Chapter 123 Red Card
On April 29, at San Siro Stadium, the second leg of the high-profile UEFA Champions League semi-final AC Milan vs. Gosho is about to begin, and almost all football fans around the world have focused on this game.
CCTV broadcast the game live, and Duan Xuan is introducing the game to the audience in front of the TV: "Dear viewers, today we will broadcast this game in the second round of the UEFA Champions League semi-finals this season. The two sides are Italy AC Milan and the defending champion Rui. Team Shigosho. In this game, AC Milan played at home. In the first round, Gosao defeated AC Milan 2-0 at home. Therefore, in this game, if AC Milan wants to reverse, it has to beat Goshao by at least three goals, which is a very difficult thing.
"The two teams playing against today, AC Milan is one of the most prestigious giant clubs in Europe. They also have a glorious tradition in the Champions League. They have won seven championships in this event and the European Champions League, the predecessor of this event, second only to Real Madrid of Spain. The team that has won the second most championships; Switzerland's Gosau team is an upstart in European football. In recent seasons, they have been in the limelight in Europe. At present, they have won the Champions League for two consecutive times. In terms of strength and status, the Goshao team is the best in Europe at present.
"The two teams had only one match in previous matches, that was in the UEFA Europa League final of the 2011-2012 season, when Gosau tenaciously defeated AC Milan in a penalty duel without being favorable, and also won their first championship in European competitions. Army. But now that the two teams have played against each other for the second time, those who are not favored have become AC Milan, which can't help but make people sigh, 30 years of Hedong, 30 years of Hexi.
"AC Milan is not favored. In addition to the reduction in their economic investment in recent years, which has made their strength gap with Gosau, the more important reason is that before the first round of the game, Balotry's inappropriate remarks angered his teammates, causing them to have an infighting in the game. Now AC Milan The atmosphere in the Lan team is very tense, and their morale is also very low. I don't know if Coach Allegri can adjust the mentality of the players in the next few days.
"Now the players of the two teams have entered the court. We can see that there is no Balotelly in AC Milan's lineup, not even Balotelly on the bench, which means that Baloteli will not appear in this game."
"Now let's introduce the starting lineup of the two teams. The starting lineup of the home team AC Milan is: goalkeeper Abbiati, left-back Desilio, right-back Constance, central defender is Zapata and Mex, and the three midfielders are Boateng, Nocelino and Montorivo, and the forward line three The people are Niang, Salavi and Rovinio. Compared with the first round, this lineup only replaced Balotelly with Robinho.
The starting lineup of the visiting team Gosho is: goalkeeper Checarelli, left-back Ribeiro, right-back Gugelman, central defender Salihovic and Chevally, left winger Avanzini, right winger Hollensten, midfielder Antunović and Ivanovic. The striker is a combination of Egman and Kaudinho. Compared with the first round, this lineup has also changed one person, replacing the front waist Lima with midfielder Antunović, which also shows Coach Lin Fenglei's caution in the away game.
"With the whistle of the referee on duty, the Slovak Mlaz, the game officially began. In the first half, the visiting team Gosho kicked off first, and they attacked from left to right in the first half."
After Gosho's first kickoff, Avanzini received Ivanovic's score and sent a pass after pushing the ball on the left. Egman headed the goal. AC Milan's defense line could not see the momentum of a backwater battle in this defense. Their defense looked soft and did not match Goe at all. The players of the Shao team made any threat. Fortunately, their old goalkeeper Abiati remained focused. He saved the ball out of the bottom line with a side throw.
After Abiati stood up, he shouted at his teammates, which was an extraordinary move. Abiati had never been so excited before.
After Ribeiro opened the corner, it was Abbiati. He jumped high in the crowd and hit the ball out of danger with two fists. Then he roared again, hoping to wake up his teammates.
However, Abbiati's roar obviously could not wake up all his teammates. AC Milan made frequent mistakes in both offense and defense in subsequent games.
Allegri couldn't stand the team's poor performance. He walked to the side of the court and roared at his players, making them concentrate and play the game well. Even if they lose the game, they will lose like a man.
Perhaps this sentence has played a role. The performance of AC Milan's players has improved, at least their desire to play has been strengthened. They are also more close to the attack, causing some pressure on the back line of Gosau.
Salavi and Rovinho each had a shot by their own personal ability. Although they did not hit the goal and did not pose any threat to cecarelli, such performance has rekindled hope to nearly 80,000 AC Milan fans at San Siro Stadium. They used deafening shouts for A C Milan cheered and hoped that they could get a goal back as soon as possible.
But at this time, AC Milan was hit hard.
In the 13th minute of the game, AC Milan pressed on and launched an offensive. Constant dribbled the ball on the right side. After a two-by-one cooperation with Niang, he dribbled the ball to the bottom and then sent a pass, but the pass was blocked by Ribeiro halfway. The ball fell to Antunović's feet, and Antunović passed it to Ivanovic beside him.
Ivanovic's 45-degree oblique pass sent the ball to the feet of Avazzini, who was inserted at high speed on the left road. Because Constant's assist had not come back, Avazzini**, when he carried the ball to the 30-meter area of the front court, he sent a ground pass to the middle. Egman received the ball and moved the ball forward. Once, he broke through Zapata's defense and formed a single knife.
At this moment, AC Milan's other central defender Mex chased back desperately and fell to the ground from the back of Egman's side, but his shovel did not tackle the ball, but shoveled Egman's right foot. Even so, Egman had not fallen immediately. He continued to rush forward and wanted to shoot. However, the center of gravity was already unstable. He staggered a few steps before he fell on the grass, and Abbiati got the ball.
The referee on duty, Mlaz, quickly ran to the scene of the incident, and then showed a red card directly to Mex without hesitation. Gosho also got a free kick about 25 meters away from the goal.
Mex didn't say anything and walked silently to the court. The moment he fell to the ground, he knew the consequences of doing so, but he did not hesitate at all. Just now, Allegri said that if you want to lose, you have to lose like a man, which touched him a lot. If he doesn't foul just now, Egman's single shot will definitely advance. If he falls behind 0:3 in the total score, there is no need to play this game, so he must stop Egman, even if he is sent off.
AC Milan's other players ran to the referee Mraz and pleaded with him, hoping that he could take back his life, because now the game has only started for more than ten minutes. If AC Milan loses one person at this time, the next game will be quite difficult.
However, the referee Mlaz was unmoved. He shook his head to show that there was nothing he could do, because Egman had just formed a single knife. Mex's foul was originally a very serious back shovel, and destroyed an obvious scoring opportunity for Gosho, which was a 100% red card.