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Chapter 136 Ancelotti: Everything is under control! We are beating the defending champions! [Subscribe]

"yeah!!!"

The moment Maldini scored with a header, Ancelotti in front of the home team's coaching bench jumped up excitedly, raised his fists high, and cheered.

AC Milan did not perform very well in this season's Champions League group stage, only finishing second in the group.

This led to them meeting Bayswater Chinese in the round of 16.

Everyone in AC Milan is very troubled by this opponent.

This was the champion of the Premier League last season. This season, they are in a stalemate with Manchester United in the Premier League. Their strength should not be underestimated.

But in last season's Champions League quarter-finals, AC Milan eliminated Bayswater Chinese, so the Rossoneri are also confident and confident this time.

Not only Ancelotti, but everyone in the AC Milan coaching booth was excited.

"What a great start!" laughed assistant coach Giorgio Ciachini.

He is not only Ancelotti's assistant, but also a close friend.

In 92, after retiring, Ancelotti went directly to the Italian national team and became an assistant coach to Sacchi.

In 95, he left the Italian national team and chose Reggina as his first independent coach.

At that time, his assistant coach was Giorgio Ciachini.

The 60-year-old Ciaccini has followed Ancelotti all the way, from Regina to Parma to Juventus, and then to AC Milan, and the two have always cooperated very well.

"The most important thing is the good targeted tactical arrangements." Another assistant coach Mauro Tassotti also laughed.

In this game, AC Milan made full use of targeted tactics.

The team did not use the previous 4321 Christmas tree tactics, but instead replaced Seedorf with Inzaghi, who has strong offside ability, and adopted a double striker tactic.

This is a bit like a 4312 formation, with Inzaghi and Pato forming the double striker.

Pato has speed and strong personal ability, while Inzaghi is good at seizing opportunities.

This was a tactical preparation against the Chinese in Bayswater.

On the defensive line, the three defensive midfielders remain unchanged, but the back line has been adjusted.

Old captain Maldini played as left back, Kaladze and Nesta formed the double center back, and Oddo was the right back.

It can be said that this almost fills up the entire defensive configuration.

The three defensive midfielders remain unchanged, and with this defensive line, AC Milan's intentions are already very clear.

Defensive counterattack!

"The Bayswater Chinese are very good at overall offensive warfare, so they must want to speed up the tempo after the start, use the fast pace to drive us, and then suppress us through high-pressure defense."

Ancelotti smiled and analyzed the intention of his targeted tactics with his two assistants.

"But if they want to do this, they have to move the defense forward and counterattack on the spot after losing the ball. This is why they are always good at attacking at the beginning of the game. To put it bluntly, it is to control the rhythm of the game and suppress the opponent."

The Chinese in Bayswater are famous for their blitzkrieg in European football.

Fast-paced offense and defense are the characteristics of Premier League teams.

On the contrary, Serie A has always tended to adopt a rigorous tactical system with a slow pace, and is particularly not good at the flanks.

In view of this, Ancelotti arranged the combination of Pato and Inzaghi in the front.

Don’t you Chinese in Bayswater like to push the defense line forward?
I will let Pato, who is fast and has strong personal abilities, and Inzaghi, who lives on the offside line, to deal with you!
Get the ball in the midfield?
I didn't just go through the midfield and made a long pass behind him.

I have Pirlo, Maldini, Nesta and others who all have this ability.

The level of long passes may vary, but it doesn’t matter, as long as I pass it once, you’re done.

As expected, after the opening, the Chinese in Bayswater took the initiative and gained the rhythm and advantage of the game.

But just when the Premier League team was frequently attacking AC Milan's defense, Pirlo's long pass went straight behind them.

Pato rushed behind the defense to get the ball.

Pepe and Thiago Silva did return to defense very quickly, but Pato's shot also created a corner kick.

So, Maldini's header just now happened.

1 is better than 0!

Everything is under control!
Ancelotti seemed full of confidence.

He even thought that if everything went well, he would have a chance to defend the Champions League title this season!
Since the reform, no team has ever defended the Champions League title.

It’s exciting just to think about it!

"They must be in a difficult situation now, right?" Tassotti laughed.

Ancelotti and Ciaccini both nodded.

Being one goal behind in an away game is not a big problem.

The key is, how to play next?
AC Milan clearly plans to play a defensive counterattack. Bayswater Chinese, how are you going to respond?
Keep pressing?

