Chapter 100 Lost!

In the first round of the Champions Cup semi-final, AC Milan's condition should be said to be very good. Although Digan was suspended, Dida, Maldini, Janculowski, Ambrosini and others have returned from injuries. Now only Shevchenko and Karachi are left on Milan's injury list, and Ancelotti is in the row. In terms of military deployment, it can also be more skillful.

It's just that it's cruel at first. At the end of the game, Milan's players can only accept the result of losing 0:1 at home to Barcelona. Such an ending makes AC Milan have to defeat their opponents in Camp Nou to advance to the Champions Cup final.

Although he lost the game, Ancelotti did not seem very disappointed at the post-match press conference. He was still cheering for his team, believing that the team created many opportunities in this game. The only thing missing is to seize the opportunity, and if you play like this, nothing is impossible to happen in the second round. .

On the progress of the game, Ancelotti commented: "I think this is a close match. AC Milan tried to burn the war to the opponent's half, while Barcelona tried to slow down the pace of the game by controlling the ball. We had several good opportunities, but failed to make good use of it. This is a bad result. But this is not enough to kill our hope of advancing to the finals. Anything can happen in the second round.

In fact, after a1-0 lead, Barcelona also got a lot of opportunities. Ancelotti explained: "Barcelotti created almost all the opportunities by counterattack, especially after their goals, because we have to suppress the attack, so we give them some space behind. We must believe that we can succeed in fighting like tonight. We did a good job, but we didn't seize the opportunity. This is our only problem, indeed.

Looking forward to the second round, Ancelotti did not hide the idea of the attack: "On the other hand, this result will make us have no more scruples in the second round and will attack with all our strength, and I believe that Barcelona will recover some in Camp Nou."

When asked about his views on Barcelona, Ancelotti said, "Today's performance did not leave a special impression on me. They are just trying to slow down and control the speed."

Ancelotti also explained several substitutions in his game. He said, "I tried to make some changes to the midfield, because we had some problems in the counterattack at that time, so I changed our midfield, and the opponent made changes accordingly. Barcelona's possession is very good, so it is difficult to break this, but in terms of absolute opportunity, we have created a lot, and we believe that we can still do this in Camp Nou.

Seedorf also concluded after the game: "We should win this victory. Maybe after falling behind 0:1, we didn't do very well in ball control, but in terms of the opportunity of the whole game, we created a lot, but we didn't grasp it in the end, but this gave us confidence and hope to turn over at Camp Nou. We We still need to have a good performance away from home, and we also know how to do this.

After this game, Kaka, who performed well, thought that although the team lost, its performance was still worth affirming: "Details determine the game. They did not create real opportunities in the first half, but in the second half, they played better and better, and we always had a chance to score goals. We should gain confidence through this game. We should believe that everything was not over before the second round was played. In terms of personal performance, it was difficult for me to play, because Edmilson made a man-watching defense against me, but in the second half, I was in good shape. I believe we can win the next match, because Rod Just come back!"

In fact, Ancelotti has done quite well in internal diving. The original substitute left-back Calaze changed to central defender and became the unshakable main force. The original replacement Pirlo of Rui Costa changed to the back, which made the latter's career almost two steps higher, but After all, the work that can be done by internal mining is limited. How can the change of the position of 24 people in the team be compared with the resources brought by the vast transfer market? But this requires the investment of the club, and AC Milan has not done it in at least three seasons.

Another problem is reflected in the youth training system. Barcelona's youth team can bring such a surprise to the team like Messi, and Mexican youth team captain Dos Santos is also growing rapidly. Such a self-haematopoietic function is unmatched by AC Milan's youth team. Without the talent assembly line of the youth team, it is always difficult to buy people from the transfer market alone. What's more, AC Milan's transfer investment is not much.

