Four Hundred and Fifty-Three You Don't Believe Me?

April 5, Milan's San Siro stadium.

In the second round of the Champions League quarter-finals, Barcelona played against AC Milan.

In the cheers of nearly 80,000 red and black fans at the scene, AC Milan launched a fierce attack on Barcelona from the very beginning.

This was somewhat unexpected for Barcelona.

According to Rijkaard's pre-match deployment, he prefers to use his technical advantages to control the ball, slow down the rhythm, ensure his situational advantage, and then slowly organize an attack on AC Milan.

But Ancelotti obviously does not want to see such a situation, he prefers the team to speed up the attack, especially Kaka.

Brazilian players take the ball forward very fast, coupled with the double forwards Inzaghi and Shevchenko, which makes AC Milan very efficient from defense to offense, coupled with Barcelona's typical strong offense and weak defense, he I believe that as long as AC Milan advances quickly, it will be difficult for Barcelona's back line to parry.

At the beginning of the game, Kaka won a corner kick for AC Milan with a breakthrough with the ball.

Just one minute later, Shevchenko took the ball and broke through in the frontcourt, creating a foul by Puyol and winning a free kick in the frontcourt for AC Milan. Pirlo's free kick created Stam's close. distance header.

Different from the fast-paced offense, AC Milan's defense is very restrictive to Barcelona's front court trident, and constantly uses foul tactics to stop Barcelona's offense and interrupt the rhythm of Barcelona.

Sudong, Ronaldinho and Messi all encountered fouls from the other side one after another, but their actions were relatively clean, all for defensive purposes, which also left Barcelona helpless.

After entering the tenth minute, AC Milan played a high wave and created two very threatening shooting opportunities. Although they failed to score, it was enough to make Barcelona sweat.

On the contrary, Barcelona, ​​when the opening tactical deployment was disrupted by the opponent, took the initiative to adopt a cautious strategy, and more tried to slow down the rhythm and control the ball, so that in the first 20 minutes of the game, there was no Can form a threatening shot.

Sudong made a threat for the first time in the 26th minute. After receiving a pass from Iniesta in the backcourt, he got rid of Kaladze and broke through with the ball. Kaladze followed closely and had no choice but to do so. Under the circumstances, he fouled with a tackle from behind, got a yellow card, and gave Barcelona a free kick in a good position in the frontcourt.

But unfortunately, Ronaldinho's free kick hit the wall directly.

After entering 25 minutes, AC Milan's attack began to slow down, Barcelona's technical advantages gradually emerged, and the ball control began to increase, but in the face of AC Milan's defense, Barcelona still failed to create a threatening attack. .

This made the game seem a bit deadlocked.

After Ancelotti failed to attack at the opening, he began to adopt tactics of steady defense and counterattack.

The most threatening attack of Barcelona in the first half occurred in the 37th minute. Sudong and Ronaldinho carried out a two-to-one cooperation in a narrow range at the top of the penalty area and sent the ball to the right. Road, but Messi's subsequent hit, made Dida break out in a cold sweat, but failed to score.

The first half ended in a 0-0 draw.

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"It wasn't a great first half!"

The famous Spanish football commentator De la Morena summed up the performance of the two teams after the first half.

"The ball possession ratio of the two sides is 51 to 49, which can be said to be in the middle, and Barcelona is even slightly inferior. It is not difficult to see that Rijkaard's starting tactics did not work. He originally hoped Use the point of Messi on the right to attack, and let the two sharp knives of Ronaldinho and Sudong show their edge."

"But the result was a little surprising. Maltinho froze Messi, coupled with AC Milan's attacking tactics in the opening game, which made Barcelona's rhythm a bit chaotic and even failed to control the ball. It's really a pity."

"Of course, we've been saying that what Barcelona has done better this season than last season is the defense. Marcos Senna is as stable as ever in the midfield position, so that Kaka's performance is not as good as before."

"Inzaghi and Shevchenko are AC Milan's two thorns, but unfortunately, they failed to assassinate Barcelona. This has a certain relationship with AC Milan's diamond-shaped midfield. Kaka was restrained by Marcos Senna, and Pierce Luo Tuo was at the end, but was frequently interfered by Su Dong, which made AC Milan's midfield run very poorly."

"Barcelona's situation is not much better. Neither Messi nor Iniesta has played their due strength. This is also related to AC Milan's restrictions. I believe that if Barcelona's midfielder Xavi is here at this moment. , the situation will be better, but unfortunately, Xavi is still recovering."

"Now, we can only hope that Barcelona's performance in the second half will improve."

"Especially Su Dong, his sharp knife has not been sheathed for a long time!"

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"Control the ball, still control the ball!"

In the dressing room, Rijkaard constantly stressed the core priorities of Barcelona.

He has always believed that as long as they hold the ball, Barcelona will have a chance.

The reason for the stalemate in the first half was because the rhythm was disrupted by AC Milan and the possession of the ball was lost to the opponent.

