Lin Hai Ting Tao
Chapter 1334 The Gap is Really Big (Fourth Update, Seeking Monthly Tickets)
Who would have thought that Chen Hero wouldn't give them any face, and scoring one goal wasn't enough, he had to score a second.
This was a wake-up call to drive them to extinction!
Losing 0:2 in the first leg will make the next leg back at their home ground very difficult.
Moreover, some keen fans realized that there was a problem within AC Milan itself—Zlatan Ibrahimović wasn't known for being unselfish, but he rarely was as selfish as he was today, completely ignoring his teammates and coach, just burying himself on the field trying to break through and dribble the ball. It didn't actually help the team's offense at all, but he was still doing it...
Why was that?
Maybe something happened?
This may become a hidden danger for AC Milan in the second leg.
The more these AC Milan fans thought about it, the more desperate they felt.
Last season, AC Milan finally won the Serie A title, which greatly boosted the confidence of many fans, who felt that AC Milan had returned to its peak and only needed a Champions League title to finally prove themselves. They believed that with AC Milan's current strength, they could at least be on the same level as Barcelona and Real Madrid in Europe, if not sweeping all before them.
Playing Liverpool, even away, with AC Milan's strength, the process may be difficult, but the final victory would definitely belong to them.
But Chen Hero's two goals were like two buckets of ice water poured over their heads, waking them up. The beautiful picture in front of them suddenly disappeared completely, and they woke up from their fantasy to find that reality was so cruel and dark.
There was a reality that made them feel heartache—it turned out that AC Milan had fallen behind the top European level so much...
And before, we had been daydreaming all along!
This was a reality that made AC Milan fans feel even more painful than failure. If they had just lost a game, they could have said it was bad luck, but now they realized the gap between AC Milan and top European football...
They thought AC Milan had fully recovered, but now it seemed it was still too early!
Many AC Milan fans clenched their fists unwillingly, their nails digging into their flesh, but they were still completely unaware...
In fact, it wasn't just the gap between AC Milan and top European football that was widening, but the standard of the entire Italian and top European football was also getting further and further apart.
This can be seen from the fact that no Italian team has reached the Champions League semi-finals for several years in a row.
Juventus had previously won the league title with an undefeated record, and many people thought they were on the rise, but then Juventus fell into a new round of match-fixing scandals and could not extricate themselves, and their competitive performance plummeted.
Inter Milan is still in turmoil, perhaps only when all the Argentine players in the team have left can they truly stabilize. But the problem is that Inter Milan is still constantly buying Argentine players...
AC Milan is the only team that can maintain the dignity of Italian football, but now it seems that they can't maintain it anymore...
As for teams like Fiorentina, Roma, and Lazio, it's a good result for them to reach the Champions League knockout stage every year.
The most pity is Napoli. Originally, if Chen Hero hadn't left, judging from the previous momentum, they were the most likely to unify Italian football and then set off a bloody storm in the Champions League.
Unfortunately, their fans drove Chen Hero away themselves. Although Napoli, who drove Chen Hero away, still has good players such as Cavani, Cassano, Ranocchia, De Jong, and Hamsik, they are like a soul that has been lost. Their results fluctuate. Sometimes they can enter the Champions League group stage, sometimes they can only participate in the qualifying rounds, and sometimes they just go directly to play in the Europa League.
Now look at how well Chen Hero is doing at Liverpool. From the club owner to the ordinary fans, they all follow his lead, just like the Liverpool Supreme Emperor. And because of his joining, Liverpool has jumped from a fallen nobleman who even needed to fight for relegation to a dynasty that is being restored. Such a big leap is because Chen Hero came.
I wonder how many Napoli fans are regretting it, but what's the use of regretting it?
Serie A is already unattractive enough, and they are still driving the stars out. It would be a miracle if Italian football could improve...
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Seeing his team lose another goal, Zlatan Ibrahimović in the frontcourt was very angry.
He even roared at his teammates. But in the huge cheers at Anfield, no one knew what he was shouting.
The entire Anfield stadium was now full of cheers and noise.
Even if two people were two or three meters apart, they would have to shout loudly to barely hear what the other person was saying.
His complaints were naturally unheard.
Although they couldn't hear it, they could see it.
His series of excited performances after the goal loss earned him a lot of close-up shots. He waved his fists, roared, and was very dissatisfied, roaring at his teammates.
