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When the referee blew the whistle for the end of the first half, cheers erupted in the stands. www.biquge.info The fans from AC Milan were delighted that their team had finally equalised before half-time, and that the goal and the good momentum that preceded it had led them to think that they could have scored more goals in the second half, and that Hoffenheim's goal was just a small accident that was not enough to change the momentum of the game.

What's the general trend of the game?

The general trend is that AC Milan will win, and will win by a big score to qualify from the group.

Hoffenheim fans weren't worried about the result either. Even if AC Milan scored another goal in the second half and the score became 1:2, they could still beat AC Milan as the second in the group. Besides, they believe in their team's attacking prowess, and with 45 minutes in the second half, who's to say they can't score another goal?

Both teams were happy with the first half, but what about the players?

The AC Milan players are of course the most satisfied, and it is really good to be able to come back after conceding a goal and to see hope of continuing to score.

Hoffenheim's players weren't frustrated. Although they were equalised, the situation was still in their favor.

In the dressing room, the reaction of the managers of both sides was the same.

Both Allegri and Rangnick were satisfied with the team's performance in the first half and did not criticise it. Despite Seedorf's lack of performance, Allegri didn't say anything.

'In the second half we have to keep attacking and we have to pursue more goals.' Allegri gave his players an analysis of what they were up for in the second half. "Because they scored a goal, we had to win at least 3-1 in this game to qualify......

On Hoffenheim's side, Rangnick's demands on the team are also attacking: "Even if we lose the game in the end, as long as we can score enough goals away from home, we will still qualify. As long as we can score one more goal, they will have to score three more goals in this game. Three goals in forty-five minutes? They weren't the Liverpool of 2005. ”

Everyone laughed. Now that we have an away goal in our hands, we have a lot of confidence. This also helps them to face the game with a more normal mentality away from home, so as not to be forced into chaos by the opponent.

And when it comes to attacking, Hoffenheim's players have a very strong sense of self-confidence. They may not be good at anything else, but it's their job to score goals. The most attacking team on the continent this season, beating a group of big teams such as Barcelona and Real Madrid, this honor has brought all Hoffenheim players a confidence boost. In attack, Hoffenheim have the confidence not to lose to anyone. Even against Barcelona, they dare to fight them. Hoffenheim's football is not about who concedes the fewest goals in the end, but who scores the most goals in the end.

That's basically all there is to the halftime of the two sides.

Within fifteen minutes, both teams had come out of their respective lounges, and Milan was a little cold in early December, but both players were looking forward to the second half and didn't feel how cold it was.

Although the game was played early, the game still had to wait for the fifteen-minute halftime break to make up for it. News came from the other stadium that Real Madrid led Auxerre 1-0 in the first half, with Karim Benzema opening the scoring in the 12th minute. AJ Auxerre is largely a threat to Real Madrid, who have already topped the group. But at the San Siro, no one cares about them, and whatever the situation is over there, it doesn't affect the situation on both sides of the game - AC Milan just need to win, Hoffenheim can't lose.

In the last minute of stoppage time, the referee returned to the pitch with his referee team, and the spectators who had taken advantage of the break to go to the toilet and drink and eat to replenish their energy also returned to their respective positions, and the second half of the game was about to begin.

※※※ The second half fell into a frenzy of attack from the beginning. In the second half, Hoffenheim kicked off first, and after Chu Zhongtian got the ball, he did not choose to divide the side, but gave it directly to the middle, and Ibisevic dragged behind to receive the football, and he controlled it a little, giving the Hoffenheim players time to press up. Then he passed the football back to Chu Zhongtian, who ran up.

Chu Zhongtian received the ball, did not delay time, quickly transferred, the football flew to the feet of Salihovic, and when Salihovich received the ball, Kolarov had already plugged in at high speed.

That's Hoffenheim's attack, very sharp.

Salihovic had several options, and he ultimately chose to pass the football back to Chu Zhongtian.

Chu Zhongtian is the core of the team, he thinks that this attack has not yet reached the point of ending, anyway, AC Milan's defense has not been torn apart, so he will play with them, slowly fall to his feet, find a gap and then suddenly accelerate.

Don't think that Hoffenheim's football is all about quick passes. When they need to face positional battles, they will also be patient with their opponents. Hoffenheim is very strong this season, and many teams in the Bundesliga treat them as strong teams, shrinking their defense as soon as they come up, not giving Hoffenheim space to attack in the front, forcing Hoffenheim to play positional battles with their opponents. In order to prevent the frequent occurrence of being overwhelmed by the opponent's stubborn defense, Rangnick has long been focusing on Hoffenheim's method of breaking down dense defenses.

AC Milan's defense is not dense defensively, but it is also very tight. Italians seem to have been born with a knack for defending.

