The Young Lion

Arsenal vs Millwall.

The most watched decisive battle in the final match of the European mainstream league begins!

From the first minute of the game, Millwall attacked unswervingly!

There is no warm-up, no adaptation, no temptation.

90 minutes must win!

Aldridge doesn't mind whether the offense can be completed, but he wants the team to make Arsenal feel the pressure from the first second!

Overwhelming pressure!

After the start of this kind of offense where the whole team may not be in the same rhythm, there may be a lot of mistakes, but it doesn't matter, it mainly deters Arsenal and prevents Arsenal from entering the game at the expected rhythm.

Arsenal's defensive system is strong in the midfielder.

Vieira and Silva erected a solid barrier in front of the penalty area!

When Millwall launched an attack, of course he would not advance from the middle and make trouble for himself.

They are going on the side, and they are firmly on the right.

C Ronaldo side!

In the first ten minutes, Aldridge gave Ronaldo the highest degree of freedom!

At the pre-match preparation meeting yesterday, Aldridge said to him: In the first 10 minutes, you just hit the bottom line with one tendon, don't think about what is going on in the middle, and you can slow down when you push past the penalty area line!

Not only did Millwall concentrate on this game, how could Arsenal take it lightly?

On their left, there is Pires in the front and Van Bronckhorst in the back. It is not difficult for Ronaldo to get rid of Pires after halftime. There is Nedved in the center, Alonso in the back left, and Alonso behind him. And Schneider. Just make a match and he can break through Pires' defense zone by rushing forward.

Unless Pires shrinks to the midfielder or back line.

But. Will Arsenal do it?

of course not!

A tie can win the league championship.

Ask all Arsenal fans around the world.

Ask all Arsenal players, ask their manager Arsene Wenger.

Do you dare to make up your mind to hold on to a draw?

dare? !

As far as tactical confrontation is concerned, Wenger's biggest reliance is that Millwall will definitely take the initiative to attack, and Arsenal can maximize their defensive power!

But if the wide players pull back directly to the back line, even if there is a chance to counterattack, Arsenal may not be able to fight Millwall faster than the track and field sprint, so they will not shrink back.

in a theoretical state. Arsenal is just a little conservative, first to strengthen the defense, but in the championship game, is it possible to say that they are not nervous?

When Ronaldo dribbles the ball from the right to the bottom line, Pires behind him will naturally chase him to the end!

In fact, Millwall's offense did not play a crazy posture. The third-line position distribution is clear and the gradient is reasonable. Even when Ronaldo dribbles the ball on the right and rushes forward, many people will not rush up the front line at once, only one Henry In deterring the opponent's back line. And Nedved did not overwhelm Vieira and Silva's tendency to move forward.

But Arsenal's overall defensive posture is very obvious. The midfielder does not dare to support the wing defense, because Ronaldo is close to the sideline and makes a surprise attack. Vieira and Silva, if anyone moves, there is only one midfielder left in front of the penalty area. The defense will be very weak, because apart from Apart from Nedved, how can Ronaldinho's internal threat be ignored? If the two join forces, even Vieira will be exploded!

Therefore, Ronaldo's advance on the right is actually putting pressure on Van Bronckhorst from the front, and attracting Pires' wide-ranging defense behind him. With him alone, he is depleting the opponent's two players!

2 minutes into the game, Ronaldo failed to cross the opponent Van Bronckhorst on the bottom line on the right, and was kicked out of the baseline by the opponent.

Ronaldo immediately took a corner kick and kicked the ball directly back to Schneider's feet behind the wing.

Before Arsenal came back to their senses, Schneider passed the ball back to Ronaldo who ran back to the offside position. Ronaldo pretended to cut inside and break through the baseline. Van Bronckhorst was out of position. Ray stuck to Ronaldo and broke the ball out of the baseline, but the linesman decided it was a goal kick.

Ronaldo waved his hand in dissatisfaction, and immediately ran back to defend without complaining to the referee.

Arsenal wanted to quickly serve a goal kick to counterattack, but they could only go to Ljungberg's side on the right.

On this side, Lauren's assist ability is a little weaker, and the combination of him and Ljungberg is far less successful than the left wing attack. Because of this, their offense on this side is more likely to be restricted.

