The Young Lion

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Aldridge's requirement for defense before the game is to make the back line tighter. At the same time, Gattuso will rush to sweep up when he sees the opponent attacking in the midfield, and always pay attention to protecting the back line.

This is to prevent the full backs from being blown up. The full backs and center backs are close together, and the defensive line forms a whole. It doesn’t matter if the full backs are passed by. There are teammates behind who can fill in in time. If the distance is widened, it may be caught by the opponent. Break down one by one.

For nearly 30 minutes after the opening, this defensive strategy was very successful. Even though Milan could pass through the midfield smoothly, they had to play some delicate coordination in front of the back line, which was destroyed by the tight defense. If they adjusted it twice, The return of Millwall's frontcourt players can completely end Milan's offense.

Zaccheroni thought of a way to deal with it and gave the team instructions. Before the game, he asked the team to play more carefully because the players did not have an advantage in the one-on-one attack in the last round, but today Millwall With such a back line, the pre-match deployment was in vain. Now their offensive players have a one-on-one advantage, but instead pursued excessive cooperation and failed to achieve the expected effect before the back line intensively defended.

His adjustments quickly paid off.

Serginho took the ball from the left and went all the way. Just now Millwall played an attack. Larsson went forward and missed the ball. Maldini successfully intercepted it, and then handed the ball directly to Serge Guinho.

Now that Millwall's players are returning to defense, Pirlo will definitely not be able to catch up with Serginho, so he is staring at the opponent's forward midfielder Boban when he retreats. Gattuso also retreated. Keep a distance of about three meters from the back line. Beware of Albertini, Ambrosini and other players stepped forward to respond.

Milan has been playing like this before, combining side-to-side passes and cooperation, but this time, Serginho was unmarked on the side, and Ferreira didn't go up to grab the opponent. He stood still and kept a distance from Neal, as long as the opponent dared to come . Then press again.

However, Serginho made an easy adjustment and observation on the left and kicked a cross.

Bierhoff moved to the right from Neil, and Barzagli was a step slower when he reacted. The ball landed right on top of the German, and Bierhoff made a contra-angle. While running to the right, he hit the left side of the goal. Compatriot Bout did not make a save. He was also moving towards Bierhoff to block the near corner of the goal. There is no problem with this choice, the goalkeeper can be shot into the far corner to score. But it must not be scored into a near corner kick, otherwise it will be considered a mistake and a low-level performance. Of course, if he did not move his position, but saved Bierhoff's header instead, the commentators would not think it was a miracle. A super save, it can only be said that Bierhoff's header has no angle.

Milan equalized, Bierhoff's header, Serginho's beautiful cross,

nice shot!

Aldridge was not upset about the conceded goal.

The defensive choice does not give the opponent space to penetrate the penalty area, and if you let go of the wing, you have to bear the risk of crossing from the wing.

The goal was a bit ugly, not because of how beautiful Bierhoff's header was, but because of Barzagli's problem.

In the process of Bierhoff moving from Neil's side to Barzagli's side, Barzagli did not move ahead of time to block the landing point. As long as he stood still and then took off, Bierhoff would jump even if he jumped up. less than the ball.

This has nothing to do with Neil, the point is not with him.

It has little to do with the height of the central defender. Bierhoff is 1.91 meters, Neil is 1.85 meters, and Barzagli is 1.86 meters. The gap is really not obvious.

Conceding the ball is ugly, but Aldridge is not angry. You can't expect Barzagli to defend like a mountain all at once. It was just a lack of experience.

Take your time, 18-year-old boy, there is still a long way to go.

After thinking about it, Aldridge called Gattuso in front of him and made some detailed adjustments.

Let Ferreira and Ashley Cole not shrink too much, and properly increase the strength of the wing defense, and at the same time let Gattuso increase his awareness of filling in the penalty area.

If Millwall is counterattacked, it will take time for the offensive player to retreat. Milan will directly play a cross from the wing. Bierhoff is indeed a great threat. The full back must harass him. If he does not cross and play breakthrough and penetration, Gattuso's retracement of the penalty area is very critical. Milan's best chance, or the biggest loophole in Millwall's defense, will become the midfielder at the front of the penalty area. If Nedved's return to defense is not fast enough, With Pirlo alone, it is estimated that he will take a break, but the loophole appears within a few seconds. Once Nedved returns to the penalty area to defend, Milan's counterattack threat immediately dissipates.

Aldrich's hands were warm in his pockets and sweated. He pulled out his hands and shook them, then carried them behind his back.

Suppression, counter-suppression, opportunities, killing opportunities, this is how football games are. Today, Millwall will definitely have many defensive problems. It depends on whether Milan can seize them, but Milan also has to solve a fatal problem: defense.

Milan tried a few more crosses from the side after the equalizer, with mediocre results, and when Gulli and Serginho were pressed and harassed by the full-backs, the quality of the crosses was bound to drop.

The two sides drew 1:1 in the first half.

Cameras caught Aldridge smiling before walking into the tunnel...

He walked into the dressing room and waited for the players to come in one after another. Some of them were communicating with each other, and some were silent. For example, Barzagli, he also knew that he made Bierhoff score a header too Ugly, obviously he was in a better position, but he failed to guard against the opponent.

Aldridge first encouraged Barzagli and asked him to care more about conceding goals, and then he said loudly to the players: I want to tell you one thing, an important message that can help us win away games.

