Chapter 36: Death on the Bench
Updated: 2013-11-14
Milan, San Siro Stadium, full of people and singing.
On the pitch, the two teams of AC Milan and Fenerbahce are fighting hard, and from time to time people turn their backs, and the game has entered the white-hot stage.
From the outset, there was no temptation from either side, and it soon became a fierce scramble, and the Turkish team also inherited the temperament of their ancestors, the Turks, and looked extremely strong on the pitch.
However, the strength of AC Milan, after all, is higher, and from the beginning of the game, AC Milan still occupies the initiative on the field.
Seven minutes into the game, AC Milan had the first chance when Cafu sent in a half-high ball from the right and Shevchenko headed it in from 12 yards just wide of the left post.
Just a minute later, Vieri battled it out in the box, and from 15 yards in front of goal, a sideways left-footed volley was blocked by Luciano, before Milan headed wide of the right-hand post from a corner.
Judging from this period of time, Vieri is in good form, at least much better than when he was training in the United States, and he is very active in the fight, and it can be seen that he wants to score goals, and he is very urgent.
Degan sat quietly on the sidelines as before, and this time even his good friend Gattuso couldn't accompany him.
The Italian butcher, together with Andrea Pirlo and Ambrosini, formed the first line of defense in front of the AC Milan penalty area, and in the first fifteen minutes of the opening period, Gattuso had already made two tackles, and Fenerbahce's soul man, Frenchman Anelka, has not had any decent chances so far.
In the eighteenth minute of the game, AC Milan's furious attack finally paid off, Cafu launched an attack on the right side, after passing the half, a side straight to Pirlo, Pirlo then dialed the ball to Kaka with his right heel, Kaka won the ball in the middle, went to the right to dodge the defender who pounced, and volleyed with his right foot 20 meters in front of the goal, the football quickly drilled into the lower right corner of the goal, AC Milan took the lead 1:0!
After Kaka's goal, he rushed to the sidelines, and Milan's substitutes and members of the coaching staff rushed to the sidelines to celebrate.
Degan was still motionless, he was happy with Kaka's goal, but none of this had anything to do with him, and he was in a situation where he was completely out of the Milan team, like a wandering spirit.
It looks like he's really going to rot on the bench in Milan!
At least for now, the speculation about Degan's future is being verified little by little.
Two minutes later, Kaka combined with Vieri to pick up a defender with a right-footed volley from inside the box, but Fenerbahce's goalkeeper Volkan scrambled to get the ball first.
In the 26th minute, Kaka split the ball in the middle, Kaladze knocked back from the left side, and Vieri pushed a left-footed shot high from 11 meters from the goal.
After withstanding Milan's frantic attacks, Fenerbahce also began to try to counter-attack. In the twenty-eighth minute, Milan played in Mitte. Davara's cross from the left was cleared by Nesta and Maldini in front of Tonchai, the ball went wide of the far post, and Fenerbahce headed in a corner from the right before Tunchay nodded over the crossbar.
Seeing this, Ancelotti also walked to the sidelines, pressed down with both hands, signaling the team to slow down the pace next, Digan saw Ancelotti's decision, and couldn't help but scoff, now the situation on the field is very clear, Fenerbahce's strength is far less than AC Milan, at this time, the most Haode decision is to attack, and solve the opponent in one go.
However, Ancelotti actually wanted to slow down the pace of the team, play defensive counterattacks, give up the continuous pressure on Fenerbahce in the frontcourt, and put the initiative in the hands of the opponent.
AC Milan took the initiative to slow down the tempo, and Fenerbahce naturally would not let go of such a good opportunity, launching continuous onslaughts, and for a while, the Milan penalty area was full of dangers.
Milan also played counterattacks from time to time, threatening the opponent's goal, in the 33rd minute, Vieri knocked the ball back on the right side of the penalty area, Cafu made a low cross from the right, Shevchenko fell to the ground in the penalty area and shot with his right foot, but unfortunately did not touch the ball.
