Chapter 699: Beam
In the rest of the first half, the two sides didn't really create any threat, but the game was quite hot, and almost even staged a full martial arts.
However, this time it has nothing to do with Lin Dong, Ibrahimovic, who worked with Lin Dong last time, has already left AC Milan and went to Paris Saint-Germain to make money.
Due to a foul by Suya and a very dangerous tackle, the two sides almost clashed, but fortunately, the referee reacted quickly and immediately rushed over, separated the two, and then took out a yellow card to Insua to appease AC Milan.
Of course, AC Milan will definitely not be satisfied with this yellow card, because it is AC Milan fans, and in their opinion, it is the most reasonable judgment to pay a red card.
Although there was little threat in the first half, AC Milan came close to extending Atletico's lead.
Bonella, the AC Milan central defender's clearance almost set himself up for an own goal, and the name of the striker is indeed well deserved, but unfortunately Atletico lacked a little luck in the first half and failed to extend the lead.
"We were lucky in the first half" Although Bonella's attack could not help Atletico extend their lead, Simeone's eyes showed that his team's luck was good, as evidenced by AC Milan's two goals in the first half.
"But luck is too illusory, we can't rely on luck" Atletico Madrid have luck and strength, otherwise they would not have achieved such a good result this season, Atletico Madrid is currently the only team in the entire Europa League that has not been defeated in a season.
Luck is very important, but strength is more important, luck can change a game, but not the whole season, strength is the guarantee of victory, this is the difference between strength and luck.
But today, Atletico seemed to have had particular luck, as AC Milan were forced to make their first substitution of the game as soon as the second half began.
At half-time, neither side made any changes in personnel, but a minute into the game, AC Milan were about to make a substitution, Desiglio stepped in to use his speed to break through, but in the end he strained himself, and Seedorf was forced to replace Desiglio with Abate.
Kaka then hit the second crossbar of the game, which was also the third time that AC Milan hit the crossbar in the game, which was the same as the crossbar of AC Milan in the first half, and also blocked an attack from Atletico.
Balotelli provided a brilliant assist, a backheel pass, Kaka took the ball into the box and fired a shot that once again made close contact with the crossbar.
"Today, Lady Luck is on the side of Atletico Madrid," the AC Milan commentator looked helplessly at the ball that flew out of the goal.
In the 53rd minute, AC Milan almost scored an own goal again, this time it was substitute Abate, but in the end it was blocked by the goalkeeper, and AC Milan escaped again.
Even the referee was not on AC Milan's side, with Poli attacking with the ball and rushing into the box with the cooperation of his team-mates, only to be tackled by Suarez in the penalty area.
This tackle was actually very ambiguous, and the decision was made at the discretion of the referee, in fact, the referee finally did not make a handicap, thinking that Suarez touched the ball first.
In this regard, AC Milan fans were very dissatisfied and directly surrounded the referee, but the result of this did not make the referee change the decision, and even if it was not for the AC Milan players to calm down in time, the referee would have to take out the card again.
Although the referee was a little soft this time, the referee did not have any softness next, and took out two yellow cards to the AC Milan players, namely Abate and Bonella, two guys who almost put themselves on their own.
Abate paid the price for a yellow card to stop Turan's breakthrough, and then a free-kick from Costa was the first to be scored, and the Atletico striker's header failed to top the power and was confiscated by Abbiati.
In the 63rd minute, Bonella also paid a yellow card in order to stop Lin Dong, on the penalty area, Lin Dong received a direct pass from Gabi and wanted to force a turn and rush into the penalty area, but was directly put down by Bonella, and Atletico Madrid got a direct free kick opportunity at close range.
However, the free-kick from close range was not easy to kick, and Atletico did not have a free-kick master in the team, so the free-kick ended with Gabi shooting high.
Since AC Milan was given two yellow cards, Proenka could not favor one over the other, and in the following time, Proenka took out two more yellow cards to Atletico Madrid.
Suarez had escaped before and finally paid the price this time when the referee was booked for a foul on Balotelli in midfield.
Then came Costa, also against Balotelli, whose aggressive pullback ended in a foul and was followed by another yellow card from the referee.
It is precisely because of the relationship between the two sides that there are too many fouls, and the scene is quite ugly during this time, with few threatening shots on goal, not to mention wonderful cooperation.
However, the situation improved after four yellow cards, starting with a brilliant attack from AC Milan, where Emmanuelsen cut in wide and crossed past Koke and Juanfran before Balotelli leaped high into the box and headed home.
Balotelli is not only incredibly talented, almost the most talented player in Italy, but also very physical, well, what does a Westerner saying about it? God opened a door for Balotelli, but unfortunately, at the same time as the door was opened, God knocked on Balotelli's head with the door panel, which eventually created the current Balotelli.
The header was too wide for Courtois to block with a one-handed fist, and then Emmanulsson headed in a corner and Essien got a header in the tall crowd that went just wide.
Atletico then made their first substitution, with Raul Garcia coming on for Suarez, which ultimately led to Balotelli's departure.
In a scramble, Balotelli and Raul Garcia collided with everything, and as a result, Balotelli was tragic, AC Milan were forced to make substitutions again, and Raul Garcia was lucky to be fine.
Raul Garcia didn't just knock Balotelli off the pitch, but in the next two attacks, it was Raul Garcia who shot the last shot.
One was a header, Juan Fran cut in a 45-degree cross at high speed, and Raul Garcia headed home under the cover of Lin Dong and Costa, only to have the crossbar come out again, and it was also the fifth time in the game that Atletico Madrid and AC Milan three times.
Two minutes later, Atletico attacked AC Milan's heart again, it was Juanfran or Raul Garcia, but this time Raul Garcia did not use a header and was not in the box.
Near the top of the arc, he received a diagonal cross from Juanfran and hit the goal with a heavy shot, this time without the crossbar, but Raul Garcia's shot didn't hit the woodwork either.