Chapter 229 Milan has a great advantage, Milan A goes up
Amid cheers all over the sky, this highly anticipated first round match of the Champions League group stage has officially begun!
Even now, in the stands of San Siro, you can still hear the shouts of "Pan Yi!" "Pan Yi!"
But soon, more people turned their attention to the fierce competition going on.
Now on the sidelines, Allegri stood in the coach's command area as soon as the game started, waving to the players on the court.
He wanted to take advantage of the opponent's unsteady foothold at the beginning and use the advantage of the home court to attack and see if he could steal one!
Pan Yi also rarely sat on the bench, but also stood in the command area watching the game, but he was not as excited as Allegri.
He was also slightly worried about the start.
Because apart from Salah and Van Dijk, none of the Hamburg players on the field has experience in the Champions League.
In fact, even Salah and Van Dijk did not have many appearances in the Champions League last season.
In other words, this group of players may not be able to adapt to the atmosphere of the Champions League.
In addition, the opponent is AC Milan, which has the DNA of the Champions League, and is playing at San Siro at home, so it is normal for Hamburg to be a little reserved after the opening.
Therefore, Pan Yi hopes that the players can stabilize their position first, withstand Milan's three blows, and then slowly find their own rhythm.
As for the self-adjustment ability of Hamburg players, Pan Yi is very confident in them now.
But it is obvious that Allegri's Milan is not prepared to give Hamburg much breathing time.
Only 20 seconds into the game, Milan played a good frontcourt attack.
When Mane faced Carvajal on the left, he pretended to go down, but instead dunked the ball and cut it into the corner of the penalty area.
When teammate Van Dijk came to defend, Mane, who knew the opponent well, passed the ball directly. Balotelli, the "Balotelli" in the middle, kicked the ball without hesitation, but the ball was blocked by Rudiger with his leg.
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After the ball flew to the outside, Milan's midfielder Montolivo also rushed over and fired a volley.
But Navas was very focused and pushed the ball over the crossbar. Milan got a corner kick.
Montolivo took a corner kick, and Van Dijk grabbed the first point and pushed the ball out, but he couldn't push it too far. Milan forward Niang, who was standing near the penalty spot, headed the ball slightly wide.
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In just over a minute after the opening, AC Milan attacked the goal three times in a row, posing a considerable threat to Hamburg's goal.
Such a good opening performance also made the Milan fans at the scene continue to send drums and cheers to the home team.
At this time, no one called Pan Yi's name anymore.
Now they only care about whether their home team can win this crucial group match!
After all, in a Champions League group consisting of three teams, especially a group of death where each team is very strong, the result of the home game is particularly important.
If you want to qualify, especially if you want to qualify as first in the group, three home games are almost impossible to miss.
In most cases, if you can win all the home games and get 9 points, and then as long as you can get one or two wins or draws in the away games, and get about 12 points, you can guarantee qualifying, or even the third place.
One person qualified.
It is very important for every team to qualify first or second!
After all, the top 16 knockout rounds after qualifying will determine who their respective opponents will be.
If you can qualify as the first in the group, your opponent will be the second in other groups, and the strength will be relatively weaker, making it easier to pass.
But if you are second in the group, then wait until you are drawn to a giant like Real Madrid or Bayern!
Of course, just like the league, sometimes you may not qualify if you score high, and sometimes you may not qualify if you score low... It all depends on your fate.
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Taking this season's Champions League group stage as an example, Pan Yi's memories of watching football in his previous life told him that two extremes will appear soon - as long as the timeline develops according to normal conditions.
In Group F, Naples, Dortmund, and Arsenal all ended up with 4 wins, 2 losses, and 12 points. Naples was eliminated because of the lowest goal difference in the direct comparison between the three.
At the same time, this is also the highest score that can theoretically not qualify! Naples also became the unlucky guy.
At the same time, in Group G, Zenit has only 1 win, 3 draws, 2 losses and only 6 points, which is only half of Napoli’s points.
However, they overcame Porto and Vienna, which performed even worse, and qualified as second in the group!
Out with 12 points and qualifying with 6 points, where can Naples go to reason?
Therefore, the 12-point qualifying mentioned just now is only theoretical. Each team will still strive to perform well in each group match and strive for more points, so as not to put themselves into an embarrassing situation like Naples.
Go.
It's only the first round now, and Milan is at home. Of course, they will be more eager for a victory to start this season's Champions League journey!
Therefore, coaches like Allegri are not conservative. From the beginning, they commanded Milan to launch a fierce attack on Hamburg.
