258: Please listen to the roar from the Nordic Demon
The players from both sides followed the referee team into the stadium, and the game was about to begin.
Today’s starting lineups for both sides are as follows:
Home team Liverpool, head coach Klopp, formation 433
goalkeeper mendy
The back four from left to right Robertson, Laporte, De Ligt and Gomez
Midfield three from left to right Milner, Fabinho and Henderson
The front three from left to right are Mane, Salah and Oxlade-Chamberlain.
Visiting team AC Milan, head coach Tong Yi, formation 3412
Courtois
Three central defenders from left to right Romagnoli, Dias and Akanji
Midfield four from left to right Davis, Joan Armene, Goretzka and James
Single attacking midfielder Brandt
Double forward Haaland and Lautaro
beep!
A whistle blew and referee Stephanie Frappal blew the whistle to start the game.
This is the first time for this 35-year-old female referee to referee such a top European men's game, and it is also a highlight of this game!
She was born in France and started refereeing at the age of 13. She has been coaching the French Second League since 2014. It was not until April this year that she officiated the Ligue 1 league for the first time, becoming the first female referee to officiate the Ligue 1 league. And last month she officiated the Women's World Cup final!
In the new season, she will officiate in the French Ligue 1 for the first full season of her career.
Currently, she is also a female referee that both UEFA and FIFA value, and she is also a model set by them for female referees to referee men's games. After that, she should get more opportunities to referee top men's football matches.
Today's game can be regarded as a test for her!
If she passes this exam very well, she will have many opportunities in the future.
Therefore, Frappal also attaches great importance to this competition.
To be honest, she was very honored to be able to officiate this European Super Cup game. She did not expect that the game she was officiating would be so special.
Of course she also felt the pressure!
The attention of this game is very high, and every penalty she makes is likely to be over-interpreted by many people. Therefore, she must strictly demand herself and try not to make mistakes. At the same time, she must relax herself and never be overwhelmed by pressure.
At this time, she started her enforcement of the game.
The first team to kick off this game was Liverpool. They played very proactively from the beginning, and even seemed to want to try their best to get the start. The whole team pressed very high. This shocked both Duan Jianhong and Zhan Lu, and both felt that Klopp's move was a little risky.
But less than five minutes into the game, Liverpool got a very good opportunity.
Milner pushed the football to the wing. Robertson, who rushed up from the wing, started to pass without stopping the ball. He passed a very wide arc ball and the ball passed AC Milan's defense.
The defenders flew directly to the center of the penalty area.
Salah rushed up from the middle and immediately competed with Diaz. With Diaz restraining his body, Salah barely stretched his legs from behind and stabbed the football. The football immediately flew towards AC Milan's goal. goal.
The Liverpool fans screamed with excitement.
It's a pity that the football ball is not very fast, and it was firmly hugged by Courtois in front of the goal.
The Liverpool fans at the scene sighed in disappointment. They all thought this was an excellent opportunity. It was a pity that no goal was scored. However, they applauded immediately and gave the applause to the Liverpool players, indicating that they should continue to attack and strive to score goals as soon as possible!
They all saw it. With their state in this game, victory should be a piece of cake. They all reminded the Liverpool players to take advantage of your illness to kill you and rush into AC Milan's penalty area crazily. This is the best time to harvest, come on!
Zhan Lu also said, "You see, the momentum of the Liverpool people is very strong. You know, I'm not just talking about this game, but Liverpool's current state. Since they won the Champions League, After that, that’s it, the temperament of a strong team is clearly revealed. In this game, AC Milan’s chances are really slim!”
Shhhhhhh!
The AC Milan fans in front of the TV series booed Zhan Lu crazily, mocking Zhan Lu even if you don’t understand, our AC Milan will win this game!
However, for now, AC Milan is indeed at a disadvantage in the opening game.
The cameras at the scene were also focused on Tong Yi on the sidelines. They wanted to see Tong Yi's reaction now. Did he expect that he would be passive from the beginning of this game? Will this passivity make Tong Yi panic? This Liverpool is no longer the Liverpool of a few years ago.
But what disappointed them was that Tong Yi was still very calm, as if he hadn't seen all this.
Inside the stadium, AC Milan launched an attack and began to press forward.
However, the Liverpool people also pushed their formation higher. They hoped that they could directly intercept AC Milan's attack in the midfield. Then rely on the strong running ability and control ability of the midfielder to counter AC Milan and strive to score goals as soon as possible!
During this period, the Liverpool midfielder's suppression ability really put AC Milan people under a lot of pressure.
Even many people at the scene felt that AC Milan was completely passive, and their skills and tactics were completely incapable of performing.
Kaka, Inzaghi, Nesta and others in the stands couldn't help but become nervous.
In this game, our AC Milan will not lose, right?
The Liverpool fans at the scene thought so too. They were very excited and had already begun to celebrate the victory.
But at this moment, something unexpected happened in the stadium.
AC Milan is here
However, the ball was stolen in the midfield, and Joan Armeni's attack made Liverpool's Chamberlain unable to react in time. The ball at his feet was directly stabbed out by Joan Armeni. The football immediately came to Goretzka, but in the face of Salah's crazy counterattack, Goretzka did not stop the ball. Instead, he directly passed the ball sideways with the instep and passed the football directly to Brandt's feet in the frontcourt. .
