Seeing that Li Mingyu did not participate in organizing the attack, but approached his own defense line, defender Romagnoli was a little nervous.
The last time he faced Li Mingyu, this young man made his defense lose face.
Romagnoli stepped forward, stuck closely to Li Mingyu's side, supported Li Mingyu's body with his hands, and tugged Li Mingyu's jersey from time to time, making it difficult for him to get away from him so easily.
After seeing Romagnoli come up, the red line representing the last defensive player did not move forward.
This means that Romagnoli is not the last defensive player.
After receiving the ball, Sterling on the other side has already started to go down or cut inside.
Li Mingyu suddenly pressed forward, overtaking Romagnoli.
At this time, Li Mingyu suddenly saw the red line pressing towards him crazily.
Create an offside tactic!
This is a very common defensive tactic in modern football.
That is, before the opponent passes the ball, the back line moves forward uniformly, exposing the opponent's offensive players behind them. In this way, as long as the ball is passed, the offensive players will be in an offside position.
However, the advantages and disadvantages of this tactic are obvious.
The disadvantage is that it requires too much tacit understanding from the defense.
If a defender fails to keep up with everyone's movements, then the anti-offside tactic will be considered a failure, and it will also put the opponent in an anti-offside position, giving the opponent a very good offensive opportunity.
Li Mingyu If he doesn't see this red line, he will fall into the offside trap.
However, what shocked AC Milan's defense line was that Li Mingyu suddenly stopped in his tracks like a prophet, and then took a small step back.
Are you serious about taking half a step back?
With just half a step, Li Mingyu escaped from the offside trap carefully planned by AC Milan.
Just when AC Milan's defense was a little flustered, Sterling cut inside and passed the ball through the ball from between the two defenders into the penalty area.
At the same time, Romagnoli, who was defending Li Mingyu, felt his fingers go numb, and his fingers that were grabbing Li Mingyu's jersey were pulled away by a huge force.
Li Mingyu rushed directly into the penalty area of AC Milan the moment Sterling took action.
When the person arrives, the ball arrives.
Facing the ball, Li Mingyu did not make any adjustments and directly volleyed the ball. Donnarumma could only watch the football go into the net.
AC Milan's players raised their arms one after another, signaling Li Mingyu that the ball was offside.
Although the referee was not far away, his position did not allow him to clearly see whether Li Mingyu was offside.
So, the referee asked the linesman.
The linesman was not sure, because at that moment, in a flash of lightning, Li Mingyu was indeed on the dividing line between offside and not offside.
The referee had no choice but to make a gesture to watch the VAR replay.
All the players on the court looked at the referee's back with mixed emotions.
Li Mingyu was the only one in the audience, and he knew that he was not offside just now.
Oh, no, there is another person.
Inzaghi in the stands looked excitedly at all the actions of Li Mingyu, and his whole body was trembling.
Others looked at Li Mingyu's action just now and thought it was nothing special.
Only Inzaghi could see the secret. After all, this talent originally belonged to Inzaghi.
Inzaghi Although he has no system and cannot see the red line, when he was a player, there was always an invisible red line in his heart.
It is because of this that he can dance on the tip of the knife and become the world's top "anti-offside master."
Li Mingyu The half-step back just now is actually what many top forwards would do.
In many games, everyone can see that the forward looks at the defender in front of him, adjusts his position, and always keeps himself a little behind the defender.
But the scary thing about Li Mingyu just now is that his back was turned to the defensive player.
He did not see the position of the defensive player with his eyes, but when the entire back line moved, Li Mingyu seemed to sense danger and quickly took half a step back.
Just half a step away, we are so close to the end of the world.
This half-step made AC Milan's offside tactics completely ineffective, and also directly exposed a huge gap in their defense.
Sterling cut inside and hit the ball directly, tearing through the entire defense line.
In the blink of an eye, Li Mingyu restarted, crossed the entire defense line, and easily scored the one-on-one goal.
The whole goal is pleasing to the eye, and Inzaghi can't help but be fascinated by it.
He tried to put himself into Li Mingyu. Faced with the opportunity just now, he might not be able to do better than Li Mingyu.
Innate sense of smell.
He should be a natural number 9.
Damn it, who put that No. 10 jersey on him?
He is a striker, not a midfielder!
Inzaghi felt that his three views had been insulted.
Because in his era, numbers basically represented a player's position and even status.
No. 9, this is a number that all forwards yearn for.
No. 9 of AC Milan once belonged to Van Basten and Weah, but since 2001, it belongs to Inzaghi.
However, since 2012, when Inzaghi, Nesta and Gattuso announced their farewells to the team at the same time, AC Milan's No. 9 has never had a real owner.
AC Milan's No. 9 curse. In the past 10 years, AC Milan's No. 9 has changed to 10 people.
Mandžukić, who only came to the team last season, put on the No. 9 jersey of AC Milan and performed very well, as if he wanted to break the curse of the No. 9 jersey.
But this season, Mandžukić has completely lost its way, scoring only one goal in twelve league rounds, and it was a penalty kick.
AC Milan's No. 9 curse continues.
This is also what makes Inzaghi angry.
Li Mingyu Goal-poaching Instinct just now, definitely has the sense of smell of a top striker.
How can such a player be placed in the midfield? Isn't this a waste?
If you are the head coach of Manchester City, you must put Li Mingyu at the center position.
Inzaghi looked at the handsome bald man standing by the court with some jealousy.
Damn, you don't know how to teach students in accordance with their aptitude. A good forward prospect was actually trained into a midfielder by your Barcelona system.
Striker, isn't he good?
But Guardiola, which is currently at its peak, cannot be shaken by Inzaghi.
Although Manchester City has not won a Champions League trophy until now, Guardiola, who brought Manchester City to the top of Premier League, has become the world's number one coach.
