Chapter Seventy-Four: Shaken
When the flowers bloom and fall, looking at the weak state of AC Milan in this game, as well as Kaka's tired and lonely eyes, Degan can't help but be a little shaken, maybe leaving this team that has gradually lost its aggressiveness is not necessarily a bad thing for Kaka.
The trajectory of AC Milan's depravity this season is a perfect illustration of the old adage, after cutting the UEFA Super Cup and pushing this AC Milan team to the top. However, this was followed by a sharp decline in results, and the Rossoneri's dream of dynastic collapse like tofu dregs.
Although the game is not over yet, it is not difficult to see from the first half of the game that the current AC Milan team has almost reached the point of no desire, and the slogan is loud, but in fact, for the desire for victory and honor, AC Milan's players are obviously not as energetic as Fiorentina.
Today's AC Milan team is no longer a question of whether a revolution is needed, but a question of how to revolution.
Take a look at the first half of the game, Fiorentina's young people are wantonly wild in front of the former superstars, even small characters like Hamsik and Modric can take the ball with their feet at will in the huge space of AC Milan's defensive formation, Digan has completely lost his temper with Odor and Nesta, it must be said that this is the current strength of AC Milan, but there are still some people who can't see this, Galliani and Berlusconi are still covering their ears and stealing the bell: "We don't need a big change." ”
Although he has stressed more than once that "paying for people is not a problem", Berlusconi seems to be shy in his pocket, or reluctant to pay for it.
Look at AC Milan's gun-hunting target, the acquisition of Drogba, Amaury's thunder is loud and rainy, and "Slow Motion" reveals that Milan is already trying to lease back Shevchenko, but can the Ukrainian nuclear warheads, which are already on the verge of mute, really pull AC Milan out of the fire?
AC Milan's ageing did not begin in the last two seasons, after the two seasons of '02 and '04 with the big acquisitions of Nesta and Rui, Berlusconi has in fact changed his strategy, advocating zero transfer fees and high salaries to build the team.
Pancarlo, Cafu, Favali, Inzaghi and Seedorf are all products of this strategy.
This strategy ushered in a golden era for Milan, but it was precisely this chronic disease of "short-term behaviour" that crushed the Rossoneri.
Experienced veterans are certainly able to fight, but they can be transferred for free but receive high salaries, such as Favalli, Cafu, Sergio, Maldini and others have an annual salary of around 2.5 million euros, and they will have to pay more than 20 million euros to support these veterans who can't play many games in a season after paying taxes.
Disappointingly, until now AC Milan continues to be a veteran, the latest news from the media: AC Milan will sign 33-year-old Inter winger Cesar for free, and at the same time, Serginho, Favali, Cafu are only close to announcing that if Maldini plays for another year, Milan will repeat the feat of 150-year-old defense!
The bad record is worth it if it is exchanged for the club's sudden awakening, and the bold "broken arm to heal the poison" even if he sacrifices the results of one or two seasons, may win a new life, but the still awake Berlusconi has put AC Milan on the old path of Parma and Lazio, and a giant club has fallen? It is alarmist, but it is by no means sensational.
Although it is an away game, AC Milan is completely powerless to fight back by Fiorentina as it is now, people have to re-examine this AC Milan, as well as the so-called "no need for revolution" argument, last season's success in defending the Champions League made Ancelotti the manager who has won the most Champions League titles at the moment, and also made this AC Milan reach the apex, but like the law of everything, the apex is followed by a rapid decline, the current AC Milan, six rounds of league battles, actually miraculously only got one victory.
This is the current situation of AC Milan, and it is also a reaction to the real strength, looking at the young Fiorentina in the huge space of AC Milan's defensive formation to take the ball at will, judging from the ability shown in this game and even this season, Antonini, Abate and Hamsik, previously unknown players, seem to be easy to play in the main team at AC Milan.
The current situation is glaring, but it is also very real, in fact, comparing the line-ups of AC Milan and Fiorentina, especially in terms of squad depth, AC Milan does not have the slightest advantage.
Former Milan coach Sacchi has pointed out the problems of the current AC Milan team, and Sacchi said sharply: "This AC Milan team is too old and too slow, and it has come time to have to change. ”
In the last round of the lucky draw against Catania, Ancelotti said after the game that "we have no excuses", Galliani is still blaming the referee, but the blame is objective, never serious self-reflection, still immersed in the dream of winning the Champions Cup, this is the current situation of AC Milan club. AC Milan's performances could make this season look out of hope, and the club's attitude could take them out of hope forever.
Berlusconi is unwilling to spend money, and is even planning to do big things without spending money, but at this point, it seems that even Ancelotti, who has always cooperated, is difficult to accept.
Speaking at a press conference after the match against Catania, he openly stated: "Shevchenko and Pato are not a good pairing because they have similar characteristics. ”
It's not that Ancelotti and Shevchenko had much of a conflict in the past, but that he doesn't believe that Shevchenko's zero-price acquisition can make this AC Milan team change.
But AC Milan seems to be planning to do so, Shevchenko will arrive next season, or winter, and at the same time, AC Milan are still renewing some old players who will not be able to play at all.
Cafu is still thinking about it, but Serginho and Favali's contract renewal has been confirmed, just waiting for the official announcement!
But to renew the contract of such a player is weishenme?
Favali is already in this form this season, Serginho is not as good as Favali, and they will still be in the squad next season, which means AC Milan will inevitably use them in a number of games.
From frenzied to desperately struggling, Berlusconi is not as bankrupt as Tanzi and Cragnotti, but AC Milan seem to be following the path of Parma and Lazio.
