The Day I Played with Ronaldo

Chapter 158: The Milan Derby in the Champions League semi-final (Part 2)

"Playing like this, Inter Milan is a little bit hanging." Ricardinho commented.

Everyone on the court knows the ball, so they can naturally see the situation. Fabiano said: "They have to make some adjustments, or just wait for a flash of inspiration from Ronnie."

"I guess that's the idea of ​​Cooper, to defend firmly, and then wait for Ronnie to become an alien to rule the game." Rico's words made everyone burst into laughter.

Naturally, conflicts are indispensable in the derby. Di Biagio kicked Gattuso down, causing the two sides to almost explode. Then Ronaldo was elbowed by Costacurta when he was fighting for the top. Although the referee showed Costacurta a yellow card in time, the Inter Milan players still almost fought with the AC Milan players.

The opening more than 10 minutes of the game was more than intense, but not exciting enough.

But as the players on both sides gradually entered the state, the exciting scenes also began to increase.

Shevchenko crossed the center after a sharp breakthrough, allowing Gattuso to get an excellent shot from the front of the penalty area, but he kicked the ball slightly wide of the post.

Soon Inter Milan returned the favor, and Materazzi made a long pass from the backcourt. Ronaldo stopped the ball with his chest and flicked the ball with his toes, and then passed the fiercely fluttering Maldini. Then, under the interference of Maldini, he dribbled the ball forward for more than 20 meters and shot hard from the right side of the penalty area.

This is a position he is very good at, and the quality of his shots is also very high. Abbiati didn't make a save at all, but just turned his head to watch the flight trajectory of the football in a daze. It's a pity that in the end the football hit the top of the crossbar heavily and popped out of the bottom line.

This was also Inter Milan's best chance in the first half.

AC Milan once scored a goal in the 22nd minute. Seedorf's through pass in the ribs gave Inzaghi a single-handed chance. However, the referee blew his whistle to indicate that Inzaghi was offside first.

In front of the TV, everyone except Kaka breathed a sigh of relief. Everyone regards Inter Milan with Ronaldo as their home team, only Kaka, because it is almost certain to join AC Milan, so the emotional balance has tilted towards AC Milan.

In the following period of time, the game was spent in intensive conflicts and player injuries. Inter Milan players Conceicao, Cordoba, Toldo, Emre and Recoba were kicked to the sidelines for brief treatment. Throughout the first half, the two sides received a total of 5 yellow cards, which shows how hot the game is.

The two sides entered the intermission with a score of 0:0, and Ricardo and his teammates discussed the performance of both sides in the first half and the layout of the head coaches of both sides.

In the tactical competition, Cooper is undoubtedly the passive side. Basically all the arrangements he made were targeted by the opponent, and it was difficult for Inter Milan to play a smooth attack. In the away game, AC Milan played more actively and had a better rhythm, threatening Inter Milan's goal several times.

If no adjustments are made, Inter Milan's second half will be even more difficult.

Cooper was also aware of this. Right after the start of the second half, he made two substitution adjustments, replacing Reco, who was in mediocre form and weak in confrontation ability, with Martins, who was known as "Inter Milan's next 10 years". Barbados replaced Italian international Di Biagio with a more technical and creative midfielder Dalma.

After the substitution, Inter Milan immediately took on a new look. After 5 minutes, they found a good chance to score.

Dalma and Emre cooperated in the middle. Although the latter was knocked over by Gattuso, he poked the ball out before falling to the ground. Out of the principle of favorable offense, the referee did not stop the game.

Although Emre's body lost his center of gravity, causing the pass to go a bit off-line, Ronaldo still caught up with the ball. After continuous shaking, Ronaldo successfully broke out from the siege of Maldini and Costacurta, pushed from a small angle in the penalty area, Abbiati missed the save, and the football rolled into the net. Inter Milan leads 1:0!

The moment of scoring,

Licado jumped up, yelling like a child, expressing his excitement.

Rico got up too and improvised a short samba.

If this score can be maintained until the end, Inter Milan will enter the final of the Champions League after a 30-year absence!

But AC Milan took advantage of Inter Milan's slack, immediately launched several fast breaks, and received results.

Four minutes after Inter Milan's goal, Seedorf turned around in the frontcourt and got rid of Dalma, then passed his right foot straight to the left side of the penalty area, and Shevchenko took the ball. Cordoba's defense was in place, blocking Shevchenko's shooting angle, but Sheva made a dunk with his left foot, and the ball just passed through Cordoba's crotch, and the Ukrainian nuclear warhead was in front of the goal when his body lost his balance. At 7 meters, he shot with his right foot and blasted the ball into the upper left corner of the gate. Although Toldo subconsciously reached out to block it, he didn't touch the ball at all.

The score became 1:1! And AC Milan had a valuable away goal, and they began to retreat defensively.

Inter Milan became anxious. If this score is maintained, they will be ruthlessly eliminated.

Cooper replaced the midfielder Emre with the teenager Caron, and resorted to a desperate 3-forward tactic, while the positions of the two wing-backs were all premised, acting as two full-backs, and launched an offensive desperately.

But before they scored a goal, there was a hole in their defense. In the 74th minute, AC Milan made a counterattack. Rui Costa dribbled the ball forward in the middle. Empress Luo shot vigorously, piercing through Toldo's ten fingers again.

AC Milan leads 2:1!

In front of the TV, Licado and others were all silent. Although Kaka was very happy, he secretly glanced at his teammates with serious expressions, but he didn't dare to celebrate. will be beaten.

After this goal, AC Milan quickly made substitutions. Serginho replaced Inzaghi, and Ambrosini replaced Rui Costa. This is a signal to strengthen the defense.

At this moment, Inter Milan must score 2 more goals in order to make a comeback!

Inter Milan players are actively looking for opportunities on the field, but their midfield organization is chaotic, and only by relying on Ronaldo's personal ability to break through can they create threats. But AC Milan is also defending Ronaldo with multiple troops. Even if Ronaldo has three heads and six arms, it is difficult to do anything!

In the 85th minute, Ronaldo dribbled the ball past 3 players and passed the ball obliquely into the penalty area. Martins used his speed to get rid of Maldini's defense, caught up with the ball and volleyed to help Inter Milan equalize the score.

But not enough, not enough!

In the last few minutes, Ricardo and the others almost watched the game standing up, watching Inter Milan's repeated attacks without success. Finally, the referee blew three whistles to announce the end of the game.

Watching the players on the AC Milan bench swarm and run to the field to celebrate, they eliminated Inter Milan by virtue of away goals and entered the Champions League final.

Seeing Ronaldo, Zanetti and others suffering and lonely on the sidelines, shed tears of heroes.

Ricardo clenched his fists. Wait for me for another year, and next year I will help you, and together we will regain everything we lost!

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