Chapter 64: Dominance

Fiorentina also won four consecutive league games at the beginning of the league, reaching 12 points, while the other four teams in the championship group played abnormally in this round, giving Fiorentina the lead.

Digan's old club AC Milan, this round drew 1:1 with the weak Parma, the league only reached the fourth round, Milan only achieved a bad record of one win, two draws and one loss, this kind of result was obviously not expected by Ancelotti, even after being penalized and unprepared last season, AC Milan also won all the first three rounds.

In terms of personnel and tactics, AC Milan has no special problems, but there are some mistakes in individual details such as schedule, status, and on-the-spot command, and unfortunately these mistakes are all used by the opponent, and there is no advantage on the field, but in exchange for a 1:1, which is accidental and inevitable.

After the game, AC Milan fans were still lamenting the zuihou moment when Gilardino's shot was collected by Parma goalkeeper Paifa Varini, Inzaghi slipped himself while scrambling in the box, and Seedorf flew away in the face of an empty goal.

Parma coach Digan also had a chance to come back from 1-1 to win the first Bole Mandolini encounter, as Parma had a chance to come back from 1-1.

Kuto in the game zuihou moment, unmarked header goal, as well as Reginaldo and Corradi's two-on-two, can be converted into a goal, from the post-match jishu statistics, the possession ratio of the two sides, AC Milan is completely dominant, but the shot ratio is 14:12, the shot on target ratio is 4:3, AC Milan has no real advantage.

After the game, the most criticized is Ancelotti's lineup, four rounds of league games, the UEFA Super Cup plus a Champions League group stage, except for the league with Fiorentina, Ancelotti all used the Christmas tree formation without exception, of which Ronaldo started one, Inzaghi and Gilardino each started three games.

Gilardino has been criticised for starting the first three league games for not receiving any results, but this is clearly unfair, Inzaghi has performed well in Europe, the league has also been inactive, and he has failed to score in this round to replace Gilardino as a starter.

Gilardino is slightly inferior to Inzaghi in scoring, but the root cause of his lack of scoring lies in the difference between the league and the European arena, and when both men struggle to break their fast in the league, it is not simply a matter of individual ability.

The Champions League is more open, and Milan can get a lot of space to play when attacking, while in the league, especially against small and medium-sized teams such as Siena and Parma, the attacking space is often compressed to the limit, and the single striker in the Christmas tree formation can easily disappear into the penalty area.

Carlo Ancelotti's recent insistence on using a single striker is not his deliberate counter to Berlusconi's request for a "double striker", but in fact has his own struggles.

With Ronaldo injured in the match against Fiorentina, Milan are currently only left with Inzaghi and Gilardino to play the UEFA Super Cup, league and Champions League in succession, and can only rotate the two.

In order to get out of the predicament of poor attack, in addition to counting on Gilardino's form to recover, the most important thing is to wait for Ronaldo's return.

After this round of fixtures, AC Milan have been left behind by Fiorentina in the standings. Carlo Ancelotti also had to admit after the game that the Rossoneri have fallen behind in the league title race, and if they want to make a difference in the league, then they will not allow any further mistakes.

AC Milan have been beaten three times in a row since beating Genoa 3-0 in the first round and are winless at home.

Milan's inconsistent form has given Parma coach Dorino Mandolini plenty of confidence and believes that a point away from home is not enough: "We knew we couldn't give them too much space against Milan, so we tried to take advantage of the counter-attacks and create some threats in the first half. Although Milan took the lead, we didn't give up and after the break we brought out our liliang. ”

It was a 'historic' draw for Parma, as they were unbeaten at the San Siro for the first time since 2002.

Mandolini continued: "We deserved to win, but we were a little bit unlucky at Zuihou. I want to congratulate my players and hope they continue to be positive. ”

Mandolini made a very special tactical deployment in this game, allowing Brazilian striker Reginaldo to focus on Milan's core Andrea Pirlo.

'I'm asking Reginaldo to take advantage of the gap left by Jankulovski's assist, he's tough defensively but he's very good in attack and you have to take care of Andrea Pirlo at all times and it will be a fatal blow to us if he gets space.

Obviously, Mandolini's tactic is stealing from Prandelli, in the match between Fiorentina and Shakhtar Donetsk, Prandelli used Marchena to prevent the core of the Shakhtar team, Fernandinho, but Mandolini was more daring and actually used a striker to mark the opponent's midfield.

