Chapter 55: Ugly
Updated: 2013-11-22
2:2 draw away to Schalke 04, AC Milan is a good loss?
No, judging from the various Jishu statistics after the game, AC Milan does not have an advantage in the game, whether it is the number of shots on goal, the time of possession of the ball, or the area of possession, AC Milan does not have an absolute advantage, AC Milan has the advantage, but the two goals are in front of the opponent.
In fact, Carlo Ancelotti needs to thank Coolanyi for his lack of finishing skills, as AC Milan have had a repeat of the 'split-second short circuit' in last season's UEFA Champions League final against Liverpool, and the 'short circuit' came precisely after two Schalke 04 equalisers.
In Sauron. After Larsson equalised for the home side, Schalke 04 was in high spirits and AC Milan were briefly confused, and then Kuranyi's header grazed the far post and flew off the line, Dida did not react, and also after Altentop equalised for Schalke 04 from distance, Sander had another chance to head from close range, this time it was Dida who saved the team and flew to the crossbar with his fingertips.
Judging from the course of the game, AC Milan still controlled the situation on the field most of the time, and it was the loss of momentum in the minutes after two goals and two goals conceded that "pulled" the Jishu statistics of both sides back.
In fact, in the first four minutes of the second half of the last round of the league against Treviso, AC Milan had two consecutive midfield breaks and four consecutive shots.
However, not every opponent is Treviso and Schalke 04, and not every shooter is a meat foot like Reginaldo and Kuranyi, so this situation occurs frequently, how dangerous!
There will be a "short circuit" in Weishenme?
From the phenomenon point of view, one is laxity, just like last season's Champions Cup final against Liverpool, after the goal, the toughness of the opponent's counterattack and their own resistance are underestimated, and the lax mood and lack of tension lead to the player's lack of concentration, but the rapid change on the football field requires the coach and players to be 100% focused at all times.
In addition, the important point is that there is a disunity of offensive and defensive ideas, how to play after taking the lead?
Should you control the tempo or speed up the counterattack?
And after the opponent scores, should he immediately press out to win?
Or hold on and wait for the other party to have a loophole?
Without a clear idea, it would have been chaotic, and in this game, when the team needed Ancelotti to give clear instructions to the players the most, Ancelotti panicked first.
The "short circuit" against Treviso did not change the tide of the game, the "short circuit" against Schalke 04 only lost two points, after all, the away draw against Schalke 04 was also a completely acceptable result, but the other games were different, if the "short circuit" problem could not be solved in time, AC Milan would face a bigger problem on the road ahead.
AC Milan had a great chance in this game, but when they took the lead again, the shouts of 50,000 German fans in front of them left Carlo Ancelotti and his players in disarray.
Shevchenko's goal was equalised by the opponent's first substitution, and in desperation, Ancelotti made three substitutions in six minutes, but in the end he could not turn the tide of the game.
This moment can't help but remind people of the key battle between Juventus and Roma in the Serie A league that year, in the face of Capello's calm adjustment, Ancelotti's performance was clumsy, the substitutions were untargeted, and the tactics went up and down.
It was a similar game, with the opening 22 seconds leading to the third-fastest record in history, when Seedorf, who had been criticised for his performances in the opening few league games, fired a right-footed shot from 25 yards out that Rost was surprised to see roll from under his hand into the net.
The time spent on this goal was second only to Arsenal's Gilberto in 20.07 seconds against PSV Eindhoven on 25 September 2002 and Piero in 20.12 seconds against Manchester United on 1 October 1997.
AC Milan got off to a flying start, and Schalke 04's equaliser was equally impressive, as Lincoln burst into the box from the left in the third minute and the ball bounced off Nesta's shin when he crossed it to provide a brilliant assist for Larsson, and the Danish striker headed home.
When Larsson scored, AC Milan's backline was so loose in Larsson's defense that no one even looked at Lincoln when he crossed, and Kaladze simply ignored him.
Not conceding a goal in two games in a row used to be great news for Carlo Ancelotti. Because in the previous games, Milan have not seen such good momentum. The team's defensive situation is quite delicate, Stam is unavailable, Kaladze's form is still doubtful, and the mistakes of defending Larsson really make people look forward to his future.
Fortunately, however, there is also an experienced central combination of Maldini and Nesta to rely on.
Maldini was in the best form of the new season, performing extremely well at both ends of the pitch, and in the 10th minute, Pirlo headed a free-kick in front of the goal, Maldini headed it back, and Gilardino almost didn't touch the ball.
A minute later, Maldini reappeared in front of goal and ruined a very good chance for Kuranyi, who was noticeably slower to react when Maldini shoveled the ball off the line.
