Chapter 102 Ace vs. Ace 2

The football bounced up in front of Kaka. It was a long pass from the backcourt. Kaka was about to use his head to push the football away when the ball was at the right height, and then accelerated and broke through George Wood.

As soon as he was about to poke his head out, he felt a gust of wind passing through his forehead.

Wood, who was running from the side, flew up and kicked the bounced football into the sky with his big feet.

The two collided together, and the referee blew a whistle to indicate that Wood raised his foot too high, which was a threatening move, and awarded AC Milan a free kick in the frontcourt.

Wood felt very wronged. It is true that ordinary people would not lift their feet to that height, but the football reached that height. What can he do? It is impossible to do nothing and watch Kaka push the football away with his head, right? In that way, if he wants to stop it successfully, he can only tackle the ball behind his back...

Besides, he did not hurt Kaka, Kaka's head was still some distance away from his feet.

Wood wanted to go forward to argue, but was stopped by Albertini.

"Don't mess with the referee, be careful of a yellow card on you." The captain blocked Wood behind him and walked up to negotiate with the referee.

He deliberately delayed the game time and took advantage of all opportunities he could use. For example, including defending the referee a few words in each controversial penalty.

AC Milan in the stands booed dissatisfied. What they were dissatisfied with was not Wood's foul action, but the referee did not give a yellow card after Wood's foul.

Now everyone knows that Wood has a card on him, and as long as he gets another one, he will be over. Everyone knows what George Wood's end means to the Forests.

Albertini is exhausted. The Forest team only has Wood, a midfield defensive player. If Wood can be kept, AC Milan's offense can drive straight in and attack Huanglong.

So Kaka's chances of getting the ball have increased significantly now.

AC Milan's free kick did not achieve any effect. Because the foul was too far from the Forest's goal, the indirect free kick was driven away by Pepe after it was driven away. Maldini and Nesta returned to defense again quickly. The Forest immediately responded to the opponent and made a quick counterattack.

Van Nystruey's shot ended up in Dida's arms.

After the game was 75 minutes into the game, AC Milan scored a goal and wanted to continue to work harder, but he did not expect that Nottingham Forest’s defense was even more tenacious than they thought. George Wood completely ignored his background with a yellow card, and showed no sign of relaxing in Kaka’s defense. He would foul when it was time to foul. He would never hesitate when he dared to tackle. It seemed that unless he wanted to get him out of the field, Kaka would always follow this No. 13 place.

But AC Milan did not give up because of this. The gap between a ball always stimulated them, telling them that as long as they work hard and scored a goal, the situation on the field could be reversed. This is the entire spiritual pillar of AC Milan. At this time, no one was thinking about such an illusory thing as a "champion trophy". In the game, the only thing that needs to be considered is how to win the game, and as for what are the benefits of winning the game. Then you have to wait until the game wins before thinking about it.

The football was passed to Kaka again. This time AC Milan's overall advancement pushed the Forest's defense near the penalty area. The disadvantage of doing so was that he had no room to accelerate the breakthrough. As long as Wood stood in his position, Kaka would have fewer choices.

Don't think that Kaka is not threatening without breaking through. Wood dared not relax his guard. He pressed Kaka's feet tightly, and the football was being stepped on by him.

Pirlo and Seedorf were both inserted into the penalty area. After Kaka stepped on the football, the image pulled back. Wood thought he was going to pass the ball with his heel to Pirlo and Seedorf, and his body was tilted.

Pirlo ran over from behind Kaka, but the football did not pass to his feet.

Kaka pulled the football back, then picked the toes, jumped up the football on the spot, and shot it directly!

The football crawled through the crack that Wood moved away!

"Kaka's shot!"

This is the second time that Wood has made a defense, although it is just the ball...

Everyone was applauding Kaka's shot, and one person chose to say no to such a wonderful goal.

Van der Sar flew over. He grabbed the ball in the air with both hands, and quickly curled up after landing, protecting the ball on his chest. In order to get the ball to bypass Wood, Kaka pursued the angle too much, and his shooting power and speed were much smaller.

"We are attacking!" Van der Sar got up from the ground, held the football and yelled at his teammates.

