Legendary Godfather

Today’s starting lineups for both sides are as follows:

Home team Roma, head coach Di Francesco, formation 4231

goalkeeper robin olsen

Back four from left to right Kolarov, Fazio, Manolas and Rick Castorp

Double midfielder Pastore and De Rossi

The three midfielders from left to right are Florenzi, Zaniolo and Schick.

Lone forward Dzeko

Visiting team AC Milan, head coach Tong Yi, formation 3412

Courtois

Three central defenders from left to right Romagnoli, Dias and Akanji

Midfield four from left to right Alphonso Davies, Joan Armene, Goretzka and Reece James

Single attacking midfielder Brandt

Double forward Haaland and Lautaro

The Romans were shocked when they saw this. They did not expect that AC Milan would not rotate at all in this game, and directly went to the main force. Doesn't this guy Tong Yi know that their players have faced strong enemies many times in a row and have consumed a lot of physical energy?

The Romans felt that this was their opportunity.

As soon as the game started, Di Francescos signaled the Romans to strengthen their attack.

Di Francescos is different from other head coaches. He is not a typical Italian head coach. Defense is not in his genes. On the contrary, he advocates offense. He pursues the Spanish football style and is more on the ground. Cooperate with the attack.

So when they came up, they attacked fiercely.

Obviously this is to get a head start!

But soon the Romans found that their offense was frustrated because their midfield seemed to be targeted.

Especially Florenzi and the young Zaniolo!

The technical characteristics of these two people are speed and flexibility, the ability to connect up and down, and a long shot. But their physical hardness is indeed not very good. Although one of the buying points of the young Zaniolo is his strong body, in this game, his body did not increase his hardness!

Therefore, when these two people were attacking with the ball, they were quickly restricted by the AC Milan people.

Di Francesco frowned slightly, feeling very surprised.

If Huaxia Tong should be very thorough in their research, the specificity should not be too obvious!

Roma's current offense still relies more on Florenzi and Zaniolo's ability to support them up and down, but they are being taken care of by AC Milan, and they are hardly allowed to hold the ball comfortably. Or the opportunities to pass the ball are all physical confrontations, which leads them to frequent turnovers.

Especially Florenzi. Florenzi's small body really can't handle it.

Not to mention Joan Armene, even when Goretzka hit him, he was a little unable to withstand it. His body staggered frequently, and naturally he lost the ball many times with the football at his feet! There were even many times where mistakes were made in forced passes and the ball was passed directly to the opponent's feet.

This puts the Roma team into a passive position right from the start!

This forced Di Francesco to make an adjustment and directly moved Florenzi back to the midfielder position, allowing Pastor

Lei's side pushed to the midfield! Pastore is not very strong physically, but he has a big model and his confrontation ability is not too bad. When he comes to this position, he should do better than Florenzi!

Moreover, Pastore is a versatile midfielder and can play as a midfielder, midfielder, and winger, so there is really no problem at all for him to replace Florenzi.

After Pastore came up, the problem of Roma's offensive attack being blocked has been somewhat alleviated.

But at this time, their defensive pressure has increased!

Because it fell into passivity at the beginning, the midfielder and frontcourt frequently lost the ball, giving AC Milan many offensive and counterattack opportunities, so the pressure came to the defensive players in an instant.

By this time, the game had only lasted 20 minutes, and AC Milan had already sent 4 shots, and 2 of them threatened Roma's goal. If it weren't for the outstanding performance of Swedish goalkeeper Olsen, it would be impossible for Roma to lose the ball.

The Roma fans at home really couldn't stand it when they saw this, and they were very nervous!

To be honest, at this time, they all miss Nainggolan!

With Nainggolan here, there is no way their midfield lacks hardness. Once Nainggolan leaves, this indeed exposes a big problem. As Nainggolan's replacement, Zaniolo is still too young and inexperienced, and his midfield hardness is really far inferior to when Nainggolan was there.

This is also an important reason why the Roma team was suppressed in this game.

However, problems such as Pastore's forward pressure have been alleviated to a certain extent, but Pastore's hardness is not very strong. Therefore, overall, the Roma team is still at a disadvantage. .

Because Pastore moved forward and Florenzi retreated, this added some hardness. But it also weakens the speed of the frontcourt, which has a relatively large impact on them!

Roma still relies heavily on Florenzi's ability to run up and down and his speed when attacking.

Although Pastore's speed is not slow, it is still not as good as Florenzi's.

Moreover, Pastore is getting older and his physical fitness is declining. Moreover, he has been seriously injured before, and his speed and flexibility have been greatly affected.

Now that Pastore is pressing on, it has increased some hardness, but also reduced some speed!

Therefore, this is the reason why Roma's offense did not live up to expectations.

However, Pastore's passing is still very distinctive, and his overall view is also very strong, which also created some offense for the Roma team.

This is also the reason why Di Francesco kept him on the court, otherwise he would have been replaced.

However, this adjustment came and went, and the Roma team was still a bit suppressed and the problem was not completely solved.

This made Di Francesco frown!

Romano in the stands

Seeing this, his face was also uncertain and his mood was low.

From the beginning of this game to now, anyone with a discerning eye can see that AC Milan is in control of the situation, and there will be more threatening attacks. If we continue to play like this, the Roma team may have problems!

This was something that many people did not expect before the game. They all thought that the Romans' physical fitness would be better, and the Romans should be able to easily win this game. Little did they know that this scene was completely different from what they expected. AC Milan's tactics were more targeted!

Look at this game so far, many people in the Roma team have played very awkwardly!

Especially Dzeko on the forward line, he felt that he was isolated and it was difficult to catch the ball!

Dzeko's physical confrontation ability is very strong, but his speed is too slow.

He needs the speedy guys behind him to give him enough support. Unfortunately, Florenzi and Pastore are a bit targeted, as is Zaniolo. Therefore, he seems a bit weak at present. If he retreats frequently, it will reduce the pressure on AC Milan's defense!

So so far, the Roma team has been restricted in one link, which has caused the entire team's offense to be somewhat passive and paralyzed. The only one who is still a bit of a threat is Hick on the other side!

Sigg is a guy with good mobility and good physical confrontation ability.

Therefore, the Roma team's offense involuntarily favored Schick's side.

But Schick is the kind of player who is not very creative. Compared with creating opportunities for his teammates, his ability to finish is stronger. When attacking from the wing, he can at most produce some decent attacks. It is difficult for him to pass some unexpected, creative and threatening passes like Florenzi or Pastore. ball!

To put it bluntly, even this guy’s football is still a bit mediocre and too rigid!

On the contrary, when it comes to finishing, he occasionally makes brilliant moves!

Therefore, despite the fact that Schick has frequently dominated Roma's offense during this period, there are not many truly threatening offenses.

So far, he has only had one cross that threatened AC Milan's goal.

Dzeko in the penalty area jumped high and beat Akanji to header!

This ball is full of threats and extremely fast!

It's a pity that Courtois was in a good position in front of the goal and hugged the football firmly!

AC Milan also took this opportunity to have a very good quick counterattack. Unfortunately, there was a problem with Harland's shot in the end, and he missed it directly. Otherwise, Roma would have lost the ball!

Seeing this, the home fans were very nervous and worried. They couldn't stand it anymore!

They were a little restricted in this game. They all hope that Di Francesco can make adjustments as soon as possible and score goals!

But at this time, Di Francesco is also a little helpless!