(a)

"You've watched the January and February events, which is great, so we can get straight to the point." Allegri did not greet each other this time, and the training sessions of the other players were already scheduled for the first half of the season, and they went directly to their respective training sessions with assistant coach Tasotti after the report, and the new players were left for a small meeting during the winter break.

During the winter break, AC Milan sent Ronaldinho to Flamengo, and introduced the "bad boy" Cassano and Van Bommel from Bayern on a free transfer, plus Van Nistelrooy and Chen Zhuo, who returned from Genoa, and the 23-year-old Uruguayan defender Montelongo, and now the entire first team squad has exaggerated to 32 people!

"This is your training jihua, this week's game against Cagliari is away, the squad will be announced the day before the game, there is no absolute main force in Milan, everything depends on your own strength and condition, if you need help, you can ask the assistant coach Costa Kuta to help you arrange it, welcome to Milan!" Allegri's speech remained brief.

There is no need to be verbose, everything is in the training jihua, Milan's training jihua and assessment system are very clear, the two assistant coaches Tasotti and Costa Kuta will bring the rest of the staff to arrange all in an orderly manner, and the players just need to train hard and perform well.

(b)

It is said that there is no main substitute, but all coaches have a starting list in their hearts, and Allegri is no exception. After the run-in in the first half of the season, Milan's main lineup has been basically fixed.

Allegri didn't create any new formations. After abandoning Leonardo's 4-3-3 'trident' combination last season, AC Milan, who won the halfway season, switched between the 4-3-1-2 and 4-3-2-1 line-ups, many of which were already untouchable.

The back four started with centre-backs Nesta and Thiago Silva, left wing-back Antonini and right wing-back Abate, with other players competing for two places on the bench or starting out with injuries to all four.

In the midfield position, Andrea Pirlo has not even been on the bench for 10 consecutive games due to injury. However, under the guidance of Allegri's tactical thinking of "playing on the run". Milan without Andrea Pirlo did not feel any discomfort in these ten games.

Pirlo in the midfield position, Ronaldo in the front midfield, these are all superstars that Allegri won with an "iron fist". Of course. Allegri's success in the half race also illustrates the success of Allegri's trade-off.

Milan without Pirlo. Two of the three midfield positions were absolute starters, one was Gattuso and the other was Seedorf, who Allegri removed from the midfield position. The 34-year-old Seedorf was once again rejuvenated under Allegri's tutelage.

Another midfielder has changed a lot, Allegri has chosen among the four players of Ambrosini, Boateng, Flamini and Strasser, and arranged and adjusted according to different opponents, and the four of them have the opportunity to start in this position, which also fully shows that the giants are full of talent, and the arrival of Van Bommel has undoubtedly made the competition for this position more intense.

The competition for the forward position is not as fierce as the midfield, Xiao Luo is the player who started the most in this position in the first half of the season, but it can be seen that Allegri has been using him to rotate and try, and in the first half of the season, Xiao Luo has never played a full 90 minutes, and has started the most, that is, 10 games, which is the same as Chen Zhuo's starting game in Genoa.

Replacing Ronaldo and replacing Ronaldo in this position is that Boateng and Robinho have basically been locked in since the fifth round, and in recent rounds, Robinho is the first choice when he is a single striker, and a player who will partner with him will be selected in Ronaldo and Boateng when he is a double striker.

After Xiao Luo left, the forward position is Robinho and Boateng two people competing for the start of the single front midfield, and Chen Zhuo's return also makes the media think that this is Allegri's choice to make more in this position, but for the time being, everyone does not think so that Chen Zhuo can replace Robinho as the first choice of the front midfield.

Ibrahimovic is another absolute mainstay, when playing the two-striker tactic, he is most partnered with "duck" Pato, occasionally when Pato is injured, Allegri will arrange Ronaldinho and Ibrahimovic to partner, what other strikers can do is to compete for bench seats and wait patiently for the opportunity to play.

Goalkeeper: Abbiati

Defender: Antonini Nesta Thiago Silva – Abate

Defender: Gattuso – Seedorf

Forward: Robinho

Forward: Ibrahimovic

The above list is Milan's current ironclad starting nine without injury and suspension, and what Chen Zhuo, Ruud van Nistelrooy, Cassano, Van Bommel and Montelongo have to do is to compete with the rest of the team for these two starting positions.

(c)

In the first half of the season in which Chen Zhuo did not participate, that is, in the 17th round of the Genoa competition, Milan lost 0-1 at home to Roma, the same points as Genoa, who had one less round, and still maintained the half-time championship with 36 points.

