Carlo Ancelotti told his players about his "lead theory", so that they don't have to worry about the difference between two goals, as long as we keep the pressure on them, these two goals can become a burden for the opposition. Everyone thinks that what the manager said is very reasonable, leading is not necessarily a good thing, especially a rookie team like Nottingham Forest who has no experience in winning major tournaments, and a two-goal lead will not be a drag on them at the last moment.

At the start of the second half, AC Milan saw that Nottingham Forest had no intention of attacking them, so they still bombarded the Forest team's penalty area.

The Forest players have seen a lot of such scenes, and they know how to deal with the enemy's attack.

In addition to shrinking the defensive line and not giving Inzaghi any chance, it is to rely on the tireless running of the two lines of players in the midfield to contain AC Milan's midfield organization.

Donn's defensive counter-attack was a positive defensive counter-attack. It's not at all the way from what most people think of as a defensive counter-attack. Even Carlo Ancelotti didn't expect Forest's counter-attacking tactics to be so diverse before this game......

You say they're totally and completely pressing, right? The backline held its post and did not move. You say they're shrinking defense, right? The midfielder rebounded on the spot and grabbed the AC Milan players......

Ancelotti really wondered if Donn was of Italian descent.

Donn told his men that the first fifteen minutes of the second half were the most dangerous moments, when it was easy to get into the game in time and the opponent could take advantage of the opportunity to counterattack. He asked the players to give their full attention at the beginning of the game until the end of the game.

As he expected, AC Milan launched a fierce attack on the Forest goal, this time even more fiercely than in the first half.

The difference between the two balls is not a useless ornament that people can look at.

Pirlo was on the move, and Albertini was following him every step of the way. When you see the opportunity, you will break the ball with your feet, and do not hesitate! From his movements. You can't tell that this is a veteran who is almost 36 years old and will retire after this game.

With too few chances to get rid of the opposition, Pirlo decided not to organise the attack for the time being, leaving the football more to Seedorf and Kaka, and himself taking Albertini around in circles.

His relationship with Albertini...... How to put it, it's complicated. He is also a teacher and a friend, and at the same time a competitor. Because they are in the same position on the field and have similar technical characteristics. Albertini's strength lies in experience, while Pirlo's strength lies in his youth. In the end, when Pirlo, who had been carefully tuteled by Albertini, grew up and could completely replace Demi, Demi was told by Galliani that there was no place for him in the team.

It can be said that Pirlo indirectly led to Albertini's departure.

This is the normal metabolism of any team, but it is somewhat shocking to happen at AC Milan, who are proud of their humanity and respect and loyalty.

At this time, Pirloco did not have time to think about his various grievances with Albertini, who was the brains of the team. He is characterized by being calmer than anyone else, and these things are not enough to disturb him. The only time he lost his mind so far was when Albertini scored a free-kick. But that sentiment was only fleeting, as a native from Inter Milan to AC Milan. Pirlo understands the brutality of professional football. Today's professional football has long since lost faith in loyalty......

Pirlo's short-term task was to drag Albertini to run with him, draining the opponent's physical strength. He's more of a football hub now and doesn't really organise the attack. The football was at his feet and it was quickly passed out. Albertini certainly knew what Pirlo was doing. But he didn't dare not follow. If he doesn't follow, who knows if Pirlo will take advantage of this opportunity to become the commander on the pitch again?

Knowing that the other party was consuming his physical energy, Albertini also gritted his teeth and followed.

Kaka received more passes and everyone believed in his and Pirlo's abilities, Pirlo decided to avoid the attack, and the team's attacking load fell to his shoulders.

To be honest, Kaka was quite uncomfortable in this game. He's the kind of player who needs space to get him up to speed, and he's not a playmaker-like player like Andrea Pirlo. He's not even Zidane's style of midfielder, he's more modern than Zidane, and he's the epitome of modern football – physical, fast, dribbling, scoring from behind, and helping to defend.

This kind of forward waist was basically rare more than ten years ago.

The football is at Kaka's feet and he always has to find a way to help the team score. Whether it's assisting teammates. Or do it yourself.

