(a)

'I understand how you want to play in the Champions League, Patton, but you have to be clear that our focus this year is to win the league title that we have lost for six years! In this year's Champions League, our grouping situation is not good, you can also see, according to the division, after we beat Tottenham Hotspur, the opponent in the quarter-finals may be Real Madrid, and the opponent in the semi-finals may be the winner of Barcelona, Arsenal and Real Madrid, against them, now Milan, frankly there is no strength to win, do you understand? Allegri crossed his hands on his chin and sat down in his chair and dangled.

In the middle of the two league games this week, on February 16, there will be a Champions League quarter-final, originally scheduled to let Chen Zhuo van Nistelrooy team play, but now that Ruud van Nistelrooy has not fully recovered from a serious cold, Allegri is ready to make adjustments in the Champions League starting line-up.

Chen Zhuo is a little depressed, this season, participating in the Champions League is his greatest wish, no matter how he says this year, he is already 30 years old, which is also the age to play one less game, maybe when he encounters an injury like Inzaghi, his career will be scrapped, so Chen Zhuo at least hopes that he can stand on the field of the Champions League.

As Allegri said, the opponent in the quarterfinals may be Real Madrid, and the opponents in the semifinals will be Barcelona, Arsenal, and Real Madrid, which has no must-win strength for Milan, but it is precisely because of this that Chen Zhuo is even more excited, unlike other Milan players, Chen Zhuo only has one year of experience in the European League, and he can't even think of playing against those top giants before. It's not out of reach to fight them and defeat them now!

"Prepare for the league seriously! I'll put you in the Champions League squad, but I'm not sure if you'll be able to play, you understand? Allegri hesitated, but still "showed mercy", originally asked Chen Zhuo to concentrate on preparing for Sunday's league, and did not give him the opportunity to be in the Champions League squad.

(b)

Before the knockout rounds of the Champions League, there are always all kinds of insider information and rumours flying all over the place, and this one is no exception.

This time the rumors. It was Mourinho himself. He faced the camera to wish Inzaghi a speedy recovery, and also said that when he and Inzaghi talked on the phone, Chen Zhuo was in the hospital to take care of Inzaghi several times, and praised Chen Zhuo as a good player with affection and righteousness, and then talked about Chen Zhuo's performance. Mourinho said. If Chen Zhuo is under his own hands. He was able to make Chen Zhuo exert more power.

Then the media launched a rich association, believing that Mourinho wanted to bring in Chen Zhuo and at the same time recall the veteran Ruud van Nistelrooy. Let these two old guys assist Ronaldo against Messi, and the media claim that according to reliable information, Chen Zhuo was punished by the club for talking to Mourinho on the phone, and Allegri suspended him from training and suspension.

It's not the time when Allegri can't control the situation at the beginning of the season, and these rumors will not have any impact on Milan, and even Allegri said to Chen Zhuo that he would convey his greetings when he spoke to Mourinho on the phone.

For the media, Mourinho has not been so likable, so some media speculated, saying that this is Mourinho's "discord plan", by talking to Chen Zhuo to create discord between the Milan team's generals, so that the Milan team may not be able to pass the quarterfinals, so it is always much better to deal with Tottenham Hotspur in the quarterfinals than to deal with AC Milan.

This kind of reporting is undoubtedly a stimulus for Tottenham Hotspur, who have eliminated Inter Milan and Hamburg in the group stage.

(c)

In the league that ended on Sunday, Milan beat Parma 4-0, but Inter Milan was beaten by Juventus away, but in the previous two rounds of the league, when AC Milan suffered two consecutive draws, Inter Milan still played a triumphant song, and Inter Milan recovered one point in three league games in February.

In preparation for the league to be defended, Allegri still played with a semi-substitute lineup in this game, hiding the four main forces such as Nesta, Abate, Seedorf, and Van Bommel, and Chen Zhuo was also placed in the stands.

Against Tottenham Hotspur at home, Allegri started with a back four of Antonini, Papa, Thiago Silva and Zambrotta, a back three of Ambrosini, Gattuso and Andrea Pirlo, a forward midfielder of Afield Boateng, and forwards Ibrahimovic and Robinho.

The same formation that changed between 4-3-1-2 and 4-1-3-2, as in the last big win over Parma, was the power of the formation and tactics, or the power of the people, Allegri also wanted to try.

In this game, Ibrahimovic's state is still not adjusted to the best, whether it is a long shot, a breakthrough or a point grab, it cannot break through Tottenham Hotspur's defensive system.

The teams in the Premier League have two characteristics in common, one is that they are tall and the other is that the team is made up of multinational teams, and Tottenham Hotspur is no exception.

