Greatest Of All Legends-Chapter 675: Red and White Battle III

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{We are seconds to half-time and Uventus lead AC Milan by three to zero}

{AC Milan has been at times the more dominant side when on the ball, but Uventus were the ones who were able to turn their opportunities into goals while the Milan players struggle to keep up}

{With this, Uventus take the lead on the league table, rising three points above Inter Milan and with only three matches to go after this, this could prove to be a very important win for Uve if they can hold on till the end}

{Artur tries to pass to Bernadeshi but the ball is intercepted by Tonali and Milan are on the counterattack}

{This is perhaps their last chance before the referee blows his whistle} The commentator gave a play-by-play description of what was happening on the pitch, ensuring that even people who only had access to the audio stream of the match didn’t feel left out.

{Tonali to Rafael Leao on the right. Leao, pushing forward, up against Rugani}

{Can Rugani stop him, nooo, Leao tricks Rugani and dashes past him}

As one would expect of the Portuguese winger who had a tendency to always want to dribble past his marker with flashy skills, Leao did just that and dodged past Rugani after a couple of stepovers, and then continued his run forward, cutting into the penalty box and hitting the ball at the goal before De Ligt could reach him.

{Leao!!!}

Sczesny jumped at the ball and managed to stop it, but he wasn’t able to hold onto it and the ball rolled away from him. freewebnøvel.coɱ

Unfortunately, the Uventus defenders had been trying to block the shot from coming in earlier and thus they were nowhere near where the ball spilled, allowing Ibrahimovic to reach the ball first and chip it over Sczesny who tried to jump into his path.

The ball flew over Sczesny and dropped behind the goal line.

{Goal!}

{Seconds to half time, and Milan have one back, displaying tenacity and fighting spirit!}

{If Uventus was planning to take it easy in the second half, they may have to rethink their strategies as Milan is clearly saying that they are down, but not out!} the commentator said excitedly, happy that there was a new spark in the game that would prevent the game from getting boring.

Zlatan was an egoist, but even he would not celebrate extravagantly when his team was still down by two goals and after a few high-fives, they returned to their half of the field and waited for the game to resume.

A few seconds later, the game kicked off again, but less than five seconds later, the referee blew his whistle to signal for the end of the first half and the players ambled off the field and headed to the locker rooms with their manager.

As the Milan players filed into their locker room, Stefano Pioli, the head manager grabbed a board and dragged it quickly into the center of the room, not wasting any time.

"Boys! You know more than I do about what happened out there, but we will not dwell on your mistakes,"

"What is more important right now is how we’re going to complete our comeback in the second half,"

"I see that you still have your fighting spirit, and we need to use that in the second half," the manager began.

"We are losing 3-1 and we need two goals! How do we get them!?"

"Anyone have any ideas?" Stefano asked for his players’ opinion, but for a few seconds, no one spoke.

"Come on, you guys, you played against our opponents for 45 minutes already and you don’t know of any weak spots?" Stefano asked, irritation rising in his voice.

"You guys up front? Ibra?" he turned to Zlatan.

"Actually, there is difference in physicality. They are not using Chiellini or Bonucci who are like tanks. Instead of that, they focus on being aggressive and blocking out my passes,"

"That guy Rugani, playing left back is playing more as a wide center back instead of as a winger because his agility is not enough to stop the kid," Zlatan analysed, pointing to Leao as he peeled a banana.

"Good that you noticed that. Instead, they are focusing more on surrounding you and at the same time, jointly blocking Leao when he tries to cut inside with the ball," Stefano took over the explanation.

"Yes, also, that guy Jason, he’s the one marking Leao instead, but his focus is only on interrupting passes to him. The problem is his movement is good, so he can hold the ball well and that is making Leao ineffective unless when we can get the ball to him fast enough before they can regroup at the back," Zlatan continued.

"So what you’re saying is we should focus on counter attacks. Good," Stefano nodded and Zlatan also nodded affirmatively.

"Anyone else has anything to add?" Stefano asked.

"... I think we can focus on the counter attack thing," Romagnoli, the team captain said after nobody else said anything particularly instructive after a minute.

"Okay. Here’s what we are going to do in the second half," Stefano began after thinking for a while.

"We need two goals to at least get a draw, but at the same time we must not concede another goal,"

"Uve will be on guard now because we already have one goal back, so they will probably continue playing defensively and will try to hit us on the counter, but they will be more focused on defending,"

"We need to draw them out, and then hit them quickly before they can regroup at the back, but it will not be easy,"

"In the first ten minutes of the second half, I want high pressure from you guys whenever our opponents have the ball,"

"Focus on creating chances and take as many shots as we can. It will be good if we can get one goal early. It will help us take off the pressure,"

"Leao, I need you to run. Your job is to tire out Jason and Rugani, those two guys before the seventieth minute,"

"If you get the ball, make them chase you and waste their energy. We don’t want Jason having enough energy to keep attacking us on that wing. Brahim will come on in the seventieth minute. With more energy, we will be able to hit them there,"

"The focus for our attacks is to cross the ball into the box,"

"Bennacer, Tonali, Kessie, I want you guys to send the ball to Leao on the right for him to cross the ball in while you guys will move up into dangerous areas,"

"Rebic, I want you in the penalty box with Zlatan,"

"We have the height advantage, we need to make use of that," Tonali said, glancing at Mandzukic sitting on the bench with a calm look on his face.

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