After withstanding Milan's three consecutive attacks, Pan Yi also shouted to the players on the court: "Steady! Steady!"
He wanted the Hamburg players to remember what they had done in training and the strategy for the game arranged by the coaching staff, so he also kept reminding them on the sidelines.
As long as he does not panic under Milan's opening attack and explores Milan's details, Pan Yi believes that with Hamburg's current strength, as long as Allegri exposes problems at the tactical level, the team will surely catch it.<
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However, Pan Yi’s reminder seemed to the cameras on the sidelines that Hamburg’s head coach was a little anxious.
The live TV camera specifically gave him a close-up, as if to highlight his anxiety at this moment.
After all, Pan Yi gives people the impression that he has always been very calm, which was the case when he played in Bayern's Super Cup.
But now he stands up and shouts at the players, then he must be nervous!
After all, he is a "rookie coach" who has never directed a Champions League game independently, so it is normal to be nervous!
Seeing this scene in Allegri's eyes, the Italian coach also grinned.
Sure enough, Pan Yi before the game was just being tough!
Has the secret been revealed now? Let’s see how you play against me at the San Siro Stadium?
When facing a strong team, it is Pan Yi's specialty to shrink back and defend against counterattacks. This is what he suggested and implemented when he played against Barcelona in Milan.
And if today Milan can use an offensive attitude to defeat opponents who have shrunk their defense when facing Hamburg, then there is no doubt that Allegri's status in the hearts of Milan fans will be greatly improved.
Is this the Pan Yi you have been longing for? The Pan Yi who can play beautiful offense?
In front of my wise and powerful Alaigri, why don't you just defend yourself obediently and surrender with the white flag!
"As long as my three midfielders can completely suppress their three midfielders, Pan Yi will have no chance in this game and will only be passively beaten in their backcourt."
When Alaigri thought of this, there was even a bit of ruthlessness in his eyes.
"From now on, when people mention AC Milan, they will only think of Allegri's team, not Pan Yi."
"Even if I mention Pan Yi, I will only think of his complete defeat at the San Siro Stadium today, his complete defeat after his ugly defense was completely torn apart by my mercury-like offense!"
This is indeed the most ideal result.
Defeating Pan Yi in the way that Milan fans like to see the most, and in the way that they think Pan Yi is best at, is the fastest way to make Milan fans forget about Pan Yi.
Today, the 80,000 San Siro fans will witness with their own eyes how Allegri shattered their beautiful illusions about Pan Yi.
After today, they will know that AC Milan already has the best head coach in the world who can also play the best offense.
Milan doesn’t need Pan Yi!
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AC Milan's three midfielders are indeed very tough.
The first is "Martial Arts Meng" Muntari.
Although he is not a technically sophisticated player, his technique and ball feel are a bit rough, and he has no breakthrough ability and cannot create threats through his personal ability;
But he is very active in defense, has certain abilities in confrontation and fighting, and can provide help for midfield defense.
On the offensive end, he also has a good long pass and the ability to attack from long distances. In addition, his long-range shots are also very threatening.
All in all, it’s a steal!
Then there is the "artist" Montolivo.
He is almost the opposite of Muntari, with beautiful feet, skillful ball control, light movements, excellent long-range shooting, broad passing vision, and full of creativity.
Montolivo, who became famous at a young age, is known as the "new generation of Roberto Baggio" and was considered a genius midfielder at a young age.
Later, his position gradually changed and he became a defensive midfielder, but his technical characteristics also made him highly anticipated by Milan fans, hoping to become the next Pirlo.
However, similar to Pirlo, his physical fitness and defensive ability are shortcomings, so he needs the help of his midfield teammates.
But Montolivo will not be shy when he needs to actively defend, but he often has to pay the price of red and yellow cards. At this time, Milan fans will laugh and say that "Literary Mongolian" has completed the transition to "Martial Mongolian"
"The transformation of form.
The last one is even more heavyweight.
Nigel de Jong!
De Rong is also known as "Derong of the South, Peipei of the North" by people in the world.
Being as famous as the monk Pepe shows how fierce De Rong is.
There are many players named De Jong in the history of Dutch football. Among them, Nigel De Jong can be remembered by fans, but he is mentioned by everyone for his tough defense and his ability to destroy players with every kick.
His most famous "work" is that he kicked Spanish midfielder Alonso in the chest in the World Cup final in South Africa, causing the opponent's ribs to fracture, but he only received a yellow card.
