Chapter 20: The Children of Milan Are Back

At the beginning of the game, it was Inter Milan who took the initiative in the game.

After all, their players are all veterans, and although the targeted deployment before the game is not useful for the time being, with their rich game experience, they still launched a fierce attack on AC Milan.

Samuel Eto'o, in particular, the Cameroonian striker, known as the "Cheetah", has from time to time used his lightning speed to penetrate the backfield of AC Milan.

On the other hand, AC Milan, those young players made their first appearance in an official match, and it was also the first time they faced a strong opponent, which was a bit panicked.

In such a situation, it is inevitable that some mistakes will occur.

Less than five minutes into the game, Inter made a tackle in midfield and Sneijder's diagonal cross found Samuel Eto'o running wide.

Samuel Eto'o stopped the ball and shot in one go, but fortunately Abbiati struggled to get out of the line.

Although the veteran Abbiati is slightly inferior in ball control and passing with his feet, his goal-line skills are still very solid.

The corner kick was issued, Van Dijk grabbed the first point and pushed the ball directly out of the penalty area, resolving the danger.

"Don't worry, steady!"

Allegri was actually a little anxious, and stood up directly to the sideline and shouted.

Pan Yi did not move at all, sitting firmly on the Diaoyutai platform.

The job of a coach is actually a bit like talking on paper.

Most of the work is done before the game.

After all, the game is for the players to go up and play, and the coach can't hold the handle to control them.

Therefore, when the scene has not deviated too much from expectations, it is not necessary to make any adjustments.

Sometimes, adjustments can have a negative effect because it can undo the preparation of the previous week or even longer, and leave the players in a kind of impromptu performance.

Fortunately, Allegri is not ready to make any changes at the moment, he is just asking the players on the pitch to get their mentality right.

This is also what Pan Yi wants to do.

And he's just an assistant coach, so it's better for the head coach to yell at him.

So he didn't move.

Sure enough, after withstanding Inter Milan's opening three-pronged axe, AC Milan's players began to gradually adapt to the rhythm of the game.

They began to implement the tactics that the coach had set out before the game: cutting Sneijder off contact with the rest of the Inter players.

And the level of pressing of Inter players has gradually increased.

Inter are starting to find themselves attacking less smoothly than they started with.

Every time Sneijder gets the ball, it seems that there are AC Milan players on the left and right, and he can only choose to pass the ball.

But in his passing lane, there are also opposing players guarding and stealing the ball.

After a few rounds of tossing and turning, Inter tried to open up the situation on the flank, using Zanetti's back row to intervene and attack, but were also stopped by the heavily defended Milan players.

Once AC Milan grabbed the ball, they would counterattack at the first time, playing fast and urgently.

In the 12th minute, AC Milan broke the ball in the middle, Kante quickly distributed the ball to the wing, Salah dribbled past Motta, but Motta was pulled to the ground from behind.

The young and vigorous Salah got up and hit Mota on the shoulder, Mota pushed Salah, and Gattuso nearby immediately rushed up and protected Salah.

Players from both sides rushed over, and the scene suddenly became chaotic.

The referee also rushed to the scene of the incident and directly gave Salah and Motta a yellow card, which finally calmed down the incident.

"It's starting to smell a little bit of gunpowder on the field." Duan Xuan said.

"Hey, this is the Milan derby." Zhang Lu said with a smile, "But judging from the past ten minutes of the game, including the attack just now, Milan's tactics tonight are a bit interesting." I can probably see why they had to field a starting line-up like that today. ”

Duan Xuan: "Director Zhang, you elaborate." ”

Zhang Lu: "They are very aggressive in pressing and take good care of Sneijder, the core of Inter, which requires the players to have good fitness and tactical execution. These Milanese lads seem to be able to complete this task. ”

Duan Xuan: "It seems to be...... It's not the same as the previous Milan game. They're faster and have a stronger impact. ”

Zhang Lu: "It reminds me of Jurgen Klopp, who led Borussia Dortmund to the Bundesliga title last season. There are some tactical similarities between the two, but they are still a little different. Milan's use of this midfielder is quite distinctive, you see him ......"

As soon as the connoisseur makes a move, he will know if there is one.

As a professional football practitioner, Zhang Lu has a very good set of tactical research, and soon discovered the characteristics of AC Milan's playing style today.

"I have the impression that Allegri uses 4132 the most, and I have used 4321 and 442, but I have not used 433." Zhang Lu continued, "Is it really as you guessed, this formation is used by Pan Yili? If that's really the case, this Pan Yi really has something. ”

Duan Xuan: "This can only be asked in the post-match interview." Now we see that Inter Milan manager Gasperini is also on the sideline, shouting at his players......"

Now Gasperini is indeed in a hurry.

At the beginning, Inter's advantage made him feel a little bit of a victory.

"These young people of AC Milan really can't withstand the pressure, and they will collapse soon!"

That's what he thought at the time.

But gradually, especially after 10 minutes, when the AC Milan players gradually stabilized their positions and began to play counter-attacks, it became more and more difficult for Inter to pose a threat to the AC Milan goal.

Even, many attacks can only develop near the arc of the big penalty area, and they can only end with long-range shots hastily.

On the pitch, every AC Milan player is running.

Needless to say, the young players who are making their debut at the top level are like mad dogs.

Even a veteran like Gattuso is clearly playing much more aggressively than ever.

Now not only Sneijder, almost every position of Inter Milan players will be surrounded by several Milan players, which makes Inter Milan more and more uncomfortable.

Twenty minutes into the game, it seemed that AC Milan had begun to take over the game.

In the 25th minute, Salah cut a shot at goal, but the ball went just wide.

In the 30th minute, Mane shot from distance, and the ball was saved in the arms of Inter goalkeeper Cesar.

In the 35th minute, Inter had a rare attacking opportunity when Samuel Eto'o tried to break through Van Dijk with the ball, but was intercepted by the Dutch centre-back and immediately distributed to the wing.

Zambrotta handed the ball to N'Golo Kante in the middle, who saw that Aubameyang, who had retreated to midfield, and did not hesitate to kick the ball over the top and get it behind Inter centre-back Samuel.

Aubameyang cut in quickly and subtly stopped the ball in front of him.

Cesar scrambled to attack, but Aubameyang was already the first to stab.

The ball rolled slowly between Cesar's legs towards the goal behind him.

Aubameyang rushed to the Milan fan zone on the sidelines, cheering and roaring with excitement!

It was his first goal in an official match as a Milan academy player for the AC Milan first team!

He, the child of Milan, is back today!