When the game reached the 15th minute, after Manchester City successfully intercepted the ball in midfield, Busquets dribbled the ball forward quickly and passed it to David Silva. The Spanish midfielder sent a through ball.
Accurately cut through AC Milan's defense.
The ball was like a sharp scalpel, cutting through the gap between Nesta and Thiago Silva.
Sudong, who was ready to go, started as quickly as possible, shook off Nesta and Thiago Silva, rushed into the penalty area, and chased David Silva.
Goalkeeper Abbiati abandoned the goal and attacked Su Dong.
Su Dong, who is tall and has long legs, took the lead and poked the ball forward, avoiding Abbiati's hands.
Seeing that Su Dong was about to catch up with the ball and create an empty goal, Abbiati's hands pounced on Su Dong's legs, causing him to completely lose his balance and fall forward.
After Abbiati knocked down Su Dong, he immediately got up from the ground and spread his hands towards the referee Kaushoy, looking very innocent. Su Dong fell on the grass, waiting for the referee.
The referee's decision.
The surrounding Manchester City players also chased after him and protested to the referee Kaushoy, thinking that Abbiati had knocked down Su Dong.
This is actually a very obvious foul.
Su Dong had already taken the first step to poke the ball, but was knocked down by Abbiati. This was definitely a penalty kick and it didn't go away.
But no one expected that Kaushoy would blow the whistle immediately after seeing Su Dong fall to the ground. However, under the double protests of AC Milan and Manchester City players, he waved his hand and ran directly out of the penalty area without any penalty.
Sudong dived and did not award a penalty kick to AC Milan, which made the Manchester City players unacceptable.
"This was absolutely a clear miscarriage of justice."
"We can clearly see from the slow-motion replay that Abbiati's foul was very obvious. Su Dong had already taken the lead, hit the ball, and avoided Abbiati's hands. As a result, AC Milan
The goalkeeper pounced directly on Su Dong's leg, causing him to lose his balance and fall."
"If I didn't pounce on the ball, I pounced directly on Su Dong. This must be a penalty kick."
"Let's take a look at the camera from the goal side. Indeed, Abbiati did not pounce on the ball, but he pounced on Sudong. This should be a penalty kick, but Kaushoy did not seem to intend to give Manchester City a penalty kick.
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"Manchester City's players have strong objections to this penalty, which is understandable. After all, they really need such a goal to break AC Milan's goal and break this deadlock."
"But Kaushoy still insisted on his penalty. He neither called for diving nor gave a penalty kick."
"Abbiati escaped death."
Su Dong stood up from the court, ran over and argued with Kashay for a few words, and accepted Kashay's enforcement.
He didn't know the reason why Kaushoy didn't award a penalty kick. Maybe it was a mistake, maybe he didn't want to make the game obviously biased so early, but no matter what the reason was, Manchester City suffered anyway.
At this time, just protest appropriately and let the referee know.
The game continues.
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From the very beginning, Manchester City took advantage of the midfield and successfully controlled the ball and rhythm of the game.
AC Milan adopts a defensive tactic. As soon as it grabs the ball, it will immediately pass the ball to the frontcourt to find Ibrahimovic, allowing the Swedish center and Robinho to cooperate in the frontcourt, but the input on the offensive end is
There are actually not many troops.
Nocerino, Ambrosini and Van Bommel formed the three defensive midfielders, and the protection of the defense was obvious. It was difficult for Manchester City to pass the ball effectively, and it was also difficult for the two wings to form a connection with Sudong. This made Manchester City's entire
The frontcourt offense seems to be cut into small areas, and each can only fight independently.
Nocerino is on the right side of the midfield and protects the entire right wing very well. On the left is Ambrosini, and near the front of the penalty area is Van Bommel. Su Dong, who was at Bayern, is
The strength of former teammates cannot be underestimated.
It can be said that the existence of three defensive midfielders ensures the solid defense of AC Milan.
But more important is vitality.
AC Milan's midfielder has strong physical strength and confrontation ability. In addition, Kevin Boateng is strong in front and can run and grab. He has formed a strong suppression on Busquets.
This makes it difficult for Manchester City's entire midfield to operate effectively.
What's more worth mentioning is that the playing field was indeed very bad. Manchester City's ability to pass and control the ball was extremely strong. However, under the strong pressure of the opponent, it was difficult to perform in a bad field and mistakes often occurred.
There were even players who slipped and fell.
Just now, the through ball sent by David Silva to Su Dong was originally a very good opportunity. Su Dong was already about to score and break the deadlock.
Who would have thought that Kaushoy did not award a penalty kick, which, it must be said, caused Manchester City a great disadvantage.
Fortunately, whether it is Su Dong, Guardiola on the sidelines, or Javi Martinez in the defense, they all remain calm, remain patient, continue to control the ball, and wait patiently.
