Nearly twenty minutes passed, and the effect of Millwall's change of formation had already come out.

AC Milan's targeted preparation did not have a defensive counterattack, they hoped to end the game in one leg, so they naturally took the initiative to attack, but the defensive counterattack has been imprinted in the bones of Italian football, and the same is true for AC Milan, they are subconsciously accustomed to using defensive counter-attacks.

Coach Carlo Ancelotti was very confident in the game, and while arranging the initiative to attack, he also specially told several players in the midfield to pass forward immediately when they found an opportunity.

That's enough.

To the point where the players are specifically admonished, everyone will know what to do.

Twenty minutes passed, and AC Milan did not play a decent counter-attack.

Anyone who knows AC Milan has noticed that something is wrong.

Ancelotti is naturally one of them, he found that the team's midfield advantage is not large, but the cooperation is better, and the fight is even at a disadvantage, which is really a little unbelievable.

He was also quick to spot the key – the midfield.

In most of the games, AC Milan's midfield has the advantage, and Gattuso alone can cause enough problems for the opponent, but Millwall's midfield play is very targeted.

First of all, they barely make contact with Gattuso, and wherever Gattuso runs, the players there pass the ball.

Second, the opponent's scramble is very aggressive, even surpassing AC Milan.

The opponent is not limited to the backfield, but organizes a defensive line near the midline and behind, several midfielders are constantly running, many times they will intercept on the spot, some like weakened full-court pressing, and the effect is also quite good.

It's surprising.

Ancelotti watched for a long time and found the opponent's key players -

David Livermore.

Carlo Ancelotti knows that Livermore, AC Milan is going to play against Millwall, and must pay attention to the opponent's core players, Livermore is one of them, media reports and video observations can be found that Livermore has a long-range shot.

That's very threatening!

At the same time, Livermore has a strong body, is very active on the field, and has a strong ability to scramble, and the type is a bit like Gattuso.

Despite knowing this, Livermore's performance was unexpected.

What Ancelotti and the entire AC Milan didn't expect was that Livermore's running and scrambling were so active, he didn't seem to know the fatigue at all, he kept running and grabbing, and he himself erected a solid defensive line, compared to Gattuso, maybe it was a little worse tactical awareness, and his physical, scrambling and other abilities were even better than Gattuso.

The discovery is amazing!

Ancelotti's previous judgment on Livermore was only 'Gattuso-like players' and 'long-range shots are very threatening', and the pre-game preparation was also aimed at Livermore's long-range shooting ability, and he didn't expect that the opponent would cause such a big obstacle to AC Milan's attack.

It would be better if it was just Livermore, after all, no matter how active Livermore is, he is only a single player, and no matter how fast he runs, he can't be faster than football.

But there was someone else in the Millwall midfield!

Morris!

Morris's performance is also surprising, almost all the British media are constantly criticizing Morris's mediocre performance, and various analytical reports are in front of Carlo Ancelotti and the AC Milan coaching staff, and they all feel that Morris has nothing to care about.

Now Ancelotti has found out that they seem to have been fooled by the British media.

"English? Gentleman? Phew! Sure enough, it's so cunning! Ancelotti complained about the British media.

Livermore is just a personal 'brave', Morris is the real core of the midfield, his personal defense is nothing, but he helps organize the backline, reminds teammates to stand at all times, and always appears in key positions, just watching Morris's performance, it feels a little magical.

Seedorf, for example, stopped the ball a little wider.

Morris didn't know how to run, so he happened to appear in front of Seedorf and kicked the ball to his teammates easily.

In another example, Pirlo was showing off his skills at his feet, shaking off Livermore who was running away with a fancy move, and Morris arrived 'just right' to kick the football away from one side.

Morris didn't have much of a direct confrontation or scramble on his own, but his movement and positioning alone were enough to make Millwall's defence tighter.

At the same time, Morris also has an important task - to limit Kaka.

The most dangerous player in the AC Milan squad is undoubtedly Brazilian star Kaka.

In the war of words between the British media and the Italian media before the game, the Italian media claimed that the core of AC Milan is Pirlo, whether what the Italian media said is true or not is not discussed for the time being, but from an offensive point of view, Kaka is undoubtedly more threatening than Pirlo, because most of the time, the latter is just a defensive midfielder, and the pace of running and assisting is also very slow.

Whether it's a counter-attack or a frontal push, Kaka has a lot more opportunities to perform than Andrea Pirlo.

Kaka is something that must be defended.

Zhang Yang is very clear: Kaka is at the peak of his explosion, and Kaka is the strongest in his career at this time, if he can perform well, he can even break through the Millwall gate by himself.

Morris's defensive work is mainly to limit Kaka's play.

It is completely unrealistic to want to block Kaka's point, Millwall can rely on local strengthening of defense to block Manchester United star C-Ronaldo, but C-Ronaldo is not mature enough, has not reached his peak, and his state strength has only just exploded, he is at most equivalent to Kaka a year ago, and it is difficult to compare with the current Kaka.

The defensive strategy laid out by Zhang Yang only limited the play, not blocked Kaka's points.

That's something that no player can do.

Morris has done a decent job in the past game time, and his restrictions on Kaka have mainly relied on flexible movement and interceptions between the ball and Kaka.

Kaka was very uncomfortable defending, he had some coordination with his team-mates, but it was definitely affected a lot, and so far, there has been no threatening form and performance.

In Millwall's attack, Morris was also very active.

Morris is the real core of the team, the key player who controls the transition between attack and defense, and most of the team's offense is directed by Morris, and his constant interspersed runs also allow Millwall midfielders to play some wonderful combinations.

Although Millwall has not yet threatened the AC Milan goal, the game between the two sides can be regarded as an equal, even if Millwall is at home, it is already quite remarkable.

AC Milan are indeed the top team in Europe.

AC Milan's strength is not only in the squad, if you talk about the squad, Chelsea is not bad, but AC Milan is a stable team, and their core players are all long-term AC Milan players, not through large-scale transfers.

In Europe's transfer market, Real Madrid and Chelsea are easily in the spotlight.

AC Milan is very few.

In recent seasons, the biggest deal AC Milan has made is just to buy Gilardino, but they are still the top team, because of the stability of the squad, when the lineup does not change for several seasons, the defenders and forwards can form a considerable tacit understanding.

This is where AC Milan are strong, they have a top squad and they have a top chemistry.

Millwall is also a semi-'assembled' team, with a few of the main squad playing all the time, but their improvement is too fast, two seasons ago, Braniff and Simpson were all substitutes, and there must be a big gap in cooperation.

It is already very surprising that Millwall can play AC Milan head-to-head at home.

The best performer in Millwall's squad was definitely Morris.

Morris's surprising performance also made AC Milan and even the Italian media very angry, who believed that they had been deceived by the British media.

"It's a lie! Huge lie! ”

"Before the game, the British media kept criticizing Morris and saying that Morris's performance tended to be mediocre, and they must have done it on purpose!"

"They even told a lie en masse! Deceived AC Milan, deceived the whole of Italy! ”

"The 'gentlemen' of England are always good at using deceptive means and hoping to seek victory off the field, but AC Milan is much stronger than Millwall, and the solutions they have come up with will not have any effect!"

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