Lin Hai Ting Tao

Chapter 249 Semifinals

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Fiorentina relied on the outstanding performance of their substitutes to beat Sampdoria 4-0 at home, successfully advancing to the final. Their opponent in the final is not Juventus, not AC Milan, and not Inter Milan, but Roma, who have been on a good run recently.

The Italian Cup final is a two-legged affair, home and away. However, this match will not be played until May, so Sabato did not pay too much attention to it.

Next, after three rounds of league matches, it was time for the Champions League again. However, Fiorentina had good luck this time, as their Champions League semi-final opponent was the weakest team in the top four: Ajax from the Dutch Eredivisie.

On the other side, AC Milan and Bayern Munich were facing a tough battle.

In fact, Zhang Jun wanted to meet Bayern Munich in the semi-finals even more, because it was because of losing to Bayern last season that they were eliminated. This season, he wanted to let the Germans see that the current Zhang Jun is no longer the same person he was back then. He really wanted Anke to taste the feeling of swallowing three bullets.

Unfortunately, he could only fantasize about it in his mind now, and then hope that Bayern Munich could defeat AC Milan and advance to the final.

On April 23rd, Fiorentina played against Reggina at home, while Inter Milan unfortunately faced Juventus away – the Italian Derby.

This was a great opportunity for Fiorentina to surpass Inter Milan.

Before the match, Zhang Jun was already at the center of the news media's attention, and everyone was asking him if he could score his thirtieth goal in this match. Due to the Champions League, he had not scored in the league for a long time.

Zhang Jun himself was very cautious about this question, and he directly refused to answer those questions that were obviously provocative. The World Cup was approaching, and at this time Zhang Jun was most afraid of getting injured. If he said something arrogant and conceited at this critical moment, angered his opponents, and was targeted by them, he would have nowhere to cry.

So even if he knew very well that these thirty goals were already in the bag, he couldn't say it directly.

So, facing countless microphones and camera lenses, he could only humbly say: "I will try my best to score goals, but you also know that in football matches, it is difficult to say the result until the last second."

Zhang Jun's words were soft and his attitude was low-key. But when he was on the field, he was a different person.

Just twenty-nine seconds after the game started, he had a shot on target, forcing the opposing goalkeeper to make a save.

The commentator kept laughing: "He was so humble before the game, but he changed his face during the game. Who said he wasn't determined to get his thirtieth goal?"

Fiorentina and Reggina are not on the same level, so there was no suspense in this match itself. Fiorentina will definitely win, and it doesn't matter how many goals they win by. What people are concerned about is when Zhang Jun will be able to score his thirtieth league goal of the season.

In these few seasons when he was in good form, he really reached the point where he regarded scoring goals as worthless. He has scored more than thirty league goals for two consecutive seasons, and this season thirty goals are also within sight. Being able to score thirty goals for three consecutive seasons is something that almost no one has been able to do in the increasingly conservative and pragmatic Serie A for nearly sixty years.

The last time was completed by Nordahl of AC Milan, who scored thirty-five, thirty-four, and thirty goals in the 49-50, 50-51, and 51-52 seasons respectively.

07-08 season, thirty-one goals. 08-09 season, thirty-one goals.

When this season ends, how many goals will Zhang Jun be able to score?

In the twenty-seventh minute of the first half, Fiorentina scored first. However, the scorer was not Zhang Jun, but Gasparoni. After receiving Cruyff's through ball, he inserted into the penalty area and shot directly, successfully scoring. Fiorentina led 1-0.

After a brief cheer, people began to look forward to Zhang Jun's performance.

His teammates also knew who the protagonist of this match was. Moreover, Zhang Jun had promised that after he scored thirty goals, he would treat the whole team to dinner, so the midfielders were desperately creating scoring opportunities for him.

If it weren't for the excellent performance of Reggina's goalkeeper in this match, they would have been far behind.

But defense is ultimately passive, and there is no unbreakable wall in this world. After stubbornly resisting for forty minutes, Zhang Jun's first goal in this match, the thirtieth goal of the season, arrived as expected.

