six finger demon

Chapter 362 Unyielding Eindhoven

After taking away a draw at Stamford Bridge, the Red Army returned to Anfield on May 5 to face Middlesbrough in an away game.

Compared with the game against Chelsea, Beitu made 5 changes to the team's lineup: Biscayne was forced to miss out due to a thigh injury, and Baros and Traore didn't even appear on the bench.Hyypia and Luis Garcia were also replaced in the starting XI.Kewell, Morientes, Pellegrino, Nunez and Warnock entered the starting lineup.

Liverpool's wide-ranging rotation worried the fans, which was also demonstrated just 4 minutes into the game: Nemech passed the ball to Haha Celbaink, the Dutchman got rid of Pellegrino's defense and calmed down with his left foot in the penalty area A low shot scored.

Just as Hasselbaink was celebrating for scoring a point on his old Chelsea teammate, the linesman's flag had already been raised high.

Offside!

The KOPs breathed a sigh of relief, they didn't want to be given a dream start by their opponents.

This time it is offside to help, what about next time?
But Tang Wu's stable performance helped the team again. The two sides fought fiercely for an hour, but neither side achieved anything.

The first to stand up this time is still the Red Army captain Gerrard.

It seems that he was "stimulated" in the last game, and Gerrard also felt "crisis" because of his captaincy.

At the beginning of the game, he used his non-stop running to tear the opponent's defense.

In the 63rd minute, Riise found Gerrard with a long pass. The Liverpool captain volleyed with the instep of his right foot from 30 yards away. The ball burst into a perfect arc and fell into the upper right corner of the goal.

This is the sixth goal scored by the Jie team this season!
It was also this goal that helped Liverpool beat Middlesbrough 1-0 at home.

On the other side, Everton lost 0-2 away to Fulham.In the case of one more game, Liverpool was overtaken again.Leaving aside the Magpies who withdrew from the previous two games, Liverpool's four-quarter earnings this season are basically stable!
In the other three games, Chelsea, Arsenal and Manchester United all won.Since the two teams, like Liverpool, have one game less, for Professor Wenger, Arsenal still have a chance!

After all, the game that Chelsea missed was against the Red Devils Manchester United.

After 36 rounds of the league, the form of the Premier League has become increasingly clear.

Both Arsenal and Everton have a chance to win the championship or earn four, but Chelsea and Liverpool lead too much. As long as there are no accidents, the league goals for this season can basically be announced in advance.

In this way, both Magic Bird and Beitu put all their energy into the upcoming second round of the Champions League confrontation.

On May 5, the first match of the second leg of the UEFA Champions League semi-final was played at the Phillips Stadium in Eindhoven.

After the first round match between AC Milan and Eindhoven, Galliani once said: "I like the performance of the two Koreans." In this game, the two of them really became the key players in the team.

Park Ji-sung was the first to elicit thunderous cheers at Phillips Stadium, and his first outburst was a goal.

You have to admire how fast Park Ji-sung's feet are!When he faced Pirlo's interception in the middle of the midfield, he sent a through pass to Heather Link

At that time, he was still more than ten meters away from the penalty area.

Heatherlink took the ball in the penalty area and tried to force Stam. The ball bumped between their legs and bounced out.At this time, Park Ji-sung had already appeared in the most appropriate position. Although Nesta was quickly returning to the defense and Maldini made up for the right side in the middle of the penalty area, Park Ji-sung found a space between the three world-class defenders!
He didn't stop the ball after taking the first step, and the position of the ball seemed to be placed there comfortably for him.The Korean swung his leg and shot, and the ball flew straight to the upper right corner of the goal like a sharp arrow!

Can't blame Dida because it was an unsaveable shot.At this time, the clock at Phillips Stadium had just pointed to 9 minutes.

The value of Park Ji-sung lies not only in his frontcourt assault and organization, but also in the position of the front midfielder, he can also run and fight like a midfielder.

From 14 minutes to 26 minutes alone, he completed 3 steals alone-stealing the ball from Pirlo, Gattuso, and Kaka.

