Chapter Seventy-Five: The Assault After the Opening
After the start of the game, Lille took the lead in attacking, and everywhere the ball went, including Reeves, all the players of the Lille team relied on their abundant physical strength after the opening to actively scramble throughout the field, and the effect was obvious, AC Milan could not pass the ball smoothly much. Lille www.biquge.info took advantage of the situation to launch a tidal wave of attacks against AC Milan's goal.
"Lille played very aggressively after the opening today, the sense of front-court pressure is very strong, look at the current goal, Milan midfielder Gattuso passed back, Reeves quickly pressed forward, compressing the opponent's forward space to receive the ball defender Karadze, Kaladze can only pass back to goalkeeper Dida, Reeves and then quickly pressed towards Dida, at this time Reeves and other teammates arrived to help the defense, they are responsible for approaching AC Milan's possible backcourt ball option, Dida can only drive to the front. Commentator Florent analyzes the tactics of Lille in combination with the current field.
The ball flew to the front, and this kind of big-footed kick-off could only spell a little luck, but unfortunately, the luck of Lille had the advantage in this ball, and the landing point was grabbed by Bodmeier for the top.
The second drop was also controlled by Cabaye, who played the ball to Debich on the wing before Seedorf could get on the stalk.
Debich received the ball and ran wildly to pass the ball to Reeves before the opposition full-backs could press in.
Reeves took the ball in the middle and did not choose to break through, continuously pulled laterally, and shot hard at the right side of the penalty area, which was extremely tricky and fast, straight to the dead corner, Reeves was ready to celebrate the goal.
"Beautiful save." Commentator Florent praised repeatedly.
The ball was about to cross the goal line when it was lifted up by Dida with one hand.
Sighs rang out in the stadium at the same time.
Reeves held his head and regretted that he didn't kick the ball in.
Before the fireworks, Dida was really a dark-skinned Buffon, with excellent goal-line skills and extremely fast reactions, and a goalkeeper with a reaction speed of 99 in the live eight. There is also a reaction of 99 is Yashin. Reeves knows that this kind of shot is difficult to threaten Dida, no, he still has to shoot from closer range, Reeves believes that as long as he allows himself to shoot in the penalty area, no matter how fast the opponent reacts, it is too late to react.
Ancelotti on the sidelines squinted at his small eyes, this kid does have some talent, and he is very experienced in handling the ball after receiving the ball, if it weren't for Dida's quick reaction, he would probably be behind.
The camera also showed Carlo Ancelotti, and it was clear that the media wanted to see how the AC Milan manager reacted to the situation on the pitch.
Being pressed and beaten by a Ligue 1 team is not a good thing for the Serie A giants.
However, in the camera, Ancelotti did not react except for squinting, and his face was as calm as ever.
On the pitch, Lille got another chance.
Reeves received a pass from Debich and this time he was going to try to break past Kaladze before shooting, and it was the future Georgian deputy prime minister and current AC Milan centre-back Kaha Karadze who was in charge of his own defence.
Kaladze is a centre-back but played more at left-back in the past season at AC Milan, but switched to centre-back last season and excelled. In addition, defensive midfielders and left midfielders can also play.
In the CCTV news broadcast of later generations, Reeves saw the news that the vice president of the country met with the "Georgian Dream - Democratic Georgia" party delegation led by the deputy prime minister, minister of energy and general secretary of the party Karadze, and was shocked by Kaladze.
This is a living example of going from CCTV5 to CCTV1, this guy is the highest level of mixing after the player retires, except for Gao Yu, the commander of the Marshal Mansion of the Great Song Dynasty.
Coupled with Albertini's position as vice president of the Italian Football Federation, Shepchenko's appointment as chairman of Ukraine's state pension fund, and Weah's almost election as president of Liberia, Reeves suspects that AC Milan is Lao Bei's politician training class (Milan's owner, Silvio Berlusconi, is Italy's prime minister)
It's a pity that Reeves has no intention of going into politics, otherwise Milan would be a good place to go.
