The Young Lion

Kevin Keegan's scalp tingled.

The Magpies' frontcourt attacking five-man team faced the chain defensive formation pulled up by Millwall's seven players. It was like hitting an iron plate with fists and legs.

They exchanged positions and ran back and forth, which was dazzling to see, but it only made them panting and tired and sweating profusely, without any practical effect.

The defensive midfielder Robert Lee also stepped forward to participate in the attack. The number of offensive VS defensive numbers was 6 vs. 7, but it still didn't work. Newcastle United played whatever they wanted in the midfield. After they approached the 30-meter area in front of the penalty area, they relied on teamwork to resolve their offense.

Keegan stood up and pointed to the players in the backcourt, also a talented player in the Newcastle United team, John Beresford, full-back!

In this era of British football tactics where defenders do not attack and forwards do not defend, John Beresford is an assisting full-back, which makes him a star on the field, especially when he plays every season. Eye-popping world wave goals!

Beresford rushed up, and he couldn't penetrate into the positional battle. His accidental insertion and long-range shooting would be a good means of attacking tough situations.

As soon as he came up with a long shot, he slid past the door, causing an uproar in the stands.

Aldrich didn't care, he was lucky, and Newcastle United's offensive frenzy hit the mark, which was exactly what he wanted!

Millwall has 7 defensive players and only 3 players attacking in the midfield.

Today, Aldridge chose to use Schneider. It seems that the player's activity area is not large. Schneider is a wide player. Although he can also move close to the center, it is not his usual position after all.

But this is exactly the intention of Aldrich employing people.

Beresford took a long shot again, and the ball was firmly held by Keller. Although Keller is limited in ability and has no potential as a goalkeeper, he is very obedient. He has always been able to fulfill the tasks assigned by the coaches during training. nice finish.

The execution of tactics depends crucially on the player's awareness.

The tactical concept instilled by Keller is very simple. In the position of the goalkeeper, he is one of the starting points of the attack. In this era, such a concept sounds a bit far-fetched. Should the goalkeeper launch an attack?

But instead of asking, Keller did.

He has developed a good habit. Whenever he hugs the ball, he immediately observes the position of his teammates. His point of departure is two sides, so he only takes less than two seconds to adjust, and then Just throw the ball and pass the ball to Thuram on the wing.

Thuram stopped the ball and passed it directly in front of him. In front of him, Schneider was already running forward at full speed.

The area in front of him is flat!

Where did the opposing full-back go?

Beresford is running back from Millwall's half!

Schneider let the ball roll in front of him and continued to dribble forward. When Aldridge saw Newcastle United centre-back Felipe Albert rushing towards Schneider, he smiled ferociously. , clenched his fists tightly.

Don't look at Kevin Keegan's success now, he will become a laughingstock five years later, almost all fans know that Keegan's team's defense is poor!

It's not that Kevin Keegan doesn't have good defensive players,

Not to mention the four central defenders of Campbell-Adams-Keown-Southgate in the England team in 2000, just look at the current Newcastle United's back line, which ranks first in the Premier League.

Belgian Albert is the central defender who can be selected into the top 30 stars in Newcastle's century-old history. Naturally, his strength is obvious to all. One can imagine the strength of a central defender worth £4 million in the market.

But football is a team sport, offense requires cooperation, and defense naturally also needs it.

Millwall is fighting back at the moment, the number is the same as Newcastle, 3 vs 3.

But Albert took the initiative to run over to intercept Schneider. Seeing his move, Aldridge knew how bad Newcastle's defense was. There was no tactics at all. The correct move should be for the three defenders to return to the penalty area. Form a zone defense to compress Millwall's offensive space.

And Albert rushed to Schneider, which invisibly enlarged the space inside and outside the penalty area, and Schneider not surprisingly passed the ball across to Larson before Albert got close.

Newcastle United's defense was like a rugby parody, with defenders chasing attackers one by one.

Button rushed towards Larson, but Larson led the ball and slammed the ball in one go, leaving Button behind during the acceleration of the sprint. The ball at Erson's feet, but Larson sensitively passed the ball to the goal ahead of time.

Goalkeeper Srnicek abandoned the goal angrily, and there were no defensive players in front of him!

But the ball rolled to the unguarded Solskjaer.

