Chapter 45: Preparing for the Champions League

According to the previous draw for the match, AC Milan will play against the Reds Liverpool. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Speaking of Liverpool, they can be regarded as regulars in the Champions League, although they have not won a single title in the Premier League, but back in the 80s, Liverpool was the hegemony of the Premier League.

In that era, except for the Red Army, no team could do such a record, but with the evolution of time, since the reform of the Premier League in the 90s, their results have plummeted, although they can still be regarded as the giants of the Premier League, but it is obviously much darker than other giants, the team lacks absolute good players, only the captain Gerrard is a hopeful star, he sits in the midfield, can be qualified for the midfield, the midfield, the left and right forwards and other roles, and also has a place in the England national team.

The rest of the players are a little worse, although they are also very strong players, but they are indeed a little worse than the star-studded AC Milan.

However, when it comes to the Champions League, after all, no weak team has entered the knockout round, just look at the format of the matchup.

Let's not talk about AC Milan's game, Arsenal vs. Juventus, which is more interesting in this round, how coach Wenger arranges his troops and can withstand Juventus's attack, after all, they have such a strong striker as Ibrahimovic and Trezeguet, plus the midfield and backline, it can basically be said that Arsenal is very difficult to play.

But on the other hand, they also have strong players like Henry Vieira, and the teenager Cesc Fabregas is only less than 18 years old, one year younger than Zhang Qing, and they are considered players that Wenger has vigorously cultivated, coupled with the rise of young rookies such as Ashley Cole on the backline, which cannot be ignored.

So this is a strong dialogue.

There are also Manchester United vs. Porto, Chelsea vs. Dortmund, Marseille vs. Real Madrid, Barcelona vs. Valencia, Schalke 04 vs. Lyon, Paris Saint-Germain vs. Bayern Munich are all very interesting, such as Chelsea and Dortmund are also strong dialogues, after two rounds, who can win the opponent, it is indeed not very easy to say.

It can't be said that a strong team will definitely beat its opponent, after all, the Champions League is also a hotbed of upsets, and many teams will upset and beat teams that are much stronger than themselves.

For example, two years ago, Porto won the Champions League final under the leadership of coach Jose Mourinho.

This is something that no one expected, after all, this can only be said to be the second biggest team in Europe, not to mention that he can beat the top league giants, even a team like Dortmund is very difficult, but they did it, so in the Champions League, everything is possible, and all teams should not be underestimated.

There is still a league game before, so Ancelotti has to be more careful, although they are at the top of the league, but there is still no rain Juventus team to open the gap, so the league situation is not optimistic.

At this moment, the third-line battle is on display, and Ancelotti is ready to put Inzaghi and Tomasson on the pitch in this league, after all, the team is more focused on the Champions League game.

AC Milan can be said to have a good record in the Champions League, except for Real Madrid, they should be one of the teams with the best record in the Champions League.

The league game went smoothly, although it was only a 1-0 victory, but in this game, the two main strikers plus Pirlo, Rui Costa and other main midfielders, as well as defenders such as Maldini, have been well rested, it can be said that the first game of this Champions League knockout game is all ready, only the east wind is owed.

After carefully studying the opponent's line-up and tactics, Ancelotti lined up a formation that was both offensive and defensive.

Because the first game was an away game, but to give the opponent a certain threat, so he decided to use a 4-2-2-2 tactic, that is to say, the back line remains the same, the midfield adopts Pirlo and Gattuso's double back, while Seedorf and Kaka are standing on two wings, can go down to the bottom can cut in, and can also cooperate with the midfielder and forward, the position is relatively erratic, it can be said that it is a new tactic invented by him.

The opponent is a standard 4-4-2 formation, parallel midfield position, the biggest weakness of this formation is the gap between the back line and the midfield, Ancelotti is also taking advantage of the flaws of this tactic, formulating his current tactics, which is a workaround.

In the selection of players, he chose Seedorf and Kaka, two more flexible positions, Seedorf is first of all erratic, creativity can be, in some cases, can pass exquisite balls, and Kaka is good at breaking through, cutting inside or down can cause a threat, so the selection is also more appropriate.

On the other hand, Liverpool's lineup, Alonso and Gerrard are in the middle, one is good at passing and organizing, and the other is all-round, which is also a good match.

In the forward line, Barosh and Cisse are considered to be high and fast, and can pose a certain threat.

The match started quickly, and this match was still Zhang Qing and Shevchenko.

Liverpool's head coach also said before the game that he should keep an eye on Zhang Qing, a young boy, and no longer let him score goals like long-distance running, so he specially instructed his central defenders to focus on defending him.

As soon as the game began, Liverpool launched an attack under Alonso's organisation.

Although their strength is slightly weaker than that of AC Milan, they are unambiguous in their cooperation, after all, they are also giants, and the few balls passed have posed a certain threat to AC Milan's team.

Striker Cisse broke through on the left and right in the front court, so he was not majestic.

Although he was also marked, he was really impactful, and AC Milan looked very passive in the opening 15 minutes.

Their captain Gerrard has a long-range shooting stunt, many goals are from more than 30 meters away from the goal on a heavy run, playing very threatening, and Gattuso is specially prepared for him in this game, Ancelotti has long thought about this, he changed the previous single back tactics in this game, and put Gattuso here, is to defend the opponent's captain.

In fact, in the England national team, Gerrard and Chelsea's Frank Lampard have the reputation of double virtue, they are both very strong, occupying two positions in the midfield, both of which can attack and retreat.

At the start of the game, Alonso began to instigate, he carefully observed the position of the AC Milan players and sent a long pass.