The Young Lion

The Lion King Stadium, the cheering momentum of the full stands is soaring!

The referee blew his whistle.

The Premier League pinnacle battle, let's start!

Millwall manager Aldridge.

Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho.

The two stood on the sidelines about twenty yards apart.

Another confrontation between the two most watched coaches in England and Europe in the contemporary era has begun.

When Aldridge saw Chelsea's posture after the opening, a disdainful smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

Hehehe, Chelsea, or anti-reverse Chelsea.

A long time ago, when he was aiming to challenge all the famous coaches of the time, the young Aldridge couldn't wait to fight Mourinho.

Perhaps at the moment when they met for the first time in the Netherlands, Aldridge even had absurd thoughts at the time: the old Robson simply gave up the position of coach to Mourinho, who was an assistant, and let Mourinho coach. The extraterrestrial Ronaldo's gorgeous offensive Barcelona had a peak duel with his first-generation Lions.

In the following years, perhaps this expectation was wiped out during the waiting.

When Mourinho really appeared in his vision as a coach, Aldridge's mentality has changed.

He doesn't think Mourinho is special.

It may be due to the experience after reading Qianfan.

Two years in a row in the European finals, plus several clashes last season, Aldridge is tired of playing against Mourinho!

Because the other party can't surprise me!

A utilitarian and pragmatic person, there are not many unexpected tricks.

In the aggressive and adventurous formation, Aldrich enjoyed the battle with Ferguson even more. Not with Mourinho.

Mourinho just took a good hand and played it in a way that maximized his chances of winning rather than wowing the house or shocking the world in the most beautiful or shocking way.

To talk about Chelsea's current anti-counterfeiting system,

Not to mention how many teams have played in history. When Serie A was strong and spread across Europe, steel defense and utilitarian style of play were commonplace.

Look, the Chelsea defenders are afraid to step beyond the penalty area line.

Look, how obvious is the barrier formed by Chelsea's midfield.

Look, Chelsea's wide players are harassing the defense. While always ready to counterattack from the wing, Lampard must always be ready to attack.

Aldridge is tired of opponents this way.

From the start, Millwall sits at home, of course they have to press their opponents with an attacking stance, and they are doing just that. Chelsea had 11 players in their own half, Millwall had seven players in the opposition half, and the crowd was clearly concentrated in Chelsea's half.

Mourinho stood on the sidelines with a serious expression, reading the game clearly and examining every detail on the court.

Chelsea is indeed still playing counterattack today, but he has new preparations in counterattack tactics.

According to the principle of counterattack in the past, it is to find the largest space in the counterattack as a safe corridor to advance the offensive.

Mourinho's tactical arrangement today is the opposite!

in his vision. If Millwall's continued offensive battles are ineffective, the full-backs must attack aggressively.

If Schneider assists up, then Millwall's defense on the right will have a lot of space. According to the conventional tactical arrangement, in the execution, Chelsea must use this side to fight back!

But Mourinho is not like this today, because it is too routine, and Millwall must have a countermeasure. And playing offensive football like this all the year round, Millwall must also be used to the opponent's counterattack routines. Take advantage of the gaps that their full-backs assisted up to counter-attack.

What Chelsea have to do is, instead, when they counterattack and advance. From the other side, allowing Robben to break through Millwall's own defense on the right without revealing an obvious gap on the left, Mourinho is confident that as long as Robben can break through Ram, this will allow Millwall's The defensive center of gravity is further shifted to this side. At that time, Chelsea's offensive end will carry out an offensive shift, from right to left, and the left side that is already open will give the winger on the other side more space!

His trump card is not Didier Drogba, but the two wingers. In the counterattack, one side rushes forward, creating the advantages of the two sides, creating a chain reaction of Millwall's defense, and finally turning back to the other side, which is more lax in defense.

Did his idea work?

Mourinho doesn't know, no one will know, only the results can prove it.

But when observing the game, as time passed by, Mourinho's eyes gradually became serious, and then, there was a touch of panic!

He turned his head and looked at Aldridge, who held his head up and chest out, as if turning his hands into clouds and rain in this space!

I want to ask him a question in my heart: Millwall, the team known as the representative of offensive football, is it also counseled?

That's right, on the pitch, Millwall's full-backs will never go deep into the opponent's rear area except for going forward to provide support and support in the midfield!

The assist strength of the full-back has been significantly weakened!

But Millwall still pressed Chelsea in his backcourt, suppressing the opponent so that he could not move.

The reason is that Millwall's striker line is not too forward, and the range of movement is just in front of the penalty area. Combined with teammates in the midfield and backcourt, their three-line formation is tightly compressed in the space between the two penalty areas. After controlling and oppressing the opponent, after shaping the ultimate offensive situation, Chelsea will not make a threat to counterattack, and will only make the last blow. Whether it succeeds or not, at least the defense will never expose the gap for the opponent to take advantage of.

