Chapter 419: Turn around and volley!
At half-time, neither side made any adjustments.
AC Milan had the advantage in the first half, the advantage of the game, the advantage of goals, etc., which made Ancelotti think that the team had nothing to change, AC Milan scored two goals, Liverpool only scored one, although it is difficult for them not to let the opponent's number 13 play, but so far their tactics have been successful, the game has been successful, Ancelotti always believes that his AC Milan will be able to win against Liverpool, with a stronger overall strength.
Liverpool side.
Benitez also thinks very simply, although the team is one goal behind, but the team is not too passive in the first half, although it is one goal behind, it is only half a game, the team does not have more chances than the other side, but the team's ability to seize the opportunity is stronger, and it is just bad luck, so AC Milan scored two, and they only scored one.
Football matches are like that.
There is no strategy that can definitely win, and there is no game that will definitely win, it is a matter of who has more chances and whose table is better.
Benitez believes that Liverpool's overall performance is still good, and he has no reason to make tactical adjustments.
As for being at a disadvantage in many ways?
You can't expect two teams with a big difference in overall strength to play the game evenly matched, right? What's the point of a giant team bringing in a lot of big-name stars! AC Milan is originally stronger than Liverpool, which fans know, the media knows, and Benitez himself knows very well that if Liverpool has Kaka in the midfield, Gilardino on the wing, Pirlo and Gattuso in the back, and the four strongest backfield guards, no matter what tactics are used, he can also make the team not be at a disadvantage when fighting with the opponent.
But Liverpool didn't.
The combination of Gerrard and Alonso is really not as good as Pirlo, Kaka, Gattuso and others. Liverpool's wings can only rely on the 'somewhat unreliable' Garcia and Reese, how can these two compare with Gilardino, who was hailed as Italy's best striker in Serie A last season?
Hehehehehe
In terms of the forward line, Zhang Tiehan is stronger than Shepchenko, that's all, as the saying goes, 'it is difficult for a good woman to cook without rice'. There is no advantage in the team's lineup, and it is good to be able to fight with AC Milan in terms of efficiency, so that the winning rate will not be too low, and there will be chips to suppress, otherwise Benitez will have to choose the same tactics as last season in Istanbul - defensive counterattack, and at the same time leave the victory to God.
No coach likes that.
The coach is to control the team, to control the game, to control everything, and to play against the opponent. will have more confidence, a coach who relies purely on luck will never succeed.
As a championship coach, Benitez clearly wouldn't do that
In the anticipation of fans and media on both teams, the second half of the game will soon begin.
At half-time, the media was talking about the first half of the game, Gilardino scored twice, he was the most talked about player in midfield, and his appearance may not be as good as the 'little white face' Kaka, but Gilardino is better than Kaka. He is an Italian.
His watch was outstanding, and the Italian fans were naturally happy.
Kaka's table xiàn is also good. The half-time break was also mentioned a lot, but it was a bit of a foil, after all, he was not Italian, he was just a Brazilian player, and unless his cousin could beat Gilardino by a lot, he could only act as a foil - despite the latter's two goals. It's all an opportunity he created.
The two were talked about in a timely manner, and what they had in common was that they were both compared with Zhang Tiehan.
Zhang Tiehan left a deep impression on the Italian media and fans last season, and he was the first and only person in the history of the Italian league to win the European Golden Boot. Such a gorgeous table is really memorable to the Italians, even AC Milan's leading scorer Shepchenko is considered to have a certain gap with Zhang Tiehan.
There is a real gap between the two in terms of goals.
Shepchenko himself must admit that he has been the focus of European strikers in recent years, but Zhang Tiehan has only been in Roma for one season, and the goals he has scored are beyond his reach. Roma is not a top club like AC Milan, and it is easier to score goals as the heart of the front court in non-top giants, such as Gilardino who played for Parma last season, Bent who played for Charlton Athletic, and Zhang Tiehan in Roma.
But Zhang Tiehan also scored too many goals.
One or two more may not be nothing, and some people even think that the strikers who play for the giants are better, but ten or eight more, or even fifteen or twenty, no one thinks so, so Gilardino is worth only 20 million, while Zhang Tiehan has reached the 40 million level.
Such a great striker will always be talked about.
And now the Italian media talks about the first half of the game between Liverpool and AC Milan, and some people think that Gilardino is better than Zhang Tiehan in this game, because he scored two goals and Zhang Tiehan only scored one.
But this statement clearly has no market in the English media, as well as in the world media.
What about Gilardino scoring two goals?
Two goals, he just made a final kick, if you really want to talk about goals, the two goals should be counted in all AC Milan players, even if it refers to a single player, it is also owned by Kaka and Gilardino alone, not Gilardino alone.
What about Zhang Tiehan's goal?
That's what belongs to him, he relied on his personal ability to get rid of the defense, and he found opportunities to score the ball by himself, only one pass from Reese in the process, nothing else, and the difficulty of scoring goals for the two is obviously not on the same level.
In short, there was a lot of discussion about the discussion between the two, and there was a lot of discussion in the media.
