"AC Milan is just a substitute lineup, why are we playing so hard and even conceding a goal first?"
In the stands, Inter Milan's president Moratti turned to look at Figo.
Although Moratti often says that he doesn't know much about football, even an ordinary fan can see Inter Milan's current predicament.
Now every time Inter Milan advances into the frontcourt, it will encounter great resistance, making it difficult for the ball to pass to a threatening area.
As Inter Milan's single arrow, Milito has received meticulous care from Nesta and Mexes, and now he doesn't even have a decent shot.
It's okay if the main lineup against Milan played like this. After all, Milan is indeed very strong this year. Not to mention the Serie A league, it has also reached the semi-finals of the Champions League and is very hopeful of entering the final.
But today it was obvious that all the substitutes were on the court, and Inter Milan still had nothing to do with them, which made Moratti a little bit restless.
"Uh..." Figo was at a loss to answer.
What could he say?
Is it because Inter Milan’s players are all rubbish?
This is obviously not true.
Just two years ago, these players won the Triple Crown!
So you say the coach is rubbish? The tactics are completely suppressed?
That would be too disrespectful to Stramaccioni.
Although Figo can indeed see that the current scene is largely due to the battle between the two coaches, Figo himself has no solution, and of course he is embarrassed to say that other coaches are not good.
But at this time, Moratti said suddenly: "Do you think if we sign Pan Yi before next season, the team's performance will change drastically?"
This made Figo stunned.
He knew that Moratti had actually sent someone to investigate Pan Yi's details before.
Moratti has already fired two coaches this season. It is unjustifiable to say that he has not noticed the most popular assistant coach in Serie A.
Even before Ranieri was fired, someone among Inter Milan's senior management suggested that they talk to Pan Yi.
But perhaps considering that Pan Yi had no direct experience coaching a wealthy club and was not familiar with Inter Milan, Stramaccioni finally took over.
It's just that today, after seeing Pan Yi leading a group of Milan's substitute players to compete with Inter Milan's main players and gaining the upper hand, this will definitely further increase Moratti's interest in Pan Yi. He may even regret not letting Pan Yi coach Inter Milan as soon as possible.
Maybe if such a decision had been made earlier, what we saw today might have been Inter Milan beating Milan?
It sounds a bit suspenseful, but considering Pan Yi’s understanding of Milan, it’s really not impossible.
Figo cleared his throat and replied: "Actually, I also admire this young coach. He has a good eye for people, is very firm in employing people, and has his own unique tactics. However, today's game is not over yet.
, whether Stramaccioni is really inferior to Pan Yi cannot be concluded so early..."
"Huh, let's wait and see." Moratti stopped talking and looked at the court with bright eyes.
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The game has reached the 40th minute.
Stramaccioni became increasingly anxious and began to wave his arms on the sidelines.
He wanted to equalize the score as soon as possible.
If he can enter the halftime break with a 1:1 score, then both he and the players on the field will have much less psychological pressure.
At the same time, I will be much more relaxed about the tactical arrangements for the second half.
So he also started to change his formation.
Inter Milan no longer started the game with 541, but instead changed to 4231.
Milito is still forward, and behind him is attacking midfielder Sneijder.
The double defensive midfielders Cambiasso and Guarin, while Alvarez and Maicon were pushed to the two winger positions.
On the back line, Zanetti was placed at right back, forming a regular four-back formation.
As a result, Inter Milan's attack on the wing has been significantly strengthened.
This makes Milan's defense seem a bit unable to keep up.
This time, Maicon got the ball on the right, and when facing Antonini, he accelerated and broke through to the bottom line.
Nesta came over to help defend, and Maicon made the first pass, trying to find Milito in the middle.
Mexes made a header to clear the ball before Milito, but the ball reached the outside. Sneijder's shot was lifted over the crossbar by Abbiati.
There was a round of applause.
Inter Milan fans saw that the home team finally started to exert strength on the offensive end, and they all cheered for the team.
Sneijder took a corner kick, but the first point was grabbed by Nesta and passed out of the penalty area.
As soon as Van Bommel stopped the ball, Cambiati pounced on him.
Inter Milan tried to press Milan in the frontcourt.
Van Bommel first made an emergency stop and wanted to turn around and lead forward, but Cambiati followed up and made a move. Van Bommel could only take a step to the side and passed the ball to De Sciglio on the other side.
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And Alvarez immediately appeared near the sideline and headed straight for De Sciglio.
This is Stramaccioni's new tactic after changing the formation, forcing Milan's ball to the wing and then stealing it.
Especially when the ball is on De Sciglio's side, young players can take advantage of their lack of game experience and tendency to get nervous to grab the ball.
However, although De Sciglio has not been able to play as the main player in recent games, he is no longer the kid who was playing in the youth team.
Under Pan Yi's careful guidance, he also had plans for various scenarios.
Including his passing and ball-taking abilities, he has been repeatedly trained. When faced with pressing pressure like Alvarez, he will naturally not panic.
After De Sciglio stopped the ball, he glanced ahead and found that Ambrosini happened to be on the path where he could pass the ball.
This is also a very important point in Pan Yi's tactics, that is, when the full-back gets the ball, the central midfielder must come close to respond, giving the full-back one more point to play the ball.
So De Sciglio passed the ball directly without thinking.
Ambrosini stopped the ball in the open space, turned around, and found that many Inter Milan players were not in their defensive positions due to the attack just now.
Especially Inzaghi in Milan's frontcourt, there are no defensive players around him!
Ambrosini glanced at Inzaghi, and without waiting for the opponent's melon to get closer, he took advantage of the situation and made a long pass.
The ball accurately landed behind Inter Milan's defense and on the left side of the front edge of the penalty area.
Inzaghi also chased after him with understanding.
The referee did not blow the whistle and the linesman did not raise the flag!
This is a successful anti-offside!
Naturally, Inzaghi would not miss such an opportunity.
I saw him gently remove the ball from mid-air, and after entering the penalty area, he directly deceived Cesar with a fake move, and then easily pushed the ball into the empty goal.