Chapter 436: The Difference Between the Two
"Oh, this guy is too difficult!"
In the players' tunnel, Boban leaned over to Ou Chuliang and whispered.
"Yes, Ou, I can't even get down when I face him!" Ambrosini also looked helpless, "Can you tell me quietly, what ball is the most difficult for you to defend?" โ
Going into half-time with a 0-0 draw left Milan's strikers a little embarrassed.
There is not much difference in the strength of the two teams, but Milan has a home advantage and has occupied the position, and now Veron has occupied the field again, there is no reason not to beat the opponent at home!
However, the end result ended the first half with the cheers of the Parma fans.
"Kick the bouncing ball!" Ou Chuliang said casually.
"Bounce the ball? Didn't you see Oliver's bouncing ball? Shhhhhhhh โ
Bierhoff's header was supposed to add to the chances of scoring, but it made Buffon's save more difficult and Parma's save even more exciting.
So Bierhoff was very annoyed, in his opinion, it was better to push it hard and maybe score.
But now, his header has made Buffon a wedding dress.
"Then kick the corner!" Ou Chuliang gestured, "Top left, bottom left, top right, bottom right... Don't say that he is one meter nine, he can't hold two meters even if he dies! โ
"But I can't kick that accurate!" Ambrosini looked embarrassed again.
Dead corners are not something that ordinary people can kick, even Boban can't kick accurately.
"Then you'll have him over!" Ou Chuliang made a bicycle movement on the spot, "Pass the goalkeeper, kick the empty goal." โ
"Oh no, that's so hard!" Ambrosini shook his head again, "If I had that skill, I would have been a mainstay in the team!" โ
After complaining, he turned his head and looked at Ou Chuliang, who was blinking and silent, and Ambrosini stopped squeaking.
People have given you three ideas, who can blame you for not being able to do any of them?
At this moment, the discussion on the side came over, and said in Italian, which was not very proficient: "Massimo, I have another method that is simpler and more useful than what Brother Ou said, do you want to listen to it?" โ
"How?" Seeing the confidence on the face of the discussion, Ambrosini also became interested.
"Make some!" "You take the ball into their penalty area first, and then lie down when you find a suitable opportunity... Penalty, I don't believe that guy is as good as Ou Ge, and there is only one all-round goalkeeper like Ou Ge in Serie A! โ
"You mean," Ambrosini's eyes widened, and she gestured with two fingers for a dive, "... Fake falls? โ
"Nope! You're so low! Shi Shi shook his head, "We're going to really fall!" โ
"Have you ever watched the NBA? The attackers in there will deliberately make the defenders foul, so why don't you try it? โ
Hearing the end, Ambrosini fell into deep thought.
Looks like this is a solution!
What if it happens?
Aren't you a hero of Milan?
"Gigi's few saves are really no worse than Ou!"
"Yes, Jiji's height is 1.91 meters, which is much stronger than Ou in this regard! No matter how hard Ou tries, this is unattainable. โ
"If two people have the same talent and put in the same effort... Oh, I don't dare to think about it anymore, maybe Ou is really not as good as Gigi. โ
"It's better than it, don't forget that Gigi is Italian, Ou is just Chinese..."
As the discussion of Buffon grew louder, even Milan fans couldn't help but mutter.
Parma have been too strong this season and Eriksen is still aiming for a treble. To be paired with the goalkeeper of such a great team is of course great!
For a while, the whole San Siro, except for the Chinese fans, those Italians were discussing the difference between Auchulian and Buffon.
Age, length, bounce, condition, steady, flexible, reflexes, flexibility, whether there is a sense of counterattack, accuracy of long passes, etc...
When the respective characteristics of the two goalkeepers are listed, even Duan Circle has to admire Buffon.
This guy can be said to be Ou Chuliang's old enemy
Normally, it is not easy to produce a top star in every position in a league season, and if you can produce two, three, that is the top league. And even the four major European leagues such as Serie A are difficult to train two of the world's top goalkeepers in a short period of time.
But now, the two young people are standing on the same pitch, which makes people have to admire the strength of Serie A.
"I wonder if Ou Chuliang will have a feeling of both Shengyu and He Shengliang?" Duan Quan, biting the tip of his pen, fell into deep thought.
Ou Chuliang is more famous internationally, and Buffon is more experienced in Europe; Acchulian is a bit more accurate with his long passes and more capable of attacking, while Gianluigi Buffon has a wider range of defending, saves.
For a while, even if Huang Jianxiang, who has always favored his own players, to judge the two, he had to make a judgment under specific circumstances.
