Chapter 171 Curse?
Football enters the net.
The man pushed away the defender who was pressing on him, got up and began to run.
At this time, people saw clearly that it was Zhang Yang who scored the make-up shot, and it was Barcelona captain Pujol who fell with him.
"GOOOOOOOOOOOAL!! The goal is scored!! AC Milan quickly equalized the score! One to one! Now the total score is 5 to 3! AC Milan is still two goals ahead!! And more importantly, they now have an away goal! After scoring in Barcelona, I'm afraid many people didn't expect to score so quickly! After losing the ball, AC Milan quickly showed Barcelona their strong offensive firepower! This is a goal that is likely to change the direction of this game!"
The whole Camp Nou Stadium is dead. For Barcelona fans, AC Milan equalized the score so quickly. This blow is too heavy. For Barcelona, which has just won the lead, not only is the score equalized, but also two goals behind the total score. In the case of a one-to-zero lead, they only need to score another goal. It will be able to eliminate AC Milan. Now, Zhang Yang quickly equalizes the score for AC Milan, which means that Barcelona will eliminate AC Milan. Even if AC Milan does not score in the following games, they will have to score at least two goals.
The game lasted for half an hour, and everything seemed to go back to the end of the last game.
As we all know, Barcelona's offensive ability is very strong. Barcelona has good offensive players such as Eto'o, Messi, Iniesta and Henry and Ronaldinho. Goals are never a problem. For this team, it is not a problem to score two or even three or more goals in a game. It's a rare thing, but this just shows that they have such scoring ability, but once things develop, "must score two or more goals from the other side, and you can't let the other side score a goal" is completely different.
What's more, to be honest, the Barcelona players themselves know that it is too difficult not to let AC Milan continue to score goals when their side presses out of the attack.
Pujol turned over and sat on the ground. Looking at Zhang Yang, who was celebrating the goal crazily, the captain of Barcelona's heart was full of bitterness. Just now, when Inzaghi shoveled the shot, Pujol was shocked, but he knew that he could do nothing and could only hope for the performance of the goalkeeper Valdes.
At this time, Zhang Yang rushed to the door like a leopard. Pujol couldn't care about the emotion. He quickly followed. At this time, Valdes had just saved Inzaghi's shot.
However, older people's reactions and movements are definitely not as good as young people. The explosive power of publicity is amazing. In Pujol's pull, they rushed to the landing point of the ball first, and in the position where it is not easy to shoot, they used an unconventional action to complete the make-up shot. Let Pujol sigh in vain.
Zhang Yang ran excitedly to celebrate. This time, he did not hit back the boos of Camp Nou with too much stimulation of Barcelona fans. Of course, his celebration may seem to be more unpleasant to Barcelona fans.
The young man rushed to the corner flag point, and then he stood there holding the corner flag, looking around the whole Camp Nou.
It's like a conqueror!
When Ancelotti's shot was magically pounced out by Valdes, the regret and unhappiness in his heart could be imagined. However, when his regretful expression was still on his face, he saw Zhang Yang rushing to the landing point and hit the ball in. The regret immediately turned into ecstasy. He jumped twice and punched hard. Celebrate.
Champions League matches are usually scored at night, which is also the most lively moment for fans to gather in the bar.
In Milan's large and small pubs, people enjoy wine while watching the game. Due to whether AC Milan can go further in the Champions League, the fans are very nervous, especially after seeing Dida actually score an own goal, the bar suddenly became depressed and abusive.
Even the most optimistic and hardcore AC Milan fans did not expect that they could equalize so quickly.
When Zhang Yang scored in Barcelona and equalized for AC Milan in less than two minutes, everyone jumped up in the whole bar, big and small bars.
"GOOOOOOOAAAL!"
"Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh! I'm in!"
"Cheers! In order to show off!"
"Oh, oh, oh, oh, cheers! For AC Milan!"
As soon as he conceded the ball, he immediately scored and equalized the score, which made Ancelotti very happy. There is nothing better than this. And from the perspective of the game, the players have a good grasp of the transition between defense and attack on the court, and Ancelotti did not expect that the team could equalize immediately.
