football redemption

Chapter 176 The Needle Hidden in the Cotton (Please subscribe for more updates)

In the next game, as long as the football falls to the feet of AC Milan players, the rhythm will immediately slow down. Xia Qi led the AC Milan team to control the ball and move forward at a leisurely pace.
If the opportunity is not very good, then don't pass the football forward. In short, it is good to let the football stay at your feet for a second, and you will not easily hand over the possession of the ball.

And when football falls to Chelsea, it's a completely different style of painting.

Chelsea can't wait to kick the football directly into AC Milan's goal from the backcourt.When attacking forward, most of them are through balls and long passes, and they are rarely passed back and forth in the midfield.

Chelsea hopes to use simple and direct passes to directly hit the hinterland of AC Milan.

These two completely different styles reflect the different purposes of the two teams.

AC Milan is consuming Chelsea's strength, waiting for the moment when the blood seals their throats.

And Chelsea's urgent attack, of course, hopes to score goals as soon as possible, and the more goals the better, they want to beat Milan directly with one punch.

Mancini in the South Stand ignored the fans around him shouting: "Gattuso dismissed".

He closed his notebook and said to his assistant: "Ivan's coaching ideas are very clear. Xia Qi has been changing positions under him. I was worried that he would cripple our little cutie. Now I am relieved, but the headache is also coming. How should Xia Qi use it?"

"Head, we still try Shaggy's ability in the front midfielder or number nine and a half according to the original plan. Think about our midfielder Jorginho + Shaggy + Locatelli (Barrera), our shortest piece has been added."

"Why not Shaggy + Locatelli + Tonali (Verratti)?"

The assistant really wanted to reply, you are too good at playing, why don't you push Xia Qi to the front line and play the shadow front behind Immobile and Pedro...

The fans looked at the ball and looked at the surface, but they didn't know that AC Milan seemed to be passive in the game. As long as there was a chance, Shaqi's deadly long pass forward would make Chelsea's efforts come to naught.

This kind of style of play is of course in line with the temper of the Italian coach. In Mancini's mind, Gattuso has already been listed as the troika among emerging Italian football coaches along with Inzaghi Jr. and Conte.

Because AC Milan did enough homework on defense, they did not completely give up on offense. They did not invest much force in offense, but they were very effective in threatening Chelsea's goal.

As a result, Chelsea cannot completely let go of their hands and feet to attack with all their strength, and must allocate some energy to defend, so the success rate of the attack is greatly reduced.

So the score is so stalemate.

Until the end of the first half, there was nothing exciting on the scene, and people who don’t know how to play would find it boring. For example, Mama Xia, K Bao, and Xia Ping’er wanted to yawn, but Xia Ping’er put down the lala balls in her hands and couldn’t wait for the intermission, so she took K Bao to buy something to eat.

It's different for those who know football. Dad Xia worried about his son, and glanced at Mancini in the south stand from time to time.

This kind of tug-of-war depends entirely on the dispatcher's command and output ability. Jorginho's pass success rate and forward delivery times seem to be better than his son's. Xia's father is worried that his son will lose points.

In fact, concern is chaos. Jorginho did perform very well. Chelsea's ability to play smoothly is indeed related to him, but there is nothing that can make people's eyes shine.

Jorginho is an excellent student in the class but not a top student, the kind who is average in arts and sciences.

Shaqi is different. His interception rate and number of forward passes are indeed not as good as Jorginho, but his long pass breakthrough rate is high.

In the first half, Shaqi gave Maldini Jr. three chances, Suso twice and Charhanoglu once.Throughout the first half, there were not many opportunities, but six long passes from Shaqi asked Chelsea coach Sarri if he was scared into a cold sweat?
Anyway, Mancini almost jumped up from his chair, which is why Rosenelli has been shouting for get out of class.

If Higuain is still on the field, how can he score one of the six chances!

The referee blew the whistle to end the first half of the game, the players of both sides walked off the field, and the fans rushed to replenish their energy. This game was not played fiercely, why was it so loud?
The TV commentators also expressed their opinions on the first half of the game. They were generally disappointed with Chelsea's ability to break the defense, but they were still optimistic about Chelsea's promotion.

AC Milan's locker room was relatively calm. Gattuso summarized the situation on the field and encouraged everyone to continue in the second half...

Sarri was full of enthusiasm in the Chelsea dressing room, constantly encouraging his players, motivating them to let go in the second half and solve the battle in the remaining 45 minutes.

In the second half, change sides and fight again!
AC Milan is still not in a hurry, but Chelsea's offensive is even more fierce.

Of course, the threat is greater if the attack is fierce.

In the first 10 minutes of the second half, Chelsea's offensive was very fierce, threatening AC Milan's goal many times, leaving Donnarumma and AC Milan's defenders in a hurry and struggling to cope.

Chelsea seemed to be playing the mental outlook that a strong team should have. The Chelsea fans in the San Siro Stadium applauded again and again, and it seemed that the goal was just around the corner.

But unfortunately, AC Milan withstood Chelsea's offensive and did not concede a goal.

After Chelsea bombarded continuously for 10 minutes, they still failed to break AC Milan's goal.

On the one hand, physical fitness needs to be slowed down, and the rhythm must be slowed down.On the other hand, he is also worried that the space behind him will be used by AC Milan to fight back.

Chelsea slowed down because of this. Seeing the opponent slow down, Shaggy glanced at the coach Gattuso on the sidelines, saw him making a gesture to continue, and pressed the urge to speed up.

The leading brothers are still dealing with Chelsea in a leisurely manner.

Of course he did this, and Rosenelli must have booed him. The fans didn't know that Mancini wrote a calm A in his notebook at the moment.

The head coaches all like capable and obedient players. Shaqi is young and not impulsive but has strength. Of course, it is within Mancini's plan.

There were sporadic boos at first, and then the boos became louder and louder.

Xia Pinger and K Bao were very anxious and shouted at the court: "Xia Qi, Nicoli!"

Most fans like to attack, but they don't know that this style of ball possession will test the player's ability even more.

Fortunately, Xia Qi has a stability that does not match his age.Whoever changed, traveled a few times, and my heart is too old.

Xia Qi turned a blind eye to the boos of his own fans, and even though they booed the sky, he did not change his tactics at all.

Xia Qi is very experienced in playing, but Jorginho can't help him to hone his skills.

If the game continues to drag on like this, then the 0:0 ending is predictable, and Jorginho can't accept it.

He wants to make a change!

So the time came for Gattuso, Shaqi and others...

(End of this chapter)