"Brother Ou, where do you think you are better than the goalkeeper opposite?" In the locker room, the counselor who had given Ambrosini a bad idea quietly sat next to Ou Chuliang and asked in Chinese.
"I'm not the same type of person as him." Ou Chuliang shook his head, "There is also a difference between a goalkeeper and a goalkeeper, but outsiders don't know it. Actually, Gigi and I both know that we are not the same kind of goalkeeper, so there is no way to compare. โ
"Why?" The counselor asked, "What is the difference between you?" Why can't I see it? Aren't they all goalkeepers? โ
"Wellโ" Ou Chuliang thought for a moment, considering what words and deliberations to use to explain this matter.
"Is it because of the different personalities?" Li Tie asked.
"Character is not the only key." Ou Chuliang shook his head, "When we were young, the coach trained a goalkeeper, and there were not many people who observed his character, and they would not evaluate whether he was qualified to be a goalkeeper because of his character. โ
"So it's more about talent." "Talent is reflexes, bouncing, and fear of pain, flexibility, etc., and then there's length. โ
"For example, when we were in Jianlibao, Li Jian and I were not long goalkeepers, so the training methods and skills could not be treated as long goalkeepers."
"And that's something we can tell when we're seventeen or eighteen years old."
"So the initial watershed for goalkeepers came from here, because this is a hard problem that can't be solved by hard work, so the classification of goalkeepers starts here."
"After that, it's time to look at the goalkeeper character."
"It's not that a sloppy, frizzy goalkeeper can't be a good goalkeeper. You see that the German goalkeepers are generally short-tempered, but they can also do the goalkeeping duties. If you look at the main goalkeeper in Germany now, he is a typical example. โ
"I don't like that kind of goalkeeper!" Deliberation shook his head into a rattle on the side, "He's so wild, he always looks like he's going to eat his teammates." I might even choke on him on the field! โ
"But when the team is behind, he tends to be the first to step up and motivate his teammates, doesn't he?" Ou Chuliang asked rhetorically.
Seeing that neither Discussion nor Li Tie spoke, Ou Chuliang continued, "Look, this is his role, and it is also brought about by his character. โ
"No one is perfect, and it's the same on the pitch."
"No matter how perfect a player is, he needs the help of his teammates, the key is whether you can fit into the team!"
"I've been playing in Milan for almost a season and this season the team has been regrouped, so it's a little bit less difficult for everyone to accept each other. Gigi comes through Parma's academy, so naturally he's better than me in that regard. โ
"But there are also differences between teams and teams, such as the tactics of the coach, the composition of the players, the formation of the players and so on."
"So just by looking at a few beautiful saves to decide who is better and who is inferior, then you might as well watch the madman Ikita's performance!"
"And most importantly..."
"The most important?" Li Tie asked with the discussion.
"The most important thing is that Gigi and I have had different experiences." Ou Chuliang said this, and slowly fell into deep thought.
Unlike Buffon's path to genius, Ou Chuliang can be described as a bumpy road.
There is no football soil in China, so Jianlibao came into being.
The conditions in Brazil for more than a year are not very good, and the training level of Jianlibao Phase I is basically the truest portrayal of the grassroots in Brazil.
Luckily for Ou Chuliang, he participated in many international competitions in advance and accumulated more experience than goalkeepers of the same age in this regard.
Especially in the '98 World Cup, those four games were definitely a sublimation for Ou Chuliang's career.
Since then, his skills, stability, vision, etc., have been world-class.
In other words, an ordinary goalkeeper will accumulate experience to that point, and the rest can be consolidated with what he has learned, and he will not have to worry about it again for the rest of his life.
So after returning from the World Cup, Ou Chuliang, who has fallen into a "bottleneck", is often thinking about how to break through and how to go further.
There is a limit to how people can react, and the same is true for bounce.
After experiencing the World Cup, Ou Chuliang can be regarded as seeing the most intense, grandiose and highest-profile cup competition on the planet. With the experience of the World Cup, even the three major European cups are not enough in the eyes of Ou Chuliang. Even if he is now in the Champions League final, he will not be nervous and cause his performance to be out of balance.
This is a matter of vision, and Ou Chuliang has also achieved the top in the world.
It often takes more than 10 or even 20 years for a goalkeeper to reach such heights.
This is also the fundamental reason why Ou Chuliang feels superior when facing goalkeepers such as Buffon and Casillas. Don't look at Buffon playing in Serie A for so many years and participating in many European competitions. The Italian national team has never started him, and he has never played a game for the Italian national team.
