Chapter Seventy-Six: Questioning
Roma sat at the Stadio Olimpic, coach Spalletti lined up a 4-3-2-1 formation, goalkeeper Doni, Panucci, Mex, Zivo, Kufre in the backline, De Rossi, Aquilani, Tomasi behind, Tadeyi, Perrotta on both sides, Totti as a single striker.
During the winter transfer, the bad boy Cassano finally left Roma as he wished and transferred to Real Madrid, but Digan knew very well that the final result of the deal was that Real Madrid and Cassano were both defeated, and the bad boy Barry who did not obey the discipline may really think that he was the first player in Shijie, and actually provoked a conflict in the dressing room of Real Madrid, and was directly blocked to the end, and the good year name was wasted in the stands.
On the AC Milan side, Carlo Ancelotti continued his 4-3-1-2 formation, with Dida in goal, Stam, Nesta, Kaladze, Serginho in the backline, Gattuso, Pirlo and Seedorf in the midfield, Kaka as the front attacker, and Gilardino and Shevchenko in the attack.
AC Milan have scored 11 goals in their previous three games, with Shevchenko and Gilardino alone scoring eight. In comparison, Roma's forward line is a little awkward, Cassano defected, Montella was injured, Delvic was old, and Totti could only play as a lone striker.
After the opening kick-off, AC Milan faced Roma against each other, with Nesta in charge of keeping an eye on Totti. In the fourth minute, Serginho crossed the ball over the top, but Doni scrambled to get the ball first. After that, Milan won a series of corner kick opportunities, but unfortunately under the strict defense of the Roma backline, it only blossomed and did not bear fruit.
In the eighth minute of the game, AC Milan had their first good chance, Seedorf knocked back from the left, Shevchenko rushed to the goal, 12 meters in front of the goal, shot with his right foot from a small angle, but was blocked by the fast reaction Doni in the front corner and confiscated the ball.
In the 11th minute, AC Milan once again ushered in two scoring levels, De Rossi made a mistake in the pass and passed the ball directly to Seedorf, Seedorf's hanging shot from outside the box was about to stick to the crossbar and enter the net, but it was lifted out of the crossbar by Doni Fei's one-handed body.
In the fifteenth minute, Serginho sprinted along the left flank and crossed the ball to Gilardino in front of the post, Shevchenko's reaction was slightly slower, and despite the struggle to fall to the ground and tackle, he still couldn't hook the ball.
The two teams played too fast, and the mistakes increased, and although the situation on the field was fierce, it was a pity that there were not many scoring opportunities on both sides.
Deegan was wrapped in an overcoat and sat quietly in the stands, beside him was his girlfriend Avril Lavigne, who had just arrived from the United States to accompany him.
Because of Degan's relationship, Avril now also likes football, she knows very well the situation Deegan is facing now, and she can't help but be secretly anxious about her boyfriend, and she doesn't know how many times she scolded Ancelotti's ancestors for the eighteenth generation.
"Rod! If you were on the field just now, you should be able to score that goal, right? ”
Deegan smiled: "I don't know, I'm in the stands now, not on the field!" ”
Avril saw that although Degan was smiling, there was a deep sense of loss in her tone, if a player can't play, he can only act as a spectator every time, and no one can stand it.
However, Fiori's words have given Degan a lot of help, no one is smooth sailing, even in adversity, you can't give up hope, opportunities will always be reserved for those who are prepared.
With the referee's whistle, the chaotic first half was finally over, and Deegan also got up, took Avril's hand and left first, he could see that the AC Milan players were not in shape today.
Before the end of the first half, Kaka obviously had a chance to break through the middle, but the weather was too cold and his body was not moving, and Kaka also seemed a little timid, and finally passed the ball and was directly cut off by Tomasi.
After the start of the second half, it was still AC Milan who took the lead, Seedorf crossed from the left, Zivo stabbed the ball out in front of Shevchenko, rolled out of the bottom line, AC Milan took a corner, Seedorf burst into the left side of the penalty area and knocked back, Gattuso shot with his right foot in front of the goal, which missed the right post.
