Andre Maldera is the nephew of Milan legend Aldo Maldera, who has been part of the coaching staff since Allegri took over.

Andre, as a technical coach, appeared at Old Trafford as a "spy" this time, apparently commissioned by AC Milan manager Allegri.

Since AC Milan drew Manchester City in the Champions League knockout draw, most of the Italian media are optimistic about Milan's signing, "Milan Sports Newspaper" previously "presumptuously" said that Milan drew Manchester City is just one of them, to which Lin Sen has already responded, what surprised Lin Sen was Milan's statement.

For Chinese, humility is a virtue, but humility is never innate.

Except for some official remarks made by Galliani on the day of the draw, the only time Milan expressed his opinion on the result of the draw was when Allegri gave an interview to "Milan Sport" two days ago, "Although Manchester City can play gorgeous football, and they won the Europa League last season, we are talking about the Champions League, they are not a first-class team in the Champions League, I think there is no reason why we should not win at home......"

If Allegri's words were all he said, then Lin Sen might not be surprised, because until here, Allegri's words were straightforward, but at least they were not arrogant. But there is still a second half of Mr. Allegri's words: "Our focus at this stage is still the league, whether it's Inter or Napoli are close to us, I hope we can solve the problem at home, although the team still has a lot of problems ......"

Lin Sen is not irritable, and his heart is not small enough to kill others as soon as he is despised by others, so he doesn't know if Allegri's words are misinterpreted by the media, or if Allegri intends to play some psychological warfare. It's just that in the two-legged knockout round, what kind of score should be played in the first leg to solve the problem? How can AC Milan, who claim to have a lot of problems, solve the problem?

Linsen, who led the team to Milan the day before the game. In the face of the encirclement of the Italian media, he did not choose to go toe-for-tat with Allegri, but chose to avoid it, and even simply adopted closed training, of course, in the eyes of the Italian media, it became a sign of weakness.

Weakness?

No one else knew, but when Andre saw the report of Milan Sport, he sneered.

There are many situations of showing weakness, one is that the strength is really inferior to the opponent. If you are afraid of losing and being embarrassed, leave yourself a way back as soon as possible. The other is stronger than the opponent, pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger, purely to tease others. The Italian media thinks it's the former, but is Manchester City really inferior to Milan? Whoever mentions this matchup will mention that Milan's wealth of experience could be the winning formula.

But the word "maybe" should also be added, because experience is part of strength. But it is not the same as a qiē. In this game alone, at least Andre doesn't think that AC Milan's experience can really dominate a game, and he doesn't think Manchester City has the need to show weakness, because both from the cards and in form. Manchester City are at least not losing to AC Milan.

André "warned" Allegri, so Allegri, who had sent him to England to watch the game, said something like that at a press conference, and André knew that it was Allegri's psychological warfare. But psychological warfare is also a double-edged sword, and if it is used well, it can of course become a sharp weapon, but it is not good to use it. It's about sharpening knives for your opponent.

16 February, Milan, Italy.

The last time I was here, it was the Meazza Stadium because they were against Inter Milan and Manchester City suffered a defeat. This time, it's the San Siro Stadium because the opponent is AC Milan.

Allegri's words are very "bold", but in this game, his lineup is unusually "conservative", of course, a large part of this is also due to the attrition of injuries. When commentator Andy Gray got the starting line-up for AC Milan, he even thought Allegri was playing a back five or three, but Martin Taylor, who was next to him, corrected that idea.

The reason for Andy Gray's "misunderstanding" is that Allegri has three central defenders in the starting line-up: Nesta, Yepes and Thiago Silva, if these three players are in their best positions, then there is no doubt that Milan want either a back five or a back three, but this obviously does not meet AC Milan's expectations for this game.

In the knockout round when it comes to away goals, everyone knows that the home team should try not to concede a goal, because once it is conceded, it is likely to become a fatal factor, but before that, the team playing at home also needs to try to score goals in order to have some advantage in away games. These two things seem to be a contradiction, but in fact there is a precedent relationship, and this precedence depends on the strength of the two sides.

AC Milan, obviously the latter should be greater than the former, because they certainly don't want to travel to England with a 0-0 game.

