The Young Lion

What is Van Gaal's status in Aldridge's heart?

To use a more popular word to describe it is: awesome!

This kind of awesome evaluation and admiration is not the mentality of chasing stars from the perspective of spectators, but that Aldrich regards the other party as a living teaching material on the road of learning how to be an excellent head coach!

Once, he stayed in the Netherlands the longest, because in addition to personally observing Ajax's training and games, he also repeatedly studied more than 200 game videos of Ajax in the Van Gaal era.

The Ajax created by Van Gaal has been upgraded on the basis of the traditional 433, and has established a system of large diamond and small triangle. The three-dimensional front connection makes the tactical advantage clear at a glance.

Ajax also has a four under him, but it is completely different from the quarterback in football and Barcelona's four.

Ajax's No. 4 position is played by a defender or midfielder who can attack and defend. When defending, the No. 4 position is a defender. When attacking, the No. 4 position is a midfielder. The formation also changed from 433 to 343.

Van Gaal put forward the idea of ​​core retreat in the early 1990s, and it is bolder than Cruyff's core theory of the midfielder, using the central defender to organize the attack!

At that time, Ajax had four large diamonds and countless small triangles, including the goalkeeper. They all became passing points. They ruled the game through passing completely. Excessive possession of the ball and out of the tactical system.

In view of this, it is not difficult to understand why Van Gaal and Rivaldo have many conflicts, the more free-playing superstars. The more unacceptable Van Gaal is. on this point. Aldridge believes that Van Gaal is right, because he is also a head coach, and he also does not allow players who disrupt the team's tactical system to exist.

Less than half a year after taking over Barcelona, ​​how did Van Gaal transform Barcelona?

At least he didn't dare to let the team attack and play 343 against Millwall.

In the thirteenth minute of the game, Van Gaal got up and gave orders to the Barcelona generals, and they were about to start exerting full pressure!

Soon, Aldridge saw that Barcelona's sense of hierarchy in offense became clearer and clearer, and the triangle system in a small area was clear at a glance. They want to use up the opponent's energy with this close-knit pass, while also looking to tear open the defence.

But every time they play deep, the offense ends.

When Millwall defended, at least four defenders and three midfielders retreated,

The winger will also press the full-back and harass the opponent to play the ball.

This tactic is inherently oppressive. Once Millwall's defensive formation shrinks, the opponent's passing back and forth outside is just useless.

As a result, the stars began to show their abilities. Figo cut in from the wing and was bravely tackled by Elguera. Schneider took the ball and observed the situation ahead. Then the ball was passed to Nedved who was running to meet him.

The Czech passed the ball back to Ballack, before Guardiola came up to press.

Van Gaal asked the players to fight back on the spot. So they pounced on the player where the ball was. Ballack thought about the ball before he caught the ball. He made a long pass to the left. Larson retreated to get the ball. Pressed up, but startled.

The biggest threat to Millwall's striker is Larsson, not just because of the top scorer in Europe last season. In Rotterdam half a year ago, the Swede destroyed Barcelona with two goals.

Therefore, they all focused on Larson.

But the Swede was very cunning today. After he took the ball, he went directly behind Serezig.

Ruud van Nistelrooy, the king of the wicket, rushed to get the ball knowingly.

The biggest weakness of the oppressive style of play is that there is too much space in the backcourt.

If the defender does not press up to form a ball point, the pressing effect will be greatly reduced. If the back line is pressed up, then he will be counterattacked and there will be too much space behind him. This style of play needs a top defender and a rated defensive midfielder to protect the space. Gua Diola failed to stop Nedved's pass in the first pass, allowing Millwall's counterattack to brew, which laid hidden dangers for the subsequent series of passives.

Ruud van Nistelrooy first touched the ball on the left in front of the penalty area, turned hard and hit the middle of the road before Cotto put it on. He passed the ball and fell to the ground, but he passed the ball successfully.

Nedved sprinted straight into the Barcelona penalty area after knocking the ball back to Ballack on the counterattack. Ruud's pass was just right, when goalkeeper Baia and defender Abelardo both came to block him. At the angle of the shot, Nedved crossed the ball again.

Shevchenko rushed up and pushed the ball into the empty goal before Sergi.

Nou Camp dead silent!

Shevchenko opened the scoring! Millwall's whirlwind counterattack destroyed Barcelona's defense! Millwall took the lead with a goal as a guest, and Barcelona has one foot off the cliff! If they can't reverse, they will fall. The abyss, the impasse, the impasse, Millwall has driven Barcelona into an impasse!

After Shevchenko scored a goal, he rushed towards Nedved, jumped up and was hugged by Nedved, and they celebrated wantonly in front of Barcelona's goal!

Van Gaal didn't change his face, and Aldridge didn't change his expression, he didn't even smile.

He stood calmly on the sidelines with his hands in the pockets of his windbreaker.

The players habitually looked towards the sidelines, and when they saw Aldridge's reaction, they all knew that they should not take it lightly, and they should not get carried away just because they scored the first goal.

The game lasted only twenty minutes.

The players encouraged each other and waved their fists. When they walked back to the half court and stood in line, everyone also reminded each other to pay more attention and not to relax in the slightest.

Barcelona's attacking strength is stronger, but Millwall is like an impenetrable iron plate.