With only four league games to begin and AC Milan will be seven points away from the top of the table, Carlo Ancelotti was also grim-faced in his post-match press conference, and he openly said that the backline was not performing well today, but what about himself?

Parma didn't score too late as they gave AC Milan 20 minutes to attack, but in those 20 minutes, AC Milan not only failed to score a goal, but also almost gave them a chance to win at the San Siro.

Ancelotti's substitution decision 15 minutes before the end was the most puzzling, and it could even be argued that it was a decision that cost AC Milan the chance to deprive them of a chance.

After 20 minutes of the second half, Cafu was on the sidelines, and it is probably the last thing AC Milan fans want to see in the coming days of the season, and it is true that Cafu does not seem to have much to bring to AC Milan so far this season.

Meanwhile, after conceding the goal, Otto started to press the right flank and created a number of good chances in a row with one-on-one breakaways.

And look at what Cafu did in the 15 minutes after he played, 4 passes, all of which were ordinary inverted feet, Odo's more than 1 cross before he went off the field, Cafu did not have a single one, after Cafu came on, AC Milan's right assist became paralyzed, without the cross on the right side, singled in the middle and left, AC Milan's double striker reduced by half, Otto's departure and Gilardino's play, are two contradictory decisions, on Giratino, can strengthen the strong point of the middle, need to be supported by both sides of the ball, but under Odo, Aside from the flanks, support has declined, and the only explanation is that Carlo Ancelotti believes Cafu has more energy and attacking power than Odo, who played 79 minutes, but Cafu's stats clearly don't give a positive proof.

In defence, in the Zuihou moment of the game, Kuto's header almost broke the goal, and it was Cafu who did not jump up at all in the duel, allowing Kuto to complete a too comfortable header on his head, which almost became a stunner. Cafu's play seems to be a real failure.

Although in the AC Milan team, Favali and Serginho are both people whose abilities have declined sharply, only Cafu has been repeatedly entrusted with important tasks by Carlo Ancelotti in the same situation.

Cafu played three of the first four league games, coming off the bench against Fiorentina and Parma at the team's toughest times and against Siena, but none of them brought anything positive to AC Milan.

On the one hand, because he is 37 years old, Cafu's ability has declined sharply, just like Seaman after joining Manchester City, on the other hand, Ancelotti always has illusions about Cafu's ability, and always sends him on the field when he needs to win, but Cafu's performance has been disappointing again and again. When it comes to the game against Parma, 79 minutes is not too late, but Ancelotti's decision to replace Cafu, judging from the results, cut off AC Milan's chance to 15 minutes, and it is difficult to say whether the culprits are Ancelotti or Cafu.

Originally, Cafu was going to return to Brazil last season to enjoy happy football, but AC Milan decided to keep him and renew his contract for one year, but with such a performance, Cafu may have to choose to retire after the contract expires, even if he wants to return to his roots, to the current leader of the Brazilian league, Sao Paulo, I am afraid he will not find his place.

Cafu's poor performance was one of the reasons why AC Milan couldn't win today, and another reason was that in this boring draw, Kaka didn't step up at crucial moments.

Kaka's performance was not bad, and there were a few bright spots in the game, but for a superstar who is about to win the Ballon d'Or and Shijie Footballer of the Year, Kaka did fall silent today.

Looking at this season, Kaka's stats are not inferior, with three goals in four league games, one goal in the Super Cup, and two and a half games in three warm-up matches for the national team, and one goal also scored. He's still decisive, he's still scoring goals, but in terms of passion and momentum, it's different from what he's used to, in fact Kaka doesn't lack motivation, he's still hungry for victory.

In last season's league, Kaka may not have scored many goals, but his dribbling impact played a great role in disrupting the opponent's defense, so as to create more opportunities for teammates, and this season, Kaka scored even more goals than last season, but in the case of the opponent's full recovery, AC Milan is now a little less dependent on individual ability to make hard elements, Kaka's breakthrough is still threatening, a few one-on-one successful breakthroughs in this game caused the only goal in the local area, but his current breakthrough is less than in the past.

There are many reasons for this, the opponent's marking of him is definitely more ferocious than in the past, and sometimes he even faces a "crowd tactic", in addition, AC Milan have begun to emphasize the whole, and Kaka has been more focused on running without the ball and less on the contact with the opponent in the regular time, which is the reason for this change.

