When the referee blew the whistle to the end of the first half, a cheer broke out in the stands. Fans from AC Milan were happy that the team finally equalized the score before the first half. This goal and the series of good momentum before the goal made them think that the team would definitely score more goals in the second half. The goal from Hoffenheim was just a small accidental episode and was not enough to change the general trend of this game.

What is the general trend of this game?

The general trend is that AC Milan will definitely win, and will definitely win the big score and get the right to qualify in the group.

Hoffenheim fans are not worried about this result. Even if AC Milan scored another goal in the second half and the score became 1:2, they can still beat AC Milan as the second in the group. Besides, they believe in their team's offensive strength. There are 45 minutes in the second half. Who said they can't score another goal?

Fans of both teams were very satisfied with the result in the first half. What about the players?

The AC Milan players are of course the most satisfied. They can still win back if they concede one goal first, and they see hope of continuing to score. This is indeed worthy of happiness.

Hoffenheim players were not depressed. Although they were equalized, the situation was still beneficial to them.

In the locker room, the same was true of the head coaches on both sides.

Both Allegri and Rangnick were satisfied with the team's performance in the first half and did not criticize them. Although Seedorf's performance was not strong enough, Allegri said nothing.

"We have to continue to attack in the second half, and we have to pursue more goals." Allegri analyzed the situation they faced in the second half for the players. "Because they scored a goal, we must win at least 3:1 in this game before we can qualify..."

On Hoffenheim, Rangnick's requirement for the team is also an offensive: "Even if we lose the game in the end, as long as we can score enough goals away, we will still qualify. As long as we can score another goal, they will score three more goals in this game. Three goals in 45 minutes? They are not Liverpool in 2005."

Everyone laughed. Now that there is a away goal in their hands, everyone has a lot of confidence. This also helps them face the game with a relatively normal mentality away, so that they will not be forced into chaos by the opponent.

And when it comes to offense, Hoffenheim players have a very strong sense of self-confidence. They may not be good at other things, but offensive goals are their job. This season, the team with the highest attack power on the entire European continent is overwhelming a group of giant teams such as Barcelona and Real Madrid. What this honor brings to all Hoffenheim players is self-confidence improvement. In terms of offense, Hoffenheim is confident and not losing to anyone. Even when facing Barcelona, ​​they dare to attack them. Hoffenheim's football is not who conceded the least ball in the end, but who scored the most balls in the end.

These are basically the contents of the intermission between both sides.

In less than fifteen minutes, both teams walked out of their respective lounges. Milan was a little cold in early December, but the players on both sides were full of expectations for the second half and did not feel that it was too cold.

Although he played early, he still had to wait for fifteen minutes to make up for the halftime break. The news from another stadium was that Real Madrid led Aussel 1-0 in the first half, and Benzema scored the first record for the team in the twelfth minute. Ausser basically did not pose a threat to Real Madrid. If nothing unexpected happens, Real Madrid has already won the first place in this group. However, at San Siro Stadium, no one cares about them. No matter what the situation is there, it will not affect the situation of both sides in this game - AC Milan is the only way to win, Hoffenheim cannot lose.

In the last minute of injury time, the referee took his referee team back to the stadium. The audience who took advantage of the intermission to go to the bathroom and drink drinks and eat to replenish energy also returned to their respective positions. The second half of the game is about to begin.

※※※The second half was in a craze of attack from the beginning. In the second half, Hoffenheim kicked the ball first. After Chu Zhongtian got the ball, he did not choose to divide the ball, but directly went to the middle. Ibisek dragged it behind and received the football. He controlled it for a little while and gave the Hoffenheim players time to press it. Then he passed the football back to Chu Zhongtian who ran up.

Chu Zhongtian received the ball, and did not waste time, and quickly moved. The football flew to Salihovic's feet. When Salihovic received the ball, Kolarov had already inserted it at high speed.

This is Hoffenheim's attack, which is very sharp.

Salihovic had several choices, and he finally chose to pass the football back to Chu Zhongtian.

Chu Zhongtian is the core of the team. He believes that this attack has not reached the point of ending. Anyway, AC Milan's defense line has not been pulled open yet, so he plays with them, slowly falls back, finds the space and then suddenly accelerates.

Don't think that Hoffenheim's football can only pass and cut quickly. When they need to face positional battles, they will also patiently deal with their opponents. This season, Hoffenheim is very strong. In the Bundesliga, many teams treat them as strong teams. They shrink their defense as soon as they come up, and do not give Hoffenheim space to attack in the frontcourt. They have to fight Hoffenheim can only fight with their opponents. In order to prevent frequent situations of being at a loss when facing the opponent's desperate defense, Rangnick has long begun to focus on practicing Hoffenheim's method of breaking intensive defense.

AC Milan's defense is not as intensive defense, but it is also very strict. The Italian seems to be born with knowing how to defend.