This time, he chose to come on his own.

Try to protect the football. Allowing Wood to continue to pound in the back, Kaka knocked the ball forward, and he made a momentum to break through, causing Piqui to tilt his body in front of him, and flash the slits.

Wood, who was behind him, saw Kaka pick up his foot and knew he was about to shoot, so he hurriedly shoveled his foot, hoping to shovel the football out sooner.

He was still late, and Kaka swung his leg faster than he had thought.

"Bang!"

The soccer ball slipped through the gap that Pique dodged!

Wood scooped only the grass clippings that splashed up.

The breakthrough can't work, I still have a long shot! A long-range shot is a great way to break through a dense defence.

The football flew towards the goal with a roar, and Van der Sar, who was engrossed, swooped in the air and slapped the football out with one palm, startling the stands with a gasp.

"It's dangerous! Kaka's shot was saved by Van der Sar, and it was one of the most dangerous attacks of the second half for AC Milan! ”

Kaka, who didn't score, was a little annoyed with his head in his hands.

Wood got up from the ground and stared at his opponent's back. In the second half, Kaka seemed to be a different person, which put a lot of pressure on Wood. As a defensive midfielder, Wood can't deal with many forwards, including many world-class forwards, such as Ronaldinho and Riquelme. However, the opponent in front of him is different from the previous midfielders, Kaka has a physical quality like a midfielder, and ordinary collisions basically cannot pose any threat to him. Unless it's a foul......

However, Donn didn't let him give too many direct free-kicks on the edge of the box, if not fouled, that was it...... Let him shoot the ball.

Wood, who has seen the footage of Kaka's game, is not ignorant of the Brazilian. He knew Kaka was fast and had an outstanding ability to score from distance.

Tense your nerves all the time.

Corners are invaluable to AC Milan, who have been unable to open up the game for a long time, but at the same time, they have to be aware of the Forest's counter-attack.

Maldini and Nesta both went up to fight for headers, with Odor and Jankulovski, as well as Gattuso and Ambrosini staying behind.

It was also half-time. Ancelotti specifically explained.

The corner didn't pose much of a threat to Van der Sar's goal, with neither Maldini nor Nesta getting on the ball on the head, and before they did, Pepe had used his powerful aerial dominance and bounce to push the ball out.

As Ancelotti expected, Nottingham Forest launched a quick counter-attack.

Fortunately, this time he had four guards at the back, otherwise he might have conceded another goal.

Van der Vaart dribbled the ball and was stopped by Gattuso who wanted to pass it to Ribery. But this trick has been recognized by AC Milan, and Ambrosini followed Ribery and Ashley every step of the way. Jankulovski was on Young's side, and in hesitation, Van der Vaart lost the ball at his feet.

AC Milan immediately switched from defense to attack.

Gattuso hands the football to Pirlo. Andrea Pirlo decided to make the most of the opportunity and he passed the football only to Kaka.

He looked for the blank space in the middle of the Forest team, and he looked for George. Wood's defense zone is up. He didn't believe that Kaka would be able to fight this hairy boy.

Of course, Kaka didn't believe it either, he had received the ball with his back to the attack. Wood was firmly stuck in position in the back, preventing Kaka from turning. Unexpectedly, Kaka wiped the football past them with the arch of his foot while receiving the ball, and at the same time, Kaka quickly turned around, like a motorcycle turning, and completed the turning action between square inches with his hands.

Wood didn't expect Kaka to be able to do this with such a tight watch. In a moment's astonishment, Kaka had already finished turning and went to chase the ball.

Wood didn't dare to slack off, and turned around just as quickly. Catch up with Kaka at his own speed, and then take advantage of the opponent's lack of full control of the football, take the lead in the flying tackle, shoveling the football out of Kaka's control, and at the same time he also collided with Kaka, and the two fell to the ground in embarrassment.

There was a huge boo from the Milan fans, who thought it was a foul, but the referee said nothing. AC Milan attacked again to finish the ......

The chest of Wood's jersey was completely soaked with sweat. The red there is darker than everywhere else. Kaka is not much better. Such a high-speed sprint was interrupted and it was a great test of his physical fitness.

