Chapter 687: Escaped

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Inside the San Siro Stadium, the overwhelming AC Milan fans were desperately cheering for the home team in the stands, and some fan groups even played crowds in the stands, trying to influence the performance of the Fiorentina players and increase the probability of their own team winning.

Twenty minutes had passed since then, and in the previous period, AC Milan's side had been very ferocious in attack, and it seemed to be a good continuation of Zaccheroni's usual style.

It's just that although the AC Milan players execute Zaccheroni's tactical ideas well on the field, their attacks always give people a feeling of thunder and rain. Almost all crosses from the wings were disrupted by Stam and Materazzi in the box, and Bierhoff couldn't get a header or a chance to play the ball to his teammates under the combined defense of the two!

As the team's main scoring point, Bierhoff can only work at high altitudes, but his foot skills are a mess, and he basically can't pose much threat to the opponent's goal in ground battles; Needless to say, Weah and Guli on either side were firmly targeted by the opposing Madavecchia and Carlos from the very beginning of the match. Therefore, the singleness of attacking tactics is one of the most obvious shortcomings of Zaccheroni's AC Milan in attack.

In the past, when he was coaching at Udinese, in addition to Bierhoff, Udinese also had two forwards, Amoruso and Poggi, who could cut in from the left and right sides, plus the back; However, at AC Milan, the lack of scoring ability of Guli and Weah made it possible for Bierhoff in the middle to rely on the next four midfielders to take on the task of scoring once he was targeted by the opposing central defenders. But Boban and Albertini are also average in their scoring ability, as they excel at playmaking rather than charging up front.

And when the offense can't open up the situation, the Rossoneri's holes in the defensive end have become very obvious.

As mentioned earlier, Zaccheroni's midfield combination is indeed a good player in attack, but its defensive ability is not complimentary. Only Hellwig's right wing can still be supported by teammates such as Ayala and Weah, Boban and Albertini in the middle can only be regarded as average, and Leonardo on the left is a model of strong attack and weak defense.

However, Andrea Pirlo, who was responsible for organizing the attack on the Fiorentina side, was still running around on the field and did not have a fixed position at all, which undoubtedly further increased the difficulty of Boban and Albertini's defense.

It is precisely for this reason that in the past period of time, Pirlo has instigated about four or five quick counterattacks, from Di Natale and Ljungberg in the front, as well as Ronaldo's quick passes or direct dribbling attacks, and finally turned into a very threatening shot!

It's just that Ronaldo's luck today is a little bad, he didn't seize any of these opportunities to counterattack, and the ball he shot was either slightly off the goal post, or directly kicked into the arms of old Rossi, or he couldn't cross the white line in front of him!

This also surprised Zaccheroni on the sidelines, and said to himself, could it be that Rossi wore reading glasses today, or did he find someone to cure his old dizziness? Why did he have to be so brave today, and he saved that alien with a few shots......

Ronaldo is running on the pitch, something that the Fiorentina coaching staff have been emphasizing in training, as a player who is sluggish can easily be restrained by the opposition's centre-backs. While he can also use his dribbling skills and speed to force off opposing defenders to complete the attack, doing so will undoubtedly greatly increase the probability of defenders infringing on him.

Therefore, although it takes a lot of body to run a lot without the ball on the field, it is undoubtedly beneficial for Ronaldo to avoid being fouled by the opposing player and reduce the probability of his own injury. After all, for any professional footballer, being able to stay away from injuries and thus prolong their professional life is something they are all looking forward to.

As a result, the aliens who accepted the arrangement of the coaching staff have been constantly running on the pitch, so that the three central defenders led by Maldini have no way to practice close marking against him, because if they really adopt a man-to-man defense against Ronaldo, the back line will soon be torn apart by this seemingly clueless run!

Although he wasted a few good scoring opportunities, Ronaldo's heart was not panicked, after all, no striker can guarantee that he will never miss any opportunity, and there will be times when he is unlucky. Therefore, Ronaldo has to be very patient on the pitch, constantly looking for the next opportunity to break through the back line in front of him on the run.

It's just that this opportunity seems to have come a little earlier than the aliens expected.

In the 24th minute, AC Milan launched another attack, Boban received a through ball from Albertini and dribbled past Pirlo, who had stepped forward, and then passed the ball to Giorgio Weah, who was pulled to the right before Gattuso could grab it!

The 32-year-old Weah finally showed the fans what he had been to win the World Footballer of the Year, and the Liberian striker faced Robert Carlos' defence, flicked the ball to the right and then suddenly accelerated - he intended to break through Carlos's left-hand defence in the simplest and most brutal way!

Carlos naturally couldn't let Weah get his wish, so he quickly threw off his legs and chased after him.

However, due to the difference in the starting time of the two, Weah, who took the first step, had already thrown off Carlos by one position. Taking advantage of this slightly tight space, the Liberian star picked up his right foot and fired a powerful volley at the ball!

Weah's kick was very far away, in the area between the Fiorentina penalty area and the touchline, but the accuracy of the shot was very high, and the speed and strength were not lacking - this time it caught Toldo off guard, he didn't expect Weah to shoot directly in such a remote position!

With his position too far forward, Toldo didn't have time to make any effective saves, so he could only watch in pain as the ball flew towards the goal he was responsible for!

This time, however, Lady Luck favored Fiorentina and Weah's shot left Toldo helpless, but it hit the crossbar and bounced back into the Fiorentina penalty area with a thud!

Seeing the ball bounce back, Materazzi immediately made a decision, and at the first time, he turned his body sideways, stopped Bierhoff, who was eyeing the ball behind him, and Stam on the other side cleared the ball out of the penalty area, temporarily clearing this huge hidden danger in front of the goal!

Florence, escape!