The Young Lion

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Bayern Munich is still playing a 5-back formation today, which belongs to the 352 variant formation. During this period, the 352 formation was actually very popular in European football. The Bundesliga, Serie A, La Liga, and even some teams in the Premier League followed suit.

This is determined by the football development environment. The reason for its popularity is that the modern winger has not yet become the mainstream, just like the role of a winger like Beckham. 90% of the work on the wing is to pass the ball to the striker. Then use The three backs defended and guarded the most critical penalty area, but the space compressed by the two backs was narrower than that of the two backs.

But with the rise of modern wingers, such as the typical Robben-style winger dribbling inside, this three-back system is very easy to be broken.

Bayern Munich was double-killed last year and suffered this kind of loss. When they met in the final this year, they would never dare to play a pure 352, that is, the two wide players in the 5 midfielder go straight up and down, both offensive and defensive.

Theoretically 352, the midfielder and the wide player can take all sides. If you advance, you can become a full-back, and if you retreat, you can become a full-back. But when the game is in progress, you go up and can't go back immediately. The offense is threatening, and the defense does not make mistakes. To do this in the confrontation between top teams, the personal ability of the players must be world-class!

More than ten years later, Juventus's 352 vertical and horizontal Serie A, but their competitiveness in the European war was terrible. One of the reasons was that there were not many stars in Serie A at that time, let alone sharp modern wingers. Juventus's style of play He can't stand many tests in defense, but on the stage of strong teams in the Champions League, the tactical level is suppressed by powerful modern wingers, and the overall situation is passive.

Therefore, without giving up the mature three-back system in Bayern Munich, Lizarazu and Sagnol still go back to play full-back honestly. Without the support of these two wingers, Sauer and Salihamidzic could only retreat and become full-backs.

On the Millwall bench, Ronaldinho watched the game with a serious expression.

starting list. It was decided at the last moment.

Although Ronaldinho insisted on playing. But Aldridge decided to put him on the bench after consulting the team doctor's advice.

Once Aldrich made a decision. This is a final conclusion and cannot be changed.

However, Aldridge still made a promise to Ronaldinho and would replace him in the second half.

Glenshire, who replaced Ronaldinho in the starting lineup, was very excited today.

This is his first appearance in the Champions League final as a starter. On the left, he cannot replace Ronaldinho's role, but he has his own characteristics. Under the careful training of Aldridge for many years, Glenshire has more and more the shadow of a modern winger.

Grünchhal cuts inside from the wing with the ball, he breaks past Sagnol and goes inside. Effenberg and Kufuor pinch him, Grünschall makes a pass and Henry is in the middle After receiving the ball, he tried to get rid of the defense of Anderson and Link. There was also Hargreaves' defense behind him. Oh, Henry barely kicked his foot, but it bounced off Anderson's leg. Occupying the initiative on the field, the advantage is very obvious, but it is almost impossible to get an excellent shooting opportunity in the penalty area. The three central defenders of Bayern Munich cast a tight wall, effectively blocking Millwall's final blow.

Since the opening, there have been dangers inside and outside Bayern Munich's penalty area. Millwall frequently attacked this area, but could not form an effective intuitive threat to the goal.

Bayern Munich's five backs made the defensive space smaller, and the unity and tacit cooperation enabled them to always double-team Millwall's offensive players with a zone defense strategy.

Aldridge stared at the field calmly.

Hargreaves is still young, and he only emerged in Bayern Munich this season. Jeremiah couldn't play in the final. He replaced him, obviously unable to replace Jeremiah's role.

This led Tiger Effenberg to devote 80% of his energy to defense, forming a double midfielder in front of Bayern Munich's back line.

The role of the double defensive midfielder is simply to increase the error tolerance rate. If one person makes a mistake, the other will make up for it.

And coupled with Bayern Munich's five defenders, this further increases the fault tolerance rate.

Compared with talent, Bayern Munich is obviously not Millwall's opponent. They are not afraid of being surpassed by their opponents today, unless someone from Millwall can beat the whole game!

The five defenders of Bayern Munich, except for Lizarazu who is super-class, the level of the others is actually uneven. Kufuor is the core of Ghana's defense. He is not well-known, but his level is first-class. Link, Anderson and Sagnol can only be regarded as quasi-first-class or barely first-class. They are also substitutes in the national team. When they get angry, Anderson and others are the ones who criticize them the most.

It is precisely because Bayern Munich does not have a defense line formed by absolutely first-class players that they are more determined to use numbers to make up for the gap in individual strength.

Like Henry, Larson, Ronaldinho, Millwall's incomparably mighty trident, Henry has already reached the first-class level, Larson is getting older, and his strength is not as strong as it was three years ago, but he is also in the first-class state. Luo is at the top of the first class. It is estimated that next season, he will turn his accumulated experience into strength and step into the super first class.

If Bayern Munich puts up four defenders in a satisfactory manner, or plays 352, then the balance of victory will be tilted based on the direct confrontation of the players' individual abilities, because Millwall's trident is not only capable, but also teamwork. tacit agreement.

Hitzfeld watched secretly anxiously from the sidelines.

