66. Phantom
Siena's attack relies heavily on the two wings, but the wide players are more often less likely to go down the ground and cut inside after evading the AC Milan midfielder's pressing, trying to break through and create opportunities for Chiesa.
So there are more cases of the two sides getting entangled on the flanks.
Gattuso was pressing Tadej with Kaka to force the Brazilian to pass the ball back to his own half, when he suddenly accelerated up the ball line!
The Siena players who received the pass were obviously unprepared for this, and when they hesitated for a moment, they were actually poked out by Gattuso, and then they were about to accelerate forward to launch a counterattack.
Fortunately, Tadei reacted quickly, chased Gattuso to replay, and pulled down the bearded tough guy.
"Beep ......", the whistle sounded at the same time.
Siena's players took the opportunity to replay and set up their defensive formation.
Originally, this kind of free kick slightly forward on the halfway line was passed directly to Pirlo to reorganize the attack, but when Gattuso held the ball with his hand to fix the penalty spot and looked up, the corner of his eye suddenly swept to the far end, and there was a touch of red and black on the edge of the shadow of the opponent's right fullback.
Feeling that this was going to be an opportunity, he took two steps back as if he were a regular kick-off, then looked at where Andrea Pirlo was, and then the very loose two-step run looked like it was about to deliver a low horizontal pass.
But just when he was running to the last step, after his supporting foot was solid, his calf suddenly exerted his strength and drove out with a long pass with a very fast ball!
Because the previous action needs to be very deceptive, and Gattuso is also not known for his passing skills, this kick is purely a surprise attack, not the pursuit of precision, more the pursuit of speed and landing area not to deviate too much.
Not even Gattuso himself had much hope that the pass would have the desired effect......
The pass was really sudden, at least Siena's central defender was stunned to realize that the direction in which the football was flying was towards his own area, and the point where the pass landed was also between Siena's right central defender and right full-back, just when the central defender received the feedback of the reflex arc and was about to control the ball's landing......
A ghostly figure suddenly rushed into his field of vision from the side of the right fullback, and the speed of that moment shook the eyes of the Zhongwei classmates!
From Gattuso's point of view near the halfway line, his passing was more like he was being favored by Lady Luck, and the appearance of the red and black figure was exactly what he expected. After unloading the ball with his chest, he rushed forward with the speed of his body, and almost breathed between the two Siena defenders!
By the time the Siena defenders woke up and started to act, the Milan player had already gained two positions and immediately fired a right-footed shot into the far corner of the goal, from stopping, dribbling to shooting, and slotting away AC Milan's second goal in the blink of an eye.
When the player who scored the goal turned around with the ball, under the light of the afternoon sun in Siena, Inzaghi's angular side face was fixed in everyone's hearts like a statue!
"Inzaghi! Incredible goal! Gattuso quickly whipped in a long free-kick into the space of the Siena defence, and Inzaghi once again showed his erratic movement, which was a blitzkrieg, and it was a second goal for AC Milan! The score is 2:3 and AC Milan are still one goal behind on the road, but there is still half an hour left, so anything can happen! ”
The difference between only one goal and the difference of two goals has a completely different psychological impact on the players, especially the goal came so suddenly, which made the Siena players even feel a little overwhelmed, and even the morale was knocked back, which can be regarded as returning Jiang Qi in the first half.
At this time, the most difficult thing is the old coach Papadopoulo, the gap between the two goals can still be supported by a dead defense, how to break a ball?
If the defense can't be prevented, if you are scored again, the morale may drop directly, but if you want to attack, wouldn't it leave more opportunities for the opponent?
In the end, the old coach could only choose the safest way, let Chiesa retreat to stabilize the midfield, leaving Ventola alone on the front line to seize the opportunity to counterattack, and the overall formation was tighter.
However, the gap in the mentality of Siena players is very difficult to adjust, so they can only rely on veteran players like Chiesa to shout loudly to remind their teammates to divert attention. But AC Milan's renewed morale from Inzaghi's goal will not stop chasing after Siena's recovery.
"What a breakthrough! What a long shot! Don't think about whether you can seize the opportunity, just act as soon as the opportunity arises! Jiang Qi shouted loudly from the sidelines, his voice completely dumb, but the sound he mustered up his strength could echo the slightly silent Artemio Francian Stadium.
Of course, the rookie coach's move also inspired the home team fans to curse, which instead played a role in warming up the game.
"Just play our own football, don't think about the rest, run! Run! Jiang Qi puffed up and raised the pitch again, and this sentence that suddenly burst out of pitch actually suppressed the fans' voices for a moment, but the result was naturally that the fans drowned Jiang Qi with more angry and more adequate decibels.
Jiang Qi knew very well that the psychology of his own players would definitely fluctuate after the score was rewritten, so he simply shouted a few voices and urged the players to not have the heart to think about it, and blind obedience at this time was a good thing.
Sure enough, after the rookie coach shouted "run", the AC Milan players were more active in running, tackling, and gradually controlling the situation. In contrast, the Siena players made timely tactical adjustments, but the players became more and more silent as they played, and after being completely robbed of the initiative by AC Milan, they were completely led by the nose, and gradually became a real and rigid mentality.
Ljungberg took the ball and pulled it to the side, and a man who suddenly accelerated broke through the Siena defense and rushed straight to the bottom line!
At the same time, AC Milan's midfielders rushed forward, with strikers like Kaka already running to the penalty spot to wait for the pass, while Siena, who was purely passive on defense, was suddenly thrown out of chaos by the Milan players' running, and the midfielder and the back line were flattened in this moment, and all this was glimpsed by the Swede, who shook his ankle and the football did not pass into the penalty area, but was sent to the top of the arc of the penalty area!
At that point, the players who were already wearing red and black stripes were waiting - No. 21 Pirlo!
The outside of the right foot was very accurate and flew over the heads of several Siena defenders as they turned back and ran desperately!
"Bang!"
It's a pity that after a muffled sound, the ball hit the post on the right side of the goal and bounced back!
The goalkeeper who was flying in the air was just relieved when he heard this muffled sound, but he saw a ghostly figure passing in front of him, and he gently cushioned the rebounding football!
Unfortunately, this time he heard the "bang" sound caused by the collision between the net and the football!
The score was rewritten to 3:3!
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