Our fullbacks crossing??

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I wanted to talk to you about the way Milan is using our fullbacks, from tactical point of wiew.

I our formation, with Pirlo and two DM's, the key factor are our fullbacks that contribute to flowing game which explores the wide areas and free spaces when the teams are playing tight defence against Milan.

When playing to score, im not talking about defending, Milan has only 3 players that can do damage in build up play: Pirlo, Seedorf, Kaka'. Since Seedorf and Pirlo are not fast players that can penetrate the line like Kaka' can, we are playing patient possesion football with a lot of combinatoric passing and we are using a lot of "fullbacks plays".

Now, we have the best possible passer that can provide our fullbacks a space they need, Pirlo. But here are the problems I wanted to talk about:

Our fullbacks are very good, no doubt about it. Completely playing "Milan style", which means they can play good defence and they are phisically well prepared for 90 minutes of up and down by the out line. Jankulovski and Oddo we are talking about here, as the others ( Cafu, Serginho, Favalli ) are not real players any more. They are tactically geat, playing with calm and smart movement, and that all stands well. But...

They cant cross or go 1 on 1. We all remember what Serginho was doing when he was on form, also Cafu. Milan is a team that plays for a win, and in 99% of cases teams defend against us. If you look at our play carefully, most of our actions consist of super passed through the middle with brilliant Seedorf, Kaka', Pirlo ( in past there was Sheva also...). Plus, after build up play, the ball goes from Pirlo or Seedorf to one of the Oddo - Marek who run into wide free spaces.

To create real danger and to score easy goals, not to score brilliant goals like we did against Bayern United and so on... you need to open up space, cross it and here it is - simple goal. Like Inter was doing all season long last year, and Juve is doing all the time.

What Im trying to say is that Milan would be MUCH moire affective, especiallly in serie a, if Marek and Oddo would sometimes try 1 on 1's or actually managed to get some crosses in. Oddo cant cross at all, why the hell is that?? Marek also, passes his man every 10th time. He gets into position, gets the ball, and then passes it back to Pirlo/Ambro, Seedorf...

With more agression on wide areas we would open up much more space than we create in the middle against defending teams, like Viola yesterday.

Sorry for the long explanation, hope you got the idea. So, cross damn it!! We have Pippo, Kaka' and Ambro in the box every attack, we can score from crosses also !