But what is more important is Kaka's body, the Wright brothers are the representatives of the modern football model of "body plus jishu", but no matter how strong the physical confrontation ability, after repeated violations, it will also accumulate some injuries, Degan after breaking his leg, he has significantly reduced the breakthrough with the ball, and the thousands of miles of walking alone that were often staged in the past have now become a reserved program, but Kaka, who is not as comprehensive as Degan, can only insist on his fast dribbling characteristics, however, this is more likely to lead to injury. Although the Milan lab's assessment proved that Kaka was a player with a low injury index, he now has a knee injury.

The knee injury wasn't very serious, but Kaka needed to rest, but in fact, it was like that last season, when Kaka not only played all the games when he could, but also played before he recovered from the injury, resulting in his subsequent game form being mediocre.

This season, Kaka has played four league games, five European games and a Super Cup, and despite taking a break for one game against Siena, plus the national team, he has also played seven games in less than a month, an average of less than four days, and is still busy.

And in all five games at AC Milan, Kaka still played the whole game. Kaka is less susceptible to serious injuries, but the fewer injuries he has, the less time he has to rest and adjust. Now Kaka has consciously or unconsciously reduced the most strenuous one-on-one, or even one-to-many individual breakthroughs, which is self-regulation, and is also a little inadequate under the influence of injuries and frequent competitions.

But that again touches AC Milan's squad, and at Barcelona, Ronaldinho can rest when he is tired or has a slight injury, because the people who can play his place are Thierry Henry and now Doss. Santos, and in AC Milan, if Kaka doesn't play, only Seedorf, who is not from the front midfield, will play his position, against Siena, Ancelotti shiyan Gourcuff, but it was very unsuccessful, to put it bluntly, AC Milan or the bench lineup can't keep up, and the tired are the main forces, but in any case, Kaka's fatigue battle, if it leads to a small injury and a big one, will be something that everyone does not want to see.

AC Milan drawn, and the same city rival Inter Milan did the same, facing the vice-captain Livorno, full of confidence, and the luxurious squad Inter Milan could only accept a draw in the end.

In this game, Ibrahimovic was good, but Inter Milan was bad, and the excellence of one person could only bring a draw to one team at most, although Inter Milan faced the "vice-captain" Livorno.

What does this remind people of?

That's right, it was Adriano back then, the omnipotent Adriano who often saved Inter Milan on his own.

The 04/05 season was Mancini's first year in charge of Inter Milan and Adriano's most glorious year, in that season, Ade saved the team several times with his ability, but Inter Milan's record was 11 draws in the first 13 rounds, and he withdrew from the title race early.

Time travels, three years have passed, everything is so similar, except that Adriano has been replaced by Swede Ibrahimovic.

2:2 was forced to draw by Livorno at the bottom, which was the defeat of Inter Milan, and the two goals alone were the victory of Ibrahimovic, so far, he has scored four goals in four rounds this season, although there is a gap compared with Degan, but he is indeed Inter Milan's well-deserved top scorer.

Inter Milan have scored seven goals in four games, with the Swedes accounting for the majority of them, and in addition to the other three, two have been assisted by Ibrahimovic, and the only goal unrelated to Ibrahimovic was Crespo's goal against Catania, but that was because Ibrahimovic was on the pitch and was not on the pitch.

That is, in the first four rounds of Ibrahimovic's appearance, Inter Milan scored six goals, and in the game where he did not play, Inter Milan scored only one.

At the pre-match press conference, a reporter asked Mancini this question: "To play well, Inter Milan will always need two players, Ibrahimovic and Vieira at their best. ”

Mancini did not deny it, and at the same time cited the examples of Kaka in AC Milan and Digan in Fiorentina, but it is not normal to know how much Inter Milan has invested more in the transfer market in recent years than its city rivals and the Purple Lily, and how large a team Moratti has prepared for him.

The presence of the "King" means that the team is not strong enough, because there will always be highs and lows in a person's form, there is Ibrahimovic today, there is the silent Ibrahimovic against Fenerbahce, there is the all-powerful Swede against Livorno last season, there is the disappointing striker against Valencia, of course it is unfair to put the blame on Ibrahimovic for such a thing as last season's Champions League exit, the real sadness is those who only pin their hopes on him alone, you knowAfter all, football is a sport of 11 people.

Unless Ibrahimovic can achieve the god throne in Fiorentina like Digan, he, the king, will not bring much to Inter Milan.

