The Day I Played with Ronaldo

The only chance for Sao Paulo in the first half of extra time came in the 105th minute. Leonardo broke through from the right and made a low pass. Ricardo took the lead and tried to tackle the goal, but Ambro Sidney defended very well, and Ricardo's shot hit his leg and popped out of the baseline.

Sao Paulo took a corner kick, and Dida found it inconvenient to pick the ball, so he punched the ball out of the penalty area. Sao Paulo controlled the landing point and was just about to organize another attack when the referee blew the whistle for the end of the first half of overtime.

Since the overtime of this game uses the silver ball system, neither side scored a goal in the first half, so they must play a full 120 minutes.

It's not good news for either side.

Especially it is extremely unfriendly to AC Milan, they will have to play another league game before entering the winter break.

Ancelotti is also very helpless about this, but he can't let the players who have fought for 105 minutes give up at the last minute.

Players from both sides walked slowly towards the other half. Between the first and second half of overtime, there is no rest time. The venues are switched directly for the second half of the game. The players can only try to walk as slowly as possible, and then go to the sidelines to drink water and so on to give themselves a little respite. opportunity.

Ricardo dragged his heavy steps, thinking about countermeasures while walking. However, due to the lack of oxygen, his thinking was not very clear and his reaction slowed down.

It's not just him, all the players who have played the whole game will not be in better condition than him.

Not only is the mental response reduced, but muscle fatigue can also lead to distorted movements and more error-prone.

In the first half of overtime, both sides made frequent mistakes, and the passing accuracy dropped below 75%. In overtime, it's not about who plays better, but who makes fewer mistakes.

Obviously, in the first half of overtime, Sao Paulo made more mistakes.

But Ricardo did not believe that the opponent would not make mistakes. As long as you wait patiently, there will always be opportunities. The only question is whether you can grasp the opportunities when they appear. Regarding this, Ricardo lacked confidence.

If the shovel shot in the 105th minute was replaced at the beginning of the game, he would have scored 90% of the time.

But just now his movements were more than one beat slower than usual, resulting in being successfully blocked by Ambrosini.

"Well done, Massimo." Ancelotti patted Ambrosini on the shoulder as he drank water from the sidelines.

Ancelotti put one hand in his trouser pocket,

With a relaxed expression, as if he was holding a wisdom pearl, "For the last 15 minutes, keep your form and don't relax. That kid is very good at performing miracles, so let him ride on your neck and become famous."

Ambrosini panted slightly, and replied confidently: "I know he is great, and I won't let my guard down on him. With me around, he can't score."

"That's good." Ancelotti turned to Rui Costa, Shevchenko and others said a few words. He hopes that the team can score a goal and not drag it to a penalty shootout. AC Milan is not good at taking penalties.

When the players slowly took their positions, the referee Ivanov blew his whistle to signal the restart of the game. Sao Paulo originally thought that AC Milan would shrink back to defend, but he didn't expect AC Milan to launch consecutive attacks at the beginning of the game, and was beaten a little bit confused.

In the 109th minute, Rui Costa dribbled the ball from the left. First he took two steps slowly, and then suddenly accelerated to cut in, shaking off the distracted, and shot 25 meters away from the goal. The kick was refracted on Lugano's leg, and it was about to fly out of the baseline. At this time, Inzaghi slapped the horse and rushed to the ball, and the ball flew into the goal from the opposite direction of Cheney.

AC Milan took the lead!

There was a burst of applause and cheers from the Yokohama International Arena, as if it had become the home stadium of AC Milan.

Rojas sat back on the coach's bench with his head downcast. The goal at this time obliterated Sao Paulo's efforts throughout the game. There was nothing he could do, so he simply gave up commanding and left everything to fate.

The players of Sao Paulo were bewildered. At this juncture, they no longer considered scoring goals, they only thought about how to delay the penalty shootout, but the reality taught them a cruel lesson.

In the first half of the extra time, AC Milan did not score a goal even after getting a good chance, but this time a chance that was not a chance caused them to lose the gate.

"Cheer up!" Licado clapped his hands and loudly reminded his teammates, "We still have time! Everyone cheer up, don't think about anything else, and concentrate on this attack!"

Captain Cheney also encouraged the defensive players in the backcourt after the big foot kicked the ball to the center circle.

Their words had some effect, some of Sao Paulo's players really cheered up, and after the game restarted, they began to put pressure on AC Milan's goal.

After just taking the lead, AC Milan showed a little slack, Sao Paulo seized the opportunity and succeeded in pressing the frontcourt consecutively.

In the 112th minute, Seedorf's pass to Pancaro was slightly larger, and Pancaro stopped the ball a little far away from his body. Leonardo intercepted the ball with a sliding tackle, then quickly got up with his hands on the ground and passed the ball to Elton in the middle.

Elton passed the ball to Riccardo, and Riccardo retreated to respond. Without entanglement with Ambrosini behind him, he passed the ball directly to the wing and handed it to Leonardo who had already got rid of Pancaro.

Pancaro struggled to catch up. Although Leonardo was not very fast, he was a player who only appeared at the end of the second half after all. The ball was quickly passed to Ricardo in the center before Seedorf intercepted.

Ricardo unloaded the ball with the outer instep of his right foot and blocked Ambrosini with his left hand. He wanted to sprint with the ball and shoot directly, but his feet were weak and he staggered, and was almost caught by Ambrosini. The ball breaks.

Ricardo no longer forced himself to pass the ball back, but Ricardinho didn't stop the ball and directly stuffed it to Elton.

Elton showed good technical skills, pretending to drop back to meet the ball, but at the last moment he swept the ball behind his left with his right foot.

Ricardo just pulled out a gap at this time, quickly kicked up after receiving the ball, and kicked and shot before Ambrosini blocked it.

The football flew close to the lawn and flew towards the far end of the goal, but it was a little bit straight, and Dida fell to the ground and threw the ball sideways.

However, he also made a mistake at this moment. The football did not fly to AC Milan's defenders, but fell to Tardelli's feet. Tardelli adjusted a step, kicked calmly, and the football hit the net.

"Tardelli goal! His supplementary shot helped Sao Paulo equalize the score! AC Milan just took the lead for 3 minutes, and was chased back!"

"The score became a 2:2 tie. If this score continues, the two sides will have a brutal penalty shootout!"