For the second goal PSV scored, it was he who tackled Lee Young-pyo in the middle of an out-of-control opportunity, and the latter assisted Koku to score.

This time tgcom gave Park Ji-sung 6.5 points, but gave Lee Young-pyo a game-high 7.5 points. Indeed, Lee Young-pyo, who contributed an assist, performed better than his compatriots.

In the game, there were 4 offensive and defensive dialogues between Lee Young-pyo and Cafu, and two defenses. The Korean successfully caused a foul by the Brazilian.In the two attacks, Lee Young-pyo passed Kafu beautifully, and the second time he completed a deadly pass. The captain of the world champion faced this little-known Korean in the eyes of Europeans. I stumbled.

Just after Eindhoven led 2-0, almost all Eindhoven fans seemed to see the dawn of a comeback.

Milan, who were strong in the last game, exposed their weakness of lack of physical strength. This time they came from afar to visit Philippe, how can they be full of physical strength?
What's more, now that the score has been tied, the chance to advance to the Champions League final seems to be close at hand.

But football is round, and no one dares to jump to conclusions before the end of the game.

At the moment when Ambrosini flew and scored with a header, at the moment when Cocu turned around and volleyed, and at the moment when the Norwegian referee Hauge blew the final whistle, time, expressions, and even blood froze. .

In just 3 minutes, all the attributes and essences, all the connotations and extensions of football emerged, floated, rose, and lasted for a long time.

As Zhan Jun said: "If you are a loyal AC Milan or loyal PSV fan, at such a dawn, you are destined to have indescribable joy or indescribable sadness. And if you Being a purely neutral fan like me, I don't know if you have that kind of "frozen" feeling like me."

A week ago, when the Dane Thomasson, who came off the bench, scored again with a volley before the end of the PSV Eindhoven goal, almost everyone believed that AC Milan, with a two-goal advantage, would go to Istanbul for the championship It's just a matter of time.

Now, because of the wonderful performances of the two Koreans, the balance of victory seems to have begun to balance again, even gradually tilting towards PSV.

It was about to enter overtime, and in the 90th minute, a miracle of red and black appeared!

Ambrosini scored the ball in the middle, Kaladze made a direct pass from the left sideline, and Kaka stopped the ball and made a slight adjustment.Facing Vogel's block, he made a light cross with his right foot.Ambrosini headed the ball 7 meters in front of the goal. Although the ball was touched by Gomez's left fingertip, it still flew into the far corner.

AC Milan's total score is 3 to 2!

At this moment, Gomez beat the ground with his hands in frustration, while Ancelotti and Tassotti embraced excitedly.

At this point in the game, there seemed to be no suspense.

But 1 minute later, Eindhoven, who did not give up, made a long pass in the midfield.Hesselink headed the ball from the front of the penalty area. Although Cocu was defended by Stam and Cafu on both sides, he turned around 10 meters in front of the goal and shot the ball into the far corner with his left foot!

After scoring the goal, Cocu quickly rushed into the opponent's goal to pick up the ball, beckoning his teammates to run towards the center circle.

Although the aggregate score was tied 3-3, they had to score another goal to secure the victory after an away goal from Milan.

But time was running out, and AC Milan, who reacted, finally kept the score until the end and reached the Champions League final for the 10th time with an away goal.

After being eliminated, the Eindhoven players all looked dull. They could still run, but they had no time.

They have tried their best, but they failed to save the battle.

Especially Cocu, who scored twice in this game, was lying on his back on the Phillips Stadium, crying like a tearful man.

When he played for Barcelona, ​​​​he had twice stopped in the semi-finals of the Champions League; even in the World Cup and the European Cup, he was also eliminated in the semi-finals.

In today's Champions League, people once again saw the Dutchman's hard work and tenacity.

But football is like this. When the winner cheers louder for victory, the loser will cry louder for defeat.

After 10 and [-] minutes of fighting, the powerful AC Milan was lucky to get a plane ticket to Istanbul.

Until then, the fans hastily set their sights to the other side of the English Channel to see which Premier League team will join forces with the mighty Milan in Turkey in the famous port city of England.

(End of this chapter)