football world number one

Chapter 379 Chronic Death

When the game resumed, Milan's formation did not make changes.

Since the team only has ten players left to fight on the field, there is too little room for Ancelotti to adjust. During the intermission, he tried many ideas, but none of them were ideal, so he finally had to choose not to make any changes.

After all, with one less player in the midfield, the current 4212 formation is almost the best formation imaginable. Both the midfield and the frontcourt Milan can maintain a certain threat. With Liu Feng in such a state, An Pang naturally does not want to try any three-back formation.

During the half-time break, Ancelotti's thinking for the players was to rely on Kaka's dominance in the middle to open up the team's offense.

However, this tactic was greatly curbed after the second half of the game kicked off.

"Oh~, Flocari has withdrawn from the center position, and Afeng and Aubameyang have acted as the team's double forwards." Liu Jianhong, who has keen observation skills in the commentary, quickly noticed the changes in Piacenza after the two teams dispersed: "Conte strengthened the team's midfield arrangement, a very wise choice."

Kaka is very strong. This is an undoubted fact. In the ups and downs of other players this season, Kaka has already become the most stable part of the team. He has stood out countless times when the team was in adversity and helped the team.

Therefore, when facing Milan, any team will choose to set up a gate to restrain this player in the midfield. In Liu Jianhong's opinion, the 433 formation that Piacenza deployed at the beginning is far from enough.

Milan's only goal in the first half proved this point. The connection between Kaka and Pirlo was enough to make Piacenza's midfield defense useless. Under such circumstances, it would be irrational for Piacenza not to strengthen the midfield.

After the start of the game, Conte's adjustments quickly paid off. After the re-kick-off, Milan obviously decided to play in the middle. After the ball circled in the backcourt and opened up Piacenza's formation, Pirlo passed the ball to Kaka's feet near the center circle.

Kaka, whose desire to fight had been thoroughly aroused by Liu Feng, did not decrease but increased after the start of the second half. After taking the ball, he made a stop and passed in front of Flocari, who was robbing him, and then accelerated from near the center line.

"Kaka advances with the ball at high speed!"

Liu Jianhong raised his voice after Kaka opened and closed and began to dribble the ball: "Milan still put their treasure on their Mr. Golden Ball."

As soon as Kaka advanced, Piacenza's players also moved. Nainggolan and Nocerino, who hadn't advanced in their own half, soon appeared in front of Kaka one after the other.

Facing Nainggolan who came in front of him first, Kaka, who was at his own pace, did not slow down. He simply knocked the ball aside and played a game of chasing the ball with Nainggolan.

Under Kaka's lightning speed and flawless sense of rhythm, Nainggolan was quickly defeated and was left behind by Kaka after a stagger.

However, before Ambrosini and Pirlo, two midfielders who were not fast enough to keep up, Kaka had to continue to face Piacenza's next defender Nocerino alone.

Kaka, who has already experienced countless big scenes, still did not panic in the face of such a defense. He suddenly slammed the ball with his left foot while traveling at high speed, changed direction and rolled towards the horizontal direction.

This is a beautiful attempt to score the ball. Rao, the most demanding football critics can't say anything about Kaka's extraordinary choice this time. However, what if Nocerino is not interested in the ball rolling past him at all?
"Nocerino gave up the ball and he caught Kaka who was trying to run past him."

Looking at the scene on the field, Liu Jianhong was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly realized: "Marchisio, Kaka, who was blocked first, appeared in front of the ball and made a clearance! The progressive defense of the three midfielders in Piacenza successfully blocked Kaka. Haha, this is a team football victory."

On the football field, the team is always greater than the individual. This is an eternal truth. Only a very small number of players can ignore this iron law when they are in excellent condition and are favored by heaven.

Although Kaka is one of the very few players, it is clear that God did not favor him this time. None of the three players in Piacenza's midfield made a mistake or anything else.

After the ball was returned to the frontcourt by Marchisio, Piacenza did not make any quick counterattacks. Facing the Milan defense line that was ready for a new round of attack by the opponent, they played a possession attack tactic.

"Piacenza is consciously controlling the rhythm of the game, and they are not in a hurry with a big lead."

A fast attack often means a quick change of possession of the ball. Piacenza, who obtained the opportunity to possess the ball, obviously has no intention of giving the ball to the opponent easily. The ball is continuously passed among the players under the slow advancement of their formation. The whole team slowly pressed towards Milan in a very stable way.

Faced with this situation, the Milan players had no better choice at all. In order to win the ball as soon as possible, they had to rush forward and try to steal the ball or force the Piacenza players to make mistakes.

Such a choice is naturally not wise for Milan, which already has one less player, but after a period of pressing, they can still get the ball after all, and then the connection between Pirlo and Kaka will continue to try to connect the team to attack.

In the next three and 10 minutes of the game, the rhythm of the two teams was in this situation.

Milan's offense had little effect as Kaka's role was greatly limited, while Piacenza spent a lot of time improving the team's possession time. In the No. 70 minute of the game, the comparison of the ball possession rate between the two sides has become 60% - 40%.

As time goes by bit by bit, Milan is clearly entering a slow death.

　Chapter 2 here!

　　
　
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