In the 36th minute, Kaka broke through with the ball and was brought down by Odell, Pirlo took a free kick from 22 meters from goal on the right side, and curled the ball with his right foot over the wall, but it fell into the arms of Walkan due to the angle.
Then, in the blink of an eye, Fenerbahce played the ball into Milan's half, and TonΓ§ay split the ball, Alex burst into the left side of the box and fired a left-footed volley from 15 yards from goal, the ball touched Nesta's foot and went wide of the right post.
In the 39th minute, Milan launched a quick counterattack, Shevchenko split the ball in the middle, and Kaka fired a powerful low shot from the right side, which was confiscated by Volkan.
In the 41st minute, Anelka's weak shot from outside the box was met by Dida.
After leaving the mainstream of Europe and moving to Turkey, Anelka received the coveted high salary, but was infused with the tough blood of the Turks, and when he was on the field, his performances were good and bad, and in most cases, he was just a waste with a high salary.
In the 43rd minute, Cafu crossed from the right and stepped forward, Pirlo passed the ball over the top to Fenerbahce defence, but Volkan abandoned the goal at the critical moment and scrambled to get the ball first.
At the end of the first half, AC Milan had a one-goal lead at home, but they completely put the initiative in Fenerbahce's hands.
Carlo Ancelotti also seemed unhappy with his team's performance, turning and walking into the tunnel as soon as the first half ended.
Taking advantage of the halftime time, the substitutes on both sides also walked into the field to warm up under the leadership of the assistant coach, but Deegan did not move at all, and still sat on the bench, and it was not easy for people to find out about his existence quietly.
Seeing this scene, Milan fans, who were already a little dissatisfied with the team's performance in the first half, took advantage of the topic to play, and started their program to scold Digan one by one!
It's as if the team only scored one goal in the first half, which is entirely the responsibility of Degan, and Degan's negative work attitude has affected the team's overall combat effectiveness.
Digan listened to the scolding of those fans, instead of getting angry, he laughed, he really admired the imagination of these fans, and he could actually demonize him.
Can he kill people with his eyes and disintegrate the team's fighting power?
At the beginning of the second half, AC Milan took the lead again, Cafu burst into the penalty area on the right, but no one came to answer in the middle, Vieri, who was supposed to appear in the penalty area, was actually distracted, Cafu had nowhere to pass, and could only choose to continue to assault with the ball, but was tackled by Yumit and fell to the ground, Cafu stretched out his hand to signal Yumit to foul, but slow motion showed that the Turk's tackle action was very clean and there were no problems.
In the fiftieth minute, Fenerbahce got the chance to equalize, Alex made a long pass from the backfield, Anelka quickly started to shake off Maldini, and fifteen meters from the goal on the right side, fired a right-footed diagonal shot that was slightly wide of the far post!
In the 56th minute, AC Milan also almost extended the score. Cafu cut inside on the right and passed to Shevchenko, the Ukrainian nuclear warhead fired a low right-footed shot in front of goal, and Volkan flew to the left to lift the bottom line.
In the 59th minute, Volkan made a mistake in clearing, and after Shevchenko got the ball, he burst into the right side of the penalty area, at which time Kaka immediately outflanked to the far point and was ready to respond, but Shevchenko's ball seemed to be high above the far crossbar, and Kaka could only say that he could not understand.
AC Milan, who squandered their chances, were punished in the 62nd minute of the game, Pirlo lost the ball at the back, Anelka broke through Cafu on the left rib, and was knocked down by Gattuso just past the penalty line, and the referee decisively awarded a penalty.
Despite the repeated protests of the AC Milan players, they could not get the referee to change the decision, penalty!
Alex deceived Dida with his left foot and fired a low left-footed shot into the bottom left corner to make it 1-1, and Fenerbahce equalized the score.
In the 68th minute, Tunchay's cross from the left was destroyed by Maldini, and Fenerbah cut a corner kick, and it was Tunchai who grabbed the spot, but he hit the ball high.
In the 70th minute, Anelka broke through on the right, Maldini cleared the line, Fenerbahce took another corner, and Tuncay headed in from nine meters in front of the goal.
