355 The door god is born!
The AC Milan fans in the San Siro stands looked serious, and their unhappiness about the game was written on their faces.
From the perspective of qualifying factors, this game is not worth losing to AC Milan and Hamburg. It is reasonable for AC Milan to strive for 3 points because of its home advantage. Hamburg can be satisfied as long as it can get away with it.
But Situ Yunbing on the sidelines obviously had other ideas!
The football match is not RPG, and it is not the more difficult it goes on. It is obvious that the competition difficulty of this group is comparable to the key battle of the knockout round!
Defending champion Barcelona seems out of reach, but they are close to each other and inevitably meet!
Situ Yunbing wants to fight Guardiola!
Hamburg is also the best baptism to be able to fight Barcelona in the group stage!
But to ensure survival before that, it is to defeat AC Milan in San Siro!
After losing points, AC Milan was a little overreacting and forced to launch a fierce attack, but in the context of the midfield having no place to stand, the hidden dangers brought by forcibly starting the wing almost caused a disaster!
Abat cooperated with Casano in the frontcourt assist and was successfully intercepted by Kante from the back!
Kanter's performance today is really eye-catching, and he is very efficient while performing freely!
This little player who looks like a dull gourmet really makes people see the shadow of Marclayla in him!
Hamburg launched a fast attack in the backcourt, and Rakitic overtook the ball to the frontcourt. De Bruyne used the ball to change direction and then sent a straight pass like a scalpel!
When Griezmann had already made a single shot, he adjusted one more step in the penalty area, which gave Thiago Silva the opportunity to return to defense and release the shovel and block it. In the end, Griezmann's shot was blocked by Silva with his legs at the extreme!
Thiago Silva, who had climbed up from the ground, could not blame too much for the midfield teammates, but she still spread her hands to express her dissatisfaction.
Situ Yunbing gritted his teeth slightly. Even if he missed such an opportunity, he was a little difficult to let go even if he was extremely tolerant.
At the Champions League level, Hamburg is already a strong performance to be able to play an advantage away. If you hope to play a stronger performance, it is insatiable!
Ibrahimovic was very helpless in the frontcourt, and Casano's spirit was also exhausted.
If they didn’t encounter Hamburg, they wouldn’t be able to imagine that their midfield was so fragile and vulnerable!
Allegri was also very helpless. AC Milan's midfielder looked like the engine was rusted today. It was Sidorf who had to organize the offense, and neither Van Bomer nor Nocerino could do it, but Sidorf seemed to be unable to escape Demer's Five Finger Mountain, and his physical confrontation was not Demer's opponent at all.
The defense mainly relies on Van Bommel, but Van Bommel is hard to beat four hands with two fists. The combination of Rakitic and De Bruyne made him play around, sweating a lot, but he didn't touch the ball a few times.
As for Nocerino working hard on both ends of the offense and defense, but hard work alone is useless. As he kicks, he becomes like a four-way person. Maybe his teammates can't understand what he is doing.
Barcelona interprets this point, and Hamburg is now on a similar path.
In the 42nd minute of the game, Seidorf finally fulfilled his offensive organizer's obligation in the frontcourt, and he gave Emmanuelson a wonderful pass.
Hamburg's defense line is the most tightly guarded against Ibrahimovic, followed by Casano and Emmanuelson.
Seidorf's foot was a bit like a fairy ball when he pushed his feet against the ground. He seemed to be not sure who he passed to, but Emmanuelson's incision after bypassing Azpilicueta formed a single shot!
But just as Ibrahimovic followed up in the middle and waved to ask for the ball, Emmanuelson dribbled into the left rib of the penalty area and shot himself!
His shot was of good quality and flew to the far corner of the goal. Unfortunately, Navas predicted correctly and gave him an advance before saving. Under the gaze of attention, he jumped to block the ball beautifully out of the baseline!
Ibrahimovic was furious and roared at Emmanuelson with a somewhat crazy expression!
“Emanuelson wasted a single shot, and his shot was magically resolved by Navas!
Ibrahimovic was very angry about this. Assuming that Emmanuelson passed the ball to Ibrahimovic just now, I think the ball would probably be converted into a goal!
AC Milan missed an excellent opportunity, the best opportunity they have since the start of the game, and the opportunity to equalize the score!"
Allegri covered his face with his hands, and he looked even more disappointed than Emmanuelson.
Situ Yunbing pointed his fingers at Azpilicueta with a stern look, warning the other party to observe the situation seriously and not to relax his vigilance!
The first half ended soon, and De Bruyne's long shot at the last moment was thrillingly resolved by Abiati.
Hamburg walked into the locker room with a 1:0 lead.
Back in the locker room, Situ Yunbing re-emphasized the tactics of the second half.
One thing he was worried about was that in the first 30 minutes, after Hamburg made a long-range shot threat, AC Milan's defense actively strengthened the defense in the front area of the penalty area, which gave Hamburg a chance to have an offensive depth advantage. Although Hamburg's goal came from Van Dijk's header, it was an opportunity for a corner kick, but Matuidi first made an offensive depth advantage from the bottom of the wing, creating a dangerous situation.