AC Milan did not have scouts to bring Martins and Toure from Africa. Even if such players are introduced, the utilitarian Italian football will not have time to accumulate experience on the field like Arsenal's young people. Slovenia's former "child prodigy" Brodek has already had experience in the Champions League, but After coming to AC Milan's youth team, he survived to 20 years old in this team, although he became the third scorer in the team as a defensive midfielder.

Leonado has developed a large number of young players' resources in Brazil, but they can't be used by AC Milan, because this is not the focus of the club. Obama Yang is still playing for the youth team at the age of 22, and rookies like Piazza, who emerged from the youth team, are now become rare.

It is an indisputable fact that Barcelona is stronger than AC Milan. On the surface, it is stronger than Ronaldinho, but in fact, it is stronger than Iniesta, Marcos, Edmilson, and Deco, Harvey and Messi who did not play. Without them, Barcelona, they can still be able to compete with AC Milan. And the team that can win the away game is unmatched by AC Milan alone with such talent reserve and bench depth.

Anything can happen on the football field, and AC Milan may also achieve a reversal in Camp Nou as Ancelotti said, but now Barcelona's lineup and strength are stronger than AC Milan's, which is an indisputable fact.

AC Milan lost this game for another reason for energy reserves. After the Milan derby, Ancelotti said, "We have enough time to recover."

Indeed, due to the advance of the Milan derby, AC Milan has four days to recover. It is said that the team's physical strength is enough, but the team needs to recover not only physical strength, but also "heart strength".

Continuous participation in intense games of strong dialogue is certainly a test for the physical strength of players, but the greater test is in psychology. How long can the nervousness be tense? Will there be war-weariness under high pressure, especially in the case of Milan's victory and basically locking in the league runner-up, will the team's relaxed mentality tighten immediately before the game against Barcelona four days later?

These are all questions caused by the continuous use of the main lineup.

In fact, it is very difficult to keep the same lineup in two consecutive key battles. For example, after eliminating Eindhoven last season, AC Milan lost to Juventus at home.

So should Ancelotti play in the Milan derby as a substitute in order to reserve physical fitness against Barcelona?

The answer is also no.

Because once they lose the Milan derby, AC Milan can't guarantee that they will play against Barcelona with a strong main lineup in 4 days. Even if they win this game, the Champions League is a 180-minute game, and there are still big variables when they return to Camp Nou. And if you lose the league runner-up and the Champions League at the same time, it will be a huge failure for AC Milan to play the Champions League qualification after the World Cup in the second season.

On the contrary, if the Champions Cup is out and the league is runner-up, AC Milan can be regarded as completing its own "bottom line result". Even if it is not as good as last year's results, but the specific process is different. Barcelona is indeed strong in the Champions Cup, and Juventus' scoring rate in the first half of the league is really terrible. AC Mi Lan did what he should do without making undue mistakes. It is unwise to give up the Milan derby, which can be placed in front of you and set the position as the runner-up in the league, while it is unwise to aim for the Champions League, which is full of more uncertain factors.

Although the problem is not in the Milan derby lineup, it cannot be said that Ancelotti still has the problem of "overuse" in the use of individual key players, while other useful players have not exhausted them.

There is no doubt that all the main players in the Milan derby can even be won by the main force, but it is incredible to let Pirlo appear in the game against Lecce. Pirlo himself is not a physical player, and the problem of "overdrawal Pirlo" in the second half of last season directly caused the team's final During the decline, the same thing happened again this season. Pirlo was replaced halfway again due to physical overdraft. In fact, since the first round against Lyon, Pirlo has never had a chance to breathe. He also lost the ball against Lecce. Although some players have got a rest, the people who really need more rest are Fatigue battle.

Next, Ancelotti will face a new choice. The league is only 5 points away from Juventus, and the hope of qualifying in the Champions League seems to have plummeted. In the next round against Messina, AC Milan will send a main force or a substitute?

If Juventus defeats Lazio at the same time and finally approaches to win the championship, then AC Milan's intention will be in vain.

