Chapter 64 Take the lead
Degan fought against Japan in disguise and taught a fierce lesson to Japan. Fiorentina also won four consecutive victories at the beginning of the league, reaching 12 points, while the other four teams in the championship group played abnormally in this round, giving Fiorentina the lead.
Digan's old club AC Milan drew 1:1 with the weak team Parma in this round, and only went to the fourth round. Milan only achieved a bad record of one win, two draws and one loss. This result was obviously unexpected by Ancelotti. Even if he was fined and poorly prepared last season, AC Milan was also in front. Three rounds of victory.
As far as personnel and tactics are concerned, AC Milan has no special problems, but there are some mistakes in individual details such as schedule, status, on-the-spot command, etc. Unfortunately, these omissions are all used by the opponent. There is a scene advantage, but there is a 1:1, which is both accidental and inevitable.
After the game, AC Milan fans were still sighing that Gilardino's shot was taken by Parma goalkeeper Paivarini at the last moment. Inzaghi slipped when he grabbed the point in the penalty area, and Sedorf flew away against the empty goal.
Parma's coach, Degan, also regretted the first Beremandolini he met, because Parma had a chance to win after 1:1.
At the end of the game, Cotto's unmarked header, as well as Reginaldo and Coradi's two-two, may be converted into a goal. Judging from the technical statistics after the game, AC Milan is completely superior in the ball control ratio of the two sides, but the shooting ratio is 14:12, and the shooting ratio is 4:3, AC Milan There is no real advantage.
After the game, the most criticized was Ancelotti's platoon, four rounds of the European Super Cup and a Champions Cup group match. Except for the league with Florence, Ancelotti used the Christmas tree formation without exception, including Ronaldo starting one game and Inzaghi and Girardino starting three games each.
Giladino started in the first three rounds of the league and was criticized for his lack of income, but this was obviously unfair. Although Zaji performed well in Europe, the league also did nothing, and Gilardino's first starter failed to score a goal in this round.
Girardino's scoring ability is slightly inferior to Inzaghi, but the root cause of not scoring is the difference between the league and the European arena. When it is difficult for both of them to break the league, it is not just a matter of personal ability.
The Champions Cup is more open, and Milan can have a lot of room to play when attacking. In the league, especially against small and medium-sized teams such as Siena and Parma, the offensive space is often compressed to the limit, and the single striker of the Christmas tree formation can easily disappear in the penalty area.
Ancelotti recently insisted on using a single striker. He did not deliberately fight against Berlusconi's "double striker" requirements, but actually had his own grievances.
Due to Ronaldo's injury in the match with Florence, Milan is currently only two people available, Inzaghi and Gilardino, who can only rotate the two of them to deal with the three events of the European Super Cup, the League and the Champions League.
If you want to get rid of the dilemma of weak attack, in addition to expecting Gilardino to recover, the most important thing is to wait for Ronaldo's return.
After this round, AC Milan has been dumped by Fiorentina in the standings. Ancelotti also had to admit after the game that the Rossoneri have fallen behind in the league championship competition. If they want to win something in the league, they will never allow any worse in the future.
AC Milan has been scored by his opponent for three consecutive rounds since the 3-0 victory over Genoa in the first round, and has not won at home so far.
Milan's ups and downs made Parma coach Mandolini full of confidence. He thought it was not enough to get a point away: "We know that we can't give them too much space for the Milan game. We will try our best to fight back and create some threats in the first half. Although Milan took the lead, we did not give up and stimulated our strength after halftime.
This is a "historic" draw for Parma, because Parma has been spared from defeat at the San Siro Stadium for the first time since 2002.
Mandolini continued: "We should have won, but we were a little unlucky at the last moment. I want to congratulate my players and hope they will continue to maintain a positive attitude.
Mandolini made a very special tactical deployment in this game, allowing Brazilian striker Reginaldo to keep an eye on Milan's core Pirlo.
"I asked Reginaldo to seize the gap left by Janculowski's assist. He worked hard in defense, but he performed very well in attack. He must always take care of Pirlo. If he gets space, it will be a fatal blow to us."
Obviously, Mandollini's tactic is to steal Prandelli. In the match between Florence and the Donezke Miners, Prandelli used Machena to kill Fernandinho, the core of the Miners, but Mandollini was bolder and actually used a striker to guard the opponent's midfielder.