Then AC Milan will continue to attack from behind.

Don’t press it out?

So how to maintain pressure on AC Milan's midfield and backcourt?

Next, Pato and Kaka will show their power.

Especially Kaka.

"It's really a bit difficult for this kid." Xiachini teased Yang Cheng.

He is 60 years old, and there is nothing wrong with him looking at 28-year-old Yang Cheng as a child.

Ancelotti also noticed Yang Cheng in front of the visiting team's coaching booth, and there was a hint of amusement in his eyes, like a senior looking down on the junior.

If he were in Yang Cheng's current situation, he would also feel very headache.

The most likely option is to stabilize the defense first.

But in this case, not only will you be passive in the first round, but you will also be passive in the second round.

Isn’t AC Milan’s best at defensive counterattacks?
So, this ball by Maldini is crucial.

Ancelotti has thought about everything he can think of and what his opponents may think of.

Finally, he came to the conclusion that the situation was very dangerous!
"He is still too young!" Ancelotti sighed.

Tassotti and Ciachini both nodded.

Young people are greedy for success and are not afraid of death.

They will never understand that against an Italian team, one goal can decide life or death!

This is also the essence of Italian football techniques and tactics!
……

After conceding the goal, the Chinese in Bayswater were a bit confused.

The players were a little overwhelmed.

They are not fools and can see the consequences of losing the ball first.

At the same time, everyone understands AC Milan's plan.

What to do next?
Their thoughts began to diverge.

The midfield was naturally suppressed by AC Milan.

"We must give clear instructions as soon as possible."

Seeing that AC Milan got two consecutive corner kick opportunities, Brian Kidd became a little impatient.

The situation on the field was quite chaotic, mainly because the players had different ideas.

For this match, Bayswater Chinese have sent out all their main players.

Yaya Toure returned from the African Cup, and for this game, Yang Cheng even let him rest in the league.

If we are really overwhelmed by AC Milan like this, it will be difficult to play in the second round, let alone the second half.

For a team like Bayswater Chinese, which is mainly composed of young players, the key is to perform with one push.

Almost all the games we lost were due to a bad start.

AC Milan has now hit the Chinese in Bayswater directly on the vital point, which is very fatal!
This is also the characteristic of the Italian team.

The tactics are very targeted and very deadly.

Brian Kidd looked at the embarrassed Yang Cheng with concern.

If I were to ask myself, if it were him, I wouldn’t know what to do either.

If you press on, it will be dangerous behind you.

If they don't press forward, they will be one goal behind. Once AC Milan loosens up and gets out of trouble, Kaka will be resurrected.

In this game, Yang Cheng specially arranged Las Diarra to keep an eye on Kaka.

How to do?
Brian Kidd had no choice but to turn around and look at Yang Cheng, waiting for his decision.

At this moment, no one in the San Siro Stadium noticed that the live camera of the Champions League match was occasionally switched to the sidelines and landed on Yang Cheng.

Obviously, the experienced director also knows that Yang Cheng’s choice will determine the life and death of the Chinese in Bayswater.

In the UK, in London and all over the world, countless fans who like Bayswater Chinese are also focusing on Yang Cheng through the live TV cameras, hoping that he can respond quickly.

"AC Milan's counterattack was very sharp. Perhaps the Chinese in Bayswater should give priority to defense." The TV commentator analyzed the game and gave his opinion.

After all, we only conceded one goal, and it was on the road.

There is another home game in the second round.

"But judging from the opening 15 minutes of this match, Bayswater Chinese's wing attack, which is their best, failed to gain any advantage against AC Milan."

"The two flanks of Maldini and Oddo are very experienced and solid in defense."

"On the contrary, the Bayswater Chinese defended too far forward, and AC Milan frequently created threats from behind. They have already won three corner kicks."

"Just now, Maldini's goal came from a corner kick."

When everyone was wondering whether Yang Cheng and the Bayswater Chinese should retreat, and when the whole world was waiting for AC Milan's next goal, Yang Cheng finally made a decision.

"Luca."

Yang Cheng waved to Modric on the court.

Taking advantage of a dead ball opportunity, Modric quickly ran to the sidelines and came in front of the head coach.

"Tell them that we have no way back, we must move forward and keep pressing!"

