At San Siro, Liverpool's teamwork was getting smoother and smoother.
In the 19th minute of the game, Kuyt dribbled the ball on the right side of the front field and Gerard received him in the middle. He had just stopped the ball when Gattuso stood in front of him.
Gerard flicked the ball horizontally to the right, dodged out of the angle, and then sent a high ball diagonally.
Qin Xiong cut into the middle from the flank and Tiago Silva immediately rushed towards Qin Xiong.
Qin Xiong stopped the ball with his foot in the process of rushing forward and looked like he was going to continue to move towards the middle. Tiago Silva immediately intercepted. When the football fell, Qin Xiong stopped and flicked the ball behind him. But before Qin Xiong could turn around, Silva's foot kicked Qin Xiong's right foot, causing Qin Xiong to fall to the ground.
Tiago Silva was almost using the skills of a defender to play as a defensive midfielder. It was difficult to say in detail how big the difference was. However, at the crucial moment of defense, his decisiveness as a defender made him appear a little reckless in the defensive midfielder position.
Qin Xiong rubbed his calf. Fortunately, he was not injured. Silva kindly pulled Qin Xiong up from the ground. Qin Xiong rearranged his leg pads and then waited for the free kick.
The referee deliberately walked in front of Qin Xiong to signal that he would have to wait for his whistle to blow before kick-off.
It was a direct free kick about 32 yards away from the goal.
It was completely within Qin Xiong's shooting range.
AC Milan's team lined up a human wall to block the near corner of the goal. Abbiati was responsible for blocking the far corner of the goal.
Liverpool's attacking players Raúl, Gerard, and Kuyt came to ambush inside and outside the penalty area, while Alonso stood in the middle on the right side of Qin Xiong.
Qin Xiong observed the human wall and the position of the goalkeeper. He could try a long shot, but after considering all the factors, he decided to try another method.
He looked at Raúl, and Raúl also saw Qin Xiong. Qin Xiong glanced at the human wall, and Raúl instantly understood and nodded slightly.
After the referee blew the whistle, all the audience held their breaths and stared at Qin Xiong.
Qin Xiong began to run up and assumed a posture to blast the door open.
Qin Xiong's elevator shot was unrivaled in the game, and it was the nightmare of many goalkeepers.
And his elevator ball definitely needed to go around the human wall.
Therefore, AC Milan's human wall took off!
In order to block the space where the football flew over his head.
But after Qin Xiong touched the ball, the AC Milan human wall players who took off were suddenly shocked. They saw the football quickly rolling towards them along the turf.
What was Qin Xiong going to do?
Was he going to roll the ball to hit the space below the human wall and then go straight to the nearest corner of the goal?
Although it was at the nearest corner of the goal, the distance between the football and the goal was so far that Abbiati's line of sight would certainly not be obstructed. Then, as long as Abbiati did not play abnormally, he could quickly move to the nearest corner of the goal and save the ball!
It was not that Qin Xiong had not tried to break the goal by rolling the ball in the empty space below him after he jumped off the human wall. However, that kind of free kick first required that the distance between the penalty spot and the goal was relatively close, at least 25 yards away, to have a high success rate. The rest was just to trick the human wall.
This time, it was clear that the penalty spot was further away from the goal.
However, Qin Xiong did not expect the ball to roll under the human wall and directly break the goal. He had other plans.
Raúl directly inserted into the no man's land behind the human wall after Qin Xiong's ball.
He even ran into position one step ahead of the football and then adjusted his posture. When the football rolled over, Abbiati was running at full speed towards the near post. Raúl did not adjust and directly pushed the far corner of the goal in the opposite direction of Abbiati's running!
It was too late by the time Abbiati retreated to make a save!
His save looked comical. He pounced out in place and did not pounce far, while the football neatly rolled into the far corner of the goal!
Raúl turned and jogged to the sidelines. He pointed at Qin Xiong and praised Qin Xiong for his imaginative pass.
Qin Xiong laughed heartily as he ran towards him. Liverpool took the lead to break the goal at San Siro!
“OMG！ Liverpool played a wonderful free kick combination!
Qin Xiong took advantage of the time difference when the human wall took off to stuff the ball under the human wall into the penalty area, and there was no man's land that AC Milan did not defend.
Raúl ran diagonally in this area and directly lifted his leg to push the ball into the net.
Everyone thought that Qin Xiong would directly lift his leg to shoot. They did not expect him to be so cunning. This must be a free kick offensive combination that was practiced during training. Otherwise, Raúl would not have just run into position, because his running route was likely to block Qin Xiong's shooting route!
This was a wonderful and ingenious combination!
The AC Milan players seemed to have a different view of the goal. They protested to the assistant referee and seemed to think that Raúl was offside. From the slow-motion replay, Raúl was not offside and Antonini was at the back.
There's no problem with this goal. Liverpool leads AC Milan 1: 0 in the away game. This is a valuable guest goal! "
AC Milan's protest was ineffective. Gattuso grumpily accused his teammates of poor defense. Then, after the restart of the game, AC Milan's midfield defense increased its aggressiveness.
In the 24th minute of the game, Gerard and Gattuso collided. To be exact, it was a bit like Gerard was tackled to the ground by Gattuso when he was passing the ball.
The two men broke out in a fierce conflict. Gerard and Gattuso were not willing to be outdone and went head-to-head with each other.
It was rare to see such a scene.
Because if it were any other time, if two players went head-to-head, it was likely that one of them would pretend to be hurt by the other and fall to the ground, pretending to be innocent of being violated.
The referee blew the whistle and rushed over to separate the two men. Even so, the two men chattered and pointed at each other.
The referee's penalty was a little lenient in this game, causing the game to become more and more tense.
Even in a conflict like the one just now, he did not give anyone a warning card.
As a result, in the following 27th minute, after Flamini's tackle caused Alonso's injury, the entire Liverpool team surrounded Flamini with righteous indignation.
Everyone did not make a move, but they surrounded Flamini in the middle and then glared and roared.
On the sidelines, Comain also protested angrily to the fourth official. The assistant manager, Sammy Lee, stood on the sidelines and shouted at the referee.
Then, an unexpected scene appeared.
Gattuso rushed out of the sidelines and grabbed Sammy Lee's neck with one hand, as if he was standing up for the referee. In fact, he misunderstood. He thought that Sammy Lee, with a ferocious expression, was insulting AC Milan …
Sammy Lee was not to be trifled with. After Gattuso grabbed his neck, Sammy Lee directly pushed Gattuso away with both hands and rolled up his sleeves to fight with Gattuso!
Fortunately, Comain stood in front of Sammy Lee and did not let Sammy Lee's fist fly out. Instead, Sammy Lee did not give up and kicked the air from below!
An unexpected conflict between two teams was happening in San Siro. On the field and on the sidelines, the scene was extremely heated!
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