The British media happily began to praise Tottenham.

On the Italian media's side, there is only hatred for Milan and doubts about Allegri's tactical arrangement.

It seems that overnight, the team that has won eight consecutive Serie A games is not AC Milan.

Obviously, Allegri used the same set of tactics, and the media only had endless sycophants for him.

But as soon as the defeat to Tottenham Hotspur was made, all those old touted voices turned into crusades.

Allegri gave some explanation for his line-up in his post-match press conference.

But in the eyes of Italian journalists who are unhappy with the results at the moment, everything he says is just an excuse for his own mistakes.

The Milan players who started the game were not treated much better.

Ibrahimovic and Robinho, who missed an absolute opportunity, were severely criticized by reporters in their articles.

And Flamini, who started in place of Andrea Pirlo, who had some discomfort in his calf muscles.

was directly labeled as a "failed performance" because he failed to prevent Van der Vaart, the key figure in Tottenham's two counterattacks.

Truth be told, that's a bit too harsh for Flamini.

He is not a pure defensive midfielder, and it is not suitable to put all the black pots on Milan's lack of midfield sweeping ability today.

But the media originally liked to pull a player out alone to make a fuss and smear and attract traffic.

It is not surprising that such a method is in the football public opinion circle.

And Leon, who did not play a minute in this game, became the most mentioned object of the media and fans after the game.

No way, in the league two and a half days ago, the contrast between Milan's almost impenetrable central midfield and today's midfield that has dropped a lot in defensive ability is too stark.

If Leon can play for Milan in the Champions League, will Milan win 100 per cent at home?

No one dares to make such a guarantee.

But if Leon really shows up in this game.

Then Milan fans have every reason to believe it.

At least they won't get such a tragic and failed result.

Unfortunately, such assumptions are only hypothetical and cannot really be realized.

In the second leg, Milan also need to fight Tottenham Hotspur without Leon in the central midfield.

And now, they need to put away their grievances and focus on Serie A again.

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On the morning of 17 February, after a day off, Milan's first-team players gathered again in Milanello.

Allegri gave a motivational speech before the training session officially began.

The veterans of the Milan squad also played their part at this time.

After winning all sorts of heavyweight accolades and tasting defeats in various tournaments, this little setback is nothing more than a normal thing in their careers.

People like Pato, Big Boateng, Flamini, Merkel and others may be in a slightly depressed mood.

However, more Milan players, including Andrea Pirlo, Gattuso, Seedorf, Nesta and Ibrahimovic, have regrouped and devoted themselves to a new round of league preparations.

Leon had been mentally prepared for a long time.

After all, when he arrived in Milan last month, he had already foreseen that Allegri's tactics might fail in the Champions League.

After all, the Champions League game is constantly speeding up as soon as it is confronted, and no one will accompany you to play this set of "turtle speed" offensive and defensive battles.

And the teams that have reached the knockout stage of the Champions League are all difficult characters who can fight hard to continue to advance.

If you dare to be reluctant, people will dare to press you to attack, and if you are not careful, the main defensive team is always easy to lose control of the pace of the game.

Without Leon, Milan's current midfield combination of veteran Gamanfu can't withstand the impact of the young and strong Tottenham midfield.

It can only be said that fate is like this.

After playing for Real Madrid in this season's Champions League, Leon will not be able to play for Milan again.

This is not only Milan's regret, but also Leon's regret?

After regrouping, on February 20, Milan returned to the city of Verona in the league for an away tour.

Facing another nerve-cutting team in Serie A that won against Napoli some time ago, and then drew with Lazio.

Milan is still fully respected and valued.

The main players all started and none of them fell, and the starting lineup announced by Milan before the game still made fans feel at ease.

If you have been hit in the Champions League, you can't easily drop the chain in the league.

After all, even if the Champions League is lucky to overturn Tottenham, whether it can go further depends on the signing, there is too much instability.

In contrast, Milan fans who have come out of the discomfort are still more focused on this season's league results.

The meat on the side of the mouth can't let it slip away like that.

Milan fans, eager to see the team continue to soar in the league, also made a big splash this time.

The total capacity of the Bentegorti Stadium, the home stadium of Chievo, is only a little over 40,000, and it is difficult to fill it in Serie A games in normal times.

But on February 20, there were 20,000 fans wearing Milan's red and black jerseys at the Bentagotti Stadium!

Not only did they sell out away tickets, but Milan fans also bought a lot of tickets from the home fans.

Okay.

Chievo's home stadium instantly became a neutral stadium, and judging by the momentum of the fans on both sides singing the team song before the game, Chievo may not be as big as Milan!

Under such circumstances, the morale of the Milan players naturally rose again.

The fans are so powerful, if they can't win, can that be justified?!

Ibu exploded first.

On the premise that Allegri once again decided to attack aggressively, Ibrahimovic opened the scoring for Milan in the 23rd minute of the first half!

After receiving Seedorf's spiritual pass, Ibrahimovic opened his bow and fired a direct volley to the side of the goalkeeper of Chievo Sorrentino.

Eight minutes later, Milan were back in action, this time with Leon's sudden dribbling forward that disrupted Chievo's midfield.

Seeing this, Seedorf decisively stepped forward to follow up.

As Milan's two midfielders pressed their backline, Chievo's midfielder Konstant stepped up and Leon took the opportunity to distribute the ball to Seedorf, who was close to the top of the box.

And Seedorf made a slight adjustment after stopping the ball, and once again knocked successfully with a shocking shot!

After taking a two-goal lead, the Milan players celebrated passionately at the Bentgoti Stadium, which was almost their home stadium!

The dark clouds that had hung over Milan over Milan five days earlier due to their defeat in the Champions League began to melt.

Allegri's feelings of holding back for five days were fully vented at this moment.

He tore off his tie on the sidelines with a little pomp and roared with the fans in celebration!

And the wounds brought to Milan by the Champions League seem to have begun to heal slowly in the melting pot of Serie A.