"The other team wants us to retreat, but the more they want to, the more we can't retreat. Keep pushing forward and grab the ball. The more aggressively we grab the better. We need to completely suppress their midfield and backcourt."

"Tell them that the more intense the pressure in the front court, the less threat they will pose from long passes behind them. Do you understand?"

Modric nodded and immediately ran back to the court.

Soon, Modric conveyed Yang Cheng's instructions to every teammate, and it quickly spread out.

The whole team's thoughts were unified at once.

Regardless of the outcome, regardless of the final result, the head coach’s requirements are now very clear: continue to press high and continue to suppress AC Milan’s midfield and backcourt.

Brian Kidd was standing next to Yang Cheng.

Even though there was a lot of noise around him, he could still hear it clearly.

This shocked him.

"Isn't this too risky?" Brian Kidd was a little worried.

This is also his job.

Yang Cheng has always been more radical, and it is easier to cooperate with someone cautious and steady standing behind him.

"The opening tactics have already been implemented. If we retreat now, do you think Ancelotti has no backup plan?"

Yang Cheng's rhetorical question left Brian Kidd speechless.

How could a contest between famous coaches be a one-round deal?
"Ancelotti's opening tactics were indeed very targeted, just to force us to retreat."

"What's the average age of their defense line?"

Maldini is 39 years old; Kaladze is 30 years old; Nesta will soon be 32 years old.

And Oddo, he's also 31 years old.

In addition to the defense, let’s look at the midfield.

Ambrosini, 30 years old.

Pirlo, 28 years old.

Gattuso is also 30 years old.

With this set of midfield and backcourt, doesn’t Ancelotti have his own plans?
"They are just afraid of turning the game into a fast-paced war of attrition with us!"

This was also the tactic Yang Cheng formulated before the game, which was to use a fast pace to drag AC Milan in.

"Once the arrow is shot, there is no turning back. The starting tactics have been determined. Instead of changing our minds halfway, it is better to be straightforward and go all the way. We will play more resolutely!"

Yang Cheng said in a resounding voice.

No regrets on your move!

Only when you are in danger can you survive!
After Yang Cheng made the decision, he immediately walked to the sidelines and first called Las Diarra, signaling him to continue following Kaka.

Then he called Leighton Baines who was close to him.

Taking advantage of a dead ball opportunity in the frontcourt, England's left back ran over.

"Remind Pepe and Thiago Silva to keep a close eye on Pato and Inzaghi."

"You and Maicon, the two full-backs, must always stay focused, move inwards in time, and assist Pepe and Thiago Silva to limit Pato and Inzaghi."

"They don't have any wide attackers, so we don't have to worry about defending the wing, understand?"

"Also, pay attention to controlling the first landing point of the long pass. The defense must maintain layers, so that the opponent can't rush with the ball and break through one person, and then the entire defense line will be broken through."

Leighton Baines nodded heavily and hurried back to the court.

……

With Yang Cheng's successive moves, the Chinese in Bayswater quickly stabilized their position.

Especially after 20 minutes, the Premier League team began to launch more fierce high-pressure pressing.

The entire defense line pressed forward.

On the defensive line, the timely inward movement of the full-backs formed a front and back defensive layer.

Whether it is the 4321 Christmas tree or today's 4312 formation, AC Milan has a very obvious problem.

That is the disconnect between offense and defense.

In the Christmas tree formation, the entire team's offense is more through the connection and advancement of Kaka and Seedorf.

In the 4312 formation, Seedorf was removed and Pato was added.

But because AC Milan wanted to play long passes behind them, Pato basically moved along the back line of the Bayswater Chinese defense instead of retreating to connect with the team.

This resulted in AC Milan's midfield and frontcourt relying on Kaka alone.

But Yang Cheng specially arranged Las Diarra to entangle Kaka, and let Yaya Toure be responsible for protecting the back line.

When Kaka was restricted, AC Milan encountered problems in advancing the ball.

Yang Cheng further increased the team's pressing pressure in the midfield and frontcourt, and AC Milan's long pass success rate was greatly affected.

Pato and Inzaghi were controlled, and the frontcourt lost its receiving points, so the long passes in the counterattack gradually lost their threat.

The long passes were not threatening and the ground passes were not smooth, so AC Milan was in a passive position.

At this time, 30 minutes had passed.

From the perspective of fans and others, what they saw more was the fierce competition between players from both sides on the field. In this intense competition, the Chinese team of Bayswater gradually took control of the situation and gained the advantage.

