Bayern temporarily took the lead with Su Dong's long-range curling shot.
After returning to the locker room, although the Bayern players were in high spirits, they were under a lot of pressure and consumed a lot. Everyone was out of breath and felt a little overwhelmed.
Heynckes had already had a premonition of this situation. He had the data of the players in the first half of the game on hand, including passing and receiving, including running distance, and whether the consumption was large. It was basically clear after looking at the data.
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"Guys, I know everyone is working very hard right now. The Champions League semi-finals are of this intensity. No game is easy. We have no other choice but to overcome it. Whoever survives it will advance to the final!"
Su Dong also showed his own experience, saying that whether it was in Valencia or the two times in Barcelona, he gritted his teeth and endured it. Even at the peak of Barcelona, it seemed that the strength advantage was obvious, but in fact, in the game,
, the pressure is still very high.
"No team that can advance to the knockout rounds and advance all the way to the semifinals is a weakling!"
Although Su Dong complained that AC Milan is a nursing home, this is still relative.
The Rossoneri are a strong force in the top eight. If they are lucky, they will reach the semi-finals. If they are even luckier, they may reach the finals.
And once AC Milan reaches the final, it will be difficult to win the championship.
In terms of morale and fighting spirit, Bayern has no problem, after all, it is now in the lead.
At the tactical level, Heynckes believes that the team should continue to maintain the momentum of the first half in the second half, continue to put pressure on AC Milan, and continue to use fast-paced high-pressure tactics to bring down AC Milan.
This is an honest conspiracy!
Youth is Bayern's biggest advantage right now.
I'm faster than you, I'm more explosive than you, I'm physically better than you, I have the upper hand in strength confrontation, and I even have an advantage over you in the use of technology. You can only let me lead you by the nose and watch the rhythm of the game.
controlled by me.
And if you are passive, you will get beaten!
It's not that Ancelotti doesn't know this, but he can't help it.
On the one hand, AC Milan cannot play with Barcelona's extremely skilled passing and ball control system. Ancelotti does not dare to control the ball and let Bayern grab it.
On the other hand, AC Milan cannot compete with Bayern for control because their players are too old and lack physical fitness, so they can't compete with exhaustion.
Even with the same pace of consumption as in the first half, they may not be able to survive the whole game.
Are AC Milan just sitting there waiting to die?
No, not necessarily!
The individuals Heynckes emphasized the most were Pirlo and Kaká.
He asked Bayern's defense to minimize mistakes or even avoid them.
Humans are not machines, and it is impossible to make zero mistakes. However, AC Milan is barely supporting the situation, just waiting for Bayern to make mistakes on its own initiative. As long as they catch it, Bayern may not be able to reap the benefits.
For example, Pirlo's several long passes and Kaka's counterattacks were all aimed at getting the most results with the smallest investment.
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Although Heynckes is an old fox, Ancelotti is also a chicken thief.
As an Italian tactician, Ancelotti knows AC Milan's problems better than anyone else, and he also knows Bayern's purpose very well.
So, this fat guy very clumsily replaced Pato and replaced him with Emerson during the halftime break.
Pato, an 18-year-old youngster, had several outstanding performances in the first half, but most of the time, he seemed to be outside the team as a whole. Even when he got the ball, he was more
He works alone and fails to connect with the team.
For example, when the team's midfield and backcourt were suppressed and Kaká was restricted, Ancelotti originally asked Pato to retreat a bit, connect the midfield and frontcourt, and help Kaká take on more series tasks, but
Pato did this very badly.
Since he was separated from the whole team, there was no use keeping Pato on the court, so Ancelotti directly made a substitution at halftime, replacing Pato with Emerson.
This substitution was very unexpected and very courageous, allowing people to see the decisive and ruthless side of Ancelotti.
The effect of substitution is also very obvious.
After Emerson came on the field, AC Milan had four midfielders. It changed the passive situation in the midfield in the first half and straightened its back. The defense has been improved and Pirlo can also devote more energy to organization.
And passing, Emerson's own organizational skills are also very good, which has improved AC Milan's midfield.
Kaká was pushed to a position close to the front line, hovering behind Inzaghi and investing more in the attack.
In less than five minutes of the second half, AC Milan launched a very threatening offensive.
Kaka started from the midline, dribbled the ball straight in, and penetrated Bayern's penalty area from the left. Facing the double-teaming of two defensive players, Lahm and Mascherano, he still created a kick from between them.
With the opportunity, he shot from the left side of the penalty area.
Although he failed to create a threat, Kaka's performance was still very exciting.
The Brazilian superstar's personal ability cannot be underestimated, especially in this high-speed assault situation.
Bayern responded quickly.
The frontcourt players headed by Su Dong intensified their pressure on Bayern's defense and midfield. Su Dong, in particular, poked the ball from Pirlo's feet from the side during a counterattack.
