The Young Lion

Thank you Thieves for your reward!

At the beginning of the game, the pace was not fast. Both sides needed to get used to the slippery field and ensure the success rate of passing and receiving the ball, but someone seemed to have a chicken blood today!

Arsenal were pressured in the opening ten minutes and had to retreat at halftime. Both Overmars and Pires came back to participate in the defense. The most tragic thing was Overmars.

In the 11th minute of the game, Arsenal made a big clearance from the backcourt. Ibrahimovic, who grabbed the landing point in front of the center circle, stopped the ball in the chest and turned around with the ball. Makelele ran from behind to block his forward route. Matra Qi himself was against Ibrahimovic, but Ibrahimovic retreated to get the ball. After turning around, Materazzi and Makelele had a good understanding. He was the closest to Ibrahimovic and directly acted as the first ball The interception line, and forcing Ibrahimovic to move to the other side if he wants to pass him, will fall into the interception circle of Southgate and Makelele. Zambrotta has been closely watching Bergkamp's Running position, unless Arsenal is not in a hurry and slows down to reorganize the attack, they are now sure to resolve the opponent's fast break.

Ibrahimovic chose to be sudden. Although the skills at his feet have not yet reached a great level, but in the three-acre land of the Premier League, he can also be described as delicate.

Materazzi is tragic.

He put the shovel from a slightly oblique place in the front, and he will never foul. If Ibrahimovic wants to hide, he will definitely be intercepted by Makelele. Ibrahimovic did not hide, but took a bigger step with the ball. Killed halfway and took the ball away.

Materazzi didn't get up, the turf was wet and slippery, he put the shovel normally. But it slipped at the moment of stepping down. Pulled thigh muscle!

Makelele kicked the ball over the sideline of the opponent's half. Then the Millwall doctor came in.

Aldridge felt incredible holding his forehead on the sidelines.

Mahler Gobi.

Does Ibrahimovic with a black belt in Taekwondo have a lethal bonus?

Injured by a dry fight, we have to accept that he is a master black belt.

But Ibrahimovic just took a step with the ball. An ordinary shovel with basically no pressure can make Materazzi hurt himself. Is it a bad time? It's still an incompatibility!

Aldrich woke up Neil the Jackpot and asked him to warm up.

Oh, Millwall is going to make a passive substitution, and Materazzi is injured and left the field. It may be the reason for the venue. I don't know if this substitution will have a fatal impact on Millwall. From a physical point of view,

Materazzi's defense against Ibrahimovic is absolutely fine. Whether Neil can suppress Ibrahimovic's performance, we can only observe from the game.

Before replacing Neil, Aldridge put his arms around him and said to him: Don't be obsessed with him one-on-one, pay more attention to the position of your teammates, and don't push blindly. As long as you don't get a frontal breakthrough by him, you will be frozen. He's not difficult.

Neil nodded frequently. In fact, Ibrahimovic is younger than him, but he looks tall, with long legs and slender feet. He can neither underestimate the opponent's ability nor ignore the opponent's natural advantages, so Aldridge must solemnly remind Neil.

In fact, Neal's replacement of Materazzi did not have much impact on Millwall, because on the scene, as both teams adapted to the rainy game, Millwall had the advantage of playing at home and played better than Arsenal. Even better, plus the team's combat power is stronger than Arsenal's, and it has been suppressing the opponent with offense.

Ronaldinho ravaged Dixon time and time again, one-on-one is very exciting, it can also be called a complete victory, but this kind of partial victory did not help the team knock on the door of victory.

Aldridge gestured to Ronaldinho on the sidelines, telling him to stop destroying the opponent excessively.

Originally, he expected to defeat Dixon, so the double central defenders would shift their defensive focus to Dixon's side, and the defense on the other side would naturally expose gaps.

But today Overmars retreated deeply and helped Dixon defend, which made Ronaldinho's performance even though it was wonderful, but the actual effect was not great.

Millwall began to change positions, and the offensive pass and cut movement of the center forward trident's dazzling movement was unpredictable.

Ronaldinho made another fake move in front of Dixon. The opponent retreated subconsciously as if seeing a ghost. As a result, Ronaldinho handed the ball to Nedved. Nedved did not run to the penalty area with the ball, but instead Crossed with Ronaldinho, and handed the ball to Ronaldinho at the same time. Vieira was confused in this crossover. He happened to pass by Ronaldinho, but the ball was changed. Ronaldinho's feet behind Vieira.

Larson and Henry also switched positions at the same time. Ronaldinho handed the ball to Henry, who was completely unmarked on the right. Sylvinho subconsciously went to follow Larson. After Henry ran past, there was a large gap. After the ball, Henry kicked and shot directly.

Seaman hugged the ball firmly this time, and then launched a counterattack!

Wenger's eyes suddenly burst into sharp light on the sidelines.

good chance!

Millwall's offensive players have just finished switching positions, and now almost none of them are in their own positions. At this time, when they launch a counterattack, it is impossible for Millwall to build the first line of defense in the frontcourt counterattack in the first place !

However, the next second, Wenger was shocked!

That's right, Nedved is on the left, Ronaldinho is in the front midfielder, Larson is in the center, and Henry is on the right. It is true that they are not in the active area where they started.

However, when Arsenal started to counterattack, the four of them did not hesitate at all, they fully entered the roles and tasks they should undertake in the area, and turned back in a straight line to defend.

