After being rejected, I became Shi Yijiao

Chapter 228 Milan's Weakness

The schedule for the next period of time is indeed very difficult for Hamburg.

After a relatively easy home game against newly promoted Brunswick on August 8, it's an international break.

And when the players with the national team game task drag their tired bodies back to the team, they will be greeted with a terrifying week in a row.

9月15日客场对多特蒙德，9月18日客场对AC米兰，9月21日主场对云达不莱梅！
This is not over yet.

接下来4天后又是9月25日德国杯第二轮，然后是9月29日德甲第六轮客场对法兰克福，10月3日欧冠主场对阵巴萨。

Finally, after the away game against Nuremberg on October 10, this long series of consecutive devil schedules came to an end.

This is a problem that Hamburg never faced at all last season, and it is a problem that many teams will face when fighting on the third line.

But what reassures Hamburg up and down is that Pan Yi seems to have been prepared for this long ago.

He asked Pintus to arrange a series of training plans based on this intensive schedule early on, which also included the players' recovery, relaxation and rest intervals.

The tactical training and ability training proposed by Nagelsman and Inzaghi will also revolve around this set of plans to avoid players from being too tired.

During this period of training, Pan Yi will also require various modern equipment to keep up, pay close attention to the physical condition of all players, and use scientific data to determine whether a player can play and how long he can play.

In short, it is to use all means to ensure that the team can exert its maximum combat effectiveness while ensuring the physical condition of the players and avoiding injuries.

Of course, if we must prioritize these games, Pan Yi still pays more attention to the Champions League, especially the first round against Milan.

This is the game against his former club, and it is also Pan Yi's first European game in Hamburg. He certainly hopes that the team will perform well.

Therefore, he hopes that his team can go to the San Siro Stadium with the best lineup and state to win this game.

Pan Yi also has this confidence.

He knows that the current Milan has been going downhill for the past two years.

After Pan Yi left, Allegri has been unable to come up with any clever tactics, and he can't use the young players Pan Yi bought, otherwise he wouldn't let Pan Yi take away so many at a "low price". one.

Allegri is superstitious about his "black and hard" style of play, and he seemed to be able to sustain it last season, but after the serious blood loss this season, he feels a bit exposed.

The start of the new season of Serie A is later than that of the Bundesliga. After three rounds of the Bundesliga, Serie A has only played one game.

But in this first round, AC Milan lost 1:2 to the underdog Verona in the away game.

Allegri formed the "little black boy" combination of Mane + Balotelli + Niang in the game, and in the 14th minute Mane scored a goal to take the lead.

However, Milan's defense couldn't withstand Verona's Italian veteran Toni, who scored consecutive overhead kicks in 30 minutes and 53 minutes to overtake the score.

There is another young player in the Verona team who performed well, and that is Jorginho.

He led Verona's midfielders and also gained the upper hand in the competition with Milan's black and hard midfielders, which is also a prerequisite for Verona's final victory.

In fact, losing is fine, but a giant like Milan can't even control the ball in front of Verona, which is really unreasonable.

This black opening also caused Allegri's pressure to increase sharply, and fans and the media once again called him out of get out of class.

What makes Allegri even more embarrassing is that everyone said that they want Pan Yi to come back, and they all miss Pan Yi's time in Milan. They also said that Allegri's triple crown in Milan was actually thanks to Pan Yi.

So for Allegri, this Champions League group match is also his chance to prove himself again.

He wants to beat Hamburg and Pan Yi at the San Siro Stadium to prove that he is really better than Pan Yi!

Of course, Pan Yi would not let such a thing happen.

He also wants to tell Allegri with direct dialogue on the court, look at what you have ruined my carefully cultivated Milan!
If you don't understand, you can call me and ask me.It happened that he had a good face and insisted on it.

Well, the best way to "communicate" at this time is to teach Allegri a hard lesson during the game.

Only in this way can he know how the real 433 kicks!

……

On August 8, in the fourth round of the Bundesliga, Hamburg played against Brunswick at home.

Hamburg won this game easily.

Since the international competition day will be entered after the game, Pan Yi also sent most of the main players in this game and also took control of the game.

In the 9th minute, Carvajal made a cross from the right, and the Brunswick defender made a header to clear the siege. After the ball bounced off the ground, De Bruyne from outside the penalty area made a beautiful volley with his right foot. The ball was like a cannonball Flying to the upper right corner of the goal, the opponent's goalkeeper flew to save it to no avail, 1:0!

In the 13th minute, De Bruyne made a scalpel-like through pass in his own half. The ball penetrated the Brunswick defense line.Facing the goalkeeper, he calmly pushed his right foot and scored, 2:0!