While playing for Manchester City, he once fractured the fibula of talented player Alpha with a flying tackle.
Later when he was playing in the major leagues, there were similar flying tackles that caused opposing players to rely on wheelchairs to travel.
He also played for Hamburg for three years, and today he faced his old club and wanted to perform "dazzlingly".
Therefore, Allegri is obviously very confident in his three favorite midfielders, and believes that they can suppress the performance of Hamburg's midfield, and then use their offense to severely hit Hamburg's defense! p>
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But now, under Pan Yi's frequent shouting, the mentality of the players on the Hamburg field has slowly relaxed.
They are actively fighting and trying to control the ball at their feet to gradually return the rhythm of the game to Hamburg.
They did not rush to carry out high-intensity frontcourt pressure, but concentrated their personnel more in the midfield area.
This is also the characteristic of Hamburg this season, that is, it will be more resilient when facing the opponent's strong attack. It will start a midfield battle with the opponent calmly, and once control is gained, it will immediately launch a storm of attack.
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But judging from the scene, it seems that Milan is still taking more of the offensive initiative, while Hamburg is passively being beaten.
This made everyone, including Allegri, feel that Hamburg might really be the kind of inexperienced recruit.
Although they seemed unstoppable in the Bundesliga, once they entered the Champions League where there were so many strong opponents, they were immediately scared and wet their pants.
Although this idea is a bit biased, it is not unreasonable.
Many teams, especially teams dominated by young players, often have this kind of thing happen. When they get nervous, they lose all form and cannot perform at any technical and tactical level.
This is why there is a saying that "a family with an elder is like a treasure".
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Including Pan Yi's previous life, AC Milan, on the road to revival, led by old players like Yin Bu and Giroud, slowly returned to the forefront of Serie A with a group of young people, and finally regained the championship.
But in the current Hamburg team, the oldest player in the lineup is the 26-year-old goalkeeper Navas, and he is not an experienced veteran. Everyone thinks that it is normal for them to panic under Milan's pressure.
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As a result, Allegri began to invest more troops on the offensive end.
While you are sick, I will kill you!
We just need to get a few of these kids in Hamburg while they are still nervous and unable to stand firm. Even if they recover by then, it will already be too late.
After that, De Sciglio and Abate pressed harder and harder, and Milan's offensive performance on the two wings became more active, which made AC Milan look more powerful when attacking.
Hamburg, on the other hand, still responded calmly.
Pan Yi also made fine adjustments to the team's ball control method based on Milan's current offensive method.
He asked the Hamburg players not to rush forward after getting the ball, but to return to their own half to adjust, and then gradually move forward through the passing of the midfield and backfield.
The purpose of this is to induce Milan players to counterattack on the spot instead of defending in position.
Pan Yi saw the space after Milan pressed on both sides. If these Milan forwards and full-backs are busy counterattacking and cannot return to their positions in time, Hamburg will use Van Dijk and Rudiger's good long passing ability to beat Milan.
Behind you, you can create opportunities.
Sure enough, it didn't take long after Pan Yi made the adjustment, and the effect was achieved.
Hamburg's ball was passed back to the back line. Milan's three forwards were already standing in Hamburg's backcourt, so they immediately began to press and prepare to press.
But among the three forwards, Mane is very active in fighting, and Niang is okay, but Balotelli feels a bit pretentious.
He is one of those very talented football players, but he is very unqualified in terms of teamwork, work commitment, tactical discipline and other mental attributes, which also hinders him from becoming a true world-class superstar.
The pressing in the frontcourt requires the unity and cooperation of team members. If one teammate is rushing and the other two teammates do not help block the opponent's passing line, it will not be effective anyway.
So after several passes in Hamburg's defense, Milan failed to grab the ball.
At this time, the two full-backs pressing behind Milan also came to help.
Now Milan has a great advantage, Milan A is on the rise!...
When De Sciglio saw Van Dijk holding the ball, he rushed towards him, trying to make a sudden grab when he was about to pass the ball.
But Van Dijk released the ball faster than De Sciglio imagined.
In other words, Van Dijk had already seen the flaw exposed by the opponent at this moment when the two full-backs came up!
And this is what Pan Yi has always asked him to do during tactical training.
During his seemingly aimless kick just now, he was actually observing the position of each opponent's player!
And now, the opportunity has finally come.
After Van Dijk's long foot swung up, the ball quickly flew over half of the field from the backcourt and landed on the left side of the outside of Milan's penalty area.
