Volume 1 Chapter 249 Iron Bucket Formation
The San Siro Stadium, located U km from the center of Milan, is the symbol of AC Milan and has hosted numerous football matches in the world, making it one of the most famous football stadiums in the world.
Of course, this stadium also has a name called Meazza, but if anyone calls AC Milan's home stadium Meazza, he will definitely be dismissed as an outlier by AC Milan fans, because Meazza is the exclusive name of AC Milan's sworn enemy Inter Milan.
Today, the 85,000-seat San Siro Stadium is packed, and the entire grandstand is a sea of red, black and purple.
Due to the fact that Fiorentina suffered three games without a win, and the standings were overtaken by Juventus, AC Milan fans did not take this promoted team too seriously, so the 85,000 tickets for this game, AC Milan fans only got more than 50,000, but no one thought that the fans of Fiorentina would be so crazy, and the remaining tickets for this game were bought by the Florentines, of course, including some Inter Milan fans.
When the fans entered the stadium, AC Milan fans regretted it a little, they thought that Fiorentina would only come to more than 10,000 people, but now more than 30,000 fans came, almost canceling out AC Milan's home advantage.
The Fiorentina players who came out of the mixed tunnel were taken aback by the sight and the earth-shattering cheers, and their home stadium, the Stade Frankie, which can accommodate more than 40,000 people, is now home to more than 35,000 fans on the road, similar to the one they played in Fiorentina.
The on-site commentator of Milan TV said with regret: "Today's Milan fans are a little underestimating the Fiorentina people's enthusiasm for football, and now the number of fans between the two sides is only more than 10,000 people, and AC Milan's home advantage has been eaten away a lot...... But it doesn't matter, home advantage doesn't all depend on the fans, in San Siro every Milan player will have a sense of sacredness, and the achievements and glory of history will encourage them to live up to their ancestors and let them do their best to defend the glory of Milan, which is the biggest secret of home advantage......"
The Fiorentina commentator at the scene was excited, "The Fiorentina fans occupy the San Siro, seeing this kind of scene, I think the Fiorentina players must have a feeling of the final, they will not disappoint their fans, they will definitely take out points of energy to compete with AC Milan in this game, they have no way out......"
The on-site commentators were very accurate, and the players on both sides who stepped on the pitch looked solemn one by one, as if to pay tribute to this great stadium again, and the Fiorentina players were even more excited.
If the Alp Stadium is like a star hotel, then the San Siro is like a royal palace, the splendid stadium and the crazy atmosphere make the Florentina people feel that "it is a blessing to be able to play here every week".
As the captain of the team, Chen Yu is not as well-informed as some players in the team, San Siro did shock him, but Chen Yu City Mansion is very deep, did not show a trace of shock, he calmly shook hands with AC Milan captain Maldini, exchanged team flags and team emblems, so that the living Milan legend Maldini couldn't help but nod secretly, this Chinese is indeed a little level, so calm under the attention of the whole world, not at all like a turtle from C.
While the two teams were preparing for the game, the on-site commentators were also beginning to read out the starting lists of both sides to the fans, and gave their own opinions and opinions on the list.
“…… AC Milan starters: 1 Dida Cafu, 13 Nesta, Maldini, 4 Kaladze, 1 Pirlo, Seedovkaka Shevchenko, 1 Crespo......
It's a shame that Rui Costa, the heart of Fiorentina, didn't start, but Carlo Ancelotti is not a villain and he will certainly give the Portuguese and his old club time to catch up......
Shevchenko got the biggest cheers from the fans, in fact, there are still many Fiorentina fans, obviously, this is not cheering for AC Milan, this is because Shevchenko will go to Paris tomorrow to attend the Ballon d'Or ceremony, he is almost certain to win the Ballon d'Or, which is a blessing for the entire Italian football world...... While AC Milan vice-president Galliani admitted that "we still have to wait for official news", coach Carlo Ancelotti hinted before the game that "tomorrow will be a special day for Sheva".
AC Milan's formation is 43, rather than Carlo Ancelotti's favourite 43l Christmas tree formation, which is mainly due to the return to form of Argentine striker Crespo and Ancelotti's desire to win, as he wants to destroy the Fiorentina defence with two heavy guns.