When Ashley Cole encountered Ljungberg on the wing, the latter passed the ball to the center, trying to find Bergkamp, ​​but Bergkamp was flanked back and forth by De Rossi and Alonso, Aaron Suo easily steals the ball, and then, Alonso makes a long diagonal pass, and accurately passes the ball to Ronaldo who retreats from the right!

Millwall strikes again.

Pires just ran halfway, and immediately turned his head and returned to the backcourt to defend.

Ronaldo's routine is the same as the previous attack, going all the way down the sidewalk, and Arsenal's overall formation also retreated quickly after moving forward.

Van Bronckhorst mainly guards against Ronaldo's cut. Once Ronaldo's cut is successful, Arsenal's back line will be in danger!

This is also the reason why modern wingers have gradually become the mainstream. After the double midfielder became the mainstream, the modern winger cuts in to form a threatening offensive point, instead of being a supporting assister, which is equivalent to directly bypassing the defense of the midfielder!

Under such circumstances, instead of cutting inside, Ronaldo first pushed the offense past the penalty area line, driving Arsenal's overall defensive formation back, and then began to seek contact with teammates or go inside alone.

Van Bronckhorst destroyed the ball at Ronaldo's feet before the baseline, and Millwall got the ball from the sideline.

Highbury shouted loudly, and the cheering momentum of the Millwall fans was not weaker than that of the Arsenal fans due to the inferior number.

Wenger only sat on the coach's bench for 5 minutes before standing on the sidelines frowning with a dignified expression.

What the fuck is Millwall doing?

Where is Henry?

What about Nedved?

What about Ronaldinho?

The frontcourt attacking four-person team, within 5 minutes after the opening, the number of touches and the time of holding the ball are added together. None of the three superstars can compare with a 19-year-old Ronaldo!

Who the hell allowed that kid to kick like this?

If you want to be in the limelight, it depends on whether your teammates give you a chance!

However, Millwall's midfielder played the ball. The direction of forward attack is selected. It will pass the ball to Ronaldo's side. It seems that he is the number one superstar on the field!

Wenger watched for another 2 minutes and gradually understood.

Millwall used Ronaldo to suppress the entire left counterattack line!

Van Bronckhorst was suppressed at the back line, and Pires went back to help defend. Even if there was a chance to counterattack, the starting position was too far back, and if he charged forward, he might not be able to reach the opponent's front midfielder at all, which would have been possible. Van Bronckhorst, who was sprinting physically, did not dare to rush forward to assist because of too much pressure.

Arsenal attack from the left. paralysis!

That was their golden left attack line in the counterattack storm!

At the same time, Millwall successfully dispelled part of Arsenal's home field advantage in the opening game!

They should have gotten into the game sooner, they should have intimidated Millwall first and taken advantage.

However, as Ronaldo raged unreasonably on the right side alone, advancing the offensive depth steadily from the side to force Arsenal's overall formation to retreat, once, twice, three times, within 10 minutes, both teams entered. game state. Neither team played a threatening offense.

However, Arsenal's home field advantage. where it goes?

Wenger is in the midst of intense brainstorming.

As a guest at the Lion King Stadium in the first half of the league, Arsenal's counterattack was very effective, and it was also because they played miraculously, giving up the wing, and the wing players retracted, focusing on Millwall's slightly immature midfielder system. Also benefited from Millwall's desperate wing attack.

In the past three months, Millwall's wing attack seems to be much more restrained than in the first half of the league. In the mouths of many fans or critics, it is Aldridge who has made self-correction and designed an arrogant ideal To reject it.

Actually, that's a wrong view.

Because Millwall has improved on the basis of the past!

Schneider, Ashley Cole, you can see them going up and down, going up and down crazily, and their posture is extremely crazy.

But many of those runs were ineffective runs, inefficient use of energy.

Now, when they should be needed, they still appear on the offensive end, which is more reasonable than in the past. This represents maturity, not Aldridge fixing something.

Because of a full back without excellent tactical awareness, if you let him press 100 times crazy, it may be futile. If you ask him to observe honestly and wait for the opportunity to go up again, he may not go up once because of his consciousness. Unable to capture the best time, unable to weigh the pros and cons of offense and defense.

If you want to make good use of the full-backs and become a change forward, it is not a simple concept of pressing on the top or not on the top.

From the very beginning of the game, Wenger's expectations were exceeded. Millwall's offensive focus shifted to Ronaldo instead of Ronaldinho, Henry, and Nedved. I'm afraid no one in the world expected this in itself. .

