Please Give Me One More Time!
Ancelotti panicked!
Really panicked!
In less than five minutes, if the opponent scores two goals in a row, any head coach would panic.
He went straight to the sidelines and signaled the whole team to adopt a steady defensive strategy, trying to stabilize their positions.
But soon, he realized it wasn't safe either.
Real Madrid's frontcourt superstars went crazy tonight.
From Raul to Beckham, from Ronaldo to Zidane, one by one, they rushed towards AC Milan frantically, and the whole team's tidy and unified action made the pressing effect in the midfield and frontcourt against AC Milan very effective.
The slow-paced AC Milan looked like a lamb in front of the fast-paced Real Madrid.
Real Madrid adopted aggressive attacking tactics, but gave up their best pass and control and quicksilver-like coordination, and played more concise, faster and more deadly.
"He must be using the shadow training method," Mauro Tassotti observed.
Real Madrid's uniform and unified action was completely reborn compared to the separate battles of the past.
And Gao Shen's use of superstars was also completely different from the past.
To put it simply, during the Galactic Battleship period, Real Madrid's superstars emphasized personal ability, using their personal skill to create opportunities and goals. Even if assisting Ronaldo, like Zidane, it was a superstar-to-superstar cooperation. Many goals could only be created if the strength reached their level.
But now, they were cooperating more, and their personal abilities just made their cooperation better.
Overemphasizing and relying on individual ability made Real Madrid's frontcourt look like a mess. By appropriately suppressing individual performance and emphasizing overall cooperation, the individual abilities of the stars better served the team, making Real Madrid's frontcourt more cohesive.
The offense was integrated, and the defense was more integrated.
Ancelotti did not dare to determine whether Gao Shen used the shadow training method, but he clearly realized that he had underestimated Gao Shen, even though he thought he had overestimated him enough before the game.
But it turned out to be underestimated.
And the price of underestimating was that Real Madrid's superstars created two consecutive scoring opportunities in the frontcourt and seized them.
This was the power of superstars!
Ancelotti had a headache now. It was the first time he had encountered such a tactical style of play.
Both Lyon and Inter Milan had adopted the pressing and pressing in the frontcourt, but they both sacrificed their offense, and their pressing in the frontcourt depended more on individual players, while Real Madrid relied on the whole team.
When the ball was on Stam's side, Raul led the charge and rushed forward to press for the first time. Ronaldo, Zidane, Gravesen and others also came over immediately to form a defensive fan.
At this time, even Beckham ran to a position closer to the middle, directly vacating the right lane.
In theory, as long as someone on AC Milan's side had the ball and moved it quickly, Serginho could quickly counterattack. But the problem was that Real Madrid did not give the ball holder the opportunity to adjust and pass. What's more, who would you rely on?
Gattuso tried it once and kicked the ball out of bounds.
Pirlo?
He was crushed by Zidane.
If you don't take a long pass and cooperate with the pass, it was not easy to break Real Madrid's defensive formation. Even if the pass was successful, Real Madrid had already adjusted its defensive formation.
Ancelotti was caught off guard and couldn't come up with any good countermeasures against Real Madrid's style of play.
No choice but to keep going.
...
"This play is kind of interesting," Di Stefano commented.
In the VIP box of the Bernabeu Stadium, the Honorary Chairman watched the game. After leading by two goals, Real Madrid still dominated the situation, and he couldn't help but laugh.
In the box next door, Chairman Martin's hearty laughter could be heard from time to time, as if he was the one who scored the goals.
This made many people in the box, including Florentino, very disdainful.
Martin just had good luck!
Who would have thought he could find such a deep diamond?
After listening to Di Stefano's evaluation, Valdano also agreed, "It has the feeling of the Sacchi Milan dynasty."
"By effectively controlling the local area, quickly forming a numerical advantage, and then using the numerical advantage to create opportunities, this style of play is really interesting," Di Stefano praised with a smile.
Many people in the football world, including Di Stefano, Valdano, and Butragueno, were watching Real Madrid in the stadium, admiring their uniform and unified action of pressing and oppression.
When Sacchi coached AC Milan, he started from defense.
Real Madrid's two most aggressive games in the true sense were the first half against Atletico Madrid and against Arsenal, but tonight's game was different.
It was clear that Gao Shen had based his strategy on the defensive system developed over the past period, combining it with previous results, and then let Real Madrid play an aggressive attacking style right from the start tonight.
"The overall defense, especially the team pressing, is very Italian, like Sacchi's tactics back then. I have seen them using Sacchi's shadow training method before. Now it seems that he has never been conservative," Butragueno also praised.
