Chapter 504: Caught in a Desperate Situation (Three Watches)
Marchena's sudden appearance in place of Albelda in the crucial Champions League final was a risk for both him and the team as a whole, as he has missed four consecutive knockout games in the Champions League and remains to be seen how the Champions League will be.
Flores' choice to use Marchena over former Brazil international Edu was a huge disappointment, especially after the opponent missed four Champions League knockout stage games, and that choice turned into anger.
He has decided that, no matter what, he must leave Valencia at the end of the season and find his best form again.
In the minutes that Albelda was off the field, Valencia was in the defensive phase, which was very different from the previous suppressive attack, and Ballack and Albelda's ability to control the game was still a bit different, the former was more forward-leaning, and the rhythm of the game was just a side business.
Ancelotti looked at the situation on the field and smiled with satisfaction, it seems that there is nothing wrong with insisting on playing Marchena, who has just come on the field, and he continued to use Kaka's speed breakthrough to let him eat the first yellow card of the game, it seems that he can continue to use it, and when the time comes, let Valencia have one less person on the field, then the winning rate of the final will become higher!
With an unfathomable smile, he proudly watched the attack in the front court.
Ambrosini suddenly passed the ball to Kaka in front of him near the left side in the 40-meter area, Marchena immediately became nervous, before he was thrown away by Kaka's sudden acceleration, and then because he did not adapt to the rhythm of the Champions League final, he subconsciously stretched out his right hand to the ground and fell to the ground, so he also received a yellow card.
So this time, Marchena chose to stick the kaka, not letting him start lightly, and also used small movements.
However, Kaka did not intend to take the ball forward, but knocked the ball to Pirlo behind him with his heel, and then suddenly started, and then Marchena did not dare to move, and the foul in running without the ball was worse than the foul with the ball, so he could only choose to run with Kaka.
Pirlo buckled the ball directly to the right with the instep of his left foot, cleverly stopped and dunked past Ballack, who was on the grab, and continued to push the ball forward, and Baraja could only run forward helplessly to defend.
At the same time as Baraja stepped forward to defend, Pirlo's left foot stepped in front of the football and made an illusion of passing the ball to Inzaghi, Baraja subconsciously stagnated, and his attention was on the route of Pirlo's pass to Inzaghi, but Pirlo shook his ankle at the moment of kicking the football and passed the ball to Kaka who was in front of Marchena.
"Kaka!!" The local commentators in Italy subconsciously shouted out when they saw this scene, because this scene is often seen in Serie A, whether he chooses to break through or pass the ball by himself, it will pose a threat to Valencia's goal, and even scoring goals is not impossible.
Suddenly, Valencia's supporters became nervous.
In the same way, Albiol and Ayala are also nervous, because the two midfielders are not in their defensive positions at the moment, which means that Kaka is facing the two central defenders directly.
It's okay to face Kaka head-on, but the problem is that there is also an Inzaghi born offside in the front line of AC Milan, and you never know where he will start next, so you need to distract Inzaghi, so you are a little hesitant when defending Kaka, whether to save or to respond to all changes......
But the game on the field is changing so quickly that you never have time to think about it.
After receiving the ball, Kaka flicked the ball to the right with the outside of his right foot, and at the same time turned a small bend of about 30 degrees, facing the direction of Inzaghi's running, which was an obvious passing signal, and Ayala, who was closest to Inzaghi, quickly turned around and retreated back to defend.
But this was just a feint made by Kaka, who suddenly slammed the ball to the left on the inside of his right instep, and then quickly completed the reverse turn, stepped forward with his right foot, blocked Albiol behind him, and took the ball into the box with the instep of his left foot.
This made Albiol dare not act rashly, and a slight carelessness was a penalty.
After entering the penalty area, Kaka was very excited, using his excellent explosiveness to grab a left-footed shot directly before Albiol, who subconsciously fell to the ground to block, but this was just Kaka's feint.
Kaka dunked the ball back to his familiar right foot in Albiol's desperate gaze, then picked up his right foot directly from 11 yards from the goal and shot!
Although Marchena's tackle was used on the back of the defense, it was still a step too late, and the ball almost grazed his toes and rolled towards the far corner of the goal.
Wang Xiaolei fell to the ground to save, although his fingertips touched the football, but he had no choice but to shoot the ball with great strength, and the football only changed direction slightly, but it did not deviate from the goal.
Watching the football in the net, Kaka was so excited that he reverently raised his arms and pointed to the sky as he ran, his signature gesture of celebration.
