Players from Chelsea and Millwall lined up in the tunnel to prepare to play.[
Players from both sides stared straight ahead and did not say hello to anyone they knew, whether they were former Millwall teammates or national team teammates like Cristiano Ronaldo and Carvalho.
In the Lion King Stadium, there were shouts and boos behind Mourinho. Of course, the home fans did not welcome him. They have always used every possible means to ridicule and humiliate the coach of their mortal enemy.
Aldridge did not shake hands with Mourinho before the game. He came to the home team's coaching bench and stood still with a natural attitude.
Chelsea's day started unexpectedly. The haze caused by Mutu's drug abuse scandal hung over the Blues, like a dark cloud, which would distract them. Millwall was fully prepared for this game, and with the advantage of home court,
Aldrich is naturally full of confidence.
"In the tenth round of the 2004-2005 Premier League, a focus battle started at the Lion King Stadium. It was a derby between London's bitter rivals. Millwall at home faced Chelsea as a guest. After 9 rounds, Millwall lost.
Started with 9 consecutive wins in excellent form,
Chelsea had 6 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss, which was originally a very ideal start, but looking at the standings, they were 7 points behind the leaders, a not small gap. In this game, the London blue duo faced off directly.
Called a 6-point battle, let's take a look at the starting lineups of both sides.
Millwall started 433.
Goalkeeper: But.
Defenders: Schneider, Nesta, Silva, Lahm.
Midfielder: De Rossi, Alonso, Nedved.
Forward: Ronaldo, Villa. Ronaldinho.
Chelsea started 433.
Goalkeeper: Cech.
Defenders: Ferreira Carvalho Terry, Ashley Cole.
Midfielder: Essien, Makelele, Lampard.
Forwards: Robben, Drogba, Duff.
This confrontation will begin soon. Chelsea coach Mourinho said when he took office that Chelsea's goal is to subvert Millwall's rule. His mouth speaks of ambitious goals. But in practice, today's game
It will be the first test!”
At the beginning of the game, Chelsea's posture was very clear: to prevent counterattacks.
Chelsea's counterattack during this period was actually very monotonous. The four defenders did not assist, and the two midfielders strangled. When switching from defense to attack, the offense basically relied on four people. The center was the bridgehead, the wingers advanced quickly, and the central midfielder Lampard inserted in the back row.
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After the start, they played with this routine.
Millwall started the game with pressure and attack.
In the first minute of the game, Makelele intercepted Ronaldinho's through ball to Villa and immediately launched a counterattack. Lampard sent a through ball in the midfield to Drogba De Rossi on the striker to block the pass.
He accidentally slipped while on the line and failed to intercept the ball. This accident made the Lions fans in the stands feel nervous.
Drogba successfully got the ball, turned around and was about to rush into the penalty area, but as soon as he took the ball a step forward, someone quickly intercepted the ball in front of him, and Chelsea's counterattack suddenly disappeared!
Drogba immediately counterattacked and bumped into the man but did not knock him away. The man gave the ball to Lahm and then turned to look at Drogba with indifferent eyes.
As if silently saying: This is my territory, don’t even think about acting wild!
"The best central defender in the world, the 28-year-old Nesta successfully defended Drogba. Drogba's combination of man and ball is not particularly outstanding, but Nesta is a master of steals and has good timing in intercepting kicks.
It can be called a textbook. If Chelsea wants to penetrate Millwall's defense in the middle of the back line through ground passes or individual breakthroughs, they may encounter great resistance."
In the golden age, healthy Nesta is the best in the world, there is no dispute!
After Southgate disappeared from the Millwall first team, Nesta became the leader of the defense. The former Roman king automatically stepped into the role and quickly shouldered more responsibilities.
In the last part of the defense, Nesta was so calm that he was an important guarantee for Millwall's defense to play offensive football.
If Chelsea's offense was so rich and varied, Aldridge might still be worried, but if it only relies on counterattacks, Aldridge doesn't think Chelsea's poor offensive firepower at the front would be so scary.