And Pagliuca, Peruzzi and others, although they are not worse than Ou Chuliang in experience and vision, they are too old. They don't think about how to innovate anymore, they only think about how to keep the late season, where to find a good team to retire and other trivial matters.
After having the vision of a veteran and the body of a young man, Ou Chuliang often thinks, in today's rapid development of football, will the goalkeeper also stand in the penalty area for the rest of his life?
Zaccheroni's tactical philosophy is more similar to that of the later Tikitaka, who advocated that the goalkeeper should stand further out and set this distance one step outside the line of the small penalty area.
This also triggered Ou Chuliang's thinking.
Will the goalkeeper of the future get out of the box?
The football field is so big, and the backfield is basically empty when the team attacks, is it reasonable for the goalkeeper to still stand in the penalty area at this time?
Just in time for Milan's "no generals" on the bench this season, Zaccheroni has more say, and under a series of coincidences, Ouchulian can run out of the penalty area in the market, participate in some less important long-distance free kicks in front and back, and have the right to hoist the ball directly into the penalty area.
This is an improvement in itself for the goalkeeper position.
Maybe at the moment, Acchulian, Zaccheroni, Milan players and fans didn't notice what it meant; But more than ten years later, when later generations summarize the development process of goalkeepers, they will regard today's Ou Chuliang taking the initiative to walk out of the forbidden area as a sign of the times.
"Brother Ou, Brother Ou, are you okay?" Seeing that Ou Chuliang was silent, and then looked at Zaccheroni who seemed to be about to arrange the second half of the tactics, he quietly pushed Ou Chuliang underneath.
Ou Chuliang shook and sobered up from his thoughts.
Just now, he kept recalling the video of the goals of Paraguayan goalkeeper Chilavert and Brazilian goalkeeper Saini.
Although all the free-kicks in the tape were scored, Ou Chuliang knew that they must have conceded a lot of goals before that to get the goal.
But even so, the duo are better at scoring from set-pieces than the others.
"The goalkeeper of the future, will he also have one more skill to attack the goal from a free kick?" Ou Chuliang laughed at himself.
Zaccheroni has already begun to lay out the tactics of the second half in front, Veron is off the field, playing at home, Milan is really sorry for the fans if they don't win again.
In terms of league points, neither Parma nor Milan will accept a draw.
A draw means that the two teams have basically said goodbye to the multi-title race in advance, so there will definitely be a fight for the second half.
How to defend the opponent's attack, and how to stand firm under the opponent's counterattack to find a simple, fast and effective counter-attack, Eriksen and Zaccheroni made full use of these 15 minutes to conduct a cramming teaching.
โ... Ou can be a little bit more forward, so we can create a situation where there are more people in the midfield than the opposition, and at the same time, we can free up more attacking ability and press high. โ
Speaking of this, Zaccheroni glanced at the players below, muttered for a moment and said, "Massimo, you take a break in the second half." business, you come off the bench. โ
"No problem!" The discussion was so excited that he suddenly got up from his stool and answered loudly.
Ambrosini, who had just figured out how to fake a fall, let out a long sigh, frustration written all over his face.
He didn't blame Zaccheroni for bringing him off too early, because he really couldn't have done it in the second half.
โ... We play 3322, just to attack boldly! Zaccheroni snapped his fingers vigorously at the end, "Score!" In the second half we were aiming for goals! โ
"It doesn't matter if we are scored by the opponent, as long as we score more goals than them!"
"Got it?"
"Got it!" The Milan players chanted in unison.
Everyone knows that there is no way to win a game without a goal.
The 15-minute break quickly passed, and when the athletes from both sides reappeared on the pitch at the San Siro, the fans who had just been whispering were silenced.
They were desperate to know what the managers had instilled in their players over the course of 15 minutes. The two teams ranked second and third, what kind of wonderful struggle will they have for everyone.
With the referee's whistle, the second half of the battle of the list appeared as scheduled.
As soon as the game began, the home team pressed forward as hard as they could, trying to control the tempo of the game.
In the 46th minute, Boban brought the ball to midfield and keenly observed that the deliberations on the right flank had begun to pick up.
Boban didn't hesitate and passed the ball straight over.
Seeing the discussion of catching the ball, Huang Jianxiang couldn't help but grin at the corner of his mouth.
"It's a good discussion, this ball is beautiful!"
It's just a normal through ball, just adjust the ball to your own running route. At this moment, the discussion was forced to cut inward with his abundant physical strength and speed. When he was about to go out of the line, he pushed the ball inward with his right foot, and with both hands he got rid of Cannavaro's pull, and rushed inward with all his might.
