(a)

Judging from his appearance, Allegri is not a desperate coach, Allegri with an embarrassed face is wise and calm in temperament, and full of analytical ability, his tactical philosophy is to be steady, steady and undefeated, and win in stability.

In almost all championship teams, solid defense is the basic element, and Allegri wants to build AC Milan as a whole, and then give full play to the characteristics of each player in the whole to achieve the effect of unity of points and faces.

From this point of view, the media's analysis that Allegri did not hesitate to abandon Ronaldinho and Pato in order to support Ibrahimovic was a "big gamble", and Allegri himself did not approve of it.

From Allegri's point of view, it makes sense for him to give up the in-form Andrea Pirlo as the heart of the team.

First of all, with Pirlo as the tactical core, take the ball in the back position of the organization, the price is that you must take risks, as the organization of the back and the source of the attack, Pirlo will often take the ball and play the ball within 30 meters in front of the penalty area, when the opponent through the "fierce robbery Pirlo" pressure steal caused Milan to lose the ball, it will lead to a direct threat to Milan's goal, which requires two central defenders to take turns to help Pirlo defend and fill the position, but players who can have this awareness, In addition to Nesta, the current Milan is Thiago Silva, and the young Papa found in the previous games that he does not have this ability for the time being, which limits Milan's central defenders.

The next problem, when Pirlo is the core of the offensive organization, it is easy for the opponent to form an overall defensive posture. The reason is also very simple, your whole team is pressed up from the back line, can I still not defend back? Therefore, Milan has long had to deal with the problem of breaking down dense defenses, especially when Shevchenko's transfer to Inzaghi was too injured, and Milan often had to go without points.

It is always said that Carlo Ancelotti created Pirlo's midfield tactics as an organization, and it is evidenced by the double in 2003 and the Champions League in 2007, but it must be said that in AC Milan, which won the Champions League final twice in the Ancelotti era, it was not only Pirlo who played well, but Shevchenko, Inzaghi and Kaka were all at their peak. Maldini and Cafu are also young. This is not the same as Milan's squad in the last two seasons.

To paraphrase the Carlo Ancelotti era, even when he reached the Champions League final three times and won it twice, the Serie A title was only won once in the first decade of the 21st century in the 2003/04 season. For the next six seasons. The Serie A champions are all out of the game with Milan. This also shows that this tactic is not so versatile!

The trident of "Ronaldo-Pato-Borriello", which Leonardo, who coached last season, was not taken into account by Allegri at all, even if he did not use this trident offensive system. Milan's squad must also be at the level of the top three, finishing third with a score 12 points behind the champions, which is not an improvement from Ancelotti last season, which is why Leonardo was sacked, for Berlusconi and Galliani, their requirements are simple, that is, the Serie A champion!

(b)

The reason for choosing Allegri is mainly based on the trust in Allegri's tactical theory system, Galliani is not a layman, he also has a deep knowledge of football tactical theory! And Milan is not like Real Madrid, they do not particularly emphasize the manager's past results, but mainly on the tactical theory system.

Chen Zhuo still understands and recognizes Allegri's tactical theory system. Different from the Milan style of Ancelotti and Leonardo's era, they emphasized the combination of "pass-control-rush-steal" at that time, with Pirlo and Rui Costa, Kaka and Shevchenko, Inzaghi in front of goal, Gatusocidorf and so on.

And Allegri's tactical system emphasizes one word, "run"! In the summer training camp, Allegri repeatedly emphasized that the midfielder no longer relies on one person to organize, the whole team runs together, all they need to do is to catch the ball while running, do not lose and then pass out, this pass is not necessarily a threatening pass, just a point in a whole set of links to mobilize the opponent, so there is no need to have Pirlo Xiaoluo's talent or Rui Costa's footwork, just need to be fast, accurate, steady, don't make mistakes, if a set of passes does not achieve the desired effect, The midfielder's double or triple midfielder can quickly retreat and play the ball back to the backcourt to reorganize, so that even if the opponent wants to counterattack when he gets the ball, the midfield with the combination of "muscle man" and "can't run" will not be penetrated by a hit.

