"How is the weather tomorrow?" Ancelotti asked assistant coach Tasotti.

The weather conditions are very relevant for a football match. When the game starts, it is sunny or rainy, how much wind is, and what direction the wind is, these have an impact on the game.

In rainy days, you should wear sneakers for rainy days, which can minimize the possibility of slipping and falling.

Tomorrow is the match against Barcelona, ​​and Ancelotti is very concerned about the weather.

"The weather forecast says it will rain lightly tomorrow, but the rain may be heavier during the game," Tasotti replied.

After hearing Tasotti say this, Ancelotti frowned. Rainy games will affect the team's advancement speed. In addition, there is another point, that is, some unexpected situations are more likely to occur in rainy games. For example, injuries caused by slips, colds may occur due to rainy games, and even in normal games, a shot that is not considered threatening will occur under the influence of rain.

Of course, the impact of the rainy match is relative and has an impact on both sides of the match. It is hard to say which aspects will be beneficial to the unexpected situation.

However, judging from Ancelotti's consideration, he still hopes that the weather will be very good at that time. The AC Milan head coach is very afraid of the unpredictable unexpected situation.

"This damn ghost weather." Ancelotti muttered.

"The weather forecast is sometimes not accurate, maybe it will be sunny by then," said Tasotti.

Hearing the assistant say this, Ancelotti nodded without comment.

Many people say that the weather forecast is reliable, sows are on the tree.

No one wants to rain on such a crucial game. Of course, the drizzle is OK. No matter how heavy the rain is, it can't stand it. No one wants to watch the ball in the heavy rain, whether it is the Barcelona fans at home or the AC Milan fans who come from afar.

But it just rained, and it took a whole day, and it seemed that it was getting heavier and heavier.

Through the huge glass window, Portman could see a starlight flashing at the door of the hotel opposite.

This is AC Milan's team coming out of the hotel they are staying at. They are going to take a bus to the Camp Nou Stadium to prepare for the upcoming game.

"It's really a bad weather." Portman sighed. She came to Barcelona to promote her new film. She happened to encounter the game between AC Milan and Barcelona. Because of Zhang Yang, Portman decided to go to watch the football scene. Portman, who has no love for football, decided to watch a football game. It was rare. Unexpectedly, she encountered such a ghost weather.

Portman got out of the room, walked out of the hotel lobby, raised his head, gently fiddled with his long chestnut hair with his right hand, looked at the gray and rainy sky, and curled his lips.

She could not have gone to watch the game, after all, she did not notify Zhang Yang in advance that she was going to watch his game. Zhang Yang didn't even know that Natalie Portman came to Barcelona to promote her new film. However, this Hollywood female star, known as the most beautiful after Audrey Hepburn, has a stubborn heart and never likes to give up halfway through anything she does. She doesn't like to easily change her plans because of the external environment.

"Let's go, the time is almost over!" The agent said with a smile after coming over. However, he still asked in confusion, "It's really hard to imagine that you would take the initiative to ask to watch a football game."

"Zhang Yang."

"What?" the agent asked in surprise.

"Zhang Yang, I shot an advertisement with him. He is one of the visiting teams of the two teams to compete today." Natalie Portman said with a smile.

"Zhang?" The agent frowned, "It's very familiar." Then he slapped his head, "I remember it, it's a Chinese."

Portman chuckled and nodded, meaning, yes.

"That's it." The agent said as he walked, "This Chinese player is said to have a great influence now. It's good if you cheer for him. There will still be opportunities for cooperation in the future."

When an agent considers some things, he will definitely consider them from the perspective of work, maintaining a certain amount of connections, making good connections, etc., Portman naturally didn't pay much attention to it. Her consideration was very simple. She felt that she and Zhang Yang were friends, and cheering for her friends, which was normal, although she really didn't understand football very much.

"It's really not a good weather for competition, it's like this." Portman frowned and complained. She felt that the weather was too disgusting.

"There's no way. Maybe God is not a football fan." The agent shrugged.

In the visiting team locker room at Camp Nou, all the players were leaning over to change their sneakers.

The rain is getting heavier and heavier outside, it is no longer light rain, or even moderate rain, between moderate rain and heavy rain. In such weather conditions, shoes for rainy days must be worn. The players' shoes are now changing into spikes to adapt to the rain battle.

Ancelotti stood in front of the tactical board. He had just introduced the tactics of this game to all the players. In fact, in the past two days, Ancelotti had repeatedly explained his tactical arrangements to the players, and now he is just revisiting and consolidating them.

The tactical board behind Ancelotti is drawn with AC Milan's starting lineup, which is different from the starting lineup in the last big victory over Cagliari. The most important thing is that the team lacks Gattuso in the midfield.

The goalkeeper is Dida. Although Dida is not as good as before, it is not very reassuring, compared with Karachi on the bench, Ancelotti is obviously willing to choose to trust Dida. Well, is this considered to be a general in the cripple?

