According to incomplete statistics, the number of fans watching the first leg of the 2006-2007 UEFA Champions League quarterfinals against Inter Milan in China has reached 110 million.

At the moment, there are countless fans sitting in front of the TV or in front of the computer to watch the live broadcast, many fans know that Iello is good at free kicks, but they have not seen him score a free kick in a more remote position, all a little confused.

After all, the time has reached the 86th minute of the game, and if the opportunity is wasted, there will be one less time, and Inter Milan, who are playing at home, will definitely try to consume time in the next game time and keep the score of 2:1 until the end of the game.

In their memory, Iro's header ability is also quite good, but this time Iroh insisted on standing in front of the free kick, which surprised the fans watching the live broadcast, do you really want to try it?

Many of Iello's brain-dead fans fantasized at this moment that Iroh would use the free-kick opportunity to break through Cesar's goal and help the team equalize the score and take the lead in the two-legged battle.

With the referee's whistle on TV, the fans watching the live TV were staring intently at the screen.

……

Ailuo began to run, and the pulling movements of the players on both sides in the penalty area began to increase, and all kinds of pulling and pulling were common, but the referee turned a blind eye and did not whistle, just looked at Ailo who was running.

I don't know if the fans are dazzled, they seem to see that Iroh in the camera is very confident, but a piece of white gauze wrapped around his head makes his image a little damaged.

This ball...... Will it go in?

All the fans who supported Valencia carried this thought.

……

Iroh runs, hits, and does it all in one go.

The soccer ball flew straight to its destination as accurately as a cruise missile, over the upper edge of a high-flying human wall.

Although most of Cesar's attention is focused on the crowding penalty area, his attention is drawn to the football as he watches it pass through the human wall.

He subconsciously took two steps back, and when he saw the football fall violently, he pushed his right foot to the turf with his right foot, which was dragging behind, and wanted to jump high with the help of his strength and shoot the sudden football to the goal post, but his innate disadvantage made him unable to do this.

Flying in mid-air, he was completely exhausted, but he hadn't yet touched the football, and the expression of horror spread across his face, followed by the sound of a 'clang' of the ball hitting the post.

But before he had time to be surprised, his body that fell inside the goal touched the football, which ......

Entered?

The football did go in because half of his body was over the goal line.

Immediately after, the stands, which had been noisy just a moment ago, suddenly became quiet, and only sporadic cheers came from the far end of the stands.

***

"Well, the referee blew the whistle, Ai ran first, and it seemed that he was really the one to handle this direct free kick! Ai's direct free kick!! Andy Gray's voice became quicker, and then his voice rose an octave, "goooooooal-"

Aside from his personal admiration for Iroh, this direct free kick was so beautiful, it went over the top of the wall, then flew to the highest point and then suddenly fell, the ball hit the crossbar and the post and bounced into the goal, which is typical of Iroh's direct free kick!

At the same time, this is also a theoretical absolute dead end.

Even Gianluigi Buffon, the best goalkeeper in the world at the moment, would not be able to save such a tricky free-kick unless he was not a prophet.

After the goal, Iello was very excited, turned to the right, and then rushed to the right corner area of the bottom line like a 100-meter sprint, and then jumped off the billboard, walked on the plastic runway, and patted the team emblem on his chest frantically at the two visiting fans at the top of the stands.

"Hahaha, in the 87th minute of the game, Iroh actually had the physical strength to run a hundred meters and rush to the stands of the visiting team fans who came with the team, it seems that he is in a very good mood!"

Ailo equalized the score before full-time, and Huang Jianxiang was in a very good mood.

His teammates were just as excited as him, but by this time the game was a bit out of fitness.

To everyone's surprise, goalkeeper Canizares was the first to run to Ailo to celebrate.

"It's so beautiful! Mugwort!! ”

Canizares excitedly put her hands on Ello's head and said.

"I promised to give you a Champions League trophy, captain!"

“……”

Before Canizares could speak, the rest of his teammates flocked to him, looking at Iello who was surrounded by his teammates, as if he was getting closer and closer to his own Champions League trophy...

***

Conceding two goals at home is a difficult fact for Mancini to accept, as the next leg is played at the Mestalla Stadium, while Valencia only need to hold a 0-0 or 1-1 to advance to the quarter-finals.

Considering Valencia's horrific home win record since the start of the 2006-2007 season, he had a headache.

So he had to take his fate into his own hands, and he used the last substitution spot on Cruz, replacing the veteran Figo, who was already exhausted, to strengthen the attack.

