The Young Lion

Benitez focused on reshaping Liverpool's inner ethos, which made Liverpool appear emotional during this period, lacking thickness and rationality. ,

The Red Army is like a wounded beast, full of passion to counterattack and eliminate negative influences. At least this makes their fighting appearance completely different from the past.

But the disadvantage is that playing like this makes it easier to make loopholes in the defense!

Near the 40th minute of the first half, Millwall again scored in a way that caught Benitez and Liverpool by surprise.

Ram dribbled the ball from the backcourt and was about to pass the half-court and suddenly turned to the middle. After attracting the opponent, he suddenly passed the ball diagonally to the right. After touching the ball, Ronaldo strode the ball to the middle. Millwall The damage caused by the oblique insertion of these two knives into Liverpool's overall defensive formation shocked the entire Liverpool army!

What kind of play is this?

Have you given up the sidewalk?

Ronaldo crossed the ball to Ronaldinho after attracting at least three players from the opponent. The latter decisively passed the ball to Villa at the front of the attack. Villa returned with his heel in the penalty area. Liverpool, who had turned their backs on their backs, lost Nedved again.

The blond god of war laughed at the gift from Nabilia, and sent the ball into Liverpool's goal with a heavy bombardment!

Nedved helped Millwall to extend their lead! Andy, do you think it was very chaotic?

Yeah, it's messy! But look carefully, it's Liverpool who are messing up, Millwall knows what they're doing! When Lahm dribbled the ball diagonally into the middle, Alonso's movement caused Liverpool's defensive chaos, c When Ronaldo also dribbles diagonally from the right to the centre, Carrick and Sissoko lose sight of one another. They don't know who to mark. Ronaldinho hasn't touched the ball yet. Gerrard, Finnan, Sissoko Coe, Carrick, these four points are rushing towards Ronaldinho. As a result, Ronaldinho kicked the ball, and Villa ran at the front of the striker to create a deep space. Let Liverpool's back line and midfield completely open up space. Do it properly, send the ball to Nedved's feet, Nedved scored! Millwall's offensive players have played a role, but Liverpool's defense has not. It's a mess!

Nedved is enjoying the cheers of the fans. This is the most beautiful moment he is enjoying football now.

Benitez was stunned on the sidelines.

He confirmed it.

Millwall ushered in another enhanced upgrade after the simplification of tactics!

Aldridge smiled with his arms folded on the sidelines.

How should football be played?

As long as you follow the rules, you can play as you want!

Jumping out of the tactical framework, football is actually free!

Just like what Aldridge suggested in the training courses for Millwall's internal coaches in the past: We can analyze the classic technical and tactical formations and learn the essence of them, but don't let our thinking be limited by them and fall into rigid dogma in the thinking mode. If you think about it carefully, you think that the top four forwards can greatly improve your chances of winning. why not? Just because something looks crazy to others doesn't necessarily mean you're crazy.

Use a simple example to describe the core of Aldridge's tactical fine-tuning this time.

There are many teams on the football field that pass the ball back from the midfield to the midfield. Why do they pass back?

Different situations have different reasons.

Maybe it is because there is no ball point in front and you need to control the scene, then passing the ball back can ensure that the ball is under your feet, reshape the offensive situation, and wait for better opportunities to appear.

Maybe it is because the opponent is frizzy, and passing the ball back may attract the opponent to take the initiative to press, expose the space behind him, and then make a direct pass from the midfield. Subtle changes occurred after the pass and the one-foot forward pass.

The problem is coming?

You can pass the ball back, why not dribble the ball back?

This is a rare scene, or a scene that you can't see at all, right?

Almost no player will run back with the ball in the game, long distance, more than 30 yards!

But can it be done?

why not? sure!

Imagine that Ronaldinho is holding the ball on the side of the front court, there is no room for breakthrough in front, the passing point is blocked, he turns around with the ball and runs to the back court, what effect will it create?

Most of the opponents will be dumbfounded, right?

What is he going to do?

Can't guess!

Yes, at this moment, the opponent's thinking will have an unexpected turn!

Because Ronaldinho's behavior violated the rules!

As for why there is no one on the court who runs back with the ball for a long distance, but there is a large-scale back pass, there is only one reason, the passing is more efficient than the ball!

It is conceivable that if Ronaldinho runs back with the ball, how much physical energy will it take, and how much will it cost to run up? There is also the time required for dribbling the ball. Although it creates a mental shock for the opponent, it also gives the opponent enough buffer and time to adapt and adjust.

Therefore, moving forward on the football field is the absolute mainstream, and one of the purposes is to give the opponent as little reaction time as possible.

Forcing the opponent to follow the first reaction to make a choice, once the choice is wrong, it will become a breakthrough for the offensive side.

