449 against Bayern Munich
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In the 27th round of Serie A in the 2027~2028 season, the second Milan derby of the league this season was officially staged at the San Siro Stadium.
After 90 minutes of hard-fought battle, with superstar Chen Long's "brace", Milan had the last laugh and won the derby, still maintaining a four-point lead over Juventus in the standings.
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In the early morning of April 3, 2028, Beijing time, on the evening of April 2, Milan local time, the quarterfinals of the Champions League were fully launched, and the first group of matchups was the Serie A champion and the Bundesliga leader Bayern Munich.
That's right, it's Milan and Bayern Munich, in the quarter-draw, the two super teams unfortunately met together, in fact, whether it is for Milan or Bayern Munich, this is not a good sign, because both sides know in their hearts that it is absolutely very difficult to get each other.
Before the start of the match, China's domestic CCTV opted to put the Milan and Bayern Munich match on a free-to-air sports channel.
And by the time there was still a day left before the start of the race, there had already been a lot of coverage in the media about the race.
When the whole Milan team arrived in Munich, the players of both sides were interviewed, the coaches of both sides attended the pre-match press conference, and Milan conducted field adaptation training......
All kinds of news reports have set off the tense atmosphere of the game little by little.
Bayern Munich's main goalkeeper Guo Haoran said in an interview with reporters before the game: "I have already told Chen Long that I will not let Milan score a goal in this game!" ”
Chen Long said with a smile: "Bayern Munich is very strong, it is an away game, and realistically, I think it would be good to be able to draw them away from home." ”
Chen Long's low-key surprised everyone, and Chinese media analysis believed that Chen Long might be "saving character" by saying this, taking the initiative to show weakness, letting Bayern Munich relax their vigilance, and then launch a surprise attack on Bayern Munich in the game, catching the opponent off guard.
Although foreign media don't know the word "accumulating character", they also think that Chen Long's low-key is a bit strange. Generally, when challenging opponents, even if the strength is not good, they will say some beautiful things to strengthen their momentum, and even if the real goal is to draw, then they must do their best to win. Why did Chen Long directly say that the goal was a draw?
Based on Chen Long's past performance, everyone thinks that Milan's goal may not be a draw, but just hoping to use such words and deeds to paralyze the opponent.
If Chen had had had time to pay attention to the media coverage before the game, he would have said that the media were overthinking.
Fighting for a draw in this game is not a goal he has set, but a goal set by the coaching staff.
It's all the quarter-finals of the Champions League, every opponent here is not easy to deal with, every game is difficult. So you have to be careful and don't take it lightly.
Moreover, with the strength of Bayern Munich, it will not be easy for Milan to beat them away from home. If you want to win, you have to be more committed in attack, and more in attack will lead to a decrease in the number of troops in defense, and it will be finished with a counterattack by Bayern Munich.
It's not appalling, it's real. Carlo Ancelotti's Bayern Munich relied on a solid defense and counterattacked vigorously.
Mourinho wouldn't have taken that risk.
Moreover, Bayern Munich, who is playing at home, is the one who desperately wants to win the game, so Milan is based on defense, waiting for Bayern Munich to press out, and then fight them to counterattack, there is no need to press out at all.
A draw away from home is completely acceptable.
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On the day of the match, Bayern Munich's home stadium, the Allianz Arena, was packed. For Bayern Munich fans, reaching the quarter-finals of the Champions League is a rare occurrence – the last time they reached the quarter-finals was 16 years ago.
Bayern Munich have reached the quarter-finals six times in their Champions League history, the last time coming in the distant 1996-1997 season. At that time, Bayern Munich was in the same group as the current quarter-final opponent Milan, and they got 13 points from four wins, one draw and one loss in the group stage, and beat Milan to qualify from the group with a goal difference.
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Allianz was full of voices and everyone was waiting for the game to start. In the tunnel of players, the Milan players lined up in the tunnel first.
Subsequently, the Bayern Munich players walked out from behind them, and Guo Haoran was chatting with his teammates when he saw Chen Long standing in front.
