In the morning, during Valdebebas' first coaching meeting, Gao Shen asked his assistants with concern.
He was sitting on the office chair, turning left and right slightly, looking a little distressed.
His idea was stolen!
Members of the Real Madrid coaching staff have long known Gao Shen's plan. He wants to attack AC Milan from the start.
This requires the team to have good physical fitness and be able to support the team's frontcourt pressing. This is also an item that Buenaventura has been focusing on for the past period of time.
It’s just that no one expected that Mancini didn’t know where the link was wrong, so he changed his formation and adopted the same tactics as Lyon. What’s more terrible is that Inter Milan also played like Lyon, attacking.
Smashed.
This is worth pondering.
Both Lyon and Inter Milan adopted similar tactics, and the results were indeed very good, suppressing AC Milan's offense, but their own offense was not very good. What about Real Madrid?
Ancelotti has been beaten like this by two teams for three consecutive games. Will he make targeted adjustments?
"I'm confused." Buenaventura also sat in his seat and looked at Gao Shen, "Logically speaking, this derby is not that important, but Ancelotti still plays with the main lineup."
"I evaluated the situation of AC Milan's game last night, and I dare say that it was very consumed. This will definitely affect their Champions League match in midweek, so I don't understand why Ancelotti would do this?"
Gao Shen and others also nodded.
If this was a Serie A title battle, it would be understandable, but this cannot be said to be insignificant. At best, it is a game that determines whether to play in the Champions League qualifiers.
Is it worth it for such a game, for the so-called city derby, to affect the team's first leg of the Champions League?
"Maybe it's really just for the local derby?" Maqueda guessed.
"In the first derby match between the two sides, AC Milan lost to Inter Milan 2-3. Ancelotti wants revenge, and at the same time he doesn't want to waste more time playing two Champions League qualifiers next season. I think it's understandable."
Many people listened and thought it made sense, and nodded their heads.
Gao Shen smiled slightly, "Then he either looks down on us and thinks he can crush us to death casually; or he doesn't want to compete with us in the first round, but wants to concentrate all his forces on the home court in the second round."
There are only two explanations. Otherwise, why should we fight against Inter Milan before the decisive battle in the first round?
"Actually, AC Milan was like this last season." Lucas said.
Gao Shen looked at Lucas, nodded slightly, and encouraged him to continue.
In fact, these were all included in his report early in the morning.
"If everyone still has an impression, AC Milan insisted on fighting on two fronts in the Champions League semi-finals last season. At that time, they were the leaders of Serie A. As a result, they defeated PSV Eindhoven 2-0 in the first leg of the semi-finals.
, I almost lost the second round.”
"If Kaka hadn't assisted Ambrosini to score a goal in the stoppage time of the game, AC Milan's game would have been in doubt, let alone reaching the final. Of course, it would have been impossible to reach the final.
There would be no Miracle in Istanbul.”
"Three days after losing to PSV, they lost 1-0 to Juventus at the San Siro Stadium, giving up their position as the league leader, and finally lost the title race, leaving them empty-handed.
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What Lucas means is simply that Ancelotti has a criminal record in this regard.
He always wants too much and ends up with nothing.
It's hard to say whether that's a good thing or a bad thing, because if he wins the bet, he's a legend.
Of course, the price of losing is also high, and everyone will use this to attack him.
By the way, Ancelotti adopted a 4321 Christmas tree formation at that time.
Moreover, the lineup configuration is almost exactly the same as later.
Isn’t it interesting?
Now Ancelotti is forced to play as a double forward because last season's Christmas tree lineup of 4,321 was not satisfactory. Even this season, 4,321 was used several times, and the results were not very satisfactory.
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But who would have thought that next season, Ancelotti would win the Champions League by relying on this much-criticized 4321.
But now, he's still playing with his two forwards.
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It’s all 442, but AC Milan actually made obvious adjustments in this game.
For example, Gilardino, who has stronger running ability, was used to replace Inzaghi. On the one hand, he used Gilardino's body, and on the other hand, he also used his running ability to actively create pressure in the frontcourt.
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There is also a midfielder, which is a small diamond-shaped midfielder. However, when playing against Inter Milan, AC Milan's small midfielder was obviously more compact and focused on the center. This made AC Milan's effect of containing the opponent's attack in the center very obvious.
Inter Milan has nothing to do with AC Milan's midfield.
Both Lyon and Inter Milan are teams with weak offensive capabilities, but Real Madrid is different.