This goal was slightly different, because Zhang Jun scored a long-range shot from outside the penalty area. Reggina's goalkeeper was caught off guard and didn't expect Zhang Jun to suddenly fire from twenty-five meters away from the goal.

The football drew a descending arc, then passed the goalkeeper's right hand, which was hastily jumped, and then fell into the goal after grazing the lower edge of the crossbar!

"Goal! goal! goal! goal! goal! goooooooooooooooooooooooooooal!!!" The commentator had been waiting for this long roar for forty minutes, and finally he could release it. Next was a continuous rapid commentary, "Zhang Jun scored his thirtieth goal of the season! He amazingly completed the great achievement of having thirty goals for three consecutive seasons! He is now engraved in the history of Serie A like Nordahl! As for the top scorer, he already is, and there is no need to prove anything now."

Zhang Jun kissed the engagement ring on his hand: Sophie, did you see that? I scored thirty goals, I really wish you were by my side at this time...

Zhang Jun's goals are decisive and often have the added function of demoralizing the opponent.

So at the beginning of the second half, Sabato discovered that Reggina had lost much of their fighting spirit. Faced with Fiorentina's bombardment, their defense was full of loopholes.

In the twenty-first minute of the second half, Zhang Jun once again seized an opportunity and scored a goal with a diving header in front of the goal, the thirty-first goal of the season, and the second goal of this match.

Ten minutes after he scored his second goal, Zhang Jun was replaced by Pazzini by Sabato. Domestic league, Champions League, national team warm-up matches, Zhang Jun now urgently needs enough rest, so Sabato does not require Zhang Jun to play the full game in every match. Even when he returns to the national team for matches, he has an agreement with the Chinese team's coach: Zhang Jun is not allowed to play the full game in any warm-up match.

When Zhang Jun left the field, he was treated to a standing ovation from the entire stadium. Why do I say the entire stadium? Because not only Fiorentina fans, but even Reggina fans stood up and applauded this Serie A top scorer. This is the highest level of treatment. The opponent's praise and recognition is not something that anyone can get casually.

Zhang Jun left the field in a glorious manner, and the match ultimately ended with Fiorentina winning 3-0 against Reggina. On the other side, the Italian national derby was in full swing, with Inter Milan and Juventus desperately trying to defeat each other. The result was that they could only helplessly accept a 0-0 draw.

Fiorentina successfully surpassed Inter Milan, and after the thirty-fifth round of the league, they became the league leaders. If they can maintain this lead in the remaining four rounds of the league, then the defending champions will successfully defend their title this season.

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After the match, Zhang Jun kept his promise and led the whole team to a big meal at the best Chinese restaurant in Florence. Although it cost a lot of money, he didn't feel bad about it at all.

Zhang Jun once again made the front pages of the Italian media and various news videos. Because he became the first striker in sixty years to achieve this feat - scoring thirty goals for three consecutive seasons.

In the Premier League, scoring thirty goals in a single season is not difficult. In La Liga, it is not impossible to do so either. But in Serie A, wanting to score more than thirty goals in a single season is simply more difficult than ascending to heaven, let alone for three consecutive seasons?

Zhang Jun's ability is recognized by the world, and even the best forwards in the world are talking about Zhang Jun, believing that his ability is unparalleled. Defenders and goalkeepers also admit that facing Zhang Jun one-on-one is a worrying thing for them.

Four days later, in the league re-match against Siena, Zhang Jun, who was in good form, scored another goal, and this season he has completed thirty-two goals, which is the most productive season of his career. But he is not satisfied yet. There are still three rounds left in the league, and he still has the opportunity to strive for more goals. In his heart, he has set a higher goal for himself: thirty-five. The highest number of goals in a single season in Serie A history, created by Nordahl of AC Milan in the 49-50 season.

