Chapter 147: A Blow to the Boss from AC Milan

The match between Milan and Borussia Dortmund is the biggest matchup in the Champions League/final of the 20/202 season.

Even if the Inter Milan vs Arsenal clash is not as eye-catching as the A Milan vs Borussia Dortmund match.

Because Milan was the Serie A champion last season and the top of the Serie A standings this season, Dortmund is also the Bundesliga champion last season and the top of the Bundesliga standings this season.

Dortmund has Cheng Hai, a striker who has staged an annual record of 52 goals, as well as Hummels, Gundogan, Gotze, Shinji Kagawa, Lewandowski and many other fast-rising football stars.

Milan are even more terrifying, they have a bunch of experienced world-class superstars such as Nesta, Van Bommel, Seedorf, Gattuso, Boateng, Ibrahimovic, Robinho, Pato, Inzaghi and many more.

This is a matchup between Dortmund Youth and Serie A giants A Milan, and it is a spear and shield battle between Cheng Hai and many defensive superstars such as Nesta, Thiago Silva, Gattuso, Boateng, Van Bommel and many others.

It is also a competition between supernova Cheng Hai and veteran strikers Ibrahimovic and Robinho about who has the higher ability to score goals......

There are so many things to see that I can't count.

As a result, Milan's San Siro Stadium, which can accommodate more than 10,000 people, was already full before the start of the game on February 5, and tens of thousands of fans wandered the square outside the stadium, trying to buy a scalper ticket to enter the stadium, but most people could not buy tickets with more money.

The biggest matchup of the Champions League/final attracted hundreds of media reporters from dozens of countries around the world, as well as live broadcasts from more than 100 countries.

The number of fans watching this game around the world is undoubtedly the most in this round of Champions League matches.

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During the pre-match warm-up, A Milan sang the Milan team song "Milan...... Milan ......" shocked Cheng Haidu.

This is a terrifying away game that is not inferior to the Westfalen Stadium.

At 2:45 p.m. local time on February 5, 202, under the attention of hundreds of millions of fans on the scene and in front of the TV, with the referee's whistle, the first leg of the 20/202 Champions League/final A Milan vs Dortmund match officially began.

The commentators on the commentary seat spoke various Chinese languages and excitedly explained to the domestic audience in real time:

"It's on!"

"Viewers, you're watching the 20/202 Champions League/final first leg A Milan vs Borussia Dortmund."

"A Milan, who is playing at home, has a 432 formation, and the starters are No. 32 goalkeeper Abbiati, No. 20 right-back Abate, No. 3 central defender Nesta, No. 33 central defender Thiago Silva, No. 77 left-back Antonini, three midfielders are No. 0 Seedorf, No. 4 Van Bommel, No. Gattuso, the front is No. 27 Boateng, and the double forwards are Ibrahimovic and No. 70 Robinho."

In addition to the starters, Milan also had a bunch of superstars on the bench, such as Inzaghi, Pato, Zambrotta, Ambrosini, Cassano, etc. A Milan's lineup is so luxurious that even other European giants are ashamed of it. ”

"On the other hand, Dortmund, who were playing away, were unlucky, Mario Gotze was injured, Gundogan did not fully recover from his injury, and he could only sit on the bench in this game and failed to start."

"However, fortunately, Dortmund's most important superstar Cheng Hai continued to start as always."

"Dortmund lined up in a 432 formation, from back to front, goalkeeper Weidenfeller, defenders Piszczek, Hummels, Subotic, Schmelzer, midfielder Sebastian Kehl, wingbacks Grosskloitz and Owomoyela, forward Shinji Kagawa, and double forwards Lewandowski and Cheng Hai."

"Jurgen Klopp has also fielded the best he can and hopes to take a win at the San Siro."

"Let's take a look at Cheng Hai, the strongest striker in the world, when encountering the reinforced concrete chain defense of Serie A led by Nesta, Gattuso and others, what kind of sparks can be sparked by the two sides!"

In the excited commentary of the commentators, after a short period of testing, in the 3rd minute, Dortmund launched the first attack.

That's as it should be.

Dortmund's 432 is an attacking formation in itself.

And A Milan's 432 is the opposite, the defensive counterattack formation of the three back midfielders was originally waiting for Dortmund to take the initiative to attack, and then they could counterattack.

For Italian teams, counter-attacking is an instinct that is ingrained in their genes.

Therefore, Dortmund can only take the initiative to attack, trying to use Cheng Hai's breakthrough technology to penetrate the opponent's defense.

However, Dortmund's first attack was not successful, and even Cheng Hai failed to break through.

He managed to break through Gattuso's defence, but with Gattuso's pushing, he slipped out with a croquette that was a little bigger.

As a result, it was a little bigger, and the ball was shoveled away by a decisive flying tackle from Van Bommel behind.