Chelsea relies on counterattacks to score goals, then stabilize the situation, avoid opponent attacks, and strengthen defense.
Their offensive firepower therefore does not appear to be that outstanding.
Without waiting for his teammates to ask, De Rossi made an apologetic gesture to his teammates. He really didn't expect Chelsea's counterattack to be so fast. He was a little panicked before he slipped. Now he's fine. He was counterattacked by Chelsea.
Warned.
In the first 20 minutes of the game, the situation on the field seemed to be evenly matched.
Although Millwall has the advantage of controlling the ball in the midfield, it does not do a very good job in the penetration process, or there are not many unexpected offensives.
The key lies in the middle area in front of the penalty area. The coverage area of Essien, Makelele and Lampard is very efficient in sweeping the side support.
But Chelsea's counterattack didn't pose much of a threat.
Thiago Silva did not have a man-marking task today. Drogba handed it over to Nesta. He is mainly responsible for assisting the defense on the wing. That is, if Robben breaks through Lahm and cuts in laterally, he will stay behind.
It is not possible to make up for the position with the waist parallel, because Lampard will be empty when he inserts from behind. This job must be done boldly by Silva. After all, it is a frontal interception, which is more difficult than parallel movement or chasing from behind.
Be sure.
At the same time, Ludo Rossi is squeezing Drogba from behind and marking Lampard in front of him. Alonso will also take on such a task.
As for Duff on the other side, Schneider can handle it alone.
In the 23rd minute of the game, something happened on the field.
Robben dribbled the ball from the right wing and then cut inside. Silva rushed forward and fought bravely for the first time. He used a sliding tackle to shovel away Robben's slightly larger ball. Then, Robben was suddenly thrown
Accelerating, he couldn't hold his feet and stumbled in front of Silva.
Mourinho protested on the sidelines and angrily complained to the fourth official that it was a foul.
However, the referee did not say anything and signaled the game to continue.
"Judging from the playback of other camera shots, Silva's tackle was very clean. Robben himself was too fast. It was more like he couldn't hold back his foot and kicked Silva's foot. Then, he fell
Yes, eh? Robben hasn't gotten up yet. He's lying on the court and slapping the turf. He looks very painful. It looks like he should be injured."
When Mourinho finished his protest, he found that Robben had not stood up, and his face turned ugly for a moment.
When the game was interrupted, the Chelsea team doctor entered the field. After preliminary diagnosis of Robben's injury, he made a substitution signal to Mourinho.
"Oops, the first half is only halfway through. Chelsea have to make passive substitutions and Robben leaves the field due to injury!"
Mourinho asked Joe Cole to warm up, and then he went to discuss it with the fourth official.
Aldridge also walked over and showed his hands to Mourinho: "What are you talking about? My players' defensive moves are very clean, but your players are not physically fit enough. Stop talking and take a step back. Chelsea's
A bunch of defensive players are gentlemen?”
The fourth official turned to look at Mourinho. Then he turned to look at Aldridge. Mourinho turned away without arguing with Aldridge.
Aldridge looked at the game time. It was almost 30 minutes!
He gestured to the players on the field.
Chelsea already had experience defending Millwall's offense, but soon, they felt tremendous pressure!
Ronaldinho and Nedvěd were almost parallel to each other on the front waist line. Ronaldo ran to the left wing, and Villa moved freely in the center area.
With Alonso in the back row, Lahm who came up with assists, and Schneider as the basis for controlling the field, Millwall's offense is extremely left-leaning!
Ronaldinho, Nedved and Ronaldo took turns to break through Chelsea right back Ferreira!
They don't seem to want to attack from the right, and focus on the left!
In the 31st minute, Ronaldinho cut in from the wing and was blocked by Lampard and Essien at the same time. He immediately passed the ball back to Ram who was on the same wing. Ram kept stopping the ball and passed forward. Cristiano Ronaldo ran offside.
He got behind Ferreira, and when Ferreira chased back, he took advantage of the difference in rhythm to kick the ball back. Cristiano Ronaldo broke out again and went inside to reach the penalty area!
