host must win

Chapter 881 The Weakness of AC Milan

"Everyone cheer up, we haven't reached the time to be dejected yet." Yin Jun stood up from his seat and said loudly, "We won at home and we were behind by two goals in this game, but we won in the final The score is only one goal behind. This situation is not the end of the world. The most important thing for us now is to stabilize our defense and not lose the ball. Then we will play AC Milan's counterattack, seek goals, and equalize the score !"

Veteran Ryan Giggs saw that Yin Jun, the captain, stood up first to encourage the morale of the team, and he also echoed: "Yin Jun is right, I think we were behind the whole game at the Nou Camp, but we Persevere, and this is the world-renowned miracle of the Nou Camp. Today's situation is much better than before, and our top priority is to stabilize the defense."

Heinze, who was the first to bear the brunt, was a little embarrassed when he saw that both the captain and the big bosses of the team mentioned stabilizing the defense, but he was also considered a veteran of the team. He gritted his teeth and stood up bravely, expressing that his state was indeed not ideal , but he will definitely adjust himself in time, and will continue to work hard in the second half to strive for a better performance.

Yin Jun also showed the demeanor that a captain should have. Instead of blaming Heinze, he said in relief: "Gavriel, I know you have worked very hard. There is a problem with the team's defense, and you are not alone. It is not the responsibility of the people, but the responsibility of all of us.”

Yin Jun's maintenance moved Heinze very much, not only because of the personal relationship between each other, but also because of the team's overall consideration.

During the intermission, under normal circumstances the coaching staff will not make substitutions.Because substituting at this time is tantamount to shifting all the responsibility for the first half to this player, which is unfair to anyone.

Since there will be no substitutions, as the captain of the team, Yin Jun has to boost the morale of the team.

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Ferguson also led the coaching staff into the locker room at this time, and he also very much agreed with Yin Jun's statement.

"And we must shrink appropriately and adopt intensive defense, especially our middle lane, and we must hold the front of the penalty area."

"There is still the second half of the game, and we are far from being dejected. Don't forget, our statistics before the game show that AC Milan's second half is when they make the most mistakes."

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But just this is obviously not enough. The team must also come up with a feasible plan at the tactical level.

Ferguson's words are a good reminder to the players in the locker room.

Ferguson's opinion is very consistent with Yin Jun's. The team's pressure on the opponent on the left in the first half was obviously not enough.The team's left-back Heinze played a disaster in the first half, and the performance of left-wing Giggs was far from good.

That's the threat on the left.

Of course, there may also be some mysterious things, such as luck, such as the psychological pressure of never winning in this stadium, and so on.

Looking at the other two teams in the top three in Serie A, Roma is the most stable overall. The first half and the second half are very close, and Inter Milan's second half is even better than the first half.

"AC Milan prefers to hit the ball directly into our penalty area in the attack. This is very obvious in the first half. The intention is very simple. It can create better shooting opportunities in the penalty area. Inzaghi and Ka Cards are known opportunists."

In other words, there are only 30 AC Milan first team players under the age of 10!
This also includes the 29-year-old Gattuso, and the vice-captain Ambrosini who will turn 30 in less than a week!

It can be seen that in the first half, AC Milan was not much worse than Inter Milan.The reason why the point difference between the two teams in the standings has been stretched to 20 points is because Inter Milan is better at attacking late.

This is why the average age of AC Milan's starters can reach 31.6 years old!
Relatively speaking, the age of Manchester United's lineup is too perfect.There are veteran players like Ryan Giggs and Edwin van der Sar, supported by Mesozoic players like Wes Brown, Heinze, Vidic, O'Shea, and Carrick, as well as Yin Jun, Ronaldo, Rooney, Young teenagers like Fletcher charge forward.

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After what Ferguson said, the Manchester United players immediately regained their confidence.

"In addition, when attacking, we have to put more pressure on our opponents on the left. Ryan needs to be more active, press Gattuso more, and put more pressure on their side, then the chances on the right will be better More."

Moreover, regardless of the 20-year-old teenagers like Yin Jun, they all have at least three seasons of competition experience in the Champions League. Yin Jun has been the main player in the Champions League for five consecutive years, and is even the top scorer in the history of the Champions League.

It can be said that this Manchester United team is not inferior to AC Milan in terms of experience, and it is even more dominant in terms of physical fitness.The reason why they played so badly in the first half was that AC Milan did perform very well in the first half on the one hand, and on the other hand it was due to the weather and the venue.

The aging of this AC Milan team is very serious. Most of the team's regular players are over 30 years old.Currently, AC Milan has 26 players in the first team, but there are 30 players over the age of 16, including 41-year-old Costacurta, 39-year-old Maldini and other super veterans.

Of course, if you only talk about the first and second halves and don't combine it with reality, such data is not very meaningful.But this can fully prove one thing, that is, AC Milan's performance in the first half is always much better than in the second half.

Take AC Milan's starting lineup today, in fact, there are only two players under the age of 30, Kaka and Pirlo!

A very important reason for AC Milan's performance in the first half and the second half is the team's physical fitness.

根据曼联教练组的统计，AC米兰在本赛季的意甲联赛的战绩是19胜10平5负，落后榜首的国际米兰足足20分，位列第三。而他们在上半场的战绩，则是14胜17平3负，以59个积分排名第二，榜首是16胜14平4负拿到62分的国际米兰。

After hearing this, everyone nodded their heads.

"Everyone, this is a protracted battle. The opponent is AC Milan, one of the strongest teams in European football today, but we are not weak. As for why we played like that in the first half, I don't want to pursue it any further. What's the matter, I just want everyone to play with a new attitude in the second half."

"We have to defend in the second half, the longer we defend, the more chances we have!"

Ferguson's meaning is very clear. For the old AC Milan, physical fitness will be a long-standing problem. The longer it is delayed, the more obvious their problems will be exposed.

(End of this chapter)