The Young Lion

Liverpool's momentum was fierce some time ago, just after Anfield was defeated by Millwall 4:2. A wave of good results.

However, this wave of excellent records is not particularly worthy of attention in the eyes of football critics.

Because Liverpool's own skills and tactics have not made a breakthrough, the reason for the successive victories is simple: momentum!

The head coach went to the hospital, and the team's strong cohesion was at work, and they fought out a few victories in one go to show the head coach.

This momentum ended in the Christmas Express battle. First of all, the fight was too fierce before, and the physical fitness could not keep up with the continuous combat. Secondly, after losing the game, the spirit dissipated again. It was bloodbathed by Chelsea 4:0, and lost 1:2 at home to Arsenal did not beat Aston Villa in the away game until the last round.

If you want to say who the unlucky team is, it is Manchester United. It happened that they encountered Liverpool after Houllier had just entered the hospital.

Before the season, Liverpool, which was touted as being able to challenge the order of the Premier League kings, finished halfway through. Sorry, Liverpool's name is not yet seen in the top four, and they are ranked fifth.

Phil Thompson's coaching ability is not worth mentioning, but after he took over the team, he killed Manchester United first, and then won consecutive victories. This has a huge impact on him personally. He may have changed his mentality. The role of an assistant coach has changed to one who believes that he has the potential to be a coach, and that he is the talent of an excellent coach!

Therefore, Liverpool's technical and tactical play has become very aggressive, which is also summed up by Thompson's lackluster experience. That's how you win against Manchester United!

This man was extremely low-key before the game. Compliments to Aldridge. Never mention how the game will be played.

But it is estimated that he had an impassioned speech in the locker room before the game to mobilize Liverpool's fighting spirit.

Because from the beginning of the game, Aldridge saw Liverpool rushing very hard, which is very reminiscent of Liverpool's nickname: the Red Army.

Fight like brave warriors one by one.

However, the army belongs to the army, and an army that cannot win a battle is nothing to praise.

Aldridge still attaches great importance to the game, because today he still adopts a defensive strategy with the midfielder in front. In the high press, Millwall quickly received results.

Gattuso made a successful interception in midfield.

He intercepted the ball passed to Smicer by Gerrard, and then passed it directly to Ronaldinho on the left. One is Ronaldinho. When he met these two people, his waist almost broke. And he plays full-back, and other games are fine. Just when he met these two people, he became a weakness to be condemned.

This time is the same, Carragher directly retracted the penalty area, afraid of being broken by Ronaldinho, so Ronaldinho made a cross without being disturbed. How to describe this cross? Well, very thief!

Passing behind the central defender, the central defender will be slow to turn around and clear the siege, and he will be afraid of his own inadvertent own goal, the speed is fast, the ball is low, bounced in the penalty area and passed the space between the central defender, Henry stretched out a pad Shot, the ball flew into the goal from Dudek's hand.

In the first 9 minutes, Millwall took the lead! This opportunity came from a steal in Gattuso's midfield. It seems that Hall's effect on Gattuso's position is surprisingly good. With the last assist, Henry's annual goal count has been refreshed again, let's see if Henry can score a few more goals in today's game

After seeing the goal, Aldrich turned his head and said to Jenson, It seems that the formation of troops is not as bad as we imagined.

There must be limitations, but it doesn't mean that a slightly stronger team can catch our defensive flaws. Let's look at it again. Anyway, I always think that this set of defensive tactics can only break dense defenses, and it can't Just playing against a particularly conservative team, you must not let the players think that playing like this is foolproof, otherwise, if you run into Manchester United, Arsenal, or other strong teams in Europe, you will definitely suffer a big loss.”

Jason said with a serious expression.

Aldrich nodded after thinking about it, and decided to take another look.

Maybe it's really that this flaw is not as big as he imagined?

But just 10 minutes later, Aldrich smiled wryly.

Liverpool equalized the score and it was Owen who scored the goal! Owen dribbled the ball away from Southgate after receiving Heskey's header support, and then faced Butt who abandoned the goal single-handedly. He played the ball very calmly A good shot! Millwall's defense is very fragile this time, is it too easy to be penetrated?

The whole Liverpool team is excited about the goal.

The Millwall players turned to look at Aldridge.

This ball is actually very simple.

Gerrard made a long pass from the backcourt to find Heskey, and Heskey headed it to Owen. Owen's running position and speed characteristics were brought into play, and there was a lot of space for him to rush. After all, Southgate couldn't run a striker with extreme speed. , was beaten single-handedly by Owen.

Do you want to say that Liverpool really found the secret to restraining Millwall?

not necessarily.