The most obvious change is that Ancelotti, Tassotti, Ciaccini and others, who had originally looked very relaxed, are now starting to look serious.

"This boy is so brave!" Tassotti said with a frown.

"Who says it's not true? In that dilemma just now, he knew he was being targeted, but he didn't change and continued to rush forward. He is either a young man who knows nothing, or a top coach with rich experience and a lot of experience."

Siachini turned his head and glanced at Yang Cheng, "No matter how you look at him, he looks like a fool!"

Just as the AC Milan coaching staff was discussing, a dramatic change suddenly occurred on the field.

Arshavin moved to the right side to receive the ball and then cut inside with the ball.

The Russian passed Ambrosini and Pirlo in succession, and made a diagonal pass to the left side of the penalty area in front of the arc.

Di Maria ran into the left side of the penalty area at high speed, stopped the ball with his left foot before Oddo, leaned on Oddo with his body, and shot with his right foot.

As a result, the Argentine's right foot turned the ball into an anti-aircraft gun.

Ancelotti glanced at the visiting team's coaching bench and found that Yang Cheng was covering his face with an expression as if he was too embarrassed to face anyone.

Then I could vaguely hear someone say, "Go back and practice like hell. If you don't train his damn right foot well, I'll take his last name!"

Ancelotti wanted to laugh a little.

But I couldn’t laugh.

That was too dangerous just now.

Fortunately, Oddo was experienced and well prepared before the game, locking Di Maria's left foot.

The Argentine's right foot is indeed quite average. Sometimes when playing on the right, he would rather use his kick than his right foot.

But this attack just now also reminded Ancelotti.

AC Milan's defense also has shortcomings.

Always stepping back too far.

Pirlo is mainly afraid of being pressed.

Thinking of this, he walked to the sidelines, called out to Pirlo, and signaled the entire midfield and defense line to move forward as much as possible.

……

Ancelotti was aware of the problem in the defense, and Yang Cheng also sensed the opportunity.

He immediately walked to the sidelines and called out to Modric, signaling him to strengthen the use of the area in front of the penalty area and cooperate well with Arshavin.

The most threatening aspect of Bayswater Chinese's attack is the continuous small-range passing and cutting.

Modric, Arshavin, Di Maria and Dzeko all have this ability.

When the Chinese players from Bayswater suppressed AC Milan, they could launch such an attack outside the opponent's penalty area.

At the same time, Yang Cheng gave clear instructions.

Hit the left side and then transfer over.

Why not play on the right?
Maldini was in pretty good form tonight.

This guy gets weirder the older he gets!
Most importantly, Maldini doesn't get forward very often.

Oddo, on the other hand, would move forward whenever he had the chance.

In today's entire technical and tactical system, there seems to be a lot of running in the midfield, but in fact, it is not the one that consumes the most physical energy.

Among all the positions, the one that requires the most physical strength is the full-back.

From the fact that Ancelotti arranged for Maldini to play as left back, it can be seen that this side should focus on defense.

No matter how talented Maldini is, it's impossible for him to be running all over the field at this age, right?

So, tonight, Maldini rarely pressed forward.

Yang Cheng arranged the team to play on the left in order to suppress Oddo.

In this way, the Chinese in Bayswater will be able to suppress AC Milan even more.

Moreover, once the situation is opened up on the left side, it will be a huge blow to AC Milan's morale.

……

Time is passing bit by bit.

The Bayswater Chinese gradually increased their attack on the left.

Leighton Baines pressed forward actively and formed a combined force with Di Maria in front.

In addition, Modric and Dzeko were often pulled to this side, making the attack on the left side of Bayswater Chinese very fierce.

Gattuso and Oddo were a little overwhelmed.

Especially Oddo.

As a right back, he was struggling to hold on and looked a bit embarrassed.

Ancelotti also realized the danger and immediately asked Pato and Inzaghi to increase the pressure on the central defenders of the Chinese players in Bayswater.

In the 37th minute, when the Bayswater Chinese passed the ball back to the center back, Pepe stopped the ball near the center line.

Pato rushed towards Pepe immediately.

The two central defenders of Bayswater Chinese were a little apart. Pepe did not stop the ball, but swept it sideways with his right foot and passed it to Thiago Silva on the other side of the center circle.

