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Chapter 970 Loser or loser, how to choose?
When the game progressed to No. 15 minutes, after Manchester City successfully intercepted the ball in midfield, Busquets quickly moved forward with the ball and passed it to David Silva. The Spanish midfielder sent a through ball, which accurately cut AC Milan's defense.

The ball was like a sharp scalpel, cutting through the gap between Nesta and Thiago Silva.

Su Dong, who had been ready to go for a long time, started at the fastest speed, threw away Nesta and Thiago Silva, rushed into the penalty area, and chased David Silva away.

Goalkeeper Abbiati abandoned the goal and rushed towards Su Dong.

Su Dong is tall and has long legs. He took the first step to poke the ball forward, avoiding Abbiati's hands.

Seeing that Su Dong was about to catch up with the ball to form an empty goal, Abbiati threw his hands on Su Dong's legs, causing him to completely lose his balance and fall forward.

After throwing Su Dong down, Abbiati immediately got up from the ground and spread his hands at the referee Kasai, looking very innocent, while Su Dong fell on the grass, waiting for the referee's penalty.

The surrounding Manchester City players also chased after him, and protested to the referee Kasai, thinking that Abbiati threw Su Dong down.

This is actually a very obvious foul.

Su Dong had already taken the first step to poke the ball, but was thrown down by Abbiati. This was definitely a penalty and he didn't run away.

But no one expected that Kasai immediately blew his whistle after seeing Su Dong fell to the ground, but under the double protests of AC Milan and Manchester City players, he waved his hand and ran directly out of the penalty area.

"It was definitely a clear miscalculation."

"We can clearly see from the slow-motion playback that Abbiati's foul was very obvious. Su Dong had already taken the first step, stabbed the ball, and avoided Abbiati's hands. As a result, AC Milan's goalkeeper directly threw at Su Dong's leg, causing him to lose his balance and fall down."

"In the case of not saving the ball, he directly threw at Su Dong. This must be a penalty."

"Let's take a look at the shot from the goal side. It is true that Abbiati did not save the ball, but he saved Su Dong. This should be a penalty, but Kasai does not seem to intend to give Manchester City a penalty."

"Manchester City's players have a lot of opinions on this penalty, which is also understandable. After all, they really need such a goal now to break AC Milan's goal and break this deadlock."

"But Kassai still insisted on his penalty, neither a dive nor a penalty."

"Abiati escaped unharmed."

Su Dong stood up from the court, ran over to argue with Kassai, and accepted Kassai's law enforcement.

He didn't know why Kassai didn't award a penalty kick. Maybe it was a mistake, maybe it was because he didn't want to make the game so early. But no matter what the reason is, Manchester City is at a disadvantage anyway.

At this time, it is enough to protest appropriately and let the referee know.

The game will continue.

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From the beginning, Manchester City took advantage of the midfield advantage and successfully controlled the ball and rhythm of the game.

AC Milan adopts a defensive tactic. As soon as they grab the ball, they immediately send a long pass to Zlatan Ibrahimovic in the frontcourt, allowing the Swedish center to cooperate with Robinho in the frontcourt.

Nocerino, Ambrosini and Van Bommel formed the three defensive midfielders. The protection of the defense is obvious. It is difficult for Manchester City to pass the ball effectively, and it is also difficult for the two wings to form contact with Su Dong.

Nocerino is on the right side of the midfield, and he has done a good job of protecting the entire right side, while Ambrosini is on the left side, and Van Bommel sits near the front of the penalty area. The strength of Su Dong, a former Bayern teammate, must not be underestimated.

It can be said that the existence of the three midfielders ensures the solid defense of AC Milan.

But more important is vitality.

AC Milan's midfielders all have strong physical hardness and confrontation ability. Coupled with Kevin Boateng, who is physically strong in front and can run and grab, he has formed a strong suppression of Busquets. This makes it difficult for Manchester City's entire midfield to function effectively.

What's more worth mentioning is that the venue of the game is indeed very bad. Manchester City's ability to pass and control the ball is extremely strong, but under the strong pressure of the opponent, it is difficult to play in the poor venue. Mistakes often occur, and some players even slip.

Just now, David Silva's through kick to Su Dong was originally a very good opportunity, and even Su Dong was about to score a goal and break the deadlock.

Who would have thought that Kassai did not award a penalty kick, which has to be said, which made Manchester City very disadvantaged.

Fortunately, whether it was Su Dong, Guardiola on the sidelines, or Harvey Martinez in the defense, they all remained calm and patient, continued to control the ball, and waited patiently for opportunities.

