The Young Lion

Strong-strong dialogue is the focus of tactical confrontation, because the overall strength gap between the two sides will not be too large, and the formation of the coaches of the two sides is more interesting and has a direct effect on the outcome.

Liverpool started today more aggressively and seriously than Millwall.

It can be seen from their running and fighting aggressiveness, as well as the connection of players' positions.

The offensive routines of the two sides are almost the same, based on the midfielder to actively fight, quickly pass the midfielder in the attack, and then open the opponent's defensive gap from the left.

Glenshire for Millwall and McManaman for Liverpool.

Roy Evans watched Glenn Shire dribbling with the ball on the field, and exclaimed in his heart: Mistake!

Shevchenko suddenly felt unwell before the game, so Millwall had to replace the substitute. Evans thought that the left wing would still be Larsson, but he didn't expect it to be a rampant Dane.

Glenshire is a player who relies on speed and explosiveness, and spares no effort in his way of playing. Whenever he retreats from the wing to get the ball, the whole stadium is shocked by him.

Even the fans are used to his bad crosses, but every time they see him dribbling and breaking through, they can't help but stand up and cheer for him.

This classical winger's style of play has a very shocking visual sense.

Standing in the stands overlooking the entire stadium, the audience can clearly see that every time Glenshire takes the ball and starts it, Liverpool's defensive formation in the second half is driven back quickly, and this scene is seen in front of the TV , There will be an illusion: it seems that he is driving the entire court to move laterally.

McAteer didn't know how many times he was passed by Glenshire today, and he wanted to foul out of embarrassment. He pushed Glenshire with his hand, and as a result, Glenshire staggered out of the sideline. But he stabilized his center of gravity, continued to sprint, and controlled the ball before it went out of the sideline, rushing forward as fast as lightning.

Jones also had a headache for this kid. Before the game, Evans made it very clear that he wanted to block the winger's inside line, and he was doing the same.

But this kind of targeted deployment is aimed at Larson, but the Danish kid in front of him doesn't go inside. Laps down and crosses like most wingers or wingers.

Jones once again blocked the cut-in route, and Glenshire dribbled the ball to the bottom as expected. Jones half-turned and defended the opponent head-on, and Glenshire finally passed a decent cross.

Trezeguet headed forward and scored the goal, James reacted quickly,

Jump up and reach out to block, the ball is about to fly into the upper end of the near corner. But was blocked by James with one hand.

The ball bounced right in front of Jones, he chested the ball off, and before it hit the ground, he kicked the ball forward with a big kick.

In midfield, Makelele stared at Barnes in front of him. Ballack had just attacked and hadn't returned. Back on defense quickly.

Grabbing the header is not Makelele's strong point, and Barnes took the lead to occupy the landing position.

Makelele pointed to Borg on the other side, apparently pointing to Barack.

Barnes headed the ball over and gave the ball to Borg, who Ballack had already caught up with. But he rashly stretched his legs to intercept from behind, and Borg took the ball forward and accelerated and easily threw him off.

Makelele was speechless. Immediately retreat to compress the offensive space, and do not give the opponent's short pass in front of the goal a chance to penetrate.

Ballack was also very annoyed. He knew that he had made a defensive error and immediately chased after being thrown away.

Borg took two steps and gave the ball to McManaman on the left. Then, Borg and Barnes quickly advanced towards the Millwall penalty area, and Collymore also started to run through the penalty area. Involve Millwall's defensive attention.

After McManaman got the ball, he also rushed forward, because he was hit by a counterattack just after the attack. Larson who chased back was still ten meters away. This made McManaman very easy to face Schneider one-on-one. , passed Schneider with a shake and a change of direction. After walking the baseline and looking at the situation in the penalty area, he also chose a half-high cross, but the effect and purpose were better than that of Glenshire. Crosses are better.

Seemingly before the pass, Collymore was closely marked by Stam. His running brought Stam into the deep area, but the trajectory of the ball was behind them.

Makelele went back into the box to grab the point, but Barnes kept his attention so he didn't run at full speed, and what they didn't expect was that Liverpool were attacking with three men on one point.

Collymore screens, Barnes and Borg grab the spot behind him, Southgate and Makelele can only block the angle, Borg is in a better position, and he happens to face the ball after rushing into the penalty area. The foot volleyed, the contact between the foot and the ball was perfect, and the ball blasted towards the goal like a cannonball.

Bout lowered his center of gravity and planned to use his body to block the shot. The movements were all subconscious, and he felt that although the shot was heavy, but the angle was average, his body's defensive area should be able to block it. This shot.

But no one expected that the ball was refracted halfway, and Stam also subconsciously went to block the shot with his body. The ball hit his outstretched calf, creating a broken line, and directly bounced into the far corner of the goal.

Bout was dumbfounded, and so was Stam.

The Lions Den stadium was silent.

