Chapter 296: Playing with Fire(1/2)
Some people say that Atletico Madrid is a magical team.
This review has been recognized by countless fans and media reporters.
In the past few years, European football has not lacked such teams.
For example, in 1999, Manchester United, who repeatedly staged a reversal in key battles and finally won the triple-tall title.
There are two thousand years left. The first half was awful, but in the second half, he played the extremely passionate Real Madrid under Bosque, or the team led by Cooper. He reached the Champions League final for two consecutive seasons, but ultimately missed the championship.
These teams have one common feature, which is very strong in integrity, very strong fighting spirit, and strong in winning.
This makes them appear more magical as they reach the critical moment.
Often, they can show shocking strength in desperate situations.
Atletico Madrid led by Gao Han is likely to become another magical team.
From winning the championship in the Spanish Second Division in half, to defeating Barcelona to winning the Copa del Rey, to winning the La Liga champions, and disrupting the 100th anniversary celebration of Real Madrid, and the final League Cup champion...
This Atletico Madrid has encountered one fierce battle after another and one challenge after another, but they are always able to resolve crises again and again.
It not only depends on the team's strong overall strength, but also the belief in winning from top to bottom of everyone in the team.
Especially head coach Gao Han!
When Kaka passed three people in a row, he played with top central defenders like Nesta and Maldini, and sent the ball into the goal guarded by Dida, countless reporters were chasing the Brazilian star.
But at the same time, they also noticed a very surprised scene on the sidelines.
Atletico Madrid's head coach Gao Han is still urging the players to hurry back to the court, re-enter the game, and continue to maintain oppression and offensive against AC Milan.
He seemed even more excited and anxious than before scoring the goal.
He is unwilling to keep the score of 1-1?
The answer is obvious.
Not only him, but every single fan of the sheets team at the entire Calderon Stadium was unwilling to accept it.
They sang the team louder and louder in the stands.
They kept calling on the players to score another goal and score another goal.
The entire Calderon Stadium was completely ignited.
Everyone present, even those neutral media reporters, were activated by the atmosphere on the scene, and the whole person seemed to be ignited, full of passion, and wanted to yell with them.
"Score another goal!"
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"After Atletico Madrid equalizes the score, continue to increase the offensive."
"We can see that the two sides of the Bedsheets are very active, with Yankulowski on the left and Dario Serner on the right pressing up."
"In addition, their frontcourt pressing is very strong, Villa, Torres and Kaka are all very active."
"Especially for Pirlo, Atletico Madrid obviously thinks this position will be AC Milan's weakness."
"This is very bad for AC Milan."
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Ancelotti paced back and forth in the coaching area, a bit like an ant on a hot pan.
In just a few minutes, he actually felt like he might lose.
This is the first time since the opening and the first time this season.
Gao Han’s strategy is not difficult to understand, especially in the goal just now, which is to focus on attacking Pirlo.
As a traditional front midfielder, Pirlo's pace of playing football is slow and sticky, which is his always a habit.
Because of this, his characteristics and Rui Costa overlapped, resulting in strong competition between the two players. Even if Pirlo retreated, they still had a competitive relationship of power on the court.
In this game, this competition and contradiction are fully exposed.
Now, Atletico Madrid is focusing on pressing Pirlo, putting the organization's midfielder in an isolated situation. If Gattuso and Ambrosini are allowed to get close to each other, the defensive weaknesses on the road over there will inevitably be exposed.
If Rui Costa and Sidov in the frontcourt retreat, they would probably isolate Da Inzagi in the frontcourt.
Thinking of this, Ancelotti suddenly turned his head, "Mauro, let Rivaldo warm up and prepare to play."
"Up Rivaldo?" Tasotti was stunned.
"Well, after the two midfielders retreated, we need a player who tied the front line and the midfield."
Tasotti immediately understood.
Rui Costa's pass was indeed very sharp, but the effect was greatly reduced under the clamping of the opponent's three-middle midfielder.
