In the first half of the overtime, the only chance for Sao Paulo appeared in the 105th minute. Leonardo made a low-footed pass after a breakthrough from the right. Ricardo grabbed the first point and tried to tackle the goal, but Ambros Sini's defense was in place, and Ricardo's shot hit the bottom of his leg.
Corner taken by São Paulo, Dida hit the ball and found it inconvenient to pick up the ball. Then he punched the ball out of the penalty area. São Paulo controlled the landing point and was just about to organize an attack again. The referee had blew the whistle at the end of the first half of the overtime.
Because the overtime game in this game uses the silver ball system, neither side scored in the first half, then you must play for 120 minutes.
This is not good news for both parties.
In particular, they are extremely unfriendly to AC Milan. They will have to play a league before entering the winter break.
Ancelotti was helpless, but he couldn't let the players who had been fighting for 105 minutes give up at the last minute.
The players on both sides walked slowly towards the other half. There is no rest time between the first half and the second half of the overtime game. The players can only exchange the venue for the second half of the game. The players can only go as slowly as possible, then go to the sidelines to drink and drink for a bit of breathing. Machine.
Ricardo dragged a heavy step, thinking about countermeasures as he walked. However, due to lack of oxygen, his thinking was not very clear, and his response became slow.
It's not just him. All players who have played the full court will not be better than him.
It's not just a decline in brain response, but muscle fatigue can also cause movement distortions and make it more error-prone.
In the first half of overtime, the two sides made frequent mistakes, and the passing accuracy dropped to less than 75%. In overtime, it's not who plays better than who makes fewer mistakes.
Obviously, in the first half of overtime, São Paulo made more turnovers.
But Ricardo did not believe that the other party would not make mistakes. As long as you wait patiently, there will always be opportunities, and the only question is whether you can grasp them when opportunities arise. In this regard, Ricardo has some lack of confidence.
In the 105th minute, the tackle was 90% if he replaced it at the beginning.
But just now his movement was more than one beat slower than usual, resulting in a successful blockade by Ambrosini.
"Massimo, well done." Amblossi patted his shoulder while drinking water on the sidelines.
Ancelotti put one hand in his trouser pocket, his expression relaxed, and a pair of wisdom beads in his hands. "Last 15 minutes, keep your condition, don't relax. That kid is very good at creating miracles. He rides on your neck and becomes famous. "
Ambrosini gasped slightly and answered confidently: "I know he's great and won't let his guard down. With me, he doesn't want to score."
"That's good." Ancelotti turned to Ruy Costa, Shevchenko and said a few words again. He hopes the team can get a goal, not to drag into a penalty shootout, AC Milan is not good at kicking.
When the players were slowly in place, the referee Ivanov whistled to signal the game to resume. São Paulo thought that AC Milan would shrink back and defend, but did not expect AC Milan to launch a continuous attack immediately after the opening, and was beaten a bit.
In the 109th minute, Rui Costa took the ball on the left side. First, he took two steps slowly, then suddenly accelerated the incision, opened the distraction, and shot hard at 25 meters from the goal. Hit the refraction on Lugano's leg, and it was about to fly off the baseline. At this time Inzaghi rushed to the ball and gently cushioned the ball.
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 of AC Milan.
Rojas sat back down on the coach bench in despair. The goal at this time obliterated São Paulo's efforts throughout the game. He had no choice but to give up the command, and let everything be left to him.
St. Paul's players were bewildered. Kicked to this point, they have not considered to score a goal, they just think about how to drag it to the penalty shootout, but the reality has given them a cruel lesson.
In the first half of overtime, AC Milan did not even score a good chance, but this time a chance that was not an opportunity caused their gate to fall.
"Cheer up!" Ricardo clapped his hands and reminded his teammates loudly, "We still have time! Let's work hard, don't think of anything else, concentrate on this attack!"
Captain Cheney cheered the defensive player in the backcourt after kicking the ball into the middle lap.
Their words had a certain effect. Some of the players in São Paulo did cheer up. After the game restarted, they began to put pressure on AC Milan's goal.
After just getting the lead, AC Milan showed a slight slack, and São Paulo seized the opportunity to succeed in the frontcourt.
In the 112th minute, Seedorf's pass to Pancarlo was slightly larger. Pancarlo stopped the ball a little far away from his body. Leonard took a tackle to intercept the ball, then quickly got up with his hands to pass the ball to Elton in the middle.
Elton passed the ball to Ricardo, and Ricardo retreated to respond, without entanglement with Ambrosini behind him, passed directly to the side, and once again passed to Leonardo who had escaped Pancarlo.
Pan Carlo struggled to catch up, although Leonardo was not very fast, but he was a player who only played near the end of the second half. He was quite physically strong, and sprinted to distance himself from Pan Carlo. Quickly passed the ball to Ricardo in the middle before Seedorf intercepted.
Ricardo unloaded the ball with the outside of his right foot and blocked Ambrosini with his left hand I wanted to take the ball and sprint to take a direct shot. Ambrosini interrupted the ball.
Ricardo no longer reluctantly, passed the ball back, Riccardinho didn't stop the ball and threw it directly to Elton.
Elton showed a good technical background, pretending to retreat, but swept the ball with his right foot to the left and rear.
At this time, Ricardo pulled out a neutral gear and quickly kicked the ball after receiving the ball. He shot from the ground before Ambrosini blocked.
The football flew against the grass toward the far end of the goal, but a little bit more, Dida slammed the ball and hit the ball.
However, he also made a mistake at this moment. Instead of flying to AC Milan's defensive players, football fell to Tardelli's feet. Tardelli adjusted a step and calmly kicked the football into the net.
"Tardelli goal! His supplementary shot helped São Paulo equalize the score! AC Milan was chased back just 3 minutes ahead!"
"The score became 2: 2. If this score is maintained, the two sides will have a brutal penalty shootout!"