Chapter Ninety-One: Sauer

At half-time, neither side made any changes to the lineup, the difference is that Bayern Munich coach Magath is satisfied with the team's performance in the first half, while Carlo Ancelotti has no one to change.

Look at who is sitting on the bench in Milan: Fiori, Costacuta, Vogel, Gilardino, Amoruso, Rui Costa and Antonelli, who has been temporarily transferred from the youth team.

Not to mention that Ancelotti's own heart is already a mess, even if he has a thousand thoughts and measurements, he can only use it to blow a bubble at this time.

At the beginning of the second half, Bayern Munich, who was unwilling to draw at home, immediately launched a fierce attack on AC Milan, Bayern's offensive routine is not complicated, and Barcelona's kind of team that pays attention to cooperation and plays jishu is completely different, playing a fast game, advancing the ball from the back to the front, often only needs four or five feet to pass.

Ballack, who was supposed to be attacking in midfield, went straight to Milan's penalty area, while Mackay and Pizarro became the artillery mount for the German heavy gun, providing him with elixir.

AC Milan's attack was changed to two wings according to Ancelotti's instructions, but Simic and Serginho could not attack at all under the pressure of Bayern, and Seedorf and Gattuso were not the kind of traditional wingers, often habitually cutting inside, but robbed the positions of Digan and Inzaghi, making Milan's attack look chaotic.

Defensively, Kaladze has become a hole in the eyes of Bayern's players, presumably influenced by the murder of his younger brother, who was still training in Milanello last Friday, learned the bad news that his younger brother Raven, who was kidnapped four years ago, was brutally killed. He was then granted a week's leave to help his family with the aftermath, but he chose to stay and insisted on playing the full game against Cagliari the next day.

Raven was kidnapped on May 23, 2001, when he was 21 years old and in his fourth year of medical school, but on his way home from school, he was tricked into a car by four kidnappers dressed as police officers outside the hospital in Tbilisi. Although the family immediately paid a ransom of $600,000 demanded by the kidnappers, they were not released.

Just four days after Raven's abduction, Kaladze traveled with Milan to Rome. At the game, he was amazed to see the Roma fans putting up a slogan: "Let Raven go." ”

A week later, the Georgian players, who had returned from overseas, asked for the postponement of the Shijie Cup qualifying match against Italy, citing a lack of security because the match was played in Tbilisi. The match was postponed to the evening of January 2 of the following year, and although Georgia lost 2-1 to Italy, Kaladze, who was representing Georgia, received good news: some said that Raven was still alive.

Since then, Kaladze has lived with anxiety and hope. Until last May, a group of bodies were found in the mountains of Georgia, and Georgia's interior minister, Melabiveri, said one of them could be Raven.

Kaladze's heart tightened again, and the subsequent DNA verification report once again overwhelmed him, and the Milan defender continued to wait for the fading hope.

But on Friday, Melabivelli announced again that the kidnappers had been arrested in Russia, Switzerland, France and Georgia. Georgia also brought in an autopsy expert from the F.B.I. and identified one of the bodies found last month as Raven. The date of death was 2001.

After learning that his brother had been killed the same year he was kidnapped, Kaladze chose to remain silent. Once again, the club stood by his side, "with Kaladze on the pitch", Milan voiced through the official website.

When Kaladze walked into the stadium, there was thunderous applause in the south stand, and then the fans unfurled a banner: "Kaladze, we mourn with you." ”

In the 23rd minute, after Andrea Pirlo scored a penalty, all the Milan players gathered around Caradze.

After the game, the Georgian finally spoke: "People always have to face the misfortunes of life. It was a painful moment, but there was no way around it, I could only play on the pitch. Thank you to the team, the club and the fans who are with me, I'm not alone. ”

Carlo Ancelotti also praised: "Although he was suffering a lot of pain inside, he played seriously and did a great job. ”

After the match with Cagliari, Kaladze returned to Georgia to deal with Raven's funeral, and after returning, everyone found that there was something wrong with Kaladze's mood, and Ancelotti was going to play Costa Kuta in the game against Bayern, but Kaladze insisted on playing.

Judging from the performance from the first half to the present, Kaladze is completely constant, and the area he guards has almost become the backyard of Bayern players.

Thankfully, Nesta played well today, helping Kaladze to fill in on a number of occasions, and AC Milan were able to withstand Bayern Munich's second-half onslaught.

After a pause in Bayern Munich's attack, Milan also took the opportunity to play two high-quality counterattacks, but unfortunately a side cross from Digan, Inzaghi started a little slower by half a beat, although he stabbed the ball, but failed to send a force, was received by Kahn, and a long shot from outside the penalty area by Digan was lifted off the crossbar by Kahn's thrilling one-palm.

