Chapter 83
AC Milan drew 1-1 with Sampdoria, a record of all home wins in the league this season, and the whole team was a little out of order during the game, and after the game, the disappointment on everyone's face was overflowing, in terms of chances, AC Milan and Sampdoria each hit a post, but Sampdoria goalkeeper Antonioli saved Gilardino and Kaka's must-have shots, and Dida slipped a shot that was not a big threat.
It was 36 minutes into the game, and after Gasbaroni dribbled the ball horizontally, he suddenly fired a cold arrow from outside the penalty area, and the ball seemed to "penetrate" Dida and flew into the net.
At that time, Kaladze stretched out his foot to block Gasbaroni's shot, but did not touch the ball, but this action seemed to shake Dida's sight, originally Gasbaroni's shot was fast, but the angle was not tricky, the ball actually hit Dida a few centimeters to the right of his right arm, but Dida seemed hesitant in the handling of this goal.
He seemed to want to hold the ball in his arms with both hands, but seemed to change his mind and wanted to shoot the ball out, apparently in the judgment of the line and speed of the ball, Dida had a problem, the ball hit his right arm and flew into the net, in fact it was a half-high ball, Dida didn't even have to make a leap or lean motion to save the ball.
In fact, Dida's form has been a bit problematic this season, from the beginning of the season, he was a little out of shape, lack of concentration during the game, and then big and small mistakes followed, the loss of Inter Milan, the positioning error of PSV Eindhoven, the big gift to Parma, to today's bizarre conceding goals, now Dida, no longer full of confidence in front of goal, the hero in the 02/03 Champions League final, now seems to be back to the level of the fatal low-level mistake against Leeds United six years ago.
Of course, in fact, if this low-level mistake is ruled out, Dida's performance today is satisfactory, and the range of attacks has also been significantly expanded, and in the second half, the opponent also had a kick on the sideline of the AC Milan defender's refraction, which was also saved by Dida, Dida's problem is not that the reaction is slow or the skill is not good, but from time to time there will be a "short circuit" in the mind, some seemingly simple shots, crosses, will cause a fatal blow to AC Milan's goal!
In fact, although AC Milan was very passive today, the midfield was controlled by the opponent, but the defense was well organized, and Sampdoria was also more suppressed outside the penalty area, and could only play some long-range shots under the interference of AC Milan players, but in this case, such a shot still broke through Milan's goal, which is undoubtedly a huge blow to morale for the defender's defense.
Dida is still quick to react, but he has lost the solidity of the previous two years, which is a necessary ingredient for a goalkeeper of a big club. This is also the most crucial difference between this year's AC Milan and the past AC Milan, think about the past three seasons, how many games, AC Milan has relied on Dida to turn the tide.
In fact, AC Milan's replacement of the goalkeeper position is already in preparation, Galliani on the one hand said that he "wants to renew the contract with Dida", but on the other hand, AC Milan rejected Juventus' offer to buy Abbiati, Abbiati is likely to return to Milanello next year, and he and Dida will be on the same starting line.
Statistically speaking, Abbiati has only made 38 saves, but has a success rate of 84. 4%, ranked first in Serie A, Dida made 59 saves, with a success rate of 72%, this is not a normal Didda, not the Dida who competes with Buffon for the "first goalkeeper of Shijie", but if he does not quickly find his past self, the younger and more stable Abbiati will quickly come up.
Dida's state is indeed one of the reasons for AC Milan's loss, and another reason is Ancelotti, who was completely suppressed by his opponent in this game against Novellino.
Ancelotti did not make an effort, he replaced Inzaghi with Rui Costa in the second half, put Kaka in the second striker position, and quickly got three great chances, Jankulovski's introduction was also inevitable, but it was too late, Ancelotti would often choose to replace the Czech when the score was behind, but only gave him 5 to 10 minutes each time, obviously, it is difficult for anyone to make a difference in such a short period of time.
However, before Jankulovski, Ancelotti also used a valuable substitution on Cafu, if Dida's mistake was unpredictable, then Cafu's play, is the biggest failure of the game.