In that era when the defense was not as fierce and strict as it is now, being able to score thirty-five goals in a single season may not have been a very, very difficult thing. But in today's professional league, with defensive tactics becoming more and more systematic, defenders becoming more and more powerful, offensive space becoming smaller and smaller, match density becoming greater and greater, and players' physical fitness becoming more and more problematic, wanting to score thirty-five goals in a single season is tantamount to a pipe dream.

Zhang Jun also knew that the goal he set was a bit illusory. If he said it out, even Sabato, that madman, would be convinced, so he simply didn't say it and buried it in his heart. He will give everyone a surprise when he completes it.

Thirty-five league goals is really a crazy idea, and it has to be completed under the interference of the Champions League and the League Cup. Although at this time, there is no longer the worry of national team warm-up matches, such a goal still means that Zhang Jun has to go all out in all the matches he participates in.

Three rounds of league matches, two Champions League semi-final matches, and if he is lucky, plus one Champions League final and one Italian Cup final. From the end of April to the end of May, he will have to play a total of seven matches.

This is perhaps the season with the greatest match density that Zhang Jun has ever experienced, not to mention the upcoming World Cup matches. But Zhang Jun didn't feel tired. On the contrary, he is full of energy now. Because there are one goal after another in his heart that are supporting him, constantly giving him strength, and allowing him to continue to move forward until the final goal is achieved:

Fiorentina's treble. The Chinese team's World Cup championship. His and Sophie's wedding.

He must not fall at this time, he wants to leave the most perfect and dazzling summer for his life.

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On April 30th, in the away match against Empoli, because the first leg of the Champions League semi-final was just around the corner, Sabato originally didn't want to arrange for some of the main players to start. However, Zhang Jun insisted on starting, and Sabato felt a little strange. Zhang Jun was not the kind of person who disregarded the overall situation. This match could be completely handed over to the substitutes, and he only needed to save his strength for the Champions League. Besides, he has successfully completed his promise of thirty goals, and Sabato can't think of anything else that would make him so eager to participate in the match.

Zhang Jun didn't say, and he didn't ask.

And Zhang Jun's starting lineup also surprised many media outlets and Empoli's coach. They originally thought that Sabato would hold back for the Champions League, but they didn't expect that even the strongest forward would be sent out.

Empoli didn't expect this at all, so they naturally didn't make any defensive tactical arrangements against Zhang Jun before the match. During the match, their defense suffered a lot. Zhang Jun, who had a great goal in his heart, galloped through Empoli's defense and ravaged all his opponents. Then, in the seventy-first minute of the second half, he was taken off the field by Morientes with a goal in hand.

Li Yan watched Zhang Jun's ecstasy after scoring a goal in the stands, and he suddenly understood a little why Zhang Jun wanted to volunteer. In the 49-50 season, AC Milan striker Nordahl completed the great feat of scoring thirty-five league goals in a single season. Zhang Jun must have taken that historical legend as his own goal in his heart. After the match against Empoli, he has already scored thirty-three goals, and there are two goals away from thirty-five goals. At the same time, there are exactly two rounds left before the end of the league. Scoring one goal per round is as easy as pie for the current Zhang Jun.

Thinking of this, Li Yan inexplicably became excited.

Just imagine, a foreign striker on the Serie A field regards all the defenders as nothing, regards scoring goals as worthless, and tramples all the defenses that Italy is proud of under his feet. What kind of glory is that? What kind of prestige is that?

Three consecutive seasons of more than thirty goals, and thirty-five goals in a single season. These have already become history and have become legends. And they are gradually being sealed by the dust in the increasingly pragmatic professional football. But now, Zhang Jun is only one step away from the legend, one step away from the sealed history.

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Of course, before completing that legend, Zhang Jun also needs to achieve something in the Champions League. Their opponent in the Champions League semi-final in midweek is Ajax from the Netherlands.

May 3rd, Champions League match day, semi-final, Fiorentina away against Ajax.

Zhang Jun is both unfamiliar and familiar with the Dutch team.

