AC Milan -vs- Barcelona (Pre-game and Game comments)

Originally Posted by rezag

Good win, shut them down well for the most part.
Might be repeating something obvious from the game I know.... but the only thing that needs to be tinkered is the wide defending, facing a team with offensive players like Larsson, Eto'o, Ronaldinho, Deco (and Giuly if he was healthy) can't have a player like Cafu out of position, its too dangerous.

Forza Milan

well, i think that it is perfectly fine for cafu and gatusso to stay on the right. instead its when ronaldinho move inside then we have problems because pirlo can't contain him and seedorf is very busy moving all over the pitch. either pirlo improve start putting more efforts in defending or we need ambro to replace him.

No we don't need Ambro, because he can't play football for God's ake. he isn't even a Italian NT player (and their midfield is piss poor).
Why can't fvckin Galliani at least ONCE invest in an Albertini/Desailly/Rijkaard again.
I'm ****in sick of this disgusting midfield performances.

Originally Posted by Bayman

No we don't need Ambro, because he can't play football for God's ake. he isn't even a Italian NT player (and their midfield is piss poor).
Why can't fvckin Galliani at least ONCE invest in an Albertini/Desailly/Rijkaard again.
I'm ****in sick of this disgusting midfield performances.

no point saying thing like that now. pirlo have to really work hard to reproduce the kind of form he is capable of.

Originally Posted by hwmook

well, i think that it is perfectly fine for cafu and gatusso to stay on the right. instead its when ronaldinho move inside then we have problems because pirlo can't contain him and seedorf is very busy moving all over the pitch. either pirlo improve start putting more efforts in defending or we need ambro to replace him.

You are right but the thing is it becomes an issue even behind Pirlo closer to goal (whether or not he can a handle a Ronaldinho in the middle) so many offensive players sort of dummy to the middle if only one of them darts back to left or right and there is not enough cover then trouble, exactly like the play leading up to Larsson hitting the bar.

Originally Posted by rezag

You are right but the thing is it becomes an issue even behind Pirlo closer to goal (whether or not he can a handle a Ronaldinho in the middle) so many offensive players sort of dummy to the middle if only one of them darts back to left or right and there is not enough cover then trouble, exactly like the play leading up to Larsson hitting the bar.

the only solution i can think of if we play like the first 10 mins of the second half. we just keep on attacking and breathe down their necks, they got no reply to that at all but once we start moving back and give them the balls, trouble start. luckily stam is always there to protect the centre. nesta should move to the right to cover cafu when he move up. maldini would move back and form something like a 3 men defence.

another thing is the clearances. why do our players clear so weakly? this is barca not reggina. it seem to me that our players still want to keep possession of the balls instead of clearing away the danger. we should always clear the balls out and then try to win it back again. this is a case of our players being too over-confident.

its a great 3 points and a good performance but we can play better. im glad to say that stam was magnificent. barcalona were undefeated coming into this match having scored in every game. i was surprised we went defensive for the last 20 mins of 2nd half considering we were playing so well at the start of second half. We limited barca to only three genuine chances but they were very unlucky not to score. would a draw have been a fairer result? perhaps but we had the goal lead and perhaps we took the sensible option to defend. if barca had equalised, we would have become more attacking again and when the score was 0-0 we were creating the more chances. to conclude a good nights work.

Originally Posted by almilan

its a great 3 points and a good performance but we can play better. im glad to say that stam was magnificent. barcalona were undefeated coming into this match having scored in every game. i was surprised we went defensive for the last 20 mins of 2nd half considering we were playing so well at the start of second half. We limited barca to only three genuine chances but they were very unlucky not to score. would a draw have been a fairer result? perhaps but we had the goal lead and perhaps we took the sensible option to defend. if barca had equalised, we would have become more attacking again and when the score was 0-0 we were creating the more chances. to conclude a good nights work.

Completely agree with you. I would only add that we were probably saving some energy for the Milan derby this weekend and this is why we got back after we scored the goal especially in the last 20min of the second half.

Originally Posted by zlatanov

Completely agree with you. I would only add that we were probably saving some energy for the Milan derby this weekend and this is why we got back after we scored the goal especially in the last 20min of the second half.

saving energy? perhaps you could be right. its hard to say. after seeing highlights of Inter tonight we will need all our energy. can't wait for the derby it's going to be a classic.

I think Pirlo deserves a break, he is trying to dictate the play of a team that seems to be lacking confidenc and fluidity at the moment. Once the players around him wake up and start performing he will make things tick.

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