Now, the score of this game is one to one, with a total score of AC Milan leading Barcelona by 5 to 3, and Milan still has a two-goal lead. As long as there is no accident, AC Milan will be very sure to eliminate Barcelona away and advance to the semi-finals.
Of course, entering the semi-finals is obviously not the goal of Ancelotti and AC Milan. They are aiming to reach the final, and in the final, Moscow's Luzniki Stadium once again reached the top of Europe, defending the Champions League championship trophy!
Defending the title of the UEFA Champions League!
Even if I just think of this scene, Ancelotti, who led AC Milan to hold the Big Ear Cup twice in 2003 and 2007, trembled with some excitement. If he could defend his title, it would become the most glorious stroke in his resume.
You should know that since the restructuring of the Champions League in 1991/1992, no team has been able to defend its title. This spell has been shrouded in European football, and no one has been able to break it so far.
In the history of the European Champions Cup, Real Madrid has created the miracle of five consecutive championships, and Ajax and Bayern Munich have also had three consecutive championships. But since the 1991/1992 Champions League was converted into the Champions League, defending the title has become almost an impossible task.
After the restructuring of the Champions League, three teams reached the finals again in the following season after winning the Champions League last season, but they all lost the championship in the end.
In the final of the first UEFA Champions League, AC Milan lost to Marseille and became the runner-up. However, in 1994, Massaro's two goals helped the Rossoneri beat Barcelona 4-0 in Athens to win the championship. A year later, they were shortlisted for the final again, but unfortunately Cruyvi The special winning goal helped Ajax successfully reach the top in Vienna.
In 1996, Juventus relied on Lavanelli's goal in the final with Ajax and finally drew with the opponent in the regular time. In the penalty shootout, the Bianconeri finally clinked the cup as they wished. A year later, in the final in Munich, Dortmund defeated Juventus 3-1 to win the championship.
This not only reminds people of the previous European Cup Winners, which has never won two consecutive championships in the 38-year history of this competition, and with the cancellation of the Cup, it will not appear in the future. The UEFA Champions League will not be as short-lived as the Winners' Cup, but it is not known which team can break this spell and establish a dynasty again.
Therefore, it is no wonder that Ancelotti is so persistent in leading the team to defend the Champions League.
Of course, it's too early to think about this now. AC Milan has to get rid of Barcelona first. Of course, the current score and situation give Ancelotti more room and capital for reverie.
It seems that the team eliminated Barcelona and entered the top four. It's not a big problem. Thinking of this, Ancelotti felt proud. He stood on the sidelines with his hands around his chest and looked complacent.
Not only is he very proud, but even the Italian commentators feel that AC Milan has performed well and has an advantage in the score. It is not a big problem to eliminate Barcelona away and advance to the semi-finals. If he enters the semi-finals, there are only three games left to defend the title. It seems that it is not a dream to defend the Champions League.
Before the quarter-finals with Barcelona, many people thought that AC Milan's Champions League journey was over. Many people are saying that the defending champion can't defend the spell, but now it seems that AC Milan's road to defending the title can continue. After they break the reform of the Champions League, the defending champion has never defended the spell, which is not a dream. Rosie said.
"That's right. In fact, AC Milan has broken a spell in recent years." Flores said.
The spell that AC Milan has broken in Flores's mouth refers to the embarrassing record that the defending champion of the UEFA Champions League has missed the quarterfinals for three consecutive years.
Porto, the Champions League champion of the 2003-2004 season, lost most of the main players, including Mourinho and Deco, after reaching the top. They reluctantly qualified from the group stage in the following season to avoid becoming the first defending champion to fall in the group stage, but they met in the top 16 against After playing at Inter Milan, Porto's total score of 2-4 in the two rounds was easily handled by the opponent. With their strength at that time, it was normal to stop in the top 16.
