i want to be king

Chapter 975 Let's Continue Attacking!
Allegri's wishful thinking was very loud, but after the game started, he found something was wrong.

With the whistle of the game, Manchester City tried their best to attack AC Milan, and AC Milan did not intend to retreat. Instead, they used offense against offense, adopted a needle-point tactics, and actively sought opportunities to counterattack, especially in the midfield.

Problems soon became apparent.

Manchester City has an absolute advantage in passing and possession of the ball, and they are playing at home, which makes Manchester City's players lock the possession of the ball from the very beginning. AC Milan can only defend by pressing and pressing, but the problem lies here.

Both Shalawi and Zlatan Ibrahimovic in the frontcourt are relatively forward, almost running close to Manchester City's defense. Robinho's task is to delay and pinch Busquets.

This made it easy for Busquets to be free.

Everyone knows that the fourth position plays a vital role in Manchester City's tactical system, especially in the midfield passing and possession system.

Once Busquets is alive, Manchester City's midfield possession is basically alive.

After learning the experience and lessons of the first round, Marcelo and Toni Kroos frequently pulled sidelines, David Silva retreated to get rid of the confinement of AC Milan's three midfielders, and Su Dong's position was also very flexible, actively retreating, cruising between the three midfielders and the defense line, ready to receive the ball at any time.

This makes AC Milan's entire defense very divided.

There is an obvious defensive vacuum between the three players in the frontcourt and the three defensive midfielders, and in this area, Manchester City's passing and possession will basically not be hindered much.

The widening of Marcelo and Toni Kroos turned the original small diamond shape into a large flat diamond shape, forcing the sides of AC Milan's three midfielders, Ambrosini and Nocerino had to follow suit.

In this way, Van Bommel seemed a little lonely sitting in the middle and dragging back.

At this time, Su Dong's retreat brought a very serious problem.

Will the central defender follow?
If you don't follow, Van Bommel can't deal with Su Dong.

Then, there was a gap in the defense. Sanchez and Di Maria did not retreat with Su Dong, and were ready to diagonally enter the penalty area at any time.

Not only that, but there is also a very terrible thing. After Robinho let Busquets free, Manchester City's entire midfield possession was completely alive. They were like an engine, continuously passing the ball and penetrating it, delivering shells to the frontcourt.

The double striker composed of Ibrahimovic and Shalawi is not active enough to press and press. It is difficult to limit Manchester City's three defenders. Whether it is Pepe or David Luiz, or the delayed Harvey Martinez, Manchester City's ability to hold the ball in the backcourt is very stable.

From the very beginning of the game, AC Milan fell into a very passive situation.

It stands to reason that at this time, it is reasonable to adopt the tactics of the first round and fully retreat. However, the strategy formulated by Allegri before the game was to strive for an away goal, forcing Manchester City to take a risky attack.

But now, instead of stealing the chicken, he smashed his own leg.

In just 5 minutes of the opening, David Silva dribbled forward with the ball and made a two-for-one cooperation with the retreating Su Dong. Su Dong returned and David Silva dribbled the ball straight into the penalty area.

Van Bommel, who returned to defense, had no choice but to trip David Silva from behind, which was shown a yellow card by the referee.

The main defensive midfielder received a yellow card in the opening 5 minutes, which shows how much defensive pressure AC Milan is facing.

Fortunately, Su Dong's first free kick after the opening kick was not very good, and he failed to hold the ball down.

But just 4 minutes later, Manchester City created another chance.

Busquets suddenly moved forward, and after receiving a pass from Toni Kroos, he dribbled forward with the ball and sent a through ball to the retreating Su Dong.

Su Dong stopped the ball and turned around, dribbling the ball to the left side of the top of the penalty area. After attracting the attention of Thiago Silva and Bonera, he distributed the ball to Di Maria. He suddenly accelerated and went straight to the left side of the goal.

Di Maria received the ball on the left side of the front of the penalty area, comprehended it, without thinking, rubbed the pass with his left foot, and passed the ball to the left post. At this time, Su Dong also threw away Nesta and Van Bommel, rushed straight to the left side of the front of the small penalty area, jumped high, beat Thiago Silva, and scored a header from close range.

Poor Thiago Silva!

Obviously he ran to the position one step earlier, but it turned out that Di Maria's pass was a little higher, and Su Dong was obviously slightly better than him in terms of height and jumping, so that he couldn't catch Su Dong at all, and he almost didn't even run away.

The ball was pushed into the left side of AC Milan's goal by Su Dong.

"GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!"

"In the opening 9 minutes, Manchester City scored the first goal, [-]-[-]!"

"My God, Su Dong and Di Maria completed a beautiful two-person cooperation on the left side of the penalty area. The two seem to be very in harmony."

