In the Stade de France, the Lions fans in the stands observed that all Chelsea players were shrinking in their own half after the start, and they immediately showed merciless ridicule.
Here we go again!
Set up the bus!
Is it over yet?
Perhaps the players at Millwall also have such emotions. Facing Chelsea again, the opponent sets up a bus formation, which in itself can easily drive the players into a state of madness: as if the opponent regards football as a job!
Putting on sneakers, changing into jerseys, and coming to the green field is just to achieve work performance standards, and people cannot experience the fun from it.
If the teams fighting each other on every football field around the world had this attitude, would football still be the number one sport in the world?
However, the maturity of Millwall players is that they can not be disturbed, concentrate on the game, be themselves, and ignore their opponents.
At least they firmly believe that utilitarian football like Chelsea will be punished!
Aldrich looked slightly solemn on the sidelines.
In the past two years, he has indeed had an absolute advantage in the battles with Mourinho. He has never lost and only drawn one.
But in a sense, the constant battles gave Mourinho the best source of experience to revise and improve the team, especially how to deal with Millwall.
Chelsea has strengthened the midfield. In the Premier League itself, their midfield is very strong. The 3-3 midfielder of 433 must be hard and strong, and it must also hide offensive points. Lampard is particularly good at scoring points.
Now, from 3 to 4. This improvement is not a simple increase in numbers. With the further compression of the space on the court, the chain reaction of the defensive connection between teammates, the density of zone defense, perhaps the improvement is in terms of doubling the efficiency!
In the past, when Chelsea counterattacked, both wings flew together and the center forward and Lampard came in behind. At least four players were involved in the attack.
Today, only one of Lampard and Ballack should go forward, which also improves the efficiency and unpredictability of the back-up. But in attack, the number of people who go up in absolute attack should be reduced by one, which means that it is stable.
The defense will be composed of at least 7 people!
This means that even if Millwall stifles Chelsea's counterattack, they cannot seize better opportunities on fast breaks or counterattacks. Maybe the whole game is about attacking, attacking, attacking!
After the opening, due to the final, Millwall played extremely steadily. According to their familiar rhythm, the whole team entered the same track, and then began to exert offensive pressure on Chelsea.
But they didn't expect Chelsea to display such a strong and muscular midfielder today.
Ballack, Lampard, Essien, Makelele.
Moreover, these four midfielders are not in a crazy encirclement and suppression posture. Outside the 40-yard area in front of the goal, Millwall is allowed to pass the ball at will. Only when they enter the 40-yard area will they go crazy on the basis of zone defense.
Scramble.
Millwall tried to seduce the opponent with passing organization. Ronaldinho touched the ball twice in the dangerous zone and then passed the ball back. He wanted the Chelsea players to chase the ball away when their brains were feverish, but they failed to do so.
If Millwall is from the realm of rationality to ruthlessness, then Chelsea's defensive stance today is as cold as steel!
When Chelsea did not have the ball, eight players retreated to the 40-yard area to defend!
Drogba and Robben stood on the outside in the central rib area and harassed the ball when it came, but they did not waste their energy blindly chasing the ball.
In the dense defensive area, Chelsea's side is really overcrowded.
Millwall's frontcourt trident plus attacking midfielder Kaka alone, if they want to cooperate in front of Chelsea's penalty area, it is extremely difficult to do so.
It is conceivable that if the opponent's number of people is twice that of our own, the passing line will be very narrow, and the running space and ball control space will be relatively narrower.
Even if Alonso comes up, this will not improve much because the offensive hierarchy must be maintained.
Ronaldinho and Cristiano Ronaldo began to try for personal breakthroughs. They were relatively easy to perform on the wing, but Chelsea had also learned to be smart and would not rush to help defend the wing.
On the wing outside the penalty area, it doesn't matter how the two of them break through!
But if you want to cut inside or break into the middle, you can't succeed!
Ronaldinho cut inside twice and dribbled the ball in an attempt to disrupt the opponent's defensive system, but was eventually intercepted by his opponent and successfully intercepted the ball!
There are too many defenders at the front of Chelsea's penalty area. This encirclement is very three-dimensional.
In the 19th minute of the game, Ronaldinho once again tried to break through from the left wing to the middle. His condition today was very average. He just got rid of Essien, but the ball was not controlled by him. Ballack saw the right time to return to defense and cut into Ronaldinho.
Cut the ball in front of you, and then immediately pass the ball to the side.
Ferreira stepped forward to control the ball. Chelsea's two full-backs today still did not take the initiative to attack, but only shouldered the task of supporting the wing during the counterattack.
Ferreira dribbled forward two steps, and at the same time Robben ran forward to find an opening. Ferreira passed the ball straight to Robben in the frontcourt.
