Sixty-four minutes into the game, Chen Zihua's long-range shot was saved by De Gea, and AC Milan got the first corner of the second half. In the first half, they failed to score from four corners and wondered if they could take advantage of that opportunity this time.

The importance of set-pieces is self-evident, especially for players like AC Milan who have a lot of strong header skills, which makes every opponent dare not be careless. Mourinho also specially told the players to keep an eye on players such as Zhang Shujie and Yan Tao.

Chen Zihua drove the ball out, the ball flew out of the arc into the penalty area, De Gea's first reaction was to take the ball off, but seeing that the ball was a little far away from the goal, De Gea took two steps and then retreated, and honestly stayed in front of the goal.

The ball fell to the back point, Yan Tao rushed out of the crowd, jumped high to head the goal, De Gea made a full save, but Yan Tao's header was very powerful, De Gea held the ball with his right palm, but he still couldn't stop the ball from entering the net.

The Milan fans were boiling, this was Yan Tao's second goal in this Champions League, helping Milan lead Manchester United at home. Manchester United's bus tactics worked well for more than an hour, but AC Milan found a chance in this corner and scored a goal.

Surprisingly, United did not improve their attack because of this 0-1 draw. The commentator at the scene said: "Maybe Mourinho thinks that even going back to home with a score of 0:1 is an advantage. ”

In fact, Manchester United also had a chance to equalize, but both Pogba and Sanchez missed a good chance to score. In the 86th minute of the game, Zhang Shujie was knocked down by Rojo in a breakthrough in the front court, and the referee blew Rojo's foul and gave AC Milan a free kick in a good position.

The distance is about 26 meters away from the goal, opposite the left line of the small penalty area, the ball is a little bit far, but it is still within Zhang Shujie's range. He set up the ball, exited a few meters and waited for the referee's whistle.

Manchester United's wall is lined up, and De Gea is also staring at Zhang Shujie, who is ready to shoot at any moment. After the referee blew the whistle, Zhang Shujie ran and made free throws.

The wall jumped at the same time, the ball went around, drew a huge arc, flew into the penalty area and began to fall rapidly, De Gea made a quick save, but the ball was fast, the angle was very awkward, and it rose sideways, the ball grazed his fingertips and flew into the goal.

2:0! AC Milan leads by two goals at home! This is Zhang Shujie's tenth Champions League goal this season, and in terms of importance, it may be more important than Yan Tao's opening goal. Considering that the goal occurred in the 86th minute, it could well be the last goal of the game.

Sure enough, when the referee's whistle blew, the score was fixed at 2:0, and Inzaghi successfully completed his goal, winning by two goal difference, and did not score an away goal for his opponent.

Some media pointed out that the main reason for Manchester United's defeat in this game: Mourinho's tactical missteps. He wants to hold for a draw away from home or a one-goal defeat is acceptable. Unexpectedly, AC Milan knocked Manchester United twice with a corner kick and a free kick. Maybe the score of 2:0 is not too big, but if Mourinho does not change his style of play when he arrives at home, it is possible to lose another 2:0.

In addition, "Milan Sport" believes that Manchester United's defeat Mourinho's tactics are only one of the problems, and there are reasons why players such as Sanchez and Pogba play abnormally. Sanchez rarely saw him throughout the game, and the few exits were just wasted chances or offside. As for Pogba, he was very active in attack, but it had no effect, some of them were out of the team, and he was not visible in the defense at all.

AC Milan doesn't care how Manchester United lose, that's not something for Inzaghi to think about. Even if he and Mourinho have a good relationship, professional football is all about the cruelty, although we are friends, but we are each different.

Back in the league, AC Milan unsurprisingly won, and Juventus also won this round, with the two teams squeezing each other on the score, with only one point. Napoli, who had been in the limelight at the start of the season, are slowly falling behind, with an eight-point gap to AC Milan, and even if they are careless in the rest of the league, they may not even be able to retain third place.

Zhang Shujie did not score in this round of the league, and his goals were still stuck at 31, and at this time last year, it was already approaching the 40 mark. The reduction in minutes due to rotation was the biggest factor in his goal decline, but he didn't care, in his own words: "It doesn't matter if I score a few fewer goals, as long as the team can win, only the title is what I want the most." ”

Interestingly, Dybala did not score in this round either, and Dybala's goal count has stopped at the number "29" for three rounds. Immobile had one goal, but he was third with 28. Compared with the double dragon play beads in the standings, the triwizard competition in the shooter list is undoubtedly more eye-catching.

After the league game, Milan travelled to England to take on Manchester United at Old Trafford. The 2-0 win in the first leg gave AC Milan more confidence, while Manchester United, on the other hand, needed to score two goals to see hope while keeping the ball from conceding at the back. If you don't want to play extra time or even a penalty shootout, you have to score three. But if you want to penetrate Milan's goal three times, this is not ordinary, even if you are playing at home, I am afraid Manchester United will not dare to play this package.

However, for the sake of the semi-finals, Mourinho is willing to try.

It's not just Mourinho, Inzaghi is also hoping to reach the last four. As the Rossoneri, who have reached the finals three times in four years, if they can't even enter the semi-finals, I'm afraid that Brother Li will talk to Inzaghi alone. Inzaghi didn't want to be called into the office by Li Yonghong, who was not used to the "political football thinking" of the Chinese. Fortunately, Li Yonghong will not interfere in the management of the team, otherwise Inzaghi, the head coach, would not be so easy to be.

After the start of the game, Mourinho did not use the bus style of play anymore, he did not dare to use it, the team is now behind the aggregate score, if you want to go to the semi-finals, you can't put defense first, what you need now is to attack, and to attack with all your might.

Inzaghi guessed that Mourinho must be going to attack, so that AC Milan can rest assured that they can play the counter-attack, given the team's excellent defense and strong control ability, AC Milan can shrink the lineup appropriately, lay out a defensive line in the midfield, and wait for Manchester United to take the bait.

(End of chapter)