Milan didn't have many chances, but they took the lead in the 25th minute of the second half, Gattuso cut off Hargreaves in the middle, and then sent the ball straight into the box with a long ball, Digan followed up quickly, leaned on Lucio, and before Kahn could hit the ball, the header was crossed to Inzaghi, who fell to the ground and kicked the ball into the handleless goal.

2:1!

AC Milan took the lead at the Allianz Arena with a quick counter-attack, and Inzaghi looked excited after the goal, as he is now competing with Raul for European goals, a goal that has undoubtedly cemented his position as the top European goal scorer among active players.

Ancelotti on the sidelines also jumped up, waving his fists hard, obviously he didn't expect this goal, without his complicated tactics of frequent inversion, just a pass, a header ferry, the football went into the net, happiness came too suddenly.

Magath saw that the team was actually behind, his face suddenly became gloomy, he walked to the bench, said a few words, and then people saw the veteran Sauer standing up.

The Bayern fans, who were still annoyed by the loss of the goal just now, immediately let out a burst of cheers when they saw Sauer stand up, and Sauer has a very important position in the minds of Bayern fans.

Even if he wasn't born into a prestigious football family, his temperament is destined for a career on the pitch. Light, agile and delicate, it makes no sense for such a man not to play football and not become an idol for the fans after playing.

Even now, Sauer is old, no longer an absolute mainstay on the pitch, and is often plagued by injuries, there are still many who believe that Sauer is an indispensable member of Bayern Munich and even the German national team.

The 1996 European Championships, although in a sense only "fulfilled" Bierhoff, those who watched the game agreed that the real heroes of the German team were their three "male protagonists": Ferguts, Klinsmann and Sauer.

Now, two of the three heroes of yesteryear have retired from the pitch, while Sauer, the youngest of the year, is attracting more and more attention for his superb skills.

Although Sauer is of Turkish descent, for Sauer, who grew up in Germany, he received a traditional German football education, and his football thinking and football philosophy are absolutely German. However, this does not prevent Sauer from having his own unique "things", and people who have watched Sauer play always like to regard him as a foreign player in the Bundesliga. Indeed, Sauer's light and free style of play is indeed one of the brightest scenery in the German team.

In the spring of 1992, Sauer joined Bayern Munich for $3.3 million, a turning point in his football career. Since Bayern, Sauer has been playing a role that has a certain extraordinary attraction and is the difference between winning and losing. In Bayern's debut season, Sauer scored seven goals in 31 appearances and miraculously maintained his delight at a time when many players were unable to perform at their best due to their arrival at the new club.

From that time on, the German media began to take a serious look at this 1.78-meter-tall star, with incredible footsteps and insight, and for a while, "intelligent", "light and sensitive", "real", almost all of these charming, associative words, were easily conveyed with Sauer's performance on the court.

Avid fans call him a representative of the new generation of German players, and their comments are: "This is a man with a temper and personality, but also quite calm and dedicated, a player we need, trained rigorously and with ease on the pitch.

With a strong sense of the big picture and a great footwork, Sauer has all the qualities that an attacking player would need. His role on the field is crucial for Bayern, but in the 02/03, 03/04 season, Sauer's injury affected his normal level of performance, when his body gradually recovered to health, Bayern Munich's midfield, but has been controlled by young people, this season in the older Sauer is no longer Bayern's absolute main force, but he is still an important player in the Bayern team.

Whenever Bayern Munich encounters a problem, he is always the first thing Magath thinks of, and the person who solves the problem is still Sauer.

The current situation is obvious, AC Milan has Nesta, the best central defender in Shijie, in the penalty area, although Mackay's header is excellent, but in the confrontation with Nesta, he has no upper hand at all, relying on the fierce rush, although it can disrupt Milan's defense, but it is not easy to completely disintegrate Milan.

With Sauer, he can use his jishu, the big picture, to revitalize the midfield, feed Ballack with cannonballs, and threaten Milan's goal with his long-range shots.

It was Hargreaves who was replaced by Sauer, and his performance in this game was really average, and he could not take advantage of Kaka at all, in the first half, Kaka had four through balls, and then all formed shots, and Hargreaves was to bear some responsibility.

After Sauer came on the field, it really had an immediate effect, after the Bayern team got the ball, it was no longer directly to the front, but handed the ball to Sauer and let him decide what to do.

Sauer's pass not only liberated Ballack, but also completely revived Bayern's two wings, Lizarazu and Sagnol frequently inserted, and Milan's two wings were completely paralyzed.

Carlo Ancelotti didn't know what to do at this time, if Ambrosini could play, he would definitely not hesitate to replace Ambrosini to defend Sauer, but now he has only one Vogel on his hands.

Before Carlo Ancelotti could figure out what to do, Bayern Munich scored, and it was Mackay who scored the goal and it was Sauer, who had just come on the pitch, who provided the assist.

