Chapter 69: Forgotten
After the international team game, AC Milan ushered in a new round of league games, and finally AC Milan beat Cagliari 2-0 away, and Gilardino took the lead in the opening 26 seconds. After that, Shevchenko scored a beautiful long-range strike to help AC Milan win four in a row and maintain a three-point gap to Juventus.
Due to injuries and the impact of the international team just ended, Carlo Ancelotti made some changes to the lineup for this game: in the backline, Costa Curta replaced Nesta and Maldini in central defence, Stam played at right-back, and Serginho was left-back; In midfield is Rui. Costa played in midfield, Vogel dragged behind, and the forward combination was Shevchenko and Gilardino.
The game has just begun, Shevchenko's header rubbed back, Gilardino squeezed away the opponent in the confrontation with the opponent's two defenders, but ran over, the ball fell at the feet of Agostini, who then made a decisive big kick, but the ball hit the back of the defense Canini bounced back, in this moment of lightning, Gilardino, López, Canini, Agostino stood in front of the goal in a space of two square meters, the ball quickly popped up in the middle of several people, and in this chaotic moment, Gilardino showed the instinct of a killer.
Maybe he should have reacted to the position of the ball in Zuihou, because it was Agostini who took the initiative to clear the ball, and the ball bounced off Canini and bounced in front of López, Gilardino had already run past him, only to look back and see the ball passing past him.
But it was at this moment that he reacted quickly, like a wolf that smelled blood, and turned around, the ball a little far away from his body, but he leaned back to put his center of gravity, stretched out his toes, and stabbed him in the air.
López, the captain of Cagliari, stood still and saw Gilardino almost close to him to complete the string of movements, and goalkeeper Carini did not react in time, because everything was too fast, although Zuihou the ball was slowly rolled into the goal.
Lightning's goal, showing a lightning reaction, Gilardino's goal couldn't help but remind people of a man.
Fans who are familiar with Inzaghi may remember that in September 2003, in AC Milan's home match against Cagliari, a man who was also the first to judge the path of the ball in the chaos and broke through Pagliuca's goal, this man sat on the sidelines, watching Gilardino's goal and cheering for him.
Two years ago, Inzaghi was Europe's most beautiful goalscorer, and now, it is understandable that Rossi, Italy's golden boy, has described Gilardino as "Inzaghi's successor", because he does have the same talent as Inzaghi.
And then, Gilardino showed what Inzaghi did not have, in the 24th minute, Gilardino carried the opponent's defender on the left sideline, and gently rubbed the ball to Seedorf in the face of the incoming ball, and then penetrated the opponent's midfield defense; On 44 minutes, Seedorf picked the ball into the box, and this time Gilardino did not take the ball, but cleverly missed it, and the ball fell just to the feet of Shevchenko, who was moving laterally, but Shevchenko's cross was deflected by Rui. After Costa got it, the Portuguese had already won the ball on the left flank but was too steady, delaying the opportunity and being destroyed by his opponent.
In the post-match Jishu statistics, Gilardino had two threatening passes in addition to scoring, and in fact, having such a center forward with excellent ball making ability is equivalent to an extra creative midfielder in the frontcourt. Of course, let's not forget Gilardino's ability to break through with the ball, and although it was an exaggeration to describe him as "as smart as Inzaghi and as strong as Vieri", he did have the dual characteristics of an opportunist and a central striker.
Gilardino was proud of his goal after the game: "My goals are important for the course of the game, and quick goals can often change the course of the game. Andre and I did our best today and then we have to score in the Champions League. ”
Gilardino performed well, those reporters who fell with the wind are naturally going to hype, they believe that the Milan era belonging to Gilardino is about to begin, although Gilardino's performance at the beginning of the season is average, but just like previous seasons, he will step by step out of the trough at the beginning of the season, Gilardino's trajectory is consistent with AC Milan, once he finds the feeling of scoring, AC Milan begins to stride.
Along with the return of form, confidence has been restored, and Gilardino says he is now in the process of recovering and has the potential to improve his current form even further.
'I was in a goal drought at one point, but now, with the national team and at the club, I feel like I score every time I shoot, and that's what football sometimes does. I'm still not at the level I was at when I was in Parma, but I'm going to do my best, I'm training well and I'm going to be in the best physical and mental shape very quickly. It's very important to be able to score goals and I was confident before the game that I was going to score and I did. ”
Gilardino and Shevchenko scored at the same time, leaving Carlo Ancelotti in a state of ecstasy, and he can now forget about Digan without hesitation.
In addition to the strength of the forward line, the replacement of Pirlo, who has been waiting for midfielder Carlo Ancelotti, finally has some eyebrows in this game.
In this game, Vogel came on again in place of Andrea Pirlo and finished second in the game with an excellent performance of 93 minutes. With five points, Carlo Ancelotti also praised Vogel by name after the game: "He repaid the trust I put in him with precision and excellence. ”
If you count how many Pirlo-esque long balls have torn through the opposition defence, and how many long-range shots have threatened the opposition goal, you may not be able to count any of them, with Rui. Compared to Costa's graceful possession, Gattuso's passionate tackles, and Seedorf's dazzling feints, Vogel is the most inconspicuous of AC Milan's midfielders, but the most effective.
Vogel made 79 passes in the team, the highest in the team, and had a pass completion rate of 89. 8%, which is also a rare number in the first place in this relatively fierce and chaotic game.
In the post-match statistics, the number of accurate passes in the front court reached 41 times, which was also the first in the game, and after getting the ball in the middle, he quickly handed the ball to the forward or forward in the most comfortable and direct way in the way of ground ball direct passing, which is the most common thing that Vogel does in the game, and it is also the biggest difference between him and Pirlo, in contrast, Pirlo will try to hit the opponent's defense behind with accurate through balls, while Worgher focuses on hitting the feet.