The starting point for Millwall to make reasonable tactical changes based on the abilities of the players on the field during this period is: the ability to control the ball and dribble!

Ronaldinho, Kaka, Ronaldo, these are all players with the ability to blow up the opponent's defense with a single line!

But go straight, the side is on the side, and the middle is all the way to the black. This is too easy to predict, that is, the conventional way of playing!

The difference is that Ronaldinho's breakthrough ability is stronger than Larson's and more efficient than Glenshire's. However, in the overall situation, it will not cause too much impact on the opponent. It is nothing more than how many people are used to fill a hole. That's all.

But now, Aldridge's tactical change is mainly based on players attacking the opponent's defensive system!

In the European battlefield based on tactics, the meaning of formation represents more responsibility in the defensive area. Offensive players can run disorderly. Forwards can go to the midfield, the left can go to the center, go to the right, and the midfielder Can kill the forward line, but what about the defense? The tightness of the defense lies in the fact that if the full-back is not on the wing. The central defender moves forward rashly or moves too far away from his partner. Then this defensive system loses its tightness. Will be overwhelmed by the opponent's pass.

It is also based on this that Millwall's offense focuses on breaking the opponent's habitual point-to-man and zone defense concepts.

When Ronaldinho left the left wing position, what should the opposing full back do?

When Ronaldinho dribbles into the middle and Nedved does not change positions with him, what will the opponent's defensive pressure be like?

Especially when the opponent can't steal the ball at Ronaldinho's feet, what should he do when he sees Ronaldinho passing through his own defense zone, but not directly killing in the direction of the penalty area?

This series of unconventional shock effects. They are forcing the opponent to make a choice in a very short time!

Especially when Millwall doesn't focus on playing alone, the opponent's defensive system will be shattered by the seemingly unconventional dribbling trajectory of Millwall's ball-handling players!

First of all they will mess themselves up.

In fact, this is also a kind of progress and sublimation of the modern winger style.

When Ronaldinho cuts the ball in from the side to make it difficult for the opponent to guard against, and Robben cuts in to the right to make the opponent unable to keep up with the rhythm, this is an unconventional dribbling trajectory and offensive routine compared with the past , Now Millwall is using this kind of routine that appeared at the forefront of the offensive end to the rear, and it is a tactical operation that is planned and executed tacitly by the whole team, rather than an individual performance!

Benitez confirmed Millwall's changes, and roughly figured out what Millwall was thinking.

But he has nothing to do, if he can't prevent it, he can't prevent it!

Millwall did not rest on its laurels. It doesn't matter whether it keeps pace with the times, or it doesn't matter whether it continues to insist on internal transformation that maximizes strengths and avoids weaknesses. Aldridge's style of in charge of the team is as always, that is to maximize the activation of the players' special characteristics!

What they are best at, then take that to the extreme.

This is also the focus of Millwall's fine-tuning without changing the framework in the post-Pirlo era.

When you have more talented players, you have to give full play to their abilities, but in the end you have to give them a shackle to avoid out of control.

Liverpool trailed by two goals before the end of the first half. Although the players were a little hit, they all calmed down and planned to wait until the second half. At least when the midfield is adjusted, I hope Benitez can play the coach's scheduling Adjust abilities to help them find a way to counter Millwall.

Benitez doesn't have many good solutions. Millwall will blatantly crush you with hard power. He doesn't blush when he bullies others, and he doesn't pretend to be a gentleman anymore.

At the beginning of the second half, Aldridge watched the game on the sidelines for 5 minutes and laughed angrily.

Benitez put the bus on the fuck!

This is the easiest way, and it can last for a long time!

When you don't know how to limit the opponent's attack, simply use more players to fill the space in the penalty area. This trick can be used by weak teams, but also by strong teams!

However, after placing the bus, the physical consumption of Liverpool will be even more serious, because they retract, which means that the distance from Millwall's goal is also farther, and the round-trip running distance has expanded a lot.

Liverpool held out tenaciously for 20 minutes before unleashing a deadly counterattack, which Benitez also worked hard on.

Use Owen as a bait to pull to the side, attracting Millwall's central defender to leave the defense zone slightly, and then use the other winger to cut in as a hidden attack point.

This counterattack was very beautiful, decisive, ruthless, and fatal in one blow!

Owen dribbled the ball to the right side of the front court, and when the offense advanced to the front of the penalty area, he crossed to Gerrard. At this time, Garcia cut in the center and became the first offensive point, restraining Silva and affecting Nesta's judgment .

Gerrard passed the ball to Kewell, who followed up and cut inside. Kewell swayed Nesta before crossing the penalty area and then volleyed the ball into the upper left corner of the goal. Liverpool struggled Get one back in the counterattack!

This is a golden goal. Although it did not allow Liverpool to equalize the score, it has a vital impact on the morale and confidence of the Red Army team! (To be continued..)

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