In the stands of the San Siro Stadium, the emotions between the AC Milan fans and the Liverpool fans seemed to be uncontrollable!
Everyone was looking for an opportunity to break out into a fierce conflict.
It was not until this time that the referee realized how powerless he was in control of the game.
And it all stemmed from his lax enforcement of the law.
The fourth official and the assistant referee restrained the conflict between Gattuso and the Liverpool coaching staff on the sidelines, and the referee resolved the confrontation between the Liverpool and AC Milan players on the field.
Then it was time for punishment.
The referee first went to the sidelines and ejected Sammy Lee from the field. Sammy Lee's anger had not subsided and he continued to speak rudely to the referee, saying that his enforcement was at the level of a primary school student!
The referee walked back into the field and went to Gattuso to show him a yellow card. Then he went to Flamini and also showed him a yellow card.
Liverpool first had to solve the substitution problem.
Alonso left the field with an injury. Comain suppressed his anger on the sidelines. He called Lucas in front of him and let Lucas come on with the tactical instructions.
In fact, Comain did want to have a head-on confrontation with AC Milan.
But since AC Milan turned the game into this, of course, the referee also contributed to it. Then let nature take its course. Let's make the game more intense together!
"There was a small-scale conflict between Liverpool and AC Milan just now. After the referee quelled the conflict, Liverpool replaced the injured Alonso with Lucas. Alonso's departure will definitely have a big impact on Liverpool's offense. Let's see if this will be the turning point of the game."
After Lucas came on, Liverpool's defense in the midfield entered a frenzied pace of hacking!
Lucas, Mascherano, Gerard, plus the retreating Kuyt.
When AC Milan's attack came to the middle and front of the field, Seedorf, Flamini, and the retreating Robinho were all frantically pressed and fiercely confronted by Liverpool's midfielders.
In the 31st minute of the game, Robinho was knocked out of the sideline by Kuyt when he was fighting for the ball on the flank.
Although the referee ruled that Kuyt had committed a foul, he did not show a yellow card as a warning.
In the 34th minute, Liverpool launched a quick attack. Gerard kicked a long pass into the midfield and the ball fell to Raúl's feet after Thiago Silva's header. He steadily stopped the ball and passed the ball diagonally back to Qin Xiong's running route.
When Gattuso rushed up to defend, Qin Xiong passed the ball to the back of AC Milan's defensive line.
The sudden straight pass almost completely broke through the opponent's defensive line. Raúl almost succeeded in his anti-offside run. At the critical moment, Nesta directly shoveled after turning around and blocked the ball with his long legs, causing Raúl to fail to get a one-on-one chance.
In the 38th minute of the game, Gerard ran past Gattuso in the front field and had just received Kuyt's pass, but he saw Thiago Silva rush up and take the lead to seize the position with a physical confrontation. The ball was successfully intercepted!
AC Milan fought back. Thiago Silva stuffed the ball straight to Seedorf in the middle of the front field. But Seedorf had just stopped the ball and turned around when Lucas's sliding tackle came into view.
It was a clean tackle. Lucas not only shoveled the ball away, but also made Seedorf lose his balance and fall to the ground.
AC Milan thought that Lucas had committed a foul, but the referee did not think so and did not react at all.
Mascherano rushed up to receive the ball and gave a diagonal straight pass.
Kuyt led the ball on the flank and dribbled the ball in one go. He quickly pushed forward to attack. Gerard was originally running backward, but when he saw Lucas's successful interception, he looked around and thought that he could receive. After Mascherano passed the ball to Kuyt, Gerard immediately ran forward. His movement this time caught AC Milan off guard.
Because they had just completed a defense, they had to face Liverpool's attack in less than three seconds.
Gerard was seen rushing diagonally to the right in front of the penalty area, and Kuyt quickly stuffed the ball diagonally there.
Just as Gerard stopped the ball, Raúl made a move diagonally behind Nesta, causing Nesta to have to keep an eye on Raúl.
At the same time, Yepes defended Gerard from the front, but he saw Gerard pass the ball from his feet to behind him.
He looked back and saw that Qin Xiong had completed a reverse offside position diagonally behind him!
AC Milan's rear defensive line seemed to be curious. When did Qin Xiong run here?
Qin Xiong had actually run inwards in the last attack. After the attack failed, he also ran backward, but his speed was not fast. After Liverpool launched another quick attack, he sprinted quickly in the direction of the penalty area. Combined with Gerard and Raúl's running positions, Qin Xiong keenly captured the defensive flaw in AC Milan's rear defensive line.
After charging into the penalty area, Qin Xiong followed the football that rolled behind him to the front. Then he saw Abbiati abandon the goal and did not hesitate to use the outside of his foot to rub the ball to the far corner of the goal.
A wonderful inward-arc shot trajectory appeared. Abbiati did not make a save because he felt that the ball would hit the end line.
But when he turned his head to look, he was stunned to see that the football's arc just happened to make the football bounce into the goal after hitting the far post!
Qin Xiong saw the ball go in, turned around and ran to the sidelines, and waved to his teammates with a serious look on his face.
This goal should be celebrated by everyone together!
With the game like this, what Liverpool needed was a goal to attack AC Milan's spirit and mentality.
Although Liverpool's desire for a wonderful game was unlikely to be realized, because AC Milan's strength had declined significantly. Compared to the Rossoneri team that dominated Europe, they were now unrecognizable.
But today, Liverpool must win at San Siro!
They could not be intimidated by a fierce confrontation!
The AC Milan fans in the stands of San Siro saw the team's goal fall for the second time, and suddenly their emotions and anger rose. Now, a considerable number of them were very dissatisfied with Seedorf, thinking that he had really entered the rhythm of retirement in AC Milan. There was little fighting spirit on the field, and this goal loss was also caused by his tackle!
So, while the Red Army fans cheered for the goal to demonstrate to the AC Milan fans, the Rossoneri fans erupted in boos and accusations at Seedorf!
"Liverpool scored the second goal! They broke through the goal guarded by Abbiati again through a fast attack after a midfield interception at San Siro. Lucas successfully tackled the ball to intercept Seedorf. Kuyt, Gerard, and Qin Xiong completed a wonderful cooperation in the front field. Raúl's positioning was also crucial. He contained Nesta.
This goal pushed AC Milan to the brink of elimination. It's no exaggeration to say that if AC Milan loses by two goals at home, they will have no possibility of a comeback when they go to Anfield! "
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