Facing the strictly defended AC Milan, Chu Zhongtian was not in a hurry to pass forward with the ball, he continued to cooperate with the people around him with short passes, and after passing, he ran to the next place to wait for the ball, and then passed and ran again to receive the ball, and so on and so on. From this cycle, he constantly observes the position of the opponent's defense, and finds possible holes in it.

Boateng also harassed him constantly. However, Chu Zhongtian's physical fitness is very good, and it is not a loss to fight against Chu Zhongtian physically with Boateng.

After pouring back and forth like this a few times, Chu Zhongtian finally found the loophole, his eyes looked to the left, but he suddenly turned around and passed the football to the right!

Quaresma stabbed diagonally, unloading the ball in the air with his right foot, and then shooting with his right foot!

The kick was saved by Abbiati.

There was no goal, but it was still a very good attack. The Hoffenheim fans in the stands expressed this with applause. AC Milan fans applauded Abbiati's brilliant performance.

Hoffenheim took advantage of the kick-off to instigate a dangerous attack, and AC Milan responded on the other side. Robinho dribbled the ball and used his skillful footwork to get past Salihovic, who came up to defend him, and this was a very clever pass, and in front of him, Salihovic was a qualified trick. The AC Milan fans in attendance applauded and whistled desperately to applaud Robinho's performance.

After passing Salihovic, in the face of Chu Zhongtian, who was in place, Robinho did not continue to dribble the ball, but passed the football to Pirlo, who did not stop the ball and then transferred it directly to the forward midfielder Boateng, who was at the edge of the penalty area. Boateng made a one-two with Pirlo, and he played the ball to the side, which Pirlo cut in to catch the ball.

However, their intention to cooperate was too obvious, and Sana saw through it in advance and stretched out his foot to tackle it.

Pirlo risked being tackled to the ankle to get the ball out of the way before being tackled to the ground by Sana.

The referee awarded AC Milan a free-kick and Sana was given a verbal warning.

Andrea Pirlo is a master of set-pieces, and the fallen ball he inherited from Albertini leaves the ball fluttering in the air and the goalkeeper elusive. So seeing AC Milan win a free-kick just 27 metres from goal, Hoffenheim's players were nervous as they fielded a wall of up to six men.

Pirlo was in front of the football.

His free-kick went around the wall and into the back corner, where Nyema struggled to save but was unable to reach it, but thankfully the crossbar helped him. Pirlo's free-kick hit the crossbar and popped off the line with a thud...... "Wow! What a pity! The goal didn't go in! Pirlo is a master of free kicks, and I believe that this kick must have made Hoffenheim's players and fans break out in a cold sweat, right? ”

"If this goal is scored, the situation will turn in favor of AC Milan at home! It's a pity...... Or should I say that Hoffenheim's luck was so good! ”

※※※ Boateng went to play in the midfield, which did cause Hoffenheim a little bit of a problem, although the technique was a little rougher, but the victory was that he was physically strong and could hold the ball in a very competitive area. In the past, AC Milan in the Ancelotti era pioneered the creation of the great "four tens" tactic, AC Milan's midfield is very delicate, and the attack is smooth and very beautiful. But that was seven years ago. AC Milan is a bad thing today, and there have been a lot of changes in world football today, and stacking up a bunch of number 10s doesn't give AC Milan more possession or make them more technical. AC Milan are too old these days, they don't need four tens, they need four sappers, they need a muscular midfield. Boateng is such a muscular midfielder, and with him, AC Milan's midfield is full of vitality.

In fact, the original AC Milan "four tens" tactics were successful, and there was one person who contributed to it, and that was Gattuso, and it was the butcher's tireless running, interceptions and tackles in the midfield that allowed those No.10s to show their offensive and technical talents. But now in AC Milan, Gattuso is old, Pirlo's range of movement is not as good as before, and Seedorf is even more old, and he is like walking on the field. The "Four Tens" tactic has passed its most glorious morale and has come to the end of its waning days.

Change has to be made.

Boateng was the first step in this change.

Chu Zhongtian also realized Boateng's troubles. He may not be able to pass the ball to his team-mates like Seedorf or Pirlo did, and he may not be able to pass the entire opposition defence on the edge of the box and then distribute the ball to a team-mate in a better position. But he can stand in the most contentious area. Nothing is more important than that. When attacking, the football should be delivered step by step, rather than directly from the center-back position and driving a big foot in front of the opponent's goal. Therefore, how important it is to have a fulcrum in the front court, only this fulcrum can hold the ball, and the large troops behind can dare to press it boldly without worrying about rushing up and quickly turning around and running back to defend.

At the same time, he instructed that if you can hold the ball, you should handle the ball cleanly, rather than once the ball is at your feet, others will not want to receive it again. Seedorf has this problem, and AC Milan didn't want to play fast, but as soon as the football reached Seedorf's feet, the tempo immediately slowed down. It's as if the football used to be played in the footsteps of Boateng, Abate and others, playing a high-tempo rock music, but as soon as the football reached Seedorf's feet, BGM immediately changed to a soothing lullaby...... Boateng is also very good at that, he knows how many pounds he has, he knows that there are a lot of players at AC Milan who have better footwork and better awareness, so he never sticks to the ball, the football is passed to him, and when he controls the ball, he will immediately pass it to team-mates who are better positioned, such as Andrea Pirlo, and they will organise the attack. You only need to make a support point.

