Chapter 47 The four forwards are not afraid either
It’s not difficult to understand the fans’ boos.
Pato came to Juventus with a high price of 55 million, but his performance was too average.
Especially tonight when facing his old club Milan, although he seemed to want to perform, his performance was still terrible, not even a decent shot.
Conte replaced Pato at this time. In addition to his poor performance, it also sent a signal: Juventus is going to start passing high balls!
Because this time, although it seems to be a matchup substitution, the veteran Toni, who has excellent jumping and header skills, is replaced by Pato, who has stronger surprise ability but basically no aerial advantage.
After the substitutions were completed, sure enough, every player in the Juventus team, whether it was Pirlo, Lichtsteiner, or Bonucci, all started smashing the ball into the penalty area after getting the ball!
But the problem is that AC Milan's current air defense capabilities are also very strong.
Thiago Silva's marking and heading abilities are among the best in the world, and Dutch rookie Van Dijk, who joined this season, has outstanding physical fitness and is not worthy of a confrontation.
In addition, when defending set pieces, the 195-foot-tall center Ibrahimovic will also return to his own penalty area to assist in defense, and even set up a large anti-aircraft cannon in front of Milan's goal.
Therefore, Juventus's crosses were pushed out one after another, and returned without success.
And after a while, Milan was also ready to make substitutions.
Ambrosini and Aubameyang both stood beside Allegri and Pan Yi, listening to their instructions.
Similar to when playing Barcelona, Ambrosini was replaced and Gattuso was replaced in order to maintain the midfield blocking ability after the veteran's physical fitness declined.
But this time Aubameyang is not replacing Mane.
Pan Yi had already pulled Aubameyang to his side and warned him carefully:
"Replace Ibrahimovic later. This time you don't need to retreat too deep, but try to suppress the two central defenders Bonucci and Barzagli. Especially Bonucci, don't let him get comfortable
Pass the ball long, interfere with his delivery, and get behind them if you have the chance."
Aubameyang listened carefully and kept nodding.
Pan Yi continued: "I will let you have more freedom. If a teammate passes the ball to you, you run as before. But if there is no such opportunity, then you create it yourself! Get the ball,
Use your speed to eat them up, are you confident?"
Aubameyang was stunned, but still nodded vigorously.
From Pan Yi, who emphasizes tactical discipline, it is difficult to hear such tactical instructions.
But it doesn't matter, Aubameyang is fast and dribbling very well. If he really rushes with the ball, Bonucci and Barzagli may not be able to stop him.
It can even be said that playing like this is Aubameyang’s favorite way of playing.
Which African striker doesn't like to ride a thousand miles alone?
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Seeing Aubameyang being replaced, Conte also said Gordon in his heart.
Replacing Ibrahimovic, a fulcrum center who is less effective in counterattacks, and replacing him with Aubameyang, who is younger and faster. This is Milan's idea.
This made Conte couldn't help but feel entangled.
Aubameyang once used a counterattack to score a winning goal against Barcelona. If he is left alone, he will definitely suffer a bitter fruit.
But now, Conte doesn’t have many cards in his hand.
Even one goal behind!
In this case, Conte even had no other choice: he could only continue to strengthen his offense.
And if there is a balance between strengthening offense and not delaying defense, then Conte can only replace Pirlo.
Now that the game is approaching 80 minutes, Pirlo not only does nothing defensively, but also starts to make frequent mistakes in long-pass offense.
The huge physical exertion has made the midfielder's brain unable to function normally.
So Conte finally bit the bullet and replaced Pirlo with Del Piero.
This is a life-saving decision.
Del Piero's defensive ability is also very average, but the advantage is that he just came on the field and has plenty of physical fitness.
Moreover, he is also a skilled forward. Although he is 37 years old this year and has already passed the peak of his career, his shooting feeling in front of the goal is still very good.
Therefore, after the old captain Del Piero came on the field, Juventus' formation became a somewhat deformed 424, with four forwards in the frontcourt surrounding Milan's goal!
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However, when Pan Yi saw the Juventus substitution number plate on the sidelines, he couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief and laughed.
This is just what he wanted.
Juventus currently has only two engineers in the midfield, and there is no good passer like Pirlo. The four forwards in front have to rely more on long passes from the backcourt to get the ball.
After Aubameyang came on the field, he, together with Mane and Salah on the left and right, continued to press and press Juventus' back line, making it impossible for any of them to play the ball easily.
In this way, one can imagine the quality of Juventus’ passing.
Moreover, when Milan's forwards begin to suppress Juventus's defense, Juventus will also be wary of these time bombs in their own backcourt and dare not easily attack them.
In this case, it is even more difficult for Juventus' offense to be a threat.
On the contrary, Milan, due to the obvious advantage in the midfield, Pan Yi began to signal the players on the court to increase the intensity of strangulation and counterattack in the midfield and frontcourt.
In the 84th minute, Kanter stole the ball from Vidal near the midline and then passed it straight to Aubameyang in front.
Aubameyang directly broke through with the ball. After passing Barzagli, he faced Bonucci who was already in a good position and had no choice but to shoot directly.
Unfortunately, the ball missed the left post slightly, but it still caused a burst of exclamations from Juventus fans.
Two minutes later, Juventus made a long pass from the backcourt to Del Piero in the frontcourt.
After Del Piero stopped the ball with his chest, he was immediately attacked by Van Dijk and Zambrotta from both sides. Zambrotta stole the ball first and passed it to Salah in front.
Salah passed the ball directly into the space behind Juventus without stopping. Aubameyang stepped in and shot from a small angle. The focused Juventus goalkeeper Buffon saved it.
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Scenes like this frequently appeared on the court in the last ten minutes of the game.
In other words, during this period, although Juventus had four forwards, it was AC Milan who really caused a threatening attack on the field!
If it weren't for Milan's poor luck and Buffon's high pass and low block, the 1:0 score gap might have been widened again.
And Conte also has troubles that he can’t tell.
He has no choice. Even if he is scored again, he must attack with all his strength!
In the last corner kick attack, even goalkeeper Buffon rushed into the Milan penalty area.
But after he made a desperate attempt to grab the ball with his hands and received a yellow card, the game was over.