Lecce's bench.
Head coach Di Francesco felt a drop of cold sweat pouring down his forehead.
This former Italian international who was a Roma midfielder during his player days and played in the 2000 European Cup is actually just a rookie in terms of coaching experience.
Lecce is only the first top league team he has coached, and it is also his first year leading the team in Serie A.
But he immediately felt the dangers of such a high-level competition.
You can't kick anyone!
Lost to Udinese 0:2, Atalanta 1:2, Verona 0:3, Cagliari 0:2, Palermo 0:2...
They haven't even touched a team that can be called a strong team!
Later, it was only a narrow victory over Bologna in the last battle that gave Di Francesco his precious first victory in Serie A.
After only scoring three points in the first six rounds, Di Francesco has already felt the management's distrust of him, and rumors of dismissal are also circulating around him.
So today, when facing AC Milan, his strongest enemy since entering Serie A, Di Francesco was ready to defend the entire field and vow to score a point.
Five defenders and four midfielders formed two iron walls to make Milan's attack in vain.
but now……
Isn't AC Milan too powerful?
From the opening to the present, in just a few dozen seconds, Milan has already completed its first shot.
The defensive line that Di Francesco thought he had carefully laid out seemed like paper in front of Milan's attacking group.
Especially when Milan's three forwards and three midfielders were pressing in the frontcourt, they felt so well-trained and had a clear division of labor that they grabbed the ball instantly.
Then he started the attack very resolutely. The black guy in the midfield handed the ball to the wing without hesitation. Then the Arab dribbled and passed the ball, and finally Ibrahimovic completed the shot.
Although he did not concede a goal, Di Francesco already had an ominous premonition.
If the fight continues like this, it's impossible for Lecce to hold on!
After all, a football match lasts ninety minutes!
Di Francesco couldn't help but turn his head and look at the visiting team's bench.
I saw Milan's head coach Allegri just sitting in his seat, looking as usual.
Based on Di Francesco's past research on Allegri's playing style, this Italian colleague usually pays attention to the balance of offense and defense, and even prefers defense.
Today's away game, why are you so fierce?
Don't you want to give me some face?
Di Francesco shook his head and began to pray silently.
It was just the start of the game now, so it was impossible for him, and he didn't have the ability, to make any major adjustments to the tactics laid out before the game.
Moreover, he is originally in a defensive formation, can he still adjust to an offensive formation to fight against Milan?
Do you think life is too long?
He can only hope that AC Milan will focus on offense now, so that there will be loopholes due to the high pressure of the defense, so that Lecce can counterattack and steal, and the situation will be much better.
But after Di Francesco looked at it for a few more minutes, he realized he was wrong.
Milan's high position presses and presses. Although the players often attack, the overall formation is very compact.
In particular, the two wings of the frontcourt are closer to the center when defending, compressing the entire space very compactly, the formation is also very meticulous, and the overall movement is very coordinated.
It seems that Milan's tactics deliberately compressed the effective range of the game into a small area in the middle. When Lecce had to move the ball to the wing, Milan suddenly suppressed their wing players, forming a local numerical advantage, and then again Steal the ball.
Coupled with the fact that Milan pressed harder in the frontcourt today and invested more resolutely, the entire Lecce team was overwhelmed and had no chance to counterattack.
The game lasted eight minutes, and Lecce couldn't even make a single attack.
Milan, on the other hand, launched offensives again and again, and each time became more threatening.
The time had just entered the 10th minute, and Salah, who was still on the right, dribbled the ball and forced a breakthrough. After reaching the right side of the penalty area, he sent a cross pass.
Ibrahimovic turned his back, Boateng rushed into the penalty area from the back row, and then fired angrily.
The ball went straight to the upper right corner of the goal.
"GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!! Milan scored! Away lead!"
Lecce's "iron wall" defense only lasted less than 10 minutes before it collapsed!
…
"nice shot!"
In front of the visiting team's bench, Pan Yi jumped up, clenched his right fist hard, and roared.
Allegri and Tassotti looked at him in surprise.
Now Pan Yi has experienced so many Serie A and Champions League baptisms, and has become accustomed to such goals and victories.
Under normal circumstances, he would only be more excited when he scores a goal against a strong opponent or when faced with difficulties.
Today, he only faced the underdog Lecce, and he scored a goal so early. Why was he so excited?
How did they know that Pan Yi and Lecce had a personal grudge!
When he went for the interview, he was kicked out by Lecce's senior management without saying a word. He remembered it!
Just like when he was rejected by the National Football Team U17, it would be fine if he really felt after the interview that he did not meet the team's requirements, but Lecce simply rejected Pan Yi because he was young and a native of Long Guo. He couldn't swallow the breath!
As the saying goes, thirty years to the east of the river, thirty years to the west of the river, don't bully young people into poverty, a gentleman takes revenge, four months is never too late...
Now that there is this opportunity to slap him in the face, can Pan Yi not let it go?
This is why he strongly promoted the use of violent attacks as Milan's main tactic today.
Enter as many as you can, no mercy!
Now, the cheers of Milan fans can be heard on the court, and Boateng also rushed out of the court to celebrate in excitement.
This midfielder was not appreciated by Pan Yi at first. He thought that he played relatively freely and casually and could not implement Pan Yi's tactics.
But as time went by, he gradually understood Pan Yi's tactical intentions with Ibrahimovic, and gradually proved himself in training, and was finally able to strictly enforce tactical discipline in games.
Now his strong body, tenacious fighting will, and formidable aggressiveness in defense are all very much in line with Pan Yi's taste, and he has naturally become the main force in the team.
It can be said that Boateng has many similarities with Gattuso and Ambrosini, and he is more youthful, has better physical strength and stronger momentum, and can even play his role in this system. Offensive potential.
Boateng scored today and he was naturally very excited.
After he finished a Dragon Kingdom kung fu-style celebration, he rushed to the sidelines and high-fived, hugged and celebrated with his teammates. He also did not forget to salute to the visiting team's bench.
"Well done, keep attacking! Keep scoring goals! Fight to death!" Pan Yi stood on the sidelines and shouted loudly.
The words reached Di Francesco's ears not far away, and his eyes widened.
What kind of hatred or grudge is this?
If you have to be merciful, please be merciful!
My wife and children are all watching...
