In the AC Milan dressing room, Carlo Ancelotti first affirmed the team's defence, and then praised the lucky Inzaghi, because without Inzaghi's aggressive forward movement, the football would not have changed direction, and the refraction into the net would have been even more unlikely.

Andrea Pirlo and Inzaghi, who led to the goal, smiled at each other and gave each other a thumbs up to cheer each other on.

The hearts of many players in the locker room began to flutter, in such a heavy Champions League final, even luck is on their side, it seems that this championship is ** not far from ten!

Thinking about Iello's two consecutive shots being denied by the post, my heart is even more hearty.

In the second half, Ancelotti specifically told Kaka to break through with the ball, and if he had the opportunity, he must be brave to cut inside the goal, because his performance in this first half was not ideal, and his appearance in the two legs of the semi-final was completely two people.

Of course, Inzaghi was also an important part of the counter-attack, and his awareness and movement, as well as his ability to grasp in front of goal, were an important part of AC Milan's goal to extend the score.

For manager Carlo Ancelotti's trust, Kaka and Inzaghi nodded at him at the same time.

At the same time, the national commentators in the live studio of the Olympic Stadium in Athens are also making a summary of the first half of the game, and in the analysis of the number of the entire first half, Valencia took the full initiative, but the lead was AC Milan, which is indeed a knock on the head and can't figure it out.

However, according to the more popular saying: "AC Milan's luck is simply too rebellious!" ”

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The second half of the game was restarted after a fifteen-minute break at halftime, and before the game began, the camera deliberately gave a close-up of Elo's face, who is the star of the team, often stepping up in times of crisis, and now Valencia just needs someone to step up to equalize the score.

And the meaning that this shot wants to express is self-evident.

Hyde looked at Iroh in the camera, the jersey had been tucked into the pants, and the whole person looked very energetic, so his mood became better, as long as Iroh's mental state was not a problem, then the goal would definitely not be a problem: "The second half of the game is about to start, I believe that Ai will definitely help the team equalize in the second half, and then overtake the score, leading our team to win the first Champions League trophy in history, and set foot on the top of Europe!" ”

The Valencia fan sitting in front of the TV also subconsciously clenched his fists, looked at Elo in the camera and muttered: "It's up to you!" Mugwort!! ”

Beep~~

The second half of the game was announced after a whistle from referee Herbert vandel.

At this moment, the Valencia fans in the stands sang their team song "Valencia Hymn", hoping that their singing could lead the players on the field to equalize the score as soon as possible and make them feel at ease.

But what they didn't expect was that AC Milan changed the slow pace of play in the first half, and after getting the control of the football, they used Pirlo's long pass accuracy to play Valencia's defensive right side.

Because Moretti defended this way, he was criticized for turning too slowly when he was playing in Serie A, and AC Milan in the second half wanted to take advantage of his slow turn and let Kaka impact his way.

However, Albiol was on the spot and a flying tackle shoveled the ball off the touchline.

AC Milan's attack also drew the attention of Valencia's defence, making Moretti afraid to step forward and participate in the attack, he was afraid of being beaten again, after all, it is very dangerous to always rely on central defenders to supplement the defense.

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The first five minutes of the second half went by in a flash, and from the shape of the game, Valencia had a tendency to play more and more anxiously, in their minds, this was the second half of the final, and every second that passed, then they lost a second to equalize.

The anxiety of the players on the field also slowly infected Elo, he started the 6th minute of the second half, he frequently took the ball, trying to create a killing chance, but AC Milan as a traditional Italian team, the defense has been integrated into their blood, even if Ancelotti does not make arrangements, the players on the field also know how to adjust the way of defense.

Whenever Valencia switched from defense to attack, AC Milan's defenders returned to their positions in a very timely manner, especially when the football passed to the feet of Aillo, AC Milan's 7-man defensive system was basically arranged, and by the time Eelo broke through with the ball, the space was already very small.

This also indirectly caused Iroh to become more anxious.

If Valencia wants to break AC Milan's dense defense, it still needs to pass patiently to find AC Milan's defensive loopholes, but at this time, Valencia's players no longer have this patience, and the sooner they score against the Italian team, the better, and the longer it drags on, the more unfavorable it will be.

