Chapter 1127: The Most Familiar Stranger (5)
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"Cut!" Seeing Vieri help Fiorentina equalize the score, Shevchenko clenched his fists unwillingly, and the good mood brought by the previous goal is all gone, "If we can continue to maintain the offensive intensity before the goal, it is very likely that we will continue to expand the score, and it is impossible for Fiorentina to equalize the score so quickly!" ”
That being said, Shevchenko also knew that this was nothing more than wishful thinking on his part. After all, according to the situation on the field at that time, his assumption was basically impossible to hold. Not to mention whether the stamina of the veterans of Maldini and Hellwig at the back can support such a high-intensity rhythm of the game, it is not realistic to expect Costa and Seedorf to play the kind of attacking football that they had at the beginning of the game with the better desire to win and defensive intensity shown by the Fiorentina players after the restart.
The most crucial point is that with Ancelotti's coaching ideas, it is absolutely impossible to support Shevchenko's ideas. Regardless of how many grand-caliber midfielders he puts on the pitch, Carlo Ancelotti's approach to the game is always to focus on solid defence as the top priority, rather than taking advantage of the victory after scoring the first goal and continuing to extend the lead with attack, so as to completely solve the opponent.
For example, in the previous game, after Shevchenko helped AC Milan take a one-goal lead, Ancelotti just thought about shrinking the formation to lure Fiorentina to press the attack, and then used Costa's accurate passing and Shevchenko and the speed of Shevchenko and others to play the Purple Lily's counterattack, where can you notice the use of other means to win the victory?
However, what made Shevchenko feel depressed was that despite being tied by Fiorentina, Ancelotti still had no intention of changing the game strategy, and still let them continue to adhere to the tactical play of steady counterattack, instead of attacking with all their might, and once again use the attack to gain the initiative in the game!
Ancelotti has his own reasons for this arrangement. In the manager's vision, Fiorentina would never be willing to settle for a draw at home. And, how could a Fiorentina player, who had already been enraged by Shevchenko's provocation of Heynckes, be satisfied with just one goal? So, they will definitely continue to take the initiative in the next games. In this way, there is a great hope that his side will rely on the Ukrainian twin stars of Shevchenko and Rebrov to play a quick counter-attack and win the goal and the game.
Ancelotti's idea is good, but obviously he has overlooked a very important thing, that is, with Pirlo and Albertini, two top midfielders, as well as Carlos, Vincent, Vieri and other attacking players, will Fiorentina really leave room for him to play a quick counterattack?
So, after the game restarted, the AC Milan players who had planned to shrink the defense line according to the manager's deployment and lure the opponent to press the attack were stunned to find that Fiorentina's offensive had become even more fierce than before, and the combined impact of Vincent and Carlos on the left side made Helwig on this side embarrassed, forcing Ambrosini and others to frequently go over to help defend; Coupled with the proper scheduling and transfer of the ball by the likes of Andrea Pirlo and Albertini, the AC Milan players, who had consumed a lot of energy and energy on the defensive end, simply did not have the extra strength to execute Ancenotti's counter-attacking tactics, and could only struggle under the strong pressure of Fiorentina!
To put it simply, Heynckes' starting lineup is actually better suited to attacking football than traditional counter-attacks, but Vieri's individual ability and Vincent's speed give people the illusion that they are better at counter-attacking with their superior speed and impact. And when Ancelotti realized this, it was too late, because by this time the score on the pitch had changed again!
In the 54th minute, Andrea Pirlo and Carlos broke down AC Milan's right side of the defensive line in succession on the left flank, forcing the Rossoneri to shift their defensive focus to the right. Then, under Vincent's transition and Albertini's needle, Fiorentina quickly adjusted the direction of the attack before the AC Milan players could react, and passed the ball to the feet of Di Natale, who had just run into the right side of the penalty area!
Although Di Natale can't match several other team-mates such as Vieri in terms of individual ability, the homegrown striker's greatest strength is his all-round. While all-around means mediocre for many non-top players, the benefits of this all-around are also clear: Di Natale has no obvious weaknesses in any of these areas, and almost all of them are above average!
In the face of Maldini's defense, Di Natale first kicked the ball in the direction of the baseline, and made a feint to break through the baseline, and immediately pulled the ball back after noticing that the opponent had moved the center of gravity, and rushed over Maldini's other side!
Seeing Di Natale break through his own defense with a change of direction, Maldini subconsciously wanted to reach out and grab the opponent's jersey, but the twenty-four-year-old Di Natale was in the prime of life, far from being able to stop Maldini, whose physical fitness had gone downhill. As a result, the AC Milan captain, who failed to intercept, could only watch Di Natale break through past him, and was no longer powerless to stop the opponent's progress.
Although there is also a killer trick such as falling to the ground and putting a tackle on the ground, a back tackle in the penalty area is very likely to attract a red card + penalty from the referee. And, for Maldini, who has already made a name for himself, he also has to consider the possible negative impact on his reputation. Therefore, Maldini, who felt that there was no need to build on the reputation he had accumulated for more than a decade for a single defense, finally gave up on the idea of letting go of the tackle.
After breaking through Maldini's defense, Di Natale seized the opportunity of Grandoni being pinned down by Vieri, and for a moment he was unmarked to observe Dida's position, and then, after a slight adjustment, he directly pushed the ball into the far corner of the goal! The tall and long-armed Brazilian goalkeeper tried to keep the ball out of the net as long as he could, but his efforts proved to be futile.
Two to one! After resisting for nearly 20 minutes, AC Milan's defense was finally torn apart again by the Fiorentina players, and the Purple Lily completed the overtake in the score!