The first leg of the Champions League semi-finals is about to begin.
Manchester United fans looked at the bustling scene in the city with some sadness, but it had nothing to do with them.
Manchester United's Champions League trip this season, they didn't even qualify in the group!
With Mendes' constant recommendation, Manchester United has decided to bet on Mourinho!
Although Mourinho has not been officially announced by Manchester United, he has already appeared in Manchester.
Although this Champions League semi-final had nothing to do with Manchester United, Mourinho still sat in the stands at the Etihad Stadium.
Mourinho wanted to observe the goalkeeper Mendes mentioned to him, Lin Feng!
If Lin Feng fits his tactical system, Mourinho would not mind persuading Manchester United to bring Lin Feng to Old Trafford.
Based on Milan's current financial situation, the better AC Milan performs in the Champions League, the harder it will be to retain people next season!
To put it bluntly, AC Milan simply cannot afford the annual salaries of Messi and Ronaldo, but Real Madrid and Barcelona can.
So can Manchester United!
Raiola will not be satisfied with Lin Feng's annual salary of only 6 million euros!
After winning the Champions League, the price will naturally increase!
Another player Mourinho wants to observe is Ibrahimovic!
He wanted to see how much success Ibrahimovic had left.
If Ibrahimovic and Lin Feng can be brought to Manchester United in a package, Mourinho feels that the new season will be very exciting!
I will not repeat the same mistakes I made at Chelsea this season!
This season, Mourinho was fired by Chelsea just halfway through the season!
This is obviously a big blow to Mourinho's reputation!
The Etihad Stadium looks particularly lively!
This time Manchester City reached the semi-finals of the Champions League, directly creating team history!
In the past few seasons, Manchester City has finally become a giant in the Premier League thanks to the heavy investment of its rich boss!
Now that they have reached the semi-finals, Manchester City naturally wants to go further!
If Manchester City can win the Champions League, at least they won't be scolded as nouveau riche all the time!
After all, Arsenal, the recognized giant of the Premier League, has yet to win the Champions League!
Manchester City's head coach this season is Pellegrini!
Pellegrini has coached Manchester City for three seasons since taking office in the 13-14 season!
In his first season as coach, Pellegrini led Manchester City to the Premier League championship!
Manchester City has also officially announced that it has entered the ranks of the giants!
Pellegrini looked very emotional when shaking hands with Inzaghi before the game.
It feels like the wave behind pushes the wave ahead!
Before this game, Pellegrini carefully studied the AC Milan game video, but he didn't see what Inzaghi's tactical system was!
Or rather, not at all?
In Pellegrini's eyes, AC Milan's tactics depend entirely on the individual performance of the stars!
If you want to say that offense depends on stars, Pellegrini can understand that.
After all, Pellegrini also played like this when he was in Real Madrid!
With Ronaldo as the core, we rely on the abilities of the stars to solve problems.
But AC Milan even relies on the star's personal defense for defense. This is a bit much!
In particular, AC Milan’s only defensive star is still a goalkeeper, Lin Feng!
Whether a team concedes goals or not depends entirely on the performance of the goalkeeper, which makes Pellegrini feel somewhat ridiculous!
I guess in the top league, apart from AC Milan, there is no other team like this!
Pellegrini is also well-known and recognized as a famous coach!
But Inzaghi no longer has any fear in his heart at this time!
This season, Inzaghi will rely on his reckless energy to fight for the Champions League title!
Pellegrini deployed a 4-5-1 formation for this game.
4 defenders: Sagna, Kompany, Otamendi, Clichy!
5 midfielders: Fernando, Fernantinho, Navas, David Silva, De Bruyne!
1 striker: Aguero!
Goalkeeper: Joe Hart!
With the rich boss making big purchases every year, Manchester City's current lineup is also star-studded!
Compared to AC Milan, they obviously have more big names!
Except for Ibrahimovic, the popularity and reputation of the other players in AC Milan are really not that good!
Although Lin Feng is already a goalkeeper star in Serie A, his reputation in the five major leagues is still a bit lacking!
AC Milan starts.
4 defenders: De Sciglio, Mekses, Romagnoli, Abate!
3 midfielders: De Jong, Bertolacci, Hachim Mastour!
3 forwards: Balotelli, Ibrahimovic, Torres!
Goalkeeper: Lin Feng!
Torres has another chance to start in this game!
Continuous outstanding performances have obviously restored Torres' confidence a lot.
Now that he is playing against a Premier League team again, Torres's thoughts are wandering a little far.
Another one who is related to Manchester City is Balotelli!
He spent some time at Manchester City.
However, with Balotelli's naivety, he seemed to have forgotten that he had ever been in Manchester City.
"Coach Zhan, what do you think of this game?"
In the Longguo broadcast room, Huang Jianxiang's partner was replaced by Zhan Jun!
Because AC Milan's opponent in this game is Manchester City in the Premier League, it is most suitable for Zhan Jun to partner with him.
Just like Huang Jianxiang has been explaining Serie A, Zhan Jun has been explaining the Premier League.
"I think AC Milan may encounter some difficulties in this game!"
"We can see from the starting arrangement that Pellegrini is very careful in his formation!"
"Although it is home court, Pellegrini is obviously prepared to play it safe!"
"After all, AC Milan's style is that once it goes crazy, no one can hold it back!"
Zhan Jun said with a smile.
This is his first time commentating on AC Milan's game, and it's also Lin Feng's game.
"What Director Zhan said makes sense!"
"Let's watch the game start! Manchester City kicks off first!"
"Let's focus on the court!"
As the court went up, Manchester City was in no rush to attack after the kick-off, just as Zhan Jun said!
Instead, the main focus is on passing, receiving and controlling the ball in the midfield and backfield.
However, one characteristic of AC Milan's tactical style is that the overall formation is very high up!
Lin Feng is often the only one in the half!
In other words, this is to [tempt] the opponent to create a single-handed ball!
So far, Lin Feng has never missed a single save!
The entire AC Milan team is very aware of this!
And I firmly believe that Lin Feng will continue to attack alone!
However, the opponent may not know it.
Especially cross-league opponents like the Champions League!