As a substitute, if Juventus fails and the main lineup cannot be turned over at Camp Nou, will the regret in Lecce be repeated?

Maybe this is a gamble, but gamblers are afraid of looking forward and backward. Anyway, AC Milan needs to have a focus, which is to play two games with two sets of lineups. If they insist on playing tired with the main lineup, the final result can only be the same as last season.

Another strange phenomenon in this game is that Dida, who has just returned to the team and is still in an unknown state, actually appeared in the position of the main goalkeeper, and the previous main force Fiori returned to the bench.

At the press conference before the match against Barcelona, a reporter asked Ancelotti if he was at ease with Dida. Ancelotti replied, "I hope he has nothing to do in the game. Of course, I fully trust him."

Dida did repay Ancelotti's trust with excellent performance at the beginning of the game. In the first half, Eto'o's long-range shot was firmly held by him. Ronaldinho's direct pass to Jiuli. He was the first to hit under him. Karaze's header passed back small, and Dida also came out in time. He got the ball, and Innesta's long-range shot in the second half was also blocked by him. 99% of the time in this game, Dida is an excellent goalkeeper. Of course, because of the stable performance of the defender, Dida's performance is not as good as the opponent's goalkeeper Valdes.

But as a good goalkeeper, it is not enough to perform perfectly 99% of the time, and a moment of negligence may also influence the game. In addition to Ronaldinho's beautiful passing and incredible starting speed, Dida's hesitation also gave the opponent a chance.

The reason why "Milan Sport" said that "Dida is to blame for this goal" after the game is that when Ronaldinho passed the ball, Dida originally wanted to interfere with Jiuli's ball, but halfway through, it seemed that Jiuli's speed was too fast and made a decision to give up the attack in an instant, or saw that Karaze had already Keeping up, I believed that the opponent did not have the opportunity to play the ball immediately. Dida suddenly stopped and retreated to the door. At this moment, there was a "half-section of the goal" that the goalkeeper's most taboo appeared. Jiuli seized such a fleeting opportunity and did not adjust it at all. His left foot directly pulled close to the corner. Dida could not save it and the ball .

If Dida insists on attacking decisively, maybe Jiuli will still choose to hang the door with his left foot, but he will be disturbed by Dida; if Dida chooses not to hold the door, then Jiuli will not even have a chance to hit the door, but in hesitation, Dida made the worst choice, and worse, his mistake was wrong. I caught my hand.

The goalkeeper is such a high-risk position that mistakes are not allowed. If a small mistake is caught by the other party, it will also lead to fatal consequences.

Dida's state has declined sharply since this season. Milan Sport has always stressed that it was the psychological shadow caused by the fireworks of the Milan derby in the Champions League last season, and said that Dida can't save the ball now. In fact, it is not true. Dida has had several magical saves this season, such as against Siena and Trevi. Suo, he has saved the inevitable goal, and his real problem is that the number of undue mistakes has risen rapidly.

The chief hero of the European Cup final three years ago has now become a "time bomb" on the team's defense line. In addition to the famous Milan derby in the first half, he let Gasbaroni's strong shot fly into the net on his arm against Sampdoria at home. At home against Parma, he picked a simple high ball, but just sent it to Malchioni's feet.

Although AC Milan has not conceded too many goals this season, such an intensive low-level mistake has not happened in Dida's career in the past three years. Perhaps it was not the fireworks that put a lot of pressure on him, but the strange circle caused by the accumulation of continuous mistakes. One mistake added a little pressure, and it was easy to make mistakes under pressure, and the results accumulated more and more.

In addition, Dida is moving towards a dangerous misunderstanding. In this game, Dida made several inexplicable attacks to light the empty door to his opponent.

After the game, Ancelotti defended his lover: "He at least tried to expand his scope of activities. Didn't you always criticize him for not attacking in the past?"