After stopping the ball, the Brazilian center back took two steps forward and passed it to Yaya Toure when he was about to cross the center line.

Apart from a little pressure from Inzaghi in front, Yaya Toure was not disturbed too much and passed the ball to Modric who ran back from the front to receive the ball.

The Croatian received the ball between Kaka and Filippo Inzaghi, and he first pretended to pass it to the left to find Leighton Baines.

But he suddenly stopped, dribbled the ball back, first pushed it sideways with the outside of his right foot, and then sent a straight pass.

The ball passed right past Kaka and landed precisely at Dzeko's feet on the left rib of the front court. The moment Modric got the ball, Di Maria ran to the left sideline, ready to receive Leighton Baines's direct pass.

This also helped Dzeko pull away from Oddo.

When Dzeko stopped Modric's through pass on the left side outside the penalty area, Oddo rushed over immediately, wanting to double-team Dzeko with Nesta.

Di Maria is always ready to move forward to the bottom line.

At this time, the best option is to pass the ball directly to the left bottom line outside the penalty area and let Di Maria make a cross.

AC Milan's defenders thought so too.

But what no one expected was that Dzeko suddenly stopped and made a horizontal pass.

The ball passed in front of Nesta to the top of the arc.

Then Arshavin was seen shaking off Pirlo and riding his horse to rush over.

Just now, Pato and Inzaghi rushed forward, and AC Milan's midfield naturally pressed forward a little.

Modric's through pass was played very quickly and they didn't have time to retreat yet.

When Arshavin caught up with Dzeko's pass at the front of the arc, he first made a fake move to rush to the right side of the penalty area, tricking Kaladze into blocking it immediately, trying to prevent the Russian from breaking into the penalty area.

Unexpectedly, Arshavin reacted faster. After a feint, he dribbled the ball back with his right foot and then dribbled into the penalty area with his left foot.

With just one move, he instantly got rid of Karaze.

Before Nesta could turn around, or Kaladze could react and pounce on him, Arshavin created space and swung his left foot to attack.

A volley shot was quickly kicked out from Arshavin's left foot.

AC Milan goalkeeper Dida was also fooled by Arshavin and Kaladze's first moves. When he reacted, he dived sideways.

The Brazilian goalkeeper reacted quickly and dived sideways quickly.

But Arshavin's shot was quicker.

The ball went straight to the left side of the goal!
"The ball went in!!!"

"In the 38th minute, Arshavin equalized the score for Bayswater Chinese!"

The camera quickly catches up with Arshavin.

The Russian ran out of the court and slid to his knees on the sidelines.

The Chinese players of Bayswater also chased after them.

On the sidelines, Yang Cheng excitedly raised his fists and shouted loudly, just replicating Ancelotti's actions when he celebrated Maldini's goal.

Then, Yang Cheng turned around and high-fived and hugged Brian Kidd and others who had caught up with him.

"The Chinese from Bayswater broke through AC Milan's goal!"

"After the 30th minute, we could clearly see that the Premier League team had begun to take advantage of the field and created threatening attacks many times."

"This attack still brought out the role of Dzeko, the center forward."

"Dzeko plays a vital role in Bayswater Chinese's offensive system this season. He is involved in almost every attack of the team."

"AC Milan's iron wall has been cracked!"

"1 to 1!"

"Now both sides are back to the same starting line."

"Uh, no, the Bayswater Chinese got a valuable away goal."

"Let's see how the two teams will continue to make moves."

……

"AC Milan dare not make changes easily!"

The first half ended with 1-1.

During the half-time break, Yang Cheng was in the visiting team's locker room, analyzing the situation in the second half with the players.

"Their players have a natural shortcoming, which is age."

The consumption of players of Bayswater Chinese is also very high.

Everyone was panting, but there was a gleam in their eyes when they looked at Yang Cheng.

Because they see hope!
In the first half, the decision made by Yang Cheng surprised everyone.

But the Bayswater Chinese players had no questions and everyone obeyed unconditionally.

So they managed to equalize the score.

This made them believe in Yang Cheng even more.

Yang Cheng's prestige in this team has been accumulated through one game after another, one victory after another over the years.

In the ever-changing court, even if their ideas are inconsistent with Yang Cheng's, they will obey unconditionally.

"Their age means they can't fight a war of attrition with us."

“It’s hard for us, but they’re harder than us.”

