Chapter 804: Cruel Reality

The substitutes were already on the pitch and the players from both sides were lined up.

Gao Bo walked out of the players' tunnel.

AC Milan head coach Allegri waited next to the pitch and when he saw Gao Bo appear, he stepped forward and reached out.

The two shook hands slightly.

Allegri is also a young manager, but this season he and Gao Bo have been in a very different situation.

AC Milan are struggling in the middle of the table, while Manchester City are at the top of the Premier League.

However, when the two sides shook hands, Allegri's style was still very sufficient, he was wearing a black suit, AC Milan red and black scarf around his neck, and he also had a strong confident smile on his face.

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The players from both teams have appeared on the pitch, and the commentators are ready to fire up and get to work!!

"AC Milan at home against Manchester City!! This is the highlight of this round of the Champions League group stage! ”

"Both teams have the strongest line-up they can play! At the San Siro Stadium, after 90 minutes, who wins and who loses, I believe all the fans are looking forward to it, this is the first time the two sides have met in the Champions League, so there is no previous record to refer to! The two teams met in a narrow way!! ”

In the voices of the commentators, a series of pre-match ceremonies were quickly completed.

AC Milan kicks off first!

At the beginning of the game, Milan, who were playing at home, were not conservative at all!

Allegri's side invested heavily in the attacking end and showed aggressiveness from the start!

But Manchester City responded calmly!

With Robinho's long-range shot, the ball went over the crossbar and the ball was back at the feet of Manchester City.

In this game, AC Milan adopted a defensive posture of high pressing.

But the AC Milan players up front were completely unable to snatch the ball from the feet of the Manchester City players, and their high pressing was quickly broken by Fernandinho's forward pass!

Due to Casemiro's injury, Fernandinho's partner in this match is Milner!

Up front, Alexis Sanchez, Antoine Griezmann, David Silva and Eden Hazard all came on!

Manchester City's front line-up can be nothing short of luxurious.

And AC Milan's lineup is compared with Manchester City.

Their three attackers up front were Robinho, who was no longer the brave man he once was, and behind him were two attacking midfielders, Emmanuelsen and Bielsa!

It's hard to imagine that such a lineup is actually the lineup of AC Milan, which has won the Champions League seven times.

AC Milan's position in the league may also be a reflection of their true strength, and Allegri may not be blamed for this........ Of course, many AC Milan fans will complain that Allegri sold some of AC Milan's star players during his tenure, and it doesn't seem fair to put this pot on Allegri's head, after all, it is Galinha who is in charge of AC Milan's transfer matters...........

And when City started to control the attack, the tempo fell completely to the feet of Manchester City.

Soon, AC Milan had to give up the high pressing in the front court and honestly recycle the penalty area defense.

Manchester City's attacking threat made them have to do so.

But even if it was fully recycled, AC Milan did not hold on.

Twenty-fifth minute of the game.

Manchester City developed the ball to the left side of the baseline, Sanchez took the ball and cut past Abate, and then suddenly picked the ball near the arc of the penalty area!

Antoine Griezmann followed up with a volley!

The soccer ball is like a cannonball, whistling towards the goal!

AC Milan goalkeeper Amelia did not react to the goal at all!

Manchester City took the lead comfortably!

After the goal, Manchester City played more and more calmly.

In the 36th minute of the game, Manchester City scored the second goal!

A series of cooperation in the front court, the football developed to the right side!

David Silva passes the ball to Antoine Griezmann!

Antoine Griezmann pushes the ball to the left without stopping!

Sanchez leads the ball from the edge of the area and cuts into the box and smashes the ball towards goal with his right foot!

A kick that seems to be passed and shot.

Anyone who touches it on this line can score a goal, and even if no one touches in the middle, the goalkeeper won't necessarily be able to move quickly to the far point – as the ball is likely to be able to drill into the net from the far post.

AC Milan goalkeeper Amelia quickly moves far away!

