Chapter 437: A Game That Doesn't Need to Be Mobilized (Part I)

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At 8 p.m. on March 16, Serie A ushered in the finale of this round of the league, AC Milan sat at the San Siro Stadium to face the menacing Fiorentina.

For AC Milan, it has been an unbearable season, as the Rossoneri, who had swept Europe, were not only eliminated from the Champions League group stage this season, but also lost to Parma in the Coppa Italia early to miss out on the trophy...... Halfway through the season, Milan fans were surprised to find that the only team they supported was Serie A.

If AC Milan were a blessing in disguise and focused on the league to reclaim the Serie A title that had been lost for several years, no one would blame them. But the point is that even if the Rossoneri only had to concentrate on the league, the fans did not see a satisfactory result from the team, and the team's record in the league was even worse than before the winter break, which has seen AC Milan win two, draw three and lose four in the league until now...... Is this still the feared European powerhouse?! This kind of result is no different from the relegation team, okay!

What makes Milan fans even more disturbed is that coach Sacchi did not concentrate on how to lead the team out of the predicament because of the team's poor record, but tirelessly upgraded the scale of the team's infighting over and over again, from Panucci at the beginning, to Kluivert, and now even Reziger and Bogard are lying down.

Berlusconi chose between Sacchi and these players, and tragedy after tragedy was born.

Panucci, who had a violent conflict with Sacchi, was sold to Real Madrid in the winter transfer period, and Sacchi claimed that AC Milan's results would be greatly improved without this scourge, and as a result, Panucci used two assists in the Madrid derby to help the team beat their city rivals 4-1 in the Madrid derby, but instead sent Panucci's Rossoneri to a poor record of one draw and two defeats in the subsequent league......

The very different performances of the two teams of Real Madrid and Milan after Panucci's transfer made Sacchi once again branded by the media as "unrecognizable, stubborn and nepotistic".

In addition to Panucci, the three Dutchmen, Reziger, Kluivert and Bogard, also expressed their dissatisfaction with Sacchi's appointment, but they did not openly confront Sacchi as Panucci did, but privately tactfully expressed their desire to start the game to the manager.

Outcome...... I believe everyone has seen that Tasotti and other old courtiers are still the absolute main force of the team, while Kluivert, who is regarded by Milan fans as a new generation of "Dutch Three Musketeers", was pressed to the bench by Sacchi.

In this way, the team infighting led by Sacchi not only greatly depleted the Rossoneri's original considerable combat power, but also stubbornly brought the Rossoneri, who were originally in the top team in Europe, into the abyss step by step.

This point can be seen from Sachi's arrangement in this game.

In this game, AC Milan's starting goalkeeper is Sebastian Rossi, Pagto, who performed well in Sampdoria last season, can be said to have fallen into blood mold, just in time to meet the stubborn Sacchi, since the beginning of the season until now, the homegrown rookie has only started once, or in the Coppa Italia......

At the back, Maldini and veteran Tasotti are separated, with veteran captain Baresi and the established Costacuta partnering in the middle of the defence; Protecting the defence in front of them were Albertini and Desailly, with Croatian Boban in charge of the midfield and Bromqvist as a wide attacker to tear up enough space for Milan's attacking midfield; Up front, Liberian striker George Weah and homegrown striker Marco Simeone were partnered. The talented boy of the Netherlands, Kluivert, due to certain objective factors, could only sit in the stands of the San Siro Stadium and watch the game.

Looking at AC Milan's entire starting line-up, only Albertini and Bromqvist are under the age of 26, while Marco Simeone, Maldini, Desailly and Boban are all in their prime.

Among the remaining five players, Giorgio Weah and Costacuta are 30 years old, Sebastián Rossi is 32 years old, and Baresi and Tasotti are active in the first line of Serie A at the age of 36 and 37!

From here, we can see Sacchi's thoughts after entering the palace in Milan, that is, to reuse veterans.

To be honest, veterans can indeed use their experience to help the team, and their understanding of the game and the use of jishu are much better than those of the youngsters. However, too many veterans appear in the starting lineup, not only will the team lose its vitality, but also greatly suppress the opportunities for young people to play, young players can not get training, can not grow smoothly, no outstanding rookie team can only continue to trust veterans, when this group of veterans can no longer play, tragedy arises...... The Bundesliga in the 90s and Serie A in the 21st century are the best examples, with many teams in these two leagues having a lot of veterans and the result that the whole country is in a state of starvation.

At the turn of the century, the German national team boasted that there were only two superstars in the team, Ballack and Kahn, and Italy in the Shijie Cup in South Africa became a civilian team.

Therefore, there is a fundamental problem with Sachi's idea of building a team.

Fabio Capello, for his part, fielded a mix of main and substitute line-ups, with Vieri and Inzaghi pairing up front, Frenchman Novak Djokaeff and Portuguese midfielder Rui Costa feeding the two strikers in front of them, and youngsters Zanetti and Tomasi dragging behind to take charge of the midfield defence.

At the back, Capello put Fortunato and Angeloma on the wings; As for the central defenders, although Sacchi abandoned Kluivert, who is the strongest in terms of overall strength, the combination of Weah and Simeone is still very strong, and it will suffer a big loss if you don't treat each other as a dish. Moreover, neither of Milan's strikers is good at heading, so there is no need for the team's other central defender, Stamm, to start. As a result, Nesta and Ferrara were the starting pairings for the game.

Although Fiorentina had just played a tight Champions League match against Manchester United a few days ago, Capello had no worries about the morale of his players in this game. After all, for many Fiorentina players, when facing a team with Sacchi, even if they are tired and tired, they have to press the opponent to the ground and beat them up and then lie down to rest.

It can be said that Fiorentina can only concede defeat in Italy against two teams, one is Juventus and the other is the team that Sacchi plays, whether he is manager or something else, Vieri and Inzaghi will never lack the motivation to humiliate Sacchi.

For Fiorentina, it was a game that did not require mobilization at all.