Chapter 197 Eckhard Krauchen
Ancelotti was not so stupid and really continued to let Costacurta explode for Manchester United.
Cafu is actually still his first choice. Although Cafu is no longer as fast as he was at this age, Cafu's endurance is still strong. There is no problem in being the main right back, but he encounters extremely fast players. Only opponents will feel that Cafu is sometimes unreliable.
In fact, in Ancelotti's eyes, the 34-year-old Cafu is still the best right back in the world, and he can take care of the entire right wing. This can be proved by the fact that after Cafu retired, almost all authoritative media rated Cafu as the best right back in international football.
Cafu played as a right winger when he debuted, and later moved to the right back position, but his performance was still world-class. For example, being blown away by Dong Fangzhuo in the first round against Manchester United was a complete accident.
Ancelotti's current idea is very simple. He wants Cafu to play but does not want Cafu to be exposed. After weighing it for a long time, I made a change.
Stam, who returned from injury, served as the right back, while Cafu replaced Kaladze as the left back. This was the most perfect way he thought of, and Kaladze could only be sacrificed.
After the starting list was announced two hours before the game, the official website of "Gazzetta dello Sport" wrote an article praising Ancelotti's approach and believed that it was a very good idea to let Cafu serve as left back. This is not the first time that Cafu has made a guest appearance at left back. , he can play the left back position.
Ancelotti also made an adjustment in Milan's starting lineup, that is, vice-captain Ambrosini replaced Seedorf. Ancelotti has strengthened the midfield. When Seedorf comes off the field, the midfield will definitely lack a certain amount of creativity, but the impact should not be big, because in addition to Seedorf, Pirlo in the center and Rui in the frontcourt ·Costa can do it all.
Ambrosini's appearance in the left midfield position can also form a solid barrier in front of Cafu.
In the attacking midfielder position, Kaká still started the game.
On the forward line, Crespo, who scored in the last game, is still the first choice. Sitting on the bench are Inzaghi and Thomasson. Unless Milan wants to change the formation and play two forwards, it will still be difficult for these two forwards to get a chance to play. Chance.
Milan still focuses on the 4321 lineup. The victory allows Ancelotti to continue to arrange things in his own way instead of following the advice of boss Berrisconi.
Goalkeeper: Dida
Defenders: Stam, Nesta, Maldini, Cafu
Midfielder: Gattuso, Pirlo, Rui Costa, Kaká, Seedorf
Forward: Crespo
Substitutes: Abbiati, Costacurta, Inzaghi, Tomasson, Ambrosini, Dorasso, Serginho
After Ancelotti announced the starting lineup, Ferguson also announced the starting lineup.
Goalkeeper: Howard
Defenders: Brown, Ferdinand, Silvester, Heinze
Midfielder: Ronaldo, Kleberson, Scholes, Rooney
Forward: Ruud Ruud, Dong Fangzhuo
Substitutes: Carroll, Phil Neville, Fletcher, Smith, Saha, O'Shea, Fortune
After all, Ferguson was still reluctant to let go of Van Nistelrooy and changed his formation for Van Nistelrooy. Of course, he would not abandon Dong Fangzhuo, and Dong Fangzhuo was still the captain of this game.
He just couldn't bear Ruud van Nistelrooy's good condition. For this reason, Rooney had to make room for Van Nistelrooy and had to play left midfielder. Rooney's position was even further away from Milan's penalty area.
In the midfield, Kleberson, who performed well in the first round, replaced Fletcher. In addition, there are as many as three forwards on the bench, and Smith is more concerned about the midfield.
As soon as the starting lineup was announced, it was criticized by the BBC broadcast: "Ferguson let Chinese Dong and Ruud van Nistelrooy play together, and the result will be empty-handed. He should stick to the starting personnel and lineup in the first round against Milan. Ruud van Nistelrooy and Chinese Dong are both in good condition. Very good, both of them have scored consecutive goals in recent games, but when two people are together, the effect of 1+1 may not be >=2."
Anyway, whether Ferguson uses Ruud, whether he plays 442 or 433, the media will jump out to criticize him. He cannot satisfy everyone.
But maybe he also went against his own intentions?
Facing the powerful Milan away from home, no one knows what the result will be. If they win, they will eat meat, and if they lose, they will eat pickles. What is certain is that Manchester United needs at least one goal. Both 1:0 and 1:1 are acceptable.
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19:00 Milan time.
64-year-old Eckhard Krauchen walked into the subway station and crowded into the iron car with thousands of AC Milan fans, but the train never started.
No one knew what time they could drive. Several leaders of the Milan fan organization and the station management were arguing loudly about how to get to San Siro. They had no idea. At this time, the subway loudspeaker said: "Due to line failure, the train can only reach the first three stations."
Krauchen rarely came to Milan, except for a few Champions League games in Milan when he was young. After that, his work moved between Asia and Africa, far away from the center of the fashion world.
Not being able to waste time, he immediately walked out of the subway station, called the taxi company, and got into a taxi smoothly. It was the rush hour in Milan, and the traffic on the road to San Siro was as crowded as the Second Ring Road in Beijing at 9 a.m. When approaching the San Siro area, the car could only crawl like a snail. The driver seemed to be saying to himself: "This kind of congestion situation only happened during the Milan-International-Juventus triangle a year ago."
"Do you have confidence in Milan?" Krauchen asked.
"Why not? Just because everyone has confidence in Milan, that's why the fans come to the scene to support so enthusiastically."
"In the last round, Manchester United's striker broke Milan's goal."
"Are you a Manchester United fan? Haha, back at Milan's home court, Manchester United's forwards will not have any chance at all. Ancelotti has changed his formation. I don't think the Chinese boy will have any chance. What he will face is The more powerful Stam will make it difficult for the Chinese kid to move forward." The driver said confidently.
"I'm not a Manchester United fan," Krauchen smiled, and then asked: "Honestly, are you really not worried about the Chinese boy?"
The driver didn't answer immediately. Looking in the rearview mirror, Krauchen saw his eyes wavering, obviously hesitating.
Soon, he answered honestly: "Actually, we are quite worried..."
"oh……"
"Then why worry about Ruud van Nistelrooy, but worry about the Chinese boy?"
"He's fierce, he's very fast, and he's very hardworking. Everyone is worried that Cafu and the others won't be able to handle it."
"oh……"
At 20:10, Krauchen finally saw the familiar lights in the San Siro stands. A trip that usually only costs 15 euros cost a full 40 euros. Outside the stadium, many people were drinking beer and using British curse words. The ground was littered with toilet paper wrapped in food and broken glass from beer bottles. In addition to the packed fans, the stadium was also filled with security personnel wearing bright orange uniforms.
For British fans accustomed to the Theater of Dreams at Old Trafford, it will be tough to accept the dingy, stale seats of this temple of Italian football, not to mention the difficulty of getting here, whether by public transport or driving.
Krauchen found his seat and sat down, surrounded by Milan fans in red and black sword-striped shirts...
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