Chapter 400 God is coming!
Su Dong’s plan is actually very simple to say.
AC Milan's defense is indeed excellent, and there are almost no obvious weaknesses. Even Cafu on the right, who is strong in attack but weak in defense, has Gattuso protecting him in front, so there are basically no major mistakes.
Facing such a defense, no team can come up with any effective offensive plan and can only rely on brute force.
But everyone knows that when an Italian team is determined to defend itself, no one can easily break through.
This is also the source of Capello's confidence in the one-to-zero principle, and it is also the reason why the 2003 Champions League final ended in a 0-0 draw. At that time, AC Milan and Juventus really had no way to deal with each other.
Since there is no solution at the tactical level, let's fight on the individual level.
To put it simply, it depends on the players' personal strength.
Barcelona has many players with outstanding individual abilities, but even strong players like Suarez and Ronaldinho find it difficult to create threats with the ball under AC Milan's tight defense. Otherwise, Barcelona would not have fallen into a long stalemate after scoring three goals in a row in the second half, and would have been unable to break through AC Milan's defense.
Su Dong’s plan is to compete for high ball.
AC Milan's two central defenders are not short. Nesta is 1.87 meters tall, and Stam is 1.91 meters tall. Compared with Su Dong's 1.95 meters, strictly speaking, both of them are not inferior.
But what Su Dong wants to strive for is to be the best.
"Su, your plan is not new, but there is a problem." After listening to it, Harvey shook his head and was not very optimistic.
Su Dong understood, "How to position and jump, right?"
When a defensive player is competing for a high ball, the best defense is not to beat the opponent, but to not allow the opponent a chance to compete at all.
If you don’t even have a chance to compete, how can you even talk about competing for the high ball?
Nesta and Stam are both outstanding central defenders. They know how to defend high balls, how to compete for high balls and how to hold positions. They are the best defenders in world football today and will never give Su Dong such an opportunity easily.
Of course Su Dong knew this, and he also had ways to deal with it.
"I will solve this problem. Now I want to know, who is sure to pass the ball to my head strictly according to my requirements?" This is what Su Dong cares most about.
He had high demands on this pass.
First of all, it is the height. When the ball comes to the position for Su Dong to compete for the header, it cannot be too high or too low. If it is too high, Su Dong will not be able to compete for it. If it is too low, Nesta and Stam can easily clear it.
Su Dong could only rely on his own jumping ability and height advantage to grab that tiny bit of height advantage as much as possible.
This is undoubtedly the biggest test for the penalty taker.
Then there are rotations, angles, arcs, and so on.
All in all, it is very difficult to control this ball.
Su Dong's positioning and jumping are key, but the free throw taker's footwork and strength are equally crucial.
Xavi is the team's number one set-piece penalty taker, and he takes many set-pieces and corner kicks in the frontcourt.
His free throws are characterized by stability, but strictly speaking, his footwork is not the best.
Su Dong had deep contact with several teammates. Among the four, Messi's footwork was the best, but the problem was that he was too young and his control of strength was not stable enough. Sometimes he could make beautiful penalties, but sometimes not.
This is also a problem that all young players will face, and it can only be improved through constant training and game experience.
If I have to say, Ronaldinho is the most suitable one. His footwork is outstanding and his stability is not inferior to Xavi.
So, after Su Dong asked, his eyes fell on Ronaldinho, but soon shifted to Iniesta.
Iniesta's footwork is slightly inferior to Ronaldinho's, and his stability is slightly inferior to Xavi's, but he has a very good understanding with Su Dong.
Su Dong was confident that he could grab the ball as soon as Iniesta kicked it out.
Just when Su Dong was about to choose Iniesta to take the penalty, Ronaldinho suddenly spoke.
"Let me do it." The Brazilian superstar volunteered.
Su Dong and others were stunned, but they soon understood.
At this point in the game, the most important thing is to score another goal and ensure that the game will not end within 90 minutes, so that Barcelona will have enough time to deal with the opponent.
"Okay!" Time is precious, so Su Dong didn't say anything more.
"Then it's decided. We need to get a front-court set-piece in the two flanks of the offensive 30-meter zone. The right side will be given to Messi, and the left side will be given to you."
Ronaldinho and Messi both nodded.
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Barcelona players took advantage of a dead ball opportunity to have a brief meeting on the field. It seemed long, but in fact it dispersed quickly.
This reflects the teammates' trust in Su Dong.
After the arrangements were made, the midfielders consciously moved to the two wings when distributing the ball, creating opportunities for Ronaldinho and Messi to break through.
Soon, when Messi tried to dribble past Maldini on the right, he forced the Milan captain into a corner and had no choice but to commit a foul, giving Barcelona a free kick opportunity on the right side of the frontcourt.
