Zhang Shu was glued to Pirlo's side after he came on the pitch, and he made no secret of his defensive intentions. Wherever Pirlo goes www.biquge.info he follows, he doesn't care if he's in the position where a striker should be.

Ancelotti saw it, too, but he wasn't worried. Since he dropped Andrea Pirlo back to a central midfield position, there have been countless attempts to strangle AC Milan's attacking origins with the man-to-man defence of the midfielders, but so far few have succeeded.

Trying to contain a playmaker in a midfield position is not as simple as staring at a midfielder. In the face of the opponent's attacking midfielder with the ball, the defenders are the dominant side in terms of position and numbers. Your teammates will help you keep an eye on the opposing strikers and defenders, cutting off most of the opponent's routes, you only need to defend the opponent's breakthrough and a few passing routes, and you will have other teammates to help you and limit the opponent's range of movement.

It wasn't so easy to deal with a playmaker like Andrea Pirlo, with all the advantages coming back to Milan's side. It is impossible for a few people up front to cut off all of Pirlo's passing routes, and in the face of the hand-marking player's up-and-down grab, Pirlo only needs to simply pass back and then run to receive the ball to get rid of this man-to-man defence.

Defence is never a one-man business, but a complete system, without which it is almost impossible to completely freeze Milan's back core in the front court.

What's more, the defensive ability of most frontcourt players is completely not up to the standard of a true defensive player.

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Pirlo thought the same way, he was not at all worried that Zhang Shu would be able to restrain himself.

When Taray was injured just now, the Milan players were very sportsmanlike and kicked the ball off the sideline, and after the game restarted, the Brescia players also kindly kicked the ball back into the Milan half.

Milan goalkeeper Dida caught the ball and threw it to Seedorf in front. Seedorf looked at Zhang Shu, who was following Pirlo, did not force the ball, and rushed directly to Brescia's half with the ball himself. and passed the ball to Rui Costa, who had moved to the wing, before Finipini could come up.

"Hey, Sleepy." Zhang Shu followed Pirlo to the middle circle, chatting with him constantly. "What has Tindy been up to lately?"

"Don't give people nicknames." Pirlo replied stiffly, looking into the distance, watching his team-mate's attack.

"I think this nickname is quite apt, to be honest, you are actually quite handsome, it would be nice if you could open your eyes a little." Zhang Shu didn't even look at his own goal, and he couldn't help the defenders anyway, so he kept his eyes on Pirlo.

Pirlo didn't bother to pay attention to him, looking intently ahead. Rui Costa handed the ball to Shevchenko, and the Ukrainian nuclear warhead was lobbed with his left foot in the big ban. Brescia goalkeeper Sereni couldn't touch the ball but the ball went just over the crossbar.

"Speaking of which, you're also from Brescia, how does the dressing room in Milan compare to that in Rigamonti?" Zhang Shu was still chatting with Pirlo. It's as if it wasn't your own team who almost scored just now.

"I said can you be quiet? We're here to play football, not to chat! Pirlo felt a little annoyed. Although Zhang Shu didn't say any trash talk, Pirlo found his rambling more annoying than trash talk. If he hadn't been born into a wealthy family and had a good education, Pirlo wouldn't have been able to guarantee that he wouldn't have cursed.

"Playing football and chatting at the same time, playing a game for more than 90 minutes, the time to receive the ball adds up to only a few minutes, so don't waste so much time." Zhang Shu said as he followed Pirlo to Milan's half.

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"An old man in TVB often says that the most important thing to be a man is to be happy. You're right, we played football and chatted at the same time, we both exercised and made friends, so good. Turning around and knocking the flying football to Bacchini on the wing, Zhang Shu turned around and caught up with Pirlo and said.

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"What did Milan offer at half-time? I generally like to eat bananas, peeling them for easy eating. Reaching out to block Maldini's pass from the touchline, Zhang Shu turned back and continued to question Pirlo.

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"Have you ever watched Journey to the West? There's a Tang monk inside... ”

"Shut up!" Pirlo, who had endured it for a long time, finally couldn't hold back his anger, he turned his head to Zhang Shu and shouted, "Do you kick the ball with your mouth!" ”

Zhang Shu's eyes widened in surprise, as if the other party had said something rather illogical.

"Of course, you use your feet to kick the ball, so you can talk while kicking the ball."

Pirlo, the first two big, now finally knows what Zhang Shu meant by "disturbing" to himself before.

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Ancelotti's brow furrowed. Since Zhang Shu came on the pitch, AC Milan's attack seems to have returned to the old ways. Before you know it, the heart of the attack has become Rui Costa again, and the Portuguese are in poor form in this game. So until the end of the first half of the game, the two sides still maintained a score of 0:0.

Was Pirlo stared to death? But it doesn't look like it from the scene. Pirlo is still able to receive the ball and pass the ball, although Zhang Shu's close defense has caused some trouble for Pirlo, making Pirlo not as easy to move the team as before, but it is far from the point of freezing.

So what went wrong?

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Pirlo didn't find anything wrong with him either. It was true that he was upset by having a fly-like Zhang Shu by his side, but the training he had received over the years had guaranteed his technical moves on the field.

To be honest, the Brescia Academy-trained kid was pretty good defensively out of any player he's ever met, and he followed him like a bug and didn't give him much chance to get an assist. But he is still inexperienced and many times he is still able to get the ball up front in his defensive gaps.

If they continue to play like this, it will only be a matter of time before they score goals - Pirlo thinks - and Brescia's attack is no longer a concern, it only takes one goal and the victory will belong to AC Milan.