The league has only started four rounds, and AC Milan will be as much as seven points away from the top of the list. Ancelotti also looked pale at the post-match press conference. He publicly said that today's defense line did not perform well, but what about himself?
Parma's goal was not too late. They left AC Milan 20 minutes to attack, but in these 20 minutes, AC Milan not only failed to score a goal, but also almost gave the opponent a chance to win in San Siro.
Ancelotti's substitution decision 15 minutes before the end of the game is the most puzzling, and it can even be said that it was a decision that deprived AC Milan of his last chance.
20 minutes after the start of the second half, Cafu is on the sidelines. In the coming days of this season, this will probably be the last scene that AC Milan fans don't want to see. Indeed, Cafu doesn't seem to bring much good things to AC Milan since this season.
At the same time, after losing the ball, Odo began to increase his pressure on the right side and created many good opportunities with a one-on-one breakthrough.
Look at what Cafu did in the 15 minutes after he came on the court. Four passes were all ordinary inverts. Odo made one more pass before he left the field, Cafu did not do it once. After Cafut's debut, AC Milan's right assists became paralyzed, without the right cross, singles in the middle and left side, AC Milan The power of the double striker has been reduced by half. Odo's appearance and Girardino's previous appearance are two contradictory decisions. Gilato can strengthen the strength of the middle and need the support of the ball on both sides, but the only explanation for Odo's side has declined. The only explanation is that Ancelotti believes that Coffby played 79 minutes. Odo has more physical strength and stronger attack power, but Cafut's data obviously cannot provide positive proof.
And in defense, at the last moment of the game, Cotto's header almost broke the goal. It was Cafu who did not jump up at all in the battle, making Cotto complete a too comfortable header on his own head, which almost became the final. Cafu's appearance seems to be a real failure.
Although Favali and Serginho are all people with a sharp decline in ability in AC Milan, only Cafu has been repeatedly entrusted with heavy responsibilities by Ancelotti under the same circumstances.
In the first four rounds of the league, Cappho played three games, playing as substitutes for Fiorentina and Parma at the most difficult time for the team, and was the main force for Siena, but none of them brought anything positive to AC Milan.
Now Cafour has become a misunderstanding of Ancelotti's choice. On the one hand, because he is 37 years old, Cafut's ability has declined sharply, just like Seaman after joining Manchester City. On the other hand, Ancelotti always has illusions about Cafour's ability and always sends him to play when he needs to win. But Kafu's performance is disappointing again and again. Specifically, 79 minutes of the game against Parma was not too late, but Ancelotti's decision to replace Cafut, from the result, gave AC Milan the last 15 minutes of the opportunity, and it is difficult to say whether the sinner is Ancelotti or Cafu.
Originally, Cafu was ready to return to Brazil to enjoy happy football last season, but AC Milan decided to keep him and renew his contract for one year. However, with this performance, Cafu may have to choose to retire after the contract expires. Even if he wants to return to his roots and go to Sao Paulo, the current leader of the Brazilian league, I'm afraid I can't find his location.
Cafu's poor performance is one of the reasons why AC Milan failed to win today, and another reason is that Kaka did not stand up at the critical moment in this boring draw.
Kaka's performance is not much worse. The father-in-law had several highlights in the game, but for a superstar who is about to win the Golden Globe Award and the World Footballer of the Year, Kaka is indeed a little quiet today.
From this season, Kaka's data is not inferior. He scored three goals in four games in the league, scored one goal in the Super Cup, and the national team scored one goal in two and a half games in three warm-up games. He is still decisive and still scoring goals, but in terms of the ** and momentum of playing football, it is different from the past. In fact, Kaka does not lack motivation, and he is still full of desire to win.
In last season's league, Kaka may not have scored many goals, but his impact with the ball has played a great role in the opponent's defense, thus creating more opportunities for his teammates. This season, Kaka has even scored more goals than last season, but in the case of the opponent's full recovery, AC Milan is now less With such an element of relying on personal ability, Kaka's breakthrough is still threatening. Several successful one-on-one breakthroughs in this game have caused the only local goal, but his current breakthrough is less than in the past.
There are many reasons. The opponent's staring at him must be more fierce than in the past. Sometimes he even faces "human sea tactics". In addition, AC Milan began to emphasize the whole. When stuck in the routine, he paid more attention to running without the ball to reduce the hard contact with the opponent, which all caused this change. The reason.
