Chapter 451: Great Goal!
After Manchester City's second goal, the two teams were in a stalemate for a while, and soon the first half was over.
At halftime, Wansheng praised the performance of the players and asked everyone to keep up the good work, "Hold on until the last minute, don't give them any chance!" β
Wan Sheng repeatedly emphasized defense, "Defense is more important than offense. If they don't let them score, they have no hope, and not conceding a goal is more important than scoring a goal! There are only 45 minutes left, and we can win by holding on until the end! β
If you want to win against your opponents, you have to pay attention to the defense, and if AC Milan score a goal, then they have hope again, because one more goal will knock Manchester City outright.
That is hopeful...... Absolutely can't give!
Therefore, Wan Sheng emphasizes the most on defense, and he hopes that the team can defend the goal and not let AC Milan score easily.
Wansheng is still very confident in the team's offensive ability, as long as the team plays steadily, it will not be easy for AC Milan to completely defend.
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Soon it was the second half of the game.
The two teams changed sides and fought again.
In the opening stages of the second half, AC Milan launched a stormy attack, but in the face of City's tight defence, they did not have much to do to break through the goal.
Ancelotti's tactics are still centered on the individual performance of the frontcourt players, and he hopes to use the players' abilities to break through the defense, but when Manchester City's formation retreats and deploys a dense defensive formation, there is nothing good to do in the front court, even if the technical level is high.
Kaka, the star who had high hopes from the Italian media and fans, was completely lost in the second half.
In the first half, Kaka still had a few good performances, but in the second half, in the face of Manchester City's dense formation, he had no way in front, it was difficult to play with his teammates, it was difficult for him to break through the defense, and it was difficult for him to play with his speed and technique.
At this time, the best player was Morris.
Morris had one assist in the first half, but overall the performance was not very prominent, Manchester City's best player was Mesut Ozil, the German kid had a goal and an assist, and in Manchester City's attack, he almost shone the whole game, overshadowing the other 21 players.
Now it's different.
Morris and Mesut Ozil are not the same type of players, Morris is very versatile, his attacking ability is quite good, and his defensive ability is also very prominent, he is constantly running at the edge of the penalty area, almost single-handedly, erecting an invisible wall in front of the Manchester City penalty area.
It won't be easy for AC Milan to break down that wall.
They tried their best to cooperate and continue to cooperate to break through the defense of Manchester City's midfield, but in the penalty area, Dunn and Sun Jihai, two central defenders who are in stable form, also made the AC Milan players scratch their heads.
So the game entered a stalemate.
Neither AC Milan nor Manchester City were able to break down the opposition's goal, but the situation was clearly in their favour as they were 4-2 up over the two legs.
As long as the game is over like this, Manchester City will be able to knock out AC Milan and reach the last four of the Champions League.
Under the pressure of the scoreline, AC Milan can only bite the bullet and continue to attack the Manchester City penalty area, this attack also makes them forget about defense for a while, for AC Milan at this time, defense is meaningless, because no matter how many goals they concede, they have only one result - to be eliminated by Manchester City, if they want to advance, they must score.
Subsequently, Morris saw an opportunity.
It was a break from the back, Sun Jihai poked Kaka's ball, and Morris ran over to poke Silva first.
Manchester City launched a counterattack!
Morris ran forward quickly and waved for the ball, and Ivan Crewe, who received the ball on the wing, kicked the ball sideways.
Morris receives the pass and immediately rushes forward!
The AC Milan defence suddenly tensed.
When Morris crossed the halfway line, Gattuso had already met him, Gattuso had been at the back and was rarely involved in the attack, but this time he still did not plug in, but stood behind to watch out for City's counter-attack.
As it turned out, he made the right choice.
Morris dribbled quickly across the halfway line, Gattuso had time to come over to defend, and just as the two quickly staggered, Morris kicked the ball forward with a big kick, seemingly too hard.
Gattuso exhaled when he saw the ball and was about to turn around to clear it, but at this moment, Morris suddenly accelerated and rushed past him, and by the time Gattuso reacted, it was too late, and he almost watched Morris chase the ball.
"Maurice! He dashed past Gattuso with the ball! β
Ryan John yelled.
Gattuso was not willing to be shaken by Morris, and as Morris rushed past him, he reached out and pulled Morris's jersey.
Referee Bol subconsciously put the whistle in his mouth.
But Morris didn't stop, his body was a little unstable when he was pulled, but he still rushed out, and Gattuso was forced, almost falling to the ground, but he still couldn't stop Morris.
Suddenly, the shouts of Manchester Stadium were even louder!
