Chapter 9: Isn't it just a goal, I'll show it to you!
The tacit understanding with Kaka made Tang Jue quickly gain a foothold in Milan. In addition to being able to work with his teammates in tactical terms, Tang Jue now must improve in terms of technology. After all, in the game, technology is the foundation for a player's survival.
As the speed increases rapidly, he must find a new dribbling rhythm again. Only by finding a new rhythm can he fully utilize the advantage of speed. Breaking the original rhythm, or breaking the original conditioned reflex, is undoubtedly an extremely painful thing.
The original conditioned reflex is like a long-term force, and the newly established conditioned launch is a new force. New forces should replace the old forces, and at the national level, most of them are completed through revolution. What Tang Jue had to do was to complete a revolution in his own body.
Changing dynasties is so easy to complete. After all, the old forces ruled too long. Tang Jue moved forward little by little in the face of difficulties. If you have time to move forward two steps, you will take a step back. This is an inevitable process. Tang Jue was not discouraged or frustrated, and he was immersed in the great revolution.
The first thing to discover this change was the Milan defenders, who found that Tang Jue's performance was extremely unstable. When it was good, it was like Ronnie possessed, and when it was bad, it was like an amateur player.
Ancelotti did not frown, he knew what was the reason. One day Gattuso found him and said, "Don's performance is extremely unstable, coach, you have to make other plans."
Ancelotti replied lightly: "I know his situation best. I know what to do."
Kaka privately encouraged Tang Jue, believing that as long as he overcomes this hurdle, his skills will be higher than the next level. Maldini smiled and told him that everyone will have bottlenecks, and as long as they pass, it will be a clear sky.
No one can help him in this kind of thing. Tang Jue clearly realized this. In order to exert his speed advantage, for his future, even if there are ups and downs now, he will continue to move forward firmly. Tang Jue continues his own path with the encouragement of his teammates or other meaningful eyes!
Time will not stop because Tang Jue encountered a bottleneck, and the warm-up match will soon come.
In addition to Manchester United and Milan, the two local teams in the United States are Los Angeles Galaxy and Washington United. On August 16, the first game was between Manchester United and Washington United.
In this game, Manchester United defeated his opponent two-to-one with the good performance of Ronaldo. In the 32nd minute of the first half, Ronaldo used a sharp breakthrough on the left to tear open the opponent's defense line. In front of the penalty area, he passed the ball to Rooney. Rooney, who was in the middle, scored a quick break.
In the fifth minute of the second half, Ronaldo dribbled the ball horizontally in front of the penalty area and suddenly shot hard, helping Manchester United break through the opponent's goal for the second time.
With a 2-0 lead, Sir Joseph replaced the players and replaced the two heroes who scored the goal. Washington United relied on a penalty kick to regain a goal, saving some face.
After the game, the British media praised the two heroes who scored goals, believing that Ronaldo is transforming and no longer a striker who will only break through desperately. He learned to cooperate with his teammates. This was a happy event for Manchester United. For Rooney, the British media believed that his threat in the penalty area was getting greater and greater.
The next day, on August 17, Milan and the Los Angeles Galaxy started a showdown. What surprised the media was that Tang Jue, a striker who had been chased by many wealthy families this summer, did not appear on the starting list.
If the dominant on the court between Manchester United and Washington United is Ronaldo, then the dominant on the game between Milan and Los Angeles Galaxy is Kaka.
In the ninth minute of the first half, Kaka gave Inzagi an assist. As the first half was about to end, Kaka and Pirlo made a cross-bow and two-pass-one cooperation in front of the Los Angeles Galaxy's penalty area. Kaka pulled his feet and shot in the opponent's penalty area, breaking through the opponent's goal, helping Milan end the first half with a 2-0 lead.
At the beginning of the second half, Tang Jue was still sitting on the bench. In the 12th minute of the second half, Maldini, who had a new flower, assisted the opponent's penalty area. He pulled his feet and shot angrily from the corner of the penalty area. The football was like a sharp arrow, passing through the goalkeeper's fingertips and flew into the goal.
Milan leads three to zero!
It was not until twenty-five minutes before the end of the game that Ancelotti replaced Tang Jue. Tang Jue knew why Ancelotti let him sit on the bench. Tang Jue was extremely active after playing, but he performed a little "independent" on the court, just like Ronaldo at Manchester United last year.
This is an extreme approach. Tang Jue must hone his breakthrough skills in the game. In order to achieve this goal, he moves his position backward instead of standing tightly on the opponent's back line as before. From the position, Tang Jue is more like a midfielder than a forward. The further away from the goal, the more defensive players there will be, so that he can hone his breakthrough skills to the greatest extent.
After receiving the ball, Tang Jue did not have the awareness of passing the ball regardless of whether his teammates were in good or bad position. The first thing Tang Jue did was to break through the defender in front of him. In his eyes, this was the only thing he had to do.
This unreasonable way of playing was criticized by the media after the game, and even criticized by some teammates in the locker room. In the face of these criticisms, Tang Jue said nothing.