Everyone could see it.
He couldn't help but be like this, Ibrahimović was really unhappy! Because Liverpool's Chen Hero had already scored twice in this game, and what about him? He hadn't scored a single goal!
Before the game, he also planned to compete with Chen Hero to show everyone that he was no worse than this damn guy.
Who would have thought that reality would be so cruel.
What made him most unhappy was not that he was inferior in skill, but that from the beginning he had not obtained the qualification to compete with him!
He was firmly nailed to the front by the coach's tactics, but he couldn't get more support. When the entire Liverpool was passing the ball to Chen Hero, he felt so isolated and helpless. He was not convinced, this was not his fault!
So he roared angrily: "Is this the result you want to see? Let him be the protagonist alone? Defense? Defend my ass! Do you think holding on can stop him from scoring!"
Unfortunately, in the huge noise, no one could hear his words.
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After the game restarted, Allegri still strictly required the team to hold on. Of course, some players naturally felt that what were they still defending at this time? Hurry up and attack! Maybe they can get an away goal.
So some changes took place in the team, and these changes were beneficial to Zlatan Ibrahimović.
He seemed very happy, constantly招呼zhao hu his teammates to press forward and attack.
The AC Milan fans in the stands were also tired of their team's constant defending, defending, defending...
In their view, even if AC Milan knew they were no match, they should press forward and have a head-on confrontation with Liverpool. What kind of ability is it to keep shrinking back like this?
So they started shouting and cheering loudly for AC Milan's attack.
Allegri saw the changes in the team, and he kept waving his hands and roaring on the sidelines anxiously,示意shi yi the players to retreat.
But no one listened, and AC Milan began to press forward and attack.
They all thought so in their hearts—even if we can't win this game, it should be no problem to get an away goal, right? At that time, with a score of 1:2, who knows who will advance in the second leg.
Their ideas were very good, and they were quite confident, after all, the team still had good offensive players such as Zlatan Ibrahimović, Robinho, Pato, and Boateng.
In this game, Zlatan Ibrahimović was positioned at the forefront, and Pato and Robinho had to reduce their defensive responsibilities, so they were rarely seen in the attack.
Now that the team has begun to press forward as a whole, wanting to score goals, they have also become active again.
Some people watching TV only then realized: Ah, it turns out Pato was on! Ah, it turns out Robinho didn't play as a substitute...
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The most anxious person when AC Milan pressed forward and attacked was AC Milan's coach Allegri, and the happiest person was Liverpool's coach Martin O'Neill.
He rushed to the sidelines and asked Liverpool to pay attention to打 da AC Milan's gaps behind them.
In fact, without his reminder, the Liverpool players also knew to do so.
AC Milan's offensive had not yet fully started, and before it had any effect, some gaps had already appeared in their defense.
And Liverpool was not polite, directly seizing the opportunity to counterattack, knowing that this was what Liverpool was best at.
AC Milan offered their defensive gaps with both hands, and it would be foolish if Liverpool didn't know how to use them.
Liverpool's counterattack was very sharp.
For a time, AC Milan's defense was full of trouble, and it seemed like they might lose another goal at any time.
When Chen Hero's shot in the penalty area hit the post, it made a crisp sound. This crisp sound also suddenly woke up many AC Milan players—regardless of whether they can score an away goal, what if Liverpool scores another goal? Even if there is an away goal, what about the two-goal deficit...
Looking at Liverpool's posture, if we continue to attack, they may score more than just one goal... The third goal, the fourth goal... will definitely follow. At that time, can we still pray for the goal post to play the role of goalkeeper again?
Chen Hero's shot at the post just now scared Allegri's heart out. After seeing the ball not go in, he roared frantically on the sidelines: "Defend! Defend! Do you still want to lose more goals!"
The AC Milan players suddenly woke up from their dreams and retreated again. Until the end of the game, they no longer dared to go forward to fight for any away goals.
This change made Zlatan Ibrahimović angry. He had finally encouraged everyone to press forward and attack, but Chen Hero's shot at the post scared them back! Especially that coach Allegri, the way he panicked on the sidelines, wasn't it just a goal post? Seeing how scared he was, it was really embarrassing! He vowed in his heart to put pressure on the club's top management to drive this conservative out of the San Siro!