Chapter 54: My wife and children are watching

Lecce on the bench.

Head coach Di Francesco felt a drop of cold sweat running down his forehead.

The former Italian international, who was a Roma midfielder and played in Euro 2000 when he was a player, is actually just a rookie in terms of coaching experience.

Lecce is only the first top-flight team he has coached, and it is also his first year leading the team to Serie A.

But he immediately felt the danger of such a high-level competition.

No one can kick it!

0:2 to Udinese, 1:2 Atalanta, 0:3 Verona, 0:2 Cagliari, 0:2 Palermo......

They haven't even touched a team that can be called a strong team!

It was only a narrow victory over Bologna at the bottom of the table that earned Di Francisco his precious first win in Serie A.

After just three points from the opening six rounds, Di Francesco has also felt the distrust of the management, and rumors of his departure are also circulating around him.

So today, in the face of AC Milan, the strongest opponent he has faced since entering Serie A, Di Francesco is ready to defend the whole game and vow to take a point.

Five defenders and four midfielders formed two impregnable walls to make Milan's attack bleeding and to no avail.

But now......

AC Milan is too fierce, right?

From the beginning to now, only a few dozen seconds, Milan has completed the first shot on goal.

Di Francesco's self-conceived defensive line looked like papier-mâché in front of Milan's attacking group.

Especially when Milan's three forwards and three midfielders were pressing in the front court, they felt so well-trained and had a clear division of labor, and they grabbed the ball in an instant.

Then the attack was also very resolute, the midfielder Xiao Hei did not hesitate to hand the ball to the wing, and then the Arab dribbled the ball, passed, and finally Ibrahimovic completed the shot.

Although he didn't concede a goal, Di Francesco already had a sense of foreboding.

If this situation continues, Lecce will not be able to hold it!

After all, a football game is about 90 minutes!

Di Francesco couldn't help but turn his head to look at the visiting bench.

I saw that Milan's head coach Allegri was just sitting upright in his seat, looking as usual.

Based on Di Francisco's past research on Allegri's style of play, the Italian counterpart is usually very balanced in attack and defense, and even more defensive.

Playing away today, why is it so fierce?

Don't you give some face?

Di Francesco shook his head and began to pray silently.

It's only started now, and he can't and doesn't have the ability to make any major adjustments to the tactics laid out before the game.

And he was originally in a defensive formation, can he still adjust to an offensive formation and play against Milan?

Isn't it too long?

He can only hope that AC Milan will focus on attacking now, and then the situation will be much better because the defensive line is too high and there are holes so that Lecce can counter-attack and steal.

But when Di Francisco looked at it for a few more minutes, he realized that he was wrong.

Milan's high pressing, although the players often go up, but the overall formation is very compact.

In particular, the two wings of the front court are closer to the middle when defending, pressing the whole space very tightly, the formation is also very thorough, and the overall movement is very coordinated.

It seems that Milan's tactics were deliberately to squeeze the effective range of the game into a small area in the middle, and when Lecce had to move the ball to the wings, Milan suddenly pressed their wide players to create a local numerical advantage before breaking the ball.

Coupled with the fact that Milan's frontcourt pressed more strongly and invested more resolutely today, the whole Lecce team was overwhelmed and had no chance to counterattack.

After eight minutes of play, Lecce couldn't even make an attack.

Milan, on the other hand, have launched attacks again and again, and each time they are more threatening.

The time just entered the 10th minute, and Salah, who was still on the right side, forced a breakthrough with the ball, and sent a cross to the right side of the front of the penalty area.

Ibrahimovic turned his back and Boateng stepped in from behind to burst into the box before pulling his leg and firing a furious shot.

The ball goes straight to the top right corner of the goal.

“GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!! Milan scored! Away lead! ”

Lecce's "impregnable" defense lasted less than 10 minutes before it collapsed!

……

"Good shot!"

In front of the away team's bench, Pan Yi jumped up, clenched his right fist hard, and roared.

Allegri and Tassotti looked at him with some surprise.

Now Pan Yi has experienced so many baptisms of Serie A and the Champions League, and has begun to get used to such goals and victories.

Normally, he would only be thrilled when he scores against strong opponents and when he is in difficulty.

And today he is only facing the weak team Lecce, and he scored so early, what is he excited about?

How did they know that Pan Yi and Lecce had a personal grudge!

When he went to the interview, he was kicked out by the Lecce senior management without saying a word, he remembered!

Just like being rejected by the national football team U17 back then, if it was true that after the interview, he felt that he did not meet the requirements of the team, but Lecce rejected him directly just because Pan Yi was young and he was from the Dragon Country, and he couldn't swallow this breath!

As the so-called 30 years in Hedong, 30 years in Hexi, don't bully the young and poor, the gentleman takes revenge, four months is not too late......

Now that there is this opportunity to slap his face, can Pan Yi not let it go?

That's why he's pushing for the assault as Milan's main tactic today.

If you can get into a few, you can get a few, and you will definitely not be soft!

Now, the cheers of Milan fans can be heard on the pitch, and Boateng is also excitedly rushing out of the stadium to celebrate.

The midfielder was not appreciated by Pan Yi at first, thinking that he played relatively freely and loosely, and it was difficult to implement Pan Yi's tactical play.

But as time passed, he gradually grasped Pan Yi's tactical intentions by Ibrahimovic's side, and gradually proved himself in training, and finally was able to strictly enforce tactical discipline in the game.

Now his strong body, tenacious will to fight, and intimidating aggression when defending are very much in line with Pan Yi's appetite, and he has naturally become the main force in the team.

Suffice it to say, Boateng has a lot of similarities with Gattuso and Ambrosini, and is better at his youth, with more physical strength and momentum, and even in this system, he can play to his attacking potential.

Boateng scored today and he was naturally excited.

After he finished a Dragon Kingdom Kung Fu celebration, he rushed to the sidelines, high-fived, hugged and celebrated with his teammates, and did not forget to salute the visiting bench.

"Well done, keep going for me! Keep scoring goals! to death! Pan Yi stood on the sidelines and shouted loudly.

The words reached Di Francisco's ears not far away, and his eyes widened.

What kind of grudge is this?

Be forgiving and forgiving!

My wife and children are all watching......