Napoli home to AC Milan can be described as one of the most influential games in the Serie A this season, the atmosphere of the war is very strong, but also let the fans see why Serie A was once called the temple of defense, both sides played a high-intensity defensive system, which is worthy of fans' careful appreciation.
For Napoli's performance, strictly speaking, it is not qualified, the main thing is that the tactics are too single, basically just hope to pass the ball to Victor Osmayne as soon as possible, and he can successfully receive 13 times is already good. When Victor Osmayne was able to successfully pick up, his teammates did not provide him with proper support, although his habits preferred to handle the attack on his own. This set of tactics may work for other teams, but AC Milan is clearly prepared today, whenever Victor Osmayne has the opportunity to take the ball, Pierre Kalulu will wrap his arms around him, and Ficayo Tomori next to him will also quickly pack or even unblock, indeed this targeted deployment has received significant results, basically Victor Osmayne's shots today are not too threatening, and the chances of falling on him are not too many.
Earlier, Napoli was plagued by the wave of injuries, but this game is already elite, the number of troops that can be mobilized is very abundant, and the expectations of all walks of life for them will naturally be raised. In fact, this game Napoli still has a high possession rate, with as much as 60%, but the number of shots made is really insufficient, the entire shooting data is 9 shots 2, Expected Goals are only 0.5, very little. If the midfielders could be more organized and patient in looking for opportunities, or if the two wings were more cooperative with Victor Osmayne, the team's attack would be more aggressive, and so should Napoli as we know it! After the defeat at the Battle of King's Hill, Napoli lost its dominance and could only pray that the opponent's subsequent development would not be satisfactory, otherwise the championship competition would be shattered prematurely.
As for AC Milan's performance, of course, it is far beyond expectations, and it is not easy to beat Inter Milan and Napoli as a guest, but they have achieved a difficult victory with a neat defensive line and patient deployment. Of course, the goal from Giroud is full of gold, fully revealing his sense of shooting, Xiaobian believes that this goal is not a top striker can score, in fact, this season's Giroud is more flavorful and weighty, many times can find a bright path for the team in the dead end. However, Giroud's injury seems to be more serious, and I only hope that Ibrahimovic's state can be quickly strengthened, and the two can complement each other well.
Just saying that the goal is not enough to show how well AC Milan has performed, and the statistics of both centre-backs are worth sharing with you. They have a 100% success rate in the high-altitude competition, but in fact, both of them are less than 185cm tall, which shows that their bouncing power is quite good, and the starting timing is just right. Left and right defenders of course do not let the two central defenders focus on the United States, captain Calabria successfully forced 11 times, the crown of the field, and left-back Theo Hernandez has a total of 8 interceptions and shovels, also the crown of the field, fans familiar with him know that he is better at attacking, who did not know that his defensive data will be so amazing this game, it can be said that Politano, who has completed the disastrous performance.
In addition, about the sought-after rafael Leo, he is the king of this season's Serie A, has made 11 attempts and 6 successful passes in this game, the success rate is still maintained at 50% to 60%, which shows that Pioli is actively encouraging him to try to break through and break the gap for the team. This time he tried to control the rhythm, he wouldn't die every time, and if he could use his head better, he could become a monster on the court. In the end, they all wanted to praise Pioli again, he was particularly thoughtful in the use of people, this game put away Brassim Díaz, who has been leading the attack for the team, arranged three more defensive midfielders, and finally all three of them did not live up to Pioli's trust.
Finally, I want to make some additions to the Napoli side, Victor Osmayne always makes the editor love and hate, his physical condition is really good, fast, his physique is also very tough, recently seen his ability to stop the ball and find teammates has been strengthened, in today's football world, he should become another hot striker. But his emotions really have to be well controlled, often can't hold back to clash with the opponent, in fact, sometimes look at his shooting decision will feel that he is a more impatient player, in short, his psychological quality is not good enough, really have to deal with it, otherwise it will hinder him from becoming a high-level player.
In addition, Adam Onas, a winger who came off the bench, has recently received many unexpected opportunities, and this game has become the fastest player to enter the substitution with Elmas, and his performance is quite surprising, in just 23 minutes, he has 2 successful passes, and 4 shots, which is the crown of the whole team in Napoli. Even more noteworthy is his level of effort and dedication, he chased Rebic close to stoppage time in hopes of regaining possession, and although he was finally given a yellow card, his attitude definitely deserves our respect, no wonder Spalletti voted for Adam Onas so early in this big battle. On the other side, the replaced Politano appeared to be beaten into the cold, and at the end of the first half, Di Lorenzo almost conceded the ball because he did not provide a pass for right-back Di Lorenzo, and Politano was immediately reprimanded by Spalletti on the sidelines. And the last free throw in first-half stoppage time, Politano handled it unusually poorly, which made Spalletti feel unhappy, and this small episode can see that there seem to be some personnel problems in the Napoli squad that need to be dealt with.
Summing up this game, from the viewing point of view, it is absolutely full of tension, breaking through in the second half napoli try to catch up sharply, the rhythm began to accelerate, but unfortunately in the end it still failed to recover the lost ground. The rest of Napoli's fixture schedule is by no means easy to deal with, with Verona and Turin, which have performed well this season, and of course it's another tough game against Roma and Atalanta, not to mention that the last two games against relegation teams Genoa and Spezia are equally difficult, and the situation is really not very optimistic. AC Milan also need to face Atalanta and another top team, Lazio, but in terms of its momentum of grabbing points, it should be more optimistic, I wonder which team you are optimistic about can laugh to the end?