On the evening of September 15, 2010, it was light rain.

Sixty-five thousand Milan fans and five thousand England fans who went out with the team away gathered in the stands at the San Siro Stadium, and the coach of the England national team Capello came to watch the game.

The referee of the game is Frenchman Lanoit. This is his first time to enforce AC Milan and Manchester City.

This is not surprising. Blue Moon hasn't played in the Champions League for decades.

AC Milan coach Allegri was wearing a straight suit and tie, standing in the roof of the home team coach's seat, staring at the stadium with his frown, making his face look like a vivid embarrassing word.

In this game, he learned from his experience and lessons from playing Cesena away three days ago and lined up a 431-2 formation.

The goalkeeper is Abiati, the defense is Yankulovski, Thiago Silva, Nesta and Abat, the three midfielders are Sidov, Flamini and the captain Gattuso on the field, the front midfielder is Kevin Boateng, and the double striker is Pato and Inzaghi.

This is also the most stable combination he can now line up and ask about his own defense.

Manchester City, who played away, still insisted on his three-four-three styles of play.

After the team went crazy in the Premier League three days ago, hiding South American players such as Sanchez, Kaka and Mascherano, Gao Han's team still beat Blackburn up in the Premier League and showed strong attack power.

AC Milan must block Manchester City's attack in order to have a chance of winning this game.

Goalkeeper Peter Cech, the defense is Kompany, Xavi Martinez and Mascherano, the midfield is Xavi Alonso, David Silva and Modric are in the center, Kaka breaks in front, and the frontcourt is a combination of Cristiano Ronaldo, Benzema and Sanchez.

The Portuguese superstar played only 60 minutes in the league three days ago, but he ended up being a five-son winner. The offensive momentum was shocking, and neither Kaka nor Sanchez played in that game, especially Kaka.

But this game is obviously different.

The most difficult thing about Manchester City's offense is that they have a group of top superstars with outstanding personal abilities, and Gao Han can well combine these superstars into an organic whole, which makes the opponent unable to defend against.

You should know that there are only four people on the defense line, and the defensive resources are limited. If the focus is on limiting the wing, then Kaka, David Silva and Modric in the middle will get more space for activity, and the threat is not inferior to the wing.

But if heavy troops are arranged in the middle, the side will inevitably be vacant.

It was like in this game, Allegri lowered his posture before the game and focused on defensive counterattacks.

He knew very well that this was Manchester City's first Champions League match, and Gao Han was determined to win. In addition, Manchester City's condition has been so good in recent times. AC Milan has no capital to fight to the death, even at home.

But even if you have to defend and fight back, you have to be able to defend.

Therefore, he changed to play as a three-middle midfielder. Gattuso cooperated with Abate and Nesta on the right to join forces to restrict Cristiano Ronaldo, Sidov and Yankulovski from taking charge of Manchester City's Sanchez side on the right.

However, in order to avoid being too thin in the middle, Allegri's overall formation retracted, which made AC Milan look embarrassed and passive in the field, and even completely gave up the ball.

I was lucky. Before the game, it finally rained in Milan, which had been cloudy for several days.

But is there no problem like this?

No, veteran Seedorf has poor running ability. He couldn't stand it for two consecutive games and obviously couldn't keep up. Therefore, on AC Milan's left side, Yankulovsky was more defending Sanchez one-on-one.

The cunning Gao Han must have realized this. After the game, it made adjustments quickly. Manchester City began to increase its offense and concentrate its firepower to attack AC Milan's left. Sanchez began to be very active, frequently breaking through Yankulovsky, either crossing or breaking into the penalty area, like a dragon, stirring Milan's entire defense line upside down and in a mess.

In just ten minutes of the game, Manchester City scored four shots. Although it failed to form a direct threat, it also made AC Milan sweat.

Then Manchester City's offensive continued to decline. With its skillful pass and control advantages, Blue Moon organized and planned attacks again and again.

Especially in the 17th minute, Manchester City suddenly moved the ball from the right to the left. David Silvara received the ball from the left and passed the ball diagonally to the penalty area. Benzema grabbed the first landing point and headed the ball to Cristiano Ronaldo. The Portuguese shot with a close shot.

As a result, the shot hit the crossbar firmly and bounced back to the penalty area.

Then there was a melee in AC Milan's penalty area. Kaka took advantage of the chaos and shot with another low shot, but was blocked by goalkeeper Abiati. Then Benzema's follow-up shot was blocked by Nesta's critical kick and bounced out of the bottom line.

The whole process happened in an instant, but Manchester City shot three times in the penalty area, and it was very threatening every time.

Thiago Silva judged the landing point and headed the ball to clear the ball.

As the ball flew through the half and watched Manchester City players quickly withdraw from their penalty area, Allegri let out a heavy sigh and finally survived another crisis.

But before he could completely let go of his tone, Manchester City sent the ball across the center line again and entered Milan's half.

Allegri's heart, which was originally halfway through, was raised again.

"Damn it, it's never ending!" Allegri cursed angrily.

