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There are only a few minutes left, and the first half is about to end. The offensive edge of the two teams has been fully revealed in the first 40 minutes of confrontation. Ancelotti and Mourinho have also asked the players on the bench to prepare for warm-up. It can be seen that they don't want a draw, and both hope to end the battle within 90 minutes.

AC Milan can't afford to delay. After all, in the face of Chelsea's fierce attack, their physical energy is consumed very quickly. For the defense line dominated by veterans, this impact is bound to bring unexpected troubles to AC Milan.

And Mourinho also clearly knows that this impact can only be temporary, and it is impossible to suppress the opponent throughout the game.

Although the two will not make any adjustments to the team's personnel before the end of the first half, the cards they hide on the bench will definitely become the key to their absolute victory or defeat at some point in the second half.

This game will be an all-round confrontation between the two teams. There will be a fight to the death between the main players and the substitutes.

It is estimated that only the teams that have been eliminated by them can see the gap between each other. Maybe the difference in the main lineup is not big, but looking at the thickness of the bench of the two teams, this is the capital for them to enter the final.

Let alone the difference of millimeters, AC Milan and Chelsea are a cut above others in terms of the ability of bench players.

The game on the field is a confrontation, but for the adjustment of the team and the reintegration of personnel, it is also a battlefield to test the on-the-spot command skills of the two team coaches. Who can hit the opponent's dead point first? It is estimated that this depends on who Mourinho and Ancelotti show their cards first, and whether they can directly destroy the opponent.

It's just that these two guys are expressionless now, and even Mourinho, who has always been uneasy, is looking at every confrontation on the field with a serious face at this moment. He did not show his usual passionate actions, and even frowned rarely, as if all his attention was focused on the frequent confrontation field.

Ancelotti has always been a dull guy, and it is really unrealistic to expect him to do something radical.

Now these are two coaches with the same calm expressions, which makes the reporters waiting for exciting shots on the sidelines a little depressed. In their opinion, this game is already stalemate enough. If the two coaches can have some wonderful performances, they can also write something, but such calm expressions really make them helpless.

"The coaches of the two teams may be considering tactical adjustments during the halftime break. I don’t know if this score of one to one can make them make a decision to change players. After all, looking at the fierce confrontation between the two sides on the field, it is estimated that no one will choose to withdraw the intention of attacking first. There may be some changes in the second half."

These helpless reporters can only write these things now. Although there is no nutrition, it is finally a prediction. In this kind of intense game scene, both sides will definitely not choose to accept a draw and play overtime. It’s just that they don’t have a good way to deal with the opponent’s defense now. They can only stalemate and look forward to an explosion at a certain point.

However, Chelsea’s offensive intentions at this stage surprised many Italians.

Even Sacchi once said when commenting on the 40 minutes of the first half, "Mourinho still chose to let the players take the initiative on the field after the score was tied, which is different from Chelsea's usual tactical arrangements."

Not to mention him, even Brito rarely saw Mourinho play so aggressively. In the ten minutes after Lin Yi scored, it can be said that Chelsea had been pressing AC Milan. What they lacked was a goal to overtake. In other aspects, Chelsea was completely superior, especially in terms of offensive efficiency.

Efficiency and accuracy have always been the guarantee for Chelsea to win all the way in the Champions League. Now this efficient operation is still the main theme of their offense in the confrontation with AC Milan, and they are even more powerful.

It is estimated that Ancelotti, who had studied Chelsea for a long time before the game, was also a little confused when facing such a situation. He thought that Chelsea would return the game to a situation of equal strength after the attack was successful.

Then, in this situation where both sides are equal on the field, continue to rely on defense and interception to deal with yourself steadily, and rely on the personal abilities of several players in this steady dealing.

Especially after watching the video recordings of Chelsea, Manchester United, and Arsenal, this rhythm has always been Chelsea's best. Ancelotti misjudged Mourinho's crazy heart this time.

After getting a signal from Mourinho, the group of beast-like guys rushed up rashly.

And they didn't care whether there were defensive loopholes behind them. They just thought about how to attack.

After equalizing the score, Mourinho didn't follow the pre-match arrangement at all. He had only one request for the players on the field, to continue to let Lin Yi command the team's offensive and defensive rhythm on the field, and listen to that kid in everything, let him play freely, he said attack, then keep attacking!

In fact, it was not that Mourinho had such a crazy offensive desire, but the ruthlessness shown by Lin Yi on the court that made Mourinho decide to let the kid give it a try. The whole team listened to the command of a little guy. It is estimated that only Mourinho has the courage to make such a crazy decision.