Essien and Carvalho pounced on Ronaldo at the same time. Before they met, Ronaldo passed the ball in a small area and handed it to Ronaldinho, who was less than 4 meters away from him. The latter kept the ball and made a hidden through pass.
The ball was passed to the space between Carvalho and Terry. Nedvěd got a chance in the back half and a powerful shot was blocked by Cech in the near corner of the goal!
"Chelsea escaped! Millwall obviously changed their style of play. They focused all their firepower on the center and left of the offense!"
Ashley Cole was confused.
He didn't know if it was because he was too strong that Millwall didn't dare to attack him, or because Millwall underestimated him and weren't afraid of him going forward to assist!
Millwall focuses on playing on the left. The hidden danger is that if Ashley Cole boldly assists to the forward area, or he plays the "change forward" role used by Aldridge in Millwall and the England national team.
, then Millwall's defense on Schneider's side may be easily blown away.
However, Mourinho is not Aldridge. He requires the defender not to attack and the defender to focus on defense.
So now some fans are laughing at Ashley Cole: After two months at Chelsea, his net worth dropped by 20 million!
He now looks like a top-notch defensive full-back, nothing more, and there is absolutely no shadow of the amazing or even shocking offense he used to have in the past.
This offensive adjustment is Aldridge's test of Mourinho to see Mourinho's desire and ambition for the game.
If you are extremely eager to win and your goal is to come to the Lion King Stadium and take away 3 points, then Mourinho will definitely take advantage of this change and let Ashley Cole boldly assist!
If that is the case, Millwall is not waiting to be beaten by the opponent. The defender is in the penalty area, and Alonso and De Rossi protect the midfielder. As long as Chelsea does not exclude more follow-up players besides Lampard,
After Millwall delays the opponent's attack time, it can also ensure that no absolute defensive gaps are exposed.
Ashley Cole had no opponent in frontal defense. Two minutes later, Aldrich saw him actively shrinking into the penalty area, compressing the space in the penalty area.
Aldrich smiled disdainfully on the sidelines.
It seems that Mourinho only dares to fight back at this stage, and does not dare to engage in real fighting with him!
Then, Millwall will completely establish a local advantage.
On the court, Ronaldinho expressed dissatisfaction with Ronaldo for the first time, thinking that Ronaldo was a little cautious.
After a Chelsea counterattack ended with Lampard's long shot deviating from the goal, Ronaldinho pointed in the direction of Ferreira in front of Ronaldo and said simply and bluntly: "Fuck him! Blast him! Don't hide from him! Today
We must defeat him first!"
Cristiano Ronaldo nodded with a fierce expression. In the next 5 minutes, Cristiano Ronaldo broke through Ferreira twice. In the 39th minute of the game, Cristiano Ronaldo came here. Cristiano Ronaldo cut inside and moved. Ferreira lost sight of one thing.
His mentality was unbalanced and he pulled Ronaldinho down with his hands when he was getting rid of the ball laterally.
The referee blew the whistle to signal that Ferreira had committed a foul and came over to give Ferreira a yellow card!
Ronaldinho got up from the ground, and after the referee finished taking out the cards, he suddenly made a pass with a wide arc.
And it's an unexpected arc with the outside instep. He's on the left, and the outside instep of his right foot arcs. Doesn't the ball fly outward?
The Chelsea generals turned their heads and looked at where the ball landed, and were immediately shocked.
Ashley Cole's move into the penalty area did strengthen the defense in the penalty area, but his side was not threatened for a long time. Schneider quietly ran up and shocked Chelsea.
Ronaldinho's quick free kick was to kick the ball in a big arc. The first reaction made the Chelsea generals think that Ronaldinho was shooting. The second reaction was that he was passing the ball to a teammate in the penalty area for a header. Finally, they realized that this
The ball was passed to Schneider who came up from the other side!
The Brazilian magician’s overall vision and pass concealment are fully demonstrated! (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster!
