Sacchi/Capello's Milan Versus Ancelotti's Milan

Sacchi/Capello's Milan would win fairly easily. Firstly the argument of pace was brought up, a young Maldini at left-back would be able to cope with Cafu, plus because Maldini got forward alot in his early days he would be able to put Cafu on the back foot (what a spectacle that would have been though ) Aside from Kaka and Shevchenko, there is no one else in our team with pace, Costacurta and Baresi would have been able to cope with them quite well. Why you ask ? Well, this leads to the next point, the ability to hassle and press the opposition. Sacchi/Capello's Milan were one of the best teams in the history of club sides to press the opposite team. Wherever the opposition went, there would be 2 or 3 players hounding them to force them into mistakes, this ability meant they didn't have a problem beating lower teams or the best teams. Yes the Milan of today could cope for a while, but we would eventually crack and back comes the mentality side of it. The pressure today's Milan would be under would be immense and it would be a constant pressure. Finally i think the old Milan would score more goals and from many different players, not just Van Basten. If Shevchenko doesn't score for us (this season particularly), then sometimes we don't score at all. I personally believe that they would have more options for getting a goal.

These things point to a win for the old Milan, for me anyway.

Originally Posted by Kui

Good point and knowledge of our history. While this team is very good, it is not like sacchi's milan. I think the biggest difference is this team does not have the formation balance that Sacchi had.
The thing that has been bothering me is the formation where Pirlo doesnt win the ball like Gattuso does. And Gattuso doesnt contribute to the offense as well as we would like. These guys if skills combined into one player would be something. To make up for Gattuso's offensive shortcomings we use Cafu as a overlapping wing which to me is inefficient play movement. While on the left we lack the defensive wing creativity. Seedorf is too central and really sucks on the wing while Maldini is not the same left back as he was in his younger years.
So Gattuso needs to be a bit like Pirlo, Pirlo a bit like Gattuso. Maldini should stay Central from now on, and we need to find a Cafu like player on the left. With such imbalance our team has formation wise I think our offense and defense has disturbing deficiency that is starting to come to light or we must finally come to admit. More balance like the Saccho team will see glory galore. There needs to be a lot of decision making in the summer break.

FORZA MILAN!

may i just say i made these kind of points in my "ancelotti out thread" yet most people jumped on my back without ever fully reading what i had written...

kui ur absolutely right.. this time soesnt ahve the balance between defence or attack adn is not resolute when it comes to "battening down the hatches" the team is too soft int he middle and this has been exposed far to often if ancelotti doesn`t do something it`ll be exposed once again during the coming season..

one thing you can say about sacchis or capellos teams were that they were never soft and never ever mentally unstable....



p.s im sure this post may encite some rage in someone....let the debate begin!!!

Originally Posted by Xudong

Not all Dutchmen. Kaka and Sheva are (at least almost) equivalent to Gullit and MVB. Only Rijkaard, IMHO.

No one is the equivalent of Van Basten. Kaka' has a long way to go before being compared to Gullit. Everyone in the World was scared of facing Gullit and Van Basten, only Shevchenko has that aura in the current side.

Originally Posted by Mehdi

No one is the equivalent of Van Basten. Kaka' has a long way to go before being compared to Gullit. Everyone in the World was scared of facing Gullit and Van Basten, only Shevchenko has that aura in the current side.

amen to that brother!!!

Originally Posted by Xudong

there isn't much different except that:

Pirlo + Gattuso = Rijkaard.

So the current one is inferior to the old one because of one less player.

I tend to agree on you xudong, we lack a player like rijkaard in these current squad and I believe this is our weakness the opposition has exploited. I hope Ancelotti will solve this problem.