Chapter 69: Forgotten

After the national team game, AC Milan ushered in a new round of the league. In the end, AC Milan defeated Cagliari 2:0 in the away game. Gilardino took the lead in the opening 26 seconds. Since then, Shevchenko scored a beautiful long-range shot, helping AC Milan win four consecutive victories, and continue to maintain a three-point gap with Juventus.

Due to injuries and the impact of the national team's competition, Ancelotti made some changes to the lineup in this game: Costacurta replaced Nesta and Maldini in the defense, Stam served as the right Defender, left back is Serginho; midfielder is Rui Rui. Costa served as the front midfielder, Vogel dragged back, and the striker combination was Shevchenko and Gilardino.

The game had just started, Shevchenko headed back, Gilardino squeezed the opponent in the confrontation with two defenders, but ran past, the ball landed at the feet of Agostini, who Immediately, he decisively cleared the siege with a big foot, but the ball bounced back on Canini who was returning to defense. In this instant, Gilardino, Lopez, Canini and Agostino stood in front of the goal In a space of two square meters, the ball quickly popped up among several people, and at this chaotic moment, Gilardino showed the instinct of a killer.

Maybe he should have reacted to the position of the ball last, because Agostini took the initiative to make a clearance. The ball bounced off Canini and bounced in front of Lopez. Gilardino originally ran past. Just turned around and saw the ball passing by him.

But at this moment, he reacted quickly, like a wolf smelling blood, turned around, and the ball was a little far away from his body, but he leaned back, stretched out his toes, and stabbed in the air. ?? Stadium Maniac 69

Lopez, the captain of Cagliari, stood dumbfounded and saw Gilardino almost clinging to him to complete the series of actions. The goalkeeper Carlini did not respond in time, because everything was too fast. It is slowly rolling into the goal.

Lightning's goal, showing a lightning reaction, Gilardino's goal can not help but remind people of a person.

Fans who are familiar with Inzaghi may remember that in September 2003, in the match between AC Milan and Cagliari at home, a person was also the first to judge the route of the ball among the chaotic army, and challenged "Shooting" broke through Pagliuca's gate, and this man was sitting off the court, witnessing Gilardino's goal, Inzaghi cheering for him.

Two years ago, Inzaghi was the most beautiful striker in Europe, but now, people can understand why the Italian golden boy Rossi called Gilardino "Inzaghi's successor", because he He does have the same shooter talent as Inzaghi.

And then, Gilardino showed what Inzaghi didn't have. In 24 minutes, Gilardino carried the opponent's defender with his back on the left sideline, facing the ball with his instep gently rubbing the ball to Sido In the 44th minute, Seedorf picked the ball into the penalty area. This time, Gilardino didn't get the ball, but made a smart miss. The ball just landed on Shevchen, who was moving laterally. At the foot of Ke, it is a pity that Shevchenko's cross was missed by Rui. After Costa got it, the Portuguese had already got the ball in the left rib position but was too cautious, which delayed the opportunity and was destroyed by the opponent.

In the post-match technical statistics, besides scoring goals, Gilardino had two threatening passes. In fact, having such a center forward with excellent ball handling ability is equivalent to having an extra player in the frontcourt. Creative midfielder. Of course, don't forget Gilardino's ability to break through with the ball. Although the description of him as "spiritual as Inzaghi and strong as Vieri" was a bit exaggerated, he does have the dual characteristics of an opportunist and a center forward. "sex".

After the game, Gilardino was proud of his goal: "My goal is very important to the process of the game. Quick goals can often change the process of the game. Today Andre and I did our best. Come on, we must score goals in the Champions League."

Gilardino performed "excellent". Those reporters who are sloppy and windy will naturally tout it. They believe that the era of Milan belonging to Gilardino is about to begin, although Gilardino's season His performance at the beginning was mediocre, but just like the previous few seasons, he will come out of the trough at the beginning of the season step by step. Gilardino's trajectory is consistent with that of AC Milan. Once he finds the feeling of scoring, AC Milan began to stride forward.

Confidence is restored along with the state. Gilardino said that he is now recovering and has the potential to further improve his current state.

"I was in a scoring drought, but now, with the national team and the club, I feel like I'm scoring every shot, as football sometimes does. I'm still not at the level I was at Parma, But I will try my best, my training is very effective, my physical and mental state will soon be the best. It is very important to be able to score goals. Before the game, I believed that I would definitely score goals and I did. arrive."

Gilardino and Shevchenko scored at the same time, which made Ancelotti happy. Now he can completely forget Degan without any scruples.

In addition to the strength of the forward line, midfielder Ancelotti has been waiting for Pirlo's substitute, and finally has some eyebrows in this game.

In this game, Vogel once again replaced Pirlo and scored the second 6.5 points in the game with an outstanding performance in 93 minutes. Ancelotti also praised Vogel by name after the game: " He repaid my trust in him with precise and 'excellent' performances."

If you count how many times Vogel's Pirlo-style long passes tore through the opponent's defense, and how many long-range shots threatened the opponent's goal, maybe none of them can be counted, and Rui. Compared with Costa's elegant ball control, Gattuso's brilliant tackle, and Seedorf's dazzling fake moves, Vogel is the most inconspicuous AC Milan midfielder, but the most effective one .

Vogel made 79 passes, ranking first in the team, and his pass success rate reached 89.8%. In this relatively fierce competition and relatively chaotic game, Again this is a rare number number one.

Vogel did not rely on frequent return passes to get such numbers. In the statistics after the game, Vogel's accurate passes in the frontcourt reached 41 times, which was also the first in the game. , quickly pass the ground ball directly to the forward or midfielder in the most comfortable and direct way. This is what Vogel does most often in the game, and it is also the biggest difference between him and Pirlo. In contrast, Pirlo will try to hit the back of the opponent's defense with accurate through balls, while Vogel focuses on hitting the feet.