So he quietly walked behind Chen Long, wanting to give Chen Long a surprise attack.
As a result, his hand had just been raised, and Chen Long looked back at him as if he had eyes in the back of his head: "Yo, Haoran, what do you want to do?" ”
Guo Haoran was very embarrassed, and he couldn't put down the hand he raised, so he could only scratch his head temporarily.
"Damn, you have eyes in the back of your head?"
"I don't have eyes in the back of my head, but my ears aren't deaf. I suggest you take off your shoes next time and come back to attack me. Chen Long pointed to Guo Haoran's sneakers. When walking, the spikes of the sneakers make a clicking sound on hard ground, which is very noticeable.
Guo Haoran rolled his eyes, he forgot about this stubble.
"I told my teammates all about your characteristics, and they will take good care of you when the time comes, Long Chen." Guo Haoran, who did not admit defeat, said to him, and he also pointed to his teammates. Long Chen
When Chen Long followed Guo Haoran's gaze, he saw that Bayern Munich's players had very bad expressions.
So he also turned back to Guo Haoran and smiled: "What a coincidence, Haoran, I also told them all about your saving characteristics." ”
Chen Long pointed to his teammates.
"It's really boring to fight like this, let's see you on the court." It was Guo Haoran who felt that he couldn't win Chen Long in a war of words.
"Well, don't beep if you can do it." Long Chen nodded in agreement.
The two of them just said goodbye.
Guo Haoran returned to his team, and as the goalkeeper, he stood behind the captain Gabi, waiting to play.
On the radio outside in the stadium, the DJ was leading the fans to chant the names of the Bayern Munich players in unison.
"Guo"
The DJ shouted in a long voice.
"Haoran !!" The deafening shouts of Bayern Munich fans followed.
Chen Long, who was in the players' tunnel, heard this thunder and couldn't help but purse his lips and laugh.
It took Guo Haoran two years to completely conquer this stadium, but unfortunately he has not much time in this stadium. After the end of the season, if nothing else, Guangzhou Evergrande will definitely recall Guo Haoran back. Of course, Bayern Munich wants to keep Guo Haoran, but they may need to pay a considerable price, and Ancelotti may not be willing to pay this price.
I don't know if Guo Haoran himself is ready to return to Guangzhou Evergrande......
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When the Champions League theme song sounded, the players from both sides walked out of the players' tunnel and walked into the stadium under the leadership of the referee team.
"They're coming!" Commentator Li Yang raised his voice excitedly and shouted.
This is the long-awaited "China Derby" that everyone has been waiting for.
The TV broadcaster also seems to know very well where the gimmick of this game is, and when the players on both sides played, they gave Chen Long and Guo Haoran a close-up shot, and of course, Cai Heng, who obviously had more time than others, highlighting their important position.
But in fact, even if it is not a Chinese derby, Chen Long and Guo Haoran deserve to be taken care of by close-ups.
Because they are all indispensable core figures in their respective teams.
So maybe the two close-ups given by European broadcasters don't mean to take care of Chinese audiences?
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After all the ceremonies were over, the players from both sides returned to their positions and waited for kickoff.
Milan lost the right to pick the edge when it came to picking the side, so they got the kick-off now.
In fact, Milan attaches more importance to the right to kick off, whoever can kick off first can control the football on their side and attack first.
With the referee's whistle, the game begins!
Milan quickly kicked the football out, but did not rush forward, Chen Long received the ball from Gross, did not pass the football forward, but turned around and passed the football to the central defender Carvajal behind him.
The football was then turned back and forth in the second half of Milan, and at one point it was even passed to goalkeeper Steggen.
It wasn't until the Bayern Munich players pressed on them that Milan passed the ball forward. But if the chances of continuing to attack are not very good, they will continue to pass the ball back, or make horizontal passes, in short, they will not pass the ball forward easily.
When should you pass the ball forward and when should you not pass it forward?
This is Chen Long's task.
Of course, Bayern Munich's defense against Chen Long is also very tight, and there will be a person next to Chen Long at any time, but there is no fixed candidate, whoever is close to him is whoever is close.
