Chapter 514: The "Little Flange" Who Regained His Confidence

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After being woken up by Diego Simeone's words, Feng Quan immediately changed his attacking routine. Although Feng Quan can break through the opponent's two or three people's pursuit and interception with his superior individual ability, this will not only increase his physical exertion, but also it is difficult to pose a substantial threat to the goal with the opponent's interference.

And when the wind attracts the attention of the Milan players, and then moves the football to the relatively empty area of the opponent's defense, it will lead to the opponent's defense to take care of the other.

Although Feng Quan scored the first goal scored by a Chinese player in the history of the European knockout round, because the opponent was AC Milan, which he wanted to play for the most, he only high-fived his teammates who came to congratulate him after the goal, but did not celebrate this historic goal for Chinese football.

However, the system, which has always attached importance to the "first time", gave Feng Quan a reward of 5 skill points at the moment when the referee blew the whistle to signal that the goal was valid.

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On the way back to his own half while high-fiveing his teammates in celebration, Feng Quan suddenly remembered Yao Ming, who had helped him a lot when he had just made a name for himself in the track and field field.

If Yao Ming is at the peak of his form, he can have one or two teammates in the national team or the Houston Rockets who can step up at critical moments and help Yao Ming share the pressure, and he will definitely achieve more brilliant results with his ability. What's more, Yao Ming, who has a right-hand man by his side, will not take on too much pressure because he can carry the whole team alone, which will lead to his premature departure from the basketball court he loves.

Compared to Yao Ming, Feng Quan is undoubtedly lucky.

In addition to having the system, which can be called an anti-heaven artifact, when Feng Quan is surrounded by opponents, there are Diego Costa, Alda Turan, Griezmann, Koke and other right-hand men who can help him share the pressure in order to make the best he deserves.

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Although there were almost 20 minutes left before the end of the first half, the first goal conceded forced Seedorf to make changes to his team's tactics and the personnel on the pitch.

According to Seedorf's pre-match vision, he wanted to use Balotelli's strong one-man ability to contain the energy of one or two defenders of the opposing team, and then Kaka, who was lying behind him, would use the opportunity to threaten Atletico Madrid's goal on the counter-attack, or create a chance for Kevin Boateng, who is good at cutting in behind.

However, since Atletico Madrid did not attack as aggressively as they expected, the space left for Milan's frontcourt players to attack was limited. Although the attacking ability of the Milan frontcourt trio is not weak, none of the three have the ability to break through the opponent's defense in a small space.

After AC Milan conceded a goal first, Atletico Madrid, which has the "super anti-counter killer" of Fengquan, immediately switched to the game mode that they are best at. As a result, the attacking space left for the Balotelli trio is even more limited. If they continue to follow the pre-match plan, then what awaits AC Milan is nothing but failure.

Therefore, even at the risk of being used on the counter-attack to extend the lead, Seedorf must add a point of attack who is good at breaking through with the ball in front of the field to tear apart the Atletico Madrid defence and create opportunities for the Balotelli trio to shoot.

After some thought, Seedorf said to his assistant coach, Mauro Tassotti, "Mauro, let Stephen warm up." ”

A few minutes later, Stephan ElShaaray, who had finished his warm-up, came to Seedorf's side.

Although El Shaarawy's form has long since deteriorated after last year's serious injury, the only one with the strongest breakthrough ability on the Milan bench is the "little pharaoh".

"Stephen, there's only one player on the right flank, so I need your breakthrough to draw attention and then open up enough space for Mario to attack."

After a slight pause, Seedorf continued: "Tell me, Stephen, can you complete the task I gave you?" ”

El Shaarawy missed AC Milan's Champions League group stage due to injury, so today's game was the first time the 'little pharaoh' made his Champions League appearance this season. Therefore, Shaarawy, who had been absent from the battle for a long time, was still a little nervous when he came to Seedorf's side.

However, Seedorf's words of "whether he can complete the task" instantly ignited the arrogance of the young and famous Shaarawy, who was almost extinguished.

So, Shaarawy replied very firmly: "Don't worry, coach, I will never let down the trust you have placed in me." ”

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Because Atletico Madrid, which was the first to score, chose to retreat to its own half-court defense, Seedorf replaced Muntari, the "weakest" defender among the three midfielders, with Seedorf in the 32nd minute of the first half.

Although El Shaarawy was not as fast as he was at his peak after suffering a serious injury, his physical agility and skillful footwork were not wasted by injury.

Facing the somewhat careless Juanfran , the "little pharaoh" who took the ball for the first time after his debut first broke through to the bottom line on the edge of the big penalty area, and then suddenly accelerated into the penalty area with a change of direction.

Fortunately, Shaarawy, who burst into the penalty area, chose to force a volley into the near corner of the goal, instead of passing the ball to Balotelli, who received in the middle of the box, and Kaka, who was ambushed at the top of the arc of the penalty area, otherwise AC Milan would really have a chance of equalizing.

El Shaarawy's choice didn't make sense, but as a striker, he was forgiven for breaking into the box. What's more, the little pharaoh's shot also helped AC Milan win the first corner kick after the start of the game.

Standing on the sidelines, Diego Simeone immediately allowed Juanfran to strengthen his marking against El Shaarawy, but a successful breakthrough to win a corner kick on his debut allowed "Little Pharaoh" to regain his long-lost self-confidence.

Five minutes later, El Shaarawy received a pass from Kevin Boateng on the edge of the penalty area, made a series of feints to step on his bicycle to shake off the gap, and then vigorously pumped the ball towards the middle of the box.

Balotelli, who was facing the goal, pushed Godin to shoot the ball to the right side of the goal, but it was saved by Courtois, who reacted quickly.

In the 39th minute of the first half, after receiving Kaka's return from one meter in front of the opponent's center circle, El Shaarawy first buckled with his right foot past Alda Turan, who came up to pounce, and then used his speed advantage to wipe past Koke, who stepped forward to make up for the defense, and entered the 30-meter area of Atletico Madrid.

In the face of the menacing Juanfran who came in a fierce manner, Shaarawy did not continue to choose to break with the ball, but made a wall-hitting cooperation with Kaka in front of him and came to the top of the penalty area.

Then, just when the Atletico Madrid players thought that El Shaarawy would choose to attack the goal directly as he did when he first appeared, the "little pharaoh" passed the football to Kaka, who was inserted into the space on the right side of the penalty area.

After receiving the ball, Kaka first shook off Miranda, who was flying to block the gun's eye, and then curled a curling ball with the inside of his left foot.

Although Courtois pounced on the left side of the goal for the first time, the ball kicked by Kaka grazed his fingertips and drilled into the goal.

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