Chapter 83

AC Milan's 1:1 draw with Sampdoria, with a record of winning at home in this season's league. During the game, the performance of the whole team was a little abnormal. After the game, everyone's face was full of disappointment. In terms of opportunity, AC Milan and Sampdoria each hit a goalpost, but Samp Doria goalkeeper Antonioli saved Gilardino and Kaka's must-in goal, while Dida leaked a small threat shot into the goal.

This is the 36th minute of the game. After Gasbaroni dodged the ball horizontally, he shot a cold arrow outside the penalty area. The ball seemed to "pierce" Dida and flew into the net.

At that time, Karaze stretched out his foot to block Gasbaroni's shot, but he did not touch the ball, but this action seemed to shake Dida's eyes. Originally, Gasbaroni's shot was very fast, but the angle was not tricky. The ball actually hit a few centimeters to the right arm of Dida's right arm, but Dida handled the ball The top seems to be hesitant.

He seemed to want to hold the ball in his arms, but he seemed to have changed his mind to shoot it out. Obviously, in judging the line and speed of the ball, Dida had a problem. The ball hit his right arm and flew into the net. In fact, it was a half-high ball, and Dida didn't even have to jump or bend over. The action can save the ball.

In fact, there have been some problems with Dida's state this season. From the beginning of the season, he was a little out of shape. He didn't pay enough attention during the game, and then big and small mistakes came one after another. He got rid of Inter Milan, made a mistake in position for Eindhoven, gave Parma a big gift, and today's strange loss. The ball, now Dida, is no longer full of confidence in front of the goal. The hero in the 02/03 season Champions Cup final seems to return to the level of the fatal low-level mistake against Leeds United six years ago.

Of course, in fact, if this low-level mistake is ruled out, Dida's performance today is satisfactory, and the range of attack is also significantly expanded. In the second half, the opponent still has a refraction of the sideline on the AC Milan defender, which is also thrown by Dida. Dida's problem is not that he is slow or weak, but From time to time, there will be a "short circuit" in the mind, and some seemingly simple shots and passes will cause a fatal blow to AC Milan's goal!

In fact, although AC Milan was once very passive and the midfield was controlled by the opponent, the defense was well organized. Sampdoria was also more suppressed outside the penalty area and could only make some long-range shots under the interference of AC Milan players. However, under such circumstances, such a shot still broke through Milan's goal, right For the defender's defense, this is undoubtedly a huge blow to morale.

Dida still reacts quickly, but it has lost the stability of the previous two years, which is a necessary element as a goalkeeper of a rich family. This is also the most critical difference between AC Milan this year and AC Milan in the past. Think about how many games there have been in the past three seasons, and AC Milan has relied on Dida to turn the tide.

In fact, AC Milan's goalkeeper position has been in preparation. Galliani said that he "wans to renew the contract with Dida", but on the other hand, AC Milan rejected Juventus' proposal to acquire Abbiati. Abbiati is likely to return to Milan Nello next year, and he and Dida will be in They competed on the same line.

In terms of statistics this season, although Abbiati saved only 38 times, the success rate reached 84.4%, ranking first in Serie A and Dida saved 59 times with a success rate of 72%. This is not a normal Dida, not the one who competes with Buffon "world's first". Dida, the goalkeeper, but if he doesn't quickly find his past self, the younger and more stable Abbiati will quickly rise up.

Dida's state is indeed one of the reasons for AC Milan's loss, and another reason is Ancelotti, who was completely suppressed by his opponent in the match with Novelino.

Ancelotti did not make no effort. In the second half, he replaced Inzaghi with Rui Costa, put Kaka to the position of the second striker, and quickly got three excellent opportunities. Janculowski's appearance was also inevitable, but it was a little late. Ancelotti often chose to change when the score was behind. Czech, but only give him 5 to 10 minutes at a time. Obviously, it is difficult for anyone to make a difference in such a short time.

However, before Jankulovski, Ancelotti also used a valuable substitution on Cafu. If Dida's mistake was unpredictable, then Cafu's appearance was the biggest failure in this game.

