A few days later, the fourth round of Serie A was back in action, with Milan hosting Atalanta. Before the start of this game www.biquge.info in the Milan team, there was a new term, that is, the frontcourt attack combination of Chen Long and Gross, which fans called the "CG combination".

For some time, many Milan fans have been looking forward to the formation of the terrorist attack combination of Chen Long and Gross in Milan frontfield. And head coach Jose Mourinho also vaguely revealed to the outside world that he also intends to create an attacking combination of Chen Long and Gross.

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The Milan fans walked into the stadium with a relaxed mood, and the reporters in the media gallery did not think there was any suspense in the game. They are already starting to speculate on what the Milan players will do in the game - it's much more interesting than guessing the winner.

But when the game actually started, everyone quickly realized that the situation was not quite what they had thought...

In this game, Atalanta also seemed to realize that Milan was very strong, so on the away side, they did not rush to attack, but put up an iron bucket formation, intending to defend to the death.

Generally speaking, the weak team plays the strong team, especially the home of the strong team, generally adopts conservative tactics, as long as the draw is played in regular time, this is enough for the weak team, and it is already a victory to get a point at the home of the strong team, not lose a point.

In this game, Atalanta clearly intended to do so.

Facing Atalanta's stubborn defense, Milan will certainly hope to break through the opponent's goal through their strong attack, especially the combination of Chen Long and Gross in the front.

Milan fans were particularly excited in the stands and they were constantly cheering on the team.

Let Atalanta taste the power of this Serie A winning attacking combination

Chen Long and Gross were also very active, constantly interspersing their runs in the game, looking for opportunities.

But......

Thirty minutes passed and Milan were unable to score.

Not only did they not score, but even the threat to the Atalanta backline was not as great as one might think.

In people's imagination, if the combination of Chen Long and Gross is powerful, it will definitely be devastating, and the opponent's backline will be exhausted and eventually collapse.

But in the actual game, what people saw was that the "Chen Long and Gross combination" was helpless in the face of Atalanta's stubborn defense.

The two were separated by Atalanta, and they did not form any effective connection at all, and naturally they could not threaten Atalanta's goal.

In the 31st minute, Chen Long forced a long-range shot in the bag of three people in Atlanta, and the football flew directly to the back stands.

Five minutes later, Gross picked up the ball on the edge of the box and he didn't even have a chance to shoot and was cut off by Atalanta's player......

“…… It can be seen that Chen Long and Gross are both very positive, very hard-working, and there is no problem with the attitude of the game, but why does it make people feel that something is wrong? Peta, the game's commentator, frowned and voiced the doubts of many TV viewers.

They also feel that there is always an indescribable awkwardness in Milan's performance in this game, but why this is so, they can't say.

It just doesn't feel right.

After another six minutes, it was again Gross who picked up the ball in front of him, intending to pass the ball to Sanchez in front of him after being forced into a dead end.

But this time, because the intention of the pass was too obvious, his pass was cut off by the Atalanta player in the middle of the game.

Atalanta then took advantage of the situation to launch a fast attack, and the Milan players were unprepared for conceding the ball here, and their return was half a beat slow.

Atalanta's fast break was so successful that it was Greek striker Anderson who sent the ball into the Stegen-net

'It's hard to believe that Atalanta are ahead of the curve, and Steggen was very angry after conceding the goal, he was very unhappy with the team's performance, and the conceded goal was a bit of a surprise...... Milan bombarded the Atalanta goal for so long without scoring, and Atalanta won it with a counterattack."

'Gross made a mistake in the front pass that led to the team conceding a goal, and Milan are now behind the score

As Stegan jumped up from the ground and roared at his team-mates with a fist, Mourinho stood on the sidelines, frowning.

Faria stood beside him, not speaking, but sighing inwardly—his fears seemed to be coming true. Before the start of this match, in fact, Faria had a bad premonition in his heart, even though it was supposed to be a match with a huge disparity in strength.

