Chapter 272: A False Alarm
There are too many things to see between Juventus and AC Milan, and the collision of the two giants is enough to attract the attention of the media. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 But the biggest focus is still on Andrea Pirlo, who is rumored to have a conflict with Allegri and even the club as the game approaches, with both newspapers Torino Sport and Milan Sport publishing Pirlo's photo on the front page.
The former AC Milan midfielder said in an interview: "I have no problem with Allegri or with AC Milan, the past is gone and now I am a Juventus player. ”
Of course, this kind of official media will not believe it. Why did Andrea Pirlo leave AC Milan? Zhang Shujie learned from Wang Shihan's phone call that domestic AC Milan fans were saddened by Pirlo's departure, and many fans did not understand what happened, so they shifted all the blame to Pirlo, and some people secretly called him "skin".
Zhang Shujie is not easy to comment on this kind of thing, because he doesn't know why Pirlo left the Rossoneri. But in any case, AC Milan fans scolded him behind their backs, and also expressed how much they loved him from the side.
Because of love, there will be hate!
In addition to Pirlo, there is another person who is also in the spotlight, and that person is Swedish striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic. As AC Milan's current chief striker, he also played for Juventus and came to AC Milan after several rounds. The Rossoneri were able to regain the league title last season, and the biggest contributor was Ibrahimovic, or Ibrahimovic for short. However, because of his strong dominance in the front court, and his allegiance to many giants, the Chinese media and jerseys used to refer to him as "Fengxian" - "Yi Fengxian".
In the past there was Lu Bu, and now there is Ebu. Based on this sentence alone, we can see how strong the strength of the Swedish Shenta is! Whether or not Juventus' backline, led by Chiellini, can stop Ibrahimovic will be the key to whether Juventus can win or not.
In terms of lineup alone, AC Milan is slightly stronger than Juventus overall, all because of Ibrahimovic. In the front matchup, Juventus is at an absolute disadvantage, but in the midfield, AC Milan has no advantage.
The match will be played at 6pm local time in Italy and will be the highlight of the Serie A round. A win for AC Milan would replace Juventus as league leaders, while a draw would be all it takes to secure a stay at the top of the table. It's just that on his home turf, Conte is determined to go all out to win.
In the dressing room, Conte seized the last time to explain the tactical details to everyone, opposite is the AC Milan dressing room, coach Allegri is also analyzing the tactics, this game, both managers are bound to win!
The game is about to start, the main players of the two teams entered the player tunnel, Zhang Shujie was qualified to start, and Li Mu was still on the bench. In fact, Li Mu has been in good form recently, but unfortunately Conte can only put Li Mu on the bench in order to take care of Piero.
Zhang Shujie turned his head to look at the AC Milan players around him, and he was surprised to find that this didn't seem to be the AC Milan he remembered.
In the past, almost every member of the AC Milan team was a big-name star in world football. Far from it, let's just say that in the first decade of the 21st century, the team had Shevchenko, Inzaghi, Rui Costa, Nesta, Maldini, Gattuso, Seedorf, Pirlo, Dida, Kaka, Crespo, Ronaldo and Beckham, who joined for a short time, but now AC Milan ......
It's not that the current Rossoneri team is weak, but in Zhang Shujie's memory, it is still stuck in the era of Ancelotti, what a glorious period it was, the classic "Big Ten Tens" and the highly creative "front and back method" changed the pattern of world football. Also, what makes fans talk about it even more is that the AC Milan handsome team was the most representative rich and handsome team in football back then. Especially the arrival of Beckham later, it made AC Milan handsome to the top!
Except for the tall Ibrahimovic, the image of the rest of the team members does not quite match the public's aesthetics. AC Milan has also transitioned from "rich and handsome" to "black and hard" due to Allegri's coaching.
Of course, it's not like the handsome guy at AC Milan disappeared without a trace overnight. Although Shevchenko, Kaka, Beckham and others have been left successively, there are also handsome men such as Nesta and Inzaghi who remain in the team to support the last image of AC Milan. After retiring from football, Maldini has also entered the club's upper echelons, so there is still no shortage of female fans in this Milan team.
