Chapter 42: The Swan Song
On Shijie, there is no fan who likes Degan who does not hate Ancelotti!
Deegan could have played for the big clubs, like many superstars, and became the prince and king of that team until he became famous and made a legend.
But because of Ancelotti, Degan became the prodigal son of football, and changed three teams in three years, but fortunately, the drift did not wear out his talent, and now Degan is still shining.
With seven rounds left in the league, Fiorentina is destined to be fruitless this season, but Degan's current performance can earn him enough individual honours.
So, what about Carlo Ancelotti?
In the beginning, no one thought about this fat man.
There are even some people who have already planned for Ancelotti, and the next journey of life, after the end of the season, was driven away by AC Milan, and then in the year after year of failure, they can no longer wait for the coaching position, Zuihou can only show off his lip service to support his family.
However, there is one thing that cannot be denied.
Carlo Ancelotti has indeed rescued the once declining AC Milan from the quagmire and rejuvenated him, and many first-class stars have been born under his tutelage.
So when Ancelotti was driven to the edge of the cliff, even he himself thought that this time he would definitely fall and never recover, some people stood up to save him, and at the same time his opponent destroyed his martial arts.
The match with Bayern Munich is not a classic battle for AC Milan, and from the very beginning of this game, Ancelotti made up his mind to defend, defend, defend!
Before this game, it should be said that Bayern Munich was in a better situation, and the 2-2 away game gave them more room to maneuver after returning to their home stadium, but Bayern's disappointing performance in this game was not so much that AC Milan played well, but that Bayern played too poorly.
In general, Bayern was not able to play speed and momentum in this game, the rhythm of the whole game was that they were following AC Milan, there was no active running and active pressing, Bayern who lacked the overall pressure on the attack was like a toothless tiger, unable to pose a threat to AC Milan, or it may be that Bayern was afraid of AC Milan's delicate feet, so they did not dare to press in the midfield after the opening, but recovered the ball as soon as possible after losing the ball to the second half before starting to rob.
This method is conducive to the way, reducing the area that each player needs to defend, can compare haode to inhibit AC Milan's passing and cutting cooperation, but for the offense, this way is not very favorable, Bayern lacks the ability to attack the front court through organized cooperation, so at the beginning of the first half, although Bayern has no loopholes in defense, but the offense is not much threatened, this way of playing limits the enthusiasm of Bayern players, and Bayern players are not in good shape, The rate of action and the rate of attack and defense cannot be increased.
Throughout the game, Bayern no player can be called in good form, the whole team is in the middle and lower levels, Mackay is basically inactive, the gap behind the two central defenders is also very large, the two wings have not been able to fly, and the control of midfielders Van Bommel and Hargreaves seems to be very weak.
From the point of view of play, Bayern's attack is mainly through crosses from both sides, but there are not many opportunities to really break through the crosses, most of them are diagonal crosses on both sides of the penalty area, and the cross from the right creates a certain threat in the first half, but the outflanking of the middle is not in place, and Mackay and Podolski are not point-grabbing players in the middle and this tactic is not matched.
Another tactic of Bayern is a long-range shot in the middle, but because AC Milan blocked in the middle today, and the wind of Bayern's players is not very smooth, the long-range shot did not pose a great threat.
In the initial stage, Bayern had a few more haode attacks, but before attacking the penalty area, they lacked more haode cooperation, and could only rely on long-range shots from the perimeter to solve the problem, which was obviously not enough to deal with AC Milan.
In the second half, Bayern began to press and press, but the effect was not obvious, only to the second half after the replacement of Pizarro to see some results, but soon was contained by the opponent, 10 minutes before the end Bayern relied on two wide crosses to create a certain threat to AC Milan, if Bayern had adopted this style of play earlier, it might have been more effective.
On the other hand, AC Milan is more prepared for difficulties, and has a relatively good heart for playing the German team, and the confidence comes from the advantages of Jishu, so AC Milan players dare to take the ball, as well as do some passing and cutting cooperation in a small area, to avoid Bayern's pressing limelight and then launch a counterattack, this trick AC Milan has tried repeatedly, which is why Bayern does not dare to press on the midfield. In this game, AC Milan had Andrea Pirlo at the core, and quickly formed a counter-attack through several one-kick passes after breaking the ball at the back, and AC Milan had such a threat on many occasions.
