Chapter 458: Ninety Minutes

For neutral fans who are extremely eager to see a wonderful final, the first half was undoubtedly a first half that disappointed them, because they didn't even see threatening shots in the whole first half. The entanglement of the midfield, the constant offside, and the often interrupted game - it can't be considered exciting.

For fans of both sides, zero to zero still makes them feel disappointed. The midfielder's hard fighting is enough to make them watch with relish. Fans who are persistent in winning or losing do not care about the excitement of the game. The entire ninety minutes or even longer game is for them to know the results of the score.

After the start of the second half, neither side made a substitution, but perhaps because of the decline in physical fitness, both sides instead invested more troops in the offense.

Just two minutes into the second half, Van Nie retreated to get the ball, and then cleverly knocked the ball to the side. After Ronaldo received the ball, he forcibly rushed out of Costakuta's defense, and then made a cross near the baseline. Figo, who was swimming to the middle, leaned over in front of Maldini, and the ball hit the crossbar and bounced back into the field. Nesta immediately cleared the ball with his feet!

The huge sighs of Leiden Oriental fans sounded in the stands, but the game did not start quickly. Costakuta, who had just been shaken by Ronaldo, fell on the field with his thighs covered his thighs. The team doctor entered the field and immediately made a substitution gesture...

In the forced defense just now, Costakutara injured her thigh and could no longer hold on to the game...

Ancelotti replaced Rock Junior, a Brazilian international who performed well in the 2002 World Cup, basically couldn't play in AC Milan. If Costa Cuta hadn't been injured, he might not have had the chance to play in the final...

His defense and positioning are a little worse than Costa Cuta, and his cooperation with other defenders on the back is not as good as Costa Cuta. Ancelotti wisely changed the tactics of offside, because most offside failures are caused by the full-back being dragged behind. There is a full-back in the back who does not cooperate with others in a tacit way. Then the offside tactics are no different from suicide. As long as the pace is not in line with each other, a ball may be lost...

And without wanting to create an offside, AC Milan cannot invest too much force in the midfield. After Costakuta was injured, the game unexpectedly became better...

AC Milan quickly launched a counterattack. Albertini passed the ball to Rui Costa in front of Gerald under the press. The Portuguese received the ball in front of Maclale, and then firmly controlled the ball and got rid of it. Suddenly he passed the ball to Inzagi who was pulling the ball.

Inzaghi made a cross at the first time, and Shpchenko received Inzaghi's pass in the penalty area, and no one defended it! The unthinking Ukrainian took off the ball and immediately turned around and shot to the far corner. The ball easily entered the net. Shepchenko was preparing to celebrate, but found that the flag in the lineman's hand was held flat - offside!

The moment Inzaggi passed the ball, Leiden East's entire defense line also moved forward collectively, leaving Shepchenko at the end...

"Beautiful job." Xiao Ming gave a thumbs up into the field, then turned to look at Ancelotti. Fatty An still had an innocent expression of harmless humans and animals, but he was not so calm...

He only won the third place in the league. If he cannot win the Champions League final, with the speed of Berlusconi's coaching rate that has not been slower than Morati in recent years, he may not have stayed in the position of AC Milan as the head coach for a long time. He has failed in Juventus. If he leaves AC Milan again, would he have to go to Inter Milan?

After using offside tactics to dismantle an attack, Leiden East immediately launched a counterattack. After passing the ball in the frontcourt, there was no chance. Figo passed the ball back to Daniel near the center line. Daniel raised his foot and made a long pass behind AC Milan's defense line. This long pass passed over the heads of Maldini and Nesta. Van Nie jumped behind them and headed the ball, but unfortunately the ball missed the far post.

"What a pity! This is the most threatening shot from Leiden East so far! If it hits within the goal frame, it will definitely be a goal... Fanny, a scorer who has scored twice in the Champions League final, has not been very lucky today. He did not get any chance in the first half. This opportunity is very good, but unfortunately he was a little off..."

