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The two sides continued to be entangled in midfield, and Shepchenko remained the most dangerous player for AC Milan, constantly breaking through on the wings, but Inzaghi was closely watched by the Dortmund players, and Shepchenko basically had no chance to break into the box and could only create chances with crosses. [Full text reading. 】

Dortmund, on the other hand, continued to use counter-attacks to disrupt AC Milan's attack, and in the 36th minute, they relied on a breakthrough from Ruit to create a free-kick, Rosicky took a free-kick, Cavinaghi nodded the ball away, and the follow-up Metzelder headed the ball past the near post under the containment of Nesta, which was Dortmund's most dangerous shot in the first half.

After that, the action of the two sides began to gradually increase, and some unfavorable situation for Dortmund occurred in the 40th minute, Metzelder defended the ball at the back, Schepchenko fouled in the press behind him, Metzelder fell to the ground in pain, the referee blew the whistle, and then Metzelder was carried off the field on a stretcher.

"I have a sprained thigh and I'm going to be replaced."

The team doctor reluctantly said to Dick, Dick could only shake his head, at this time Metzelde's injury was a rather unexpected blow, if he could not play, he could only let Ismael play, hoping that the Frenchman would be in better shape......

Ismael quickly replaced Mätzeld, and Mätzelder also sat on the bench with a helpless face - in such a final, it is a very helpless thing to leave halfway, and to leave the field because of injury is even more helpless!

However, at this time, Metzelder could only sit helplessly on the field, cheering for his teammates, hoping that they could have a better performance and strive to help him win this championship!

"Don't worry, we'll win this championship." Dick patted Metzelder on the shoulder and said firmly.

Ismael didn't get much impact after coming on the pitch - this is a good thing for him, because it happened suddenly, he didn't even have time to warm up, fortunately Dortmund began to take the initiative to attack during this time, and once suppressed AC Milan in his own half, Rivaldo, who had been a little silent before, created a chance for Cavinaghi with a beautiful through pass, Cavinaji's shot was blocked by Dida, and Dortmund won two corners in a row, In the end, Everton's tackle from inside the box was crushed by Dida.

Seeing that the attack did not work, Dortmund's players immediately rushed back like a tide, and seeing that there was no chance to counterattack, AC Milan were ready to spend the last time of the first half on the last attack.

Generally speaking, teams with little experience in finals tend to be easily distracted at the beginning of the game and towards the end of the half, but the Dortmund players did not show such emotions, they continued to intercept the AC Milan players on the field, and did not have the problem of lack of concentration at the end of the first half.

In the end, AC Milan ended the attack with a long-range shot from outside the box by Kaladze, and in the face of this shot from a good angle, Lehmann easily bent down to collect the ball in his arms, and when he took two steps in the box and then kicked the ball away, the referee blew the whistle for the end of the first half!

"The first half is over! The score is 0-0! The whole game was not exciting, but the two sides were pitting each other anywhere on the field, and the game was very intense! Now let's take a look at the stats, AC Milan had eleven shots on goal with five in the woodwork, while Borussia Dortmund had six shots on goal and two in the woodwork...... AC Milan fouled 16 times and received a yellow card, Dortmund fouled 11 times and did not eat cards, and the possession ratio between the two sides was 61 to 39...... In short, judging from the first half of the game, AC Milan has a considerable advantage, but Dortmund is definitely not without the ability to resist, and the second half of the game may still depend on how the two sides play. ”

Dick took a very safe approach...... In terms of offensive ability, although Dortmund's Cavinagh, Rivaldo and Everton's three frontcourt attackers are also quite good, as well as Rosicky's organization and Frijns's forward insertion...... However, there is still a certain gap compared to the attacking combination of Shepchenko, Inzaghi, Rui Costa, and Seedorf, and they were able to suppress Juventus in the semi-finals at some times because the technical content of the Juventus midfield was slightly inferior, but compared to AC Milan, their midfield has no advantage in any aspect, and if they are forced to play, they will only be beaten by players like Shepchenko with speed - just like in the group stage, At that time, AC Milan defeated Real Madrid with a direct pass from the midfield and Shepchenko's advance, and Dick couldn't afford such a mistake in the final, so he used defensive tactics, and now it seems that he did quite well......"

"The problem for Dortmund now is that they don't have much strength on the counter-attack, Rivaldo is under a tight defense, and Cavinaghi is not good enough to create any chances in front of Nesta and Maldini, in fact I think it is better to put Okocha on the pitch, after all, he has a very good possession of the ball, which can give Dortmund's midfield a certain amount of possession and reduce the pressure on the backline."