This can not only ensure the strength of Chen Long's close marking, but also ensure the integrity of his own back line, so as to avoid being messed up by Chen Long.
But Chen Long also has a way to deal with it, Bayern Munich sticks to him tightly, so that he has little room to maneuver, so there is no maneuver.
He just passed the football out.
Although most of them are cross-passes, or even backpasses. But Chen Long didn't care.
Milan didn't care.
Milan's strategy for this game is to slowly negotiate with Bayern Munich.
If you don't have a good offensive opportunity, it doesn't matter if you don't pass the ball forward, Chen Long has the final say, everyone listens to Chen Long, and no one will question it.
It took a long time, almost four minutes, for Milan to finally have their first shot on goal.
At that time, Chen Long suddenly stuffed the football straight out after a continuous horizontal pass and gave it to Gross, Gross volleyed directly after receiving the ball, Guo Haoran made a save, but did not touch the ball, and the football flew directly out of the crossbar.
Although there was no goal, it caused a gasp in the stands of the Allianz Arena, and it was clear that the Bayern Munich fans were taken aback.
That's why Milan has been passing the ball non-stop before, and the Milan players are not in a hurry, they are all used to letting Chen Long distribute the ball, if Chen Long doesn't pass the ball forward, it must be a bad chance, but as long as he passes the ball forward, it will definitely pose a threat.
That's what this ball is.
So Milan actually played the tactics of punching and killing the master in this game, but to fight with Bayern Munich for efficiency.
Playing away from home, Milan know that there won't be too many attacking chances in this game, so instead of squandering them, it is better to refine those chances, give up some of the less good ones, and then use the better ones to score goals.
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Gross' shot did not result in a goal, much to the relief of Bayern Munich fans in the stands.
To the relief of the Bayern Munich players on the pitch, possession is finally back on Bayern Munich's side, and they can attack Milan's goal instead of being walked by the ball as before.
That feeling was really unpleasant for the Bayern Munich players before.
They are used to playing "me-oriented", but when they compete with Milan, they have to be led by Bayern Munich everywhere, not to mention how uncomfortable it feels.
Bayern Munich's task for this game is simple, which is to win at home to Milan while also ensuring that they do not concede a goal.
After Guo Haoran set the ball, he stepped back to help run, and then a big foot accurately delivered the ball to Thiago's head, and Thiago ferried the ball to Muller on the wing. Bayern Munich's attack moved forward like a tidal wave.
When Muller played the ball back into the middle, Lewanwski had a shot on goal.
However, the shot did not pose much of a threat to Milan as it flew high over the crossbar and Stegen did not make any moves because it was unnecessary......
Although there were no goals and no threat, the Bayern Munich fans in the stands of the Allianz Arena were still excited and kept cheering.
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With possession shifted to Milan, the game reverted to a slow pace.
If Bayern Munich doesn't press, the Milan player with the ball will let the ball stay at his feet for a while more until the opponent presses up.
After a moment like this, Milan completed another attack. It was Gross, and this time his shot hit the woodwork.
But Gross's high-quality shot became a foil to Guo Haoran.
Because Guo Haoran made a higher-quality save, he directly pressed Gross's shot that flew over with his foot on the ground, and firmly pressed it to the ground, without taking it off or saving the bottom line to give Milan a corner kick, Guo Haoran's first save in this game was so steady, which seemed to indicate his state in this game...
In the next game, as long as the football falls to the feet of the Milan players, the rhythm will immediately slow down, Chen Long led the Milan team to play the control of the ball, unhurried forward, if the opportunity is not very good, then do not pass the football forward, in short, it is good to let the football stay at your feet for a second longer, and will not easily hand over the possession of the ball.
And when football falls to Bayern Munich's side, it's a completely different style of painting. Bayern Munich are eager to kick the ball straight from the back into the Milan goal. When attacking forward, most of them are through and long passes, and they rarely pass back and forth in the middle and back.
Bayern Munich want to be able to play the ball straight into the heart of Milan with a simple and direct pass.
