After being rejected, I became Shi Yijiao

Chapter 36 Ibrahimovic's Counterattack

At 25 minutes into the game, Guardiola had stood up from the bench several times, yelling at his players.

Later, he simply didn't go back to the bench, but stood directly on the sidelines, gesturing and directing.

As a world-class coach, he can certainly see the current situation on the court.

Although it seems that Barcelona has the initiative on the field and the ball possession rate is much higher than Milan, but most of them are from the midfield to the backcourt, and there are not many truly threatening attacks.

And he could also feel that his disciples were a little impetuous now.

After all, under the gaze of [-] fans at Camp Nou, Barcelona players definitely want to win any game, let alone the important Champions League.

But now that the situation has not been opened, the inner impatience will inevitably breed, which will affect the performance on the court.

So Guardiola is trying his best on the sidelines to keep the players calm, maintain a good rhythm, and then look for opportunities to attack.

At the same time, he also glanced at Milan's bench from time to time.

Because he was also a little curious about how AC Milan changed overnight from an offensive team with a frontcourt oppressive style of play to such a solid defensive iron wall.

Of course, no matter how Milan's style of play changes, what remains the same is that the players run without hesitation, covering every inch of grass on the pitch...

On the field at this time, Milan was near the halfway line, Kante completed a steal, and then quickly moved to the left.

Left back De Sciglio went straight forward and gave it to left winger Mane.

At this time, Barcelona's right back Alves has already assisted to the frontcourt, not in his defensive position.

After Mane got the ball, he quickly cut inside, but Barcelona defender Mascherano had already blocked his path.

Mane did not force a breakthrough, but directly kicked the ball with his right foot.

Because at this time, Ibrahimovic has shrewdly inserted into the Barcelona restricted area!
This pass flew precisely to the back of the goal, and Ibrahimovic took a few steps, rushed in front of Abidal, and hit the goal with a header from close range, hitting the lower left corner!

This attack can be described as extremely dangerous.

Fortunately, Barcelona goalkeeper Valdes made a flying save at this critical moment, blocking the ball out of the bottom line with one hand.

The entire Nou Camp stadium exclaimed in unison, followed by applause for Valdes.

This is AC Milan's first shot, but it is more threatening than all the previous shots of Barcelona!
Ibrahimovic, who almost scored a goal, hugged his head to express regret, and the Camp Nou fans also booed him.

Ibrahimovic is not comfortable here after moving to Barcelona, ​​so Ibrahimovic is eager to score at the Nou Camp to give his old owner a counterattack.

Barcelona fans certainly know what Ibrahimovic is thinking, so they often boo Ibrahimovic to show "encouragement" when he takes the ball.

This time Ibrahimovic's header made all Barcelona fans break out in a cold sweat. Of course they will take revenge when they recover.

At this time, Guardiola's brows on the sidelines frowned even deeper, and the word "囧" on his face almost surpassed that of Allegri next door.

He saw Milan's tactical intentions in this attack.

While solidly defending, they have been looking for the space left by Barcelona's backcourt, especially after Alves' assist, and then use the forward's speed to counterattack.

If it weren't for Valdez's brave performance, the fangs exposed by Milan's counterattack had already bit Barcelona hard.

He must respond immediately.

Otherwise, if this continues, Barcelona may not be so lucky next time.

After thinking about it, Guardiola waved at Alves who was right next to him, and then brought his latest instructions:
The two full-backs reduced the number of assists, stood in their positions first, and then waited for the opportunity to move.

In the previous 30 minutes of the game, Barcelona kept suppressing Milan, making it difficult for Milan's players to pass the center line as a whole.

After the two Barcelona full-backs did not attack, Milan's pressure was much less, and the overall position began to approach the center line, and began to control the ball more and create opportunities.

When the game progressed to the 35th minute, Boateng grabbed the ball from Harvey on the right and won a throw-in for Milan.

Right-back Abate quickly throws the ball into the field.

After Salah stopped the ball in the chest, he unloaded the ball with his back, and quickly turned around and wiped past Iniesta who was defending.

Salah's speed is very fast, and he started to accelerate after passing a player, quickly approaching the front of the penalty area, and directly started to take a shot with his left foot!

At this time, Mascherano came out from the oblique stab and tripped Salah with the ball directly in front of the top of the arc.

The referee whistled decisively and showed Mascherano a yellow card.

The entire Nou Camp stadium once again sounded deafening boos, and Guardiola also roared loudly at the stadium to protest the penalty.

In his opinion, Mascherano brought Salah down after kicking the ball first.

But the referee's penalty cannot be changed.

It was a free kick in a good position, just a little to the right of the top of the penalty area.

At this time, Ibrahimovic and Salah were already standing in front of the ball, discussing something softly.

Ibrahimovic is right-footed and Salah is left-footed. They are also the players with the best free kicks in the team, and they may take the ball.

And Barcelona has also put up a five-man wall, blocking the left side of the goal.

The players in the wall stare nervously at the ball on the ground, and the Barcelona and Milan players behind the wall are also fighting for favorable positions.

However, when the referee's whistle sounded, an accident happened.

Ibrahimovic and Salah seemed to be arguing over the right to take the ball!
Ibrahimovic pushed Salah, and Salah pushed Ibrahimovic backhand, not to be outdone.

At this time, Milan's captain Gattuso came from the backcourt to persuade him to fight, and Ibrahimovic was also muttering something, as if he wanted to go to Gattuso's side to explain something to him.

But at this time, Ibrahimovic suddenly stopped, then turned around, kicked directly!
I saw that the ball barely passed the top of the five-man wall, and after making a beautiful arc, it quickly fell to the left side of the goal.

Barcelona's goalkeeper Valdez was still enjoying Milan's "infighting" gloatingly. This shot obviously caught him off guard and his reaction was a bit slow.

Although he adjusted quickly and made a hard save, it was still slow and the ball crashed into the net.

"GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!! Ibrahimovic! Beautiful free kick!"

Before the exclamation of the Barcelona fans fell, Ibrahimovic jumped up and shouted.

After landing, he put his finger to his lips at the Nou Camp fans and signaled them to silence.

Of course, this led to even louder boos.

Of course Ibrahimovic didn't care about this, he started to raise his arms vigorously, and ran to the visiting team's fan area, cheering and shouting loudly.

The Milan players are also scrambling to keep up one after another, celebrating the goal with Ibrahimovic.

Pan Yi on the sidelines looked at Allegri with a sly smile.

Well, their well-designed free kick tactics really worked wonders!

(End of this chapter)