His career happened to coincide with Sacchi's Milan dynasty, and he was very familiar with Sacchi's style of play.
Many people misunderstood Sacchi's style of play as a defensive counter-attack, but it was not.
Sacchi's style emphasized pressing and possession, which is why Ancelotti and Rijkaard were so important.
This concept of regional defense and the overall movement of the team to maintain a compact formation, and then controlling the play of the local area where the ball was located, had two advantages: reducing physical consumption and understanding the positions between teammates, and keeping a good overall formation when defending, launching a counterattack immediately after stealing the ball.
Just like the Milan dynasty that Sacchi trained back then, it looked like a defensive counterattack, but it was actually an attack.
This was also why Gao Shen had been criticized in the past.
After all, he was hiding too deep.
"This young man is really interesting. It's not easy to bring out such a team at the age of 25. I'm starting to look forward to letting him go and build a team of his own. What would that look like?" Di Stefano laughed.
Valdano also smiled and nodded, and he also looked forward to it.
But Butragueno smiled awkwardly, looking at Florentino. The former president of Real Madrid looked confused, obviously not understanding what they were talking about. Then he looked at the next box, where Real Madrid president Martin was sitting. How could he understand?
Gao Shen would definitely create a team with his own unique style, but certainly not at Real Madrid!
This season, or Real Madrid under Gao Shen's management, was special.
The real Real Madrid never had the soil for cultivating young people, nor the environment for cultivating head coaches.
No matter if it was Florentino or Martin, it was impossible to give Gao Shen a relaxed environment and let him polish a team with a unique style.
Over the years, Real Madrid had always had only one pursuit.
That was the championship!
Style?
Winning the championship was Real Madrid's style.
Of course, there had been one more over the years.
Can't play too conservatively.
...
When AC Milan retreated across the board, Real Madrid couldn't break the Rossoneri's goal for a while.
Serginho, Kaladze, Nesta, and Stam formed a backline that was really not to be underestimated.
Especially at the closing stage of the first half, Real Madrid's physical fitness was visibly exhausted, and some players began to tire.
This was a necessity.
Why had Gao Shen been reluctant to take this risk?
It was because of the team's physical strength.
Of course, now that he faced an AC Milan that was not much different from Real Madrid, he was very courageous, especially when he saw that Ancelotti was still fighting Inter Milan in the derby last weekend. What was there to be afraid of?
Real Madrid's physical fitness was poor, but after recuperating, AC Milan was no better.
Coupled with the schedule of the first and last guests, Gao Shen could no longer hold back and went all out from the start.
In those five minutes, Real Madrid stunned AC Milan directly.
Then the two teams fell into a stalemate, and the score was still 2-0 until the end of the first half.
Both sides had created some chances. Real Madrid had more, but they hadn't scored again.
From the perspective of the ball possession rate in the first half, Real Madrid was 10 percentage points higher at 55 to 45.
Gao Shen was very satisfied with this result.
But Ronaldo was not satisfied.
...
When the Brazilian came off the pitch panting and greeted his teammates in front of Gao Shen, he suddenly stopped in front of Gao Shen, looking straight at him with determined eyes.
"Please give me a little more time!"
Gao Shen was a little surprised.
The surrounding Real Madrid players were also very surprised and stunned.
Ronaldo used the word "please," with a request in his tone, and his eyes seemed to be filled with determination.
Before the game, he had agreed with Gao Shen that in the first half, he would do his best, just insisting on finishing the first half. In the second half, Negredo would come on to continue to suppress AC Milan, and the team would adopt more conservative tactics to avoid conceding an away goal.
But Ronaldo stood in front of Gao Shen and saw that Gao Shen did not speak. He took a few deep breaths and said, "I can hold on for a while longer. I want a goal. Please believe me!"
When it came to the end, he almost gritted his teeth and was extremely determined.His voice trembled a little, and even before the end of the first half, he was already a little overwhelmed, but he still insisted.
The reason is like he said, he wants a goal.Real Madrid's players were surprised, because they rarely heard Ronaldo use this slightly pleading tone with anyone, especially the manager.
Brazilian superstars have always been the darlings of heaven, geniuses that everyone holds in their hands and takes care of in every possible way.But now, he was not only submissive to Gao Shen, not only hard-working, but also making a request.
He just wants a goal!Real!Just one goal!Only in this way, when the team can really win the Champions League, will he feel that he has also contributed to it.
This is the Champions League he wants!