“The pace after 20 minutes in the first half has exceeded their expectations. They will only play more uncomfortably than us now, but they dare not move!”

The score is 1-1 now, and AC Milan has managed to maintain this situation with great difficulty.

Judging from the situation in the first half, if we made any move, things would probably be even worse.

What's more, who are the options left for Ancelotti now?
Seedorf?
Go down to free Kaka?
If Ancelotti does this, Yang Cheng’s first choice will be to free up the two full-backs.

Di Maria and Arshavin, or Dzeko, do not have much advantage when facing Maldini and Oddo one-on-one on the wing, but if the full-backs also move forward, the situation will be completely reversed.

1 years!

Don't underestimate it.

Over the past year, AC Milan has grown a year older.

But for the Chinese in Bayswater, they have grown one year older.

As one thing grows, the other shrinks, and the situation has become completely different.

"In the second half, the overall style of play was the same as in the first half. We were not in a hurry, but we still had to stick to a fast pace."

"Bring the opponent into our game rhythm and further consume the opponent."

The players all nodded.

"I saw that AC Milan didn't play long passes much in the later stages, so one of the two full-backs was left behind just in case, and the other could actively move forward to attack."

Leighton Baines and Maicon both nodded.

The two looked at each other and knew how to cooperate without saying anything.

"Midfield duties remain the same, Lars."

Yang Cheng looked at Las Diarra, "You did a great job in the first half. Kaka tried to dribble past the defense twice, but you stole the ball both times. Keep on pestering him like this. Don't let up. If we win this game, I'll give you credit for the achievement!"

When Las Diyala heard the last sentence, he grinned and said, "You have to pay more!"

Everyone in the locker room burst out laughing.

Las Diarra has been an absolute money-grubber since the first day he joined the team.

Everyone knows this.

But precisely because of this, a very good atmosphere has been formed among the Chinese in Bayswater.

At least, in Yang Cheng's opinion, it is really quite good.

No one is shy about talking about money.

Of course, there is a confidentiality agreement and no one will reveal how much they have received, but they and Yang Cheng never mind talking about money.

It is not uncommon for people like Las Diarra to openly ask for extra money.

The main reason is Yang Cheng’s previous sentence, which said that he should be credited for the first merit.

In Las Diarra's opinion, it is more practical to give more money than to give credit for achievements.

“We have to adjust our offense a little bit in the second half.”

"In the first half, we focused on attacking the left wing, and AC Milan must have been prepared. In the second half, we adopted a frontal attack, with assistance from both wings. Through passing and cutting, we entered the hinterland and then passed the ball horizontally to the two wings, mainly behind the full-backs."

“So, the midfielders have to work harder, press forward in time, and also be able to pull back in time.”

Modric and Yaya Toure both nodded.

Las Diarra's job is to limit Kaka.

As Yang Cheng said, the only players who can be used both up and down are Modric and Yaya Toure.

"If I'm not mistaken, Ancelotti will not make substitutions easily in the second half, at least until 60 minutes later, and the most likely candidate is Gilardino."

"Send in a centre-forward, Pato or Inzaghi."

Pato and Inzaghi's roles are both to prevent offside.

But now, even long passes are ineffective, so why keep two forwards to counter offside?

On the contrary, Gilardino plays a greater role as a center.

"guys!"

Seeing that the time was almost up, Yang Cheng clapped his hands vigorously to draw everyone's attention.

"I don't know what you think in your heart after playing this game until now, but personally, I am full of confidence!"

Almost all the players nodded after hearing this.

"A year ago, we lost to AC Milan in the quarter-finals of the Champions League."

"At that time, we were facing a team that was about to become the Champions League champions!"

"But now, a year later, I'm sure you've all noticed that we're no longer facing last year's Champions League champions, but an aging Serie A team."

"I hope that we not only win, but also score more away goals."

"We will walk out of the San Siro with our heads held high and avenge our defeat last season!"

When the players heard what Yang Cheng said, they thought of the failure at San Siro last season and couldn't hold back their excitement.

Defending champion?

We are beating the defending champions!

……

After the second half of the game started, the situation was just as Yang Cheng expected.

Ancelotti did not change his tactics and continued with the tactics used in the first half.

The same is true of the Bayswater Chinese.

This means that the Chinese in Bayswater still have the advantage on the field.

But that's okay.

For AC Milan, being at a disadvantage on the field is something they are already accustomed to.

