Chapter 231 The person who executes the tactics has a problem
Chapter 231 There is something wrong with the person executing the tactics
"Is Allegri crazy?"
Pan Yi on the side tilted his head and looked at Allegri, thinking involuntarily.
Pan Yi really didn't expect it.
Hamburg's goal just now was obviously achieved by taking advantage of the gap in the Milan front line, especially the two full-backs.
In this case, shouldn't we stabilize it first and let our players stand in their positions first to avoid the same thing happening again?
And now, Allegri actually ignored all this and still let everyone press him?
Crazy!
There are only three possibilities for this kind of thing to happen.
Either Allegri is crazy, or Allegri is crazy, or Allegri is crazy.
Of course, there is another possibility.
That's because Allegri was too stupid and didn't see the problem of conceding the ball just now.
But as a professional coach, how could he not see it?
Forget it, the explanation that he has gone crazy is more reasonable.
Therefore, under Allegri's crazy command, after losing the ball, Milan once again launched a wave of attacks against Hamburg, and the fullbacks on both sides also pressed on again and again.
Only this time, they used Allegri's traditional skill even more: cross!
Pass to death!
Since Milan's 433 formation does not have traditional wingers, and the two wingers also have to go to the center to help grab points, the important task of passing the ball is handed over to the two full-backs De Sciglio and Abate.
but……
There is no high center forward in Milan now!
Both Niang and Mane are better at moving on the wing, but Balotelli doesn't like physical confrontation despite his tall and strong body, and his header skills are okay.
Therefore, it was all handled by Hamburg's defenders.
Both Van Dijk and Rudiger can easily control the high points and push the ball out of the danger zone.
Sometimes Milan will find players in the midfield and frontcourt through long passes from the center back, but in the midfield, the Brazilian duo of Casemiro and Paulinho also firmly control the air superiority.
Neither De Jong nor Muntari is actually tall enough, which prevents them from taking any advantage in the competition with the two Brazilians.
This is especially true for Montolivo. He is not good at fighting to begin with. How can he get any benefit from a physical fight with Casemiro?
And when Milan got a set kick, it was even more exaggerated. Hamburg's heavy tank Mitrovic drove directly into the penalty area!
Even though he is very good at heading the ball when attacking, he is also unambiguous and very active when defending.
As a result, the 80,000 fans at the scene watched the ball fly to Hamburg's backcourt again and again, and then fly out again and again.
Waves of boos began to ring out in the sky above San Siro.
Obviously, they are not satisfied with Milan's offense, and they are not satisfied with Allegri's strategy!
Take this example of English football from decades ago. It is said to be holding high the banner of offensive football, right?
And it doesn’t taste right.
The orthodox British football is equipped with high center forwards and wide midfielders. You are playing 433 and playing high-flying crosses. It is simply ridiculous!
What's more, it had no effect at all, and Hamburg's goal was not threatened at all.
On the contrary, when Milan's cross ball is pushed out by a Hamburg player, if it falls at the feet of another Hamburg player, a quick counterattack will be ready.
At this time, the offensive threat posed by Hamburg is even greater!
Therefore, at this time, Milan's midfielder will have to make more crazy steals on the spot and even commit fouls, otherwise there will be more serious consequences.
This can also be regarded as the "truth" Allegri obtained from Pan Yi after the German Super Cup battle between Hamburg and Bayern, right?
But fouls also come at a cost.
In the 40th minute, Hamburg once again took advantage of the pressure from the Milan fullback and launched a long pass to the back of Milan after receiving the ball.
This time, Rudiger passed the ball to the other side, and Son Heung-min came in at high speed.
But Milan reacted quickly. De Jong, who was a defensive midfielder, ran towards Son Heung-min and made a sliding tackle.
Son Heung-min gently lifted the ball, trying to move past De Jong's body.
But De Jong raised his calf and directly tripped Son Heung-min's toes. The Korean also fell to the ground and rolled several times on the ground before stopping.
This is a kind of self-protection for players, which can buffer the potential energy of a fall.
But this is also a kind of pressure on the referee, similar to "I fell so hard, should a foul be called?" This kind of complaint is more effective than talking.
Sure enough, the referee blew the whistle directly, awarded Hamburg a free kick on the left side of the penalty area, and showed De Jong a yellow card.
"Bei Derong" didn't say anything this time and turned around and left.
Maybe he also knew that this move was not only big, but also hindered Hamburg's threatening attack, so a card was unavoidable.
Allegri on the sidelines was also shouting loudly to encourage the players.