Today, AC Milan opened with a 4321 Christmas tree formation, and what is more special is to put Seedorf in the right position in the middle of the double forward midfield, and together with Kaka, it constitutes a follow-up attack point behind Inzaghi, which is beyond Bayern's expectations, Bayern's midfield defense only has Van Bommel and Hargreaves, and there is obviously a sense of neglect when defending.
Seedorf was very active in the midfield and looked very active, and the goal in the first half had a lot to do with Seedorf's change of position, which was a stroke of genius for Ancelotti today.
Ancelotti has always been criticized for being cautious and rigid in the use of troops, but today's arrangement of Seedorf can be regarded as a good embodiment of Ancelotti's resourcefulness in the use of troops.
In the second half, AC Milan looked very calm after taking the lead, especially the players led by Pirlo were very cautious in blocking in front of the penalty area, effectively curbing Bayern's offensive momentum and blocking Bayern's frontal long-range shots many times. At the back, Nesta and Maldini were both in excellent form today, and Bayern did not take advantage of the high ball in the aerial battle.
Kaka remains the highlight of AC Milan's midfield, attracting Bayern's large number of players and posing a big threat. Inzaghi also contributed to the goal of a goal, although it was suspected of being offside.
Was Inzaghi offside?
Is there no offside?
More precisely, is it still necessary to discuss whether Inzaghi is offside?
Half of this "offside prince" shot was blown offside, half of the offside was blown offside, and it was found out by the slow mirror afterwards that it was actually difficult to say that it was offside, you can say that he always wanted to steal half a rice in front of that parallel line, or he always wanted to conquer the end of Shijie with half a grain of rice.
There is no need to mobilize high-speed cameras to confirm the offside problem, this is Inzaghi's scoring style, and he really has his wind and snow on the love field when he runs in a roundabout way, no way, talent is always a weapon for lazy people, I have to admire Inzaghi's ultra-stable ankle action when shooting, the little man always has experience in front of the giant defenders, fight with his heart, and get the desired result.
AC Milan is destined for Inzaghi!
The day before the away game against Bayern Munich, the "Milan Sport" newspaper once said that Ronaldo bought half a season late, did not qualify for the Champions League, Borriello was removed from the Champions League squad, Gilardino was suspended, and a series of mistakes by AC Milan and natural disasters made Ancelotti have only two strikers available in this battle of life and death: the injured Inzaghi and the in-form Oliveira.
Carlo Ancelotti does need to count on Inzaghi, who has scored five goals in the last four meetings with Bayern, Ancelotti said: "Inzaghi has been in the media spotlight lately, but if there is one person who has such a high goal rate against Bayern, then it is really worth paying attention to. ”
Unfortunately, the news from the Milan Sport newspaper three hours before the game was still that Inzaghi's physical condition was not optimistic.
"As long as I put Inzaghi on the field, it means he can play."
As Carlo Ancelotti said, it was still Inzaghi who appeared in the starting lineup, not Oliveira, and with this start, Inzaghi continued to play the role of "Bayern's nemesis".
If Seedorf's rewritten 1-0 scoreline didn't give Bayern any hope, then Inzaghi's goal two minutes later was a heavy blow to the Germans.
When Gattuso sent a through ball from midfield, Kaka ran sideways and suddenly hit a backheel, Inzaghi turned to lead the ball in a rare space between the two tall defenders, took two steps, and calmly fired at the onrushing Kahn in front of the penalty area, and the ball flew into the net against the underside of the crossbar.
After the goal, Inzaghi ran frantically to the corner flag, shouting as he ran, and then grabbed the corner flag to do a celebration of Batistuta's invention of "Batman", he knew that AC Milan was already in a winning position by the end of the game.
It was Inzaghi's 56th goal on European stage and he equalled Portuguese legend Eusebio "Panther" Eusebio.
