Chapter 171 Milan Report

Milanello base, Italy.

45-year-old Carlo Ancelotti had just finished reading this morning's Gazzetta dello Sport in his office. He spent half an hour longer than usual. First, he read the news about the Milan duo and Juventus on the first page, and then he read the entire fourth page thoroughly.

Due to time constraints, he rarely sees the fourth page. The news about the English league on page four has nothing to do with the Italian league.

Today's fourth page is almost entirely occupied by Manchester United, leaving only a small corner for Arsenal and Arsene Wenger. Most of the news about Manchester United is about a player named Dong Fangzhuo.

"Fanzhuo dong." Ancelotti was half lying on the chair and whispered Dong Fangzhuo's name.

Since the Champions League knockout draw ended in December last year, he has heard Dong Fangzhuo's name from time to time. Because AC Milan is about to meet Manchester United in the Champions League quarter-finals, he will listen to a briefing about Manchester United every Monday. Dong Fangzhuo's name is the one that appears most often in the report, and it is highlighted. The name appears as many times as Rooney and Ronaldo, but it is Ruud van Nistelrooy who he pays most attention to, who actually appears less than any of the three of them...

What a strange thing, Ancelotti smiled faintly and moved his somewhat bloated body.

No matter how much he thought about it, he could not understand how Ruud van Nistelrooy, a world-class striker who was as famous as Henry and had an inseparable battle with him, was defeated by Dong Fangzhuo and was put on the bench alive.

Van Nistelrooy, Sir Alex is such a waste of money. Although he does not envy Ferguson for having world-class Ruud van Nistelrooy, he still feels pity for Van Nistelrooy.

When it comes to world-class forwards, Ancelotti wouldn't envy any club's head coach. Because he has Crespo, Shevchenko and Inzaghi in his hands. These three forwards are all world-class and have their own characteristics.

Crespo can pass and shoot, Shevchenko can pass and shoot, and Inzaghi takes his shooting skills to the extreme.

But now he has to re-evaluate Dong Fangzhuo. While discussing these great strikers, he cannot ignore Dong Fangzhuo. Although it seems ridiculous, a guy who can penetrate the goals of Liverpool and Chelsea one after another, and even score a hat trick on Arsenal, is definitely not simple.

Thinking of this, he casually picked up the Manchester United report given to him by the coaching staff this week.

The first is an assessment report from the coaching staff on Manchester United’s latest status——

Manchester United has achieved 13 wins and 3 draws in the last 16 games, without losing a single game. The team's condition is recovering rapidly and is very stable compared to the beginning of the season.

Among them, Dong Fangzhuo, Ronaldo and Rooney play a very important role. They form the front trident of Manchester United and are the key to Manchester United's recent good results.

Young players lead Manchester United's offense, but the role of older players cannot be ignored, especially Keane, Scholes and Giggs. Their performance on the court is no less than that of young players.

And Manchester United also has a relatively reassuring line of defense.

But Manchester United's forward line is still unstable. Their main striker Ruud Ruud was replaced by Dong Fangzhuo and did not get stable playing time.

And Dong Fangzhuo, who seems to have very ordinary skills, seems to be gradually becoming the core of Manchester United's offense.

Ferguson intended to tailor a 433 attack formation for him.

This seemingly inconspicuous player actually has very distinctive characteristics. He is extremely diligent and hard-working. He runs very actively during the game and his movements are very erratic. He is very good at grabbing points in the game and seizing opportunities to score goals. And he also has wind-like speed and a strong body, and he is cunning and has a big heart...

Anyway, below the report is a series of various observations and suggestions about Dong Fangzhuo.

Did I read that correctly?

Ancelotti even doubted his own eyes. If he hadn't seen that the signatures were the names of coaches he was familiar with, he would have thought that the report was written by Ruud van Nistelrooy, not Dong Fangzhuo.

An enhanced version of Inzaghi?

No, a weaker version of Crespo?

Ancelotti couldn't find such a template...

Maybe, he is just an ordinary player.

According to the coaching staff, Ferguson is likely to start Dong Fangzhuo in the future match between Manchester United and AC Milan?

Marking such a player is actually not difficult. In AC Milan's formation, you can find three or four people to deal with Dong Fangzhuo.

The premise is that the player must stay focused enough during the game.

Cafu, Nesta, Stam, Maldini, Simic, Kaladze, Costacurta, Serginho...

Whether it is a central defender or a full-back, it should not be a problem to deal with the young Manchester United forward, although they are a bit older.

Why Liverpool and Arsenal allow him to take advantage of it is not that Dong Fangzhuo is so good, but that he cannot see that the defender is actually not that good...

And his ideal candidates must be Nesta and Stam. The most powerful forward in the past two years is none other than Brazilian Adriano. It is said that these two are the only ones in the world who can guard Adriano. Ancelotti has great confidence in the two of them.

Hey, Stam, thanks to Sir Alex, Galliani made another good deal...

Ancelotti smiled slyly. If Sir Alex Ferguson hadn't given up on renewing Stam's contract, he still wouldn't have been able to get Stam.

He shrugged and turned his attention to the second report, that of Juventus. After the Champions League, they still have a battle with Juventus...

At this time, Dong Fangzhuo was joking with Ronaldo at the Carrington base.

"Why are you among the 11 players in the best team of the Champions League? Are the UEFA judges stupid?"

"In the first half of the year, I was very good in the first half of the year!" Ronaldo explained.

In the 2003-2004 Champions League, Ronaldo's performance in the Champions League was indeed remarkable. In the 2004-2005 season, although Ronaldo's performance declined, his performance was not bad.

"This year is difficult, our opponent is AC Milan."

"Is AC Milan strong?" Ronaldo seems to not have a deep enough understanding of AC Milan.

Dong Fangzhuo smiled and said, "You will know after the fight."

After thinking about it, he added: "When the time comes, you will be on the left and right sides, facing Maldini and Cafu. Do you think you can break through them?"

"I will make their life worse than death. I will use my speed to wear them down. They are too old to run anymore."

Ronaldo is full of confidence and not afraid of Maldini and Cafu at all.

This year, the three most powerful teams in Europe should be AC ​​Milan, Chelsea and Barcelona...

Dong Fangzhuo counted the time. Soon, Manchester United will meet AC Milan in the Champions League, after playing the Manchester Derby away from home. js3v3