The next game belonged entirely to the Roman prince Totti, who was tackled to the ground by Kaladze in the 52nd minute, after a strong three, and the referee directly took out a yellow card.
Three minutes later, Totti reappeared on the right side of the pitch and raced all the way to the back of the pitch, but Nesta had no choice but to make a flying tackle and the referee showed another yellow card.
A minute later, Totti rolled over and fell to the ground in front of a Stam block, and the referee blew for another free-kick, but the slow camera showed that Totti was suspected of a fake-fall, and he took the free-kick on the left side, and his powerful shot was saved by Dida.
In the 65th minute, there was another danger in front of the Milan goal, Tadei went straight to the goal, De Rossi made a low cross from the right side, Totti appeared in time, the header hit the goal, the ball was knocked to the ground by Dida, and Stam destroyed the ball out of the bottom line at the back point.
Although he didn't score, Totti single-handedly turned AC Milan's entire backline upside down, with Kaladze and Nesta both saddled with yellow cards.
Tasotti in the coach's box watched and couldn't help but think of the classic scene of last season, when Digan alone took down the entire Olympic Stadium and stuffed countless laxatives into the mouths of the Romans.
At this time, if Deegan was on the field, the situation might have been different!
Tasotti suddenly had such an idea, and then shook his head with a wry smile.
He could see that Gilardino and Shevchenko were not in great form today, and there were several chances in the first half, but they couldn't take them.
Seeing that the midfield was out of control, Ancelotti immediately replaced Gattuso with Ambrosini, who had suffered a serious dip in form after a crazy performance at the start of the season, and the main position was re-taken by Gattuso.
But after Ambrosini came on the field today, he almost sent an assist, Seedorf made a long pass on the left, Ziwu was unsteady at his feet, Ambrosini headed the ball to the back point, Shevchenko received the ball, turned and shot with his right foot, his movements were obviously slower, and he was blocked by Kufrey, and when he got the ball again, he couldn't get up under Kufrey's pressure, and could only be destroyed by the opponent out of the sideline.
Spalletti then replaced Aquilani with Roberto Mancini, who had a chance to shoot less than a minute after coming on and cut inside on the flank, slotting a volley into Nesta, who Perrotta followed up and went just wide.
After that, Totti and Roberto Mancini Jr. combined brilliantly on the left flank, but were preemptively disrupted by Stam.
Carlo Ancelotti then made a series of substitutions, bringing on Rui Costa for Andrea Pirlo and Inzaghi for Gilardino.
But in the 81st minute, Roma still took the lead in breaking the deadlock, after Tomasi broke the ball in the midfield, Roma played a fast attack, Totti was divided to the left side in time, pulling Milan's defense, Mancini Jr. stopped the ball on the left side of the penalty area and adjusted it slightly, and volleyed with his right foot 13 meters in front of the goal, the ball passed under Stam's crotch, and touched his leg to change direction and bounce into the near corner, AC Milan fell behind 0:1!
After conceding the goal, AC Milan immediately launched a counterattack, in the 84th minute, Kaka crossed to Inzaghi at the far point on the right side of the penalty area, but Zivo with God's help took the lead and destroyed the ball out of the bottom line, Milan took a corner kick on the right side, Shevchenko's header was confiscated by Doni, and at the Zuihou moment of the game, Shevchenko had a good chance to equalize, but unfortunately his volley missed the near post, and AC Milan was ultimately powerless.
In the end, AC Milan lost 0-1 away to Roma, and the ranking fell to third place, and the gap with leaders Juventus was widened to eight points.
AC Milan lost 1-0 to Roma, and Ancelotti used almost the exact same line-up from the previous win over Parma, but only at right wing-back, with Stam replacing Simic.
