The Young Lion

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The stands where the Tottenham fans were sitting at White Hart Lane were silent.

That kind of stormy offensive should have been the football we played!

When did it become a football that the gangsters from Millwall on the opposite side can play?

After Nedved's goal, Brady took off his jersey in the visitors' stands with excitement. It was only the beginning of February, and he was not afraid of the cold. He waved his jersey and shouted Nedved together with the roaring fans. name.

War God of the Wild Lion, Pavel Nedved! God of War, the Wild Lion, Pavel Nedved!

The visiting fans chanted in unison.

The performance of one and a half seasons allowed Nedved to conquer all Millwall fans, and even many neutral fans regarded him as an idol.

Because he best fits the image of a player in the minds of England fans.

The number of Millwall fans began to surge this season. Apart from the fact that the team's style of play is pleasing to the eye, their lightning-fast advancement and smooth foot coordination make their games more and more attention. It is related to the live broadcast of the Millwall game, and many stars in the team have also become the targets of neutral fans.

Larsson, Nedved, Schneider, Pires, Trezeguet, the five main players in this offense have continued to perform brilliantly and their reputation has rapidly increased.

The only regret is that the 22-year-old Schneider performed so well, but the German national team has never called him. This also made Aldridge occasionally express his regret to the German Football Association before the FIFA match day. However, there is an unreliable phenomenon in the German national team now, that is, in terms of seniority, no matter how good the young players are, it is difficult to be recruited into the national team if they are under a certain age.

Tottenham coach Francis has a headache, and he sees the crux.

The main focus of Tottenham's defense was on Nedved, which weakened their side defense and gave the unremarkable little Italian the space to calmly dispatch.

Before the kick-off, Francis gave his disciples a warning and asked them to limit Pirlo's performance.

In the last seven minutes of the first half, Tottenham compressed the midfield and focused on restricting Pirlo's space, making three mistakes by the 17-year-old Pirlo. Fortunately, Makelele was behind him to protect them, so they did not concede a goal.

At the end of the first half, Millwall walked into the dressing room with a one-goal lead.

Aldridge chatted with Pirlo in the locker room to let him have a psychological adaptation process. He played too easily in the first half, no one marked him, and the organization of the attack after getting the ball was simply It's like practicing, but when Tottenham started to pay attention to him, he didn't keep up with the rhythm mentally, he was robbed all of a sudden, and he was a little flustered in handling the ball.

He is still young, and Aldridge doesn't expect him to become a master all at once in his first show. Take your time. At this stage, mental state is far more important than technique.

Many talented players have been devastated by high-intensity games all at once. The big problem is psychological factors, which have nothing to do with their own technical ability.

At the beginning of the second half, Tottenham thought they had found a prescription to restrain Millwall's offense and pressed Pirlo with high pressure.

Pirlo, the sleeping rabbit, woke up and played cat and mouse with the Tottenham players. He was a mouse, running back and forth in the midfield, not sticking to the ball after receiving the ball, and just kicked the ball out.

And the direction of the ball is more.

Makelele supported from the sidelines, and Tottenham reduced the defensive pressure on Nedved, and Nedved had more room to move.

Pirlo kicked the ball straight to the front, just in front of Nedved, and Nedved strode forward with the ball. Millwall's four-man attacking team in the frontcourt was like a sophisticated machine, and it began to rationalize. Get up and running quickly.

The midfield defense rushed too hard to limit Pirlo, but Pirlo pierced the midfield with a direct pass. Francis jumped angrily when he saw this scene.

Nedved feigned a shot and then passed a direct pass to the ribs of the penalty area. This kind of direct pass and oblique cooperation, they can play with their eyes closed during training.

In the past one and a half years, Pires has been trained by Aldridge to play concisely and reasonably, and has the habit of crazily cutting inside.

His speed is not particularly fast, but he just hits the opponent's back space. Before the defender turns around, he has already run in place, facing the ball from a small angle and rubbing his foot.

The ball slid across an arc, and it would fly out of the bottom line visually. Walker flew to the extreme and couldn't touch the ball, but the ball went in in front of the far post of the goal and hit the net on the far side of the goal.

Extremely wonderful. Pires' shot is definitely qualified to compete for the best goal of this round of the Premier League, and the opponent may be Nedved's long shot just now. Andy, Millwall seems to have changed its tactics today. Pay attention Have you seen that seventeen-year-old Italian lad?

