Chapter 303 Lightning Equalize
The main defenders of Mallorca look down in front of a young player who is much less experienced than them. In their eyes, they feel different.
As a traditional giant, AC Milan has a serious habit of seniority. Although there is no definite evidence for the rumored Round Table Cavaliers, however, groundlessness may not be without cause. Therefore, they cannot understand that a 19-year-old young substitute can command players who are much older than him and have much higher qualifications on the court. Naturally, they thought it wrongly, thinking that Mathias must be a future flagship player that Mallorca focuses on cultivating, and Mathias' outstanding performance just now also made them feel that this young man is indeed not easy to deal with.
So in the next game, they began to try their best to bypass Mathias to attack. They are very clear about the strength of other Mallorca defenders. After all, Mallorca's current performance is not a secret. For an unknown young defender, the normal approach should be to attack more to find out his shortcomings. As a result, they try to bypass Mathias' attack as much as possible, so that they cannot immediately detect the shortcomings and shortcomings of Mathias.
Matthias began to play his characteristics of frontal defense and high-altitude ball interception. He cleared AC Milan's several crosses directly, and when Shepchenko broke through directly on the ground from both sides, Nadal was able to complete the fill-up position well.
After the defense line was slightly stabilized, Mallorca immediately launched a counterattack. However, AC Milan's midfield interception and defense were quite excellent. After organizing back and forth for a while, Mallorca did not find a good offensive route.
This is rare for Mallorca. This season, they only had this feeling in the first game against Juventus. However, with Drogba's impact, they could create many opportunities. In the second round, they used the opponent's attack to continuously complete counterattacks, but at this time they could hardly find the offensive route.
Fortunately, the players in Mallorca are not worried. The game is 90 minutes, and this kind of iron barrel-like defense cannot last for such a long time. The fluctuations in physical fitness, state, and mentality will affect the players' performance.
After a few rounds of dispatches, Beletti, who had assisted, received the transfer from Albertini. Then he directly stepped forward to the penalty area and passed Drogba rushed into the penalty area. This time, he jumped up with the help of impulse. He completely suppressed Nesta and Maldini, and then headed the ball. Unfortunately, the interference between Maldini and Nesta still affected his shot. The header less than ten meters in front of the goal slightly exceeded the baseline.
"Just play like this!" Jose shouted loudly on the sidelines. Mallorca does not lack offensive methods. In addition to short passes in the middle, personal breakthroughs, and sharp straight passes, crosses from the flank can also play a good role - this header just proves this point. If Drogba uses various means, he can still gain an advantage in heading the ball, but it is a little more troublesome than usual.
As long as the attack can be opened, Jose will not worry that Mallorca will not be able to score the goal!
This is the confidence accumulated over a whole season. It has been verified by countless teams that Mallorca's offense. It will never change just because this game is the final of the Champions League.
Pirlo directly transferred to Shepchenko who was pulled to the right in the midfield. The nuclear warhead began to dribble the ball and forcefully cut into the ribs. Capdvilla came up to defend and was accelerated and got rid of it. However, Nadal immediately appeared on his way forward and used a beautiful fall tackle to kick the ball out of the baseline.
"Beautiful job, captain!" Matthias ran over and pulled Nadal up. Nadal smiled and said nothing.
"Before the game, most people thought that Mallorca had an advantage in offense, while AC Milan was better in defense. However, in the past ten minutes of the game, AC Milan's offense was quite threatening, and Mallorca's defense was also done without any leakage. This proves that these two teams are quite outstanding overall. This game will definitely be a battle of dragons and tigers!"
During this period, the two sides launched an excellent offensive and defensive battle. AC Milan's offensive was more dominant. However, Mallorca's counterattack was also quite fierce. However, in the eyes of the head coaches of both sides, they were a little anxious - Jose was worried about Mallorca's defense could withstand AC Milan's attack, while Ancelotti was worried about Mallorca's counterattack...
Now they are not playing the tactics they are best at, so no wonder Jose and Ancelotti are a little worried in their hearts - for their experience in the Champions League final, both of them are the first time as head coaches. Ancelotti has participated in the Champions League finals in the time of a player, which is a little better than Jose.
Stimulated by Matthias, Shepchenko was the most active player on the court during this period, and his presence also brought a goal to AC Milan!
When the game reached the 19th minute, Capdvilla received a return pass from Albertini and planned to transfer a large amount of money to launch the attack. However, the ball had just been passed, but was beautifully cut off by Shepchenko in the middle of the journey!
Capdvilla, who made a mistake in passing, immediately rushed towards Shepchenko, trying to stop his progress. However, Shepchenko did not choose to break through by force, but passed the ball directly with a diagonal pass and accurately passed the ball to the right!
Beletti had just rushed forward to prepare for an assist, but at this time the midfield concealed the ball that slowed him back to defense. Sidorf received a pass from Shepchenko without defending!
