Chapter 705: Crazy Schalke (II)
Compared with Schalke's joy, Milan's lounge is very lonely, most of the players are reluctant to speak or even make a sound, even the players who are forced to move seem cautious, for fear of making a noise to make others notice themselves, and the whole lounge seems to be extremely depressed. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
The last time AC Milan went 3-0 down at half-time in the Champions League was against Deportivo La Coruna in April 2004, when Laco won 4-0 to advance 5-4 on aggregate, the biggest comeback in Champions League history. And today they are facing this situation again, but the difference is that it is not a reversal, but a one-sided slaughter, and Schalke today is crazy.
Allegri couldn't do anything, he knew that his players had lost their fighting spirit and couldn't do anything for a long time, but what else could he do? Let his players give up completely? It's impossible.
'My request to you is to play as well as you can, we have had some problems this year but we can do it again next season and the pain Schalke put on us today will be 10 times as much as we will pay for it in the future. Although he was trying his best to cheer up his men, it didn't really make much sense.
The Milan players are not children anymore, they know that every game is a stage to show themselves, they can't give up, because every game is related to their future, so they won't give up easily, but it's not for the club, not even for this game, but simply for their own tomorrow.
So after the start of the second half, Milan took the initiative for a while, but Schalke seemed a little relaxed, and they were no longer as frantic as in the first half.
In the 49th minute, Crischito was fouled on the right, Milan won a free-kick, Emmanuelsen took a free-kick from the right, and El Shaarawy nodded the ball into the goal, but it went wide of the near post. In the 53rd minute, Robinho split the ball at the top of the penalty area, Ibrahimovic inserted it into the left side of the box to receive it, but Hildebrand made a timely attack to hold the football in his arms. In the 56th minute, Ibrahimovic volleyed from outside the box, Fuchs hooked him down from behind and received a yellow card, and Emmanuelsen took a left-footed free kick in front of goal, but his technique was still much worse, and the ball flew straight out of the crossbar.
Magath also saw the problems of his players, so he made the first substitution adjustment, replacing Mata with Draxler, and the next game still needs the Spanish big man to deal with Bayern, or it is better to retain a little strength.
And this substitution also had an immediate effect, as if it made the Schalke players a little more energetic. In the 59th minute, Ai Huan quickly split the ball after a steal near the center circle, Joaquin burst into the penalty area on the left side and pushed the far corner, the football touched Mex's change of line, Abbiati, who had fallen to the ground to save, hooked it with his foot, and Raul, who rushed up directly, shot with his left foot but was magically confiscated by Abbiati.
The fans shouted with regret that this kind of opportunity does not always come up, so they regretted that they did not continue to expand the score.
Then Milan's attack took the upper hand again and they were awarded another corner, which Emmanulsen headed in from the right and Nocerino volleyed high again in front of goal. Three minutes later, Mesbah's long-range shot from the left was too positive for Hildebrand. Hildebrand then made a mistake on the tee-off and Ibrahimovic broke the ball and volleyed hard and the ball went wide of the left post.
Magath made another change, replacing Fuchs with Holtby, and it was also the best choice to bring on a young man at this time.
However, Milan still took advantage of Schalke's substitution to play a beautiful attack, and in the 69th minute, Shaarawy made a long run on the left flank, but a low shot was saved by Hildebrand. After that, Milan's attack became more and more fierce, and in the 75th minute, Ibrahimovic sent a free kick that bounced off the wall, and then Ibrahimovic cut inside on the left again to dodge Escudero's cold shot from a tight angle, but it was blocked by Hildebrand again.
But this time Schalke's counterattack also came, two minutes later Joaquin on the right side of the penalty area with a low cross, Raul faced most of the empty goal at the back point, in front of the goal with the outside of the right foot instep shot to the goal, but was very quick to react Abbiati with his foot to stop the ball, in the second half Abbiati's performance was impeccable, it was his continuous saves that blocked Schalke's must-score goal out of the goal again and again, otherwise everything does not need to be said again.
As time ran out and Milan's attack became weaker and weaker, Magath also took the opportunity to make a third adjustment, Pukki replaced Raul, which was a delaying style of play.
In the 86th minute, Ibrahimovic took another free kick, but the football touched Crishitto's body and deflected, Slovenian referee Skomina awarded a goal kick, but Nocerino claimed that he did not touch the ball, he and Ibrahimovic surrounded the referee and kept complaining, and finally both received yellow cards, which made them stop talking.
In the last minute, Robinho crossed from the right, Ibrahimovic and Ai Huan fought again, but this time it was Ai Huan who took the lead, he blocked the opponent's shot, and then kicked the football out of the penalty area, and since then Ai Huan has also returned to the back line to defend, which also makes Milan's attack no longer have any substantive solutions, so there is no new progress between the two sides, when the referee blew the whistle of the game, Schalke finally qualified as he wished.
"We're in the quarter-finals again, for the second year in a row, it's the best time for us at Schalke, thank God, thank you for the miracle that finally came out in front of us, the Schalke fans finally felt your glory, it's like a dream, but even if it's just a dream, we want to be able to do it for the rest of our lives and never wake up. Dip laughed and said, at this moment he even forgot that Ai Huan was about to leave, and in his opinion, today's happiness should be enjoyed.
On the night of the game, Ai Huan boarded the plane to Kunming, this time the journey was more bumpy, to change planes in Munich and Hong Kong, it would be a very long journey, but Ai Huan had no choice, as many people like to say, the road he chose even if he was in tears, he had to walk alone.
Schalke, on the other hand, don't have much time to celebrate, they have to prepare for the next game against Bayern, which will be a big game, and the problem is that this time there is no illusion, and the problems they face are huge.