Unfortunately, the club seems to have no intention of changing anything, so it would not be alarmist to say that in a few years' time, Serie A will have one less traditional giant, and one more declining aristocracy like Parma or Lazio.
At the end of last season, Costa Kuta said goodbye to AC Milan, and the problem of defenders at the back was finally pushed to the forefront.
With 16 of AC Milan's first-team players over the age of 30, nine of whom are regular mainstays, Milan is a bit of a stretch to rely on this group of veterans to meet the intensive schedule of two Champions League games a week.
In 03, Milan brought in 30-year-old Rivaldo; In '04, Milan brought in 33-year-old Dorasu; In 05, Milan brought in 31-year-old Amoruso, 32-year-old Carracci and 32-year-old Vieri; In the summer of '06, 34-year-old Favali, 30-year-old Otto, 29-year-old Ronaldo and 29-year-old Storari joined Milan; In the summer of '07 they bought former Roma and Juventus star 31-year-old Emerson from Real Madrid, and AC Milan will target Shevchenko, Zambrotta and a Ronaldinho who is about to pass his prime.
In fact, when Milan won the Champions League last season, the team should have considered a change of blood, but every season the Rossoneri have been painlessly recruited.
When the team needed the center the most, Ronaldinho was chosen to abandon Adebayor, and when the team needed defenders the most, he brought back Favali, and if Kaka also left AC Milan, waiting for AC Milan would definitely collapse the Warriors Building.
Of course, the current AC Milan lineup is not useless, but for such an old giant with a glorious history, with such a lineup, it is undoubtedly difficult to play a long and short term with the increasingly powerful Fiorentina and Inter Milan in the new season.
Inter Milan spent a lot of money this summer, bringing in Zivo to complement the weakness of the squad last season. Juventus are also aggressively recruiting and expanding their strength after being promoted, not to mention Fiorentina, while retaining most of the players, they continue to be younger, Arteta, Marchena and Modric have made the average age of Fiorentina's first-team team the highest in European football.
And what will the young AC Milan nursing home rely on this season to compete with these teams?
Behind him, there are Roma, Udinese and Palermo.
AC Milan's decline, as well as the lack of succession of the Italian national team, is directly related to the decline of AC Milan, the pillar of the league, who now prefers to sign some veterans over 30 years old rather than train new players.
At the peak of AC Milan, it contributed a whole set of main national team defenses, including Maldini, Baresi, Costacuta, and Tasottti, and the world-famous "reinforced concrete" defense line was formed.
However, as these shijie-level defenders aged, AC Milan gradually declined. In the past 10 years, Ambrosini is almost the only one who has been trained and able to play on Milan's own.
Otto and Borriello are the players who have been trained in the academy, and they can only play in other teams and then be recycled.
Young talents such as Antonini, Abate and Donadale have no room to survive at AC Milan and have to leave for the country.
In recent seasons, AC Milan's pursuit of results and the abandonment of training new players have been particularly serious. From Favali, Pancaro to Vieri, Amoruso and other big names who have passed or are starting to be out of fashion have landed in Milan, forcing talented lads like Abate to work elsewhere.
The funniest thing is that the team's first signing last season turned out to be the old guy Favali again, and the management still snickered to themselves.
Carlo Ancelotti never seemed to have the idea of giving young people a chance, as in this important Champions League group stage, Carlo Ancelotti was full of superstars and decrepit on the bench, and striker Paroski, who has recently become popular in the youth league, was called up to the first team, but he did not even make the squad.
The question of whose responsibility is for the aging of the AC Milan squad has been debated for some time, although the AC Milan club has introduced some very "eye-catching" veterans in the transfer market, but it is not that it has not introduced newcomers, just like when Inter Milan introduced Mihajlovic and Cesar, there was no too much criticism, the key is the orientation of the head coach.
Gourcuff is young, and his talent potential is recognized by everyone, but the player who was directly placed at the bottom of Carlo Ancelotti's jihua as soon as he joined, although he can get a chance to play, the young French talent has never been reused in AC Milan.
The first team is weak, but Milan's youth team is very experienced, and in the most recent training camp for the Italian youth team, the AC Milan youth team was the club with the most players in the squad announced by coach Casiracchi.
With the current squad set to be of Olympic age for the 2008 Games, another task for Kasiracki is to scout talent. The likes of Darmian, Di Gennaro and Palowski have all been called up from AC Milan's academy, but unfortunately none of these young talents have been selected for the professional league.
In addition to Maldini, the only players in Milan's youth team are Abbiati and Ambrosini, both of whom are unfortunately aged.
Milan's youth training and Milan's first-team team did not complete the passing work very well, and the youth players did not benefit their own families, but the fat water flowed to outsiders. In the context of the financial crisis, it is difficult for Milan to spend a lot of money on players, which is a good opportunity for young players, but if Ancelotti does not make some changes, the effect may still be zero.
When Digan watched AC Milan's so-called attack only revolve around the midfield, he was really shaken, no matter how suitable Kaka is for AC Milan and how much love he gets in AC Milan, but if it is such a team, Kaka really has no need to stay.
No ambition, no motivation, not even a little bit of energy!
Degan was afraid that if Kaka stayed in Milan for a few more years, he would become an old man.
Maybe going out, is Kaka more haode choice?
Degan, who was still dissuading Kaka from leaving the day before, suddenly had such an idea, from the perspective of a younger brother, Degan really couldn't bear to watch Kaka continue to suffer at AC Milan.
Didn't Berlusconi say that there is no need for an exchange of blood?
Then Lao Tzu will beat you to face the reality!