The two lay on the ground and gasped for breath for a while before being pulled up by their respective teammates.

Albertini patted Wood on the shoulder. Compliment him for the performance he just had.

Pirlo pulled Kaka and asked if his pass was appropriate and if it should have been bigger to help him get rid of Wood.

Kaka waved his hand and signaled that the pass was perfect.

Then he glanced at Wood, and everyone was not very happy, oh, the confrontation just now.

I heard that this person is also of Brazilian descent, which is really freak. Which is better, he or Gattuso?

"Kakabi was a lot more active in the first half...... Chris Rac said in the dugout.

Don next to him nodded in agreement.

"It's normal, AC Milan can be here because of Kaka alone. He's got the quality and the first half was a surprise for him, he didn't expect us to defend so tightly. Once he's used to it, it's our turn to be nervous......" Donn said, and he was not surprised. What is Kaka's strength, he knows very well, if Kaka doesn't perform at all in the whole game, he will be surprised.

Let Wood defend Kaka, and Wood will also feel a lot of pressure. But this pressure is good for him, and it is necessary if he wants to continue to grow.

"Keep the ball to me. After calming down his frantic breathing, Kaka said to Pirlo, "I think I have a way to deal with that 13." My ball was a little bit far away and he won't have that chance next time. ”

Pirlo nodded: "If you don't say it, I'll pass it on to you." I was entangled in Demi. You are the only one who can break through their defenses. ”

The two quickly separated, with Pirlo back in the back and Kaka up front.

Soon, the football was delivered to Kaka again by Pirlo.

This time Kaka didn't catch the ball with his back, he received a through ball from Pirlodi as he ran forward. Seeing the ball rolling, Kaka suddenly increased his speed, and he and Pirlo knew what kind of pass he wanted – as fast as he could. Try to push as hard as possible so that he can kick up the speed on the run.

Once Kaka's speed is raised, there are not many people in the world who can stop him without fouling.

Wood noticed that Dikaka next to him suddenly picked up speed and knew that he was about to catch the ball, so he picked up the speed himself. He wants to force Kaka to the dead corner, and Piqué is in front of him, and he and Piqui have a front and back sandwich, so that the football can't be broken.

Kaka seems to have really been cornered. Pique was very close to him. There's Wood pressing in the back.

He received the football, and Piqué was also close at hand.

Just when everyone thought Piqué would leave Kaka behind with Wood, the Brazilian flicked his left ankle and the ball slipped between Pique's legs!

At the same time, Kaka stopped and changed direction, passing past Piqui, who was still stunned. A beautiful man-ball pass!

Wood didn't expect Kaka to break through the encirclement between himself and Piqué so easily, and although he was surprised, his speed on his feet did not decrease.

Piqua was like a wooden stake, and Kaka broke through to his right. Wood swept past him at high speed to his left.

At this time, Kaka was only less than five meters away from the penalty area, and his speed had obviously been brought up. If he doesn't foul, he will definitely break through. Although the boss said that AC Milan can't give a free kick in the danger area, but should he give a free kick, or let the opponent just burst into the penalty area to shoot or share the ball? Which is more dangerous?

Without hesitation, Wood turned around and shoveled the ball from the side. Although it was a tackle, his foot was raised high and almost to Kaka's knees. Really. Kaka stabbed the ball away quickly, but the man hit it head-on.

This time, there was no doubt about it. The referee's whistle sounded amid a huge boo from the Milan fans, almost ignored by the players.

After Kaka fell out, he knelt on the ground and shrugged his shoulders helplessly. The kid didn't think about tackling the ball from the moment he fell to the ground, and looking at the height of his feet, it was clearly aimed at his legs.

The referee gave Wood a yellow card, and Wood didn't mind.

Donn stood up from the dugout. He walked to the sidelines. His brow furrowed slightly. Wood can not mind this yellow card, he can't not mind. As a core player in the defence. It's another trump card to keep an eye on the opposition, and with 30 minutes left in the game, who can guarantee that he won't get another yellow card?