…… In AC Milan, the most beautiful is undoubtedly the upcoming award-winning Shevchenko and Kaka, but it is Pirlo who controls the rhythm of the game and the overall situation, in fact, the world football in the back position, more runs, scrambles, and less Pirlo is a midfield handsome who can control the rhythm and direction of the game, looking at the world of football, of course, there are also stars like De Rossi, but the real midfielder who is good at controlling the ball is only Pirlo and Xavi, Pirlo is good at long passes, And Xavi is good at short passing, and if Fiorentina wants to win today, whether they can limit Pirlo will be the key......
Let's take a look at Fiorentina's starting line-up, - Lupatelli - Maggio, 1 Ujfalusi, Dainelli 4 Chiellini, 15 Jorgensen, 14 Maresca, Obodo, 33 De Licari, Viari, Chen Yu.
…… Hey, this is a 45L formation, which is different from what Mondonico announced before the game, it was originally 44 Mikoli starters, and now only Chen Yu uses two central defenders as midfielders in the starting lineup, it seems that Mondonico is very conservative today, is he going to put down the iron bucket formation?
There is no change in the back line, these four have played almost the first 14 games, which is an important reason why Fiorentina can get the current points, there are two defenders in the midfield, Viari, Obodo and Dericari, Jorgensen should also have defensive tasks, is it only Chen Yu and Maresca to attack? I don't understand it......."
Not only the commentators and fans can't understand it, even Ancelotti scratches his head, although Italy is a defensive country, with the strength of Juventus, and often plays 0 tactics, but Fiorentina has never discharged the iron bucket formation, and now this lineup has signs of the iron bucket formation, which makes Ancelotti quite puzzled, he originally thought that Fiorentina should be in a hurry to get 3 points instead of keeping a point.
Before the game had even begun, players from both sides took their positions and waited for referee Paparesta to blow the whistle for the start of the game.
At this time, the reporters cut the camera to the VIP box, the VIP box of San Siro is few among the giants, only 15, these 15 boxes are full today, many local football celebrities and business stars in Italy have come to the scene, including Prime Minister Berlusconi and shoe king De La Valle, superstar Baggio, Zoff, and the famous young coach Prandelli.
Berlusconi's arrival did not cause much of a stir, but the arrival of Baggio, the prince of melancholy, detonated the stadium and received applause from fans on both Milan and Fiorentina.
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At eight o'clock in the evening, Paparesta blew the whistle for the start of the game, and a big battle related to the league pattern began.
First off was the away team Fiorentina.
Chen Yu is a lone striker, Maresca helped Chen Yu tee off in the middle circle, and then quickly stepped forward and followed Chen Yu into AC Milan's half.
When they saw this lineup, outsiders thought that Fiorentina's attacking players were only Maresca and Chen Yu, and Jorgensen could only be counted as half, but five minutes after the game started, they realized that even Maresca and Chen Yu had defensive tasks, and he rushed to AC Milan's half court not purely to help Chen Yu attack, but to harass Pirlo, not to let AC Milan's back brain easily take the ball, and not let him easily organize the attack
As one of the most successful clubs in the world, AC Milan has enough experience and patience to deal with Fiorentina, they have the smartest and most talented midfielders in the world who know how to control the tempo.
After observing Fiorentina for five minutes, the AC Milan players saw Fiorentina's intention today, which was to set up an iron bucket formation and let Chen Yu go to the sneak attack alone, so the AC Milan players were not polite, and the three lines advanced twenty meters at the same time, and began to press the three lines of Fiorentina.
AC Milan immediately looked for an opportunity to shoot on goal.
In the 5th minute, Shevchenko, who was very active today, suddenly pulled to the left side and broke through Maggio and crossed, Seedorf got the ball in front of the point and passed it back to Kaka, Kaka saw Shevchenko cut quickly from the ribs of the penalty area, and then passed to Shevchenko, but today Fiorentina's defense of Sheva was extremely tight, and under the sandwich of Dericari, Ujfaruhi and Obodo, Sheva's header was high.
AC Milan pressed the attack, and Fiorentina was left with Chen Yu alone, but Chen Yu was not in a hurry, he knew that he had very few opportunities today, all he had to do was to wait and seize the opportunity.
In order to achieve this goal, Chen Yu bound Argentine shooters Claudio Lopez and Diego Milito today, one is good at counterattacking, the other is good at holding the ball with his back, and today Chen Yu is going to use counterattacks to defeat the opponent.
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