After Cafu came on the court, he only touched the ball four times. One time he received Pirlo's pass on the right sideline and slipped with two steps. The second time he was cut off the ball from his feet by Pissano in the same position. The third time was before the end of the game, he was still out of the opponent's right foot in the penalty area. Cafut tried to shoot from a long distance, but due to movement Slow down and lost the space for shooting. The ball was blocked by the opposing guard. After that, Cafu completed the last pass of the whole game. His pass failed to pass into the penalty area and was blocked by the opposing defender, and then the referee also blew the whistle at the end of the game.

Of course, Cafu did not perform well, and there was also a reason why the playing time was too short, but in fact, Cafu played nearly 20 minutes on the court. After replacing Cafut, AC Milan made a big adjustment in the midfield and backcourt. Stamm and Nesta played the central defender, Carallaze moved to the left, Serginho topped the left forward, and Sidorf played to the right forward. Ancelotti took great pains to get Caffer's appearance, but Caffer's assists were not as good as Stam at the beginning.

Kafu stopped training because of his father's illness throughout the winter. After returning to Milanello, he has been undergoing special recovery training. Obviously, Kafu has not returned to his best state. At this time, Ancelotti pinned on an unknown state of Kafu, which is obviously too idealistic. In addition Because of Cafu's appearance, the position of the midfield and backfield has changed so much that Karaze and Serginho on the left side rarely play at the same time, so the cooperation is unfamiliar. After the left attack, which has been active in this game, it is difficult for AC Milan's two sides to launch an effective attack.

Judging from the results, Ancelotti's expectations for Cafu is too high. The problem is not only in Cafu's state. Perhaps the good state of a limited number of games at the beginning of the season is the only glory before the final stage of his career.

Carford's state has declined, and the guilt is not in himself, a 36-year-old veteran, the most physically exhausting position in the workplace. What else is there to ask for?

The problem is that Ancelotti's preference for big-name players and the neglect of practical players have not changed in several seasons.

At the press conference before the start of the game, Ancelotti also said in person: "The return of Cafu is very critical to us."

If these 20 minutes are given to Jankulovski, Ancelotti only needs to move Sidov to the right, and the team's formation does not need to be replaced by up to five people. The Czech pass and overall awareness just make up for Serginho's shortcomings, but Ancelotti obviously does not believe that a player like Janculowski will It can change the overall situation, and the Czechs' appearance in the last five minutes is just an attempt to "dead horses as a living horse doctor".

Broki and Dorasu's departure is because they can't be reused. In fact, the two now have a good performance in their respective teams. Since Ancelotti took office, in addition to the initial "entrepreneurial stage", there is only one "non-big star" who has really kicked out under him in the past three years, but the latter also It is often the team's problem.

In fact, Cafu is no longer Cafu in those years? He has many front inserts and passes, but in terms of the efficiency of passing, his pass success rate this season is even lower than that of Simic, who is not good at assists.

There are rumors that Cafu will leave AC Milan and return to Brazil to play football this summer. He has also publicly said that he wants to end his football career in Sao Paulo, but the president of Sao Paulo said that "we are not very interested in Cafu". What is the current situation of Cafu? The chairman of Sao Paulo obviously sees it more than Ancelotti. Clear.

How did Sampdoria become AC Milan's nemesis? It seems that Novelino, who was born in Milan, has thoroughly tasted his old employer.

After defeating AC Milan in the first half of the year ago, Novelino once revealed his tactical secret: "Just keep an eye on Kaka and defend him with two midfields." Blogger Palon stared at Wolpi's defense. This time, Novelino actually made no change.

Kaka's state is better than in the first confrontation, and even "eaten" the other two midfielders in a one-to-two confrontation, but after all, it is impossible for a team like Sampdoria to let him stage a thousand-mile single ride. Even if he is directly broken by Kaka, he still has to interfere in the back and seal his exit line.

When Rui Costa first arrived at AC Milan, the Milan Sport once questioned that "all balls should be 'filtered' at the feet of the Portuguese", so that there was a feeling of "staring at Rui and freezing Milan", and now Kaka's situation is more obvious than before.