Salah was like a bolt of lightning, tearing apart Milan's defense in an instant, crossing Zapata, and quickly chasing the ball.
Milan's other central defender Mexes was so frightened that he threw away Mitrovic who was defending him and chased Salah, but it was too late. With his speed, it was impossible to catch up with Salah who was going at full speed.
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Milan goalkeeper Ederson reacted quickly and directly abandoned the goal.
This is also one of his characteristics.
Unlike those traditional goalkeepers, he has a very wide attack range and can even be used as a trailing sweeper in many cases.
But this time, Salah was faster than him.
When Ederson had just reached the penalty spot, Salah had already controlled the ball and saw Edlin's movement, so he flicked it lightly.
Ederson jumped high and blocked the air with both hands, but he failed to stop the ball from flying over.
Shocked, he turned around and was about to run back, but he already saw that the ball had drawn a wonderful parabola and fell directly into the goal he was guarding.
"The ball has been scored!" He Wei's voice sounded.
"In the 20th minute, Hamburg opened the scoring and took the away lead!
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"This is a very exciting long pass from the backcourt to initiate an attack. It comes from the connection between two old Milan players. Van Dijk passed the ball and Salah scored!"
"Hamburg used a sharp counterattack to create the first goal of the game!"
"This goal is also very beautiful. Salah's lob shot was just right. It went over Ederson's head and went into the goal from the lower edge of the crossbar!"
The Hamburg players all rushed towards Salah, the hero of the goal, but the Egyptian Pharaoh waved his hand and made an apologetic gesture.
Everyone understands.
Salah was unwilling to celebrate when he scored against his old club, which was also an expression of respect and respect for his old club.
So, the players just went over and touched Salah's head to congratulate him, without any big celebration.
At this time, in the San Siro Stadium, in addition to the cheers from the Hamburg fans in the visiting team's stands, there were also scattered applause from the home team's stands.
This is an applause dedicated to Salah and to this old Milan general!
This is also the greatest respect that Milan fans can express to this young player who has made great contributions to Milan's Triple Crown.
On the sidelines, Pan Yi also tried hard to control his emotions and prevent himself from jumping up with excitement.
You know, this is the team's first goal in the Champions League after he became the head coach!
This is a very memorable goal!
But he is now at San Siro, in front of tens of thousands of Milan fans who love him, so of course he cannot be too excited.
So now Pan Yi tensed up his whole body, clenched his right fist and slapped his thigh directly, which looked a bit funny.
But in his heart, he is very happy at this moment!
Because the whole process of this goal basically developed in Pan Yi's expectation and finally scored.
As a head coach, the most satisfying moment is when the players on the field strictly implement the tactics you arranged, and then score goals and win on the field.
It feels like the commander-in-chief of a large army, commanding thousands of troops to attack cities and seize territory, and be invincible.
Although you didn't kill the enemy personally, the feeling was more satisfying than how many enemies you killed!
In this attack, Hamburg first took advantage of the inconsistent pressing rhythm of Milan's forward group and successfully induced both of their fullbacks to step forward to assist.
Then Van Dijk's long pass was used to hit Milan behind. Salah's rapid advance also highlighted the shortcomings of Milan's two central defenders, and finally scored the ball easily.
In other words, this long-pass attack perfectly executed Pan Yi's tactics, while also taking advantage of Hamburg's advantages and completely taking advantage of Milan's shortcomings.
This also reflects Pan Yi’s sharpness in pre-game preparation and on-the-spot command!
After calmly hugging his assistants and celebrating the goal a little, Pan Yi continued to signal to the players on the field to continue to hold steady and not to rush forward.
After Milan loses the ball, they will definitely find a way to counterattack, but they will probably learn a lesson and won't attack as fiercely as they did in the opening game.
At this time, Hamburg must take advantage of their slowed down pace to continue to regain possession of the ball and gradually exert their strength to bring the game into the rhythm they are most familiar with.
As long as the game is played at Hamburg's pace, Pan Yi is not afraid of Milan.
But this time, Pan Yi failed to guess Alaigri's thoughts.
In other words, Allegri's desire to win this game has far exceeded Pan Yi's imagination!
After Milan conceded the goal and fell behind, Allegri gradually became irritable on the sidelines.
He unbuttoned the top button of his shirt and waved his arms wildly in the command area, asking Milan players to press him up again and again!
This momentum is probably saying:
"Brothers, come on! I give you one minute to equalize the score! Otherwise, you will reap the rewards!"