Although this position allowed Son Heung-min to penetrate a little too far and the timing of the foul was still a little late, it was still on one side of the penalty area after all and was not as dangerous as facing the goal.
However, when De Bruyne placed the ball and many Hamburg players stood in Milan's penalty area one by one, Allegri couldn't help but feel a little uneasy.
Why are there so many strong men in Hamburg?
Van Dijk, Rudiger, Casemiro, Paulinho, Mitrovic...
Compared with them, why do Zapata and Mexes, who are both 187cm tall, look a bit petite?
The focus is of course on tonnage.
Van Dijk and Mitrovic both weigh more than 90kg. In front of the two Milan central defenders who weigh 82kg, aren't they just like a wall?
And now these "walls" are blocking the door of Milan one by one. Do you think Allegri is panicking?
The most important thing is that these tall men in Hamburg do not just grab headers by chance.
They have a tactical design!
When De Bruyne stretched out his right hand, all the players in the Hamburg penalty area understood it.
The moment De Bruyne kicked the ball out, Van Dijk, Rudiger, and Casemiro all ran forward, which also took away several Milan defensive players.
But they were all false shots.
The real landing point of this free kick was Mitrovic ambushing in the middle of the penalty area!
He took advantage of the chaos and ran out of space, jumped high and headed the ball towards the goal.
Although Mexes stuck closely to Mitrovic's side, he still couldn't stop the opponent from taking off. He could only watch the ball hit the Serbian forward's head and then change direction.
The distance was too close and there was nothing Edson could do.
The ball hit the upper right corner of the goal!
"Hamburg scored again!"
"They took advantage of a free kick in the frontcourt and 'Little Vieri' Mitrovic scored a header!"
"Oh my god, the game is still in the first half, but Hamburg is already leading by two goals! But this is San Siro, the home of Milan!"
"Let's take a look at the replay of this goal. De Bruyne's penalty kick was very accurate and accurately found the top of Mitrovic's head."
"The tall men in Hamburg also moved very well, taking away Milan's defense. Obviously, this is the set-piece tactic that coach Pan Yi asked the players to practice during training."
"And if we look at the foul that resulted in the free kick, it's exactly the same development as the first goal."
"Hamburg saw the void in Milan's defense when they launched a massive attack, and then the central defender directly launched a long pass to find the winger. De Jong had no choice but to foul to prevent Son Heung-min's breakthrough."
"How should I put it? Burger stabbed Milan twice in succession with the same trick, but Milan never really defended himself..."
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"Is Allegri crazy?"
In Munich, Bayern's training base, Guardiola also raised the same question.
He was watching the live broadcast of the game with his assistants.
Their game ended one night earlier, with Bayern defeating CSKA Moscow 3-0 at home.
Now Guardiola has regarded Pan Yi's Hamburg as the most threatening opponent for the championship this season, and will watch Hamburg's games when he has time.
In addition to studying Hamburg's tactical routines and looking for ways to restrain them, Guardiola also wants to "steal" from Pan Yi, a coach with endless tactical ideas, to enrich his own tactical concepts.
In addition, as Bayern's main competitor, Guardiola is certainly willing to see Hamburg suffer a defeat in Milan.
In this case, Pan Yi's team will definitely be demoralized and make mistakes in the league.
This has nothing to do with so-called "sportsmanship".
In the long league, everyone competes to see who makes fewer mistakes.
If you make a mistake and I don't, then I might be the champion.
There is no team in this world that makes absolutely no mistakes. It just depends on when you make a mistake and how serious it is.
But what Guardiola didn't expect was that AC Milan played such rubbish at home, falling behind 0:2 in the first half.
It seems that it was Milan who made a mistake today, it was Allegri.
"Today's Hamburg starting lineup was obviously targeted at Allegri's style of play, sending a lot of tall men to control the high points." Guardiola shook his head, "But Allegri didn't do anything about it.
Be vigilant, and still fight according to his established fighting style, can you not suffer a loss?"
Assistant Grande on the side also said: "You have been telling me before that you can see that in Milan's Triple Crown season, most of the game tactics were formulated by Pan Yi, the assistant coach at the time. I am still a little bit dissatisfied."
I believed it too much, and now I believe it. With the stubbornness Allegri showed today, it is really impossible to lead such a strong team."
"Pan Yi's on-the-spot adjustments are also very impressive." The person who spoke at this time was Ten Hahe, the head coach of Bayern Munich's youth team.
In order to ensure the tactical consistency of the first team and the entire youth training system, Ten Hag will often participate in tactical meetings hosted by Guardiola.
