After signing with AC Milan, I will be the king of football!-Chapter 1720 - 467: Crew Cut and Beer Belly

"We must win!"

said the Young Master.

"Don’t worry, kid."

Ramos patted the Young Master on the back and said, "Instead of worrying about winning or losing, you might as well ask how many goals they’ll concede."

"Exactly!"

Kaka nodded with a smile.

The Young Master looked at the three confident people and smiled along with them.

...

November 3rd.

Milan at home, playing Real Madrid.

Both sides had suspended players, and the match ended in a 2:2 draw at San Siro.

Cristiano Ronaldo, who performed well in the last match, didn’t do much in this one, but Milan paid some price to keep him in check. Benzema and Pedro Leon became the key figures in this game.

After the match, Benzema said in an interview, "I’m not happy with just getting a point. Kevin not being able to play was the key; otherwise, it would have been hard for us to leave San Siro unscathed... Yes, I often watched Kevin’s matches when I played at Lyon. His skills are astonishing. I used to love Ronaldo, but compared to Kevin, there’s still quite a gap because Kevin, well, he can be Ronaldo, Ronaldinho, or Maradona. I’ve never seen anyone who can change his playing style as freely as Kevin does, elevating football to another level."

Many Italian media criticized Milan’s performance after the match.

Especially Ibrahimovic and Torres, who haven’t scored much lately.

Fans always have high expectations for top players.

A few days later, playing away against Bari, Milan managed a last-minute 3:2 win, which peaked the fans’ discontent.

November 9th.

After the match, returning to Milanello, protesting fans appeared outside.

Huang Kaiwen could hear them even in the gym.

"The coach is probably in trouble."

Zambrotta, also doing recovery training, said.

"Don’t worry, Mr. Guardiola is an excellent coach, he’ll handle it well."

Huang Kaiwen said with a smile.

Guardiola is indeed very capable.

His biggest problem is always trying to explore a set of tactics that put great pressure on the opponent in attack while reducing players in defense.

There are no such easy things; with fewer players, defensive capability will inevitably drop.

Huang Kaiwen thinks Guardiola has now realized the issue, especially since he hasn’t won the UEFA Champions League yet.

Guardiola hardly using a back-three lately is the best proof.

Milan still has the capability to support a back-three system.

Zambrotta and Ramos, in theory, are adept at both attack and defense, completely capable of being two wingbacks.

But the problem is Zambrotta is on the decline physically, unable to play 90 minutes of every match back and forth, while Ramos’s issue is smaller, mainly sometimes pushing too far forward and unable to return, not due to fitness or technical reasons, his defensive capabilities are still outstanding.

This presents a problem; Guardiola can’t integrate his back-three system.

Before the system matures, Zambrotta would already be declining, which is the biggest deadlock.

And now in the entire football world, there aren’t many wingbacks for the left side, Ashley Cole and Lahm are the strongest two, the rest aren’t quite up to par, might as well stick with Zambrotta.

At lunchtime, Inzaghi came over with a tray and said, "I’m so jealous you guys don’t have to go to the training ground, the coach didn’t even return to his office today and just watched us from the sideline."

"Just training without playing, earning 2 million Euros a year, it’s already a very good job."

Gattuso turned and complained.

"It’s not like I don’t want to be on the field."

Inzaghi said grumpily, "The coach doesn’t give me a chance at all. If I could play, I’d definitely be leading the scoring chart."

"Even if you’re starting every game, you don’t have that kind of stamina, so stop talking about it."

Huang Kaiwen said.

Should the coach arrange matches based on your stamina?

That’s only when the team lacks forwards, but Milan’s frontline playing with a single striker is quite sufficient.

In the afternoon, there were reports that training intensity was increased again over there.

Huang Kaiwen could only sit in the gym with his teacup enviously.

This intensity of training lasted for a few days, and on November 10th, Milan defeated Palermo 3:1 at home.

During the following day’s break, everyone didn’t really relax.

Especially for some new players, the upcoming Milan Derby gave them a lot of pressure.

Winning against Inter Milan in the summer’s friendly doesn’t really count, it’s a completely different situation in official matches.

Recently the team’s form has been fluctuating, and all of Italy is waiting for the match result.

November 14th.

Meazza Stadium press room.

Guardiola and Deschamps sat on stage together.

None of the players from both teams attended the press conference.

"Mr. Guardiola, can Kevin play today?"

"Didier, can you tell us about Juventus, Courtois said his injury wasn’t reported at all, is Italian media being controlled, what do you think?"

"Pep, why did you abandon the back-three formation?"

"Mr. Deschamps, will Inter Milan win today?"

"..."

Even without players present, the press conference was very lively. 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝒆𝒘𝙚𝓫𝙣𝙤𝒗𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

Deschamps and Guardiola are two highly focused coaches in Serie A.

Deschamps was the first to speak: "Courtois is excellent, but he got something wrong; not every player’s injury receives attention."