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Chapter 971 Su Dong Is Tired
"Off the pitch, our opponents are more imaginative than on the pitch."

At the post-match press conference, Guardiola publicly satirized and ridiculed AC Milan's tricks and tactics in the face of many media reporters, expressing his dissatisfaction with the game process and results.

Guardiola said Manchester City should have won the game if it made sense.

"Anyone who has watched this game must not think that we deserved a draw."

"We have more than [-]% of the possession rate, and we have more than [-] shots. The opponent has only five times, and they have not shot on target. They have not got a corner kick. Whether it is the pass success rate or other statistics, we are far ahead of the opponent. We have no reason to lose this game."

So why did Manchester City draw in the end?
Guardiola took the lead in pointing the finger at the referee Kassai.

"During the course of the game, the referee missed at least two of our penalty kicks. In the first half, Su Dong was thrown down by Abbiati. I believe everyone can see that it was an undisputed penalty, but the referee did not make the correct penalty."

"There was another time in the second half. It was an opportunity created by Sudong in the penalty area. Nesta had already torn his jersey behind him. In the end, the referee still refused to call a foul. This should also be a penalty kick."

These two times were actually quite obvious fouls. Needless to say the one in the first half, this time in the second half, Su Dong’s jersey was already torn. From the slow motion, it was really Nesta who was thrown off by Su Dong. He grabbed his jersey from behind and pulled it. Su Dong also lost his balance and fell in the penalty area.

It can be said that both times were penalties, but no penalty was awarded on both occasions.

"Can I understand that this is a referee's law enforcement strategy? They don't want to lose the suspense of the two rounds too early, so they deliberately refused to award our penalty and left the suspense until the second round?"

When Guardiola said this, there was a sneer on the corner of his mouth, obviously speaking deliberately to satirize the referee.

Another very important reason is the venue.

Guardiola directly aimed at AC Milan this time, attacking them for breaking their promises.

"In the morning, the representatives of the two sides reached a consensus under the witness of the referee and UEFA officials, but AC Milan did not perform its duties. This is a very irresponsible behavior, because the field is too dry and slippery, which is very dangerous. Our players slipped and fell many times during the game."

Guardiola said that he had already met with UEFA's game supervisor after the game, and the other party said that he would write his feedback into the game report. He also admitted that AC Milan did not perform well. The agreement reached before the game.

"I know that this is a life-and-death battle. Both sides want to win and no one wants to lose, but I always feel that football should do more than win. At least consider your own demeanor?"

Guardiola made it clear that when they return to the Etihad Stadium, Manchester City will definitely win a victory in an aboveboard manner.

"To deal with Manchester City, many clubs have their own magic weapons, but in the face of these methods of the opponent, we only have one way to fight back, and that is to win and advance smoothly!"

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Su Dong also took the rare initiative to go to the comprehensive interview area after the game to accept interviews from media reporters.

This is really very rare for the media reporters on the scene, so they all know that Su Dong has something to say.

It's basically about the obvious misjudgment in the game and the reason for the venue.

What Su Dong said was similar to that of Guardiola. They were all words of criticism. At the same time, he also said that after the team returned to the home court, they would definitely be able to defeat their opponents.

However, when media reporters asked him to comment on AC Milan players, Su Dong mentioned goalkeeper Abbiati.

"Yes, he should have been sent off in the first half, at least a yellow card and a penalty, and the referee let him go, but it will not affect his outstanding performance in this game at all."

"We had 21 shots, eight shots on target, and we didn't score a single goal. Abbiati's performance can be seen."

"Without him we would have taken a big win at the San Siro tonight."

For other AC Milan players, including Nesta, Su Dong's evaluation is not very high.

It’s not that Nesta’s performance is not good. On the contrary, the central defender combination of Nesta and Thiago Silva is the key to AC Milan’s ability to freeze Manchester City and seal Sudong tonight. This in itself is the greatest recognition of this pair of central defenders.

Of course, there is also the help of the referee and the venue behind this.

But Su Dong's evaluation of Nesta is not very high, and the evaluation of Thiago Silva is the same.

In fact, his evaluation of Nesta is a clear ups and downs.

Once upon a time, he had a very high evaluation of Nesta, synonymous with elegance, calmness, comprehensiveness and excellence, and was known as the most perfect central defender in the world.

But later, with more matches, Su Dong's evaluation of him gradually went down.