But what is more important is Kaka's body. The Wright brothers are the representative of modern football model of "body plus technology", but no matter how strong the physical confrontation ability is, it will accumulate some injuries after repeated violations. After Degan broke his leg, he significantly reduced the ball. Breakthrough, the thousand-mile single ride, which was often staged in the past, has now become a reserved program, but Kaka, which is not as comprehensive as Degan, can only adhere to his characteristics of fast drill, however, which is more likely to lead to injury. Although the evaluation of the Milan laboratory proves that Kaka is a player with a low injury index, he now has a knee injury.
The knee injury is not very serious, but Kaka needs to rest, but in fact, this was the situation last season. Kaka not only played all the games when he might play, but also played without recovering from the injury, resulting in a flat state of his subsequent games.
This season, Kaka has played four league games, five of a European game and a Super Cup. Although he took a break from a game against Siena, coupled with the national team's game, he also played seven games in less than a month, an average of less than four days and is still busy.
And Kaka played the whole game in five games at AC Milan. Kaka is not easy to be seriously injured, but the fewer injuries, the less time he has to rest and adjust. Now Kaka intentionally or unintentionally reduces the most laborious one-to-one, even one-to-many personal breakthroughs, that is, self-regulation, which is also a little powerless under the influence of injuries and frequent events.
But this also involves AC Milan's lineup. In Barcelona, Ronaldinho can rest at ease when he is tired or slightly injured, because the people who can play his position are Henry and now Doss. Santos, and AC Milan, if Kaka does not play, only Sidorf, who is not from the front waist, will play his position. Against Siena, Ancelotti tested Gulkuf, but it was very unsuccessful. To put it bluntly, AC Milan still can't keep up with the bench lineup. He is the main force, but in any case, Kaka's fatigue battle If it causes minor injuries to become bigger, it will be something that no one wants to see.
AC Milan drew, and so did Inter Milan, its rival in the same city. In the face of deputy monitor Livorno, Inter Milan, with a luxurious lineup, could only accept a draw in the end.
In this game, Ibrahimovic is excellent, but Inter Milan is terrible. One person's excellence can only bring a draw to a team at most, although Inter Milan faces the "deputy squad leader" Livorno.
What does this remind people of?
Yes, it was Adriano, who was omnipotent and often saved Inter Milan on his own.
The 04/05 season was Mancini's first year of coaching Inter Milan and Adriano's most glorious year. In that season, Ade saved the whole team several times with the ability, but Inter Milan's record was 11 draws in the first 13 rounds and withdrew from the championship early.
Time flies. Three years have passed, and everything is so similar, but Adriano has been replaced by the Swedish Ibrasimovic.
2:2 was tied by the bottom Livorno, which is the failure of Inter Milan. The only two goals is Ibrasimovic's victory. So far, he has scored four goals in four rounds this season. Although there is a gap compared with Degan, he is indeed Inter Milan's well-deserved top scorer.
Inter Milan scored seven goals in four games, of which the Swedes accounted for more than half. In addition, two of the other three goals were assists from Ibrasimovic. The only goal unrelated to Ibrasimovic was Crespo against Katani. The goal in the Asian game, but that was because Ibrasimovic took a break and was not on the court.
That is to say, in the first four rounds of this season, Inter Milan scored six goals, while in the game he did not play, Inter Milan only scored one goal.
At the press conference before this round, a reporter asked Mancini such a question: "To play well, Inter Milan will always need two players, Ibrasimovic and Vieira to be at their best."
Macini did not deny it, and gave the examples of Kaka in Milan and Degan in Florence, but you should know how much more Inter Milan has invested in the transfer market in recent years than their city opponents and Purple Lily. It is not normal for Moratti to prepare such a huge team for him.
The existence of the "King" means that the team is not strong enough, because a person's state will always be high and low. There are today's Ibrasimovic, the silent Ibrasimovic against Fenerbahce, the Swedish who was omnipotent against Livorno last season, and the order against Valencia. Of course, it is unfair for the disappointed striker to blame Ibrasimovic for being out of the Champions League last season. The really sad thing is those who only place their hopes on him. You know, football is a sport for 11 people after all.
Unless Ibrahimovic can get the throne in Florence like Degan, he, the king, will not bring much to Inter Milan.
Inter Milan fell behind twice and drew with the bottom team Livorno, Mancini's former assistant, Livorno's coach Orsi, after the game: "We should have scored 3 points because Cesar magically saved Bogdani's goal at the last moment."
