After the second half began, everyone found that it was almost the same as the first half. AC Milan was still defending desperately, while Liverpool was besieging.

Liverpool's means of attack were the same as before, using forty-five-degree crosses from the back to send the ball directly to Chen Hero's head.

AC Milan didn't make any adjustments to Liverpool's tactics, still allowing Liverpool players to send crosses in with almost no defense.

In fact, Allegri originally planned to have Ibrahimović help with the defense.

But during the half-time break, he saw a lot of dissatisfaction on Ibrahimović's face, so he changed his mind—it was already difficult enough to suppress him and prevent him from thinking only about scoring goals. If he was allowed to run back to defend and consume his energy in defense, he would probably turn his face on the spot, wouldn't he?

Ibrahimović is now AC Milan's number one star and the core of their attack. It can be said that he is the only attacking player AC Milan can rely on.

Others like Robinho are not worth mentioning.

So Allegri still tried not to offend Ibrahimović.

If his relationship with him became too strained, it would be difficult to carry out future work, and the team's performance would be affected...

So even though he knew Ibrahimović was unhappy with him, Allegri had to swallow his anger.

This head coach of a wealthy club is really not something ordinary people can do...

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AC Milan didn't press forward, so Liverpool directly launched high balls from the back, looking for Chen Hero's head.

However, the bandage really affected Chen Hero's headers.

Some headers, even if he got to them, he couldn't apply force in time because of the several layers of thick bandage, and the feeling was not obvious, resulting in the ball floating out, allowing Amelia to easily collect it.

Either the presence of the bandage caused deviations in distance judgment, and the accuracy of the headers dropped sharply.

"It seems that the forehead injury has had a great impact on Chen Hero's headers..."

"It's probably not easy to head the ball with a bandage on..."

"The white bandage on Hero's head makes him stand out in AC Milan's penalty area like a lighthouse, and the ball flies towards him. But his header level is not as good as in the first half... I don't know if it's because of the bandage, or because the injury in the first half affected him, leaving some shadows..."

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Some commentators thought that the part of Chen Hero's injury was exactly where he headed the ball, and that pain or psychological obstacles made Chen Hero afraid to use his full strength when heading the ball.

But that's not the case. Another part of the commentators guessed the real reason.

It was indeed because it was difficult to head the ball with a bandage on.

Chen Hero felt that the bandage was really in the way. After wasting several opportunities, he simply tore off the bandage from his head in anger!

Then he trotted to the sidelines and threw the bandage he had crumpled into a ball.

Only the hemostatic tape remained on the wound, nothing else. But in this way, he felt much refreshed. Before, wearing a bandage made him feel like his head was much heavier.

Chen Hero, who had gotten rid of his burden, raised his arms high, signaling his teammates to continue passing the ball to him.

Did you think you could hold on by defending one goal? Naive!

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To be honest, the process of this game disappointed those fans and reporters who were watching the excitement. Because the duel between the legendary Ibrahimović and Chen Hero, two top strikers, was not seen.

In the entire first half, AC Milan only had three shots, two of which were taken by Ibrahimović, but none of them were on target.

Chen Hero had as many as eleven shots, most of which were headers, with five on target, including one goal.

If you look at this data, Chen Hero completely defeated Ibrahimović.

The duel between two masters turned out to be one-sided, which would make people feel disappointed.

Many neutral fans began to hope that Ibrahimović could score a goal, tie the score, and make the game more interesting—for these neutral fans, Liverpool's game against AC Milan was really not good-looking...

Unfortunately, due to tactical limitations, Ibrahimović's room to play was extremely limited.

Now, after getting the ball, he dribbles alone, rarely passing the ball out, because he is worried that after passing it out, until the ball is intercepted or shot out, it will never return to his feet.

Anyway, being quite confident in his ball control skills, Ibrahimović rushed forward with the ball.

He dribbled past one Liverpool player, then past two... But when he faced three or four Liverpool players, he was powerless. No matter how good his skills were, he was still afraid of a pack of wolves.

The one-on-five goal that made him famous in Ajax, where he singled out the entire defense and then put the ball in, had an element of luck and could not be replicated at any time.

Liverpool also saw that the Swede would not pass the ball, so they could confidently besiege him.

After intercepting the ball from his feet, they quickly passed it to the frontcourt for a quick counterattack.

Unfortunately, AC Milan's defensive formation was not disrupted by Ibrahimović's dribbling attack, so Liverpool had no loopholes to exploit.