Three minutes later, Albiol pushed Maldini's clearance ball back into the half at the midfield arc, Baraja stopped the ball with his chest, and at the same time his body turned to the left, stuck Kaka who wanted to step forward and steal behind him, and then passed the ball with his right foot to Albelda, the team's organizational core, but because he was grabbed by Kaka very tightly, Baraja's passing power was not well controlled, and it was slightly forward, so Albelda needed to go forward to chase the ball.

Pirlo, who had already retreated to the 30-meter area, saw the football rolling in his direction, and suddenly the possibility of a quick counterattack sprouted in his heart, and he moved forward, wanting to launch a long counterattack directly.

Albelda saw that Pirlo wanted to grab the ball, where did he not know what he was thinking? So when he was still a meter away from the football, he took a big step forward with his right foot, pulled the ball back, and completed a 180-degree turn with his body, leaving Pirlo behind him, and Pirlo also crashed into Albelda's body because he couldn't contain the momentum of his body.

Beep~~~

The referee blew the whistle for Pirlo to foul and awarded Valencia a direct free-kick about 35 metres from goal.

Pirlo didn't defend himself, just shrugged his shoulders, bent down and stretched out his right hand to pull Albelda, who was knocked down by himself, but he found that the other party was covering his right thigh, and just wanted to say hello, Albelda stood up along his right hand, but there was a leg press after getting up, and Pirlo didn't care much about it, after all, the hard injuries caused by the collision always can't avoid a little pain.

Everyone thinks so and doesn't care.

But a minute later, when Albelda ran to the side and Ailo did a passing and cutting cooperation, his forward body suddenly stagnated, and then stopped in place, Ailo, who took the ball, was still at a loss, and waited until Albelda held on for two or three seconds, sat on the ground, and Ailo found that something was wrong, just now Albelda seemed to be covering his right thigh, and before he missed the second leg of the Champions League semifinals because of a thigh strain, which ......

Hurriedly kicked the ball off the sideline, and then made a gesture to the sidelines for the team doctor to come on.

Albelda's right palm covered his right thigh, and his left hand unwillingly beat the turf, he knew that he could no longer continue to fight, and the Champions League final was missed.

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Sure enough, after a simple two-minute diagnosis, Hernandez reluctantly made a gesture at Flores that needed to be replaced.

Flores looked up and sighed, not to mention that the team is behind now, the captain has a recurrence of old injuries, this game is really difficult to play, you must know that the last game was played very passively in the absence of Albelda.

"Call Carlos over," Flores whispered to Paul, the assistant next to him.

A minute later, Valencia made their first passive substitution, with Albelda coming down and Marchena returning from the suspension.

Albelda, with the support of the team doctor Hernandez, personally handed the captain's armband to Baraja, and when he turned around, the stadium director captured Albelda's lost expression.

Countless Valencia fans standing in the stands or in front of the TV silently applauded Albelda at this moment, and some fans with poor tear control even left tears.

After six years of waiting, they know how difficult it is to play in a UEFA Champions League final......

"The biggest enemy of a professional player is injuries because you never know when he's coming, sometimes in an inconsequential game, sometimes like David Albelda in the Champions League final right now, I'm sure at this moment, he's very disappointed in himself, but ...... I'm sure the players on the field will help him with the task of this game! ”

Huang Jianxiang looked at Albelda, who limped to the bench, and felt something.

Albelda's departure also changed Valencia's formation, from four-three-three to four-four-two, which should be more appropriate, with Baraja and Marchena in charge of sweeping in the middle, while Ballack took over Albelda's work and was responsible for controlling the team's attacking and defensive tempo, and David Silva was responsible for organizing the attack up front.

At the same time as the substitution, the camera also showed the Valencia players on the field, which stayed on Ello's face for nearly three seconds, and a trace of helplessness could be clearly seen in his expression.

No one on the pitch knows better than Iroh what will happen without Albelda's attack, and the second leg of the semi-final against Liverpool is the answer.

Therefore, Albelda's injury is undoubtedly worse for Valencia, who is still one goal behind.

At this moment, no one in the Valencia players noticed that Ancelotti took advantage of the substitution to raise his right index and middle fingers and push his left hand forward from the back to Pirlo, which meant that the team would play the second preparation plan.

Marchena has missed four crucial knockout games in the Champions League and is now suddenly in the final of the Champions League, which will certainly make a difference, and that's where Carlo Ancelotti wants to take his to.