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Chapter 545 Fighting method

The techniques and tactics of a football game are complicated to say the least, but they are also very simple to say the least.

It's nothing more than four words, making use of strengths and avoiding weaknesses.

There is no perfect team or perfect tactics in this world, there will always be loopholes and weaknesses.

The head coach's tactical arrangements and personnel deployment before the game, to put it bluntly, is to cover up his own shortcomings, give full play to his own advantages, and use his own strengths to attack the opponent's shortcomings.

It is not as good as their opponents at the technical level. No one needs to say this, and Liverpool themselves know it well.

Not to mention Liverpool, even in the Premier League, except for Arsenal, there is no team that has a higher technical level than the European teams, and the tactics that Wenger created in Arsenal are indeed a big alternative to the Premier League.

Therefore, Liverpool can only rely on hard work, robbing, containment and interception in this game.

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Athens Olympic Stadium is not a professional football stadium.

Because there is a wide track and field track between the stadium and the stands, and there are two semi-elliptical areas behind the goal.

This is obviously quite bad in the design of football stadiums, because it will seriously affect the atmosphere of the game in the stadium.

None of that matters, though, for the two teams that can walk into this stadium and play this game.

The capacity of the stadium is close to 3000, but only [-] people are actually allowed to enter.

British fans are notoriously fanatical, but AC Milan fans are no less unambiguous.

Judging from the size of the stands, the two teams are roughly the same.

Maldini, who is 38 years old and 330 days old, is a senior in tonight's final, because tonight is his eighth time to participate in the Champions League final, tying the record of former Real Madrid superstar Gento, and he is the oldest non-goalkeeper in the history of the Champions League final.

In this regard, the media gave Maldini a very high evaluation, and the AC Milan star hopes that in this commemorative game, AC Milan can have the last laugh.

Like the encounter two years ago, AC Milan is still wearing a white jersey, while Liverpool is facing off in red.

The referee is Van der from Germany, 43 years old. In the past three times, he has enforced Liverpool, with one draw and two losses.

This also made the Italian media quite excited, thinking that even the referee was on their side.

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After warming up on the court, everyone is making final preparations.

On the way back to the locker room, the coaching staff has already got AC Milan's starting lineup.

The goalkeeper is Dida, the defense is Jankulovski, Maldini, Nesta and Odo, the midfielders are Ambrosini, Pirlo and Gattuso, the double midfielders are Seedorf and Kaka, and the single striker is Inzaghi.

In fact, AC Milan's style of play really has no suspense.

Ancelotti's team really played like that stinking thing in the group stage and the beginning of the knockout stage. No one could have imagined that a team that played so poorly could reach the finals.

But the magic of the Champions League lies in this.

Regardless of whether Ancelotti's goal was targeted or he adjusted it by chance, anyway, since the knockout round of the quarterfinals, AC Milan has relied on this Christmas tree formation to stabilize its position and reached the final all the way.

Of course, Kaka's outbreak is also a crucial and indispensable factor.

It can be said that he is the key for AC Milan to reach the final all the way.

In this case, Ancelotti will not make too many adjustments at all, and he has no bargaining chips to make adjustments.

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"I hope everyone can start a little more steadily in this game."

Benitez warned the players carefully, and everyone immediately thought of the UEFA Champions League final two years ago in Istanbul, Turkey, where AC Milan scored a goal in less than a minute.

That was definitely the most nightmarish start to the Champions League ever!

"AC Milan is also seeking stability. Judging from their starting lineup, they must have guessed our tactical intentions, so they will do their best to control the ball and the rhythm of the game, and we will use our pressing and oppression to try to bring the game into the rhythm we are most familiar with."

Needless to say, the rhythm Liverpool is most familiar with is fast!

Defend fast, attack fast, and counterattack faster!

"In this game's starting lineup, I don't want Crouch to start. This has nothing to do with him, but because I know that Ancelotti must have made enough plans. He has a way to limit our offensive mode, so we have to change."

"Crouch will be our surprise player tonight, and Dirk, you will play center forward, and Pennant will start on the right."

After a pause, Benitez continued: "Crouch didn't go up, AC Milan's defense should be relieved, and the two wide players should take a more proactive attitude, especially Jankulovski, Pennant should intersperse more behind him to create opportunities for crosses from the right."

Pennant nodded emphatically. He was excited and thrilled that he could start instead of Crouch in such an important game, but this required him to show a better and better state on the court to repay the coach and prove himself.

Crouch was a little disappointed, but he accepted Yesterdan's ten-minute explanation, which was a tactical arrangement.

The coach is fighting with Ancelotti!
"Gerrard should appropriately expand his range, especially the suppression against Pirlo."

