In the second half, it was still Real Madrid who had the upper hand on the pitch because they were playing at home and they needed to score more goals. Not to mention that the score of 2:1 is not enough insurance in this game, even if it can guarantee this 2:1 after the game, but in the second leg at the San Siro Stadium, it will be overturned by Milan at any time.

Inzaghi was a little hesitant at this moment, should he put the score of the defensive idiot, or should he play the attack to try to equalize or even overtake? Just as he was thinking, Asensio used a wonderful free kick to extend the score to 3:1 for Real Madrid!

Such a score would have to be a lot safer, but Real Madrid were still not reconciled, and the game was still 35 minutes away, and they still wanted to score. Inzaghi finally stopped hesitating, he replaced Chen Zihua and Xu Ziyi in one go, let the two veterans stabilize the midfield, organize the attack, and six minutes later, the Milan coach replaced Zhang Shujie again.

It's basically a regular substitution pattern for Inzaghi this season, and if the three are not on the pitch and the team is behind by the score, then Inzaghi will definitely bring three substitutions in the space of 60 to 65 minutes. This is also why many media believe that although the current strength of Milan is very strong, it is not so realistic to completely break away from this group of veterans. Especially Zhang Shujie, if Milan's midfielder only has a decline in attack power and organizational ability in the absence of "twins", then the Milan forward line without Zhang Shujie has always lacked a little deterrent.

After Zhang Shujie came on the field, the pressure on the Real Madrid backline became more and more intense, and the 30-year-old Vallejo still felt a little powerless when defending the 36-year-old Zhang Shujie. He was broken by Zhang Shujie in just two minutes, and gave the opponent space to shoot, if it wasn't for luck on Real Madrid's side, the score would have been rewritten.

In the 77th minute, Zhang Shujie was tripped in front, and the person who kicked him down was Vallejo, for which Vallejo also received a yellow card, and AC Milan also received a valuable free kick. About twenty-four meters away from the goal, facing the left post, this position is simply the best for Zhang Shujie.

"AC Milan's free-kick is in a very good position, let's see if Zhang Shujie can pull a ball back for Milan. If that goal does go in, then Vallejo will have the most responsibility for it. ”

Vallejo was also a little nervous, Zhang Shujie's free-kick ability he knew, although he was older, but the Chinese striker's free-kick skills did not decline because of this, and still maintained a high efficiency. Now that Zhang Shujie has scored 74 free kicks in his career, will he complete the 75th today?

Real Madrid was in the wall, Vallejo was standing in the middle, he looked at Zhang Shujie who was about to take a penalty, and prayed that the ball would go to the goal, and it was better to hit it directly, and not even give them a corner.

After the referee blew the whistle, he ran a short distance, hit the goal directly with his right foot, the ball bypassed the jumping wall, and flew to the upper left corner of the goal, the arc was very large, the angle was very tricky, and the ball speed was very fast, the goalkeeper had no reaction at all, and could only watch the ball go into the net.

2:3!Zhang Shujie pulled a point back for AC Milan, although he still lost a goal, but Milan has two away goals, even if he doesn't score in the next game, as long as he doesn't lose the goal, the second leg is at home, AC Milan only needs a 1:0 to ensure that he can advance to the final.

Vallejo shook his head in annoyance, he knew that it was his own foul that gave Zhang Shujie this free kick. But what can be done? Even if he doesn't knock Zhang Shujie down just now, the Milan striker will get a one-on-one knife, and the probability of scoring is more likely than a free kick.

Zhang Shujie's 75th free-kick of his career was born, and his second free-kick of the season, one in the league and one in the Champions League.

Inzaghi made up his mind at this moment, and he decided to defend with little time left, and if he could really go to San Siro with a score of 2:3, Milan's winning rate would actually be much higher than Real Madrid's. Remember the 2006/2007 season, when Kaka's Milan met Cristiano Ronaldo's Manchester United in the semi-finals, AC Milan lost 2-3 at Old Trafford in the first leg, and after returning home, the Rossoneri beat the Red Devils 3-0 to advance to the final with an aggregate score of 5-3, and finally successfully avenged Liverpool in Athens to win the seventh Champions League title in the team's history.

Today is very similar to the Champions League semi-final 20 years ago, and Inzaghi wants his players to hold on to the 2-3 before going to the San Siro for a big game.

The ideal is very beautiful, but the reality is very cruel. In the 90th minute of the game, Real Madrid won a corner, Asensio drove the ball into the box, and Vallejo, who had made a mistake before, made up for it, and beat the Milan defender in the box, and smashed the ball into the goal of Donnarumma. It was also Vallejo's first goal in the Champions League this season, but it came at a timely and crucial time.

The on-site commentator said: "Vallejo's header has reduced the suspense of the second leg a lot, of course, for AC Milan, any team at home is capable of scoring two goals, and the most important thing they need to prevent is not to let Real Madrid score at the San Siro." ”

Vallejo looked so excited after his goal that he stripped off to celebrate his first Champions League goal of the season, only to be shown a yellow card by the referee. He already had a yellow card, so he was sent off with two yellows and one red, which means he will miss the second leg at the San Siro and AC Milan.

Vallejo seemed a little confused, he seemed to have forgotten that he had a yellow card on him after scoring this goal, he looked helplessly at the referee and begged him to take back the yellow card, but the referee was indifferent, and his teammates were also interceding for him, but it still had no effect.

Vallejo had no choice but to leave. His red card is really unworthy, you must know that Vallejo is the mainstay of Real Madrid's backline, and he will not be able to play in the second leg, which is equivalent to a change of direction to give AC Milan the biggest winning weight.

At full-time, Real Madrid beat AC Milan 4-2 at home, and despite winning the game, it allowed AC Milan to score two away goals, so there was still some suspense in the second leg. In the post-match press conference, Inzaghi said: "Although we lost, these two valuable away goals still give us the possibility of qualifying, Real Madrid fans don't have to be too happy, Milan fans don't have to be too sad, the real contest is at the San Siro in a week's time." ”

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