After Cafu came on the field, he only touched the ball four times, once on the right sideline to receive Pirlo's pass, took two steps but slipped and fell, the second time was in the same position by Pisano from the foot of the ball, the third time was before the end, still in the opponent's penalty area with his right foot outward, Cafu tried to pass and shoot long, but due to slow action, he lost the space to shoot, the ball was blocked by the opposing defender with his body, after that, Cafu completed a pass of the whole team, his pass failed to pass into the penalty area, was blocked by the opposing defender with his body, and then the referee also blew the whistle for the end of the game.
Of course, Cafu's performance was not good, and there were reasons why his playing time was too short, but in fact, Cafu played a total of nearly twenty minutes on the field. After replacing Cafu, AC Milan made a big change in the midfield, Stam and Nesta played central defenders, Kaladze moved left, Serginho played left midfielder, Seedorf played right midfield, Ancelotti took great pains to play for Cafu's play, but Cafu's assist was not as good as Stam at the beginning.
Cafu stopped training all winter because of his father's illness, after returning to Milanello, he has been doing special recovery training, obviously Cafu has not yet recovered to his best condition, Ancelotti at this time pinned his hopes on an unknown Cafu, obviously a little too idealized, in addition, because of Cafu's play, the position of the midfield has changed too much, the left side of Kaladze and Serginho rarely play at the same time, so the cooperation is rusty, the left side of the attack has been active after being "scrapped", AC Milan's two flanks struggled to attack effectively.
Judging from the results, Ancelotti has too high expectations for Cafu, and the problem is not only in Cafu's form, but perhaps the good form of a limited number of games at the beginning of the season is the only glory he had before the slump of his career.
Cafu's form has declined, and the blame is not on him, a 36-year-old veteran, the most physically demanding position in the workplace, what more could he ask for?
The problem is that Carlo Ancelotti's preference for big-name players and the snub of utilitarian players have not changed for several seasons.
Speaking at a press conference ahead of the game, Carlo Ancelotti said: "Cafu's return is very crucial for us. ”
If these twenty minutes are given to Jankulovski, Ancelotti only needs to move Seedorf to the right, and the whole team formation does not need to make up to five people to change positions, the Czechs' crosses and overall awareness just make up for Sergiño's shortcomings, but Ancelotti obviously does not believe that players like Jankulovski can change the overall situation, and Zuihou's five-minute Czech play, is just an attempt to "treat a dead horse as a live horse doctor".
Brocki and Dorasú are leaving because they can't be reused, in fact, both of them are now performing well in their respective teams, since Ancelotti took office, in addition to the initial "entrepreneurial stage", there is only one "non-big star" who has really played under him in the past three years, Serginho, but the latter is often a problem for the team.
In fact, Cafu is no longer the Cafu of the year, he inserts more forwards and crosses more, but in terms of cross efficiency, his cross success rate this season is even lower than Simic, who is not known for assists.
There are rumours that Cafu will leave AC Milan this summer to play in Brazil, and he himself has publicly stated that he "wants to end his football career in Sao Paulo", but the president of Sao Paulo said that "we are not very interested in Cafu", and what Cafu's current situation is, the president of Sao Paulo obviously sees it better than Ancelotti.
With one draw and one loss against Sampdoria this season, how did Sampdoria become AC Milan's nemesis? It seems that Novellino, who was born in Milan, has eaten his old club thoroughly.
After beating AC Milan in the first half of the meeting six months ago, Novellino revealed his tactical secret: "It's to keep an eye on Kaka and use two midfielders to defend him. "Paloon is the main star, Volpi assists the defense, and this time, Novellino actually didn't make any changes.
Kaka's form is better than the first meeting, and even "eats" the opponent's two midfielders in a one-on-two confrontation, but after all, a team like Sampdoria can't let him play a thousand miles alone, even if Kaka breaks through head-on, he still has to interfere in the back and block his ball lane.
When Rui Costa first arrived at AC Milan, the newspaper "Milan Sport" once questioned that "all the balls have to be 'filtered' under the feet of the Portuguese", so that at that time there was a feeling of "staring Rui to death, freezing Milan", and now the situation with Kaka is even more obvious than at the beginning.