'No, no amount of possession is too good to create chances under pressure from the AC Milan midfield, and Dick sent Everton to start with his pace and individual skills...... Didn't Dick think of using offense to solve the problem? Did he put Po in the second half? ”

At this time, even the most daring commentator never thought that Dick actually pressed the treasure in extra time and penalty shootouts - because playing such an idea from the beginning is actually a very dangerous thing, if the opponent sees this and attacks with all his might from the beginning, then even if your defense is impregnable, it will not last so long!

And Dick has such a certainty, because he knows how cautious AC Milan is in the final in history, with Ancelotti's character, in the face of the first heavyweight champion in his coaching career, he will definitely be cautious, plus although Dortmund was passively beaten in the first half, but also took the initiative to launch some counterattacks, until the end of the first half, he had no suspicion of this, and when the second half started, it didn't matter, at that time he didn't have much time, and there was not enough room for adjustment!

'It was a good first half, guys, it was a bit of a surprise, but it didn't affect our overall plan.

Dick said with a smile on his face, knowing that the confidence in this plan came from not conceding a goal, so no matter what, he couldn't concede a goal - when Lehmann saved that Inzaghi's close-range header in the first half, Dick was eager to rush to the pitch to kiss the guy to show his gratitude......

"In the second half, keep defending. Watch out for Shepchenko's own dribbling forward, but he looked excited in the first half and should have dropped in form in the second half. You must not relax the defense against Inzaghi in the penalty area, don't make any offside positions, this guy is almost living on the offside line...... Cutting off some passes into the box, keeping an eye out for long-range shots from Rui Costa and Andrea Pirlo on the edge of the box, Seedorf also needs to be aware that they have a lot of attacking players, but they are less attacking than usual at the back, so we don't have to worry too much about that. When counterattacking, pay attention to the fact that only three people in the front court can participate in the counterattack, and the others should not show any flaws in the backcourt, understand? ”

Dortmund's players nodded their heads, the defense in the first half gave them more confidence, AC Milan except for that great chance, the attack at other times can only play on the perimeter and cannot hit the inside of the box, which is nothing for Dortmund's defense, because Lehmann is in good form now - as long as he doesn't make mistakes, few shots from outside the box can break his ten fingers, unless it's that kind of world wave - but that kind of goal may not be able to occur in ten games, Is there really such a high probability that there will be a world wave to knock Dortmund down?

They don't believe it!

So at this time, they still have endless fighting spirit and courage to face the second half of the game.

'In the first half we created some chances and missed some chances.

In another dressing room, Carlo Ancelotti frowned and said to all the Milan players: "But it is necessary to do this, because Dortmund's counter-attacking ability and attacking ability are not weak, if we relax our defense, then it is very likely that they will be able to sneak up on them - you know, in the final of the tournament, such a situation can easily occur, we must not give them such a chance, the process is not important, the result is important, understand?" ”

"Got it!" The AC Milan players replied in unison that as Serie A players, they knew this, and that AC Milan's defence was not necessarily monolithic, and they were almost beaten by the opposition against Ajax, if not in the last minute......

The time of half-time passed quickly, and when the players from both sides reappeared on the pitch, the fans on both sides of the stands let out loud cheers at the same time.

The trophy was still at the exit of the players' tunnel, but this time Dick didn't make any other superfluous movements, he didn't even look at the Big Ear Cup, but walked directly to his own coach's box, and then sat down.

Many of the commentators sighed regretfully, because they didn't see anything exciting, but many commentators nodded: "Dick is a manager who likes to show a lot, but his show is always before the game starts, and when the game starts, he will put all his attention on the game...... Although some of his celebrations are exaggerated at times, we believe that this is his instinctive reaction and if he is only thinking about how to be in the limelight, he will not always be able to make timely adjustments in the game......

In fact, this is also what Ancelotti is most worried about, far from it, in the semifinals, when Dick unexpectedly sent Ricken, everyone was laughing at Dick for being superstitious and wanted to start believing in an eternal rookie, but at the end of the game, everyone was dumbfounded, it was because of this midfielder who was almost forgotten by them, with a kick that reminded people of his peak outside the penalty area, Juventus fell at the last moment, Let Dortmund, who were not favored by anyone at all before the start of the season, reach the final of the Champions Cup!

Ancelotti is also not sure whether Dick will solve this game at some point in the second half, through a change, a substitution, so he must be careful not to give Dortmund any chance to score, even if he will give up some scoring opportunities for this, and do not let his door be threatened!

Dick just wanted him to think so.