But after conceding the ball, AC Milan's defense returned to its original state.
I would rather bear the threat brought by my opponent's long-range shot than take the risk of giving Hamburg space to use.
Perhaps when weighing the risks of both, Nesta's AC Milan defense line still believes that it is better to let the opponent shoot long-range shots than to let Hamburg make trouble in their penalty area!
The advantages brought by dominating the midfield are already very obvious, and it is a bit whimsical if you want to dismember your opponent's defense.
The central defender defense line composed of Thiago Silva and Nesta is definitely not so easy to ravage.
unless......
Situ Yunbing is willing to take defensive risks, remove a midfielder and backcourt player, and change his team to return to the three forwards!
Against the backdrop of one goal leading, Situ Yunbing thought there was no need to take risks!
The two sides changed sides and fought again in the second half. AC Milan launched a strong attack after the opening. Siddorf dragged the position. Since there was no performance in the frontcourt, then retreat. AC Milan played a three-middle formation, allowing Casano and Emmanuelson to retreat. The offensive advancement was either based on a long pass from Siddorf or two forwards to advance from the side.
If AC Milan plays like this in the first minute of the game, Hamburg will feel a little uncomfortable, but now because AC Milan is behind in the score, they are in such a posture. When they invest in the offense, they will keep increasing their support, and the backcourt defense cannot be solid.
When Casano tried to shoot from the right side of the penalty area and made Navas' save, Ibrahimovic's follow-up shot was blocked by Boateng in time.
Boateng turned around and clapped Navas who had stood up, and immediately directed his teammates to come back to defend!
AC Milan took advantage of this corner kick offensive opportunity to actually create continuous shooting opportunities!
First, Van Dijk headed the ball and volleyed directly outside the penalty area by Nocerino. After the football was half-turned and blocked from behind by Azpilicueta, Antonini made another half-high cross from the side. Ibrahimovic ran to the left rib of the penalty area to squeeze out Van Dijk stopped the ball and adjusted and then turned around and volleyed!
Navas saved keenly and blocked the ball out of the penalty area!
For a moment, Hamburg's restricted area was in panic!
Finally, he formed a quick attack opportunity. De Bruyne was interfered with by Nocerino's quick pursuit in the middle. At the last moment, he wanted to give Royce a straight pass but was cut off by Nesta!
Hamburg fans sighed, Situ Yunbing clapped and shouted on the sidelines to ask the players to retreat to defend!
Seeing that AC Milan's fast attack was about to pose a threat again, after the ball reached Emmanuelson's feet, his long shot outside the penalty area directly sent the ball to the stands.
The crazy attack in the first part of the second half will come to an end.
Given Emmanuelson's performance, Allegri had to choose to substitute because his teammates on the field had a lot of opinions about him.
Aquilani appeared and replaced him.
AC Milan changed to a 442 formation, leaving Ibrahimovic and Casano in charge of the tough attacks. Sedorf still retreated in the backcourt, and Aquilani played against the central defender.
Situ Yunbing wrapped his arms around his chest and turned his head slightly to observe the performance of AC Milan 5 minutes after the substitution. He obviously showed a thoughtful look, calm and focused.
Then after he put down his arms, he decisively gave the team an order, and the two full-backs released all the offensive energy!
AC Milan's formation change is to strengthen the resistance and control capabilities in the middle lane. If Hamburg continues to maintain its previous style of play, it will be difficult for the situation to continuously deliver shells to the two forwards as before.
So now strengthening the aggressiveness of the full-back offense is to make full use of the width of the field and continue to put pressure on the offense!
But the side effect is that the expansion of defensive space will increase the threat of AC Milan's fast attack.
In the 62nd minute of the game, Aquilani was destroyed by DeMel in the frontcourt.
After turning around, he found that Nocerino stepped forward and fought back against Rakitic, and then hit the ball across to Seedorf. The latter went forward and stopped the ball and sent a straight pass on the ground.
Casano ran to the left in front of the penalty area to control the ball. He seemed to have stopped the ball and was about to change direction, but he dribbled the ball in the sideways and then changed direction. This change of rhythm made him dodge Kante's steal!
While continuing to push forward, Casano observed Van Dijk running towards him, so he decisively passed the ball diagonally to the left side of the penalty area.
Ibrahimovic quickly stepped into the position and Boateng followed the defense. Ibrahimovic suddenly stopped and pulled the ball after taking the ball with one step. Boateng didn't expect that the tall Ibrahimovic would be so flexible. When he stopped suddenly and turned around to follow up, Ibrahimovic was about to take a kick!
Navas, who attacked at the critical moment, blocked most of the angle of Ibrahimovic's shot. The moment Ibrahimovic shot, Navas also made a save!
What made Ibrahimovic feel incredible was that Navas actually hugged the ball with both hands at close range!
Hold it!
If Hamburg's most outstanding player in defense was Kanter 60 minutes before the game, then at this moment when Navas stood up from the ground with his hands calmly on his face, everyone was surprised!
The average-looking Navas seemed to exude an invisible aura that made AC Milan's forward desperate!
The Hamburg Gate God was born!
Chapter completed!