Tottenham's goalkeeper Gomez is the fourth goalkeeper in Brazil, according to common sense, Chen Zhuo and Ibrahimovic take turns to shoot, Pato makes up shots, such a combination is not particularly complicated to open the situation, but because Pato and Ibrahimovic's rhythm has always been a little awkward, this training has not been able to screw together, Allegri also gave up using Pato, and instead used his Brazilian teammate Robinho, who is also a teammate of the Brazilian national team, Robinho should also be familiar with Gomez's weaknesses, Allegri thought.

But it backfired, and Gomez was exceptionally consistent in today's game, with three consecutive Ibrahimovic long-range shots firmly held in his arms, and Robinho and Boateng made a few empty runs.

Four players on the back line, except for captain Michael? In addition to Dawson's homegrown players in England, the other three are all foreign players, the 1.93m Giants full-back Kohluka is from Croatia, Eckert is from Cameroon, and Sebastian? Originally from France, he came from the prestigious Clyfontaine Academy in France, and followed in the footsteps of Thierry Henry, Anelka, Saha and Gala before coming to the Premier League at the age of 22.

The four midfielders, two full-backs Luka Modric and Alex Sandro from Croatia and Brazil respectively, and striker Van der Vaart is a famous Dutch star who has moved to Tottenham from Real Madrid this season, with only defender Jenas being an England international.

Two strikers, Pavlyuchenko is a Russian player and another striker, Jermaine Defoe, is an England international.

Eight of the eleven players are foreigners, and this "multinational force" is also a common phenomenon in the Premier League.

(iv)

Tottenham Hotspur were not afraid of the game, and they frequently used long balls to attack the Milan defence from the wings, especially against Zambrotta's wings, and it seemed that they were well prepared.

With a few "waves" from Ibrahimovic, Gattuso couldn't help but yell at the big Swedish man: "Hey! Big man, you're not Patton, don't do that! It's annoying to watch! You're wasting everyone's chance! ”

Ibu glared at Gattuso and ignored him, Gattuso tried to reason with him, but was persuaded by Ambrosini.

Milan did not work together very well throughout the first half, and at half-time Gattuso proposed to replace Ibrahimovic, and the two men almost started to fight each other in the dressing room, but Allegri reprimanded them harshly and threatened punishment, which only suppressed the anger of the two men.

Allegri also warned Ibrahimovic not to try to shoot more than 30 meters, completely ending the battle between Ibrahimovic and Chen Zhuo in the tactical system for the right to fire from a distance of 35 to 40 meters.

It may be that the excitement in the last game against Parma led to an exhaustion, and Pirlo was not excited enough in the first half, and Allegri also reminded Pirlo that he could be replaced in the second half.

There are also problems with Papa, Papa, who has lost the main position, wants to perform too much, and the range of assistance in this game is very large, which also led to the Tottenham team consciously attacking Antonini's side in the first half to transfer Papa, and several times Thiago Silva made up for it in time to make no big mistakes.

In general, Allegri did not really pay attention, the other players had different ideas, and Milan, who were playing at home in this game, did not have the determination to win and the unity of the group.

(5)

At the start of the second half, the Milan players, who had been beaten by Allegri in the dressing room, were a little refreshed, especially after Ibrahimovic stopped shooting and returned to his normal routine.

However, this momentum lasted less than 15 minutes, and an unexpected event led to a sudden change in the game!

For AC Milan's counterattack, Tottenham manager Redknapp did not mess up, he made changes through gestures and shouting on the sidelines, and made targeted adjustments.

Last season, in the 2009-10 season, Redknapp led Tottenham to beat Manchester City and Liverpool to win the fourth place in the Premier League, and also broke the monopoly of Manchester United, Chelsea, Arsenal and Liverpool in recent years.

Harry Redknapp, who led Tottenham to break the semi-final monopoly and run into the Champions League, beat Carlo Ancelotti, Alex Ferguson, Arsene Wenger and Roy Hodgson to win the Premier League Coach of the Year award.

Tottenham Hotspur is still strong this season, with the league ranking in the top four, the League Cup and FA Cup also reaching the quarterfinals, and now the Champions League is also in the quarter-finals.

The accident was due to a steal by Van der Vaart to Pirlo, Pirlo was knocked to the ground in pain, Gattuso rushed up angrily, and pushed Van der Vaart, who tried to support Pirlo, and players on both sides ran over, and the scene was chaotic!

As a result, Pirlo went off the field with an injury, and Van der Vaart received a yellow card, but Gattuso was directly shown a red card by the referee due to his irrational actions!

With the loss of two midfielders at once, and the fact that they could only send one player on the pitch, AC Milan instantly fell into passivity. (To be continued......)