pretty!
After clenching his fist, Li Shiguang finally managed a slight smile.
Ibrahimovic's goal undoubtedly provided a huge boost to Leeds United's morale.
Just look at the fans celebrating wildly in the stands at Elland Road; you'll know that at the start of the second half, when everyone was cheering for the players on the field, they all seemed a bit listless.
"Leeds United have pulled one back! The goal scorer is Zlatan..." Eddie Gray deliberately drew out the word, and the entire stadium roared along with him, "Ibrahimovic!!!!"
Ibrahimovic didn't celebrate wildly after scoring. After taking the ball from Dida who was running into the goal, he called his teammates to run back to their own half. The team was still down by one goal, and it was far from time to celebrate.
Li Shiguang was the same; after his initial excitement, he made a point of glancing towards the away team's bench.
After conceding the goal, Ancelotti called Maldini to the sidelines for some instructions.
Now the fat man has returned to his previous calm and collected demeanor, arms crossed, calmly watching the players on the field, giving the impression that the situation is still entirely under his control.
Li Shiguang pursed his lips and rolled his eyes.
He knew that with Ancelotti's level of expertise, he must have realized that the main reason AC Milan conceded the goal was that the players seemed to think they had the game in the bag and became a little complacent.
Calling Maldini to the sidelines for a few words was simply a way to get the Milan legend back on the field and yell at his teammates to wake them up!
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"Sigh! After conceding the goal, AC Milan seems to have realized the problem, and they have strengthened their defense on the right flank." After watching the restarted game for a few minutes, Jon, who had initially seen hope of equalizing, sighed helplessly and said, "It seems the game will enter another tug-of-war. Oddo is not giving Bale any chance to get going."
Lineker also snapped out of his excitement and realized something was wrong: "Indeed, looking back now, Leeds United capitalized on AC Milan's lack of focus at the start of the second half. I saw Maldini yelling at his teammates on the field. It seems AC Milan has regained their form from the first half."
As the two commentators said.
After the game restarted, Leeds United continued to target AC Milan's right flank. Seeing hope of equalizing, the players' morale soared, and their attacks surged wave after wave, crashing into AC Milan's defense like a tsunami.
Judging from the current situation, AC Milan is in a completely passive position.
But in reality, Leeds United's attack didn't achieve any real results, and they didn't even manage to win a corner kick or a throw-in near the byline!
After returning to the field, Maldini berated every player in the midfield and defense, including Jankulovski on the left, who also suffered this undeserved wrath.
The AC Milan legends are no joke; in terms of prestige and influence within the team, even Ancelotti might not be as high as Maldini! So after his scathing rebuke, the entire AC Milan team regained their focus on the field, returning to the level they had in the first half.
Although they have now given possession to the in-form Leeds United, they are still looking for an opportunity to deliver the decisive blow to Leeds United!
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time.
Time passes by, second by second.
Every time Leeds United's attack failed, Li Shiguang would subconsciously raise his wrist to check his watch.
The match has been going on for 74 minutes, and the score is still 1-2.
Just as Jon had predicted before the match, the long, straight runs took a heavy toll on Ribery and Bale's stamina. Around the 60-minute mark, Bale even suffered from cramps.
In order to ensure the players' health, Li Shiguang had no choice but to use up all three of his substitutions in one go.
Podolski and Torres replaced Bale and Ribery on the wings.
Modric replaced Mascherano, Toure dropped back to play as a lone defensive midfielder, and Modric partnered with Sneijder in central midfield. As a result, Leeds United's formation was completely changed to 4-3-3.
"It seems Li is going all out!" Jon's expression turned serious as he saw Li Shiguang's substitutions. "Leeds United have practically given up on defense. Be careful of AC Milan's counter-attacks!"
"Why did you give up on defense?" Reinkel asked, slightly puzzled by Jon's words.
"Brother, have you ever seen Torres and Podolski drop so deep to participate in defense?" Jon rolled his eyes at Lineker and said irritably, "If nothing unexpected happens, Leeds United will push forward with all their players in the remaining 15 minutes!"
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Jon's analysis was absolutely correct. After Li Shiguang made substitutions, Leeds United pressed forward with all their players, hoping to equalize the score in the last ten minutes or so.
But things don't always go as planned. In the 85th minute of the match, an unexpected incident occurred!
This was Leeds United's attacking move. Torres held off substitute Cafu on the right wing and swept the ball across the middle. Ibrahimovic, who made a timely run, touched the ball, but under Maldini's interference, his shot lacked power, and the ball bounced and rolled out of bounds.
When Dida retrieved the ball from the byline to the goal, he noticed that Leeds United's defense was not in place, so he didn't hesitate to launch a long ball directly into Leeds United's left half.
The target was Kaka, who had already crossed the center line!
Leeds United's players immediately spotted Kaká's threat, and Sun Jihai quickly closed in, trying to win the first ball.
In the intense physical confrontation, neither of them managed to gain the first point.
The football bounced on the ground and continued flying towards the baseline.
Silva had already taken over the area, and he planned to work with Sun Jihai to close the door and trap Kaka behind them.
But Kaka didn't give him that chance. After the ball fell from the air again, he headed it forward before Sun Jihai could reach it. Then, he used his body to push Sun Jihai behind him and quickly ran forward two steps to control the ball.
As Kaka ran to the ball, he saw Silva rushing over. He simply used his right foot to flick the ball, which was still in the air, towards the center, and then pushed off with his left foot, thus passing behind Silva.
Even as Kaka and Sun Jihai were battling for the ball, besides Silva, Kompany behind him was also slowly moving in this direction. After all, Kompany was a player that Li Shiguang had instructed him to focus on defending, so he dared not be negligent.
He had initially diverted some of his attention to Inzaghi, who was sneaking over here.
But after seeing Kaká chip the ball over Silva, Kompany didn't hesitate and charged towards them at full speed.
He knew that once Kaká completely broke through Silva's defenses, Leeds United would be close to elimination...
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