Xavi and Ronaldinho both came to the penalty spot.
Puyol, Marcos and others also came to the front and entered the AC Milan penalty area.
I have to say, from a distance, you can clearly see how huge the height difference between the players of the two teams is.
This also meant that AC Milan's defense of set pieces fell more on the front point and Su Dong.
Both Stam and Nesta followed Su Dong closely, one in front and one behind, trying to block the most threatening point of Barcelona's high balls.
Of course Su Dong knew the intentions of the two men, so he stood on the left side of the penalty spot. This position was very flexible, and he could rush to the middle or attack the back point.
In the distance, Ronaldinho and Xavi stood in a corner, both preparing quietly.
As soon as the referee blew the whistle, Xavi ran forward quickly but didn't touch the ball at all.
Ronaldinho followed closely behind, took a run forward, planted his left foot, and then quickly kicked out with his right foot.
Whether it is the control of footwork, the control of strength, or the rotation of the ball, Ronaldinho knows it all. He can kick any ball he wants. The difference lies in the accuracy.
This time, he felt that he had played very well and basically met Su Dong's requirements.
In the penalty area, Su Dong first pretended to rush to the right side of the penalty spot, but actually rushed to the back point.
As defensive players, Nesta and Stam had no idea where Ronaldinho would take the penalty, nor did they know how Su Dong would run, so they could only respond passively.
When they saw Su Dong rushing to the back point, the two of them chased after him at the same time.
Stam was in the front and Nesta was behind, attacking Su Dong from the front and back.
But Su Dong was one step faster than them. After reaching the position, he jumped into the air.
Stam also jumped up, trying to compete with Su Dong for the header, and Nesta behind him also jumped up to be outdone.
Two AC Milan defenders tightly clamped Sudon, trying to disrupt Barcelona's free kick attack.
The ball is coming! Stam, who is at the front point, is the first to be hit. After jumping to the highest point, he stretches his neck as far as possible and tries to push the ball away.
He even felt the football passing over his head with the wind, but he just couldn't reach it.
Just a little bit!
Damn it! After Stam jumped to the highest point, he fell down and breathed a sigh of relief.
Su Dong jumped earlier than him, but after he jumped to the highest point, he still couldn't reach it, so Su Dong definitely couldn't reach it either.
But at this moment, he instinctively felt the movement behind him, and he felt as if he was falling into an ice cellar.
How is that possible?
Su Dong actually hit it! Damn, he actually jumped so high! What's even more outrageous is that after jumping so high, he can still exert force to do the movements. How terrifying is the waist and abdomen strength?
In an instant, Stam was overwhelmed with countless emotions.
But in front of everyone, everything happened in the blink of an eye.
Stam jumped high but failed to head the ball. Instead, it was Su Dong behind him who headed Ronaldinho's pass and hit the right spot, making a lion's head shake.
The ball changed direction and turned into the goal in front of Su Dong.
Dida jumped high, stretched his arms as far as possible, trying to block the ball.
But the ball just hit the crossbar and went into the upper left corner of the goal.
"GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!"
"F**K! OH MY GOD!!!"
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The commentator was so excited that he couldn't help but swear.
Not only him, but Rijkaard on the sidelines also jumped up, grabbed his head tightly, and opened his mouth so wide that a fist could be stuffed in. He was simply shocked beyond words.
Ancelotti's situation was not much better than Rijkaard's. He also cursed directly, unable to believe what he saw. Su Dong actually jumped between two top central defenders, Nesta and Stam, and grabbed the ball.
This damn guy, how good is his jumping ability? ...
"I'm sorry, please forgive me for not being able to help myself just now!"
"I can't believe it, you know? I can't believe it!"
"Barcelona actually equalized the score!"
"There are still ten minutes left in the game and Barcelona has equalized the score! Can you believe it?"
"Congratulations to all the friends watching TV, you have witnessed a miracle!"
"No, it's not a miracle, it's a miracle!"
"I simply can't describe my feelings at this moment in words. I have an impulse now. I want to kneel down. I want to kneel down to Su Dong and offer him my most loyal knee!"
“Four to four!”
"Now the two sides are back to the same starting line, but the situation is completely different."
"Barcelona scored four goals in the second half, especially the fourth goal just now. It was a huge blow to AC Milan because it was scored by Barcelona after they defended very well."
"The game is not over yet. We have every reason to believe that a miracle will happen in Istanbul tonight!"
"God will descend upon Istanbul's Ataturk Stadium tonight!"
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The fans at the scene were stunned for two or three seconds before they burst into wild applause and cheers.
Especially the fans of Barcelona, they are going crazy!
As desperate as they were when the score was 0-4, how crazy they are at this moment!
Because they could never have imagined that they would even the score!
(End of this chapter)
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