Seeing Reeves take the ball on the left side in front of the penalty area and start to rush, Kaladze did not hesitate to stick to it, not letting Reeves pick up the speed.
Kaladze is fast, which is one of the reasons Ancelotti has put him in defense against Reeves.
Reeves had no chance to get rid of the opponent, was blocked from cutting the line, and was forced all the way to the bottom line, Reeves of course would not dribble the ball to a dead end, a sharp stop, the desperately chasing Kaladze leaned backwards and tried to stop, but the inertia made his feet still move forward, so Kaladze lost his balance, his hands behind him to support the ground, trying not to fall.
Reeves dunked the ball past Kaladze, who was struggling to get up, and looked up to see that Dida had sealed the angle next to the post, Reeves decisively took the ball to the middle, ready to take out the shooting angle horizontally, and then went to the far corner, so close to the distance, he was absolutely sure to score the ball.
Reeves flicked the ball across the line of the six-yard box, and as soon as he caught up with the football, the ball lost control and one foot grabbed Reeves before he scooped it away, bringing up grass clippings and dirt.
The tackle was just a millimeter away from a foul, and as soon as the ball was scooped away, Reeves' inertial forward step hit the leg that slid from the side tackle on the ground, and he couldn't avoid it at all, and Reeves was tripped and turned over to stabilize his body.
"Nice tackle! Clean shovel!"
Reeves slammed the lawn on the ground with his right hand, slowed down for a moment before straightening up, lowered his head and sighed, what a pity, what a good opportunity.
Reeves doesn't have to look back to know who the owner of that leg is, and the side-to-side tackle is a high-risk move that all defenders are forced to use from time to time every game.
The tackle and foul just now were only a fraction of a second, and it was in the penalty area, and ordinary defenders would not use the tackle action at that moment.
The landing tackle is to expand the defensive area, which means that the ball is not in the defensive range of the person just now, in this case, letting Reeves and the goalkeeper duel is the safest choice for the average defender, but the man did not hesitate to choose the dangerous action of falling sideways to tackle.
Bold only because of the high art.
Because the man's name was Alessandro Nesta.
Only Nesta, who seems to be a risky defensive technique, will use it as a conventional weapon like stopping the ball, which is repeated and used frequently every game.
When Reeves turned around, he saw Nesta bending over to rub his leg against the impact, and Dida and Kaladze patting him on the back to cheer him on.
Nesta, after Baresi, Italy's best central defender, Serie A Oscar has been selecting the best defender since 2000, except for 2004 when he was taken away by his teammate Maldini once, the remaining five times were Nesta, at that time the competitors were who they were and what level everyone should know, it can be seen that he is strong, and when he finally left AC Milan, he also brought out the future first defender Thiago Silva.
If it is Nesta, who has just transferred to AC Milan, then it is not Kaladze but Nesta who is targeting Reeves in this game.
When Nesta was young, he relied on the explosive power of a striker to destroy the ball early or get close to the opponent to make it impossible to play. Nesta's snatch up was the strongest of all defenders, as he was able to not only grab the ball, but also control and get the ball out, which was an absolute nightmare for Reeves.
At his peak, Nesta could play a man at the center back, a central defender who dragged back, and occasionally a free man, who was competent for various divisions of labor in the center back and even switched smoothly according to the situation in high-level games.
But after the big injury, Nesta has lost his explosiveness, and he has been playing the position of dragging the central defender in recent years, but with his super positional sense and prediction ability, he is still a top defender.
Reeves thanked God for allowing him to be reborn in this age,
Cannavaro, Thuram, Galla, John Terry, Campbell, Lucio, Ramos, Puyol, Rio Ferdinand, among others, are the last of the superstars at the backline.
With a strong opponent, Reeves will not be lonely in this football path.