In such an important competition, he doesn't want to be a regular in the TV close-up.

Albertini patted Wood on the shoulder, and his breathing was already loud like a wind tunnel.

"George. Now I don't even have the strength to run up. Stop passing the ball to me. Let's change positions..." He pointed to the front, "You go up when you attack. I'll pass the ball to you from behind."

Looking at the captain who supported his knees and leaned over to talk to him, Wood did not refuse this time. He nodded: "Okay."

"If you have the chance, go forward. Don't worry that you won't get the ball. Although I can't run anymore, I still have the strength to pass the ball. Pirlo and Gattuso have been watching me during this period. Let's change positions, and they will definitely not be able to adapt. But the time is very short. With the ability of AC Milan players, even if the head coach does not give instructions, they can adjust themselves. You are not a midfielder who can make a difference under multi-man control, so you have to seize the defensive vacuum period during this period. Can it be done, George?"

Albertini looked up at Wood.

Wood nodded again. “Yes.”

"Very good." Albertini smiled.

The game continues, and AC Milan still does not give up the opportunity to score goals. At this time, they have no other way except to score goals.

Ancelotti replaced Karaze with no performance in the 77th minute, and AC Milan changed to play as a three-back, and Odo was pushed to the midfield to participate in the offense.

Two minutes later, Ancelotti replaced Girardino and ran to the point where he almost overdrawn his body.

This game was really depressing for Inzaghi.                                                                                                                         

As a result, he did not find a decent opportunity until he ended.

When he got off the field, the TV screen played the distance of his running game - 11,134 meters. After running eleven kilometers, but not getting a goal, how can you not be depressed?

Inzaji gasped and left the court with his head down, he left the court helplessly. He slapped Giladino on the sidelines. Then he walked back to the bench and sat there, with a towel on his head and stopped talking.

He knew that he hadn't had a few years of career. He won the Champions League for AC Milan in 2003, but in 2005 he reached the final but won nothing. 2007 was a great opportunity to take revenge, but now the score is 1:2. AC Milan is behind. He has been replaced because he has no contribution to exhaust his energy. Now he can only be a spectator. He is determined to kill the thief and is powerless to turn the world...

He wants to win the Champions League again, more than anyone else. As a striker, he can only pray for his teammates to work hard to create miracles. What a shame!

Inzaji's fate made Tang En breathe a sigh of relief. In his opinion, Girardino and Inzaji are not at the same level at all. Even if Inzaji doesn't score, they run back and forth on the field, and their defense line dare not move at all - he is afraid of giving Inzaji a chance to counter-offside. Ferguson once said that Inzaji is a striker born on the offside line. Tang En deeply agrees with this.

In the past, people often said that Brazil's Ronaldo is the kind of striker who can change the outcome of the game by just giving him a second. But in fact, Don En thinks this sentence is more suitable for Inzaghi. He is the striker who can change the outcome of the game in just one second and a single point. He must have too many dribbling and no fancy skills. He only needs to appear in the most suitable place when needed, and then stretch his foot to complete the shooting action. The football will fly into the goal.

Seeing that Inzaji was substituted, Tang En stood up from his seat and walked to the sidelines. He made a gesture there and told his players that they could consider a large-scale attack.

He didn't want to drag the game into overtime, he never thought so. He ended the battle within ninety minutes and told the world with real results. Who is the well-deserved king of Europe? AC Milan wants to go against the will of heaven? There is no one!

Wood consciously stepped forward. He was no longer as at a loss as he was a season ago. Now he is very clear about his purpose. He knows how to run, what to do after going up, and how to do this. Thanks to Albertini for his careful teaching this year.

He received a pass from Albertini, and Gattuso was a little surprised. Unexpectedly, it was not Albertini, but George Wood who came up this time.

Wood looked at the situation in front of him and distributed the football to Ashley Young. He did not choose to break through. He knew that it was not his own specialty, so he should give this kind of work to professionals...

After passing the ball, Wood did not run back, but pulled Gatuso and ran forward with him.

After ac changed to play as a three-back, Forests had more room on both sides. After receiving the football, Ashley Young firmly broke through the bottom cross, and his pass allowed Nesta to hit the bottom line. The Forests won a corner kick.

