Chapter 715 We need Su Dong!
Bayern star Nesta scored a hat trick, and Su Dong topped the Champions League scorer list with eight goals!
The morning after the game, Milan Sports reported this focus battle with the front page headline, and Su Dong was on the cover.
In the report, the Milan media believed that Sudong was the key to Bayern's away reversal of AC Milan. His hat trick helped Bayern beat AC Milan 3-1 and almost secured a place in the quarterfinals in advance.
"In the game, we can clearly see that Leonardo did make a lot of defensive arrangements against Su Dong, but all of these were ineffective in front of Su Dong. Su Dong scored two goals in the first half and reversed the score for Bayern."
Gazzetta dello Sport believes that Sudong's two goals not only reflect the players' personal abilities, but also reflect the two teams' control over the game. Bayern's two goals were scored only eleven minutes apart.
"It's obvious that at the beginning of the game, the initiative seemed to be in AC Milan's hands, but in fact it was Bayern that was controlling it remotely. It can be said that Heynckes' biggest mistake in the whole game was Ronaldinho. The Brazilian genius's flash of inspiration was completely beyond everyone's expectations, including Leonardo."
According to analysis by Gazzetta dello Sport, Bayern played safe at the start but were caught off guard by AC Milan, especially Ronaldinho's goal, which completely disrupted Bayern's deployment. Afterwards, Ronaldinho frequently created threats.
"But AC Milan's excessive attacking was still a personal performance."
"Ronaldinho played at his best in the San Siro match. This may be the best game he has played since joining AC Milan, but he still has a very obvious problem, that is, too much individual performance and failure to integrate the team into a whole, which should have been the responsibility of the core players."
"On the contrary, Su Dong did a very good job in this regard. All three goals came from the team's coordinated offensive play. Especially the third goal that sealed the victory, which was initiated by Su Dong himself after he retreated very deep."
Gazzetta dello Sport believes that the difference in core players has led Bayern and AC Milan's offense to two completely different paths. Milan is overly obsessed with individual performances, as is the case with Ronaldinho and Pato, while Bayern is more engaged in team operations, launching attacks closely around Sudon.
Finally, Gazzetta dello Sport believes that the 1-3 score at home aptly reflects the strength gap between the two teams. AC Milan's players have individual abilities, but their overall combat capability is far inferior to Bayern, which made them suffer the bitter fruit of a home defeat.
"Judging from the result, the possibility of a reversal in the second round is slim."
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UEFA also interviewed the best player of the match, Su Dong, immediately after the game and published an exclusive interview on its official website with the title: Su Dong regained his best form and led Bayern to conquer San Siro! In the report, UEFA gave Su Dong a very high evaluation, saying that he used a hat trick in the key battle of San Siro to fight back all doubts, forcing everyone to admit that he is still the most terrible attacker on the planet.
Su Dong also revealed in the interview that he did not do very well, but his teammates around him performed too well.
"What makes me most happy is that after Inzaghi came on, we were in a passive situation for a while, but my teammates successfully defended the goal and did not let AC Milan score again. This is undoubtedly a very positive result."
If AC Milan did not score the second goal, it would mean that AC Milan had to score three goals at the Allianz Arena.
Everyone knows that Bayern is one of the strongest teams in the world football today, especially in terms of offensive firepower. If AC Milan wants to score three goals away from home, how can they ensure that their goal will not be broken by Bayern?
Su Dong's words in the interview actually indirectly revealed a message, that is, he is full of confidence in Bayern to maintain the results of the first round, and firmly believes that Bayern can beat AC Milan at the Allianz Arena and successfully advance to the quarterfinals.
The current head coach of the German national team and former AC Milan star, Bierhoff, said in an interview with UEFA that the main reason for Milan's defeat tonight was that Leonardo did not come up with a particularly effective tactic to defend Su Dong, which gave Su Dong more space to run.
"For players like Su Dong, there must be a set of targeted defense. This is already a consensus, because if you don't arrange targeted defense, just rely on the players' concentration, this is far from enough, because the players can't guarantee 100% of their attention is focused on Su Dong, Bayern also has other offensive players."
"That's the truth. When Ribery, Robben, Schweinsteiger, Thomas Muller and other Bayern players distracted the defenders, Su Dong began to pose a threat, which made Milan suffer."
Bierhoff was once a great center forward, so he knows better than anyone else the importance and uniqueness of Su Dong. He does not agree with what the outside world says that Su Dong and Ronaldinho are stars of the same level.
"This is unrealistic. Whether in terms of influence or performance on the field, Su Dong's achievements are higher than Ronaldinho's. The score of 3-1 is even the difference between the two."
