During the halftime break, the atmosphere in AC Milan's dressing room was still relaxed, not a little depressed because of the score being behind. Costacurta was the protagonist today, and many people were happily chatting with him.
Zhuoyang didn't join in the fun. He didn't talk much to the old baton on weekdays. It was an ordinary colleague relationship that respected him but was not close. Kaka was warming up outside, and Zhuoyang discussed with Favalli and Bonella.
In the second half of the game, among the entire starting lineup today, except for the two bastard forwards in front, these two are the only ones who are close to him on a daily basis.
"No, the other side is very tricky today, and we don't dare to get too far forward." Favali whispered, "Our gate is a little unreliable, and the two people next to us don't get along very well, so we can't get out."
Favalli and Bonera partnered as central defenders today, and the two next to them refer to the two full-backs Simic and Grimmi. If the defense is unstable, it can only choose to compress the space behind it, otherwise Udinese's frontcourt attacking trident will not be able to
It's not a vegetarian. But this also caused the entire formation to be unable to improve, and the front and rear courts were somewhat disconnected.
In fact, only on paper, apart from the Argentinian left-back Grimmi, who is the same age as Zhuo Yang, the AC Milan starting players are all famous players. It is a pity that football cannot scare people by fame alone. In fact, except for
Zhuoyang, except for Favalli and Bonera, the two main rotation players, everyone else is a marginal substitute for the team this season due to different reasons, including Gourcuff who just scored a goal.
It does give me a headache when I think about it. In order to protect the front of the penalty area, Zhuoyang, who is a false left midfielder among the three defensive midfielders, is actually doing the defensive work of a single defensive midfielder, because Costacurta is obviously even more unreliable. Zhuoyang just secretly slandered:
Since it was a farewell match, why not just let him stand at the front and save me from worrying.
As for the other defensive midfielder Gourcuff, covering defense is not what he is good at. If he can stick to people in key areas, he is considered a promising young man.
Needless to say, Favali, Bonera and Zhuo Yang are also very close to each other on a daily basis. They have the same agent, and they practice together basically every day, and they have become in love with each other for a long time. They know Zhuo Yang well and know him well.
He wanted to win this game that the club had given up on, but he also saw Zhuoyang's dilemma.
"Let's do this, Zhuoyang." Favalli said to him: "In the second half, you and Kaka let go of the attack. Don't worry about the back. Daniel and I are fine." Daniel Bonera also nodded.
"Then what about the protection in front of you two?"
"Leave it to the baton, we can only trust him. After all, he has more than twenty years of competition experience."
Zhuo Yang pondered for a moment. "Okay, let's do this. Let's get the score back first."
"Zhuoyang, you better take it easy yourself." Bonera also said to him: "The Champions League final is important, so be careful ahead."
"I know, I know it well."
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After the start of the second half, apart from replacing Serginho with Kaká as agreed, Ancelotti did not make any tactical changes and had no way to make any changes. The changes on the field were entirely voluntary actions by the players.
With the addition of Kaka, Zhuoyang also focused on moving forward. AC Milan's offense was greatly improved, and Udinese's defense was in chaos. However, their frontcourt also created a huge problem for Favalli's defense.
Under pressure, he and Bonera did not dare to relax at all.
As a result, the situation on the field is that you attack yours and I attack mine, and it depends on who can bear fruit first.
"Did you know that Totti scored in the first half?" Taking advantage of the break in the attack, Kaka still couldn't hold back and told Zhuoyang the news.
"It's a bit troublesome." Zhuoyang didn't expect Totti to have such great stamina, and he looked down on the world's heroes.
"Zhuoyang, I'm so tired. I won't accept this kind of thing even if you beat me to death. From now on, it's up to you to do it yourself." Kaká is an attacking midfielder, but he is indeed not an efficient shooter. This season, the right time and place coincided with each other.
Scoring a lot of goals is an unintentional pleasure. But if you have to force yourself to set a goal, it becomes a yoke for yourself.
"Ricardo, don't think so much. I'll take you to eat paper-wrapped fish when the game is over." The careless look on Zhuo Yang's face made it impossible to see his inner anxiety.
As Favalli said, never underestimate a veteran with more than 20 years of professional experience, let alone a former world-famous player like Costacurta. After entering the second half, the old baton suddenly regained the defense that he once dominated the world.
Soul, transformed into a unique marking midfielder.
Beauties have been like famous generals since ancient times, and they are not allowed to grow old in the world. This is the case with veteran generals in their old age. Sometimes they are so good that they can reach the sky, sometimes they are as weak as a stick, and their status fluctuates without any regularity.
In the 53rd minute, Gian's overhead pass was cleared by Favalli with a header, and Di Natale left the ball at the top of the arc. The 29-year-old Di Natale is the captain of Udinese.
Donadoni's national team still has a clear advantage in the forward competition with Gilardino. This is a figure with excellent passing and shooting awareness.
Di Natale adjusted his swing leg and was about to hit the goal. Costacurta stuck in from the side and instantly completed his defensive trilogy. In the first step, his right leg crossed to make Di Natale's shooting angle disappear; in the second
In the third step, the baton used his weak back to lean on Di Natale and used his right foot decisively.
Out the ball.
He completed the defense and clearance of key parts in a blink of an eye, and he did so cleanly and without any sloppiness. The old baton's performance at this moment exceeded 99% of today's defensive experts.
The San Siro audience erupted in applause. What was even more wonderful was that Costacurta's kick just now was not an aimless big-footed clearance, but accurately found Zhuoyang on the wing, forcing the pass and making a perfect dunk.
The next second Zhuoyang got the ball, he was already within the 30-meter shooting range of Udinese. This time he did not pass someone first as he was accustomed to, but directly pushed it to Oliveira at the far end.
, bypassing Zapata and Natalie and walking down.
Without giving Ao Shuipiao a chance to hesitate to shoot or not shoot, Zhuoyang shouted: Come back! Lao Li was still very obedient in this regard, and immediately gave the football back to Zhuoyang.
In fact, it was already possible to shoot. He stepped on the waistline of the penalty area and had a very sufficient shooting angle. But at this moment, Zhuo Yang seemed to be sloppy. He first deceived Muntari with a fake shot, and then took two consecutive steps to let Dagos.
Tino looked like a frightened hippopotamus.
After a slight delay in the game, Zhuo Yang knocked the ball back to Kaka, who was following up. This was his purpose.
Unfortunately, Kaká was just about to complete this sure shot when he was pulled and kicked to the ground by Motta, who was chasing after him.
Chapter completed!