Now, as expected, in these 40 minutes of the game, Chen Long and Gross obviously did not form any effective cooperation.

It's not that the two of them don't pass the ball to each other. The pass still has to be passed, but if it's just passing the ball to each other, it's not called coordination.

When you need to move forward, when you need to accelerate, two people can't cooperate, which is the most deadly.

And there is a big question, in the offensive, who is the main one?

Is it Long Chen, or is it Gross?

The Milan players are not very clear, but I am afraid that the two of them do not know......

If they all want to focus on themselves, this attack will not be successful.

Mourinho's idea should be for Chen Long and Gross to link up at the edge of the opposition penalty area, with both men able to bring out their best potential.

But the actual effect is not good......

Both of them have to be the protagonists, so who will be the supporting roles?

Sometimes, someone always needs to be sacrificed, right?

Who sacrificed?

No one wants to sacrifice themselves, right?

They played like this, and the rest of their teammates were a little confused.

For example, the one just now, Gross passed the football to Sanchez, but Sanchez didn't want to cooperate with Gross at that time, and at the moment when Gross passed the ball to him, he stepped forward. His goal was to bring the Atalanta defenders back, distance them from Chen Long and Gross, and give them a chance to shoot.

But Gross chose this time to pass the ball over, and it stands to reason that this kind of pass, the player in front of him must retreat and pull out to catch the ball. Sanchez is going forward, so how can he catch the ball in this way?

The opposing defender stepped forward and Sanchez received the ball first.

Sanchez couldn't even adjust his center of gravity, and could only watch the opponent break the ball and then counterattack.

Gross looked at the Atlantans who were celebrating, his mouth slightly open and his gaze a little glazed.

Not far from him, Long Chen was gesturing to him and shouting, "Pass the ball to me just now."

That's right, Chen Long's position just now is indeed better than Sanchez, if Gross doesn't pass the ball to Sanchez and let Sanchez pull the opponent's back line back, there will be a gap in front of Chen Long. At this time, Gross will pass the football to Chen Long, which will completely disrupt Atalanta's defense.

Atalanta's defenders could go to defend Chen, leaving Sanchez unmarked. Chen Long can pass the football to Sanchez.

At the same time, Gross can also take the opportunity to run to the vacancy.

This attack can be regarded as a live.

But it's a pity that Gross didn't see Chen Long at all.

He passed the ball and ran forward - he wanted to play a one-two with Sanchez to get his back to the goal and pass the ball back, whether he could shoot or break through.

It's just that Sanchez didn't expect Gross to choose to pass the ball to him at all, so he didn't match him at all

Long Chen was yelling at Gross, but Gross didn't notice him at all.

His gaze was glazed for a moment, then he turned and walked away.

Long Chen rolled his eyes behind him.

In this way, the first half of the game ended, and Milan temporarily fell behind 0:1.

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After the break, Mourinho did not return to his seat after the start of the second half, standing on the sidelines, slightly anxiously staring at the pitch.

But even with the head coach on the sidelines, Milan's performance still did not improve.

However, he never replaced either Chen Long or Gross.

He thinks that the poor performance of the offensive combination has something to do with the fact that the two people are not very tacit together.

Since this is the case, let these two people cooperate more and be more familiar with each other in the game.

Play more games and the performance will come naturally.

But what if you lose the game because of it?

Mourinho has already made a decision in his mind - if it doesn't work, then lose.

Anyway, for Milan at the beginning of the season, one or two defeats are still acceptable, but if the team with one or two defeats is better tacit, it is a good deal.

After taking the lead, Atalanta were even more resolute in their stubborn tactics. And after they found out that the "Chen Long and Gross Combination", that is, the "CG Combination", which was blown up a lot before the game, was nothing more than that, they were also full of confidence in defense.