Larsson and Jr. harassed Vieira and Pettit in the opponent's two midfielders. Henry and Nedved went straight to Overmars and Pires. They did not have the slightest sense of stagnation, and the overall defense did not appear. A trace of panic.

Arsenal's counterattack came to an abrupt end when Overmars transitioned the ball into the middle.

Bergkamp was pre-judged by Pirlo before he got the ball, and he went up to intercept the counterattack.

Wenger couldn't believe it. It's normal for defensive players to chase and counterattack and run in a straight line. The straight line is the closest. It's very simple knowledge.

But the most important thing is that each player needs to understand who the opponent he should be responsible for marking and where the occupied area is. And where is the effective location to intercept the route. Suppose two people go to stare at the same opponent. If you hit a car, then there will be missing people.

When Millwall completed the offensive switch and was counterattacked, the offensive players in the frontcourt still had such a clear mind when defending!

Aldridge, what kind of perverted team have you trained!

This already has the shadow of a glorious team that has been recorded in history!

It's unbelievable, Andy. Before this, Millwall had played against opponents with a relatively large gap in strength. Today. They met Arsenal. We saw their almost impeccable defense. It is impressive.

If you analyze it from a tactical point of view, the idea of ​​Millwall's frontcourt defense is that 99.9% of the teams can't do it! Take Ronaldinho as an example. When attacking, he is on the left. It is the winger, he moves to the middle and Nedved changes positions, he is the attacking midfielder, and Nedved also enters the role of the winger. When defending, Ronaldinho should be responsible for marking or assisting Zan Brota went to strengthen the defense on the left, but he was in the midfielder position. He didn't chase Overmars, but defended Petit, who was supposed to be marked by Nedved. Similarly, Nedved's man-marker becomes Overmars. This kind of defense itself sounds very simple in theory. However, when multiple players change positions and appear in new positions, in defense Once a player fails to stay awake and marks the opponent in his original role, he will find obvious space for the opponent to attack. Millwall has done a good job. They have successfully restricted Arsenal. Overmars had Zambrotta in front and Nedved in the back. He didn't choose to break through, and he didn't want to turn the attack into a positional battle, so he could only pass the ball forward. There was no point in the middle. Ella and Petit had Larsson and Ronaldinho in front of them, he chose to pass the ball to Bergkamp, ​​Pirlo tackled it, and Arsenal's counterattack ended.

To do this, players need to have very high tactical literacy and game reading ability. Millwall can limit Arsenal's quick counterattacks to such an extent. The team trained by Hall is terrible.

As Michels, the father of Total Defense, said, to play the true power of Total Defense, at least seven world-class players are needed. For the time being, Hall did not pursue the idealized Total Defense. , he only allowed the top four players in the frontcourt to implement such a tactical concept. The defense starting from Pirlo did not dare to move, and I think this crazy tactic must be combined with reality, you can’t ask for it The whole team implements such a concept, the defender and the forward can switch positions, and the forward can also complete the defensive task of the defender. This only exists in an ideal. Hall is very realistic, so he is looking for a balance point, one that can make the offensive power explode more than the other. The balance point that is stronger in the strength assessment and makes the defense more stable, maybe now, he has found this balance point.

In the bleak wind and cold rain, water drops fell on Wenger's face, and he didn't know whether it was cold sweat or rain.

The situation on the court suffocated him.

Arsenal's invincible and quick counterattack in the Premier League, three times in a row, was perfectly restricted by Millwall in the midfield!

He also saw that Millwall's high-pressure pressing tactics, the most critical defensive area is the midfield.

Arsenal has fast horses, but Overmars retreated deeper because he was suppressed by the wing attack. The starting position of the counterattack was too far back, and he couldn't play with speed at all.

Going forward, Bergkamp, ​​Ibrahimovic, and Pires cannot be said to have no speed, but they have no speed advantage!

The players on the Arsenal field also felt tremendous pressure, so they accelerated their pace in the counterattack. The players sprinted forward faster and sent the ball faster, trying to quickly penetrate Millwall's defense zone through the midfield.

But on the football field, the blind pursuit of speed is often accompanied by another problem: mistakes!

Pires took the ball from the left side and tried to pass the header to Ibrahimovic without waiting for Schneider to press. The result was that the pass was not in place, and Neil directly intercepted it halfway. He jumped up and headed the ball forward. field.

Vieira rushed too fast and ran over the head. Pirlo was not as fast as Vieira, but he got the ball as soon as he turned around and ran forward. Then he split the ball to the right and hit behind Pires. Now It's Ronaldinho over there.

Ronaldinho didn't stop the ball and directly played two-for-one with Nedved, throwing off Petit's defense, and then facing his fellow Sylvinho, he directly faked his opponent and dribbled the ball to the bottom, knocking Arsenal down. The line of defense was brought to the bottom line, and he made a cross again.

The ball flew over the heads of the Arsenal defenders, Henry and the rushing Nedved.

How did the ball pass?

How to fly from Arsenal's bottom line to outside the penalty area?

Just near the top corner of the penalty area on the left, Larson stood on his feet, swung his right foot, and volleyed against the falling ball!

Larsson volleys from outside the box! Goal! Larsson, Larsson, Larsson! Larsson, the super striker at Millwall!

The ball that was shot vigorously and without any rotation, just like a flash of lightning, went into the upper left corner of Arsenal's goal, and Seaman remained motionless. (to be continued...) ()