In Europe, professional football is an industry that cannot be underestimated.
This world's most advanced football industry chain supports countless practitioners and related industries every year.
Many people only see players and coaches, and at most club management, but in fact, there are countless practitioners and related professionals behind it, such as media reporters and stadium managers.
How to manage a golf course is a very professional and increasingly professional subject.
The simplest question is how to take good care of the turf on which the players play so that it can meet the needs of all the team's home games in a season. Daily maintenance and upkeep is a very professional subject, even
There are many universities that specialize in this area.
The turf should not be too dry. Pay attention to watering to ensure that the turf is elastic and not too hard. This can effectively protect players from injuries. Moreover, the turf has enough moisture to allow the football to roll more smoothly and quickly.
Therefore, the turf is usually watered before the game, which is helpful to improve the rhythm of the game and increase the viewing experience.
But don’t water too much. Too much water will cause players to make more mistakes in ball control, which will affect normal games.
In other words, how much water to pour is also a science, and every game, or even every day, is different.
With the continuous development of the professional football industry in recent years, more and more professionals have poured into the industry, driving the rapid development of the entire industry, from players' daily training to eating habits to the club's business promotion.
As well as the daily operation and maintenance of the golf course.
For example, Real Madrid poached a groundskeeper from Arsenal at a high salary two years ago, who was specifically responsible for daily maintenance of the turf.
Some other wealthy teams have also successively paid attention to the club's various software and hardware facilities, and have increased investment in this area.
Italian football is very backward in this area.
A very important reason is that none of the stadiums in Italy are owned by the clubs themselves.
Just like AC Milan's San Siro Stadium, it is owned by the Milan Municipal Government. The Milan duo only leased the use rights of this stadium from the municipal government, and even some of the stadium's hardware facilities cannot be modified. This makes the stadium's
Many facilities are quite old.
A stadium must be provided to two Serie A teams at the same time. Although the home stadiums of AC Milan and Inter Milan are always separated, it is conceivable how many games this stadium will bear, and in order to obtain more revenue,
It also undertakes some commercial activities on weekdays.
Let’s not talk about it, let’s just say that in the past ten days, in addition to hosting the two home games of the Milan duo, the San Siro Stadium also hosted the Coppa Italia home game between AC Milan and Juventus. In other words, this one against Manchester City.
The first leg of the Champions League knockout round of 16 is already the fourth game at the San Siro Stadium in the past ten days.
Playing four games in ten days, you can fully imagine how bad the conditions of the San Siro Stadium are.
When Manchester City was training at the familiar venue the day before the game, they had already noticed the situation at the San Siro Stadium and immediately reported it to the club manager, who negotiated with AC Milan through the club.
The game is held in the evening. As usual, in the morning, officials from both sides of the game, UEFA, and the referee on duty will arrive at the scene at the same time to inspect the field conditions of the stadium and negotiate on various facilities, including field conditions.
The visiting team usually negotiates various issues such as the locker room and venue at this time.
Manchester City did the same thing, and it was reasonable and recognized by UEFA officials and referees.
AC Milan also explained on the spot that this was an objective problem.
Because they do not have the power to make changes to the San Siro Stadium, even just changing the turf requires the consent of the city government and Inter Milan, let alone repairs. Both parties clearly know that the venue is in bad condition, but no one can do anything about it.
Manchester City did the next best thing and asked AC Milan to water the ground before the game to ensure that the ground was moderately slippery during the game.
This request was really unavoidable, so AC Milan agreed.
Unexpectedly, on the night of the game, when the Manchester City players walked into the San Siro Stadium again during pre-match training, they still saw the bumpy vegetable patch. They bent down and reached out to touch it, and it was clear whether it had been watered.
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"Damn it, they are really insidious. They clearly promised well, but they broke their promise." Pepe cursed angrily.
Su Dong turned his head and looked at Guardiola in front of the away team's coaching bench. He shook his head and looked helplessly at his teammates, "This is AC Milan's trick. Let's not get our hopes up. Be careful during the game."
Point, be careful when passing the ball."
The turf is too dry and slippery, which is not a good thing for a passing team like Manchester City.
In fact, AC Milan's venue no longer meets the standards, but the game is already about to begin, so can we still care about this at this time?
"Okay, everyone, cheer up and pay attention during the game." Su Dong encouraged the team's morale.
This is part of what is called home field advantage.
No matter what I promised you this morning, if I don’t do it anyway, will UEFA punish me?
