football redemption

Chapter 152 The Attacking Maldini
The corner kick was taken by Bonaventura. The football did not go to the goal, but went slightly outside and flew near the penalty spot.

Here Shaqi and Cisse compete for the top.

In the end, the seasoned Cisse was slightly better, rushing to push the football out ahead of Xia Qi.

However, AC Milan's attack did not end here. The football pushed out by Cisse eventually fell at the feet of AC Milan players.

Bonaventure pulled outside, chested Cisse's ball to a stop, and then made a long-range shot, which he actually pushed.

The ball passed under the feet of Olympiacos midfielder Fet Fazides, who jumped up to defend the shot, and returned to the feet of Shaqi.

Shaqi reacted very quickly after receiving the ball, turned around and shot directly!
This shot was quite tricky. The football passed the goalkeeper Sa's ten fingers and flew in close to the goal post.

"Oh! When Xiaqi took off, he was dragged by Cisse. There is still a chance! Bonaventura shot! No! It was a pass! Xiaqi! Goooooooal! Go in! Xiaqi shot and scored! Xiaqi was very smart and retreated with the Olympiacos defense line, no offside!"

"From this point of view, it is obvious that Shaqi is not offside. The running position is just parallel to Cisse, and the angle of the shot is also very tricky. This is a good shot."

"Oh, buy Karma! I just said whether Xiaqi can be the savior like Baggio. Xiaqi scored a goal worth a lot of money. Now the score is 2:1. If this score can be maintained to the end, AC Milan will be promoted."

"Ivan, he will definitely be scolded to death after the game. Isn't Xia Qi going to be fine in the morning?"

"Thomas, the Internet has already begun to scold..."

"3 minutes of silence for Ivan!"

Olympiacos coach Marco Silva wanted to say to Gattuso: "Since you want to rest Shaqi, why take him? This person can actually stay in Milan."

After the AC Milan players celebrated, the game continued.

The score of 2:1 was not enough for Olympiacos to qualify, so they had to seek another goal, so the three lines pressed.

Unknowingly, 10 minutes into the second half, the home team Olympiacos gradually took the initiative on the field. After all, this is their home game, and they should perform better than the visiting team here.

They got more and more shots, each one cheering the Olympiacos fans at the Kareskakis Stadium
People who don't know think that Olympiacos has already sieved AC Milan's goal.

Actually no, AC Milan was really in a bit of a panic during this period, but under the interception of Shaqi and Casey's double midfielders, most of Olympiacos' shots were long-range shots!
Long shot Except for a few great gods, most people more or less have to look at their faces. Tonight's Olympiacos has a black face!

While defending, Xia Qi observed carefully, comparing the opponent's style of play and kicking habits, to see if it was the same as what he observed sitting off the court.

The good news is that Olympiacos' style of play and the habit of passing and receiving the ball have not changed because Shaqi played.

Xia Qi was secretly happy, and began to plan a counterattack while defending.

Shaggy's method is very Klopp!
He predicted where the Olympiacos would pass the ball based on the way Olympiacos played, and then got stuck in their passing lane and cut the football.

This is Klopp's press, but the scumbag is pressing in a high position, and Shaqi is going to press in a low position.

This is easier said than done!
How many people can appear in the right position at the right time and then block the opponent's pass?
The essence of interception is the sense of position, that is, the ball quotient.Be in the right place at the right time.

In this regard, Shaqi has a natural advantage. His football quotient is born, and he has always been loved by the head coach. Second, Shaqi's speed is at the full level. No one in today's football can surpass him.

Tonight's AC Milan's stealing work is more handed over to Casey. This African guy is black and hard. His aggressive steals seem to kill you, and the worst is a leg, but it is actually a deterrent, which is very similar to Gattuso.

As the saying goes, where there is a teacher, there must be a good student!

With Casey's "fierce" name outside, Shaqi is like a cheetah hiding in the grass, not taken seriously by Olympiacos, to be precise, not taken seriously by others on the defensive end.

What the Olympiacos people recognize more is Shaqi's offensive talent.

The game has reached a stalemate!Olympiacos is a bit wary, the score of 2:1 is very mysterious, Olympiacos must score another goal, but they are afraid that AC Milan will succeed in stealing home.

Fate Fazides was afraid of the defensive ability of Shaqi and Casey, so he didn't move too far.