The starting defense lines are Kafu, Nesta, Karaze and Maldini. Odo was injured, Kafu entered the starting roster, and Karaze recovered from injury and will serve as the starting left center back in today's game, so Maldini was able to return to the left back position in this game.

In the midfield, Ambrosini, Siddorf, Pirlo, and Kaka.

On the front line are Zhang Yang and Inzaji.

Because Gattuso was injured, AC Milan lacked a strong barrier in the midfield, which also made Ancelotti hesitate for a long time on whether to defend or attack in today's game. It was not until yesterday that he finally made up his mind.

attack!

Gattuso's suspension has a huge impact on AC Milan's defensive ability in the midfield. Under such circumstances, AC Milan's defensive ability can be said to have dropped by a level.

So, Ancelotti finally decided to attack in this game.

Facing Barcelona with strong attack power, AC Milan cannot defend it if they want to defend it. It is better to attack, strive for a goal, and get away goals. The importance is unquestionable.

"Are you all ready?" Ancelotti asked casually with a smile.

The players in the locker room had already changed their sneakers and put on their jerseys, and could set off at any time. After hearing Ancelotti's question, they all stood up and were ready to go.

"You must remember! In this game, our tactic is offense! Try to score a goal earlier and get a away goal!! In this game, the Barcelona people will definitely push out the attack, and they can't defend it. We just want to seize the opportunity they push out and find counterattacks and goals! Of course, our offense is different from Barcelona's offense. We must first not concede the goal, and then when counterattacking, the speed must be fast! Be good at seizing opportunities!"

Zhang Yang muttered, "Is this offense or defense?"

"Zhang Yang what were you talking about?" Ancelotti asked.

"Uh, nothing." Zhang Yang said quickly.

In fact, there are many people who have the same questions as Zhang Yang. Judging from the starting list arranged by Ancelotti, this is the position of attacking against Barcelona. However, Ancelotti must first stabilize the defense and the defensive counterattack in his words, which is also more conservative.

Obviously, Ancelotti's original intention was to attack, strive to score a goal earlier and get away goals. However, he was very afraid of Barcelona's offensive scoring ability, so Ancelotti also raised the importance of not conceding the ball.

These two tactics themselves are somewhat contradictory, but they can still be well combined. The key is to look at the players' performance on the court. However, it is really not easy to grasp the degree between defense and offense. If they are not done well, they will cause the players' tactical and ideological contradictions on the court and disconnect from front to back.

Fundamentally speaking, Ancelotti himself is also very conflicted. He wants to attack and is afraid of Barcelona's offensive ability. However, he also knows that the result of defending will definitely not be optimistic, and attack is the general trend.

"When the game starts, observe for a while before talking about it." Ancelotti thought to himself.

"Okay, go on stage." Ancelotti looked at her watch.

"Let's go!" Captain Maldini walked over and opened the door to the locker room. He waved his hand.

Everyone came out in a row, and the entire corridor was filled with the sound of nailed sneakers hitting the ground.

"Welcome to Barcelona's Camp Nou Stadium. What is about to start is the second leg of the 2007/2008 European Champions League quarter-finals. Barcelona played against AC Milan at home. In the first leg of the two sides, Barcelona lost to AC Milan away. This means that in today's game, Barcelona must win with a score of more than 2-0 to have hope of advancing to the semi-finals! This is a highly anticipated game, and it is also a highly anticipated game."

"It's a pity that it's raining all day in Barcelona today, which has somewhat affected the atmosphere of the game, but we can still see that the stands at Camp Nou Stadium are packed, and the fans are holding umbrellas, some are wearing raincoats, and some even some fans, without any rain gear, letting the rain water pour. However, they look very happy and are enjoying the joy brought to them by football... but I hope I won't catch a cold. The health is important!"

"The players of the two teams walked into the stadium under the leadership of the referee!"

Although it was raining heavily, when the players entered the court, there was still a huge cheer in the stands of Camp Nou. The cheers overshadowed the sound of rain and penetrated the rain and fog. The whole stadium was as enthusiastic as fire. It kept pouring!

Barcelona's starting lineup has not changed much from a week ago. The goalkeeper is Valdes, and the defense is Zambrota, Marcos, Puyol and Abidal. Well, compared with the starting lineup a week ago, the only change is that Marcos replaced Milito in the central defender position. In addition, the three midfielders are Deco, Xavi and Yaya Toure, and the front tridents are Iniesta, Etoo and Messi."

"Although Barcelona still performed well in the Champions League this season, reaching the quarterfinals, if they can eliminate AC Milan, they will be shortlisted for the semi-finals again. However, Barcelona has been controversial for a long time, especially in the league, which is only ranked third in the standings and is still behind Inzagireal, which has caused Barcelona to be greatly controversial."

