Volume 1 Chapter 444 Pick and Shoot to Win
The two sides attacked, the pace of the game was very fast, but the purpose of the two sides was not the same, AC Milan wanted to win quickly and save energy, Fiorentina wanted to drag down AC Milan's physical strength, but until the end of the first half, AC Milan and Fiorentina did not achieve their goals, and they were unable to break through the opponent's defense again.
At the end of the game, Carlo Ancelotti was lost in thought as he smoked a cigarette in the smoking room for five minutes before returning to the dressing room.
"Everyone played well in the first half, the score of one to one is acceptable, if we don't have the Champions League in midweek, we can still stick to the first half of the game in the second half, but now is not the time to fight with the opponent, I just said, in fact, L is also a good score, in the second half we don't put the pace of the game so fast, close and play, it is better to win, if you can't win, it is a draw is acceptable. After all, the league has just reached the first round, and there is still a long way to go, and the Champions League must not be lost...
Ancelotti set the tone for Milan's second-half play, that is, the Chinese fans are most familiar with the draw, in the face of an important Champions League match, it is not an exaggeration to be conservative in the league, which is acceptable to the coaching staff and players, and in terms of results, it is also the best choice, because even if this game fails, the club and fans will not have much criticism, but if the Champions League group cannot qualify, the shock caused will be difficult to predict.
In the home team's dressing room, Prandelli and his players are grinding their fists, preparing to fight AC Milan to the end, taking advantage of the opponent's two-front dilemma to lose the opponent and expand the advantage, which is a good time to take advantage of the enemy's illness to kill the enemy.
The different fighting ideas of the two teams also made the playing style and morale of the two teams in the second half completely different.
After the start of the second half, Fiorentina was still aggressive, and even the backcourt did not let Milan easily control the ball, bent on raising the pace of the game to the fastest, completely ignoring the physical consumption, but Milan began to restrain the play, bent on controlling the rhythm of the game.
At the beginning, AC Milan also thought that Fiorentina's pressing would not last too long, and when they were exhausted and then launched an attack, the chance to win would come, but soon after, they found that it was not like that, because Fiorentina's players were very sharp in attack after grabbing the ball, and the success rate was also very high, thanks to their excellent forwards in the frontcourt, Chen Yu and Toni are the kind of superstars who can be one-on-two, even a giant defender like AC Milan can't one-on-one Chen Yu and Toney, And even if Chen Yu and Toney can't get the ball to break through and shoot, it will be difficult for AC Milan's players to break the ball without fouling.
If the front court can control the ball, the players behind will dare to press boldly, and the players behind can press boldly, which can form continuous offensive opportunities.
If AC Milan does not have the Champions League in midweek, they also join the scramble at this time, reduce Fiorentina's possession time and increase the number of their own attacks, Fiorentina will not necessarily have more chances than AC Milan, but now Milan retains their physical strength for the midweek game, and can only shrink step by step, from controlling the tempo and the ball to defending and counterattacking.
There is no perfect defence in the world, not even a single line of Stam, Maldini, Nesta and Serginho can prevent all the opponents' attacks, and in the 55th minute, Fiorentina got a chance from Serginho, the weakest link in Milan's defence.
Serginho is a very characteristic player, his best position is actually left wingback, not left wingback, but because Karadze's assist ability is average, and the state is not good, Jankulovski was originally bought to play left wingback, but now he has become a substitute for left midfielder, so Serginho can only reluctantly play fullback.
If it is against a weak team, Serginho can attack and defend, and one person can almost cover the entire left side, but against a strong team, his lack of defensive weakness is exposed.
Previously, Fiorentina's attack was three-dimensional, all-round, combining side and center, long and short, but it was not without focus, when they found that Serginho's defense was not so good through the attack, and the assist involved part of his energy, Fiorentina's attack began to tilt to the left side where Serginho was.
Fiorentina's attack was launched from the middle, Donadal passed the ball to Tony from the middle distance, and Tony turned his back to Nesta, who is known as the world's first central defender, he did not dare to stop the ball, but directly used his height and strength to give the ball to Chen Yu, who received in the middle.
Chen Yu is running, when there is no ball, his running speed is not fast, but while running and observing, after Tony passes, he immediately accelerates, when he gets the ball, Chen Yu's speed has been raised, in the face of the intercepted Pirlo, Chen Yu plucked the ball and changed direction, like a stake to throw off Pirlo.
Chen Yu's dribbling speed was too fast, and when Pirlo was passed, he didn't even have time to reach out and pull someone to foul, which caused a burst of warm applause from the Fiorentina fans at the scene.
However, it is also good for AC Milan personnel to be pressed in the backfield, that is, there is no shortage of people when they defend, Chen Yu passed Pirlo, Seedorf and Gattuso stopped in front of Chen Yu, forcing Chen Yu to go to the side.
Chen Yu saw Pasquier assist at this time, because Seedorf ran to the middle to defend himself with Gattuso, Pasquier was almost unimpeded on the side, and right-back Stam did not follow, Chen Yu immediately passed the ball to Pasquier, and quickly moved to the side to answer Pasquier.
