Golden Greenery

Danish midfielder Christian Poulsen had to come off the field in the 23rd minute. He was tackled by Gennaro Gattuso and injured his thigh muscle.

After transferring from Sevilla last summer, Paulson has been the main midfielder of Juventus. He rarely missed games this year. But maybe God is avoiding retribution. Juventus and AC Milan have played against each other six times this season. Except for the Berlusconi Cup at the beginning of the season, Paulson and Zhuo Yang met for the second time in the Apennines today.

Zhuoyang did not participate in the TIM Cup triangle match, and Paulson did not play in the league and FA Cup due to various reasons. The petty Zhuo Yang still remembers his hatred in the Bundesliga. Last season in the Berlusconi Cup, Chiellini was seriously injured, so Zhuo Yang was not in the mood to mess with Paulson, but he has never forgotten this bastard Sanque. One is less.

When Paulson uttered three insulting words at Schalke 04, Zhuoyang vowed to make him suffer three revenges. Once that day and another two years ago in the European Super Cup.

But in this game, the two are not facing each other. Juventus' double midfielder Paulson is on the left, and AC Milan's third midfielder Zhuo Yang is also on the left. The two are like the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl across the Milky Way. Their meeting depends on time and fate.

This is the 35th round of Serie A and the fourth to last round. The two teams played in the FA Cup semi-finals here just a week ago. Juventus challenged AC Milan continuously, and Milan also had Arsenal between the two Juventus.

Although we won a small 1:0 away game against Arsenal three days ago, that game was very physically demanding. Kaká, Jiuye, Beckham, Flamini, Pengpeng, Anbu, Kaladze, Jancu, etc. A large number of people experienced varying degrees of muscle fatigue. Only Zhuo Yang is a pervert, and his recovery ability makes others look up to him.

Fortunately, Milan is now well-equipped and has no shortage of good players who can play. Pirlo, Gabal, Maldini, Ronaldinho, Seedorf, and Favalli are all ready to fight. Gianluca Zambrotta and Bonet are all ready to fight. La, Shevchenko and Borriello are also on standby.

On the other hand, Juventus, because a week's rest has made their main lineup refreshed, with the only exception of their head coach Ranieri. The tinker always had a sad face, but now he looked more like the reincarnation of a bitter melon.

After losing the FA Cup in the last game, Ranieri will definitely leave at the end of the season. Now he is only a caretaker coach. But the club will not let him play casually in the last few games. There are still clear performance indicators required.

In the early games yesterday, both Fiorentina and Roma lost. If Juventus wins this game, they will have a 6-point lead in the 'fight for three', with three league rounds left. Under the circumstances, this advantage is basically stable. Therefore, the club asked Ranieri to "keep a tie and win" in this game. The bottom line is that he cannot lose.

Although AC Milan's unbeaten run in the league has reached an incredible 75 games, Juventus is Juventus after all, and it is natural that the main lineup will have an advantage when facing Milan who have returned from an exhausted expedition.

But football matches are not as simple as they appear on paper. Ancelotti wisely adopted a resolute defensive counterattack strategy, seeking no merit but no fault. At the end of the season, with a 5-point lead, the game should be about safety. As long as they hold on to their camp, Inter Milan will automatically send the champion here.

Zhuoyang's position reflects this tactical response. AC Milan only leaves Pato in front of the duck, always ready to counterattack. Both Seedorf and Ronaldinho must retreat to within the 40-meter line to form the first line when defending. Wave blocking.

Once a team like AC Milan calms down and focuses on defense, everyone will be blinded. Although Juventus is strong, AC Milan is now the league leader and a super strong European team with three fronts singing triumphant songs. The only one that can rival Milan this season is Barcelona.

In the 23rd minute, Paulson was shoveled by Jia Baye during the scramble and limped back to the bench. Zhuoyang had no choice but to regret that the Danes escaped today. He did not find a chance to deal with Paulson in the front. .

However, at this moment, a surprising scene happened on the sidelines.

Ranieri instructed Portuguese midfielder Cardoso Thiago to replace Paulson, but Thiago shook his head and refused.

Although the 28-year-old Cardoso Thiago is not famous, he moved to the famous Portuguese Super League team Benfica at the age of 20. Since then, he has been the absolute main force in the team's midfield whether at Chelsea or Lyon. Able to attack well and defend with a simple style, as a defensive midfielder, Thiago also has quite good passing ability, and has scored 13 goals in a season at most. Compared with those well-known attacking midfielders, Thiago even The forwards are no less generous.

In the summer of 2007, the discerning Juventus spent 15 million euros to buy Thiago from Lyon. This price was considered a huge sum of money for Juventus the year before. However, Thiago is a player admired by Juventus' former head coach Frenchman Deschamps, but he cannot catch the eye of Ranieri.

In the two years since he came to Juventus, Thiago has directly become a substitute, and the combined game time in the two seasons is much less than the previous year. He hasn't scored a goal in two years, so he can only stand up from the bench from time to time to fill holes for the team, just like today.

Thiago started the last FA Cup semi-final and played the entire game. Although Juventus lost, his performance was still good. After the game, his rating was higher than Nedvěd and Giovinco, only lower than scoring Del Piero with one goal. Even so, he remains a substitute today.

Thiago's depression and dissatisfaction have accumulated over the past two years. After the news that Ranieri will leave at the end of the season spread in the club, today he finally stopped hiding it and directly rejected Ranieri's request. No matter who you love, I won’t fall in love with you anyway.

The angry Tinker and Thiago quarreled in public, and Thiago said that I just felt uncomfortable in my neck and couldn't get on. Ranieri said that as long as your leg is not broken, you must play. Thiago: Go to hell, I won’t play.

Seeing that a fight was about to break out in the San Siro, everyone on the Juventus bench rushed to break up the fight, and finally separated Ranieri, who was blushing and thick-necked, and Thiago, who was also angry and grimacing with blue veins.

In desperation, Ranieri could only ask the veteran Zebina, who had been away from the team for a long time, to warm up urgently, let him play as a defender, and moved Decelli to the midfield position.

The internal strife on the sidelines also interfered with Juventus' concentration on the game. Zanetti's pass to Nedvěd was slightly inadequate. Zhuo Yang and Pirlo teamed up to break the football, and then Pi Shao made a back kick. The long pass allowed Pato to form a single attack on Buffon.

In the 29th minute of the first half, Duck's shot in the penalty area penetrated the Juventus gate. When AC Milan players swarmed up to celebrate, Zebina had just stood on the sideline.