But as the game time passed, the score was still 2:1, and he had to move his position forward.

After all, if you are too far away from the opponent's dangerous area, the long pass will be inaccurate.

The short pass will be very accurate, especially in the penalty area and the front of the penalty area. A slightly larger pass may cause a completely different final result.

Fettfazides knew this well, so in order to be able to advance and to have a success rate of offense, he had to move his position forward.

A few minutes later, the score was still 2:1. Fett Fazides, with the cooperation of Shaqi, the second-five boy, unknowingly pushed the forward position to within 30 meters of AC Milan's goal.

Fetfazides handed the football to Daniel instead of retreating to cooperate with the midfielder Guillerme, but after passing the ball, he went forward!Participate in the offense.

Xia Qi and Casey looked at each other without saying anything, but the tacit understanding made Casey understand what he was going to do, so he nodded.

Xia Qi quietly leaned over, he wanted to fight back, he wanted to let Olympiacos know that AC Milan is a top giant in Europe even if it is an away game, even if it is a tiger!
Your rich family (uncle) will always be your rich family (uncle)

Fettfazides received the ball from Guerrero back to him. Just now Guerrero planned to use his own technique to break through, but under the strict defense of AC Milan, he knocked the ball back to Fettfazides in an inverted triangle in order not to lose the ball.

After receiving the ball, Fett Fazides decided to make a diagonal pass to the middle of the front of the penalty area. The person who responded there was Fortunis,
Fortunis has the ability to shoot from a long distance, and at the same time, he can also organize an attack with a short pass. He can shoot, pass or cut inside when he gets the ball in that place. The pressure on AC Milan is the greatest among all teammates.

However, when Fett Fazides passed the football, a foot came out midway and intercepted the football.

"Shaggy! He's got the ball. Fett Fazides' pass was too obvious and he made a turnover."

Big mistake!
Olympiacos is in immediate danger!

Because of the continuous siege of Olympiacos, their several lines have been compressed very tightly, so there is a large space behind them.

This is the opportunity Shaggy has been waiting for!
Off the court, he observed that Fett Fazides' first choice to play the ball is always Fortunis, and Fett Fazides has an inverted foot. For the sake of accuracy, he will subconsciously adjust the football to the smooth foot, which gives Shaki a chance to sprint.

Oops! Fett Fazides saw the football "go to Shaggy's feet and knew right away that it was serious.

He didn't return to the defense but rushed forward immediately, hoping to break the opponent's ball in the first time, even if he couldn't break it, he would interfere with Xia Qi at the last time, so that Xia Qi could not pass the football to the front immediately.

Everyone is the midfield commander, Fett Fazides knows too much about what Shaqi will do next.

Fett Fazides, who rushed forward, was still a little slow. Shaqi intercepted the ball with his left foot, followed by a long pass with his right foot to pass the football to Maldini Jr..

In fact, according to Gattuso's tactics, the first pass point is Higuain, but Higuain has not played for a long time, and his reaction is a bit slow.

Maldini Jr. and Xia Qi are the most tacit understanding!
He saw that Fetfazides led Olympiacos to press forward in the third line, and Xia Qi did not resist like a softie, leading them to retreat steadily.

This routine is too familiar, the plane needs a runway to take off!

Maldini Jr. did the opposite. He stood in front of Vukovic, the last defender of Olympiakos. He was called defensive, but he was always ready to step on the gas pedal.

Then Shaggy steals the ball, Maldini puts his arms up, and I'm ready.

Seeing Xia Qi hit a high ball, Maldini Jr. stepped on the accelerator immediately and flew on the grass - Maldini Jr.!
Vukovic of Olympiacos was not slow to react. Seeing Maldini raise his arm, he immediately turned around and chased after him!
In fact, after turning around, he had a second to regret that he should have rushed forward just now.

He didn't know if Maldini Jr. was offside, anyway, it was right to raise his hand first, and he didn't hear the whistle, so he knew it was a strike.

Out of the corner of his eye, he saw Higuain rushing from the other side, knowing that his choice was right, even if Maldini was offside, Higuain would not be offside.

It is wise to turn around in time!

Encouraged by this, Vukovic's defensive thinking is particularly clear. He didn't force Maldini Jr., but got stuck inside. As long as Maldini Jr. dared to pull the ball and change the line, he would shovel. It doesn't matter whether it is a steal or a shovel...