Fanny hugged his head in annoyance, then turned around and glared at Junior. The Brazilian pushed Fanny secretly behind him. Although he did not lose his center of gravity, he inevitably failed to reach the most correct position when he headed the ball. The slightest difference is often a thousand miles away.

Xiao Ming also shook his head. The Serie A defender was indeed very smart when defending. Xiao Ming didn't know how Junior did it, but looking at Fanny's expression, it was obvious that the opponent made him suffer a small loss.

Two minutes later, AC Milan's counterattack quickly hit the goal of Leiden East. Shepchenko, who was in good shape today, received a pass from Seedorf on the side, and then planned to directly insert into Leiden East's penalty area from the right. Daniel chased after him, and then made a beautiful tackle, tackled the ball out of the baseline, and then swept over Shepchenko. Shepchenko glared at Daniel in anger but could not do anything - it was an inconspicuous additional action. After tackled the ball out of the baseline, he knocked him down. He had nowhere to fire.

Compared with the first half, the two sides played more openly in the second half and had much more opportunities than the first half. However, the wonderful performances of the defenders on both sides also caused less substantial threats. However, the atmosphere in the stands began to be mobilized, and even neutral fans began to watch the game with full concentration, fearing that they would miss any wonderful scenes.

AC Milan made a corner kick error, Ashley Cole quickly inserted an assist after getting the ball from the side. Under Ronaldo's cover, he dribbled the ball to the near the opponent's penalty area. Junior flew to tackle him to the ground. The referee Merck showed him the first yellow card of the game. Pirlo's free kick was cleared by Nesta's header. Figo received the ball outside the penalty area and shot directly. The ball was above the crossbar.

"Now both sides have more opportunities, but there is no decisive opportunity... Van Nie's header was a decisive opportunity before, but the Dutch went to the top... It has been the last half hour since the game was held. Maybe a goal can determine the result of the game... It depends on who can seize the opportunity to score first. The first goal side can take all the initiative in their own hands."

Just as Yasquelenen's penalty kick from Recoba in the home game against Inter Milan strongly boosted the morale of the whole team, this wonderful save from Yasquelenen also greatly encouraged the morale of Leiden Oriental players again!

When Yasklenen attacked and picked the ball over Shepchenko's head, the players of Leiden East immediately launched a counterattack, fighting back without any worries.

Jasklenen threw the ball to Pirlo in the middle. Pirlo gave the ball pad to Gerald in the air and then stepped forward. Gerald immediately passed the ball back to him. After receiving the ball, Pirlo did not give Gatuso a chance to entangle him, but directly passed the ball to Daniel who assisted forward. Daniel kept passing the ball and stuffed the ball to Figo who was a little further ahead.

After receiving the ball, Figo turned around and got rid of Serginho. After breaking through to the near-bottom line, he crossed the ball in front of the goal. Van Nie took the ball with his back. Nesta kept interfering behind him. Van Nie kept blocking Nesta's interference, and then leaned back hard. After feeling that the opponent had been knocked open a little, he immediately turned around and shot!

Nesta's foot arrived in time, and Fanny's shot hit Nesta's foot and changed the line. The slower ball was easily saved by Dida.

One minute later, Leiden East made a comeback. After a series of exquisite cooperation in the frontcourt, Pirlo scored the ball with his back. Gerald kept shooting directly. The shot was quite powerful, but Dida reacted quickly and flew to press the ball under him. Two minutes later, Pirlo's pass again, and Ashley Cole shot again from outside the penalty area, and was hugged by Dida cleanly at the near post.

"Dida's performance is also excellent! Leiden Oriental's two consecutive threatening long shots were saved by Dida, and even the chance of resuming shots was not left for Leiden Oriental's forwards... Although it is not as amazing as Yasquelenen's save just now, Dida's steady performance is no less than Yasquelenen! It has been 70 minutes since the game played, and the score on the court is still zero to zero. This is the first time in the Champions League finals that Leiden Oriental participated in. Their offense is excellent, so in the first two Champions League finals, they have played very well.