The distance between Gattuso and Van Bommel was kept too well, just to avoid being broken by Cheng Hai, and the ball was shoveled away in time.

Not only that, A Milan also let Cheng Hai and his teammates immediately see what it means to be an Italian-style rapid counterattack.

Van Bommel tackles the ball at the feet of defender Thiago Silva, who sent it to Seedorf before Lewandowski could rush in to press it.

Dortmund, who were pressed in formation, immediately pressed by full-back Owomoyela to press Seedorf, but the experienced Seedorf just pulled the ball and avoided the snatching Owomoyela, and then sent the ball to the feet of Boateng in front of the court.

Boateng, Ibrahimovic, and Robinho fired three arrows together, instantly forming a three-on-five situation in the backfield.

Moreover, Boateng, Robinho and Ibrahimovic are all too good at their feet.

In particular, Robinho's bicycle is not inferior to Cheng Hai, and directly shook Dortmund's defender Subotic outside the penalty area.

In previous games, it was often Dortmund under the leadership of Cheng Hai who gave the opponent a stormy attack, so that the opponent was overwhelmed, and he couldn't organize a decent counterattack at all.

As a result, Borussia Dortmund's players were instinctively slow to react to the defence.

As a result, this time, Cheng Hai and his teammates in the front court watched as Boateng, Robinho, and Ibrahimovic broke through Dortmund's defense through a series of individual breakthroughs and passing runs.

In the end, the panicked Hummels and Schmelzer rushed to Robinho who was dribbling into the penalty area at the same time, but he didn't expect Robinho to give up the idea of going it alone and pass the ball to Ibrahimovic who rushed into the penalty area on the other side.

Ibrahimovic, who had already made a big statement, was naturally unceremonious, and volleyed the ball towards the goal without being defended.

The hearts of the Dortmund players and fans alike are in their throats.

Fortunately, goalkeeper Weidenfeller played well, pounced on Ibrahimovic's side the moment Robinho passed the ball, and then saved the ball in time.

However, the ball was not pounced on by Weidenfeller, nor did he save the bottom line, but was flicked by his fingers and hit the post and bounced back into the box.

Just when Cheng Hai, his teammates and fans were relieved, a figure wearing the No. 27 jersey appeared on the line of the small penalty area, and stabbed the ball that bounced off the post, into the empty goal formed after Weidenfeller fell to the ground.

Milan striker Boateng cut in at the back in time to stab the ball into the Borussia Dortmund goal before Sebastian Kehl, who was close behind him.

In the 4th minute of the first half, A Milan took advantage of a counterattack opportunity and Boateng made a supplementary shot to send the ball into Dortmund's goal, and A Milan led Dortmund -0.

Cheng Hai, his teammates, coaches, and thousands of Dortmund fans in the stands who traveled with the team were stunned.

The more than 70,000 A Milan red and black fans at home broke out into crazy applause, cheers and screams, celebrating the goal and lead of A Milan in the first 4 minutes.

"Why are these old guys so motivated?" Cheng Hai was a little puzzled in his heart.

In fact, although there are so many superstars in the world that they can't put down the bench, many of them are actually veterans over 30 years old.

For example, Gattuso, who was defending him just now, is 33 years old, Van Bommel is 34 years old, and Nestor is 35 years old.

The average age of Milan is arguably the largest of all Champions League teams this year.

Although they are at the top of the Serie A table, they are not very advantageous, and they are tied with second place, and only rely on goal difference to temporarily sit first in the table.

Fitness has always been a stubborn problem for Milan, and they have to use up three substitutions in almost every game, otherwise they will not be able to hold on for the whole season.

In such a situation, in fact, A Milan's attack power and effect are not very strong.

Unexpectedly, in today's game, they not only defended Cheng Hai's first breakthrough and attack, but also immediately scored a counterattack.

"Is it luck or real strength?" Cheng Hai was a little confused.

Cheng Hai didn't know, but the Italian TV commentator who often commented on the A Milan game on the commentary bench knew it, and after listening to his excited roar on the commentary seat, he analyzed loudly:

"The fighting spirit of the veterans of A Milan in this game is very high, not only because this is a higher-level Champions League match, but also because of Cheng Hai in the opponent."

'As Ibrahimovic said before the game, this is Italy, this is the San Siro, Cheng Hai, who set a great record of 52 goals last year, is here, and the Milan players will have to do everything they can to defend him and try not to let him score.

"In addition, whether it is Ibrahimovic, Robinho or Boateng, they are all arrogant people, and it is difficult to convince Cheng Hai of great success, they are naturally full of fighting spirit in this face-to-face match with Cheng Hai, and they want to score more goals than Cheng Hai."

'That's what we saw, Milan were in the game right after the start and they were scrappy and not at all like the team with the highest average age in the Champions League this season.

"The fans are in for a treat, it's going to be a great game!"