In fact, in terms of form alone, Inzaghi is not outstanding, injuries still affect him, some stopping, dribbling and obstacles, which is also Weishenme Ancelotti replaced him with Serginho in the second half, but this is Inzaghi, when you keep an eye on him, it doesn't necessarily happen, but once you despise him and relax him, he will immediately give you a fatal blow, in front of Lucio and Van Bitten, two giant defenders who are more than 190cm tall, the emaciated Inzaghi found such space.
The German media are still accusing Inzaghi of offside after the game, which is true from the video, but this is the German side's broadcast signal that can't even be seen with the footage pulled parallel to the sidelines, and the result has to be determined by using a satellite to shoot from above, how can the assistant referee's naked eye be sure?
"Milan Sport" once made statistics, a considerable part of Inzaghi's offside was blown off is a good ball, and it was concluded that Inzaghi has such a talent, always able to suddenly start between offside and non-offside lines, no wonder he is the most attentive player in the assistant referee.
Before the final break, Inzaghi put on his coat early and waited for a moment of celebration, and after a short celebration, Inzaghi was also happy to be interviewed after the game: "I'm very happy that the environment at AC Milan allows you to do such a thing, I came here with the call of the president and the support of my teammates. President Silvio Berlusconi called me before the game and that support was really important to me. Play with your heart and you'll be able to get the results you want. The German team, including Kahn, has given me some good memories and anyway, now Bayern is out, we only think about the future games, we think about Manchester, it's going to be a tough game for sure, we have to give everything we have to give it and now we're going to enjoy the night anyway. It would be a shame if it was us to leave the Champions League tonight, but the Champions League is so special and magical, like a song with so many changes. ”
Inzaghi succeeded, continuing his reputation as Germany's nemesis, and so did AC Milan, continuing to defend the dignity of Italian football, mirroring the Germans' defeats.
I have to say that German football is lagging behind in Jishu, and it is also lagging behind in tactics, AC Milan had such an exclamation when facing Bayern Munich last season, but I didn't expect them to sometimes lag behind in courage.
Ten years ago, Beckenbauer lamented desolately: "The German team members today are like coolies working on the streets, without joy and without creation." ”
Ten years later, German football doesn't even want to keep its brute force, they play their own league in the depths of the continent, play their own ideas, and turn a deaf ear to the British's desperate attempt to attract investment and absorb new trends in Jishu, and they can only say they deserve to not reach the last four of the Champions League for five years in a row.
The top four in the Shijie Cup, created by Jurgen Klinsmann, have now harmed German football, giving them the illusion that the German flag has not fallen, and they have been defeated again nine months later at the hands of Italians, who are struggling to salvage their reputations.
When AC Milan carried the banner of Italian football revival, when they were full of desire to fight for honor, the "steel chariot" was so mediocre and negative, Bayern's defeat was the defeat of German football.
Bayern head coach Heathfield was particularly disappointed after the result: "We had the absolute initiative after the first leg, but the final result was disappointing. From the start of the game we wanted to be more efficient, but unfortunately the Milans had the lead and today we lost out on a lack of creativity. ”
In this game, due to the main left midfielder Schweinsteiger suffered an unexpected knee injury in the league last weekend, there was still no sign of improvement until the day of the game, and in desperation, Heathfield could only arrange for the youngster Lyle, who originally played at right-back, to make a cameo start. At the same time, the main right-back Sagnol suffered a serious sprain during his visit to Milan last week, and Salihamidzic dropped back to play as a defender, and the right midfielder was assigned to start Otter, who was originally a midfielder.
It was also in this way that the two wings of Bayern's midfield were all the same defenders in the starting line, and Bayern's most attacking points this season were from Sagnol and Schweinsteiger. This time, Bayern folded their wings before fighting. In fact, the same is true for Milan, with Gilardino's suspension leaving Ancelotti with veteran Inzaghi at the top.
'We have to admit that Milan played better than us and they deserved to qualify for the semi-finals. We didn't play well and when AC Milan quickly took a 2-0 lead, it didn't improve. In the second half, we were also short of chances and it was a fair result to be eliminated. ”
AC Milan beat Bayern Munich 2-0 away, and Kaka said before the game: "I have a hunch that this will be a game that will make history. ”
Sometimes the hunch is magical, AC Milan became the first team in 16 years to knock Bayern away from home, after Red Star Belgrade, but this cannot be entirely blamed on the referee's mistakes and chance.