After successfully stealing the ball, Sudong was jointly marked by Nesta and Maldini and immediately distributed the ball to the right side of the penalty area.
Robben decisively entered the penalty area, and when his left foot was unable to be used, he managed to hit the goal with his right foot.
Needless to say, everyone on earth knows that Robben's left foot is at the Golden Ball level, but his right foot is only barely usable.
This kind of hasty kick to hit the goal is good if you can aim the ball at the goal. Want to score?
Disaster!
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The two sides continued this back-and-forth stalemate.
No one is willing to take the initiative to make adjustments, and they are all trying to consume each other, waiting for their opponents to make mistakes when they can't handle it.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! At the 70th minute, Ancelotti made his second substitution.
Gilardino replaced Inzaghi.
Inzaghi's physical energy has been exhausted. Ancelotti replaced Gilardino at this time, hoping to use Gilardino's frontcourt fighting to liberate Kaká, so that Kaká can devote more to the attack.
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After all, in the current AC Milan team, the only one in the frontcourt who has the ability to play alone is Kaká.
Opposite AC Milan had already made two substitutions, and Heynckes had just begun to make substitution adjustments.
Toni Kroos replaces Modric.
Bayern continued to adopt high-pressure tactics, allowing the German midfielder to continue to press Pirlo.
It stands to reason that Van Bommel is more mature and experienced than Toni Kroos, but Heynckes values Toni Kroos very much and often gives him opportunities, and even feels a little partial, while Toni Kroos
He also performed very well. He is young but has the demeanor of a general.
Although Toni Kroos is young, he has a stable temperament, a big heart, and strong tactical execution.
Whatever Heynckes asked him to do, he could do it well.
More importantly, he has a precise long pass.
When the midfielder and backcourt were suppressed, Su Dong decisively retreated across the center line. After receiving the pass from his teammate, he made a transition and passed it back to Bastian Schweinsteiger.
After passing the ball, Su Dong ran forward.
After Su Dong made such a transition, Bayern's pass went smoothly.
Toni Kroos ran into the gap and raised his hand to ask for the ball. After stopping the ball, he glanced ahead and directly sent an ultra-long-distance pass. Like a missile, he passed the ball directly from within 30 meters of his own side.
It was sent to the right side of the outside of AC Milan's penalty area.
Such a long pass from a long distance was delivered so accurately that even AC Milan was shocked.
Bayern's right winger Robben moved forward at an extremely fast speed and used his speed to crush AC Milan's left back Kaladze. He took a shot before the opponent and drove the ball to the baseline. He then caught up with the ball in front of the baseline, horizontally.
Dribbled the ball into the penalty area.
This sudden change shocked AC Milan.
When Robben dribbled the ball from the baseline and rushed into the penalty area, Maldini immediately rushed over to defend.
Before Robben could wait for Maldini to rush over, he took the lead and passed the ball to the front post.
Su Dong, who had been deliberately slowing down to wait for Robben to deal with, quickly moved forward with understanding and forced himself in front of Nesta. Taking advantage of his height and long legs, he took the lead and knocked Robben's body out.
The cross-foot pass was sent into the lower right corner of the AC Milan goal.
"GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!"
"Seventy-fourth minute, Bayern wins again!!!!!"
"Su Dong, still Su Dong!!!"
"A wonderful assist from Robben, Su Dong grabbed the point in front of the goal and scored another victory for Bayern, 2-0!!!"
After Su Dong scored, he quickly ran to Robben, picked him up directly from the waist, and then waved to Toni Kroos from a distance.
The Bayern youngster ran over happily and hugged Su Dong and Robben.
"We saw that Bayern's counterattack came from a long pass from Toni Kroos, who had just come on as a substitute."
“It’s really beautiful and very accurate.”
"Look at Robben again, he's still so fast, it's like he took off."
"Robben forced an overtake, dribbled the ball into the penalty area before the baseline and passed the ball across to the goal. Su Dong rushed to catch up."
"What a fantastic substitution by Heynckes!"
Bayern's players hugged each other on the sidelines, especially Toni Kroos. The long pass was so beautiful. It fully anticipated Robben's speed and allowed him to sprint past Kaladze.
But no one would believe that this was Heynckes' arrangement.
It can only be said that Heynckes's favor for Toni Kroos is not without reason.
The German midfielder's footwork is simple and unremarkable, but his long shot is one of a kind.
Su Dong also admired and took special care of this little brother.
He had deliberately created assists and scoring opportunities for Toni Kroos before, and Toni Kroos was very grateful to him.
This time he just came on as a substitute and sent such a wonderful long pass. Toni Kroos will definitely become famous.
"You kid..." Su Dong grabbed Toni Kroos' head hard and didn't know how to praise him.
Toni Cross laughed heartily and was obviously in a very happy mood.
On the sidelines, Heynckes was smiling from ear to ear.
Toni Kroos certainly lived up to his expectations.