AC Milan's state is too closely related to Kaka's state. AC Milan has lost five games this season, except for the not ugly failure of Milan's Derby, and the other few failed games are not in good condition, especially against Fiorentina.

What other "tricks" do AC Milan have after Kaka was stared to death?

Gilardino and Inzaghi are basically fighting separately. Although the lethality is large, they lack mutual response. They need to have the "chain" of Kaka to connect. Sergio rarely chooses to cooperate on the side. His characteristics have been familiar with his opponents. At least he can't get rid of the opponent's defender. Interference will definitely affect the quality of the cross, which is why the quality of Sergio's small slash is far higher than the bottom. Sedorf is good at controlling the ball but is slow to handle the ball in the attack and will not seize the opportunity. In this way, only Pirlo's long pass is left. At the beginning, Pirlo made a long pass, and Inzaghi suddenly inserted into the head swing attack. The goal poses a little threat, but after all, the success rate of finding a straight pass in the position attack is too low. In this way, Novelino is equivalent to pressing AC Milan's attack launch point 20 meters back, which is undoubtedly a great success.

How did AC Milan play when Kaka was stared to death?

In the past, Ancelotti also used a 3-5-2 formation, focusing on the sidelines, but this season, Caffer was not in the lineup for various reasons, and his state fell too fast, and the 3-5-2 formation could not be played. After Broki left, two real wing guards Sergeinho , Jankulovski is all concentrated on the left side. AC Milan gives people more the feeling of "playing the middle road". The line remains unchanged and the personnel remain unchanged. Although it is difficult for Kaka to be stared to death, the players will always have ups and downs. Once they are stared to death, AC Milan will be in trouble.

Of course, Ancelotti can also have another option, which is to use Digan, which is stronger than Kaka's ability to hold the ball and has a wider range of activities on the field. Unfortunately, most of the time, Degan is not within the scope of Ancelotti's consideration.

After losing to Sampdoria, the gap between AC Milan and Juventus has been widened to nine points, and the league championship is probably not expected.

Although Ancelotti doesn't admit it, he is actually thinking about shifting the team's attention to the Cup, the UEFA Champions League, and of course the Coppa Italia.

This time, Ancelotti still did not choose Digan. He didn't even take Digan to Palermo. As a result, Ancelotti also paid the price for his stubbornness. In a good situation with a total score of 1:0, AC Milan actually lost 0-3 to Palermo away!

03/04 season 0:4 lost to Lazio, 04/05 season 1:4 lost to Udinese, this time 0-3 to Palermo. After winning the Italian Cup in 02/03 season, AC Milan seems to have a "traditional" of being out of the Italian Cup. , three outs were first and then away, but different from the previous two games, AC Milan played against Lazio and Udinese, 1:2 at home and 3:2, and the opportunity was not very good. This time, AC Milan did not let the opponent get the away goal in the first round, and the score was 1:0 at home. The team has a good opportunity to advance to the semi-finals.

But under such circumstances, AC Milan is still out with 03 shame, although the referee gave six minutes of injury time, although Nesta's handball was leaked, and although Dimikele wasted two single-knife opportunities.

Losing three goals is not only the responsibility of the defense, but also the team's fighting spirit, the desire to win, and the status of the players, but the biggest problem lies in Ancelotti's starting lineup.

Kaka went to the front line, which proved to be undoubtedly a failure afterwards. When Ancelotti was happy to use the "Christmas tree", a reporter once asked Ancelotti why he used a striker against the Prime Minister's will. Ancelotti replied, "Kaka is also a striker." But in fact, he knew in his heart that Kaka was still playing the front waist, but Rui Costa shared his work of ball control and organization. When Kaka scored frequently, someone once asked Ancelotti why he didn't let Kaka play as a striker. At the press conference, Ancelotti replied: "Although he has scored a lot of goals, his characteristics are not suitable for a striker, because he is not good at holding the ball on his back."

Kaka is characterized by taking the ball and breaking through. His weakness is precisely the ball protection. Kaka must show his power in sports. When he catches the ball on his back, Kaka often picks or gives up and directly turns to break through the opponent's defender. Once he has to stop the ball and lean on people, the attack often ends here.