He is familiar with them because he used to play football in the Netherlands for more than two years, and he himself has some traces of Dutch football. He is unfamiliar with them because he has not returned to the Netherlands for a long time, and the players of many Dutch teams have been replaced one after another. Ajax's coach is no longer Koeman, and there are only a few players left in the team who once competed with Zhang Jun.

Ajax is the weakest team in the Champions League top four. A large part of the reason why they were able to advance to the top four is because they drew a good draw and avoided strong teams along the way. However, their good luck ended when they met Fiorentina in the semi-finals.

Before the match, few people thought that Ajax could defeat Fiorentina. Even at home, they thought that they would only draw at most. Generally speaking, in a two-legged knockout match, the team that plays the first leg at home always suffers. In addition, Ajax now has too many young players and lacks experience. Sabato didn't regard Ajax as a threat.

But Ajax's raid at the beginning caused an own goal by Fiorentina defender Svensson. This was definitely a heavy blow, and all the plans that Sabato made before the match are now all waste paper.

Although he was very angry in his heart, Sabato couldn't show it, because the one who made the mistake was the young player Svensson. He couldn't dampen Svensson's morale at this time.

A huge cheer erupted in the Amsterdam Arena. The commentator repeatedly called out luck. If it wasn't for luck, how could Ajax have taken the lead just two minutes after the start?

But how could Zhang Jun, who has a great goal in his heart, allow such a thing as failure to happen to his team? He ran to the back as soon as possible to comfort the frustrated Svensson. "Don't be sad, Andrella. This is not a big deal. As a defender, who hasn't scored an own goal? And losing a goal now is not a bad thing. We still have a whole game to come back. Cheer up and guard the goal!" He patted Svensson's shoulder hard.

Svensson nodded: "Don't worry, captain. I won't give the Dutch any more chances!"

Then, with the help of thousands of fans from Volendam, Fiorentina launched a counterattack, and Zhang Jun was also quite active. Before the match, Ajax's coach made special arrangements for Zhang Jun's characteristics, requiring a defender to stick to Zhang Jun and stay close to him in all situations.

And once Cruyff gets the ball, there will definitely be two players going up to double-team him, preventing him from easily passing the ball and breaking through. When necessary, he would not hesitate to use foul tactics to stop Fiorentina's attack.

These tactics did cause Fiorentina a lot of trouble at the beginning of the match. But they overlooked one point, Fiorentina doesn't only have one way to score goals through open play.

In the twenty-first minute, Cruyff was brought down by Ajax players in the middle, and the ball fell to Zhang Jun's feet. The referee signaled advantage, and the game continued. Zhang Jun continued to dribble the ball and break through. He tried to shake off the opposing center back, but was unfortunately brought down again.

The ball fell to the feet of Ajax players, and the referee immediately blew the whistle, signaling that Ajax players had fouled, and Fiorentina had a direct free kick from twenty-three meters.

Fans from Volendam became excited, and they cheered loudly: "You will pay the price for this!!" The Ajax fans next to them suspected that these enthusiastic fans speaking Dutch were not Dutch.

Everyone knows how accurate Zhang Jun's free kicks are, the Dutch can't forget it.

Sure enough, Zhang Jun stood in front of the ball, but so did Xiang Tao.

Zhang Jun's free kicks are good at curves and angles, while Xiang Tao's free kicks only pursue power and speed.

The two belong to different types of free kicks, which makes the opponent's wall very uncomfortable. If they want to defend Zhang Jun's free kick, then they must jump up to increase the defense on top. If they want to defend Xiang Tao's free kick, then they must not jump, because his powerful shot is likely to let the football sneak in from under the wall and catch the goalkeeper off guard.

Now Ajax's wall is repeatedly guessing, Zhang Jun and Xiang Tao, which one will shoot?

"Hey, I said, how do we defend? Like this..."

"I think Zhang Jun will shoot... Referee! They moved the ball forward!"

"Shut up! Take a step back for me!"

"Ah, I also think Zhang Jun is more likely to shoot, after all, his hit rate is amazingly high at this distance..."

"But the closer the distance, isn't Xiang Tao's powerful shot even more threatening? The distance is too close, Zhang Jun's curve may not be able to go around it!"