In the 33rd minute, Kuranyi received a long pass from his companion and found himself unguarded on the edge of the penalty area, and Zuihou relied on a desperate tackle from Maldini to allow Kuranyi to deflect the ball three or four meters away from Dida.
The veteran Maldini defended the glory of the Milan captain with his own efforts, but Ancelotti's on-the-spot command in this game can only be noted as clumsy.
Carlo Ancelotti had said before the game that he would overwhelm the Germans with quality. Fighting for physical strength, Milan will certainly not be able to compete with Schalke 04, although the average height and weight, the two teams are basically the same. But physical strength is what Germans admire the most and are best at.
Schalke 04 boss Rangnick also admitted: "AC Milan have quality and we have physicality. ”
However, the situation on the field made "Wise Man" and "Muscle Man" fall one by one.
Ambrosini is a physical player, and his injury just gave Carlo Ancelotti a reason to put his favorite Seedorf on the pitch, which is also the Dutchman's 100 European games. It was a clever move to use the Dutchman, whose goal saved Milan from falling behind from the start.
However, Rangnick used Poulsen successfully, and the Dane's task was to play close to Kaka, who was heavily disrupted and could not help Shevchenko and Gilardino at all, and the two forwards looked unusually alone.
In the second half, Gattuso, Andrea Pirlo and even Maldini stepped up their attacks on the flanks, a strategy that resulted in Shevchenko's goal.
In the 59th minute, Maldini crossed from the left and Shevchenko beat Rost with a perfect header, which was the Ukrainian's 46th goal in the Champions League, and tied with "Black Panther" Eusebio for fourth place in the Champions League's all-time scoring record.
The improvisable Rangnick was immediately replaced by striker Altentop after Milan's goal, and two minutes later, the fresh striker's long-range shot from 25 yards broke down Dida's defence.
In a hurry, Ancelotti made three substitutions in a row, but these three people could be replaced, Stam was injured just right, Vieri had not yet adapted to the field, Rui. Costa doesn't have the physical strength to match Paulson.
In the following ten minutes, Schalke 04 had 70% possession, and Ancelotti's poor on-the-spot response could only make the team swallow the bitter fruit of the draw in a hurry.
Ancelotti had a premonition of the difficulty of the game before the game against Schalke 04, and also made some adjustments to AC Milan, many long passes, speeding up the tempo, and catching counterattacks, which have become the key words in AC Milan's recent training, Pirlo's long pass to find Gilardino or Vieri, relying on the accurate ferry or ball protection of the two to do it, to Shevchenko and Kaka to create opportunities, this is the introduction of the concept of wingers, AC Milan should change, but the current situation, the problem seems to have been extreme, Carlo Ancelotti also seems to be vacillating on some issues, against Treviso, against Schalke 04, two away draws and one win, scoring 4 goals and conceding 2 goals, from the data it seems that there is nothing unacceptable, but from the scene it seems that AC Milan does not have a strong team style.
Against Treviso, AC Milan statistics are dominant in each item, but the fatal thing is that the opponent gets too many opportunities to enter the penalty area, against Schalke 04, the "return to play" style of play creates some space for Shevchenko, and creates two chances for Gilardino, but also allows Schalke 04 to frequently get opportunities to shoot on the edge of the penalty area and in the penalty area, Schalke 04 has four more shots than AC Milan in the whole game, and there are obviously more opportunities than AC Milan, and from the perspective of the field, AC Milan's advantage is not visible at all.
Compared with the previous loss to Sampdoria and the loss to Bologna last season, in a few games, besieging each other, the opponent does not attack, and a counterattack is to play more with less, compared with the situation of Treviso and Schalke 04, AC Milan's success lies in the fact that there is basically no less defense and more when defending, but this does not mean complete success, because the attack power and overall strength of the two opponents are limited after all, and in the event of a strong dialogue, Ancelotti's praise of such a style of play may be a change of direction "suicide".
When Ancelotti built this team, he did not purchase players according to the anti-counter-type team, which also doomed AC Milan's retreat style of play, which is to give up his strengths and use his own shortcomings, in terms of players, AC Milan midfielders used Seedorf and Pirlo, which is destined to be dominated by ball control, and when defending, the lateral interception area will not be too large, and in Ancelotti's anti-counter concept, Pirlo's accurate long pass is an indispensable part.
In the formation, Ancelotti also has a contradiction, since the anti-counter, Weishenme does not increase the density of the midfield and the interception of the wing, the same personnel matching, can hang Kaka to the right side, as a result, under the long pass play, Kaka, the most outstanding performance this season, has become the most idle person in this game, Kaka Zuihou's angry end, in addition to Poulsen's provocation, but also because he feels constrained by his own play.
