AC Milan have lost just one game in Serie A so far this season, at home to Udinese.

In Xiao Yu's previous life, AC Milan lost 2 games in the league this season, and it should be said that the performance was quite good, which easily gave people the impression that AC Milan was strong and stable, but in fact, AC Milan was strong, but not stable enough.

Ancelotti has repeatedly said in interviews with the media that Pirlo is the core of this AC Milan team, and he put Pirlo, who originally played as a striker, to become a midfielder, which can definitely be regarded as the most successful masterpiece of Ancelotti's coaching of AC Milan in the past few years, and he defined a new type of back type of player.

But as the core player of a top giant, the 24-year-old Pirlo is not calm enough, which is directly reflected in the tactical system of AC Milan with him as the core.

In the scouting report provided by Boyas to Mourinho, the insight given about AC Milan is that this team has a group of stars with very good individual ability, Inzaghi, Shevchenko, Rui? Costa, Seedorf, Pirlo, Nesta and Dida.

AC Milan have relied on Inzaghi, Shevchenko and Dida to settle several games this season, so AC Milan fans have given these three players nicknames, Super Filippo, Sheva Goal and Santa Dida, which shows the excellent form of these three players.

But in the long season, no matter how good the player's state is, there will definitely be ups and downs, even if there are no ups and downs in the state, then once the opponent sees through AC Milan's tricks and focuses on these players, then AC Milan will have nothing to do, so there is a case of Udinese winning AC Milan away.

Some people may want to say, cut, this is just a small probability event, but whether it is on the football field or in the real society, the problem is often reflected in the small probability event!

Jose Mourinho is a very careful person, he will never make a point of view because of one game, but in the videos he has seen of AC Milan, many games reflect this characteristic, so he believes it and makes arrangements for the surname in training.

Apart from AC Milan's home defeat to Udinese, another game that Mourinho paid special attention to was Parma's 0-0 draw with AC Milan, the only clean sheet for AC Milan so far this season.

But if you watch this game, you will know that AC Milan exposed another of their most fatal shortcomings in this game, that is, slow heat!

It's not that the players are slow to heat up, it's that the players are slow to get into the game.

In this 0-0 game, Parma almost beat AC Milan in the first 25 minutes, creating a lot of chances, and if it wasn't for Parma striker Gilardino not taking advantage of the opportunity, AC Milan would have conceded a goal.

To Ancona, to Inter, to Bologna, to Perugia, to Lecce...... If you have to count, AC Milan don't know how many games this season have come in the second half.

Of course, AC Milan have been able to perform so well this season, and they must have their strengths, in addition to the individual ability of the stars, but also their defensive organization, bringing in Cafu and Pancarlo, plus Maldini and Nesta, Gattuso is also said to be mature and sophisticated, so that AC Milan's defensive system can prevent opponents from scoring goals when it is slow to heat up.

So in another statistic that Boyas came up with, AC Milan were very bad at playing against the wind, so they were immediately in a panic after being scored by Udinese in the opening two minutes, resulting in another goal conceded in the 52nd minute, and it was not until the 61st minute that Cafu pulled a goal back.

Instability, over-reliance on stars, lack of wholeness, slow heat, and poor play against the wind are the biggest sticking points of AC Milan's season, but it can also be seen from these that AC Milan still has a lot of room for improvement.

…………………… Visiting the San Siro, Mourinho's tactics were clear, which was to base himself on the defensive.

This is not difficult to see from the starters he has arranged for this game.

Didier Drogba and Palacio up front, Kaka up front, Essien and De Rossi in the back three, David Beckham in the middle, and Evra, Nemanja Vidic, Curtis and Kolo at the back from left to right. Toure, goalkeeper is Cech.

AC Milan's formation is still the 442 double forward tactic, and Ancelotti has not yet implemented the later Christmas tree formation.

Goalkeeper Dida, the backline from left to right is Pancaro, Maldini, Nesta and Cafu, and the midfielders are Pirlo, Gattuso, Rui? Costa and Seedorf, with Shevchenko and Inzaghi up front, are also the main line-up for AC Milan this season.

It is not difficult to see from the lineup that AC Milan is very dissatisfied with being eliminated from the Champions Cup, and they are currently performing well in Serie A, hoping to win in the League Cup, after all, they lost the Toyota Cup, and they have to compensate a little, right?

........................ "They want to win!" But we are more hungry to win than they are, so from the very beginning of the game we have to be anti-opponent and take the initiative, Rodrygo, you have to run more on both wings, they are very old but experienced, we have to use our fitness to mobilize their defence! ”

Jose Mourinho introduced his team's tactics in the dressing room.

"Didil, drop back more, leave the assault mission to Ricciardo, your task is to drag down the AC Milan defense, score if you can, and create opportunities for your teammates if you can't, understand?"

Drogba nodded solemnly.

Mourinho looked at Kaka beside him and didn't say much, just patted him on the shoulder.

The Brazilian has been almost impeccable this season, scoring 14 goals for the Red Rebels in the Premier League, making him one of the best performers in the Premier League this season, even higher than Manchester United's Paul Scholes.

