I have to admit that the absence of Zhang Shujie and Chen Zihua has a really great impact on AC Milan. Especially when Xu Ziyi fell into encirclement, his teammates around him were always unable to solve problems for him, and Xu Ziyi poured the ball out several times, but no one passed the ball to the front court smoothly. What's worse is that the two strikers lack the ability to retreat and respond, and the ability to break through with the ball is also very average, and they can't do it like Zhang Shujie to connect the midfield attack after returning to the midfield.

The combination of various adverse reactions led to frequent problems in the attack of AC Milan in the second half, and the first reaction of all Milan players after getting the ball was to hand it to Xu Ziyi, which also made it easy for Atletico to cut off their ball. Yan Tao once loudly told his teammates to attack, not just one point, but the effect was very little, not that the teammates were unwilling, but that they did not have much to solve in the face of Atletico Madrid's high-pressure pressing.

After the attack in the middle was blocked, the problems of AC Milan's two wings were also exposed, especially Rodriguez on the left, who either went up and couldn't come back, or couldn't come back. As a result, whether Milan is attacking or defending, his side is always a place where opponents can take advantage of it. If Yan Tao hadn't wiped his ass for him several times, it is estimated that AC Milan would have been equalized by Atletico Madrid.

The on-site commentator said: "After Atletico Madrid adopted encirclement tactics against Xu Ziyi, AC Milan's midfield was completely out of control. When Chen Zihua was present, Xu Ziyi and Chen Zihua would take care of each other, staring at one of them and the other. After the loss of Zhang Shujie, AC Milan had no one to retreat from the front, and now both of them are lost in the opposing defenders, whether it is Andre Silva or Cutrone. ”

Inzaghi is a little difficult to do, and after the game has been played so far, the problem of Zhang Shujie and Chen Zihua's absence has been completely exposed in front of everyone. In the past, if the "Twins" had only one person who could play, but as long as Zhang Shujie was there, no one would control the situation in the frontcourt, but at the moment, the biggest ability of the two forwards was to grab points and could not break through.

All the problems exposed finally let Atletico see the effect they wanted in the 78th minute, Rodriguez failed to retreat in time in an attack, Yan Tao was also busy dealing with the players inserted by Atletico Madrid in the middle, this time, Yan Tao could not fill the gap left by Rodriguez.

Tang Ling quickly assisted to the front court, leaving Rodriguez far behind, and the slow Rodriguez looked at Tang Ling and was very anxious. After Tang Ling crossed from the side, the ball accurately landed in the penalty area, and Kevin Gameiro volleyed with his right foot and penetrated the gate guarded by Donnarumma, and the score became 1:1!

Atletico Madrid's goal was not accidental, but AC Milan was seized by Atletico Madrid after losing the idea of attacking, and played a wave of counterattacks, thus scoring a goal. Xu Ziyi was very dissatisfied with Rodriguez's performance and directly accused him on the court, and Rodriguez dared not speak out. Although this is only Xu Ziyi's second year at AC Milan, no one dares to question his ability. Especially now that Zhang Shujie and Chen Zihua are not there, then the bigwig-level figure on the attack line is Xu Ziyi.

The commentator at the scene sighed: "When AC Milan has a neat lineup, Xu Ziyi and Chen Zihua, who can attack and defend, can always solve all problems; Zhang Shujie can also open up the situation when the team is difficult and win steadily, but now, only one of the three attacking generals is present, and many problems of AC Milan are also directly reflected." Rodriguez's pace of slowness has made the Rossoneri suffer. ”

The score of 1:1 lasted until the end of the game, and the two sides went to extra time. In extra time, as the physical strength of the Atletico players declined, their high-pressure pressing tactics no longer worked, Xu Ziyi was liberated, and the attack he organized once again overwhelmed Atletico, but unfortunately, whether it was Andre Silva or Kalinic who replaced Cutrone, they wasted two must-score opportunities in extra time, and Xu Ziyi was so angry that Xu Ziyi shook his hand twice.

Inzaghi stomped his feet on the sidelines, and even said to himself: "If Zhang Shujie is replaced, at least two goals will be guaranteed in this game!"

And Zhang Shujie in front of the TV also shook his head and sighed, almost throwing away the teacup in his hand. Wang Shihan, who was beside him, knew that he was very depressed at this time, and he didn't provoke him, but just gently grabbed his arm.

After 30 minutes of extra time, the score was still 1:1, so the two teams could only rely on a brutal penalty shootout to decide the winner, which was also the second penalty shootout experienced by AC Milan in the history of the Champions League final, the last time was back in 2003, when AC Milan and Juventus played 0:0 in 120 minutes, and the penalty shootout eliminated Juventus 3:2 and won the championship.

In this year's Champions League, they also relied on penalties to eliminate Manchester City in the semi-finals, and I wonder if these good fortunes will continue to accompany AC Milan and let them win the championship for the tenth time.

Atletico Madrid were the first team to take a penalty, substitute Torres scored the goal, Atletico Madrid penalty shootout 1: Milan was the first to play was Xu Ziyi, the midfielder sent the ball into the goal steadily to equalize the score for Milan.

Subsequently, Atletico Madrid's Tang Ling and AC Milan's Yan Tao also kicked the ball into the ball respectively, and now the score is 2:2 and the aggregate score is 3:3. The third Atletico player to make his appearance was Juan Forlan, who failed to score in the Champions League final against Real Madrid three years ago, leaving the Champions League winners sidelined Real Madrid, and this time he also missed a penalty.

History is always strikingly similar, is the tragedy of Atletico going to repeat itself again?

The third AC Milan player to make the appearance was Andre Silva, who scored comfortably and the aggregate score was 4:3. The commentator said: "The balance of victory is now on AC Milan's side. ”

The fourth Atletico player to make the appearance was Godin, whose penalty was saved by Donnarumma and hit the post and bounced into the net. The little episode made Godin's heart nervous for a second, but the ball finally found the goal of AC Milan. 4:4！

AC Milan's fourth came in Kalinic, who played in the middle and Oblak made a mistake but he didn't move much and the ball hit his leg and bounced into the box. Kalinic's penalty was missed, keeping the score at 4:4.

Kevin Gameiro was the last player to appear at Atletico Madrid, and his penalty was successful to fool Donnarumma and the score became 5-4!

Bonucci stood in front of the penalty spot, he looked at Oblak and kicked the ball into the top left corner, but Oblak couldn't judge the right direction and pounced on the other side. Bonucci was about to turn and walk towards the halfway line, only to find that the ball did not fly into the goal, but flew over the crossbar and out of the bottom line!

It's almost the end of the season here, there are less than ten chapters in total, and it's very simple to write compared to before, after the Chinese team won the World Cup, there is no need to write it down one by one. And in this Champions League final, I chose to let AC Milan lose, think about it, two years ago, AC Milan won six consecutive years of the championship! This is very scary! It is almost impossible to happen in this reality, so I decided to temporarily end AC Milan's momentum in winning the Champions League this season.

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