Offensive teams also have the opportunity to defend and counterattack, Serie A has not yet disparity to the extent that there is a team that can make AC Milan 90 minutes pressed in the half, as long as there is an attack, there is a chance to defend and counterattack, grasp the speed in the defensive counterattack, grasp the long pass, this is right, but in the positional attack frequently emphasize the long pass, especially for the AC Milan team with such an excellent forward like Kaka, it is not very wise, Ancelotti's approach is tantamount to abolishing half of his martial arts.
Pirlo created at least four chances in the game, but none of them were seized, which is caused by the great variability of long passes, the opposing defenders are easy to judge, easy to interfere with the striker, even if the long pass is done perfectly, the success rate will be relatively low.
It can be said that the current AC Milan is in an unstable state, unstable mentality, and is walking at a crossroads, and how to choose the right path is something that Ancelotti needs to seriously consider.
Carlo Ancelotti said: "Schalke is a typical German football, they are extremely physical, I need players who are in good form. ”
Is Deegan in bad shape?
AC Milan have won all of the previous games when he played, with a hat-trick against Ascoli, a brace against Fenerbahce, a half-time win against Lazio, and a goal from Digan against Treviso to help the team win.
However, in this game, Ancelotti used Digan's poor physical condition as an excuse to directly exclude him from the 18-man squad.
Perhaps not yet accustomed to the Champions League, Gilardino was always unable to take his chances, although he and Schalke 04 striker Kuranyi were the protagonists of both attacks throughout the first half.
Gilardino also had a couple of good chances to score, and in the 10th minute, Maldini headed in a narrow margin. In the twentieth minute, Milan had a very good chance when Andrea Pirlo hoisted the ball to the unguarded Gilardino in the box, who controlled the ball with his right foot and fired a shot with his left foot that ruined a goal.
And on the field, Gilardino and Shevchenko's cooperation is not so tacit, the most obvious is that in the thirtieth minute, Gilardino stuffed the ball from outside the penalty area to Shevchenko in front of the right, which could have been a beautiful cooperation in the penalty area, but unfortunately the ball was passed a little too much.
In the twenty-fourth minute of the second half, Shevchenko and Gilardino played a quick counter-attack, but the Ukrainians failed to pass the ball to Gilardino and lost a chance to take the lead, and it was clear that the Ukrainians had less trust in Gilardino anymore.
Seeing that Gilardino had no choice, Carlo Ancelotti decided to try his luck with Vieri, but Vieri's performance was even more disappointing, squandering an opportunity to overtake Milan.
In the 44th minute, Shevchenko received a long pass from his teammate and faced the goalkeeper, but collided with Vieri, and Milan lost Zuihou's chance to win.
The question came back all of a sudden, if Deegan was on the field?
At least Pirlo's continuous overhead passes, Degan's ability to fight for the top can keep Pirlo's passes from being squandered continuously, and Deegan's ability to hold the ball is far more than his three forward rivals, but there are too few opportunities in Ancelotti Degan.
Even Shevchenko said after the game: "We lack a player on the pitch who can hold the ball in the box, there is not enough protection around me, I can only keep improving the opponent's defenders, which makes me feel very tired!" ”
Although Shevchenko did not name names, it is clear that he is talking about Degan, who faced Treviso in the last game, and it was Digan who took the ball in the box and was tripped by the opposing defender, which gave Shevchenko the opportunity to score from the penalty spot.
Although the friendship between the two is average, there is no doubt that even the Ukrainians themselves must admit that he is obviously much more relaxed when partnering with Digan.
After the game, some people naturally asked Ancelotti about Degan's problem, which almost became a fixed program, Degan came on the field, and they asked Ancelotti to evaluate Degan's performance, Degan was thrown into the stands, and they also had to ask Ancelotti This is weishenme?
"I arranged the playing time according to the state of the players, Degan's body was not at its best before the game, and it was for the sake of his body that he was not arranged to be in the squad, and our strikers today did not perform badly, but luck was not on our side!"
Ancelotti, the Degan, has been in the dark all his life, and has cultivated to the high-end realm where his mouth is full of feces and his face does not change, of course the reporters don't believe it, there is something wrong with Degan's body?
When he came to the stadium to warm up the day before the game, Degan was still like a rhinoceros, at least in terms of physical condition, Digan was much better than Vieri, who seemed to be even a royal ten daughters.
However, Degan didn't want to say anything about it, he wanted to roast Ancelotti on the stove, but the team had just been forced to draw by Schalke 04 and lost a good game, and morale was seriously hit, and Degan didn't want to let the team suffer more turmoil because of some of his words.
"I don't want to say anything, I don't want to say anything to you, I just want to train hard and wait for those opportunities that come at any time, as for the rest, it's not something I should think about!"
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