The Young Lion

Millwall's starting game of this game is exactly the same as that of playing Chelsea on the weekend.

After the game started, Millwall's offense hit a plate, and he was more calm and lacked passion.

When attacking, the ball is passed forward at once, and the player's running range is not large. Often, before the ball is received, there are Eindhoven players watching and then catching the ball, or completing the breakthrough through personal ability .

Eindhoven also played 433 today, with three midfielders retreating during counterpoint defense, against Millwall's midfielder, the side contracted back to half, and Millwall's full-backs will not be too easy to assist. .

Nedved used his body to squeeze Koko, and then passed the ball to Trezeguet, who withdrew the ball from the front line. Trezeguet kept knocking the ball to the left wing and Larson took the ball laterally Take a long shot homeopathically.

This long shot made all the players in Eindhoven stunned with cold sweat, and the ball flew up to the stands while rubbing the beam. If it was lower, the goalkeeper could only look at the ball.

Eindhoven, Larson is no stranger. He used to play in Feyenoord for two years. Now he still has impressions of several veterans in Eindhoven.

Those players who had played against Larsen in the Dutch League in Eindhoven looked at Larsson. Although Larsen, who played as a winger in Feyenoord, performed well, it was definitely not a terrifying striker. Killer.

Unexpectedly, he transferred to England. It took only three years from the first league to become a top scorer. The heavy European Golden Boot Award in his hand is the best proof.

Although Eindhoven also played a defensive posture at the beginning of the game, it was different from the iron barrel array.

It’s not that 11 players all recycle halftimes or put the bus. As Aldridge said to reporters, when seven or eight players on one side rushed over to participate in the offense, the defender naturally had reason to use more people. To lay out the lines of defense.

Whether a defensive player intensively shrinks the restricted area does not mean that he is a bus.

Aldridge believes that the negative tactics of criticized buses are more important for the defense after the success.

If the defensive side has organized an offensive behavior, then their defense is for a better offense, even if 11 people are defending in the penalty area, this can not be blamed.

However, if the defender did not choose to organize an offensive after the success of the defense, but directly released the ball, no offensive players rushed to fight for an offensive opportunity, then this situation is called a bus, passive football, because it is obvious that there is no willingness to attack, it is equivalent Give up for victory, this is anti-football, utilitarian football outright for points or a favorable draw.

Therefore, when Eindhoven defended, almost all of them retreated, but after the defense was successful, their formation immediately spread out and pushed forward, organized and planned to attack, although they did not invest much force, they were only performing. The most normal tactic, not a bus.

Eindhoven’s offensive pursuit after the opening was stable, and he never made any progress when passing, trying to ensure that he did not lose the ball, but this also slowed down their offensive speed, because the route of passing the ball is often by Millwall The defending player blocked consciously.

Millwall's offensive failure will immediately organize an anti-robbing. The anti-robbing of the frontcourt is to give back time to the backcourt players who come up with assists. Once the first time cannot be grabbed, the frontcourt players will also be in the backcourt. Withdraw.

The two teams played more cautiously in the first 20 minutes. After all, it was the first game of the group stage. There was nothing wrong with being careful. Often the team that was over-excited and played unprecedentedly was extremely dead.

The Champions League is a stage that tests more patience and experience. The more mature the team, the better the chance.

Aldridge looked at it for more than twenty minutes, and he was not disappointed, but his sense of this Eindhoven was: But I'm a Er.

He wanted to see the Dutch attack and defense, almost impossible in this era.

Full-attack and full-defense tactics are not just a literal understanding of all players participating in offense and defense.

For example, a defender can attack forward with the ball, can do the job of a midfielder, or may complete the job of a forward, and achieve an unexpected effect in tactics. The more difficult part of this three-line offensive role change is defense, the defender rushes up By the way, who will fill the empty space behind? If the midfielder rushes to the goal to form a threat but encounters a counterattack from the opponent, the forward at the rear needs to complete the role change to fill the gap in the midfield defense. The principle of other positions is the same.

This is too demanding on the players. How high is it?

Michels, the father of the full attack and defense, said personally: To make the Dutch full attack and defense strategy fully play out, then at least seven world-class players are needed in the formation!

Seven world-class players, this is at least!

Players without a certain level of ability are unable to understand or even consciously understand, but are unable to meet the requirements of full attack and defense.

Unfortunately, the requirements of this tactical concept are so high that no one can carry forward the Dutch football after its glory. Even the Dutch giants can't play this kind of striker can play the defender, the defender can play the high forward Freedom tactics, as for the Dutch national team, they have insisted on this style of play, but there is no absolute number of world-class players to perform, the scene can be played in a cloud, but the result is always unsatisfactory, because this gives players a high degree of freedom Tactics, if something goes wrong in a link, it may cause a big crash.

The concept of full attack and full defense tactics is ideal, but it is difficult to have room for survival. The most primitive tactical idea will first be resisted by players: you let world-class forwards suddenly become midfielders in the game, How many people will be happy?

