Lion King Stadium, the packed stands cheered with overwhelming cheers!
The referee blew the whistle.
The battle at the top of the Premier League begins!
Millwall coach Aldridge.
Chelsea coach Mourinho.
The two stood on the sidelines about twenty yards apart.
The two most watched coaches in England and even Europe in modern times have begun another confrontation.
When Aldridge saw Chelsea's posture after the opening, a disdainful smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.
Hahaha, Chelsea, Chelsea is still a defensive Chelsea.
A long time ago, when he was determined to challenge all the famous coaches of the era, the young Aldridge couldn't wait to fight Mourinho.
Maybe when they first met in the Netherlands, Aldrich even had a ridiculous thought at the time: Robson would simply give up the coaching position to Mourinho as his assistant, and let Mourinho have the coaching experience at the time.
The extraterrestrial Ronaldo's offensive and gorgeous Barcelona had a peak showdown with his first-generation Mad Lions.
In the years that followed, perhaps this expectation was dissipated in the process of waiting.
When Mourinho truly appeared in his field of vision as a coach, Aldridge's mentality had changed.
He doesn't think Mourinho is that special.
It may be due to the experience after reading A Thousand Sails.
√ Chang √ Wind √ Literature √ Literature, w⊙∞∷et Two consecutive European war finals, coupled with several encounters last season, Aldridge is "tired" of dueling with Mourinho!
Because the other party can’t surprise you!
A utilitarian and pragmatic person doesn't have many unexpected tricks.
In radical and adventurous formations, there were many confrontations. Aldridge enjoyed fighting with Ferguson more than with Mourinho.
Mourinho just grasped a good hand of cards and played them out in a way that maximized the probability of winning, but he could not win the applause of the whole house or shock the world in the most beautiful or shocking way.
When it comes to Chelsea's current counter-attacking style, not to mention how many teams have used it in history. When Serie A was powerful and dominated Europe, steel defense and utilitarian style of play were commonplace.
Look, Chelsea's defenders don't dare to step outside the penalty area.
Look how obvious the barrier formed by Chelsea's midfield is.
Look, Chelsea's wide players are harassing the defense and are always ready to counterattack from the side. Lampard must also be always ready to attack.
Aldrich was tired of his opponents' tactics.
From the start, Millwall was at home, and of course they had to use an offensive attitude to press their opponents, and they were doing so. Chelsea had 11 players in their own half, while Millwall had 7 players in the opponent's half. The crowd
Clearly concentrated in Chelsea's half.
Mourinho stood on the sidelines with a serious look on his face. He read the game with great insight and scrutinized every detail on the court.
Today Chelsea is indeed still fighting counterattacks. However, he has new preparations in counterattack tactics.
According to the principle of counterattack in the past, it is to find the largest opening during the counterattack as a safe corridor to advance the offensive attack.
Mourinho's tactical arrangement today is the opposite!
In his vision, if Millwall's continued offensive campaign fails to produce results, the full-backs will inevitably attack aggressively.
If Schneider assists, then Millwall's defense on the right will have a lot of space. According to the conventional tactical arrangement, when Chelsea counterattacks, they must use this side!
But Mourinho is not like this today, because it is too routine. Millwall must have countermeasures, and playing offensive football all the year round, Millwall must also be used to the opponent's counterattack routine, taking advantage of the space where their full-backs assist.
Come fight back.
What Chelsea have to do is, instead, during the counterattack, let Robben break through from the other side on the right as Millwall's own defense does not expose an obvious left wing. Mourinho is confident that as long as Robben can
Breaking through Lahm will shift Millwall's defensive focus further to this side. At that time, Chelsea's offensive end will shift offensively from right to left. The originally open left wing will
Give the winger on the other side more space!
His trump card is not Drogba, but the two wingers. During the counterattack, one side bursts forward, creating the advantage of the two wings, creating a chain reaction of Millwall's defense, and finally switching back to the other side where the defense is more lax.
Does his idea have any effect?
Mourinho doesn't know, no one will know, only the results can prove it.
But when observing the game, as time passed by, Mourinho's eyes gradually became solemn, and then he exuded a touch of panic!
He turned his head and looked at Aldrich, who held his head high and seemed to be turning his hands into clouds and rain in this space!
I want to ask him a question: Are Millwall, a team known as the representative of offensive football, also timid?
That's right, on the pitch, Millwall's full-backs never go deep behind the opponent's enemy lines except to provide support in the frontcourt!
The assist strength of the full-backs has been significantly weakened!
However, Millwall still suppressed Chelsea in their backcourt, suppressing their opponents until they could not move.
The reason is that Millwall's forward line does not move too far forward, and the range of movement is just in front of the penalty area. Combined with teammates in the midfield and backfield, their third-line formation is tightly compressed in the space between the two penalty areas, and then passes the ball.