In the 66th minute, Wu Lei made an inverted triangle pass from the left, and Carvajal received the ball from the other side into the hinterland of the penalty area. He shot the far corner with his right foot. The ball hit the left post and bounced into the net, 3:0 !

In the 73rd minute, De Bruyne made a precise pass in front of the penalty area, Salah made a pass from the right, Vardy volleyed with his right foot near the penalty spot, and the ball went straight into the net.Vardy scored twice, 4:0!

In the end, Hamburg defeated the newly promoted Brunswick with four goals and won the league's first four consecutive victories.

However, other opponents in this round of the game overturned one after another.

Except for Dortmund narrowly beating Frankfurt 2:1 and maintaining a complete victory like Hamburg, there is no third team with a complete victory.

美因茨以客场以1：4大败给汉诺威96，而勒沃库森则是0：2完败给沙尔克04。

The most surprising is Bayern Munich.

They encountered tenacious resistance from Freiburg in the away game, and finally the two sides shook hands with 1:1.

In this way, after four rounds, Hamburg still ranks first in the standings with 12 points and a goal difference advantage, and Dortmund ranks second.

Then there are Bayern Munich with 10 points, Leverkusen, Hannover 9 and Mainz with 96 points.

Then the league is temporarily suspended for two weeks and enters the national team match day.

Compared with the previous season, this season's Hamburg arrived on the national match day, but almost everyone ran away.

The first-team players are basically international players from various countries!
Even if you are not a national player, you will be recruited by youth teams of all ages in various countries. For example, Yonatan Ta is still the captain of the youth team.

Although Rudiger is only 20 years old, he has also been favored by Loew for his outstanding performance in Hamburg, allowing him to enter the adult national team for inspection.

——Of course, in fact, as long as the players of the German national team are recommended by Pan Yi to Loew, there is basically no need for inspection.

Who made Loew now considered Pan Yi's "little fan"?

So in the end, those who stayed in the training center on the national match day, that is, the substitute goalkeeper Neuhaus and Drobney played there by themselves. No training is possible.

So Pan Yi simply let them go on vacation.

As soon as the difficult two weeks were over, Pan Yi immediately asked the team doctors, physical coaches, and rehabilitators to check up and give physical therapy to the returning players as soon as possible, so that they could get rid of fatigue as soon as possible and return to the team. Come in training.

After all, Hamburg is about to usher in the Tianwangshan battle with Dortmund in the Bundesliga!
This is a direct confrontation between two teams with four consecutive victories.

Fortunately, this national team match day did not bring too much FIFA virus to Hamburg, that is, no one was injured.

It's just that some players are more tired than others because they have played a lot of games, or they are tired.

Therefore, when the game against Dortmund came, Pan Yi also made a choice based on the current situation and formed a competitive starting lineup.

After all, Hamburg is full of talents now!
Forwards: Vardy, Salah, Lin Zhijian.

Midfielders: De Bruyne, Charhanoglu, Kante.

Defenders: Janssen, Rudiger, Westermann, Carvajal.

Goalkeeper: Keylor Navas.

In this lineup, the main thing is to remove the South American and Asian internationals. They run far and play for a long time, and they are really tired.

Except for goalkeeper Navas, anyway, there is generally no need to worry about the physical condition of the goalkeeper.

Among the European internationals, Van Dijk has already played the main force of the Dutch national team. He also played two games on the international match day, so let him rest first.The same is true of Robertson in Scotland.

And players like Vardy, Kanter, De Bruyne, and Carvajal are temporarily unable to play the main force in the national team, and their playing time is relatively short, so their recovery is better.

Just because De Bruyne and Charhanoglu were allowed to play at the same time, Pan Yi let Kanter play the back midfielder position, and let De Bruyne and Charhanoglu be separated on both sides of Kanter's front. Coordinate.

The cunning power of this midfield combination will be weaker, but under the escort of a ball-stealing machine like Kanter, it can also play the characteristics of De Bruyne and Charhanoglu's good passing and long-range shots. Can play the role of dual-core.

Anyway, the various collocations of midfielders are often used in training, and everyone is familiar with them.

And Dortmund, who will also challenge Naples away in the Champions League group stage, has a 4231 strongest lineup.

Center: Lewandowski.

Frontcourt: Aubameyang, Mkhitaryan, Royce.

Defenders: Bender, Shaheen.

Defenders: Schmelzer, Hummels, Subotic, Grosskreuz.

Goalkeeper: Weidenfeller.

Xia Chuang's new players are all on the stage, and they seem to be much stronger than last season's attack power!

This also shows Klopp's attitude towards this game: the Champions League is very important, but I want to win your Pan Yi's burger!
Before the game, Aubameyang talked and laughed with all the old Milan players in Hamburg, including Pan Yi. After all, everyone got along very well during that period in Milan.

