Chapter 192 Difficult to equalize
AC Milan fans were bruised in the mist of why they lost two goals, and Allegri was also confused in the locker room.
He couldn't figure out the same problem. Although AC Milan is the absolute initiative, the midfielder with Pirlo as the core has turned the strategic focus of the competition between the two sides - the midfield into his own back garden. The forwards also transformed the midfield advantage into a storm shot that made the opponent's panic, but... why is it the team behind their own? And they are still two goals behind!
Allegri couldn't figure it out, but he didn't worry about this issue for too long because he was the head coach. His first priority now is how to get the team to recover the score, rather than worrying about why he lost the ball.
Of course, when thinking about how to equalize the score, Allegri was also missing someone. After all, this person played an excellent result after appearing on the bench in the last league game.
Faced with such a dilemma now, it would be a bit too shaming if you say you don’t miss it.
But unlike the emotional and entangled fans, Allegri is very rational because this person he misses cannot participate in this game because of an unprofessional behavior in the eyes of many people. Therefore, even if Allegri misses him no longer, he must recognize the reality that he is not on the bench.
The so-called reality is cruel, and life still has to continue. Although the man who made Allegri miss him cannot appear, he still has the confidence to defeat his opponent.
Because AC Milan is strong enough, and this strength is not only reflected in the players, but also on the bench.
These substitutes are enough for Allegri to deal with all the tricks of Sessena, such as Inza, Jiadia, Odumadi, Abat, Boateng, etc.
Even Allegri doesn't want to change his moves because the players are excellent enough that there is no place to criticize, and the data also proves that both the players and the tactics are very correct.
Compared to changing moves, Allegri believes that there is more important thing now, that is, don’t let the two goals conceded in the first half continue to affect the players.
So he warned his players to stay calm and not be anxious.
"...As long as you swing normally, your opponent will not be able to win. So remember, you are the only ones who can defeat you, don't worry too much about the two goals conceded in the first half."
With Allegri's comfort, the players' emotions finally stabilized a lot.
As for tactical adjustments, as Allegri thought, there was no change, after all, there was no problem with tactics.
The key is the mentality of the players. As long as they can treat them with a normal mind, the goals that should come will naturally come.
There is only one thing, that is, to strengthen the pressing in Sessena's penalty area, and to give the opponent enough pressure until they collapse.
Allegri could also see that the reason why Sessena could still make sporadic counterattacks was closely related to the lack of pressing in the penalty area, so whether the score could be recovered or even counterattacked in the second half was the key to pressing in the penalty area...
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The fifteen-minute half-time break passed quickly, and the players on both sides returned to the stadium.
With the referee's whistle, the second half of the game officially began.
After the second half began, AC Milan was still the one who dominated the situation on the field, and Sessena continued to shrink and defend in his own half.
Everything is no different from the second half of the first half.
And seeing the same situation as in the first half, the home and away fans have completely different mentalities. Needless to say, Sessena is no different from the first half. If you continue to show this way, it means that your team can get a few more.
Therefore, when AC Milan continues to oppress, many Sesena's teams hope that AC Milan will be more oppressed, so that Sesena will have a broader room for counterattack.
So with this mentality, every attack of AC Milan attracted a huge cheer from Sessena fans. Of course, this cheer was in double quotes, because Sessena fans firmly believed that AC Milan could not score a goal.
In contrast, AC Milan fans are much more depressed. Although the game that dominates the situation on the court and keeps offensive is very good, they have had enough of the ending that only blossoms but not bears fruit.
If possible, AC Milan fans are even willing to use a few dangerous situations in front of the goal to exchange for a goal, because the thunder and small rainfalls are too anxious.
However, as the game deepened, the home and away team gradually became very different from the first half, that is, Sessena had no way to organize a counterattack like in the first half. AC Milan has extended the oppression to Sessena's penalty area, and even was disturbed when the goalkeeper opened his hand and threw the ball.
It was not until this time that Sesena fans realized the crisis. Seeing AC Milan hit the goal one after another, Sesena fans panicked and kept praying in their hearts, don’t go in! Don’t go in!
I don’t know if God heard the voice of Sessena fans, or if the AC Milan strikers’ ideas were too rude.
After fifteen minutes of besieging in the second half, AC Milan still failed to break through the opponent's goal, and the score was still 2-0, AC Milan fell behind.
Finally, in the 65th minute, Allegri couldn't help it. Sessena's unusual stubbornness made Allegri a little angry.
He first replaced Ambrosini with veteran Inzagi, and two minutes later replaced Antonini with Boateng, and replaced Pirlo with Odumadi in the 70th minute.
Six offensive players were used at the same time in one game! Seeing such substitutions, there was only one sentence that poured into the commentator's mind - Allegri was crazy!
Allegri was indeed crazy, but he was also anxious. He could not score a goal even if he had such an advantage in one game. Allegri didn't believe that Sessena really had God's protection!
Allegri's madness also got what he wanted - the number of shots surged!
Almost every attack, AC Milan will get more than two shots, which does not count the number of corner kicks and free kicks.
Corresponding to Allegri's substitution, the three substitutions of coach Sessena are used on the back line.
However, this pursuit of extreme defense did not change the situation on the court. On the contrary, after Sessena had seven defenders, the situation was even worse.
Finally, when the game reached the 82nd minute, AC Milan scored a goal after missing countless opportunities!
With his quick sense of smell, Ninth Master Inzaji poked the ball to the net before the goalkeeper Sesena's second save!
Lian Po is old, can he still eat?
Inzaji gave the answer - Yes!
This goal not only allowed AC Milan to recover a point, but more importantly, it greatly inspired AC Milan's morale.
One goes up and the other goes down, and Sessena was hit hard after losing the ball.
Just after Inzaghi scored the first goal for AC Milan, the morale AC Milan set off an offensive craze. Three minutes later, Ibrahimovic scored the second goal, and AC Milan equalized the score.
Five or six minutes later, AC Milan still had a chance to score, but he failed to seize it and finally ended with a 2-2 score.
From falling behind two goals to winning two goals in five minutes, it seems to be heart-wrenching, but it is actually extremely difficult. There is so much content worth telling about this game...
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Chapter completed!