Golden Greenery

After 10 rounds of the league, AC Milan has 7 wins and 3 draws. In the last four rounds, it has won four consecutive games and ranks first in the standings. But this good result did not prevent the team from facing criticism from both internal and external sides.

Taking this botched defense as a breakthrough, AC Milan club vice-president Galliani questioned coach Ancelotti and asked him to explain why he still performed poorly despite the strong recruitment of defenders this season.

Galliani also recalled the past, pointing out that AC Milan had outstanding performances on the offensive end in the first two seasons. Last season, it led Europe in goals scored. However, because the defense could not become the cornerstone of the team, it repeatedly failed at critical moments. Let the team lose a good game, otherwise AC Milan should have had better results in the league.

Galliani is not nitpicking, because what he said is indeed true. Milan's lineup is seriously aging, especially the defense. After the continuous addition of Boshen, Odo, Abi, Zango, Pengpeng, Senderos, Antonini and others in the past three summers, the situation has eased. This summer, after Cafu, Shuangzi and other senior grandfathers retired, the defense is full of youthful atmosphere.

However, several leading figures in the defense, Costacurta and Prime Minister Cafu, have retired, Maldini is getting older, and Nesta is accustomed to injuries at the beginning of the season, which makes the inheritance of Milan's defense not so smooth. But in any case, although they conceded a little more goals, compared to the god-level combinations in the past hegemonic era, it was not to the point of launching an army to hold the team accountable, especially when the team was in good condition.

All this stems from the counterattack of eldest son Pierre Berlusconi and Galliani against Barbara.

Since the beginning of last season, after AC Milan's succession issue emerged, the club's senior management has started an open and secret fight with the acquiescence and connivance of owner Silvio Berlusconi, and Pierre and Barbara officially came to the forefront. In order to support Barbara, Maldini postponed his retirement. He is a figure like Milanello's Poseidon.

After the horse team unified their opinions within the round table, they led the round table to cheer for Barbara. Of course, Barbara will also repay Brother Paul. She promised that after taking charge of AC Milan in the future, Baresi will enter the core decision-making team of Milan Youth Training Vismara, and after Maldini retires, he will start a new job at Milanello as the deputy of director Braida. , will also become the new sports director of AC Milan in the future after President Bu retires.

More importantly, Barbara favored a broader and more central role for the Knights of the Round Table in Milanello. In other words, Barbara hopes to see the Knights of the Round Table become open and official and become a functional department within the club led by these senior players.

The cavalry team received this promise from Barbara, just like Song Jiang's mood when he received the imperial court's recruitment.

Outside the roundtable, Zhuo Yang led the international players with the Brazilian gang as the core to also watch the enemy formation for Barbara. Barbara has the support of all the players on the team, the support of all the media behind these players, and the love of all major fan groups.

AC Milan, which has been known for its unity for many years, has never been so united on this matter as it was this year. Maldini and Zhuo Yang became the core of the team's unity and the banner figures. The two people, the old and the young, had a good personal relationship. Their sincere cooperation quickly allowed Barbara to crush her half-brother Pierre in terms of reputation. In addition, Prime Minister Pei always preferred the old man in his heart. As a daughter, Barbara quickly surfaced in Milano and has been involved in the core management of the club since the summer.

Among the top management, Barbara and the sports director Braida who supports him have a sharp increase in their voice. Pierre and Vice Chairman Galliani have been suppressed from the limelight. The transfer work in the summer was basically led by Barbara and Braida, so Ronaldinho finally joined successfully, and the back line was changed, and David Luiz bypassed Brazil. Leonardo, who is very important in player transfer, successfully landed in Milano.

Leonardo is Galliani's man,

He is behind the transfer of every Brazilian player in AC Milan. Last year Raiola wanted to bring Pengpeng to AC Milan, but he was somewhat concerned about the power of Leonardo and the South American agent godfather Figel behind him, so he reluctantly gave up.

But now that Raiola and Figel are cooperating more closely, and Leonardo's status in Milano has declined, there is no need to pay so much attention. If you are too forward-looking and backward-looking in anything you do, you will never achieve great results.

But Pierre and Galliani are naturally unwilling to surrender their power to their opponents, especially Pierre. With his friendship with Prime Minister Bei, Gatu would have a place in Milan no matter what, but once his father finally decided on the heir, he would definitely clear the obstacles in the family for Barbara. Then, Pierre will become the same young man who was just waiting to die doing nothing, and he will still be an old man.

During the Three Kingdoms period, the governor-general Zhou Yu said to Sun Quan: We can all surrender to Cao Cao, but you, my lord, cannot.

This time, Pierre and Galliani used the excuse of defense issues to get angry at the team. On the surface, they were criticizing Ancelotti's tactics and personnel. In fact, the drunkard's intention was not to drink. Their goal was directly Maldini.

They used the pressure of "too many goals conceded by the defense" to force the team's defense to accelerate the upgrading of the team's defense, which also forced Maldini to retire. Only by first removing Maldini, the leader with huge prestige in the team, and driving him out of Milano, so that he is no longer qualified to have a voice internally, can Pierre have the possibility of a comeback.

Moreover, it is indeed a sad fact that Maldini's competitive level has seriously declined this season, swallowing up the mission of the team's core defense. All this made Pierre and Galliani's shadows more targeted. Although Maldini did not play in the game against Naples, this did not prevent them from putting the Cavaliers at the forefront.

Naturally, Pierre and Galliani will not be alone. They also have huge media power behind them. Under the quarrel and clamor of public opinion, Maldini, who has always valued his reputation very much, did not hide. He very frankly admitted that his existence hindered the upgrading of the team's defense line, and immediately made the decision to retire at the end of the season.

This time, the Cavaliers are serious and have disclosed their retirement timetable to the media for the first time. Maldini would not slap himself in the face for this kind of thing.

Therefore, a big-scoring game that basically had nothing to do with Maldini became a precise blow for Pierre and Galliani. They finally succeeded. Next season, Barbara will lose her biggest boost among players. , it’s not certain who will win.

However, these are not the highlight of Milan's internal turmoil, and many of the inside stories are not known to the outside world. The internal conflict between Zhuoyang and Gattuso on the court was the crazy pursuit that excited the media.

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