There is a dream called football

The first half of overtime was uneventful. Both sides seemed to have lost their energy, especially Liverpool.

"This game seems to be heading for a penalty shootout," the commentator laughed.

But at the last moment of the first half of overtime, Pirlo remembered something the coach had just said to him.

That is to launch a surprise attack in the short period of time before the end of the first half.

Ancelotti’s research on the psychology of football players is very thorough. Generally, players are most relaxed before the first half break. It’s easy to understand if you think about it. It’s like the time before the winter vacation when you least want to study.

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According to statistics, this is indeed the time when more goals are conceded, especially by the relatively weak side.

Pirlo pointed at Kaká, who immediately understood and started running. It was this small movement that Gerrard noticed.

"Are you going to take action?"

Of course Gerrard couldn't yell at his teammates, but followed Kaká himself. This was a signal.

Pirlo noticed that there was someone next to Kaka, but he still passed the ball.

Because his teammates have full trust in Kaka's ability to hold the ball, Kaka paid attention to half-turning and slowing down before taking the ball, so Gerrard could not intercept the ball from Kaká's feet in the first move.

"Damn."

This kind of expert feels as if the ball is stuck to his feet when holding the ball, which makes the defensive side particularly headache.

"Give me."

Seedorf immediately connected with Kaká, and the Brazilian passed the ball over. In this way, Gerrard did nothing in the whole process.

"Damn."

Seedorf forced a pass and kicked it into the center of the penalty area. Everyone thought Shevchenko was going to header the ball, but what they didn't expect was that the Ukrainian headed the ball back into the penalty area.

Who is where?

As their eyes turned, everyone saw that this person was Kaka.

I saw him take a flying kick and swipe the ball in the direction of Dudek. The Liverpool people began to worry again. Everyone knew how powerful Kaka was at this time.

Dudek jumped up and hit the ball out of the penalty area with both fists.

The ball didn't go in.

However, AC Milan's attack was completely successful this time, and it was still so exquisite. In the end, it was their superstar Kaká who completed the shot.

At the end of the first half, the score was still 4 to 4. According to the rules, there is no rest at the end of the first half of overtime. The two sides exchange venues and immediately start the second half of the game. However, in reality, under normal circumstances, the referee will definitely give a little

Rest time.

The players were drinking water, and Benitez was giving final encouragement, "You all know what to do, right?"

"That's defensive counterattack. We can take penalty kicks, but we can't attack the opponent because the opponent wants to solve the problem as soon as possible, but we can't."

Benitez is right.

Ancelotti did think so. He was unwilling to take a penalty kick. He felt that one of his victories had been stolen.

"This was originally our victory. We were careless in the second half and we ended up with this result, so we can't be careless anymore, understand?"

"Um!"

"Attack, we have to attack."

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At the beginning of the second half, the situation completely changed. Liverpool became an Italian team and began to play defensive counterattacks, while their opponent turned into an English team that advocated offense.

AC Milan launched a wave of attacks again and again. They wanted to defeat Liverpool within 120 minutes and take back the victory that was theirs.

"This is our victory."

The fulcrum of the attack is still Kaka, but there are many branches.

Shevchenko.

Crespo.

Seedorf.

Pirlo.

It can be said that the five players in AC Milan's frontcourt are all the type who can shoot independently and solve the game by themselves.

So the pressure Dudek endured is understandable.

And after 10 minutes, in the last 5 minutes, Ancelotti was even more ruthless. He replaced Rui Costa and replaced Gattuso.

"It seems that the Italians are ready to solve the problem at the last moment. They don't want to go to a penalty shootout."

But at this moment, there was a problem with AC Milan's defense. A steal from Liverpool went directly to Li Qiao's feet. He half-turned to protect the ball, making the opponent mistakenly think that Li Qiao was waiting for his teammates to come up, but Li Qiao didn't expect it.

Suddenly turned around and completed the pass.

"Oh my God."

Li Qiao passed by.

It was like cutting a small hole in the ribs, AC Milan ran back like crazy, and Ancelotti was covered in cold sweat.

"Is it possible that I gambled too much?"

Li Qiao continued to run forward. He could shoot, but at this time, his peripheral vision had already spotted Gerrard following him in the middle.

"Shoot." Benitez shouted in his heart.

Li Qiao took a look at the goal and passed the ball to Gerrard in the middle.

"Kill?"

All the fans held their breath. Li Qiao's pass was a little too big. Gerrard finally flew out, but did not touch the ball.

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"Why don't you shoot it yourself?" Benitez shouted in his heart thousands of times.

"This would have been a killer."

Gerrard sat on the ground and pulled his thighs, then took the hand extended by Li Qiao, "You should actually shoot. If you don't make it, I will make a supplementary shot."

"Haha, actually it should be like this, but I saw that your seat is better, so..."

"There's no need to argue." Gerald said with a wry smile.

The game was very tight at the last minute, with both sides acting as cautiously as frightened animals.

Mourinho smiled: "The penalty shootout is inevitable."

"Dad, who do you think will win?"

"Maybe Liverpool."

In fact, Mourinho is optimistic about Liverpool in his heart, but he is just tough-talking, because the penalty shootout is all about mentality, and now Liverpool is the side with a better mentality.

"Dad, what would happen if your Chelsea reached the final?"

"Haha, then there is no need to play overtime at all. I have won the Champions League now, just like last year."

"hehe."

The referee blew three long whistles, and the game ended without any suspense. The game entered the most cruel penalty shootout, but the AC Milan players seemed to have lost the game, knowing that they were leading by 4 goals.

Ancelotti knows that this emotion is very bad, and he must help everyone overcome this emotion.

"Well, the penalty shootout is when everything starts again. There is no need to think about what happened in the game. Now we just start again as the Champions League final.

That's true, and this is indeed the same starting line, but that's not what the players think in their minds.

Everyone knows that AC Milan missed too many opportunities to kill the game.