119. Because of being young
In this season's Champions League, arguably the biggest winner is Ligue 1.
Lyon and Monaco, two teams that are not fancied by fans, have both reached the quarter-finals, in stark contrast to the unexpected defeat of many of the biggest clubs.
Needless to say, the Bundesliga giants were killed by Lao Jiang's Milan in a big battle where Mars collided with the earth, which is somewhat embarrassing.
The lord's Manchester United not only lost the possibility of the league in the turmoil, but even the Champions League was blocked by a junior from Portugal with a suffocating defense and a set-piece, and even ruined the celebration of the 100th game of the Champions League. ”
This made Lao Jiang have some of the aura of a prophet on his body......
Coupled with Juventus, who were beaten twice, this season's Champions League has shown that the future direction is full of uncertainties.
In this situation, the media began to focus on the two teams that performed well in the league: AC Milan and Arsenal.
However, the result of the quarter-finals is that if all goes well, the two teams will meet in the semi-finals, so the bookmakers' odds are starting to change day by day, and the odds for Real Madrid and Chelsea have increased slightly as they avoid Milan and Arsenal as favourites can fight for another ticket to Schalke.
However, they still ignored the existence of a certain sect leader, even though he killed the old man.
So, such a matchup was placed on Wenger's desk -
Top half: AC Milan v Deportivo La Coruna, Arsenal v Monaco.
Bottom half: Real Madrid vs Lyon, Chelsea vs Porto.
Everyone thinks they can see the face of the final four, but will the future really be as strong and weak as it is painted on the table?
At least Jiang Qi will pout his lips and express disdain when he sees the analysis of various sports newspapers and brick families.
Of course, the Arsene Wenger professor is unaware of this, and all his attention is now focused on the broadcast screen and the debate between the commentators Andy Gray and Martin Taylor, as the two commentators are drawing an analogy between Arsenal and AC Milan to distinguish between the two teams in terms of attacking firepower.
"The last four of this season's Champions League are likely to gather four teams with terrifying attacking firepower, AC Milan and Arsenal have created an almost perfect attacking system so far, like two sophisticated machines, Real Madrid will be overwhelmed by the list of dazzling names even if you just look at the list, and Chelsea, hey, the Blues from London tend to show their fangs when they revolve around a few attackers, Both Rivaldo and Frank Lampard have been frighteningly sharp weapons for a while, ...... Andy Gray is clearly a 'see through the future' of the prophet, "so let's take a closer look at how AC Milan's attacking system is being built and working. ”
"And then?" Martin Taylor shrugged, "How do you compare the attacking firepower between Milan and Arsenal to yesterday's game?" It's not fair to know that Manchester City are now only 14th in the Premier League, while Parma are in 6th. ”
Andy Gray hurriedly waved his hand, "No! Buddy! The number of goals scored is just one of the references, but we need to look at the options and diversity of the attacking options of the two teams, as well as the effective attacking methods that both teams can show in the game. ”
"I think it's more straightforward to look directly at the final ownership of the Champions League, knowing that I've already bet £100 on AC Milan on William Hill's website." , Martin Taylor has a provocative look of "you can't come".
Unfortunately, such a gimmick was blown away by the referee's whistle on duty, and the camera switched to the San Siro, where the two commentators began to introduce the starting lists of both teams as usual.
Parma, who challenged Milan away, did not attack in a daze, and the contraction defense was sacrificed by Prandelli at the beginning, but AC Milan did not hesitate, intercepting Parma's possession and pressing directly to the position near the halfline.
"AC Milan showed an attacking posture from the start, with Andrea Pirlo in the middle and Kaka in front, Van der Vaart on the left and Van Persie on the right, the youngest midfield combination that Jiang has produced this season." Andy Gray watched the game develop intently, "Kaka took the ball, suddenly accelerated, passed Marchioni, and shot from distance!" ”
Martin Taylor nodded, "The Parma defense is a little too recycled, AC Milan's midfielders have a certain long-range shooting ability, the defense line is too backward will make these people very easy to exert force, and even calibrate the angle, Kaka's long-range shot is only slightly high, very threatening!" ”
Arsene Wenger wrote Kaka's name in his notebook and asked Pat Rice, who was next to him, "What do you think of this Brazilian?" ”
"Very smart!" This is the Northern Irishman's first impression of Kaka, "Parma's defensive recovery seems a bit excessive, but I think this may be what Prandelli is deliberately asking for, Milan's most terrible attacking system now is the ability to penetrate into the box, they have a good success rate in the box this season, they have excellent midfielders, breaking, passing, running without the ball can seize the opportunity to create a killing opportunity when the opponent is a little negligent, in comparison, the attack of long-range shooting is much less threatening to the defence." ”
"And ......", he added, "Prandelli should have other plans, if Parma successfully prevent Milan from penetrating into the penalty area, and the long-range shot repeatedly misses, it will have a negative impact on the mentality of the Milan players, as for long-range shots, as long as Parma's midfielders are diligent enough, they can always create some obstacles, you must know that the biggest advantage of Parma's players is their youth." ”
Seeing that the Arsenal players were all looking at this side, Wenger motioned for Rice to continue, "Then Kaka chose to shoot from distance at the beginning, why do you still say that he is 'very smart'?" ”
Pat Rice also noticed the eyes of the players, and raised his voice slightly, "You must know that there is no absolute on the field, Parma's choice of defense only depends on Prandley's interpretation of the success rate of these statistics, but the players on the field, the most direct impact on them is everything that happens on the field, as long as the deterrent long-range shot is used to impact the opponent's defense, so that in the next defensive choice, the opponent will hesitate or even be at a loss, this is actually a kind of psychological warfare, very subtle, But for Parma's players, it could well be very good, also because they are young! ”