Ivan Gattuso was surprised to be in the squad for the first round of the Champions League group stage.

Not to mention, Allegri even arranged for him to start.

Since Allegri took charge of the Rossoneri this summer, Gattuso has been clear that he has never been part of Allegri's plans for one reason: he is 32 years old.

For a player who is already 32 years old and has characteristics like Gattuso, it is not surprising that the manager is not in high spirits.

Last season's manager Leonardo no longer included him in the main squad, and even the club repeatedly intended to send him to the transfer market, only to later agree to the club's salary cut to renew his contract, so he barely stayed in the team.

Yes, that's right, AC Milan is out of money.

Team captain Ambrosini cut his salary by 40% to renew his contract, Gattuso made a fuss for a while, and took a 30% salary cut, with Inzaghi, Seedorf, Nesta, Pirlo ...... All the veterans are faced with the same choice, either take a pay cut and renew their contracts, or leave, with the likes of Dida and Inzaghi simply not talking.

They say that this will save the team around 50 million euros a year, and the money saved will be used to bring in reinforcements, such as Dzeko Dzeko, a central striker from Wolfsburg in the Bundesliga.

But later it turned out that the money was saved, but the people did not come.

Gattuso has been at AC Milan for so many years, where does he still not understand Galliani's style of acting?

Even if he knew this, he still cherished this hard-won starter.

So he was very desperate in this game, and from the first minute of the game, he kept chasing, he kept running.

Allegri said City's set-pieces were dangerous and they needed to minimise fouls in dangerous areas, so Gattuso didn't dare to act too aggressively, especially after entering the 30-metre area.

Either simply commit an early foul so that the opponent can't get into the 30-metre zone, or cut down on unnecessary fouls and avoid giving the opponent a direct free-kick in front, and in this regard, the veteran Gattuso is clearly smarter than the rest of his younger team-mates.

It was AC Milan's third game of the new season and Gattuso knew exactly what Allegri was looking for him, so he worked hard to prove his tactical worth to the new manager.

He wanted to take the opportunity to ask for a main position.

Gattuso has played professional football for more than ten years, and he clearly feels the passivity of the team, and he sees clearly why it is so passive, in the final analysis, it is that Seedorf is limited by the opponent.

Kevin Boateng has hardly been too good at this time.

As the team's captain on the pitch, Gattuso kept signaling to right-back Abate that the young team-mate is very fast and should be more aggressive in taking the ball on the right and creating a threat in order to take the pressure off Seedorf.

To his disappointment, his teammate seemed to be stunned by Cristiano Ronaldo's attacks in the opening stages of the game, and he was visibly frightened and timid when facing the superstar.

He didn't dare to go forward because he was worried that if he left his position, he would not be caught by Cristiano Ronaldo, or hit a counter-attack from his defensive zone, or even score.

Gattuso took advantage of a dead-ball opportunity to speak to Abate, he and Flamini were both in the middle of the field, as long as he lost the ball as soon as he returned to the defense, but the team-mate did not seem to trust him.

This made Gattuso feel depressed, and he even had the urge to rip off the captain's armband and throw it in Abate's face.

Since there is no prestige at all, what do you need this armband for?

"We can't hold it like this!"

Finally, 30 minutes into the game, Gattuso yelled at his team-mate after tackling David Silva in defence once.

But no one listened to him at all.

Andrea Pirlo was out, Ambrosini was injured and Kaka was on the opposite side of the game, with only Gattuso and Seedorf left in AC Milan's midfield at their peak, while the Dutchman was isolated.

No one knows the horrors of the alpine better than Gattuso!

In the face of a cold team, it is impossible to hold blindly on the stubborn defense.

But the problem is that no one listens to him at all.

That's right, today's AC Milan is no longer the invincible Rossoneri in the Europa League.

Now this group of people in the team is either dying of old age, or lacking courage, they have not experienced everything back then, and naturally they have no confidence and confidence, coupled with the perennial suppression of Inter Milan in Serie A, which makes them even less confident.

"Watch out for the counterattack!"

In the crowded San Siro stadium, Seedorf suddenly heard an exclamation.

Immediately afterwards, Modric cut the ball away from Seedorf's feet and passed it directly to the right.

Sanchez took the ball and cut to the right rib, and Flamini chased after him for the first time.

"I'm rubbing, it's crazy!"

Gattuso was startled and ran over as if he were flying.

Sanchez hit the right rib, there is Jankulovski, there is also Thiago Silva, there is no big problem, but Flamini rushes over, although it is possible to form a pack, but what about Kaka in the middle?

"Keep an eye out for the Portuguese!"

Gattuso reminded Abate, and he quickly rushed to the top of the arc.

Sure enough, before he could finish speaking, Sanchez grabbed the ball before closing in and crossed the ball to Kaka.

