Chapter 420: The First Round Ends

Although the Italian media said that 'AC Milan will score next', in fact, the focus of everyone's attention is still on Zhang Tiehan's goal, which is his 17th goal in this season's Champions League, and his Champions League goal tally has already set a new record.

At the same time, the goal also equalized the score for Liverpool.

After the goal, Zhang Tiehan hugged Reese and thanked him for giving him an assist, although this goal has a lot to do with his ability, but Reese's assists are still very useful, and Reese has often given him assists in recent games, and his cooperation with Reese has become more and more tacit.

At this time, there are also English commentators talking about Reese, "He was in the first half of the season, and it was difficult to even play the main team, Benitez used him as a full-back, but in the last two Champions League games, Reese has three assists, and his performance in the full-back position is very good, which may be related to his more tacit cooperation with Zhang." ”

"In any case, we should applaud him."

Reese was also very happy.

He wasn't much of a standout player at Liverpool, but in fact, like Steven Gerrard, he came through the Reds' academy and has been playing for Liverpool, almost five years after he made his debut for Bayern Munich in the UEFA Super Cup on 24 August 2001.

For five years, Reeser was somewhere between a mainstay and a substitute.

In five years of growth, he has changed from a young man of 20 to a 25-year-old player who is honest and playing, but his position at Liverpool has not changed, and Gerrard's appearance is dazzling, and at the same time, it has also made Reese very inconspicuous.

But in the Liverpool pairing, Reese is still very important.

He initially wore the number 18 shirt, but since the start of the 2004-2005 season. He succeeded Babbel and wore the number 6 shirt.

Starting with the shirt, Reese also became an important part of Liverpool, and in the miraculous match of the Champions League in Istanbul, he assisted Steven Gerrard to score in the second half to start the prelude to Liverpool's equaliser.

Good memories are many. But for Reese, he didn't achieve his goal.

He was still inconspicuous.

In Istanbul, people will remember the tearful Gerrard, but they can't think of him at all, and he wants his appearance to be better, but at the beginning of this season, he can only start as a 'versatile' position.

Now he has a good table for the Champions League knockout rounds, against teams like Barcelona and AC Milan. It's not easy to get an assist.

Reeser did it.

When Zhang Tiehan hugged and thanked him, he also hugged and thanked Zhang Tiehan, if it weren't for Zhang Tiehan, his assists would never be so gorgeous, with these assists, when Liverpool ends the season, and then talks about contract renewal with the club, he has a lot of confidence.

It makes quite a lot of sense to him.

……

AC Milan in the dugout. Ancelotti looked at the Liverpool players celebrating on the field, his brow furrowed slightly

In the eyes of the outside media. Ancelotti is always so calm, but there are many thoughts in his heart, including the process of scoring the goal just now, the opponent's No. 13 player, the way AC Milan plays in the next game, and even the result of this game.

The most important thing is to think back to the goal.

The wave of Liverpool's attack just now. Zhang Tiehan was undoubtedly the most important of all, he guided the attack, pushed the attack, and after combining with his team-mates a few times, he took advantage of opportunities in the box. After receiving the pass, he turned around and volleyed directly, and that shot was vividly reflected in Zhang Tiehan's personal ability.

But Ancelotti didn't care.

No matter what strange performance Zhang Tiehan has, he has long been prepared, after all, a player who can score seventeen goals in the Champions League can definitely make a heavy note in football history, and it is normal for Zhang Tiehan to have a prominent appearance.

What he cares about is the process of creating zào chances, especially Zhang Tiehan's pass to Rieser.

Why was Reese unguarded at the time?

Before that moment, many people paid attention to Zhang Tiehan, Gerrard, Alonso, Fowler, no one paid attention to Reese on the left side, even in Liverpool's forward lineup, Reeser was very inconspicuous, that is, the team made mistakes, they chose to defend others, and let Reese's position go, they felt that Reese was not a threat.

But it was Reeser who created the threat!

This is not right.

The players on the field are estimated to have no choice, they focus on marking other people, and they can't distinguish people to pay attention to Reese, but this kind of defense also shows that the team still hasn't done a good job in defense, no matter what, in the backfield, they should have more people than Liverpool, and it was indeed a leak just now.

Why is there a leak?

It's not just Liverpool's other players who attract more defence, but also because the team doesn't put much energy into defence!

For example, Shepchenko and Gilardino, the two retreated to defend, and they didn't see any effect at all, they couldn't prevent Zhang Tiehan and could limit others, Gattuso didn't play any role, Pirlo and Kaka have been standing in the middle at all, and they didn't play a defensive role at all.

If they had run a little more, the goal would not have been generated.

Ancelotti has some understanding that he needs to tell his players to expand the defensive area and the front and midfielders to drop back a little further in order to stabilize the defence.

In other words, the players on the field should be a little more active.

Dissatisfied, he called Pirlo and gave him a special advice, and Pirlo kept nodding his head and returned to the pitch to tell the others about Ancelotti's explanation.

……

After the game restarted, AC Milan's defense was obviously more stable, at least it would not be so sudden and leaky, and the defense of Zhang Tiehan was not so lax, when Zhang Tiehan had been following him since AC Milan was in the half, Nesta had been following him and defending him closely, which made Zhang Tiehan very helpless.

