The Young Lion

At the end of the first half, Millwall led Chelsea 2-0. Hall has a deep understanding. When Millwall will be a guest at the Bernabeu to challenge Real Madrid in the middle of next week, it is no longer a secret that Hall will make a substitute lineup for this game, but Chelsea is still caught off guard. Millwall Wall's tough, decisive, and even crazy midfield defense has shaped a new game situation. They will not give Chelsea midfielders space to organize offenses, while Millwall is diligent and even looks a bit murderous in Arrow Villa. Under the performance, Lamour attacked in series, and today, Kaka, who is actually a shadow striker, roams around the offensive end with lightning speed, using his speed, dribbling, and together with Villa, intimidating, insulting, and conquering Chelsea!

Martin, on the cards, the starting lineups of the two teams are actually quite similar today. Millwall is slightly weaker, but they have better physical fitness, so it can be said that neither side has a clear advantage. The venue is also neutral. The atmosphere in the stands is still that the fans of both sides are fighting against each other. , Under such circumstances, Millwall was able to score two goals in the first half and restricted Chelsea's offense very well. In fact, it was Hall who defeated Ranieri. At the tactical level, Ranieri now needs Think hard, otherwise Chelsea's season will be over after 45 minutes in the second half.

When they walked into the dressing room, the Millwall players were still murderous. They didn't talk or laugh, they didn't talk about goals, on the contrary. They were silent. His eyes are determined. The expression is meticulous, waiting for the second half, waiting for their war to continue!

Aldridge praised their performance and spent a lot of time continuing to cheer them on and stimulate their fighting spirit.

The Chelsea dressing room was gloomy. They were the ones entering the game, not as clear as the onlookers. The commentator was expecting Millwall to create a new round of tactical innovation. The Chelsea team itself is just thinking about how to save the game.

Ranieri racked his brains, thinking about how to let Chelsea establish an advantage in the midfield and penetrate Millwall's midfield in terms of organization and delivery, but no matter how he changed the midfield position and offensive routines, it seemed impossible to achieve The goal is to expect Chelsea to make full use of the field space and quickly transfer the offense with two or three passes. This is not realistic. They lack brains, such roles as commanders. The wide players, especially the players who are plugged in behind the wide to provide support and oppression, have very average abilities.

Taking the initiative to attack, he couldn't think of a way to crack it, Ranieri tried to change his thinking.

That is to allow Millwall to wreak havoc in the midfield, and Chelsea withdraw from the midfield to strengthen the defense. So, how to hit the offense?

Simple, long pass!

As long as a team can play such a tactic, Ranieri can't find a better way in a short time, so he can only simplify it. Instead of arranging complicated offensive routines for the players during the short intermission,

It is better to use a simple and rude method, at least the integrity of the team will not be a problem, lest the team cannot be integrated because of an overly complicated tactical design, and eventually collapses itself.

When he walked out of the locker room at the end of the intermission, Ranieri knew that he had lost again against Aldridge this time.

This is a normal situation. When Millwall pushes the opponent into a desperate situation and completely destroys his offensive routine or confidence, the opponent will use long passes to deal with Millwall. If this is effective, then Millwall has already been defeated. This is a choice made out of desperation. After all, it is impossible for one side to attack forever on the court, but there is a strong form on the court, that is, the strong side beats the opponent. Go on the offensive!

At the beginning of the second half, Chelsea's backcourt shrunk and began to play long balls. Aldridge felt dispirited when he saw this, but his spirit did not relax.

It can only be said that at the level of his coach's fighting skills, Ranieri did not use a trick to make him afraid.

The long pass is used by teams that have no choice, because there is a bottom line, that is, maybe, with luck, they can score.

Chelsea is stronger than those downstream teams, and significantly worse than the top team lineup. They play this trick, which has a certain power, but it is not enough to sweep the opponent with a fresh move.

However, Ranieri's adjustment has had an immediate effect.

The strong striker Hasselbaink knocked Barzagli away in a fight for a header. Aldridge thought it was a foul. He complained directly to the referee team on the sidelines. The referee did not blow his whistle. Hasselbaink tried to divert the ball to Gudjohnsen with a header, but Metzelder kept his eye on the Icelander and made a hasty header clearance. The ball landed at the feet of Zola, who happened to have a forward run. After stopping the ball in the chest, he went straight forward. De Rossi failed to follow. After Zola entered the penalty area, he continuously changed direction and dribbled past Metzelder. , Hasselbaink outflanked in place and pierced the goal guarded by Pagliuca.

