278. Full sprint
Time has passed, when AC Milan faced Roma in the first round of this season at the San Siro, Delneri had just taken office and was ambitious, and when Jiang Qi led the team to Rome, Delneri was already sitting in the crater and crumbling, and the locker room was full of chicken feathers.
Like Worrall, Delneri is unable to bring victory to Roma and has difficulty dealing with the likes of Totti in the dressing room, where wins and three-pointers can cover everything up, and when defeat and disappointment keep rolling in, all contradictions are re-provoked and put on the table, as is the case with Roma now, in an old Celestial saying, that is, a leak in the house coincides with overnight rain.
It is conceivable that such a team in internal and external troubles can pose an obstacle to AC Milan, which is beginning to speed up, pressing the disobedient Cassano on the bench, and the sharpest knife on the side, Mancini Jr., is also injured and suspended from the game, which is equivalent to taking half of the attacking power of the Roma team away, and the continuous losses have put more and more psychological pressure on the backline, and both offensive and defensive ends tend to be mediocre, and AC Milan's victory is reasonable.
The well-rested Milanese played a 4-1 disparity away from home, which caused boos in the Olympic Stadium in Rome and also turned on the countdown to the end of class for Del Neri.
The second leg of the Champions League quarter-finals in midweek is actually no suspense, it seems that Milan's away advantage is not large, only one goal apart, but two away goals look safer, but in fact, AC Milan's small away win has allowed them to firmly hold the initiative in their hands.
If you compare CSKA with Arsenal and AC Milan, the two Champions League favourites, you can see the difference. CSKA went to Highbury with the initiative after beating the Gunners in Luzhniki, and they could choose their preferred counter-attacking tactics, which could give full play to their characteristics of quick counter-attacks after breaking the ball, without thinking about what tactics Arsenal would adopt, because the Gunners had no choice but to attack. That's the one-goal advantage that the score shows, when in reality the difference is huge.
But AC Milan is different, they stubbornly captured the Luzhniki Stadium, so they can play CSKA's favorite stable counterattack as they like, anyway, you have to attack sooner or later, and there is nothing wrong with waiting for you to send it to the door and then clean you up, this is the advantage of holding the initiative, and it is also unique to this two-legged elimination system of the Cup, the so-called Champions League DNA refers more to the team is more adapted to this kind of format.
Since CSKA is going to attack, the holes in the defensive line will inevitably be exposed, you must know that this game is not in Moscow in the ice and snow, and the feet are no longer artificial turf, and the result can be imagined.
Villa put an end to two textbook team counter-attacks as AC Milan beat CSKA 2-0 at home to one of the biggest dark horses in the Champions League this season and made it to the last four.
It is Jiang Qi's old rival who is competing with AC Milan for a ticket to Istanbul, in front of Mourinho, who is more stable than everything, Bremen's anti-guest design does not work at all, Carvalho and Ferreira, who were bought by the Portuguese with a lot of money, showed their value, the Germans did not chisel through Real Madrid's weak defense in the past, but were bombarded into slag by the terrible artillery group of the Galaxy battleship, and the score of 6:1 in the two legs also made the confidence of the Meilinger skyrocket. Even Florentino, the old man, can tolerate Morientes playing more time than Ronaldo, who has an alien aura.
The other half is much more interesting, Chelsea, which was opened up by Arsenal in the league, met Barcelona who almost guaranteed all the way to the semi-finals, saying that this group of opponents is interesting because they are currently facing extremely similar situations, Barcelona also has to face the problem of how to balance the league and Champions League two-line battles, and the Catalans are also 4 points behind the leader Real Madrid, no more and not less.
I have to say that the head of the Bernabeu, Lafayette, has a unique vision, and was able to select Uncle Bird to take charge of Real Madrid in time, and even brought Uncle Bird a lot of strength under Porto in the past, needless to say, the decision to transfer to Deco is almost the winner or loser of La Liga this season, and the Real Madrid midfielder with Deco will no longer be top-heavy, and Barcelona, which lost Deco, lost Xavi's best partner before Ine Xiaobai matured.
And Real Madrid has too many smart people playing football, whether it is Uncle Qi Bald or the idol Xiaobei, they are all people who know how to better integrate into the team, so although it is tinkering, Real Madrid still burst out with huge energy, and in addition to the back, Uncle Bird can rotate players in the midfield is also considerable......
Such a strong opponent, thinking about it makes Lao Jiang's blood boil, he can be sure that even the Real Madrid team in his memory, which includes Kaka, Ronaldo, and the two superstars, is not as terrifying as the team in front of him.
Zidane and Figo, who have not yet slipped from their prime, Beckham, Deco and Guti, who are undoubtedly in their prime, Cambiaso, who is a little younger, Ronaldo, who has an eighty-percent alien state, and Raul and Morientes, who are close and have a terrible tacit understanding...... These names are listed and I believe anyone who knows a little bit about football will understand what it means.
Moreover, AC Milan's semi-final schedule is not dominant, and the home and away games add a lot of variety.
Therefore, what Jiang Qi, who is facing a strong opponent, is to sprint all his way in the game before the Champions League semi-finals and throw the league burden to Real Madrid, after all, Barcelona will never give up the competition for the first line of the league, and the pressure of taking care of both lines may make Milan easier.
Back at home at the weekend, AC Milan rotated their full squad and comfortably beat Brescia 3-1.
Immediately followed by the second leg of the Coppa Italia with Lazio, Jiang Qi eliminated the Blue Eagles with the smallest advantage, of course, the price paid was also the least, and the still large-scale rotation of the squad ensured the team's combat effectiveness in the tight schedule.
Away to Siena, the Milanese managed to take all three points after successfully restricting Chiesa.
In the next week, it is rare that there is no game in the middle of the week, including Jiang Qi, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, even if the physical fatigue of continuous combat can be reduced by rotation, but the psychological pressure will not be reduced because of the rotation of the player lineup, especially for Jiang Qi, the three-line battle finally won the treble, this kind of thing is really easier said than done.
After a good two-day holiday, the players began to tighten their nerves again, and this week's opponent on the weekend was Chievo, but fortunately, Chievo is no longer the dark horse of the past, and it is impossible for the energetic AC Milan to let the three points slip away from the San Siro.
After four games and a seven-point lead in the league, AC Milan finally welcomed a key opponent to make history at the top of Europe: Real Madrid.