novelhk Chapter 245
Chapter 245
"Okay, the second half is about to start. We see that players from both sides have come out one after another..." Lineker said listlessly, because he saw that Li Shiguang did not seem to make any adjustments during the halftime break.
"I just told you that Li is unlikely to adjust the lineup." Jon stared at the TV screen, his eyes passing over the faces of every Leeds United player who appeared in the camera, "But the players' mental state looks pretty good. It seems that Li gave them a lot of chicken blood in the locker room during the halftime break!"
During the 15 minutes of the halftime break, the two argued the most about whether Li Shiguang would make substitutions.
Lineker believed that Li Shiguang would definitely make substitutions. After all, Leeds United was two goals behind at home and the situation was not optimistic.
But Jon and he had a completely different view.
Jon believed that with Leeds United's current team lineup, no matter how Li Shiguang made substitutions, the first thing to solve was Kaka.
But Kaka was in too good a state today. With Cannavaro unable to play, no player in the Leeds United lineup could say that he could defend him alone.
Moreover, with the score behind now, Leeds United's first task is to attack. Putting too much effort in defense is not a very correct choice.
The TV broadcast also promptly gave the camera to the two head coaches who returned to the bench.
Ancelotti always had a faint smile on his face, looking confident.
Surprisingly, Li Shiguang's complexion did not look as bad as everyone imagined, and there was not even any expression change on his face...
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The second half of the game kicked off with the cheers of more than 50,000 Leeds United fans at the scene.
AC Milan kicked off.
After Inzaghi passed the ball to Kaka behind, AC Milan's players immediately ran to Leeds United's half. They wanted to continue to attack Leeds United at the beginning!
However, this attack did not play any tricks.
When the ball was passed to the front of the Leeds United penalty area, seeing that Kompany and Silva were standing very still, and Leeds United's defense line was relatively intact, Gattuso, who received Kaka's cross pass, chose to take a long shot outside the penalty area.
The football passed over the crossbar, and AC Milan's attack was over.
Li Shiguang frowned, with some strange thoughts in his mind. Has AC Milan's style of play changed? Or do they think they have won?
According to common sense, once this ball is found to be unable to be kicked in, it can be kicked back, waiting for teammates to run through the opponent's defense line, and then looking for opportunities to pass the ball to organize the attack. And AC Milan played like this in the first half.
But why did your style of play change so much at the beginning of the second half? What's the matter with a powerful long shot at the beginning?
Could it be that they relaxed?
Li Shiguang waved to Lahm with his eyes rolling, signaling him to continue to press forward and put enough pressure on Oddo, so that he would have a chance to score.
Lahm also understood what Li Shiguang meant.
When Schmeichel was about to kick off, he ran to the back and waved at him for the ball, so Schmeichel gave up the idea of kicking the ball and chose to pass the ball to Lahm on the wing.
Because the position of receiving the ball was very close to the baseline, Inzaghi in the middle did not come up to press, and Lahm, who was happy and comfortable, naturally moved forward with the ball. What surprised him was that he had already brought the ball very close to the midfield, and Seedorf, who was running very actively in the first half, was still standing in the center circle, and had no intention of coming up to grab the ball.
Until he was about to cross the center line with the ball, Gattuso, who couldn't bear it anymore, finally rushed up.
Seeing this, Lahm was not stubborn, and passed the ball to Mascherano who ran over to catch him.
After Mascherano got the ball, no one pressed him immediately, which gave him enough time to stop the ball and observe the running position of his teammates. When he saw that Lahm had slipped past Gattuso and waved at him, Mascherano passed the ball back.
After two passes, Lahm had already run to AC Milan's half.
After receiving the ball, he quickly took the ball and ran towards the penalty area along the ribs of AC Milan's left half.
At this time, AC Milan's players finally felt that something was wrong. Gattuso quickly turned around and rushed towards Lahm, and Pirlo in the middle also came over here.
But Lahm only ran forward a few steps, and before the two defensive players touched his body, he poked the ball with his right foot and poked it through the gap between Maldini and Oddo!
"Beautiful through pass!" The player who had been paying attention to the fieldJon, who was in the situation, was the first to discover this. "AC Milan's defense was lax. Lahm and Mascherano only used two or three simple passes to break through their midfield defense. Bale had already surpassed Oddo who was chasing back from the wing!"
When Lahm kicked, Bale, who had been wandering on the wing, suddenly started. When Oddo reacted, Bale had received Lahm's through pass and dribbled into the penalty area!
"Gareth Bale!" Lineker was shaking all over because he was too excited.
Dida had already abandoned the goal and rushed towards Bale who was rushing towards the goal along the bottom line.
But the Welshman remained calm at this moment. He knew that this was a great opportunity to score a goal. Once he missed it, it would be like what the coach said in the locker room.
He would regret it for the rest of his life!
He stared closely at Dida's running pace. When he saw him open his legs and prepare to sit down, Bale also kicked!
With a strong push of his left foot, the football slipped through the middle of Dida's legs that had just opened!
Everyone's eyes were focused on the football until Ibrahimovic, wearing a white jersey, appeared in front of the goal. He just fell to the ground and blocked the ball with his long legs. The football was blocked by him and changed its direction, bouncing and rolling into the AC Milan goal!
"Goooooooooooooooooool!" Lineker's long-suppressed shout finally came out from the TV, "Zlatan!! Zlatan Ibrahimovic!! In the 49th minute, not long after the second half of the game started, he helped Leeds United to score a goal!! The game is not over yet!! Leeds United still has a chance!!"
Lineker used up all his strength and praised Bale's wonderful pass and Ibrahimovic's final shot.
Although Leeds United is still one goal behind.
But at least as Jon said just now, the Leeds United players have regained their strength after the halftime break! !