The style of play in the Premier League is very different from that of Serie A, especially in the 90s. The Serie A teams are very aggressive in the midfield, and the scene can often seem extremely anxious, and even sometimes chaotic, or it may be this style that makes people frequently see the Italian national team in international matches even in the face of the opponent's indiscriminate bombardment, the crumbling defense will not fall.

The Premier League is completely different, with midfield interceptions often being a one-shot deal, and the Premier League in the 90s even sometimes made you feel like you were watching a rugby game. And the Premier League team has a lot of large-scale transfer balls, even the ground ball is attached to the turf ball is extremely fast, giving people the illusion that the British rough guys have a lot of power.

The defensive style of the English defender and the Italian defender is also very different, the former is a dog, you take his ball, he presses step by step, not giving an inch, close pressing is the most common. Italian defenders, on the other hand, like to keep a certain distance from the opposing player, and will only make interceptions at the moment when the opposing player starts. Maldini is very representative.

The current Van Dijk is actually this style, which will be more stable, but this guy is a bit rigid. Whether it's an offensive player or a defensive player, it's unrealistic to want to eat all the tricks in one move, you have to make the most advantageous choice according to the form on the field. As an aside, the author's experience of playing as a central defender for 32 years shows that Van Dijk has been blown a little too much. Yesterday, I saw that someone on Xiaohongshu actually compared Xiao Fan with Nesta, which was a little frivolous. However, Van Dijk's slotting and marking in the box are okay.

Now back to this game, the first half kick-off was led by Leeds United, who were playing away. After two or three passes in midfield, the ball reached Ian. At the feet of Hart, right winger Alain. Smith's position was very open, and the former shifted a long pass, but unfortunately the distance was a little far, and the ball speed was not fast. It's just that he didn't expect Lao Ma and the young striker who is not yet 18 years old to compete for a header and lose, after the ball landed, Smith was about to cut inside the middle, but a long leg next to him snatched the ball at his feet.

Looking up, it was Lee Burne, and Smith caught up with a side sliding tackle, which caught the teenager off guard and really made him snatch the ball back. Hey! This kid can really fight.

Before the teenager could start chasing back, Smith had already shifted the ball to the feet of Colwill on the left, who pushed into the box, Hasselbaink cut in at high speed and completed a volley before Southgate could block it, but the ball flew off the line against the near post.

Well, this Young Guard has clearly made great strides compared to a month ago.

In the following matches, AC Milan showed the world the results of their training this season. The midfielder took advantage of the numerical advantage of the rapid passing, a continuous 18-foot pass left Leeds United's midfield six players exhausted, and after a number of unsuccessful attempts to tackle, the opponent finally died down and began to retreat when Milan had the ball, and organized the Rossoneri's short pass penetration by compressing the defensive line.

The tactics were the first time Lee Bern met with manager Zagallo before the pre-season training camp, when the old man and the young man brought Galliani to sit in the office for an afternoon. To put it simply, Li Bern is to move Barcelona's tiki-taka out, but not exactly, the emphasis is on the team's off-ball running and fast ball, and Barcelona's style of play is different from Milan's tiki-taka in the two ribs of the penalty area to strengthen the penetration, whether it is the partner of Baggio and Zahovic, or the combination of Pire and Camoranesi, they are very suitable for this style of play. At the very least, from the point of view of training, the team will not have the heart-wrenching result of having empty possession and not being able to convert it into a goal.

The only fly in the ointment is the team's backline, except for Cafu, from Maldini to Costacuta to Southgate are not well suited to this style of play, but fortunately, Leeborn's fitness can make up for it somewhat. For example, the old horse's off-ball running catch, Southgate and Costacuta's foot passing.

Theoretically, Lee Bern hopes that the team can bring in Cannavaro and Nesta in recent seasons, and wait two more seasons on the left wing, so that after the team is 32 years old, the team will be able to carry out a comprehensive refresh.

Although this style of play is flawed, it is still a style of play that surpasses this era, especially the Milan midfielders have excellent foot skills, this style of play that achieves the purpose of possession with fast and accurate short passes is well adapted to everyone, and only three percent of the current Milan attack is completed by dribbling.

There were always at least two or three points of contact between the players, and by the 33rd minute of the first half, Leeds had not touched the ball for almost five minutes. After a rash grab from Bowyer, Gallardo quickly rushed forward, and passed horizontally in front of the penalty area to Baggio in the middle, who leaked to Zahovic on the right, and before Radbey pounced, the Slovenian had knocked the ball to Li Byrne, who was inserted behind, at this time Li Byrne did not stick to the ball at his feet, and decisively passed the ball to Baggio again, Baggio missed again when Woodgate pasted it to the ground, and the boy's pass broke through the opponent's defense, and the unguarded Gallardo cut into the penalty area, and after two or three steps towards the bottom line, he made an inverted triangle cross, Fowler came around from the back post under the cover of Baggio and Lee Byrne in front of the spot, and raised his foot to shoot from near the penalty spot!

At 1:0, Fowler's shot drilled through the gap, and Leeds United goalkeeper Martin was stunned by the previous series of combinations, and watched the ball fly into the net.

The mercury-like attack fascinated the commentators and the fans at the scene, and it is incredible that my big Milan actually played such a style of game!

However, Milan's defense does not emphasize high-pressure pressing as much as the peak Barcelona, unless the front three starters are replaced by Li Byrne, Pire and Camoranesi, it is not realistic to expect Baggio to take Zahovic and Gallardo to rob people, it is better to let them retain their physical strength and contribute more energy on the offensive end.

Leeds United, who conceded a goal first, tried a variety of ways to block Milan's attack in the rest of the first half, but it was all a dog bite, and in the second half, Leeds United simply didn't try, and directly opened the frame and played against AC Milan.

Don't say it, this time the effect is still out, the left and right wingers Colwill and Alan Smith retreat to respond, while the fullbacks are crazy to insert assists, and even David. O'Reilly sees Ian on the left. After Hart's speed was not enough to break through Cafu, he boldly replaced Chinese international Wu Chengying, which was Xiao Wu's first appearance in the Champions League since joining the team, and it was also the first Champions League derby for a Chinese player.