Inter Milan drew 2-2 with Livorno after falling behind twice, and Mancini's former assistant and Livorno's coach Orsi said after the game: "We should have taken the three points because Cesar made a miraculous save from Bogdani at Zuihou moments".

It was indeed a very bad game, Mancini criticized the striker for not taking advantage of his chances, criticized the players for their psychological laxity, but did not reflect on his own use, and after the game, almost all the Italian media were asking: "Where is Crespo?" ”

The Argentine was on the bench for 90 minutes, and perhaps in the first half Mancini was not wrong in choosing Adriano, Adriano was determined in his words in an interview on Friday, and he also brought his determination to the pitch and showed enough impact, but it was a layer of window paper that was difficult to pierce, and the Brazilian hit the post in two consecutive games.

In the second half, Mancini made a substitution adjustment, but Cruise, who replaced Adriano, did not perform at all, as a striker, there was no shot, only a few poor passes, Cruise's performance was completely unqualified, but the real problem was not him, and the person who sent him on the field, you know, expect a 33-year-old veteran who has hardly played much after the start of a new season to play the savior, it is simply a fantasy.

At the same time, Crespo, who scored in the last round and performed after the Champions Cup, sat on the bench for 90 minutes, even if he injured several important players, but Inter Milan had the resources to win the game, but they were not used well.

Another incomprehensible point is Figo, Figo and Crespo both came off the bench against Fenerbahce in midweek and should not have any physical problems, but the Portuguese superstar also waited on the bench to thank him.

Since you don't need people, in the summer, weishenme wants to leave people behind with a dead face, which is really incomprehensible!

Mancini always said that the team was not in order, but looking at this round of games, Fiorentina, who also made a wide range of rotations, won 6:0 easily.

Lippi once sighed: "Inter Milan's squad is as strong as Barcelona's. ”

It's not just a compliment, but with a strong roster, do you need smart people to use and deploy resources correctly? At this point, Mancini has not done a good job, and he seems to have been dazzled by Inter's line-up.

Figo and Crespo started in the last round, substituted in the Champions Cup, Jimenez was substituted in this round, Figo and Crespo started again in the next round, which seems to be a haode procedure arranged 15 days ago, and what is now done is only to implement, not to transfer according to the situation on the field. It's hard for Mancini, and it's too hard to get everyone to get a satisfying amount of playing time in this luxury squad.

An overcrowded squad is not always good, especially in the forward line, with Inter Milan and AC Milan going to the extremes, AC Milan can only be supported by the in-form Gilardino and the fatigued Inzaghi until Ronaldo and Pato are available, while Inter Crespo has made few appearances.

Recoba admits that he has been squeezed out of this situation, saying: "At Inter I can only play when others are not in good form or injured, and if I make a mistake I go back to the bench, while in Turin I can show myself to the fullest. ”

In the Mancini era, Inter Milan really didn't have any talent from the youth team, and Dragiore was good, but he had already gone to Torino and scored in this round against Siena, while half of Andreoli's ownership went to Roma.

In the annual salary ranking of the 20 coaches of the 20 teams in Serie A disclosed by the "Milan Sports Newspaper" a few days ago, Mancini ranked first among the 20 coaches in Serie A with a sky-high salary of 5 million euros, but whether Mancini's ability is listed at the top of the list of 20 coaches is unknown, anyway, in the PK with his former assistant Orsi, Mancini lost for a while, Orsi with an old and weak team, drew 2:2 with Inter Milan, Orsi also thinks that if it were not for Cesar's wonderful save, In the Zuihou moment, they can even beat Inter.

Mancini does have some biases in the use of personnel, such as Recoba will never be reused under him, and for example, "The Rock" Samuel, whose employment directly led to Burdisso replacing Samuel and entering the Argentine national team, but Burdisso is the kind of person with limited talent who can never become a first-class defender.

These things came from some of the knowledge of people that was ingrained in his mind, and Mancini was a stubborn man, and his impression of people was not so easy to change.

Just like last season, he decided that Figo was no longer good and although the Portuguese was actually in good form, his place was taken by Stankovic.

Big Cesar's performance was very poor when he transferred to Inter Milan, but Mancini insisted on him, and specially changed the formation to the 4-4-2 that suited him.

Recoba said that "I have a little mistake at Inter Milan and I have to go back to the bench", in fact, not only him, Samuel, Toldo are treated the same, similar to Davies and Grosso, and Maxwell will always get a chance to make amends no matter how many mistakes he makes.

