The Young Lion

A tasteless European Super Cup, but it impacts the mind and soul of Millwall's newcomers every minute.

De Rossi and Alonso originally thought that they deserved their title this season, and their performance in the league was not bad. Even if the defense lost three goals in the Blackburn game, they could find a reason to comfort themselves: the team rotation The quality of Millwall's offense has declined, and the role of offense instead of defense has been weakened.

But in this game, facing Milan, they realized how ridiculous their thoughts were.

Not to mention how far they are from the world class, they haven't even established a first-class position!

Conceding two goals in a row aroused their more vigorous fighting spirit and forced them to face everything that was happening more calmly!

There is no time to be annoyed and frustrated. If you are immersed in negative emotions and lose control of yourself, the game will be over. Maybe Millwall lost a tasteless champion, but maybe their future in the team will undergo earth-shaking changes.

When Milan tried to repeat the old tricks and blast Millwall's defense with long-distance direct passes, they found that the previous method did not work.

Nesta, Southgate, De Rossi, Alonso, if the four defenses and two defenses cannot be defended, then Millwall simply surrenders.

Facts have proved that Aldrich's decision is correct.

Ditch the interception at the back waistline.

Because it's useless!

Keep the back waist on the back waist line, who to intercept?

If Pirlo can dribble the ball up from the midfield, Nedved, Schneider, Ashley Cole, can't they return to defense?

Seedorf, Rui Costa albeit from a higher starting position. Don't step into the front waistline. their threat. After all, it was a pass, not a one-on-one breakthrough, and Millwall still did not intercept the target.

Since there is no one to intercept, why leave a midfielder there?

If Milan switches to the midfield three and No. 10 advances forward, their speed is not fast!

If Pirlo can come up, Nedved will definitely be able to retreat to the back waistline. If Seedorf and Rui Costa can advance to the front waistline, Millwall's two full-backs. There must also be one that can retreat to the front of the penalty area.

The offensive of both sides was like a wave, and Milan's experienced defensive line did not give Millwall a chance to sweep and wreak havoc on the wing.

Millwall adjusted the defensive strategy here, and then the waist line retreated to the back line to make up for it, which destroyed Milan's wishful thinking that they wanted to go through Yang again.

Ancelotti looked at Millwall's embarrassing or chaotic back line defense at that time, pondered secretly, and suddenly thought: This is actually a 3-back!

The strategy of defending the opponent's counterattack at the first time with 3 defenders plus a defensive midfielder. If Milan can't play fast, Millwall's midfielders will retreat. Then it can be gradually readjusted to a defensive formation of 4 defenders and 2 midfielders.

Regardless of the score lead, Ancelotti still admires Aldridge.

This young marshal is notorious for not playing cards according to common sense. If Millwall is a Serie A team, I am afraid that the faces of the Italian media will be beaten purple and swollen again.

why?

Over the years, I have been emphasizing that when you meet Millwall, don't play a 3-back, don't play a 3-back, that's courting death.

But Millwall's weakest link, and the most dangerous moment, is to present a defensive posture of 3 defenders.

Ancelotti looked thoughtfully at De Rossi, then at Gattuso.

Aldridge employs people, it really varies from person to person!

De Rossi can take care of the guard line and can freely switch to the guard role. His physical and technical characteristics look good, and his height is not bad. However, Gattuso can't. Gattuso's height is a natural disadvantage. Therefore, De Rossi It is not to succeed Gattuso. Although the position looks the same, in terms of player use, Aldridge will still reformulate the changes in the tactical system according to the characteristics of the players.

Leading the score, Ancelotti can't help but feel a little comfortable, and he can still think about these things.

And the Millwall generals on the field don't want to be easily defeated by Milan!

The wing storm is just a foundation, a very simple routine. It is the philosophy of Millwall's offensive football to breed more changes on a simple foundation.

In the 34th minute, from 4 minutes ago, Henry and Larson changed positions. Larson was at the center position, and Henry pulled to the side. The first attack did not receive very good results. Larson was also trying to move forward. He was intercepted by Maldini during the impact in the penalty area.

Milan did not realize that this change was only the first step.

When Schneider and Henry passed the midfield on the right, Henry suddenly passed the ball back to Alonso, who kicked the ball, and the offense shifted to the left!

Ronaldinho got the ball, and Ashley Cole quickly cut inside the ribs of the penalty area, seemingly trying to catch the opponent by surprise.

When Ronaldinho passed Pirlo, Gattuso followed his usual habits. Pirlo was used as a mobile wall, and he suddenly rushed up behind him. However, he probably forgot that Ronaldinho has been in the team training match for many years. When the opponent has Gattuso!

Of course he knew when Gattuso would show up, so when he passed Pirlo, he dribbled the ball to the outside, making the distance when Gattuso came to steal, giving Ronaldinho more time to do the next one deal with.

