The Young Lion

At halftime, Aldridge's request to the players was just a tricky countermeasure.

But in the second half, Millwall's seemingly blind big-foot clearance had a miraculous effect.

Such a miraculous effect is not that the defender has a big foot. Henry in the frontcourt becomes a single-handed player as soon as he takes the ball. If that is the case, Real Madrid will not be able to reach the semi-finals.

After reorganizing the attack after three consecutive clearance balls reached the backcourt and were controlled by Real Madrid, Aldridge observed the whole process from the sidelines, and then discovered a piece of information that surprised him.

After Real Madrid reorganized their offense from the backcourt, it suddenly became difficult, and the offense could not guarantee smoothness!

Aldrich instantly understood the mystery inside.

When attacking in positional warfare, Real Madrid's players, double forward Anelka, Morientes, false winger Raul, McManaman, these four are forward, and they are often active inside and outside the dangerous area of ​​​​the penalty area. Carlos and Salgado also made assists, and Redondo organized or responded in the middle. In a wave of forward positional offensives, because Real Madrid had a large number of attackers, they had many support points and could Let the offensive move forward smoothly.

The key link is the final blow, which was destroyed by Millwall in the penalty area. Then, Millwall's defensive player cleared with a big foot, and the ball flew to the backcourt of Real Madrid.

Helguera is a defensive midfielder when Real Madrid is attacking. Generally, he can grab the landing point, control the ball and then reorganize the attack forward.

At this time, the problem of Real Madrid appeared!

If those players who have already run to the front cannot withdraw together to become a support point and play a role in a series of attacks, then Real Madrid's offense will be out of joint.

Another important reason for this phenomenon is the Millwall players' off-ball running ability, defensive tactical awareness and discipline. They re-armed immediately after the defensive player cleared the ball, and the players quickly returned to the area they should be responsible for, forming a joint defense with their teammates, and the layers were orderly. Cut Real Madrid's offensive formation, and then completely mark the Real Madrid players who have not retreated to respond.

This is the issue of the concealment of the offensive point that Aldridge has tirelessly instilled in the players, as well as the important manifestation of the awareness of running without the ball and catching the ball in training.

The first offensive threat of Real Madrid's frontal attack lies in the unpredictability of the players' running positions when advancing from the midfield to the front. You can't predict whether Carlos will pull to the bottom or cut in to prepare for a shot, and you can't Completely freeze an opponent who is sprinting at full speed and may change direction on the running line in a static defense.

But after the first wave of offensive was contained, these Real Madrid offensive players did not withdraw immediately, and when they re-completed the back-to-forward impact offensive, they fell into the chain defense network woven by Millwall. He fell into the quagmire.

In the 58th minute, Real Madrid once again reorganized the offensive from the backcourt. Redondo returned to the midfield to respond, Ronaldinho was harassing him, so he chose to pass to Raul, but the ball was completely predicted by the Millwall players, and Pirlo stopped the ball halfway. Immediately afterwards, Millwall launched a quick counterattack on the spot.

Pirlo, Nedved, Lampard, Ronaldinho, after the four made a three-legged pass, the ball came to Ronaldinho's feet. At this time, he had already reached the penalty area of ​​Real Madrid. After a two-on-one cooperation with Nedved, he dribbled the ball to the bottom, and pushed the ball horizontally to the penalty spot in the triangle penalty area before the bottom line.

Henry pressed the front and back of the goal and suddenly retreated, waiting for Ronaldinho's pass. In front of Campo, after getting the ball, Henry calmly smashed the ball and passed the opponent. Campo lost his center of gravity. Henry was almost in the same position as Ronaldinho's first shot in the first half, but he was more decisive than Ronaldinho.

Casillas only felt a cry in his ear. The ball went from next to his head into the goal.

2:3, Henry scored. This striker widened the gap with Raul in the Champions League scorer list. He scored one more goal than Raul! Real Madrid's conceded goal came from Redondo's The pass was wrong, and we also saw the tacit understanding of Millwall's offensive players when they counterattacked. Only such a tacit understanding can play such a smooth, fast and efficient teamwork! What should Real Madrid do? The Bernabeu has fallen into silence, no A few fans shook their heads in the stands, unable to understand the team's performance, why they failed to score in the second half and conceded the goal instead!

While Henry was celebrating on the sidelines with his team-mates, live footage caught Aldridge grabbing a Millwall substitute and yelling at the player.

It's strange. Hall's team has just led Real Madrid again, but he is going to replace a striker. Doesn't he think that the 3:2 advantage is not enough?

Klose was the one who was pulled by Aldridge to set up tasks by his side.

When Aldridge discovered Real Madrid's inability to organize an attack from the back to the front again, he immediately asked Klose to warm up.

This has nothing to do with whether Henry scored or not. It can only be said that Henry's scoring time coincides with the time when Aldridge is about to make a substitution, around 60 minutes.

Real Madrid fans watched in disbelief at the Bernabeu as Aldridge himself walked to the sidelines to watch substitute Miroslav Klose enter the field.

Up a striker, down a midfielder!

It's not that Real Madrid fans haven't seen their opponents make substitutions, but when they come to the Bernabeu to lead the score, they change forwards and continue to strengthen the offense and weaken the defense. This is very rare.