Of course, Kaka also has his shortcomings, that is, as an assault striker, his ability to play the ball needs to be improved, especially in the final pass, after all, Mourinho placed him in this position in the hope that he can not only play for his teammates, but also be able to break forward.

"Guys, we lost to AC Milan in the UEFA Super Cup at the start of the season and it was a humiliating defeat and I told myself at the time that one day I would get it back!"

Mourinho clenched his fists and gritted his teeth.

The players have all experienced that defeat, and they have all exuded a raging anger of revenge.

"Today we finally waited for our chance, I was eager to conquer AC Milan at the San Siro, but this is the home of AC Milan, we are playing against one of the strongest teams in Europe, we have done a lot of preparation, we have developed the best strategy possible, but all this, on the pitch, it doesn't work!"

'In this 90 minutes I can only rely on you, but we only have 25 minutes and in those 25 minutes we have to attack aggressively, tear apart the AC Milan defence, try to score goals, and whatever happens after 25 minutes, we have to go on the defensive, understand?'

"Understood, sir!" The players replied in unison.

As soon as Mourinho waved his hand, the players immediately gathered around, everyone gathered together, put their hands on each other, shouted "Red Rebels" in unison, and then the players walked out of the dressing room one after another.

…………………… When the referee blew the whistle for the start of the game, AC Milan kicked off first.

After a few passes, Pirlo picked up the ball at the back, but as soon as he touched the ball, Kaka, who was killed by the diagonal stab, used his body to squeeze to the ground, grabbed the ball and passed it to the front, but the referee signaled for a foul on Kaka.

Kaka reached out and pulled Pirlo up at the end and smiled at him in a friendly way, while the latter, who was a little frustrated, hastily passed the ball forward, but Vidic pushed Shevchenko to put the ball on the top of nearby De Rossi.

The ball came to the feet of Beckham, only to see him suddenly accelerate and pass the ball to the feet of Kaka, who retreated before Gattuso scrambled, Kaka passed to Drogba, who leaned on Maldini and wanted to pass to Palacio, who was running in the air, but was intercepted by Nesta in advance.

In order to improve the success rate, Mourinho asked his players to play more ground coordination when attacking.

Although the first offensive was ineffective, the next wave of the Red rebels soon followed.

"After the opening, the Red Rebels played obviously more active and active, they played very active in the middle and on the side of the AC Milan backfield, Palacio, Drogba and Kaka cooperated very well in the front, and frequently created opportunities, but helplessly AC Milan's defenders are very experienced, especially Nesta, several early interceptions are in place, and the crisis was resolved in time!"

Seeing that in the first few minutes, the attack of the three players in the front court did not achieve much effect, Beckham immediately increased the number of forward insertions, and frequently ran to the front court to respond, including a through ball through the middle of Nesta and Cafu, Drogba turned and received the ball but did not hit the target.

But the Red Rebels, who tasted the sweetness, immediately made a comeback, and Palacio, who was roaming on both sides of AC Milan's ribs, frequently ran out of gaps, causing a lot of problems for AC Milan's defence, one of which was saved by Dida, and another cross, Drogba headed off the goal under Nesta's interference.

"Palacio was very active, and got another chance to get the ball in front of the penalty area, passed to the middle, Drogba picked it up, Kaka who was inserted in the back row stopped the ball on his chest, and picked it up, picked past Gattuso, who was back to the defense, and hit the goal, Cafu used his body to block Kaka's shot from the bottom line, which was the most threatening shot of the Red Rebels so far in the first half!"

Beckham came to the corner kick point, and at this time the players with excellent header ability in the penalty area, including Curtis, Vidic, Drogba, etc., were piled up there, only to see Beckham make a gesture, but did not pass the ball into the box, but pushed it to Palacio who received nearby, who crossed with his feet.

Curtis, who was pretending to retreat before, suddenly stepped forward, grabbed the front point, and hit the goal with a header, the ball hit the post and popped off the bottom line!

"It's a pity that the Red Rebels have been very positive since the opening and have created a lethal threat on several occasions, but AC Milan's defenders have also worked very hard to resolve the crisis again and again, but if AC Milan doesn't make adjustments, as it is now, the Red Rebels will sooner or later score their goals."

Dida took the ball and played a short pass to Cafu on the right, who got to Pirlo's feet.

Kaka, who was heavily instructed by Mourinho, was always roaming around Pirlo, and when Pirlo received the ball, he immediately stuck to prevent him from getting the ball out easily, while Beckham, Essien and De Rossi also formed a circle around Pirlo.

In the face of the opposition's siege, Pirlo chose to be assigned to the wing, handed to Pancaro, and AC Milan were forced to regroup.

Mourinho, who was on the sidelines, saw that AC Milan began to consciously stabilize his position, and looked at the time, it was already 29 minutes.

In that half-hour period, the Red Rebels had 12 shots on goal, and although only five were on target, four of them came close to finding the back of the net, but none of them were on target.

Seeing that AC Milan stabilized their position, Mourinho began to let the players shrink slightly to keep the formation compact, and this adjustment was also seen by the players as a signal to stop taking the initiative to attack!

(To be continued)