292. That night
After being woken up by three phone calls in a row, Jiang Qi would become completely sleepy even if he was possessed by Chen Tuan's ancestor.
In the deserted house, Jiang Qi, who had washed his face with cold water, sat down in his tactics room and began to think about the arrangements he needed to make in Istanbul at night.
As fate would have it, Chelsea have been an opponent throughout the season, from pre-season to mid-season to the end of the season, so it was an indescribable feeling when he told Ciascini that he had a hunch that the Blues would meet again in the final.
As for how to deal with this opponent, the rookie coach has also had a lot of designs, although Ancelotti and Chelsea are a new pair, but for the merits of Milan, Jiang Qi has a variety of references in another time and space.
The Blues are far from being invulnerable, at least just as they relied on Andrea Pirlo in the past, and now the Blues, or Ancelotti, also need to rely on Xavi Alonso's ability to sort out and control the tempo of the team.
However, Carlo Ancelotti was more careful than he was in Milan, not only with veteran Claude Makelele at Alonso's side, but also with Frank Lampard, an ironman who could not run to help with the tandem, and such a strong triangle midfield was undoubtedly much more solid than the diamond shape of Milan.
It's a flaw, but it's definitely one that requires patience to be effective.
Jiang Qi drew the first circle on Chelsea's formation.
Then, with the pen in hand, he continued to swim over the paper, looking for a second place where he could put his pen down.
Finally, the tip of the pen rests on Stam's name.
Stam is a defender that Carlo Ancelotti has brought in, and the Dutchman has excellent frontal defensive ability, whether it is a header or a tackle, Jiang Qi guesses that Ancelotti values Stam more about the experience of Stam in Manchester United, and buying this top central defender to partner Terry as a central defender will be quite stable in the more impact-oriented Premier League.
But the problem also arises, Terry is also a front-line defender, with exceptionally good headers, and the two central defenders of the same type naturally lack complementary attributes, especially in the two-legged match against Barcelona, Chelsea were able to win both legs, Makelele really took the credit, he made up for the shortcomings of the centre-back combination with his run and experience, and Lampard's entanglement with Ronaldo was also the key to victory.
Then, by finding a way to bypass the Makelele barrier, the Blues' backline will certainly have a chance to take advantage of it.
As for the other positions, Jiang Qi's pen moved to the name of Glen Johnson on the right, the England full-back was very fast, but against the same fast speed and relying on the rapid change of direction to break through the wide attacker, Glen Johnson's performance was not satisfactory.
In the London derby at the weekend, Robben made Glen Johnson suffer.
'Break ...... wide', Giang pulls out an arrow lead on the right side of Chelsea.
Moving from the Blues' central midfield to the forward line, in the 4-3-3 line-up with the most Carlo Ancelotti this season, there are two people in the forward line who have played the most frequently, in addition to the Ukrainian nuclear warhead, the striker Jiang Qi is most familiar with, and the Romanian Mutu, the versatile frontcourt who came out of Parma, has undoubtedly been recognized by Ancelotti and has become a key pawn in the front.
In addition, winger Duff is not as dexterous as Joe Cole from England, Rivaldo...... These strikers could be Chelsea's surprise players against AC Milan.
Now, Jiang Qi needs to consider and accumulate these various factors, and then slowly piece together a complete set of tactical designs.
He rubbed his temples, constantly recalling the tactical clips of the past, and at the same time looking for the memory of the many encounters with Ancelotti this season, I don't know why, Lao Jiang always felt that he seemed to be missing something, and his heart was not steady.
The days passed like this, for many media reporters, Milanello is still a silent and mysterious place, compared to the hopeless Chelsea League, the FA League two cup games are out early, only the Champions League final is left in one hope, it is possible to cap the treble to create a legend AC Milan up and down is so low-key that it is impossible to add, the news about the team's preparations is tightly blocked, but the construction of the new stadium in Milan is booming.
Because in the construction process of the new stadium, the club and the fans have built a good interactive platform, and constantly screened out practical and practical ideas from the fans' suggestions......
However, later, Jiang Qi also discovered the benefits of such an interactive platform, many issues that would cause controversy within the club would be quickly and effectively resolved in the interaction with fans, such as the name of the new stadium -
According to the survey, more than 87% of Milan fans suggested that the San Siro should still be used as the name of the new stadium, which made the name of the new stadium determined before the construction was completed, and it is certain that Jiang Qi could not obtain the sponsorship of the stadium construction by auctioning the naming rights of the stadium, because this budget will not affect the overall operation of the team and the transaction investment.
This is the advantage of having a local tyrant uncle......
According to the current plan and implementation progress, although the new stadium will be put into use in the 2006~2007 season at the earliest, or even later, fans will always think that there is one less game in the old San Siro stadium, so every home game will have a warm and nostalgic banner appear in the stands, which makes the final rounds of the league become a soothing rhythm.
In particular, AC Milan's final home game of the season against Udinese, the fight for the cup title was not strong at all, and the Milan players also played with ease in such an atmosphere, and the two-goal win over Udinese made the halfway before the Champions League final quite solid.
Finally, in the expectation of countless people, in the speculation of countless people, Jiang Qi and his team came to Istanbul, once again standing on the top of Europe, when the shadows of the players reflected on the turf under the spotlight appeared in his field of vision, Lao Jiang even had some mixed feelings, this field has an unusual meaning for him.
On May 25, 2005, the curtain of the UEFA Champions League final opened at the Altatuk Olympic Stadium in Istanbul......