Sauer's pass in the middle of midfield hit Kaladze straight behind him, and Karachi rushed out to collide with Nesta, who was making up for it, only to be seized by Mackay and fired into the empty net.

Degan watched from the front, and shook his head helplessly, Sauer came on, Magath's intention was obvious, that is, to enhance the creativity of the midfield, but Ancelotti couldn't take any measures to deal with it.

After Mackay scored, he immediately ran to Sauer, who provided him with an assist, and other Bayern players also stepped forward to hug Sauer, and they all sincerely respected the veteran who had played for Bayern for more than ten years.

"Mackay scored, from Sauer's wonderful assist, Sauer's pass, completely penetrated the entire Milan backline, Kaladze just now even had time to raise his head, the attacking Carraci made another mistake, and Nesta, the ball fell right in front of Mackay, all he had to do was send the ball into the empty goal! A genius blow, Sauer stabbed Milan in the body just after he appeared! ”

Unlike the passionate Italian commentators, the Germans have always been extremely rigorous, even when commenting on football matches.

As soon as they took the lead, they were leveled by a strong opponent, and the morale of the Milan team was unsurprisingly dealt a heavy blow, and the already somewhat disorganized defense was even more stormy at the moment.

Sauer kept rushing forward with the ball, Ballack released heavy artillery from time to time, and the two wings of Lizarazu and Sagnor were even more miserable for the Milan defenders.

Three minutes after Bayern equalized, Bayern Munich made a comeback, this time it was Sauer who took the ball in the middle, Gattuso did not dare to slack off, left Ballack and rushed over, in the face of the fierce tackle of the fierce Italian butcher, Sauer was not afraid at all, before Gattuso's feet flew over, he picked the ball lightly, and then the whole person jumped up, leaped over Gattuso's body, followed by lying forward two steps, and passed the ball to Pizarro who was running towards the Milan penalty area.

"Danger! Pizarro doesn't have a single Milan player by his side! ”

Karaze, who was supposed to defend Pizarro, was distracted again, and by the time he reacted, Pizarro had already distanced himself from him by two or three meters.

"Defend! Defend! Stop him! Ancelotti also roared hoarsely from the sidelines.

Kaladze struggled to chase back, but unfortunately the distance between him and Pizarro was too far, seeing that Pizarro was about to rush in, as long as he entered, he could directly face the goalkeeper Karachi, Kaladze was in a hurry, ran a few steps, and directly put the shovel.

"Ah~~~~~~~h

Pizarro screamed and fell to the ground, and the referee saw this, and quickly rushed over with a whistle, showing a red card directly to Kaladze, playgo!

Bayern players also surrounded and loudly accused Kaladze, the back tackle just now was too dangerous, looking at Pizarro's painful look, and then looking at the socks that had been torn, you can imagine how ruthless Kaladze's foot was.

"Bastard! You murderer! Do you want to kill him? ”

"You bastard! Is this the art football of your AC Milan? ”

Kaladze also knew that he was not wronged by this yellow card, and he did not refute it, so he walked down the field with his head down.

Ancelotti also had a gloomy face, a black face, walked directly towards the coach's seat, sat down, and now there is no trick, the score has been equalized, and there is one less person on the field, how can this game be played?

The Bayern players on the pitch were persuaded to leave, Pizarro was carried off the pitch for treatment, and Bayern won a well-placed free-kick on the line of the penalty area.

"Muhammad! Here you come with this ball! Ballack walked straight in front of Sauer with the ball in his arms.

Sauer was stunned for a moment, did not shirk, smiled and took over the football, when he was not injured and was still the main force of the team, almost all the set-pieces were handled by him, in terms of footwork, even Ballack was not his opponent.

Taking a deep breath, waiting for the referee's whistle, Sauer made a short run, and then the ball was pocketed with the arch of his foot, and the ball seemed to be magical, turning into an outer arc, passing over the human wall, and flying directly towards the far corner, but just after reaching the highest point, the violently spinning football fell sharply, and then headed towards the near post of the goal.

Karachi couldn't react, in fact, when the football was rising, he didn't realize the danger either, and at this moment he could only turn his head and say goodbye, and the football went directly into the net.

3:2!

Bayern Munich took the lead again thanks to Sauer's free-kick.

Degan crossed his waist and looked at Karachi sitting on the ground with his head down, and couldn't help but smile bitterly, he still didn't understand how this stupid big man got to Milan, and in his previous life, he could still squeeze Dida to the bench and become the main goalkeeper of AC Milan, which is really amazing.

With seventeen minutes to go, Milan trailed Bayern Munich by one goal away and it looked like a difficult game.

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The latest chapter of the high-speed starting stadium maniac, this chapter is the ninety-first chapter of the Sauer address, if you think this chapter is not bad, please don't forget to recommend it to your friends in the QQ group and Weibo!