I Want to Be the King of Football

The Bayern team arrived in Milan the night before the game.

After the team finished training in Munich, they packed up and set off for the away game.

The still-familiar team bus came to pick him up and stayed in a five-star hotel in Milan. The entire itinerary was strictly confidential, and even many media reporters did not know the whereabouts of Bayern.

After arriving at the hotel, the coaching staff arranged for the players to watch a video of the game.

AC Milan beat Udinese 3-2 at home.

This battle can be said to be fresh and hot. Bayern are also looking for the focus of attention according to their different positions, some paying attention to defensive players, and some paying attention to offensive players.

Bayern is doing its best this time, but even now, even the players themselves don't know who will start.

Especially Ribery, he has performed well for two or three consecutive games, but whether he will arrange a starter is not.

Thomas Muller and Tony Cross, the two young players, also performed quite well this season and are also eligible to start.

After watching the video of the game, the players went back to their rooms to sleep.

A piece of news appeared in the Italian media the next morning.

ac Milan's coach Leonardo accepted an interview with Gazzetta dello Sport and mentioned this focus of the game.

First of all, he expressed his respect for Heynckes, and then said that he is very familiar with Bayern, because Bayern is the most dominant team in European football in the past two or three seasons, he thinks he knows Bayern.

"They had many players injured before, but now they are all healed. Their team is very cohesive, their playing style is also very integrated, and they have a very strong German football atmosphere."

Leonardo believes that AC Milan has its own characteristics and advantages. If you want to win, you must stick to your own style of play.

"The knockout is a home and away game, with a total of 180 minutes. This is very different from the Serie A game, and our initial goal in the first leg is to not concede a goal."

Leonardo talked about Su Dong, thinking that Bayern is a team that is very looking for scoring opportunities. "They have the best offensive players in the world. Su Dong may break the balance on the court anytime and anywhere. For any team's defense, it is a huge test."

The head coach of the Rossoneri stated that he believes that the team can achieve the desired result at home because the back of AC Milan’s defender Nesta has returned. After returning to the team, the main central defender immediately removed AC Milan from the company. Rescued from the tie, brought the team a victory.

"Yes, I know that in the face of Bayern, many people will worry about our defense, about Nesta and Thiago Silva. What I want to say is that Nesta is indeed not in the best condition, but 100 points Nesta of the 75th is still the best central defender in the world, and he still has the strength to block any offensive player."

But not everyone agrees with Leonardo's views.

Gazzetta dello Sport also published another interview, that is, Udinese coach De Biasi publicly stated that he is more optimistic about Bayern Munich in an interview with the media.

"We lost the game at San Siro because of our own reasons, not AC Milan doing better. In fact, I don't think they deserve a victory."

De Biasi believes that Udinese’s problem lies in the slow pace. If the pace can be increased, AC Milan’s defense will be more difficult.

Although the Udinese coach believes that AC Milan will definitely improve in the Champions League, he still believes that if Bayern Munich beat AC Milan at San Siro, he will not be surprised at all.

The Italian media is also divided into two factions, pessimists and optimists.

Gazzetta dello Sport used a lot of space to report the different views of the two schools, but basically nothing new.

Football matches played at the level of Bayern and AC Milan, especially the Champions League knockouts, the outcome is actually unpredictable.

Perhaps from the data point of view, Bayern has the advantage, but AC Milan is not without the power to fight back.

The media's hype aroused the attention of fans. If the game wins, praise Bayern, step on AC Milan, and show your wise and unpredictable side by the way; if Bayern loses away, it will be easy. Stepping on Bayern, especially Su Dong and other stars, and the last sentence, it's not how well AC Milan played, but that Bayern played too badly, and then it was his own unknown prophet.

No matter who loses or who wins, the media has won anyway, it's numb to win!

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Reports in the media do not affect Bayern's decision-making.

After breakfast, Heynckes put everyone in a hurry and announced the starting lineup for the game.

Goalkeeper Neuer, defense line is Marcelo, Pepe, Lucio and Lahm, midfielder is Schweinsteiger, Mascherano and Modric, frontcourt is Ribery, Su Donghe Robben.

This is basically Bayern's current strongest lineup.

Thomas Muller and Tony Cross, two players who performed well this season, failed to start, and instead sat on the bench as a surprise team.

Is it just that?

wrong!

If the highest level of technical and tactical competition in the Champions League knockouts is as simple as that, then the media is really winning.

Heynckes' thinking in this game is still to attack, but not blindly.

