Chapter 507: Tactical Corner

During the period when AC Milan restarted, the Valencia fans in the stands were still intoxicated by the spoon penalty that Ailo had just taken, which was no less than the spoon penalty scored by Zidane in the final of last year's World Cup in Germany in terms of viewing and key levels, and if it was more than in terms of morale.

The excitement in the stands quickly spread to the Valencia players on the pitch, who were now running with no hesitation, especially Marchena, Vicente and Morientes, who were replaced in the second half.

Although Valencia only had Moretti, Albiol and Ayala left the defence at the back, the fit-bodied Ballack and Marchena could have swept ahead of the three centre-backs.

With Inzaghi's departure, AC Milan has completely dropped a notch in front, close to the trio of Seedorf, Kaka and Gilardino who have dropped significantly, and it is a bit of a struggle to threaten Valencia's five-man defensive system.

Coupled with the fact that Ballack is not a purely defensive player, his offensive ability is more impressive than his excellent defensive ability.

It has raised Valencia's forward pitch by two notches, with David Silva as the second striker, counting the impact of two wingers Ielo and Vicente, as well as David Villa and Morientes standing in the AC Milan penalty area, six attacking players can be put in directly.

The pressure on the face made the AC Milan players a little overwhelmed.

Especially the players on the pitch who experienced the night of the 2004-2005 Champions League final in Istanbul were filled with fear.

Pirlo got the ball at the top of the arc of his own center, and in an instant, David Silva and Morientes, who had just come on the field, surrounded and wanted to break the ball, while Ailo and Vicente also ran to the two rib defensive positions of AC Milan, and David Villa was between the two central defenders, leaving Pirlo with no space to pass back.

In addition, Kaka and Seedorf in the front court were completely accused of passing routes, so Pirlo could only choose to rush the ball forward, because as long as he hesitated a little, he would definitely be cut off by David Villa or Morientes, and then directly counterattacked, and the result would definitely be very bad at that time.

The football that rushed forward was naturally controlled by Valencia.

Wang Xiaolei, who ran outside the line of the penalty area, parked the ball, and then passed it to Ayala, who retreated to receive it, and then passed through guò, and the football passed to Ballack's feet, allowing him to control the rhythm of the attack.

※※※

"Valencia's momentum is coming up now, if AC Milan can't withstand the pressure during this time, it is very likely to be overturned by Valencia, and this is the time for AC Milan's veterans to play a role......

Watching Andrea Pirlo hastily kick the ball towards Valencia's backfield, the local Italian commentator began to get nervous, and he had the impression that AC Milan were not good at playing games with this kind of pace.

The Spanish commentator had another opinion: "With the penalty scored by Ai, Valencia's momentum has risen completely, and if they can create the right chances, it is not impossible to equalize the score before full-time, when AC Milan will suffer another final reversal......"

The football quickly shifted to the left side of the attack, which was this wing of Iro.

With David Villa and Morientes pressing in front of the two centre-backs, it was very uncomfortable for Maldini and Nesta, so Ambrosini had to juggle it here from time to time, which also made this area at the edge of the penalty area unattended, and Gattuso, who was dedicated to Ailo, and Pirlo, who was basically undefensive, had to stand in that area to help defend David Silva and Ballack's long-range shots.

This also gives Iroh a chance to single out Odo, who is not on the same level as Iroh in terms of flexibility and speed, and reacts more like an 80-year-old man, who can only use rude fouls to stop Iroh from continuing to advance, but fortunately he does not let Iroh pass a threatening pass or break through.

Since the score was reduced to one goal by Iroh's spoon penalty, the AC Milan players have been cramping one after another, but it is unknown whether it is a real draw or a fake draw.

AC Milan's players fell to the ground on physical contact, completely devoid of the world's giants, and their performances naturally caused a flood of boos from neutral fans and Valencia fans in the stands.

But they don't care, they care about the championship.

※※※

In the blink of an eye, it was the 86th minute of the game.

Both the Valencia players on the pitch and the AC Milan players were extremely nervous, and it will be extremely important for them in the next two minutes, especially the AC Milan players, who are afraid of being equalised at the last minute and then repeating the same scene two years ago.

After two successive wide crosses, AC Milan pushed the ball out of the box or on the bottom line, and the game time reached the 87th minute of regular time, which means that there are less than three minutes left.

At this moment, the cheers in the stands were even worse, basically no fans were quiet, all of them were chanting frantically with other fans, plus the fans outside the Athens Olympic Stadium who did not have tickets to enter the stadium, quite a trend of internal and external cooperation, and the sky above the stadium was filled with suffocating cheers.

