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Chapter 115 The Bound Ancelotti
As soon as today's game started, the players of the home team Fiorentina showed a very good state, and they played very excitedly.

Because for Florence, the worst result has already determined the place for the Champions League qualifiers, and as long as the qualifiers are not particularly unlucky, the No. 4 of the four major leagues can generally enter the main match.

Therefore, for them, there is no need to worry about the future in this game. Instead, they can let go and play without any sense of restraint. This has stimulated their full potential.

The tactics of this game, arranged by Prandelli, are also very simple, that is, to break through from the left and right flanks, and pass the ball when they catch the opportunity!
Upload to Mu Jianfeng's head!
If Mu Jianfeng is not there or the position is not good, just pass to Gilardino!
simple!
rough!

But it works!

The midfielder Semioli, who performed poorly in the last game, was very active after the start. Not long after he completed the cross just now, he switched to the left again and completed another cross very decisively.

It's just that the height of the cross is too low and the speed is too fast. Both Mu Jianfeng and Gilardino are a certain distance away from the ball's landing point, so there is no way to complete the fight.

It was finally destroyed by Milan full-back Zambrotta on the edge of the penalty area.

And relying on the momentum of the opening attack, in 10 minutes, Fiorentina completed three threatening passes and hit the post once.

But fortunately, with the outstanding performance of veteran Maldini, Milan withstood the offensive pressure of Fiorentina.

This surprised many chattering experts before the game. They originally thought that Milan had already held a farewell ceremony for Maldini early in the last home game against Rome. The status is really hard to tell.

But Maldini is obviously worthy of being a model of professionalism. Even in the last seemingly unimportant game, he still maintained a high level of performance with his professionalism.

Mu Jianfeng had just completed a scramble at this time, but Maldini destroyed the ball with his more sophisticated defensive skills, allowing him to return without success.

Panting heavily, he looked at the man in front of him who was probably not much younger than his father, and his heart was full of admiration.

Probably if I am at his age, I will definitely not be able to maintain this state.

Even, maybe they have retired for many years...

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The scramble on the field continued, and Milan gradually lost control of the midfield under the pressure of Fiorentina. Their back line often passed the ball directly to the feet of Seedorf or Kaka in the frontcourt.

Then watch Kaka break through in the backcourt, or Seedorf pass the ball to Inzaghi, and then prepare to defend again.

And Pirlo has disappeared into the press, and he didn't even get a few opportunities to organize with the ball. Beckham even retreated to the front of the penalty area to assist in the defense.

This made Ancelotti on the sidelines a little restless. He stood up and frowned and walked to the sidelines, looking at the situation on the field and thinking about how to deal with it.

He understood Prandelli's tactical arrangement:

In this game, Fiorentina used a partial man-to-man defense, with the main focus on two people.

The first is to cut off Pirlo's organization and scheduling route. They took advantage of Pirlo's poor dribbling and breakthrough characteristics, blocked his passing route with pressing, and froze Milan's organizational core.

The second is to force Kaka's breakthrough short pass. Fiorentina keeps one man on Kaka's close-up at any time to prevent him from passing the ball comfortably.

In addition, there is a person cruising beside Kaka. Once Kaka is about to dribble the ball and move the ball a little farther, he will grab him with a fierce press before he accelerates, jamming his rhythm and destroying it.

As a result, Pirlo was unable to organize effective mobilization in the backcourt, and it was difficult for Kaka to complete breakthroughs and short passes in the frontcourt, which led to half of Milan's martial arts.

At present, only the left side is left, and the channel of Seedorf and Jankulovski can still organize a relatively effective attack.

Just as he was thinking, Ancelotti suddenly felt a chill on his forehead. He reached out to touch it, then looked up at the sky, and found that the sky had started to drizzle.

He looked away, suddenly felt a little cold, and shrank his shoulders.

Then he couldn't help turning around to look at Ronaldinho who was sitting in the corner on the bench and Pato who was watching the game intently, with some unspeakable feelings in his heart.

At the beginning of the season, when the team brought him Ronaldinho, he actually opposed it, because he was not optimistic about the old footballer who was sinking in the nightclub.

However, the high-level executives still brought him in for commercial value. As a result, Ronaldinho's state has not recovered. Pato, who was originally a young genius, was affected by the ups and downs.