Liverpool, the champion of the 2004-2005 season, went more difficult in the defending season. Because they only won the 5th place in the Premier League, they only qualified for the Champions League in the case of UEFA, but they had to start from the first round of the qualifiers, which also made the multi-line Liverpool in Entering the season sprint stage, they obviously felt tight. In the 1/8 final, their opponent was Benfica. The latter's delicate technology and sharp counterattack shattered Liverpool's dream of defending the title. The Reds were defeated by Benfica in two rounds. As a result, the defending champion of the Champions League failed to reach the top 8 for the second consecutive year.
In the 2005-2006 season, Barcelona won the league championship and the Champions League with a whirlwind-like beautiful football, but just when everyone exclaimed the birth of "Dream Team Two", the top star Ronaldinho contracted the World Cup syndrome and was far worse than the previous year, while Messi The injury also caused Barcelona to suffer losses in offensive vitality. In the 1/8 final, they "unfortunately" met Liverpool. The Reds reversed Barcelona 2-1 with Bellamy's excellent performance on the road. Although they lost at home in the second leg, relying on more goals away is enough for them to block the third consecutive defending champions. Outside the top 8 doors.
In the first-eighth final draw, AC Milan drew Arsenal. The media generally believes that Milan met the strongest opponent Arsenal in the 1/8 final draw, which also seems to indicate that AC Milan was eliminated by Arsenal, and the defending champion will miss the quarterfinals for four consecutive years.
Some Italian media are also wailing. Sometimes, this kind of strange spell is really unexplainable.
However, after AC Milan eliminated Arsenal neatly, the Italian media was jubilant, and many people who are still 'superstitious' also began to expect more from AC Milan. Now that they have broken the spell of the defending champion has missed the top eight for three consecutive years, then the spell that the defending champion has never defended the title after the Champions League has never been defended. It doesn't seem impossible to break it.
When they were full of confidence in AC Milan, the two commentators also praised Zhang Yang's performance.
The reason why AC Milan was able to neatly eliminate Arsenal in the eighth final is now taking the lead in the prospect of advancing to the quarter-finals with Barcelona, which is inseparable from having a super goal scorer. Because of Zhang Yang's existence, Ancelotti can get more room for manoeuvre tactically and strategically. Now, AC Milan's 'Kaka dependence', which has been difficult to solve, is no longer a big problem. Zhang Yang gives the team's help in attack, which is no less than last season's Kaka. Rosie said.
Flores's praise for Zhang Yang is more explicit and spares no effort, and even some people hear it a little exaggerated. "That's right. In my opinion, Zhang Yang alone is enough to contain Barcelona's whole defense, his extraordinary shooting technique, his speed, and his keen judgment of the football landing point. All of these are a headache for Barcelona's defenders. In the face of such a shooter, they really don't have much to do. I think that even as long as Zhang Yang is on the court, even if he doesn't score, it is enough to give Barcelona a headache... Of course, he always tries his best to find a goal, and it is difficult for Zhang Yang not to score. At least, the Barcelonas have not been able to do this in these two rounds. This is also the reason why their current situation is critical.
When Zhang Yang scored the goal, Rijecard jumped up from the seat, as if there was a nail poking him on the seat. Of course, Rije Calder did not cheer for the ball, but was extremely angry and lost the ball so quickly, which made him not expect at all - yes, he did not expect AC Milan's after losing the ball. This resolute attack and scored a goal!
Just after Barcelona scored a goal just now, Ricard let his players strengthen the rush and strive to continue to score goals. Therefore, after the kick-off, AC Milan had to pass back in the face of Barcelona's rush. Their goalkeeper Dida, in the face of Messi's rush, almost cast again. It's a big mistake.
At this time, Ricard was still very happy. The team executed its own tactics well, which gave him the hope of continuing to score and eventually eliminating AC Milan.
Who would have thought that AC Milan equalized the score just a minute later.
AC Milan's goal is really a very big blow to Barcelona, and for Barcelona's head coach, Ricard, this is tantamount to a head hit. The team's psychological advantage after taking a one-to-zero lead is gone. Now, it is facing an extremely dangerous situation.