But Dida itself is not a goalkeeper who is good at attacking. Dida, who is good at goal line technology, is indeed used to the backsmanship. He is not good at taking the initiative and forcibly changes his style to expand the scope of activities. The result is to increase the possibility of mistakes, which is like Karaze, who has not changed to the central defender some time ago, is at the left-back. At one point, he tried to strengthen the assists, but made a lot of mistakes in defense.

Anyway, Dida had no chance next. His injury had not completely healed, and this game was played with injuries. As a result, after the end of the game, his shoulder injury worsened, which was to be completely reimbursed for the season.

A wrong choice, AC Milan lost at home in the first leg of the semi-finals, Dida's injury worsened, and Ancelotti's kinship was blamed.

Dida's mistake caused AC Milan to lose a fatal goal, while Gilardino's bad state in the European game made Milan lose the opportunity to equalize and even overtake.

In his eighth appearance in the European Champions Cup, Gilardino's "European goal drought" continues, although this time it is only a few centimeters away from breaking his goal drought.

Digan was suspended because of his accumulated yellow cards. It happened that Gilardino performed well in the league, so Ancelotti easily completed a multiple-choice question.

Before the game, the Milan Sport once put forward the consideration of the Christmas tree, Rui Costa, playing control the ball, but this was just wishful thinking. Ancelotti still formed a 4-3-1-2 formation. Before the game, some reporters were worried about Girardino's "European goal shortage", and Ancelotti said: "He is not in good condition. There is a problem. All that is missing is luck. I believe he will score goals in the game against Barcelona to help the team win.

But it turns out that Girardino is a fight in Europe. If Girardino seizes two opportunities in the 13th minute of the first half and the fifth minute of the second half, it may be a completely different game.

In the first 13 minutes, Serginho threw an out-of-bounds ball in the front court. Marcos was slightly hesitant to get the ball in the penalty area. Gilardino beside him seized the opportunity and completed a terrible steal. Then he led his right foot and pulled out a strong shot from a small angle with his left foot. Valdes rushed to the left side, and the ball hit him. On the right side, when he was about to score, with a "dang" sound, the ball hit the column and bounced out.

Milan Sport said in its post-match comments: "Giladino hit the pole at an incredible angle."

In fact, the missed opportunity cannot be counted on Gilardino, because it is not an absolute opportunity itself. It was Girardino's own active steal that created this opportunity, and the final shot was not bad, but he was unlucky.

But the second time was different. In the fifth minute, Inzagira went to the periphery to pass the ball to Kaka. Kaka and Valdes formed a one-on-one and suddenly picked the ball horizontally to Gilardino. Under the pressure of Marcos, Giladino missed the door at the moment he lost his center of gravity. After getting up, he was an incredible watch. Love.

Pacheco, editor-in-chief of Milan Sport, also sold a cute and said in surprise: "The empty door 2 meters in front of the door is actually missed!"

This is indeed an undue mistake, and Jiu Li's goal happened exactly five minutes later.

After Jiuli scored, the TV camera aimed at Giladino again, but he was still not breaking his spell in the face of danger.

Giladino has maintained a high scoring rate in the league, the national team, and even the past European Youth Games and Olympic Games, but he can't break the door of the European Champions Cup. There is indeed a difference in rhythm and atmosphere between the European games and the domestic league. Unfortunately, because Parma used the first lineup last season, the first The second set of lineup played in the UEFA Cup. Although the team entered the quarter-finals of the UEFA Cup, Gilardino did not appear in the European arena. His European experience is not even as good as his brother Luopolo and Solntinodo!

The contrast between the league and the Champions Cup goal rate puts Gilardino a psychological burden. In the interview, Gilardino tried his best to avoid this problem. He said, "My goals in the Champions League have not arrived yet, but it doesn't mean that goals in the league are not important."

