The Young Lion

The current relatively balanced situation on the field is a manifestation of the stalemate in the tactical confrontation between Millwall and Bayern Munich. watermark ad test watermark ad test

This scene was foreseen in a major conversation between Aldrich and Najib about five or six years ago.

There is no one technique and tactic in football that can sweep all opponents.

When an effective new tactic first appears, it is extremely powerful. In the process of continuous improvement and improvement, it can help the team reach a height of prosperity, but at the same time, the opponent will focus on studying your tactic, and then find ways to limit.

With the strength of Bayern Munich, using 7 people to defend and restricting 5 people to attack, this brought the situation to a balance, making it impossible for Millwall to score goals, but they also have the damage of self-defeating martial arts. Neither of them can score goals, at least ,Do not lose!

This kind of stalemate is tactically. Millwall can't create an excellent opportunity, but from the overall perspective, Millwall still has the offensive initiative. Bayern Munich has only solved the defense for the time being.

At this point, it will be very difficult to use tactics to create unexpected effects.

rely on what?

This is what Najib discovered back then, the flaws in the technical flow in Millwall's youth training, and thus prescribing the right medicine, established a player technical training department headed by Meulensteen.

Aldrich made a decision back then to focus on the youth training policy of mainly tactical flow, supplemented by technical flow, which proved its correctness in the following years and laid the cornerstone of Millwall's success.

It is very dangerous to focus on purely technical skills. There are 10 people on the field without the goalkeeper, and there is only one ball. The distribution of ball rights will be a big problem. There will be no ups and downs without players. When a player is not in good shape but still occupies too much possession of the ball. The team's record is difficult to guarantee, and it will also make the team's unity on the field fragile. This is very common in some technical teams.

Millwall strengthens the improvement of players' personal skills under the framework of tactical flow. Make them when tactics are limited. The ability to play can create opportunities locally.

Six or seven years later, Barcelona was crowned king of Europe, and -taka's reputation spread far and wide. Is this tactic novel? No, now, in the past, in Spain. In Catalonia, -taka has always existed, while Barcelona mainly uses -taka tactics, but without Messi, a world-class striker who can change the situation by himself, Barcelona can't rely on tactics alone to win the title. Jump to the conclusion that it can't be done, but it will definitely be more difficult.

Glenshire's appearance today. Very eye-catching on the left,

It relies on personal skills.

But in front of an opponent like Bayern Munich, if you want to rely on the individual ability of the players to decide the game, there are only a handful of people in Millwall who are capable of doing this.

Glenshire can only say that it has certain advantages locally. But the closer to the penalty area, the closer to the goal, and the area where kick shots are threatening, he will encounter great blocking pressure.

Larson, Nedved, and Pirlo, either because of their style of play or their roles on the field, it is difficult to solve the battle suddenly.

Now there's only one person on the field who can do that, and there's one person off the field.

Aldridge promised to let Ronaldinho play in the second half before the game. In addition to avoiding the possible recurrence of old injuries caused by his return from injury, it is also a strategy. Bayern Munich players run for 60 and 70 minutes first. Ronaldinho When he comes on stage again, he has obvious advantages in physical fitness, and the effect will be better when he plays it.

As for Henry, who is at the top of the center position, based on his performance at Millwall in the past two years, Aldridge believes that he is absolutely capable of changing the situation.

The only problem is that Henry is facing three defenders in the static state, and there are two midfielders behind him. He is caught in this narrow area and has no room to play.

Although relying on Henry's personal ability, Aldridge as the coach can't just pray to the sky on the sidelines: Henry, let's explode the universe!

If this can really bring victory, then the job of the head coach is too easy, just like Real Madrid to build a galaxy battleship, world-class players, play yourself, explode, explode every game, let's show off the trophy at the end of the season!

Create space and opportunities for Henry to explode!

In the first 30 minutes, Millwall used 5 defenses and 3 defenses in the backcourt. This is very stable. It is also a necessary process to observe the opponent, understand the opponent, and become familiar with the opponent on the field. After finding out about Sauer, Salihamidzic, Elber's main activity area today, the running route, the selection of the ball, and the framework of group cooperation, Millwall can take risks.

Since the defeat in Munich that year, Aldridge would choose to take the initiative to take risks in the face of a stalemate, but he would not bet his life so aggressively.

Millwall took a corner kick in the frontcourt. Larson's shot was blocked by Link with his body and went out of the baseline. We saw that in the backcourt, Millwall coach Hall stopped Schneider to teach the opportunity face-to-face. It seems that Millwall I'll make adjustments.

Schneider has followed Aldrich for seven years, and Aldridge can often convey tactical instructions accurately and accurately with just a few words.

And when the coach deliberately stopped the players to adjust on the sidelines, other players would delay the game time, and Pirlo went to take this corner kick and walked over step by step.

After taking the order, Schneider ran to the frontcourt and said a few words to Nedved, Henry, and Glenshall respectively. After he finished speaking, the referee was also urging Pirlo to take a corner kick quickly.

Hitzfeld looked dignified, and Aldridge made adjustments, and he must have worked hard on offense. What kind of challenges or crises will Bayern Munich face? If you can’t see it, how can you predict it? Offense is inherently active and ever-changing, while defense is passive.

Three minutes later, in the 35th minute of the first half, Heathfield saw Schneider make a bold assist, and Larson cut inside and slanted into the ribs of the penalty area, apparently wanting to head the ball forward.