Before Inzaghi came on the field, Kaka had been in the forward position. Although it also created some opportunities for the opponent's goal, after all, the space was too small, and Kaka was at the front. Ancelotti had to give up the front waist and put two of them in the midfield. The forward played parallel 4-4-2. Due to Vogel's too many mistakes, Sedorf ran too little, which can be fatal once the opponent forms a steal in the midfield.

To be fair, AC Milan's midfield control was still dominant throughout the first half, but due to the lack of organization in the midfield, Gilardino in the front court had few opportunities to take the ball. Every time he took the ball on his back, he was stuck to death by the opponent's defender, and at this time, the central defender could not press it. Throughout the first half, Janculos on the left The back plug of the base is the only threatening attack point in AC Milan's midfield.

In defense, Vogel passed too many mistakes in the key position before the defensive line and was unable to control the ball. Sedorf's protection after losing the ball was not timely. AC Milan's first goal was a long-range shot after Vogel's frontal breakthrough by Gonzalez. The second goal, two centre-backs were not protected in time, and Vogel lost In the position, Sedorf's grab was not fierce enough, and Stam was forced to go against Gonzalez, resulting in a gap behind him, and Caracciolo took advantage of the gap to score the ball.

In fact, in the formation of Palermo's new coach Papadoplo, Gonzalez is a flexible chess piece. On the surface, he is a left-back, but in fact, in the attack, he will go to the front waist position and form a three-to-2 against the opponent's back with Corini and Barone. In fact, this is somewhat adventurous, because Gonzalez Once the ball is intercepted in the middle, there will be an open offensive ground in front of Yankulovski on the left, but AC Milan's two central defenders are unable to intercept such an unknown player. Vogel's problem is in the state, and Seedorf's problem is in his attitude.

Cafu's fight against the right forward is also a failure. Ancelotti originally hoped to increase the side assault ability with 4-4-2, but Cafu is no longer the Cafu, and AC Milan's right attack is paralyzed.

Inadvertently lost the whole set. AC Milan pushed Kaka to the front line, causing the midfield to change parallel 4-4-2. The failure of the combination of Seedorf and Vogel led to a large increase in the threat of the other side's counterattack. Three goals were lost. It seemed that the problem was on the defense line, but in fact, Nesta and Stam saved countless rescues in this game. The team's best player, but no matter how good the central defender is, he can't stand the opportunity to meet with the opposing striker again and again.

Such a platoon actually reflects Ancelotti's hesitation. On the one hand, he wanted to fight against Lazio in the next round of the league, so he hid Inzaghi and others. On the other hand, he did not want to give up such a good promotion opportunity as 1:0 in the first round, so he did not go to Amoruso and forced Kaka to the front line, from the result Let's see, it's better to go to Amoruso and simply let the main players save their physical strength in the league. In fact, this is also another manifestation of Ancelotti's hesitation.

In this game, AC Milan's worst performance is still Cafut, saving 8 million euros from the summer transfer, saving Odo or Sicinho, but bringing endless troubles to AC Milan.

Cafut's eye-catching performance in the summer warm-up match has created a fake look for the club. In fact, Cafut has indeed reached the final stage of his career. Since this season, Cafu has started six times in the league, and AC Milan has a record of 4 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss in these 6 games. Subsequently, Cafu first suspended due to injury, and then returned to Brazil for personal reasons. During this period, Simic replaced him as the main right-back. Simic started five times and AC Milan won all five games.

Kafu appeared in AC Milan's starting lineup this time, but from the final effect, although Ancelotti had many failures in the game from the deployment to the later substitution, Kafu's appearance was one of the most obvious of the many failures.

The assist king of Serie A is already a distant memory of the 2001/2002 season. AC Milan's former good assists have now been unattacked and have not been able to defend for a long time.

Kafu really can't do it. Whether he is in the right-back or right-back position, he is no longer the same Kafu. He passed back to Simic out of bounds in the first 6 minutes, and a low-level mistake opened the prelude to the Brazilian's nightmare performance.

