After a brief break from the league and the team, the midweek Coppa Italia tie begins where they will take on Fiorentina in the cup. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

To say that the Purple Lily Fiorentina is a traditional powerhouse in Serie A, although they do not have any excellent players, such as some players who can decide the outcome of the game, but the strength should not be underestimated, and they also pay more attention to the cup, because the champion of the cup can also get a place to qualify for the Champions League, since the restructuring, the league originally changed from the top four to the top three in the league plus the first place in the cup can be obtained.

And if the first place in the cup is the top three teams in the league, then it will be postponed to the fourth place in the league.

So as a Fiorentina team, they are basically committed to competing for the cup title, because the top three or even the top four places in the league have been booked in advance by teams such as Roma and Inter Milan, so if they want to qualify for the Champions League, they can only fight for the cup.

Roma, on the other hand, are also working hard for the cup, and they are in the other half of the division, and they will not meet these two teams for the time being.

Although the Purple Lily Fiorentina team does not have any particularly good star players, they do have a 29-year-old tall center forward, Tony.

This Toney is a late bloomer, he has been mixed in the Serie B League, but he has no ambition, but by chance, he performed well in Serie B, and was valued by the First Division team, so he transferred to Serie A to play, and his first season at Fiorentina was very outstanding, scoring more than 10 goals in a single season, becoming a good player in the team.

And the key is that his height reaches 190+, and almost no one can defend against it.

So this opponent is still very tough.

For such a strong opponent, Ancelotti did not hesitate, because it was a two-game match, so it was better to seek stability in the first away game.

The cup will be played in the subsequent stage, the home and away system will be adopted, the scores of the two sides add up to win, if the score is the same, then look at the number of away goals, who is more to win, if they are the same, then extra-time, until the penalty kick decides the winner.

After all, this is a two-legged match, and the game time is 180 minutes, so there is no need to attack as soon as you come up.

And in this game, Zhang Qing also sat on the bench, and the starting striker was Shevchenko.

Milan also opted for a 4-3-2-1 Christmas tree formation, with the same four players at the back, Ambrosini replacing Seedorf in midfield and Kaka and Rui Costa up front.

This formation is quite good, retreat can be defended, advance can be attacked, dribble with dribbling, and pass the ball.

It's a pity that Zhang Qing can only sit on the bench.

But it's a good thing, because everyone was full of energy in the first half, and the opposing defenders defended Shevchenko tightly, so he didn't get any chances.

And in this away game, goals are very important, because away goals are counted as two in the event of a draw, so what Fiorentina has to do is to score more goals and not concede goals.

As long as AC Milan scores a goal, the rest is acceptable, as long as it doesn't lose by a big margin.

The game started and Fiorentina went straight to the attack.

Although they really want to score, they are also afraid that AC Milan will counterattack and score an away goal, so they don't dare to invest too many troops in the attack.

And AC Milan also did not dare to press on a big scale, because in terms of tactical arrangement, they had to defend and counterattack in the first half without investing too many troops.

Wide defenders Maldini and Cafu are also in the backline, largely not providing assists.

The first half of the game was very boring, the attack of the two sides was not coherent, and it was usually interrupted by the opponent's sharp defense, and although the Purple Lily Fiorentina striker Toni had good header skills, but after he crossed it, the rest of the players kept up with it a little worse, plus the AC Milan team and the defense of the middle were very concerned, Gattuso and Ambrosini The two teams assisted in the middle to ensure that the front position of the penalty area was foolproof, so after the first half, no goals were scored.

After coming to the lounge, Ancelotti obviously still has some thoughts about this game, he thinks that at least there can be an away goal, so that when he returns to the home field, he can play more comfortably, so he has arranged tactics in advance, and in the 60th minute, he will replace Zhang Qing to strengthen the attack.

In the first half, Shevchenko was obviously alone on the forward line, although his strength was very strong and his ability in all aspects was outstanding, but in the face of several defenders on the other side, he did nothing, but Ancelotti's tactical requirements have been met, and he kept running, just to consume the opponent's physical strength and prepare for the counterattack in the second half.

And the opponent didn't make too much effort, the first half was mainly tentative, and it is estimated that in the second half, he will definitely bombard the middle with a high ball.

The second half began with AC Milan taking the lead and launching a very dangerous attack under Kaka.

Although there were only three people involved in the attack, Kaka, Rui Kosta, and Shevchenko, they posed a certain threat to the opposing defence.

Kaka broke through with the ball and came to the front of the penalty area, after he passed the ball to Rui Costa, he quickly inserted it, Rui Costa passed the ball directly to Shevchenko, who came out to receive the ball, Shevchenko passed the ball to Kaka again, at this time Kaka could raise his foot to shoot, and the opposing defender had already come up to defend him, and Shevchenko ran in a farther direction at this time, ready to give Kaka a vacancy.

Kaka rubbed the ball lightly, directly past several defenders, and passed to Shevchenko's feet, Shevchenko lightly slammed it and shot straight at the goal.

The ball hit a dead corner and the goalkeeper struggled to save the ball before it was saved, so there was no goal.

But this also shocked the Purple Lily Fiorentina coach in a cold sweat, he quickly asked the players to strengthen the defense a little, watch the opponent's several core players, one is Kaka's breakthrough, the other is Rui Costa's pass, so that Shevchenko can not get the ball, will not pose a threat.

Instead, Fiorentina also launched an attack on AC Milan.

Their wide players went straight down to make a cross, the ball flew high, and Toni in the middle quickly jumped up to grab the goal.

Although Nesta and Stam were sandwiched, the pass was also very level, and Tony was right on that landing point, past Stam's head, and smashed directly into Tony's head.