"I used to play against Zhang Jun in the Eredivisie. Do I know him, or do you rookies know him?"

"Okay, okay, there is nothing to argue about, some jump up, some rush forward!"

Zhang Jun stood in front of the ball and watched the debate among these Ajax players with interest. He could understand Dutch, so he naturally knew what the other party was arguing about.

He found it very interesting, so he didn't rush to kick the ball, but waited for the other party to line up the wall, then raised his hand to protect his crotch, and looked at him and Xiang Tao with a serious expression.

At this time, he turned his head and whispered a few words to Xiang Tao. Xiang Tao nodded, then stepped back and pulled out a very long run-up distance.

And Zhang Jun himself stood on the left side of the ball, with his hands on his hips, looking at the wall and the goal in the distance, pretending to be ready to shoot.

With the referee's whistle, Xiang Tao began to run. And when Zhang Jun was about to run to Xiang Tao, he suddenly pushed the football to the right with force!

"It's indirect! Xiang Tao! Stop him!" Someone shouted loudly, and the two players responsible for rushing forward immediately adjusted their direction and flew towards Xiang Tao's direction to block him.

Xiang Tao swung his left leg, but he didn't shoot. He let the football pass by him!

The two Ajax players missed, and failed to retract their feet, and all of them slid to the ground, helplessly watching the football slide past them.

The real shooter was Mascherano, who inserted from behind and shot with a powerful shot without stopping the ball!

The football passed through the crowd in the penalty area, dodged the goalkeeper's hands, and then accurately drilled into the upper left corner of the goal!!

A beautiful free kick combination!

Fiorentina equalized the score!

Ajax's coach stomped his feet angrily on the sidelines, while the players who were still arguing about whether to defend Zhang Jun or Xiang Tao just now lowered their heads and remained silent.

In the noisy environment, while they were arguing loudly, they forgot that Zhang Jun could understand Dutch. Originally, Zhang Jun wanted to shoot directly, and Xiang Tao was just there to cover for him. But after hearing the other party's argument, he temporarily changed his mind, first whispered a few words to Xiang Tao, then signaled to Mascherano next to him to prepare to shoot. Then it was a perfect free kick combination.

Zhang Jun has been constantly scoring goals recently, and he is in the limelight. Therefore, every time his opponents will instinctively think that Zhang Jun will shoot, but they have ignored his teammates, none of them are kind people.

Because Fiorentina equalized the score, both sides returned to the same starting line. But the situation is gradually favoring Fiorentina. Although Ajax is at home, they are after all mostly young players, and their control and interpretation of the match are far inferior to the experienced Fiorentina.

Moreover, Fiorentina's midfield control ability is far better than Ajax's. In football matches, controlling the midfield basically means dominating the match. If you don't foul Cruyff, it is difficult to steal the ball from him. But fouling will give Fiorentina the opportunity to have a set piece, and defending Zhang Jun is considered successful - and it is only limited to defending him in open play. Letting Zhang Jun take set pieces is something that no one wants to see.

Ajax's defense fell into a dilemma. If they can't defend Cruyff, Fiorentina doesn't only have Zhang Jun who can shoot. They also have Gasparoni, Joaquin, Morientes, and Mascherano who just scored, and even Xiang Tao and Lahm can assist and participate in the shooting.

If they want to defend Cruyff, they have to foul, and fouling will give Zhang Jun a chance to shoot directly without interference.

When this match has progressed to this point, it is basically without any suspense. Fiorentina has the advantage and is leading Ajax by the nose throughout the match. Although Zhang Jun didn't score a goal in the entire ninety minutes, his and Cruyff's presence attracted almost half of Ajax's defensive attention, creating countless opportunities for his teammates. In the end, Fiorentina easily won this match 3-1 away from home, and they have already squeezed most of their body into the Champions League final field - the Auf Schalke Arena in Germany.

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Fiorentina's match was easy, but the other semi-final was not so easy. Because the second semi-final that took place the next day was a real clash of strong teams - AC Milan away against Bayern Munich.