Henry's goal pushed Real Madrid into a desperate situation. At the same time, Aldridge's substitution also pushed Del Bosque to the edge of the cliff.

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Millwall added a striker and removed a midfielder.

What about Real Madrid?

In the case of a goal, Bosque dared not move.

At least in theory, with Millwall missing a midfielder, the defensive pressure on Real Madrid's offense will be reduced.

If Bosque wants to make a move, he can only maintain enough offensive pressure by making substitutions.

The player replaced by Klose was Lampard. Aldridge slapped Lampard fiercely on the sidelines, and was very satisfied with the young player's performance today.

Lampard himself blamed himself a bit. He felt that he was still a little unstable on the field. He was full of energy and sometimes ran around. Lowe's long-range shot caused interference and did not help Makelele block Raul. This made him realize that he still has many shortcomings.

Klose played, and Aldridge made a few gestures on the sidelines. At this time, Real Madrid hadn't kicked off, and the players could calm down to understand Aldridge's adjustments.

The wild lion changes.

From 4321 to 4231. Or 433.

Makelele and Pirlo have double midfielders, one intercepts and one delays the organization.

Nedved is a central midfielder, but because he is a perpetual motion machine in the midfield, he can't run to death, and b2b is completely fine, so he actually has no specific position. The key is where he appears when he is needed on both ends of the offense and defense.

Ronaldinho left winger, Klose center forward, Henry right winger.

The game has come to this moment. Real Madrid must break the boat!

However, due to problems with their formation and players' personal activity areas, even if Millwall removes a midfielder, at least the defense in the center is not a problem, and from this moment on. Aldridge wants to seize the dominance of the game from Real Madrid. He wants to let Millwall take control of the overall situation and win the game at the Bernabeu!

The situation now is completely different from the opening, especially the mentality of the Real Madrid players has undergone tremendous changes, and the numbers on the scoreboard are like nightmares lingering in their minds.

Real Madrid launched an attack immediately after kick-off, and the wing is their world, after all, their wing players are very capable. This is true, but the hidden worry of the relative emptiness in the middle is the biggest loophole in their defense.

Then Real Madrid's offense presented a regular picture.

They can push the attack to the flanks of the Millwall box, and then, whether it's penetrating through balls, individual breakthroughs, or crosses. The threats that can be played are very limited. Millwall compressed the defensive area and did not give the opponent room to display.

After Millwall successfully defended, it immediately formed a huge oppressive advantage in the midfield.

The key figure at this time became Makelele.

When Real Madrid switches from offense to defense, the frontcourt offensive players will immediately limit Pirlo. Killed one of the most attacking creative aspects of Millwall's midfield.

But Makelele's technical ability is not a pure defensive player. He just did his job well and his opponents underestimated Pirlo at the stage of Pirlo's rise. As a result, Pirlo had a lot of room for free play. Makelele naturally Overshadowed by Pirlo's offensive talent.

When Real Madrid players besieged Pirlo like a pack of wolves, Makelele stood up. Pirlo tactfully moved to cover Makelele, making Makelele calmly become a key link in the connection between the front and the backcourt.

When the ball came from the back to the front, Millwall's attacking advantage was clear at a glance.

Klose also came on the field with tactical instructions and tasks. In the center position, what he needs to do well is to support!

He provided cover for Henry, who moved to play as a winger. This is not a conventional tactic or requirement, but Klose must do it under today's special circumstances.

Because Henry's advantage is too great. When Carlos assisted and couldn't come back, Henry was completely free on the right.

In the 76th minute, Millwall's attack was full of twists and turns. Ronaldinho copied the process of scoring in the first half. After cutting inside and going in the middle, he kicked the wall in front of Klose and then went into the penalty area, but this time his shot was blocked. Celias refused.

Nedved kept up with another long-range shot, which was blocked by Karanka with his body.

At this time, Real Madrid's offensive players in the frontcourt had withdrawn and found that the team's defense was successful. Elguera passed the ball forward, so everyone began to run forward and interspersed. As a result, the ball was caught at the feet of McManaman. Lailai cut off, and the latter made a direct pass to Nedved.

Nedved got the ball and turned around, scanned the situation in front of him, and directly passed a through pass to the right side of the penalty area.

Carlos ran up again, and Henry was only three meters away from him, but Carlos had to stop and turn back to chase. It was obviously impossible to catch up with Henry who started sprinting before him without the ball.

Henry cut the ball from the right, aimed at the far corner of the goal and made a low shot. Casillas fell to the ground and took a slow step, watching the ball flying from the right side to the goal in horror.

The audience at the scene saw it more clearly, this goal cannot be scored!

Henry's angle is not tricky enough.

However, when the ball slid past the point behind the goal, someone arrived just at that point and sent the ball into the empty goal.

Ronaldinho scored twice! He scored twice at the Bernabeu! 2:4, Real Madrid trailed Millwall by two goals, Millwall played more tactically in the second half, which made their shot The number of times and the number of threats to attack far surpassed Real Madrid in the past 15 minutes. Ronaldinho turned their advantage into a victory! If it ends with this score, Millwall will step in with one foot Champions League final!