Bierhoff believes that Su Dong's performance directly affects Bayern's results. He called on Bayern's top management to keep Su Dong as much as possible and renew his contract. This is not only a matter for Bayern, but also a major event for the Bundesliga and even the entire German football world.
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Germany's Kicker magazine also focused on analyzing this key match in its special issue on the Champions League the next day.
AC Milan head coach Leonardo said in the post-match press conference that the turning point of the game came from an accident.
That was Su Dong’s second goal.
"Before Su Dong scored the second goal, we actually played very well and even had consecutive chances, but unfortunately, luck was on Bayern's side. Su Dong's first goal hit our morale, and the second goal made us feel frustrated. We suspected that luck was also on Bayern's side."
But Kicker magazine refuted Leonardo's remarks, believing that it was not luck that defeated Milan.
"In fact, even if Milan entered the second half with a 1-1 draw, the Rossoneri would still lose."
Kicker magazine analyzed the technical statistics of the game and found that Bayern was clearly better than AC Milan in terms of pass success rate, ball possession rate, and various offensive data, especially in the defense of core players.
"While Leonardo was explaining to his team why they failed to defend against Su Dong, Bayern successfully silenced Pirlo throughout the game. The Italian midfielder played very badly in this game, creating a new low in the number of passes this season, with only 26 passes in the whole game, and not even a threatening pass."
Kicker magazine analyzed that Pirlo's slump was not due to his lack of strength or poor form. He had a direct free kick that was very threatening, but the reason why he failed to perform to his level was that Bayern specifically deployed two players, Schweinsteiger and Thomas Muller, against him.
"Heynckes perfectly froze Pirlo, making the Milan core unable to perform throughout the game. This was the key factor for Bayern to control the midfield, and it was also an important reason for Milan's defeat."
In addition, Kicker magazine also commented on Huntelaar, believing that the Dutch center forward did nothing throughout the game and almost disappeared, which was related to the fact that Ronaldinho and Pato fought separately and could not connect.
"Jan Huntelaar is the kind of striker who must rely on midfield and wing passes for support, but Bayern, through defense, cut Ronaldinho, Huntelaar and Pato into independent individuals, letting them fight on their own, and with Pirlo's loss of power in the midfield, it is difficult to deliver ammunition to Huntelaar in the frontcourt."
Kicker magazine concluded that the battle at San Siro showed Bayern's momentum and also showed how strong they are.
Especially Su Dong, he made the whole world fall in love with him with a hat trick.
"In the battle at San Siro, Bayern once again proved to the world that they are still the strongest contender for the Champions League title this season!"
"Su Dong wants to complete his dream of winning three consecutive Champions League titles, and it is not impossible for him to achieve it!"
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Another focus match taking place at the same time as the battle at San Siro was Real Madrid challenging Lyon away.
Real Madrid, which is full of superstars, is determined to get rid of the tragic fate of being the 16th rounder of the Champions League this season. Before the game, they threatened to beat Lyon away from home. Unexpectedly, in the away game against Lyon, Real Madrid frequently missed offensive opportunities.
Despite having 67 percent ball possession, they had fewer shots than Lyon.
Especially Lyon, almost every attack was a counterattack, which made Real Madrid's defense exhausted.
In the end, Real Madrid lost the ball shortly after the start of the second half, and the team returned home with a 0-1 defeat away from home.
If it weren't for the help of the goalpost, Real Madrid would have lost more goals.
The media's attitude towards this defeat was generally relatively tolerant, but Real Madrid's performance was truly unsatisfactory.
Even the mouthpiece AS believes that if Real Madrid fails to adjust its form after returning to the Bernabeu and play a better and sharper attack, it will be very difficult to defeat Lyon and advance.
Marca even pointed out that Lyon created more shots and most of them were threatening despite having only a little over 30% ball possession, which proved that the Ligue 1 team was very resolute and decisive in its counterattack.
Real Madrid's offense was relatively weak. Cristiano Ronaldo, Kaka and Higuain had only six shots combined and failed to score, which made Real Madrid's offense seriously lacking in threat.
"We can now understand why Valdano has repeatedly stressed that Real Madrid needs to introduce players like Sudon."
"Look at Su Dong's performance in Bayern's away game against AC Milan, and then look at the performance of Real Madrid's front attackers in the away game against Lyon. It is imperative to make every effort to attract Su Dong to join us!"
However, whether it is AS, Marca, or Real Madrid head coach Pellegrini, they are all still confident that the team will advance to the second round.
After all, the second leg is at the Bernabeu.
(End of this chapter)
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