It was indeed a very bad game. Mancini criticized the striker for not seizing the opportunity and the player's psychological laxity, but he did not reflect on his employment. After the game, almost all Italian media were asking, "Where is Crespo?"
The Argentine sat on the bench for 90 minutes. Maybe Mancini chose Adriano in the first half. Adriano's words in an interview on Friday were very determined. He also brought his determination to the court and showed enough impact, but a layer of window paper was difficult to break, continuous In two games, the Brazilian hit the column.
In the second half, Mancini made a substitution adjustment, but Cruz, who replaced Adriano, did nothing. As a striker, he did not shoot, only a few poor passes. Cruise's performance was completely unqualified, but the real problem was not with him, but the person who sent him on the field, you know, hope After the start of a new season, it is simply a fantasy for a 33-year-old veteran who hardly plays the role of the savior.
At the same time, Crespo, who scored in the last round and had a performance after the Champions League, sat on the bench for 90 minutes. Even if he injured several important players, Inter Milan had the resources to win the game, but it was not used well.
Another thing that people don't understand is Figo. Figo and Crespo played as substitutes against Fenerbahce in the middle of the week. There should be no physical problems, but Portuguese superstars are also waiting on the bench.
Since you don't use others, why do you want to leave them shamelessly in summer? I really don't understand!
Mancini always said that the team was not organized, but looking at this round, Fiorentina, which also made a wide range of rotations, 6:0, won easily and comfortable.
Lippi once sighed: "Inter Milan's lineup is as strong as Barcelona."
This is not just a compliment, but with a strong lineup, do you still need wise people to use and allocate resources correctly? At this point, Mancini did not do well. He seems to have been dazzled by Inter Milan's lineup.
Figo and Crespo started in the last round, the Champions Cup substitute, Jimenez substitute in this round, and Figo and Crespo started again in the next round. This seems to be a procedure arranged 15 days ago. What is done now is only to implement, not to mobilize according to the situation on the field. It's also difficult for Mancini. In this luxurious lineup, it's too difficult for everyone to get a satisfactory playing time.
The overcrowded lineup may not be good, especially on the forward line. Inter Milan and AC Milan have gone to two extremes. AC Milan can only be supported by the poor Gilardino and the tired Inzaghi before Ronaldo and Pato can play, while Inter Milan Crespo have few appearances.
Recoba admitted that he was squeezed away by such a situation. He said, "In Inter Milan, I can only play when others are in poor condition or injured. If I make a little mistake, I will return to the bench, and I can show myself to my heart's content in Turin."
In the Mancini era, Inter Milan really did not find any talent from the youth team. Originally, De La Fiore was good, but he had gone to Turin and scored in this round against Siena, and half of the ownership of Andreoli belonged to Rome.
In the annual salary list of 20 teams in Serie A disclosed by Milan Sport, Mancini is at the top of the list of 20 coaches in Serie A with a sky-high salary of 5 million euros. However, it is unknown whether Mancini's ability is at the top of the list of 20 coaches. Anyway, he is with his former assistant. In Ersi's PK, Mancini lost for a while. Orsi took an old and weak soldier and drew with Inter Milan 2:2. Orsi also thought that if it were not for Cesar's wonderful save, they could even defeat Inter Milan at the last moment.
Mancini does have some of his biases in employing people. For example, Recoba will never be reused under him. For example, "Rock" Samuel, his employment directly caused Burdiso to replace Samuel and enter the Argentine national team, but Burdiso has limited talent and will never be successful. A first-class defender.
These things originate from some deep-rooted understanding of people in his mind. Mancini is a stubborn person, and his impression of people is not so easy to change.
Just like last season, he determined that Figo was no longer working. Although the Portuguese were actually in good shape, his position was still replaced by Stankovic.
Big Cesar's performance was extremely poor when he transferred to Inter Milan, but Mancini insisted on him and especially changed the formation to 4-4-2 that he was suitable for. Fortunately, in Inter Milan's "second entry into the palace", Grand Cezar's performance was still very good for him.
Recoba said, "I have to return to the bench for a little mistake at Inter Milan." In fact, not only he, but also Samuel and Tordo are treated the same, similarly Davis and Grosso, and Maxville will always get a chance to correct no matter how many mistakes he makes.
