Original title: AC Milan only wins after defeating Lazio in the World Cup
The traditional giants AC Milan continued their decline. On January 25th, they lost 0-4 to Lazio in the last game of the 19th round of Serie A. This year, they suffered five consecutive official matches without a win.
AC Milan fiasco
AC Milan lost 0 to 3 to Inter Milan in the last match of the Italian Super Cup, and was eliminated by Turin 0 to 1 in the 1/8 final of the Coppa Italia on January 12 after extra time at home. The Serie A champions have failed to scoring in three of their last four games this season. The offensive line led by Leon and Giroud lost its energy, and it was difficult to stop the opponent’s defensive line. AC Milan’s performance was extremely abnormal.
Just 4 minutes into the game, Zacagni broke through from the left easily and passed and Milinkovic pushed a shot to give Lazio the lead. Lazio’s goal was too easy, AC Milan’s right-back, Calabria, was out of position, and the two central defenders Tomori and Kalulu were sleepwalking.
AC Milan coach Pioli made a passive substitution in the 24th minute, replacing the injured Tomori with veteran Kjaer. Unfortunately, it didn’t help strengthen the defense. In the 38th minute, Marusic hit the post and Zacagni made a supplementary shot to widen the score.
a lazio goal
In the 58th minute, Pioli replaced the “Belgian Three Musketeers” De Kettleaire, Origi, and Selemex, and replaced Dias, Giroud, and Mesias, hoping to use the implicit understanding of the Belgian players to strengthen the offense. Unfortunately it did not that work.
In the 65th minute veteran Pedro broke into the penalty area and was brought down by Kalulu, and Alberto scored a penalty. In the 75th minute, Alberto sent a lovely pass, and Anderson sealed the win for Lazio.
a lazio goal
Since the second match after the end of the World Cup, Milan have played 6 official matches.. Apart from the difficult away win over Salernitana, the remaining 5 matches, the team either draws or lost, including the last two games with 7 goals. performance, this is an incomprehensible and unacceptable poor record.
The new boss is too stingy
AC Milan’s sluggish performance on a technical and tactical level is difficult to explain. Pioli seems to have no way: “AC Milan is in a bad state because Ibrahimovic is not back yet? It’s really too easy to make excuses after the game. , and we don’t want to Make any excuses. We were all time believing in the way we were playing and I will continue to support my lads, who are desperate to get back into that competitive team.”
The root of AC Milan’s downfall is that its hard power has not improved. In September last year, AC Milan was bought by Red Bird Capital of the United States. The new owner has limited financial resources and insufficient investment. In last summer’s transfer window, AC Milan technical director Paolo Maldini “begged” Belgian powerhouse Club Brugge for nearly two months before bringing in Belgian midfielder De Kettler for a below-market price of 32 million euro.The biggest signature.
Because AC Milan were too poor, central defender Bottman, who had long been favored by Maldini, moved to Newcastle. In this winter’s transfer window, AC Milan has been delayed. Along with delays in renewing contracts with worthy players such as Leon and Giroud, the result affected the state of the team.
AC Milan also signed Belgian midfielder Origi for free last summer, he is in a sluggish state like De Kettleaire, and last season’s winning line-up hasn’t really been strengthened. With the financial strength of Red Bird Capital, it is difficult for AC Milan to make large-scale signings. It can only try to avoid being poached by key players, and at the same time try to take advantage of the potential of existing players.
During the last two seasons, Milan has managed to achieve a good record. In addition to the use of the whole team, the club’s strong performance in the transfer market is also one of the important reasons, such as Maignan, Fikayo Tomori, Giroud, etc. The arrival of the man has immediately improved the strength and momentum of the team, but in the past transfer window, the overall strength of the team did not rise but fall, which made Milan’s performance this season seem more obvious ups and If they are healthy, maybe the Rossoneri can continue to perform in good condition, but at the most “vital” time, the team suffered successive injuries. In this game, the team has once again endangered Tomori and Kara Bulia, this will definitely have a bad effect on the team’s next match You must know that in the next round of competition, they will face Inter Milan again. If they keep playing with such a broken formation, they will “bloody”, it should be a high probability event again.
After the match, Maldini urged the team to get out of the situation as soon as possible: “We cannot judge Origi and De Kettleaire from the performance of the first 5 months alone. They have long-term contracts of 4 and 5 years. A team just needs time to adapt. De Kettleair is very talented, I believe he will be able to perform well, it’s just a matter of time.”
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