For Flores, Elo's direct free-kick was an added bonus, with two away goals on the road, which was a great help for the team to qualify for the quarter-finals of the Champions League, which, combined with the team's record of winning all at home, made it impossible to reach the quarter-finals of the Champions League for two consecutive seasons.

Unlike Roberto Mancini's signal to step up his attack, he made a big swing to let his team shrink the defence, ready to keep the draw until the end, and of course, it would have been best if he could have beaten Inter Milan in the last minute.

As Valencia contracted to defend and the game entered the final moments, Inter Milan's players were used to the rhythm of the defence, and suddenly it was really difficult for them to press the attack.

Although Ibrahimovic scored twice in the first half to help his team overtake the score, it is now almost 90 minutes of regular time, and his physical condition is not very good, coupled with Valencia's shrinking defence, his space for movement is extremely compressed, so there are few chances.

It was Valencia's counterattack that played well, but because Inter Milan became more resolute in defense, paying the price of two yellow cards, and strangled the visitors' two defensive counterattacks in the cradle.

In the end, Inter Milan drew 2-2 at home to Valencia.

***

After the game, Ibrahimovic and Iro, who both scored twice in this game, naturally became celebrities in the eyes of reporters, but Ibrahimovic did not rush to be interviewed by reporters, but walked to Iro, who had gauze wrapped around his head.

"Boy, swap jerseys?"

Iroh, who was high-five his teammates in celebration, was suddenly tapped on the shoulder and turned his head.

Ailo turned around, looked at Ibrahimovic, and raised an eyebrow in confusion: "Why not?" ”

At this moment, it was Ibrahimovic's turn to be speechless, and in the end he could only take off his shirt and make a long story short, "I will definitely win you in the second leg!" ”

Ibrahimovic's answer is not surprising, isn't Ibrahimovic a very scrappy and ambitious player in his mind? Otherwise, he would not have bombarded the then coach Pep Guardiola because of Messi after later transferring to Barcelona.

"I'll be waiting for you in Mestalla." Iroh handed over the shirt and took Ibrahimovic with his right hand and hung it over his shoulder.

Interestingly, when the two sides shook hands after the match, Iello refused to shake hands with Materazzi.

**

When Valencia and Inter Milan ended the first leg of the 1/8 finals, the first leg of the other three 1/8 finals at the same time also ended.

One of the most surprising was that Barcelona lost 1-2 to Liverpool at their home stadium.

Lyon drew 0-0 at home to Roma in the other two games, while Jose Mourinho's Chelsea did not relent against their former club Porto and the two sides played out 1-1

The next day, the mainstream media in Europe focused on the defending champion Barcelona losing 1:2 at home to Liverpool in the first leg of the Champions League 1/8 finals, depriving the two-legged game of the first opportunity.

Of course, a brace from Elo helped Valencia to a 2-2 draw away to Inter Milan in the spotlight, with Torino Sport even comparing the pre-match remarks of the two sides.

The most eye-catching thing is that Ibrahimovic mentioned in his pre-match interview to help the team win and surpass Ailo in the number of goals, but the final result was that Ailo's two goals helped Valencia draw away from Inter Milan, so the 'struggle' between the two can be regarded as a draw.

Fans who are following Valencia and Inter Milan in the second leg of the Champions League 1/8 final will pay more attention to that match.

Also eye-catching was the Portuguese hotman Ben Quellenka, who was the referee on duty in this game, because he benefited Inter Milan with a missed decision and took the half-time lead.

However, many people still sympathize with the referee on duty, after all, the referee is a person and not a camera with no dead ends in all directions of the stadium, there will always be a missed judgment, and in the post-match press conference, the visiting coach Flores also expressed that it was an accident and had nothing to do with the referee.

Instead, it was Materazzi, who elbowed Elloh, who was widely criticized.

"Sometimes I have to say that the Italian Marco Materazzi's defensive 'level' is really high, his foul reminds me of the World Cup final overtime angered Zidane, and this time it is even more outrageous, directly in defense with an elbow, in the post-game understanding, Ai's eyebrow bone tore a 1.5 cm hole, of course, what makes people even more shameful is that he ignored Ai who was knocked to the ground by him, but directly passed the ball forward, so that his side benefited, and finally scored a goal......"

Report from The Kicker.

And this report also represents the opinion of the mainstream European media.

The exception is, of course, for Italian newspapers.