Facing AC Milan, who was defending the game with the ball, Chu Zhongtian was not in a hurry to pass it forward. He kept cooperating with the people around him. After the pass, he ran to the next place to wait for the ball to be received, then passed, ran and received the ball, and then repeated the cycle. From this cycle, he kept observing the opponent's defense position and found possible loopholes.

Boateng has also harassed him continuously. However, Chu Zhongtian has excellent physical fitness, and it is not a disadvantage to fight Boateng with Chu Zhongtian.

After falling back and forth a few times, Chu Zhongtian finally found a loophole. He looked at the left, but suddenly turned around and passed the football to the right!

Quaresma attacked from the stalker, removed the football from the air with his right foot, and then shot with his right foot!

Abiati struggled to save this kick.

Although there was no goal, it was still a very exciting offense. The Hoffenheim fans in the stands expressed this with applause. The AC Milan fans were applauding Abiatti's outstanding performance.

※※※Hoffenheim took advantage of the opportunity to kick off and initiated a threatening attack, and followed AC Milan and responded. Robinho dribbled the ball and ran for a long distance, using his skillful footwork to pass Salihovic who came up to defend him. This extraordinary person was very clever. In front of him, Salihovic was a qualified supporting role. The AC Milan fans at the scene applauded and cheered and whistled, applauding Robinho's performance.

After passing Salihovic, facing Chu Zhongtian who was in defense, Robinho did not continue to dribble the ball, but passed the ball to Pirlo. Pirlo kept stopping the ball and then directly moved forward to the front midfielder Boateng, who was a fulcrum at the front of the penalty area. Boateng and Pirlo made a two-pass one pass, and he passed the ball to one side, and Pirlo happened to get the ball.

However, their intention to cooperate in this way was too obvious, and Sana discovered it in advance and stretched out her feet to break it.

Pirlo took the risk of being shoveled to his ankle and pushed the ball away first, and was shoveled to the ground by Sana.

The referee gave AC Milan a free kick, and Sana was verbally warned.

Pirlo is a master of set-pieces. The fallen leaf ball he inherited from Albertini made the football erratic in the air, and the goalkeeper was elusive. Therefore, seeing AC Milan get a free kick just twenty-seven meters away from the goal, Hoffenheim's players became nervous, and they lined up a wall of up to six people.

Pirlo indeed stood in front of football.

The free kick he took personally bypassed the wall and headed straight to the back corner. Enyema saved the game hard, but it was beyond the reach. Fortunately, the crossbar helped him. The free kick sent by Pirlo directly hit the crossbar, and then bounced out of the bottom line with a bang... "Wow! What a pity! This ball didn't score! Pirlo is worthy of being a free kick master. I believe this ball must have caused Hoffenheim players and fans to sweat in a cold sweat, right?"

"If this ball is scored, the situation will turn to AC Milan, who plays at home! It's a pity...or it should be said that Hoffenheim is really lucky!"

※※※Boateng's play against the front midfielder did cause some trouble for Hoffenheim. Although his skills were a little rough, he was able to win the ball in a strong and he could hold the ball in a very fierce battle area. AC Milan's pioneering creation of the great "four ten" tactics in the Ancelotti era. AC Milan's midfield is very delicate, and the offense is smooth and beautiful, but that was seven years ago. Today's AC Milan has changed things, and today's world football has also undergone great changes. Pileting up a bunch of No. 10 players will not allow AC Milan to get more possession rate, nor will they be more technical. AC Milan is too old today. What they need is not four No. 10, but four engineers, and they need muscle midfield. Boateng is such a muscle midfielder. With him, AC Milan's midfielder will be energetic.

In fact, the "Four Ten" tactics of AC Milan were successful, and there was one person who made great contributions, that is Gattuso. It was the butcher's tireless running and interception and stealing in the midfield that allowed the tens to fully demonstrate their offensive and skillful talents. But now in AC Milan, Gattuso is old, and Pirlo's running range is not as good as before. Sidorf is even more old, and it is like walking on the field. The "Four Tens" tactics have passed its most brilliant morale and have reached the end of the declining mountains.

Changes must be made.

Boateng is the first step in this change.

Chu Zhongtian also realized the troubles of Boateng. He might not be able to pass very exquisite passes to his teammates like Seidov or Pirlo, nor could he pass the opponent's entire defense line alone at the front of the penalty area and then divide the football into better-positioned teammates. But he can stand firm in this area where the most intense battles are. Nothing is more important than this. When attacking, the football needs to be forward step by step, rather than just driving with one big foot from the central defender to the opponent's goal. So how important it is to have a fulcrum in the frontcourt. Only this fulcrum can hold the ball, the large team behind dare to press forward with confidence and boldness, without worrying that he had just rushed up and ran back to defend.

