Chapter 762: Tricky Shot

Liverpool started the game with a blistering start, attacking with a spree, and AC Milan, who were slow to get into the game, were caught off guard by their ace scorer Chen Yu after just 150 seconds.

This is a big blow to the AC Milanese, the players were encouraged and comforted by the old players, and the love quickly stabilized, but the Milan fans in the stands looked very disappointed, and they were still singing with the Liverpool fans, but now they are silent one by one, and the whole stadium is only the sound of Liverpool fans cheering.

It is difficult to inspire the fighting spirit of the players without the fans cheering them on, but it is really difficult for the fans to accept the goal after conceding the goal in the opening two minutes, and Ancelotti knows that if he wants the fans to support his team again, the Milan players must show a little bit of appearance, even if they can't score, at least they have to be a little offensive and have a little advantage.

However, AC Milan has always been good at control and defense, and it is difficult for them to attack and fight as quickly as Liverpool, and Liverpool counterattacks are very sharp, with the ability to make long passes in the midfield and backfield, and there is Chen Yu in front of him, a star with strong personal ability, Milan will be beaten and counterattacked if he attacks fiercely.

Carlo Ancelotti, an experienced coach with a very steady personality, did not rush to let his players attack, but called Maldini, the spiritual leader close to the sidelines, and Andrea Pirlo, the metronome, and told them to play according to the pre-match preparations, and not to change the tactics that they had been preparing for two weeks because of an unexpected goal.

Maldini and Pirlo deeply believe this, although Liverpool lead, but 90 minutes of the game did not even pass for three minutes, the opponent's one-goal lead is nothing, they can't mess with themselves, they should play according to the original tactics and rhythm.

As soon as Ancelotti saw that Maldini and Pirlo had accepted his opinion and responded positively, he knew that there was no big problem, and that the two veterans would be able to convey their intentions to the players, even better than they said themselves, after all, their positions were the same as the players.

Carlo Ancelotti communicated with Maldini and Andrea Pirlo in the quickest way before returning to the dugout, at which point referee Van Del blew the whistle for the game to continue.

AC Milan kick off, Inzaghi passes the ball to Kaka, Kaka passes the ball back, Inzaghi cuts forward, and Kaka does not rush forward, but stays in the center circle to receive his teammates who control the ball at the back.

Before the goal, Liverpool's pressing was very fast, all at the speed of sprinting, but after the goal, although Benitez did not say anything, Liverpool's players had taken the initiative to slow down the pace of the game and also pressed forward, but the intensity was not as strong as before.

It's the rhythm that AC Milan like the most, with the ball coming back to Pirlo's feet in all directions for Pirlo to distribute the ball

Pirlo has the ability to play long balls and has wide vision, although he controls the ball in a midfield position, but once he finds an opportunity to attack, Pirlo can pass the ball into the open space or pass to the feet of his teammates, whether it is far or near.

At this time, Inzaghi's running ability and Kaka and Seedorf's breakthrough ability are needed, and only when Inzaghi runs out of position, or Kaka and Seedorf can tear a hole in Liverpool's defence, Pirlo's pass will be useful.

In AC Milan's Christmas tree formation, the role of Pirlo, Inzaghi and Kaka is the most important, Pirlo is the one responsible for dominating the ball, while Kaka is the one who breaks the balance and Inzaghi is the one who finishes the final blow.

Inzaghi is always cruising on the opponent's back line, always in an offside position and not being offside, at the moment he is going back and forth on Liverpool's back line, in and out, I don't know how many meters he has run, but no matter where he runs, Liverpool's backline maintains a certain distance, allowing him to take advantage of no gaps.

When the opponent's defence is intact and the opponent is in close positions with each other, it is almost impossible for Inzaghi to run out of position alone, and Kaka's individual ability is needed to break the balance, attract the defence, and create opportunities for Inzaghi or other teammates.

Kaka saw Inzaghi's predicament and reached out to Andrea Pirlo for the ball, which he passed to him.

Kaka was the focal point of Liverpool's marking, and before he could receive the ball, Mascherano rushed over and made a gesture to grab the ball, but his body slammed into Kaka.

This is a common trick used by defenders and defensive midfielders, that is, to make the receiver lose his center of gravity so that he can grab the ball, even if he can't grab the ball, it is difficult for the receiver to adjust the center of gravity to accelerate the breakthrough at the first time.

