Chapter 340: Tang Jue's gift to Maldini for 100 Champions League games!(1/2)
The next day, Milan Sports News commented: Milan, who has half the main team, defeated Siena away with a score of 4-2, won. Don and Kaka both scored two goals. They told everyone that with them, even half of Milan can still win!
Milan's victory will put strong pressure on Inter Milan. Inter Milan will play at home tonight to face Cagliari. Can they win? Can they win fifteen consecutive victories?
Their city opponents won 24 consecutive victories and firmly marched towards 25 consecutive victories!
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Milan's victory did put a lot of pressure on Inter Milan. However, Inter Milan is still strong. On February 18, they withstood the pressure at home and defeated Cagliari 1-0, winning 15 consecutive victories, tying Milan's winning streak last season.
If this result is placed in other seasons, Inter Milan fans will definitely be extremely happy. Fifteen consecutive wins were a fantastic number. However, this number could not make them ecstatic in the face of Milan's twenty-four consecutive wins.
However, what makes Inter Milan fans happy is that their team still ranks first and still leads Milan by six points, and they are still the most powerful contenders for the Serie A championship.
At this time, Milan was already in Glasgow, Scotland, and they were not surprised that Inter Milan won at home. After all, in Serie A, few teams can pose a threat to Inter Milan.
Milan is carefully preparing for the Celtics' Champions League match. Compared with the Serie A champion, the Champions League champion is more attractive and has higher bonuses!
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The game between Milan and Celtics was scheduled to be held at 4:00 pm and 12:30 noon on the 20th. Other Milan players were preparing to take a nap. Tang Jue did not sleep and was called by Ancelotti. Along the way, Tang Jue was thinking about what the coach asked him to talk about.
Could it be that it can't start?
It is possible that the time between the two games is too close, so the coach may arrange it like this. Just substitute, as long as you can play games.
Pushing open Ancelotti's door, there were two people inside. In addition to Ancelotti, assistant coach Marcili was also in the room. After the three of them greeted him, Tang Jue sat in the chair. Ancelotti had no nonsense and went straight to the topic:
"You start, but you only have half time."
After saying that, Ancelotti stopped talking. Tang Jue looked at him strangely. It’s over? Only one sentence?
When Tang Jue thought about the coach's words carefully, a smile appeared on his face. Although there was only half time for the game, he was the starter. Well, it was good, not bad...
However, if you don’t do anything during this halftime, then...so, you must work hard!
A trace of madness appeared in Tang Jue's eyes.
"Coach, I will fight to the death!"
Ancelotti's face was very calm, she nodded slightly and said, "Okay, go and have a rest!"
Tang Jue left the room, Marcily looked at Ancelotti and couldn't help saying, "He is already very tired, you don't need to force him."
The coach arranges who will play, when to substitution, and who to replace, there is no need to explain these things to the players. However, Ancelotti told Tang Jue that he would start and could only play halftime. If Tang Jue wanted to make a difference, he would only have forty-five minutes and time was limited.
If time is limited, a sense of urgency will create a sense of urgency, and a sense of urgency will make people work hard.
This is Ancelotti's logic, but in Marcili's view, it should not be given a sense of urgency. The game is just the job of the players, and there is no need to fight to the death.
Ancelotti shook her head, looked at the door and said, "I have no choice. The team's morale has been high until now. No one will say, 'Let's give up Serie A and focus on the Champions League.'. The competition for the Serie A championship is a breath, and I can't let this breath be leaked."
"The morale of the whole team is high, and we can only keep winning, letting victory motivate them to move forward, and even making victory a habit. Only in this way can we create miracles."
Ancelotti breathed out and continued: "Tang's skills have improved recently, especially his ability to compete, and has improved a lot, almost reaching perfection. At this stage, he is terrifying. It is precisely because I know he is very tired that I have to stimulate him."
"Who asked him to win the Serie A and Champions League before the season? Now we are at a critical moment. If I don't excite him, who else should I excite?"
"Whoever does the things will be responsible!"
Marcily shook his head and said, "Actually, we don't have to win the afternoon game, a draw is also a good result."
Ancelotti laughed and said, "Actually, this is my purpose, so I let him play halftime. It doesn't matter if I can't win. When we return to home, we will try our best and kill them."
Marcily suddenly realized, but he still had a question: "Your plan is a draw, why do you still motivate him?"
Ancelotti gently touched his eyebrows and raised his voice a few degrees: "Who doesn't want to win away games, I want to do it too."
There are logical contradictions in Ancelotti's words, but Marcili understood: If the player performs well, try to win the game. If he cannot win, he will get a draw.
In order to win, Tang Jue was forced to arouse. In order to win a week later, Tang Jue was only given time for half a game.
This is Ancelotti's abacus. In the 23rd round of Serie A, he hoped that the players could determine their advantage in the first half and then replace the main player in the second half. However, Livorno made Ancelotti's wishful thinking fail, and the main players played the whole game, so he was thrilling to win Livorno at home.
