The Young Lion

The European Cup Winners' Cup finals ignited, and Aldridge's eyes swept through Barcelona's starting lineup, and he really felt a little miscalculated.

Some changes in the lineup are not unexpected, but the formation makes him unexpected.

After Cruyff's sad curtain call, Robson coached Barcelona this season, changing the team's formation from 433 to 442. Today it is clear that Millwall has changed the commonly used formation, such as Popes in the lower back position Ku, is to use the back to hit the midfielder, on the one hand to strengthen the front defense in the restricted area, on the other hand is to liberate Guardiola.

Barcelona’s young lineup is really star-studded. As Aldridge emphasized, Ronaldo is Barcelona’s superstar this season, but if there are not so many outstanding teammates behind him, he will never be able to rise to superstars in three months. height.

It's just that among the players who started this game, behind Ronaldo, Figo's ability is needless to say. Enrique was an absolute main force before Real Madrid. If it is not with the club on the issue of renewal, I am afraid he will not come to Barcelona. Enric is not only diligent on the court, but also a team player with a very obvious role. It is also a kind of player that Aldridge appreciates. He has worked hard and worked tirelessly in the frontcourt: anti-robbing, tandem, and involvement In this type of work, no coach does not like this kind of player. It seems unpretentious, but it is really important.

And Drapena in the front waist position, the future fame is lower than now, because he is now the Spanish golden boy who is the same as Raul, his deadly pass ability is simply master, Ronaldo scored this season Ruma has a direct relationship with De La Pena's Ecstasy.

Afterwards, Guardiola is the hub of the offensive and defensive transition, and the defensive players are also non-nameless generations. Originally, in the Spanish giants, which player has no skill?

Among the players who did not appear, Pizi, Giovanni, Stoichkov, Blanco... There are always a group of players on the big bench who are the absolute first-line players.

Although Barcelona used a 4231 formation to limit Millwall, Aldridge did not change his tactics.

Unlike the old lineup against Paris Saint-Germain, Barcelona is young and the game is a 90-minute game.

Taking 11 players from both sides alone to compare ability, Barcelona's offensive ability is absolutely overwhelming, and on defense, maybe everyone is equal.

Therefore, the outside world is more optimistic about Barcelona.

But there is a word that Americans like to emphasize very much. Aldrich believes it is the key point of the game: team chemistry!

The Barcelona team's individual ability value stack exceeds Millwall.

But for the team's ability to chemistry, Aldridge believes Millwall is better.

Although Barcelona is also playing the team, it has never reached a special level, especially when the team looks at both the offense and the defense.

Not to mention Ronaldo, Drapena made very little contribution to the defensive end.

It's no surprise that Barcelona has more firepower than Real Madrid this season. The league has nearly 20 more goals than Real Madrid, but is still catching up with Real Madrid. The defense is not particularly good. Their number of goals conceded is the highest in the La Liga quarterfinals.

Aldrich believes that Millwall only has to play his own style to win the game. If he thinks about how to limit his opponent's personal play from the beginning, the game will be difficult to play.

The main player of Millwall has been rested for almost half a month. Today, the game is full of energy and enthusiasm. After the game started, the team quickly entered the game, focusing on the large-scale running in the process of the game. Never hesitate.

Pirlo is still the midfield commander. When he takes the ball, there are at least three teammates running around to allow him to choose the ball path, and he calmly took the ball in the symbolic press of Drapena, decisive and correct .

Before Schneider took the ball all the way to the side, Guardiola assisted the side to press, Schneider passed the ball in the middle, the back of Nedvide stopped the ball, and then left the ball in place Rushing forward, this way of making the ball makes Barcelona feel strange, because it seems that Millwall has lost the ball. In fact, it is only Nedved that Pirlo who is plugged into the attack can hold the ball and avoid the return pass. The speed at which Pirlo stopped the ball stagnated.

They have a dazzling technical display in training. Although it is not a fancy action of combining the human ball with the foot, it is a match to play the time difference and challenge the defensive players' nerves and judgment.

For example, for this ball, Popescu hesitated for a second and took a step to grab the ball, but he couldn’t possibly hit the ball in front of Pirlo, but the ball stopped there, between the electric flint, instinct Thinking went beyond reason, so he took the wrong step. Just as he withdrew his body, Nedvide had ran away from him three meters away, Pirlo rushed forward and passed straight, Nedvide took At the same time, the ball also broke through Barcelona's defensive line.

In front of Abelado, Nedved passed the ball to the right of Lushevchenko on the right. The latter kept the ball in a restricted pass. After Nedved inserted the ball in front, it was already a semi-single shot opportunity. He forced Get up and hit with a volley.

Baia did not respond, slammed!

The ball hit the outside of the goal post and the bottom line popped up!

This wave of offense hit the clouds, the Barcelona players couldn't even touch the ball, the audience in the stands were dumbfounded, especially the neutral fans, this is the beauty they can't feel through the whole scene in front of the TV football.

Millwall launched the attack from the backcourt, the combination of the side and the middle and the depth through the middle, continuous and fast pass, the player passed the running position like a ruthless knife torn open Barcelona's defense.

Applause rang from the stands, but Nedved ran back expressionlessly, and he ran two meters in front of Guardiola to make a defensive stance.

Guardiola is surprised that he is standing in front of a Nedved in the absence of the ball, and there is a French guy Trezeguet staring at him. This is the rhythm of staring at the forward!

