Chapter 598 Milan’s Difficult Years
AC Milan sat on the ground in ruins. He had never felt so powerless at San Siro like he did today. In the competition with Lyon center back Boumsong for the landing spot, Jiuye could not display his unique and ghostly pace and was easily taken away by his opponent, even though he was closer to the landing spot at the beginning and his position was more reasonable. Zhuoyang's pass was very comfortable, but Inzaghi was still knocked to the ground like a frail little girl by Bumson who came first.
If this ball was placed before Jiuye's flowering period, Bumson wouldn't even be able to eat his ashes. But just now, not only did his teammates' efforts in the frontcourt go to waste, but Lyon also took the opportunity to counterattack. Juninho passed the ball over the top, and Benzema hit a volley in the penalty area, piercing Dida's door. In the 37th minute of the first half, AC Milan fell behind 0:2 at home.
Today is the fifth round of the Champions League group stage and the last game in November. After this game, November is gone, and Master Jiu's flowering period is over. On December 1 last year, in the 14th round of the 2007-08 season, AC Milan faced Juventus at home. Yin Jiuye, who had been killing all throughout November, officially entered his flowering period. From that day on, he started The eager waiting and expectation.
Overcoming the bottleneck at the "advanced age" of thirty-four or five years old not only rekindles Jiuye's own youth, but also has great significance to the AC Milan club. The club not only attaches great importance to it, but also established a "Blooming Work Leadership Group" specifically for Inzaghi. . But a full year has passed, and the flowers of Jiu Ye's anger have withered before they bloomed, and the flower group has long ceased to exist in name only.
It started vigorously for a while, and the three "researchers" Kaká, Gattuso and Pirlo also participated. Zhuoyang, Maldini, Ronaldo and Baresi who had already overcome the bottleneck fertilized and watered everything. After the game and training, we have to summarize together and share our experiences.
Later, Ronaldo was forced to leave the Blossom Group due to a serious injury, and everyone's interest was not that high. In the summer, Baresi, the head of the flowering leadership group, left the round table and Milanello. Then Pirlo was injured, which led to a suspension of training. Maldini was also injured. In addition, Gattuso and Gattuso later The Round Table Group and Zhuo Yang had a falling out, and the Blossom Group had become ineffective.
The two 'breakthroughs' Sheva and Ronaldinho who transferred to Milan in the summer, one was not close to Master Jiu and the other was lazy by nature, so they did not participate in this group that would take up a lot of spare time. Today, the scientific research team of the Milan laboratory has also evacuated. Except for Zhuo Yang who has been trying his best to find a breakthrough for Jiu Ye all day long, even Kaka spent three days fishing and two days drying the net.
In fact, the evacuation of the Milan laboratory shows that Jiuye has passed the flowering period in terms of physical data, and the flowering has become the moon in the water. Jiuye scored 3 goals in all competitions last month, which also shows that the frozen soil in his flowering period has loosened, that's it.
Zhuoyang, Ancelotti, everyone in the club, including Inzaghi himself, all understand that flowering fails. Although it is inevitable to be disappointed, failure is the normal state of flowering. After all, people who can get through the bottleneck are really rare. The vast majority A person cannot break through. If he can reach his peak, he is already a top player in football.
Jiuye is already old, and he had already started to decline in competitive sports before the flowering period. The failure of the flowering period hurt him a lot. It was not only a psychological loss, but also accelerated the consumption of football in his twilight years. After the flowering period, the question of Inzaghi is not whether he can return to his previous state, but whether he still has the strength to play for a wealthy club. Even if he is a substitute, it has become a cruel reality that he has to face.
Ancelotti did not originally plan to let Jiu Ye play in this game, but several attackers in the frontcourt were generally in poor condition due to continuous battles. Shevchenko and Pato were in poor physical condition due to traveling around.
Feeling compassion, An Pang sent Jiu Ye and Anuboriello to partner as a striker.
Not only Jiuye and the offensive line, AC Milan, which had been grabbing points continuously a while ago, is experiencing a period of collective state correction, and everyone is generally not happy. But AC Milan's recent games are crucial in every game, and there is no room for error.
Three weeks ago, they lost 2:3 to Madiburg in Hannover, and the next day Lyon defeated Steaua Bucharest 2:1 away from home. Yesterday, on the first day of the fifth match of the Champions League, Madibao, who had recovered from the Champions League, defeated Stars 2:0 away from home. In this way, AC Milan has 7 points with 4 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss, Lyon has 7 points with 3 wins, 1 loss from 4 games, 7 points with 1 win, 1 draw and 2 losses, Steaua has been eliminated from 5 games with 4 losses, 1 win and 3 points. Milan and Atletico Madrid are out. Diebold and Lyon are intertwined and entangled.
If AC Milan loses today, they will send Lyon to advance one round ahead of schedule. Even if they win against Steaua in the next round, if Madiburg defeats Lyon, who has already qualified, at home, Milan and Madiburg will both accumulate 10 points. Diebold will rely on their mutual record advantage to squeeze out Milan and advance to the top 16 of the Champions League. The ambitious Zhuoyang can only play in the UEFA Cup again.
Therefore, AC Milan must at least get a draw today. This is the bottom line, otherwise the fate of the final round will not be in their own hands. But Zhuoyang cannot tolerate a draw, because it will put Madiburg in danger. They lost to Lyon 1:3 in an away game. Even if they can win the French Ligue 1 leader in the last round, they still have 10 points depending on each other's difference. ball. Of course, this premise is that AC Milan successfully wins the Stars in the last round, otherwise Group F will be a mess.
Lyon had the best situation before the game. There is a high probability that Group F will be Milan and Madiburg competing for another qualifying spot, unless AC Milan can defeat Lyon at home today. However, the current score is 0:2.
Not only in the Champions League, AC Milan was also overtaken by the chasing Inter Milan in the league and lost its leadership position.
After the last international match day, only two days after Zhuo Yang, Kaka Ronaldinho and others returned to Milan, AC Milan went away to play the 13th round against Turin. Except for the oldest gangsters in the team, they are basically all international players. No matter how carefully they are selected, they can only serve in the army.
Zhuoyang was ordered to take a truce for observation, but Pirlo returned at the right time, but his condition was surprisingly poor in this game, so mediocre and clumsy that he was not him at all. The Brazilian trident of Kaká, Ronaldinho and Duck played with great energy. Brocchi and Seedorf were considered to be active players in the midfield, while Flamini was normally mediocre.
During the game, Turin's goals from Strone and Rosina put the team ahead of AC Milan twice. Pato's anti-offside kick and Ronaldinho's free kick allowed Milan to equalize tenaciously twice. In the last ten minutes, Ancelotti replaced Shevchenko and Borriello in an effort to win the game, but in the end he had no choice but to get a 2:2 draw.
In another match, Inter Milan defeated Juventus 1:0 with the help of midfielder Muntari's goal in El Clasico, surpassing their neighbors in points and regaining the top spot in the league.
The league and the Champions League are facing double difficulties. The gloomy AC Milan needs someone to step forward and help the team get through this difficult year.