"George!!" He waved his hand hard for Wood to come running, and he wanted to be instructed.

Wood saw Donn waving to him, so he threw down the referee and ran over.

"You're doing a good job, but the next time you're going to foul him, he's going to do it when he's just getting started. Don shook his head.

Wood had a different opinion: "I saw Piqué in front, I didn't want to foul, I didn't think ......"

"Yes, yes, I know. Don nodded vigorously, "Now you have a yellow card on you, you have to pay attention." Choosing where and timing a foul should be clever, and making a friendly gesture as soon as a foul is committed, will give you a lot of impression points from the referee...... Don't make a face for me, as if the whole world owes you five million. You must not be punished! Do you understand? ”

"Yes, I understand. Wood replied quite simply, but Don was still uneasy. After all, the situation on the football field changes quickly, and who knows what will happen in a minute?

After getting Wood back on the pitch, Donn didn't immediately turn back to the dugout, he stood on the sidelines watching AC Milan's free-kick.

Pirlo's free-kick went around the Forest wall and towards goal. This time, Van der Sar, who performed brilliantly, saved the team again by leaping out of his body and plucking the ball in the air with both hands, not even giving a corner to AC Milan.

Although the attack was still futile. The AC Milan men saw hope in that because Kaka was alive.

As long as Kaka is alive, AC Milan will have a play in attack.

This season, there have been countless cases like this in early summer. When the AC Milan striker didn't score, Kaka stepped up as the top scorer; When AC Milan were out of form and about to lose, Kaka stepped up to turn the tide.

AC Milan stumbled to reach the final this season, thanks to Kaka alone.

Everybody's on this handsome Brazilian guy. This psychological dependence has long been on the horizon - as long as the card is there, we won't lose!

Five minutes later, 10 minutes after Donn's "15-minute threat", the score was still 2-0 and Nottingham Forest were ahead.

The Forest fans in the stands sang tirelessly, singing the praises of Forest, the goal of Ribery and the captain Albertini. Praise to the defensive titan George. Wood, and even sang the praises of Tony. Dawn.

Donn let go of his snack and walked back to the dugout.

Seventy minutes on, with only 20 minutes left for AC Milan, they have to score two goals in 20 minutes. In order to drag the game into extra time, if you want to settle the battle in 90 minutes, you need to score three goals...... Done couldn't believe his painstaking backline could be so careless that he could concede three goals in 20 minutes.

Never before have his team conceded three goals in a row in such a short period of time.

AC Milan saw little success in attack. Start recycling, and allocate your physical energy reasonably. The game has reached a tipping point where both sides are close to exhaustion.

Nottingham Forest players still remember what Donn said at half-time: score a few more goals, don't lose a chance to score, and make the opponent completely desperate.

Seeing AC Milan recover, Forest began to try to press out and attack.

Van der Vaart showed his ability to command in such positional battles, delivering a number of passes that threatened the AC Milan backline. Donn knows that Milan's centre-back partner is an older one and the other has been injury-ridden this season. The defense, which was once the pride of the Milanese, has now become their biggest hole.

That's why Donn asked the team to make more passes when attacking, especially in the rib zone between the centre-backs and full-backs. That's the best place for direct transmission.

Van der Vaart sent a through ball to there again, but this time Maldini spotted it early and cut it off.

Maldini, who broke the ball, did not hand the football to Pirlo, he kicked the football directly to the front, and the target was AC Milan's number 22, Brazilian Kaka!

At this time, when the official Forest team pressed the attack, the people who stayed behind except for the four defenders were George. Wood too.

With Albertini in the area, Wood was not involved in the attack most of the time. Another reason is that Kaka has been hovering around the midline since just now. Wood cares about that. Milan basically recovered the whole team, except for Inzaghi and Kaka who remained in front.

His instincts were quickly validated. It wasn't useless for Kaka to stay in front - he received Maldini's precise long pass!

Wood began to move closer to Kaka, who was planning to cut off the ball before Kaka could pick up speed, or use a foul to end AC Milan's attack once and for all.