Mancini has a lot of problems. Although he won two league championships and two Coppa Italia titles for Inter Milan, the Coppa Italia cannot satisfy Moratti's appetite. Two league championships, one is awarded, and the other is without Juventus, AC Milan, or even Fioren Fiorentina penalty points. I got it.
A few days ago, when Mourinho left class, someone asked if Galliani would take Mourinho as a candidate. AC Milan's vice chairman smiled and said, "We don't need it. Let's leave it to Inter Milan."
But the same question was asked to Moratti. The president of Inter Milan remained silent. Mancini brought Inter Milan to a high level, but now the team has reached a bottleneck. Of course, Moratti will not immediately fire last season's championship coach because of one or two failures, but to keep his position, this season's league and Champions Cup Mancini has to take at least one of the two goals.
In another focus battle in this round, Juventus challenged Rome away. After 90 minutes of fierce battle, the two sides also shook hands. The draw could not satisfy the two teams, and for Trezeguet, this was his 100th goal in Serie A.
One season in Serie B bound Trezegue and made his Serie A goals stay on the number 95 for a whole year, and now the scariest killer of Serie A has written a history with 100 league goals.
Before the game, Trezeguet expressed his hope to complete his 100-ball milestone at the Olympic Stadium: "It will be very valuable to score a goal against Roma."
In terms of technical characteristics, Trezeguet is 30 years old. He is neither an "artistic school" that can be established as a fan idol, nor a key superstar who can determine the direction of the game. Moreover, except for shooting, Trezeguet's other abilities are not outstanding. His ability to carry the ball, fight in the front court and organize attacks is very good. Limited.
However, for a player, especially the striker, shooting requires a player's talent very high, and Trezeguet's ability to kick in the goal is indeed the top of football.
Trezeguet can hit the ball with the most reasonable parts and posture at critical moments. Capello once commented on him: "Trezeguet can shoot in any position. He is a real hunter, and his blood has a special ability in the penalty area."
Trezeguet used 155 Serie A games to complete his 100-ball mark, which is also the second shortest time-consuming among Serie A active strikers. Of course, the first is Degan.
Although Trezeguet's level of players is much darker than Degan, for a team, a scorer who has scored 100 goals in 155 league games is very precious, not to mention Trezeguet and "non-fish killer", Trezeguet has also made many advances in important games. Ball.
In this season's league, Trezeguet scored 6 goals in 4 games, ranking second in the scorer list, only behind Degan. Although the gap is a little big, it has long been used to the Serie A shooters. Don't compete with Degan to get the second place. It is victory.
After a season in Serie B, Trezeguet, who returned to Serie A, soon proved that he was still the deadliest killer in the league.
French people are rarely seen on the field most of the time, but Trezeguet is such a type, which only completes a fatal blow at critical moments. Trezeguet has less than 10 shots in four rounds of Serie A, but has 6 goals and is not very efficient. At this point, Degan wants Gan Bye-bye.
The goal of this game shows Trezeguet's keen sense of smell as a striker. In the 16th minute of the game, Piero divided the ball to the right. Iaquinta blocked the front pass in Juan. In the cross on the sideline, Trezeguet suddenly stepped forward from behind Mex and grabbed the header in front of Mex.
Although Trezeguet is 30 years old, according to the current situation, Trezeguet's goal status can still be maintained for about three years. From the first Serie A goal against AC Milan in 2000 to today's away goal against Roma, 100 goals are not the end for Trezeguet. Juventus has now renewed his contract with Trezeguet until 2011. For Trezeguet, who has completed 100 goals in Serie A, the goal of 150 goals in Serie A is not far away.
The opponents on the Digan scoreboard seem to have performed very well, but the club they played for in this round of the game has withered collectively. When the four rounds of the league ended, Fiorentina fans found that the team they supported could actually take the lead.
This is really an unexpected surprise!
When did Italian football come to Florence's turn to be so arrogant?
Commentaries who like to bad-mouth others to reflect their unfathomable began to painstakingly analyze and demonstrate, as if they had to explain Florence's current achievements. It was an accident. Accidentally, it was an emergency. It won't take long for Florence to be completely returned to its original form and return from local tyrants. Green.
If there is bad-mouthing, there are naturally high hopes for four consecutive victories in the league. Now some people are starting to look forward to whether Fiorentina can break last season's 17th consecutive victories. You know, last season, Inter Milan's crazy winning streak was ended by Fiorentina.
Can the Terminator of the record become the creator of a new record?