"Manchester City opened the scoring first."

Su Dong pointed at Di Maria from a distance, and quickly rushed out of the field. After rushing to the sidelines, after celebrating the goal with the fans at the scene, he turned around and hugged Di Maria who was rushing over.

The whole stadium was chanting his name frantically.

One to zero!

This goal is crucial for Manchester City and represents a good start.

Manchester City players also ran over one after another, celebrating the goal with Su Dong and Di Maria.

This goal does not ensure that Manchester City has much advantage. To a certain extent, Manchester City is not safe now because it is its own home court.

"We have to try to score another goal, at least one more goal, understand?" Su Dong shouted loudly.

There was a lot of voices at the scene, but the players could still hear Su Dong's shouts.

In fact, even if Su Dong didn't shout, many of them would understand.

If you are satisfied with a score of one to zero, it is too dangerous, because as long as AC Milan scores a goal in the final stage of the game, they will be able to eliminate Manchester City with away goals.

Therefore, for Manchester City now, it is really dangerous to lead by one goal.

Only by scoring another goal can Manchester City feel a little relieved.

"Okay, let's go back and continue to attack!" Su Dong encouraged his morale.

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At the beginning, Allegri regretted it.

He found himself making a mistake, that is, overestimating AC Milan's players.

In the past few days, he repeatedly emphasized one point with Ibrahimovic, Shalawi and Robinho, that is, how important it is for one's own striker to oppress the opponent's midfielders.

Especially Robinho, he repeatedly emphasized before the game that he must stare at Busquets.

Robinho has also repeatedly promised that he will pay attention to Busquets in the game and will not give him a chance.

But the result?

Once on the pitch, the Brazilian was so focused on attacking that he forgot where Busquets was.

Really complied with the words of the coaching circle, in terms of tactical execution, Brazilian geniuses are reliable, and sows can climb trees.

Perhaps, before playing, they were really determined to implement the head coach's tactics and help the team win, but when they got on the field, they let themselves go and completely forgot what the head coach said before the game.

If Kevin Boateng is there, at least he can limit Busquets.

Substitution?
Allegri quickly vetoed the tempting urge.

It's only 10 minutes now. If you make a substitution, you will really offend the players to death.

Without substitutions, Allegri also decisively adjusted his tactics and began to signal the team to retreat.

He's not stupid either, he knows exactly where the advantage of zero to zero at home in the first round is, so it doesn't matter if he concedes a goal in the away game, as long as he doesn't concede the second.

But even so, he was still not sure.

The most important thing is that AC Milan's pressure on Manchester City's midfield tonight is not strong enough, especially for Busquets.

Unable to suppress Manchester City's midfielder, Manchester City's frontcourt can get a steady stream of passes and create opportunities continuously, which makes AC Milan's defense hard to defend.

What's more terrible is that Manchester City has a Su Dong in the frontcourt.

Allegri kept walking to the sidelines, constantly reminding his players to pay attention to Su Dong, Busquets and other players, especially Su Dong.

The two central defenders, Nesta and Thiago Silva, kept close to him, for fear that he would create a threat again.

This made the scene stalemate for more than 20 minutes.

At No. 304 minutes, Manchester City launched another attack.

After Marcelo dribbled the ball forward from the left, he pulled Nocerino out of the defense zone, and Su Dong immediately retreated and ran to Nocerino's defense zone to raise his hand for the ball.

After receiving a pass from Marcelo, Su Dong turned around and passed behind Di Maria on the left side of the penalty area.

The Argentine winger rushed forward quickly. After catching up with the ball before Bonera, he suddenly stopped before the baseline.

At this time, Su Dong had already advanced into the penalty area, stopped with his right foot, barely avoided Thiago Silva who turned around and blocked him, took a step to the right, and then hit with his right foot.

The ball crossed a straight line and shot into the right side of AC Milan's goal.

Abbiati stood on the left side, facing Su Dong's shot from the right, there was nothing he could do, and he could only watch the ball go into the net.

Two to zero!
"GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!"

The fans at the Etihad Stadium rushed out of their seats again, roaring wildly.

In more than half an hour, Manchester City scored two goals in a row.

If the first goal just now was not safe enough, then now, Su Dong's second goal is tantamount to reassuring them and giving Manchester City a decisive advantage.

If AC Milan wants to make a comeback, they must score at least two goals.

But is it possible?

Su Dong ran around the arena excitedly, kissing the ring on his left hand vigorously, and at the same time waving his arms towards the stands.

Nearly [-] fans in the audience were chanting his name frantically, but he was finally surrounded by teammates who caught up.

Two to zero, Manchester City finally scored a key node goal!

(End of this chapter)