Mancini had no small problems, and although he gave Inter Milan two league titles and two Coppa Italia titles, the Coppa Italia could not satisfy Moratti's appetite, two league titles, one awarded and one without penalty points from Juventus, AC Milan or even Fiorentina.

A few days ago, Mourinho left class, and someone asked whether Galliani would use Mourinho as a candidate, and the vice president of AC Milan said with a smile: "We don't need it, let's leave it to Inter Milan." ”

But the same question was asked to Moratti, the president of Inter Milan remained silent, Mancini brought Inter Milan to a height, but now the team has reached a bottleneck, of course, Moratti will not immediately fire last season's champion coach because of one or two defeats, but in order to keep his position, Mancini has to take at least one of the two goals of this season's league and Champions Cup.

Another highlight of the round, Juventus away to Roma, after 90 minutes of fierce battle, the two sides also shook hands, the draw could not please the two teams, and for Trezeguet, it was his 100th goal in Serie A.

A season in Serie B shackled Trezeguet and left him at 95 for a year, and now Serie A's most feared killer has written a piece of history with 100 league goals.

Speaking before the game, Trezeguet expressed his desire to reach his 100-goal milestone at the Stadio Olimpic: "It would be very valuable to score against Roma. ”

Judging from the characteristics of Jishu, Trezeguet is 30 years old, neither belongs to the "artistic school" that can establish himself as a fan idol, nor is he a key superstar who can decide the direction of the game, and in addition to shooting, Trezeguet's other abilities are not outstanding, and the ability to dribble, scramble in front of the court and organize the attack is very limited.

But for a player, especially a striker, shooting requires a lot of talent, and Trezeguet's ability to take a shot is indeed the best in football.

Trezeguet can score the ball in the most reasonable position and position at the crucial moments, Capello once commented on him: "Trezeguet can shoot from any position, he is a real hunter, he has a special ability in the box in his blood. ”

Trezeguet took 155 Serie A games to reach his 100-goal mark, which is also the second-shortest time taken by an active scorer in Serie A, the first being Degan, of course.

Although compared to Degan, Trezeguet's level of players is much darker, but for a team, a goalscorer who has scored 100 goals in 155 league games is very precious, not to mention that Trezeguet is not a "fish belly killer", and Trezeguet has repeatedly scored goals in important games.

In this season's league, Trezeguet scored 6 goals in 4 games, ranking second in the scorer list, only behind Degan, although this gap is a bit big, but for the scorers of Serie A, they have long been used to it, don't compete with Degan, you can get second, that is victory.

After a season dormant in Serie B, Trezeguet quickly proved himself to remain the deadliest killer in the league.

On the field, the French are rarely seen most of the time, but Trezeguet is such a type, only appearing at critical moments to complete the fatal blow, four rounds of Serie A Trezeguet less than 10 shots, but has 6 goals, the efficiency is not ordinarily high, this point, Degan has to bow down.

In the 16th minute of the game, Piero distributed the ball to the right side, Yaquinta blocked Juan's front cross, and when Iaquinta crossed from the side, Trezeguet suddenly stepped forward from behind Mex, and grabbed the header in front of Mex.

Although Trezeguet is 30 years old, but according to the current situation, Trezeguet's goal status can still be maintained for about three years, from the first Serie A goal away to AC Milan in 2000 to today's away goal against Roma, 100 goals are not the end for Trezeguet, and Juventus has now renewed his contract with Trezeguet until 2011, for Trezeguet, who has completed 100 goals in Serie A, the goal of 150 goals in Serie A is not far away.

The opponents on the list of Degan's goalscorers seem to be performing very well, but the club they play for has collectively withered in this round, and when the four rounds of the league are over, Fiorentina fans have found that the team they support can actually dominate.

What an unexpected surprise!

When did it take Fiorentina's turn to be so arrogant in Italian football?

The commentators, who like to sing the word about others in order to reflect their own inscrutableness, began to painstakingly analyze and argue, as if they had to explain Florence's current achievements, it was an accident, an accident, an emergency, and it would not be long before Florence would be completely beaten back to its original shape, from the local tyrant gold to the turtle green.

There are those who sing and fall, and naturally there are high hopes, four consecutive wins in the league, and now some people are beginning to hope that Fiorentina can break last season's seventeen consecutive wins of Inter Milan, you must know that last season, Inter Milan's crazy winning streak was ended by Fiorentina.

A record finisher, able to become a new record setter?