7 passes in the game, but the effective pass was zero, and the breakthrough was even zero. In the tenth minute of the second half, Kafu's pass flew to the bottom line. Inzaghi plugged into the bottom line at high speed and hit the goal, but he could not grasp the touch part. This was the only pass of Kafu's seven passes to his team. The other 6 times, no It flew directly out of the bottom line from the back post three times and was sealed by Grosso with his body twice. At the foot before the end of the game, the ghost circled a strange outer arc and gave it to the opponent's goalkeeper Anduhar like a return pass, so the referee blew the whistle at the end of the game 15 seconds before the end of the game. In addition to the low-quality pass, Cafu's pass and catch seemed slow in cooperation with his teammates. AC Milan's third goal can be traced back to the fact that Cafu's pass to Kaka's pass was interrupted by the opponent, and his attack turned into the opponent's counterattack.

In the first half, Cafu played the right forward but was weak. When Simic was replaced, Cafu became the team's defensive weakness in the right-back position, and Dimikelai's main offensive direction obviously moved behind Cafu.

Cafu lost his position once and once hit the top, which made Nesta have to "guest" the role of right-back twice in a row. Fortunately, Nesta is in quite good shape today and did not further expand the score.

In addition to Dimikele, Godius, who played as a substitute, also took Cafu's side as the main breakthrough. In the conversation with Gaudias, Cafu gave the opponent two free kicks with good positions due to his slow action. Serginho, who was repeatedly regarded as the main attack direction by his opponent in the past, was particularly relaxed this time. After he played, the opponent rarely launched an attack from the right side, and only once let Caracciolo hit behind him.

Cafford is really not good. A 36-year-old veteran, who is also a full-back, can suddenly decline in his state at any time. Now Cafu is undoubtedly in this state. There is nothing Milan's laboratory can do, but the question is why Ancelotti insist on putting him in the main position?

Although Simic made a low-level mistake in this game, it should still be Cafu that should be replaced when Inzaghi came on the field.

Rukafu strengthens assists on the field?!

This is actually just the cardford in people's memory, not the current card card.

Of course, this is just the tip of the iceberg of the problem. The real hidden danger of AC Milan is in the second half of the season. If Cafu is still the main candidate for the right-back position in Ancelotti's mind, then once there is a close confrontation, especially in AC Milan's only remaining target Champions League this season, Cafour is likely It will become a "time bomb". Cafu used to be a great player, but now Cafu always makes AC Milan lack something in the right attack and defense.

Of course, there is a topic that can never be avoided!

In the last game, Degan was thrown on the bench. In this game, Degan was not even included in the list of the game, although Ancelotti defended after the game that Degan was in poor health and had not been adjusted to the best after his comeback.

But everyone knows that this is just Ancelotti's farting!

After Degan returned from injury, everyone can see how he is doing. Three games, two starters, one substitute, three assists and two goals. It is not too much to say that Degan is the best player in AC Milan at present, but in Ancelotti's eyes, Degan is still unqualified. The reason is The reason is that there is a conflict between the two people.

This kind of abandonment is simply undisguised!

It's like Saki and Robert. Like Baggio, even if the latter is heavy makeup and extremely delicate, in the eyes of the stubborn old man, the latter is still just a showy chicken.

Degan is now the chicken in Ancelotti's eyes.

What if it's in good condition?

Ancelotti is the handle of AC Milan, and he has the right not to let Degan play!

Of course, Ancelotti is not the seat of AC Milan. Galliani is not going to be silent again this time. Ancelotti abandoned Degan before. After all, Degan's leg injury was just right at that time, and no one knew what his condition was. At that time, Gilardino was in a hot state, and he could not force Ann. Cherotti is replaced.

But Galliani can't stand it this time. He is nine points behind Juventus in the league, and there is basically no chance to compete for the championship. It is better to expect the Italian Football League to raise the points after AC Milan's victory to four points from now on.

After the Coppa Italia is out, there is only one Champions League left. AC Milan can't make any more mistakes. Now there is only one way to solve this problem, either Ancelotti with Degan or Ancelotti leaving.