Pirlo is very simple for Ronaldinho, a change of direction acceleration is basically thrown away, he has extra energy to observe Gattuso's movements, when he sees Gattuso moving this way, the corner of Ronaldinho's mouth inadvertently Evoked a subtle arc.

Gattuso came to intercept Ronaldinho with full confidence. He also thought he was familiar with Ronaldinho, and felt that after Ronaldinho passed Pirlo, he would cut to the middle and proceed to the next step.

But when he left the middle road and rushed towards Ronaldinho, he was shocked to find that Ronaldinho took another step away from him. He suddenly lost his mind, and an ominous premonition appeared in his heart without warning, and then it turned into a chill and swept through his whole body.

Ronaldinho crossed the ball in the middle, from behind Pirlo and in front of Gattuso, both of them were out of reach!

Although not comparable to Rui Costa's exquisite 50-yard pass, the effect is the same, and the two can only watch, not intercept.

Gattuso braked and stopped, before turning his head back, he thought: Nedved!

Sure enough!

The wild lion rushed up like a war god, just in time, and at the same time as receiving the ball, Millwall's murderous intentions in this attack were fully exposed!

Ashley Cole, who cut in from the left wing, was defended by Cafu and Costacurta who were in the penalty area. Center Larson was between Costacurta and Maldini. At this time, Larson broke out and started to move forward. Because Costacurta is preconceived to be mainly vigilant against Ashley Cole, and Maldini is more concerned about Larsson's marking. When Maldini's center of gravity moves to Larsson, he is alert to Nedved When Ersen passed through, Nedved's ball terrified all Milan's defensive players.

Cafu, Costacurta, and Maldini, the three of them defended two people, and Maldini moved to the center to take into account Nedved's forward route. However, Maldini's left side, he The space between him and Karazh suddenly appeared!

Perhaps this gap will not exist for more than 2 seconds, because Karazh will inevitably shrink on his own initiative.

However, before they adjusted, Nedved played the ball, and at that moment, a figure galloping like a rainbow pierced through the sky like a rainbow!

Henry!

The moment the unstoppable Henry cut into the penalty area, Nedved's pass arrived as scheduled, and the galloping Henry made a perfect lead forward. When Maldini turned around, Henry only let him Saw a back view from the side!

The speed did not decrease and he came directly to the small penalty area. When Dida rushed forward and opened his arms to expand the defensive area, Henry seemed not to swing his legs, and there was no shooting action. He gently poked the ball into the goal with his toes. horn!

Henry! Henry equalized the score for Millwall! 2:2, this is another wonderful goal! Millwall made continuous and quick pass and cut cooperation, with Ronaldinho's extraordinary breakthrough in the middle to attract The defense is the biggest containment point to create space in the middle, allowing Nedved to take the ball comfortably and send a wonderful pass calmly and accurately. The starting point of the attack is Henry, who passes the ball to Ah on the right side of the midfield. Lonzo, in the end, he entered the penalty area and played the role of the terminator. Looking back at the scoring process, we can see how excellent Henry's movement and team awareness are! Inzaghi and Shevchenko scored goals , Millwall striker Henry also scored!

Henry did not run to celebrate, which disappointed the fans.

Perhaps, this stems from the unwritten tradition of Millwall.

Don't lead, don't celebrate!

At other times, they will definitely seize the time to let the opponent kick off and get back into the game.

But today's game was rather tasteless, so everyone just didn't celebrate and walked slowly to the backcourt.

On the way back, Henry high-fived Larson, Nedved, Ronaldinho and other teammates to celebrate. The scene of them raising their arms and clapping above their heads was also firmly locked by the live broadcast camera.

It seems that they don't feel that they have completed such a wonderful scoring achievement, as if they are as relaxed and confident as training.

Gattuso is very depressed. Few teams can make him so embarrassed. The cooperation between him and Pirlo can basically limit 90% of the opponent's central attack, but the remaining 10% are the top teams in European football. Yes, and Rui Costa and Seedorf's contribution to defense, or the defensive pressure on the opponent at critical moments, is really not expected.

Ancelotti's expression became extremely serious again.

Before Milan directly instigated a long-distance counterattack, the offensive routine of relying on precise and long-distance passes was destroyed by Millwall's advantage in numbers to compress the back line space. They tried to advance with short passes in the middle, but the speed of these No. 10 players was not outstanding. , The opponent's defensive players return to the defense very quickly without the ball. Milan needs to use other methods to deal with Millwall.

Aldridge even resigned to his fate, so how could Ancelotti?

Moreover, Milan has not really started to take risks on the offensive end.

The score was equalized, and Ancelotti began to prepare for tit-for-tat use of dangerous moves! (to be continued..) ()