"Dear viewers in front of the TV, welcome to watch the 2004-2005 season, the final of the UEFA Champions League!"
"This is Ataturk Stadium in Istanbul, Turkey."
"The two teams we face tonight are both full of superstars, AC Milan from Serie A and Barcelona from La Liga."
"These two teams are among the top clubs in world football today."
"AC Milan is participating in the Champions League finals for the tenth time and has won six championships. Barcelona is participating in the Champions League finals for the fifth time and has only won the Champions League championship once in history."
"It can be said that both teams are European giants, but in terms of experience in the Champions League finals, AC Milan is better."
"It is worth mentioning that the last time Barcelona reached the Champions League final was in Athens in 1994, and the opponent at that time was AC Milan. The Rossoneri coached by Capello defeated Crewe 4-0.
Yves’ dream team.”
"Since then, Barcelona has been in decline and has not been able to return to the Champions League final for 11 years."
"On the contrary, AC Milan defeated Juventus and won the Champions League with the final penalty shootout at Old Trafford Stadium in Manchester just two years ago, so Ancelotti repeatedly emphasized before the game
, their experience in the Champions League finals is very rich, and they are not even afraid of penalty kicks."
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"The Turkish side has specially prepared a compact and exciting large-scale song and dance performance."
"But the protagonist tonight is still the St. Petersburg Cup and the two participating teams."
"From the live broadcast footage, we can see that players from both teams have appeared in the player tunnel and are ready to play at any time."
"AC Milan wore white jerseys. This was their favorite jersey color in the Champions League final. Because when they wore this jersey, they all won the championship, so they were very happy."
"Barcelona are wearing their home jersey."
"Now, we have got the lineups for both teams."
"First introduce AC Milan."
"The goalkeeper is Dida, and the defense is Martinho, Nesta, Stam and Cafu. This should be the top defense in world football today, and Cafu said before the game that AC Milan
He will definitely win, because as long as he wins this game, Cafu will have won the Grand Slam of his career."
"The midfielder is Seedorf, Pirlo and Gattuso, the Brazilian youngster Kaka is forward, and the two forwards are Shevchenko and Crespo."
"This is Carlo Ancelotti, the head coach of AC Milan."
"Ancelotti made harsh words before the game and wanted to score Barcelona's goal within three minutes. Now we are all looking forward to it and want to know if he has really made enough preparations and can really score the goal within three minutes.
Barcelona goal?”
"Barcelona's lineup is a traditional four-three-three formation."
"The goalkeeper is Valdes, the defense is Van Bronckhorst, Oleg, Puyol and Belletti, the midfielder is Marcos, Deco and Xavi are in the middle, and the front three is Ronaldo.
The combination of Erdinho, Sudong and Giuly."
"It is not difficult to see from Rijkaard's formation that he still focuses on stability in such an important final. Iniesta, who was very popular before the game, did not appear in the lineup.
It's sitting on the bench."
"In addition, Edmilson, who has returned from injury, also did not play. It is obvious that Rijkaard is not confident enough about them."
"After all, this is the Champions League final!"
"The players from both teams shook hands and went to the sidelines to take photos with each other."
"The game is about to start. Puyol and Maldini, the captains of the two teams, went over to guess the side."
"We saw that it was Puyol who took the lead and got the right to serve."
"Barcelona obviously also want to get the ball, they like to have the ball."
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When Puyol guessed the right to serve and walked back, he waved his fist at his teammates and at the same time called everyone over and formed a circle.
Competing for the right to serve is definitely good news for Barcelona, which is good at controlling the ball.
"After the start, we have to stabilize the rhythm, stay calm, and slowly compete with the opponent first. Don't be anxious. We will try our best after we are familiar with the rhythm and pressure of the game. Do you understand?" Puyol asked loudly.
"Understood!" the players replied in unison.
"Come on, let's call someone!"
After saying that, Puyol stretched out his hand.
Barcelona players also extended their hands and joined Puyol, shouting one, two, three, "Come on!"
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The two teams each retreated to half court and got into position.
Su Dong and Jiu Li stood in the center circle and prepared to serve.
Everyone on both sides is facing a formidable enemy, and no one dares to be careless.
Su Dong is actually worried about the start, because Barcelona's defense, especially the defense at the start, is always very bad.
Against Bayern and Chelsea, they almost all conceded goals in the first ten minutes or so.
This time Ancelotti shouted before the game that he would score in three minutes, which was definitely an exaggeration, but it was also a kind of psychological warfare.
More importantly, Barcelona's defense is really not good.
Rijkaard explained to the players before the game that Edmilson's condition was not ideal during the match against Villarreal, and rashly allowing him to play in the final might even be counterproductive, so Oleg continued.
It’s not that Rijkaard is unwilling to change, it’s that there is no one to change!
"Wait a while, let's run more, grab more, and put more pressure on their defense," Su Dong said to Giuli.