In this discussion, the second half of the game resumed. At halftime, Benitez did not adjust his tactics, Zhang Tiehan was still the team's first striker in front, but as soon as the game started, he was not in a hurry to rush up, but just followed the team's formation.
Often in the game, Zhang Tiehan sometimes retreats a little bit and plays as the second striker, and he and Fowler's position changes are already very skillful, he retreats in front of Fowler, and vice versa, this is the case. When Liverpool got the ball, Zhang Tiehan did not rush forward, and Riser took the ball forward on the side, and he controlled the ball a little, and then transferred it to Alonso, who pushed it sideways. The football arrived at the feet of Zhang Tiehan.
Zhang Tiehan still did not take the ball and rushed forward directly.
He just slowly controlled the ball, watching his teammates slowly press up, while ensuring that the formation was not chaotic, when no one came to grab the ball, Zhang Tiehan's movements were even slower, as if he was deliberately wasting time and time, if it weren't for AC Milan leading, it is estimated that Milan fans would have shouted to 'complain'.
But in fact, Zhang Tiehan just wanted the team to play a steady attack. He slowly wants to push forward with the ball and let his teammates find their position, so that the attack will become very stable, which is conducive to getting everyone into the game quickly.
After passing through the halfway line, there were AC Milan players to defend.
Shepchenko.
The Ukrainians have stepped back to participate in the defense, and Shepchenko is still a little depressed in this game, he did not score a single goal, but his direct rival Gilardino scored two. Now seeing Liverpool push forward like this, he will run a little bit to defend.
But in the face of Zhang Tiehan. Shepchenko had little confidence.
He just came to block and force Zhang Tiehan to pass the ball, as for the steal or something, he didn't dare to think about it at all, maybe in terms of offense, his personal ability is good. But defensively, who can expect a striker to be defensively strong?
This is also the first real meeting between Zhang Tiehan and Shepchenko in the competition.
Many media and fans are looking forward to these two people, one is the first scorer in Europe, and the other is the second in the Champions League scorer list, and there will always be a lot of topics to talk about in the collision of the two. It's a pity that Zhang Tiehan didn't mean to fight with Shepchenko at all, maybe he thought it was not interesting to pass Shepchenko, so when he saw Shepchenko coming to intercept, he sent the ball to the left side.
By the time Garcia received the pass, the Liverpool players were already in position.
Zhang Tiehan rushed past Shepchenko, Fowler was already in front, Reese was on the left and walked towards the middle of the box, and Gerrard and Alonso lined up in front of the AC Milan penalty area.
Garcia's options are many.
He can move to the right and Reese could have a chance, where the defence is a little weaker, or he can choose to play the ball to Gerrard or Alonso in the middle, which is likely to give him a direct chance, and of course, the football is also a bit of a threat.
In the end, Garcia still chose to pass the ball to Zhang Tiehan.
Zhang Tiehan also stopped, he saw that the AC Milan formation in front of him was also very solid, and it was difficult to pass the ball to Gerrard and Alonso, AC Milan's defense used chain defense, and it was always stuck in the owner's dangerous passing route, so Zhang Tiehan handed the ball to Garcia again.
The two passed each other a few times.
They pass the ball to each other as if they were practicing passing and receiving, and then they tell the AC Milan players – if you don't come and grab the ball, we'll keep passing.
As a result, the AC Milan players did not have a choice.
They couldn't have allowed the two to pass the ball to each other like that, with Shepchenko chasing back from the front, Gilardino and Gattuso coming in as well.
The close running of the trio made the pass a bit threatening.
So the two began to move forward in the pass, one by one, and the three of them were actually coming to Zhang Tiehan, they didn't think Garcia could have any threat, so when they got rid of Gattuso, Zhang Tiehan still had to face Shepchenko and Gilardino The three of them were in Serie A last season, constantly competing for the top three positions in the scorer list, and now they can stand on the same pitch to play, and they are still offensive and defensive opponents of each other, which is also a topic worth talking about.
But Shepchenko and Gilardino don't feel good as defense, they are strikers, goalscorers, not defensive players, if they can attack and defend against each other, it would be really good, as for the two to defend Zhang Tiehan, they don't have much confidence.
In fact, this is also true.
handed the ball to Garcia again, Zhang Tiehan shook his head, crossed the two of them, and then immediately received Garcia's pass.
It's that simple!
Even Gilardino and Shepchenko knew that the two of them couldn't guard against Zhang Tiehan, but they were still a little embarrassed to be crossed so easily - they were not good at defense, but they wouldn't be passed by so easily, so the two chased after each other.
The other AC Milan players also didn't expect that Gattuso, who was following behind, was still counting on the two to stop it, as long as they were entangled for a moment. He was able to chase it back, but he could only watch Zhang Tiehan continue to rush forward.
AC Milan's defense is still tight.
