Re: The AC Milan Thread
some good points,
If you are right then Milan played a dangerous game, obviously they got it right on the night, but letting any team have chances or get lots of crosses into the box is like playing russian roulette..
but yes by the end of the game Milan dominated but similar to Roma on tuesday, Bayern just didnt look "up for it" and let their heads go down...
I'm really looking forward to see how Milan line up against us...
Van, do u remember when i told u that sometimes i write stupid things? well, now i'm up to say something really stupid.... but probably true...
a champions league quarter final is always a "dangerous game", no matter wich kind of gameplay a coach use......and especially if u're playing at your opponent's home and u're coming from a 2-2 at your home.
nontheless a coach has to choose the most appropriate gameplay, accoding to:
- his opponent (so it's not about "letting any team have chances or get lots of crosses into the box"; that's the gameplay carletto chose this time; against man utd we could see a different gameplay);
- your players conditioning.
by choosing inzaghi as the only fwd, u're already taking a decision for a specific gameplay, as pippo is still a phenomenal striker if u decide for a gameplay based on counters.... but he's not that kind of fwd that can "protect the ball" and do first touch passes for upcoming advanced midfielders.
so if u pick inzaghi, u're forced to a specific gameplay.
moreover a gameplay based on counters is a very wise decision when u face a team like bayern, which has not a great passing ability, and, most of all, which has very bad central backs. van buyten is just a decent cb, and lucio is not even decent (it's unbelievable how many times he leaves his place in the defensive line to move towards the midfield, creating big holes behind him). Players like inzaghi and kakà just "live" for this kind of situations.
so i'd say carletto took the wisest decision by choosing this gameplay
this time and milan counters, in the end, were really much more dangerous than bayern shots. but of course this doesn't mean that he'll take the same decision when milan will face manchester