In the face of Chen Yu and Pasquier, who were running quickly, Stam could only stare at Pasquier who had the ball, but Pasquier did not stick to the ball and immediately passed the ball to Chen Yu, Chen Yu received the ball with the intention of entering the penalty area, but he saw Tony running towards the back post, and the fullback Serginho didn't know if he didn't notice Tony, or felt that Nesta could prevent Tony, and he still stood there without moving.
Chen Yu saw that Tony ran first, gave up the breakthrough, just made a feint, and then passed the ball to the back post.
Chen Yu's feint shook Nesta, and as soon as Nesta's feet slipped, he couldn't keep up with Tony.
Serginho had thought that Nesta was following Tony, so he didn't come, and by the time he saw Nesta slipping under his feet, it was too late for him to run over.
Toney is smart enough to pick one of the weakest positions in AC Milan's defence – Serginho – and he believes his team-mates are capable of passing the ball over – and this time he got it right.
Toni jumped high into the back corner of the net, and Dida swooped in with all his might, but couldn't touch the ball and could only watch it fly past his hand and into the net.
Toney scored twice to help Fiorentina complete the comeback to Milan.
After the goal, Toney was so excited that he ran to the stands with his arms raised like crazy, and the full-back Marjora didn't hold him back.
"Tony Luca Toni"
There were deafening shouts and applause from the stands.
This season, after Tony came to Florence, there was an unpleasantness between him and Chen Yu, but then the two quickly reconciled, with the help of Chen Yu, Tony scored a lot of goals, but because Chen Yu's performance was too dazzling, Tony's has always been under the light of Chen Yu, as long as the outside world mentions Florence, the first thing that comes to mind is Chen Yu, and it is more about Chen Yu, which will definitely make Tony uncomfortable, now this heavyweight battle with Milan, Tony finally played a decisive role, he believes that after the game, He will soon become a hero in the eyes of fans and media, and although Chen Yu has an assist, it is impossible to steal the limelight from him.
Seeing that the score changed to l: the opponent won the lead, the Milan players froze again, except for Nesta, who lowered his head, and everyone else began to complain to each other, thinking that the goal conceded was someone else's fault, and had nothing to do with them, or little to do with them.
AC Milan coach Ancelotti is a little dumbfounded, he can accept a draw, but it is difficult to accept a defeat, especially they are still competitors with Fiorentina, one first, one third, if this game loses, Milan will be opened by Fiorentina six points gap, will be Juventus again opened a five-point gap, maybe Fiorentina may later lack of stamina, unstable, lack of bench strength and other needs to have many problems, the most backward, but Juventus will not, This team is already known for its few mistakes, and after Capello took over, they made even fewer mistakes, and it was difficult for them to chase after a five-point gap.
Carlo Ancelotti is in the middle of a painful choice, should he start to push for an equaliser, or will he continue to be fit and accept the result of the loss? This is a difficult problem for Ancelotti, it is really a bad choice, after thinking about it for a while, Ancelotti still decided to wait and see, now it is the defenders who make mistakes, and it is also a joke to change defenders behind them, it is better to observe it again.
Even if Ancelotti did not give any instructions to the team, the Milan players could not accept the situation of falling behind, they are Serie A giants, but also the world giants, in any stadium, whether home or away, they are the protagonists, even if they fail by chance, they will never be defeated, there are no bright spots, so when the game started again, Milan stepped up the offensive and launched a counterattack against Fiorentina.
In the 57th minute, Andrea Pirlo broke free from Fiore's marking, and Stam cut in from the right wing, and the full-backs often made it difficult for opponents to guard against, especially for a player like Stam who looked tall and clumsy. Inadvertently, Stam shook off several defenders and cut into the Fiorentina penalty area.
It was only then that Fiorentina panicked, and at least three defenders surrounded Stam
If Stam is a midfielder, at this time he will definitely pass the ball out of the ball before the defender circle is blocked, but Stam is a defender after all, in an emergency, Stam chose to pass the ball back to the top of the penalty area to find Seedorf in the back row, but Fiorentina's midfielder Donadal was already prepared, he crossed the body and made a sliding tackle to destroy the ball and destroy the bottom line.
Pirlo took a corner from the right, Shevchenko and Gilardino did not form a shot, and the ball was headed out of the box by Chen Yuyi.
In the first minute, Seedorf fired a low right-footed volley from 25 yards in front of goal, and the ball was confiscated by Frei. In the 65th minute, Kaka drove straight into the Fiorentina penalty area with the ball from the middle, at this time Fiore Fiore brought down Kaka, Milan got a free kick opportunity, Serginho's left-footed free kick from Menmi on the right side was held by Frei.
In less than 10 minutes, Milan played vigorously, and the number of shots on goal has improved a lot, so Ancelotti gave up the lineup adjustment and continued to play against Fiorentina with the current lineup.
