Chapter 135: At half-time, two goals behind
We were given a goal by Juventus as soon as we started the game, and that caught everyone off guard. Everyone knows that Juventus is difficult to play www.biquge.info but everyone didn't expect Juventus to be so difficult to play!
After the goal was scored, there was some confusion among the players on the pitch in Milan - some wanted to attack, some wanted to defend, and in such a situation of indecisiveness between attack and defense, we had more confusion on the field!
Pirlo, as a midfielder, hopes to be able to stabilize the defense first, and then attack slowly, while the young Shevchenko keeps shouting at the players in the backfield for the ball, he wants to create more threats to the Juventus backline with a quick counterattack! In this way, Shevchenko's running was too far ahead of his time, and he unfortunately fell into the offside trap of Juventus!
In the confrontation of top clubs, the ball is always a very important statistic. In particular, the possession of the ball is especially important when the attacking team is attacking, especially when entering the threat zone - the first 30 meters of the opponent's goal! Improving the efficiency of the opponent's 30-metre zone is always a goal for top clubs. However, Shevchenko's offside easily wasted the possession opportunities at the edge of the opponent's penalty area that our Milan team had worked so hard to create, which was an unforgivable mistake in a top-level confrontation!
Sure enough, Juventus threatened our backline with a quick counter-attack after a successful offside defense! The ball was passed to the head of striker Piero very accurately, and when Piero jumped up with his header, Maldini had already jumped, but this pass was really delicate and hit Piero's head with precision, even if Maldini jumped higher than Piero, but he was not able to fight for this header!
Maldini's defensive failure allowed Piero to easily head the ball to Nedved at the edge of the box! Our defender Andrea Pirlo saw that Nedved was already in range and rushed forward to block his shot! However, Nedved's technique was so subtle that he flicked the ball through the air and shook off Pirlo's defence, and then he used his left foot to make a beautiful long-range shot!
This shot, from Nedved's foot, slashed a golden lightning light and blasted towards our goal like a cannonball! Dida saves hard, the fingernail will touch the ball, and the ball hits the crossbar hard! At this time, Piero ghostly ran into our penalty area, aimed at the rebounding ball, and hit the goal with a header!
The ball is in! 2:0! Just about 40 minutes into the first half, our dignified Champions League champion AC Milan team was beaten by Juventus, the defeated player in the Champions League final, with a score of 2:0! At this time, the entire San Siro stadium fell silent, and even the most die-hard Milan fans in the San Siro South Stand stopped shouting and singing...... It seems that even they don't believe that we Milan can get the score back.
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How so? We're the best team in the world! Compared to Juventus, although we don't have Nedved, we also have a great four midfielders! Whether it is Pirlo, or Seedorf, or Rui Costa or Rivaldo, such a few stars, each of them is not under Nedved! Why is everyone's performance so sluggish today? Could it be that because we won the Champions League, the thirst for glory for us champions has decreased?
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Mr. Ancelotti was also very uneasy when he saw the situation on the field. He is a handsome man, even if he is uneasy in his heart, he will not show it. However, look at the way he looks preoccupied, and look at the way he keeps communicating with assistant coach Boban with a tactical board...... I knew that he was actually very uncomfortable in his heart. Juventus may have been our loser last season, but they are still a strong team. If we lie down on the merit book and fall asleep, while others are constantly working diligently to improve, then we will be replaced by them anytime and anywhere!
In the last five minutes of the first half, Juventus were still attacking, and we looked exhausted, not only defending, but even defending. This situation made the players on the field, including Mr. Carlo Ancelotti, very worried to watch...... Is this still our great Milan? Or is it our Champions League-winning Milan team? How did we end up like this? Where is our morale?
Juventus unleashed a final wave of attacks in the final moments of the first half, and the noise in front of our goal made me feel as if we were about to concede a third goal. Thankfully, however, we still had Dida, who made a flying save to keep out a tricky shot from Piero. Finally, after Juventus failed to deliver a corner, the referee blew the whistle for the half-time break.
At the end of the first half, we were very unhappy. Although the opponent was Juventus, we did not show the quality and courage that a Champions League winner should have. In the first half, we were held down by Juventus for 45 minutes and it was a really disappointing spectacle. Mr. Ancelotti was also very unhappy about this, but he did not express it openly in front of everyone. He beckoned everyone into the locker room, and when they got to the locker room, he said:
'Guys, we're Champions League winners, that's true. We're just Champions League winners, not now and not in the future. Only with greater efforts can we win more championships, instead of lying on the credit book, eating the old book and sleeping a lot. I think everyone knows the environment we are in, Juventus is a very strong team and a great opponent for us. When we face great opponents, how can we beat them if we don't put in a great performance? So I hope that everyone can cheer up and work together for the future of Milan and the hope of our whole team. ”
Inspired by Mr. Ancelotti, every one of our players shouted: "Yes! ”
We were two goals behind in the first half, but it wasn't the end of the world. As long as we can play better than the other team in the second half, then we still have a chance to win!
Whether I play or not, I hope to win my first Milan first team game! (To be continued.) )