Ronaldinho didn't play, which was a good factor for Bayern Munich. He thought that Aldridge would play Klose. Referring to the game in the final game of the league, Henry played as a winger and Klose played as a center forward.

Klose did perform well this season, but his comprehensive personal strength can only be said to be quasi-first-class, not yet first-class, otherwise he would not be suppressed in front of Keane. Already very fast.

And if Millwall plays Klose, Bayern Munich will still play the current formation. The difference is that Effenberg can focus more on offense, and Klose is not so threatening in the center position. The three defenders can flexibly push out one person to intercept, thus sharing the pressure on the back waistline.

But Heathfield never expected that Aldridge put on Glenshire, and the center didn't move!

This kind of formation. Aldridge is also well thought out. The strategy is similar to Tian Ji's horse racing.

Sagnor is quasi-first-class, and Henry's super-class is used to suppress Sagnol on the wing. Isn't it a waste?

Just keep Henry in the center position. This deterrence forces Bayern Munich's back line not to act rashly, plus it has a restraining effect on the midfielder. It is definitely more intuitive than putting him on the wing.

Millwall's advantage on the field is precisely the result of the game between the two sides.

Nedved is absolutely suppressing Hargreaves, and Effenberg will lag behind and participate more in the defense.

The premise of Pirlo's position and the freedom to organize the attack in the midfield are the source of Millwall's attack.

In the 21st minute, Bayern Munich counterattacked and Millwall led the attack. There is a lot of space in the backcourt, and Bayern Munich does have a lot of space to counterattack, but they have to play with speed. Players must move forward quickly, and if there is a slight delay, Millwall's offensive players will be in place quickly.

Sauer dribbled the ball forward on the left. When his teammates did not return to their positions, Gattuso did not rush to intercept. He always kept a reasonable distance from the back line, and at the same time blocked Sauer's pass from the ground to penetrate the ball. Elber's route, then stuck in key positions when Sauer dribbled inside.

Sauer is a rare technical genius player in German football at this stage. He has a very elegant style of play. He took the ball quickly and calmly to Gattuso. It was not that he was looking for Gattuso, but that Gattuso moved to him. ahead.

Sauer pretended to sway to the right in a high-speed dribble, and then smashed the ball from the left. Gattuso didn't take the sway, and directly used his body to block the position. Sauer actually bypassed half of his body and forced it, but that was too much One step of running made his dribbling rhythm chaotic, and the next moment after touching the ball, Schneider slashed diagonally and broke the ball.

Bayern Munich counterattack aborted.

Thirty minutes played in the first half. Although Millwall had the advantage on the field, Bayern Munich's steel defense in the penalty area prevented them from getting excellent shooting opportunities. Pirlo and Nedved played on the periphery many times. Trying a long shot, Kahn played very steadily. Probably because of the excellent performance of the goalkeeper, Bayern Munich's defensive players were not afraid of the opponent's long shot. Defense is the main focus. In several counterattacks, we clearly saw that whether it is Salihamidzic or Saul, the more he dribbles forward, the easier it is to get trapped and fall into a situation of isolation and helplessness , either the ball is intercepted, or Pagliuca can’t be tested with barely a kick. In general, Millwall’s advantage is more obvious. If Bayern Munich can’t solve the offensive problem and let the offense play efficiently, it will continue to defend like this. Not conceding goals, it's really hard to say, Millwall has more chances, it's very dangerous.

The situation on the court has actually fallen into a kind of balance.

Analyzing vaguely, Millwall held down Bayern Munich's seven-man defense with a five-man offensive force, while Bayern Munich's three-man attack could not shake Millwall's five-man defense.

The two sides, in such a situation, engaged in an equal confrontation.

Hitzfeld has been racking his brains from the start to find ways to improve the attack.

However, the defensive system of five defenders and double defensive midfielders can only be said to be a tie with the offense of Millwall's five players. If you make adjustments from these seven players, it is bound to break the balance and increase the risk of conceding the ball.

The offensive combination of bilateral avant-garde and striker is too scattered. In the absence of support from the middle, the counterattack does not want to fall into positional warfare, so it becomes a single-soldier battle. Although Millwall does not have a first-class defense line, But if 5 defenses and 3 were blown up, then Millwall would not be where it is today.

Hitzfeld still decided to take another look and observe.

He is actually happy for Millwall to attack, just like Millwall played Manchester United, let Manchester United attack, Millwall counterattack, the threat is even higher!

But what Heathfield didn't expect was that Millwall's offense could play such a terrifying suppressive force. He thought that 6 defenses and 5 defenses would be able to achieve a balance, but now it has become 7 defenses and 5 defenses.

In the final analysis, it is still because of Jeremiah's inability to play.

No matter how fierce Hargreaves is, he will be at least three points weaker in front of Nedved.

Millwall's God of War cannot be suppressed by Bayern Munich's Tigers, and Effenberg is not a pure defensive player. In terms of one-on-one, Nedved has the advantage.

Heathfield chose to stand still, and Aldridge looked at his watch, feeling that the time was about the same.

It's time for Millwall to take the initiative to make a change! ()