The French winger kept nodding his head, obviously not having much trust in the fragile defense.
Su Dong turned to look at AC Milan's half. Shevchenko and Crespo were standing on both sides of the center circle. Opposite Su Dong was Kaká. This Brazilian teenager has played very well in AC Milan this season.
Yes, when I saw Su Dong, I grinned, smiled and nodded, feeling very sunny.
He stretched out his hand not to hit the smiling man. Although Su Dong wanted to beat this guy out of the game, at this moment he could only nod and smile.
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With a crisp whistle, the referee quickly blew the whistle to start the game.
Su Dong quickly kicked the ball to Jiuli, turned around and ran forward.
Giuly passed the ball back to Marcos, allowing Barcelona to get the ball in the midfield and then rush forward quickly.
AC Milan began to press hard. Shevchenko, Crespo and Kaká all rushed into Barcelona's half at the first time, forming a pressure and encirclement of Barcelona in the midfield.
After Van Bronckhorst got the ball on the left wing, he felt the pressure from two nearby AC Milan players and immediately passed the ball forward with his big foot, hoping to go directly to Su Dong.
But the pass was not good, the force was a little too light, and Gattuso took the lead and knocked the ball down.
Kaka retreated and handed the ball to Cafu. Cafu passed the ball directly to Shevchenko in the frontcourt.
After stopping the ball with his chest, the Ukrainian tried to cut inside with the ball, but Marcos, who was dragged behind by the Barcelona midfielder, intercepted the ball.
Pirlo grabbed the ball and passed it to Seedorf.
As soon as Seedorf stopped the ball, Barcelona's defense was already in position quickly.
The Dutch midfielder transferred the ball to Kaka's feet on the right side of the center. After stopping the ball and turning around, Kaka quickly sprinted to the right with the ball. He dribbled the ball very fast and immediately got rid of Ronaldo who was following him.
Nardinho dribbled the ball straight towards Van Bronckhorst, forcing the Dutch left back to almost fail to keep up, and was forced to foul in the front left of the penalty area.
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"Kaka is really fast and has great ability to push the ball forward."
"AC Milan attaches great importance to this free kick attack. It is in a good position and is very threatening."
"Stalm, Nesta and Martinho and other tall players all came up."
"We have said before that there is a very obvious gap between Barcelona and AC Milan in terms of average player height. Set-piece tactics and high balls will definitely be what AC Milan focuses on."
"Look at this free kick, Pirlo took it quickly and there was some chaos in the penalty area."
"Martini!"
"The ball went in!!!!!!"
"Oh my God, it only took 52 seconds to open the game. AC Milan used a free kick in the frontcourt and captain Maldini scored the Barcelona goal in just 52 seconds!"
“Barcelona’s free kick defense made a mistake!”
"They must have thought that Pirlo was going to take a high kick and look for Stam and Nesta, but they didn't expect that Pirlo just took a low penalty and Barcelona's defensive players didn't notice Maldini at all."
"One to zero!"
“This is definitely a dream start!”
"Maldini opened the scoring for AC Milan!"
"This goal also made him the oldest scorer in the history of the Champions League final."
"Now we have to admire Ancelotti. He said he would score Barcelona's goal within three minutes, but in fact, it didn't take three minutes at all, just fifty-two seconds, and they fulfilled their promise."
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Although Barcelona was shocked when they conceded the goal right at the start, they were not completely unprepared.
Head coach Rijkaard and captain Puyol have both spoken out to stabilize the team, hoping that the players can calm down and stabilize their position.
Before the game, it was not that Barcelona had not made deductions and plans for conceding the ball first, but they did not expect it to be conceded so quickly.
The players quickly regained their composure, were not in a hurry, and still wanted to control the ball.
AC Milan obviously focuses on grabbing the ball in the midline area and is not keen on the ball. They prefer to quickly launch a counterattack after grabbing the ball, and their weapons are long passes and Kaka.
In the third minute, after AC Milan grabbed the ball again, Seedorf made a diagonal pass and sent the ball to the right side of Barcelona's penalty area.
Crespo blocked Puyol with his body, stopped the ball in front of the baseline outside the penalty area on the right, turned around and passed the ball over the baseline, earning a corner kick.
Seedorf was responsible for taking the corner kick and accurately sent the ball to the front post.
Crespo suddenly jumped from the front of the goal to the front point, got ahead of Deco, and hit the goal with a head-to-head shot from close range.
The ball hit Crespo's head and quickly got into the right side of Barcelona's goal.
Two to zero!
In an instant, two completely different faces appeared in the stadium.
On one side was AC Milan, who was inexplicably surprised. Their players and fans were almost going crazy with excitement.
On the other side is a bewildered Barcelona.
Before the game, everyone felt that Ancelotti was bragging. They all felt that even if Barcelona's defense was unreliable, could they still allow you to score in three minutes?
But things in the world are so absurd.
Barcelona not only conceded goals within three minutes, but also conceded two in a row!
