On the evening of March 28th.
Today's San Siro Stadium is undoubtedly full again.
Not to mention that tonight is an important Champions League quarter-final match, and the opponent is a giant like Real Madrid. In fact, this is the case in every home game of Milan this season.
With good results and beautiful football, of course he is loved by the fans.
Coupled with the fact that Pan Yi, a young coach who is highly valued by Dragon Kingdom fans, has also attracted countless Dragon Kingdom people to come as pilgrims.
So whenever there is a game in Milan, the San Siro Stadium is filled with water inside and outside.
Pan Yi has long been accustomed to the atmosphere at San Siro.
He followed Allegri, walked into the stadium amidst the cheers of the fans, and began to shake hands with the opponent's coaching staff.
When he held Mourinho's hand, Pan Yi clearly felt the madman's hand squeeze hard.
Pan Yi looked up and saw Mourinho showing a strange smile, but said nothing.
Pan Yi also smiled at him, and then returned to the home team's bench.
Is this also part of Mourinho's psychological warfare?
Unfortunately, for Pan Yi, who has opened the God's perspective, it is of no use at all.
He only knows one thing: Mourinho today definitely wants to kill Milan, and he wants to kill Milan in a Milan way!
But Pan Yi thought the same way.
He was already sitting in his seat, looking at the starting lineups of the two teams on the field.
Mourinho's 4231, the center forward at the front is still French forward Benzema.
Behind him are attacking midfielder Kaka and two wingers Ronaldo and Di Maria.
Double defensive midfielder Alonso and Khedira.
The defense is lined up with Marcelo, Ramos, Pepe and Arbeloa.
Goalkeeper Casillas.
Basically, it is similar to what Pan Yi predicted.
In fact, Mourinho's attitude today can be seen from the employment of the left back position.
He used Brazilian defender Marcelo, who has a stronger offensive ability, instead of Portuguese defender Coentrao, who has a more balanced offensive and defensive balance.
In this case, Pan Yi's targeted tactics before the game can have better results.
AC Milan's formation is of course still 433, and the lineup is also the regular main force:
Forwards: Mane, Ibrahimovic, Salah.
Midfielder: Kante, Boateng, Gattuso.
Defenders: Zambrotta, Thiago Silva, Van Dijk, Abate.
Goalkeeper: Ederson.
Also at the left back position, the coaching staff chose veteran Gianluca Zambrotta.
The main reason is that the young De Sciglio's recent state has been a bit up and down, which may also be related to the emotional fluctuations caused by him playing as Milan's main force at such a young age.
In addition, Zambrotta has also played for Barcelona and participated in the Spanish El Clasico. He is not unfamiliar with the Real Madrid team and can get into the game faster.
So in such an important game, let Gianluca Zambrotta play to avoid any surprises.
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The TV live broadcast switched to a shot overlooking the entire field, and Benzema and Kaká could be seen standing in the center circle preparing for kick-off.
Cristiano Ronaldo and Di Maria were standing on both sides of the court, ready to run into Milan's half at any time.
"The highlight of the Champions League quarter-finals is about to begin."
Zhan Jun’s commentary also sounded:
"Judging from the value of the two teams, Real Madrid is definitely much higher than Milan."
"Just for Real Madrid's two top players, Cristiano Ronaldo cost Real Madrid 80 million pounds when he transferred from Manchester United. And Kaka's worth has also reached 65 million euros."
"In Milan, even Ibrahimovic is worth only 24 million euros. The other main players like Salah, Mane, Kante, Van Dijk, including the Brazilian goalkeeper Ederson who just joined in the winter window, all seem to be from It’s the same as what you bought on Taobao, but the price is almost negligible.”
"But this is such a low-priced team, but it has performed brilliantly this season. They top the Serie A with an unbeaten record of 24 wins and 4 draws, and they have almost won the Serie A championship."
"Of course, Real Madrid's performance in La Liga is not far behind. After 30 league rounds, they have also achieved an excellent record of 25 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses, beating their arch-enemy Barcelona to occupy the top spot."
"Now the two best teams in both leagues meet in the knockout rounds."
"Before the game, the coaches of the two teams also had a verbal battle. Now I just don't know who is better on the court..."
On the field.
With a crisp whistle and the cheers and shouts of Milan fans in the audience, the game officially kicked off.
Benzema kicked the ball to Kaka, who immediately passed the ball back to his own midfielder.
Milan's trident crossed the center line immediately and rushed towards Real Madrid's half, putting pressure on their two defensive midfielders.
Alonso stopped the ball and passed it to the right side.
There is Arbeloa coming forward.
Mane immediately went up to press, and Arbeloa handed the ball to right winger Ronaldo along the sideline.
Unlike Milan, where both wingers play against the foot, both Real Madrid wingers play with the opposite foot.
Ronaldo plays the right winger with his right foot, and Di Maria plays the left winger with his left foot.
This is because in Mourinho's 4231 tactical system, the distance between the midfield defense line and the back line will be wider, and he will also ask to limit the opponent's full-back's ability to move in to protect the center, so he will ask himself The two wingers and the two fullbacks pull wide.
In this case, both wingers and full-backs are suitable and can better implement Mourinho's tactical intentions.
Moreover, when the winger gets the ball on the wing, Mourinho also gives the player more freedom, and will not restrict whether he should pass down the bottom, cut in and shoot, or exchange positions with the other winger.
In doing so, Real Madrid's frontcourt can be more flexible and will not be restricted by opponents.
Moreover, Real Madrid's "forward-winger-midfielder" triangle positioning with outstanding anti-offside capabilities also makes it impossible for the opponent's defense to press forward, and it is difficult to maintain a relative positional distance from the midfielder.
In this way, a wide open area in the middle of Real Madrid's midfield is created, and the "centre-back-midfielder" direct connection to quickly pass through the midfield mode appears more and more in Real Madrid's games this season.
The advancement of the midfield and backfield in Mourinho's offense can maximize the potential of offensive players, and in a short period of time, a five-man offensive group in the frontcourt can be formed to suppress the opponent.
Now on the court, when Ronaldo takes the ball, Real Madrid's closest teammates Benzema and Kaká also lean towards him, preparing to cooperate with him.
Sure enough, when Kanter was about to grab the ball from Ronaldo, Ronaldo immediately handed the ball to Kaká and then moved forward without hesitation.
Kaká did not stick to the ball, and gave the ball to Benzema with a flick.
Although Benzema took the ball with his back, he directly raised his leg and passed the ball to the right as if he had eyes on the back of his head.
The ball is back at Ronaldo's feet.
But the difference from just now is that with such a simple pass of two feet, Real Madrid's front line has advanced more than 20 meters.
Milan left back Gianluca Zambrotta did not dare to neglect. Before Ronaldo could start, he directly tackled the ball to the ground and shoved the ball out of bounds. At the same time, he also tackled Ronaldo, which barely stopped the attack.
Only ten seconds into the game, Real Madrid had already set out to eat Milan directly!