After receiving the ball, Sidorf did not pause at all. After looking up, he immediately made a left foot and passed a curve ball and flew into the penalty area. Beletti, who returned to defense, fell to the ground and tackled the ball to intercept Sidorf's pass in the middle, but was still one step slower.
Seidorf's pass showed the hard-footed skill of the nerve knife. The ball accurately drew an arc and flew into Mallorca's penalty area. Matthias flew to intercept but was still a step slower. The ball went around into the small penalty area. Inzagi inserted it from behind like a ghost, and rushed to the ball in front of Nadal who was defending and Franco who was attacking!
Inzagi's header did not provide any strength, but at this distance, this strength is enough.
After being headed by Inzagi a little, the ball immediately changed its line, then flew past Franco and flew directly into Mallorca's goal!
"The ball has been scored! Philip Inzaji! Beautiful goal! This goal fully demonstrates Inzaji's characteristics. You didn't know that he was on the court before the goal was scored, but at that moment, he was the focus of the whole game!"
More than 20,000 AC Milan fans collectively cheered loudly, and Inzagi ran wildly on the court with his arms open, celebrating his first goal in the Champions League final!
"Spirit fox, it's really a Spirit fox..." Jose couldn't help but sigh. There was no way to conceal the ball. Matthias and Nadal did not make any mistakes in the defense. However, he lost the ball in the backcourt and was unable to organize an effective defense line in a hurry. In addition, AC Milan's attack was very decisive and active, and there was nothing to say about conceding the ball.
What if you lose the ball? Of course, you have to get it back!
Mallorca's defense has not been good this season, and conceding goals is common. Of course, this situation is not very good. However, under the current circumstances, the impact of this concealment on them has been reduced to the weakest.
AC Milan's celebration lasted for more than a minute, and Mallorca immediately launched a counterattack after kicking off!
The attack was suppressed by AC Milan just now, which made Mallorca's players feel very dissatisfied, especially Capdwell, who made a mistake in passing, and even took the lead in the attack after the kickoff!
After receiving Albertini's pass, Capdvilla began to forcefully drive the ball along the left side. Gattuso was restrained by Ronaldo who was transferred to the middle side. He didn't have time to come to defend him. Capdvilla dribble the ball and broke through the midfield in one breath!
Until he dribbled the ball into AC Milan's half, Costakuta, who served as the right back in this game, came up. Facing defense, Capdvilla often ran out of the gap by passing the ball and then attacked. However, this time, after making a fake pass, he quickly dunked the ball near the bottom line and then forced a breakthrough!
Costakuta was caught off guard and left a position by Capdvilla. Seeing Capdvilla ready to break through, then cut into the penalty area diagonally. Costakuta made a foul with a quick decision. He tackled Capdvilla directly from the side. The Mallorca fans in the stands collectively booed. Amid the boo, the referee Merck's whistle sounded, and he ran over to show Costakuta the first yellow card of the game.
"Costakuta's foul this time is quite timely... If he doesn't foul, Capdvilla might be able to directly cut into the penalty area and score. This is also the experience on AC Milan's defense line. After Capdvilla made a mistake in passing, Beletti, who returned to the defense, might not have lost the ball if he could make a quick decision to make a foul." A commentator sighed.
Jose pursed his lips and didn't say anything. This was caused by the different styles of the two teams. AC Milan was more decisive in defense, but Mallorca had more offensive methods on offense!
Albertini stood in front of the ball, which was a free kick on the edge of the penalty area. Mallorca's Drogbaetoo and Matthias who assisted to step forward were squeezed into the penalty area.
Taking a deep breath, Albertini assisted after hearing the referee's whistle, and then put the ball into the penalty area with his right foot!
Mallorca's players and AC Milan's defenders jumped at the same time, and the sound of collisions kept coming from the penalty area. Everyone was trying their best to get the ball - in the end, AC Milan had the upper hand, after all, their air defense ability was second to none. Nesta pushed the ball out of the penalty area in front of Mattias.
However, under the interference of Matthias, Nesta was unable to top the ball far, and Mallorca arranged many offensive players outside the penalty area, including Kaka, Ronaldo, and Beletti...
Settings drills are also a very important part of Mallorca’s tactics. Mallorca has tall players and heavy gunners, and the second landing point is also quite important.
Kaka appeared at the landing point of the ball, and he swung his right foot against the ball!
Gattuso rushed over from the side desperately to give Kaka a flying tackle, but Kaka completed the shot first before he completed the tackle!
A volley shot with a powerful long shot!
The ball flew out from Kaka's feet, crossed the heavy figures in the penalty area, and then flew over Dida's head and hit the ball net heavily!
The field was quiet for a second, and then the Mallorca fans burst into loud cheers!
After AC Milan's first record in the 19th minute, Mallorca immediately equalized the score by lightning two minutes later!
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Chapter completed!