The Young Lion

It seems that there is no mistake in the list of starting lineups. Ronaldinho is indeed playing as a midfielder today, and Nedved is playing as a left winger. For the time being, it seems that Nedved's role in offense is not obvious. Ronaldinho Dinho is very active.

After 15 minutes of the game, Bayern Munich was slightly passive on the scene, which stemmed from their lack of strength in offense.

This is a team that emphasizes the whole, the same core football philosophy as Millwall, but Millwall's advantage now is that the individual talents of the players in the attack are better.

Bayern Munich relies solely on frontcourt players to play offense. As long as they advance within 40 yards of the goal, the offensive players will fall into isolation.

Whether it is Sauer or Salihamidzic, if the personal breakthrough is not successful, the pass will be missed.

Who made Bayern Munich have less support in the frontcourt.

With Elber and Effenberg all stared down, Jeremys didn't dare to stride forward.

What to do next?

Arms folded, Aldridge squinted at Bayern Munich's full-back, Lizarazu.

It's you!

It's your turn!

Why not Babel?

Because Nedved's defense is obviously stronger than Larson's, Babel's forward assist effect is definitely not as obvious as Lizarazu's.

Bayern Munich is in a predicament, the offense can't get in, and the defense will always be singled out by Ronaldinho in the middle. In the first 20 minutes, Ronaldinho is the protagonist, but it always feels like he is just flamboyant. , Only one of the three long-range shots hit the goal frame.

It is a good thing not to concede a goal, but this is the Munich Olympic Stadium, Bayern Munich's home court after all!

This is different from the situation where the two teams clashed last season. Last year Bayern played away first. It doesn't matter if you can't win the opponent in 180 minutes of two rounds. The further back the game, the better off they are.

This year the situation is reversed. Millwall will play away first. If they can't win at home, they will go to London in the next round. Would it be more beneficial for them to play away than Millwall?

Lizarazu really started to step forward to assist.

As soon as he went up, he immediately received very good results.

On his side, Sauer took the ball and faced his compatriot Schneider. Schneider blocked the opponent's inward cut line steadily. Elber, the high ball Matela has no problem defending Elber.

But Sauer and Lizarazu played a two-for-one cooperation. He passed the ball and Lizarazu responded. He then moved inside and Lizarazu hit the time difference. Pass the ball past Schneider.

Sauer was about to take the ball and turn around, but when the light around him dimmed, he suddenly became alert. Someone pressed him close and successfully poked the ball away from his feet.

who?

Southgate!

Today Millwall has a different division of labor between the two central defenders. Materazzi marks the man and Southgate intercepts. Materazzi's task is fixed. He marks Elber in the back area, while Southgate is more flexible. By observing and predicting the situation on the field, intercept the opponent's infiltration offensive.

Wherever Bayern Munich's offensive is, Southgate will move to that side. In the case of the defensive line marking the man, he has no man-marking task, which can prevent this kind of situation where two passes and one is penetrated.

Heathfield saw Southgate successfully stealing the ball again, and knew that Aldridge was well prepared for this game. This was the third time Southgate had successfully steal the ball.

This is also thanks to the efficiency of Millwall's intelligence gathering work.

Last season, we couldn’t play like this because the opponent had two strikers, but now there is only a single striker. Aldridge made a decision between interception and delay, and asked Southgate to intercept. In other words, if he made a mistake in interception, Millwall's defense will be penetrated in all likelihood, so although Southgate is not the last man in front of the goalkeeper, he is the most critical gate in defense.

After successfully stealing the ball, Southgate made a direct pass to the front right. Larson received the ball behind the center line. The ball races down the right.

Jeremiah didn't dare to help defend the side. At least there are three central defenders behind him. If Larson cuts in from the side with the ball, the one close to the three central defenders can block it. The defensive space is not as big as that of two central defenders.

But you can't watch Larson dribbling the ball so unscrupulously. Jeremys was relieved when he saw Effenberg's running direction, and the tiger was already chasing Larson at full speed.

Just when Effenberg was three meters away from Larsson, Larsson suddenly passed the ball back behind Effenberg. Effenberg hesitated a little. Looking back, Pirlo followed up and did not make a move to meet the ball. The adjustment was passed back to Larson, and the tiger turned back again, and the distance was opened by Larson again!

The tiger was a little annoyed, and the other party made him dizzy.

He continued to chase, and at this time Larson was almost close to the penalty area, and Lizarazu was also about to catch up.

Just before entering the penalty area, Larsson stopped and flicked the ball to the right before Lizarazu stretched his foot to intercept the ball, and then he quickly cut inside the penalty area.

Lizarazu turned his head to see that someone caught the ball there and continued to dribble it down the bottom.

Schneider!

Where is Saul?

Just behind him, he didn't chase completely, and stopped when he saw Lizarazu and Effenberg double-teaming Larson, but at the same time, Schneider passed him at full speed, caught up with Larson and took over at the same time. When the ball is reached, continue to dribble the ball to the bottom.

Seeing this scene, Hitzfeld opened his eyes wide, feeling an ominous premonition in his heart.

