The Champions League, a two-legged knockout format of home and away, has many decisions that need to be made repeatedly, and one of the most important is how to play away games......

"When it comes to away goals, I think Chiang has fallen into a state of paranoia, letting at least two attacking players roam outside of his own defensive system, and he chose that against Arsenal. Martin Taylor covered his face with some annoyance, "It's crazy! It's so crazy that my confidence in Milan has plummeted to its lowest point! You know, even in Munich, he didn't arrange such a tactic! ”

Ian Wright disagreed, "No, I think an away goal will really decide the outcome of this semi-final to a large extent, and it's worth taking a gamble to score away goals!" ”

'The season's games have proven that AC Milan are really the best at taking advantage of home advantage, and many of their home games have been able to take the lead in the first 20 minutes, playing with momentum that makes the opposition unable to defend. , Wang began to habitually list the data in his hand to make a characteristic statement, "I think, Jiang Qi is very confident in the home game, will be very concerned about getting an away goal, and compared with the defense, Arsenal is indeed slightly inferior to Milan's aging defense." ”

Boban also nodded in agreement with his statement, "Arsenal's wings are stronger than defense, Toure is still a rookie, although he is improving quickly, but sometimes in the Champions League game, experience is undoubtedly the heaviest of many winning weights, Campbell's frontal interception ability and air defense are very strong, but sometimes the state is not very stable, and the age is a little too old." ”

Martin Taylor still looks listless, "Arsenal's defense is not the focus of everyone's talk, and they are a two-back configuration, whether it is Vieira, Gilberto Silva or Edu, how to combine interception ability is outstanding, on the other hand, Milan's midfield is too thin, without Gattuso and Ambrosini, the physical condition of Lahm and Van der Vaart is really ......"

Andy Gray continued: "One more important thing, goalkeeper! Judging from this season's performance, Dida is not stable enough, and even lost the position of the starting goalkeeper by Abbiati for a while, Lehmann is much better, the 34-year-old veteran's joining this season has become the final piece of the puzzle for Arsenal to reach perfection, and a large part of the Gunners' unbeaten record in the league is due to the German goalkeeper! ”

No one seems to be able to accurately estimate the role of a goalkeeper in a team, but it is likely to be decisive in a given game.

However, the people in the broadcast room who repeatedly evaluated the gains and losses of Jiang Qi's tactics did not know that the goalkeeper who seemed to be the least trusted by them was the real killer of Lao Jiang's game!

He had painstakingly adjusted the rotation in a tight schedule in order to be able to deploy this old demon level backline in Highbury, Maldini and Cafu are a little scary in age, but they are extremely experienced in the tournament, and they are the best candidates to fight defensively, Nesta has been the team's last line of defense since Lazio's fame, and Lucio has been in the Champions League team of the season in his second year at Bayer Leverkusen......

As Jiang Qi said in an interview with Sky Sports, now he doesn't need to take out a thick statistical table to slap in the palm to face all challenges with confidence.

Dida's goal-line skills remain one of the best on the planet, and his recent performances have become more consistent, while the much-criticized attack against Highbury, Jiang Qi demanded that AC Milan's formation be at least 10 metres longer than usual, and the penalty area was completely fixed. The scariest thing about Arsenal is running without the ball, he compresses the opponent's space to the limit, and then tightly seals the penalty area, forcing the Gunners to shoot only outside the box, so for the rookie coach, this game has the confidence to bet on away goals!

From the first attack and defense after the opening, he could already read Lao Jiang's tactical language, so Wenger stood on the sidelines for a long time.

There is a precedent for interrupting Arsenal's attacking rhythm by attacking from two fronts.

Chelsea and Monaco, opponents of the Gunners in the last round of the Champions League, were constrained by frantic pressing in midfield, while Inter Milan started the season with a sticking approach to the box, with three centre-backs and Toldo, who was also excellent at the goal line, which was how Jiang Qi felt closer to Milan after watching the game.

Sticking to the penalty area and blocking the movement of Arsenal players in the box as much as possible is like placing a large reef in the place where the tide is attacking, there are advantages and risks.

On the field, Arsenal's attack was more violent, from the wings, from the ribs, at the top of the arc, the Gunners kept running and passing in order to get more space, but AC Milan's defensive rotation can really be described seamlessly, and the rotation principle that Jiang Qi has resolutely followed for a long time and the benefits of operating the transfer according to two sets of lineups at the beginning of the season are beginning to be revealed!

"Thierry Henry started and tried to force his way past Maldini, but the Milan captain broke the ball off the line with a sliding tackle!" As the game went on, Martin Taylor began to gradually regain the confident posture of AC Milan supporters, "I began to think that Jiang Qi's gamble might be rewarding, so far, with the first line of the penalty area as the boundary, Arsenal have not found an effective way to attack in it, although their running position can get the receiving position inside, but half of them have done useless work because the football cannot find a solid passing route, The other half was forced to turn out after getting the football and couldn't connect to the next offensive link! ”

Ian Wright frowned, "The energy and focus on the game on both sides is amazing, this kind of high-intensity attack and defense can't last long, but without relying on home advantage to quickly take the lead in the score after the opening, the situation is not very favorable for Arsenal......"

"Arsene Wenger's choice now is to either slow down the tempo and play half-time control to patiently seek opportunities, but this will give the opponent a chance to breathe, or to hold on, depending on who goes down first in the competition of energy, fitness and will, either option is risky and will make the situation more complicated and uncontrollable." When Boban was commenting on the game, the broadcast camera switched to the head coaches of both sides again.

The professor stood on the sidelines, his face was solemn, but Jiang Qi had already sat back in the coach's seat, his expression relaxed, and the two seemed to be very different from each other......