Boateng's premise was that Allegri had a successful change, and the immediate consequence was to produce a goal from Zlatan Ibrahimovic.

So how do you solve this problem?

In Chu Zhongtian's view, the crux of the problem is not in Boateng, but in Seedorf.

Fools can see that Seedorf is not in good shape in this game, and in the face of such a crucial game, Seedorf still seems to be unable to lift his energy. For example, Ibrahimovic and Pirlo, Robinho, Thiago. Silva and the others were tired, but Seedorf had no such excuse at all, he didn't play at all in the last round of the league, and it wasn't a problem in terms of fitness.

Veteran players are experienced, but veteran players also face a lack of motivation. Especially a player like Seedorf, who has won four Champions League trophies, he is playing football more now not to pursue any honors, but just to work, just to make money.

Real Madrid gathered a group of superstars back then and also faced the problem of lack of motivation, the superstars have won all the honors, and it is inevitable that there will be some lack of interest in facing football matches. Therefore, the results of the Galaxy Battleship in the late stage are so miserable, and the superstars on the field show a disregard for the victory or defeat of the game, which is also chilling to watch. Defender Sergio Ramos, who had just moved to Real Madrid, once complained that after he scored, few teammates came up to hug him and celebrate. There are also media that captured that when the team was behind in the game, the Real Madrid players sitting on the bench were smiling, chatting and snorting melon seeds, and they were fundamentally indifferent to the game and the team.

Chu Zhongtian decided to open a gap in Seedorf, the experienced veteran was running out of momentum, and Allegri pulled him down from the midfield position in order to strengthen the attack. But at the same time, he also laid a hidden danger for AC Milan's defense behind the midfield.

Chu Zhongtian planned to take advantage of this hidden danger. As long as AC Milan's midfielders are frequently mobilized in attack, Seedorf will not be able to keep up sooner or later. At that time, there will be a gap that can be used.

※※※ Seedorf didn't know that he had been targeted by Chu Zhongtian. During this time, his offensive performance was still bright, and it was not without merit. First of all, it was a wonderful pass to Zambrotta to help the opponent to counter offside, but unfortunately Zambrotta's cross was not like a cross, the shot was not like a shot, or the cross was like a shot, and the shot was like a cross, in short, the football grazed the tips of Enyema's fingers and went out of the goal.

Seedorf then had a long-range shot from 35 yards out, which Nyema couldn't save, but the ball didn't go in, and flew off the bottom line against the post.

These two performances gave Allegri hope, and Seedorf's experience is working!

However, it soon turned out that Seedorf was only a flashback, because he immediately made a mistake in a pass and sent the football directly to the feet of Salihovic, who hurried straight to Ibisevic, and at the same time as Ibisevic stepped forward to receive the ball, the referee's whistle sounded - offside!

Ibisevic was unhappy with the decision, and he raised his arms and yelled at the linesman who was raising the flag at the far end: "You see clearly, am I offside?!" ”

The linesman ignored him, and the referee ran up and gave him a yellow card.

Television broadcasts can help us recreate the scene at that time. Judging from the TV broadcast, at the moment of Salihovic's pass, Ibisevic was actually not offside...... "It was a miscalculation!" He Ping said so directly. What a pity! Ibisevic has formed a one-man trend. And if Hoffenheim score another goal, it will be a difficult game for AC Milan. They only needed to score two more goals, but now they have to score three more...... It can be said that this misjudgment of the linesman saved AC Milan, but can AC Milan seize this life-saving straw and launch a Jedi counterattack? ”

The German commentator simply linked the misjudgment to Real Madrid's offside goal from Inza here, and slammed AC Milan and the referee of the match as too blatant. Of course, he is a German commentator, of course he speaks from the standpoint of the German team, and he does not have to pretend to be impartial to win the favor of those neutral fans - there are no neutral fans watching his game commentary, there must be German fans, of course, they are all interested in the German team.

The Italian commentator can only keep wiping the linesman's buttocks: "The more offside is only a millimeter, we have to borrow the camera to repeatedly replay the slow motion to see if it is offside, and the linesman can only rely on his own eyes to make judgments in less than a second, which is really difficult......"

Then he changed his words: "AC Milan escaped, but it's not about this, it's about scoring goals!" They will have to score more goals to qualify! ”

The offside decision didn't affect the mood of the Hoffenheim players, it was just an episode in the game, it was good to score, it was okay not to score, because they were drawn and they were still second in the group.

It's AC Milan, not them, who should be in a hurry.

(To be continued)