This Dutch coach, who will become the head coach of Ajax and Manchester United in the future, has the same beautiful hair style as Guardiola.
When the two of them appeared in the conference room together, the whole room seemed brighter.
"In the first half, when Milan seemed to have the advantage, Pan Yi specifically asked the players to control the ball more in the backcourt to lure the enemy deeper, and then scored the long pass goal." Ten Hag continued.
"In fact, Hamburg's midfield is now stronger than Milan, but they deliberately slow down the pace to seduce Milan players to press forward and create space for attack."
"But Allegri was not aware of this and continued to fall into the trap woven by Pan Yi."
Ten Hahe seemed a little annoyed when he spoke.
After all, he is just a youth team coach, but he can see the problems on the field. And Allegri is the head coach of a European giant, but he is so determined to play high-position pressing with Hamburg. He really doesn't know what he is doing.
, and I don’t know the other.
This gave Ten Hag a feeling of "I can do it myself". He really wanted to rush to Milan right now, drag Allegri off the coaching bench, roll up his sleeves and get in on his own.
"You're right." Guardiola nodded appreciatively.
He still admires Ten Hag as a youth team coach. When discussing tactics, the Dutchman can always find the key to the problem and put forward his own opinions.
Guardiola believes that it won't be long before Ten Hag can stand on his own and coach a first team independently.
"At the beginning, Hamburg did not play well. After all, their players were still too young and had not adapted to the atmosphere and rhythm of the Champions League." Guardiola said.
"But Pan Yi's command from the sidelines quickly stabilized the situation. He asked the players to move closer to the center and backcourt, and let Milan's full-backs come over."
"At the same time, Paulinho and Casemiro also formed a double defensive midfielder, sweeping at the front of the penalty area to protect the defense, so that the players on the back line can move with confidence."
"This also adds two more points for the ball in the backcourt. It is difficult for Milan's forward group to grab the ball, so the full-backs press higher, hoping to grab the ball and directly threaten the Hamburg goal."
"It's a pity that this was all calculated by Pan Yi. When Milan's formation pressed forward and there was space in the backcourt, Hamburg's central defender directly launched a long pass attack. These two goals were basically created in this way.
of."
"It can be said that without Pan Yi's on-the-spot adjustments, these two goals would not have been possible. In this regard, Allegri did lose a lot. When he was one goal behind, he still hadn't woken up and was still using his old
Trying to force the offense... is simply asking for trouble."
Ten Hahe also nodded and said: "This also shows that the Hamburg players have extremely high tactical literacy and high training level. Otherwise, even if Pan Yi commanded like a god, it would be difficult for them to understand the main idea immediately in just a few minutes."
The coach’s intention will be carried out without any compromise.”
Bayern's coaches also nodded in agreement.
The situation in the first half actually demonstrated the huge gap in tactical level between Hamburg and Milan.
Hamburg's players have very tight positions between two or three players, and each player holding the ball has multiple ball release points.
Once the player holding the ball (whether it is one's own or the opponent's) moves to one side, Hamburg's entire body will also move with it, maintaining the tightness of the formation, making it difficult for the opponent to find a breakthrough in the first place.
The same is true when Pan Yi moves Hamburg's line back. If the defenders retreat, the midfielder will also move back, including the front encounter line, which will not suddenly make the space in the center wider.
All the players in Hamburg are like every part of a precision instrument, closely interlocked with each other. I have you in me, and you have me in you. Each player can produce different effects and effects in different positions.
effect.
But Milan is different.
In order to implement Allegri's passing strategy, they spread the formation very wide, and at the same time the distance between the players was also widened.
Although it seems that this takes up more court space, there is also a large gap between Milan players.
Hamburg only needed to knock a nail between the opponent's players, and the Milan machine immediately jammed and was not running smoothly.
And without a dedicated crosser (such as Beckham in the past), Milan's style of play feels like Hanzo's archery.
I passed the ball, whether it can hit my teammates on the head, whether it can go in, it all depends on fate.
Not to mention that these teammates who are waiting to catch the ball are actually not that good at grabbing headers.
All of these are the reasons why Milan fell behind in the first half and played extremely ugly.
"Allegri is such a stubborn old man." Guardiola sighed in the end. "He still clings to his old ways and has not kept pace with the times at all."
"He doesn't know that since Pan Yi appeared, the tactical development of European football has changed a lot. Even I have learned a lot from Pan Yi."
"But he was lucky. When Pan Yi was in the team, he could still listen to a few words. As soon as Pan Yi left, he immediately returned to his old ways. The essence of Pan Yi's tactics was not learned at all."
