Chapter 205 Chronic Death
When the game started again, Milan's formation did not change.
Since the team only had ten people left to play on the court, there was too little room for Ancelotti to adjust. During the halftime break, he tried many ideas, but none of them were ideal, so he had to choose not to make changes.
After all, with one less player in the midfield, the 4212 formation is almost the best formation that can be imagined. Both in the midfield and the frontcourt Milan can maintain a certain threat. When Liu Feng is in such a state of extreme shape, An Pang naturally doesn't want to try any three-guard formation.
During the halftime break, Ancelotti set the idea for the players to rely on Kaka's dominance in the middle to open up the situation for the team's offense.
However, this tactic was greatly curbed after the start of the second half.
"Oh~, Flokari has withdrawn from the center position, and Afeng and Aubameyang have served as the team's double strikers." Liu Jianhong, who is keen on observation during the commentary, quickly noticed the change of Piacenza after the two teams dispersed: "Conte strengthened the team's arrangement in the midfield, a very wise choice."
Kaka is very strong, and there is no doubt that in the situation where other players are in good condition this season, Kaka has long become the most stable part of the team. He stood out countless times when the team was in adversity and helped the team solve the problem.
Therefore, any team will choose to set up a gate to block the player in the midfield when facing Milan. The 433 formation that Piacenza set up at the beginning is far from enough in Liu Jianhong's opinion. Although Piacenza's three midfielders are all very strong midfielders, they are still much worse than Kaka in his opinion.
Milan's only goal in the first half proved this. The connection between Kaka and Pirlo was enough to make Piacenza's midfield defense line useless. In this case, it would be irrational to Piacenza not strengthen the midfield.
After the game started, Conte's adjustment quickly achieved results. After Milan re-telephoned the ball, he obviously had the idea of playing in the middle. After the ball turned around in the backcourt, he pulled the ball away from Piacenza and passed it to Kaka near the center circle.
Kaka, who had been completely aroused by Liu Feng's desire to fight, did not decrease but increased after the start of the second half. After getting the ball, he stopped and broke through Floka who was snatched up, and then accelerated from near the center line and began to show people his signature dribbling movements.
"Kaka's ball is being carried forward at high speed!"
Liu Jianhong's voice increased after Kaka opened and started dribbling: "Milan still pressed his treasure on their Mr. Golden Ball."
At the first time Kaka was advancing, Piacenza's players also moved. Naingran and Nocerino, who were still not in front of him in the half, soon appeared in front of Kaka one by one.
Facing Naingran who came to him first, Kaka, who was at his own pace, did not slow down. He simply knocked the ball away and played a game of chasing the ball with Naingran.
Under Kaka's speed and sense of loopholes, Naingran quickly lost and was left behind by Kaka after a staggering moment.
However, before Ambrocsini and Pirlo's two midfield teammates who were not fast, Kaka had to continue to face Piacenza's next defender Nocerino alone. This time, Nocerino absorbed the lesson of Naingran's sweeping too far and just moved sideways to jamm Kaka's route.
Kaka, who had experienced countless big scenes, still didn't look panicked in the face of such defense. While he was moving at high speed, he suddenly hit the ball with his left foot and rolled in the horizontal direction. Then his right foot was stabbed by his right foot and rolled over from Nocerino's right hand, while he himself accelerated from Nocerino's left hand to prepare to rush over.
This is a beautiful man-score attempt. Even the most demanding football critic can't say anything about Kaka's extraordinary choice this time, but if Nocerino is not interested in the ball rolling over him at all?
"Nocerino gave up the ball, and he directly stuck Kaka who was trying to run over."
Looking at the scene on the court, Liu Jianhong was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly realized: "Marciio, Kaka, who was blocked first, appeared in front of the ball and kicked the ball with one kick! The progressive defense of the three players in the midfield successfully blocked Kaka, haha, this is a victory for team football."
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 rule when they are in excellent condition and are favored by God.
Although Kaka is one of the very few players, it is obvious that God did not favor him this time. None of the three players in the Piacenza midfield made mistakes or anything else. They cooperated with each other to defend and successfully blocked the player when they were not Kaka's opponents one-on-one.
After the ball was re-driven by Marchisio to the frontcourt, Piacenza did not make any quick counterattack. Facing the Milan defense line, which was ready to face the new round of attacks by the opponent, they played the tactic of controlling the ball.
"Piacenza is consciously controlling the rhythm of the game and is not in a hurry to lead the big score."
A fast attack often means the quick change of ball rights. Piacenza, who has obtained the opportunity to control the ball, obviously has no intention of giving the ball rights to his opponent easily. The ball is constantly passed between the players under the slow advance of their formation, and the entire team slowly pressed towards Milan in a very steady way.
Faced with this situation, Milan players had no better choice. In order to grab the ball as soon as possible, they had to rush forward and keep pressing and trying to intercept the ball or force Piacenza players to make mistakes.
Such a choice is naturally not wise for Milan, who is one less. However, after a period of pressing, they can still get the ball, and then the connection between Pirlo and Kaka continues to try to connect the team's attack.
In the next nearly thirty minutes of the game, the rhythm of the two teams was in this situation.
Milan's offense was greatly restricted and had little effect after Kaka's role was greatly restricted. Piacenza spent a lot of time on improving the team's ball possession time. In the 70th minute of the game, the comparison of the ball possession rate between the two sides had become 60% and 40%.
Chapter completed!