Kaka pushed back a bit, but he was still stumbled, but the Brazilian had a good ball and he managed to keep the ball in half-out of focus

At the moment, Mascherano is very close behind him, Kaka is almost impossible to turn around except for dribbling the ball to his own half, even if Mascherano can't cut the ball, he will definitely take foul measures to prevent Kaka from breaking through.

Break or pass?

Just as Kaka was about to turn around and force his way through, Seedorf, who was the same forward as him, suddenly appeared in his sight.

It turned out that Seedorf had moved to pick him up.

Kaka made a decisive pass, turned quickly and rushed forward in front of Mascherano's defence.

Seedorf is also a powerful star in the AC Milan squad, although his reputation, status, and personal ability are not much worse than Kaka. However, there are too many stars in Milan, Seedorf is a little neglected because of his age, and Seedorf's running position is very erratic, and the moment he moves, Liverpool's players are not able to keep up at the first time and have no way to disturb Seedorf's ball at the first time.

But after all, this is a Champions League final, Liverpool's players have not been able to disturb Seedorf to get the ball, but will never give him time to handle the ball, but Seedorf is worthy of a star who has won the Champions League three times, he is extremely experienced, delicate skills, although his back to the Liverpool goal, after Kaka passed the ball to him, he did not hesitate to use the sole of his foot to flick the ball to the side and back, passed to Kaka's sprinting line.

Seedorf had just passed the ball out, and Gerrard's sliding tackle behind him arrived, and although Gerard retracted his foot, his body couldn't contain it, knocking Seedorf to the ground

Seedorf's passing is Kaka's favorite, and his body rushes right up.

Mascherano couldn't turn around and was left behind by Kaka, Alonso felt he could touch the ball first, but when he broke the ball with his foot, he was preempted by Kaka, who couldn't close his feet and tried to crash into Kaka, but was squeezed down on the turf.

Alonso lost his centre of gravity and lost his position to buy time for his team-mates, and when the ball was a little far from Kaka's body, Ager scurried up to clear the ball.

But everyone underestimated Kaka's explosiveness, seeing that Ager's center of gravity was more stable and started earlier, it seemed that he should touch the ball first, but Kaka took the lead in a down-to-earth shovel pass and stabbed the ball behind Ager.

Ager didn't touch the ball, his heart suddenly cooled, he felt dangerous, because there was an empty space behind him, if someone stepped forward, it was the best chance to shoot, and when he was in the top scavenging, the cunning Inzaghi was moving in the direction behind him, although it was a little farther away, but who knows if he would run in place

Inzaghi never ran out of place, only his team-mates didn't get the ball in.

When Ager stepped up, Inzaghi suddenly accelerated and sprinted diagonally behind Ager from the edge of the box.

Inzaghi's choice of timing for the sprint was so strange that the experienced Carragher didn't anticipate it, with most of his mind on the ball and Kaka

Although Inzaghi is not known for his speed, but as a point-grabbing striker, his instantaneous explosiveness is by no means comparable to that of defenders.

"Danger Inzaghi is coming"

"Inzaghi is stuck in the ribs and left unguarded"

"The opportunity to pass the good word Inzaghi has come"

The commentators began to exclaim, while the stands fell silent, and everyone watched Inzaghi nervously.

Although Inzaghi ran to the position, but he ran from the right side of the penalty area to the left ribs, in the same direction as the ball rolled, the first shot was very difficult, even more difficult than Chen Yujin's volley, if it wasn't for the first shot, Carragher, who was chasing closely behind, would not let the ball adjust and then shoot.

Inzaghi was Inzaghi, and he seemed to have thought about what to do with the ball when he was running, and he quickly ran past the rolling ball, and in such a run, he actually tried his best to half-twist his body and push the ball with the arch of his foot.

The consequences of making such a shot on the run can be imagined, and under the action of inertia, Inzaghi squatted and fell backwards.

Inzaghi's shot certainly doesn't have the power to do it, and the force he pushes only changes the direction of the ball, turning it from rolling in the lower left direction to the opposite lower right direction.

If the goalkeeper is standing in the middle of the goal, let alone Reina, even if it is a schoolboy goalkeeper, he will definitely be able to save this slow shot with ease

But when Inzaghi rushed to the ball, Reina was also moving quickly towards the near corner of the goal, in his opinion, Inzaghi could only shoot into the near corner after handling the ball, so when Inzaghi shot at the first time, Reina was a little stupid, he braked sharply, rolled over and saved backwards, trying to intercept the ball.

No matter how slow the ball is, it will not slow down the action, Reina stopped suddenly, turned over, landed, and after three movements, the ball was no longer in his control, and still slowly rolled to the far corner of the goal.