However, the problem arose precisely on the right side of AC Milan, with the media only giving Stam a 4 after the game. 5 points is somewhat low, after all, the "refraction" is somewhat unlucky, and there is nothing to be done in the assist, and it is not just a problem for Stam alone, in the second half he ran out of the gap twice, but once Kaka, once Seedorf, did not choose to give the ball to Stam, but directly with the ball to break through, but failed to succeed.
Perhaps, they don't trust the ability of the centre-back to cross from the wings, and indeed, Stamm himself said: "My favourite position to play is in the middle." ”
Stam has also played a few times this season in the right wing-back position, and he played well against Siena, but judging from the past games, what Stam is most afraid of is the winger who cuts inside on the left and is fast and flexible, and the most embarrassing game of the Dutchman's career is against Juventus in the 02/03 season when he was Lazio, when he faced Zambrotta, he was full of holes, and was replaced by Mancini, who was still the coach of Lazio at the time, in the second half. Previously, Mancini Jr. once broke through Stam's defense but did not shoot well, and then the two-one-one between Mancini Jr. and Totti also penetrated from this side of the ribs, and finally this time the "accident" was not Stam's responsibility, but the change to the right side still weakened the role of the Dutchman.
Perhaps there is a "man-in-the-box" in every coach, and the reason why Stam plays right-back is because he replaces Simic, and Simic is replaced because in Ancelotti's mind, he is positioned as a substitute, a substitute who can never be promoted to the main team.
But in fact, in the 4-3 win over Parma, Simic was the highest-rated of the backline by Sport, and in the rating of Sport, Simic is also second only to Maldini in this defense, from the 15th to the 18th round of this season, he began to play as AC Milan's right wing-back, in five games, AC Milan conceded four goals, but none of them were scored from the right side. Simic seems to have been replaced, and there seems to be little reason other than his low worth and relatively small fame.
Stam should indeed play, but his correct position should be in the middle, and the defense of Stam, Nesta, Simic, Kaladze, and even Stam, Nesta, Simic and Serginho will be more reasonable than it is now. Kaladze has been in good form of late, with some signs of recovery, but Stam is more experienced at centre-back after all, and after Cafu's injury, it is Simic who is the most suitable player for AC Milan to play at right-back.
There may be no place for the Croatian in the future, and after Cafu recovers, he will definitely be in front of Simic, and after a few good performances, he will be with the bench again, which is Simic's fate.
But what about a Simic?
In Ancelotti's coaching of AC Milan for so many years, there has never been a case of grabbing the main force from the bench, Kaka and Stam bought the position is not a substitute, Dida came back from loan and encountered Abbiati's injury, there is no substitute experience under Ancelotti, a player, after being positioned as a substitute in Ancelotti's mind, it is difficult to "turn over", maybe Serginho is the only exception, but that is also because Maldini can no longer play full-back, Ancelotti must be in Kaladze, Jankulovski and Serginho choose one of the three players who are positioned as "substitutes", and look at how many potential substitutes AC Milan have gone over the years.
Brockie, Abbiati, and Donati were loaned, and it is unknown whether they can return, and Dorasu simply left the team, and not everyone can do it as patiently as Ambrosini.
In addition, some young players such as Broadek, Abate, and Borriello have never come out, and if you wait a little longer, the years when you can really advance by leaps and bounds have passed, and the new stars have long become mediocre players, perhaps this is also an important reason why AC Milan's squad is aging, and there are no more self-produced newcomers in recent years.
AC Milan lost 0:1 to Roma, losing three points, but also completely shattering the theoretical hope of "catching up with Juventus", and also shattered Ancelotti's self-justification for two consecutive 4:3.
'It's important to get three points, we always score more goals than our opponents.
Carlo Ancelotti used to explain, but let's not forget that in a defensive-minded league like Serie A, it's far easier to keep a clean sheet at the back than to ask the forward line to score four goals in a game.
Carlo Ancelotti's damn pattern left the backline porous, and his on-the-spot command allowed AC Milan to lose the game completely.