The Chinese players from Bayswater took advantage of the opening and immediately seized the tempo of the game. After speeding up the pace, they forced AC Milan to keep up and entered a war of attrition.

In fact, facing AC Milan, Yang Cheng found that the Chinese players in Bayswater could play more smoothly through passing and cutting than in the Premier League.

The main reason is that Premier League teams are always fighting physically, always engaging in confrontations, and even committing fouls frequently.

Moreover, Premier League teams will attach great importance to pressing.

Serie A teams like AC Milan are different. They like to focus on defense first and there are not as many physical collisions as in the Premier League.

The most important thing is that Yang Cheng feels that the age of AC Milan's midfield and backcourt players is relatively old.

The most typical moment was in the 53rd minute.

The Chinese player from Bayswater tried to break through and cross the ball from Di Maria on the left outside AC Milan's penalty area. After the ball was cleared by Nesta out of the penalty area, Modric got ahead of Gattuso, stopped the ball with his chest, and made a lob pass.

Dzeko comes from behind, stops the ball with his chest, and then kicks the ball.

As a result, the goalkeeper Dida saved the ball in time.

The Bosnian center is relatively tall and his movement frequency is still a little slow.

If it was a small and flexible forward like that, he would probably just play straight away.

But this attack made Yang Cheng very satisfied.

At the same time, it also sounded a wake-up call for AC Milan.

Ancelotti seemed to be losing his temper.

From the 55th minute, AC Milan's assistant coach Ciacci was seen calling on Emerson and Gilardino on the bench to go out for warm-up.

Obviously, this is in preparation for a substitution.

As for how to pay it back, no one knows.

Ancelotti himself seems to have not made up his mind yet.

In the 61st minute, the Chinese from Bayswater intercepted the ball in their own half and quickly passed it to Yaya Toure.

The Ivorian made a diagonal pass and moved to the right side of the frontcourt.

After Arshavin stopped the ball with his chest, he cut inside with the ball, was disturbed by Maldini, and passed it to Modric.

At the front of AC Milan's 30-meter area, Modric passed the ball to Dzeko who retreated to receive the ball.

The Bosnian center forward just made a transition and passed the ball back to Modric who ran into the open space.

AC Milan's Gattuso and Pirlo are both pressing Modric.

The Croatian took a look and decided to move to the right flank, trying to cooperate with Arshavin.

The Russian got the ball in the right rib area.

At this time, even Mcconnell quickly moved forward and rushed to the right side of the penalty area.

But Arshavin was restricted by Ambrosini and was forced to pass the ball back to Modric who was unguarded outside the 30-meter area.

The Croatian midfielder first pretended to pass the ball to the right, but actually suddenly dribbled the ball to the left, and quickly made a low and diagonal pass, transferring the ball to the outside left corner of the penalty area.

Di Maria stopped the ball steadily with the inside of his left foot.

AC Milan's defensive formation also adjusted immediately.

Right back Oddo immediately rushed towards Di Maria.

The Argentines were waiting for him to come up.

Di Maria was seen pretending to cut into the penalty area from the right corner, and his right shoulder dropped, causing Oddo to move his feet and sideways so as to block Di Maria's cut-in or diagonal entry into the penalty area in time.

Unexpectedly, the Argentine suddenly poked the ball towards the baseline, then he suddenly accelerated, instantly leaving Oddo half a body length behind, rushed to the baseline with the ball, and passed the ball with his left foot.

Oddo is very experienced and has quick reactions, but not as fast as Di Maria.

Once you lose the initiative, you can never catch up.

In the middle of the penalty area, Dzeko, who had just retreated to meet Modric, had already ambushed in place. He raised his hand to indicate the direction of the pass to Di Maria. He rushed to the back point like a heavily armored tank, and outside the right goal post, he overpowered Kaladze and headed the ball at close range.

The entire San Siro Stadium suddenly burst into exclamations.

Then, there was a crisp whistle.

Dzeko excitedly rushed out of AC Milan's penalty area, ran all the way to the sidelines, and cheered excitedly at the live camera.

"The ball went in!!!"

"2 to 1!!"

"The Chinese in Bayswater have completed a comeback!"

"A close-range header from Edin Dzeko!"

"Di Maria's pass was very beautiful and the spot was very accurate."

"Dzeko took advantage of his late run and beat Kaladze to score with a header."