In his pre-match press conference, Maldini praised Bayern Munich's liliang and willpower, but did not mention Jishu, but in modern football, this is precisely where the foundation lies.
Bayern Munich took the initiative on the field, but showed the disadvantage of Jishu, only five of the twenty shots on goal hit the goal frame, Salihamidzic two shots in the box before the end of the field flew sideways to his teammates in the penalty area, in the possession of AC Milan, the field was full of fouls from Bayern players, as the offensive side of the ball, Bayern's fouls were twice as many as those of AC Milan, and Ancelotti even rushed to the field to blame Bayern's players in the second half.
But more fouls will only delay the home team's time, and it's not this kind of physical style of play that AC Milan are afraid of.
The real opponent that AC Milan don't want to face is Barcelona, and before the Champions League draw, Carlo Ancelotti, including many of the AC Milan players, said: "It's good not to run into Barcelona." ”
Facing Barcelona last season, if it weren't for Digan, I am afraid that AC Milan would only be able to swallow the bitter fruit of defeat, to defeat a Jishu-type team, you must have more Haodejishu than them, or not inferior to them in Jishu, and surpass them in other aspects, but this is not seen in Bayern, which is why Kaka and others firmly believe that AC Milan can qualify.
As the only team to reach the quarter-finals of the UEFA Champions League five years in a row, and the only team in the quarter-finals of this season to reach the quarter-finals last season, some of AC Milan's results in the Champions League have not been piled up by accident.
Although this AC Milan team has been in relatively poor form for several years, although this AC Milan team in the Champions League does not have Ronaldo and lacks pre-season training camps, the difficulties are overcome little by little, and the experience of the Champions League has become something in AC Milan's blood.
In addition, there is the confidence accumulated in a competition, which will help the team to get through the difficult times at any time, and "confidence" is also the word that the entire AC Milan team emphasises most before the game. There are too many difficulties in the Champions Cup, no matter how big the battle is, the 2:2 at home is a test for the players of Inter Milan, and it may not be anything for Maldini and Seedorf. But in other words, next season, Inter Milan will once again draw 2-2 at home to Valencia, and after previous defeats, it may usher in a completely different result.
Then there are the veteran players such as Maldini and Cafu, it is an indisputable fact that they are old and declining, they may have a bad season, but it is not difficult for them to concentrate on playing a good game, this is the difference between the league and the Champions Cup.
Although the strength of this AC Milan team has declined, although AC Milan almost did not participate in the Champions Cup before the season due to the phonegate incident, Italy's honor in the European arena must be won by AC Milan.
Carlo Ancelotti also gave his promise after the game, saying: "Our goal is to make the heads of the Italian team high on the European battlefield and we are very happy to be able to reach the last four in this important tournament and show the quality of Italian football." ”
The moment the game ended, the Allianz Arena became a quiet stadium. Two goals in the space of two minutes in the first half wiped out some of Bayern's hard-earned advantage at the San Siro a week ago.
After knocking out Bayern Munich, Carlo Ancelotti's side can head to Old Trafford, where they will face the equally strong Manchester United in the semi-finals.
Ancelotti has a fond memory for Old Trafford, winning the Champions League with AC Milan in 2003 against Juventus, beating Manchester United 1-0 thanks to Crespo's goals in 2005 and Ancelotti being given his third visit to Old Trafford in five years thanks to goals from Seedorf and Inzaghi.
Ancelotti can breathe a sigh of relief at this time, he made the position under the ass a little more stable, more often, Ancelotti's conservatism, and trust in the veterans, became a weapon for people to criticize him, and also forced him step by step to today's situation, but today's performance of these veterans has become the key to his life.
Maldini struggled with cramps on the field, Serginho did not play much, only 20 minutes, but considering his age and the injuries he was full of, he was still trying his best to continue to sprint, involving Bayern Munich's troops, Pirlo, Seedorf, Ambrosini, Gattuso staged the Italian version of the taxi confidante death, and Inzaghi repaid Ancelotti's trust in him with a goal.