Genoa, who are in second place, have 11 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats, maintaining the pressure on Milan for the top spot.

Lazio won against Udinese in the 17th round but lost to Juventus in the 16th round with 33 points, still three points behind.

Napoli beat Lecce 1-0 after losing to Genoa and are fourth with 30 points.

Juventus beat Lazio in the round of 16, but were held to a draw by Chievo in the final game of the 17th round, accumulating 29 points and still one point behind Napoli in fifth place.

Roma won two in a row after a brief slump of one draw and one defeat, winning 1-0 over Bari and AC Milan respectively to move up to 29 points and sit sixth behind Juventus on goal difference.

Inter Milan were squeezed out of the top six because they had one game less, following a 3-2 win over Cesena in the round of 16. The league match with Fiorentina was postponed, so they finished in 7th place with 26 points at half-time.

The postponement was due to their trip to the final of the Club World Cup, which also took place on December 19, when Inter Milan defeated African champions Mazembe to win the trophy, making Inter Milan the fifth champion of the 2010 league title, Coppa Italia, Champions League, Italian Super Cup and Club World Cup.

However, the "five-time champion" did not stop Benitez from sacking the fate, and although he won the Italian Super Cup and Club World Cup in half a season in charge, he was only seventh in the league halfway through the league, and 10 points behind AC Milan. This is something that Moratti cannot bear. It just so happened that Rafa Benitez had his eyes set on winning the Club World Cup, saying that the club would buy him four men during the winter break, otherwise he would resign, and Inter Milan took this opportunity to break up with him.

Rushed to "rescue". It was Leonardo, who was fighting the fire at AC Milan last season. This is also one of the hot topics of media discussion.

During the winter break. Everyone turned up an interview with Chen Zhuo at the beginning of the season, when he was not optimistic about Delneri and Benitez, and now it seems. Like a prophecy.

(c)

After a week of joint training, in the first round of the second half of the season on January 6, Chen Zhuo was on the squad and was placed on the bench, which was not unexpected by everyone and was reasonable.

Among the starting 11 in this round of the game, in addition to the nine absolute main players who cannot be beaten, Boateng started today in the midfield position, Pato was partnered with Ibrahimovic in the forward position, and Allegri was in a 4-3-1-2 formation.

In addition to the second goalkeeper Amelia, the two substitutes are Zambrotta and Colombian defender Yeppers, the two midfield substitutes are Van Bommel and Chen Zhuo, and the two forward substitutes are Ruud van Nistelrooy and Cassano.

"What are your thoughts on the second half of the season, Patton?" After announcing the list of substitutes, Allegri approached Chen Zhuo and asked.

Chen Zhuo looked at Allegri and replied politely: "Train hard and strive to be the main ......"

"Nonsense! Don't fool me with this nonsense, I heard that you often discuss tactics in Genoa and Gasperini, and you also help Baggio in tactical design in the Hong Kong team, I want to hear what you mean, drink water? Allegri motioned for Chen Zhuo to sit down, this is not the first time that the two of them have chatted like this.

"No more drinks, xiexie!" Chen Zhuo smiled, sat down in front of Allegri, and said, "I probably see something from my physical training with Vanney, what do you mean, let me talk about this." ”

Allegri also smiled and said, "Not bad! It looks like we've improved a lot this half season! ”

Chen Zhuo looked at the physical training of himself and Vanney, and compared the physical training of the whole team now, he found that the physical peak and trough cycle of both himself and Vanney were staggered with other players, especially with Ibrahimovic, it seems that Allegri has made a very fine design in this regard, and it is also relying on the current first team There are as many as 32 players, so he dares to make this arrangement.

"If I'm right, Van Bommel and Cassano are in good shape, and together with the nine starters who are basically stable now, they are the first choice for the league, and Ruud van Nistelrooy and I should be in the Champions League and Coppa Italia according to the peak curve of physical fitness." Chen Zhuo said: "So I think, coach, your idea, the goal in the league this season is to ensure the top three and strive for the championship, and the Champions League and the Italian Cup should be used by you to run in and train this season, I don't know if I think right." ”

Allegri smiled and said, "Do you personally have any objections to this arrangement?" ”

Chen Zhuo thought for a while and said: "I think that although there are 32 players in the first team, there are several injuries on the list, so the main squad focuses on ensuring the league, and the substitute squad conducts actual combat training through the Italian Cup and the Champions League, which is a realistic and desirable arrangement." ”

"So you accept to be a substitute in the league and a starter in the Coppa Italia and the Champions League." Allegri asked, this is also a macro tactical arrangement. (To be continued......)