On the wing, Larson and Shevchenko also retreated to the half and **** with the full-back to compress the space between Figo and Enrique.

Pirlo and Makelele attacked Drapena. If Drapena retreated, Makelele's position will not move. Pirlo's retracement is deeper, because Makelele will also fight Ronaldo with the defender line to compress this alien. Event space.

This scene can't be seen in the close-up live TV broadcast, but the coach and fans can see it clearly on the sidelines and in the stands.

Not to mention Robson's brow furrowed, even Mourinho looked dignified.

The position and running of the players on the field can be seen. Millwall purposely defended the three lines closely together to cut Barcelona's formation, but never risk it, if Barcelona's ball rights return to the defender On the line, Millwall's forward will not fight for the ball.

If Barcelona's centre-back has the organizational ability to move forward, then Millwall will only choose to compress the backcourt space.

Due to the intensity of the La Liga game and a national derby just played a few days ago, the Barcelona players did not enter the state after the game started, Popescu took the ball in the midfield and backcourt and passed the ball to the front to respond. De la pena.

The new star of Spain’s new generation of passing organizations is not particularly fast. He seems to be particularly confident in his ability at the feet. On the premise that Figo and Enrique did not run out of space, he chose to turn around and pass by. Pirlo wanted to get rid of, but Pirlo easily reached his foot and flicked his ball.

The ball rolled to the left, Larsson touched the ball before Enrique, and poke the ball directly to the middle. Before Makelele received the ball, Drapena flew up and the former easily kicked the ball gently. Going forward, Pirlo stepped forward to take the ball, and then directly passed a long pass to the opponent's penalty area.

When Pirlo's first steal was successful, Trezeguet started to run forward. At this time, he just pressed the last line of Barcelona's back line, Cotto's flat line position. Barcelona's attack stopped abruptly in the midfield. This was unexpected for their players. When Pirlo made a long pass, the defenders were walking forward, and suddenly the ball came back, and Cotto immediately pulled back and ran.

Baia decisively abandoned the goal and Trezeguet headed the header when he had just crossed the penalty area line.

Baia jumped up halfway and reached out to block, the fingertip actually touched the ball!

Trezeguet shook his head sadly, then immediately turned around and ran back to find Guardiola.

The blocked ball landed next to Abelado. He made a big foot and went to the frontcourt, which was actually a bit of a panic.

The ball fell to the wing, Figo took the ball, turned around and had no choice, so he dribbled forward. Today he faced Schneider counterpoint and immediately showed his skillful dribbling technique.

Schneider will never blindly go to steal, he knows that it will only allow the opponent to easily break through, and then throw away himself.

He stuck the position of the inside line, Figo chose the bottom, Schneider still guarded the inside line and pressed tightly. Figo, such as a winger who did not rely on speed, mainly relied on foot skills. The combination of human and ball is a master. Shi As long as Ned doesn't lose his position, he can keep up with Figo in speed, and he won't be left alone.

Schneider's confidence is getting stronger by slowing down his opponent's rhythm, allowing his teammates to set up a defensive formation, and compressing his opponent's space.

Figo deceived Schneider with a false move to force the inside of the baseline, but he just pulled the ball in place and pulled out of the neutral and then passed it.

In the penalty area, Elgra force out Ronaldo header to make a clearance. Makelele, who was protected by two points near the penalty area, didn't wait for the ball to land on the header, and consciously pushed the ball to the left.

After Capdevila received the ball, he made a diagonal pass and Nedvide took the ball. Millwall's stormy counterattack swept again towards the Barcelona gate...

Although Nedvide hit a goal and hit the post before, Trezeguet made a single-headed header and was saved by goalkeeper Baia, but Aldridge didn't feel regret at all.

This is one of the most normal manifestations of football games. Not every good opportunity will become a goal.

Moreover, the game has not completely entered the track of the Millwall team winning.

He is waiting, observing.

Barcelona's attack was severely blocked, and the midfield was completely passive. Guardiola took the ball as the core of the offensive and defensive conversion in the midfield and back. Teammates dare not pass the ball to him.

And Drapena is also limited by Pirlo and Makelele, and has no room to play.

Ronaldo was also helpless in the frontcourt.

Before the game, all British media were recruiting for Millwall, proposing various theories to limit Ronaldo.

But the focus of Aldridge's arrangement on the team's defense is not Ronaldo, but the teammates behind Ronaldo.

Ronaldo is a top scorer and a great figure in football history, but he is not all-round! He needs teammates to play for him, he needs teammates to help him, he needs a strong team!

This is true whether it is in the giants or in the national team.

Ronaldo who got the ball, even if he took the ball from the back, the threat will be full, but Ronaldo who can't get the ball, how can he threaten? This kind of thinking is similar to the ball control advocated by Cruyff, except that one is for offense and one is for defense.

First, to reduce Ronaldo's chance to take the ball, and secondly to compress his space for taking the ball, even if he gets the ball, he will not be allowed to get a shot in the dangerous area!

After playing the game for more than 20 minutes, Barcelona's offense became monotonous, the midfield couldn't stop the offense, and a personal breakthrough on the wing became a common way to reverse the situation, but Millwall's defense was very successful.

Gradually, Barcelona's backcourt players had to press up to increase the point of play, giving them more options when attacking.

Observing the premise of the start of the Barcelona defender line, Aldridge's cold eyes flashed, showing a hint of fanaticism.