In terms of defensive statistics, Vogel has had zero successful tackles, but that doesn't stop him from taking the lead in another statistic: counter-tackles.
Worgher rarely makes tackles, perhaps in the middle of his position, he can't be like Gattuso crazy with a risky sliding tackle against the opponent's player, position and timing have become his key words, when the opponent's ball is slightly out of control, quickly attack to take possession of the ball for himself, this is Walger's forte.
As for his performance, Vogel believes he is indeed taking a step forward: "I'm very satisfied, I didn't play badly today, and I'm happy that I've had more opportunities lately.
The bigger beneficiary of the rise of Volger is actually Pirlo, last season, Galliani once said: "Only Pirlo is irreplaceable in the whole team." ”
This also made Pirlo fight hard for a long time in the later games, and his physical fitness was overdrawn in the league zuihou stage. But that won't happen again this season, and AC Milan have been looking for a 'Pirlo stand-in' for a year, and now they have finally found it.
Maybe Vogel still has a little flaw compared with Pirlo, such as less transfer of the ball and less ability to get rid of the opponent's entanglement, which makes the AC Milan midfielder look a little cramped and make more mistakes under the pressure of the opponent today, but he at least has a common characteristic with Pirlo, taking the ball and passing the ball a lot, which is a natural "engine".
The good news for this game is that Inzaghi has paid!
The last time he played for AC Milan was on 21 May as a substitute for Crespo in AC Milan's home game against Palermo, but he has been playing with an injury throughout the season, with the last injury-free game coming at home to Sampdoria in early March 2004.
After 19 months, a healthy Inzaghi is back, with passion and vitality, 8 minutes before the end, Inzaghi replaced Shevchenko, and when he left the game, Shevchenko also hugged his teammate who had not been seen on the field for a long time, giving him the most blessings and encouragement.
As soon as Inzaghi came on the field, it was like a wild horse, the opposing defender Bega controlled the ball in front of his penalty area, Inzaghi jumped in front of Bega with an arrow, Bega hurriedly poked the ball to Lopez, Inzaghi fell to the ground due to castration, and people saw the energetic Inzaghi who did not give up any chances.
However, Ancelotti has changed the formation to a 4-5-1 formation due to the substitution of Inzaghi, and although Inzaghi has scored a hat-trick in the previous warm-up game, Ancelotti is not counting to extend the lead.
In such a situation, Inzaghi does not get many opportunities to perform. His most haode chance appeared in the 83rd minute, his teammates made a long pass in the backfield, Inzaghi stopped the ball on his chest and gave it to Kaka, Kaka immediately passed straight, Inzaghi turned and sent the ball horizontally to Serginho, the Brazilian passed a more imaginative slash ball, and Inzaghi made a diagonal pass through the cooperation, Inzaghi really understood, but unfortunately Serginho sent the ball too fast, Carini was more concentrated, and he got the ball first, but Inzaghi was only one toe short at the same time, this time, Inzaghi's speed has been seen and he is indeed recovering well. In the 90th minute, Inzaghi had another turn to break through, but the opponent shoveled out the bottom line first, after all, it is the most Haode Inzaghi, and dribbling is not his forte.
In the 85th minute, when Stam got the ball on the right side, Inzaghi raised his hands from afar and kept shouting loudly to indicate that he wanted the ball. It's a pity that the time left for Inzaghi is too short, but it is definitely a useful attempt.
Inzaghi also commented on his performance after the game: "I did well today and I hope to be a useful part of the team again, I don't rush it, but I am sure that I want to find my peak form. ”
This time, Inzaghi is really healed from his injury: "My leg is now functioning freely, I don't feel any pain anymore, and playing with the youth team last weekend was an important drill. ”
After a long period of injury, Inzaghi was so aggressive as soon as he came on the pitch, isn't he afraid of being injured again like Ronaldo back then?
"Scared? Not at all, because the fans and the club are supporting me and I never feel abandoned. I'm slowly getting back to my best, I'll admit I haven't felt like this for a long time, this game is very important for me, I'm not afraid of re-injury, after all, I'm doing what I love the most, I want to play with my best, everyone at AC Milan has helped me, I feel respected, that's enough, I don't care about scoring 30 goals or not scoring goals. ”
Andriy Shevchenko, Gilardino, Inzaghi, and Vieri, who had just broken his goal drought in the national team, seemed to have no place for Digan in Milan's forward line, and he seemed to be forgotten while still recovering from injury in Belgium.
This is also in line with Ancelotti's mind, anyway, he has never taken a fancy to Degan, if it weren't for Galliani forcing him to use Degan, this would probably be a dry corpse on the bench.
Deegan didn't become a dry corpse, but he became a sick person!
This couldn't be better for Carlo Ancelotti, with the absence of Degan in the team, and Ancelotti felt that the whole team was back under his control.
'The team is in very good shape at the moment and I'm happy to see Gilardino and Shevchenko score at the same time, which is good news for us, because they started the season a little bit slow to get into form, but now it's all over.'
Of course, some reporters asked about Digan.
Ancelotti was like a clean ear stuffed with, and his face suddenly became ugly: "His injury is completely due to his own reasons, I heard that after he was tackled by Albelda, he stubbornly wanted to continue playing, I can only say that he was completely a personal hero, which is not worthy of appreciation, no one in the team is indispensable, he is injured, naturally someone will be on top, Gilardino is doing well now, he will still be the main force in the next games, as for after Degan returns, It depends on his state before making a decision! ”
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