Chapter 79

The evening of July 3.

Today's San Siro stadium is undoubtedly full again.

Let's not say that tonight is an important Champions League quarter-final match, and the opponent is a giant like Real Madrid. In fact, this is the case in every home game of Milan this season.

Good grades, beautiful kicks, and of course loved by the fans.

In addition, there is Pan Yi, a young coach who is extremely valued by Dragon Country fans, and it has also attracted countless Dragon Country people to come to make a pilgrimage.

So whenever there is a game in Milan, the inside and outside of the San Siro stadium is full of water.

Pan Yi has long been used to the atmosphere of San Siro.

He followed Allegri into the pitch amidst a deluge of cheers from the fans and began to shake hands with the opposing coaching staff.

When holding Mourinho's hand, Pan Yi obviously felt the madman's hand squeezed hard.

Pan Yi looked up and saw Mourinho showing a strange smile, but he didn't speak.

Pan Yi also smiled at him, and then returned to the home team's bench.

This is also part of Mourinho's psychological warfare, right?
It's a pity that it's useless to Pan Yi who has God's perspective.

He only knows one thing: Today's Mourinho absolutely wants to kill Milan, and he uses a Milan way to kill Milan!
But Pan Yi also thought so.

He was already sitting in his seat, watching the starting lineups of the two teams on the field.

Mourinho's 4231, the top center is still French striker Benzema.

Behind him is Kaka, the midfielder, and two wingers, Cristiano Ronaldo and Di Maria.

Double midfielders Alonso and Khedira.

Marcelo, Ramos, Pepe, and Arbeloa lined up on the defense line.

Goalkeeper Casillas.

Basically the same as Pan Yi predicted.

In fact, from the employment of the left back position, we can see Mourinho's attitude today.

He used the more offensive Brazilian defender Marcelo instead of the more balanced Portuguese defender Coentrao.

In this case, Pan Yi's targeted tactics before the game can have a better effect.

The formation of AC Milan is of course still 433, and the lineup is also the regular main force:
Forwards: Mane, Ibrahimovic, Salah.

Midfielders: Kante, Boateng, Gattuso.

Defenders: Zambrotta, Thiago Silva, Van Dijk, Abate.

Goalkeeper: Ederson.

Also at the left-back position, the coaching staff chose veteran Zambrotta.

The main reason is that the young De Sciglio's recent state has been a bit up and down, which may also be related to the emotional fluctuations caused by his playing as Milan's main force at such a young age.

In addition, Zambrotta has also played for Barcelona and participated in the Spanish national derby. He is not unfamiliar with the Real Madrid team and can enter the game faster.

So in such an important game, let Zambrotta play to avoid any surprises.

……

The live TV broadcast switched to a shot overlooking the whole field, and Benzema and Kaka could be seen standing in the center circle preparing to kick off.

Ronaldo and Di Maria are standing on both sides of the field, ready to run to Milan's half at any time.

"The focus of the quarter-finals of the Champions League is about to begin."

Zhan Jun's commentary also sounded:
"Judging from the value of the two teams, Real Madrid must be much higher than Milan."

"Real Madrid's two top cards alone cost Real Madrid 8000 million pounds when Cristiano Ronaldo transferred from Manchester United. Kaka's worth also reached 6500 million euros."

"In Milan, even Ibrahimovic's worth is only 2400 million euros. The other main players like Salah, Mane, Kante, Van Dijk, including the Brazilian goalkeeper Ederson who just joined in the winter window, all seem to have come from Like the ones bought from Taobao, the worth is almost negligible.”

"But this is such a low-priced team, but they have performed brilliantly this season. They topped the list with an unbeaten record of 24 wins and 4 draws in Serie A, and they have almost won the Serie A championship."

"Of course, Real Madrid's performance in La Liga is not too bad. After 30 league rounds, they have also achieved an excellent record of 25 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses, overwhelming their rival Barcelona to occupy the top spot."

"Now, these two teams who are the best in both leagues meet in the knockout round."

"Before the game, the coaches of the two teams also had a confrontation with each other. Now I just don't know who is better on the court..."

On the field.

With a clear whistle, amidst the cheers and shouts of Milan fans, the game officially kicked off.

Benzema kicked the ball to Kaka, and Kaka immediately passed the ball back to his midfielder.

Milan's trident crossed the center line at the first moment and rushed towards Real Madrid's half, putting pressure on their two midfielders.

Alonso stopped the ball sideways and passed the ball to the right.

There was Arbeloa who came forward.

Mane immediately went up to press, and Arbeloa passed the ball to the right winger Ronaldo along the sideline.

Unlike Milan's two wingers who are both against their feet, Real Madrid's two wingers all play with their feet.

Ronaldo kicks the right winger with his right foot and Di Maria plays the left winger with his left foot.

This is because in Mourinho's 4231 tactical system, the distance between the midfield defense line and the back defense line will be relatively wide, and he will also require to limit the ability of the opponent's full back to adduct and protect the center, so he will ask himself The two wingers and two full-backs pull the side.

In this case, both the winger and the fullback are smooth and can better implement Mourinho's tactical intentions.

Moreover, when the winger takes the ball on the wing, Mourinho also gives the player more freedom, and will not restrict whether he wants to pass from the bottom or cut inside to shoot, or exchange positions with the winger on the other side.

In doing so, Real Madrid's frontcourt can be more flexible and will not be restricted by opponents.

In addition, Real Madrid's "forward-winger-attack midfielder" triangular position with outstanding anti-offside ability also prevents the opponent's defense from pressing forward, and it is also difficult to maintain the relative position and distance relationship with the midfielder.

In this way, a wide open area in the middle of Real Madrid's midfield is created, and the "central defender-attack midfielder" directly connects and quickly passes through the midfield mode. More and more appear in Real Madrid's games this season.

Mourinho's offensive center and backcourt advance can maximize the potential of offensive players, and in a short period of time can form an offensive team of 5 people in the frontcourt to suppress the opponent.

Now on the field, when Ronaldo is holding the ball, Real Madrid's teammates Benzema and Kaka who are closest to him also leaned towards him, ready to cooperate with him.

Sure enough, when Kanter was about to grab Ronaldo's ball, Ronaldo immediately gave the ball to Kaka, and then he pushed forward without hesitation.

Kaka didn't stick to the ball either, and handed the ball to Benzema with a light nibble.

Although Benzema took the ball with his back, as if he had eyes in the back of his head, he directly raised his leg and passed the ball to the right.

The ball returned to Ronaldo's feet.

But what is different from just now is that after such a simple pass with two feet, Real Madrid's front line has advanced by more than 20 meters.

Milan left-back Zambrotta did not dare to neglect, and before Ronaldo got up to speed, he directly tackled the ball on the ground, shoveling the ball out of bounds, and at the same time tackled Ronaldo, barely stopping the attack.

In just ten seconds of the opening, Real Madrid has already put on a posture to eat Milan directly!
(End of this chapter)

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