bloodnovel Chapter 122 Cruel Overtime
Chapter 122 Cruel Overtime
Chapter 122 Cruel Overtime
At the end of 90 minutes, the total score of the two sides remained at 3-3.
Ancelotti and Mourinho looked at each other, and to be honest, both of them were a little surprised.
Maybe it can only be explained by the phrase "this is football".
Lopez was surprised: "I really didn't expect Porto to draw with Milan. I don't think even the most optimistic fans could have imagined such an ending before the game."
Mourinho hurried to pat his players. They were exhausted, but he couldn't make a substitution yet.
"Children, there are 30 minutes left, I can't make substitutions for now."
The players nodded. At this time, the newly replaced players could easily lose track of the rhythm and be beaten. This is very common in high-level games.
"Head, what do we do in overtime? Did we continue to fight the Italians?" Maniche asked.
Attacking or defending is always an eternal problem on the football field. It is like two sides of a coin. You can only choose one side.
"It's not that simple, I decided to see the situation."
Morais patted Maniche, "A goal lost in overtime is also an away goal, you know?"
Maniche was taken aback, "No way?"
"Hehe, it's true."
In fact, there are really some people present who don't know that conceding goals in overtime is counted as conceding goals in the away game. Fortunately, the head coach reminded him.
The Champions League system is actually somewhat unreasonable, but it has always been like this, even if many people object to it, it has not changed.
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On Ancelotti's side, he is very aware of the current situation. In fact, only one goal is needed. As long as one goal is needed, Milan will win. Even if the opponent pulls back another one, it will not help.
"Guys, I don't think I need to say much about the current situation. Many of you have been in Milan longer than me."
Ancelotti looked at Maldini, and everyone nodded.
"We played poorly, but at the end of the day, we only need one goal, and one goal is enough to ensure we go through."
Gattuso nodded, "Today's responsibility belongs to all of us. We all need to carry it. No one can escape."
"Ah."
"Think about it, if we really lose and go back, those fans in Milan City will not spare us."
"Ha ha."
The Milan players all folded their hands together, "Come on, Milan."
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The two sides were full of pride, but after they really played, they became extremely cautious, especially Porto, who still put up an iron bucket formation, but this time the fans understood the team and Mourinho's intentions.
On the court, Pirlo used a long pass to mobilize the Porto players. The opponent's overall formation could only move with the ball, and then Rui Costa soon made another long pass. This kind of tearing back and forth was very exhausting.
Mourinho gritted his teeth, and could only say that the opponent's control ability was indeed too strong. If it was another team, it would have been snatched away by Porto's midfielder.
After a few invalid long passes from the Milan midfielder, Pirlo felt that it was almost done, and suddenly sent a threatening oblique long pass to Shevchenko in front.
After Shevchenko took the ball, he cut in directly with his speed. Jorge Costa saw that he couldn't do it, so he also made a kick. Shevchenko and Jorge collided.
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The whole audience was dumbfounded, Mourinho felt as if he had been punched by someone, and his heart skipped a beat. He was really afraid that the referee would point at the penalty spot, but...
Ancelotti has gone crazy over there.
"Penalty, I swear to God it was a penalty."
"Penalty."
The players on Milan's bench also stood up, and the most excited was Ambrosini, who was even more excited than Ancelotti.
But the referee raised his hand upwards to signal for both of them to stand up, which means that it was a [-]-[-] collision and no one fouled.
Mourinho's heart went back to his stomach, and the hearts of the home fans went back to his stomach, okay, okay.
Without Mourinho's order, everyone knows how dangerous it is for the midfielder to be controlled by Milan.
So the players took the initiative to push out, Li Qiao went to grab Pirlo, the Italian shook lightly, but he thought Li Qiao was too simple, and stuck to Pirlo, the Italian could only play the ball, and at this moment, Mani, who had been waiting early, cut off Pirlo's pass.
This is a technique of grabbing the ball that has been practiced thousands of times in normal training, and it requires the cooperation of a group of two to three people.
Pirlo immediately chased back, also because of his physical decline, he even forgot such a simple truth.
Maniche ran and found that the offensive line was not very good. McCarthy and Almeida in front seemed to be offside. He could only wait for Li Qiao, and Li Qiao came up soon. Maniche gave the ball to Li Qiao.
The latter ran forward with the ball quickly, but Milan's midfielder retreated really fast. Except for Rui Costa who did not retreat in time, the rest of them had already retreated to their positions.
The counterattack turned into a positional battle, and Li Qiao could only pass a kick to McCarthy on the forward line, and he completed a header.
Mourinho finally decided to make a substitution. He replaced Almeida with Brazilian fast Madel Rey.
In addition, Morais has reminded Mourinho to prepare the penalty shootout list.
"No, I will let the children choose the order of free throws by themselves."
Later, Mourinho did this when he was at Real Madrid, letting the players stand up and take the penalty kick.
After Delray came on the field, Milan's defense retreated again. Ancelotti's false starting lineup against Porto when he made tactical arrangements before the game, the striker was Delrey, which is also the type of striker that Ancelotti likes very much.
Del Rey did pose several threats on the wing, but did not form an absolute threat to Abiadi.
There is not much left in 30 minutes of overtime, and the fans are a little anxious. After all, the penalty shootout is to hand over the fate to God, and will God favor Porto?
118.
119.
120 minutes.
The referee was still looking at his watch until 123 minutes later, the referee gave three long whistles, and the game ended.
Porto and Milan are about to enter the most brutal penalty shootout, which is also the first time a penalty shootout has occurred in this season's Champions League knockout round.
Players from both sides fell to the ground, looking very, very tired. Ancelotti was already thinking about the player who took the penalty kick.
On Mourinho's side, he asked the players to sit in a circle, and he himself stood in the middle.
"I have decided that the penalty kick is up to you to decide, and I fully respect your wishes."
"So democratic." Maniche laughed.
"Haha."
But after laughing, everyone immediately fell silent, because the responsibility of stepping up to take a penalty kick is huge and the pressure is huge.
(End of this chapter)