Chapter 193: Toyota Cup (4)

Pirlo's position when he debuted was the front waist. He was once regarded as Baggio's successor, with excellent footwork and elegant style. However, after transferring to Inter Milan, due to the talents in the midfield and frontcourt, he did not get many opportunities.

And his speed is not fast, the confrontation is weak, the style of the ball is soft, and he does not adapt to the modern forward role. The modern front waist is like Kaka, with speed and a certain amount of confrontation. It can both organize attacks and end the game by itself, which can enrich the team's tactics.

Pirlo did not show amazing performance in his few appearances, so he was abandoned by Inter Milan.

After moving to Milan, Ancelotti overhauled him completely, retreating his position and letting him kick the back.

In the back position, Pirlo finally shined. His defensive ability is not strong, and his antagonism ability has not been fundamentally improved, but his excellent technology, overall situation and excellent long and short pass ability have made him a unique back, one who does not rely on defense but rely on organizational ability to win Back waist.

With him, Milan can control the ball steadily in the midfield and back, and he will control the rhythm: whether to continue to control the ball slowly and slowly, or to launch an attack with a sudden long pass.

The traditional term "back waist" can no longer define him. He is not a back waist in the general sense. So the Italian media named his tactical role: Metronome rs.

If he briefly describes his role positioning, then he is a classic front waist appearing in the back waist position.

In front of him, he needs to be equipped with a powerful and aggressive sweeping midfielder. In Milan, Gattuso is such a role.

It can be said that if there is no Shevchenko, no Kaka, no Maldini, Milan may still win the championship. But without these two, Milan would lose most of its competitiveness.

Regarding players like Pirlo, you can't be overemphasized. In the first 30 minutes, Roxas arranged for Ricardo and Antonio to grab Pirlo. It is the right choice.

However, it may be considered that the player's physical strength is falling too fast, and at the same time, São Paulo's entire defense line is retreating. In order to ensure that the three lines are not disconnected, Roxas has made Ricardo and Antonio no longer besiege Pirlo.

In Ricardo's view, this may be a heavy blow to São Paulo!

Pirlo headed to the corner flag area and took the corner kick. With a strong spinning football, he flew into the middle of the penalty area and returned to the penalty area to participate in the defense. Fabiano and Costacuta took off at the same time. He first touched the ball and the football popped up. Ricardo chased him up, and at this moment Cafu rushed up, raising his legs aggressively. Ricardo took the first shot, picked the ball behind Kafu, and was kicked by Kafu.

"Oh!" Ivanov whistled in time and gave Kafo a yellow card. Ricardo grinned in pain, and it took a long time to recover. Cafu reached out to him with a friendly hand, patted his head, and kindly said in Portuguese, "It's okay, little guy, sorry, I just didn't stop in time."

Ricardo grabbed his hand and stood up, shaking his head: "It doesn't matter, I know you didn't mean it."

Cafu did not have bright spikes. This was not a deliberate injury, but Ricardo was kicked too fast.

However, it is a pity that Ricardo is also a good opportunity to counterattack. Milan's backcourt is empty. If Kafo doesn't kick him down, he takes the ball and transfers it to Rick on the right. He quickly moves forward to create a two-on-two situation.

São Paulo kicked a free kick from goalkeeper Cheney and passed it to Fabiano in the frontcourt. However, in the competition with Costacuta, Fabiano lost and Milan will compete for the goal. To Pirlo, organize the attack again.

After falling down a few times, Pirlo found a chance, and suddenly a long diagonal pass passed to Kafu, who was plugged in at a high speed.

Ricardo quickly moved closer, and Kafo didn't tangled with him. After passing the ball to Kaka, he continued to run forward, and Kaka passed the ball back to Kafo. This is a two-to-one fit.

Ricardo continued to chase back and restricted Carford with Gustavoneri. In desperation, Cafu passed the ball back to Pirlo.

Pirlo avoided the ball from Ricardo's slam and immediately passed it diagonally. The football passed through the gap between several Sao Paulo players and accurately rolled to Shevchenko's feet. Shevchenko will take the opportunity The ball flew away from Lugano and knocked to Thomason. This time Thomasson didn't waste a chance. He shot low from 8 meters in front of the goal and penetrated Cheney's ten fingers.

"Thomasson takes a shot! The goal has been scored!"

"Through a series of wonderful matches, Milan scored a goal by Thomason and equalized the score. Although the last pass was Shevchenko, I have to say that the biggest contributor to this goal was Pirlo, who was excellent The midfield dispatch disrupted São Paulo's defense and created this opportunity. "

Ricardo couldn't help but feel a little frustrated. This is the gap between São Paulo and the real top teams. Milan is not at all chaotic when it is behind. It can firmly control the rhythm and control the game as much as it wants.

Maybe when playing downwind, São Paulo can do as well as Milan. But in the face of adversity, São Paulo is indeed inferior to Milan.

The difference lies in the "strong team temperament".

With excellent players as the foundation, excellent traditions as the background, and a large number of victories as a source of self-confidence, it finally smelt the "strong team temperament When you are leading, you can maintain focus and consolidate the victory and lag behind. At that time, he was able to calm his mind, believe that he could equalize and even reverse, the team was unified in thought, and insisted on tactical play.

St. Paul does not yet have such a temperament.

When he watched the UEFA Champions League semi-final when Inter Milan faced off against Milan, Ricardo also thought that Milan was just like that. But when I was really there and Milan became the opponent, I realized how powerful the opponent was.

His own previous goals have certain luck factors and may not be able to replicate. The Milan goal is a clear-cut offense with reproducibility. If Milan does this again, São Paulo may not be able to defend it.

Sure enough, after the game restarted, Milan continued to suppress São Paulo, and Pirlo used his scheduling to give Milan a solid advantage.

In the 43rd minute, his pass tore through São Paulo's defense again. Shevchenko burst into the penalty area and shot hard. Fortunately, Lugano responded in time and blocked the ball. However, Kaka kicked after him, and the football hit the pillar like a cannonball and popped the bottom line. The players who scared São Paulo were furious.