Seeing that the situation was not good, Ancelotti replaced both at the same time, with Volger and Serginho coming on, and Pirlo and Gattuso coming off.
This substitution was also criticized by all the media after the game, and Warger played as a right midfielder after coming on to assist Ambrosini in defending Anelka, who suddenly became extremely active, but it was disappointing that Warger was far less eye-catching than Dorasu last season, and the first touch of the ball after coming on the field directly gave the opponent a chance to steal and counterattack in the front court, but fortunately, Anelka's shot seemed a little hasty and was blocked by Dida.
When the game was about to enter the 80th minute, Ancelotti finally couldn't sit still, last season's Champions League final, reversed by Liverpool in the Zuihou moment, this season's Champions League, the club's management gave him a dead order, if the first group game was forced to draw at home, obviously can't explain.
Carlo Ancelotti has already seen that although Vieri was positive in this game, it was his first time playing for Milan, and Vieri was obviously difficult to integrate into the team's tactical system.
Prior to this game, Vieri had made a statement that he would score in his first game, but in the current AC Milan system, scoring goals is far more difficult than he thought.
In the Cooper era, the whole team revolved around Vieri, while at AC Milan, Vieri needed to serve the "Shevchenko core tactic", every time Vieri got the ball in the front court, two or even three defenders came up to interfere, and Vieri also tried the difficulty of Gilardino scoring.
So far in the game, Vieri had just three shots on goal, all of which were deflected wide of the woodwork, two of which were ridiculously high, and the only one that posed a slight threat was a cold shot from outside the box.
However, Carlo Ancelotti was not disappointed with Vieri's performance, after all, Vieri still played a role in his tactical system, and he opened up the space for his team-mates, especially Shevchenko.
At the end of the day, Vieri's performance so far has been that he kept running, making sacrifices for his teammates, but had no shots.
Although, regardless of his form and physical condition, Vieri's impact is something that any defender and manager has to worry about.
But now what Milan need is goals.
Ancelotti thought, turned his head to look at Degan sitting in the corner of the bench, his brows furrowed slightly, Degan's attention now is obviously not in the game, but is bored fiddling with his shin guards.
Damn it!
"Mauro!"
Hearing Ancelotti's call, Tasotti hurriedly walked over: "Carlo! Do you want to make a substitution? β
Carlo Ancelotti nodded and said, "Doesn't he want to get a chance to play by letting that Brazilian kid play?" All right! I'm going to give him a chance right now, get him on the pitch and shoot and score! β
Ancelotti thought very well, if this game ended in a draw, then he would put all the responsibility on Degan's head, who let Degan be so inattentive during the game, as for what to do, didn't Degan think he could do anything? Then let him go.
Tasotti saw that Ancelotti looked angry, and shook his head helplessly, but he didn't say anything, he needed to seize every second at this time.
Turning in front of Degan, Tasotti didn't know how to speak, Ancelotti didn't instruct, didn't advise, just let Degan play, which was simply embarrassing.
Degan also noticed Tasotti and smiled: "Is that fat man going to let me go on the field to help him solve his problem?" β
Tassotti frowned and sighed, "No! Rod! It's not about helping Carlo, it's about helping yourself, going to the field to prove your worth, I think he must be able to see it, and the team's results are the most important thing at this time! β
Digan lowered his head and sorted out his equipment, and said: "I think so, you think so too, but that fat man definitely doesn't think so, he doesn't care about Milan's results at all!" β
Degan said that he had stood up, and without saying hello to Ancelotti, he walked directly to the sidelines, looking at the familiar arena, Degan was here last season, at that time, he scored four goals in a game, helped Atalanta win over the mighty Milan, and now here again, he has to help the cautious fat boy solve a big problem.
After moving his hands and feet, Digan was ready, of course, there were those Milan fans in the stands, seeing that Digan was actually going to play, the fans suddenly let out a tsunami-like boo, which almost drowned Digan out.
If it were anyone else, his legs might have trembled by now, but Deegan was still standing so straight and straight, and he hadn't been rotten to death on the bench, and he wouldn't have been beaten down by these little tricks.
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