As for how to play around the "Ibrahimovic core", Chen Zhuo was sent to Genoa before participating in the joint training, Fanny has practiced together a few times, he introduced to Chen Zhuo, or "run", the ball hits the front court, relying on Ibrahimovic's excellent ability to protect the ball and control it, press the running position as a whole, and then play the ball, as I just said, all players do not do too much dribbling after taking the ball, but try to get out as early as possible, relying on non-stop running and passing to drive the opposite defensive line, and when the opponent has a loophole, a fatal blow.

This style of play is similar to Gasperini's "sea chasing tactics", with three midfielders and two central defenders being strong, and the other players being the waves in front, but the core point of the whole tactic is Ibrahimovic, and the lighthouse is in the sea, not on the shore.

Compared with the "leather core" of the Ancelotti era, the source of the entire attack has been moved from the own half to the opponent's half, so that even if there is a steal in the attack, there will be no serious consequences caused by the "rush Pirlo" tactic.

With the rational support of the tactical theory system, Allegri of course requires the players to adapt to the tactics, for Xiao Luo and Pato, they are both super capable players, as long as they can integrate into the tactical system through reasonable running, Allegri believes that this set of tactics will be able to bring AC Milan more than one season of glory!

From the training camp to the warm-up match, and then to the four rounds of the game, Allegri has left the players with two months of running-in, but the adaptability of individual players is obviously still very poor. Young centre-back Papa still doesn't know how to run.

In fact, Allegri also bought time for Ibrahimovic through the compromise of Xiao Luo and Pato in the first few rounds, and only when the core of Ibrahimovic played the tactical power expected by Allegri in training, he could boldly put Xiao Luo and Pato on the bench and put the whole burden on Ibrahimovic's shoulders! If the core system of Ibrahimovic is not completed before the run-in is completed, it may not be 1 win, 2 draws and 1 loss, and the start may be worse!

In this game against Genoa, Allegri is also justified internally, losing to Genoa in the warm-up game, the loophole is from Xiao Luo, which is obvious to all!

Anyway. Today's game. Allegri won the former Shijie Footballer by all odds, and it was basically the first appearance of the "Ibrahimovic Core" without interference, and it was also the first use of the tactical system of transition from "leather core" to "leather containment", in many ways. Allegri is all about it!

(c)

Running up AC Milan. and the AC Milan team in the warm-up match. Sure enough, it made the Genoa team feel different!

Slightly different from what Gasperini envisioned, Gattuso and Seedorf did not stand in front of Pirlo, but parallel to Pirlo on the left and on the right. A back three were formed, with the two full-backs Antonini and Abate not parallel to the two centre-backs, but in front of the back three, on par with Boateng in the front, and Robinho and Ibrahimovic in front.

If you put it on the tactical board, the whole AC Milan formation is from the back to the front, defending in a 4-3-1-2 position, but in attacking, it is a 2-3-3-2 position!

The starters arranged by Gasperini were the back four of Kaladze, Dainelli, Ranocchia and Tomovic, the back two of Chen Zhuo and Veloso, the left midfielder Crishitto, the right midfielder Raphinha, and the strikers of the twin towers Lucatoni and Ruud van Nistelrooy.

This is the adjustment made after seeing AC Milan's starting line-up, the old captain Marcorosi who originally started was withdrawn, Chen Zhuo adjusted from the left midfield of the last game to the back midfield, and Cristo continued to start the left wing-back.

The reason for this adjustment is also because Gasperini believes that AC Milan's "muscular man" + "can't run" combination lineup, the old captain Marco Rossi will suffer both against and running.

For Genoa, when the ball reaches the feet of Ibrahimovic and Robinho, the double back will inevitably go over to block and press, and then they pass and cooperate, and then pass to Boateng in the back, as well as Antonini and Abate who cut inside on the side, the double back is naturally unable to rob the five of them, Lucatoni and Vanney in the twin towers take turns to retreat and counter-rob, and the two full-backs Krisito and Raphinha must also move closer to the middle to implement counter-robbery.

