After signing with AC Milan, I will be the king of football!-Chapter 1618 - 447: Pretty Girl... No, Autobot, Transform
The opening phase of Milan’s ball control looks very nice.
However, Huang Kaiwen, seeing the positions of the backfield players, couldn’t help but worry.
Three defenders are still high up, with only Pirlo in front of the defensive line.
The cooperation among these four is not very coordinated, I’m afraid Arsenal will easily break through.
Sure enough.
Ibrahimovic’s long shot from the front hit Zulu and bounced to Alex Song’s feet.
Alex Song turned around with the ball and found Rosicky with a pass.
Rosicky sent a direct pass out.
Chamakh successfully received the ball behind Papastathopoulos and quickly charged towards Milan’s penalty area.
The Emirates Stadium erupted with overwhelming jeers.
Guardiola anxiously stood by the sideline.
Walcott kept making high-speed forward runs to request the ball, and at this moment, Buffon chose to strike forward, rushing quickly towards Chamakh’s feet just inside the penalty area, successfully defusing this threat.
"Oh dear, how dangerous, we got counter-attacked right at the start."
"Yes, there might be some issues with AC Milan’s defensive arrangement today, Ramos naturally likes to push forward, putting him as a side midfielder effectively makes him a winger."
"Haha, I think this defensive line position has something to do with it. AC Milan’s defensive line wasn’t this high before, but Guardiola pushed it up to near the center line, and the defense isn’t quite in sync; Papastathopoulos successfully helped the opponent reverse the offside trap this time, although his speed is indeed impressive, his chase speed is truly quick."
[Inter Milan] yeah.
"Inter Milan is done this year, is this coach an undercover agent or what."
"Previously, it seemed that Guardiola was quite impressive, but now it looks like he can’t leave that Barca system."
"Before, he mentioned a 3313 formation at Barca, and now this 3133 is even more aggressive." 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝙚𝔀𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝒐𝒎
"Hahaha, it looks like we can finally wait to see Huang Kaiwen being eliminated."
"Damn, forgot about Huang Kaiwen. Just wait, if things don’t go well later, Guardiola might make substitutions, there are plenty of substitution slots in friendly matches."
"This AC Milan formation is really hard to understand, Pirlo playing the sole defensive midfielder, are they trying to exhaust him?"
"Zambrotta and Ramos are retreating a bit slow, otherwise it shouldn’t be this dangerous."
"Damn, suddenly changing to this formation, for players to adapt would be impossible, Guardiola’s truly formidable. If AC Milan collapses this year, it’s definitely his fault."
"It’s just the first match, it wouldn’t necessarily come to that. Perhaps this tactic might prove useful."
Guardiola stood by the sideline, frantically shouting instructions, gesturing continuously, explaining his tactical arrangements to the players.
Huang Kaiwen sat on the coach’s bench, shaking his head slightly.
Guardiola’s demands are too high.
He requested Ramos to retreat to the defensive midfielder position, not as a defender, and Kaka was roaming on the right.
In simple terms, this formation is 3232, if Torres retreats, then it’s 3241.
But with such complex running positions and tactical responsibilities, in the very first official match, players find it hard to adapt.
Bonera playing in the three-defender formation on the right flank, he probably doesn’t have the capability.
Huang Kaiwen thought it would be better to let his good brother Ramos play that position, similar to Manchester City’s later Kyle Walker.
Buffon stationed at the goal, shouting angrily.
He thought his time at Milan would be enjoyable, but now it seemed premature.
The defense easily penetrated by a counterattack, who is this Chamakh, he hadn’t heard of him.
Luckily, it’s just a friendly match today, Nesta and the others haven’t entered the field yet.
Otherwise, playing like this in an official match, he might as well stay at Juventus.
It’s going to be a mess everywhere regardless.
Sitting on the bench, van Persie stared firmly at Torres and Ibrahimovic.
He’s contemplating a transfer.
The past two years, Chelsea held them down hard.
Ever since Huang Kaiwen’s departure, his desire for a transfer not only remained but felt more convinced that Arsenal didn’t match his ambition.
Chelsea spends 40 million pounds casually on a defender, while Arsenal buys a player whom he feels isn’t as good as Bendtner, Chamakh.
Van Persie decided to perform well this season, letting Huang Kaiwen see his capabilities.
Buffon tossed the ball out, Bonera handled it unstably and it directly reached Clichy’s feet.
Clichy immediately sent a sideways pass, Rosicky swiftly delivered a direct pass, Clichy went down the bottom line for a cross, Nasri easily tapped the ball into the goal with his right foot.
Nasri was quite excited after scoring.
He ran all the way to the corner flag area to celebrate.
Guardiola sat back in the coach’s seat and said, "He’s not going to work, let’s watch a bit more, if it doesn’t improve, we need to make substitutions. What do you think, Kevin?"
"I think substitutions are good, but the problem now is our midfield is too thin, there needs to be someone retreating to support Pirlo, otherwise we might lose badly today."
Huang Kaiwen gestured and said, "Sergio doesn’t like to operate in the central area, or rather, he doesn’t like the central area of the defense, he only goes to the center after pushing forward on the right, asking him to retreat feels unnatural for him; we can substitute Ambrosini for Bonera, revert back to 4231, this way it feels more comfortable for everyone, when Sergio makes forward runs, we can become a three-defender formation."
Guardiola nodded repeatedly.
He also felt today’s arrangement was overly aggressive.
Guardiola touched his forehead and said, "I feel we have more attacking potential to tap into, you know what I mean, Kevin."
"Yes, I understand."
Huang Kaiwen nodded and said, "But you need to do it step by step, if you want to go with three defenders, I suggest starting with four defenders, as Sergio often isn’t in the defensive line."
Guardiola laughed.
The match continued.
In the 17th minute, Arsenal’s goal scorer Nasri fell to ground without any contact, and Wenger rushed to the sidelines to make the substitution directly.