Chelsea's back line shrinks behind the penalty area line, not daring to go out, for fear of being offside by the opponent!

Defenders cannot support the midfielder. Although the winger is defending, he must always be ready to counterattack. Therefore, he cannot easily run into the center to support the defense. There are more people, and Chelsea players panic when they often pass the ball forward suddenly, and they immediately retreat to a deeper position to compress the space.

The corner of Mourinho's mouth twitched, as if suppressing his resentment.

With Millwall's style of play, Chelsea's counterattack plan fell through.

The most critical issue is that Millwall did not invest more troops in the penalty area. It is true that the offensive pressure has passed halftime, but it is mainly to create an advantage outside the penalty area. Even the last blow, as long as there is a good long-range angle, they will shoot long-range decisively!

There is really no shortage of long-range shooters in Millwall's formation. Ronaldinho, Kaka, Ronaldo, Alonso, and even Henry retreated to shoot long shots with good power.

After 20 minutes of the game, Millwall had 6 shots. All were long-range shots from outside the box, and Chelsea's shots: 0.

Chelsea was extremely passive on the scene.

Martin, looking at Millwall letting Lampard go now, we can't use the outside world to speculate on Sir Hall's thoughts simply by comparing player abilities. I think the most important thing is the player's characteristics! In today's game. If we compare the midfielders of the two teams individually, or even in combination, you will find that they are evenly matched. Lampard is the runner-up for both the Golden Globe Award and the World Player of the Year. His current Kaka In comparison, it may be stronger, Essien and Makelele. Alonso and De Rossi, it is difficult for us to say that Chelsea's midfielder is worse than Millwall's midfielder, but the situation on the field tells us intuitively : Chelsea have no advantage in the midfield. They are completely at a disadvantage!

Yes, Chelsea can't pass the ball continuously in the midfield to shape the situation of the game. They always try to pass the ball forward under Millwall's pinch, but they can't guarantee the continuation of the attack.

Yes, the biggest difference between Chelsea and Millwall's midfield is that Chelsea's midfielder is Lampard. His forward * is too strong, but what about Alonso? He stays in a fixed area very honestly. Become an offensive organizer. Not only connect the teammates around him, but even go forward. He also becomes a support point behind the striker, and does not always actively go forward to score goals. This is the difference in player characteristics, we cannot To say who is better than whom, I can only say that in the tactical systems of the two teams, Alonso will be more suitable for Millwall than Lampard. On the other hand, although Chelsea have a strong midfield, they seem to control the game and change the rhythm. There is no concept, of course, if someone says that controlling the game after Chelsea leads to pass the time is called control, then I don't say anything.

Hehe, the impression Millwall has given to the outside world in the past ten years has always been that the midfielder's control is extremely strong. There was Pirlo before, and now there is Alonso. This is probably because the outside world has been discussing Sir Hall's coaching style. Dominate the midfield and bully your opponents!

Aldridge did not pay attention to Mourinho's situation on the sidelines.

His boredom is not just a psychological expression.

But it is really taken out in the game.

There may be quite a few people who believe that if Millwall wants to prove that he is stronger than Chelsea, then no matter what formation Chelsea puts on or what tactics they use, Millwall will carry the banner of offensive football and regard death as home. Go crush Chelsea!

For a while in the past, Aldrich had this idea that the more utilitarian the opponent is, the more I will overthrow you with passionate, romantic and gorgeous football!

But now, Aldridge has no such idea.

He thinks he is more mature.

Switching positions, if he is Mourinho and puts on an extremely defensive formation, then what do you want most?

Of course, the opponent attacks, recklessly attacking, exposing the space behind him infinitely, and giving a fertile ground for a counterattack that can stage a one-hit kill!

If Aldridge gives Mourinho what he wants, does it mean that Aldridge is strong, or does it mean that Aldridge is hopelessly stupid?

If you lose the game in the end, it would be a great irony, as if you knew the opponent's hole cards, but you still offered a dagger with both hands, letting the opponent hold the dagger and stab into your body frantically!

He doesn't want to do such a stupid thing again.

When Mourinho dares to really have an offensive duel with him that doesn't need to be full of passion, at least it is a contest of posture balance, then he will get rid of this tiredness of Mourinho.

The value of Chelsea's players is not low.

You can't play Millwall every time. When Millwall is attacking, it is at least 7-on-9. On the contrary, when Chelsea is attacking, it becomes 4-on-4 or even 4-on-3, and there is still open space.

Is it fair? (to be continued)

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