Okay, there will still be a lot of entanglement afterwards. At worst, I will accept the penalty, but the trouble in the game has already been caused.
Unless the game is really bad and cannot be played, otherwise, in the face of this situation, we can only endure it.
Even if you are affected by this and lead to poor performance in the game, then you have just fallen into the opponent's trick.
The most famous one is that when Mourinho was coaching Chelsea, when facing Barcelona, Mourinho directly asked people to pour sand into the stadium. He would rather toss the turf to prevent Barcelona from successfully winning the game at Stamford Bridge.
The same goes for the San Siro tonight.
Some places are even obviously almost bald, some are slippery, and some are too hard. This is very unfriendly to a team with a high ball possession rate, and AC Milan under Allegri's coaching does not need it at all.
Things like ball possession.
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"They do so many things just to affect our emotions and affect our performance. As long as we are not affected by them, show our strength normally in the game and beat them away from home, then what they have done
Everything is in vain, and more importantly, we still have a home court."
Su Dong's words were recognized by Manchester City players.
The best way to get revenge on AC Milan is to beat them on the pitch.
And this requires Manchester City to remain patient and stabilize their emotions.
When it comes to passing and controlling the ball, the most taboo thing is to be impetuous.
This is not only what Su Dong said. After training, and returning to the locker room, Guardiola also repeatedly emphasized that players must maintain a peaceful attitude and not be impatient if they encounter problems during the game.
AC Milan's lineup: goalkeeper is Abbiati, defense is Antonini, Nesta, Thiago Silva and Bonera, midfielder is Nocerino, Ambrosini and Van Bommel
In the three-back midfield combination, Kevin Boateng comes forward, and Robinho partners Ibrahimovic in the frontcourt.
It is not difficult to see from Allegri's formation that this will be a tough battle.
The Italian team has always focused on defense, and AC Milan's defense is very good. The partnership between Nesta and Thiago Silva cannot be underestimated. Coupled with Antonini and Bonera, Allegri has already made it clear
For chariots and horses, we must give up the attack and defend with all our strength.
This is a recognition for Manchester City, but it is also a big obstacle.
"The most important thing is their midfield, which will cause us a lot of trouble, especially with the current venue conditions."
Nocerino, Ambrosini and Van Bommel formed the three defensive midfielders. Kevin Boateng's intention was to suppress Busquets. Allegri's intention of this style of play was also quite obvious, tightening
The defense line suppresses the midfielder, counterattacks and directly plays long passes, looking for Ibrahimovic and Robinho to play guerrilla.
"It's going to be a tough battle, guys!" Guardiola reminded with certainty.
The intensity of the Champions League knockout rounds is far higher than that of the Premier League and Champions League group stages. It is not even on the same level at all.
Just like in the Premier League, which team can have the defensive level of AC Milan?
Even Liverpool and Chelsea, which are the best defensive players, cannot form a defensive lineup like Allegri. This is simply a rhythm of not attacking and defending with all their strength.
Guardiola was well prepared for such a situation, and even resorted to a three-four-three formation again.
The Italian team's wing offense is relatively weak, and Guardiola is determined to use three defenders to maximize the midfielder's ability to pass, control and create opportunities, and deliver more shells to the front trident.
Goalkeeper Courtois, the defense is Pepe, Xavi Martinez and Kompany, the frontcourt is Busquets, Marcelo and Toni Kroos are separated on the wings, David Silva bursts in
Before, Di Maria, Sudong and Sanchez formed a trident.
Guardiola also has a few tricks up his sleeve. If AC Milan's attack from the wing is strong, Marcelo will retreat to the back line, Kompany will move to the side, and Manchester City will return to the four-back play.
But judging from AC Milan's lineup, Allegri is afraid that he will have to fight against the odds.
As usual, before going on the field, Su Dong, as the captain, will say something to encourage the players.
Tonight is no exception.
"I can guess that we will encounter a lot of trouble tonight, but I want to say, don't worry, we will definitely win! We have enough strength to defeat this traditional giant in this stadium. They
They also know this, so they try every means to use various means to harm us."
"But I believe that after the last two seasons, we have experienced so many tough games, we are ready, and each of us can't wait, right?"
The players all nodded.
"No matter what we are fighting for, I just want to say that we all have a common goal, which is to defeat our opponents and take another step forward, because every step we take forward is creating history!
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"We are the strongest!" Su Dong clenched his fists, gritted his teeth, and shouted word by word.
