242. This is just the beginning

Outrunning the Frenchman was no easy feat, and with a quick glance out of the corner of his eye, Van der Vaart could roughly tell that Makelele must have had time to smash himself from the flank before he could dribble into the 30-metre zone.

He now has two options, slow down a bit and try to break through the Frenchman's defence in the middle head-on, or find a way to get rid of Claude Makelele altogether.

Makelele is not slow, his lower body strength is very strong, and his flexibility is also excellent, the Frenchman rarely loses his position in the defensive of the athletic battle, and rarely lets go of the position to put the tackle, and if he wants to completely shake off the veteran defender, he will try to induce Makelele to choose a gambling tackle.

The pace on the pitch was blistering, Van der Vaart only had time to make a choice, and there was no room to think about a specific plan, he desperately increased his speed, but Makelele quickly approached the Dutchman from the flank. If he wants to fight physically, Xiao Fan will definitely fall behind, so it is impossible for him to let go of the control of the ball, but suddenly hold the ball with the instep of his foot and make an emergency stop, which seems to the audience to block the existence of such a thing as inertia.

The Frenchman could only slow down, but before he could gain a firm position, Van der Vaart accelerated again and started up instantly.

From the sudden standstill of the sudden stop to the instantaneous acceleration, the Dutchman paused for about a second in the middle, and it was this second of tempo change that completely disrupted Makelele's defensive movements. For the veteran, the only option to make may be a tackle on the ground.

To lure Makelele to the ground, you need to first break his sense of position, and secondly, open up space and distance from the ball, so that defenders will choose to stop people even if they can't tackle the ball...... However, Van der Vaart was prepared, and when he accelerated, he was wary of a leg that might suddenly appear in front of him, so he jumped up and dodged it.

But getting rid of Makelele doesn't mean that the road ahead is smooth, Stam has blocked the Dutchman's line into the penalty area, and forcing the cut will allow Van der Vaart to compete with the big brother of the national team.

Without the slightest hesitation, Xiao Fan hooked his right foot, as if he was about to pull the ball to the side, just when Stam began to hesitate and need to make a choice, Van der Vaart suddenly caught a glimpse of Villa in front of him was also moving towards his side, and behind him was Terry, who was slightly pulled away!

Even though he couldn't see the side behind, Van der Vaart was able to reflexively realize that there should be a companion in the middle!

With the flick of the outside instep on the side of the football, Stam, once a mainstay of Manchester United and Lazio, was like a stake, wrapped around the ball that ran along the curve of the turf and straight into the middle of the gap behind him, like a scalpel......

Kaka is plugged in at high speed, and the Brazilian is like a motorcycle with a roaring motor at the moment, and Alonso behind him can't touch the corner of the Brazilian in front of him even if his facial muscles are shaking!

Milan's No. 22 is like a big aperture with five words on it: Danger is approaching!

Stam let go of Van der Vaart as soon as possible, hoping to get close to the Brazilian from the side, but Kaka didn't give him a chance at all, and Stam broke into the penalty area one step ahead, his calves were already swinging back into the air, like a full bow!

Terry didn't have time to step straight out of the shovel, hoping that he could block Kaka's shot angle, and behind him a drop of sweat from Frey was sliding down the tip of his nose, and the focus of his eyes was on the ball at Kaka's feet, and his pupils involuntarily tightened......

But when the bowstring was full, instead of a sharp arrow whistling and running towards him with a sharp sound as expected, the arrow suddenly disappeared!

The ball at Kaka's feet was nudged by him, and Villa didn't catch the ball and shot hard into the near corner...... By the time Frei came to his senses, the ball had hit the net and landed.

Although Olsen was also helpless, there was no problem with the goal, and he had to point his finger to the center circle, and the score was 2:0.

It was originally Chelsea's penalty, but the penalty did not go through and directly contributed to AC Milan's counterattack opportunity, and the most terrible thing was that Milan's counterattack also scored...... This kind of unfolding is a bit unbelievable.

Looking at the ten minutes of stoppage time remaining, everyone at Chelsea understands that the game is out of control......

The situation then turned into a situation where the Blues pulled back and forth from outside the 30-metre zone, then tried to break down the flanks or create opportunities in the middle to shoot from distance, Olsen's whistle was no longer tight, Chelsea's attacking efficiency without set-pieces was greatly reduced, and once the pressure was too big, they had to be wary of AC Milan's counter-attacks, which was a bit of a dilemma for them.

When the final whistle blew, the Chelsea players stood on their feet with almost overdrawn bodies, gasping for breath, either on their waists or on their knees, and the game left them with more psychological pressure, and the Blues were a little physically and mentally exhausted by successive sudden adverse turns in the second half, as if they were the team with one less man on the pitch.

If Mutu and Joe Cole's bizarre injuries were just foreshadowing, the fact that the hopes of an equaliser had just been ignited by a penalty were a real ...... I can't comment, I'm afraid that the person who keeps replaying these shots in his mind at the moment is Olsen, the Norwegian looked up at the night sky of San Siro, and he was really a little unconscious......

As for the Milan fans, they don't care about the little episodes that happen in the process, and they are happiest to win this Champions League matchup.

Ancelotti, on the other hand, sat silently on his bench as he did at the half-time whistle, without words or movements.

In this brightly lit and crowded stadium, Jiang Qi was the only one who understood the reason why the direction of this game finally became so weird, it was because he chose a prop card called "Godfather Card" in the prop box......

Just like the "damage reflection card" used in the first league game played by Jiang Qi when he took over, the role of the "godfather card" is to reflect the unfair treatment received on the field because of the referee's tendencies. Mutu pretended to be elbowed by Gattuso and gave Olsen an excuse to send off the Milan captain, and the Romanian ended up with a cross that sprained his knee when he kicked the ball too hard; Joe Cole went down the ground after a breakaway on the flank, but Frank Lampard headed off because of Olsen's double standard to win a set-piece on the wing; Olsen eventually broke through his camouflage and awarded a penalty in the chaos of the penalty area, only to be rewarded with a second-minute save from Cech that could record the season's goalkeeper highlights and a lightning strike up front for Milan......

However, Lao Jiang himself is well aware that this is just the beginning, strong opponents, very likely strict referees, and a long season and a necessarily well-planned schedule.