Chapter 657 Fighting Saint Siro again

The foundation for winning the championship was laid in the league, and with a 2-0 lead at home in the first leg, the suspense of this round of Champions League knockout was actually not great, and Manchester United could fly to Italy with a relatively relaxed mentality.

For Manchester United's opponent AC Milan, the Champions League is already their only pursuit this season.

In the 32nd round of Serie A on the weekend, the Ross and Blacks lost to the relegation team Lecce 0:1 away. Although they still ranked second in the Serie A standings by 2 points, they were already 9 points behind Juventus, who was the top player. With only 6 rounds of the league left, they have actually withdrawn from the competition for the Serie A championship.

In the Italian Cup, AC Milan lost to Palermo in the quarterfinals.

Therefore, once you lose to Manchester United in the Champions League, the Ross and Blacks will be destined to be invincible this season.

In fact, the reason AC Milan lost the upset game last weekend was because Ancelotti had strategically given up the league.

This also allowed AC Milan's main players such as Shevchenko, Kaka, Seidov, and Gattuso to take turns resting, and they were concentrating on their strength to compete for Manchester United at home.

Although the lineup is still 4312, AC Milan has formulated a game strategy to attack.

Six days ago, at Old Trafford Stadium, the team lost 0:2, which caused the team not only to lose the initiative, but also to lose away goals. Therefore, at San Siro Stadium, AC Milan must score three goals and not allow Manchester United to score in order to eliminate Manchester United.

This is also the reason why Ancelotti adopts a snatch strategy, and the team has no way out!

According to pre-match speculation, AC Milan should have launched a fierce attack from the beginning. With the outstanding offensive combination in the frontcourt, relying on the powerful trident of Kaka, Dainzagi and Shevchenko, plus the strategic planning of midfielders Gattuso, Pirlo and Seidov, they swallowed Manchester United in one fell swoop.

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Before the game, everyone in AC Milan team was full of confidence in this. Everyone felt that their team would successfully get the initiative at home. The real trouble lies in how to break through Manchester United's iron wall and how to score goals.

But at the beginning of the game, everyone in AC Milan realized something was wrong: Manchester United did not retreat as they imagined!

Even though he had already led 2:0, Manchester United's starting tactics at San Siro Stadium were not conservative, and they were still 4312 at Old Trafford Stadium 6 days ago. Yin Jun's position did not drag it back, but stood in the front midfielder from the beginning.

At the beginning of the game, the trident formed by Yin Jun, Rooney and Ronaldo in the frontcourt pressed and pressed AC Milan's defense line, while midfielders Park Ji-sung, Fletcher and O'Shea suppressed AC Milan's midfield.

The defense line is still a combination of Evra, Ferdinand, Vidic and Gary Neville.

Manchester United's starting lineup has almost no change from the first leg game. The only difference is that they play more aggressively than the first leg, and the entire midfield and defense are pressing more closely.

The trident led by Yin Jun also penetrated deeper into the hinterland of AC Milan.

This is obviously beyond AC Milan's expectations.

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The pace of the game was wrong from the beginning.

AC Milan's defense line was a little messed up because they found that even if four or three were on the 3, they were still a little stretched.

Especially Yin Jun and Ronaldo. The Portuguese have a large range of activities and are very active in running, especially for Brazilian Serginho who likes to attack. He even actively presses, while Yin Jun frequently takes rapid sprints in a diagonal and vertical direction.

Everyone knows that Yin Jun is only 21 years old, and his speed and dribbling are his specialties, but Stam is already 34 and can't stop him at all, especially when sprinting quickly.

AC Milan's two old full-backs were tortured by Yin Jun and Cristiano Ronaldo, which forced their two central defenders to make up for them frequently.

However, Manchester United has a strong impact in the middle, and Yin Jun and Cristiano Ronaldo have also frequently entered the middle. AC Milan's four-man defender was frustrated by the energetic Manchester United forward trident.

AC Milan's four-man defender, known as the world's number one defense line, was at a clear disadvantage for a while when facing the three super geniuses in the frontcourt of the Red Devils!

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Among Manchester United's frontcourt trident, Yin Jun has the highest tactical freedom. Ronaldo wants to grab Serginho, and Rooney wants to suppress AC Milan's two central defenders. Yin Jun's main task is to organize the offense and attack AC Milan's right.

Ancelotti's original idea was very simple, to control the ball, control the rhythm, and use experienced veterans Seedorf and Gattuso to join forces to strangle Yin Jun, so other things would be much easier.

But the biggest difference between the Cup and the League is that it wins unexpectedly!

The reason why Ferguson was able to stand firm in the world football for decades was his desire to change. For example, in this game, everyone concluded that Manchester United would definitely continue to play defensive counterattacks.

First, Manchester United leads 2:0, and second, defensive counterattack is Manchester United's specialty. Again, pressing out and playing is the situation AC Milan most hopes to see, because this means that Manchester United can no longer be strictly guarded and defended.

But Ferguson had this kind of courage, which caught everyone in AC Milan off guard, and Ancelotti was obviously stunned.

Who would have thought that Ferguson had so many tricks to choose, but he chose the most unlikely option in everyone's consciousness?

But sometimes things are like this. The more unexpected the opponent is, the safer it is.

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Manchester United played very well at the start, starting from the Trident, to the three midfielders, to the four defenders. The team played very well, suppressing AC Milan in the entire line and completely controlling the game.

At this time, Yin Jun knew very well that he didn't need to worry about defense or anything else. He only had one thing he had to worry about, that is, how to break through AC Milan's goal!

Stam is a player with very rich experience and excellent strength. Even though he is almost 34 years old, his condition is still very good. If both sides stand at the same level, Yin Jun will really find it difficult to get benefits from him.

After trying twice, Yin Jun took the initiative to change his strategy. He deliberately leaned to the left and tried to pull Stam out. As long as Stam left the position, his oblique and longitudinal sprints could exert a threat. The 34-year-old Dutch veteran could not keep up with his speed no matter what.

But Stam couldn't come out, because Yin Jun hit AC Milan's crossbar with a long shot from 20 meters away at the beginning, which completely ignited the atmosphere of the whole audience and also shocked AC Milan.

If there were no crossbars, Manchester United scored in three minutes!

So Stam had to come out and in the ninth minute, he received the first yellow card of the game.
Chapter completed!