Chapter 116: The Burning King Kong
"AC Milan seems to be playing very passively, what do you think of Zhang Lu's guidance?" Zhan Jun's voice rang out.
"It feels like the goal was conceded more or less affecting the mentality of the Milan players."
Zhang Lu explains:
'Robben was in great shape today. He drove the ball down the right flank for a long time, as if he was in no man's land, and the power and angle of his shot were also very good. ”
"The whole process of scoring goals was very fast, which can be said to be very surprising. After all, in the previous period, Milan's defense was still very good. ”
"But this is Peter Pan, Robben! He just can use his ability to cut inside and take advantage of such a rare opportunity! ”
"And Ribery, on the other side of Bayern, didn't play much today, and he looked in average form."
"From this point of view, whether Milan can restrain Robben's play today and play their own attacking characteristics is the key to whether they can turn defeat into victory."
……
Robben is really hard to entangle!
Zambrotta thought to himself every time he defended Robben.
Before the start of the game, the coaching staff, especially Pan Yi, found Zambrotta many times, told him to guard against Robben's internal cut, and gave him a lot of Robben's video materials to let him figure out Robben's usual technical moves.
But it's still hard.
Robben's inside cut may seem simple, but he doesn't just go inside one by one like other players, but there are a lot of changes.
Sometimes it walks sideways, sometimes it passes vertically;
Sometimes you shoot with your feet, sometimes you just pluck the ball and keep going.
And Robben changed direction very quickly, which made it difficult to guard.
That was the case with the goal just now, and Zambrotta thought that Robben's technical move was to go in the direction of the baseline, so he pounced confidently.
But Robben slipped past him like a slippery loach, which eventually led to the loss of the Milan goal.
And that defensive mistake even made Zambrotta feel a little dull pain at the base of his thigh.
Is it too fierce to pounce, a little strained?
After gritting his teeth for ten minutes, Zambrotta felt the pain worsen.
The pressure of the defense forced him to run hard with Robben all the time, but now he really can't stand it.
He had no choice but to sit down on the grass and gesture to the sidelines.
"Ah...... Zambrotta seemed to be injured and couldn't keep playing. ”
"We can see that Pan Yi on the sidelines is explaining something to Desiglio. It looks like the 19-year-old Milan academy is coming off the bench. ”
"Zambrotta is struggling to defend Robben, I wonder if anything will change when Desiglio comes on?"
"But anyway, it's just 30 minutes into the game, so it's not good news for Milan......
Sidelines.
Allegri was clearly a little annoyed by the passive injury substitution.
This is obviously to let the card in his hand be one less card for no reason!
But Pan Yi didn't panic at all, and even wanted to laugh a little.
Because he was planning to change people to prevent Robben!
Zambrotta is already a 34-year-old veteran this year, and he is not known for his speed, and now he is really struggling with a fast winger like Robben.
In terms of the values in FM2012, Zambrotta's current speed and explosiveness are about 10 or 11, while Robben's is 18......
The gap is just too big.
Even if Zambrotta has studied Robben's characteristics and targeted them, his body really can't keep up!
And although the young Desiglio can't reach the speed level of Robben, he still has about 15 or 16, and it shouldn't be as painful as Zanoputa to cooperate with his teammates to mark together.
And after this season's training, Desiglio's strength has been further improved, and he has become much more mature in his defensive position, and he has some experience in dealing with fast wingers like Robben.
Therefore, if it weren't for the fact that the first half of the game had not been played, Pan Yi might have suggested that Allegri make a substitution.
After all, Bayern's biggest threat now is Robben!
As long as he can be prevented, Bayern's offensive power can be greatly reduced.
Therefore, now that Zambrotta is injured, this "passive substitution" can be completed in advance, so as to achieve targeted adjustments at the backline.
This is also a blessing in disguise.
Of course, I still hope that Zambrotta's injury is not a big injury, after all, he is so old, and he may have to retire after major repairs.
……
After Desiglio came on the pitch, Arjen Robben broke through with the ball on his side as always.
But he soon discovered that the young man in front of him seemed to be even more difficult to deal with than Zambrotta before.
Desiglio is faster, more athletic, and even stops even doing side assists in order to keep an eye on Robben.
After cutting off Robben's ball with Virgil van Dijk on a couple of occasions, Desiglio's confidence grew.
"After you go up, you must be aggressive against Robben! Be decisive when you need to seek physical contact at critical moments, close to the body and then break the robbery! ”
"But most of the time don't get too close, leave yourself room to react, and when he wants to break through with speed on the wing, he can't get back if he can."
'If you give him too much space, don't be brutal, ask for help from the centre-back, and two or three people work together to break him off.'
"Believe me, no matter how strong a defender is, when facing Robben in the best form, he won't have much chance of winning in 1v1......"
Pan Yi's advice kept echoing in his mind.
These methods really worked!
And after Robben's otherwise invincible flank breakthrough was choked by Desiglio and Van Dijk, Milan finally stabilized their position.
They also started to counter-attack and had some good attempts at goal.
In the 40th minute, a combination between Robben and Lahm was recognized by Desiglio and directly broke the ball, he glanced forward and kicked directly in the diagonal direction of the front.
The ball flew over the halfway line and landed on the right side of Bayern's 30-metre zone.
Salah arrived and caught the ball.
Bayern left-back, young Austria international Alaba, rushed over to defend.
But Salah was quick at his feet, first making a shoulder down motion, but then immediately cutting in along the line of the big penalty area, and these two blows immediately shook off Alaba's defence.
He then didn't choose to shoot, but picked up the ball with his left foot.
The ball flew over the heads of the players in the middle and straight to the back post.
There, there was already a black lightning bolt!
He didn't stop the ball, but faced the high-altitude ball from Salah, and shot directly with his legs!
This shot was powerful and heavy, and the angle was very tricky, and it went directly into the dead corner of the Bayern goal!
Manuel Neuer scrambled to make a save, but his fingertips couldn't touch the ball.
"The ball has a !!"
"It's Mane!!! What a volley! It's so beautiful! ”
"The fiery King Kong, the smoky Tai Sui!"
"In the 41st minute, Sadio Mane equalized for AC Milan!"