Seeing this, Aldridge swears directly.

He yelled viciously at the fourth official: You are all fucking blind! Hasselbaink knocked Barzali down from behind, don't tell me it's a reasonable collision, I'll stab you from behind Is it reasonable for you to stab me? Can you accept it?

The fourth official turned around and didn't dare to face Aldridge's questioning. The referee came over to warn Aldridge, but was satirized by Aldridge by applauding. He also pointed to his eyes, and the referee gave a few warnings. Turn away.

Aldridge's anger was justified. Although he had a high reputation and prestige in England, he was sent off immediately just for challenging the referee's authority and changing coaches.

But the reason for his anger is that he always has a feeling that in England, any team with ambition and strength to get involved in the championship, the behind-the-scenes forces have joined forces to try to influence the FA, the Premier League, the referee committee, etc. power.

Just like in the Premier League, after Millwall won the Premier League championship 6 rounds ahead of schedule this season, he will congratulate Millwall openly, but he will also say after the congratulations: We hope that the competition in the Premier League will be more intense, and the champion will always be the same ball Team, this phenomenon is not very good.

Millwall already has a certain political power in England, but it does not mean that they can cover the sky with one hand. Manchester United, Liverpool, Arsenal and other teams all have certain energy. Thinking back ten years ago, Tottenham and Everton were still recognized As for the top teams, they can contribute the mainstay in the establishment of the Premier League. Ten years later, this combination of strong teams will still not change, and it is difficult for a single player to dominate.

Aldrich hoped that he was suspicious and had persecution paranoia. In this case, it was his paranoia, not the truth.

The Millwall players on the field saw that the goal was pulled back and did not complain. Only Barzagli felt a little wronged. When he was fighting for the header, he got stuck first. Hasselbaink was not only Jumping behind him, his elbow hit his back, and he fell to the ground.

Aldridge didn't believe that Chelsea could rely on long balls to hit them again and again!

The Millwall players didn't believe it either.

Chelsea retreated back and didn't want a midfielder. Millwall's rapid advance after a crazy interception was useless, but it didn't mean they were out of luck.

In Alonso's organization, Pedretti and Lamour are one by the side, the other is in front to support, and De Rossi is behind to provide support. Millwall relies on controlling the midfield to establish an offensive advantage and slowly erodes Chelsea. line of defense.

Patience, stability, concentration, diligent running, and active defense, the quality of Millwall's substitute lineup in positional warfare makes Aldridge proud of it!

Chelsea retracted, and Millwall looked for opportunities outside the penalty area.

In the 69th minute, Alonso's high-quality long-range shot from the outside almost pierced Cudicini's ten fingers.

Two minutes later, De Rossi controlled a long pass from Chelsea's backcourt, and then De Rossi took the ball forward and rushed to the front line without hindrance. When encountering Petit, De Rossi passed the ball and ran out Alonso who is free, Alonso tries another long shot!

The ball hit the ground and went straight to the lower right corner of Chelsea's goal. Cudicini reacted quickly and blocked the ball with his hands, but Chelsea failed to keep a close eye on Villa in the penalty area. Almost everyone was watching Aaron Suo's long-range shot, only Villa quietly ran towards the goal from the double-team of the back line and into the small penalty area. His follow-up was not in vain. Maybe he would follow up like this 10 times, but this time it was rewarding. This time, let him seize the opportunity to make another victory!

Billa scored the goal, 3:1, Millwall almost sealed the victory, Chelsea can't play like this, really can't, if shrinking the defense and attacking with long passes can defeat Millwall, then Millwall will soon It was completely battered. Chelsea’s defense could not be perfect if they had to put three offensive players in the front. The back line and the back line, they chose one of the two. They chose to strengthen the back line, the last gate The defense, so Millwall made long-range shots from the outside to threaten Chelsea's goal. If it weren't for Cudicini's bravery, Chelsea's third conceded goal would not have come so late.

Seeing the team score the third goal, Aldrich laughed a lot, then waved his hand, withdraw!

With less than 20 minutes left in the game, leading the opponent by two goals, since the opponent can play a defensive long pass counterattack, why can't Millwall take it back and hit your counterattack?

When Ranieri saw this situation, he probably thought the same as Rexach: Shameless!

Perhaps in their minds, Millwall is the king and the most powerful team. They should go all the way to the end, attack non-stop from the first minute to the 90th minute, press the attack, and wield the butcher knife to go crazy on the front line. Hack and kill your opponents! (to be continued..) ()