At the same time, it is not enough to be able to hold the ball, and it also needs to handle the ball cleanly, instead of taking it at his feet, others will not be able to catch it again. Sidorf has this problem, and AC Milan has not thought of playing fast, but when the football reaches Sidorf's feet, the rhythm will immediately slow down. It's like when the football was passed by Boateng, Abate and others before, he played explosive fast-paced rock music, but when the football arrived at Sidorf's feet, BGM immediately changed to a soothing lullaby... Boateng is also very good. He knows how much he has. He knows how many players he has and knows that there are many players in AC Milan who are better in footwork and have outstanding consciousness, so he never sticks the ball. The football is passed to him. After controlling the ball, he will immediately pass it to his teammates with better position, such as Pirlo, and they organize the attack. He only needs to make a support point.

Boateng's premise is that Allegri's successful changes, and the direct consequence is that he gave birth to Ibrahimovic's goal.

So how to solve this problem?

In Chu Zhongtian's view, the key to the problem is not Boateng, but Seedorf.

All fools can see that Sidorf is not in good condition in this game. Facing such a critical game, Sidorf still seems to be unable to get excited. For example, Ibrahimovic, Pirlo, Robinho, Thiago Silva and others are all very tired, but Sidorf has no such excuse at all. He did not play in the last round of the league, which is not a problem in terms of physical fitness.

Although old players are experienced, they also face a problem of insufficient motivation. Especially for players like Seidov who have won four Champions League trophys. Now he plays football more than just for the sake of honor, but just for work, and to make money.

Real Madrid gathered a group of superstars and also faced the problem of insufficient motivation. The superstars won all their honors, and they would inevitably lack interest when facing football games. Therefore, the later results of the Galaxy Battleships were so terrible, and the superstars showed their indifference to the victory and loss of the game on the court, which made people feel heartbroken. Ramos, a defender who had just transferred to Real Madrid, complained that after scoring the goal, few teammates came up to hug and celebrate with him. The media also captured that when the team was behind in the game, the Real Madrid players sitting on the bench smiled and chatted while eating melon seeds, and were completely indifferent to the game and the team.

Chu Zhongtian decided to open a gap in Seedorf. This experienced veteran lacked motivation. Allegri pulled him from the front midfielder to strengthen the offense. But at the same time, he also laid hidden dangers for AC Milan's defense behind the midfield.

Chu Zhongtian planned to take advantage of this hidden danger. As long as the AC Milan midfielder is frequently mobilized during the offense, Seidorf will sooner or later not be able to keep up. At that time, there will be room for exploitation.

※※※Sidov didn't know that he had been targeted by Chu Zhongtian. His offensive performance during this period was still highlighted, and it was not useless. First, it was a wonderful pass to Zanbrota to help the opponent fight offside successfully. Unfortunately, Zanbrota's cross was not like a cross, the shot was not like a shot, or the cross was like a shot, and the shot was like a cross, in short, the football stroked the door with the tip of Enyema's fingers.

Then Seidov had a long shot and suddenly fired a cannon 35 meters away from the goal. Nyema couldn't save it, but the football didn't enter the goal, but flew out of the bottom line against the post.

His two performances gave Allegri hope, and Seedorf's experience is working!

However, it was soon proved that Seidov was just a comeback, because he immediately made a mistake in a pass and sent the football directly to Salihovic's feet. Salihovic quickly passed Ibisekic directly. While Ibisek was fucking the ball forward, the referee's whistle sounded - offside!

Ibisevic was very dissatisfied with the penalty. He raised his arms and shouted at the border lineman who raised the flag at the far end: "You see clearly, am I offside?!"

The lineman ignored him, and the referee ran up and gave him a yellow card.

Television broadcast can help us restore the scene at that time. Judging from the TV broadcast, at the moment when Salihovic passed the ball, Ibisekic actually did not have offside... "This is a misjudgment!" He Ping said this directly. "It's so regretful! Ibisekic has formed a one-on-one strike. If Hoffenheim scores another goal, this game will be difficult for AC Milan. Originally, they only needed to score two more goals, but now they have to score three more goals... It can be said that this misjudgment of the lineman saved AC Milan, but can AC Milan seize this life-saving straw and launch a Jedi counterattack?"

The German commentator simply linked this misjudgment with Real Madrid's offside ball, and beat and criticized AC Milan and the referee of this game, believing that this approach of favoring the home team was too blatant. Of course, he is a German commentator, and of course he speaks from the perspective of the German team. He does not have to pretend to be fair to win the favor of those neutral fans. The commentator of his game is not neutral, but most of them must be German fans. Of course, they all care about the German team.

The Italian commentator can only keep rinsing the butt of the lineman: "The less you are, it's only a tiny minus. We have to borrow the camera to replay the slow motion repeatedly to see if it's offside. The lineman can only make a judgment in less than a second with his eyes. This is indeed very difficult..."

Then he changed the subject: "Acc Milan escaped, but what's more important is not this, but a goal! They must score more goals to ensure qualifying!"

This offside penalty did not affect the mood of Hoffenheim players. It was just an episode in the game. It was good to enter, but it was nothing if they didn't, because they were tied now and they were still the second in the group.

It is AC Milan that should be anxious, not them.
Chapter completed!