As soon as the Brazilian received the ball, he took it forward, and Gattuso rushed to get close.

But at this moment, Kaka suddenly made a sudden stop, and flicked the ball sideways with his right foot.

"Watch out for the left!" Gattuso was the quickest to react and shouted at the first time.

The ball crossed the line of the penalty area into the top of the arc, where Cristiano Ronaldo stood and waited.

As soon as Kaka's pass arrived, the Portuguese immediately stopped in the penalty area, and the whole person quickly started to chase after him.

Abate's position just now was a little close to Nesta, and he directly gave up the entire left side, only then did he wake up and turn to catch up, but Cristiano Ronaldo caught up with the ball and blocked Abate with his body skillfully.

Abbiati realized the danger and attacked to block the angle.

But he was fast, Cristiano Ronaldo was faster, and he volleyed directly.

Abbiati made the first save, but the Portuguese, who had been on the hot feet lately, pumped the ball straight into the net.

AC Milan players protested against Benzema's offside, but the referee blew the whistle for the goal.

Because Benzema has not been involved in the attack from start to finish.

The entire San Siro stadium was silent, and fell into a deathly silence.

Gattuso gasped for breath, looking at the frustrated Abate, and then at the frustrated Flamini, who really didn't know what to say.

At this point, it is difficult for him to blame his teammates.

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The first half ended with City leading 1-0.

Cristiano Ronaldo's goal was a big blow to AC Milan.

The Rossoneri were in a passive defensive position throughout the game, unable to make a strong counter-attack at all, and had three shots on goal, but all of them were blocked by Manchester City players and were unable to threaten Cech's goal.

On the contrary, it was Manchester City, who were attacking like a tide and firmly controlled the situation on the field.

It can be said that this game allowed AC Milan, from the manager, players to fans, to experience first-hand the difference in strength between themselves and the top European teams, which is too great.

Allegri also clearly lacked an effective approach to this, so that after the second half of the rematch, AC Milan's overall performance still did not improve at all, while Manchester City continued to control everything on the field, constantly using the passing advantage to create chances and put pressure on AC Milan's goal.

Finally, in the 63rd minute of the game, Sanchez on the right flank cut past Jankulovski and crossed to the edge of the penalty area, Kaka stopped the ball and avoided Flamini and fired a direct long-range shot.

Abbiati was in a very good position this time, but in the face of Kaka's sudden long-range shot, he couldn't hold the ball, and could only knock the ball out, and after being picked up by Kaka, who followed him, blocked Thiago Silva with his body, and after taking the ball with his back, he knocked it to the left again.

Cristiano Ronaldo only followed up again at this time, and the right foot was directly a volley, and the ball hung in the upper right corner of the goal, 2-0!

After scoring a brace, Cristiano Ronaldo looked extremely excited.

With seven goals scored in two games, the Portuguese's goalscoring momentum is unstoppable.

This is probably not only affected by the defeat of the national team, but also because of the upcoming inaugural FIFA Ballon d'Or.

This is the first edition of the European Ballon d'Or Award and the World Footballer of the Year merger, and it is also a battle between Cristiano Ronaldo, who plays for Manchester City in the English Premier League, and Messi, who plays for Barcelona in La Liga.

Both players have also shown a lot of hot form recently, and they are obviously holding back their energy.

However, Gao Han has no intention of letting Cristiano Ronaldo continue.

According to the team doctor David Feverey, Cristiano Ronaldo could only play a maximum of 60 minutes in September, otherwise he would only be able to play one game a week, so Gao Han quickly replaced Cristiano Ronaldo with Gareth Bale.

After the Welshman came on, Gao Han began to deliberately adjust the team's tactical play, and he allowed Xavi Alonso to drop back the whole formation to leave space up front and allow Gareth Bale to play to his speed advantage.

The adjustment of Gao Han has given Gareth Bale more space to play, frequently getting opportunities to get the ball on the left side, and the Welshman has also attacked AC Milan's defense after taking the ball on a few occasions, and his performance has improved greatly compared to before, but AC Milan's right wing-back Abate is also a speed player, and Gareth Bale is difficult to take advantage of in this regard.

Later, Gao Han moved Gareth Bale to the right and Sanchez to the left.

As a result, both players survived this substitution.

Alexis Sanchez was more active on the left, especially when cutting inside, while Gareth Bale had a very eye-catching man-ball pass against Jankulovski and used his pace to eat Jankulovski.

However, although Manchester City played quite aggressively in attack, they were never able to find the back of the net again.

The Chillian side left a staggering 65.6 per cent possession, as well as 36 shots on goal, 16 on target, and 91 per cent pass completion rate.

AC Milan, on the other hand, had just seven shots on goal in the whole game, six were blocked, one was off target, and not even a single shot directly threatened Cech's goal.

Obviously, the 2-0 score does not really reflect the difference between the two teams on the field.

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