The media keeps hyping up the problem of "the shortage of goals in Europe", and the more Girardino wants to prove that he can score goals in Europe, but he can't do it quickly. "The goal famine in Europe" has become a mental illness, a spell, and a group of vicious circles.

In fact, as far as this game is concerned, Gilardino has done a good job. His shots have increased. In the game against Lyon and Eindhoven, he has not shot a single shot, and has completed at least two threatening shots in this game.

However, when a series of coincidences form a "spell", it is not so easy to break, because it requires some psychological adjustment. Gilardino needs a goal in the Champions League, but at this critical moment, AC Milan can no longer test it. In the next game, Digan will end the suspension. At that time, he It is almost certain to appear in the starting lineup, and what Gilardino needs to do is to share the pressure in the league as much as possible.

This game also once again exposed Ancelotti's lack of critical response. At the beginning of the game, Ancelotti and Ricard coincidentally chose the strategy of controlling the midfield.

The Milanese want to win safely with control and propulsion, while Ricard wants to try not to lose the ball, and then look forward to Ronaldinho's inspiration.

The only difference is that Ricard, with his patience and confidence, waited for Ronaldinho's kick in the case of repeated explosions in front of the door, and Ancelotti was unlucky and fell behind, and immediately changed his strategy completely, from controlling the midfield to the emergency attack. As a result, he failed to win back the score, but let Ba Sa fought a pleasant defensive counterattack.

There are three classic cases of Ancelotti's Milan loss. One is Laco's big reversal. In Ilulareta's own words, they formulated a fast attack against Milan's right space before the game. It can be said that Milan died quickly. Second, about a year ago in Istanbul, Gerrard led the Red Army's explosive Jedi counterattack. It can be said that Milan died of slackness. The third time, it was the Taiji pusher with Barcelona. Originally, Milan had to be slightly better in the stalemate in the midfield, but after not seizing the opportunity, they died of Ronaldinho's genius. It can be said that Milan died of genius.

Milan has created three typical teams for the world in the past 20 years. Saki's offensive pressure, Capello's defensive whole, and Ancelotti's technical whole. Even Cruyff, who has always hated Italian football, said that Ancelotti's Milan is one of Italian football. An alternative. But any form of football will have fatal flaws. Milan has died three classic times and exposed its three fates. He died in Laco, and the whole game was ignorant. He died in Liverpool and only played half a good game, but he died in Barcelona, but he basically played a good ball in the whole game, and finally died in the hands of genius.

Losing a goal at home, Milan's hope of entering the finals is already slim. It's too difficult to defeat Ronaldinho. Moreover, a Barcelona, which is a nature of attack, has now learned Chelsea's general compression of backcourt space and stabilize the sideline defense. This is what Milan needs to reflect on. Barcelona can change. Why doesn't Milan Can it change?

Ancelotti stayed in Milan for five years, and Milan was almost unchanged, but his younger brother Ricard spent three years in Barcelona, but Barcelona became more and more mature, and his use of Ronaldinho was getting better and better every year.

With his full play at his normal level, Ancelotti's failure may be the end of his own fate. If you choose the whole, you must face Xiao Luo. That foot is enough for Ancelotti to think about the whole life.

The game is over, and it's useless to say anything. Maybe Ancelotti should be in this situation. Degan was only banned for one game, and he will be back soon. Ancelotti probably never thought that one day he would rely on Degan to live.

It's really disappointing to lose the game, but Fortunately, the semi-finals are two rounds. We still have a chance. In Camp Nou, we will do our best to fight for it, but there is also one thing that makes me happy. I lost at home. Maybe Mr. Ancelotti, when we arrive at Camp Nou, we will not ask us to let go. ."

Everyone can hear the irony of Ancelotti in Digan's words. The conflict between him and Ancelotti was also exposed. There is no problem with the relationship between the two in private. The contradictions between them are all focused on tactics. Degan hopes that the team can actively attack and win, but Ancelotti is very obvious. But it's too conservative.