In recent years, due to various reasons, AC Milan has not had the opportunity to face Bayern Munich. Bayern Munich this season has added a lot of new players, and the personnel structure is more reasonable. They are now firmly at the top of the Bundesliga standings. Neither Schalke 04, Werder Bremen, Hertha Berlin, Hamburg, Stuttgart... can pose a threat to them.

But AC Milan has been much harder this season. They are third in the league and are suppressed by their city rival Inter Milan. Van Basten is a smart person. He knows that according to the current situation in the domestic league, it is almost impossible for AC Milan to win the championship. So it is better to put all his mind on the Champions League. Last year in the final they lost to Barcelona, ​​this season, no matter who the opponent is in the final, he must win - of course, the opponent is best Ajax - even if he is very popular and even if the club recently renewed his contract until 2014, if he can't win a championship for the team, I am afraid that he will not be able to escape the fate of being dismissed. You must know that the club's contract is as changeable as a football match. Coaching AC Milan for three seasons, with only one league title, is really not a good result for a coach who was highly expected before taking office.

Before winning the Champions League title, no matter what, he must first defeat the opponent in front of him, Bayern Munich.

For the sake of the Champions League game, in the league round before the cup game, AC Milan sent out a starting lineup combining half of the substitutes and half of the main players. Like Fiorentina, relying on their lineup, which is strong even with the substitutes, plus home advantage, the team successfully defeated the opponent. At the same time, Kaka and Gilardino got plenty of rest.

In this lineup, Yang Pan not only participated in the league, but also played the entire game. He is one of the most reassuring players in the entire AC Milan team. Whether it is physical strength or professional ethics, there is nothing to be picky about.

So far this season, he has not missed any game of AC Milan, nor has he missed any warm-up match of the Chinese national team, and what is even more amazing is that he has played all ninety minutes in all of these games.

This kind of physical strength at least makes Zhang Jun ashamed.

It is no wonder that he is now firmly seated in AC Milan's main right midfielder position, and can also play multiple positions such as right back, right winger, and left midfielder. Because he is never injured, he does not have problems with lack of physical strength, and his state is very stable, without any big ups and downs. Being his substitute is really a sad thing... even *Milan Sports News* joked that Galliani did not need to add personnel in the right midfielder position at all, one Yang Pan is enough.

This is also related to his low-key personality and regular life. Every day is a two-point line between the training ground and his home. After training, he goes home on time to spend the beautiful evening time with Yi Lan - also, Yi Lan's belly is getting bigger and bigger now, and many things can no longer be done, and someone must be by her side to take care of her, so Yang Pan's return after training is also for a reason. Yi Lan's bearded father also temporarily gave up the business in the store and moved into Yang Pan's home to help take care of his daughter.

Yang Pan is very satisfied with his current life. He has a beautiful wife and will have his own children in a few months, and his life is carefree. But in terms of football, Yang Pan is not satisfied. Because for two consecutive seasons, he has not won any honor. Whether it is for the team or individually, it is all blank. And all of this is due to his good friend - Zhang Jun.

When Zhang Jun left Milan in the first place, he once said that one day he would personally take the championship from Milan. At that time, Yang Pan just thought that Zhang Jun was just saying angry words and did not take it seriously. He joked that if he had the ability, then come. He did not expect that the joke at the beginning would become a reality, and this snatch has lasted for two years.

Zhang Jun, Zhang Jun... the former friend, now the opponent.

Yang Pan is very smart, so he knows that Van Basten's ideal Champions League final opponent is Ajax. But Yang Pan's most ideal final opponent is Fiorentina. This time, it is his turn to take the championship from Zhang Jun.

Kaka patted Yang Pan on the shoulder: "What are you thinking about? You are distracted again."

Yang Pan raised his head to look at Kaka sitting next to him, and then smiled: "Sorry, it's nothing. I was wondering who the opponent in the Champions League final will be."