AC Milan's form is too closely linked to Kaka's form, with five defeats this season, with the exception of the not-so-ugly defeat in the Milan derby, in which Kaka is in poor form, especially against Fiorentina.
After Kaka was targeted, what other "tricks" did AC Milan have?
Gilardino and Inzaghi are basically fighting separately, although the lethality is great but the lack of mutual response, they need to have Kaka this "chain" link, Serginho rarely chooses to cooperate with the side, his characteristics have been familiar to the opponent, the brute force of the strong and bottom at least can not get rid of the interference of the opponent's defenders, it will definitely affect the quality of the cross, which is also the quality of the Weishenme Serginho small slash ball is much higher than the bottom, Seedorf has excellent ball control but is slow to handle the ball in the attack, will not seize the opportunity, In this way, only Pirlo's long pass remained, just at the beginning, Pirlo made a long pass, Inzaghi suddenly inserted and shook his head to attack the goal, causing a little threat, but after all, the success rate of finding a gap in the positional attack to play a through pass is too low, so that Novelino is equivalent to pressing AC Milan's attack back 20 meters, which is undoubtedly a huge success.
How do AC Milan play when Kaka is being targeted?
In the past, Ancelotti also used a 3-5-2 change of formation, focusing on the wing, but this season Cafu was not in the lineup for a period of time for various reasons, and his own state declined too quickly, the 3-5-2 formation could not be played, after Brocki left, the two real fullbacks Serginho and Jankulovski were all concentrated on the left side, AC Milan gave people more of a "dead play in the middle" feeling, the line remains the same, the personnel remain the same, although Kaka is difficult to be stared at, but the player will always have ups and downs, once stared to death, AC Milan are in trouble.
Of course, Ancelotti can also have another option, which is to use Degan, who has a stronger ability to hold the ball than Kaka, and has a larger range of activities on the field, but unfortunately, most of the time, Degan is not in Ancelotti's consideration.
After the defeat to Sampdoria, the gap between AC Milan and Juventus has widened to nine points, and the league title is estimated to be out of reach.
Although Carlo Ancelotti does not admit it, he is actually thinking about turning the team's attention to the cup competition, the UEFA Champions League and, of course, the Coppa Italia.
This time Ancelotti still didn't choose Digan, he didn't even take Digan to Palermo, but Ancelotti also paid the price for his stubbornness, in the good situation of leading 1:0 on aggregate, AC Milan actually lost to Palermo away 0:3!
03/04 season 0:4 loss to Lazio, 04/05 season 1:4 loss to Udinese, this time 0:3 loss to Palermo, after winning the Coppa Italia in the 02/03 season in the Berlusconi era, AC Milan seems to have a "tradition" of going out in the Italian Cup by a big score, and the three exits are home and away, but unlike the previous two games, AC Milan vs Lazio and Udinese, one at home 1:2, one 3:2, the chances are not very good, this timeAC Milan did not allow the opponent to score away goals in the first leg, and the score of 1-0 at home gave the team a good chance to advance to the semi-finals.
But it was in this situation that AC Milan still went out 3-0 in disgrace, despite the referee giving six minutes of stoppage time, despite Nesta's handball being missed, and despite Di Michele squandering two chances for a solo goal.
Losing three goals is not only the responsibility of the defense, but also the team's fighting spirit, hard work, desire to win, and the state of the players, but the biggest problem is in Ancelotti's starting lineup.
Kaka went up front, which proved to be a failure in hindsight. When Carlo Ancelotti was happy to use the "Christmas tree", a reporter once asked Ancelotti about Weishenme's use of a striker against the will of the prime minister, and Ancelotti replied, "Kaka is also a striker. But in fact, he knew in his heart that Kaka was still playing as a midfielder, but Rui Costa shared the work of possession and playmaking. When Kaka scored frequently, Ancelotti was asked Weishenme not to let Kaka play as a striker, and at the press conference, Ancelotti replied: "Although he scores a lot of goals, his characteristics are not suitable for playing as a striker, because he is not good at carrying the ball with his back." ”
Kaka's characteristic is to break through with the ball head-on, his weakness is precisely to protect the ball, Kaka must be in motion to show his power, back to the ball, Kaka is often a pick or a hand, directly turn around to break through the opposing defender, once he has to stop the ball and lean on people, the attack is often terminated here.
