Chapter 688: Berlusconi who was slapped in the face (I)
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Due to the urgency of the situation in the penalty area at that time, Stam did not kick the ball too far away, and the ball just flew out of the Fiorentina penalty area and fell to the ground, and it was Fiorentina's starting midfielder of the game, Christian Zanetti, who got the ball first.
Bierhoff was communicating with the referee with a dissatisfied face at this time, and he believed that Materazzi's actions just now deliberately blocked his progress, and that Materazzi should be punished for a foul in the penalty area, and even if Materazzi was not shown a yellow card, a penalty should be awarded to them.
However, the referee ignored Bierhoff's appeal, and although Materazzi's move did have the intention of blocking the Germans, he did not think that AC Milan should be awarded a penalty because of this. After all, the ball was not in Bierhoff's control at the time, and even if he hadn't been blocked, Stam who was closer to the ball should have grabbed the ball first.
Besides, if Materazzi only blocked you and didn't pull you, if he said that he accidentally blocked you because he turned slowly, could I really give you a penalty?
Seeing that the referee ignored his complaint, Bierhoff had no choice but to give up his intention to continue arguing, and retreated to his own half in frustration, ready to wait for the next chance to attack.
However, what Bierhoff didn't expect was that it was precisely because he went to the referee to appeal, instead of running to interfere with Zanetti's ball in the first place when the ball was cleared, that there was a series of results that he didn't expect at all.
Zanetti, who grabbed the clearance ball, looked up to observe the situation around him, and found that Pirlo was reaching for the ball not far from him, so Zanetti quickly passed the ball - this is what Capello specially instructed before the game, asking that when the team launches a quick counter-attack, the ball must be handed to Pirlo, and he will be responsible for launching the counterattack.
The reason why Capello will arrange this is mainly because among the three starting midfielders of Fiorentina in this game, only Pirlo can take on the responsibility of midfield organization, only he has enough accurate footwork and awareness to tear apart the opponent's defense with passes, and only he can control the rhythm of the game and not let the team be led by the opponent's nose.
After receiving a pass from Zanetti, Pirlo first pulled the ball and turned to avoid Boban's pressing, then swept the running position of his teammates in front of him, and lifted his foot to send a long pass over the top!
Looking at Ronaldo's side again, when the aliens saw Pirlo get the ball, Ronaldo, who had retreated to near the halfway line, quickly turned around and ran forward at full speed, because he believed in his heart that as long as he could run his chance, Pirlo's pass would definitely fall on his running path!
And Pirlo did not live up to Ronaldo's trust, when the alien relied on superhuman explosiveness to throw the three defenders of AC Milan four or five meters out, the long pass he kicked happened to land directly in front of Ronaldo!
Pirlo's pass was very comfortable, and Ronaldo, who was sprinting at full speed, didn't even show signs of slowing down in the process of receiving the ball, so he firmly controlled the ball at his feet and continued to move towards the goal of AC Milan at high speed!
"What a good shot!" This is the common sentiment of almost everyone watching this game at this time, from the timing of Pirlo's pass to Ronaldo's accelerated start, these two young men have controlled all of them perfectly!
If Pirlo had passed the ball a little earlier, Ronaldo would not have been able to receive the ball comfortably, and the adjustment process would have been enough to give AC Milan's defenders time to rearrange their defences and lose the opportunity to counter-attack; And if Pirlo passes a little later, then the alien who runs out first will immediately fall into the offside trap carefully arranged by Maldini, and will also lose this opportunity to score!
That's the huge effect of the chemistry between the players, and if the trust between Ronaldo and Pirlo had been a little bit weaker, the two of them would never have been able to play such a delicate match.
Of AC Milan's three centre-backs, Maldini and Ayala are the fastest at full speed and will be hoping to stop Ronaldo before he can burst into his own box. However, Maldini are also well aware that the hope of stopping the aliens outside the box is actually quite slim, because they are not players who are known for their speed.
At the European Championship in England that year, the scene where Maldini was directly beaten by Pobosky with speed is still fresh in people's memories; The picture of Ayala being overblown by Owen in this summer's Anglo-Argentine war is still talked about, so it is difficult for them to catch up with Ronaldo, who is not weaker than Poborsky and Owen in speed.
While the AC Milan defenders were desperately chasing back, Ronaldo had already rushed into the AC Milan penalty area with the ball, and in front of him was the last obstacle in his way to scoring, AC Milan's starting goalkeeper Sebastian Rossi!
Although the elder Rossi had saved Ronaldo's two one-on-one shots in the previous time, the alien did not take these failures to heart, because he had already figured out how to deal with the old goalkeeper in front of him this time.
On Rossi's side, after seeing Ronaldo rushing towards the penalty area with the ball, the 34-year-old goalkeeper did not seem to be panicked, but quite calmly opened his arms and pounced on the alien - from the previous encounters, the experienced old Rossi realized that Ronaldo's shooting state today was not very good,
So, as long as he can attack in time and block most of the shooting angles, Rossi believes that with Ronaldo's form today, he will not be able to put the ball in the door at all!
However, the veteran obviously forgot about it, even if a striker is not in good shape to score, when facing the goalkeeper alone, he has another option besides choosing to shoot first before the goalkeeper blocks the angle!
"Even the goalkeeper has passed together, and if you hit the empty goal directly, I don't believe that this ball will not go in!" Ronaldo thought so and rushed towards the goal with the ball!
And then......
"Rosie has struck! He blocked Ronaldo's shot angle! Let's see how the aliens will break through Rossi's defence and put the ball in the shoes of AC Milan...... Marseille maneuver! It's actually a Marseille roundabout! Ronaldo actually used a Marseille maneuver to get past AC Milan's last defender on the pitch in the face of the opposing goalkeeper! ”
At this moment, on the field, the alien who passed Rossi was in front of him and there was no barrier, and with a push of his right foot, the ball was sent into the goal that was already unguarded!
Florence, 1 to 0!