Kaka threw the ball out and cut in front of Wood, who had just picked up his speed, had to come down. Now that both are in the middle circle, he still has a chance to break the ball.

Donn said that if he wanted to foul, he would do it early, but Wood didn't want to foul. He thinks Kaka is a very powerful person, but if he can only rely on fouls to block the other party, it means that he is not as good as Kaka. He wants to beat Kaka with dignity, without fouling, and relying on his defensive skills.

Kaka brought the soccer ball up and he felt that George. Wood stayed by his side, like a leopard running after his prey, waiting for an opportunity to strike.

Kaka didn't mind the other person running after him, because he didn't intend to give his opponent any chance.

Now the Forest have only one backline at the back, four defenders and George Brown. Wood, there's a big slot of space for him to sprint. When he rushed up to speed, Kaka was confident that the backline couldn't pull his breakthrough at all.

Wood watched Kaka's dribble as he ran at high speed, expecting a little bigger one to break the ball with his sharp tackle, or force an overtake to separate the ball from Kaka.

But...... Kaka's rhythm with the ball was steady, and the ball was always close to his legs during high-speed runs, leaving Wood unable to find the right time to put his feet on them. Every time he wanted to break the ball, his speed would slow down, and then Kaka would take the opportunity to distance himself from him, and then he had to speed up to catch up, and then look at the right time to prepare for the next break, and then slow down and open the distance......

In this way, the two men are getting closer and closer to the Forest team's penalty area.

"Wood was chasing Kaka, but he didn't have a chance to break the ball. Both sides were very fast and Kaka's dribbling was reasonable! Wood had to follow...... Now they are in the thirty-meter zone! ”

This time, Pique dragged behind, and Pepe came up to defend Kaka. Pepe's pace is fast for a centre-back, so it's the right person to use him to keep Kaka at bay.

Kaka always held his head up when he dribbled the ball, he saw Pepe's intentions very early, he didn't give Pepe a chance to go head-to-head with him, and suddenly pulled the ball diagonally out when he was about to meet, and then accelerated again, bypassing Pepe.

Pepe's speed is not slow, but he is still a little powerless in the face of Kaka, who is running at full speed...... By the time he turned around, Kaka had already overtaken him by two positions and burst into the box!

"Kaka! Kaka! The Italian commentator shouted excitedly, and like him, there were also AC Milan fans in the stands, who were silent for most of the half, and finally found a breakthrough to vent their emotions. At this moment, the cheers from the AC Milan fans resounded in the sky, completely suppressing the boos of the Forest fans.

Don stood up from the dugout just as Kaka picked up speed, muttering "Get him down!" Put him down! He hoped Wood would be smart enough to make small moves to stop Kaka's breakthrough.

But he didn't wait for that scene, and now he saw Kaka break through Pepe and into the box. He couldn't help but curse.

"He doesn't know how fast Kaka can dribble the ball! Did he watch all those videos in vain! This idiot! Idiot!! ”

In the box, Wood couldn't do it even if he wanted to.

Piquee came up to make up for it, which was the last line of defence for the Forest team before Edwin van der Sar.

Wood had been following Kaka's side, but he couldn't find the right opportunity. The only chance now was the moment when Kaka shot at goal. You can't foul and you have to stop Kaka from shooting, even if it's just a distraction.

Kaka didn't give Pique a chance to slow down, he suddenly got up and shot!

Wood slammed down on the ball in front of Kaka, and it was up to him to see who was faster!

He tackles the ball, or rather the ball hits his feet......

Kaka's shot bounced off Wood's foot, making Van der Sar's previous save a comical ornament......

The ball bounced over Van der Sar's head before crashing into the net to the deafening cheers of AC Milan fans......

“2：1！ We got a goal back! Great Kaka! Kaka who can do anything! At this critical moment, it still depends on Kaka! A long-distance run on the field in the final, a classic goal that can't be more classic! He single-handedly won against the entire Nottingham Forest team! Kaka! Kaka - " The Italian commentator roared hoarsely and was on the verge of crying. "Don't give him any chance, Englishman, you see it now! We still have a chance to turn the tables around, don't give up, AC Milan! ”