Facing the goalkeeper's attack, Solskjaer dribbled the ball to the left front lightly. Srnicek, who was passed by, fell to the ground and stretched out his hand.

Carnival singing at the Lion's Den Stadium!

Ole, Ole, Ole Ole!

Even commentator Martin Taylor is familiar with the rhythm of the Millwall fans celebrating goals.

He shouted excitedly: Ole, Ole, Ole oh Ole, super Solskjaer! Today he scored in the first game, although most of the credit for this goal is on the head of Larson who assisted him , However, this is Millwall's victory, the result of their team's hard work. Newcastle United's defense is really unflattering, and no trace of teamwork can be seen. Keegan supported his forehead and lowered his head. Delici just smiled and clapped, he didn't look surprised by the goal.

Aldrich doesn't like Millwall's tactics today, and the tactics of individual combat in the future will gradually deviate from the mainstream. However, he is a head coach who knows how to adapt. With nearly half of the main players unable to play, if he continues It's a bit rigid to play offensive football.

Moreover, the three midfielders Ballack, Vieira, and Gattuso naturally had to sharpen their defensive skills and awareness of teamwork in the early stages of their growth, but this game suppressed Zambrotta and Thuram. It's just the talent to step forward and assist.

In the case of an equal number of players, Newcastle United only had three players defending in the second half, and Millwall also only had three players attacking. As long as a single player can break through one of the opponent's defenders in the counterattack, then the single-handedly chance is great. It's easy to happen, Larsson throws off Button, Watson doesn't come to intercept, Larsson goes to the meeting alone, Watson defends, Larsson passes, Solskjaer faces the goalkeeper one-on-one, anyway The offensive space is unimaginably large.

Going up to Schneider is not only to play against Beresford after the assist, but also to use his precise passing as an offensive connection.

But such a tactic cannot be used for a long time. After the midfielders get used to this tactic, they will be motivated and exhausted, their talents will be suppressed, and it may even affect their future professional achievements.

Keegan is now riding a tiger, what should we do?

The team is behind!

Millwall is so fucking shameless. How shameless they are to defend themselves at home?

He scolded Aldrich in every possible way in his heart, but Keegan could only bite the bullet and let the players strengthen their offense.

retreat?

out on a limb!

Now there is only one road in Huashan, go!

The Millwall players were extremely excited. They would not think too much about the conservative tactics in just a few tens of minutes. They only felt that Aldridge on the sidelines had a magical brilliance.

The main four couldn't make it, and they were facing the league leaders again, but they took the lead easily.

Boss is simply amazing!

The Newcastle United players were unwilling. Their jerseys were drenched with sweat and they worked hard for most of the half. Although they only had a few long-range shots, Millwall stole a goal with a counterattack. Where is the reasoning?

The most hateful thing is that they were fully armed and showed eighteen kinds of martial arts to compete with Millwall, but Millwall set up a tortoise shell formation, and the two lines of defense of 7 people were closely connected. Looking down, if the line is drawn , It's really similar to the texture of the turtle shell.

Keegan's midfield adjustment has no effect, nothing more than strengthening the offense.

He is born to live for offense. He has a gorgeous offense when he plays football, and he also has a brilliant offense when he coaches. However, offense requires space and a stage.

In the second half, Newcastle United became more and more anxious, and began to play individual breakthroughs and long passes unreasonably. Millwall's counterattack was still extremely efficient, and almost pierced through the opponent's goal several times.

Larson seems to have forgotten to bring his shooting boots today, and he wasted one and a half single chances in the second half.

Schneider was gradually marked to death, and Aldridge replaced another card, Kevin Phillips.

Put Phillips at the front, with Larsson and Solskjaer behind him to deliver the shells.

Millwall evolutions 4321.

This change, Newcastle United immediately suffered a heavy blow.

After Solskjaer retreated to get the ball, he played a one-two with Larson. Then Solskjaer drove the ball all the way to the bottom line, almost copying the goal in the first half. When Button came to defend him, The cross was given to the unguarded Phillips in the middle, and this demon knife lightly pushed and scored the goal, sealing the victory for Millwall.

When the full-time whistle blew, Kevin Keegan froze and looked pale.

Aldridge walked over to him without arrogance or impatience and smiled at him: I wish Newcastle United the league championship this season.