The ball went in! Stam blocked the ball into his own goal. Although it cannot be counted as an own goal in the strict sense, because Borg's shot must be within the goal range, but if Stam does not block, the goalkeeper Butt has There is a great chance to save the ball. Unexpectedly, Liverpool scored first in the away game!

This just confirms how right it is for Hall to get angry at his disciples just now. I always feel that something is missing in Millwall today. Is it the dominance of the game? Or the creativity of the midfield? Just looking at the scene, they didn't With an overwhelming advantage, Larsson fell into silence, Trezeguet could only grab points but could not get support, and Nedved had no bright spots in the frontcourt.

I think this is also the reason why Evans' tactics worked today. It seems that against Millwall, you should learn from Liverpool, reduce one striker, strengthen the defense of the midfield, and at the same time, you must not blindly play long passes when counterattacking. By passing through the midfield quickly through the ground, you can find a way to stop Millwall.

After the goal, Borg rushed to the sidelines in ecstasy. But he was hugged by Collymore first, and then other Liverpool teammates rushed towards him frantically, surrounded him, and many players made roaring expressions towards the stands.

Such as McManaman, Redknapp Jr., Barnes and others, since the 0:8 fiasco half a year ago, they have not only been criticized by the fans. Even they feel ashamed. If they say which team they play in the Premier League can make them most motivated, then the number one is Millwall, and the rivals Manchester United and Everton, because of long-term hatred, On the contrary, emotional stimulation is still behind for the time being.

At the start of last season, Millwall stabbed Liverpool one after another. Tore up their self-esteem and sense of superiority.

Now, the Liverpool generals want to give it all back to Millwall.

So this goal made them extremely excited.

On the way back to the second half, Collymore even surreptitiously made a middle finger gesture towards the home team's dugout.

Aldridge didn't see it, he was turning his head to cheer for the players.

But the fans in the stands and someone on the coach bench saw it, boos rang out in the stadium, and Jansen and other coaches also rushed out.

What the fuck are you doing? You pervert!

Jenson stormed into the field and pointed his finger in Collymore's face. Collymore took a step back, then raised his hand and pushed Jenson's face.

Aldridge was taken aback by Jenson's movement, and immediately rushed over, just in time to see Collymore's movement, and he stood in the middle to separate Jenson and Collymore. Then he turned his head and said to the referee who was rushing over, The opponent who provoked me did it just now.

The referee first separates the two sides. The Liverpool generals hurried towards halftime, they were leading anyway.

Because Jenson rushed into the field, the referee decided that he provoked the incident first. After learning about the whole process, Aldrich explained the reason to the referee: the opponent first made an indecent gesture to provoke us.

But the referee didn't see it. After communicating with the fourth official, he just showed Collymore a yellow card, and then showed Jenson a red card to send him off.

Aldridge lowered his head and sighed helplessly on the sidelines, and then said to the referee with a cold face: You allow a player who makes such a gesture to stay on the field? Does it mean that pointing the middle finger at the opposing coach will only be punished? Yellow card penalty? If so, I will now ask the players to give the middle finger to Evans next door.

The referee talked with Aldridge for a long time, no matter what the other party said, Aldridge just shook his head.

In the end, regardless of whether Aldridge agreed or disagreed, the referee issued a warning to him. If he instigated the players to take actions that affected the game, then not only would he be punished with a red card, but he would also have a hearing from the disciplinary committee waiting for him.

Aldridge walked back to the coach's bench and stood, but changed to the action of embracing his arms.

He wouldn't deliberately hit back at Collymore with his middle finger, there's no need, the other party is a scumbag, should he become a scumbag to entangle with the other party?

But this does not mean that Aldridge is not angry. There is only one way to vent this anger: defeating Liverpool.

After half an hour of the game, Liverpool scored first.

By this time, Aldridge had also thoroughly figured out Liverpool's tactical arrangements.

If they have a number nine and a half behind the strikers, then their tactics are more like Italian-style single-wing tactics.

Two wings, defending while flying on one wing.

McManaman was on the left wing, which not only suppressed Schneider's assists, but also allowed Larson to retreat to the defense to reduce the offensive threat.

McAteer should have joined forces with Jones to suppress Larson on the right, but he ran into Glenshire by accident, but Glenshire made a single-minded pass from the bottom, which also made Millwall There was no threat in the attack from the left.

When Ballack and Nedved in the midfield faced the opponent's three midfielders, the short pass coordination encountered obstacles due to the lack of side support.

The halftime break is an appropriate time to adjust, but now, Millwall also needs some changes. Their offense is not without advantages, but the efficiency is extremely poor.

Aldridge made a gesture to the players on the field, and the players in the center and front field felt confident after seeing it.

With more than ten minutes remaining in the first half, Aldridge's instructions to the players were simple: strengthen some individual performances. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to the starting point to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my biggest motivation. Mobile phone users, please go to read.) 9 (m)