At the beginning of the second half, Liverpool put on a steady advance position, AC Milan naturally had to retreat to defense, and all AC Milan eleven players were also in the backfield, although the formation was a little open. But the defense is still very intensive, especially the defense of the middle, which is taken care of, although Zhang Tiehan is actually still on the side, but they know that the side is not a big threat, if Zhang Tiehan has been on the side, they are happy - Gerrard, Alonso, Fowler is really not a big threat!
Zhang Tiehan crossed the flanks of Shepchenko and Gilardino and wanted to cut through the middle – just like the goal in the first half. But then Nesta came to meet her.
Zhang Tiehan's goal in the first half impressed the AC Milan players, especially Nesta, who knew that without the defense of a real defender, Zhang Tiehan was easy to get up in front of the penalty area, in that case, it would be difficult for him to defend.
He believes in himself more than the opponent's defensive ability.
Nesta greeted him. Zhang Tiehan was also a little helpless, he just wanted to imitate the goal in the first half. However, a world-class defender like Nesta will definitely not give him the opportunity to shoot at will, and it will be very difficult to dribble horizontally along the front of the opponent's penalty area.
He was chased by three players - Shepchenko, Gilardino and Gattuso.
The three of them followed him all the time, he didn't dare to stop at all, otherwise he would get caught in a pinch, he knew very well the technique of his feet. Although he can occasionally show some excellent ball control, he can't think about it with Spanish players who really rely on technique to eat, such as Andres Iniesta and Ronaldinho, if the three of them wrap themselves up. He couldn't control the ball at all, and the only consequence was to be cut off.
He can only keep going!
Zhang Tiehan carried Nesta sideways with his body, and there was no chance to kick out at all, and then he found a loophole - he himself attracted too much defense, AC Milan's defense on the right side was much empty, and there was relatively easy space around Reese, especially when he ran forward against him.
Zhang Tiehan passed the ball without hesitation.
Just when the AC Milan players were still paying attention to the trajectory of the football and paying attention to Risser, who was about to catch the ball, Zhang Tiehan had already made a sharp stop, and then turned around and rushed towards the penalty area.
Regarding Zhang Tiehan's actions, Nesta's mind froze for a moment.
But he still knew what he had to do, no matter what, he had to follow Zhang Tiehan. But despite thinking so, Nesta was not as flexible as Zhang Tiehan, and by the time he stopped and tried to keep up, Zhang Tiehan had already started.
On the left side, Reeser didn't stop the ball at all, but pushed directly against the ball, and the football flew from the grass to the middle of the penalty area.
Zhang Tiehan has been paying attention to Reese's pass with 'control'.
But his position was actually a bit awkward, he just started to shake off Nesta, but found that he rushed up again, one rushed too fast to receive the pass, and the other was likely to be offside, so he slowed down, and Nesta came to him again.
The two of them collided hard with their bodies.
The football also hung over, Zhang Tiehan still has a very advantage in terms of body, he squeezed Nesta and left space for himself to catch the ball, but he couldn't jump up at all, Nesta was squeezed behind him, his direction was also facing away from the goal, Zhang Tiehan could only stop the ball with his chest, but in the squeeze, this stop was not very stable, and the football hit his chest and popped up more than a meter to the left.
Seeing this scene, Milan fans exhaled a long breath.
They felt safe.
Even the various commentators felt that after the failure to stop the ball, Liverpool's attack was over, and they just wanted to say something, so they immediately shut up.
When the football hit his chest and popped up, Zhang Tiehan squeezed Nesta hard behind his back, and then forcibly turned around, swinging his right leg up.
Turn sideways and volley!
Boom!
Zhang Tiehan's right leg was thrown sideways, and the next moment the surface of his right foot was in direct contact with the football, and the loud bang told everyone in the vicinity how powerful the ball was, while the others could only watch the football rush past Nesta's hand and fly straight towards the gate guarded by Dida.
Milan fans covered their eyes.
There is no need to look at it at all, unless God and his old man stands behind AC Milan, otherwise this ball Dida will never be able to save it Sure enough, Dida didn't even react at all, until the football flew into the goal, he realized that the opponent's No. 13 shot was on goal.
That's what he thinks.
There was a moment of silence at the San Siro stadium, followed by a lot of cheers, and although there were only a few thousand Liverpool fans, they were still loud when the Milan fans were all sad about the goal.
At the same time, the English media also made a surprise cry -
“Goooooooooooooooooooooal!!!!!!!!!!!!”
"The ball went to !!!!!!!"
"The second half started, the forty-ninth minute! Zhang, who scored the second goal to equalize for Liverpool, was a turnaround volley from the box! In the face of this shot, AC Milan's Brazilian goalkeeper Dida did not react! ”
"2:2, the two teams are back on the same starting line!"
At the same time, the Italian commentator was also quite annoyed, he just said 'Gilardino is better than Zhang Tiehan's table, because Gilardino scored two goals, Zhang Tiehan only scored one', and now what does he say?
Is Gilardino still good?
He could only murmur, "Liverpool were so lucky, they scored a goal at the start of the second half with a push, 2:2, it was No. 13 Zhang who scored the second goal, but we believe AC Milan will score again" (to be continued......