The Young Lion

Leeds United equalized the game before the end of the first half! This is very important for Leeds United. If you fall behind at half-time, the second half will be really difficult! Pagliuca blocked Cahill's long-range shot, but Unable to stop Kewell's supplementary shot, Kewell really dared to shoot the ball. He volleyed from almost zero angle and sent the ball into the upper corner of the goal. However, because Pagliuca fell to the ground after the save, this The difficulty of the ball is to grasp the angles, not to beat the goalkeeper defense.

Kewell's goal set off a wave of people in the stands, and O'Reilly almost rushed into the field to celebrate.

Aldridge's expression was as usual, recalling the entire offensive routine of Leeds United in his mind.

In fact, it is nothing to say how strong Millwall's defense is. After all, this team does not dominate Europe with its defense that makes opponents desperate. On the contrary, it is known for its offense.

After all, the balance of offense and defense is the golden mean. It seems that there are thousands of changes, but in the end it is just that both offense and defense have not evolved to the extreme.

Aldridge has also used offensive and defensive tactics. 442 is a typical example. He can gain a foothold in the top arena, but it is difficult to achieve the dominance of aspiring to the top. That's why he advocates 433, which not only caters to the football market, but also conforms to football's advocacy offensive. major trend.

Combination of offense and defense, Millwall uses offense to suppress the opponent, forcing the opponent to invest more troops on the defensive end, thus weakening the offense, but it is too unfair to say that the opponent is not given a chance in the whole game, especially if the strong team makes a move. It's practical.

The effect of this kind of offensive suppression is clear at a glance. The opponent does have an offensive opportunity, but the offensive method has become single, because of the fleeting offensive opportunity. The number of opponents attacking is small. Can only focus on hitting a little bit. Unlike Millwall's oppressive attack, which is full of changes.

Aldridge glanced at the excited O'Reilly. This goal made Aldridge understand that O'Reilly must have put in a lot of thought and effort in preparing for this game.

The first is to find out Millwall's defensive routines.

Millwall, which adopts a high-pressure press, has four core principles of defense. First, delay and harass the opponent from the striker when the offense and defense switch. The best effect is to prevent the opponent from organizing the attack. In the 180-minute game against Valencia, the opponent's counterattack threat was contained to the greatest extent. The second is balance. The other offensive players quickly returned to their positions and returned to the area they were supposed to be responsible for defending. Third, concentrate. After returning to the defensive position, he will make a reasonable defensive position or press wildly, methodically. Fourth, control. This last link is that when the opponent's offense advances to the dangerous zone, the defensive player must calm down, do a good job of man-to-man defense, and force the opponent away from the dangerous zone in a systematic manner.

These four principles are the core of Millwall's defensive tactics and have been instilled in players over the years.

The first three points are linked together.

Delay, balance, concentration, any problem in any link will lead to a flaw in the defense, jumping directly to the last point, control, that is, allowing the opponent's attack to advance to the dangerous area in front of the penalty area, the final gate of defense.

Under normal circumstances, after the opponent successfully defends, the offensive ball is forward. From the back line to the midfield line and then to the striker line, how to pass and run is different for each team, but the ball is always from the back. Forward, even if adjusted, is a short-distance transfer.

Millwall's defensive strategy is designed on this basis. When the striker harasses the back line and passes the ball to the midfield line, it will fall into the Millwall defensive tactics that have reached the balance stage. The midfielder The success rate of stealing the ball and counter-grabbing is relatively high, which leads to a direct second attack.

After O'Reilly thoroughly studied this set, he made changes in the offense and used a blindfold as a cover.

When switching from defense to offense, the back line passes the ball to the midfielder from a short distance. The midfielder takes the ball actively but does not stop the ball. Millwall is not given a chance to counter-rob, and the ball is quickly passed to the full-back. It seems to be The backcourt was reversed and turned back to pass, but it made a difference in the transition between balance and delay in Millwall's defensive strategy. The forward who was doing the delay task saw the ball go out from the back line, so he retreated, and the opponent's full-back released it. The midfielders don't organize the offense, they only do the response and then pass back to the full-back, allowing the full-back to launch a long pass attack. The key organization points are the two full-backs Kelly and Hart.

They took the ball from the backcourt and didn't dare to play in the middle. The traditional British long pass, with a long distance, and fighting forwards and defenders to grab the spot and hit luck, is too old-fashioned.

And O'Reilly can let Viduka pull a center forward as a fulcrum. It is not ingenious, but it is really threatening. It caused confusion in Millwall's marking, and the local defense was at a disadvantage, penetrating the wing.

Leeds United's offense has limitations. They can't fully spread the offensive points, they can only concentrate their strength on local areas.

Before Kelly and Hart kicked the ball from the backcourt and caused their teammates to double-team and isolate. Aldrich only felt that the opponent was kicking. Now it seems that Leeds United should be too nervous and conservative before losing the ball. O'Reilly's excitement and anger, It is derived from this.

Aldridge did not give any instructions to the team. The first half ended immediately. The score of 1:1 will not have any psychological impact on the Millwall team. The away goal is equal to two, and they still have the lead.