But everyone could see that Ibrahimović didn't trust his teammates, he wanted to fight alone.

This was exactly what Liverpool wanted—we are never afraid of one-on-one fights. If you want to challenge us, then don't blame us for ganging up on you!

Allegri didn't expect Ibrahimović to be so stubborn, squandering all the hard-won counterattack opportunities. He kept waving his hands on the sidelines, shouting Ibrahimović's name.

The Swede seemed not to hear—he had every reason to do so, because the decibels at Anfield were very high, and his ears were full of the noise of Liverpool fans, which was very noisy. It would be normal for him to say that he didn't hear the coach's shouts...

But the fact that he didn't even look at the sidelines was a clear violation of the coach's intentions.

Yes, Ibrahimović didn't intend to abide by Allegri's desperate defense tactics. For him, this tactic was a pile of dog屎, worthless. As a center forward, what is the point of existing if you don't attack? Just standing in the midfield as a strategic deterrent? Is a weapon that cannot function still called a weapon?

Ibrahimović was full of confidence in his skills. He felt that even without the support of his teammates, he could score a goal and help the team tie the score on his own.

He wanted to let the whole world see whether his approach was correct, or Allegri's conservative tactics were correct!

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For AC Milan fans, this game was really desperate—in defense, AC Milan was pressed and beaten by Liverpool. Liverpool repeatedly hoisted the ball from the air to Chen Hero's head, and Chen Hero's header was able to form a certain threat every time, making their hearts always clenched tightly.

In terms of offense... Ibrahimović monopolized all the attacks. Once the ball reached his feet, no matter where he was, he almost never passed it out again. He always used his foot skills to take it forward. But he rarely managed to dribble directly to an effective shooting area. In the end, he was either intercepted, or he took a shot in a hurry, and only God knew if it would go in...

Such a game made AC Milan fans completely unable to see any hope of winning, and it was simply torment for them.

On the other hand, Liverpool's offensive became more and more fierce, and Chen Hero, who had removed the bandage, became more active in headers!

"Hero—!! That was close!"

"Hero's header flew past the post, and there was an exclamation from the scene, with both Liverpool fans full of regret and AC Milan fans taking a breath of relief..."

"Liverpool is coming again... This time it's Gareth Bale's cross! Hero, Hero!! Hero—! Amelia! Beautiful save! He pushed Hero's header out with one hand, and he saved the team again! Although Amelia's performance is very good, how can he alone resist Liverpool's offensive frenzy?"

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On the field, AC Milan's goal was like a small boat in a storm, which could be overturned by huge waves at any time. Allegri stood on the sidelines, his brows furrowed, watching the game nervously.

They couldn't lose another goal. If they lost a second goal, this game would be a complete failure.

But how to prevent losing goals, he had no better ideas, and could only hope that the team's defense could be a little more competitive.

At the same time, he was very upset when he thought of Ibrahimović squandering and wasting the team's hard-won offensive opportunities so irresponsibly.

He had already decided that no matter what the final result of this game was, after returning to Milan, he would have a good talk with Berlusconi or Galliani about this thorny Ibrahimović. The team was originally in talks with him to renew his contract, but he felt that he should slow down the pace of renewal.

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Liverpool's bombardment paid off again in the seventy-eighth minute.

Exactly the same as the first goal, a forty-five-degree cross directly from the back, but the landing point of the pass was different from the one in the middle of the first goal. Instead, it began to fall sharply at the near post.

Chen Hero went straight to the near post, which no one expected.

Therefore, Chen Hero headed the ball backwards with almost no marking!

The ball flew into the AC Milan goal from the near corner...

Amelia's arm was too short, and he could only watch the ball fly into his goal for the second time!

"Ah, Hero! Hero! Goal!"

"A beautiful flicked header at the near post! Hero's header was very difficult, but he successfully headed the ball in! It can be seen to what extent his header skills have reached!"

"2:0! Liverpool are two goals ahead of AC Milan at home! Allegri's desperate defense tactics are completely defeated by Liverpool's tidal offensive like a castle on the beach, and the originally impregnable defense collapses! Liverpool take the lead in the battle for the final ticket!"

"Haha! This time the damn bandage didn't interfere with him anymore! Because he has abandoned the bandage! Well done, Hero!"

The cheers at Anfield reached their peak!

If the game process only made AC Milan fans feel despair before, then now even the result of the game makes them despair...