Cannavaro didn't get used to the pace of negotiation for a while, and he was squeezed out of position by this small Chinese striker. Seeing that the discussion was about bringing the ball into the penalty area, he could only stop helplessly.
"Right..."
At this time, he moved forward parallel to the bottom line, and was in shape when Sancini made up for it. With a shake of his shoulder to the right, he walked towards the bottom line again.
Saint Sini was also stunned, he didn't expect to continue to force a breakthrough when he came here to discuss it. You know, behind him is Buffon guarding the near post!
The Parma defenders were quick to move their defensive focus to the side of the baseline.
But at this moment, he stepped on his toes, stopped the ball and picked it up instantly.
Two movements were made in less than half a beat, and the change in tempo once again made the Parma players unable to react.
"He's thought of it a long time ago!"
Looking at the ball flying in the air, Buffon reacted immediately.
This was not a deliberate idea, but a deliberate act.
The purpose is...
Before he could react, Buffon's body suddenly lunged to the right. As far as the palm of his hand can reach, he blocked the ball off the post.
"Gigi?"
"It's Gigi T again!"
The San Siro narrator yelled.
It was more wonderful than Erhoff's top, and Buffon's pounce was even more exciting.
In the next second, Benarivo appeared in front of the ball, flew up and kicked the ball directly into the field.
Don't give Milan time to react at all!
The switch between offense and defense is just a second.
"Defend, defend, defend!"
Zaccheroni shouted anxiously from the sidelines, eager to rush onto the pitch and run in place of the players.
With a hula, the red and black players retreated like a tide.
But how do people outrun the ball?
Costa Curta sprang to his feet and barely managed to get his hands on the ball with the top of his head.
Before he could land in the next second, a white figure rushed by.
Is it Hernan?!
"Pull the edge!"
Ou Chuliang yelled, and then pushed the ball towards the sideline.
Crespo ran as if he was desperate, but Ou Chuliang took the lead and pushed the ball out.
Costacuta's header was not strong and accurate, and it bounced irregularly after landing; But after Ou Chuliang rushed to the ball and launched a kick, the restless ball immediately "changed" all the "faults" on his body, and rolled smoothly and evenly against the turf towards the side.
Costacuta stumbled after landing, but two steps were more than enough. Run to the sideline and stretch your foot to reach the ball.
But the Parma striker began to make a desperate bet, and Chiesa rushed in at some point, close behind Costacuta.
At this point, Costacuta is in front of either a forced turn and clearance at the risk of kicking out the touchline, or he can defend to the end, using his body and technique to get Chiesa behind him and wait for his teammates to support him.
Just as Costacuta was hesitating, another urging came from front of him.
"Here!"
After hearing the familiar voice, Costa Kuta did not hesitate any longer, and launched a short pass along the sideline in front of him.
After avoiding Crespo, Acchulian moved as fast as he could to the touchline, even ignoring the wide open goal behind him.
For Milan, every step of the way was like walking a tightrope.
It's okay that the ball is at your feet, and if it gets to the opponent's feet, you can kick the ball into the goal with a big kick.
Chiesa and Crespo saw exactly that, and the pair combined to form a trap on Costacuta.
However, the Serie A veteran was still experienced and played the ball along the touchline before closing the ball.
After turning back again, Crespo felt a flash of helplessness in his heart.
Ou Chuliang, who received the ball at the sideline, blocked with his right foot, adjusted the time it took to block the ball to his left foot, and swung his left leg directly, transferring the ball to the other wing in a wide range.
Where, there is only one player in Sarah.
"Damn! He didn't even go back to guard the door in the first place, but ran to the side to answer! Crespo scolded.
"I have to say, he fought hard for this decision, didn't he?" Chiesa spread his hands and sighed.
According to the two men's thinking, the traditional goalkeeper should protect the goal in the first place.
And Ou Chuliang just now, whether it is receiving or running, what is like what a goalkeeper should do?
This is obviously a defender!
"I've heard for a long time that China has played scavengers, and now I see that it really deserves its name!"
"Damn scavengers!" Crespo cursed secretly, "If I had to seize the opportunity, I would have shot him straight away!" โ
Parma's counter-attack was thus defused by Milan in an "extremely dangerous" way, and the ball came to Parma's half again under the pass of Sala.
Watching Milan once again look for attacking opportunities under Boban's organization, Mourinho in front of the TV chuckled: "Ou and Gigi are not comparable at all!" One is conformist, the other is pushing the times! โ