With the advantage of passing and controlling, Manchester City firmly controlled the ball, constantly organized and planned the attack, and entered Milan's halftime and penalty area.

"Our problem now is that we can't hold the ball." The assistant coach said depressedly.

There is really a reason for Allegri to defeat Pirlo and Ronaldinho at the same time. Both players lack defensive ability. Facing the cold Manchester City, it is likely that AC Milan's defense will be directly penetrated by the opponent.

In the last game, Cesena performed active on both wings and defeated AC Milan with a strong center. Allegri had to learn from his lessons, so he won Ronaldinho and Pirlo in this game, and chose Kevin Boateng and Flamini, two players with better defensive abilities.

But the price is also very high, and only one who can hold the ball is Seedov.

But Gao Han focused on Modric in this game to restrain Siddorf. As long as Siddorf gets the ball, Modric will get close to him as soon as possible and not allow him to create a threat easily.

Once Seidorf was restricted, AC Milan's offense was difficult to unfold. Kevin Boateng frequently retreated to participate in the defense. Pato and Inzaghi were isolated in the frontcourt, which was more like a decoration.

"Tell them that the referee's law enforcement in this game is a bit soft, and his movements can be more appropriately. Don't let Manchester City control the ball so casually." Allegri said angrily.

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"After all, AC Milan is still not strong enough and has no choice."

Unlike Allegri who stood up to watch the game from the beginning of the game, Gao Han was sitting there in the coach's seat of the visiting team, watching the game leisurely, with no mention of how relaxed and freehand it was.

Today, AC Milan is no longer the Ross and Black Army in the period when Gao Han coached Inter Milan. Now Milan is more like a late-aged hero and no longer has the courage of the past.

Whether it is Nesta, Pirlo, Ronaldinho, Da Inzagi and Gattuso, they are no longer as full of energy as they were back then, and they are only old and stronger.

But in front of the young and strong Manchester City, they could not support it at all.

From the beginning of the game, the ball rights and rhythm were completely controlled by Manchester City. AC Milan could only defend blindly and was unable to counterattack at all. In many cases, it was even difficult to get the ball and organize a counterattack.

"Maybe he should consider taking a striker at this time, replacing Ronaldinho, and increasing his chances of getting the ball in the frontcourt." Brian Kidd suggested.

Sometimes, Gao Han's team will simulate the opponent's ideas during the game and predict the opponent's next moves in advance.

But Gao Han shook his head after hearing this, "I don't think so."

"Why?" Brian Kidd didn't understand.

"Dainzaji is already 37 years old and cannot independently support AC Milan's forward line. However, Pato is relatively young and immature, and it is difficult to gain advantage when fighting alone, so Allegri stubbornly chose the double striker."

After all, it is due to the unreliable players' strength.

Pato was once a European Golden Boy who was very much anticipated and optimistic about by everyone, especially when joining AC Milan. However, in the past two years, Pato's development has deviated from everyone's expectations and its performance has also begun to shrink.

Originally, AC Milan wanted to introduce Ibrahimovic from Barcelona, ​​but after a detailed discussion with Gao Han and the failure to introduce Villa, Guardiola gave up his mind, changed his decision, and left Ibrahimovic.

As a result, Ibrahimovic and Messi have become more and more skillful in cooperation this season, becoming the two major offensive tools of La Liga.

AC Milan once considered introducing Robinho from Chelsea, but it was later left alone.

In the final analysis, it is because they have no money and cannot buy people, and the team is not strong enough.

Fortunately, Allegri did not play Pirlo and Ronaldinho in this game. Otherwise, the two veterans, together with Gattuso and Seedorf, would form the midfielder, and Manchester City's attack power was enough to kill them.

But even now, Gao Han is still full of confidence.

After the opening, Manchester City completely controlled the situation on the court, and all the data such as ball possession rate and shots were all ahead of AC Milan. According to the current situation, it is a matter of time to score a goal.

Because of this, Gao Han never intended to use a skill card.

He was useless in the last game, but the team still beat Blackburn seven to one.

If he used a skill card in that game, he would score at least a few more goals, and it would be possible to score a double-digit goal, but in Gao Han's opinion, it would be meaningless to score such goals, let alone give Aldes some face, right?

He was also very confident in this game, so he did not consider using the skill card for the time being.

"They're doing a little big now," said Brian Kidd, frowned.

On the court, AC Milan's Kevin Boateng tackled the Spaniard when he returned to defend David Silva, but was fouled by the referee, but he did not give the card, which made Manchester City players on the court a little dissatisfied.

Gao Han turned his head, glanced at Allegri, and groaned, "I guess this is his last killing move."

After pausing, Gao Han smiled proudly again, "Tell the player to continue controlling the ball, continue attacking, and the goal is right in front of him!"

Brian Kidd quickly transferred Gao Han's words to the court.

The morale of Manchester City players suddenly rose.

They knew that Gao Han had always been a perfect match for the sake of things. He said that if he wanted to score, he would have to score!
Chapter completed!