Chance.
AC Milan's defense is very strong and they will continue to defend.
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Allegri breathed a sigh of relief after seeing the game restart.
He actually knew it was a penalty kick.
The reason is simple, as anyone who has played football knows.
At that time, Su Dong was dribbling the ball forward, and with that kick, the ball went towards the baseline, avoiding Abbiati's hands, so Abbiati must not have touched the ball, otherwise the ball would have changed direction.
, and Su Dong’s sudden fall was definitely not for no reason.
The only reasonable explanation is that Abbiati did not catch the ball, but knocked down Su Dong.
Kaushoy estimated that there were also two rounds of games. Considering the fact that AC Milan was playing at home, no penalty kick was awarded, which benefited AC Milan.
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"This Su Dong is really scary. He can seize the opportunity if he exposes just a little bit of a gap. And this group of passers in Manchester City are also powerful enough to seize the opportunity and pass the ball."
Sometimes, Allegri also has to admire Guardiola's ability to train players, especially the team's ability to pass and control the ball.
Manchester City's passing penetration has really forced many strong European teams into despair.
Either they will be slaughtered, or they must defend to the death, there is no third way.
The former loses and the latter loses. How do you choose?
Both Ferguson and Wenger once chose the former and chose to fight Manchester City, but both ended up being slaughtered.
Allegri didn't want his team to lose to Manchester City by a huge score in the first round, so he chose to sit back and defend.
It is conceivable that even if they defended strictly, deployed three defensive midfielders, and even Kevin Boateng participated in the defense, Manchester City still seized the opportunity and threatened.
"Modan, it's like mercury pouring down the ground, it's hard to guard against it!" Allegri cursed in a depressed tone.
His current card is like this. He can only arrange this lineup and play style. What can he do?
As the head coach, the only thing he can do is to devise the most competitive tactics based on the team's lineup.
Manchester City is still too strong!
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The Italian team's defensive ability is world-famous.
When a strong Serie A team is determined to adopt strict defense tactics, it will not be easy for any team to break their goal.
Manchester City's organizational penetration and scoring abilities are very good, and they even beat AC Milan into danger in the game.
But it is not easy to really break through AC Milan's goal, especially Abbiati's performance tonight was very brave.
Manchester City broke into AC Milan's penalty area time and time again, and even threatened the goal, but they always missed the finishing touch.
For example, in the 28th minute of the first half, Su Dong seized the opportunity and was about to volley. As a result, Nesta also took a shot at the same time, causing Su Dong to hit Nesta with a shot that was close at hand.
The leg changed direction and Thiago Silva made the first save.
After that, Manchester City also tried hard to play threatening offense, but AC Milan's defense was really well organized.
With four backs, three midfielders, and Kevin Boateng who suppressed Busquets, AC Milan sacrificed all offense and passing and ball control, focusing on defense.
In the first half, the home team's ball possession rate was less than 70%.
This was also thanks to the poor field conditions, which led to many passing and receiving errors by Manchester City. Otherwise, AC Milan's ball possession rate would have been suppressed even lower and even more pitiful.
In terms of the number of shots, Manchester City also has all the shots, so it can be said that there is no chance. However, AC Milan is too tenacious and the defense is really good, basically not giving the opponent a chance to directly face the goal.
Nesta is old, but has rich experience and still has the ability. Thiago Silva has shown his best form, and his predictions have been very accurate many times. He is always the first to resolve Manchester City's offensive crisis. The only
The more obvious weakness is that in several one-on-one battles with Su Dong, he failed to overtake Su Dong.
But the Brazilian central defender has very good positioning awareness, which always prevents Su Dong from directly shooting.
Van Bommel did not have the high-spiritedness he had when he was at Bayern Munich, and his performance was not very flamboyant. Instead, he was a little cautious. He did not perform well in the deep-lying midfield position, but it was very important. He completed many effective interceptions and resolved the problem.
Manchester City's attack.
Faced with this kind of almost iron-clad defense, Manchester City really has little choice but to keep wearing down its opponents, hoping that when AC Milan players' physical strength declines and mistakes occur, Manchester City can create opportunities again.
But in the second half, the game between the two sides was still very stalemate. AC Milan's players were also very experienced and did not make too many mistakes. The whole team was in pretty good shape and played at the highest level in recent times.
This is not surprising either.
AC Milan has a lot of experience in the Champions League. The players in the team are also experienced stars, and naturally they all know how to adjust themselves in this kind of competition.
This makes it difficult for Manchester City's offense to aim at the goal, and naturally it is not easy to create a threat.
The game remained stalemate until the last minute.
Manchester City ended up being tied with AC Milan 0-0 away from home.