When the midfielders of the two sides are equal, the ball begins to go backwards, and at this time it is passed to Pirlo, even if he sees that two slow and three pass, it will not be too risky, not only because there are several "muscular men" around him to protect, but also because Antonini and Abate have begun to run to the two wings, Boateng and Robinho are also running in the ribs, at this time Crishitto and Raphinha must retreat to the side to defend these "run to death", If Chen Zhuo and Veloso go up to a scramble, the troops are insufficient, and if they rob at the same time, then Ibrahimovic in the front court will be pulled out of the gap because no one is marked.

This set of running tactics almost instantly dissolved the power of the Genoa twin towers, and in Milan's large-scale running, the 34-year-old Vanney and the 33-year-old Toni soon became clumsy because they could not keep up with the fast pace of Milan.

Even the "poisonous tongue" Giradiza had to admit that when Ronaldo was not on the field, AC Milan not only did not lose his spirituality because of the loss of this genius, but also appeared more active on the field because of the active running and ball control of the players.

"Now it's the decisive stage, Allegri is not willing to give up the running tactics he insisted on in Atalanta, in his opinion, if you can't run, you don't play, but Ronaldinho has insisted on his style of running without the ball since he was a toddler, and this style also made him Shijie Footballer, from this point of view, in the first half of the season, Berlusconi and Galliani have to make a choice, in the end, Allegri and Ronaldinho who go and who stay......" Giradiza's words pierced the focus of the current AC Milan contradiction, and now it is indeed as he said, Allegri, who adheres to the tactics of running without the ball, and Xiao Luo, who refuses to run without the ball, are already incompatible!

(iv)

Italian fans have a certain level of tactical literacy, but it is not just a fan who can be a coach to understand Allegri, and there are a considerable number of fans of AC Milan who are fans of Ronaldinho.

After entering the stadium, fans held up Ronaldinho's head to protest Allegri, and when AC Milan and Genoa entered a stalemate on the field, these fans chanted Ronaldinho's name rhythmically to put pressure on Allegri.

Not only Ronaldinho's fans are coaxing, but also fans of "duck" Pato, as well as fans of Leonardo's "trident" tactics last season, they are all making noise, some calling for Pato to play, some protesting against Milan's sale of Borriello, and holding Leonardo's portrait to protest against the change of coach of the Milan club.

Although the Genoa team playing away from home could not exert the power of the twin towers tactic, the defensive system performed very well, especially Chen Zhuo, who was marking Ibrahimovic on the field, not only made Ibrahimovic very uncomfortable defensively, but also a long pass after a steal almost posed a threat to AC Milan's goal.

In the entire first half of the game, Ibrahimovic and Chen Zhuo had the most direct "dialogue" shots, a total of 27 times, one in less than two minutes, of which 11 times Ibrahimovic did not stop control, but a non-stop kick back pass, and 6 times Ibrahimovic tried to stop the ball to get rid of it, but all of them were destroyed by Chen Zhuo, and none of them succeeded!

It was a two-on-one that hit the wall 4 times to get rid of Chen Zhuo, but they couldn't continue to advance under the cooperation of Fanny and Veloso, and could only pass back again, and were fouled by the referee in 3 attacks, Zuihou was 3 mistakes and Chen Zhuo directly broke the ball to launch a counterattack, including the long pass to Lucatoni.

From the statistical analysis of the first half, the success rate of "Ibrahimovic Core" in a one-on-one conversation with Chen Zhuo was as low as a crashing value, and in the first half, Milan had a total of four threatening offensives, three by Pirlo's wonderful pass to Robinho, and one by Abate's long-distance run on the right side, and Ibrahimovic, the core that Allegri did not hesitate to abolish Xiao Luo and Pato, has nothing to do with it!

At the end of the first half 0:0, when the players of both sides walked into the passage, the Milan home crowd collectively shouted the slogan for Ibrahimovic to get out, and the slogan for Allegri to get out, which made the Milan players feel very depressed. (To be continued......)