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Wan Sheng, who was still sitting in the coach's seat just now, saw Morris rushing past Gattuso with the ball, and immediately stood up.
He walked slowly to the sidelines, his eyes fixed on Morris.
This is a great opportunity!
At the same time, it is also a test of Morris's ability, Manchester City has only Torres in the frontcourt, and he is still defended by Nesta, he wants to see how far Morris can go!
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Morris didn't care about Gattuso at all, and when the offense was favorable, he didn't care about the opponent's foul, and continued to move forward after chasing the ball.
He's pretty fast!
AC Milan were a bit empty in the half, but the two centre-backs, Giuseppe Favali and Nesta, were still in time to defend, and the front court formed a 2-on-2 situation.
Morris dribbled forward and Giuseppe Favali met him from the flank, who rushed in front of Morris for a head-on block.
Morris made a forward gesture, as if he was about to accelerate, and Favalli hurriedly accelerated and rushed over, ready to stop Morris's breakthrough.
At this moment, Morris picked up his right foot, and he was already five meters in front of the penalty area, and he was ready to shoot with his feet.
AC Milan and Manchester City are very well prepared for the game, they know the ability of every player in Manchester City, as the core of the team, Morris, since he is the opponent who is focused on studying, AC Milan every player knows that Morris has scored a lot of long-range shots, and his superb footwork is enough to position outside the penalty area, posing a great threat to the goal.
So when he saw Morris raise his foot, Favali almost subconsciously flew out and stretched out his right leg, trying to block Morris's shot with his leg.
But the next moment, Morris swung his right foot high, gently put it down, and cut the ball inward at a wide angle, and the ball was almost laterally transferred around Favali's right leg!
Morris then dunked the ball to the right and he jumped over the right leg himself.
Favali was left behind!
"Beautiful! Maurice! He left Favali behind! Ryan John shouted.
Although Favali did not stop Morris, he also managed to slow Morris down with the ball, and Gattuso behind him had already followed, and he came around from one side to try to block Morris again.
At that moment, Morris swung his right leg again.
Gattuso subconsciously wanted to block the eye, he still had some brains, he felt that it was a feint just now, and this time it was all at the penalty area, it definitely wouldn't be fake, right?
It's a pity...... It's still a feint!
Morris slammed the ball inside and left Gattuso behind again, and at the same time, he was already dribbling into the box!
The whole Manchester stadium is boiling over!
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"Maurice! Maurice! He shook past Gattuso and Favali in succession and rushed into the AC Milan penalty area with the ball! β
"This is a great opportunity! There's only one nest in the box! Perhaps Torres is about to score his ninth goal in the Champions League......"
It's not just Ryan John who thinks so, many do, because after Morris burst into the box, Nesta had to give up his defense against Torres and go to intercept Morris.
Nesta thought so too.
He gave up defending against Torres, but the running line was always between Morris and Torres, and at the same time, goalkeeper Carracchi also came out to block it, and he and Nesta formed a bag for Morris.
Quite a few people shouted, "Pass! Pass! β
If Morris can get the ball to Torres, it means Torres will face an empty goal, but only if the ball can be passed, but Nesta is very experienced and he has been blocking the passing path.
Finally Nesta and Morris got close.
This tough Italian defender is directly a ferocious tackle, which is fierce, ruthless, and accurate, all of which prove Nesta's one-on-one defensive ability.
But what no one expected was that Morris was very steady and flicked the ball to the right side.
In this moment, he was able to avoid Hierro's tackle.
Morris then jumped on the heel, Nesta fell to the ground, goalkeeper Carraci froze behind, and Morris twisted hard to catch up with the ball.
"Maurice! Maurice! β
"AC Milan's defence was almost overrun by him! Gattuso, Favali, Nesta, he passed three defenders! β
Morris's performance raised Ryan John's voice an octave before he could say anything more before Morris had a shot.
An arc shot with the outside of the instep!
The football suddenly flew forward against the turf, and in the desperate eyes of Karachi, it crossed the small penalty area and rolled into the AC Milan goal without hindrance!
Immediately, Manchester Stadium was plunged into a sea of cheers.
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βGoooooooooooalοΌοΌοΌβ
"Maurice Morris Morris Morrisβ"
"Unbelievable, he scored a great goal! Great! It's no exaggeration to say that he dribbled across two-thirds of the pitch and scored past three players! β
"He finished his game against AC Milan! He scored alone! AC Milan can't do anything about it in the face of such a goal! β
"Great goal! Great Maurice! (To be continued.) )