Lazio v Milan - Feb 1st - 19:30 hrs

Originally Posted by Siregar

If mrki is the Carlo haters (one who hates Carlo) then you must be the pedophiles, right?

I am the black wizards.

Originally Posted by Carlo_Ancelotti

I am the black wizards.

Are you really Giancarlo?

If yes, congratulations! Your post was on goal.crap's article. That is cool.

ps : I mean this seriously, not a joke

Originally Posted by Siregar

Are you really Giancarlo?

omg... is this some kind of contagious group schizophrenia?
you are delirious my dear!

Originally Posted by Siregar

Are you really Giancarlo?

If yes, congratulations! Your post was on goal.crap's article. That is cool.

ps : I mean this seriously, not a joke

I think he isnt though I have to admit that he has quite potential to become Giancarlo ^^

Originally Posted by Carlo_Ancelotti

omg... is this some kind of contagious group schizophrenia?
you are delirious my dear!

If you are not, just say you are not him. I meant it seriously. I don't have problem with him, I just only want to say that it's cool to see his post in goal.crap's article.

If you are not him, then it's ok. I was only asking, not making a statement.

Siregar can you pleeeeeease give me a link to Giancarlo's post??? PLEASE, I want to seet that hahahaha! Giancarlo the man!! buahahaha....

Originally Posted by Siregar

If you are not, just say you are not him. I meant it seriously. I don't have problem with him, I just only want to say that it's cool to see his post in goal.crap's article.

If you are not him, then it's ok. I was only asking, not making a statement.

I am not Giancarlo.

Originally Posted by mrki

Siregar can you pleeeeeease give me a link to Giancarlo's post??? PLEASE, I want to seet that hahahaha! Giancarlo the man!! buahahaha....

Hmm... I don't know if you have problem with him or not.

But by the way, I don't know where is the arcticle now. If I remember it correctly, the article was about the management of Milan with respect of Kaka's transfer or Milan's transfer. And goal.crap put Giancarlo's opinion as one of other opinions in their article (about 2-5 opinions on that article).

Originally Posted by Carlo_Ancelotti

I am not Giancarlo.

Oh ok. Thank you for giving me an answer.

Originally Posted by Siregar

Hmm... I don't know if you have problem with him or not.

hehe, the man is a clown, you cant have problems with clowns. You can only laugh...

GianCarlo was kool in his own ways. He did got on my nerves when he was stating Brocchi(before we sold him to Lazio) was a much better player than Gourcuff/Sammarco/Abate.

mrki and siregar stop replying to the new kid on the block.. it's pointless.. you should know better.

One thing about Beckham.. he played well but certainly couldve contributed defensively more than he did.. Seedorf had to constantly track back up to the defensive third since Beckham wasn't doing enough.. good to see him play well.. hope we don't get dependent on him.

Originally Posted by brk

We defended very deep against Genoa in the second half, afraid that if Maldini and Favalli were too high up, they wouldn't have the pace to track back against counters. With Lazio, noticing that they were trying to pressure us as high up as they can, with all their midfielders pressing on Zambro, Janku, Pirlo and Seedorf, we played longer balls and more horizontally to tire them out. The first half was all about getting them as tired as possible, Pato was playing as a winger.

The biggest difference was not trying to consolidate the game at 2-0 by taking off Pato or Kaka and playing a 532, as we did late with Genoa. Making the same mistake would have meant inviting Lazio to pressure us, having them gain confidence, and maybe score a goal to make it 2-1 with ten minutes to go. That would be making the same mistake. He didn't do that, and he deserves credit for that.

Lazio pressed in the first half and pushed us fairly deep. The second half was different, we simply scored the early goal which completely killed them off, so they never really put us under any pressure even if they did try to push forward, which meant they were easy targets on the counter. It wasn't simply a case of us wearing them down physically, but mentally they were left for dead after the second goal, looking extremely frustrated and clueless when moving forward. This is why we weren't under the pressure we had against Genoa. At 1-0 Genoa pushed for an equaliser very hard and we didn't manage it well. Against Lazio at 2-0, they were already finished, so we never had to try and manage the kind of pressure we faced with Genoa.

The fact Carlo didn't make the same mistakes as he did against Genoa isn't praiseworthy. The way he managed the Genoa game was terrible, and trying to secure the win the way he did isn't a feature in the modern game. Against Lazio he was under no pressure whatsoever to make changes, he simply left things as they were and let the game play out. That's hardly a smart tactical move, as anyone watching could see Lazio weren't getting anywhere in the match. In fact, one could argue it's questionable decision making by him considering the fact he blamed tiredness as part of the Genoa result. If the side is tired, why wait until around the 80th minute to make your changes, rather than giving a run out to a fresh pair of legs earlier on. Personally I don't buy the tiredness excuse, so I won't question the lack of changes.

Originally Posted by ACMILAN1983

It wasn't simply a case of us wearing them down physically, but mentally they were left for dead after the second goal, looking extremely frustrated and clueless when moving forward. This is why we weren't under the pressure we had against Genoa.

erm.... I respectfully disagree. In the 2nd half there was a number of serious threats from Lazio which could have leveled the scoreline. Maybe Genoa had more chances than Lazio, but that doesn't justify your point.

And again, football is not a cooking recipe. You cannot say "if he subbed Seedorf instead of Pato we would have won". You don't know. And you cannot know because there was only one way to find out. In fact Genoa put us under serious pressure even before any subs were made. Ringing any bells?