What Tang Jue has to do is to use the whetstone of the game to find a new rhythm of dribbling. This is a warm-up match, not a formal match, and Tang Jue never wants to hone his skills in the official matches of Serie A.
In this game, Tang Jue was double-teamed by the Los Angeles Galaxy defenders many times. Tang Jue used his speed twice to successfully break out. Unfortunately, he was extremely lucky in the first goal and hit the post twice.
Milan finally defeated his opponent by 3-0 and won his first victory.
In an interview with the media after the game, Ancelotti excused Tang Jue in front of the media, believing that Tang Jue was a young character and Ronaldo had done this. Italian media did not seem to want to easily post Ancelotti, they attacked him: Milan has always paid attention to team cooperation, and Tang Jue's performance is very unsuitable for Milan's playing style. He is completely out of the Milan offensive system.
Faced with such a criticism, Ancelotti said only one sentence: The Don you see now is not the real Don.
Giovanni Galli, a celebrity in AC Milan in Milan, said in front of the media that buying Tang Jue with 33 million euros was Milan's biggest failure in the past decade.
On August 19, Milan welcomed its second opponent - Washington United.
In this game, Tang Jue still did not start, but Ancelotti gave him a complete half. Tang Jue replaced Inzaghi from the second half.
The two sides were evenly matched in the first half, and at the beginning of the second half, Milan launched a fierce attack. In the fifteenth minute, veteran Saidov fired a cannon outside the penalty area, and the football passed through the opponent's goalkeeper's fingers and flew into the goal like a shell.
Milan leads one to zero!
But no one expected that this was the only goal in this game. Tang Jue continued to break through. The players of Washington United seemed to know Tang Jue's way of playing. They set up one level after another for Tang Jue.
Tang Jue turned the game on the court into a one-man challenge to the entire team. Obviously, according to his current first-stage skills of the star-level team, he could not do this. Therefore, he fell into hard battles again and again. Tang Jue was not bitter in his heart, but was filled with joy.
He was like a bull in heat, raising his horns and rushed towards the obstacle that stood in front of him.
Even Kaka couldn't stand it. He reduced the passing to him. Tang Jue was not angry. He was extremely excited in the midfield and frontcourt and wanted to get the football through his steal. Not to mention, Tang Jue really successfully made a steal three times. The super fast speed was his weapon for stealing. After the steal was successful, he continued to dribble and break through.
After the game, there were more and more criticisms of Tang Jue in the locker room. In this situation, no teammate stood up and spoke for Tang Jue. Tang Jue did not complain and silently endured all this. He knew that Ancelotti understood him, and as long as the head coach understood him, nothing mattered.
After the game, the media pointed the muzzle at Ancelotti, not Tang Jue. In their opinion, it was Ancelotti's indulgence, so Tang Jue played like this. Ancelotti still said the same thing: The Tang you see now is not the real Tang.
Surprisingly, Ronaldo exonerated Tang Jue's behavior in an interview with the media. He said: Every player has a different understanding of football, so he treats the game differently. Tang's behavior shows that he is a player with a unique understanding of football.
The media's interpretation of this is because Ronaldo once played football like this. At that time, he was also bombarded by the media. He expressed sympathy for Tang Jue who was in the same situation.
Tang Jue did not accept any media interviews, which was specially arranged by Ancelotti to protect him.
On August 21, Milan ushered in its last game, and their opponent was Manchester United!
What surprised the media was that Ancelotti actually made Tang Jue, who had not scored a goal in the first two games!
Logically speaking, if the head coach trusts him so much, Tang Jue should be restrained, not to mention that their opponent is Manchester United. However, Tang Jue did not have such awareness and continued to play like in the previous two games. At first, Manchester United's defenders did not want to launch a pincer attack on Tang Jue. However, one-on-one defense, no Manchester United defender could block him. Even the experienced Ferdinand could not do it.
Manchester United defenders began to attack Tang Jue!
Ferdinand is the player who knows most about Tang Jue in Manchester United. More than 20 days ago, England had a strong conversation with France at the Verodrome Stadium. Tang Jue scored two beautiful goals in that game.
Tang Jue's breakthrough skills are now more sharp, but he is not playing football without cooperating with his teammates?
In the 25th minute of the first half, he was once again trapped in the encirclement carefully arranged by Manchester United defenders. Tang Jue tried his best but failed to break through. The ball was kicked out of the sideline by Ferdinand. Gattuso, five meters away from Tang Jue, could not stand it. He stepped forward and shouted at Tang Jue: "Tang! This is not how football is played!"
At Saint-Germain, no one would yell at him like this in the game, and no one would do this in the French team. Tang Jue is an extremely arrogant person, and he stares at Gattuso with wide eyes!
Kaka hurriedly stood between the two and wanted to resolve the conflict between them. If the two quarreled on the court, it would become a joke for the whole world. It is conceivable how Ancelotti would face the media after the game.
"Calm down!" Kaka looked at Tang Jue again and said, "Tang, you are going to pass the ball!"
Tang Jue looked at Gattuso with disdain and said, "Isn't it just a goal? I'll show you!"
Chapter completed!