Martin Taylor believes that AC Milan's three central defenders cannot all be in the best position, because in the case of two regular strikers in the starter, then the midfield is too weak, you know, Manchester City is a five-midfield configuration, not to mention Flamini, Gattuso and Seedorf Although famous, after all, one is over thirty-three years old, and the other is nearly thirty-six.

As they say, AC Milan have a lot of experience, but they are just too old, especially against the young Manchester City side at the moment.

But speaking of which, Linson still has to be glad that he is not facing a complete AC Milan, at least, Pirlo's absence due to injury is a huge benefit, this player who almost created a genre is the most feared type of Manchester City, in addition, Ronaldinho, who transferred back to Brazil in the past winter transfer, if he is still in the team, Linson has to have a headache, because Ronaldinho is admittedly past his prime, but in the knockout round, which has a short cycle, He's still a game-deciding player.

Martin Taylor is right, AC Milan's formation in this game is not five-three-two or three-five-two, but four-three-one-two, Thiago Silva was pushed to the back of the midfield, and Gattuso and Flamini formed a back three, Seedorf single forward, and at the front are the two strikers who have just joined AC Milan this season: Ibrahimovic and Robinho.

For AC Milan's start, Lin Sen is actually in mixed feelings.

Thiago Silva was, and still is, his most salivaing central defender, but unfortunately when the future Brazilian captain transferred to Milan, he was still in the poor clanging Malaga, missing the best opportunity, and Ibrahimovic is one of the strikers he admires the most, and Linsen also has a chance to get him, but unfortunately Linsen still gave up, because he has too many strikers under him. And then there's Robinho, whose story with Manchester City, or Linson, doesn't need to be repeated.

There is no doubt that Robinho will treat this game as a revenge battle against his old club.

The game entered the fast-paced attack and defense from the beginning, for Manchester City, this is the rhythm they want, because as long as they can open the attack, they are not afraid to concede goals when playing away, and the Milan side Allegri's tactical thinking is also very clear, that is, the midfield is fortified, two fullbacks assist, and then the front relies on the player's super individual ability to create chances.

The first to get into trouble was Manchester City.

Whether it was crooked or premeditated, the change of Milan's "central defender forward" made Manchester City's playmaker David Silva suffer a huge limit, Thiago Silva and David Silva, the first four duels between the two Silvas, the former won completely, two of which even broke the ball directly from David Silva's feet, and then launched a counterattack.

The core is limited, the offensive effect can be imagined, but Milan's counterattack is impressive.

In the 31st minute, AC Milan took the lead in breaking the deadlock of the game, and the goal-scorer was the last person Manchester City fans wanted to see, Robinho.

After the goal, Robinho looked like crazy, and he even did not hesitate to pay the price of a yellow card, intentionally or unintentionally rushing past the Manchester City dugout, and then hugged his teammates on the bench to celebrate.

In this regard, Allegri could only be painful and happy, while Lin Sen only didn't see it.

Tiziano Crudelli, a die-hard AC Milan fan and the main anchor of 7Gold's DirettaStadio program, was even more excited than the Brazilian after Robinho's goal, but if Linson heard his chanting at this time, he would probably only laugh it off, and Crudaelli said that Robinho did it to make Manchester City and Linson regret it.

There is no regret medicine in the world, not to mention that Lin Sen has never regretted Robinho's departure, not because that person is Robinho, but because of what Robinho did. And, at the moment it's just a goal, a goal that makes sense for the time being, but hasn't decided yet.

It took only five minutes for Manchester City to respond to AC Milan's goal.

David Silva, who had failed to benefit from several hits to the wall, quickly reacted, and he began to pull in frequently to link up with the wide players, ostensibly looking to seek to open gaps on the wing, but in reality, a direct change in the move was to "move" Thiago Silva away from the middle, and then City's "hidden" core Yaya Toure took over the task of attacking organisation.

It was a small change that made AC Milan's central defensive system suddenly reveal a leak, and then, Yaya Toure's pass passed through the hole, and on the other side, Suarez seized the opportunity.

When Suarez smashed the ball into the far corner of the goal, Linson on the sidelines did not celebrate fiercely, just applauded.

Very simple applause.

It was a crucial goal for City as it prevented them from falling into a further disadvantage, and even helped them gain some advantage as it was an away goal. (To be continued......)