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"Kaka is in the box!! Shot?? No! Buckled back, dodged the angle, and shot!!!!!! The local commentators in Italy roared like crazy, they knew the meaning of the ball, "The ball is in!!" Kaka helped AC Milan extend the score to two goals, and now AC Milan lead Valencia 2-0!! ”
"Kaka", "Kaka", "Kaka"
At the same time, the 20,000 AC Milan fans in attendance at the Olympic Stadium in Athens exploded, shouting the name of the goalscorer and frantically waving their fists, in their minds, the game was basically won!
The UEFA Champions League after a four-year absence, Milan is finally the winner!
"This is Kaka's 13th Champions League goal of the season!" Andy Gray reluctantly announced, "What is surprising is that he has scored so many goals as a front midfielder, and the top football pattern will have a qualitative change!" ”
Huang Jianxiang looked at the number in the upper right corner that had changed the score, and didn't say a word for a long time.
With two goals down, he could imagine with his toes what the outcome would be.
Of course, he thought about the magical Istanbul, but AC Milan will definitely not fall into the same pit twice, otherwise they will definitely become the laughing stock of the whole world!
As an experienced football commentator, he still said, "I believe there are still variables in this game!" ”
Similarly, Hyde, the commentator for Valencia Sport No. 1, clenched his fists as he looked at the AC Milan players celebrating wildly in the camera, and then the camera shifted to Elo's face.
The meaning was clear, AC Milan's first goal was scored by Kaka for a foul on Albelda, while the second goal was more direct, as he broke through Valencia's entire backline.
In addition to hitting the post twice in a row in the first fifteen minutes of the opening game, Ailo in the camera did not have a dazzling table, in this crucial Champions League final, Kaka's table Xiàn has completely overwhelmed the previously 'overrated' Ailo.
When Kaka had thanked God, he put his hands down and swung them out from the bottom to the top of his fist.
This goal can be said to justify his name, Kaka is in excellent form this season, scoring 13 goals as a midfielder, but the headlines are always dominated by Iro, he is not reconciled, why did he help AC Milan pass the test, but it was not himself who appeared in the headlines?
But this time, he believes that tomorrow's headlines will definitely be himself!
So he turned his head consciously or unconsciously, glanced at Iroh, his trademark smile, and smiled happily.
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Iroh looked directly into Kaka's eyes and subconsciously clenched his fists.
In less than sixty minutes, Valencia was two goals behind, and the Valencia supporters in the stands were at a loss, looking at the bloody 0:2 score in a daze, which was distressing.
Will the six-year wait be a disappointment?
Albelda, who was sitting on the bench, blamed himself very much, the first goal was caused by his foul, and the second goal was scored by Kaka after he got off the field by seizing the opportunity to break through the entire back line, even if the two goals were not directly related to him, but as the captain of the team, he was very self-blaming.
However, his strong heart was the first to wake up, the game was only about 60 minutes, and there was still time to tie the score, so he couldn't give up, so he turned his head to look at Iroh in the frontcourt.
Iroh's expressions were different from those of the other team members, his knife-like face looked very resolute, his brows were frowned, and his eyes were burning with exuberant fighting spirit, at this moment, Albelda knew that as long as his fighting spirit was still there, there was still hope for this game!
When the game restarted, Iello consciously increased the number of times he had the ball and strengthened his cooperation with David Villa, but in the dense defense of AC Milan, it was always inevitable to concede the ball, and in such a rhythm of the game, the game time passed ten minutes.
In the 72nd minute, AC Milan made the first substitution adjustment of the game, replacing Jankulovski, who was strong in attack and weak in defense, with Kaladze, and this substitution adjustment also predicted that AC Milan should start to pay attention to defense.
This also makes it more difficult for Valencia's attack to penetrate the AC Milan penalty area, and it becomes more difficult to organize the goal that threatens Dida's goal.
Flores made a quick decision, allowing Valencia's two wings to play the ball, using the ability of Aiello and Ballack to create chances, and it would be bad if the game dragged on until 80 minutes without scoring a goal!
However, the frequent kick-off did not pose much of a real threat to the solid AC Milan backline, and although Iello had several chances to head the ball, they were all deflected off or unable to do so under the interference of Nesta or Maldini.
Another five minutes passed in this situation, and Valencia still did not score.
The cheers of the AC Milan fans in the stands grew louder and louder, as if they saw AC Milan holding the UEFA Champions League trophy in their hands.
Aillo's breakthrough is limited, there is no way to threaten the goal, the score is still two goals behind, for the current Valencia, it is undoubtedly in a desperate situation, if the attack does not change, then AC Milan will have more than ninety percent chance of winning this final.
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