At the same time, AC Milan is also stepping up the attack.

Everyone knows that AC Milan has no advantage now, and it is very unfavorable for them to let the score end 2:2, because the next game is at the San Siro, but Anfield. They were both drawn 2-2 at home and it will be very difficult to win against Liverpool on the road.

Liverpool also picked up their spirits and strengthened their defence.

Every player knows that the goal of this game is to 'try to score away goals while making sure they don't let the opposition score', and they have done that. Then it's time to work for the former.

It is important not to allow AC Milan to bring in more players, they prefer that the game is over, so the balance of victory and defeat is much more tilted in Liverpool's favor.

Even Zhang Tiehan thinks the same way.

The two teams are going to win over two legs, so it's easier to leave the win at Anfield, and it's a bit worth the loss to continue fighting with AC Milan, so it's time for them to play defensively and defend solidly. It's hard for AC Milan to score again, at least not more than two, and if they guarantee that, then the team will have an advantage, and with an advantage it will be much closer to victory.

That's what the whole team thinks.

Both sides are strengthening their defense, and the game can be imagined, every player is playing hard, but the field is very unsightly. After more than 50 minutes of competition, many players were a little tired. At this time, the two sides seemed to play the game like a tacit ball.

None of the parties took the initiative to attack in a big way.

They all seemed to be happy with the result and deliberately stalled for time...... But it's only been fifty minutes! Neither Liverpool nor AC Milan were willing to end the game like this.

They also want to score.

Whichever side has a goal, they have an advantage, otherwise they are a disadvantage, and the game on the field becomes a defense for both teams. On the other hand, I have to go carefully to find opportunities in the game.

But it's hard to be a good game like this.

After all, the two sides are not Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur teams that will not care about defense in order to attack, they have to take care of defense, Liverpool feels that they must take care of defense, they have scored two goals, and the task arranged by the coach is completed. The coach also focused on defending, so there is more energy invested in defense, AC Milan is to be concerned about Liverpool's counterattack, against Liverpool with Zhang Tiehan, they must have scruples, but once this scruple is saved, the attack will appear weak, at least not as powerful as just now, plus Liverpool is also cautious in defense, the game between the two teams is not as exciting as just now.

It's a bit lethargic to play like this.

Fortunately, there are more stars on both teams, and there are still occasional wonderful performances, AC Milan is Kaka, in the seventy-third minute, Kaka received a pass in the middle, took the ball directly to the Liverpool penalty area from the middle, and then completed a shot, fortunately Reina reacted in time to save the ball, otherwise Kaka would have completed a dragon.

The attack also had Milan fans chanting excitedly.

The only pity is that there is no result.

On the Liverpool side, the most prominent table is Zhang Tiehan, Zhang Tiehan's excellence before, in fact, is his weakness, but when his skills are improved, he uses a strong body to cooperate with technology, his dribbling is quite powerful, and occasionally goes to AC Milan One or two players, that kind of table xiàn is still quite outstanding.

Kaka and Zhang Tiehan, the two became the most watched people in the audience.

However, the attack of both teams was still ineffective, and the game time passed little by little, and the time was in the final moments, and the game gradually became exciting, and it looked like both teams wanted to score a goal in the last minute.

In the real attack, it is AC Milan's attack that is more fierce.

AC Milan have an overall strength advantage, coupled with home advantage, even at the end of the game, their attack is still fierce, after the midfield presses, they can control the ball well outside the Liverpool penalty area, and constantly pass the ball to the foot to dazzle the fans, which also reinvigorates the San Siro stadium.

Liverpool were hit by this wave of attacks and could only shrink their defence.

Zhang Tiehan has already retreated to the defense, he stands on the outside of the big penalty area looking for an opportunity to break the ball, but unfortunately the AC players know his tackling ability very well, they will not give Zhang Tiehan the opportunity to get close to the ball.

The football went to the middle again.

Pirlo got the ball, he shook off Gerrard in front of him with two movements at his feet, and stuffed the ball straight into the penalty area, Warnock was defending Shepchenko who ran into the box, and the two ran in the direction of the football at the same time, Shepchenko was faster, and the Ukrainian was about to chase the ball.

At this time, Warnock pulled Shepchenko's jersey a little irrationally.

Shepchenko fell in the box.

The game was suspended, the referee walked over and showed a yellow card directly to Warnock, and the Liverpool players anxiously explained to the referee, but the goal was clearly a foul on Warnock, and the foul in the box was undoubtedly a penalty.

AC Milan were awarded a penalty.

The Milan fans at the San Siro Stadium watched the game with excitement, they thought the game was over, but AC Milan had another chance to take a penalty, and they could use this opportunity to overtake the score again!

Both teams were quite concerned about the penalty.

In front of everyone's attention, Shepchenko walked to the penalty spot and then kicked the ball to the right, Reyna misjudged and pounced on the left, only to watch the ball fly into the goal.

3:2。

In the final moments of the game, Shepchenko's penalty gave AC Milan the lead again, and it was also the last goal of the game. (To be continued......)