After controlling and pressing the opponent and creating the ultimate offensive situation, the final blow will only be made when Chelsea is no longer threatening to counterattack. Whether it is successful or not, at least the defense will never expose any openings for the opponent to exploit.
Chelsea's back line shrank behind the penalty area line, not daring to push out for fear of being caught offside by the opponent!
The defender cannot support the midfielder. Although the winger is defending, he must always be ready to counterattack. Therefore, he cannot easily run into the center to support the defense. When Millwall passes the ball in the midfield, the contact point looks better than the opponent's defense.
There are more people, and Chelsea players often panic when they pass the ball forward suddenly, and they immediately retreat deeper to compress the space.
The corners of Mourinho's mouth twitched, as if suppressing his anger.
With Millwall's style of play, Chelsea's counterattack plan failed.
The most critical issue is that Millwall does not invest more troops in the penalty area. It is true that the offense presses past half-time. But the main thing is to create an advantage outside the penalty area. Even the final blow, as long as there is a good long shot
Angle, they will take long shots decisively!
Millwall really has no shortage of good long-range shooters, including Ronaldinho, Kaká, Cristiano Ronaldo, and Alonso. Even Henry has great power when he retreats to take long-range shots.
The game lasted 20 minutes. Millwall had 6 shots, all of which were long shots from outside the penalty area, while Chelsea's number of shots was: 0.
Chelsea were extremely passive on the scene.
"Martin, now looking at Millwall's release of Lampard, we cannot use the outside world to speculate on Sir Hall's thoughts simply by comparing player abilities. I think the most important thing is the characteristics of the players! In today's game,
If we compare the midfielders of the two teams individually or even in combination, you will find that they are comparable. Lampard,
This is a player who is the runner-up for both the Ballon d'Or and the World Player of the Year. His current Kaka comparison may be even stronger. Essien and Makelele, Alonso and De Rossi, it is difficult for us to say that Chelsea's midfielder
The field is worse than Millwall's midfield, but the situation on the field tells us intuitively: Chelsea has no advantage in the midfield and is completely at a disadvantage!"
"Yes, Chelsea cannot pass the ball continuously in the midfield to shape the game situation stably. They always try to pass the ball forward when Millwall pinches them, but they cannot guarantee the continuation of the offense."
"Yes, the biggest difference between Chelsea and Millwall midfielders is that Lampard, the core of Chelsea's midfield, moves forward too strongly, while Alonso? He stays in a fixed area honestly and becomes a
The offensive organizer not only connects the surrounding teammates, but even when moving forward, he becomes the support point behind the striker, and does not always actively push forward to score goals. This is
Due to the different characteristics of the players, we cannot say who is better than the other. We can only say that in the tactical systems operated by the two teams, Alonso will be more suitable for Millwall than Lampard. On the other hand, although Chelsea are strong in the midfield, they
It seems that there is no concept of game control and rhythm changes. Of course, if someone says that controlling the game to kill time after Chelsea takes the lead is called control, then I will say nothing."
"Haha, the impression that Millwall has given to the outside world in the past ten years has always been that the midfield control is extremely strong. Before there was Pirlo, and now there is Alonso. This is probably the coaching style of Sir Hall that the outside world has been discussing.
Dominate the midfield and bully your opponents!"
Aldridge didn't pay attention to Mourinho's condition on the sidelines.
His boredom is not just a psychological manifestation.
But really put it out in the game.
There may be many people who believe that if Millwall wants to prove that it is stronger than Chelsea, then no matter what formation Chelsea puts in place or what tactics they use, Millwall will have to carry the banner of offensive football and look forward to death.
Go crush Chelsea!
There was a time in the past when Aldrich had the idea that the more utilitarian your opponent is, the more I will defeat you with passionate, romantic and gorgeous football!
But now, Aldrich has no such thoughts.
He thinks he is more mature.
Switching positions, if he were Mourinho and put on an extremely anti-counterattack formation, what would he want most?
Of course, when the opponent attacks, he attacks recklessly, exposing the space behind him to an unlimited extent, providing fertile ground for a counterattack that can kill him with one blow!
If Aldridge gives Mourinho what he wants, does it mean that Aldridge is strong, or does it mean that Aldridge is hopelessly stupid?
If you lose the game in the end, it would be a great irony. It is as if you know your opponent's trump card, but you still offer a dagger in both hands, allowing your opponent to hold the dagger crazily and stab it into your body!
He was unwilling to do such stupid things again.
When will Mourinho dare to have an offensive duel with him that does not require passion, but will at least be a battle of balance, then he will get rid of this boredom with Mourinho.
All Chelsea players are worth a lot.
You can't play Millwall every time. When Millwall attacks, it's at least 7 on 9. On the contrary, when Chelsea attacks, it becomes 4 on 4 or even 4 on 3, and there is still open space.