David Silva took a corner kick from the right, and the football was over the head of Iello who flew straight to the middle, but Ambrosini and Gilardino pinched Iello together, and the football was pushed by Iroh in the direction of the goal, Dida held it with one palm, and the ball flew out of the bottom line, and Valencia took consecutive corners.

But at this moment, the referee blew the whistle, just when the Valencia players were at a loss, the referee signaled the team doctor on the sidelines to come on the field, and then Iroh quit, just now he obviously did not have a fierce physical contact with Ambrosini, and the opponent fell on the turf, which is obviously a performance to delay time.

So he directly dragged Ambrosini who covered his face up, this time it was the turn of the AC Milan players to quit, isn't it normal to have physical contact injuries in football games? Just because you're lagging behind, don't you allow our players to get hurt?

So in the final, the two sides had a normal physical contact.

Beep beep beep -

German referee Herbert vandel blew the whistle in quick succession and quickly separated Ailo and Kaladze, who had physical contact, and then gave Aillo and Kaladze a yellow card each, and each played 50 boards.

Iroh saw the yellow card given to him by the referee, but he also came to his senses, if the opponent used this to make a fuss, it is not impossible to continue to delay the time.

At this time, the director of the Olympic Stadium in Athens cut the camera to the sidelines, and Flores also seemed to have a verbal altercation with Ancelotti, but with the intervention of the fourth official, they quickly separated.

"It wasn't until the end of the game that there was an atmosphere of the Champions League final, and the managers of both sides had a quarrel because of it, and it doesn't seem like this final will end like this!"

Iroh turned his head and looked coldly at Ambrosini who was pretending, pretend, continue to pretend! I'll make you pay later!

After nearly a minute, Ambrosini 'felt' a little better before he got up from the turf and was ready to take part in the attack, but at this time, Iroh reminded the referee that according to FIFA rules, as long as a player is injured and treated by the team doctor, then the player must leave the field and wait until the attack is over before entering the field.

※※※

So Ambrosini walked out of the court very unhappily and stood on the periphery of the baseline.

Ancelotti, who had just been persuaded by the fourth official, felt a little uneasy when he saw Ambrosini kicked out of the pitch by the referee, because in the tactics of corner kick defense, Ambrosini occupied a very important position, but ......

But the referee's 'kicking' of Ambrosini off the pitch is also in line with the rules of football, and it is only now that Ambrosini is beginning to reflect on whether the delay just now is really necessary?

Just then, the referee blew the whistle to signal that David Silva was ready to take a corner.

Suddenly, AC Milan's box was full of people, and Elo and Ballack, who were good headers in the Valencia team, were naturally the focus of the AC Milan defenders, so they struggled to find space to top the ball.

So David Silva didn't take a direct corner this time, but passed the ball directly to the feet of Vicente, who was suddenly pulled out of the box.

Tactical corners!

Vicente, who picked up the ball, immediately passed the ball back to David Silva, who was running.

Valencia changed from a direct corner to a tactical corner, which made the AC Milan defenders a little stunned, and suddenly they didn't know how to defend, and the three high points of Elo, Ballack and Albiol all retreated from the penalty area, and then the three of them formed a line.

Nesta, Maldini and Caradze also followed suit, trying to carry out the marking to the end, but the three of them did not notice that there was a vacuum in the penalty spot because of their departure.

David Silva, who had the ball, glanced at his team-mates in the box before picking up his left foot and making a cross.

Ballack and Albiol saw that Nesta, Maldini and Carazze were all attracted to themselves, and then their bodies froze, from lining up to running sideways, equivalent to the blocking and dismantling of the basketball court, both of them were 1.89 meters of big men, tall and wide, and covered for Iello behind him.

Nesta's defensive awareness is excellent, so he feels that Iroh is the most dangerous link, and is ready to forcibly twist his body center of gravity to wipe away from Ballack and Albiol's blocking, but his turn makes the distance become farther away, and Iro has already fought his way out of the cover of the two, a diagonal and straight run, the purpose of which is the vacuum that just appeared.

At the same time, David Silva's football was also reported.

Iello calmly leaped high unmarked, and the Valencia fans behind the AC Milan goal chanted when they saw it.

Standing on the goal line, Dida stared at Iroh jumping in mid-air, witnessing him twist his waist and shake his head.

The ball flies straight to the bottom right corner of the goal.

Dida subconsciously fell to the ground and pounced, but it was still half a beat late, and the ball flew from his fingertips to the goal.