The Young Lion

Today, Millwall abandoned the whirlwind quick fight feature they are good at and focused on solid defense. Aldridge thought about it during the preparation period, and finally gave up the idea of ​​​​anti-customer.

The reason is very simple. At Wembley, Millwall played his own style, but he did not create many absolute opportunities. One of the two goals was a surprise victory, and the other was a supplementary shot due to accidental factors. The offensive cooperation of frontal attack all the way to the end to deter the opponent's goal did not produce much.

If they come to the away game and continue to play like this, Juventus will probably accept the gift with a smile. On the basis of better performance and more physical advantages, they have a higher success rate in counterattacks against Millwall. Originally, almost all goals in the Italian arena The team will fight back, because chain defense is the mainstream, everyone defends, and then quickly turns from defense to offense to counterattack the opponent.

Another factor is that the two teams have played against each other once, and they have a solid understanding of the opponent's technical and tactical characteristics. In the second round of the confrontation, they can make stronger restrictions.

Based on these factors, Aldridge decided to focus on counterattacks based on a solid defense, but judging from the situation in the first half, Juventus' defense was really impeccable, and Millwall's counterattack threats were few.

There was no need for Aldridge to boost morale at half-time, because everyone knew that there were still 45 minutes and as long as they didn't allow their opponents to score, they would advance to the semi-finals.

This season, every step they take in the Champions League, they are creating club history, but they are not satisfied with the history of the top 8 and top 4.

They have the ability to challenge for the highest honor! Crowned with the king's laurel crown!

Back on the field in the second half, Aldridge was still standing on the sidelines. He deliberately observed Lippi's expression. Try to find clues from the other person's face to reflect the other person's state of mind.

silver fox. Are you in a hurry?

Aldrich was disappointed. Lippi walked out to sit down, his steps were steady, his expression was relaxed, and he elegantly puffed out the cigar between his two fingers.

For some reason, Aldridge felt chills in his heart.

Even Ferguson, in an unfavorable situation, Aldridge can get the other side's red nose. The dignified expression revealed a clue, and then speculated on the opponent's next technical and tactical changes, and had an intuitive grasp of the situation on the field. Not to mention Wenger, his body language when he was anxious on the sidelines was very obvious, but Lippi even today. He didn't even frown, which made Aldridge not only lament the other party's inscrutability, but also felt a chill in his heart.

Because the other party obviously relied on him, but Aldridge couldn't guess the other party's real intention.

Are there any Raiders?

Juventus fielded the strongest formation,

No one can achieve better results than these players.

That can only be tactics.

Tactics can vary. If it becomes better, its power is infinite, but Ruoran has made a foolish move. That is the Great Wall of self-destruction.

If it was a desperate style of play, Lippi probably wouldn't be as relaxed and calm as he is now. If he fought for his life, he would probably hurt the enemy by one thousand and himself by eight hundred.

At the beginning of the second half of the game, Aldridge stared at Juventus' players' movement changes and passing routes, which are the most critical in the offense.

But generally there is not much difference from the first half.

After all, players have a large range of movement and the game is fast-paced. Without a static comparison, it is difficult to detect subtle changes.

Inzaghi received the ball at the front of the striker, did not pass the ball, turned around and hit the goal forcibly, the ball was blocked by Southgate, Makelele grabbed the spot and passed the ball to Pirlo, who scored directly. On the side, Shevchenko turned around and moved laterally after taking the ball, and ran to the foot of Trezeguet who was pulling the side on the same side. Outside the penalty area, Nedved got the ball under Conte's pressure, and then hit it horizontally to Shevchenko. Shevchenko took a step, but was accurately intercepted by Pesoto.

Pesoto took a step forward after a successful steal. Aldridge saw his movement and thought that the Juventus full-backs would start to step forward for assists.

He guessed wrong, though, as Pessoto simply opened up the pass and handed the ball to Deschamps, who then passed it on to Davies, who charged forward.

Davis dribbled the ball across half court and Larsson rushed to close him.

Juventus is still not dominant in the ratio of offensive and defensive personnel. Millwall has six players in the backcourt, four defenders and two midfielders. Juventus only has five players including Davis, with a midfielder, two forwards, and forwards. Deschamps.

How will this offense play?

Aldridge stared solemnly at the opponent's frontcourt players running. According to the habit of the first half, it should be to hand the ball to Zidane, and then get rid of the space created by the horizontal direction and pass it directly or pass it to the follow-up midfielder behind him. The field continues to move forward.

However, when Aldridge saw Zidane's movement, he was shocked.

Zidane suddenly ran towards the left winger's active area in the front midfielder position. His running position confused Pirlo and Makelele. Pirlo hesitated after two steps, for fear of losing his defensive position in the back midfielder. , Makelele retreated deeper to protect the space behind him.

At the same time, someone ran to Zidane's original position. Aldrich felt his scalp tingle when he saw that person.

How could you forget such an important thing!

He is not just a striker!

Piero and Zidane completed a reverse run in two areas of the front field, one left and one right. Zidane ran forward to the left, and Piero ran back from the front right. The two started almost at the same time , and ran to the destination at the same time, and then in the process of less than 4 seconds, Millwall's defensive players had a flaw.

