AC Milan needed to score a goal in order to reverse the game. The premise of scoring a goal was to create a shooting opportunity, so they had to kick the ball to the front field and send it to their teammates who could shoot.
Pato and Ibrahimovic did not retreat at the front, and Robinho, who played as the attacking midfielder in the front field, did not retreat either.
The players in the backfield tried to pass the ball to Robinho first, but it ended in failure again and again.
In the seventh minute of the game, Jankulovski intended to pass a diagonal pass to the front field to pass the ball to Robinho, but Johnson intercepted the ball halfway. In turn, Liverpool's midfield once again pushed the attack to the front line. Qin Xiong received Gerard's pass and passed diagonally into the penalty area. Raúl's shot was deflected out of the goal under Thiago Silva's interference.
AC Milan continued to try to contact Robinho, who found that he had no chance to touch the ball in the dense defensive area, so he took the initiative to pull to the side.
In the ninth minute of the game, Boateng, under the double team of Gerrard and Meireles, passed the ball diagonally to Robinho in the front right. Just as Robinho was about to touch the ball, Tiote used his body to seize an advantageous position and successfully intercepted the ball. After he successfully intercepted the ball, he passed the ball back to Baines, who sent the ball to Qin Xiong's feet behind the side of the front field with a long pass.
The scene presented to the audience was that Liverpool always had more players in the midfield than AC Milan!
First of all, Liverpool had more midfielders. Second, Liverpool's midfielders were better at running than AC Milan, so it was not surprising that such a scene would occur.
Qin Xiong flicked the ball horizontally when Abate came to snatch it. Seeing that he was about to raise his leg for a long shot, he caught Nesta's attention. He immediately passed the ball diagonally to Meireles, and then he cut straight into the empty space in the side of the penalty area.
Nesta turned to try to keep up with Qin Xiong, but he did not expect that after Meireles' diagonal pass over the top flew into the penalty area, Qin Xiong did not stop the ball at all and directly volleyed the ball in the air!
Qin Xiong did not control his footwork well and made a mistake in his kick. The football flew out of the crossbar with a strong spin and was ridiculously off target.
Qin Xiong was well aware of Nesta's defensive strength. Even though he was old, his defensive fundamentals were very solid and he would not make low-level mistakes. In addition, he was tall and big. His defense at the crucial moment when he made a crucial kick might make him fail on the verge of success. Therefore, he could only make the decision to dispose of the ball when he was still a certain distance away from Nesta. This time, the effect of his choice was not good.
AC Milan were a little out of breath from the pressure.
They realized that they could not connect with Robinho, so they tried to change their attack strategy.
Ibrahimovic had a certain height advantage in the front field, so AC Milan began to try a long pass!
In the 15th minute of the game, Seedorf kicked the ball from the backfield to the front field.
The football did fly towards Zlatan Ibrahimovic. There was no doubt about Seedorf's footwork. As long as there was no interference, he had the ability to do so.
But the problem was that the distance of the long pass was too far and the time the football spent in the air was too long.
This gave Liverpool's defensive players in the backfield more time to adjust their strategy.
When Ibrahimovic had just used his foot to stop the ball and unload the ball, he perfectly unloaded the football. Seeing that the football was about to fall at his feet, Mascherano, who was waiting for him to do so, cut across in front of him and intercepted the ball!
Ibrahimovic was just about to snatch the ball back when Mascherano had already passed the ball to Baines' running route.
Liverpool launched a quick attack again.
Baines and Meireles made a series of two-over-one wall combinations during the offensive push.
After coming to the front field, Liverpool's offensive combination in the front field was also undergoing offensive changes.
Qin Xiong suddenly cut across the middle to disrupt AC Milan's defense. Raúl inserted diagonally into the space between Nesta and Thiago Silva to distract the two center backs, while Gerard inserted forward into the space between Thiago Silva and Jankulovski.
Qin Xiong bypassed Boateng in front of the penalty area and sent out a straight kick.
Gerard successfully reversed the offside position and directly kicked the goal in the penalty area!
This time, Abbiati made a wonderful save. He blocked Gerrard's shot that was bound to go in!
But AC Milan's defensive line was already on the verge of collapse. Everyone could see that Liverpool was wantonly bullying AC Milan's defensive line. They were simply getting whatever they wanted in the penalty area!
In the 21st minute of the game, AC Milan tried a long pass again to launch an attack.
With Meireles and Gerard blocking the way in front, Boateng did not wait for the opponent to take turns to snatch the ball. He just stepped on the spot and teleported out.
Ibrahimovic competed for the ball under the pincer attack of Mascherano and Skrtel. He was tall and naturally had an innate advantage.
But he did not dare to stop the ball. It was very difficult in itself. In addition, Mascherano next to him did not even think about snatching the header from him. He just waited for the moment the ball landed and then snatched it with his foot!
Ibrahimovic cursed Mascherano in his heart for being a cold, venomous snake while he observed his teammates' positions. The moment he snatched the ball to the landing spot, he directly headed the ball and passed it to Pato, who was running forward!
Agger was close to Pato's side to snatch the ball. He could not move forward and had to retreat to stop the ball. He ran back a step and just stopped the ball, but he saw someone stretch out a leg from the side and poke the ball away!
Pato turned his head to look, only to see Baines take a step forward, intentionally or unintentionally blocking Pato from snatching the ball back.
Liverpool's rear defensive line was not afraid of AC Milan's long pass attack at all.
And every time AC Milan's attack failed, they had to face Liverpool's quick attack.
In the process of pushing forward in the midfield, Liverpool showed a magnificent momentum and crushed AC Milan's midfield line!
Johnson pushed the attack to the flank forty yards away from the goal and then passed the ball diagonally to Raúl's feet.
Raúl retreated in front of the penalty area to receive. He drove Silva out in the process of retreating. Silva wanted to interfere with Raúl's control of the ball and turn around.
But Raúl passed the ball horizontally to Gerard, who was running forward.
After the pass, Raúl immediately turned and ran into the penalty area. His run left Silva with no choice but to turn back to defend.
Gerard also moved the ball towards the middle of the penalty area. After Nesta moved horizontally in front of him, Gerard again passed the ball diagonally to Abate's left side.
Qin Xiong stopped the ball at the top corner of the penalty area line. Abate, who had previously received the ball inside, now headed it out. Qin Xiong took advantage of this time difference to pass the ball diagonally and pass Abate.
In a position closer to the middle of the penalty area, Qin Xiong lifted his leg to shoot.
There were almost no AC Milan players between the position where he lifted his leg and the goal. And Seedorf, who was originally able to interfere with him, also slowly distanced himself from him. Strasser was already dumbfounded by the passes from Gerard and Raúl's side.
The football shot out like a cannonball from the left side of the penalty area in a straight line straight to the top right corner of the goal!
Even if Abbiati was a deity, he was powerless to reverse the situation this time!
The speed of the ball was too fast and the angle was tricky. His hands could not touch the football in front of the goal.
The Red Army took the lead to break the goal at Anfield!
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