Will the Celtics make his wishful thinking work this afternoon?
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At 3:30 pm, the visiting team locker room.
After Ancelotti arranged the tactics, he looked around for a week and said: "This game is Maldini's 100th Champions League match."
After Ancelotti finished speaking, he didn't say anything. The temperature in the locker room began to rise. Kaka licked his lips, and he played 100 Champions League games. God, 100 Champions League games. When will I reach this number?
Tang Jue's eyes were radiating. One hundred Champions League games, then today's game is Maldini's milestone. Since it is a milestone, how could he return empty-handed!
Ronnie stood up and hugged Maldini, giving congratulations. Gattuso abandoned the prejudice between the two and hugged Maldini. The players stepped forward and hugged Maldini, giving congratulations.
Tang Jue said in Maldini's ear: "I will give you a big gift!"
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Walk out of the player's passage. The stadium makes deafening shouts:
"Celtic!"
"Celtic!"
"Celtic!"
To the north of the stadium are the hard-core Milan fans who come from afar. They are completely at a disadvantage in terms of number of people. According to post-match statistics, the number of Milan fans is 3,000, while the number of Celtic fans is 30,000.
Celtic fans hung up banners: Milan is a thief. Twenty-five consecutive victories are ours. Always are ours!
Kaka looked at the banner. Anger appeared in his eyes, and anger appeared on Gatuso's face. However, this banner did not make Tang Jue angry. He had already said in front of the media that since the Celtics had won twenty-five consecutive victories in one season, we can do it.
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At 4 pm, the match between Milan and Celtics officially started at the Celtics Park Stadium!
At the beginning of the game, the Celtics did not take advantage of their home court to launch a fierce attack on Milan. Milan's attack power is strong, and the terrifying trio is too terrifying. They must first defend well and not be able to break the goal by their opponents first.
In the away game, if the opponent does not launch a fierce attack, this is a good phenomenon. Ronnie did not press frantically, nor did Kaka. There is a person who is very active in Milan, that is Tang Jue, because he only has 45 minutes of game time, because this is Maldini's 100th Champions League game.
Tang Jue pressed like a madman, Ronnie was unmoved. The game had just begun and his physical fitness had to be used on the blade. Kaka did not pressed wildly because in his opinion, this kind of pressing was meaningless and difficult to succeed, because Milan was fighting away.
From a distance, the Celtics player was knocking down the ball in the middle and backcourt, and Tang Jue was chasing the football alone, as if it was his own battle.
Celtic fans yelled loudly, Milan fans shouted:
"Tang!"
"Tang!"
"Tang!"
Obviously, they were moved by Tang Jue's spirit. Kaka shook his head and began to speed up his pace. Pirlo accelerated his pace, and Gattuso began to shout...
The Celtics had to speed up the pace, quickly transfer the football to the frontcourt, and launched an attack!
The fierce competition officially begins!
In the sixth minute, Celtic forward Haiselink completed his first shot and the football missed the goal.
In the tenth minute, Ronnie and Tang Jue two-passed one, got into the penalty area, and completed the shot under the interference of the opponent's central defender McManus. The football was saved from the baseline by Borush.
In the 16th minute, Shunsuke Nakamura successfully broke through the side, passed by with a cross, Heselink dunked, threw Tulam away, and then advanced into the Milan penalty area!
Dida rushed out of the goal line, and Nesta followed closely on Hesselink's right. Hesselink suddenly shot with a kick, and the football flew over Dida's head!
With a sling shot, Despair appeared in Dida's eyes!
A tall white figure flew towards the football quickly!
Long hair is fluttering!
Clever and handsome!
This man stepped forward, then jumped high and pushed the football out of the goal!
Because the speed was too fast before, the man landed, his huge inertia forced him to continue moving forward. The next moment, his shoulder hit the pillar hard!
Maldini let out a scream and fell into the goal!
In the stands, the Celtic fans made a huge sigh of regret and then applauded Maldini.
Gattuso, who was furious, roared at Turam, and Nesta immediately went to ask about Maldini's injury. Ancelotti, who was standing in the command area, looked solemn.
Two minutes later, Maldini stood up from the turf and rubbed his shoulders. He signaled to his teammates that he could continue the game. This is his 100th Champions League game, how could he leave the court like this!
Tang Jue silently patted Maldini on the shoulder, twisted his neck, spit out a mouthful of thick phlegm, and breathed out a long breath.
Shunsuke Nakamura sent a corner kick, and Turam beat Hesselink to push the ball out of the penalty area. Gattuso's previous roar made him very depressed. After landing, Turam roared loudly, allowing the depression to vent his heart's content!
The football flew towards Tang Jue, and behind him was Snow.
Tang Jue took a step forward with his left foot, and Snow also took a step forward!
Tang Jue put a pad on the football outside his right foot, and the football flew up!
Tang Jue turned around quickly!
The next moment, he flew over Snow's right, then spread his chest and removed the football!
Next, a magnificent picture appears!
To be continued...