The intuitive feeling of the situation on the court is that Barcelona is more active, while Millwall is like a swamp. Whether it is a person or a ball, as long as it enters a dangerous zone, it will sink into the swamp.

After studying Van Gaal's small triangle passing system, Aldridge did not transplant this offensive method, but the opposite. On the basis of chain defense. He applied this triangle system to the defense. In terms of defensive positions, Millwall's small-scale defense system is a small triangle, double-teaming the opponent. In the game with constant movement and changes, players complement each other to maintain this small triangle system with advantages.

They rarely use offside tactics, unless they encounter a team with a super midfielder organization, they will let the midfield line oppress the organization's midfielder. It is easier to predict the moment when the opponent throws the ball and connect with the striker's running position, and the chance of successful offside is greater, such as the first round match with Paris Saint-Germain last season.

Barcelona's spiral system of attack requires the opponent to rush out to fight for the ball to have more depth, but Millwall uses a slightly static defensive method to ensure the safety of the space in the dangerous area of ​​40 yards in front of the goal. Besides, you like to pass the ball, play as you please, anyway, it is Barcelona that must score goals, not Millwall.

Almost thirteen years later. Mourinho, who is sitting next to Van Gaal today, used almost the same method to make Van Gaal's Bayern Munich desperate to witness Inter Milan reach the top of Europe.

Seventeen minutes later. Barcelona seemed to have the upper hand, but they didn't even have a decent shot. Giovanni made a mistake in the pass. After Makelele stole the ball, he made a long pass to the striker Ruud van Nistelrooy.

The Dutchman took the ball near the middle circle and swiped it horizontally, and after shaking the angle, he went straight to the left.

Larson cuts inside and goes head-to-head with Reziger.

During the sprint, the distance between the two became wider and Reziger did not choose to foul, because Cotto had already chased back to block Larson's route.

But Larson went straight to the right after taking two steps with the ball, and Shevchenko, who was cutting in from the other side, was very fast. After receiving the ball, he went straight into the penalty area and chose to volley without interference!

The ball rolled against the turf to the lower left corner of the goal. Baia was a step slower in his attack, and the ball slipped through his armpit and rolled into the goal.

Shevchenko scored twice! The Ukrainian striker performed really well today. A striker with such superb shooting skills and fast speed is what Barcelona is most afraid of!

Many fans in the Nou Camp stands holding their heads in disbelief.

The first half is not over yet, two goals behind!

Shevchenko rushed towards Larson again this time, the two shooters hugged each other, and then opened their arms to the running Van Nistelrooy at the same time to embrace each other.

Barcelona invested at least seven players in the attack, but they didn't even have a threatening shot. In contrast, Millwall counterattacked with two or three players, but they have already scored two goals. This is a typical oppressive attack. In the contest with the defensive counterattack tactics, at present, England's marshal Hall is superior.

The head coaches of both sides in today's game are very wonderful.

Barcelona conceded two goals and Van Gaal was immobile.

Millwall led by two goals, and Aldridge was indifferent.

Leading by two goals is the most dangerous state of mind. Aldridge still didn't make any gestures of celebration, but raised his chin slightly.

As if despising the entire Nou Camp, posing a strong posture.

The times make heroes, and Aldridge believes that Van Gaal's great success in Ajax is due to the special background factors of the times.

The Ajax he led was still in the era before the Bosman rule. The absolute authority of the club over the players allowed him to firmly control a large number of talents. When the players were in a weak position, they did not dare to make mistakes casually. Fate is obedience.

Therefore, Van Gaal can perfectly implement his idealized tactical concept by the players.

However, in the post-Bosman rule era, the stars are becoming more and more powerful, and his stubborn management model is difficult to unimpeded.

In this era, Barcelona under Van Gaal did suppress Real Madrid in the league, but Aldridge believes that it is not that Barcelona has become stronger, but that Real Madrid has self-destructed the Great Wall.

This season, La Liga has entered a new era of 20 teams. Although Real Madrid played four games less than last season, their points are nearly 30 points less than when Capello was coaching! Even if the 12 points in four games are subtracted, it is more than 15 points less than last season!

In the context of Barcelona's direct competition against Real Madrid, Barcelona is still the team with the most conceded games among the top six in La Liga, and it is also the team with the fourth most goals conceded among the 20 teams! It can be seen how bad their defense is.

This kind of badness stems from the excessive gap in the defensive line caused by the oppressive style of play. Once the violent attack cannot hold the scene, it will be crushed by the opponent's backhand.

As for the 3331 tactic that is talked about by fans, it is just a numbers game. The essence of the change still lies in the role switching of the same player between the defensive midfielder and the defender. The already fragile line of defense is even more vulnerable.

This oppressive style of play requires the team's extremely high tacit understanding, so Ajax once won the top of Europe after several years of running-in, and still advanced to the final the following year but lost to Juventus.

The subsequent Dream Three Barcelona was deeply influenced by Dutch football, but only those players who have played together for several years or even more than ten years can cooperate to achieve the best tactical effect.

Once this tactic encounters top teams when it is immature, it will encounter unprecedented difficulties. Van Gaal's European results in coaching Barcelona are the best proof.

However, offensive football is the most marketable, so fans like this kind of Barcelona.

In today's game, Aldridge will not give the opponent a better look than anyone else.

Barcelona can take away the accolades, Millwall just want to take three points. ()