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Zhang Shujie was already standing in the center circle, waiting for kickoff. In the first half, Juventus chose the venue, and AC Milan got the right to serve. Juventus discharged a 433 formation in this campaign, the goalkeeper is still Buffon, the defenders and midfielders have not changed from the front, Chiellini, Bonucci, Barzagli and Lichtsteiner partner in the back, and the three midfielders are Pirlo, Vidal and Marchisio, these three people are basically the iron triangle of Juventus's midfield, as long as they are not injured or sick, they will start.
The forwards have changed a bit, with Vucinic as the center, Piero as the left striker, and Zhang Shujie as the right forward. Piero's position is further back than Zhang's, closer to midfield.
AC Milan are formed in 4312, with goalkeeper Abbiati, four defenders Amanulsen, Mex, Thiago Silva and Abate, three midfielders Seedorf, Nocerino and Aquilani, Boateng in midfield, and Ibrahimovic Robinho in striker.
There is no doubt that this AC Milan team lacks some star flavor, and apart from Ibrahimovic, Seedorf and Silva, the rest of the players can hardly be called superstars. And among the players in the Ancelotti era, only Seedorf and Abbiati were on the field.
The referee's whistle blows and the game begins. Ibrahimovic kicked the ball to Robinho, who in turn passed it back to Boateng. This is basically the law of all teams after kick-off, and the striker will give the ball to the midfielder or midfielder to stabilize the position before attacking. There was an occasional lightning goal in the opening period, but that was not the case very much, and it was rarely seen.
In the first six or seven minutes, neither side organized an attack, and as soon as the ball reached the backfield, it was destroyed by the defenders, and neither of them entered the opponent's penalty area. The forwards on both sides have not been photographed much, especially Vucinic, who has not even touched the ball. The remaining four strikers all have the ability to get the ball, with Piero and Zhang Shujie deep on either side of Vucinic and appropriately withdrawing some to get more time to get the ball and assist the midfielder.
Ibrahimovic and Robinho also withdrew frequently, Robinho was born in the front midfield, and his skills are also very good, and the title of "bicycle boy" is not blown out. Not to mention Ibrahimovic, whose skill at his feet has put many Brazilians to shame.
Compared with the midfield, AC Milan is a little worse, Boateng performed well last season, scoring ten goals, but in fact, the skills at his feet are very rough, Aquilani and Nocerino are not good at ball control, only Seedorf has delicate technical work. All three of Juventus have the ability to possess the ball, which AC Milan can't match.
In the thirteenth minute of the game, the first shot on goal was finally ushered in. Pirlo played a long pass in front of the backfield, Vucinic had the upper hand in the battle with Mex, but he was also interfered by Mex, he could not succeed, he could only turn the ball back to the spot, Zhang Shujie sprang out between Silva and Amanulsen, volleyed with his right foot, the ball hung an outside arc, and flew to the top right corner of the goal. Abbiati, who was fully prepared, jumped sideways and slapped the ball out of the bottom line with one palm with his left hand.
Juventus fans in the stands regretted that Zhang Shujie's shots were of high quality, and if Abbiati had been a little slower, AC Milan would have been beaten in the face.
Shen Hao sighed: "It's a pity, I almost celebrated for him." ”
Chen Hui smiled and said, "You are too anxious. I don't want to think about what team the other team is, and their goalkeeper, although not as good as Buffon, but also one of the best in Serie A. ”
Andrea Pirlo went to take the corner, AC Milan almost all returned to the box except for Ibrahimovic and Robinho, and Juventus except for two defenders also came to the box to fight for the ball. Pirlo drove the ball directly to the penalty area, Zhang Shujie saw the incoming ball, bent his knees, tightened his waist and abdomen, and his calves instantly exerted force and jumped up from the turf!