Among the current head coaches, Guardiola's achievements are unparalleled.
He has won countless championship titles and all domestic championships in the three major leagues.
If he can win the championship of Champions League in Manchester City, then his reputation will reach its peak.
This season, Manchester City, who has Li Mingyu, directly sets his goal to win the Champions League championship.
Li Mingyu's goal made the St. Ciro players strangely quiet.
Because Li Mingyu's movement just now made their hair stand on end, because in their memory, it seemed that someone had performed such a wonderful performance before.
The eternal red and black No. 9, Super Pippo, Inzaghi.
Back then, Inzaghi used such moves countless times to make the opponent's offside tactics fall short.
Today, the same performance actually caused their defense to suffer.
This is such a wonderful reincarnation!
The famous Premier League commentator of China, Huang Jianxiang is commentating this game as a guest at Tencent.
Huang Jianxiang admired loudly after seeing Li Mingyu's running position.
"It's so beautiful, Li Mingyu, moving, moving, beautiful, beautiful anti-offside, good ball!"
Huang Jianxiang's face showed a trace of flushing. The goal just now brought his memory back to his time at CCTV.
Although he is not a fan of AC Milan, as the commentator of the Serie A league, he is very familiar with AC Milan and Inzaghi.
Li Mingyu's series of actions just now, in Huang Jianxiang's eyes, the figures of Inzaghi and Li Mingyu overlapped perfectly.
Except for the numbers on their backs, everything else is so similar.
"It seems like Inzaghi!" Huang Jianxiang murmured.
Li Mingyu was also very excited after scoring the goal.
Although he was moved to the midfielder position by Koeman and played very happily, after all, he has always been a forward and center since he started playing football.
However, due to his talent, he has never performed well.
Barcelona has never really needed a center.
If Barcelona hadn't suffered too many injuries last season, Koeman wouldn't have transferred Li Mingyu from the youth team to the first team.
Time is also destiny and luck is also there.
The goal just made Li Mingyu feel that playing as a forward is still the most enjoyable.
However, now that the team needs to organize its own offense, he will still obey the head coach's arrangements.
However, it is also a good thing to go to the frontcourt to steal a chicken from time to time.
Guardiola on the sidelines couldn't help but nodded. Regarding Li Mingyu, Guardiola certainly knew that his offensive talent was higher than his organizational talent.
However, for the integrity and rationality of the team, Li Mingyu is in the attacking midfielder position, which is the most perfect for the team.
Moreover, Guardiola is not different. From the first day Li Mingyu came to Manchester City, Guardiola has clearly told all players that in Manchester City, Li Mingyu has unlimited firing rights.
If Li Mingyu is willing, he can play any position in the frontcourt, and he can shoot from any position without encountering resistance.
Although some Manchester City's old players are a little dissatisfied, Guardiola's current status and words cannot be doubted.
However, Li Mingyu knows how to distribute football appropriately.
Although he has unlimited fire rights, Li Mingyu has never really used it.
Every time he attacks, Li Mingyu is very careful and serious. As long as it is not a good opportunity, he would rather settle down and organize another attack than start rashly.
The goal just now did not have any impact on AC Milan's mentality.
The players on the defense thought that it was just Li Mingyu's good luck that happened to avoid the offside trap with his movement.
After the restart, AC Milan started his first attack.
Although Mandžukić is not as brave as last season this season, Champions League's performance on the field this time is pretty good.
In the first game against Barcelona, it was his goal that helped the team open the scoring.
But in the second half, Barcelona's Messi scored two goals in a row, taking the game away.
Helpless AC Milan could only swallow the bitter pill of failure.
In the second game, facing Bayer Leverkusen or Mandžukić, at the end of the game, a long shot helped the team kill the game and get the key three points.
In today's game, Mandžukić hopes that he can continue his form in the first two games and help the team defeat the powerful Manchester City.
Mandžukić acted as a pivot in the frontcourt and returned the passed ball to Çalhanoğlu.
Çalhanoğlu from Turkey is the No. 10 of team AC Milan.
This year is the sixth year that Çalhanoğlu has played for AC Milan. The 28-year-old Çalhanoğlu is already the well-deserved core midfielder of AC Milan.
After receiving the return pass from Mandžukić, Çalhanoğlu directly kicked the ball and passed the football over the head of Manchester City's defensive player.
Mandžukić made a very dexterous back turn after passing the ball back, pressing the player defending him directly behind him.
Mandžukić Although he is 36 years old, his turn is very sensitive and there is no slowness at all.
Mandžukić turned half sideways, facing the falling football, and made a powerful sideways volley, kicking the football hard towards Manchester City's goal.
Ederson's position was not very good, and his line of sight was blocked by the defender in front. By the time he saw the football flying from the defender's side, it was already too late.
Ederson could only try his best to save, but was unable to prevent the football from entering the net.
The whole San Siro Stadium was quickly ignited as if it was a Chinese New Year.
A sea of red and black, as if the entire St. Ciro sky had turned red and black.
After scoring the goal, Mandžukić looked ecstatic. He scored in three consecutive Champions League group matches. The 36-year-old Mandžukić has proven to everyone that he is not old.
AC Milan's toughness is admirable. After losing the ball, he quickly equalized the score in less than two minutes.
The two sides are back on the same starting line again.
Manchester City tees off again.
This time Li Mingyu did not come to the forward line, but honestly organized the attack in the midfield.
Manchester City's overall advantage was still stronger. With continuous passes, AC Milan's defensive players could only run exhausted. Slowly, the front line was pressed within the thirty-meter area in front of the penalty area.
After Gabriel Jesus received the pass from Li Mingyu, he used a fake move to shake off the defense behind him, turned half around, and volleyed, allowing Donnarumma to make the ultimate save.