Of course, Conte just felt a little strange, but he was not panicked and was even a little happy.
30 minutes of game time have passed. Except for the two side attacks in the opening, most of AC Milan's troops are placed in the middle of the midfield to fight with Juventus' generals.
This plays into Conte's favour.
In his 3-back formation, what he is least afraid of is the center, and what he values the most is the center.
No matter how much Milan tries to tear down the width of the wings or initiates large-scale transfers from left to right, Conte doesn't really care.
The only thing is that Milan will never even think about the space at the front of the penalty area.
Judging from the current game, Conte feels that Milan’s coaching staff must be having a hard time, right?
No matter how hard they try, Juventus remains firmly stationed in the center formation, and the defensive space extended by this makes Milan unable to penetrate from left to right.
In the first 30 minutes, Milan's three forwards had no choice but to try long-range shots from the front of the penalty area, but all ended in vain.
Conte couldn't help but glance towards the visiting team's bench.
But I saw the Milan coaching staff headed by Allegri sitting in their seats with expressionless faces.
"I guess they are having a headache now, hehe." Conte chuckled secretly, "When you show your flaws, it will be time for us to score."
His basic tactical idea of 352 is to base on the defensive formation, and then use the ability of the frontcourt forward to counterattack from defense to offense.
In this style of play, the midfielders are more responsible for defensive tasks, while the main role of the offensive players is to find Pirlo and form an offensive organization through short-term continuous kicks.
When Pirlo passed through Milan's defensive space and found the striker with his accurate pass, Milan's goal was wide open.
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At this moment, the situation on the field changed a little.
Milan's formation began to retreat a bit, and the fighting seemed to become less fierce.
Now Juventus can hold the ball better and organize the attack.
Duan Xuan also explained this: "Milan seems to have used up all three of their opening axes, but their offensive was thunderous but not rainy, and they did not create much of a threat. Director Zhang, do you think there is anything wrong with Milan's tactics this time?"
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Zhang Lu: "Milan's opening strategy this time seems to be a failure. Instead of scoring a goal, it fell into the defensive net woven by Juventus in the middle, which caused a severe decline in the physical fitness of Milan players. Therefore, Milan's current formation recycling is helpless.
After all, no team can maintain pressure for a whole game."
Duan Xuan: "Then do you think this will be the beginning of Juventus' counterattack?"
Zhang Lu: "Yes, it is very likely that Juventus will take advantage of the situation to launch an attack. However, Milan did one thing quite well. Although they retreated, the overall formation still maintained a quite level, the three lines remained compact, and the players'
The tactical execution is very good, which fully illustrates their usually high training level. If Juventus wants to break through Milan's defense, they still have to look at Pirlo's organization, hehe..."
Indeed.
On the current court, whether it is Salah and Mane pressing the Juventus defense or Kante suppressing Vidal, it is difficult for Juventus to get the ball out of the center and can only go wide.
Lichtsteiner on the right also received great attention from Gattuso. After Juventus tried several times, it failed to work and could only frequently hand over the ball to Pirlo.
At this time, Pirlo will actively move to the left to get the ball, and then try to pass the ball to get rid of Milan's layers of defense.
This is also a routine used by Juventus midfielders.
Because Pirlo himself is not a player who is good at physical fitness or defensive ability, in order to use his offensive ability, he must avoid close combat with the opponent.
Just like when he was in AC Milan or the Italian national team, Pirlo would always have Gattuso by his side to protect him.
Now that Gattuso is the enemy on the opposite side, and Vidal, who does the dirty work at Juventus, is being restrained again, Pirlo will habitually move to the opponent's side with fewer people to receive the ball and launch an offensive.
Now, Juventus' left wing is the most suitable position.
However, after thirty minutes of high-intensity midfield fighting, Pirlo has declined both physically and in concentration.
Anyone who has played football knows that if you play a game and the flames of war are burning equally in every position on the court, you may play for a longer time;
But if you keep fucking the area you are in, you will soon be exhausted until you can no longer lift your feet.
In previous games, Milan's main attacking area was where Pirlo was.
After all, Pirlo is already a 31-year-old veteran this year. Under such circumstances, it is already very difficult for him to do well in offense, so we cannot expect him to make any special contributions on defense.
Therefore, when Pirlo is on the left, the defensive intensity on his side will inevitably decrease.
And this is the opportunity Pan Yi has been waiting for.
I spent so much time making the stuffing just to make good dumplings at this time!
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At this time, there was once again fierce competition for Juventus' right midfield position.
After Lichtsteiner received the ball, he was pressed closely by Gattuso and could only pass the ball to Vidal who was closest to him.
But Kanter was also interfering behind Vidal, so the Chilean midfielder chose not to stop the ball and knocked the ball directly to the left.
Pirlo, who was originally standing in the midfield position, has already run over there to prepare to catch the ball.
But at this moment, Milan defender Van Dijk, who was still a few meters behind Pirlo, suddenly came forward, made a sudden force, and intercepted the ball first.
After stealing the ball, the Milan central defender did not pass the ball immediately, but continued to lead forward.
Pirlo originally wanted to return to his position after losing the ball, but when he saw Van Dijk dribbling the ball forward, he could only continue to go over and counterattack on the spot.
Juventus's left midfielder, youth training youngster Decegli, knew that Pirlo's defensive ability was weak, so he also came to help his big brother.
At this time, Van Dijk protected the ball with his back and passed it back to Thiago Silva.
At this time, Juventus' left wing, which is Milan's right wing, has been left empty.
Soon enough, Thiago Silva, who has a good passing ability, has already made a big move and sent the ball to the unguarded Salah on the right.
Salah quickly dribbles the ball into the penalty area!
Juventus's left center back Chiellini quickly came to defend and stood on Salah's cutting path, ready to steal the ball at any time.
Whether it was Conte's instructions to the defensive players before the game or Chiellini's own experience in this game, as long as Milan's two young wingers are prevented from cutting inside, the opponent will basically not be a threat. But this time, Salah just pretended to bring it in, and then flicked his ankle and gently pushed the ball to the outside, which is the direction of the bottom line on the right side of the penalty area.
Immediately afterwards, everyone saw a red and black figure, quickly cutting in along the right road.