At the same time, other Olympiacos players tried their best to return to the defense.

Maldini Jr. lost in experience, he just rushed forward, ignoring the importance of position, and was forced to the side by Vukovic little by little.

The other Olympiacos defenders run straight into the box, that's the experience.

After Shaggy passed the football to Maldini Jr., he rushed out immediately, completely ignoring Fett Fazides who came up to stop him.

Fate Fazides wanted to steal the ball at first, but later saw that Shaqi had passed the football, and at the same time had a tendency to run forward, so he planned to use a tactical foul to directly bring Shaqi down.

Unexpectedly, Xia Qi seemed to know what he was going to do in advance, so he moved past him with a light step.

After throwing Fett Fazides away, Shaggy accelerated forward.

Not only Shaqi rushed forward alone, AC Milan's third line rushed towards Olympiacos' half-court like lightning.

This is the characteristic of modern football. When a quick counterattack starts, all three lines will overwhelm the center line and use offside tactics to defend. Of course, this has advantages and disadvantages. In short, the compactness of the three lines is one of the characteristics of modern football.

This kind of offense is a bit like Total Football in Dutch football, but it is not, it is just similar.

Higuain and Suso are desperately running forward. They are the first and second choice for passing the ball in the midfield in Gattuso's tactics.

But he got drunk by Maldini Jr. Higuain didn't blame Maldini Jr. for grabbing the first point, who made himself slow down, but he blamed Maldini Jr. for being mentally retarded.

Qingqing Grassland actually ran into the country trail, young people are still unreliable!

In fact, Maldini was deceived by his own visual experience.

Vukovic is very experienced, he did not pounce on Maldini, but approached with a little slash.

Maldini, who wanted to dribble towards the goal at high speed, of course didn't want to have a car accident, so he deflected a little bit, and then a little bit more, and was finally tricked into the sidewalk.

Just like on the highway, when the road is being repaired, the road guards use red anti-collision piles to line up a diagonal line to turn the four lanes into a single lane. With this diagonal anti-collision pile, drivers naturally drive into the single lane from the wide road.

The same is true for Maldini Jr., who was placed on the side by Vukovic.

AC Milan's attack crossed the center line in an instant. Suso, Higuain, and Maldini with the ball rushed to the front. Shaqi followed them, but the distance was not very close. There was a distance of about 25 meters between Shaqi and Higuain.

This distance is intentionally set by Shaqi. The offense must be layered and cannot be crowded in front of the goal.

This distance ensures that he will not be noticed by Olympiacos' experienced centre-backs, and will not cause the vigilance of Olympiacos midfielders.

Although it looks like he is sprinting with all his strength, in fact Xia Qi has been adjusting his running rhythm, and the time for the real sprint has not yet come.

Maldini sprinted across the wing with the ball. There was no Olympiacos defender directly in front of him. A Vukovic who was slowly approaching was followed by his side.

He knew it was meant to limit his range of activities to the wing, but that was fine.There is no one in front of him, which means that he does not need to focus his eyes on the front, but has time to care about the situation in the middle of the court.

He looked up to the middle.

Vukovic noticed his movement and when he looked in the middle, he knew that he was going to cross.Hurry up and take another step forward, intending to stop Maldini Jr. from crossing.

Maldini did make a move to cross with his right foot, but he didn't pass the football. His right foot swiped over the football, followed by a step forward with his left foot. He stopped suddenly, swung his right foot back, and gently knocked the football behind him to the inside.

Vukovic has been defending against Maldini's cross. It's not that he didn't think that Maldini would break through, but in this case, the defense of the pass is higher than the defense of the breakthrough, so this time he was shaken by Maldini, completely and completely.

The heel of his right foot knocked the football over, and Maldini adjusted his center of gravity immediately, supported his body with his left foot to turn, pulled Vukovic away with both hands, and flashed past him.

"Breakthrough! Beautiful! Oh! My Karma, it's so strange, I saw a Maldini who can attack..."

The AC Milan fans who heard Noy's commentary laughed, yes!Maldini will attack, what is the difference between this and the iron tree blooming?
Many people have Maldini wearing the captain's armband in their minds...

The young man in front of him, who was an excellent dribbler, gradually overlapped with the figure in his mind. This is a kind of inheritance...

(End of this chapter)