Peter Pan turned around with the ball, deftly moved the ball past Alonso's pressing, and continued to stride forward and dribble the ball away.
De Rossi did not intend to take the ball from Robben's feet when he was in charge, but steadily slowed down the opponent's rhythm.
But Robben also unconventionally did not dribble forward, but dribbled laterally. This is the most commonly used trick by Millwall this season to disrupt the opponent's defense with the player's personal ability.
Robben moved away from the angle, Drogba moved forward, Nesta and Silva were wary of Drogba, Schneider moved into the penalty area and waited for Robben's attack.
Robben, who has been criticized countless times by the media for playing too uniquely, found a shooting angle and took a long shot!
To be honest, the shooting angle is not very big!
But the ball flew from the area between Schneider and Nesta to the center of the goal!
It doesn't look like this is a shot that would worry Lions fans. The power is quite strong, but the angle is somewhat positive.
Visual inspection shows that it is slightly upward on the left side of Bute's body.
However, the moment Bute caught the ball, Aldridge's pupils shrank on the sidelines.
Bang!
Bute reacted as if the ball was flying in front of his eyes. He raised his hand to block the ball!
The ball bounced in the penalty area!
A second later, the ball flew towards the goal again!
Go straight to the net!
Chelsea striker Didier Drogba roared and ran along the sidelines!
There were blue ripples in the stands, and that was Chelsea's blue, not Millwall's blue.
"Wow! Millwall goalkeeper Butt made a big mistake! This ball, this ball, Robben's long-range shot is very powerful, the ball is very fast, and it is a shot with not too much arc, but Butt made a mistake in judgment.
, it can be clearly seen that when the ball flew towards him, he
His body was tilted in the wrong direction, and then he realized his error in judgment and blocked the ball in a hurry. As a result, Drogba, who was following up, grabbed the ball and shot it in before Nesta and Silva.
Inside the goal! Chelsea leads Millwall 1:0!"
Perhaps since the madman Mourinho arrived in London, it was not until today, until this moment, that he completely released the suppressed passion in his heart!
With a ferocious look on his face, he clenched his right fist and waved it heavily, his eyes as sharp as if he wanted to devour everything!
Aldrich still held his chin high and his expression remained unchanged, although his eyes actually showed a hint of anger.
Boot!
Maybe he really can no longer stick to his position as the starting goalkeeper for a super-rich club like Millwall.
Maybe it was the big battle with Liverpool a few days ago that made him overly focused, but he couldn't recover today.
It is no exaggeration to say that the role that most tests concentration and patience is the goalkeeper.
Being mentally stressed and highly concentrated for a long time is also a huge drain.
But at this moment, Aldrich couldn't show any complaint against Bute.
That will only make Bout's next performance even worse!
On the Millwall bench, there is only one Pagliuca who will officially retire after today's game!
It wasn't that Butt wasn't focused enough, it was just that his prediction was wrong in the flash of lightning. He knew exactly what happened at that moment.
First of all, Robben suddenly took a long shot, which was an accident and unexpected.
Secondly, in the area where Robben takes a long shot, Robben dribbles horizontally from the right position in the front court to a place on the left, and then uses his best left foot to take a long shot.
In this area, when dealing with long shots, any arc shot should be an inswinging ball to the left side of the goal, because most players are right-footed.
But Robben is a left-footed player, and his inswinging ball spins to the right of the goal!
Bute's first move was that he did not accurately determine the direction of the ball's rotation. In addition, the ball was fast. When he reacted, he could only reach out to block the ball instead of catching it.
Fortunately, there was still plenty of time left for Millwall. Although they conceded a goal first, Millwall's players were not affected at all. They set up their formation and prepared for the kick-off while the Chelsea team was still celebrating.
Aldridge made a gesture on the sidelines, asking the two full-backs to step forward to support and support the situation more closely.
Millwall must increase their midfield support points!
Mourinho bent down on the sidelines and applauded and shouted to the team, asking them to wake up and not let down their guard just because the score was ahead!
At this moment, Chelsea's generals are united and resolutely implement Mourinho's tactics. They firmly believe that today is the day to break tradition!
Yes, in the eyes of Chelsea people, losing to Millwall, Millwall ruling England, dominating Europe, and sitting high on the throne is already a tradition!
The high-spirited Chelsea generals have determined eyes and are bound to create a new European football pattern!
First of all, it is regicide!
How could Millwall sit back and watch?
Their fighting spirit also exploded. After the restart, the players stepped up their running and were even more unwilling to be outdone in the physical confrontation. It was as if a lion began to run wildly and let out a shocking roar!
In terms of courage, Millwall will certainly not lose to Chelsea.
But Aldridge frowned deeper and deeper on the sidelines.
To break down Chelsea's defensive barriers and break through their bus formation.
Courage is not enough! (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster!