But at the start of the game, Aubameyang didn't give Hamburg any good looks.

He, Mkhitaryan, Royce, and Lewandowski in the front formed the Dortmund attack team with full firepower and impact.

The two sides did not have any temptations after the opening, and directly started the back-and-forth confrontation, with wonderful cooperation and threatening shots constantly appearing on the field.

But it wasn't until the 38th minute that the first goal appeared.

Aubameyang broke into the penalty area with the ball, Westerman had no choice but to bring it down, and Dortmund won a penalty.

Lewandowski took the penalty. He calmly pushed with his right foot and the ball flew into the lower left corner of the goal. Dortmund took a 1-0 lead at home!
During the intermission, Pan Yi made decisive adjustments to the situation in the first half. He asked Wu Lei to replace Lin Zhijian, who was underperforming, to strengthen the offense, and Paulinho to replace Charhanoglu. The offense and defense of the field are more balanced.

After changing sides to fight again in the second half, Hamburg launched a burst of onslaught and quickly equalized the score.

In the 50th minute, Hamburg launched an attack by throwing the ball. After receiving the ball, Paulinho took a few steps and hit the goal with a heavy shot with his right foot from the front of the penalty area.

The ball hit the left post and bounced back into the field, and Wu Lei in front of the goal made a close-range shot!The score became 1:1!

Neither side could do anything after that.

Klopp replaced Papastathopoulos, Kyle, Hoffman and others to maintain the pressure on Hamburg, while Pan Yi removed De Bruyne and replaced Casemiro to improve Midfield hardness.

In the end, Hamburg drew with Dortmund in an away game, relying on Wu Lei's substitute contributions.

……

This much-anticipated battle for the top spot ended with a handshake between the two sides.

The teams behind them also took the opportunity to catch up.

勒沃库森3：1战胜沃尔夫斯堡，而拜仁慕尼黑则是以2：0击败汉诺威96。

After five rounds like this, Hamburg, Dortmund, and Bayern Munich all ranked in the top three with 4 wins, 1 draw and 13 points, and Leverkusen ranked fourth with 12 points.

另一支传统强队沙尔克04则是开局不佳，2胜1平2负，仅积7分排在第九位。

As for Hamburg's draw with Dortmund, the media's evaluation of Pan Yi was also mixed.

Many media believe that after the two-week national team match day, Pan Yi can still form a half-rotation lineup to draw away with Dortmund, who played with all the main players. Now the overall strength of Hamburg can be seen.

Pan Yi is obviously saving his strength for the Champions League group stage in the middle of the week, but under such a premise, they were not completely at a disadvantage against Dortmund, which is really commendable.

Opponents believe that Pan Yi's approach is actually very dangerous.

It is understandable that he values ​​the UEFA Champions League, but if he loses in the Bundesliga and loses in the UEFA Champions League as a result, he will not take care of both ends, and he will end up losing his wife and losing his army.

Although there is no loss now, after all, it has lost two points, and it was lost in the hands of Dortmund, one of the most direct opponents in the championship.

If these two points are missing in the final championship battle, and Hamburg does not do anything in the Champions League, Pan Yi will definitely regret today's decision.

"I have no regrets. On the contrary, I am very happy."

But at the press conference after the game, Pan Yi said so.

"I don't just want to win, I want to win with all the players healthy."

"The rotation of the team's squad will be the norm for Hamburg this season, and you will get used to it in the future."

"I'm delighted to see that all the players in our first team are ready for the game and confident to win the game."

"Having said that, I am also very happy with the performance of the players today. It is not possible for all teams to get out of the Westfalenstadion."

"To win the Bundesliga championship, it is not necessary for the team to win all the games. In fact, it is impossible to do it, and no team in the five major leagues has ever done it."

"What we have to do is to maintain our health and condition, and then do better than our opponents, that's enough."

In the end, Pan Yi concluded: "If you want to achieve good results in multi-line battles, it is definitely not enough to stick to one lineup. Time will tell everything."

……

In addition to Klopp, AC Milan's Allegri also used all the starting players in this week's league.

Although in the second round of Serie A, AC Milan defeated Cagliari 2:3, finally let Allegri breathe a sigh of relief.

So he wanted to take advantage of the victory to pursue and let the winning streak make Milan fans forget the existence of Pan Yi.

In the third round of the away game against Turin, Allegri sent most of the main players, trying to eat the opponent in one bite.

But the Turin team known as the "Bulls" is not so easy to deal with.

In their 352 formation, the two wingbacks Damian and D'Ambrosio caused a lot of trouble for Milan, and the forwards Cerci and Immobile also frequently interspersed and ran to create threats.

In just 6 minutes of the opening, Torino, who played at home, took the lead in scoring.

