The Young Lion

Chelsea's full-back defense in the second half obviously tightened the penalty area.

It's not a new change.

Chelsea's full-backs can only block one of the two lines inside and outside. Millwall has weakened the attack in the center, and Chelsea will open the side to the opponent. Henry's own header ability is terrible, but it is not what they are afraid of.

Traditionally, doing so will still have good results.

But Millwall is more than just flying on both wings now?

It is simply a four-line attack on the side!

It sounds a bit incomprehensible, there are only two sides, where are there four lines?

However, many professional football critics watching the game have realized the changes in Millwall's wing attack while repeatedly thinking about the overall situation.

Different tracks on the same side!

That is to say, Millwall's full-backs and wingers are never on the same track.

Two wingers, two full-backs, inside and outside, there will be three and a half men at the same time, one of the two full-backs will not completely rush to the front line, and adjust and switch according to the side where the attack is located.

If Ronaldinho cuts inside, Ashley Cole will definitely cover the side, and vice versa, corresponding to the other side, the same is true.

How to accomplish this kind of wing pressing depends on the quality of the full-back and the ability of the winger to read the game. The winger takes the initiative to take the first step. If he overlaps, the full-back behind him will transform into a front and cut the opponent's ribs in the penalty area! If the winger cuts inside, the full-back will quickly cover the edge to form a supporting point.

In short, Millwall's full-backs and wingers. This game will not be on the same track at the same time, or in the same position with the same tactical effect.

Although Bridge and Johnson tightened the penalty area, their main opponents were Larson and Ronaldinho. So when Millwall's sideways pressure produces a certain balance of numbers at the front, they can still attack in a narrow range.

It's just that Schneider and Ashley Cole are not forwards after all. They become wingers and cut into the ribs of the penalty area. The quality of their shots cannot be compared with Zhengyin forwards.

Before the 60th minute, Millwall had taken six shots in just 15 minutes. Among them, Ashley Cole completed 3 kicks and Schneider 1 kick. Only Ashley Cole's shot hit the goal range, and the other 3 shots flew into the stands.

But the offensive threat was clear at a glance, and Millwall's wing storm terrified the opponent beyond measure.

Gremi involuntarily began to enter the penalty area, and Desailly also used his experience to freely fill the position. Guard against Millwall full-backs escaping or swapping positions with wingers to attack their box.

In the 62nd minute, Aldridge made a substitution on the sidelines. He put his arms around Ronaldo's shoulders and gave him a brief explanation of his tasks after playing. Ronaldo would not nod frequently like other players, and would not say anything until the end clear.

Larsson, who had provided 3 assists in this game, was replaced by the Portuguese genius Ronaldo. The fans of the visiting team stood up and applauded in the stands of Stamford Bridge. Larsson deserved the applause. He today The performance was impeccable and if there is a goal, it will be perfect.

Larson and Ronaldo high-five for a substitution. Aldridge also clapped hands with Larson who was off the court.

Before the start of the new season, Aldridge had a conversation with Larson. The team will reduce the number of his appearances this season. Basically, the games he is sent to play are all opponents with mid-upper strength or important games. Others Contest. Ronaldo will be the starter, and. Like today, replacing him in more than 60 minutes may not be occasional, because he will be 32 years old soon after all. Aldridge's requirements for the team's defense require very strong physical fitness. Larson It is definitely impossible to last for 90 minutes, unless they actively kill the game time when the score is comfortable, turning part of the game time into garbage time.

However, Aldridge really doesn't care about the score and the result now, he cares more about the game time, the more game time, every minute must be used for training and honing the team's new system, especially the tactics of the two full backs. Changes, as well as the tempering of the team's new midfield structure, this is not a stable life, and utilitarian wins can achieve the desired results. How can it be effective if you don't practice and cherish every minute? Even if it is more utilitarian, it may have good results, but for the next few years and the long-term construction cycle of a team, this is only a short-term benefit, and Aldridge will not be so short-sighted.

Aldridge replaced the veteran Larson with the lively Ronaldo. This is a matchup substitution, just a small adjustment, and does not affect the overall situation, and Eriksson is also well aware of this.

At this juncture of Millwall's substitution, Eriksson's eyes suddenly became sharp and energetic, and he had an epiphany.

He suddenly got up and walked to the sidelines, decisively called Duff to the front, gave Duff an order, and asked Duff to carry out the same resolutely, and asked Duff to convey the same tactical adjustment content to Gudjohnsen.

When he walked back to the coach's bench and sat down, what Eriksson couldn't get out of his mind was: Ashley Cole and Schneider frequently cut straight to the ribs of the penalty area from the wing.

Originally, if Ronaldinho and Larson moved like this, it would not be new.

Just like Duff and Gudjohnsen would cut in from the wing, the winger's threat to goal has long been heard and heard all over the world in the era of Millwall sweeping Europe, although there is no one now. Clearly defined, but this is different from traditional wingers. It is a new type of winger emerging in modern football. In the swing between assists and goals, modern wingers are more inclined to score goals and weaken the previous assists. This is the general trend, because Millwall has used this set to achieve dazzling achievements. As for why Ronaldinho and Larson have more assists than goals, the reason is simple, because they have become offensive terminators that cannot be ignored in the eyes of the opponent, limiting them. , It is no longer based on the old perspective of looking at traditional wingers, but is restricted as scoring points. They are better at the mutual activation of various points of a team.

