AC Milan’s starting lineup for this game is as follows:
Forwards: Mane, Ibrahimovic, Salah.
Midfielder: Boateng, Seedorf, Van Bommel.
Defenders: Zambrotta, Thiago Silva, Nesta, Abate.
Goalkeeper: Abbiati.
In terms of formation, Allegri did use the 433 recommended by Pan Yi, but made some adjustments to the specific players.
Allegri began his professional coaching career in his thirties and successfully won the championship in his first season coaching AC Milan. He was also the fourth player to lead the team after Sacchi, Capello and Zaccheroni. A coach who won a championship in a full season.
He is obviously a capable coach and naturally knows which formation is more suitable for Milan now.
However, he is also a coach with his own ideas, so he will make some modifications of his own based on Pan Yi's tactical play.
For example, in the midfield position, he still hopes to have a midfielder with stronger attack power - Seedorf.
Including the defensive midfielder, he also relies more on veteran Van Bommel.
The same is true for the defense. The experienced Zambrotta and Nesta standing on the court will make Allegri more at ease.
Making this adjustment at the same time can be regarded as a kind of inner hint from Allegri: "Yes, I borrowed Pan Yi's tactics, but I used different people. This is still my tactics."
In fact, when Pan Yi learned about today's lineup, he felt a little relieved.
Today we use this lineup to play Lazio. If we can make some adjustments when we play Barcelona in a few days and replace Pan Yi's main players, it can be regarded as a kind of rotation.
Although his and Allegri's ideas are different, the final result may still be the same.
Opposite, the visiting team Lazio has a standard 442 formation:
Forwards: Klose, Cisse.
Midfielder: Brocchi, Stephen Maury, Ledesma, Hernanes.
Defenders: Zauri, Biava, Konco, Dias.
Goalkeeper: Bisarri.
Lazio's current coach Rhea is 66 years old this year and is an old coach, so he will be more classical in the selection of formations and players.
There is nothing special about his arrangement in the midfield and backcourt. Solving the problem offensively mainly depends on the two stars on the forward line.
Cisse is an old friend of the people of the Dragon Country. When he represented France against the Dragon Country national team in a World Cup warm-up match, his right leg was accidentally kicked by captain Zheng Zhi, causing him to miss the opportunity to participate in the 2006 World Cup in Germany. .
He later participated in the 2010 World Cup in South Africa after recovering from injury, but his performance was average.
The real most threatening thing for this Lazio team is another striker, Miroslav Klose from Germany.
Throughout his brilliant career, he helped the German team win the 2014 World Cup, and had one World Cup runner-up, two World Cup third-places, one European Cup runner-up, and one European Cup third place.
He played 24 times in the World Cup finals, scoring 16 goals and assisting 4 times, and surpassed the Brazilian forward Ronaldo to rank first in the history of the World Cup.
He is also the only player in football history to help his team reach the semi-finals of the World Cup for four consecutive years. He also surpassed the famous German football forward Gerd Muller and became the top scorer in the history of international A-level competitions.
In the club, even if it is not as dazzling as in the national team, he has won enough honors in Kaiserslautern, Werder Bremen and Bayern Munich, and won various championships.
Even though he is nearing the end of his career, the 33-year-old Klose quickly became the team's top scorer after moving to Lazio and will be the team's top scorer in the next few seasons.
Therefore, before the game, Allegri told Nesta to keep an eye on Klose and pay attention to cutting off lob passes to Klose from both sides.
Everyone knows that Klose's header is a big killer for him!
In the 2002 World Cup, he completed a hat trick with a header, helping the German team beat Saudi Arabia 8:0. He also helped the Dragons beat Saudi Arabia and win the 31st place in the World Cup.
In this sense, Klose is also an old friend of the people of Dragon Kingdom...
However, after the game started, Klose's performance was relatively average, and the game between the two sides was relatively dull.
As Milan's front trident continued to exert the characteristics of frontcourt pressure, Lazio had a little difficulty controlling the ball on the wing and found space to take the ball calmly.
This makes it difficult for Klose to have a comfortable header in the penalty area.
Klose is misfiring here, and Cisse, who is past his peak, has no way to deal with Milan's defense line. Several times he tried to get the ball and broke through but was cut off.
However, Lazio's offense couldn't be played, and Milan was also in trouble.
Although after joining Seedorf, it seemed that he had an additional attacking firepower, but because Van Bommel's midfield coverage ability was not enough, including his not being very proficient in the midfielder retreating to the center back line, this resulted in Something went wrong in the midfield.
However, the defensive midfielder's playing style was not reflected, and Milan's two full-backs did not dare to press boldly, so they could not form a change from 433 to 343. The offensive power of this formation was also great. discount.
Throughout the first half, AC Milan's offense mainly relied on the personal abilities of the forward trio.
Salah and Mane frequently broke through from the two wings and then cut in and shot, but they either missed the goal slightly or were saved by Lazio goalkeeper Bisarri.
Ibrahimovic also found header opportunities in the limited number of aerial duels, but he did not pose a substantial threat.
At halftime, the Milan dressing room was as dull as it was on the field.
Although no one scored a goal and Milan did not fall behind, today was a home game after all. Playing so ugly in front of 80,000 enthusiastic fans made no one feel comfortable.
"Otherwise, let Kante try to play?" Pan Yi whispered to Allegri.
His tone now sounded more like advice than argument.
He must give face to the head coach.
And if a young guy like Kanter, who can't run fast, plays half-time, it won't affect the game against Barcelona four days later at all.
"I have the same idea." Tassotti said on the side, "This may free up Seedorf's offensive capabilities."
Allegri thought for a moment.
Since both assistant coaches said this, it must make sense.
In fact, Allegri could also see that due to the midfield loss in the first half, Seedorf was busy defending most of the time, and the vision of letting him go up to strengthen the offense was not realized at all.
On the contrary, Seedorf's own defensive ability is weak, which makes the overall operation of Milan's midfield even more difficult.
It's a vicious cycle.
Allegri is a bit stubborn, but he will not give up winning the game because of this. This is not good for anyone.
So, he stood up and faced Kanter:
"You warm up and get ready for the second half."
