133 evenly matched
Trapani's side faced Barcelona more in midweek, but they were younger, so Deschamps didn't make much of a change, but he changed his formation and changed 442 to 433.
Goalkeeper: Kameni
Defender: McConsamuel Barzali Evra
Midfielder: Lee Tie Mas Cherano Miku
Forward: Ribery to Nikloze
Trapani's luck is also good during this time, there are no major injuries at this stage, and Deschamps still has more options in this game against Milan, Messi, Vieri, Pizarro and others are sitting on the bench.
Didier Deschamps deliberately deployed two defensive midfielders at the end of the game and he was ready for a situation where the midfield could be dominated by the opposition today.
The tempo was slower at the start of the game, and it was raining heavily over the San Siro pitch, not to the point of stopping the game, but it was a big test for the players on both sides, and for Trapani, it was not a big problem, even if they didn't play in the rain regularly, but their personnel structure was destined to allow them to play the English style of play with long balls and slings.
Milan, by contrast, are more troubled, as they are accustomed to using the ground to play and control.
It has to be said that Deschamps's changes and substitutions are somewhat targeted, especially in midfield, Trapani's aerial ability is not a weak point.
Evolved to giants such as Milan and Juventus, they are quite stable in the game, Deschamps also seems cautious, the midweek draw away to Barcelona proved Trapani's quality, this game is still a test, as long as you don't lose, it is a good motivation for Trapani.
Didier Deschamps has a global strategic vision, so he also wants his team to slow down and maintain a strong defensive density in the midfield.
The game went on for more than 20 minutes, the game was still 0-0, the threat from both sides was small, not much, and after 20 minutes, Milan showed some signs of strength, which means that they are not content to go around in circles with Trapani on the perimeter, but more passes to Trapani's penalty area.
Trapani was full of confidence and was not afraid, retreating from all fronts to ensure the quality of the defense with a numerical advantage, and the golden partnership of Samuel and Barzagli continued to be in good form, providing several wonderful interceptions, and super goalscorers like Inzaghi and Shevchenko were helpless against them.
After playing for a while, Milan took the initiative to slow down the tempo, there was no way, fighting in the rain was originally very physical, they couldn't force the attack like this all the time, they had to pay attention to tension and relaxation.
Playing football matches is often like a boxing match, you give me a punch, I give you a punch, it depends on who has more points, Milan slows down the tempo, Trapani naturally has to counterattack the past, and for a time counter-suppresses Milan, Milan's attack rarely uses high-altitude crosses, they are more accustomed to using Costa's short passes to penetrate and pull to tear apart the defense.
But Trapani is a different way, and they have been the focus of attack this season, with wide crosses, high balls, and direct Tony and Klose to the top.
This method is often used by small and medium-sized teams, equipped with high and high strikers is almost the standard configuration of many small and medium-sized teams, Trapani used more in this game, the impact of rainy weather, the two wings broke through less, and did not dare to take it lightly in defense, and the fullbacks on both sides also had scruples, so Trapani pursued this simple way of attacking.
And Deschamps' change of formation itself is designed to work in such a rough way, Miku was deliberately lined up in the forward position today, and Deschamps just wanted to use his forward insertion to ambush the sharp knife in the front waist position.
Toney's recent form is very good, he has scored 6 goals in the first five games, the national team, the Champions League he has scored, such Tony is simply unstoppable, a period of time, due to Milan's suppression, Toney's room to play is not very ideal, at this time Trapani took the initiative, Klose also continued to lean towards the middle, reducing the defensive pressure on Toney.
Toney's power began to play out, Tony was also given a special task by Deschamps today, Deschamps specially explained that he can't shoot too much, Nesta and Stam are not soft persimmons, even if Tony may be able to take advantage of the confrontation, but the experience of Nesta and Stam will make Toney's shooting difficult, especially the header.
Deschamps wants Toni to think more about confrontation, which means to disrupt the game, make the opposing central defenders sad, and make the ball for his teammates.
Seeing Trapani gain the upper hand at the end of the first half, Hugo's heart also tensed, and he hoped that the team would seize such an opportunity and take the lead by one goal!
Unfortunately, Trapani, like Milan, failed to score, and the game went into the break without incident.
"Gigi, you can't say that the referee is biased towards us today!" Galliani and Hugo went to the VIP lounge together, he said that in the first half, Milan was attacking, a low cross to the penalty area, Evra fell to the ground and made a tackle, blocking the cross, but after Evra fell to the ground, in order to avoid injury, his hand subconsciously supported the ground, and in the process of slipping, he touched the football, and the referee on duty DeSantis did not say anything, which made the Milan players very dissatisfied.
"Ha, you and I both know very well, it wasn't a penalty, Patrick didn't mean it!"
Hugo argued that he really didn't think it was handball.
The controversy about the penalty did not last long, after all, the penalty was indeed a bit ambiguous, Galliani watched the first half of the game, he felt that Trapani was indeed different from the past, which made him look at Trapani's players very pleasantly, think about Hugo He felt hate, he was cut off by Hugo a year ago, and Jankulovsky was a pain in his heart.
Take a look at the two comrades who are now playing fullbacks in Milan, they are not young, where can they still be as lively as they were at the beginning, Milan's strength is actually declining, Galliani knows that it is difficult for Milan to make great achievements without Ancelotti's good training.
Galliani said he was keen on Trapani's players.
"Is there any interest, let's make a deal!" Galliani suggested.
"Tell it and see!"
"Jankulovsky plus thirty-five million for Shevchenko, how about ?!" Galliani came up with a bold idea.
"Haha, you're really joking! Jankulovsky less than twenty million, I don't talk! Hugo laughed, what an international joke, Yankulovsky he didn't want to sell.
The two of them talked a few more words about Yankulovsky, 20 million is unacceptable to Galliani, naturally this deal cannot be successful, Galliani is really a little sad, if he can pay a high price, do not wait or rely on, Jankulovsky is ironclad Milan, but unfortunately at that time he overestimated himself, the means were spicy, and Pozzo couldn't stand it!
At the end of the half-time period, the rain still did not stop, the coaches of both sides did not make substitutions, Ancelotti also knew Deschamps's routine, Deschamps also understood Milan's routine, and now it depends on who can fight whom.
The second half of the game is still a copy of the first half, no one can help anyone, Trapani has always adhered to Deschamps's deliberate arrangement, there is no shortage of people in the midfield and backfield, limiting Milan's frontcourt space, the weakness seems to be a little weaker, but Milan can't create good chances, it's not a big deal.
Carlo Ancelotti finally made a substitution, Kaka and Pirlo came on one after another, and the formation was a little withdrawn, he wanted to attract Trapani's formation forward, but Deschamps would not be fooled, he just refused to rush forward.
Kaka's style is completely different from Costa's, he is a goal-scoring midfielder, Trapani's formation is up, Shevchenko and Inzaghi two strikers pull, will create space for Kaka to sprint, this is Ancelotti's idea.