Robinho was younger and covered more ground, but most importantly, he was better at receiving the ball in the half-spaces and linking up with overlapping full-backs, or with Pato and Eevee when they drifted wide.
Allegri clearly wanted to exploit this.
After scanning the AC Milan players, Wang Shuo's gaze fell upon the Colombian center-back, Mario Yepes.
The most noticeable thing about Yepes was his number 76 jersey—a very high number.
In truth, he was old too, even two months older than Nesta. He was already thirty-five.
Nesta ultimately didn't make it back in time for the second-leg match, so Allegri had paired Yepes with Thiago Silva.
Wang Shuo knew not to underestimate Yepes; after all, he'd managed to join a giant club like AC Milan.
Dortmund's biggest advantage in this match was Wang Shuo's away goal.
The significance of that goal was that it forced AC Milan's hand—they could no longer afford to sit back and defend.