D'Ambrosio dribbled the ball into the penalty area from the left. After passing several people in a row, he shot with his right foot, 1:0.

In the 28th minute, Torino expanded the score advantage. After cutting inside, Chelsea shot a strong shot from a close angle and broke the net, 2:0.

In the second half, Milan just woke up like a dream. They successively replaced Kaka, Matri and others to strengthen the attack, and Muntari and Balotelli scored two consecutive goals in just 88 minutes from 90 to 3 minutes to close the score. equalize.

The final score was 2:2, and the two sides drew.

But judging from the content of the game, Turin still has the advantage on the field, while Milan has many hidden dangers.

……

For this Serie A game, Pan Yi called the members of the coaching staff and watched it together in the conference room.

Although he did not come to the scene, Pan Yi has also collected data from several Milan matches this season, including warm-up matches, so he has some opinions on Allegri's current style of play.

"In this season, AC Milan has become a team that relies heavily on crosses."

"The reason is that Allegri requires more players to exchange positions, that is, to play more flexibly."

"But this way of playing, executed by unsuitable players, led to more goals conceded in the offensive build-up phase than last season."

"So increasing the number of crosses, maybe Allegri's way of curbing those mistakes."

"And excessive transpositions and crossings come at a price: Milan have conceded more goals in counter-attacks than last season. The counter-attacks created within 20 seconds of losing possession in the opposition's half. scoring chances, Milan will result in 500 theoretical goals conceded per 0.08 passes, which is 0.06% higher than the previous 33 theoretical goals conceded.”

The "theoretical goal conceded" mentioned by Pan Yi is similar to the "expected number of goals" (that is, expected goals, referred to as XG), which is a kind of data used to measure the possibility of scoring in a specific area.

Its concept is actually not difficult to understand. It is to calculate the quality of each goal opportunity of a team in a game, so as to get how many goals the team "should" score in that game.

In recent real football and FM games, there is such a data that can be used to analyze whether the team has created enough good enough opportunities.

Because sometimes the score on the scoreboard does not fully reflect the real situation of the game.

If you have a lot of "expected goals" but don't score, it's likely that your tactics are good and your players are performing well, just a bit of luck.

In short, Pan Yi has introduced such an advanced concept in data analysis to help him and the coaching staff to better understand their opponents and their own performance on the field.

"In addition, Milan's current defense line is also very problematic." Pan Yi continued:
"After Thiago Silva was sold, Allegri chose Mex and Zapata as his main centre-back partner, but they, especially Mex, were underwhelming. ... for the goals Milan conceded against Verona, Cagliari, including this one against Torino, he was responsible, or at least partly responsible."

"Mex is not at all a reliable defender compared to Thiago Silva, winning less than 30 per cent of his aerial scrambles in the box. And in one-on-one defense, his success The rate is only 1%, and it will drop to 1% in the penalty area."

"The reason why Allegri chose him, but because of his performance on the offensive end. His ability to produce goals reached 90 expected goals per 0.67 minutes... Haha, actually I noticed it when I was in Milan. He A defender who likes to score goals!"

"But the weakness in defense is something we can take advantage of. We can use Mitrovic to compete with him for the top, so that his success rate of the top challenge and 1-on-1 defense success rate will further decrease..."

After Pan Yi started, other coaches followed suit.

Nagelsmann and Inzaghi analyzed the problems of Milan's frontcourt and midfield respectively, such as the excessive transposition behavior that means that every Milan player is positioned far away from the opponent, keeping each player away from the ball, making Milan very difficult. Difficult to regain lost possession.

For another example, Milan's three midfielders, especially Montolivo, often ran into the penalty area to catch the ball.This style of play increases the area that the remaining midfielders and defenders have to defend when a teammate loses the ball.

Muntari, including De Jong's defense can cover a wide range, but when they cannot return to the defense in time, the opponent can often cause an effective counterattack.

And Pintus even mentioned that Milan this season has seriously reduced their rotation, and they often start with the same set.

Especially in the midfield, the main force + substitute they can use is at most five people.

If they continue to use the 433 formation, isn't Milan's midfield a bit thin?

Fatigue will reduce their ability to counter-grab.

When the players do not have enough counter-attack ability, Milan will suffer from the threat of counter-attack.

In the Champions League, this weakness may become a problem, and it is also a point that Hamburg can take advantage of.

Pan Yi agrees with Pintus' analysis.

Now many players in Hamburg are playing in the Champions League for the first time, and they are still going to San Siro to face Milan. Pan Yi should let the players seek stability first, instead of going to face Milan as soon as they come up. This is too risky.

But as soon as halftime passes, when they show fatigue in the second half, Pan Yi's hidden power in the league can be fully revealed.

At that time, you can fight with them for real!

(End of this chapter)