On the green field, sometimes time is not worth a penny, it is wasted there, sometimes it is worth tens of thousands of gold, and even a minute may decide the ownership of the championship, Ancelotti just decided not to make a substitution, Fiorentina immediately used a counterattack to teach Ancelotti a lesson.
Serginho assisted too deep on the flank, and when Fiorentina switched from defence to attack, the Brazilian was not able to return in time and was beaten by Jorgensen.
Of course, Ancelotti also left a backhand, when Serginho assisted, Gattuso went to the side to make up for the defense, but at this time, as long as Serginho could not come back, Milan was less on defense, Gattuso made up for the wing, but the central defender was exposed to the opponent's attack, Jorgensen took the ball and was walking towards the bottom line, was stopped by Gattuso, Jorgensen immediately passed the ball to the middle, looking for Fiore.
Fiore was at the back but had a better view, and he picked up the ball and passed it to Montolivo, allowing Montolivo, Chen Yu and Toney to attack the Milan defence.
Fiorentina have formed a three-on-three situation at the moment, and Milan's full-back Stam still needs to add to the middle.
The situation became more serious for AC Milan, and with a defensive problem, Fiorentina could immediately get the chance to face goalkeeper Dida alone.
Milan veteran Maldini showed the advantage of experience at this time, he did not wait for his opponent to attack, but took the initiative to press Montolivo with the ball.
Seeing Maldini's choice, Prandelli on the sidelines exclaimed, from his point of view as a head coach, this is also the best choice, because the opponent's attacking three, Montolivo is the youngest and weakest, Maldini's rapid pressing over may cause Montolivo's mistakes, and if Montolivo feels that Maldini is running too fast and wants to change direction, Maldini also has a chance to foul
However, although the experience of Fiorentina star Montolivo is very little, but the talent is amazing, under the tutelage of Prandelli, it is now quite a bit of a general's demeanor, in recent games, Montolivo has more and more opportunities to play, seeing Maldini pounced, Montolivo did not pass Maldini recklessly, nor did he panic and make mistakes, he calmly distributed the ball to Chen Yu, let Chen Yu hold the ball, and he and Tony went to run to respond.
Undoubtedly, among the many choices, Montolivo also made the best choice, although Chen Yu is not as tall as Tony, nor as strong as Tony, but Chen Yu is fast, good dribbling, and the most important thing is that Chen Yu is all-round, can fight around the clock, at this time Chen Yu is definitely more suitable than Tony with the ball.
The only one who defended Chen Yu was Stam, and Nesta went to defend Tony.
Facing the powerful Dutch bald man Stam who had played as a central defender, Chen Yu took full advantage of the opponent's disadvantage of running to the middle, and received the ball and went to the side, which was the opposite of Stam's running direction
If Stam stands there and does not move, he only needs to move sideways, but now he has to stop the brakes sharply, and then move sideways, for the Dutch central defender who is 1.91 meters tall, it is very difficult to stop his body, not to mention that he has to move in the opposite direction, Stam did these two actions very embarrassed, but he did it reluctantly, for his figure, he has done a good job.
However, Chen Yu's cunning and meanness were by no means something that the honest Dutch could have imagined, and as soon as Stam moved sideways to the side, Chen Yu dunked the ball back again and thrust it from the ribs into the penalty area.
Chen Yu's two consecutive changes of direction shook Stam into a daze, and when he moved to the middle again, Chen Yu instantly started and threw Stam at high speed towards the Milan penalty area.
At this moment, no one can stop Chen Yu anymore, except for goalkeeper Dida.
Dida was desperate when Stamm was deceived for the first time, he had already attacked the small penalty area, and seeing that Chen Yu had really formed a situation of going straight to the point, Dida gave up the last illusion and rushed towards Chen Yu
Chen Yu did not choose to get rid of the goalkeeper, although he wanted to do so, but the opponent's defender was not far from him, and if he passed the goalkeeper, it was likely to make the current situation worse, resulting in a situation where more and more people were beaten, so Chen Yu decisively chose to shoot, the speed slowed down slightly, Chen Yu picked the ball with his toes, and the ball flew over Dida's head.
Dida naturally made all kinds of preparations for attacking, including wearing the crotch and passing the goalkeeper, two very humiliating ways to humiliate the goalkeeper, seeing Chen Yu pick the ball, the distance was too close, Dida didn't have time to pick the ball, raised his arm and hit it in the air, trying to intercept the ball.
But Chen Yu's shot was perfect, Dida stretched out his arm and didn't touch the ball, the ball flew over his head and flew into the net.
Chen Yu went to the meeting single-handedly and expanded the score with a pick.
Then Ancelotti immediately made substitution adjustments, Costa replaced Seedorf, Cafu replaced Stam, strengthened the attack, and must not let Fiorentina play a big score. Rui Costa's introduction gave the striker more support, and in the last five minutes, Shevchenko scored Milan's second goal, but it was no longer helpful and he had to accept a three-game defeat on the road, extending his winless run at the Stadio Franqui.