These two completely different styles reflect the different purposes of the two teams.
Milan is really just like Chen Long said before the game, coming for a draw.
And Bayern Munich's urgent attack, of course, is to hope that the sooner the goal is scored, the better, and the more goals scored, the better.
It's their home stadium and it's a lot of work for them to not only win games on their home turf but also win more games without allowing them to score.
The diametrically opposed goals of the two teams led to completely different strategies and performances.
But it can't be said that Milan is necessarily a negative game, as long as there is a chance, Chen Long will definitely not be soft when he passes the ball forward.
Guo Haoran can't be completely taken lightly.
Just like Gross's shot a few minutes later, if Guo Haoran hadn't been vigilant, the goal might have gone straight in.
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The game was played in two completely different styles.
Although Bayern Munich attacked fiercely and attacked more often, they were unable to break through the goal held by Steggen.
On the one hand, Milan's defense itself is very good, and on the other hand, the lack of troops invested in the attack allows Milan to put more energy into defense, which effectively reduces the threat of Bayern Munich's attack.
At the same time, although Milan's offensive is fierce, it lacks variety, is too direct, and makes it easier for Milan to defend.
So the score was so deadlocked, 0:0.
Until the end of the first half, the score did not change, and there was nothing to say about the scene, because there were not many wonderful scenes in the first half overall, and many times it was a stalemate and a mistake. Milan had few counter-attacking chances and Bayern Munich's attack was not a threat.
When the referee blew the whistle for the end of the first half, the players from both sides walked off the pitch with different comments from the commentators.
The German commentator was not very satisfied with Bayern's performance in the first half, thinking that Bayern Munich played too simple and rough in the first half, and it was useless to deal with a team like Milan, so simple and rude, they should have a richer routine in the attack, if Chen Long was replaced on Bayern Munich's side, Bayern Munich might have a two-goal lead in the first half.
Milan commentator Peta was very satisfied with Milan's performance, and he also agreed with Chen Long who said before the game that the goal of this game was a draw, and judging from the performance in the first half, Milan had already completed half of the goal.
A 0-0 away game against Bayern Munich means that Milan's hopes of progressing to the semi-finals are more than 50%.
Chinese commentator Li Yang was a little disappointed because neither team played well in the first half, and the three Chinese players didn't have too many highlights. Chen Long is constantly passing horizontally and back more often, there are not many wonderful passes in the future, Cai Heng has not performed brilliantly, and Guo Haoran has not made many wonderful saves.
If this is the highest level of Chinese derby, it is really a disappointment for Chinese fans who stay up late in front of the TV.
As a Chinese fan, of course, I hope that everyone will play a little more openly in this game, and Milan will attack more forward, and it will be reversed like now. In this way, Chen Long can give us more wonderful passes in the attack, and Guo Haoran also has more opportunities to perform.
Unfortunately, the opinions of neutral fans are often not cared for. Neither Milan nor Bayern Munich can afford to abandon their established tactics in order to satisfy the wishes of the Chinese fans.
At half-time, Jose Mourinho praised his team's performance in the first half. In his opinion, the team played well in the first half and played like that in the second half. But he added that if there were better chances in the second half, then fight back resolutely – who wouldn't want to steal an away goal and a win away from home?
Of course, what is a "better opportunity", this Mourinho he didn't explain, anyway, how to judge this kind of opportunity is left to Chen Long, Chen Long has proved that he has a high talent and ability in this area with countless games, so I believe that Chen Long is.
If Chen Long thinks that the opportunity is very good, of course, it is impossible to still fall in the backfield.
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The atmosphere in the dressing room here in Milan is relatively calm, and on the Bayern Munich side, the atmosphere in the dressing room is a little tense. After all, this is their home stadium and they have wasted half the game on their home turf. There are only forty-five minutes left for them to do something, they have to score, and the sooner they score, the better.
Carlo Ancelotti kept his players on the edge of the dressing room, asking them to take it and show courage in the second half.
Where's this like playing at your own home game?
It's like fighting to the death away from home......