But his madness was exchanged for Lin Yi's rampage on the field. The opponent had no way to limit Lin Yi's running in these ten minutes, and his passes began to show power on the field. Although he failed to score, Mourinho wanted to let the boy play freely.

"He is calmer than me, so if you give him this opportunity, he won't have any problems." Mourinho explained this while looking at Brito. Maybe it was not an explanation, but he was convincing himself. After all, this is the Champions League final, and some decisions require courage.

However, Mourinho's adventure also brought a good situation. Especially in these ten minutes, Chelsea not only regained the initiative of the game, but also made the opponent begin to become at a loss. The failure to score may be just a matter of luck, but Mourinho now values ​​more than just scoring. He is more concerned about seeing that the team has found the kind of beast temperament that dares to fight with the opponent.

But we can't rely on this kind of bravery to support the game. After all, this is a high-level confrontation. If we hold on for 20 minutes, it may be okay, but it is definitely unrealistic to hold on for the whole game. He also needs to do something about the team's tactics and personnel.

And Ancelotti probably thinks so too. After all, the team is a bit passive now. As the head coach of a traditional strong team like AC Milan, he has to consider not only the results, but also the feelings of the fans in the stands and the current mood of the club chairman in the VIP seats.

This is probably the sadness of Ancelotti. No matter how he leads the team, every time there is a problem within the team, it is definitely not himself who solves it, but Galliani or the club chairman.

Perhaps what Ancelotti envies most about Mourinho is that this guy can control the team as he pleases, without considering the feelings of others. As long as he leads the team to achieve the results that the top management wants, then no one can touch him.

But Mourinho is in no mood to care about Ancelotti's feelings now. He just wants to defeat his opponent as soon as possible.

During the halftime break, the two guys will make some adjustments to the tactical arrangements. If they continue to waste time like this, no one will be able to knock down the opponent with one punch. Mourinho was also a little confused when he saw AC Milan's extremely flexible defense.

"These guys have too much defensive experience. We have pressed so hard, but there has been no obvious loophole in their defensive formation. It seems that we still have to think of a way. Otherwise, it will be a very troublesome thing to get ahead. We can't always expect Lin Yi to solve the problem alone."

After watching the game for 40 minutes, Mourinho took his notebook and analyzed the weaknesses of AC Milan with Brito. However, in his opinion, the game is likely to remain deadlocked until someone makes a mistake in defense again. Otherwise, it is really difficult to confuse Chelsea and the opponent's two defense lines.

After Lin Yi equalized the score with a wonderful goal, Chelsea was in a very high momentum stage, but their fierce rush and attack only caused trouble for the opponent, and they did not really knock on the goal guarded by Dida again. Several threatening attacks were strangled by the opponent at the last moment, and the battle began to fall into a stalemate.

Robben's side was very fierce, but compared with Robben's madness, Duff's side encountered great trouble. The Irishman could not find any good offensive opportunities when facing Maldini's defense, and his two breakthroughs were blocked by the opponent.

Originally, while Robben was crazy, Duff also received instructions from Mourinho to speed up. Lin Yi and Lampard also passed two good balls to Duff respectively, especially the through ball sent by Lin Yi to Duff, which simply created an opportunity for him to run wildly.

Dave started very quickly at that time. It is estimated that this guy has been holding back for a long time. Finally, he caught a chance to break through. The advantage of the short-distance sprint burst out in an instant. Pirlo, who was originally preparing to intercept him, saw Dave running away before he got close.

There is no way. Dave is also a person who is used to running wildly on the side. After seeing Robben break through so casually for a long time, his feet have been itching for a long time. When facing this kind of pass, he almost subconsciously started to speed up and wait for a beautiful bottom pass.

But when Dave was five or six meters away from the bottom line, he had not had time to scoop the ball into the penalty area. A foot stretched out from his side and rear kicked the football fiercely. The powerful impact directly knocked Dave to the ground and fell out of the bottom line in embarrassment.

Duff probably didn't expect such a situation, so he didn't have time to adjust his body center of gravity, and fell straight out. After he climbed up from the pile of billboards, he was looking for the culprit viciously. I guess this guy really wanted to beat him up.

However, Duff was facing a hand that had already reached under his eyelids. Although the other party didn't say anything, when Duff looked up and saw the culprit, he was a little helpless. Maldini, who opened the game for AC Milan, was the culprit who kicked him out.

Although Duff rejected Maldini's advances, he was a little angry. Although it is said that you should not hit a smiling person, the offensive opportunity he finally got was strangled in the cradle by the opponent, and he was made so embarrassed by the opponent.