"That's it for this game. Milan doesn't have any chance. Let's study the next round of the game against Schalke 04..."
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In the second half, Hamburg entered the stadium with a two-goal advantage.
During the halftime break, Pan Yi praised the players' performance. After all, this is the first trip to the Champions League for many people. It can be said that it is very satisfying to score such a score at San Siro.
Then Pan Yi just asked the players to continue playing the same way they did in the first half without making any adjustments.
After all, Allegri is a bit over the top now. If he likes to pass, just let him pass it. Pan Yi can just stay the same and adapt to all changes.
Even if Allegri really enlightened and made some changes, Pan Yi would still have no time to respond to his changes.
After all, you have two balls in hand!
Sure enough, Pan Yi discovered shortly after the start of the second half that Milan still had the same recipe and the same taste.
Allegri did not make any adjustments to the lineup. Tactically, he just asked midfielder De Jong to withdraw a little further to protect the space on both sides of his side.
Milan's two full-backs were still actively pressing forward, cooperating with the midfielder and frontcourt to press Hamburg's players.
Obviously, Allegri still wants to use a fierce attack to quickly start the second half. If he can get one back, there is hope for turning defeat into victory.
But after experiencing the fighting in the first half, the Hamburg players had already become accustomed to this rhythm.
They took their time and competed with each other in the midfield.
Although the Milan players' fighting intensity has improved and they can indeed grab the ball at the feet of the Hamburg players, their offensive method is too simple.
After finally getting the ball, he quickly separated the sides, and then made a pass from the bottom, or from the sideline, or from the center line.
And Bashen, who is located in the center of the penalty area, is always surrounded by Hamburg players. It is difficult to get the ball comfortably, let alone any threatening shots.
The same is true for Niang and Mane on the two wings.
It is difficult for them to receive the ball from the wing from their teammates, so they can only go to the penalty area to participate in the top challenge, or recover it to the ribs to win the two penalty kicks.
But it is obvious that both the first and second points are basically controlled by the Hamburg players!
So Mane could only return to the midfield to get the ball, and then use his personal ability to break through.
Instead, he has become Milan's most threatening player in recent times. Pan Yi also asked Salah to recycle appropriately to keep an eye on his African good brother.
As time goes by, Milan's passing tactics become more and more difficult.
Later, even the ball release points of Milan's two full-backs were restricted by Hamburg.
Whether it is De Sciglio or Abate, when they get the ball, Paulinho or De Bruyne will immediately come forward to interfere, making it more difficult for them to take action.
This is because after a fierce attack for about 20 minutes, Milan's main players, who had played two games in three days, were a little overwhelmed.
Milan players whose physical fitness began to decline also had to slow down a bit.
But at this time, the burgers were speeding up.
This is the basic combat policy proposed by Pan Yi during the intermission: when the enemy advances, we retreat; when the enemy is stationed, we harass; when the enemy is tired, we attack; when the enemy retreats, we pursue!
Hamburg's players suddenly intensified their pressure on Milan's ball-handlers.
Not to mention their two full-backs, even if the Milan central defender and midfielder want to distribute the ball to the wing, the difficulty will suddenly increase.
Salah, Son Heung-min, and Mitrovic instantly seemed to be on stimulants, swooping towards Milan's backcourt, causing Milan's passing to become stumbling.
The game suddenly entered Hamburg's rhythm, and Hamburg's offensive began to become more and more fierce.
Gradually, Milan began to retreat, while Hamburg almost pushed the defense line past the center line!
Suddenly, danger began to appear in front of Milan's door.
"We have to make adjustments." Milan assistant coach Tassotti said to Allegri on the home team's bench, "If we still insist on the current style of play, it is better to remove a forward and replace him with a midfielder.
, change the formation to 442. This can not only stabilize the defense, but also have more choices at the passing point."
Allegri turned his head, glanced at his assistant, then turned back and continued to look into the stadium without replying.
I've been playing for so long and just changing the formation now, isn't it a slap in my face?
"Allegri..." Tassotti was a little excited.
But Allegri waved his hand, signaling Tassotti to stop talking.
"If we persist a little longer, their flaws will be exposed, and then we can score!" Allegri insisted.
However, he still agreed with one of the views Tassotti just said, that is, someone must be replaced!
He felt that there must be no problem with his tactics now, but why he did not achieve the desired results must be because there was something wrong with the person executing the tactics.
Therefore, the person who caused Milan’s current predicament must be solved first!
So he called his hand and called forward Matri over.
After he finishes warming up, Allegri can replace Matri and take Mane off!