Everyone looked at Aldrich curiously and waited for the next article.

Aldridge wrote a number on the tactical board: 90.

When the first half starts, it's 90 minutes. What can we do in 90 minutes? We can create 30 more shots, we can win Leeds 8-0. Arsenal 5-0. When the second half starts. How much time is left?

Aldridge wrote another number on the tactical board: 45.

45 minutes. You can't do as much in 45 minutes as in 90 minutes. Do you think I'm talking crap?

Many players who didn't understand the purpose of Aldridge's words had strange expressions.

his remarks. Plain and simple, and an obvious fact.

Think about it first, think about it quietly, if you were Milan, would you have the same attitude towards 90 minutes and 45 minutes?

As soon as Aldridge finished speaking, the players in the locker room suddenly realized. It's like a revelation.

For 90 minutes, you can also tell yourself to be patient.

But 45 minutes, when the time is passing by every minute and every second, who can go on calmly?

This is a game that Milan must win!

I tell you this information to let you better understand our tactical adjustments in the second half. Okay, now listen carefully to my tactical arrangements for the second half. I hope that today we can lock in the place to advance to the top 16 of the Champions League.

Aldridge began to assign tasks, made some targeted adjustments, and walked out of the locker room. Let the bench players warm up.

At the start of the second half, Aldridge saw Milan trying to speed up the game. They are eager to score goals, and of course they have to play fast to increase the number of opportunities.

The biggest change in the second half of Millwall was that Nedved returned to the midfield instead of staying in the midfielder position. Pirlo was also further back, and the formation became 42121 or 451.

In this way, Milan has completely become a tough battle.

Henry started the walk up front.

Nedved, Pirlo, and Gattuso protected the back line, while Ronaldinho and Larsson waited for an opportunity to counterattack on the wing.

Zaccheroni gritted his teeth with hatred on the sidelines.

Millwall is shameless!

Milan has to invest more offensive players to create opportunities, and once they fail to attack, they will be counterattacked immediately.

In the 57th minute of the second half, Larsson took the ball from the side and dribbled all the way forward. He didn't stop until he was five meters away from Maldini, and then passed the ball back to Nedved in the midfield.

Nedved observed the situation and found that the Milan players were all running back to defend, so he simply made a long pass to Henry on the front line.

Costacurta made a header to clear the siege. Ronaldinho didn't rush forward. At this time, he just saw the clearing ball come to his side. After the chest stopped the ball, he cut in and shot a long shot.

This long-range shot came suddenly, Abbiati flew to block the ball, but the blocked ball was followed by Henry with a supplementary shot and sent the ball into the goal.

Milan's defenders were all raising their hands to signal that Henry was offside first, and Maldini ran directly to reason with the linesman, but the lineman ignored it.

Aldrich saw Henry scoring the goal with a supplementary shot from the sidelines, and burst out laughing.

To be honest, this is not the picture he expected after adjusting his tactics, but it was a surprise that the goal was scored.

The situation is very unfavorable for Milan. They need to score two goals in the next 30 minutes and guarantee that they will not concede any more goals before they can hope to take all three points. Millwall leads the score and can stabilize their position against Milan.

Next, Milan's offensive became more and more fierce, and Millwall's offense was very monotonous. After switching from defense to offense, the ball was handed over to Ronaldinho or Larson. Take it to the opponent's back line and adjust slowly. At the same time, many Milan players will rush back from the frontcourt to participate in the defense.

Zaccheroni's eyes lit up.

What Aldrich was planning, he understood within ten minutes.

This is to consume Milan's physical energy.

Knowing that the other party is going to do this, can Milan not be fooled?

If the offensive player really doesn't return to defense, if the opponent really speeds up suddenly, the midfielder will step in behind, can it guarantee that the ball will not be lost?

Especially Nedved, when Millwall counterattacked, he moved forward slowly. As long as he saw the Milan players rushing back, he would stop moving forward, but once the Milan players did not return to defense, who can guarantee Doesn't the slow Czech burst into action and gallop forward like a lion?

Aldridge has calculated everything, but on the football field, there are too many uncertain factors.

In the 71st minute, Milan made a long pass from the backcourt. Bierhoff blocked Neil with his back and then flew the header. Shevchenko headed the ball back into Millwall's goal.

Aldridge directly covered his eyes with one hand for this conceded goal.

Shevchenko's header is beautiful.

But it was Gattuso who made Aldridge couldn't bear to look directly.

Bierhoff leaned against Neal with his back to the goal. What is Gattuso's choice?

Fight for the top!

He might have thought that he would grab Bierhoff from the front and Neil from the back, and that they would be able to snatch Bierhoff from the other side.

After hiding his face, Aldrich turned his head and shouted to Jansen: When you go back, let Gattuso watch the process ten times, no, a hundred times!

Don't fuck me!

Gattuso is 1.74 meters tall, and he is nearly 20 centimeters taller than Erhoff. Going to grab a header from him?

Gattuso should defend Shevchenko who is running, or predict Bierhoff's choice. The opponent's back is facing the goal. Is it true that he headed the ball and then hit the goal?

Gattuso can move in any position to defend, and Aldridge will not be angry after losing the ball, but he made a choice that left Aldridge speechless.

San Siro was boiling because of Shevchenko's goal, and the audience was looking forward to the Rossoneri's reversal. There is plenty of time! (to be continued..) ()