You know, AC Milan is also a very good ball-handling team.

Of course, in terms of technical advantages, Barcelona should be ahead of AC Milan.

This is why Rijkaard dared to ask the team to take possession of the ball.

"We don't fight the fast pace with our opponents. We should slow down the pace first and slowly consume the opponent's physical strength. We will have a chance." Ten Carter also firmly believes that Barcelona's strength is more dominant than AC Milan.

Everyone in the locker room also expressed their opinions one after another, and they all gave their own judgments based on the situations they encountered in the first half.

"I think if the score remains zero-to-zero, AC Milan will definitely come out to play, their physical consumption is bigger than us, and they are older than us. In this regard, we have an advantage, and Ancelotti will not think about it. To drag the game into overtime."

Su Dong's idea was also recognized by his teammates. They all felt that AC Milan would not want extra time.

Into extra time, AC Milan's advantage will be smaller, Barcelona may be bigger.

"We should make good use of their thoughts, when they are pressed out, take the initiative to withdraw, and then hit them behind." Rijkaard said with a smile.

As a head coach, he is also quite depressed.

Every time he encounters Ancelotti, his old teammate, he is deflated.

Last season's Champions League final was blown up in the first half, and the first half of the two games this season was the same. The tactics were completely suppressed, which made Rijkaard very depressed.

"Then if they really press, which point will we look for when we fight back?" Marcos asked suddenly.

There was a sudden silence in the locker room.

Everyone looked at each other, many looked at Su Dong, and then at Ronaldinho and Messi.

Under normal circumstances, it must be Su Dong, and there is no second sentence, but recently, Su Dong's scoring luck is really not very good, and his feet are a bit unlucky.

Messi didn't perform well tonight, there must be no chance, Ronaldinho was very excited tonight...

Rijkaard took everyone's reaction into account, and he hesitated.

Looking for Su Dong? Or looking for Ronaldinho?

Su Dong also noticed the reactions of his teammates and coaching staff. He also knew what everyone was hesitating about, but he still took a deep breath, stood up, looked around at everyone, and said loudly, "Pass it to me!"

Everyone in the locker room was stunned.

"Su, are you sure?" Rijkaard asked with concern.

Su Dong smiled confidently, "Don't you believe me?"

Everyone was stunned.

If it was in the past, I would have believed it, but now... it is somewhat shaken.

"I believe it!" Messi stood up.

"I believe it too!" Iniesta also stood up, "No one is more eager to win than Su, he said yes, it will do!"

"Yes, I support you, Su!" Marcos Senna also responded.

At the critical moment, Su Dong's best friends finally spoke up.

Some people support it, and Su Dong is the number one star in the team, so other people will naturally respond.

"Su, I didn't mean to doubt you, I just..." Rijkaard walked over to Su Dong and explained softly.

"I understand." Su Dong nodded.

It's human nature because Rijkaard wants to win.

The Dutch Black Swan has never been a person who has the courage to make decisions. On the contrary, he has always been worried about gains and losses.

This is also an old problem of his on-the-spot command.

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The game restarted in the second half.

Barça tried hard to keep the ball from the start.

Their skills are more delicate, and their ability to control the ball, pass and cut, especially the ability to kick the ball is much higher than AC Milan, which makes it difficult for AC Milan when they try their best to control the ball. To stop, only by grabbing.

The passer always consumes less than the catcher.

So Barcelona played very patiently, not in a hurry, controlled the ball slowly, slowed down the rhythm, and let AC Milan grab it.

In view of AC Milan's lack of long-range shots, once Barcelona conceded the ball, they quickly retreated to the penalty area, strengthened their defense in the middle, and boldly contracted, which made AC Milan's counterattacks in the second half failed to threaten.

The threat of Kaka is also greatly reduced.

Gradually, with the passage of time, it can be clearly seen that AC Milan is gradually pressing forward, and the more they grab, the more advanced they are.

Barcelona continued to shrink, holding the ball firmly and launching long balls whenever they had the chance.

AC Milan also took precautions against this. Barcelona failed to create a threat after two long passes after 60 minutes.

This made Su Dong, who was at the forefront, shook his head and waved to his teammates behind him.

Such a long pass will not work, it lacks pertinence, lacks precision, and is not threatening.

Messi immediately gestured towards his teammates, indicating that he would retreat to receive, and Iniesta also said that he could catch the ball.

Ancelotti's tactical sense of smell is also very keen, aware of Barcelona's long pass intention.

So, he immediately asked Stam and Nesta to pay attention to Su Dong and watch him no matter what.

But Ancelotti did not give instructions for the pressure on the frontcourt.

The reason is simple, he really needs to score!

With the average age of AC Milan and the consumption of the game, the odds of winning will be lower when it enters overtime.

Barcelona is a well-known conspiracy.

Ancelotti can only bet.

See in the end is the Rossoneri scored the first goal, or Barcelona's counterattack worked earlier.