Super Prophecy Master

Chapter 464 Huge Tactical Mistake

Netherlands, Eindhoven, Philips Stadium.

When the game time approached, the surrounding audience stands were full of fans.

Eindhoven fans support the team is quite high.

From the perspective of attendance, the Philips Stadium has 3000 seats, but the average number of spectators last season reached [-]. The almost full atmosphere of the stadium is also enough to prove the loyalty of the fans.

In this game, the auditorium was full of fans.

Three thousand of them were Millwall fans from London, and the remaining seats were all occupied by PSV fans.

Eindhoven fans are looking forward to the game.

In recent years, Eindhoven has firmly occupied the Eredivisie championship. Fans hope that Eindhoven can make progress in the Champions League. The championship is not an extravagant hope, and entering the top four is also an improvement.

Many fans came to watch the game and hoped that PSV could win at home. They were also full of optimism about the game because they eliminated Arsenal last month. Millwall and Arsenal are both English teams , is also in the London region, and the league results are stronger, which does not mean that they can play well in the Champions League.

Eindhoven fans are optimistic about the team's victory over Millwall.

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Eindhoven's entire team is also very confident. One is from the defeat of Arsenal. The other is that the head coach Koeman also showed confidence. They believe that as long as they play well, they will definitely be able to eliminate Millwall. Nearly squeezed into the Champions League semi-finals.

Koeman's tactical play focuses on defense.

After Koeman conducted research on Millwall, he found that this team has a strong offensive ability. Against Real Madrid, they can score five goals in two rounds. In the league, if you encounter a small ball, you will basically sweep it. It is still very important to pay attention to defense. necessary.

Koeman's goal is to 'clean the ball'.

Victory is not the goal. A 'clean score' in the first round ensures that the opponent has no away goals, so one or two goals for Eindhoven is enough to establish an advantage.Next to the second round to determine the outcome, Eindhoven's chances will become very large.

Koeman still has confidence in the team, and the source of his confidence is defeating Arsenal.

When Eindhoven met Arsenal, even the Dutch media believed that Eindhoven had little chance of entering the quarter-finals, but they finally eliminated Arsenal with their solid defense.

Arsenal's offensive ability is definitely the top in England.Millwall is also very good, still ranked first in the league, but it is not easy to break through the PSV defense.

Koeman's confidence lasted until 10 minutes into the game.

He found that something was wrong.

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Eindhoven and Millwall are very strange to each other. The channels of mutual understanding are limited to media reports and game videos. After the game started, both teams played very conservatively.

After two or three waves of offensive, the two sides got used to it, and the competition became fierce.

Eindhoven's tactics are conservative, even in the home game, they are not too active; Millwall is the complete opposite, centered on the 'dual core', almost every step of the court is pressing.

Millwall quickly took control of the midfield.

Next, Millwall launched a continuous offensive, while Eindhoven continued to defend. The offense was also dominated by fast breaks from the wing, and the situation was once suppressed by Millwall.

In fact, the situation of the game was expected by Koeman.

Eindhoven pays attention to defense, and they play defensive counterattacks. The offensive on the side is just a means of offense, not that they want to take the initiative to attack. The situation will definitely be inclined to Millwall.

But the situation means nothing.

Eindhoven counterattacked with a steady defense. In response to Millwall's offensive, it is still unknown which team is more likely to get a chance.

Koeman soon discovered that Millwall's offense was different from Arsenal's.

Millwall's overall offensive is not as fast or subtle as Arsenal's, but they pay more attention to the efficiency of forward passes, the rhythm is slower, and the efficiency of attacking to the front is higher.

From the 5th minute to the 10th minute, Millwall had two shots, one was a long-range shot from the outside, and the other was a header in the penalty area, both of which directly threatened the goal.

Coman broke out in a cold sweat from fear.

How could Millwall be so efficient?

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Zhang Yang looked at the game and smiled slightly.

Before the game, the coaching staff watched a few games of Eindhoven. They all thought that Eindhoven would play against Millwall head-to-head with a balanced offensive and defensive style. They did not expect Koeman to make such a mistake. --
Defensive counterattack?

Millwall is not afraid of defensive counterattacks. You must know that in the Premier League, most teams play defensive counterattacks against Millwall.

The more you face, the more experience you will have.

The game was going on normally, and there would be a midfield competition at the beginning. Unexpectedly, Eindhoven took the initiative to shrink the defense and gave up all the midfield to Millwall.

This is really good.

Unlike other teams, Millwall has two cores.

The two cores, that is, the two technical midfielders, can naturally create more opportunities for the strikers. The cooperation between the two cores, the main road and the side road will also make it easier for other teammates. find opportunities.

This is the advantage of dual core.