Wenger began to look at offensive efficiency and threat assessment.

Arsenal did not have a good counterattack opportunity, and Millwall did not play a particularly threatening attack.

Even if Ronaldo brought the ball to the bottom line on the right, then what?

There is no threat in the cross, the ground pass cannot pass, and the ball in the air?

The only shortcoming of Henry, a goal machine, has been criticized for his header.

And Ronaldinho did not enter the restricted area in the early stage, and the threat points in the restricted area were not obvious.

Ronaldo is also immature. After he was cornered by Van Bronckhorst and Pires, he became a dribble. Either Millwall got a set kick, or the ball was handed over to Arsenal.

At least on the surface, Wenger shouldn't be worried, but he has a hunch that this will not be Millwall's trump card.

Absolutely not!

A lunatic would bet on Ronaldo.

Only a fool would make the desperate trump card known to everyone from the very beginning.

Aldridge can be crazy at times, but he is by no means a fool.

So it can't be Millwall's primary means.

But this method has achieved a certain purpose, eliminating Arsenal's home court advantage at the beginning of the game and suppressing their counterattack from the left. In addition, or in terms of the brewing and creation of a fatal blow, no matter how you look at it, Ronaldo will not be key point.

Ten minutes passed.

Aldridge gestured to Ronaldo on the sidelines, reminding him to change his mind.

Ronaldo's jersey is already dirty, because he was brought down on the wing, and because he chased back and confronted people while defending.

He nodded immediately after seeing Aldridge's gesture, indicating that he understood.

Arsenal tried to slow down the rhythm and find the gaps in Millwall's midfield through delicate pass and cut cooperation.

However, Millwall's frenzied pressing from the front waistline made them unable to control the rhythm at all.

In the 12th minute, Bergkamp retreated and cooperated with Ljungberg on the right. In the end, the attack evolved into Ashley Cole and Ljungberg fighting for speed on the side. One attack, one back defense, Ljungberg Li got the ball first, but it was on the outside of the wing. He didn't have time to adjust, so he directly crossed to find Ibrahimovic who outflanked the center.

The ball was cleared by Nesta's brave header. De Rossi controlled the perimeter and took the ball with his back. Knowing that Bergkamp was trying to attack him behind him, he didn't turn around and passed the ball across to Schneider.

Schneider passed the ball to Ronaldo, who was running forward, before Pires returned to defend his own half.

At this moment, Aldridge couldn't help muttering to himself: Pass, pass, pass...

Of course he would be worried that Ronaldo would get carried away.

However, when Ronaldo decisively crossed the ball, Aldridge's face became firm.

Wenger was shocked.

I thought it was another personal clumsy performance by Ronaldo, but I didn't expect Millwall's offensive transfer to be so fast.

Moreover, the ball came to Ronaldinho's feet after Alonso's rapid transition in front of the middle circle!

Ljungberg is still in the frontcourt. Although Arsenal's back line is complete, the protective power of the joint defense will inevitably decline.

Robben was on the wing, and he started cutting inside before he brought the ball to the front waistline.

When facing Vieira and Silva's two strong waists, Ronaldinho and Nedved passed each other. At the same time, the two exchanged positions. Defensive positioning moves, pass openings appear!

Ronaldinho made a direct pass to Henry on the front line. The latter faced the Arsenal penalty area and stepped on the line of the penalty area. Henry did not stop the ball and knocked the ball with his foot. The rolling direction of the ball was refracted. Te rolled to the ribs of the penalty area in the middle.

There, Ronaldo came up and pushed the ball without stopping!

call!

The audience exclaimed.

The Arsenal fans broke out in a cold sweat, while the Millwall fans felt lost, but they quickly cheered up and applauded Ronaldo.

C Ronaldo's push angle was too straight, and he wasted a great opportunity! Lehmann put the ball in his arms, and Arsenal escaped!

Ronaldo was a little nervous. He couldn't let go of his mentality when shooting. He was afraid of being kicked, so he tried his best to stabilize the angle. The result was too straight. He gritted his teeth and looked very annoyed. Looking back, he saw Aldrich making a downward gesture towards him. stabilized the mood.

For his performance so far, Aldridge is deeply satisfied.

At least, he is implementing the team's combat policy well today.

I just don't know if Wenger saw it. (to be continued..) ()