"In contrast, AC Milan still has the hope of winning the championship in the league. The Champions League has also reached the quarterfinals. The recent condition is also quite good, especially Zhang Yang. He has scored a very good goal now. This Chinese guy will pose a threat to Barcelona in this game."

"In terms of AC Milan, the starting goalkeeper is Dida, and on the back are Kafu, Nesta, Karaze, and Maldini. In the midfield, Sidorf, Pirlo, Ambrosini, Kaka, and on the forward are Inzaghi and Zhang Yang's partners."

After both sides guessed the coins and decided to serve, both sides formed their own formation, waiting for the referee to blew the whistle to start the game.

"With the referee's whistle, the highly anticipated Century Derby kicked off, and Barcelona, ​​who played at home, took the lead in kicking off..." When Etoo kicked the ball to Iniesta, the live commentator also excitedly announced the start of the game.

As soon as Barcelona's ball was passed back, AC Milan's Zhang Yang and Inzagie chased each other's backcourt at the first time, and Pirlo also interfered in the symbolic midfield.

The Catalan skillfully controlled the ball under his feet, first trying to open the situation from the right. Obviously, Rijcard's tactic is to attack Maldini. Maldini is old and cannot withstand the repeated attacks. In addition, AC Milan's central defender Karaze, who is partnered with left back Maldini, has just returned from injury and is not necessarily in good condition. Compared with the right side of Cafo and Nesta, it is obvious that AC Milan's left side is more likely to be torn through the defense line.

After Iniesta got the ball, he forced him over immediately, and Karaze was also stuck in front of him immediately. Iniesta was worried about being hit by a pincer attack and dribbled the ball back. He couldn't find a chance, so he had to knock the ball back to Deco.

Deco immediately transferred the ball horizontally to Xavi, and Xavi passed it to the right to give Messi a retracement, but Ambrosini followed him immediately. Messi knocked back without sticking the ball, and the ball returned to Barcelona's half.

"After the opening, AC Milan launched an active press at the center circle position. Barcelona did not have any offensive opportunities, they could only choose to pass back."

While the on-site commentator was analyzing, the football flipped around the backcourt of Barcelona. Then, Yaya Toure passed the football forward and the football returned to Iniesta's feet.

Seeing Iniesta coming up again, Karaze came up and pestered him. Iniesta had no choice but to knock the ball back to Xavi.

After Xavi got the ball, he pushed forward. He was Barcelona's brain. The football came to his feet. Some people had no clear offensive line, but at Xavi's feet, everything was possible.

Seeing Xavi dribbling the ball, Ambrosini was about to force him up. Kafu was already blocking Xavi's forward position as soon as possible. Seeing that Kafu was going up, Ambrosini immediately returned to Kafu's position to help him fill the position.

"AC Milan's defense line is organized in an orderly manner. Barcelona failed to get a chance. Xavi was attacked by Cafo and Ambrosini, turned around to protect the ball, and passed back..."

Xavi passed the football back to Deco, and he moved to the left by himself. Deco quickly got the ball. After Iniesta got the ball, he dribbled the ball. First, he changed direction and passed Kafu. Then he attracted Nesta's attention, but suddenly transferred the football horizontally. After Xavi's chest stopped the ball, he suddenly passed a straight pass!

"pretty!"

Cameroonian Cheetah took the ball with his back to Karaze. After adjusting for a while, he chose to dribble the ball to the left, hoping to break into the penalty area, but Karaze was always blocked behind him and did not allow him to turn around easily.

Etoo pushed the ball horizontally, lifted his right foot, pretending to pass the ball back, but suddenly knocked it with his heel, and a figure flashed. Messi inserted it at high speed.

"Beautiful - so wonderful! Barcelona almost scored, Messi showed up in good shape!" The commentator cheered loudly, cheering for Barcelona's first offense after the opening.

Just now, Messi suddenly stepped forward and received Etoo's heel pass. After touching the ball with his toes, the ball gently touched the ball with his toes. The football rolled over from Maldini who came up to intercept. Messi himself accelerated and passed by Maldini. After all, Maldini is old and it is too late to turn around to intercept. Messi followed him inward horizontally and shot directly at the far corner.

Dida was powerless to do anything about this shot, but Messi was unable to score either, and the football almost went out of the baseline towards the post.

Dida took the ball and kicked the ball to Nesta. Nesta looked ahead and handed the ball to Ambrosini who came to pick up the ball.

Ambrosenila turned the ball, and a low pitch, and the football reached Pirlo's feet.

Pirlo did not pause after getting the ball, and made a cross with a chance. Before Iniesta and others forced it up, he passed the ball to his left side. After Seidorf stopped the ball with his chest, he passed the ball to Kaka behind Yaya Toure with his right foot.

Kaka got the ball and pushed it directly with one kick, sending the ball to the left.

I saw Zhang Yang running up from behind and using his body to firmly block Marcos on his right side, which was close to the goal, but he was skillfully holding the ball under his feet.
To be continued...