The main goal of Bayern Munich's three defenders in the penalty area is Henry, who assists Larsson and Grünschall to cut inside. When Larsson enters the penalty area, the central defender must send out one to help defend.

Anderson in the center stared at Henry, but found that Henry didn't move!

But next to Henry, another person bravely rushed up between Anderson and Kufuor, and Schneider passed the ball around the front point. Nedved headed home with a leap from a slightly behind touch.

Kahn moves with the trajectory of the ball, Nedved's header is a straight line, the ball is fast, but Kahn is not slow. After jumping, he blocked the ball with a single palm over the crossbar.

A threatening attack from Millwall! Nedved's header almost broke the goal of Bayern Munich. Fortunately, Kahn valiantly blocked the ball. What a thrilling ball. There was a huge sigh in the stands .”

Kahn got up from the ground and did not change his face, but he was still terrified in his heart.

The goalkeeper must have blocked the ball outside, the ball just now. In fact, he didn't touch it completely with his palm. The ball touched the top of 1/3 of his palm, and then changed direction and jumped out of the bottom line from the crossbar. If his reaction was 0.01 seconds slower, even if he touched it with his hand, he might not be able to stop the ball from flying into the goal. middle.

Hitzfield also felt his scalp tingling on the sidelines, and Millwall's defender moved.

It's fine if the two full-backs move at the same time. But only Schneider, this choice is very targeted.

Use the threat of Schneider and Larson on this side to suppress Lizarazu, forcing Lizarazu not to dare to attack rashly even if he finds a large open area in front of him.

There will be less pressure on Bayern Munich's offensively blocked. But Sauer, Salihamidzic, and Elber, the three of them also have to face the defense of Millwall's three defenders and a midfielder. Among them, how Gattuso moves and selects the position is the key, but he is a Run undead beast.

After Schneider went up, he shared the task of Larsson's cross. Larsson could concentrate on cutting inside, becoming a right forward and getting rid of the shackles of the winger.

With the ball just now, Larsson threatened, Henry blocked the middle, and Nedved accidentally shot out. This kind of routine is not new. Bayern Munich was beaten once, and the alarm bell was sounded. Millwall will definitely not give it a second time. The opportunity to play such an effect.

Seeing Aldrich's expression slightly regretful after bowing his waist, Heathfield thought it was Aldrich's killing move.

He still does not make changes, and Millwall has taken a risk. Relatively, Bayern Munich's defensive pressure has increased, but the threat of offense will also increase.

Aldridge did regret that Nedved's header failed to get the ball into the goal, but he was still full of confidence.

Bayern Munich counterattacked, specifically attacking Sauer, but today Sauer was entangled by Gattuso, who was a little bit unable to do anything, and the opponent ended several breakthroughs with the ball. This time, he chose to pass the ball to Elber. He didn't dare to make a long pass, and the time the ball was flying in the air would make Salihamidzic on the other side stared at by Zambrotta when he received the ball.

Elber took the ball, turned around and used his speed to overtake Materazzi. Materazzi blocked Elber's advance diagonally in the middle. The chances of the two were 50/50, but neither of them could control the ball in the end. , Southgate took the ball away from the back, and then made a diagonal pass to the right. Schneider took the ball across the center line, turned around, and Millwall attacked again.

Hitzfeld saw that Bayern Munich's offense returned in vain, and he didn't even make a shot. He gritted his teeth and stomped his feet, feeling aggrieved.

As far as Millwall's central defender and defensive midfielder are concerned, their abilities are definitely not super first-class, but first-class.

Gattuso is still the main player this season and has just reached the first-class level. Materazzi and Southgate are still far from world-class in terms of personal defensive ability, and at Southgate's age, he will definitely not be able to become a top player. A world class defender.

But it is such a defensive line that can limit Bayern Munich's top-notch offensive line and even have very few shooting opportunities.

Heathfield knew that this was Aldridge's ability to train the team's defense, kneading several first-class players together, and forming a team to play an effect of 1+1 greater than 2.

Especially someone like Southgate who is tall and heavy and has no advantage in the central defender. Watching him play in the defender's defense, you can obviously find his calmness. His consciousness is characterized by relying on his brain to play football .

In the 43rd minute of the game, Schneider continued to drive the ball forward from the right, this time he deliberately slowed down.

Lizarazu didn't dare to go forward to press forward rashly, Larson had already started to move towards the open area of ​​the penalty area, Pirlo also stepped forward to respond, and Nedved rushed directly into the penalty area in a straight line.

Hargreaves saw Nedved's running, and he also retreated. Effenberg planned to defend Pirlo, but he just moved two steps and suddenly found something wrong.

Run past him, Glenshire!

This kid doesn't get into the ribs of the penalty area, why is he running in front of the center of the penalty area? Excessive tandem or long shot?

Effenberg retreated again, and something even more surprising happened to him.

Henry, ran out of the penalty area, the more he ran, the farther he was from the penalty area!

Henry ran back, Nedved charged forward, Glenciel moved to the front of the penalty area, and Larsson cut inside. This series of simultaneous movement changes caused confusion in Bayern Munich's marking defense. For the backline, don't say that Hargreaves was dizzy, and Effenberg didn't know who to stare at.

Schneider passed the ball, and the short-range half-high ball passed the ball to the middle. Henry was 38 yards away from the goal and was unmarked! ()