Effenberg and Larson were chasing, and Lizarazu continued to block Schneider from the bottom. If the opponent did not make a cross and made the next adjustment, Lizarazu would definitely have a chance to entangle the opponent.

Larsson cuts inside and is caught between Kufuor and Effenberg. Henry also presses the middle of the box and gets caught between Kufuor and Anderson. Nedved also cuts inside from the other side to outflank the goal. At this point, Babel and Link sniped him forcefully.

Ronaldinho also ran into the penalty area, and Jerry Meskin followed him.

It seems that all of Millwall's offensive points are marked to death by Bayern Munich players with high tactical literacy, and they are not one-on-one. Bayern Munich has a numerical defensive advantage.

Schneider still chose to kick the cross after hitting the bottom.

The ball flies off the ground. across a parabola. Start descending from the ascent to the top. Everyone in the penalty area is paying attention to the trajectory of the ball.

front point, middle point, back point

Grass, Schneider, the ball missed all three points, did the pass go wrong? !

Hitzfeld, like the audience, can see the whole situation, at this moment. He murmured to himself in disbelief: No way!

The ball landed in the top corner on the other side of the box and there, a man in a Millwall shirt caught it.

Left back, Zambrotta!

After Zambrotta stopped the ball, he immediately knocked the ball back to the top of the penalty area, and Pirlo appeared there!

Bayern Munich will be shocked.

After Pirlo stopped the ball, he did not choose to shoot from a long distance. At the critical moment, he was so calm that he was not like a normal person.

Although the shooting position is very good, and there are no Bayern Munich players around to harass, but. There are too many people in the penalty area, and this long shot went out. There are ten chances that it will hit the player and bounce out, unless it is pinned on luck, bounce into the goal or get through the gap, and pray for Kahn, the goalkeeper, to open his fingers.

Calm down and observe.

Pirlo sees six ways, and must make the most accurate judgment in a limited and extremely short time.

Jeremys and Effenberg were already charging at him.

Ronaldinho should have a chance to get the ball, but Jeremiah just blocked the passing route.

Schneider's position is too far away, and Larson is next to Lizarazu.

Nedved was double-teamed by Link and Babel.

Someone moved and rushed out to grab his ball.

who is it? !

Anderson!

This season, the central defender who transferred from the relegated veteran Borussia Borussia to Bayern Munich, after all, has not experienced too many games of this level. At this time, he also blocked Pirlo from the outside almost instinctively. , He thinks that Pirlo will shoot from a long distance, and if he rushes out, he can expand the blocked area and use his body.

Looking down, Jeremys, Effenberg, and Anderson came to him from three different directions in front of Pirlo, but Pirlo chose to pass directly.

Anderson subconsciously stretched out his foot to block it, but the ball rolled past less than half a meter from his feet.

He looked back in horror, and saw Henry half-turned to meet the ball and then shot!

Whether it is Kufuor or Link, they are very close to Henry. As long as Henry catches the ball and adjusts, turns around and shoots, it will give the opponent a chance to destroy.

However, Henry directly half-turned and made a strafing action to attack the goal, which made Bayern Munich's defenders only look at the ball and sigh.

The distance to the goal is closer than the penalty spot. No matter how good Kahn is, he can't stop the bottom-up shot after this kick.

The ball got into the net, and Kahn made a save, but did not touch the ball.

All the soldiers of Bayern Munich raised their hands to indicate that Henry was offside, but the linesman ignored it.

The referee pointed to the middle circle, and Millwall led 1:0!

Henry opened the scoring! Millwall took the lead as a guest! It was unexpected. Millwall actually scored first. This goal must be a heavy blow to Bayern Munich. Not only did they fall behind, but they also gave back In this level of competition, the difference of one goal is enough to decide the outcome, not to mention the precious golden away goal! Millwall's two full-backs pressed and assisted and received very good results. Is this something that Hall has planned before the game?

After Henry scored a goal, he got up from the crowd in the penalty area and ran along the baseline to the corner flag with a relaxed attitude. He didn't look excited or crazy, but he had obvious confidence.

This season is the season in which he plays with absolute confidence. The number of goals in the league and the Champions League is enough for him to be full of confidence and become the world's number one striker!

Aldrich clenched his fists and stretched out his arms.

One goal lead, and it was an away goal.

Although there is still time, in fact, Bayern Munich is not far from desperation.

A bold assist by a full-back sounds so uninspired.

Schneider and Zambrotta's pressure was of course arranged by Aldridge, but when to make a pressure assist is also very particular.

During positional warfare, these two people can only appear on the center line at most, and cannot go up.

But if Millwall plays a fast-break counterattack, the two of them can boldly assist up to the opponent's bottom line.

The difference is that Millwall is playing positional battles. Once the fight fails, Bayern Munich will launch a quick counterattack. The full-backs are not in position, and the defensive pressure will be great.

But when Millwall counterattacked, Bayern Munich's thinking changed from offense to defense. The defensive alarm was sounded and the entire line retreated. Destruction was the top priority. In other words, if the probability of Millwall being counterattacked in a positional battle is 70%, then the probability of Millwall's counterattack against Bayern Munich being quickly counterattacked by the opponent in turn may only be 20%. (to be continued...) ()