But no one would say that Maldini's defensive action was malicious. Little Ma Ge has a good reputation in the world football. Although it was a peak confrontation, he did not make any extra moves when he tackled the ball just now. It was just that he chased back too fast and knocked Duff out.

Such defense not only made Duff lose a chance to cross, but Maldini also began to focus on the defense on the left side, which made Lin Yi and Lampard's subsequent two passes become empty talk. Duff really had few ways to deal with Maldini's tough and experienced defense.

When Lin Yi saw this situation, he had no good solution. After all, he was not a traditional winger, and Maldini's defense was really in place. Even if he switched to Duff to look for offensive opportunities, he might not be able to gain any advantage in the confrontation.

Although the captain of AC Milan is already over 30 years old, he is rich in game experience, and his physical fitness is not necessarily worse than those guys in Terry. In fact, on many occasions, the Italian national team is still targeting him. He is definitely a defensive gate that cannot be easily crossed.

Duff's side was out of power, which made Mourinho's two-wing tactics lack a wing. Robben's attack alone may still have the upper hand for a while, but over time, even Mourinho probably didn't know it. A single attack is indeed difficult to defeat AC Milan's defense.

Moreover, after Chelsea's crazy attack for nearly 20 minutes, AC Milan's extremely flexible defensive formation began to gradually move forward. After holding back for a long time, AC Milan also found the rhythm of attack again. Although it was not as fierce as after the opening, it was also quite threatening.

Just like before, Pirlo made an accurate long pass to the penalty area on the right side of the midfield, and Makelele followed Kaka to run and intercept the opponent's landing point, but Kaka did not choose to stop the ball directly under such pressure. He almost made a lob pass while running at the moment when the ball landed.

This was also a brilliant pass. The ball bounced again and passed over Terry's head. The Chelsea defensive core, who rarely made mistakes, was embarrassed this time. This low-level mistake also made Crespo, who had been lying in ambush behind him for half a day.

The Argentine finally found the second shot opportunity after the opening. He leaned on Terry's body and made a half-volley shot. This shot was very tricky and went directly to the lower right corner of the goal. If Cech hadn't moved in advance, it is estimated that this shot would probably go into the net.

This shot also made Mourinho frown at Terry. For this captain who has always been very stable, this kind of mistake has almost never occurred in the entire Premier League season. It seems that the atmosphere of this final still affects the normal performance of the players. Everyone is a little nervous.

Especially Terry himself, he let Crespo create a goal in front of the goal after the opening, so now every time he touches the ball, his muscles seem a little stiff. After this mistake, his expression is also very annoyed, but Mourinho did not use a roar to warn him, but just made a pair of hands pressing down at Terry. Mourinho used this action to tell his defensive core, steady! Be sure to stabilize, don't worry.

Mourinho has never put himself in an unattainable position, so now he doesn't need the players to bear any pressure and play at their usual level. As for the result, that depends on the last few dozen minutes. Now you just need to let go and fight!

After getting such a reminder, Terry finally managed to stabilize his emotions. In the subsequent corner defense, he did not let Crespo find any good opportunities around him. A neat header clearance directly cut off the opponent's idea of ​​another sneak attack.

However, after Kaka received the ball outside, he shot a very fast long shot that hit the crossbar and flew out. The Brazilian boy shook his hands in annoyance. Perhaps he was also depressed because he failed to score with such a shot.

But his shot still aroused the exclamations and shouts of the fans in the stands. Of course, the exclamations were from Chelsea fans, and the shouts must be from AC Milan supporters, especially after Lin Yi scored. Many AC Milan fans hoped that Kaka would continue the magical performance after the opening and use a beautiful goal to respond to Lin Yi's roar.

Sacchi also said during the broadcast, "Kaka must be the key for AC Milan to score again. He is very important."

But just when Kaka, the key key, could not open the iron lock of Chelsea, Lin Yi moved when Cech kicked the goal kick, and Lampard's header at the front point fell at his feet.

There were only three minutes left, but Lin Yi didn't stop the ball from rolling. When Gattuso pressed forward, he used his flexible feet to play the most life-threatening pendulum-style pass in front of all AC Milan supporters. At this moment, Gattuso didn't even see how the kid got by him.

When Lin Yi brushed past Gattuso's body, Ancelotti subconsciously clenched his fists on the sidelines.

That black-haired devil... is here again... He brought only disaster to AC Milan...

(The Heat won the first game, I wonder how the Mavericks will fight back...)