"Yang Yang, I need you to be more active. Carlo Ancelotti will definitely deploy heavy troops on the right. Regardless of what he said before the game, I am sure that the most important task of Otto and Gattuso in this game is to stare at you. You need more flexible running positions. I believe you can do it."

There is no doubt that as long as you are not an idiot, you can tell that Yang Yang is Liverpool's main attacker.

The so-called main attacker is to fight until the enemy has to defend.

Therefore, Yang Yang is the only player in the team who has no defensive tasks and only needs to focus on offense.

His biggest mission is to score goals and find every opportunity to score goals.

Of course, Ancelotti will definitely have targeted arrangements. Otto and Gattuso are both on this side. They are Ancelotti's trump card to lock Yang Yang.

Benitez did not make specific arrangements for Yang Yang, this is his trust in Yang Yang, and it is also giving Yang Yang freedom.

As long as he can get rid of the defense of Gattuso and Odo, how Yang Yang runs, intersperses, and plays is his business.

Of course, this has to be based on integrating into the team as a whole.

"Finally, good luck to everyone!" Benitez said seriously.

In this critical final, sometimes luck is really important.

A goal, an avoidable error, maybe even a pass...

God knows what will happen in the end of the game?
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"Get Liverpool's starting XI."

Tassotti walked into the locker room quickly, holding the freshly released list in his hand.

Ancelotti copied it over and frowned.

"This cunning fellow is not on Crouch!"

Tassotti nodded, "This is a very bold choice, and it is estimated that they are also very controversial."

"It goes without saying that Yang Yang is on the left, Otto can't go up at all, and Gattuso has to pay attention all the time. Dirk in the center, Pennant on the right..." Ancelotti was muttering something, obviously deducing the matchup map in his mind.

"Don't forget, there is a Gerrard." Tassotti reminded.

Ancelotti nodded, frowning deeper.

"Gamble, let go of the left side, let Pennant cross, Nesta and Maldini are responsible for freezing Dirk, Jankulovski finds opportunities to go forward and participate in the attack. If we want to score a goal in the first half, it will definitely not work without the wing."

Tassotti understands what Ancelotti means, and this is a trade-off.

Opening up the left, Pennant will get more opportunities to cross, but Jankurowski will also have many opportunities to go forward.

"Benitez's formation is very clear. He wants a draw, and it's a zero-to-zero draw. It's not good for us to work hard in the second half." Ancelotti analyzed carefully.

This group of AC Milan veterans will suffer in the second half. Therefore, AC Milan can either control the ball and rhythm, which will play more easily and consume less energy, or they will score first and shrink the defense. Let Liverpool attack and then counterattack.

"Benitez has always been good at using quirks. He played himself to death in the battle two years ago. I didn't expect him to still have such courage and determination two years later. I have to admire him." Ancelotti smiled slightly.

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When the two teams lined up and stood in the two halves of the field, Liverpool's Steven Gerrard and Kevin Dirk stood in the middle circle and prepared to kick off. This was the opportunity Liverpool won when they guessed the side.

Just now, Gerrard called everyone over and formed a circle, hoping that the team could fight for a charge at the beginning of the game.

This is a consistent characteristic of the English team. They must start with momentum and bluff their opponents.

This trick may not seem new, but it actually works.

Gerrard is ready to serve, and Dirk is slightly forward, so that the ball can be passed back at the first time to avoid AC Milan's pressing.

With the referee Van der's whistle, Gerrard kicked the ball to Dirk, and the Dutchman passed back directly.

Sure enough, AC Milan rushed up quickly and rushed directly towards the hinterland of Liverpool.

Xavi Alonso stopped the ball, adjusted quickly, passed to Mascherano, and then split to the left.

Yang Yang was still standing on the left side near the center line at this time. After receiving a pass from Mascherano, Gattuso and Odo both pressed towards him at the same time, and he had to choose to pass back to Aurelio.

AC Milan's frontcourt players immediately pressed forward to the Brazilian left back, and Aurelio immediately picked up a pass back to the middle of the midfield and gave it to Xavi Alonso.

The Spanish midfielder gave Mascherano a header, but at this moment, Kaka actively stepped forward to press.

Mascherano made a mistake in his busy schedule and the ball was poked by Kaka.

But fortunately, the ball did not leave Liverpool's control. Aurelio kicked a long-distance pass back to the penalty area and sent the ball back to Reina's feet.

After the Spanish goalkeeper stopped the ball with his foot at the front of the small penalty area, he slowly moved forward, and passed the ball to Finnan on the right before Dainzaghi.

Finnan drove forward with a big kick and passed directly behind Jankulovski.

Pennant quickly caught up.

(End of this chapter)