In terms of defensive statistics, Vogel's number of successful tackles turned out to be zero, but this does not prevent him from occupying the first place in another statistics: counter-grab.

Vogel seldom shovels. Perhaps in his position in the middle of the road, he cannot use risky sliding shovels like Gattuso to deal with the opponent's players. Position and timing have become his key words. , When the opponent's ball is slightly out of control, quickly attack to take possession of the ball for himself, this is Vogel's forte.

Regarding his performance, Vogel believes that he is indeed playing a further step: "I am very satisfied. I did not perform badly today. I am also very happy that I have more chances to play recently. ?? Stadium Maniac 69

The bigger beneficiary of Vogel's rise is actually Pirlo. Last season, Galliani once said: "Only Pirlo is irreplaceable in the whole team."

This also made Pirlo fight hard for a long time in the following games, and he was physically exhausted in the final stage of the league. But this situation will not happen again this season. AC Milan has been looking for a "Pirlo substitute" for a year, and now it has finally found it.

Perhaps Vogel still has some shortcomings compared to Pirlo, such as less transfer of the ball and lack of ability to get rid of the opponent's entanglement. This makes AC Milan's midfielder look a little cramped and makes more mistakes under the opponent's pressure today, but He has at least one characteristic in common with Pirlo. He takes the ball and passes a lot. This is a natural "engine".

Another good news in this game is that Inzaghi paid!

The last time he played for AC Milan was on May 21 when AC Milan played against Palermo at home, as a substitute for Crespo, but in that season, he has been fighting with injuries, and the last time he did not The painful game dates back to the home game against Sampdoria in early March 2004.

After a lapse of 19 months, a healthy Inzaghi came back, full of vitality and vitality. Eight minutes before the end, Inzaghi replaced Shevchenko. When he was off, Shevchenko also hugged the The long-lost teammates on the field gave him the best wishes and encouragement.

As soon as Inzaghi came on the field, he was like a wild horse running wild. The opponent's defender Vega was in front of his own penalty area. Zaghi fell to the ground due to excessive castration, and people saw the energetic Inzaghi who did not give up any opportunities.

It's just that when Inzaghi was replaced, Ancelotti had already changed his formation to a 4-5-1 defense. Although Inzaghi had performed a hat-trick in the previous warm-up match, Ancelotti did not Look to extend the lead.

Under such circumstances, Inzaghi does not get too many performance opportunities. His best chance came in the 83rd minute. His teammate made a long pass from the backcourt. Inzaghi stopped the ball in the chest and gave it to Kaka. Kaka then passed it straight. Passed a diagonal ball with a more imaginative line, and cooperated with Inzaghi to make a diagonal pass. Inzaghi really understood it, but it was a pity that Serginho sent the ball too fast. Carini noticed The strength is relatively concentrated, and he hits the ball first to get the ball, but Inzaghi is only one toe short at the same time. This time, it can be seen that Inzaghi's speed is indeed recovering well. In the 90th minute, Inzaghi turned around and broke through again, but was tackled out of the baseline by the opponent first. After all, he is the best Inzaghi, and dribbling is not his forte.

In the game, Inzaghi felt that the most prominent thing was his strong desire to fight. In 85 minutes, when Stam got the ball from the right, Inzaghi raised his hands from a long distance and kept shouting, Indicates that he wants the ball. It's a pity that the time left for Inzaghi is too short, but this is definitely a useful attempt.

Inzaghi also commented on his performance after the game: "I did a good job today, I hope to be a useful member of the team again, I will not rush, but I am sure, I hope to find my peak state. "

This time, Inzaghi is really recovering from the injury: "My leg is now functioning freely, and I don't feel any pain anymore. Playing with the youth team last weekend was an important exercise."

After a long injury, Inzaghi was so vigorous as soon as he played, isn't he afraid of being injured again like Ronaldo back then?

"Scared? Not at all, because the fans and the club supported me, and I never felt abandoned. I am slowly getting back to my best form, and I admit I haven't felt like this for a long time. , this game is very important to me, I am not afraid of re-injury, after all, I am doing what I love the most, I want to play football with all my strength, everyone at AC Milan has helped me, I feel I am respected and that's enough, I don't care if I score 30 goals or not."

Shevchenko, Gilardino, Inzaghi, and Vieri, who just broke the scoring shortage in the national team game, seems to have no place for Digan on Milan's striker, and he is still recovering from injury in Belgium. He, too, seems to have been forgotten.

This is also in line with Ancelotti's mind. Anyway, he has never taken a fancy to Degan. If it wasn't because Galliani forced him to use Degan, Degan would probably be on the bench. They're all going to be corpses.

Digan didn't become a mummy, but a patient!

For Ancelotti, it couldn't be better. Without Degan in the team, Ancelotti felt that the whole team was back under his control.

"The team is in very good shape now. I am very happy to see that Gilardino and Shevchenko scored at the same time. This is good news for us. After the start of the season, they are a bit slow to enter the state, but now It's passed."

Of course, some reporters also asked Degan.

Ancelotti's face suddenly became ugly as if his clean ears were stuffed with feces: "His injury is entirely due to himself. I heard that he was shoveled by Albelda. After the injury, he stubbornly wanted to continue the game. I can only say that his act was completely a personal hero, which is not worthy of praise. No one in the team is indispensable. If he is injured, someone will naturally take the top. Gila Dino is doing very well now, he will still be the main force in the next games, as for Degan after he comes back, it depends on his state before making a decision!"

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