When walking from the locker room to the court, Guo Haoran also told his teammates to let them press up boldly and with confidence, don't worry about defense, there is him behind, he said that if he doesn't let the opponent score, he will definitely not let the opponent score. This makes it possible to leave the defenders behind and use them in the offense.
Guo Haoran is a goalkeeper, and he can't do much for the team's attack, which is the only way he can help the team's attack.
Although he and Chen Long are friends, since they met on the court, they are enemies, and if they are enemies, who cares about the enemy's feelings and thoughts, of course, they want to defeat the other party and let him go home.
And I believe that Chen Long's side must have the same idea.
No matter how much relationship there is off the field, as long as you see it on the court, it is one word - do!
Defeating the other party with all your best is the best respect for the other party.
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In the second half, the two sides changed sides and fought again, Milan still looked unhurried, while Bayern Munich's attack was more fierce.
Bayern Munich, who has strengthened its attack, is indeed more threatening, and in the first ten minutes of the second half, Bayern Munich's offensive was very fierce, threatening Milan's goal many times, making Steggen and Milan's defenders scramble and deal with it very embarrassingly.
This time is finally more passionate than the first half, watching the Bayern Munich fans in the Allianz Arena climax, it seems that the goal is in sight.
But alas, Milan withstood Bayern Munich's attack and did not concede a goal.
After Bayern Munich bombarded indiscriminately for ten minutes, seeing that they still couldn't break through Milan's goal, on the one hand, the physical fitness needs to be slowed down, and the rhythm must be slowed down. On the other hand, he is also worried that the space behind him will be used by Milan to fight back, although Guo Haoran took the initiative to say that everyone can not worry about the back, but no one will really ignore the defense like this.
Bayern Munich slowed down as a result.
Bayern Munich's pace has slowed down, and Milan's pace has not been lifted because of this.
They are still unhurriedly maneuvering with Bayern Munich.
As Milan did so, there were boos over Allianz.
At first, the boos were sporadic and then louder.
Obviously, Bayern Munich fans are very unhappy with Milan's deliberate delay in the game and negative play.
Of course, they wish that Milan could press up and attack Bayern Munich on all fronts, anyway, they have Guo Haoran behind them, and they are not afraid of Milan's attack. However, after Milan presses the attack on all fronts, there will be many holes in the backline, which can be seized and exploited by Bayern Munich.
However, under the cheeky leadership of Chen Long, the whole Milan team turned a blind eye to the boos of Bayern Munich fans, and even though they booed the sky, they did not change their tactical play at all.
Milan is not in a hurry, if they don't come up, Bayern Munich can't afford to wait.
If this game continues to drag on like this, it will be bad for Bayern Munich in the end - Milan can accept a 0:0 away game, but Bayern Munich absolutely can't accept it!
So Bayern Munich, who hadn't caught their breath much, had to press up and grab the ball at the feet of the Milan players in the midfield. Fortunately, their physical fitness is relatively good, otherwise they really can't run.
But Milan's physical fitness is not bad, under the leadership of Chen Long, everyone passes and runs very closely, because they are always running, so the players with the ball can always find the route of passing, so that Bayern Munich players will easily break the ball by pressing, so Milan's passing is quite smooth.
During this time, Chen Long exerted his ability to pass the ball without observing to the extreme, no matter how the Bayern Munich players pressed, he could pass the football before the opponent. So in the end, the Bayern Munich players had no choice but to foul Chen Long.
But there's no point in doing so. Because they fouled Chen Long, the game would have been interrupted, and the interruption of the game was what Milan wanted to see.
Moreover, the foul would also put Bayern Munich's players at risk of being carded, adding uncertainty to the second leg.
However, Bayern Munich fans don't care so much, they only see Chen Long being knocked down by Bayern Munich players, so as long as Chen Long takes the ball, the boos are simply deafening.
In the minds of many Bayern Munich players, Chen Long is completely equated with "fake falls......
But in fact, every time you watch the slow-motion replay, you can know that there is no problem with the foul of the Bayern Munich player, and Chen Long's fall is justified.