And, of course, Dida!
In the past two seasons, the Brazilian goalkeeper has been the most attacked Milan player, and even surpassed the public enemy of the whole country last season, Digan!
As long as the team loses, he will be the first to be criticized, as if people have to find a reason why he is useless.
'We paid four million euros a year for a goalkeeper, is that to watch him make such a mistake?'
After a 2-2 draw at home to Bayern, the newspaper Sport broke that Berlusconi was annoyed by Dida's mistake.
Although it is not the first time that Berlusconi has not made a statement, it is an indisputable fact that Dida was indeed responsible for the two goals conceded in the first leg.
To prove that he is worthy of his annual salary of 4 million euros, Dida must rely on his actions to speak. The good news is that Dida has indeed made a name for himself at the Allianz Arena.
Bayern Munich had as many as 20 shots on goal, including 8 of them in the range of the goal, but none of them could get past Dida's ten fingers, whether it was a long-range shot, a cross or a scuffle in front of goal, Dida resolved them one by one, compared to a week ago.
In the opening game, Lyle's volley was saved by Odor in front of the goal line, and Dida was a little dazed, but then he stayed focused. Then Odor leaked, Podolski fired hard from the left side of the box, and Dida blocked the near corner.
Before the end of the first half, Bayern's cross was hoisted into the penalty area, Jankulovski failed to clear the first point, Podolski fell to the ground in the small penalty area and almost broke the goal, thanks to Dida desperately blocking the gun hole and blocking the ball with his body.
In the first half, Dida made two key saves to lay the foundation for Milan's good situation, and in the second half, Bayern attacked with all their might, and Dida played a good job of saving long-range shots, first saving Van Bommel with a heavy shot. Salihamidzic then cut to the middle and volleyed from the top of the arc to Dida in a secure hold.
Ten minutes into Zuihou, Bayern played a rushing tactic in an attempt to replicate the successful first-leg routine, but Dida clearly had taken precautions.
In the 80th minute, Bayern made a series of crosses, Dida first picked up Glitz's cross halfway, and then Pizarro headed the goal from the left side of the small penalty area, and Dida was also solid to confiscate.
Towards the end of the game, Van Bitten's volley in the penalty area was inevitable, and Dida once again subconsciously stretched his leg to block a miraculous solution, making Bayern's first-leg hero return in vain.
After the game, the authoritative media gave Dida a 7 points, focusing on his two saves of Podolski and Van Bitten, which made an important contribution to the safety of Milan's defense.
Berlusconi also said in an interview after the game: "The headline of the Milan Sport newspaper 'Berlusconi no longer trusts Dida', it is absolutely not true, this report is ridiculous. It's wrong to say I'm attacking Dida because I've been supporting him and I'm not going to replace him with another goalkeeper. ”
However, a change is inevitable, and although he signed a contract extension with the club until 2010 just a month ago, Dida's whereabouts have been the subject of much media discussion, with the likes of Gianluigi Buffon, Livorno goalkeeper Amelia and Celtic goalkeeper Borouche frequently mentioned.
Old Trafford is the blessed land where Dida reached the pinnacle of his career, and it is up to the Brazilian's own hands to decide how long Dida will stand.
In short, AC Milan's veterans pulled Ancelotti back from the brink of life and death, and Digan knows that this season Ancelotti will also completely achieve his greatest glory in Milan City.
It's just that this splendor is like the return of a dying person before going to see God, which is crazy and of course tragic.
Carlo Ancelotti has made few changes to his starting line-up since he took charge of Milan, Cafu is not a newcomer, and Kaka is Ancelotti's only discovery.
It is Ancelotti's sin to trust the old man, but this sin can help him achieve Zuihou's madness, and these old guys in Milan City have proved to people that they can still fight, but this battlefield may also be the burial place for them to stage their final swan song.
Deegan still remembers that in the Champions Cup final that he stayed up late to watch in a bar in his previous life, AC Milan took revenge, but it was followed by a swan song.
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