Starting with Real Madrid kicking the midfielder

Chapter 39 Everyone Loves Little Lions

After the day's training officially ended, Allegri immediately announced the starting 11-man roster for the Cagliari League.

Li Ang was selected, and Pirlo was finally selected!

Li Ang knew it when Allegri praised Pirlo's performance as if nothing had happened before.

I succeeded!
His partner with Pirlo played the power he expected, in other words, Pirlo's "oil storage" greatly exceeded Allegri's expectations.

Li Ang is like a young version of Gattuso, with Gattuso in the twilight of his career on the left and right, and once again supported Pirlo's super protection with tough defensive sweeps and sufficient organizational support.

No Italian coach can resist the temptation to have "normal performance" Pirlo.

Even Allegri, who is mainly focused on cleaning out Pirlo, gave Pirlo many chances to start many times with hope in the first half of the league.

But how to put it, the particularity of Pirlo's position naturally increases his team's requirements for the hardness of midfield interception and the level of coverage.

He can support a team's organization alone, and the level of a midfielder is beyond doubt.

But correspondingly, when he lags behind but can't provide much frontal confrontation and defensive hardness.

It is necessary for the midfield partners on both sides to pay more physical fitness and energy to fill this defensive hole for him.

It used to be Gattuso and Ambrosini or Seedorf who did it for him.

But now when his superstar partners are getting old gradually, the advantages of physical fitness and speed are no longer there. If he has skills, he doesn't have enough physical strength to do a strong sweep and cover.

Pirlo's shortcomings were naturally exposed naked.

He can assist the main defensive players to make up for leaks, and he also has advantages in position selection and golf intelligence, but his physical fitness is there. If he can't withstand the opponent's repeated attacks in the middle, he can't withstand it.

The previous two defeats against Real Madrid in the Champions League have highlighted his shortcomings in this regard.

According to Mourinho's tactical arrangement, face brother Khedira made a domineering move forward and beat Milan in the middle.

When Gattuso's top defense slowed down, Pirlo could not really take advantage of the head-on confrontation with Khedira except for fouls.

So it makes sense that Allegri made up his mind to abandon Pirlo some time ago.

And now, Allegri, who looked at Pirlo calling "really fragrant", also makes sense!

The little lion is here, and he is TM surprised to be able to play on the left and right sides of the midfield.

There is another sweeping maniac in front of Pirlo, let's see how well Pirlo, who has been supplemented with defensive defects, played.

Can such a midfielder be used?Can it be discarded?

Allegri said that he no longer needs to find any animal waist.

Pirlo is the core of Milan's true life!
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At two o'clock in the afternoon on January 1, when AC Milan and Cagliari both released their starting 6 rosters, not to mention the fans of the two teams, the neutral fans were stunned.

In the ninth round of Serie A, Pirlo, who was almost used by Allegri as a substitute after AC Milan lost 1-2 to Juventus, started again today?

Fans who eat melons take a look at the starting list.

Well, the new Real Madrid teenager is in the starting 11, no problem.

Then why did Pirlo come in? Is Allegri planning to change to a double midfielder formation?

Italian fans who are keen to discuss game tactics and formation changes are interested in Allegri's new formation.

And some old Milan fans who were still hostile to Li Ang before were also a little confused.

"Maybe he really didn't come to grab Andrea's position. Can the two midfielders work together?"

"There is hope. I have watched Li Ang play in Real Madrid. His partner with Alonso is really good."

"But Andrea doesn't have as good defensive ability as Alonso, and only rely on Li Ang to delay the defense?"

"Forget it, the game will start later, let's talk about it after watching it, it doesn't make much sense to discuss these now."

Among the thousands of Milan fans on the expedition, similar discussions arose before the start of the game.

And when it was close to three o'clock in the afternoon, the players of Milan and Cagliari finished the pre-match ceremony, and after the players of both sides gradually settled down, there were bursts of exclamations from the fans of Milan.

"Left midfield! Li Ang appeared in the left midfield position! This is completely different from the Milan starting lineup predicted by the media before the game. Milan did not play a four-two-three formation with two midfielders. They played in midfield. Four Four Two in a diamond-shaped position!"

The commentator of Sky Sports Italy was also taken aback.

When they introduced the starting formations on both sides just now, they bluntly stated that Milan will adopt a four-two-three-one formation today.

As a result, no one expected that Allegri played a trick in the end. He not only deceived Cagliari's head coach Donald Deni, but also deceived all the media and fans!

"This is a very surprising change of formation, but Li Ang has never played in the left midfield position before. He played as a defensive midfielder in Real Madrid. Today he can adapt to this new position and show a good performance. come?"

The commentator of Sky Sports Italy expressed the doubts in the hearts of countless Milan fans at the moment.

And when the game started, almost all the audience stared at Li Ang, who was still running calmly.

It seemed that he wanted to see some tension and unnatural emotions on his face.

It's a pity that Li Ang successfully kicked off his career in Milan with a smooth and fast catch and transfer.

Li Ang made no mistakes after actively responding to the ball several times in a row, and went about his work steadily.

His wide range of running and steady passing made the left midfield of Milan run smoothly.

This kind of unremarkable personal performance is already a small surprise in the eyes of Milan fans.

"Oh my god! This kid can really play midfield! We have strengthened the two positions of midfield and midfielder at the same time. At least he is a very good substitute. Massimo (Ambrosini) and Mathieu (Flamini) can recover from his injury."

Some happy Milan fans made a conclusion in advance, which sounds very reliable, at least Li Ang will do a good job on the left side of the midfield.

However, a bigger surprise then hit the heads of almost all "Rosenneri".

In the 7th minute of the first half, Cagliari managed to steal a ball in the backcourt. Their midfielders Lazzari and Nainggolan started a quick counterattack with the ball.

Gattuso on the right side of the midfield is not as fast as Nainggolan, and Pirlo has already started to retreat early. Almost all Milan fans are nervous when they see this scene.

In previous league and Champions League matches, they have seen too many similar scenes.

Gattuso's top defense did not keep up, and Pirlo, who faced the opponent's mid-range attack alone, almost became a "defensive colander".

But during their intense attention this time, a sunny and handsome young man who could barely be called "long hair fluttering" quickly chased him from the flank!

The Cagliari fans began to exclaim, Nainggolan didn't have time to observe the situation behind him, and then he was squeezed by a huge force and lost his position, and the football under his feet was also scrambled. !
"The speed of chasing back is too fast! Li Ang——!!! Beautiful chasing defense! God! Li Ang resolved Milan's defensive crisis in advance before Nainggolan was about to face Pirlo! No foul ! This is a very good personal pursuit and interception! Is this the real 'surprise' Allegri prepared for Cagliari?!"

When the commentator began to applaud Li Ang's wonderful defense this time, thousands of fans of Milan's visiting team couldn't help but cheered with relief!
Pirlo brushed his long hair in front of his forehead, first handed the football passed back by Li Ang to Zambrotta, who started to advance, and then took the initiative to show his smile to Li Ang.

And an outstretched palm!
"Good job!"

"I should do it, Andrea."

Li Ang, who also finished high-fiving with Pirlo with a smile, replied happily, and then actively ran back to his position on the left side of the midfield.

Looking at Li Ang's energetic back, the smile on Pirlo's face grew wider.

"No wonder Zlatan said that everyone will like the lion cub~"

　Chatted with the editor for a while, I forgot to set a timed release for the update in the afternoon, sorry sorry

　　However, the time to put it on the shelves is almost set, hey, wait for me to update when I arrive!
　　Brothers, follow-up and Piao Piao, let's watch follow-up in the past two weeks!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)