Davis's pass arrived as expected, the route of the pass remained unchanged, it was still given to the midfielder, but the person who received the ball was already Del Piero, the Zebra Prince kept the ball and then passed it straight to Zidane in front left, Piero The defensive line between Lowe and Makelele was hesitant because of Zidane's running position, and Juventus caught such a momentary flaw!

Zidane received the ball near the penalty area line, and Schneider, who was eager to save him, chose to destroy the ball at the opponent's feet outside the penalty area. Zidane stepped on the ball on the spot and pulled it gracefully. Schneider was passed by at the same time I cried out in my heart: Forget it!

Defend Zidane. Never stare at the ball. It was his puppet. It will confuse your sanity and let you be played by the other party.

Zidane dribbles another step forward gracefully and calmly. Helguera has to defend Zidane.

But as soon as he moved, Zidane picked up the ball with his feet, and a half-high ball less than one meter off the ground was passed behind Elguera, who raised his leg to block it. But the result made him hate it, his toes were less than 20 centimeters away from the ball, and he watched the ball fly to his side and rear.

Out of the corner of his eye, he saw a black and white figure rushing towards the ball, which made all the defenders feel like they were on their backs.

Shade Killer!

When Elguera went to defend Zidane, Southgate moved laterally to make up for it, and Makelele also shrank back to guard against Del Piero's advance.

However, Zidane passed the ball so well, and Inzaghi's movement is simply perfect.

When Inzaghi volleyed towards the ball sideways, Southgate was almost the same as Torricelli in the first round, using his body to block the opponent's shot with a flying shovel.

But. late!

Inzaghi's shot was impeccable, and he paid attention to one word: ruthless!

The ball went from touching his feet to flying into the goal. In the blink of an eye, even though Bout blocked the near corner, he still couldn't react in time, and the ball flew into the dead corner of the goal from the top right of him!

Southgate's flying tackle is not over yet, he has turned his head to see the ball slip from the goal, slow down in the net, and then roll out...

Inzaghi, Inzaghi, Inzaghi, Inzaghi, Inzaghi! Inzaghi's goal helped Juventus lead Millwall 1:0, the total score was 2:2, Juventus relied on the away game Goal advantage seizes the initiative to advance! The game took a turning point in the 55th minute. From the situation where Millwall guaranteed to eliminate the opponent without conceding a goal, it became Juventus as long as they did not concede a goal in the next 35 minutes, then Juventus Zidane will advance to the semi-finals! This attack is wonderful. Zidane’s running position and dribbling are top performances. His assist for Inzaghi is also a stroke of genius. A light pick, so Zaghi half-turned and volleyed, this is a wonderful cooperation between top players!

After Inzaghi scored a goal, he rushed to the sidelines to celebrate frantically, and all Juventus teammates rushed over.

The Millwall players were hit by a bolt from the blue.

They are no strangers to this goal.

Because that's what they often type out!

The reverse movement of the striker and front midfielder makes the defense of the opponent's back line and back line flustered for a short time. The opportunity is in that fleeting moment, and the strong can grasp it and then give a fatal blow.

Millwall can also play this kind of coordination. When they break through the dense defense, they rely on such exquisite coordination to break through the opponent's fortress. However, they have almost never encountered such an offensive routine by their opponents. Even in training, the ability of substitute players It can't reach the level of Juventus players. Therefore, when Juventus launched an attack from Davis to being scored in a short period of 10 seconds, Millwall's defense line did not adjust to the speed of the opponent!

Aldridge still put his hands in his pockets on the sidelines. Juventus' goal cannot be said to be accidental. It was definitely carefully designed tactically. The goal exploded when the tacit understanding between the offensive players reached its peak, just like Millwall's first goal in the first round. sky.

In front of the Juventus bench, the players and coaches were very excited, while Lippi seemed a lot more reserved, just smiled and continued to smoke his cigar.

Aldridge took his hands out of his pockets, bent down and applauded the court, cheering up the players.

It's not the end of the world!

After conceding the ball, when some players were in a daze and seemed to be hit hard, Nedved quickly ran to the goalkeeper to hug the ball, then turned around and ran towards the frontcourt. He did not say a word, but inspired the whole team with actions. Sgate also got up and encouraged his teammates.

There is still half an hour in the game, and Millwall can regain the initiative as long as he scores a goal.

Aldridge felt relieved now.

At 2:1, as long as the goal is not conceded, the team can advance.

2:2, Millwall needs to score a goal. If you can't score, you will be eliminated. Even if you play more aggressively and get scored by your opponent, Millwall's prerequisite for promotion remains the same, you must score!

Being beaten again by Juventus, as long as Millwall pulls one back, the game can be dragged into overtime. Although there is no home advantage, at least it will not be out within 90 minutes!

Thinking about it this way, I am not so afraid of losing the ball!

If it is destined that the Wild Lions will fall in the top 8 on their first appearance on the European Champions Cup stage, then treat the last 35 minutes as a decisive battle! (to be continued..) ()