Chapter 47: The four forwards are not afraid
The boos from the fans are not difficult to understand.
Pato came to Juventus with a high price of 55 million, but he played too ordinary.
Especially against his old club Milan tonight, although he looked like he wanted to perform, his performance was still terrible, and he didn't even have a decent shot on goal.
And Conte's replacement of Pato at this time, in addition to his poor performance, also released a signal: Juventus is about to start passing high balls!
Because although it seems to be a counterpoint substitution this time, it is Tony, a veteran who has excellent bounce and a good header, to replace Pato, who has stronger surprise ability but basically no air superiority.
After completing the substitution, sure enough, the players in the Juventus team, whether it was Pirlo, Lichtsteiner, or Bonucci, all began to smash the ball into the penalty area after getting the ball!
But the problem is that AC Milan's air defense is also very strong now.
Thiago Silva's markers and headers are among the best in the world, while this season's Dutch rookie Van Dijk is even more physical.
In addition, when defending from set-pieces, Ibrahimovic, a 195-year-old centre-forward, will also return to his own penalty area to assist in the defense, and a large anti-aircraft cannon has been erected in front of Milan's goal.
So Juve's crosses were pushed out one after another, and time and time again to no avail.
After a while, Milan's side was also ready to make a substitution.
Ambrosini and Aubameyang both stood beside Allegri and Pan Yi, listening to their instructions.
Similar to when he played Barcelona, Ambrosini was brought on and Gattuso was brought on in order to maintain his midfield interception ability after the veteran's fitness dropped.
But this time Aubameyang is not changing Mane.
Pan Yi had already pulled Aubameyang to his side at this time and carefully advised:
"You wait and replace Ievee. You don't need to drop too deep this time, but try to keep the centre-backs of Leonardo Bonucci and Barzagli at bay. Leonardo Bonucci, in particular, don't let him play long balls comfortably, interfere with his balls, and get behind them when he has the chance. ”
Aubameyang listened attentively, nodding his head incessantly.
Pan Yi continued: "I will give you more freedom. If a teammate passes the ball to you, you run as you did before. But if there is no such opportunity, then you create it yourself! Take the ball, eat them with speed, have confidence? ”
Aubameyang was stunned for a moment, but nodded vigorously.
In the mouth of Pan Yi, who emphasizes tactical discipline, it is difficult to hear such tactical instructions.
But it doesn't matter, Aubameyang is fast and dribbles well, and if he is really allowed to rush with the ball, Bonucci and Barzagli may not be able to stop him.
It could even be said that playing like this is Aubameyang's favourite style of play.
What African striker doesn't like to ride a thousand miles alone?
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Seeing Aubameyang being substituted, Conte's heart was also Gordon.
Replacing a fulcrum center Ibrahimovic, who is less effective in counter-attacks, and replacing Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, who is younger and faster, is simply the heart of Sima Zhao.
This made Conte can't help but get tangled.
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang once scored a winning goal against Barcelona on the counter-attack, and if he is left alone, there will certainly be bitter fruit.
But now, Conte doesn't have many cards in his hand.
Even a goal behind!
In this situation, Conte has no other choice: to continue to strengthen the attack.
And if there is a balance between strengthening the attack and not delaying the defence, then Conte will have to replace Pirlo.
Now that the game is close to 80 minutes, Pirlo is not only ineffective defensively, but even the long pass attack has begun to make frequent mistakes.
The huge physical consumption has made the midfielder's brain no longer function.
Conte eventually gritted his teeth and replaced Pirlo with Piero.
It was a fateful decision.
Piero's defensive ability is also very average, but he has just come on the pitch and has a lot of energy.
And he's also a skilful striker, and although he's 37 years old this year, he's already past the peak of his career, but he still feels good shooting in front of goal.
As a result, after the old captain Piero came on the field, Juventus's formation became a somewhat deformed 424, with four strikers surrounding Milan's goal in the front!
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It's just that when Pan Yi saw the number plate of Juventus' substitution on the sidelines, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief and laughed.
That's exactly what he wants.
Juventus now have only two sappers in midfield, and there is no good passer like Andrea Pirlo, and the front four forwards need to rely more on long passes from the back to get the ball.
After Aubameyang came on the pitch, he worked with Mane and Salah on the left and right sides to continue to press Juve's back line, making it impossible for them to play the ball easily.
In this way, the quality of Juve's passing can be imagined.
Moreover, when Milan's forward line has begun to suppress Juve's defense, Juve will also be afraid of these time bombs located in their own backfield and dare not easily press them.
In this case, it will be more difficult for Juventus' attack to play a dangerous role.
On the contrary, it was Milan, due to the obvious advantage in the midfield now, Pan Yi began to signal the players on the field to increase the strangulation and counterattack in the midfield.
In the 84th minute, N'Golo Kante stole Vidal's ball near the halfway line and then slid it straight to Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang in front.
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang broke through with the ball and after shaking off Barzagli to face Bonucci, who was already in position, he had to shoot straight at goal.
Unfortunately, the ball went slightly off the left post, but it still caused a burst of exclamation from Juventus fans.
Two minutes later, Juventus made a long pass from the back to find Piero in front.
Piero chested the ball but was immediately caught between Van Dijk and Zambrotta, who took the lead to cut the ball away and passed to Salah in front.
Salah kept the ball straight behind Juve, and Aubameyang cut in and fired a shot from a tight angle, which was saved sideways by the attentive Juve goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon.
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Such scenes are frequently seen on the field in the last ten minutes of the game.
In other words, during this time, although Juventus has four strikers, it is AC Milan who really creates a threatening attack on the field!
If it weren't for Milan's slightly worse luck and Buffon's high and low block, the 1:0 score gap might have been widened again.
And Conte's side is also suffering and can't say it.
He has no choice, even if he is scored again, he has to attack hard!
In the final corner, even goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon rushed into the Milan box.
But after a desperate dip with his hands on the ball and a yellow card, the game was over.
AC Milan won the crucial away win 1-0!