Silva next to him jumped with him, but he was nearly two heads lower than Zhang Shujie. Silva's height is 183cm, and Zhang Shujie's is 185cm, a difference of only two centimeters, and when competing for a header, there is so much difference.
Conte in the coach's seat saw Zhang Shujie jumping in the air, and instantly had a stagnation. He suddenly remembered that the young Chinese striker had such an amazing bounce against Siena in the third round.
The ball flew closer, Zhang Shujie shook his head, a header hit the goal, Abbiati flew to save, his arm stretched to the longest, but he still couldn't touch the ball.
Under everyone's gaze, the ball hit the post, there was a clear sound of "dang", and then jumped out of the bottom line.
Zhang Shujie covered his face, this is the second time he has hit the goal frame since joining Juventus. And both of them were headers, and they were both corners. He has only made four appearances for Juventus and hit the woodwork twice, an average of one every two games.
That's an embarrassing statistic.
Zhang Shujie slowly walked out of the penalty area, and Pirlo stepped forward and smiled: "Yes, very threatening." Also, you just jumped so high. ”
Zhang Shujie smiled bitterly, not knowing how to reply to him.
AC Milan was threatened twice in a row by Juventus, if they don't reciprocate, how can they be worthy of the title of their century-old giant?
Juventus' shot seemed to wake up AC Milan as the Rossoneri launched their first organised attack under Ibrahimovic. Seedorf, who was a little lazy and lazy at the beginning, also gradually entered the state. He received Abbiati's long pass, shook it off Marchisio and passed it to Robinho.
Boateng and Nocerino ran forward, Robinho was facing Vidal's defence, he bobbed twice, and Vidal was unmoved. Everyone knows that Robinho's "cycling" skills are perfect, and Vidal will definitely be deceived if he wants to make a casual move.
Ibrahimovic came to pick up, the Swede is extremely capable and although he plays as a central striker, his technical characteristics do not allow him to stand in the box like a traditional central striker, he likes to take the ball, organise his own attacks or break through to shoot.
Now that Ibrahimovic is asking for the ball, Robinho has no reason not to give it. AC Milan's attacking tactics all revolve around "Yi Bongxian", and if the team wants to score and win, they must give Ibrahimovic enough possession.
The ball was at the feet of Ibrahimovic, who was now in a midfield position. Pirlo wants to go back to defend him, but Pirlo's defense is terrible, he has never been a defensive midfielder, and he can still rely on fame to intimidate those rough brothers, and against the skilled Ibrahimovic, it is not enough to rely on fame.
Ibrahimovic shook off Andrea Pirlo and continued to dribble forward, with Vidal and Marchisio returning to the back to help defence. At this point, Ibrahimovic approached the penalty area, and Buffon in front of the goal shouted to the defenders: "Stop him!
Leonardo Bonucci went to intercept, while Boateng behind him was left in the care of Vidal, who had withdrawn into the box. Ibrahimovic flicked the ball to the right, his height of 1.93m did not hinder his flexibility and consistency, but gave him more physical advantage, and Bonucci could not stop the tall Swedish striker at all. After Bonucci, Ibrahimovic had moved into the box and Chiellini went up to fill Bonucci's place.
Ibrahimovic faked a shot, Chiellini turned sideways, Ibrahimovic flicked his ankle and broke through from the other side, and now he was alone against Buffon.
One is a top scorer, the other is a top goalkeeper, and the dialogue between the strong and the strong will be exciting and exciting.
Juventus didn't find it exciting at all, and let Ibrahimovic talk to the goalkeeper alone, isn't this looking for death? However, Ibrahimovic relied on his own personal skills to break through all the way to Juventus's penalty area, and no one failed on the way, which can only be blamed on the Swede's good skills.
Ibrahimovic glanced at Buffon's position and opted to push the far corner of the goal, which was extremely awkward. Juventus should have been lucky because their goalkeeper was Gianluigi Buffon, who made a sideways puff and flicked his fingers at the ball to slow it down, and Marchisio kicked it out before Boateng could make a stoppage.
A false alarm!