Chapter forty-six strong opponents
When the players from the two teams stood next to the referee for a photo, Liu Feng finally got to know Pawlowski.
He was a standard Italian handsome guy. He showed a gentle smile to the Piacenza players from time to time while shaking hands, which was completely different from the stern-faced Aubameyang beside him.
The guessing process had already concluded before entering the stadium. Piacenza chose the right to kick off. As the players from both sides stood in their respective positions, the referee directly blew the whistle to start the game.
Passing the ball to Foti, Liu Feng quickly turned around and started running.
In Liu Feng's heart, no matter what kind of opponent he faces, when he stands on the court, all he has to do is give his best.
The pressure brought by Milan swept through the entire Piacenza team from the beginning.
This feeling is somewhat different from facing Genoa, because at this moment Piacenza's players clearly felt that they were being crushed in all directions.
After the kick-off, when the ball was passed to Foti's feet after several passes, Foti was intercepted by Damian's kick before he even had time to adjust.
Showing his long passing skills that are not inferior to Scarpelli's, Damian accurately passed the ball directly to Piacenza's left backcourt.
There, a figure wearing a red and black Milan jersey was running at full speed. It was Aubameyang who speeded up and ran along the right side towards the Piacenza penalty area after the start.
Scarpelli, who was facing Aubameyang, rushed past him before he could step forward to block him with his body.
"Stop him!"
Scarpelli, who was desperately chasing back, hurriedly shouted to the left center back Gadri. At this time, the ball had already dropped towards the top of the arc.
Gadri quickly ran towards the ball's landing point, trying to block Aubameyang, who had completely picked up his speed. With such a long pass, he didn't think Aubameyang would not stop and adjust.
What is unexpected is that Aubameyang did slow down, but turned his back to Gadri and held Gadri hard.
Facing the falling ball, Aubameyang directly chose to jump up and make an overhead kick in front of Scarpelli who was chasing after him.
Gadri, who was knocked back by a momentary impact, had no way to block the shot.
Fortunately, the accuracy of such a shot was bound to be much worse, and the ball ultimately did not fly within the goal frame.
"Boom!" Milan fans made a loud noise.
At this time, less than five minutes had passed since the start of the game, and Milan's players had played such a threatening attack, which surprised them.
At this time, in the VIP auditorium in Milan, two figures wearing sunglasses were talking with their heads down.
"Ricardo, what do you think?"
"Not bad, but if it had been Pato who had scored the goal, he would have scored."
The two people who were communicating were none other than Inzaghi and Kaka, who were seen outside the stadium by fans before the game.
The match day of the reserve team is separate from that of the first team, and it happens to be a holiday. As a player who came from Piacenza, Inzaghi is naturally willing to take the time to take a look at the boys of his current home team.
As for Kaka, because he had nothing to do, he came with Inzaghi, who had a good relationship with him.
"Haha, Pato is indeed better."
Inzaghi thought of Pato, who performed amazingly in Milan's training matches.
Looking at Kaka, who was frowning and seemed to be observing a certain player in Piacenza, Inzaghi had to admit that the players the club has introduced in Brazil in recent years are quite strong.
"Who are you looking at?"
Raising his head, Kaka, who looked like he was killing young and old, stretched out his hand and pointed at Piacenza's No. 22: "I seem to have seen that player somewhere."
"oh?"
Inzaghi looked at the player Kaká was pointing at, and then smiled: "Haha, that Chinese player No. 22, right? He is quite well-known in my hometown now. He seems to have come from the Santos youth training." "
Santos?" Kaka, who was born in Sao Paulo, is naturally familiar with Santos, who is Sao Paulo's strong domestic rival: "I can't remember, wow, Philip, look!"
The exchange between the two caused them to miss the game for a while.
When Kaka raised his head and looked at the court, he happened to see Liu Feng dribbling the ball through the rainbow in the midfield and passing a Milan midfielder.
"It's very beautiful, it's very Brazilian."
Following Kaká’s reminder, Inzaghi also saw Liu Feng’s performance. Actions such as the rainbow pass are the favorites of many Brazilian players, but it is rare to see Liu Feng do it as cleanly as Liu Feng on the court.
: "His movements are very concise."
Kaka nodded. Although his football philosophy is biased towards European football, this does not prevent him from appreciating this Chinese player who makes him feel at home. "Perhaps, this game will not be as one-sided as we thought."
"I hope so. I don't want the boys from my home team to be too hard hit."
On the court, Piacenza's defense was turned upside down by Aubameyang and Pawlowski from the beginning.
If it weren't for the exhausting running of defensive players such as Scarpelli and Gadri, Piacenza's defense might have been penetrated early.
Of course, this is also inseparable from the defensive plan that Francini arranged in advance before taking the field to deal with the two forwards.
A team cannot always be in a fast-paced offense. Milan's offense slowed down slightly after a period of time.
Piacenza finally responded to Milan's powerful offensive in an attack.
When Pawlowski dribbled awkwardly after receiving the ball, Scarpelli saw the right opportunity and directly intercepted the ball.
Facing Aubameyang who quickly ran up to interfere with him, he did not hesitate to pass the ball directly to Liu Feng, who had been cruising in the center circle.
Liu Feng did not choose to turn his back to stop when the ball came. Instead, after observing the Milan players, he directly let the ball pass and turned around to chase the ball.
This choice was very effective. A Milan player who ran over and tried to hold Liu Feng to prevent Piacenza's offensive advance was directly knocked over.
But before Liu Feng took two steps, a Milan midfielder pounced on him again.
Liu Feng slowed down and kept approaching the opponent, then directly stepped over the football with two feet at the appropriate position, and threw the ball up from behind with his two heels.
As a beautiful and crisp rainbow flashed across, the defensive midfielder only had time to glance at the ball in the air before Liu Feng ran past him. "Peng!"
After passing two players, Liu Feng's position has reached a place about three or four meters away from the top of the arc.
Glancing at Foti, who was being marked by two Milan players, Liu Feng gave up on passing the ball. He directly pushed the ball forward, stood still with his left foot, swung his right leg and fired a powerful and heavy shot.
Facing the ball that was speeding towards the upper left corner of the goal, Milan goalkeeper Ofredi made a wonderful save. He jumped up and used his fingertips to deflect the ball over the crossbar.
"Ho~"
The sound this time came from the Piacenza fan area, where Chen Xu and Antonio were sitting, as well as some fans they had gathered to cheer for the team.
Of course, there are also Yuan Xiao and Lisa who are lamenting Liu Feng's goal.
Looking at the goalkeeper who almost saved his shot, Liu Feng shook his head. He thought that this shot would most likely go in, but he didn't expect the goalkeeper to react so quickly.
Sure enough, the strength of Milan's players is indeed a level higher than that of other teams in the league.
Liu Feng didn't think much. After winning a corner kick for the team, he quickly ran to the penalty area to prepare for a header.
Chapter completed!