Before Inzaghi came on the field, Kaka has been in the forward position, although it also created some opportunities for the opponent's goal, but after all, the space is too small, and Kaka is in front, Ancelotti had to give up the forward play, and placed Seedorf and Volger in the midfield two central midfielders to play parallel 4-4-2, due to Volger's too many mistakes, Seedorf ran too little, resulting in once the opponent formed a steal in the midfield can be fatal.
In all fairness, in the entire first half, AC Milan's midfield control was still dominant, but due to the lack of organization in the midfield, Gilardino in the front court rarely had the opportunity to get the ball, and every time he took the ball with his back, he was stuck to death by the opposing defender, and at this time the central midfielder could not press, and throughout the first half, the back insertion of Jankulovski on the left side was the only threatening attack point in the AC Milan midfield.
In defense, Warger made too many mistakes in passing in the key position in front of the back line and could not control the ball, Seedorf was not timely in protecting the ball, AC Milan conceded the first goal, which was a long-range shot by Warger after being broken through by Gonzalez head-on, and the second goal, the two central midfielders were not protected in time, Warger lost his position, Seedorf was not fierce enough, Stam was forced to step forward to top Gonzalez, resulting in a gap behind him, and Caracciolo took advantage of this gap to score the ball.
In fact, in Palermo's new coach Papadopoulo's formation, Gonzalez is a flexible chess piece, on the surface he is a left midfielder, but in fact, in the attack he will go to the forward position, and Collini, Barone to form a three-on-two against the opponent's double back, in fact, this is a certain risk, because once Gonzalez is cut to the middle, once the ball is broken, the left side of Jankulovski will form an offensive open field, but AC Milan's two central midfielders are unable to intercept such a little-known player, Volger's problem is in the state, Seedorf's problem is in the attitude.
Cafu's play at right midfield was also a failure, Carlo Ancelotti had hoped to increase his ability to attack the flanks at 4-4-2, but Cafu was no longer the Cafu of the past, and AC Milan's attack on the right flank was paralyzed throughout the game.
A move accidentally lost all the sets, AC Milan put Kaka on the front line, resulting in the midfielder having to change the formation of parallel 4-4-2, Seedorf and Vogel's combination failed, resulting in a big increase in the threat of the opponent's counterattack, three goals conceded, it seems that the problem is in the defensive line, but in fact, Nesta, Stam saved countless dangers in this game, and is the best player in the team, but no matter how much Haode central defenders can't withstand the opportunity to meet with the opposing striker again and again.
On the one hand, he wanted to stay for Lazio in the next round of the league, so he hid Inzaghi and others, and on the other hand, he didn't want to give up the first leg 1:0 so that he could advance to the front, so he didn't go to Amoruso and forced Kaka to the front. In fact, this is another manifestation of Ancelotti's hesitant personality.
In this game, AC Milan's worst performance is still Cafu, which saved 8 million euros in the summer transfer, saving Otto or Cicinho, but it has brought endless troubles to AC Milan.
Cafu's impressive performance in the summer warm-up games has created a false impression for the club, and in fact, Cafu has indeed reached the Zuihou stage of his career, starting six league games so far this season, and AC Milan have won four, drawn one and lost one of those six games. Cafu then returned to Brazil for personal reasons after being sidelined by injury, during which time Simic replaced him as the main right-back, with Simic making five starts and winning all five of their matches.
Cafu appeared in AC Milan's starting line-up this time, but in the end, although Ancelotti had many failures in the game from the line-up to the subsequent substitutions, Cafu's appearance was the most obvious of many.
The assist king of Serie A, that is already a distant memory of the 2001/2002 season, AC Milan used to be a good assister, but now he can't attack and can't defend for a long time.
Cafu is really not good, whether in the right wing-back or right wing-back position, he is no longer the same Cafu of the year, the opening six minutes back to Simic out of bounds, a low-level mistake opened the prelude to the Brazilian's nightmarish performance.