Brandt originally took the ball with his back, but he was very courageous and immediately pulled the ball and turned around!
As soon as he turned around, Liverpool's three midfielders plus Laporte in front immediately surrounded him and pounced on Brandt like a hungry tiger pouncing on food.
Seeing this, the AC Milan fans on the scene took a sharp breath. The Liverpool people's defense was really well organized. And they always put a lot of pressure on the ball holder at the first opportunity, making it impossible for the ball holder to control the ball and pass the ball calmly.
Goretzka in front had no chance to stop and control the ball. Salah's immediate high pressure forced him to choose to play the ball immediately. And even this gave Liverpool time and opportunity in the midfield, and in an instant they formed a multi-person surround for Brandt who was about to receive the ball!
Brandt stopped the ball for a moment and turned around. In an instant, four people surrounded him and strangled him.
This defensive pressure is really strong, especially since Liverpool's midfield has a lot of runners, such as Henderson and Milner, etc. Their defensive interception ability is also very strong, which is also the reason for the good results of Liverpool people. A guarantee.
No, Brandt, who was holding the ball, instantly felt the suffocating pressure!
Just when everyone in Liverpool thought that their team would easily complete the defense, steal the ball, and launch a quick counterattack this time, an accident happened!
Brandt, who had just turned around, faced Milner's outstretched leg to press him from the side. He immediately moved sideways and avoided Milner's press. At the moment when the other pressing players stretched their legs to destroy, he quickly poked the football diagonally in front of him with his toes, and the football quickly rolled into the huge space in front of and to the right of his body.
Yes, there is a lot of room here!
Because when these four people gathered together, everyone in Liverpool thought that there was no problem with the defense this time and they would definitely be able to steal the ball easily. In order to steal the ball and attack and press the opponent's fatal area as soon as possible, Robertson, the full-back on the left, had already moved forward at high speed to prepare for the attack, catching AC Milan by surprise.
That was before the four-person press, the young Brandt did not panic, and made an amazing judgment, and then stabbed the football out.
The football just rolled into the huge space behind the advancing Robertson.
And the center back Laporte who was close to this side had already rushed forward to encircle him. This caused the entire left side of Liverpool's defense zone to be completely empty. It was a huge gap!
And the moment the football rolled out, Liverpool forward Hallant immediately made an diagonal move here and easily caught the football in this huge gap!
All the Liverpool people in the audience were stunned and dumbfounded!
Zhan Lu opened his mouth wider and couldn't say a word.
This change really happened so fast that everyone was caught off guard!
"It's dangerous, Liverpool is dangerous. Liverpool's left defense zone is completely empty. Haaland received the ball, he entered the penalty area, and he faced Liverpool's goalkeeper Mendy alone. This is very dangerous!" Duan Jianhong is all He roared in horror, he couldn't believe his eyes.
This is not to mention the Liverpool people who were ecstatic just now. This sudden change made them instantly sluggish, as if they had turned into Alzheimer's patients!
At this moment, all the AC Milan fans on the scene seemed to be pressed on the spring seats. They ejected one after another, leaned forward, stretched their necks, and their faces were red with excitement.
Even Kaká, Nesta, Shevchenko and others immediately got up and stared at the stadium.
Opportunity, great opportunity!
Haaland carries the expectations of countless AC Milan fans at this moment. He is the embodiment of the will of all Milan fans. All Milan fans are looking forward to Haaland's kick to blast the Liverpool goal.
This time, AC Milan will definitely win.
Boom, facing the attacking goalkeeper Mendy, Haaland barely adjusted, caught up with the football, swung his legs with lightning, and hit the football hard. The football shot out like a white light in an instant. Mendy in front of the goal could not see the trajectory of the football.
Mendy immediately dived towards the far top corner of the goal.
But the lightning-fast football rushed past his armpit and slammed into the Liverpool goal!
"The goal is in, Haaland! Haaland broke through Liverpool's goal alone, and AC Milan took the lead. In the 27th minute of the first half, AC Milan, which had always been passive, turned around and took the lead in breaking the ball. In the deadlock, AC Milan temporarily took the lead, one to zero!" Duan Jianhong roared excitedly, his voice trembling a little.
Fiery red fireworks instantly erupted from the Vodafone Arena in Istanbul, instantly dyeing the sky red for half the sky.
Fireworks were also rising in the stadium, and what was surging under the red light seemed to be the passion of the Milan people like a sea wave, instantly invading the entire stands!
Long live Milan, long live Haaland, long live China Tong!
In the stadium, Haaland, who had scored the goal, was also very excited. The Nordic devil rushed out quickly, jumped up excitedly near the corner flag area, and opened his bloody mouth wantonly, as if he was going to wipe out the stands. All the Liverpudlians were eaten alive.
Behind him were the excited AC Milan players. They all followed him excitedly, and then pushed Haaland to the ground. They pressed forward excitedly, cheering excitedly and celebrating this one. The goal comes.
Kaka, Nesta and Maldini in the stands took the lead in singing their club's anthem "Milan, Milan, I only want to support you; Milan, Milan, always for you..."
