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Chapter 36 Ibrahimovic’s counterattack

At the 25th minute of the game, Guardiola had stood up from the bench several times and shouted at his players.

Later, he simply stopped going back to the bench, but stood directly on the sidelines and kept making gestures.

As a world-class coach, he can certainly see the situation on the field.

Although it seems that Barcelona has the initiative on the court and has a much higher ball possession rate than Milan, most of them are from the midfield to the backcourt, and there are not many attacks that are truly threatening.

And he could also feel that his disciples are now a little restless.

After all, under the gaze of 100,000 fans of Camp Nou, Barcelona players will definitely want to win any game, let alone the important Champions League.

But now that the situation has not been opened, the impatient mood in the heart will inevitably breed, which will affect the performance on the field.

So Guardiola is trying his best to keep the players calm, keep pace, and then find opportunities to attack.

At the same time, he also glanced at Milan's bench from time to time.

Because he was also a little curious about how AC Milan went from an offensive team with oppressive style of play in the frontcourt to such a solid defense.

Of course, no matter how Milan's playing style changes, what remains unchanged is that the players run without hesitation, covering every inch of grass on the stadium...

At this time, on the court, Milan was near the center line, Kante completed a break and then quickly moved to the left side.

Left defender Desilio made a straight pass forward and gave it to left winger Mane.

At this time, Barcelona's right-back Alves had already assisted in the frontcourt and was not in his defensive position.

Mane quickly cut inward after getting the ball, but Barcelona central defender Mascherano was already blocking his path.

Mane did not force a breakthrough, but directly kicked the ball with his right foot.

Because at this time, Ibrahimovic had already inserted into the Barcelona penalty area with a clever heart!

The pass flew to the back point of the goal accurately. Ibrahimovic took a few steps, snatched Abidal, headed the ball from close range, and hit the lower left corner!

This attack is extremely dangerous.

Fortunately, Barcelona goalkeeper Valdes flew to save at this critical moment and blocked the ball from the baseline with one hand.

The entire Camp Nou stadium all exclaimed with exclamations of surviving the disaster, followed by applause for Valdes.

This is AC Milan's first shot in the game, but it is more threatening than all the previous shots of Barcelona!

Ibrahimovic, who almost scored a goal, hugged his head and expressed regret, while Camp Nou fans booed him.

Ibrahimovic was not comfortable here after transferring to Barcelona, ​​so Ibrahimovic was eager to score a goal at the Camp Nou to give his old owner a counterattack.

Barcelona fans certainly know Ibrahimovic’s thoughts, so they often booed the sky when Ibrahimovic got the ball to show “encouragement”.

Ibrahimovic's header made all Barcelona fans sweat in a cold sweat. Of course, they had to take revenge when they came to their senses.

At this time, Guardiola's brows frowned deeper, and the word "囧" on her face was almost surpassing Allegri next door.

He saw Milan's tactical intentions in this attack.

While consolidating the defense, he was always looking for Barcelona's backcourt, especially the gap left by Alves after assisting, and then used the speed of the striker to counterattack.

If Valdes hadn't performed bravely, Milan's fangs exposed by this counterattack would have bitten Barcelona hard.

He must respond immediately.

Otherwise, if this continues, Barcelona may not have such good luck next time.

After thinking about it, Guardiola waved to Alves, who was right beside him, and then brought his latest instructions:

The two full-backs reduced their assists, stood in their own position first, and then waited for an opportunity to act.

In the previous 30 minutes of the game, Barcelona maintained a suppression of Milan, making it difficult for Milan players to pass the center line as a whole.

After neither Barcelona fullback attacked, Milan's pressure was much lower, and the overall position began to approach the center line, and began to control the ball more and create opportunities.

When the game reached the 35th minute, Boateng competed with Xavi on the right, winning a chance to go out of the field for Milan.

Right back Abat quickly sent the ball out of bounds and threw the ball straight into the court.

After Salah stopped the ball in his chest, he removed the ball with his back and quickly turned around and wiped the Iniesta who came to defend.

Salah was very fast. After passing a player, he began to accelerate, quickly approached the front of the penalty area, and directly began to prepare to shoot with his left foot!

At this time, Mascherano broke out from the diagonal spike and tripped Salah's own ball directly in front of the arc top area.

The referee whistled decisively and took out a yellow card to Mascherano.

The entire Camp Nou Stadium heard deafening booing again, and Guardiola also shouted loudly at the stadium, protesting the penalty.

In his opinion, Mascherano played the ball first before bringing Salah down this time.

But the referee's penalty cannot be changed.

This is a free kick with a good position, just slightly to the right of the top of the penalty area.

At this time, Ibrahimovic and Salah were already standing in front of the ball, discussing something softly.

Ibrahimovic has the right foot and Salah has the left foot. They are also the best free kick style players in the team at present, and they may take the penalty.

Barcelona has also set up a five-person wall to block the left side of the goal.

The players in the human wall were all staring at the ball on the ground nervously, and the players from Barcelona and Milan were also scrambling for a favorable position.

However, when the referee's whistle sounded, an accident happened.

Ibrahimovic and Salah seemed to have a quarrel over the penalty right of this ball!

Ibrahimovic pushed Salah, but Salah was not willing to be outdone, so he pushed Ibrahimovic with his backhand.

At this time, Milan's captain Gattuso came over from the backcourt to persuade him to fight. Ibrahimovic was also muttering, as if he was going to go to Gattuso to explain something to him.

But at this moment, Ibrahimovic suddenly stopped, then turned around and kicked directly!

The ball barely crossed the head of the five-person wall, made a beautiful arc, and quickly fell to the left side of the goal.

Barcelona goalkeeper Valdes was still gloating and admiring Milan's "internal strife". This shot obviously caught him off guard and his reaction was slower.

Although he adjusted quickly and tried hard to save, it was still slow and the ball entered the net.

"GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!! Ibrahimovic! Beautiful free kick score!"

Before the Barcelona fans could finish their exclamations, Ibrahimovic had already jumped high and shouted loudly.

After landing, he put his fingers on his lips at the Camp Nou fans in the venue and signaled them to stop the sound.

Of course, this caused a louder booing.

Of course Ibrahimovic didn't care about this. He began to raise his arms vigorously and ran to the visiting team's fan area to cheer and shout loudly.

Milan players were also scrambling to follow one after another to celebrate the goal with Ibrahimovic.

Pan Yi on the sidelines looked at Allegri and showed a sly smile.

Well, their carefully designed free kick tactics are indeed effective!
Chapter completed!
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