I've been following him for an hour and he's like an invisible man, but if Millwall hadn't had him in midfield you wouldn't have seen so many beautiful attacks from Millwall later, he didn't send out direct assists, It doesn’t also score offensively, but he has one of the most intuitive effects, that is, it liberates Nedved. Nedved doesn’t need to organize the attack from the midfield and then run all the way up to participate in the attack. Now Nedved’s position Closer to the penalty area, his threat has obviously improved. The assist just now pierced Tottenham's defense. The most important reason is that Tottenham's defense was not ready. Before the blink of an eye, the ball was in the backcourt. After the blink of an eye, the ball Right at Nedved's feet, and before he knew it, the ball was passed behind Nedved's back and Pires scored.

Every football manager understands that football runs faster than people. Millwall seemed to be subverting this theory before. Their fast breaks and counter-attacks were a race against time. Now, they have returned to this theory. , Nedved didn't have to run from the back to the front to dispatch the attack, he appeared directly in the danger zone before the final blow, which made Millwall's attack smoother and faster.

Millwall led by two goals and Pires added eight to his Premier League tally.

Aldridge stood calmly on the sidelines with a smile on his face, while Francis looked gloomy.

His adjustment has the meaning of tearing down the east wall to make up for the west wall. After weakening the defense against Nedved, Pirlo is indeed not so easy, but the threat of Nedved in the midfield is completely released. Equally disastrous.

Damn, what should I do? !

In this era, it is not to say that there are no tactics for offensive players to return to defense in a large area. The concept of total attack and total defense is such a basis.

However, in English football, wingers and forwards have retreated in a large range and have not yet become mainstream.

Francis can only stand on the sidelines and yell, let the players take the initiative to return to defense, even Sheringham must at least participate in the defense against Pirlo near the center circle.

In this way, Tottenham's formation has shrunk in an all-round way.

For a long time to come, the performer on the field became Makelele.

Whenever Tottenham attack and want to penetrate in the midfield, they will be intercepted by Makelele's accurate prediction at the first time.

This made Martin Taylor amazed in the commentary.

Makelele is a key player capable of reshaping the game!

In defense, Makelele's role is to protect the space, and in offense, Makelele is to protect the ball. If you only look at the success rate regardless of the number of passes, Makelele's pass success rate in the past year and a half is the highest. The team's highest, more than 84%, because he intercepted the ball to ensure that the ball is not lost. This is between one attack and one defense, making Millwall's entire tactical system very stable.

Tottenham's overall formation was compressed a little flat. In the last ten minutes of the game, Francis waved his hand to let the players release their speed. A single arrow is in the penalty area.

A few waves of passes came and went without a problem, and Millwall's quick counterattack also died in midfield.

Three minutes before the end of the game, Millwall counterattacked again. Tottenham’s forward players hadn’t run back yet, but the midfielder had already formed a mark on Nedved, and the full-backs were also close to Pires and Schneider. with.

Pirlo took the ball, looked up, and then bowed his head and kicked a long pass that was so wonderful.

The ball jumped up briskly, crossed the midfield, and landed near Tottenham's penalty area line.

Cauddlewood turned around and chased diagonally, but Larson, who was one step ahead of him, had already charged diagonally.

Larson was surprised by Pirlo. He just started the oblique anti-offside, and Pirlo's oblique long pass arrived as scheduled.

A second later, Larson was offside.

A second sooner, Larson probably chased the ball instead of waiting for the ball to fall.

On the penalty area line, Larson met the ball with a standard chest stop. Caldlewood rushed over in front of him and made a sudden brake. Larson faced the attacking goalkeeper Walker. Larson, who had wasted at least two must-goal opportunities before, did not miss another opportunity. He calmly pushed the far corner of the goal, then turned around and ran to the backcourt.

White Hart Lane was dead silent.

Lion Roar fans were so excited that they almost jumped into the field.

The Wild Lions scored three goals!

Tottenham, kneel down and raise your chrysanthemum for the man!

Now the fans of Millwall are also looking higher. Apart from the Hammers and Chelsea, Charlton and Crystal Palace are not worth mentioning. The crazy support of Wimbledon is a thing of the past. Queens Park Rangers probably will watch it next season. Gone, Arsenal and Tottenham, who are high above North London, we are also neighbors, and our game is also a city derby.

Great, let's trample you over!

After Larson scored the goal, he ran to Pirlo, pointed at him and smiled.

Pirlo was more excited. Today, he staged an assist in his first show, which doubled his confidence.

Aldridge applauded from the sidelines and used two substitutions to kill the clock before the game ended.

After the game, I shook hands with Francis in a friendly manner. When the two met in the first half of the season, they even chatted a few words, but today Francis looked ugly, and the two left without saying a word.

Millwall captured White Hart Lane with three goals!