Ancelotti in this game, once he encounters a predicament, it is always inevitable that there will be a wavering situation, and replacing Ambrosini is clearly to strengthen the defense and control of the final game, and it can be seen that Ancelotti wants to accept a draw.
However, the next two substitutions can't help but make people wonder, and the replacement of Rui Costa and Inzaghi is the idea of unwilling to draw.
The manager wavered, and the players on the field naturally did not have a unified tactical idea, they did not know how to deal with the next situation, and they could only fight separately on the field.
Carlo Ancelotti is not without his skills in on-the-spot command, such as the Milan derby two seasons ago, Tomasson's comeback, Borriello came off the bench to provide a fatal assist to help Kaka score a victory over Siena, and this season's key goals against Palermo, Lecce, and Inzaghi are all vivid.
But the game against Roma would never be considered by Carlo Ancelotti to be the pinnacle of his managerial career, as AC Milan's goal came exactly a minute after he replaced Andrea Pirlo.
Rui. After Costa replaced Andrea Pirlo, Ambrosini moved to the central midfield position and AC Milan immediately changed to 4-1-3-2 with Rui. Costa and Seedorf went forward on both sides, and Ancelotti's thinking was clear.
At the same time, Ambrosini, who was strong defensively, acted as a barrier in front of the back line, and in fact, the score was still 0-0 until the 80th minute, and Ancelotti's approach only showed one attitude: he could not accept that the game ended 0-0, and the difference between taking a point and losing a game is not much different.
When Berlusconi put forward the idea that "the league has ended early and the focus has shifted to the Champions League", Ancelotti veilly expressed a different opinion: "I don't think everything is decided. ”
But in fact, this time Ancelotti also paid the price for his persistence.
If in the spirit of catching up with Juventus, there is nothing wrong with Ancelotti's substitution this time, Rui. Costa's presence can indeed play a role in strengthening the attack, and the Portuguese has been in good form recently, so replacing him is undoubtedly the first choice, but the problem is that in such a situation, Rui. Who does Costa replace?
Replace Kaka or Seedorf?
The formation remains the same?
In this case, at best, it just allows the team to change an offensive routine and thinking, rather than strengthening the attacking manpower, replacing a Gilardino to play the Christmas tree?
Theoretically, it is not impossible to take a step back and open the sky, but in the rush to win, replace a striker with a midfielder, I believe that no coach will do this, so Ancelotti chose the most aggressive and aggressive option, replacing Pirlo, and the configuration of 2+2 for the defensive players in the midfield and the attacking players became 1+3.
Roma's goals aside, AC Milan dominated the vast majority of the pitch for the rest of the rest of stoppage time, with Ambrosini, Inzaghi both having good chances, and Rui. Costa's scheduling up front made a difference.
Of course, the cost is that the gaps in the defense are also exposed, in fact, such a substitution is a gamble in itself, if Mancini Jr.'s shot does not hit Stam's leg to change direction, maybe it will be another game, but obviously, Ancelotti is the loser of today's gamble, but since he does not believe in Berlusconi's "Juventus early title theory", gambling is also his only option.
If the gap between AC Milan and Juventus in the standings before this game is not 5 points, but 2 points, Ancelotti can safely get one point at the Stadio Olimpico and then wait for other opportunities, facing Roma's recovery from before the winter, and the depth and quality of this team, this is by no means an unacceptable result, but the current situation does not allow him to do so.
The real problem for AC Milan is that Weishenme has been five points behind and has pushed himself to the point where he has to gamble against a team like Roma.
In the face of weak teams before, AC Milan lost too many points, and Juventus was able to get enough points when facing the middle and lower teams despite losing to AC Milan, how similar is this situation to the 02/03 season, when AC Milan lost too many points in the small club, and set the third place in the league early, but AC Milan at that time was good at playing strong teams, so it went all the way to the final of the Champions League to win the championship, but what about AC Milan now? Maybe nothing.