Gattuso looked around and saw Wood disappear. He didn't care. Wood would run back to defend those corner kicks in the past, and this time it should be no exception.

Albertini didn't come up to take the corner kick, and the person who came over was Gareth Bale.

The football was opened, and the penalty area was in chaos. The crowd jumped high and threw the ball towards the goal was not Van der Fate, nor Pepe or Pique, but...

"George Wood!"

No. 13 on the red background was very conspicuous in the air. He was not jumping on the spot, he rushed in from outside the penalty area and took off the ground. He jumped higher than anyone else, soccer came to him, a powerful lion shook his head!

Dida responded without any response, but the football hit the crossbar!

"Huh--" AC Milan fans exclaimed in huge exclamations.

"Why is he there?!" Ancelotti off the court couldn't help but ask such a question. The Forest team had several corner kicks in the previous game, and each time Wood was preparing to prevent the opponent's counterattack in the second half. Not only this game. In the past, the central defender and full-back were all on the way, and the person responsible for the defense in the backcourt was George Wood.

There is no statement in various intelligence about Wood's participation in the corner kick offense. Everyone doesn't know what his header and bounce will be useful in the offense. They saw this time.

Seeing the football hitting the crossbar and popping out of the bottom line, Wood was not upset in front of the opponent's goal with his hair. He turned around and returned to the defense zone with the speed of sprinting.

AC Milan's goal kicked off quickly, and the football just popped out. The caddie threw the spare football in. Dida put the football in and watched everyone push the penalty area, and then drove to the front with one foot.

If Wood is still upset about not scoring, the Forests may have lost the ball again. He is not a striker. He can still use this action to try to show off on TV after missing the opportunity.

Dida's big feet were pushed down by Albertini and handed over to Pepe.

Pepe made a long pass. After shook Girardino away, he chose to directly dribble the ball and break through.

His intention to dribble was seen through by Kaka, who got stuck in place in advance and cut off Pepe's ball. The central defender lost the ball to the Forest's defense line, and it was also a great opportunity for AC Milan. The Milan fans in the stands cheered loudly.

Before the sound had dissipated, Kaka lost the ball.

The mantis stalks the cicada, and the oriole is behind.

He cut off Pepe's ball. But Wood, who was back in defense, stabbed the ball away.

When Kaka was about to accelerate, he found that the ball under his feet was gone. His first reaction was to turn around and chase. After eighty minutes of entanglement, he already knew that if his ball was lost, it must have been done by Wood.

Kaka turned around and chased Wood. Wood didn't mean to pass the ball.

On the one hand, his teammates are too far away from him, and on the other hand, there are not many defensive players ahead of him at the moment. Gattuso and Ambrosini did not force him up at the first time, which gave him an opportunity to break through.

There is another reason why he wants to break through - Kaka is chasing him and not killing him.

How did AC Milan score the ball? Isn’t it just that Kaka started running all the way from the middle circle, making me unable to break it even if I wanted to?

He has found a chance to fight back.

You cut off my ball, Kaka!

Kaka caught up and he really wanted to intercept the ball. But when he wanted to extend his foot to intercept the ball, he would inevitably slow down, and this would give Wood a chance to get a distance.

Kaka suddenly realized Wood's feelings at that time.

Wood has done a good job of dribbling. His dribbling is very standard and his speed is not slow. This is due to the basic training he has been persisting in every day since he entered the Forest Team training base until now.

He knew that he became a monk halfway through and was not a player who had received professional training since childhood, and Tang En knew this. So both of them were very strict in basic training.

Wood was conscious and Tang En strictly supervised, and he developed the ability to drag the ball to make Kaka unable to get off the ball.

Kaka wanted to force overtake by speed to leave rich time for tackles. But he found that Wood was as fast as he could. He had no better way than to run...

"George Wood dribbled the ball! It's rare to see that Wood actually dribbled the ball to the frontcourt. Kaka was following him and waiting for an opportunity to intercept the ball..."

Kaka looked in front of her. Gattuso and Ambrosini had noticed Wood's intention and planned to come and join.
To be continued...