Chapter 698: Who's the Protagonist?
To be honest, in terms of the lineups of both sides, AC Milan does not have any advantage, and even to some extent, Atletico Madrid still has an advantage.
Kaka is no longer the Kaka he once was, the Kaka who rushes up unstoppable, and the Kaka who can decide the outcome of a game by one person.
But Atletico Madrid has a player who can decide the outcome of a game, and on the front line, Balotelli's talent is indeed very high, but no matter how high the talent is, it is only a talent, and everything is useless if it is not transformed into strength.
After two failed attacks, Atletico regained the initiative, and in midfield, Poli was named Pirlo's successor, but it was always the successor rather than Pirlo himself.
De Jong's defensive ability is very good, and he plays fiercely, but Atletico Madrid is not a player who goes in the middle, and Atletico's attacking method is actually very simple, either long passes or wings.
Insua, the Argentine full-back, who has performed well in recent games, was full of confidence and rushed directly into AC Milan's half with the ball, only to be caught by Essien and Desiglio.
But even so, Insua still passed the ball out, confidence can change a player's state, and when a player is in good shape, sometimes he can't stop if he wants to.
Let's just say Insua, Insua's offensive talent is not worse than Felipe at all, otherwise he would not have been favored by Liverpool before.
This is followed by another story of hurting Zhongyong, in the days of Liverpool, Insuya could only waste time on the bench or in the second team, and finally failed to convert talent into strength and was swept away by Liverpool.
Costa, Insua passed the ball between Essien and Desiglio and passed it to Costa, who immediately got the ball and sent it diagonally into the box at the feet of Lin Dong.
I saw Lin Dong control his left foot, pull back, and then lean back, quickly complete the turn, take a step forward, and pump his right foot on the surface of the ball.
"GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO~~~ The ball went in~~~ The ball went in~~~ The ball was scored, the ball was controlled, turned, shot, the action was smooth, and it was easy."
"Lin Dong ~~~ Lin Dong scored like this, and under the boos of the AC Milan fans, he shot with ease, and once again broke through Abbiati's ten fingers, AC Milan's goal."
AC Milan fans were stunned, and at this moment they even forgot to boo Lin Dong, although again, as soon as Lin Dong got the ball, San Siro booed everywhere.
On the sidelines, the media seats no longer dared to look at Lin Dong, although Lin Dong had been away for two years, the media seats had not forgotten what Lin Dong had done to them for two years.
Sure enough, after Lin Dong scored, the goods signaled to his teammates not to stop him, and then rushed to the media, his arms outstretched, his head slightly raised, and a trace of disdain on his face.
"Hahaha~~~ The Italian media must miss this moment very much, this is Lin Dong standing in front of them again after two years" Martinez is also a guy with a bad stomach.
"Goal, it's that simple" Compared with Martinez's bad water, the domestic commentator focused on Lin Dong's goal.
On the bench, the Italian media suddenly had a hot feeling, you know, before the game, almost all the Italian media swore that Lin Dong would continue to perform in the league in this game.
Ease, the word couldn't be more apt, from the moment he received the pass, Lin moved to control the ball, pull the ball, turn around, everything seemed so understatement, with ease.
On the sidelines, Simeone has rushed out, after all, this is Atletico Madrid's first knockout game in many years, and it is Atletico's first goal in the knockout round, a crucial away goal.
On the field, Lin Dong's celebration ended with the boos of AC Milan fans, and the AC Milan fans who reacted erupted into even more crazy boos, but unfortunately, these boos did not affect Lin Dong at all.
Since Lin Dong appeared on the court, the boos have not affected him, not to mention that Lin Dong has experienced a three-year career, during which he has endured even greater boos than this.
The boos eventually turned into cheers when AC Milan restarted, but unfortunately, the cheers of the AC Milan fans did not change the situation on the pitch for AC Milan.
It is still Atletico Madrid who takes the initiative, even if AC Milan is now attacking with the ball, because AC Milan has never been able to attack Atletico Madrid's penalty area.
Kaka tried to break through but was fouled by Atletico and then the free-kick was headed over by Godin, and AC Milan's third shot came from distance.
De Jong, there are a lot of iron trees blooming on the field, but it is not easy for the iron trees to bloom, and De Jong's long-range shot almost made his iron tree bloom.
Courtois stopped the iron tree of De Jong, Courtois flew to block the ball, and as Courtois blocked, the ball changed direction and eventually hit the crossbar and flew off the line.
The corner kick was directly cleared by Atletico Madrid, and the quick counterattack, AC Milan paid the first yellow card of the game, Essien, who has been a teammate with Lin Dong for a year, knows very well that if Lin Dong is allowed to take the ball, the probability of conceding the final goal will be infinitely magnified, so when the ball flew to Lin Dong, Essien directly put Lin Dong down and did not give Lin Dong any chance.
The set-piece Gabi crossed to the edge of the penalty area, Turan received the pass and adjusted his feet slightly to shoot, Abbiati leaped to the edge of the box to lift the ball with one hand.
Tactical corner, still a long shot, this time from Insua, in the side of the diagonal corner, Insua received Gabi's pass and shot from a distance, the ball hit the side netting.
In the 23rd minute, Atletico almost doubled the score, Koke received a return pass from Lin Dong and rushed into the penalty area to shoot hard, and the ball hit the crossbar again.
AC Milan then almost rewrote the scoreline, this time with Kaka's long-range shot, just outside the penalty area, Kaka rubbed the ball and the ball arced over the heads of the Atletico defenders towards the goal. Unfortunately, it was the San Siro goal bar that stood in the way of AC Milan.
"Oh oh oh ~~~ In the first twenty-five minutes, except for Lin's goal, the best performance in the whole game was actually the crossbar on the goals of the two teams."
AC Milan fans looked at the crossbar of both sides with a dull face, it is understandable that the AC Milan crossbar blocked Atletico Madrid's shot, this is the San Siro, but what is the crossbar of the Atletico goal on the other side? If they could, AC Milan fans wouldn't mind tearing down the crossbar that was blocking their goal.
Even in the time that followed, the thought lingered in the minds of AC Milan fans, as the crossbar performance wasn't really over yet.