Inzaghi smiled and shook his fist on the sidelines, then picked up a bottle of water and took a few sips. He wasn't thirsty, but he didn't know how to express his feelings, so he drank some water "without anything to do", which could be regarded as hiding his excitement.

Pep Guardiola shook his head and paced casually on the sidelines. He has to admit that AC Milan is efficient in the counterattack, of course, all this is mainly because of their presence Zhang Shujie, coupled with Chen Zihua behind them, the two have driven Milan's entire midfield, making AC Milan's attack power at least two notches.

Theoretically, Pep Guardiola has a way to restrain Zhang Shujie, but in practice it is difficult to do so.

Ma Junqiang stood in the penalty area, looked at Suso, and soon looked at Zhang Shujie, this ball Zhang Shujie even if he wanted to shoot with the ball himself, it was not impossible, but he still chose to pass the ball to a teammate in a better position. It is said that strikers should shoot first, but strikers like Zhang Shujie who can pass, shoot and break through are the most terrifying.

After the celebrations, the players of both teams returned to their respective halves as City prepared for kick-off. Chen Hui tapped on the keyboard of his notebook in the press box, quickly recorded the whole process of this goal, and he also took a look at other information, and when he saw Zhang Shujie, he muttered: "Zhang Shujie has 15 goals and 5 assists in the previous Champions League game, counting this one, the number of assists has reached 6, and a total of 20 direct goals have been created, which is a bit exaggerated!"

Yuan Qingdao: "I also found out that he is now the person with the second most assists in the Champions League, second only to Neymar and Chen Zihua's 8. ”

Manchester City was not in a hurry after the kick-off, still controlled the ball methodically, and pushed forward layer by layer, AC Milan, which was already defense-oriented, had a goal in hand, and the defense line was a little more shrinking than before, the purpose was to lure Manchester City out, they knew that Manchester City would definitely put more attention on attack.

Xu Ziyi faced Chen Zihua's defense and distributed the ball, De Bruyne got the ball and passed it to Sane, Sane wanted to stuff the ball to Kolarov who was in front, Abate had insight into his thoughts in advance this time, and took the first step to destroy the ball out of the sideline.

Inzaghi kept giving defensive instructions on the sidelines, and he asked his players to resist City's attack, and when they died down, AC Milan's counter-attack could be played again, and in the meantime, they had to make sure that they did not allow Manchester City to score, otherwise they had to start again.

Kolarov threw a throw-in, Sane stopped the ball and was harassed by Abate and Suso behind him, and he passed the ball back to Kolarov, who passed it back to Liang Xiran.

Manchester City used the ball control, combined with the width of the court, to pull out the AC Milan formation a little, Liang Xiran gave the ball to Xu Ziyi in front, Xu Ziyi was about 25 meters away from the goal at this time, according to his long-range shooting ability, this distance was within his range.

Chen Zihua blocked it, keeping a reasonable distance of about two to three meters from him, Xu Ziyi gently flicked it to the right, picked up his right leg, and shot from a distance.

The ball flew past Chen Zihua with his back, Yan Tao wanted to stretch his legs to block it, but he didn't block it, Donnarumma wanted to fly to save the ball, but found that the ball deviated from the goal and flew out of the bottom line from the side of the right post.

"Xu Ziyi's long-range shot outside the penalty area, the quality is still quite high, but it is a little off. ”

From a slow-motion replay from another angle, Xu Ziyi's shot was about half a meter off the goal, and if it could be a little further in the middle, the ball could hit the frame of the goal, causing some problems for Donnarumma. However, a shot from 25 meters is not close, and it is normal to deviate a little at times.

Donnarumma took a goal kick, the ball fell to the center circle, Locatelli fought for the first point, Xu Ziyi grabbed the second point, but the third point was intercepted by Bonaventura, but Bonaventura has not adjusted yet, De Bruyne snatched the ball again.

The two sides were a little fierce in the midfield at this time, and the ball was always going back and forth at the feet of the players of the two teams, and even Zhang Shujie in front and Yan Tao in the back came to support the midfield.

Inzaghi looked at the time, he had already played 35 minutes, and the score was AC Milan leading Manchester City 1-0. Pep Guardiola hopes his side can equalise before half-time to be on the same level as Milan in the second half, and if they can't come back in the first half, Pep Guardiola will have to redesign his tactics.

Xu Ziyi got the ball again, he and De Bruyne made a two-by-two, past Chen Zihua and Locatelli, and then stuffed the ball to Aguero in front, at the moment when Xu Ziyi stuffed the ball and Aguero started, Romagoni, who was dragging at the end, took a step forward, and Yan Tao on the side immediately raised his hand.

The linesman did not raise the flag immediately, and the referee did not blow the whistle, and when Aguero had just received the ball, the linesman's small flag was raised, and the referee blew the whistle immediately.

"Aguero's goal was blown offside, and the linesman has been waiting for him to catch the ball so that he can raise the flag. ”

Donnarumma set the ball up and drove it out, this kick was a little far, it was kicked to the back of Manchester City, Liang Xiran headed a little, and the point was given to Kompany, who then gave Silva in front, and Silva gave it to Jesus.

The young Gabriel Jesus was very active in the early stages, but after a moment of silence, now that the ball is on his side again, he will be able to continue his previous performance.

On the flanks was Jesus' favourite area, and Antonelli wanted to go up, but Deulofeu withdrew deep enough to match Jesus, and Antonelli dropped back a bit to defend the back.

Jesus wanted to force Deulofeu, and the first blow did pass, but Deulofeu immediately chased him back and squeezed him out, and the running Jesus was squeezed by Deulofeu, his body was a little unbalanced, and he was squeezed out of the sideline and hit the billboard.

Gabriel Jesus thought Deulofeu had committed a foul and appealed to the referee, shouting: "He hit me!

The referee ignored him, and in the eyes of the referee, Deulofeu was a valid and reasonable collision, even if Jesus was hit on the billboard, but this was largely due to the fact that he was running too fast, and Deulofeu did not foul him.

AC Milan regained possession and Deulofeu passed the ball to Antonelli and ran towards the front of the pitch himself, keeping an eye on his team-mates to pick them up.

After the ball was passed three times behind AC Milan, it reached the feet of Chen Zihua, and Zhang Shujie slowly moved forward in front. The first half of the game was about to end, Zhang Shujie had one assist, no goal, and only one shot on goal. He deliberately cut down on the number of shots he could take, and sometimes even if he could shoot, he would definitely pass to his team-mates as long as they were in a better position.

(End of chapter)