"Wow, we haven't played the semi-finals yet, and you are already planning the finals opponent. Are you really confident in defeating Bayern Munich?"

Yang Pan thought of Anke during his student days: "Don't worry, Anke is very afraid of us. He must be thinking at this time why the opponent is not Zhang Jun, but us."

"Do you really think so?" Kaka was very surprised.

"I was that kid's captain for three years, and I know him very well. Do you want to bet? I bet he will definitely complain that the opponent is not Zhang Jun when he sees us. How about ten euros?"

Kaka thought for a while, then nodded: "Deal."

The plane passed through the clouds and began to descend, Yang Pan looked out through the porthole and saw the bright sunshine and the vibrant earth.

Germany, they are here.

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"Damn! It's actually you two bastards. I was thinking of fighting Zhang Jun for two more rounds." Anke muttered to Yang Pan and Kaka when the two teams shook hands before the match.

Yang Pan looked at Kaka next to him, and Kaka gave Anke a blank stare. This useless guy made him lose ten euros. He must get this debt back during the match.

Anke didn't understand what the expressions of the two people meant. He thought that his words had no effect. After watching the two people leave, he shrugged his shoulders: "Damn! Really two people without a sense of humor!"

Yang Pan has only scored a few goals for AC Milan in various competitions this season, which is really not much. This is related to Van Basten's request for him to actively assist and reduce the number of shots, and it is also related to the fact that Serie A opponents are guarding against his powerful shots. So now Yang Pan is like a heavy cannon, but for various reasons, he has to be sealed in the fortress, and no one cares about it even if it is covered with dust.

This situation gave Bayern's coach Magath a false impression: Yang Pan rarely shoots, so he only needs to defend his breakthrough and cross. Therefore, in order to defend Kaka's powerful breakthrough in the middle, the two center backs and the defensive midfielder are compressed towards the middle, and the left back is pulled to the wing to prevent Yang Pan's wing breakthrough and cross. In the ribs between the full-back and the centre-back, there is a small space, which is a hidden danger that has not been noticed temporarily.

As an attacking player, Yang Pan is very eager to have the opportunity to personally shoot and score goals. However, for the sake of the team's tactics, he suppressed his desires most of the time.

Van Basten decided to pull Yang Pan's heavy artillery out of the fortress in this match and give him complete freedom - "You can decide how to handle the ball on the right. You can break through and then cross, or you can cut inside and then cross, or... you can also cut inside and shoot directly."

The last sentence is what Yang Pan wants to hear most now. To defeat Zhang Jun, you must show enough momentum now.

As soon as the game started, Ambrosini successfully intercepted Schweinsteiger's dribbling in the midfield, and then quickly passed it to Kaka. As soon as Kaka gets the ball, Bayern's central defense becomes tense. Everyone knows how terrifying Kaka's central vertical breakthrough ability is. Among the midfielders in the Italian league, Kaka is the strongest in terms of breakthrough ability, even stronger than Cruyff.

But this time Kaka did not break through, but passed it to Yang Pan.

Yang Pan faced the Bayern young left back Drositskis who was defending him, and made a look that he was determined to break through to the bottom. The opponent immediately withdrew his center of gravity backwards. At the same time, Yang Pan buckled the football to the middle, shaking off the opponent. Then he took a big step and, before Lucio could react, suddenly kicked and shot with force! The football swept towards Bayern Munich's goal with a patch of grass clippings and a gust of wind!

Anke had been guarding against this person's shot since the beginning of the match, so he was not surprised by Yang Pan's shot, but he did not dare to hold it directly - he didn't want to be replaced at the beginning of the match. So he jumped up hard, then reached out and rubbed it, lifting the football up slightly. The football hit the crossbar and bounced high out of the stadium.

"Oh!!! At the very beginning of the game, Yang Pan's heavy artillery made all Bayern players break out in a cold sweat! The power was so great that even Anke, the best goalkeeper in the Bundesliga, didn't dare to block it head-on, and could only choose to push it out of the crossbar!"

Yes, there must be a momentum-filled start.