7 crosses in the game, but the effective cross was zero, the breakthrough was even more zero, in the tenth minute of the second half, Cafu's cross flew to the bottom line, Inzaghi inserted at high speed to hit the goal on the bottom line, but could not grasp the touch part, this is the only one of Cafu's seven crosses to the team members, the other 6 times, not 3 directly from the back post flew out of the bottom line, 2 were blocked by Grosso with his body, in the kick before the end, the ghost made a strange outside arc, like a return pass to the opposing goalkeeper Andujar, So the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game 15 seconds before the end. In addition to low-quality crosses, Cafu was slow to pass and receive the ball in cooperation with his teammates, and the third goal conceded by AC Milan was traced back to the inaccurate pass passed by Cafu to Kaka, which made the opponent break off, and his own attack became the opponent's counterattack.
In the first half, Cafu played right midfield but the attack was not effective, when Simic was replaced, Cafu became the defensive weakness of the whole team in the right-back position, and Di Michele's main attack direction obviously moved behind Cafu.
Cafu lost his position once, rose to the top once, and twice forced Nesta to "cameo" the role of right-back, but fortunately, Nesta was in quite good form today and did not let the score go further.
In addition to Di Michele, substitute Gaudias also used Cafu's side as the main breakthrough, and in the dialogue with Gaudias, Cafu gave the opponent two well-placed free kicks due to his slow movements. Serginho, who has been used as the main attack direction by opponents in the past, has been extraordinarily relaxed this time, and after he came on the pitch, the opponent rarely attacked from the right side, and only once did he let Caracciolo play behind.
Cafu is indeed not good, a 36-year-old veteran, and is a full-back, a sudden decline in form can occur at any time, and the current Cafu is undoubtedly in this state, which is also powerless for the Milan laboratory, but the question is Ancelotti Weishenme insists on putting him in the main position?
Despite Simic's low-level mistakes, Cafu should still be replaced when Inzaghi comes on.
Stay Kafu to step up assists on the field?!
It's really just the Kafu that people remember, not the Kafu that they are now.
Of course, this is only the tip of the iceberg, the real danger of AC Milan is in the second half of the season, if Ancelotti thinks Cafu is still the main candidate in the right-back position, then once in the close confrontation, especially in AC Milan's only remaining goal of the Champions Cup, Cafu is likely to become a "time bomb", Cafu used to be a great player, but now Cafu, always makes AC Milan lack something in the right side of the attack and defense.
Of course, there is also the topic that can never be avoided, one by one, Degan!
In the last game, Degan was thrown on the bench, and in this game, Degan did not even enter the squad for the game, although Ancelotti defended after the game: Degan's physical condition is not good, and after his comeback, he has not adjusted to the most haode state.
But everyone knows that it's just Ancelotti farting!
After Digan returned from injury, everyone can see what the state is, three games, two starts, one substitute, three assists, two goals, it is not an exaggeration to say that Digan is the best player in the current AC Milan team, but in the eyes of Ancelotti, Digan is still unqualified, the reason is that there is a contradiction between the two people.
This abandonment is simply undisguised!
It's like Saki and Robert at the beginning. Like Baggio, even if the latter wears heavy makeup and is extremely delicate, in the eyes of the stubborn old man, the latter is still just a coquettish chicken.
Degan is now the chicken in Ancelotti's eyes.
What about being in good shape?
Carlo Ancelotti is the leader of AC Milan, and he has the right not to let Digan play!
Of course, Ancelotti is not AC Milan's house, this time Galliani does not plan to be silent anymore, before Ancelotti abandoned Digan, after all, Digan's leg injury was just right at that time, no one knows what his state is, and at that time Gilardino's state was on fire, and he couldn't force Ancelotti to replace.
But this time Galliani can't bear it, the league is nine points behind Juventus, and the title is basically no play, counting on the stable and frightening old lady to make a mistake, it is better to count on the Italian Football League from now on to increase the points after the AC Milan victory to four points.
With the Coppa Italia out, there is only one Champions League left, AC Milan can no longer make mistakes, and now there is only one way to solve this problem, either Ancelotti uses Digan or Ancelotti leaves.
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