly, looking at Zhang Shujie quietly.

Inzaghi was smiling like a flower at this moment, and he looked at his disciples celebrating the goal from the sidelines, and then glanced towards the expectant. Zidane is still very calm, and he doesn't seem to be too frustrated because of the unfavorable situation, and then looking at the Real Madrid players, Ronaldo shook his head, Ramos sorted out the captain's armband on his left arm, and the rest didn't see how anxious they were.

Zhang Shujie's goal occurred in the 63rd minute of the game, because AC Milan was pressing high throughout the game, the players lost a lot of physical strength, Inzaghi must change the style of play, otherwise the physical strength will be exhausted in the back, and Real Madrid will not have a problem scoring at least two more goals.

Milan players celebrated as Real Madrid kicked off in the centre circle. While recording on his laptop, Chen Hui speculated: "AC Milan should gradually switch from pressing to defending, so as to store physical strength, withstand the bombardment of Real Madrid, and wait for the opportunity to play a wave." ”

Chen Hui's guess was correct, Inzaghi was indeed on the sidelines directing the team to shrink the formation. In fact, Inzaghi knows in his heart that for a team like Real Madrid that is good at attacking, it is not a particularly good way to compress the formation to the backfield, but now that Inzaghi is in the hands of the troops, there is really no better way, and it is better to shrink the defense than to continue to press and cause the goal to be conceded due to lack of fitness.

Real Madrid put their main energy into attack, one attack and one defense of the two teams, and it is very obvious who has the upper hand on the field. AC Milan's players rarely got the ball over the next five minutes, during which Real Madrid enjoyed 80 per cent of the possession, firmly dominating the pitch and had four shots, two of which hit the woodwork, in addition to a corner and a free-kick.

On the AC Milan side, Suso received a yellow card while defending Luka Modric, and Deulofeu was also warned by the referee. Inzaghi was scared, for fear that if one of them didn't pay attention, Real Madrid would get one in.

Despite this, there is one thing that Inzaghi has been very careful about, he wants Zhang Shujie to be ready to step forward at any time, especially when his own players get the ball, he asks Zhang Shujie not to stay in the backfield, as far forward as possible, in order to keep someone in the front court in the counterattack. It's just that AC Milan's chances of winning the ball during this period of time are pitiful, and Zhang Shujie can't get a chance to counterattack.

Marcelo wanted to force Yan Tao in a side dribble, but Yan Tao cut off the ball, Marcelo grabbed back, Yan Tao passed the ball forward, but unexpectedly, the ball bounced to Yan Tao's leg after hitting Marcelo's calf, and then popped out of the sideline, Real Madrid got a throw-in.

Zidane was about to start making substitutions, he removed Casemiro and replaced Asensio, replacing the defender with an attacking player, and Zidane's intention could not be more obvious. Inzaghi also had to make a substitution, replacing Deulofeu with Lapadula, AC Milan also changed to 442, Suso withdrew from the winger position to midfield, and Lapadula and Zhang Shujie partnered as two strikers.

Inzaghi asked Lapadula to play because he wanted to use his active running and scrambling to relieve some pressure for his teammates, in terms of ability, Lapadula is a relatively mediocre player, not outstanding in all aspects, but the victory is in a good attitude, so Inzaghi would rather use him than use Baka.

After changing to 442, AC Milan balanced the formation a lot, but this did not give them much of the upper hand, Real Madrid's offensive is still fierce, and Lapadula, who was born as a striker, also knows his responsibilities on the field, and actively participates in the scramble, and does not use his current striker at all.

Seventy minutes have passed, the score is 2:1, the aggregate score is 2:2, if this score can be maintained until the end of the game, then AC Milan will advance to the final with an away goal advantage, and Real Madrid will be eliminated.

"Now we see that AC Milan is basically all on the defensive, generally at this time, few teams are on the defensive, AC Milan should also have something to do with their previous high pressing, the physical exertion is too great, Inzaghi let the players retreat to the half, reduce the running of the whole court, and store a little physical strength. ”

Zidane also knew that AC Milan could not defend all the time left in the remaining 20 minutes, and he noticed that Zhang Shujie was always shuttling back and forth between the last two of Real Madrid, although he was also directly involved in the defense, but he would not return to the penalty area at all. Zidane understands that Zhang Shujie is accumulating strength, and when Real Madrid's attack fails and Milan holds the ball again, Zhang Shujie will give a fatal blow in an instantaneous counterattack.

Asensio's shot from outside the box was blocked by Lapadula, but unfortunately he blocked the ball with his hand, and the Real Madrid player immediately raised his hand to signal, and the referee also saw it, blew the game off, walked up to Lapadula and gave him a yellow card. Lapadula felt a little wronged, he didn't deliberately handball, but threw off his arm on the run, but it was this action that expanded his defensive area and blocked Lapadula's shot, and the referee's yellow card was not a problem.

"Real Madrid got another free-kick in front of the pitch and the position of the ball was ...... Pass and shoot and see who will take the penalty. ”

Ronaldo and Kroos both stood in front of the ball, as if they were discussing something, Kroos said to Ronaldo: "Then you come to this ball, I'll go over." ”

Ronaldo nodded and said, "Okay, you can go." ”

AC Milan lined up the wall, Luo stepped back, measured the pace, and after standing still, he took a pose, and it looked like he was going to shoot straight at goal.

Zhang Shujie looked at him from the side, the angle of this ball is a little small, if Ronaldo can score, his ability is only one of the aspects, and he has to have some luck. Usually those free-kick takers in such positions rarely hit the goal directly, such as Beckham, Juninho, Messi and other players, either pass to teammates or give up the penalty.

Donnarumma arranged the position of the human wall, retreated to the goal line, the referee's whistle blew, and Ronaldo assisted, lifted his legs and kicked the ball.

Surprisingly, Ronaldo did not shoot, but rarely passed the ball to the penalty area, passed to the back point, the ball with internal rotation, fell in the left corner of the small penalty area, here, there are two Real Madrid players, but only one Milan player!

(End of chapter)