And at that moment, Hazard came out of the box!

He made a deep acquaintance!

The ball changed direction and flew into the goal from the other side!

Two-to-!!

"It's two to zero!! Manchester City scored two goals with ease, the difference in quality between the two sides was too obvious, and AC Milan was completely in a situation of being beaten passively. They don't seem to have much other way to face the mighty Manchester City! ”

Allegri roared from the sidelines.

But in the face of such a situation, what can he do?

Allegri scratched his head in frustration.

In the end, he asked the AC Milan players to play a little more direct, and it was very likely that they would create some set-pieces up front.

AC Milan, which was once extremely powerful, can only hope for set-pieces like most weak teams playing strong teams.

Not to mention, AC Milan's luck is quite good.

Towards the end of the first half, they were awarded a corner, and it was with this corner that centre-back Mex's header flicked the ball into the back of the net!

One to two!

AC Milan pulled a goal back.

It gave them confidence and probably sent the wrong message.

After the start of the second half, AC Milan launched a frantic attack.

They will be hoping to catch Manchester City off guard in the second half and try to equalise the scores.

But it turned out that goal in the first half made AC Milan a little inflated!

In the forty-eighth minute of the game, Manchester City launched a counterattack directly after the ball was broken at the back!

Griezmann, who got the ball in the middle circle, pressed the ball all the way, and at the top of the penalty area, he made a gesture to shoot, and after the opposition defender reacted, he immediately slotted it in!

David Silva cuts in from the right rib and shoots the ball!

The ball drilled into the goal again from the far post!

One-to-three!!

Manchester City once again took a two-goal lead.

And less than two minutes after that goal, Manchester City scored again!

This time it was Eden Hazard who burst into the box and was tripped by a defender.

The referee awarded a penalty!!

This penalty made the AC Milan players very unhappy, but the referee was very resolute!

Antoine Griezmann's penalty is securely scored!

One to four!

AC Milan, playing at home, are three goals behind!!

Perhaps it was because the penalty was awarded that the Milan players were mentally unbalanced.

In the 56th minute of the game, De Jong raised his foot directly near the center circle to prevent the tackle during a defense, and showed his spikes to knock Fernandinho to the ground!

When this foot was down, Allegri's head was stunned.

Then he saw the referee pull out the red card and run towards De Jong.

Finished...

That was the only thought on Allegri's mind, and he returned to the dugout.

De Jong is sent off with a red card.

AC Milan are already powerless.

With three goals behind and one less, Allegri can't help it even if he is a fairy.

By now, the game has gone into garbage time.

After that, Gao Bo began to make substitutions.

Eriksen replaced Fernandinho, and then, the Milan fans in the stadium had a complicated scene.

Kaka stood on the sidelines, ready to come off the bench!!

After many years of absence, the prince of San Siro returned to the stadium.

It's just that things have long been wrong.

There was a round of applause that was not very warm.

Some Milan fans were applauding, while some were silent.

The team's former hero returned to the stadium, and the hero's team now led Milan by a large margin.

What could be more conflicted than a scene like this that makes Milan fans feel conflicted?

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In the end, Manchester City won 5-1 away at Milan.

City were also awarded a late corner.

By this time, the first penalty taker Antoine Griezmann had been rested, and it was Kaka's first chance to score this season.

But he gave up.

He conceded the penalty to David Silva.

Kaka really didn't want to continue stabbing Milan fans in the heart of this stadium.

And David Silva has no special feelings for AC Milan.

He stood in front of the penalty spot and it was all over the place!

The score became 1 to 5!!

Manchester City, playing away, defeated AC Milan 5-1 and achieved an unprecedented victory!

Gao Bo is very satisfied with the team's performance.

The next game is against Chelsea, and that kind of form will give the team more certainty.

The Milan fans at the scene were awakened by the cruel reality.

They... After all, it is not the Rossoneri that swept Europe back then.