The continuous nightclub life made Pato lost in the colorful world outside, his training status continued to decline, and his physical condition also began to decline.

This made him more vulnerable to injuries, and his ability to confront on the field began to decline. In the end, instead of making progress, he, who should have been on the rise, began to decline.

And Ronaldinho's physical fitness has not recovered enough to deal with the Italian game.

These have led to the fact that although the two have helped the team to a certain extent, they have not met the club's expectations for them at all.

And with the increase of off-site negative news, Ronaldinho's commercial value has also begun to decline.

These were acceptable originally, because Ronaldinho at least brought another tactical option to his team. When encountering dense defense, Ronaldinho's small skills are still world-class.

But with the addition of Beckham during the winter break, this fragile balance was broken again.

Beckham came to Milan on loan in order to maintain his form and be able to catch the last train of Capello's England national team. For this, he voluntarily made sacrifices in terms of salary, and the only requirement he made was to guarantee playing time.

In this way, the team has five "No. [-]" players in the midfield, Ronaldinho, Seedorf, Pirlo, Kaka and Beckham.

And Flamini, who was free in the summer, has a high salary, and as Gattuso's replacement, he also has to prepare a certain amount of playing time.

This caused him to be affected a lot when he was arranging troops.

It's not that Beckham or Ronaldinho are bad, but that an offensive and defensive balance is important on the football field, otherwise the end of the first phase of the Galacticos would not have led to Florentino's dismissal.

Going back to the current game, if he is allowed to consider it from a purely tactical point of view, he may take Beckham down and replace him with Ronaldinho to strengthen the possession of the ball in the midfield.

Although Beckham's efforts are fine, his strengths lie in long pass scheduling and accurate 45-degree crosses.

But this game was scheduled by Pirlosidov, and it was difficult for Inzaghi's thin body to grab the header in the cross.

Although there is no picky attitude in the game, Beckham's defense and small-scale maneuvering ability are really poor.

Or he will choose to simply replace Gattuso, sweep in the midfield, and protect Pirlo to a certain extent.

However, obviously these are impossible, which is one of the reasons why he is going to leave Milan, and another part of the reason is of course-money.

Thinking of this, Ancelotti couldn't help showing a wry smile, but the form on the court had begun to change, which made his frown relax a lot.

Milan has made self-adjustment by virtue of the rich experience of several big stars on the field.

They increased their movement in the midfield, while Seedorf's position dropped back to organize, completely giving way to the left and establishing a connection with Pirlo.

In this way, after Pirlo, who is no longer fighting alone, has increased his running, Milan's midfielder can finally start to try to organize an effective offense.

Unlike Milan's self-adjustment, Fiorentina's frontcourt players are decisive in their tactical choices, and they resolutely implement two breakthroughs from the wing.

Semioli and Jovetic's frequent movement and cooperation, coupled with the occasional cooperation of Mu Jianfeng or Gilardino, they still try to threaten Milan's players through wide crosses time and time again.

Looking at the players who were resolutely executing tactics on the field, Ancelotti couldn't help looking at Prandelli, who was sitting not far from him, and at the same time, a hint of envy suddenly rose in his heart.

Although Milan has won two Champions League trophies under his leadership in these years, they also won a Serie A championship.

But in recent years, with the impact of the Telgate incident, the owner of the team, Berlusconi, has been in trouble and has no intention of managing the club.

And internal struggles for power and profit have also begun, and internal fighting is endless.

All of these have led to a decline in Milan's competitive strength.

But under the guidance of the club, the media even began to criticize him, thinking that his success is based on the success of Milan, and it is based on Mr. Golden Globe Shevchenko, Kaka and other stars. above.

What's more, there is a voice that even started to criticize, thinking that Milan's championship belongs to the "leading dog crown", that is, anyone can win the championship even with a dog on the coach's bench.

Such disrespectful remarks made him feel very hurt.

But to some extent, these stars do have better self-regulation ability-as the current situation.

These various reasons finally led him to change his mind about changing the environment, and at this time Chelsea's invitation came...

After playing this game, make a perfect ending, and then welcome a new beginning.

Ancelotti thought so.

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(End of this chapter)