AC Milan's defense line is very strong, continue to stabilize the defense.

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After Allegri saw the restart of the game, he was also relieved.

He actually knew that it was a penalty.

The reason is simple, as anyone who has played football knows.

At that time, Su Dong was leading the ball forward, and with that kick, the ball went towards the baseline, avoiding Abbiati's hands, so Abbiati must have missed the ball, otherwise the ball would change direction, and Su Dong's sudden fall must not be for no reason.

The only reasonable explanation is that Abbiati did not catch the ball, but threw Sudong down.

Kassai estimated that there were also two rounds of the game. Considering the factors of AC Milan's home game, no penalty kick was awarded, which benefited AC Milan.

Allegri still has lingering fears when he thinks of this.

"This Su Dong is really scary. With just a little bit of a gap exposed, he can seize the opportunity, and the passers of Manchester City are also strong enough to seize the opportunity to pass the ball."

Sometimes, Allegri has to admire Guardiola's ability to train players, especially the team's ability to pass and control the ball.

Manchester City's pass penetration has really cornered many European teams.

Either be slaughtered, or have to guard against death, there is no third way to go.

The former loses, the latter loses, how to choose!

Both Ferguson and Wenger once chose the former, choosing to fight against Manchester City, and they were both slaughtered in the end.

Allegri didn't want his team to lose to Manchester City by a big score in the first round, so he chose to hide and defend.

It is conceivable that even if it is to strictly guard against death and arrange three midfielders, and even Kevin Boateng participated in the defense, Manchester City still seized the opportunity and threatened them.

"Damn, it's like mercury pouring down the ground, it's hard to guard against!" Allegri cursed rather depressed.

His current card is like this, he can only form such a lineup and style of play, what can he do?
As the head coach, the only thing he can do is to arrange the most competitive tactics according to the team's lineup.

Manchester City is still too strong!
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The defensive ability of the Italian team is famous all over the world.

When a strong Serie A team is determined to adopt strict defensive tactics, it is not an easy task for any team to break through their goal.

Manchester City's organizational penetration and scoring ability are very good, and even in the game they killed AC Milan in danger.

But it is not easy to really break through AC Milan's goal, especially Abbiati's brave performance tonight.

Manchester City scored into AC Milan's penalty area time and time again, and even threatened the goal, but it was always short of the goal.

For example, in the No.208 minute of the first half, Sudong seized the opportunity and was about to volley. As a result, Nesta also shot at the same time, causing Sudong's shot from close at hand to hit Nesta's leg.

After that, Manchester City also tried hard to play a threatening offense, but AC Milan's defense was really well organized.

With four backs, three defensive midfielders, and a Kevin Boateng who suppressed Busquets, AC Milan sacrificed all offense and passing and possession, and focused on defending.

In the first half, the home team's possession rate was even less than [-]%.

This is also thanks to the poor field conditions at the scene, which caused Manchester City to make many mistakes in passing and receiving the ball. Otherwise, AC Milan's ball possession rate could be suppressed even lower and more pitiful.

In terms of the number of shots, Manchester City also has ten shots, so it can be said that there is no chance, but AC Milan is too tenacious, and the defense is indeed too good, basically not giving the opponent a chance to face the goal directly.

Nesta is old, but has rich experience and ability. Thiago Silva has shown his best form. He has made many predictions very accurately and always took the first step to resolve Manchester City's offensive crisis.

However, the Brazilian central defender's positioning awareness is very good, and he always makes it impossible for Su Dong to directly form a shot.

Van Bommel was not as high-spirited as he was in Bayern Munich back then, and his performance was not very ostentatious. Instead, he was a little cautious. In the position of the deep midfielder, he did not perform well, but it was very important. He completed effective interceptions many times and resolved Manchester City's offense.

Faced with this almost impregnable defense, Manchester City really has nothing to do but keep consuming their opponents. They hope that after the AC Milan players' physical strength declines and they make mistakes, Manchester City will create opportunities.

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.

This is not surprising.

AC Milan has a very rich experience in the Champions League. The players in the team are also seasoned stars, and naturally they all know how to adjust their state in this kind of game.

This makes it difficult for Manchester City's offense to aim at the goal, and naturally it is not easy to create threats.

The game remained stalemate until the last minute.

In the end, Manchester City suffered a [-]-[-] draw with AC Milan in the away game.

The two sides shook hands and made peace.

(End of this chapter)