Chapter 369: An Important Victory
In the second half, Dortmund continued to implement their counter-attacking policy, which made the AC Milan players very annoyed, because after taking the lead, Dortmund's defense was tighter, Owomoyela almost became a full-back, Arshavin was constantly dropping back to help the defense, and AC Milan's attack also lacked some luck.
Shepchenko looked impatient on the pitch, and it was clear that last season's defeat in the Champions League final had left Ukraine's mentality a little unbalanced, after all, it was the closest he was to the top honour, and he was also the most vengeful man in the AC Milan squad, even if he had not been involved in the war of words before.
It's just that the more impatient you are, the harder it is to perform well, and AC Milan's best performances so far are Seedorf and Inzaghi, and his performance is a bit unbalanced.
In the 48th minute, Maldini's forward attack was brought down by Kyle, and Pirlo's free-kick went just wide of the far post.
In the 53rd minute, Pirlo picked up a cross into the box, Inzaghi fell in the box, and the referee refused to award a penalty.
In the 54th minute, Schupchenko pushed through Warnes' header, and the follow-up Inzaghi met the ball and rushed to the top, and Weidenfeller made a beautiful save to save the ball with one hand.
In the 56th minute, Seedorf curled a ball from the edge of the box, and Weidenfeller made another incredible save, he lifted the ball sideways with one hand, and then slotted out Pirlo's corner in the air.
Dick was swinging his fists off the pitch and Weidenfeller was a goalkeeper who was not consistent, but he played at a very high level in this game, which is certainly a good situation......
Seeing that AC Milan's attack was always unable to open the situation, Ancelotti chose to make a substitution, Serginho replaced Seedorf, Costa replaced Kaka, and AC Milan began to continue to strengthen the attack.
Increasing the wing attack on the left side, Dortmund's recovery defense made Kaka's speed a little unplayable, so let Costa play to organize, Ancelotti's two substitutions, quite effective.
Dick replaced Klinger and replaced the goal-scorer Donovan, and Dortmund strengthened their defense again.
Costa created a dangerous shot after coming on the pitch, he picked up the ball at the edge of the penalty area, saw Weidenfeller standing a little forward, and immediately opted to shoot with his feet, but Weidenfeller was in good form in this game, he quickly retreated with two big strides, and then lifted the lob shot off the line!
Dick looked at his watch, sixty-five minutes had passed, and twenty-five minutes had passed, and it was time for the game to end.
It's a pity that Metzeld's injury made him unable to play three central defenders, and if he replaced Madonni, he was worried that it would cause the collapse of the defensive system, so he made a second substitution, replacing Arshavin with Odonko - his speed is faster than Arshavin, let him play, is purely to use speed to impact AC Milan's defense, more involving their energy - AC Milan's backline is of course impeccable in terms of experience, but in terms of reaction and speed, it is inevitably a little slower.
Odonko was a surprise to everyone with his lightning speed when he came on the pitch – he began to dribble frantically down the flanks after receiving Alves' pass, no AC Milan player could catch up with him, and Nesta could only jam the inside to prevent him from heading straight into the box.
While Nesta was still thinking about what Odonko would do, whether he would cut through cross-cutting or wait for his teammates to come up and pick it up, he saw Odonko's last shot a little bigger, and he chased the ball directly out of the bottom line......
The San Siro stadium was quiet for a moment, and then immediately erupted in laughter.
Dick covered his face, young man, nervous like this, although your foot skills are not very good, you can't dribble the ball out of the bottom line......
Odonko drooped his head and ran back, just now his mind was also blank, and he didn't know what to do after seeing Nesta stuck in the position, so this was the last big trip, and he went directly out of the bottom line......
"Keep on the defensive!" Dick slapped his face and shouted at the audience.
The episode didn't have much impact on Dortmund's defence, and although Odonko's performance made them feel a little embarrassed, they still delayed the opponent's attack, and the AC Milan players began to attack violently - the opponent did something to make a laughing stock, but if they lost to the other side, wouldn't it become a bigger laughing stock?
In the 71st minute, Pirlo passed the ball into the penalty area, Shepchenko was punished by the referee for a foul when he unloaded the ball with his hand, and seeing that Shepchenko had completely lost his cool, Ancelotti had to make a third substitution, and Tomasson came on to replace Shepchenko.
Seeing that the time before the end of the game is getting closer and closer, Dortmund's defense began to become more tight, almost everyone returned to defend and kept their half tight, for Dortmund's approach, AC Milan fans are almost crazy, because they remember that in last season's Champions League final, Dortmund used this defense to delay the penalty shootout......
