Before this year, it had won 27 Serie A championships and 9 Italian Cup championships.
Their number of domestic championships is much higher than that of the Milan duo.
Where AC Milan is better than Juventus is in the European arena.
Milan has won seven Champions League titles, while Juventus has only won two.
This unlucky guy has entered the Champions League finals several times, but fell before the finish line every time. One of them was killed by Milan himself.
But back in the domestic arena, Juventus can never be underestimated.
Although Juventus was relegated to Serie B after the Calciopoli scandal in 2006, they quickly came back and slowly recovered.
In the historical line that Pan Yi knows, Juventus regained the Serie A championship with an undefeated record this year and started a dynasty of nine consecutive championships. It was not until 2021 and 2022 that the monopoly was broken by the Milan duo.
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Therefore, in Pan Yi's view, whether Milan can change destiny and win the championship this year and whether it can defeat Juventus is definitely the most critical battle in the entire season.
In the first four league games, Juventus has 2 wins and 2 draws, also remaining unbeaten.
Although Juventus is already 4 points behind Milan, which has won all four games, if Milan loses in this game, the gap will be instantly pulled back to 1 point, and the pressure will be on Milan.
on the young generals.
Moreover, losing to a direct competitor will undoubtedly cause a devastating blow to the morale of the entire team, and then collapse. There are many such examples in the history of football.
——In fact, in Pan Yi's previous life, Milan lost in this game, which was also an important reason why they were unable to win the championship.
Therefore, this game must not be lost!
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"So I think we should use the same tactics as when we played Barcelona last time. We should defend well first and then wait for opportunities to counterattack."
In the coach's tactical meeting, Allegri looked at the tactical board with his iconic embarrassed face.
"Yes, I think so too." Tassotti also echoed, "The tactics proposed by Pan Yi are indeed effective. When facing a strong enemy like Juventus, the first priority is to ensure not to lose.
Bit."
The two coaches have the same view.
When challenging a strong enemy like Juventus on the road, you must first focus on defense.
As long as you don't lose, you can maintain a 4-point advantage, and then try not to make mistakes in the following games, and slowly win the league championship.
At the same time, their speeches also showed how much they trust Pan Yi now.
Actual combat is the only criterion for testing the truth of tactics!
You can defend and counterattack to win when playing against Barcelona, and you can do the same against Juventus.
Pan Yi, as the proposer of this tactic, should not object to such an opinion, so everyone can happily reach a consensus and start pre-match training.
But what he didn't expect was that Pan Yi shook his head: "I don't recommend using this style of play."
"Oh?" Allegri was obviously a little surprised, "How do you want to play?"
"I want to attack." Pan Yi said firmly, "Win Juventus in the away game and completely shake them off the standings!"
"What?" Allegri and Tassotti were stunned.
This is a path they have never imagined.
Pan Yi continued: "And Conte is not Guardiola, and his playing style is completely different from Barcelona. If we play defensive counterattack against them, the effect will probably not be effective."
The current head coach of Juventus is the Italian Conte, known as "Conte".
He was a star of Juventus during his playing career and was selected for the Italian national team many times.
After retiring, he started coaching and gradually became a world-famous coach after returning to Juventus.
In the future, he will also coach the Italian national team, Chelsea, Inter Milan, and Tottenham Hotspur, all of which have achieved good results.
In his coaching career, one of the most attention-grabbing points is that he likes the three-back formation.
Whether it is 343, 352, or some variants of 334, 3511, Conte is very particular about the ability and cooperation requirements of the three central defenders.
In Juventus, there happens to be such a "BBC combination" that can meet Conte's needs: Chiellini, Bonucci, Barzagli.
Since three central defenders have a numerical advantage compared to ordinary two central defenders, Conte generally adopts a man-to-man defense strategy on the defensive end.
The two attacking central defenders are responsible for marking the opposite forward, while the deep-lying central defender is responsible for guarding the edge of the small penalty area, and is always ready to cover the defense from both sides.
The offense also requires one of them to be responsible for delivering the ball, so one of the three must have excellent footwork. The person responsible for this role in Juventus is undoubtedly Bonucci.
This can be said to be a steel defense line that is both defensive and offensive.
In the midfield and frontcourt, it is also developed around this three-back system.
The two central midfielders Vidal and Marchisio in the middle protect Pirlo, the card dealer, allowing Sleepy to use his superb ball-playing and passing abilities to activate Juventus' frontcourt offense.
The forward is basically a combination of Vucinic and Gapato, who can complete various tasks such as retreating organization, high-altitude competition, and counterattack shooting.
But generally speaking, Conte's three-back system still focuses on solid defense and then looking for opportunities to attack, and fine-tunes it based on the opponent's situation.
When the two wing backs attack forward, it becomes 352, and when they move back, it becomes 532, which is very flexible.
But Pan Yi believes that the offensive power shown by AC Milan's 433 formation this season will definitely make Conte afraid.
Under such circumstances, Juventus will not boldly press forward to attack even at home, at least not using a ball-control style like Guardiola's Barcelona.
If this is the case, Milan's methods of compressing the backcourt space against Barcelona were simply useless.
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Instead, it gave up space on the court and lost control of the ball. It was undoubtedly a loss-making deal when the two teams were of equal strength.
Therefore, Pan Yi wanted to do the opposite and take the initiative to catch Conte off guard!
"If you want to take the initiative to attack, you can. But...how to do it specifically?"
After listening to Pan Yi explain Conte's tactical philosophy, Allegri closed his eyes and thought for a few minutes, and found that he was convinced again.
Thin, really thin.
Allegri discovered that Pan Yi's confidence really stems from his in-depth understanding of himself and his enemies.
Only when you know yourself and the enemy can you fight without danger.
At this point, he really feels inferior to himself.
In the face of such irrefutable theoretical basis, he could only choose to trust his assistant and Pan Yi.
"Conte's Juventus is like a three-layer hamburger standing around three central defenders. To break this formation, the top of the penalty area is obviously out of the question..."
Pan Yi still looked confident and started pointing on the tactical board:
"Continuous short passes in a small area attract most defenses, break through the baseline and pass to grab points, or find teammates at the back to create opportunities. This is a kind of short pass penetration that relies on speed and flexibility to tear up the rib space, or pass through.
Or shooting or passing the ball to find opportunities, this is also a kind of thing. And our players obviously have such ability..."
After Pan Yi spent nearly half an hour telling the two coaches his thoughts, Allegri thought about it for a while.
Although this tactic will have more changes than the original one, players should be able to understand it after practicing it a few times.
The point is that Allegri can't fault this tactic.
Based on his understanding of Conte, he also feels that Pan Yi's tactics can really resolve the protection of his three defenders in the middle.
Finally, Allegri made the final decision:
"I think it works, let's do it. Let Conte be surprised by our fearlessness! Haha!"