The Young Lion

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Aldridge in 1994 cannot be compared with Aldridge in 2002. Regardless of coaching experience, ability, keen insight into the game, decisiveness in on-the-spot command, etc., the latter must be better, just like cultivation, Or leveling. At that time, he was just a fledgling rookie, but now he is a master of kung fu, and he is praised as a generation of masters by the outside world.

For the same reason, Mourinho in 2003 and Mourinho in 10 years cannot be compared.

The current Mourinho is not a magical bird who is often in the whirlpool of utilitarian football, anti-football, bus representatives and other opponents who criticize wildly.

This can also be seen in the technical and tactical system of the Porto team.

Haven't played 433 yet, haven't used double midfielders yet, haven't relied on modern wingers and so on.

Porto finished runner-up in the domestic league for two consecutive seasons last season and the previous season. This is why Mourinho took over after halfway through last season. In his first full coaching season, Porto led Back to the top of the Portuguese Super League.

Porto can be said to be the best in Portugal, and in the European war, the European sub-cup and the UEFA Cup are used as the stage. In the European war, there are actually not many top teams. Because of this, Porto is very smooth. , achieved dominance in the country and came to the stage of the UEFA Cup final.

Mourinho did not change his lineup, and was not completely led by Millwall. He still played Porto's usual 442. The posture does not fall behind. Will he get what he wants in the game? That depends on the specific trend of the game.

From this point of view, Aldridge believes that Mourinho is really crazy now. This kind of madness tends to be arrogant, just like when he came to the Premier League in the original history, he first belittled Ferguson's achievements in the Premier League. , and he hasn't actually finished past Ferguson in the Premier League, at least. With Chelsea in his hands, they haven't even achieved three consecutive league titles.

Mourinho is a real strong player, not because of Porto's 2003-04 Champions League potential black whistle, which was criticized by many people, and not because of the black whistle case of referee manipulation in Porto's domestic league that was concluded in 2008.

However, if Aldridge is afraid of Mourinho today, then his life is really in vain!

On the day he personally experienced as Aldrich Hall, in terms of mentality, Aldridge more or less had a sense of wanting to give Mourinho a slap in the face.

mad,

Need capital!

He doesn't mind coming to help Mourinho see reality.

The 2002-03 UEFA Cup final is about to begin. The two teams in this final are Porto, the new league champion from Portugal, and Millwall, who has just ended their consecutive championship in the Premier League. Millwall came to the final and Not surprisingly, after they were eliminated from the Champions League at the end of last year, some media predicted that Millwall would come to the final of the UEFA Cup. After all, Millwall's overall strength is outstanding in the UEFA Cup. Let's go Take a look at the starting rosters of both sides.

Porto 442.

Goalkeeper: Baia.

Defenders: Ferreira, Jorge Costa, Carvalho, Valente.

Midfielders: Alenichev, Costinha, Deco, Maniche.

Forwards: Delray, Cappuccio.

Millwall 433.

Goalkeeper: Bout.

Defenders: Schneider, Nesta, Southgate, Ashley Cole.

Midfield: De Rossi, Alonso, Nedved.

Forwards: Larsson, Henry, Ronaldinho.

From the beginning of the game, Millwall completely took the initiative on the court!

Mourinho supervised the battle on the sidelines with a full face, watching the opponent's players passing and cutting with ease on the field. When attacking at the feet of the foursome in the frontcourt, Porto's defense is in jeopardy!

Ronaldinho, Nedved, Larsson, Henry.

Just these four people, everyone's foot skills can make local impacts and bring about local changes, and they also have a strong sense of teamwork. Alonso and De Rossi in the midfielder can control the ball and pass it clearly The ball supports the overall system, like the backbone of the team, and Schneider and Ashley Cole sneak in assists, which constantly squeezes Porto's formation to the backcourt, while Porto is in a panic. In less than 20 minutes of the game, even the striker involuntarily retreated to defend.

There is no way, seeing that the team is struggling to defend in the midfield, players with team awareness will take the initiative to invest in defense and support teammates.

20 minutes passed, Mourinho kept a cold face, hiding the panic in his heart.

His Porto, the entire technical and tactical system was destroyed!

Defense, four defenders one-on-one, zone defense, absolutely can't prevent Millwall's magical attack group, this is still the case when Millwall's star has not yet shown his strength alone, because Millwall makes the ball transfer speed faster than Porto A thin line of defense is difficult to quickly coordinate the speed.

Porto's two wide players, Maniche is good at long-range shots, and his defense is good, but his best is to find opportunities behind the striker. When participating in the defense and being suppressed in the backcourt, Porto does not have an absolute speed advantage to play an effective offense. .

On the other side, Alenichev on the right was born as a winger and was very fast. Unfortunately, in this game, he encountered two major problems. The first is a flaw, that is, his own physical fitness is not outstanding. One is, on his side is Ronaldinho!

