The league is coming to an end and the Champions League has reached its semi-finals. The matchups are AC Milan vs Manchester City and Atletico Madrid vs Chelsea. First up were Milan and Manchester City, who are now at least a notch better under Pep Guardiola, but the media are still slightly better than AC Milan.

AC Milan played at home in the first leg, and the mighty Rossoneri beat Manchester City 2-0 thanks to goals from Zhang Shujie and Calhanoglu, laying a solid foundation for the second leg away from home. Despite City's defeat, Ma was voted Man of the Match and made seven good saves, including two solo saves from Andre Silva and Calhanoglu, who would have conceded at least four goals had it not been for Ma's presence.

After the game, "Milan Sport" believes that although Manchester City has made great progress in recent years, they are still not as experienced as AC Milan in the Champions League, and it is not unjust to lose this game.

In the match between Chelsea and Atletico Madrid, the media is almost optimistic about Chelsea, and the biggest reason is that Atletico Madrid's number one star Griezmann has been seriously injured this season, and it has been reimbursed for the season, and in the second leg of the quarterfinals, Griezmann did not play again, and Atletico Madrid is also in danger. But now that they have reached the semi-finals, they have met Chelsea led by Li Mu, which can be described as more than lucky.

And the direction of the game also seems to confirm the media speculation, Atletico Madrid were held to a 1-1 draw by Chelsea at the Wanda Metropolitano Stadium, and Li Mu scored his 11th Champions League goal of the season, and is jointly ranked at the top of the scorer list with Zhang Shujie. Li Mu's goal also helped Chelsea get a valuable away goal, and even if Chelsea and Atletico draw 0-0 at home, it will be Chelsea who will eventually advance.

As a result, the media began to predict that AC Milan and Chelsea would meet in the final, and Zhang Shujie and Li Mu would also meet again in the final after six years.

AC Milan are not unexpected, and in the second leg, they travelled to the Etihad Stadium to take on Manchester City. But the accident happened, Zhang Shujie was tackled by Manchester City defender Fernandinho in just seven minutes of the opening game, and then went off injured, judging from the situation on the scene, he is likely to have a ligament problem, which also ushered in a shadow on the future of AC Milan.

Soon after, Gabriel Jesus pulled a goal back for Manchester City, and if the aggregate score of 2:1 made the leading AC Milan still calm, then the next scene made everyone can't help it: in the 40th minute, there was no obvious contact between Chen Zihua and Kompany Kompany, the referee blew Chen Zihua's foul, and the foul was in the penalty area, and what was even more terrifying was that the referee directly gave Chen Zihua a red card and sent him off the field.

AC Milan players thought that the penalty was too heavy, Yan Tao, Bonucci, Xu Ziyi and other players stepped forward to intercede, when the referee was unmoved, Chen Zihua was still sent off, which was also the first time Chen Zihua was sent off the field in his career.

The on-site commentator said: "This penalty is a bit too heavy, not to mention a red card, even if you encounter a referee with a harsh penalty, this will only give a yellow card at most." ”

Inzaghi is helpless about this, he knows the seriousness of the problem, even if AC Milan finally enters the final, Chen Zihua will not be able to play, and Zhang Shujie's injury is unknown, which also leads to the uncertainty of AC Milan's future.

AC Milan were limited to 10 men for the rest of the game. Kevin De Bruyne extended the score to 2-0 for Manchester City in the 73rd minute, 2-2 on aggregate, with the same goal on the road, and now whoever scores one more goal will confirm their qualification to the final.

But then neither side scored again, and in extra time, AC Milan, which lacked Zhang Shujie and Chen Zihua, mainly defended and withstood Manchester City's offensive, and the two teams had to go to penalty shootouts.

Manchester City goalkeeper Ma Junqiang during the World Cup, and the German team in the penalty shootout performance, this time in the club, in the Champions League, his performance is also good, save Kessie's penalty, Donnarumma also saved Jesus's penalty, the first four rounds of the two sides 3-3, the fifth round, AC Milan played Andre Silva, during the World Cup, A seat had missed a penalty, but this time, he scored the ball steadily. Manchester City's last appearance was De Bruyne, the always steady "Tintin" had an accident this time, his penalty deceiving Donnarumma, however, hit the post, Manchester City lost to Milan 3:4 in the penalty shootout, 5:6 on aggregate, and saw AC Milan enter the final.

However, after a short period of excitement, Inzaghi fell into a tangle, and in the post-match press conference, he bluntly said: "Zhang Shujie's injury can be understood as an accident, and athletes are inevitable. But I can't let go of Chen Zihua's case, he has no obvious contact with Kompany at all, and the red card seems to be excessive! What I don't understand is why UEFA has been reluctant to introduce VRA technology? This can reduce a lot of miscalculations. ”

Inzaghi's protests have had little effect, and UEFA is unlikely to cancel Chen Zihua's red card, which is undoubtedly a slap in the face for UEFA. It was only after this incident that the use of VRA technology in the Champions League was once again put on the agenda.

On the second day of the game, it was reported that Zhang Shujie would be out for about three months due to injury, which means that Zhang Shujie will not only miss all the remaining games of the season, but may not even be able to participate in the first few games at the beginning of next season. "Milan Sports Newspaper" clearly stated: "Without Zhang Shujie and Chen Zihua, the situation of AC Milan in the final is not optimistic, although Xu Ziyi can still play, but the "double core" becomes "single core", and the operation of the entire AC Milan team will be greatly affected. If they meet Li Mu's Chelsea, Milan will die for life. ”

However, the second leg of the Champions League is even more unexpected, Chelsea, which drew with Atletico Madrid away and has an away goal advantage, was inexplicably unable to score after returning to home, and Li Mu, who had been performing very well some time ago, also had problems and was lost in the Atletico Madrid penalty area.

On the other hand, Atletico Madrid, although Griezmann is missing, the Sheets Army used high pressing to frequently block Chelsea's passes, and Chelsea had no choice but to use long passes, but they could never give the ball to the strikers in the penalty area. And Chelsea in the game may have taken into account the reason for the away goal, so they played relatively conservatively, which made Atletico add a little bit of pressure to attack. In the 64th minute of the game, striker Kevin Gameiro received a pass from Tang Ling, broke Courtois's ten fingers from seven meters in front of the goal, and scored the only goal of the game, and Atletico Madrid was able to beat Chelsea 1:0 away, eliminating the blue shirts 3:2 on aggregate and advancing to the Champions League final.

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