What elegance and calmness are all based on the strength to crush the opponent.

When Su Dong's strength improved to a certain level, when he met Nesta again, he found that this guy was also very insidious in defense, with a lot of tricks and a lot of bad moves, and there was no elegance or composure at all.

As for Thiago Silva, he is very stable, but a little bit off.

how to say?

It's like the combination of Thiago Silva and David Luiz. The latter is very fierce, likes to grab, and is prone to mistakes, while Thiago Silva looks very stable, always dragging behind, not making moves easily, as if he often wipes David Luiz's ass.

If you just look at the game scene, it must be that Thiago Silva will get a higher evaluation, because he basically makes no mistakes, and David Luiz makes more mistakes, and the evaluation will be very low, with mixed praise and praise.

But as Guardiola said in his defense of David Luiz, things are there and someone has to do them.

Everyone learns from Thiago Silva, the defense is retreating and retreating, how can it be defended?
Cannavaro was also very vigorous when he was young, but later he got older and experienced and began to stabilize. Is this a good thing?
This is actually the performance of a kind of old fritters. Anyway, if you don't do something, you can't go wrong.

David Luiz is one of those people who do more and make more mistakes.

Guardiola appreciates him very much because of his characteristics.

The players in the Manchester City team also know this and understand David Luiz very well.

In contrast, Thiago Silva was too slick in Italy.

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Manchester City suffered a [-]-[-] draw away to AC Milan, which aroused intense debate in the British and Italian media.

The British media gave great criticism to AC Milan's approach and the referee's omission of two penalty kicks for Manchester City during the game, believing that this was intentionally harming Manchester City.

The Times believes that, judging from the process of the game, Manchester City may not be in the best condition, but beating AC Milan is not a problem.

"The final result was zero to zero, which is extremely unfair to Manchester City."

In addition, the Times also expressed disdain for AC Milan's approach, thinking that if they have the ability, they should do a real fight on the court, but AC Milan uses this kind of off-the-board tricks, which is really unreasonable.

"The first round was zero to zero. Although Manchester City did not take advantage, they did not lose. In the second round at the Etihad Stadium, AC Milan will truly see Manchester City's strong side."

Compared with the British media, the Italian media generally believe that AC Milan has found the secret to restraining Manchester City from passing the ball.

Gazzetta dello Sport believes that Allegri's formation fully reflects his understanding of the game, and AC Milan's tactics are also strictly defensive. Once they find that the ball is out of reach, they will never love to fight.

The system of three defensive midfielders makes it difficult for Manchester City's pass and control to effectively penetrate into AC Milan's penalty area. The combination of Nesta and Thiago Silva has played a very high level, freezing Su Dong almost perfectly.

The Italian media also believes that Guardiola's two substitutions are open to question, because they did not change the trend of the game.

Especially after Hazard came off the bench, he didn't get a good chance to use it in AC Milan's intensive defense.

"From this game, everyone can see the biggest gap between Hazard and Messi."

Even for Su Dong, the Italian media generally believe that he is not in the best condition.

"He looks tired."

"It's not surprising, because since August, he hasn't had any rest time, and he has been playing almost every week, especially from Christmas to now, in more than two months, he hasn't got even a day off."

"An iron man will be tired, not to mention that Su Dong is only of flesh and blood."

The Italian media predicted that the zero-to-zero first round would be of some benefit to AC Milan, because Manchester City did not score an away goal. This, in the knockout format, means that AC Milan can let go in the second round.

"As long as Allegri's team can score a goal away from home, Manchester City will be at an absolute disadvantage."

Gazzetta dello Sport believes that Manchester City is participating in the Champions League for the first time in history, so they lack experience, while AC Milan is obviously more sophisticated in dealing with this knockout match.

Especially after the zero-to-zero first round, Manchester City was hit hard, and AC Milan had a chance to upset Manchester City in the away game, and successfully advanced to the quarterfinals.

Allegri also said at the post-match press conference that there is no way to say that the score of zero to zero is sure to win. In the away game, AC Milan will encounter greater difficulties, but it is not completely hopeless.

"I believe that we can continue our excellent performance in the first round and continue to bring surprises and surprises to the fans in the away game."

Allegri said that Manchester City's strength has actually been exaggerated.

"They are actually not as powerful as the rumors say!"

(End of this chapter)