On the contrary, Rivaldo, with outstanding personal abilities and a Seedorf, even if he retreated both of the front midfielders, should be able to effectively connect the connection between Pirlo and Da Inzaghi.
But at this moment, a burst of exclamations suddenly came from the stadium.
Ancelotti looked up suddenly and saw Pirlo picking up the ball in his 30-meter area and trying to pass Kaka, who was pressing close to him, but unexpectedly, the Brazilian suddenly made a foot and broke the ball.
It was this time that the ball interception made the entire court boil.
After intercepting the ball, Kaka quickly caught up with the ball and quickly drove forward amid the cheers of fans of the audience.
Two Atletico Madrid forwards Villa and Torres also advanced from left to right, while AC Milan's defense line retreated again and again.
"Damn it!" Ancelotti cursed angrily.
Have you actually played in the 30-meter area on your side?
Isn't this playing with fire?
Do you think you are a front-end midfielder?
But now is obviously not the time to hold the accountable.
On the court, AC Milan finally retreated without any further. If you retreat again, Kaka would enter the range.
Maldini made a quick decision and decisively stopped robbing. Judging from his posture, he must have been prepared. It doesn't matter if he wants to foul at any time or even get a red card, but he must block Kaka outside the penalty area.
But before he could get closer, Kaka, who was driving the ball at high speed, suddenly accelerated again. After dribbling away from Maldini's defense, he directly stuffed the ball into the penalty area.
Torres threw away Karaze and quickly chased after him. Finally, in the penalty area, he was the first to grab the ball before Nesta. He took advantage of the situation and accelerated. After throwing Nesta away, he passed the ball across the goal with his right foot.
Including Dida and Nesta, all the attention was on Torres, so when Torres passed by, everyone noticed that the left side was deliberately behind, and Villa was quickly inserted.
The Spanish striker easily swept the ball into the goal that was almost unguarded without anyone being guarded.
Standing near the right post, Dida was powerless to attack the shot in the lower left corner of the goal.
"goallllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll!!!!"
"Oh my God, Oh my God, Atletico Madrid has reversed!"
"It's so incredible!"
"It's only less than seven minutes since the goal just now. Atletico Madrid won another goal, two to one!"
"This is a really amazing reversal!"
"We saw that the entire goal process, Atletico Madrid showed a very sharp and very concise pass-through cooperation."
"Pirlo should be fully responsible for this goal conceded. His attempts to do things in his own half are like playing with fire. He should be responsible for it!"
"It's obvious that the mistake just now brought him psychological pressure, so he was eager to make up for his merits and even wanted to pass Kaka one-on-one, but he forgot one thing: he was not a front midfielder, but a back midfielder."
"After the front midfielder concedes the ball, there are full-time defensive players behind him who can grab it back, but once the back midfielder concedes the ball, there is a defense line behind him, which is equivalent to letting the opponent face his goal directly, which is very fatal!"
"Scoring two goals in a row, Atletico Madrid completed a reversal!"
In front of the visiting team coach's seat, Ancelotti shook her head vigorously, her face full of grief and anger.
Of course he would not blame Pirlo for this game, because the Italian midfielder is one of the best players in AC Milan this season, and it is impossible to deny him completely just because of a game.
But he was also very clear that the problems exposed during the game were very fatal.
Even not only in the Champions League, but when returning to Serie A, other teams will definitely follow suit.
If suppressing Pirlo can effectively curb AC Milan's ball control and offense, other teams will definitely do the same.
This is no longer the outcome of a game, but the success or failure of a whole set of tactics.
Thinking of this, Ancelotti turned around again and looked at Gao Han in the coaching area of the home team. The latter was celebrating the goal with players such as Villa and Kaka, who were vaguely hearing that he was still saying that he would continue to maintain the offensive and other things.
This made Ancelotti really want to curse.
You've turned around and you still have to keep the offensive?
Do we really make our defense line paper-based?
"That Kaka is so great!" Tasotti said in amazement.
Ancelotti's eyes were also full of praise, "Yes, if he could play as a midfielder in our team, it would put our offensive threat to the next level."
To be continued...