Gerrard has no choice. He is blocked from the front, back, left, and right sides. He can't find the ball from a short distance. Gattuso is pressing up like a wolf. He can only make a long pass to Husky in front of him. .

Pirlo was slow to catch up, and Materazzi came up and was blocked by Hesky first. Hesky just hit a header and then rubbed. Behind him, there were only three people besides Materazzi, Owen and South. Gate, Boot.

The space on the offensive side is unimaginably large. Irving rushed up with speed and had space, and the full-backs didn't have any chance to defend.

This is where the high-position pressing and the midfielder's front are flawed.

If the opponent does not play a short pass on the ground, but uses the traditional British long pass, Millwall's defense line will have a very low fault tolerance rate.

But this is not low on the opponent's requirements.

At least Gerrard's long pass just now was relatively accurate. Heskey's physical confrontation ability has supported Materazzi, and he can also play the ball, plus Owen, who is excellent at catching fighters.

That's why Jenson said that Millwall's defensive tactics are better against a particularly conservative weak team, and it's too unsafe to play against a strong team.

For example, West Ham United will not be able to advance completely because the midfielder is pressed to the ground, and they will adopt the method of big feet in the backcourt, but their big feet are really big feet to clear the siege, rather than long passes to find teammates.

The Millwall players looked at Aldridge, waiting for instructions.

At the pre-match preparation meeting yesterday, Aldridge made it very clear that today he will still adopt the same tactical system as he played against West Ham United, but if there is a problem, the team will switch back to the previous defensive routine, which is to add Tuso backed away.

If another coach told the team like this, it is estimated that there will be a revolution by the players, playing against Liverpool, such an important game, you come to test tactics?

But Aldridge told this group of players that there was no problem at all, and the players were willing to accept it.

The players regard this as a kind of fun in their profession. They all want to knock on Aldridge's head to see what is inside.

Abolish the classical winger, establish a modern winger, put the front midfielder at the back, the midfielder at the front, press high, and counterattack Aldridge's innovation at the tactical level over the years has reached an outrageous level.

It's not that there are no other coaches who will do this. It may be that there is only one coach in Europe who has a huge effect on every tactical change in the team like Aldridge.

Aldridge stood up from the coach's bench, walked to the sidelines and gestured towards the players.

The players saw it and understood.

According to what was said before the game, then cut back.

Gattuso escorted Pirlo.

After the game resumed, the commentator discovered the changes in the positions of Millwall players and the areas in charge, and chatted with great interest.

Millwall made a self-denial. After the opening, Gattuso's midfielder was overthrown. Now he has returned to the midfielder position. Pirlo is active in front of him. The two maintain a close linkage.

It seems that, as Hall said after the last game, his defensive tactics have certain limitations. Liverpool just made a long pass and went directly to the frontcourt, and Millwall fell into defensive passiveness. Excellent, but Pirlo's defensive ability is really unsatisfactory, it is actually a 2vs2 offensive and defensive confrontation, Liverpool occupies the advantage of the offensive space, Owen won the single-handedly, it is not surprising.

Liverpool just scored a goal through a long pass, and then repeated the same trick, frequently passing long passes from the midfield to find Heskey in front.

But after Gattuso returned to the midfielder position, Liverpool played like this and failed to make it again.

Of course, it is impossible for Gattuso to grab the header from Husky. How tall is Husky and how tall is Gattuso? With 55 chances, there is no suspense for Gattuso's complete defeat.

Gattuso has his own anticipation when facing the opponent's long pass. If he can grab the point, he will grab the point and use the position advantage to separate the Husky through confrontation. This is more than strength than bounce. , he does not fall behind.

If he predicts that he will not be able to grab the spot and Husky takes the lead, then Gattuso will retreat towards the penalty area, and Materazzi will definitely go up to defend Husky. Whether Husky stops the ball Turning around or heading the ball directly, it is not so easy for Owen to get the ball. Not only does Gattuso retreat and follow him like a shadow, but also Southgate adds an insurance. It was so low before, and it would not be pierced by Irving as soon as he took the ball and accelerated the breakthrough.

But Liverpool equalized the score and the momentum came up. A long shot from Smicer was blocked by Bout from the bottom line. Through a corner kick, Liverpool made a second attack and Gerrard rewritten the score with a long shot from outside the penalty area.

1:2! My God, Liverpool reversed the score! Did you read it wrong? Millwall conceded two goals in a row and the score was reversed? If the game ends here, I don't know how many records Millwall will end!

The fans in the stands of the Lion King Stadium were stunned.

behind? The score was reversed, this kind of thing is so fucking new! (to be continued...) ()