On the touchline, Allegri's face crumpled into a picture of bewildered misery once again, every bit the helpless bystander he had become.
He could not for the life of him work out how Tevez had failed to score that!
And how Juventus had gone and conceded from it!
It made no sense!
But that was the reality of it!
Up in the stands, the home supporters were wearing expressions of total bewilderment.
"We've actually just conceded?"
It all felt faintly absurd to them!
No matter how hard Juventus supporters found it to accept, the facts were what they were.
The match continued.
The AC Milan players on the pitch all instinctively glanced over to their manager Inzaghi on the touchline.
Should they keep pressing forward, or drop back and hold what they had!
Leon had just faced three Juventus players entirely on his own, and the rest of the AC Milan squad all felt a twinge of guilt about it!
"Keep attacking!"
Inzaghi swept his arm forward in a commanding gesture, making his intentions to press on absolutely clear!
'We're already playing five forwards, what's the point of sitting back!'
'If we pull a forward off now and bring on a defensive player, wouldn't that just be going backwards?'
'And if Juventus draw level, then what?'
'Better to go all out and keep attacking!'
The AC Milan players were mildly surprised for a moment, but then stopped overthinking it.
'If that's the manager's decision, then let's just go absolutely mental and attack!'
Though in their hearts, more than a few of them felt quietly sorry for Leon.
He had no idea how many more one-on-ones he was going to have to deal with!
What they did not know, however, was that this was exactly the situation Leon welcomed.
The match continued.
Having gone a goal down, Juventus had no choice but to push forward!
This was Juventus's home ground!
The atmosphere at home had always been a double-edged sword!
The roar of the home crowd could lift the home side to a higher level of performance!
But it could also pile enormous pressure on them at the same time!
Especially when they were behind on the scoreboard.
That was precisely the position Juventus now found themselves in.
Because AC Milan continued to attack relentlessly, their defensive approach remained the same as before, relying on the offside trap to disrupt Juventus!
And it worked!
With a goal behind them, the AC Milan players had relaxed mentally.
The four defenders' offside trap was working to a remarkably effective degree!
Tevez and Llorente kept finding themselves caught in the trap again and again!
The referee's whistle rang out repeatedly across the pitch.
The Juventus players were growing increasingly anxious and frantic in their play.
When Pogba sent a brilliant chipped through ball that cut clean through the AC Milan defensive line, only for Tevez to be flagged offside yet again as he went to collect it, the Juventus players could no longer contain their frustration.
"Referee! I was nowhere near offside!"
Tevez protested loudly to the referee.
The referee's expression said it plainly: 'Son, do not question my professional judgment!'
"What a pass that was from me, how can you call that offside? Do you even know what you're doing!"
Pogba had been having a rough match himself!
For once in this match he had resisted the urge to blast away from range and had tried to play a more creative, supporting role, but his teammates appeared to be letting him down!
This left Pogba deeply frustrated inside!
'Every other day you all say I shoot too much from distance!'
'This match I hold back from doing it, and can any of you actually score?'
'What an absolute waste of chances!'
The referee heard Pogba's words and shot him a sharp look!
This was a blatant challenge to his authority.
Had this not been Juventus's home ground, Pogba would already have been shown a yellow card right there and then!
"Stop directing that at the referee!"
Pirlo spotted that Pogba was in a bad place mentally and physically pulled him away from the official.
But the moment Pirlo turned away, Pogba and Tevez were at each other again!
"With movement like yours, what makes you think you deserve to play as a forward? Can't even time a run to beat the offside trap? I'd be better off doing it myself!"
Pogba rounded on Tevez.
Of all the nerve!
Was anyone going to let that slide?
"Listen here, son! Do your own job properly!"
"And stop moaning at me!"
Tevez squared up to Pogba and gave as good as he got.
Tweet! Tweet! Tweet!
The referee's whistle sounded urgently!
With teammates stepping in, Pogba and Tevez were separated.
The referee issued a formal warning to both men!
If it happened again, a yellow card would be coming for each of them!
"Why do I suddenly have a really bad feeling about this? This match feels like it's slipping away!"
"Same here! It shouldn't be! AC Milan are a weak side this season!"
The Juventus supporters in the stands were growing more and more unsettled with every passing minute.
As the match progressed, Juventus's performance showed no sign of improving!
Pogba, clearly rattled in his head, reverted to taking wild shots from distance!
Several came from just beyond the halfway line, leaving every supporter around the ground utterly speechless!
But the results!
Every single one sailed off towards the corner flag.
Pirlo watched the situation with a furrowed brow and exchanged a look with Vidal, his fellow midfield anchor.
The two of them decided to cut Pogba out of their play entirely.
The way things stood, the ball was going nowhere whenever it reached Pogba's feet!
In the 79th minute, Pirlo and Vidal ignored Pogba's call for the ball.
After a quick exchange of passes between the two of them, Pirlo suddenly struck a long ball forward!
It dropped perfectly behind the AC Milan defensive line, and if a forward could time his run right, it would be a clear one-on-one all over again!
Tevez had serious personality issues, but his ability was beyond question.
He burst forward ahead of everyone else and went chasing the ball.
The assistant referee's flag wavered in his hand, then stayed down!
Tevez had actually drifted into an offside position again, but the assistant referee chose to let it go!
Tevez had sensed himself that his timing on this run was slightly off, but with no whistle coming from the referee, he just kept going!
'There's no way I'm not scoring this time!'
Tevez drove forward at pace with the ball, his mind already working through exactly how he was going to finish to give himself the best chance!
In front of the AC Milan goal, Leon took one look at Tevez bearing down alone in front of everyone else and immediately came off his line!
Tevez saw Leon charging out and instinctively went for a chip!
The chip floated up in a very high arc!
Leon stopped sharply, spun round and sprinted back towards his goal!
The One-on-One Mastery ability ensured that every stride Leon took landed at precisely the right moment, without a single hundredth of a second going to waste!
The ball was still airborne, beginning to drop!
Every player on the pitch had their eyes fixed on where this was going to end!
The Juventus home supporters in the stands were watching!
Every supporter following the broadcast was watching!
'This feels like it's going in!'
'Nobody say a word!'
Leon reached the area around his goal and launched himself into the air once more!
Thud!
Clang!
In a diving motion, Leon pushed Tevez's seemingly certain chip up and over the crossbar for a corner!
"Oh my God!"
"I can't believe what I'm seeing!"
"Incredible!"
"That's not humanly possible!"
"It's not completely impossible, but every single step of it would have to be executed perfectly, and there is simply no ordinary goalkeeper who could do it!"
"So yes, it's still absolutely extraordinary!"
Leon scrambled quickly back to his feet, maintaining his full concentration at all times.
Seeing the ball go out for a corner, he allowed himself a quiet smile.
I, goalkeeper, stop every one-on-one.