When Ancelotti saw Real Madrid's formation, he had a bad feeling in his heart.
Real Madrid did not adopt a two-striker formation, but Raúl played as a single arrowhead.
The most important thing was Qin Xiong's position.
He appeared in the front position of the midfield, which made Ancelotti sigh in his heart: Bosque would never naively take risks.
When the game started, Real Madrid adopted the tactic of controlling the game situation and passing more in the away game.
Qin Xiong, Guti, and Snede covered the entire midfield area, passing, cutting, and running back and forth. Not only did AC Milan have to retreat in defense, otherwise, they would run the risk of the opponent's continuous lateral attacks tearing apart the defensive line, causing the defensive line to be exposed. In addition, AC Milan's attack had more obstacles to break through than expected.
Although Raúl played as a single arrowhead as a striker, his support and contribution to the defense were obvious to all.
Real Madrid could be said to be armed to the teeth in defense.
In the sixth minute of the game, Kaka began to dribble forward to break through after receiving Pirlo's pass in the midfield.
AC Milan was still limited by the lack of offensive players on the flanks, so there was nothing to write home about in terms of offensive means. It was not enough to rely only on the passing and cutting of Seedorf, Pirlo, and Kaka.
Kaka's dribbling was the most effective weapon, but in this game, Kaka's situation was no better than the previous game.
His situation was even worse because of the pressure.
When he led the ball forward beside Qin Xiong, he did shake off Qin Xiong because Qin Xiong needed to turn around, and Kaka had burst out with acceleration from the beginning.
Guti kept retreating, and when he was parallel to Diarra, Guti decisively met Kaka.
Kaka could not break through to the left. Diarra was there, so he chose to break through to the right.
After striding the ball away from Guti, Kaka tried to regain control of the ball, but Heinz stepped forward and kicked the rolling football in front of him directly to the Snede on the left front.
Kaka looked up to the sky and sighed. Real Madrid's defense was really well designed to restrict him!
Real Madrid, after repeatedly passing the ball through the midfield, suddenly accelerated the pace and broke out a wave of very threatening offensive.
In the 13th minute of the game, Qin Xiong suddenly cut forward after passing the ball to Robben in the midfield.
Robben cut straight to the middle from the flank and passed the ball to Snede, who crossed diagonally to the front of the penalty area.
Qin Xiong charged into the penalty area before Gattuso, and Nesta immediately moved in front of Qin Xiong.
Qin Xiong pretended to pass the ball to Raúl, but Nesta was as still as a mountain.
He just wanted to make a feint, and then suddenly dribble the ball in the opposite direction to break through, but Nesta precisely moved horizontally to block Qin Xiong's forward path, cutting off his connection with the football, and then intercepted the ball successfully!
Qin Xiong raised his hand to signal to Raúl after losing the ball, and then quickly ran to the backfield.
The Rossoneri fans finally breathed a sigh of relief, and now they were a little frightened when they saw Qin Xiong step into the danger zone of AC Milan's defense.
In the 18th minute of the game, AC Milan tried to use a simple and crude way to break through Real Madrid's defense.
Kaka tried to kick the ball over the top in the front field.
He wanted to send an anti-offside straight pass to Inzaghi, but the football he passed failed to pass Cannavaro's head. Inzaghi rushed behind Cannavaro and immediately stopped. He could not help but sigh when he saw Cannavaro's header to clear the siege.
The game took a turn in the 25th minute of the first half.
Seedorf's long shot in the front field was blocked by Ramos with his body, and the football that bounced to the midfield fell at Guti's feet. Guti stopped the ball and turned around to pass the ball to Snede.
Snede took the football forward from the left side of the road to attack, and after coming in front of Oddo, he passed the ball to Qin Xiong, who plugged in from the back.
Before Ambrosini, Qin Xiong took the lead to touch the ball, and the moment he touched the ball, he rushed forward and returned the ball with his heel.
At this time, Ambrosini had lost the opportunity to mark Qin Xiong, and Qin Xiong ran forward without slowing down.
The football behind him, which was knocked away by his heel, was directly passed by Guti with the arch of his foot as he rushed up. The football rolled from behind to Qin Xiong again.
Gattuso had decided to use a slide tackle to block Qin Xiong, but Qin Xiong stopped and waited for the ball. After the ball rolled over, he kicked the ball again and diagonally passed the ball to the right flank.
Robben, who cut into the penalty area from the right flank, used his left foot to kick the ball into the penalty area!
Kaladze stretched out his leg from the side to snatch the ball under Robben's foot. Robben used his left foot to gently kick the ball inside, and then Kaladze's outstretched foot tripped his right foot. Robben fell into AC Milan's penalty area!
The San Siro stadium erupted in earth-shattering boos!
The Rossoneri fans angrily accused Robben of diving!
But at this time, the referee's whistle sounded and pointed to the penalty spot. He did not hesitate to show a yellow card to Kaladze!
Kaladze argued to the referee with some agitation. He thought that Robben's fall was exaggerated and had some acting elements.
"A penalty kick! Real Madrid was awarded a penalty kick halfway through the first half.
Robben received Qin Xiong's diagonal pass into the penalty area. He was tripped by Kaladze and fell to the ground. Kaladze seemed to think that Robben was diving. Robben looked fine after he stood up.
Let's look at the slow-motion replay.
Oh, Kaladze did have physical contact with Robben. His foot tripped Robben's right foot, but Robben's fall was a bit exaggerated.
But the penalty kick should not be controversial. "
Robben stood up and walked outside, ignoring the complaints and protests of the AC Milan players.
He appeared to be in the right.
As a player who relied on his skills, he was fragile and was seriously affected by injuries.
He had to know how to protect himself.
If others violated him, he could stand honestly and not fall. If he could fall normally and not exaggerate, then it would be difficult for him to guarantee that he would get a reasonable penalty every time he was violated.
He wanted his opponents to not dare to foul him, for fear of using lethal tactics and reaping the consequences of their own actions.
Compared to his own health, he did not care about being criticized by outsiders.
Indeed, his fall was exaggerated, but he was indeed touched by his opponent. Since he touched it, then he had a clear conscience.
The Real Madrid players stood outside the penalty area and stared at Raúl's back. The Lord of the Rings was going to take the penalty kick.
The goalkeeper, Kaladze, tried to calmly face Raúl, but when Raúl volleyed the ball towards the goal, he clearly exposed his inner nervousness.
Kaladze predicted the wrong direction and just moved a step to the right. He did not even make a save and turned his head to look to the left.
Raúl took the penalty kick and volleyed the ball into AC Milan's goal!
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