As for the penetration of the back line, Aldridge does not blame the defenders. The defense on the football field is passive, and the offense is active. The offense evolves unpredictable changes, and the defense can change from static to dynamic. , even in Italy, a country that tends to be defensive, the Milan defense line with top defenders such as Caladze, Maldini, Nesta, etc. in the original history, will concede at least 30 goals in all competitions in a season, not a player It is a question of ability, but the possibility of offensive evolution. The variable factors on the football field are by no means controllable by manpower.

If you really want to pursue the ultimate defense with determination, then Millwall's tactical system will undergo fundamental changes. Aldridge can learn from Mourinho and put up the same 433 but the tactical system is mainly defensive. Double defensive midfielder plus central midfielder, the kind who holds a solid shield and waits for the opponent to attack first. Block it with a shield. When the opponent's attack reveals a flaw. The other hand raised the sword and thrust out from the side of the shield to kill the opponent. Speaking of the transformation of the England national team, this is the routine.

The football field leads to the same goal by different routes, and Aldridge does not think that he pursues his own style too much, but as far as the current Millwall team is withdrawn to play the ultimate defense, I am afraid that many players are not happy.

Halftime is over. Players from both sides walked into the player tunnel. The Leeds United players encouraged each other to strive for a reversal in the second half. The Millwall players looked a little calm. The score was a tie, but in fact they were leading. This was only 45 minutes out of 180 minutes. For the top teams Generally speaking, the longer the time, the stronger the confidence to win.

Give me 45 minutes. I am strong.

Give me 90 minutes, I'm stronger.

Give me 180 minutes. I will win the battle!

After returning to the locker room, Aldridge opened the tactical board and made targeted adjustments to Leeds United's offense. There was nothing to say about the offense. The more time passed, Leeds United could not hold back, and the quality of the overall offense and defense would decline. , The stability of the strong team's performance within 90 minutes is also one of the characteristics of why he is strong.

Anxiously rushing to attack may be self-destructing the Great Wall. In the knockout round, restricting the opponent to always be the first. If you try to make one more advance than the opponent, you will suffer a big loss sooner or later.

In the second half, when the two sides returned to the court, O'Reilly saw Aldridge standing indifferently in front of the coach's bench, and said in his heart that his disapproval was false.

In the past, the sea was difficult for water. In the position of head coach, Aldridge has experienced much more storms and waves than him. This is only the semi-finals of the Champions League.

But O'Reilly's own heartbeat has been very fast. He wanted to calm down, but he couldn't. No matter who the two teams were attacking or defending, he was very nervous.

Aldridge has also been excited and nervous, and the emotional ups and downs that are like riding a roller coaster are actually very exciting. If an adrenaline addict is addicted, it is equivalent to an addict getting the comfort of drugs, but he has also learned from it. The situation, timely substitutions, and accurate tactical adjustments all require a calm mind to make the most correct decisions. If you can't calm down, then you really can only rely on the players to play their own brains. Fortune is great and fate is great. If you can't get out of it, you can only accept your fate.

Only 10 minutes into the second half of the game, O'Reilly's heart was completely messed up.

Millwall has obviously undergone tactical adjustments in the midfield.

Especially defensive adjustments.

In the delaying link, Henry will still harass the defenders and midfielders, but Ronaldinho and Larson are staring at the two full-backs Kelly and Hart. After Sgate switched to playing and procrastinating, even if Leeds United's offense advanced to the side, and then developed to the center, even if Materazzi couldn't see the large area, Southgate could block it in time and accurately.

O'Reilly glanced in disbelief at Aldridge, who was supervising the battle with his hands in his pockets and a calm face.

How long is this?

Millwall conceded the ball before the end of the first half. To put it bluntly, in a few minutes, Aldridge not only adjusted his defensive tactics, but also allowed the players to execute them effectively on the field.

That was O'Reilly's trump card carefully prepared after half a month of research, thinking about countermeasures, and tactical drills!

O'Reilly felt as if he had charged up and hit a towering mountain, which was hard to shake.

It's not that he didn't think that Millwall would adjust, but he was lucky to think that Aldridge would only strengthen the backcourt defense and increase the investment of defensive personnel, which in turn weakened the offensive investment. In this way, Leeds United would have other offensive points to release. With one wonderful move, everything is alive.

But Aldridge's adjustment to the defense is only a slight change. Southgate's liberation is enough to limit the threat of Leeds United. The most important thing is to provide Leeds United with a source of offensive change. Both offense and defense were suppressed by Ronaldinho and Larson, which completely disintegrated O'Reilly's tactical setup!

Cheering each other up at halftime, the energetic Leeds United players fell into a state of anxiety.

The head coach’s established tactics are no longer threatening, and the full-back’s kicking is not good at interference. Hart was even intercepted by Larson once. If Henry hadn’t outflanked the ball in front of the goal and hit the goalkeeper Martin, Leeds United I'm afraid another ball will be dropped.

They couldn't help looking at the coach O'Reilly on the sidelines, wanting to see if the coach made any tactical adjustments. It was not an option at all to continue playing like this.

At home, we have to win!

If you don't win, go to the Lion King Stadium, the momentum will not be at the same level at all, not to mention the advantage of the opponent waiting for work and the venue conditions.

However, the Leeds United players saw O'Reilly frowning and lowering his head, as if thinking of a way

This scene really hit the player's confidence too much.

At least, the head coach looks helpless now, unable to help the team! (to be continued...) ()