Even the ESPN commentator is worried about Barcelona's fate: "As soon as Barcelona took the lead, it immediately lost the ball. Now, the score is one to one. At this time, even the most optimistic Barcelona fans. They will also start to be anxious. After playing the game for half an hour, it is still the gap between the two goals. Moreover, they can't help but be afraid of the offensive firepower shown by AC Milan. However, in the face of the current situation, Barcelona must attack, and they have no choice! They must attack with all their strength.
That's right. The score of this game is one-to-one, and the total score is three-to-five behind. In such a situation, Barcelona must attack with all its strength.
In fact, this is also what Ancelotti is happy to see. Barcelona's attack is very strong, but when they are on the whole line, there will definitely be loopholes in the back line. At this time, it is time for AC Milan to counterattack and seize the opportunity.
Today, the two shooters in the Ancelotti faction, Zhang Yang and Inzaghi, are both masters of grasping opportunities, especially Inzaghi, who are the best. This is also the reason why Ancelotti chose to let Inzaghi start. The sudden shovel shot of Inzaghi just now is an example. Unfortunately, he should have scored, but Valdes' performance was really amazing and he jumped out. However, this also made Zhang Yang continue to improve his number of goals in the Champions League.
"This is Zhang Yang's thirteenth goal in the Champions League this season! He is only one goal away from the record of 14 goals in a single season in the Champions League held by himself and Artafini.
"If AC Milan can really finally eliminate Barcelona, enter the top four, and even finally successfully defend the title, according to his current state, his number of goals will continue to improve, once again equalize his own goal record, and even create a new single-season goal record in the history of the Champions League. It's not impossible! We will wait and see."
The goal of Zhang Yang made Barcelona's back line very depressed.
Especially Pujol, the captain of Barcelona was extremely depressed. At that time, he was worried that Inzaghi's shot might cause the loss of the ball. He actually relaxed his eye on Zhang Yang, let Zhang Yang get stuck in his body position first and successfully got the opportunity to shoot. It led to the team's loss of the ball.
In the face of such an avoidable goal, it is really a big blow to the morale of the team, especially when our side has just scored and it is time for morale to be boosted.
And in the process of AC Milan fans celebrating the goal crazily, Messi was innocently shot.
Because, in the visiting stand of the Camp Nou team, AC Milan fans shouted at Messi: "Our Zhang has scored 13 goals!" What about you? Messi!!"
Now, there is still no conclusion about the debate about who is better, Zhang Yang and Messi. The Italian side naturally says that Zhang Yang is better than Messi. In fact, not only Italy, but also the mainstream media of the five major leagues such as England and France also adhere to this view. After all, with these two In terms of personal performance in the past season, Zhang Yang is indeed better than Messi.
The Spanish media, especially the Catalan media, and the Argentine domestic media, naturally shouted for Messi. They said that Messi is the future king of the ball. What is Zhang Yang?
Therefore, after Zhang Yang scored the goal, Milan's fans began to sing and dance. While being optimistic and happy for the team's promotion prospects, they did not forget to taunt Messi.
Of course, in such a noisy environment, Messi certainly can't hear this sentence. But he did feel depressed about the loss of the ball. This loss of the goal means that Barcelona's efforts in today's game for more than half an hour have been wiped out. If Barcelona wants to advance, it still needs to score two more goals, and at the same time, it can't let AC Milan score more goals.
In addition, it is impossible to say that Messi has no idea about Zhang Yang's goal.
Counting the hat-trick staged by Zhang Yang in the first round of the two sides at the San Siro Stadium, as well as the goal just in this game. The two rounds of the game are not over yet, and Zhang Yang has scored four goals!
You said Zhang Yang was excellent, and he said that Messi was excellent. Who is better? This kind of direct confrontation and PK is the most convincing.
In the face of Zhang Yang's strong state, Messi knew that he had to score a goal.
If you don't score a goal, even if the Catalan media and the Argentine media want to speak for him, they are powerless!
Thinking like this, Messi's fighting spirit also burned in his heart. The team encountered difficulties. As a person with high expectations placed by fans and the media, he must stand up as the savior.
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