host must win

Chapter 173
AC Milan's previous conceded goal was succeeded by Manchester United's counterattack, but this pair did not affect AC Milan's established offensive tactics. They have strong confidence in their offense, and the Serie A giants continued to put pressure on Manchester United's goal.

This is understandable, the game lost the ball early, and AC Milan, which is behind, definitely needs to attack and score.

As for AC Milan's counterattack just now, if it weren't for Yin Jun's desperate counterattack to interfere, AC Milan might really have beaten him.

However, Manchester United did not seem to have learned their lesson. They did not hide their defense, but continued to seize all possible offensive opportunities to press them out.

In the subsequent live broadcast of the game, both sides seemed to be undefended, and the offensive was full of sparks. The commentators all over the world were very busy and happy.

"Rui Costa dribbled past Silvestre, beautiful...he burst into the penalty area! Shot! Blocked by Ferdinand! Good chance!"

"Seedorf dribbles laterally, beautifully, he hits the wall with Shevchenko, shoots! Hit high!"

"United's counterattack! Yin Jun dribbles laterally, Gattuso is following him...foul! Manchester United get a free kick at the front of the box. The position is very good, Yin Jun takes the penalty himself... Ah, what a pity, rub The crossbar flew out of the bottom line!"

"Beautiful! Beautiful! Yin Jun, he got rid of Pirlo and Gattuso consecutively in a small space, turned around, and shot!!"

"Dida did a great job! Dida made an incredible save. He crossed his body to the left with his left palm like a conditioned reflex, and the ball flew out of the baseline against the goal post. Yin Jun knelt on the ground and held his head in his hands, as if he couldn't believe it. Save it." Lineker shouted regretfully shaking his head.

"This goal is such a pity. If it is scored, it will be the first Chinese goal in the Champions League final!" CCTV's Huang Jianqiang said.

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In the fierce game, the time passed unknowingly, the game has reached No.403 minutes inadvertently, the score on the field is still 1:0, Manchester United is ahead of AC Milan.

If you only look at this score, many people will definitely think that this is a boring battle.But people who watched the game live will definitely not say that, because this is an intense and exciting half-time game.

Even for AC Milan, which is temporarily behind, their performance in the first half was very good.The first half of the game was coming to an end, AC Milan had [-] shots. It stands to reason that with AC Milan's offensive efficiency, at least one goal would be scored with [-] shots, but today I don't know if AC Milan's dribbling is too bad, Shevchenko's goal was disallowed due to a teammate's offside, and Dainzaghi also missed a golden opportunity.In addition, Rui Costa also wasted at least two good opportunities.

And what about Manchester United?If you only look at the score and AC Milan's shooting data, you may think that Manchester United succeeded in a wretched sneak attack, and then keep shrinking.But in fact, Manchester United and AC Milan are completely head-to-head. They now have [-] shots, only one less than AC Milan.Among them, there were four threatening shots and one goal. In terms of offensive success rate, Manchester United did better than AC Milan, at least from the statistics.

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The staff on the sidelines held up an electronic signal board indicating 2 minutes of stoppage time in the first half.

This aroused Ferguson's dissatisfaction. AC Milan obviously cannot accept the situation of being one goal behind in the half game. They are seizing the last time to siege Manchester United's goal. Now Ferguson is really worried that his goal will be lost at the end of the first half. .

The game in the first half was too intense, and Ferguson felt that his heart was a little overwhelmed.He too much hoped that the referee would blow the whistle directly to end the first half.

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Rui Costa has the ball up front and Roy Keane defends him.

Rui Costa pulled the ball with his left foot, leaned to the left, and made a gesture to break through from the left. After attracting Roy Keane's defensive center of gravity, he suddenly picked up speed, and he pulled the ball in the opposite direction. When he was about to turn around and cut in, Roy Keane stretched out his hand and pushed Rui Costa in desperation.

He didn't expect this small action to stop Rui Costa's progress, but he just tried his best to interfere with Rui Costa's forward speed, and it could make Rui Costa stagger a bit, or his steps would be unsteady, but he didn't expect it Rui Costa fell to the ground directly.

"Very smart!" AC Milan's commentator praised, explaining to the audience why Rui Costa did not move on, "The game played to the end of the first half, and Costa's physical fitness was also at its limit, although he was still able Continue to sprint, but there is no guarantee of continuous breakthroughs, and getting a free kick in this position is obviously more threatening than continuing to move forward."

Keane also understood why Rui Costa fell to the ground at this time, and he was also anxious. A free kick in this position is really dangerous.

Keane spread his hands, showing a very wronged expression. He was signaling to the referee that he did nothing. It was the Portuguese who fell by himself, and he flopped.

Gary Neville also rushed up, and he yelled at Rui Costa: "Dive! Pooh!"

The other AC Milan players naturally wouldn't watch Rui Costa suffer, they also gathered around, and the players from both sides pulled together.

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The referee's whistle blew quickly, and then the players on both sides dispersed. They didn't want to make trouble, and it would be too bad to get a yellow card for it.

"A free kick in this position is very dangerous." Ferguson said to his assistant Queiroz with a serious expression on the sidelines.

On the other side, Ancelotti also said to his assistant Tassotti: "This position is good, we have a chance to score directly."

There are many free kick masters in AC Milan, but it was the young Pirlo who finally stood up and took the free kick.

Pirlo took a perfect free kick, bypassing the Manchester United wall and bypassing Butters' ten fingers.But just when the people of AC Milan were about to jump up to celebrate, the ball hit the goal post hard.

Inzaghi's supplementary shot awareness is very good, but his supplementary shot was blocked by Wes Brown's desperate chest.Then, Ferdinand kicked the football forward.

"Crossbar! My God!" Lineker exclaimed through the live TV broadcast to thousands of households, "Pirlo's free kick went over the wall, Manchester United goalkeeper Butters can't do anything, but Old Trafford The crossbar on the pitch prevented the goal!"

In the live broadcast, Pirlo with long hair held his head in his hands, with an expression of not being able to believe his eyes.

The other AC Milan players were also stunned. Such a perfect free kick went over the wall and past the opponent's goalkeeper, but was rejected by the crossbar in the end. Isn't this too cruel?
(End of this chapter)