Take AC Milan for example, Kaka is the core of their frontcourt. One Kaka is very dangerous. If there are two Kaka, they cooperate very well with each other, and the opponent allows them to play freely in the midfield... ...was simply horrific!

This is a huge mistake from a tactical perspective.

Millwall does not have two Kakas, but the combination of Braniff and Simpson is also quite strong offensively, with Livermore threatening the goal from a long distance behind him.

Eindhoven voluntarily handing over control of the midfield is extremely stupid.

Millwall completely suppressed Eindhoven and frequently found opportunities in front of the goal. Everyone knew that scoring a goal was only a matter of time.

Zhang Yang felt no pressure anymore.

Eindhoven's tactical mistakes, coupled with the result of "Spiritual Divination" "Xiaoji", what possibility is there for them to reverse?The next uncertainty is just how many goals Millwall can score.

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As the game continued, Eindhoven's goal faced crisis again and again. Eindhoven coach Koeman discovered the problem and finally found the reason.

Before Koeman formulated his tactics, he considered that the styles of Millwall and Arsenal were not much different, so he tried his best to defend the goal and Eindhoven could find opportunities to launch a fast break.

Keeping the goal clean and scoring another goal is equivalent to achieving the goal.

Less than 10 minutes into the game, Koeman has already discovered that he made a mistake. Millwall is similar to Arsenal, using the so-called 'dual-core' tactics, which will focus on offense in terms of play, and it is quite efficient. attack.

The two teams are different.

Arsenal mainly play at a fast pace, while Millwall has a slightly slower pace, but the midfielder is much stronger than Arsenal. A strong midfielder plays wantonly, and it also brings more opportunities to the strikers.

This is better.

Millwall only has Darren Bent as a striker. To guard Darren Bent's point, the striker is naturally not a threat, but Millwall's midfielder is even more threatening. Two central midfielders, midfielders, and two A full-back has the ability to step in and take a shot.

This also made it difficult for Eindhoven to restrict the defense. They defended the left, and they could shoot from the right. They defended Simpson, and Braniff could shoot. Even in front of the penalty area, they used crowd tactics to form a line Line, the opponent is defender Livermore, who can kick a heavy artillery that threatens the goal with a wave of more than 20 meters.

Koeman observed Millwall carefully and found that the ability of the players in the middle is still second. The key is that their left and right players, driven by Braniff and Simpson, have formed a whole. It becomes very easy to switch footballs from left to right.

This is very scary.

The general team cooperates and passes each other from the left and right sides. I don’t know how many feet they have to pass in the middle. The road player kicks off the ball directly and passes the ball far to the other road.

The former method has almost no effect.

The latter method extremely requires the ability of the players, such as David Beckham, whose long-distance pass is extremely exquisite, which has become his signature. Whether he plays for Manchester United or Real Madrid, Beckham's long-range pass can Give the opponent a fatal blow directly.

Millwall's cooperation is definitely not as good as Beckham's clean and threatening kick from a distance, but the speed of the pass is also enough to prevent the opponent from changing the defense in a short time. During the shift of the defensive center of gravity, the opponent can easily create Chance.

The Eindhoven players are still very active. Every player is running non-stop, but no matter how active they are and how fast they run, it is impossible for them to keep up with the speed of football transfer.

Most of the running has become useless. Not only did it not contribute to the defense, it also consumed a lot of physical energy in vain. The key efforts have almost no effect. Millwall should find opportunities, or they will find opportunities. They continue to threaten Eindhoven The goal is proof.

It's definitely not going to work like this!

"What should I do?" Koeman had a headache. He found that he had made a mistake. He should not let the team play a purely defensive counterattack, otherwise the midfielder would not be controlled by the opponent.

It is definitely impossible to make a major adjustment to tactics now.

"God bless! Millwall don't score!" Koeman began to pray, even though he is actually an atheist.

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When one team completely overwhelms the other and is constantly mobbing, often finding chances, goals lack a little bit of luck.

Millwall was not short of luck.

When Braniff dribbled past Simmons and forced a hole through PSV's defense, he immediately realized that it was a good opportunity. Before Mendes ran to press, Braniff handed the ball to Simpson. .

Simpson followed suit.

Braniff runs past Mendes to receive the pass.

The two used a clever two-for-one cooperation to leave behind the two midfielders of Eindhoven. After that, Braniff made a diagonal pass to the left, and Smicer followed up with a kick and pushed the penalty area.

The pass is pretty smooth.

There are only two central defenders left in PSV, one of them is defending Darren Bent, and the other faces Braniff and Simpson. They don't know where to run, so they can only mark the cloth nearby. Laniff, Simpson unguarded receives a pass.

Faced with the attacking goalkeeper Gomez, Simpson completed the break with an easy lob, helping Millwall score the first goal.

(End of this chapter)