His request for Ribery and Robben is to retreat as much as possible and rush to the midfield to ensure Bayern control the midfield.

"Ac Milan’s trident is indeed very powerful, but there is a very serious problem. Ronaldinho and Pato are on both sides. They are basically not involved in the defense. Even if it is a frontcourt press, it is also a symbol. With sexual eye-style defense, Huntelaar is not to mention, his speed is slow, and he is more in front of him."

As early as when he played for Barcelona, ​​Ronaldinho was known for not like defensively. He came to AC Milan even more so.

Pato is like all Brazilian players, and he doesn't like defense.

But in the past few years, AC Milan's play style is obviously not in line with the current trend of football skills and tactics.

If the front trident doesn't return to defense, what about the midfielder?

Ambrosini, Pirlo and Beckham, can this set of three midfielders hold the midfield? Can you protect the line of defense?

If you play Flamini, the defense will be better, but the question is, who of the three will win?

Heynckes then drew the long-passing route for Bayern to counterattack on the tactical board. Basically, he went to find two full-backs behind, that is, through long passes, let Ribery and Robben go to the other side. road.

The main purpose of this is to open up the defensive power of the mid lane, so that AC Milan's already weak mid lane becomes thinner, and it is best for Su Dong to face the opposing center defender directly.

In addition, Heynckes also proposed to let Schweinsteiger press up and play a position similar to the midfielder, while Modric retreated and partnered with Mascherano to change the midfielder. It became similar to a triangular position.

The reason is very simple, he needs Schweinsteiger to suppress Pirlo when defensive, and to intervene after being aggressive when attacking.

This is a bit of a redemption.

With Ronaldinho and Pato not retreating, Bayern has more midfielders than AC Milan. If Schweinsteiger can be used to defeat Pirlo, no matter from which point of view. Look, Bayern is making a lot of money.

Therefore, Heynckes' mission to Schweinsteiger is also very clear, to use his fighting ability that can't run to death, to choke Pirlo to death, so that he can't play a threat.

As long as you get rid of Pirlo, what else is there to be afraid of AC Milan's midfielder?

The whole offensive and defensive thinking is clear, and the players basically know the coach's tactical intentions.

When he later expressed his opinion, Su Dong made a request. He hoped Schweinsteiger would pay due attention to Pirlo's position and try his best to be between the AC Milan midfield and the defense line when the team is attacking. Leave a certain amount of space for him.

"I watched the video of the game last night, and watched the video of the AC Milan midfielder in the past few games. I found that Thiago Silva's defense was really taught by Nesta."

"How do you say?" Peipei asked with interest.

"His size is actually not tall, 1.83 meters, but his defense is very similar to Nesta, because as a small central defender, he is actually very flexible, but his first defensive subconscious is not to go forward and block. The other party ~www.wuxiahere.com~ but withdrew back and returned to position."

In fact, there is still a big difference between an upside-down central defender and an off-position central defender.

The former is an active attack and the latter is a passive defense. With the increasing emphasis on controlling the ball, the active defender is undoubtedly becoming more and more lovable. When Sudong played for Barcelona, ​​Puyol was not there, right. Barcelona's defensive influence is very big, because Puyol is a grab-type central defender.

But here is the problem.

Taking the initiative to attack is a risk in itself, and there will be a certain probability of mistakes. Any coach will accept the central defender's rush, which in itself allows them to make mistakes, but in the eyes of the media and fans, your central defender is the last line of defense. Mistakes are unforgivable.

What about the seated central defender?

Since they always return to their positions as soon as possible and try to reduce their own mistakes, they seem to be more stable.

Nesta was praised, in a way because of that.

Maybe someone will ask, why is there still a head coach that allows central defenders to grab the ball?

Fans who have an in-depth understanding of techniques and tactics will know that modern football is about fighting every inch of the earth.

Ball power and space must be the eternal theme on the court.

When the position type central defender is in position, he is giving space to the attacking side. This is a passive tactic.

Therefore, in recent years, the role of the upper-grab midfielder has become more and more obvious, and its role has also become greater.

Bayern’s two centre-backs, Lucio and Pepe, are both grab-and-go centre-backs, so Bayern’s defense is often convulsed from time to time.

But compared to the gains brought by the top-grab midfielder, the occasional mistakes seem unimportant.

Today, AC Milan’s two central defenders are both in position, which undoubtedly gives Bayern forwards, especially Su Dong, considerable room for maneuverability.