host must win

Chapter 657 Fighting San Siro Again

Having laid the foundation for winning the league title, coupled with a 2-0 lead at home in the first round, the suspense of this round of the Champions League knockout round is actually not much, and Manchester United can fly to Italy with a more relaxed attitude.

For Manchester United's opponent AC Milan, the Champions League is their only pursuit this season.

在周末的意甲第32轮比赛里，红黑军团客场0:1爆冷负于保级队莱切，虽然他们还以2分的优势排名意甲积分榜次席, 但是他们落后榜首的尤文图斯已经高达9分。在只剩下6轮联赛的情况下，事实上已经退出了意甲冠军的争夺。

In the Coppa Italia, AC Milan lost to Palermo in the quarter-finals.

Therefore, once they lose to Manchester United in the Champions League, the Rossoneri will be doomed to fail this season.

In fact, the reason why AC Milan lost in the league last weekend was because Ancelotti had strategically given up the league.

This also allowed AC Milan's main players such as Shevchenko, Kaka, Seedorf, Gattuso to get a rest, and recharge their batteries to fight for Manchester United at home.

Although the lineup is still 4312, AC Milan's game strategy is to attack.

Six days ago, at Old Trafford, the team lost 0:2, which led to the team not only losing the initiative, but also losing away goals, so at the San Siro, AC Milan must attack Scoring three goals while denying Manchester United can knock them out.

This is also the reason why Ancelotti adopted a rushing strategy, the team has no way out!

According to the guess before the game, AC Milan should launch a fierce attack from the very beginning. The strategizing of Tusso, Pirlo and Seedorf swallowed Manchester United in one fell swoop.

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Before the game, the entire AC Milan team was full of confidence in this.Everyone felt that their team would successfully take the initiative at home.The real trouble is how to break through the iron wall of Manchester United and how to score goals.

But at the beginning of the game, everyone in AC Milan realized that something was wrong: Manchester United did not retreat as they imagined!
Even with a 2-0 lead, Manchester United's starting tactics at the San Siro are not conservative. It is still 6 at Old Trafford 4312 days ago, and Yin Jun's position did not lag behind, but from the very beginning. He stood in the front waist position.

At the beginning of the game, the trident composed of Yin Jun, Rooney and Ronaldo in the frontcourt of Manchester United pressed against AC Milan's defense, while midfielders Park Ji-sung, Fletcher and O'Shea launched against AC Milan's midfield. suppress.

The defense is still a combination of Evra, Ferdinand, Vidic and Gary Neville.

Manchester United's starting lineup has hardly changed from the first round. The only difference is that they played more aggressively than the first round, and the entire midfield and defense were pressed higher.

The trident headed by Yin Jun also penetrated deeper into the hinterland of AC Milan.

This was clearly beyond all expectations of AC Milan.

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The rhythm of the game was not right from the beginning.

AC Milan's defense was a little messed up, because they found that even if it was four against three, they were still a bit stretched.

Especially Yin Jun and Ronaldo.The Portuguese has a wide range of activities and runs very actively, especially against the Brazilian Serginho who likes to attack. He even launched an active press, while Yin Jun frequently used diagonal and vertical sprints.

Everyone knows that Yin Juncai is 21 years old, and his speed and dribbling are his forte, but Stam is already 34, and he can't stop him at all, especially when he is sprinting fast.

AC Milan's two old full-backs were tortured enough by Yin Jun and Ronaldo, which made their two central defenders have to frequently fill in for them.

But Manchester United has the impactful Rooney in the middle, and Yin Jun and Ronaldo also frequently hit the middle. AC Milan's defensive four-man team was stunned by the energetic Manchester United striker trident.

Known as the world's first line of defense, AC Milan's defensive four-man team faced the three super geniuses in the frontcourt of the Red Devils, and they were at a clear disadvantage for a while!
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Among Manchester United's frontcourt tridents, Yin Jun has the highest degree of tactical freedom. Ronaldo wants to grab Serginho's point, Rooney wants to suppress AC Milan's two central defenders, and Yin Jun's main task is to organize the offense and attack AC Milan's right.

Ancelotti's original idea was very simple, control the ball, control the rhythm, and use the experienced veteran Seedorf and Gattuso to strangle Yin Jun together, then other things will be much easier.

But the biggest difference between the cup and the league is that they win by surprise!
The reason why Ferguson has been able to stand in the world football for decades is his desire for change.For example, in this game, everyone concluded that Manchester United must continue to play defensive counterattacks.

Firstly, Manchester United leads 2:0, and secondly, defensive counterattack is Manchester United's forte. Thirdly, pressing out to play is the situation that AC Milan wants to see the most, because it means that Manchester United can no longer guard against death.

But Ferguson has this kind of courage, which caught everyone in AC Milan by surprise, and Ancelotti was obviously stunned.

Who would have thought that Ferguson had so many tricks to choose, but chose the most impossible option in everyone's consciousness?

But sometimes things are like this, the more unexpected the opponent is, the safer it is.

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Manchester United played very well at the beginning, starting from the trident, to the three midfielders, to the four backs, the team played very holistically, suppressed AC Milan across the board, and completely controlled the game.

At this time, Yin Jun knew very well that he didn't need to worry about defense or anything else. There was only one thing he needed to worry about, and that was how to break AC Milan's goal!
Stam is a player with very rich experience and excellent strength.Even though he is almost 34 years old, his condition is still quite good.If the two sides compete on the same level, it will be really difficult for Yin Jun to get benefits under his feet.

After Yin Jun tried twice, he took the initiative to change his strategy. He deliberately leaned back to the left and tried to pull Stam out.As long as Stam leaves his position, his oblique and vertical sprints can be a threat. The 34-year-old Dutch veteran couldn't keep up with his speed anyway.

But Stam can't do it if he doesn't come out, because Yin Jun used a long shot from 20 meters away and hit AC Milan's crossbar at the beginning of the game, which completely ignited the atmosphere of the audience and shocked AC Milan.

If there is no crossbar, Manchester United will score in 3 minutes!

As a result, Stam had to come out, and in the 9th minute, he got the first yellow card of the game.

(End of this chapter)