The single midfielder Costinha is a general that Mourinho trusts very much. He has a large defensive area and amazing interception efficiency. However, it also depends on who the opponent is. He can't run against Nedved. It is a bit difficult, and Deco's back defense is needed to fill the gaps. When Ronaldinho cuts inside or changes positions with Nedved, Costinha can't take care of the wing defense, whether it is to mark Ronaldinho or fill in the defensive gaps. Relying on Ferreira, can you prevent Ronaldinho? So Alenichev had to go back to the defense, he ran on the defensive line. attack? Both sides are nearly ruined.

Plus Deco. He is the playmaker in Porto's formation. But he is not a field-controlling midfielder. Even if Porto defends successfully, he gets the ball and gives him very little time to play. There are Alonso and De Rossi in front, and Nedved back to defend. , If the wing teammates don't run in place, it will be difficult for him to make an effective organization. In itself, his speed is not his specialty. Therefore, Porto's offensive and defensive system was destroyed by Millwall, and it was chaotic. In the past, they met opponents in the Portuguese Super League and the UEFA Cup. They can play in an orderly manner according to their own will. Today, this is their Self-familiar internal order. Completely disrupted.

For the first 20 minutes, the Millwall players played an absolute sense of team football. Individual play with no particular focus is one of the styles that Millwall has finally cultivated over the years.

In the early stage of the game, first of all, let the players of the whole team be active and take root in the team foundation, which is also a way of comprehensively oppressing and paralyzing the opponent. Article, the premise is that during the active operation of their team, they are still unable to break through the opponent's gate.

Porto's tactical discipline and team understanding are quite impressive, otherwise, they would have been unable to resist Millwall's highly permeable team cooperation.

In the 24th minute, Ronaldinho began to show off his power. After getting the ball for the first time in the game, he began to control the rhythm by himself. Before that, he was cooperating with his teammates to let the ball run at a very fast speed.

But this time, he slowed down the pace, held the ball in place, and when Alenichev and Ferreira double-teamed him, he deftly picked the ball behind Ferreira. At the same time, Ashley - Cole slipped to the bottom and controlled the ball in front of the baseline behind Ferreira. Ferreira retreated to defend. Porto's entire defense line also moved to the baseline. Ashley Cole did not rush to pass. When Ferreira was close, he suddenly passed the ball back to Ronaldinho.

Ronaldinho stopped and dribbled, and Alenichev's defense against him was useless. Ronaldinho, who was cutting inside, stepped on the penalty area line and dribbled the ball laterally. When Costinha and Deco pounced on him at the same time, Ronaldinho The ball was passed diagonally back to Alonso who was following up. The latter obliquely plugged the other side of the penalty area and got rid of Valente's Larson. There is already a chance to shoot. !

Porto's defense quickly rushed towards Larsson. At the critical moment, Larsson missed a shot and then passed the ball back to the penalty spot. When the Porto defenders turned their heads, they only saw the ball flying by like a shooting star. The goalkeeper Baia didn't respond, the ball rolled out of the goal.

Nedved bombarded the goal heavily and succeeded with one blow!

Millwall scored the first goal! This goal is simply wonderful. Millwall played a pleasing teamwork in a small space when many opponents recovered the penalty area. First, Ronaldinho tore the ball from the left. Opening the opponent's defense, disrupting all marking rhythms of the opponent, and then the offense shifted to the right. Larson had a chance to shoot, but he was not greedy for credit. He gave the ball to Nedved, who was in a better position and was unmarked. The latter blasted the goal vigorously and did not give Baia any chance to save. 1:0, so far in the game, Porto and Millwall are not at the same level of team at all!

Mourinho's face was sinking, and he could only cheer the team on the sidelines so that the team would not be hit by conceded goals.

But what about himself?

Has it been hit?

At this time, should I recall it?

In a certain period of time in the past, the European media came to a conclusion: Facing Millwall, first of all, you cannot play double forwards.

The definition of this double forward is a real forward, a fake forward, and a real midfielder does not count.

Because if you play double forwards, your midfield formation, no matter how you arrange your troops, will not be able to give an advantage to the entire field, and it will even be difficult to maintain balance.

For example, Manchester United and Arsenal are both at 442, but Manchester United’s Solskjaer, who has partnered with Ruud van Nistelrooy in the past two seasons, and Arsenal’s Bergkamp, ​​the former can defend back to the front of the penalty area, and the latter at least almost returns to the central midfielder. The defensive position is almost the same, just like that, and they have not had an advantage on the field. Manchester United defeated Millwall also by setting the ball.

Mourinho was not reconciled. He thought that even though Porto's players' personal strength was worse than Millwall's, he naively believed that the Porto he had trained should be able to compete with Millwall in terms of overall strength after the overall chemical reaction of the team.

It is undeniable that the Porto team is very strong, but Millwall's team chemistry and the effect produced have been famous in Europe for a long time!

It is also possible that Millwall's internal turmoil this season has reduced the outside world's assessment in this regard.

But in the end, on the stage of this UEFA Cup final, Porto has no power to fight back!

Millwall scored a goal and took the lead. The star group that has been eclipsed all season has begun to explode!

To bid farewell to this failed season?

Or is it the uncontrollable passion to meet the new glory?

Aldridge stood on the sidelines, rock solid. (to be continued..) ()