According to incomplete statistics, the number of fans in China who watched the first leg of the 2006-2007 UEFA Champions League 18th final between Valencia and Inter Milan has reached 1.1 billion.
At this moment, there are countless fans sitting in front of TVs or computers watching the live broadcast.
Many fans know that Aiello is good at free kicks, but they have never seen him take any free kicks from a relatively biased position.
Breaking the door, all a little confused.
After all, the time has reached the 86th minute of the game.
Every time you waste an opportunity, you will lose one.
Inter Milan, playing at home, will definitely use up as much time as possible in the next game to maintain the 2:1 score until the end.
In their memory, Aiello's header ability is quite good, but this time Aiello insisted on standing in front of the free kick, which surprised the fans watching the live broadcast.
Is he really going to try it?
At this moment, many Aiello fans fantasize about Aiello taking advantage of this free kick to break the goal guarded by Cesar, helping the team equalize the score and gain the upper hand in the two-round contest.
Following the referee's whistle on the TV, the fans watching the live TV broadcast concentrated on the screen.
Aiello started to take a run-up, and the players from both sides in the penalty area started to pull harder.
All kinds of tugging and tugging were common, but the referee turned a blind eye and did not blow the whistle.
He just looked at Aiello who was taking a run-up. .
I don’t know if the fans were dazzled, but they seemed to see that Aiello was very confident in the camera, but his image was somewhat damaged by the white gauze wrapped around his head.
Will this goal go in?
All fans supporting Valencia carry this thought.
Aiello runs up and hits the ball, all in one go.
The football was as precise as a cruise missile, flying over the top of the high-leap human wall and flying straight to its destination.
Although Cesar in the camera focused most of his attention on the crowded penalty area, his attention was attracted to the football after watching it pass through the wall.
He subconsciously took two steps back.
When he saw the football falling violently, he pushed the right foot behind him hard towards the turf, hoping to use the power to jump high and knock the sudden football against the goalpost. , but his innate disadvantage prevents him from doing all this.
He was completely exhausted while flying in the air, but he had not yet touched the football.
A look of horror spread on his face, and then there was the sound of the football hitting the goal post.
But before he had time to be surprised, his body lying in the goal touched the football.
Entered The football did go in because half of his body crossed the goal line.
Immediately afterwards, the stands that were noisy just now suddenly became quiet, with only sporadic cheers coming from the far end of the stands.
"Okay, the referee blew the whistle.
Ai took the first step.
It seems that he is really responsible for handling this direct free kick.
Ai's direct free kick."
Andy Gray's voice became urgent, and then , his voice rose an octave, "gooooooooooooooooa" Putting aside his personal appreciation for Aiello, this direct free kick was so beautiful.
It passed over the top of the wall, then flew to the highest point and then suddenly fell.
The football hit the crossbar and the goal post and bounced into the ball.
Goal, this is Ai Luo's typical direct free kick.
At the same time, this is also an absolute dead end in theory.
Even Buffon, the best goalkeeper in the world at the moment, would not be able to make a save when faced with such a tricky free kick, unless he predicted it.
After scoring the goal, Aiello was very excited.
He turned to the right, then sprinted for 100 meters to the right corner of his own baseline, then jumped over the billboard, walked on the plastic track, and sprinted.
Looking at the two visiting fans at the top of the stands who came with the team, they frantically patted the team logo on their chests.
"Hahaha, at the 87th minute of the game, Aiello still had the physical strength to run a hundred meters towards the stands of visiting fans who came with the team.
It seems that he was in a very good mood."
Ai Luo equalized the score before the end of the game, and Huang Jianxiang was in a very good mood.
His teammates were just as excited as him, but because at this point in the game, their physical fitness was a little behind.
To everyone's surprise, goalkeeper Canizares was the first to run towards Aiello to celebrate.
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“So beautiful Ai” Canizares excitedly covered Ai Luo's head with his hands and said.
"I promised to give you a Champions League trophy, captain." "" Before Canizares had time to speak, other teammates also swarmed over.
Looking at Aiello, who was surrounded by his teammates, he seemed to be getting closer and closer to his own Champions League trophy.
Conceding two goals at home, this is a difficult fact for Mancini to accept, because the next round will be played at the Mestalla Stadium, and Valencia only needs to defend 0:0 Or you can advance to the quarterfinals with 1:1.
Thinking back to Valencia's horrific home victory record since the start of the 2006-2007 season, he got a headache.
Therefore, he must control his destiny in his own hands.
He used the last substitution spot on Cruz, replacing the exhausted veteran Figo to strengthen the offense.
