Chapter 750: The Amazing Five Tens
Rome has a temperature of 23 degrees Celsius and 71% humidity tonight, making it ideal for a football match. At the Stadio Olimpico in Rome, 62,467 people attended, with two-thirds of the fans supporting AC Milan, not only from Milan or elsewhere in the Apennines, but also from China and Brazil. Although they were waving the five-star red flag or the green, yellow and blue Southern Cross flag, they were all wearing AC Milan's white away shirts.
King Juan Carlos of Spain, Prime Minister Zapatero of Spain, Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi of Italy, and UEFA President Michel Platini all watched from the stands. The UEFA Champions League Big Ears Cup stood silently at the exit of the aisle, and in a brief and solemn ceremony before the game, the golden-clad model placed it to the theme song of "Gladiator" sung by the blind Italian tenor Bocelli.
The whistle blew, but the two best teams in Europe at the moment played very cautiously, testing each other for the most part. It wasn't until the seventh minute that Yaya Toure pinned Pirlo at the back, and Zhuo Yang's free-kick was saved by Valdés, and the two teams had a truly dangerous first shot on goal.
No matter how much the backline is out of the blue, Carlo Ancelotti and Pep Guardiola know that the midfield is the key to the decisive victory, and the real strength of both teams lies in the midfield. And An Fat's arrangement of Milan's midfield today has become a classic that has been talked about.
In the Christmas tree formation, the front midfielders Kaka and Ronaldinho, the three backs Beckham, Pirlo, and Zhuo Yang, right, center, and left are lined up, in fact, Zhuo Yang and Beckham also serve as fullbacks and wingers who can attack and defend well.
All five, including David Beckham, are the type of playmaker who can pass the ball and have a lot of offensive agility, and they could all wear the number 10 shirt if they had followed the earlier practice of assigning numbers based on their position and role on the pitch. Carlo Ancelotti once created a unique midfield combination of four no.10s, and today he has made five no.10s unveiled to the world.
In the summer of 2002, due to Shepchenko's injury, considering the configuration of Milan's squad at that time, then coach Ancelotti made a very bold decision, he let Pirlo withdraw from the forward position to the back midfield, let Inzaghi top the single arrow position, ingeniously sent a 4-3-2-1 Christmas tree formation, in the five midfielders except for Gattuso, who was responsible for the sweep, was a tough guy, the remaining four were all No. 10 of each national team - Italian No. 10 Pirlo organized the dispatch in the back position, Dutch No.10 Seedorf roams in left midfield, Portugal's No.10 Rui Costa plays as a midfielder, and Brazil's No.10 Rivaldo plays as a shadow striker behind Inzaghi.
This is the 'four 10s' tactic that has been admired by football for many years.
In fact, at that time, the 'four 10s' were not the norm, and only became the main theme in very few games, and there was also a Gattuso next to the 'four 10s', and he was an 'anti-10'. Even so, Seedorf mainly did the dirty work in it, and did not take on the duties of the number 10 on the field.
Soon, Sheva returned from injury, Rivaldo quickly faded out of the lineup, and the 'four 10s' that were blown out of the sky came to an end. With the arrival of Kaka in the coming year, Rivaldo has no place at all, and Rui Costa is no longer an iron-clad striker, and Kaka, Seedorf, Ambu, Gaba, and Sleepy have become the standard in Milan's midfield more often.
Although it is an exaggeration, the 'Four 10s' are too amazing, and people prefer to tout magical and gorgeous things, so the fame of the 'Four 10s' is far more ingenious than its own ingenuity.
But today's 'five No. 10' midfield combination under An Fat Bu is a real sound of heaven, although the five have not started together before, but this combination has also played a lot of games, and the actual effect is very good.
The key point here is that Zhuoyang and Beckham can attack and defend well, and their defensive ability in midfield is no less than that of Gattuso and Ambu, and their offensive ability is stronger than that of Rivaldo and Rui Costa in 2002. And the five of them all have a huge starlight bonus, and Zhuo Cabeipi is all heroic and sassy, and even Xiao Luo is the most handsome of the ugly stars in the world.
Therefore, the 'Five 10s' are more eye-catching than the 'Four 10's in terms of practicality, entertainment, visual effects and topic hype. Carlo Ancelotti is a clever tactician, especially in the pre-battle layout, he is one of the best managers today, and since he can start in such an important game as the Champions League final, it shows that this combination is very effective and reasonable, and the 'four 10s' have never accepted such a heavy responsibility.
Although not all of them are the number 10 of their respective national teams, they can now be called the number 10 in the traditional and broad sense of the word. This is the first time that the five 10s have started together, but it is also the swan song of the five 10s. As the summer passes, Kaka will leave Real Madrid, Beckham will return to the major leagues at the end of his loan term, and Pirlo's whereabouts are undecided. Although Flamini, Ambrosini and Gattuso also have enough capacity to support AC Milan's midfield, in good conscience, the three of them are not as spectatorial as Cabepi.
Halftime is the foundation of the decisive victory! Barcelona is not ambiguous on this at all. Although Messi and Henry are named wingers on the right and left, they actually cut and switch positions very frequently, and the range of retreat is also very large, which is very similar to the double forward midfielders of Milan Kaka and Ronaldo, or the double forward midfield.
The next three midfielders, Xavi is the Pirlo of La Liga, his ability to wear the ball and seal his throat with a sword is stronger than Pi Shao, but Pi Shao is more open and relaxed, and the length and shortness are more reasonable and aura than him, and the two people's ability to control the rhythm of the court is equal.
The 21-year-old Sergio Busquets is the technical Ambrosini, Xavi's patron saint in midfield and the hub of Barcelona's defensive and attacking lines, in fact, in addition to experience and scoring ability, he is more comprehensive than Ambor in other aspects.
Messi is the most popular person in Barcelona, and the football world will compare him with Zhuo Yang in this game, but in fact, the little white Andres Iniesta is the person who is most similar to Zhuo Yang in the midfield. Iniesta is ostensibly a left-sided midfielder, but at heart he is Barcelona's free man in midfield, and his range of movement and running authority is much greater than Messi's, and he is exactly the same as Zhuo Yang in this regard.
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In the 9th minute, Kaka's long-range shot from outside the arc made Valdés pounce on the ball, but the fox-like follow-up shot was blocked by the alert Pique on the ground. A minute later, Zhuo Yang combined with Ronaldinho and crossed from the left, Kaka chested the ball on the left side of the penalty area, and a left-footed half-volley from 13 meters in front of the goal slid off the far post.
After the trial, AC Milan took the lead in launching a fierce attack, Kaka was very active today, the young master not only wanted to leave something for Milan who had been in the service for six years, but also wanted to give the old enemy next season a disadvantage.
If you look good, you will always get what you want, and God also favors handsome guys. Soon, Kaka broke the balance of the score.