In this game, AC Milan lost 0:2 at home to Napoli, and Juventus was also forced to draw by Fiorentina at the Frankie Stadium, and Napoli further consolidated their first place in the standings. Although there are still 12 rounds left in the league, the gap of eight points is not so easy to catch up. Even if AC Milan are guaranteed a 12-game winning streak, they will have to pray that Napoli will have to concede at least nine points in those 12 games, not to mention that there is still a Juventus between the two teams.

Some media commented on the game, and also specifically criticized Yan Tao by name, believing that it was Yan Tao's mistake that caused AC Milan to lose the opportunity to catch up with Napoli. "Milan Sport" said: "Maybe it is difficult to imagine that Yan Tao would make such a mistake if he didn't see it with his own eyes, but the fact is that Yan Tao really made a mistake. The goal conceded completely deprived AC Milan of the chance to win against Napoli, and also made the chances of AC Milan winning the league title very small. ”

There are many fans who are also blaming Yan Tao. Yan Tao, as the person concerned, naturally knew the seriousness of the matter, and he publicly apologized: "I apologize to everyone for the mistakes I made, and I don't want this kind of thing to happen, but it unfortunately happened, I'm sorry for all the fans who support AC Milan." ”

After seeing this scene, Zhang Shujie stood up to support Yan Tao: "Whoever dares to blame Yan Tao is raised by a son of a bitch!"

Chen Zihua also said: "Some bastards have said enough about Yan Tao, so now, please shut up your **!"

Xu Ziyi said: "There are always some miscellaneous pieces, you want to provoke us Milan, you are also worthy of being Milan fans?

Several bigwigs spoke one after another, and the other team members also spoke. For example, Romagnoli said: "Don't deny Yan Tao because of this incident, we are not completely without opportunities." I hope that the fans and media who blame and even insult Yan Tao will stop for a while, and think for yourself, how much credit Yan Tao has made over the years?

Inzaghi also said: "I don't know why so many people criticize Yan Tao with this incident, Yan Tao has apologized, things have happened, we should look forward." ”

The matter was discussed for almost a week, and it was not until the second leg of the next Champions League quarter-finals that it gradually dissipated. This match is when AC Milan hosts Manchester United. AC Milan beat Manchester United 1-0 away at Old Trafford thanks to Yan Tao's decisive strike at Old Trafford, and now he is at the San Siro with a one-goal advantage over the second leg.

Compared with the first leg, this round of AC Milan's lineup is relatively neat, Zhang Shujie, Chen Zihua, Xu Ziyi have all entered the eighteen-man squad, and Milan, which is understaffed in the back, still sent Yan Tao, a veteran. Inzaghi did not put Yan Tao on the shelf because of his mistakes in the last round of the league. In a competition of this level, Yan Tao's ability and experience are still very useful.

Manchester United, who are behind on aggregate, have only one way to attack, while AC Milan is accustomed to playing counter-attacks. Inzaghi knew that Manchester United must be attacking at the San Siro, so he set up two lines of defence, waiting for the United to attack and leave the space behind him, and then look for opportunities to counter-attack.

I have to say that AC Milan's seemingly simple tactics have actually worked very well. Although there is no Zhang Shujie in the main lineup, there is also Mbappe, who uses his speed on the flanks to break Manchester United's defense to pieces, just like playing away from home, Manchester United does not have a good way to stop him.

Although in the pre-match tactical deployment, Manchester United had a defensive strategy against Mbappe alone, but in the game they found that they could not prevent the French genius at all, and sometimes they could only use fouls. In the first 30 minutes of the game, Mbappe single-handedly produced three yellow cards, which put Manchester United under a lot of pressure in defence.

Neither side scored in the first 45 minutes, but in attack, AC Milan were clearly more threatening. Although United had seven shots on goal, two more than AC Milan, only one of those seven shots was an absolute chance, and AC Milan had three of the five attacks that were good, but unfortunately they were all ten centimeters short of the goal.

In the second half, the style of play of the two teams did not change much, Manchester United still took the initiative to attack, and AC Milan still played defensive counter-attacks. Although it seems that Manchester United are surrounding AC Milan, it is difficult for them to actually get the ball into the box, and AC Milan, who have less time on the ball, have given Manchester United the biggest threat in counterattacks, and many believe that AC Milan will definitely score first before Manchester United.

However, things went in the opposite direction as expected, in the 62nd minute of the second half, Manchester United striker Rashford shot from three meters outside the penalty area, Donnarumma flew to save, but Rashford's shot was extremely powerful, and the angle was also very tricky, Donnarumma's fingers rubbed the ball, and also slightly changed the path of the ball, but the ball finally flew into the Milan goal, the score on the field became 1:0, and the total score of the two sides was 1:1!

If that was the final result of the game, it would have gone into extra-time, but less than four minutes after Marcus Rashford's goal, another United striker, Anthony Martial, made it 2-0 and Milan 1-2 on aggregate. Even more frighteningly, United have two away goals, and if AC Milan want to progress, they will have to score at least two goals in the next two dozen minutes.

Inzaghi realised the seriousness of the problem, and immediately after Anthony Martial scored, he began to make substitutions, using two substitutions at once, replacing Zhang Shujie and Chen Zihua. Five minutes later, he was replaced by Xu Ziyi.

The on-site commentator said: "Inzaghi is now desperate, he has replaced three veterans. In this situation, the technical level and game experience of the trio will still be very helpful for AC Milan, and they will not have any fitness problems when they play after 60 minutes of the second half. ”

Megatron's "Twins" appeared again in the same game after a lapse of 50 days, and in front of them was the most trusted Zhang Shujie. What does it matter if you are old? Zhang Shujie's name is a deterrent!

The trio has brought more tactical changes to AC Milan's midfield attack, and they are now not counter-attacking, but have to control the ball and take the initiative.

In the seventh minute after Zhang Shuzhuo played the game, he used a wonderful heel pull ball on the left side of the penalty area to complete a shot, the quality was very high, the power and arc were just right, but unfortunately the ball failed to enter the goal, but grazed the post and missed the bottom line.

But Zhang Shujie told everyone with such a shot: As long as I, Zhang Shujie, am still on the field, Milan has the possibility of scoring!

(End of chapter)