For Flores, Aiello's direct free kick goal is an extra gain.
He scored two away goals in the away game.
This is a good help for the team to advance to the Champions League quarterfinals.
In addition, The team has a winning record at home and reaching the quarterfinals of the Champions League for two consecutive seasons is not a dream.
Different from Mancini's signal to strengthen the attack, he waved his hand and asked the team to shrink their defense and prepare to keep the tie until the end.
Of course, it would be best if they could beat Inter Milan at the last moment.
With Valencia shrinking its defense, the game entered the final moments.
Inter Milan's players had become accustomed to the defensive rhythm, and it was really difficult for them to suddenly attack.
Although Ibrahimovic scored twice in the first half to help the team overtake the score, the game is now approaching the 90th minute of regular time, and his physical condition is not very good.
In addition, Valencia's Shrinking the defense quickly compressed his space for movement, so there was no chance.
On the contrary, Valencia's counterattack was impressive, but it was because Inter Milan became more determined in defense and paid the price of two yellow cards, killing the visiting team's two defensive counterattacks in the cradle.
In the end, Inter Milan drew with Valencia 2:2 at home.
After the game, Ibrahimovic and Aiello, who both scored twice in this game, naturally became popular in the eyes of reporters, but Ibrahimovic was not in a hurry to be interviewed by reporters; He walked towards Iroh, whose head was wrapped in gauze.
"Boy, exchange jerseys."
Ai Luo, who was celebrating with his teammates by high-fiving, was suddenly tapped on the shoulder and turned his head.
Aiello turned around, looked at Ibrahimovic, raised his eyebrows in confusion and said: "Why not?"
Now it was Ibrahimovic's turn to be speechless.
In the end, he could only take off his jersey and said to make a long story short, "I will definitely beat you in the second round."
Aiello was not surprised by Ibrahimovic's answer.
In his impression, wasn't Ibrahimovic a very fighting and ambitious player?
Otherwise, he would not have changed his career later.
After arriving in Barcelona, he criticized the then coach Guardiola because of Messi.
"I'll wait for you at the Mestalla."
Aiello handed over the jersey, then took Ibrahimovic's jersey with his right hand and hung it on his shoulder.
What's interesting is that when the two sides shook hands after the game, Aiello refused to shake hands with Materazzi.
When the first leg of the 18-finals between Valencia and Inter Milan ended, the first legs of the other three 18-finals that were going on at the same time also ended.
The most surprising thing is that Barcelona lost 1:2 to Liverpool at their home court.
In the other two games, Lyon tied Roma 0:0 at home, while Chelsea, coached by Mourinho, did not show mercy when facing his old club Porto, and the two sides fought 1:1.
The next day, the mainstream media in Europe focused on reporting that the defending champion Barcelona lost 1:2 at home to Liverpool in the first leg of the UEFA Champions League 18th final, losing the opportunity in the two rounds of the game.
Of course, Aiello's two goals helped Valencia draw a 2:2 away draw with Inter Milan, which was also highlighted in the report.
Turin Sports News even compared the pre-match remarks of both sides.
The most eye-catching thing was that Ibrahimovic mentioned in an interview before the game that he wanted to help the team win and surpass Aiello in the number of goals, but the final result was Aiello's two goals.
Valencia drew with Inter Milan away from home, so the battle between the two was considered a draw.
This made fans who paid attention to the second leg of the Champions League 18 finals between Valencia and Inter Milan pay more attention to that game.
At the same time, what is eye-catching is the Portuguese hotshot Benguirenca who was the referee of this game.
Because of his missed call, Inter Milan benefited and took the half-time lead.
However, many people still sympathize with the referee on duty.
After all, the referee is a human being and not a camera with no blind spots on the court.
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There will always be missed calls.
Moreover, at the post-match press conference, the visiting team coach Flores He also expressed that it was an accident and had nothing to do with the referee.
Instead, Materazzi, who elbowed Aiello, was widely criticized.
"Sometimes I have to say that Italian Marco Materazzi's defensive level is really high.
His foul reminded me of the overtime incident in the World Cup final that angered Zidane, but this time it was even more outrageous.
He directly defended During the game, he used an elbow strike.
In the post-match understanding, Ai's eyebrow bone was torn with a 15-centimeter gash.
Of course, what makes people even more shameful is that he ignored Ai who was knocked to the ground by him, but Directly pass the ball forward to benefit our side and eventually score a goal.”
Report from Kicker.
This report also represents the views of mainstream European media.
The exception, of course, is Italian newspapers
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