Milan Circle
"The football capital of Italy is not Rome." After the Midweek Coppa Italia, Football Market wrote. A day after Inter Milan won 2-0 against Roma, AC Milan beat Lazio 4-0 in San Siro, and Milan city repelled Rome city 6-0 on aggregate, which seems to be declaring the determination of Milan to compete in the domestic arena to the end. The Rossoneri reached the top four of the Coppa Italia with a near-perfect victory, but to beat the title on both fronts, they would have to win more "planned" points.
In the perfect first half, Milan continued the strength of the derby
"King Gaidi Tiger, year of the tiger has Giroud!" After Olivier Giroud's Milan derby double-doubled victory, Milan fans swiped through social media. Such a grand event was staged again after the end of the Italian Cup 1/4 final in the early morning Beijing time. Facing Lazio, one of the "Seven Sisters of New Serie A", Giroud scored twice in four minutes before half-time to bring his season's goals in double digits. After years of waiting, the Rossoneri seemed to be waiting for the real Destiny 9.
How efficient has Olivier Giroud been lately? Four days ago in the Milan derby and in the Early this morning's Coppa Italia, he scored four goals in total with just four shots on goal and four shots on target. The Frenchman has scored four consecutive starts at San Siro and is the third Milan player to accomplish this feat in nearly ten seasons. It is worth mentioning that Olivier Giroud has scored all 10 goals this season in San Siro, and he has become the new hero for the die-hards in the South Stand.
According to Milan's plan at the beginning of the season, the young Ibrahimovic can not maintain full attendance throughout the season, and the introduction of Giroud, who is also a high school striker, is to ensure that the team will not be unusable in the bridgehead position, and now it seems that Giroud's fiery state makes Pioli about to face the "trouble of happiness". Did Ibrahimovic use God or Giroud after his comeback? Under the current running intensity of Milan, unless you have to fight for your life, it is not rational for the two to appear at the same time - as a superstar, you may also "compete for a job".
Unlike the constant lack of availability due to injuries in the first half of the league, Pioli's side is now "getting better". Once again at home to Sarri's Lazio, Milan have extended the momentum of their first meeting of the season. "Black and hard" Casey froze the opponent's midfield core Milinkovic, leaving the Blue Hawks' moves with nowhere to play, while Alberto sat on the bench, because Mobile was in the front court.
(Milan starter in the Quarterfinals of the Coppa Italia)
It can be said that in the face of Lazio, who is generally not sent to the strongest lineup, Milan, who sacrifices the full main lineup, is taken seriously. The green game is always dynamic, Messias's ability to hold the ball makes Lazio dare not carry the left side of the defense to the right side, Milan's left Side of the Special O and Leo have more room to gallop, coupled with the dexterous characteristics of Diaz naturally restrained the Blue Hawks' tall defensive players, so that Milan gained an advantage in the pulling of the three-way front, thus gaining full initiative.
As a result, Milan played smoothly throughout the first half, and even Romagnoli, who was sitting at center-back, was able to send a super long distance straight plug and assist Leo to take the lead. Before half-time, first Leo showed his talent to deliver assists, then Theo also brushed the data, and all Giroud needed to do was to eat the cake easily. Of course, Olivier Giroud's two attacks were initiated by Díaz, and one can see the role of the Milan 10 in the front.
If you want to simply describe this 3-0 first half, it is "the perfect suppression under tactical restraint", Díaz's play can show that Pioli needs to arrange player roles according to different opponents, and there are no perfect attacking players in the current Milan squad, and the role of tactics is to play the strengths and avoid the weaknesses.
Pioli once again demonstrates "high emotional intelligence"
Taking a three-goal lead in the first half left the game with an early loss of suspense, momentum and spectacle in a one-sided situation, even if Sarri sent Lucas, Pedro and Alberto to fight for their lives in a row. In contrast, Pioli can easily make players who have been out of the game for a long time look for the feeling of playing, and Rebic and Tomori are substitutes in this context.
After the match, many Milan fans said that Pioli "will be a man", because he replaced Daniel Maldini, the son of sports director Maldini, in the 77th minute, and every attack of Milan in the closing stage sent the ball to dan's side, as if deliberately training the third generation of the goalkeeper. Little Maldini, though a little naïve, was given the opportunity to appear in the highlights – it was the chaos created by his free-kicks that gave Casey the chance to seal the win.
The score of San Siro was fixed at 4-0, Milan No. 9 continued to play bravely, the left corridor was fully activated, the returning injured were looking for form, the leader's son was also arranged, whether it was a tactical victory or a personnel art, Pioli received high praise after this Coppa Italia. If Tonari hadn't been yellowed (would have missed the first leg of the semi-final Milan derby), the match would have been "perfect".
Dominating the small cycle of the strong team, what Milan has to do is to reduce mistakes
Recently, Sky Sports Italy has counted the average points per game in the top 7 minor leagues in Serie A this season, and Milan has scored 18 points in 9 games, averaging 2 points per game, higher than Napoli's 1.57 points and Inter and Juve's 1.4 points, ranking first. This is enough to illustrate a characteristic of Milan this season - strong is strong. Against Lazio, the Rossoneri continued this trend, beating the Blue Hawks for the second time this season.
So far this season, Milan have only lost in the draws against Napoli, two draws juve and Milan derby in the strong dialogue in the domestic arena, and have made significant progress in hard battles. The Semi-Final of the Italian Cup will be played against Inter twice, which is also a good opportunity for this young team, after all, the Nerazzurri are the strongest comprehensive strength team in Serie A, and as a whole, they have the level of the Champions League knockout round, and if Milan wants to make a breakthrough in the championship, it must not be afraid to avoid.
On the other hand, Milan are still one more game behind Inter in the first seven minor leagues, which reflects the team's lack of stability. Putting aside factors other than the team's performance such as the controversial penalty, such as losing 3-4 to Fiorentina and being reversed by Spezia 1-2, the Rossoneri themselves have made visible mistakes, and if they want to transform into a champion division, the highlight of the key battle is not enough, and they should also get the "points they should take" as they did at the beginning of the league.
With no European assignments, Milan's opponents for the remaining matches in February are Sampdoria, Salernitana and Udinese, all teams downstream of the table, and whether it is to achieve the base set of the top four or to attack the championship with a dream, the Rossoneri will try to minimize their mistakes. Inter will then usher in a devil's schedule interspersed with the Champions League, waiting for the city's nemesis to make a mistake while doing their own thing, which is Milan's only chance to compete for the title.
(Milan don't have many strong opponents for the rest of the schedule)
Young teams need to continue to precipitate, for any team, the premise of achieving good results is to do a good job, Milan is currently in a relatively wonderful stage in the long season, I hope the team can continue to have a high morale, in the next game to continue to soar. Forza Milan！