"AC Milan's ball possession rate in this derby match reached 60%, but I made statistics and found that a lot of their ball possession rate came from backcourt moves, which made their offense lack of threat and lack of
speed."
"I think that at the Bernabeu, we should stick to our previous ideas, rush forward, strive to get the lead in the first round, and then play defensive counterattack in the away game." Lucas suggested after analysis.
The first leg of the semi-finals is at the Bernabeu, and Real Madrid has a home and then away schedule.
Gao Shen wanted to attack at home before, but now the duel between Ancelotti and Mancini has given him some speculation.
Ancelotti is a well-known old fox. Could he not have thought of profound ideas?
Judging from his strategy against Mancini, he knows all about AC Milan's problems, and he is no stranger to how to deal with 4231. During the Miracle in Istanbul, Liverpool played 4231.
Gao Shen had read Benitez's memory of this game in the tactical library. His substitutions had some luck at all, and there was nothing so-called during the halftime break when he heard AC Milan reveling in the locker room.
It's all misinformation from outside media.
At best, AC Milan players just feel that they have a chance to win.
A three-goal lead in the Champions League final, no matter who it is.
Therefore, this miracle also involves a lot of luck to a certain extent. Benitez is more about taking advantage of the situation.
Interestingly, Benitez's Liverpool are also notoriously weak in attack.
Gao Shen was wondering, did Ancelotti do it on purpose?
He was confident in his defense, so he allowed his opponents to press and press him while seeking stability and counterattacking when he got the chance.
Given AC Milan's age, even if they want to play at a fast pace, they can't do it at all. This would be more suitable for them.
Liverpool conceded three goals in the first half, Lyon lost both legs, and Inter Milan lost the local derby. Isn't this always the case?
Of course, the risk is that if the defense is breached, AC Milan will be in trouble.
This is really similar to Capello's Juventus.
Gao Shen thought of this and suddenly looked at Buenaventura, "Lorenzo, if Ronaldo is allowed to start, do you think he can last through the first half with his physical fitness?"
Buenaventura and others were all stunned. Is Ronaldo going to start?
Ronaldo also started against Real Sociedad before, but the intensity of the game was completely different from the Champions League semi-finals. More importantly, Gao Shen's game had very high demands on the midfield and frontcourt, and everyone had to run.
"I can't say that, it still depends on the players." Buenaventura wasn't very sure either.
Ronaldo's physical fitness is really poor.
A very important task of the forward center in the 4,231 lineup is to suppress the opponent's two central defenders. Negredo's most important task in a game is actually to attack the central defenders, which is very costly.
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Ronaldo will definitely not be able to achieve the same effect as Negredo, but the Brazilian has extremely strong personal ability and extremely high scoring efficiency. If he is on the court, Real Madrid's offensive power can be greatly improved.
This is another decision of trade-off.
"We have been carefully preparing for this game for more than a week, and the players' physical fitness and condition have also been adjusted. If we change our minds temporarily now, it will only cause chaos, so..."
Gao Shen paused, stared deeply at the assistants in front of him, and spoke word by word.
"We still stick to the original plan and attack immediately after the game starts."
Changing the formation on the spot is actually a taboo because of lack of preparation.
Sometimes, instead of killing your opponent, you kill yourself.
"Should that be Negredo? Or Ronaldo?" Buenaventura asked with concern.
Gao Shen was a little embarrassed, "I'll think about it again."
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Just after playing against Getafe, the morning training was still mainly about recovery and adjustment.
As usual, Gao Shen stood at the edge of the training ground and silently watched Buenaventura's performance.
Now not only Gao Shen, but also everyone in the team is more and more impressed by Buenaventura's ability, because everyone's physical condition and physical condition have improved visibly.
More importantly, the team's training level has improved, and its competition ability has gradually improved.
Of course, everyone has put in hard work and sweat.
In the past, in order to accommodate the superstars, Real Madrid's training level was very low. Everyone was very comfortable and lived a very comfortable life. But now, every day is sweaty and the back is sore. If you are not careful, you may be injured at any time. Every training,
Even every movement requires an all-out effort, which is too much for many people.
However, they all persisted tenaciously and persistently.
Because they have hope and see hope.
After Ronaldo talked to Gao Shen, he seemed to be a completely different person. He worked hard no matter in games or training, and he no longer resisted even the gym training that he hated the most.
His body still looks bloated, and he is still far from his peak, but his mental outlook and game state have been greatly improved compared to before.