For nearly 20 minutes remaining, AC Milan were able to finish a shot almost every two minutes, but thanks to the stubborn defense of the Dortmund defenders and the excellent save from Weidenfeller, they were not able to find the back of the net, but in the 85th minute, a breakthrough by Olic almost changed the score to 2-0, and when the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game, hundreds of Dortmund fans shouted loudly that their team had beaten AC Milan 1-0 away from home. A crucial victory!
The defeat saw AC Milan slip from top of the table to third, while Ajax beat Celta Vigo 1-0 at home thanks to Zlatan Ibrahimovic's goal to sit first with six points, Borussia Dortmund also second with six points, AC Milan third with four points and Celta Vigo at the bottom......
"It's great that we were able to beat AC Milan in such a difficult situation...... I said before the game that Milan are a great team, but that doesn't stop us from beating great in any way. It wasn't enough to get us out of this group, but it was enough to put us on a solid footing. Borussia Dortmund won't have a lot of ambition in the Champions Cup this season, all we have to do is take it one step at a time. ”
Dick's words in the post-match press conference were modest, but no one took them too seriously - Dortmund didn't have any plans last season, just moving forward step by step, but what happened in the end? They won the championship in the end without anyone favoring them!
Although Dick's rise to prominence has only been three or four years, how many miracles has he already created? Who can be sure that he will not perform another miracle?
UEFA will arrange an outrageous group of death for Dortmund in the group stage when Dortmund's strength has dropped significantly, and it is not afraid of Dortmund's unknown strength and Dick's magic......
Dick was very happy to win such an important game away from home, although he was not sure that he would win the Champions League this season, but such a victory would still be a great help to maintain the strength of the team, so after the game, he announced that the team was free in the evening and would return to Dortmund with the team tomorrow afternoon.
The news naturally made the Dortmund players happy, and it was necessary to spend a night in the fashion capital of Milan......
After the disbandment was announced, Dick planned to have some fun on his own, but at this time, his assistant Ivan Perez called him.
"Boss, Inter Milan's president, Mr. Moratti, wants to meet you."
"Moratti wants to see me?" Dick was stunned for a moment, at this time Moratti was still the president of Inter Milan, and it was not yet time to give up his position to Fachetti - of course, during the period when Cachetti was in charge, Moratti was still the boss behind Inter.
Dick knew about Inter Milan's 3-0 defeat to Lokomotiv Moscow in the Champions Cup yesterday, and after this game in history, Inter Milan immediately announced the removal of Cooper as head coach and then let Zaccheroni take over - of course, Zaccheroni failed to save Inter Milan, which led to Mancini becoming Inter Milan manager next season, and then Inter Milan will need to pay the salaries of three managers at the same time...... Moratti has done a lot of this kind of thing.
However, at this time, he had not heard that Inter Milan was going to remove Cooper, and at this time Moratti came to him, is it because he wants to let himself coach Inter Milan?
Dick knew that it was a matter of time before he left Dortmund, and now his fame is too great, Dortmund can't tolerate him as a real dragon, plus Dortmund will definitely tighten the silver root next, and he doesn't have much room to play, so he has also thought about where he is going to go next Since he has mixed up in La Liga and the Bundesliga, Dick doesn't mind coming to Italy to play.
"When?" Dick asked.
"It's now." Perez quickly replied, "If you agree, he can come to your hotel." ”
"That's a little too eye-catching." Dick laughed, "Well, he can arrange a place for me to meet him secretly." ”
Perez didn't talk nonsense, he was a very capable assistant, and soon, he told Dick an address.
Dick swaggered out of the hotel, then got into a taxi under the watchful eyes of reporters near the hotel, and after the reporters followed like a treasure, they found that the taxi stopped in front of a very famous bar in Milan, and then Dick got out of the car, gave the doorman a tip, and then swaggered into the bar......
"This bastard is actually here to pick up girls, can't he do something that a manager should do?" Many reporters began to curse, and when they saw Dick going out, they thought he was going to contact someone, but he came out to play......
Coupled with the fact that the Dortmund players had left the hotel in droves to have fun, the reporters made a note of frustration and left.
At this time, Dick took a turn in the bar, then slipped out the back door, put on a hat, a trench coat, and got into a taxi, and then went to the place where he had made an appointment with Moratti.
Now Dick has a lot of experience dealing with reporters......