Although they scored a lot of goals in the Chinese team, they also lost goals. In this game, facing AC Milan's tenacious defense, there was no problem with their defense. So far, the players on the court performed well include Figo, Pirlo, Gerrard, Shepchenko, Maldini and Albertini, but the most eye-catching ones are the goalkeepers of both sides. Their wonderful performances prevented the goal of our side from being fatally attacked, and also made this really exciting game still not scored yet..."

The commentator said that, both Jasquelanin and Dida have performed at their best in this game. In recent years, Dida has shown no worse ability than any super goalkeeper. His prediction ability and reaction are the best choice. Otherwise, he would not have been known as the best goalkeeper to save penalty kicks in Brazil. This season, he firmly occupied the position of AC Milan's main goalkeeper and firmly suppressed Abiarty, who is known as the promising future, on the bench. These or two seasons were his peak period, although he is now thirty years old...

Xiao Ming began to direct the players to recover. It is obviously unrealistic to expect Dida to make low-level mistakes like three or four years later when the opponent's defensive formation is dense. It is better to recycle it, attract the opponent to press it up and then find opportunities through quick counterattacks. The AC Milan defense is not fast. Although Ronaldo is not on the court, the attacks between Ronaldo and Figo can still have a good effect.

He thought very well, and AC Milan did attack, but their entire defense line still did not move behind him - Ancelotti may not be a coach with excellent on-the-spot command, but his thoughts are rare among top coaches. As the two sides entered a fierce competition, his mind was still very clear.

After recovering the defense for a while, Leiden East suddenly pressed in the midfield, and quickly grabbed the ball from Rui Costa, who was unprepared, and then quickly started to counterattack. Ronaldo received the ball on the wing, and showed no mercy to face his compatriots, and began to accelerate the breakthrough from the wing.

AC Milan's defense line is very complete. Although Ronaldo quickly got rid of Junior, Gattuso, who quickly returned to defense, entangled him. In desperation, Ronaldo could only pass the ball to Gerald who was supporting in the middle. However, Gerald also made difficulties in facing AC Milan's defense line. Maldini has been stuck on the route where Gerald wants to pass the ball. No matter how he looks at it, the ball under his feet cannot be passed...

With a slight delay, the defensive players of AC Milan midfield had already returned. In desperation, Gerald could only sigh in his heart, then turned around and passed the ball to Pirlo for him to organize.

Seeing this scene, Xiao Ming, who had always been calm, couldn't help but slap the roof beside him. Leiden East recovered, and AC Milan did attack, but their defense line was ensured to be complete. No matter how fierce the counterattack of Leiden East was, it could only be at most three or four players. Facing the overall AC Milan defense line, it was difficult to make a breakthrough.

This fat man is really cautious...

What Xiao Ming didn't know was that Ancelotti was also sweating in his heart. If he hadn't kept his mind and let the two full-backs not join the offense, with the speed of Leiden's counterattack just now, and the number of defenders was a little smaller, they might have been torn apart by three passes and two passes...

Ancelotti also felt a little scared when he thought that the opponent would rather give up the advantage in the midfield than give him this trap.

In this situation where the two ends are afraid of fighting the wolf, the less time left in the game, the more attention the defense line is, after all, there is not much time, and if the ball is lost at this time, it will be fatal...

So, the rest of the game passed quickly...

The last shot of the 90-minute game came from Figo. He forced the ball to break through horizontally at the front of the penalty area, but was tightly held in his arms by Dida, who was already in full condition, and played a one-minute stoppage time sign on the sidelines - this was a bit unexpected, but it was not surprising. He didn't waste any time in the whole game. The two sides have only changed one person until now...
Chapter completed!