The problem of consistency against the weak team is still there, but the strong team's backline can no longer withstand the opponent's strong attack, which is the biggest problem that AC Milan has to face now.
AC Milan lost 0:1 to Roma, 2 points behind Inter Milan in the standings, tied by Fiorentina and 8 points behind Juventus.
'We had a staccato tonight, in the first half we had too many passes and we didn't play concisely, which meant that we were too physically drained and tired too early, and in the second half Roma were a bit more open, they had some problems with their long counter-attacks and we couldn't press effectively. We created some good chances though, but our opponents caused us problems and they had very little space in defence and Serginho only got a couple of times to get in. Roma were good today, they did a good job of possession, they made the most of Totti's drop-back catches and we should be more tight-guarded. The problem with losing the game is that we can't harmonize and we lose our balance when the opponent makes it more difficult for us, but we have the ability to bounce back and play with a more compact and aggressive style. Once you lose this game, it's more difficult in the standings, but we still have a lot of games to play and anything can happen. ”
Shevchenko's face was also gloomy after the game, obviously he was unhappy with the result of this game, he said: "There is no exact same game, this is football, we had some chances but we didn't take advantage of them, we were all not happy because we could have had a better result, it was terrible to lose, but the league is still a long way to go, now we should think about how to get back on our feet and get back to the road to victory, this game will make you feel like Juventus is out of reach, But nothing is impossible, now let's stop talking about points, we just have to think about playing every game, AC Milan still hasn't stopped, I didn't play well today, but you can't talk about individual performances as a whole, we're a team, tonight we just lacked a little bit of unity, but what we lacked was very important, we did have chances to score today, if we can press a little bit more resolutely, we can cause some problems for Roma. But then Roma scored and we lost our rhythm. ”
Gilardino, who has already scored four games in a row in the league and the Coppa Italia, stopped the pace of scoring in this game: "It was really irritating, we shouldn't have lost this game in Roma like this, we didn't play very well in the first half, but in the second half we did a good job of possession, but then their goal complicated things, it wasn't anyone's fault to concede, the whole team lacked some confidence and determination today, lack of concentration? We normally try to improve, especially from set-pieces, and maybe 0-0 is a reasonable ending because neither team has a lot of chances. ”
The veteran Serginho thinks AC Milan are mediocre, the loss is mainly due to Roma's good performance, but also the team's bad luck, saying: "I can't say we played badly today, but we did lack some continuity, it was a tough game, we expected it, now we need to look forward, the pain of the loss will be forgotten very quickly. Roma are a good team, but you have to admit that we were unlucky today and what we need now is to be calm and then go and prepare for the next game. ”
AC Milan only admitted that the team's form was not good today, and there was too bad luck, and no one refused to admit that the team had nothing but problems, and Ancelotti's use of personnel in this game would only go wrong.
Galliani, the executive chairman of the team, also expressed his support for Ancelotti in an interview: "The team is on the right track now, just losing one game, this is not the end of Shijie, we all believe that Ancelotti will take care of these things and lead the team to win again!" ”
Of course, there is also an unavoidable topic is Degan, although he has been forgotten by the Milan club, but as a topic of conversation, journalists do not suffer from amnesia.
"Degan's body is still in the recovery period, his current physical condition has not returned to the best condition, for the team's lineup arrangement, I will also communicate with Ancelotti, but Zuihou is the one who is in charge, there is no shortage of manpower in Milan forward now, we have the most powerful attack group on Shijie, if Degan wants to fight for the main position, he must impress Coach Ancelotti in the usual training! This is the first condition! After all, it's Ancelotti who has the final say! ”
Impress Carlo Ancelotti!?
The reporters collectively rolled their eyes at Galliani, and at this time, I am afraid that Digan is incarnated as Xianglin's sister-in-law, and she will not shed a single tear in Ancelotti's ears all day long.
It seems that if Deegan wants to get out, in Milan, it will be really difficult!
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