265. Focus in Focus Battles
Today's Premier League teams are no longer the traditional style of play that used to be long-passing, but they still retain the impact left over from this style of play.
Speed, simplicity of play, and players generally have strong bodies to play high-level games are the strengths of Premier League teams, but such a style is relatively dependent on rhythm and space, so Jiang Qi's strategy for AC Milan is set around these two centers.
Manchester United will definitely attack at the beginning, this is almost a sure thing, judging from Ferguson's various remarks before the game, this is actually the old gentleman for the Red Devils to build momentum, in order to press the psychological warfare of Milan who are fighting away, then Jiang Qi has only one request, in the half of the side as much as possible to compress the space of Manchester United's key players, there is no space and no impact, Manchester United is not Barcelona, there are players like Ronaldo, Xavi, Iniesta who can create space, Restricting space will make the old man's psychological warfare offensive thunderous and rainy.
So, the lord chose to recycle the formation to release space, at this time Jiang Qi threw out the targeted magic weapon is the rhythm, take the initiative to control the ball to control the rhythm on the field, which will make the opponent who is accustomed to high-speed state uncomfortable, and Lao Jiang specifically asked the team to recycle the ball line slightly, not to press the opponent's 30-meter area line up and down, but to pull the formation apart, increase the depth of the pass, and prevent Manchester United's steal counterattack.
It was Milan's suppression of Manchester United, but it also took its toll on Milan's own attacking efficiency, and the two sides were evenly matched after the opening ten minutes, and without the intervention of unexpected factors, it is expected that the game would have turned into a dull and boring one, and even a blanket draw that could have caused the fans in the stands to yawn and yawn.
If so, it's hard to say who will win either side, AC Milan didn't lose and had a bigger home advantage, while United didn't concede at home and thus saddled the burden of horrible away goals, and of course, things always go beyond expectations......
The turning point came in the 26th minute of the first half, when Drogba got the ball with his back to the penalty area, and he was defended by Manchester United's tall central defender Rio Ferdinand.
As soon as the strong body leaned on, then the shoulders shook, and the feet flicked quickly, Drogba just turned a 90-degree and hurriedly got up, and the unexpected effect was there, but the angle was not well controlled, and as soon as the ball went out, the monster knew that the ball was missed.
But it was a coincidence that Villa just ran around with Samuel in the penalty area, Drogba's kick was not small, and the shot at an extremely high angle just flew from behind Villa, and hit Samuel's right leg, and under the effect of the laws of physics, the line flew into the lower right corner of Dida's goal, and the Brazilian had to be a good spectator obediently because of the blocked view and the suddenness of the incident.
"Intentionally planting flowers but not blooming, unintentionally planting willows and willows", there is no second sentence at this moment that can so aptly describe the whole process of this goal, Drogba even was stunned for a full three seconds before realizing that he could raise his arms and shout to celebrate.
Old Trafford was in an uproar, and the goal was like a handful of money thrown into the crowd and turned the world upside down.
After conceding the goal, the Manchester United players are like a herd of grumpy beasts, although the Milan players who uphold Jiang Qi's will to control the rhythm are like weaving a big net, but there will always be limits under the rampage.
After 11 minutes of frantic scramble, towards the end of the first half, the Reds finally had their chance.
Van der Vaart was entangled by Scholes when he controlled the ball, and Lu Xiaopang, who returned to the defense, rushed up to defend together without saying a word, and the three of them fought hard at the sideline and finally fell to the ground one after another like dominoes, and the C** who was cruising on the side intercepted the ball from the edge of the three-man pile and strode forward, bursting the goal when it was nearly 40 meters away from the goal!
The Portuguese's shot was full of power, and the ball had an abrupt drop before it got into the corner of the goal, which made Cech's aerial leap to make a full save, and Lao Jiang, who stood on the sidelines and witnessed the whole process of the goal, seemed to feel that time had gone back and saw again Figo's shocking shot against England......
At that moment, the entire Old Trafford stadium fell into an eerie silence, and only Ronaldo's roar echoed in the stadium, as if the picture of time had a sudden freeze, and then it was awakened by the overwhelming whistling.
Many commentators at the scene felt that these two goals would end in a draw in the first half, but they didn't expect these two goals to be just a precursor to the storm!
In the 39th minute, AC Milan got a corner kick opportunity, Pirlo took a tactical corner, Villa received a sudden cross at the sideline, Dida made a mistake and did not pick up the ball, and Ramos stabbed the ball into the goal first.
In the 41st minute, the Milanese got another corner kick opportunity, Samuel's header was not far away, Lahm outside the penalty area caught up with a hurried low shot on the leg of Giggs and bounced to the left side of the goal, Manchester United's defenders missed a small man here, Milan left midfielder Van Persie, the Dutchman nudged the armpit of Dida who was hastily saved, and the score was rewritten to 1:3 again!
All the Red Devils fans even felt despair at this moment, because Milan's goal was very similar to the corner that Sheringham pulled United back from the death line in 1999 when Camp Nou was counting the seconds, as if there was a hand in the dark at hand......
But in the middle of the first half, it was the Portuguese who wore the legendary number 7 that pulled the Red Devils fans back from hell.
In first-half stoppage time, Manchester United won a free kick about 30 meters from the goal, although Ronaldo's penalty was not the familiar moon scimitar, but the strange and fluttering rapid fall once again made the Czechs helpless, two almost absolute corner goals, even the Sky Sports commentator on the sidelines was chanting: unbelievable!
"This kid is going to be ...... from tonight," Ciacchini shook his head helplessly, representing the thoughts of the entire AC Milan team.
Jiang Qi patted the assistant uncle on the shoulder, "Some people's growth is something we can't stop. ”
Almost every one of the five goals in the first half had an element of chance, from Drogba's refraction to Dida's mistake, from the Portuguese's two dead corners to Lahm's erroneous "assist", it seems that it was really a plot arranged by someone over Old Trafford specifically for watching the play.
The dullness of the first half of the first half was completely replaced by the ups and downs of the second half, but football is often like this, there are always surprises when you don't have expectations, and after catching up your appetite, there is only blandness, and in the end the score of this much-anticipated focus battle is fixed at 2:3, Manchester United at home A small defeat, and the talented teenager Ronaldo who replaced Beckham is the real focus of this game.