"This attack by the Chinese in Bayswater was truly magnificent!"

The whole stadium was booing.

And the cheers from the Bayswater players.

Yang Cheng was also very excited.

This ball is very crucial!
That's the role of the center.

At the crucial moment, Dzeko took the ball in the frontcourt and passed it to Arshavin.

Now, it was Dzeko's header in front of the goal that successfully reversed the score.

In contrast, AC Milan has no center forward, and there is not even a player in the frontcourt who can hold the ball.

……

The moment Ancelotti conceded the goal, he was so angry that he kicked a mineral water bottle not far in front of him away.

He was obviously extremely disappointed with the result.

We still lost the ball!
But Ancelotti made adjustments immediately.

Gilardino replaced Inzaghi and the team adjusted its tactics.

AC Milan arranged the combination of Gilardino and Pato in the frontcourt.

As a center forward, Gilardino can provide the team with enough frontcourt pressure and relieve the pressure from the midfield and backcourt.

The Bayswater Chinese still haven't adjusted.

After the reversal, Yang Cheng signaled the team to continue pursuing the victory.

This is an away game, and it's the first leg. As long as the offense is threatening, AC Milan should be the one to worry.

Especially as the game time progressed, the physical fitness of AC Milan players began to decline.

Or it should be said that after 60 minutes, the players on both sides were a little tired, and as their physical strength declined, the pace of the game had to slow down.

But in comparison, the situation of Bayswater Chinese is much better than that of an aging team like AC Milan.

The most outrageous thing is that in the 69th minute, Modric actually stole the ball from Pirlo's feet.

If Nesta hadn't cleared the ball in time, Dzeko's shot would have scored again.

It can also be seen from this that AC Milan's physical fitness has indeed declined significantly.

After the 75th minute, Ancelotti replaced Pato with Seedorf, hoping to further free up Kaka.

The Brazilian was confined by Las Diarra throughout the game and did not have a good performance, not even a threatening pass.

In a way, it's completely frozen.

After Seedorf came on, AC Milan began to increase its offensive strength.

At this time, the Chinese in Bayswater retreated a little and focused on defense.

Yang Cheng made the first substitution in the 75th minute, with Gareth Bale replacing Di Maria.

The Argentines performed very well in this game, but they consumed too much physical energy.

When the team moves back, Gareth Bale's speed can be more threatening.

In the 79th minute, Las Diarra cooperated with Modric in the midfield, completed a steal on Seedorf and passed the ball to Yaya Toure.

As soon as the Ivorian saw that there was no defensive player in front of him, he immediately strode forward, shook off Seedorf, Kaka and others, and rushed forward with the ball.

The Chinese in Bayswater also immediately began to counterattack quickly.

After crossing the center line, Yaya Toure passed the ball directly to the right.

Arshavin's physical energy was also greatly consumed, but he still ran quickly to the right sideline of the frontcourt and caught up with Yaya Toure's pass.

The moment the Russian received the ball, he feinted, making Maldini think he was going to go down the line, but in fact he suddenly turned inside and shook off Maldini.

Ambrosini had also retreated to the right corner of the penalty area and was about to join forces with Maldini to attack.

As soon as Arshavin shook off Maldini, he skillfully pulled the ball to the right with his left foot, avoiding Ambrosini, and broke through between two defenders and entered the AC Milan penalty area.

After breaking into the penalty area, Arshavin dribbled the ball diagonally towards the goal, attracted the attention of Kaladze, and suddenly passed the ball back with his right foot.

At this moment, a burly red figure as big as a mountain came galloping over, and met the ball passed by Arshavin and shot it directly.

The ball stuck to the grass and flew into the lower right corner of AC Milan's goal at an extremely fast speed.

Goalkeeper Dida dived sideways but failed to catch the ball.

"The ball goes in again!!!"

"A quick counterattack from the Bayswater Chinese!"

"Arshavin passed two defenders and made a wonderful pass, and Yaya Toure shot the ball into AC Milan's goal!"

"3 to 1!"

“What a wonderful comeback!”

"At the San Siro Stadium, Bayswater Chinese finally got their revenge for last season!"

"There are only ten minutes left in the game, and AC Milan is in a very unfavorable situation!"

"Tonight's game is destined to belong to the Bayswater Chinese!"

"It is destined to be Arshavin who only passes and shoots!!"

(End of this chapter)