The benefit of this confidence is the improvement in form, and in defence, the Atalantes seem to be omnipresent, they can block Milan's shots with any leg they stretch, and the Milan players will easily see any feints when facing them......

That's how to fight, how to have.

Milan, on the other hand, are in a terrible situation of how to play and how not to play......

In the end, Milan lost 0l to Atalanta at their home stadium.

The "CG group", which had high hopes before the game, basically did not play well in this game

Chen Long had a total of four shots on goal during the game, and only one hit the woodwork.

Gross had two more shots than Chen, six of them, but only one was in the woodwork

Technical statistics such as the number of passes and pass success rate also indicate that the two of them are not in good shape.

As soon as the whistle blew at the end of the game, Chen Long quickly left the court with his head down.

Gross, like him, and all the Milan players hurried away from the San Siro turf, leaving Atalanta to celebrate the victory.

After the match, the reporters who were still touting the "CG combination" before the game turned their guns on Mourinho, asking him why the "CG combination" performed so badly in this match, and why Chen Long and Gross lacked effective cooperation.

In this regard, Mourinho adopted a unified answer: "After all, there is only one game between Chen Long and Gross in the real sense of the combination, whether it is last season or the first two rounds of the league this season, the two of them are not an absolute duo in the strict sense, and the lack of tacit understanding between them is because the cooperation time is too short." I'm sure this will be resolved as time goes on, as the number of times they play together increases. ”

A reporter stood up and asked: "Does this game mean the failure of CG combinations and tactics?" ”

Mourinho shook his head resolutely: "No one game doesn't mean anything. I think all they need is time, just time. ”

Journalists did not continue to question Mourinho.

Because they think the same thing as Jose Mourinho - this game really doesn't say much. The problems between Long Chen and Gross may really just be caused by the fact that they have been together for too short a time. Although the two often started together last season, more often than not, it was the cooperation between Chen Long and Lukaku or Gross and Lukaku, not the pure cooperation between Chen Long and Gross.

Therefore, Chen Long's poor form may also be understood because he did not fully participate in the first few rounds of the team's new season, so he has not fully integrated into the team.

Milan's home defeat in the fourth round of the league is not necessarily a bad thing for Jose Mourinho.

He can give Chen Long and Gross more time in training and let them work together a little better.

After all, cooperation can not only be accumulated in the game, but also in training.

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Not only Mourinho, but Chen Long also felt that he played awkwardly in this game.

But he didn't know why it was awkward.

There are times when he should be in this position, but there is a Gross not far away, and as a result, Atalanta's defenders are all gathered here, and they don't even think there is room for him.

Football says a thousand things and ten thousand, and to put it simply, it is just a game of time and space.

In football, all the actions done by both sides are to increase their own time and space, while compressing the opponent's time and space.

But in the game against Atalanta, Chen Long didn't feel the time and space.

He was always playing in an environment where time and space were compressed......

Naturally, it will be awkward.

But Chen Long still doesn't understand those deep things.

He simply felt that he was playing awkward in the front court, and he would always collide with Gross.

But if he is to avoid Margros then he has to go wide or play further back, so that he is much less of a threat to the goal and becomes as if he is acting as a foil for Gross......

Chen Long didn't have the idea of actively competing with Gross - he didn't think of Gross as his opponent at first. But subconsciously, he was not willing to sacrifice his position for Gross.

This is the instinct of Chen Long's character.

After the match, he heard in the media what he said about his performance in the match.

One of them said that he was impressed.

“…… Chen Long barely played any games in the new season, so he fell behind a lot of 'homework,' Not keeping up with the pace of the team from the start was also the main reason for his poor performance in this game......"

Is that really the case?

Is it really too much homework that has been missed?

In that case, let's continue training and make up for the lessons we missed

With this in mind, Chen Long started his own special training plan again

Every day I put all my energy into training.

He hopes to be able to catch up with the team's pace and keep up with the pace of the team before the next round of the league starts.