Now Millwall seems to be planning to do more in the wing attack, to deduce the frenzy of the wing attack to another new level, integrating the change of front. Today, I have a small test of the chopper, and the power is not bad.

What Eriksson cares about is: why Millwall can even play such an intuitive threat from the full-backs, while Chelsea's wingers clearly have space in front of them, but they cannot create threats in the penalty area.

It dawned on Eriksen as two of Millwall's full-backs repeatedly charged into the Chelsea box.

Chelsea's offense, look far away!

Yes, when the Millwall full-back goes up. There is a very obvious space behind them, and Chelsea's wingers only need to move smartly. It is a space like walking on the ground.

But the question is, is that vacancy really worth using?

That's an open space on the wing, not a penalty area. A 45-degree cross can pass, but few world waves can directly blast the ball into the opponent's goal!

In the final analysis, your offense must hit the penalty area in order to create a threat. Even if you cannot enter the penalty area, you must hit the 35-yard fan in front of the goal. In this area, long-range shots are only a threat.

Chelsea were too concerned about playing behind the opposing full-backs, so they were in the attacking route. It is to advance from the wing first, and then turn back to the center to create a threat. Compared with Millwall's two assists, the magnitude is very large. The full-back offensive routine of sprinting from the side of the half. If Schneider and Ashley Cole want to threaten the goal, they will directly attack the penalty area from the side. The distance is obviously longer than Chelsea's route from the side to the center Closer, closer distance means shorter time for the impact process. Make it more difficult for opponents to guard against, start slowly. Decisively and resolutely accelerate the explosion, the time from the start of speed up to running in place may be within 5 seconds, after all, they don't have to rush to the Chelsea goal line.

Observing Millwall's defensive strategy in the backcourt made Eriksson firmly believe that Chelsea had fallen into a trap.

They go sideways because the opponent has two midfielders on the midfielder line. It is normal to bypass them. Attacking players avoid the opponent and go wherever there is space.

Millwall's strengthening of the midfield is to block the team cooperation of the opponent's combination of side and center when organizing an attack, and change direction to force the opponent to counterattack from the side to hold the side and go to the black. The two defensive midfielders can send one out to help defend the side because of the abundance of defensive manpower in the middle, but they are only stuck inside, and they will not go directly to force the opponent to pass and get rid of the space, just to delay time, or to put the opponent Pushed into a dead end on the bottom line of the wing.

The Millwall full-back who returns to the defense in the front field, the route of returning to the defense is not the side, but the center!

Either support the midfield defense of the back waistline. If the opponent's offense is deeper, they will rush into the penalty area to fill the empty position after the central defender's marking or interception!

This made Chelsea either fall into a dead end after the attack was delayed after halftime, or wait for the backcourt to come up, only to find that the opponent has calmly arranged a tight defense line, although it looks a bit messy, For example, there may be a full-back standing not far from the midfielder, while the other midfielder withdraws into the penalty area.

However, Millwall's defensive strategy has never given Chelsea limited space in the penalty area or the fan-shaped area directly in front of the goal.

Eriksen recognized the crux of Chelsea's attack, or rather, the limitations of their players.

If Duff is replaced by Ronaldinho, Ronaldinho will not go down the sidewalk even if there is free space in the counterattack, but will cut inside and go in the middle.

Why?

Since it is a counterattack, of course you must play with speed!

Your speed with the ball is far inferior to the speed of running without the ball. Of course, you must choose the closest distance, and you must hold on to the wing. Even if the midfielder runs forward and cooperates, the distance is not too short. If you hit directly In the middle, firstly, the speed of attack has increased, and secondly, the space on the side already exists. When you take the ball forward, you can leave the space on the side and let your teammates run forward. You can hold the opponent's defense in the middle, even if the team With cooperation, the distance between teammates is also closer, and the players in the middle will not be left in a state of isolation and helplessness. From the overall perspective, there are more changes that can be derived from the breakthrough in the middle. The opponents have to guard against three lines. On the left and right sides, there is also a center for offensive advancement, and if you simply attack from the side, the next step in the offensive development is the center, or the other side that is farther away, and the other side that is farther away has the lowest threat, because the longer the distance Far, pass success rate, and the probability of cooperation will be greatly reduced.

In the 70th minute of the game, Chelsea's two forwards gathered close to the center during a counterattack. Gudjohnsen dribbled the ball and gave up the wing to go inside. Wall's waistline suddenly became a little tight.

De Rossi and Alonso were attacked head-on by the other three for a while, and the immaturity of the two's cooperation, especially in the overall situation, was reflected. It seemed that neither Alonso nor De Rossi knew whether to block Da Husband and Gudjohnsen directly cut the running route of the ribs of the penalty area, and at the same time naturally relaxed the defense against Veron.

Fortunately, Duff passed the ball back to Veron, and the latter's through pass to Crespo was directly destroyed by Southgate. Otherwise, Chelsea might be able to get back a goal in this counterattack.

Aldridge bowed his head and smiled on the sidelines.

Eriksson finally realized Millwall's real weakness: the midfielder. (to be continued) ()