However, it is hailed as the third attack of the tactical revolution in football. It still provides new players with new tactical ideas, removes the idealized elements, and draws on the practical and feasible characteristics to build the team. Many coaches study the full attack. Full purpose.

Aldrich can admit generously that Millwall's offensive and changing many players are running and transposing, and the role is ambiguous and diversified.

Subsequent "Space Team" Barcelona, ​​its tactical essence also has the shadow of full attack and defense.

Eindhoven can't afford a full attack and defense. The apparent 11 players are attacking and 11 defense. This is basically inseparable from the true Dutch full attack and defense.

So Aldridge was disappointed, he didn't even see even one time, a role change of Eindhoven players in the formation position.

The forward is the striker, the midfielder is the midfielder, and the defender is the defender.

Thirty minutes passed.

Eindhoven withstood the threat posed by Millwall's six-foot shot. They also had two shots, but they had not invested much offensive force before, with one midfielder and three forwards.

After half an hour, Eindhoven began to invest more troops in the offense, and an extra midfielder inserted in the attack!

When Cocu tried to pass Millwall's side defense behind the ball and handed the ball to Zenden, Southgate predicted the opponent's pass in advance. A precise tackle blocked the ball and consciously The ball was blocked to Larsson who pulled back.

Facing the rolling ball, Larson made a cross without any hesitation, and then turned around and rushed forward.

Aldridge's eyes suddenly became hot on the sidelines: now!

The rhythm on the field suddenly changed.

In the previous attack, Millwall passed the ball at the first glance. At this moment, when he turned from the defense to the attack, he began to continually kick the ball and mostly hit the ball.

Makelele received a pass from Larson and passed the ball to Nedved in the forward position.

The opponent's midfielder immediately put it on to stop Nedved from turning around, but Nedved lightly knocked the ball again, and Barak stepped forward to take the ball and make a big step to break through the opponent's midfield defense line. When Vchenko made an in-cut, he attracted the opponent's full-back, and Barak made a diagonal pass. The ball rolled to the side and inserted into the foot of Schneider at high speed.

The opposing defender immediately turned back to block Schneider, but the German still kept the ball and stuffed the ball into the penalty area. Shevchenko rushed to the bottom line and swept the ball back to the penalty spot.

Trezeguet rushed forward to grab the point and took away Eindhoven's defender. Just behind them, Larson inserted the ball diagonally at the penalty spot and took the ball home. Then came a foot shot.

The ball rolled into the goal from between the goalkeeper's legs.

The big and small doors also declared lost!

Millwall leads by one goal!

Wembley screamed loud cheers.

Aldridge closed his eyes and clenched his teeth, waving his right fist in front of him.

That's it!

In the first 30 minutes, Millwall played conservatively. This was a tactical requirement. First, he was based on defense. Don't be too unrestrained and cause the back defense to be hit back.

Originally, the Dutch team was not afraid of the fast team. The Netherlands used 433 offensive football as the mainstream, playing in the civil war in the league. It is not a fast team. Millwall does not need to speed up as soon as he comes up.

Furthermore, according to what Aldridge requested before the game, using the psychology of the opponent also wanting to win, although Eindhoven did not make a big attack, but the increase in the strength of the troops, it was not as easy as the previous one when turning from attack to defense, Milwaukee Er then suddenly accelerated the rhythm, playing them best at advancing quickly, and in the process of advancing, the ball shifted from one side to the other, shifting the opponent's defensive center of gravity, and on the final blow, the attack was returned to the other side, causing the opponent Unprepared!

Aldridge called Barak and Nedved before the players celebrated, telling them to unite their minds and never take it lightly or change established tactics just because they took the lead.

The two midfielders nodded solemnly and agreed to come down.

Millwall took the lead, but after re-kick-off, did not chase after the victory.

After Eindhoven's city gate lost, it was necessary to stabilize his mind first, so there was no big counterattack, and the offensive and defensive rhythms of the two teams became as fast as before.

Aldridge didn't dare to care about the moment with his arms around his chest, always observing the situation on the court, especially the performance of his disciples.

Today, Millwall’s tactics are very simple. If he is caught in a positional battle, then he will play more traditionally. The point-to-point pass, the forward players can intersect at more points, but the players in the midfield and backcourt are mainly stable.

When Eindhoven attacked, Millwall should pay attention to it. Defensive is only the basic work they should do. More importantly, when the defense successfully switches between offense and defense, the timing of the attack at that time suddenly accelerates the pace of the game and exerts pressure on the opponent's goal.

It's kind of like hiding the most threatening blow in a boxing match behind a series of tentative attacks.

In terms of personal ability, Millwall's players are not inferior to their opponents. In addition to playing in London, Millwall formed a more powerful rule of the game after scoring a goal.

The first half ended in the regret that Trezeguet grabbed a header and missed the goal post. The two teams walked back to the locker room.