Martin O'Neal and Aldrich cannot be called business partners, because they have never worked together, and they cannot be called good friends in life. But if they meet, they will be opposites except during the game, before or after the game.
When we get together, we always talk about some positive topics related to football, the development trend of football tactics, the changes in the roles of some players on the field, expressing opinions on a certain focus game, and expressing their opinions from different perspectives. Often both of them can gain something.
Very beneficial.
Although Leicester City cannot be said to be Millwall's bitter host, when the two teams meet, O'Neill's team will always put Millwall into a tough match.
Don't look at the fact that every time O'Neal plays against Aldridge, he uses conservative counter-attack tactics. Even Leicester City almost always defends and counter-attacks all the way to the bottom. However, there are not many teams in the Premier League that use counter-attack tactics.
After being relegated, some teams are ranked behind O'Neill's team. There are many teams with more money and better lineups than Leicester City, but their record is not as good as that of Leicester City. This also reflects O'Neill's
Coaching ability.
When the two met again at the Lion's Den, Aldridge smiled at O'Neal and said, "Do you want to snipe me again today?"
O'Neal pushed up his glasses on the bridge of his nose and said calmly: "I feel like today will be very dangerous."
"Wenger, Ferguson, and Vialli will do what you said when they come here. Shouldn't there be a sense of crisis when they come here?"
O'Neal looked depressed, shook hands with Aldridge, then turned and walked back to the coach's bench.
After Aldrich teased the opponent, he gave up. He also walked back to the coach's bench and stood directing the game.
After the game started, Aldridge raised his eyebrows as he saw Leicester City's formation.
In the past few years, when Leicester City played Millwall, its defensive formation has been difficult to interpret using conventional 442, 4141 and the like.
It totally looks like a 631.
The four defenders compress the penalty area, and the two forwards can return to defend, or extend the zone defense from the top corners of the penalty area. There must be three people in front of the penalty area to intercept wildly, and there is an offensive fulcrum Tony in front. As long as there is a counterattack, Tony will control the ball first.
, and then the opponent counterattacked with a unilateral flying wing, Tony divided the ball again and continued to develop the offense.
The reason why this defensive posture is stable is that even during counterattacks, the defensive formation in the backcourt is still static. Only one winger steps forward to participate in the attack, and Gudjohnsen also follows up. Counterattacks rely on three people to make a victory.
If it succeeds, it cannot be defeated. At least the back line will not be exposed due to the formation conditions or the reduced number of defenders. Instead, Millwall will seize and tear the defense line open.
In the past, Millwall's individual strength was still lacking. Facing Leicester City, which had a strong tactical discipline, the success rate was good one-on-one, but it was completely unable to withstand one-on-two. If more offensive forces were invested, the counterattack would be
If you come over and get counterattacked by the opponent, the chance of losing the ball will actually increase.
But today's Millwall is very capable individually. It's not a problem for the offensive players in the frontcourt to be one-on-one. As long as the defense line exposes enough space, they can continuously get rid of the opponent in a small area.
Leicester City's players' abilities are really limited. Even if they rely on tactics to make up for it, they were beaten in front of the goal twenty minutes before the first half.
Pirlo's long-range shot was blocked by the defender and almost flew into the goal.
Henry took the ball with his back and got rid of it, then turned around and kicked the shot, but the goalkeeper held it off the crossbar with one hand.
Nedved's header in the penalty area bounced off the crossbar.
Larson was tripped in the penalty area, and the referee indicated that there was no foul.
After playing for twenty minutes, Leicester City failed to counterattack once. Millwall's marking of Toni today was very successful. Materazzi withstood Toni and did not let the opponent catch a high-altitude ball. Makelele was behind him
Block ground passes in the area in front of you.
Twenty minutes later, Aldrich touched his nose and gritted his teeth inadvertently, as if he was about to open his mouth wide.
Millwall continuously hit penetrating balls into Leicester City's penalty area, compressing and compressing the opponent's defense. Almost the opponent's defender was almost parallel to the goalkeeper to block the goal.
The situation on the court suddenly changed. Nedvěd did not move forward after receiving the ball in the frontcourt. Instead, he turned around and knocked back to the left. Zambrotta had a large space in front of him. He rushed to the ball, stopped the ball, and moved forward.
Adjust the step point and shoot from a long distance!
Martin O'Neal smashed a mineral water bottle on the sidelines and shouted at the players on the court: "Before protecting the top corner of the penalty area, they are covering the long-range shots of the players who come in behind!"
Kick it.
Gianluca Zambrotta had enough time to choose the angle and exert force. The long-range shot was blocked before it entered the penalty area. It directly stifled a Leicester City defender. The ball bounced out and landed at the feet of Pirlo.
, someone from the opponent immediately came up to press hard, Pirlo moved the ball forward to the right, Schneider hit it unexpectedly, almost exactly like Zambrotta, stopped the ball, dialed it, and chose a good angle to shoot long distance.
He didn't deliberately choose to use force with his kick. The force was moderate, but the angle was extremely tricky. The banana ball spun from right to left towards the goal with strong spin.
Looking from the front, it felt like the goalkeeper could definitely catch the ball in the first shot. However, when the ball flew to the goal, the goalkeeper jumped out. His hand seemed to be getting further and further away from the ball. Then I saw Schneider's long shot.
It hit the side netting. Of course, the ball went in! It hit the side netting inside the goal!
"Schneider's super world wave! How did he score this goal? That arc is so wonderful. This is definitely the best goal of this round, absolutely!"
Schneider did not celebrate after scoring. Instead, like Zambrotta, he trotted towards the Leicester City player who fell to the chest after Zambrotta's long shot.
Not getting up makes people very worried.
Gianluca Zambrotta knew how powerful his long-range shot just now was, and the loud sound just from hitting the opponent was enough to indicate the force generated during the collision.
Leicester City lost the ball, but Millwall did not celebrate. They and Leicester City players gathered around the player who fell to the ground.
The team doctor quickly entered the field and not only called for a stretcher, but also had an ambulance waiting outside. After the team doctor's preliminary diagnosis, the player may have a broken rib...
Zambrotta patted the man on the shoulder and apologized in a low voice, while other Millwall players wished him well.
Aldridge and O'Neal exchanged a few words on the sidelines. Anyone with a discerning eye could see that it was an accident just now. If Zambrotta had really shot at that player, he might not have hit the target.
O'Neal was a little frustrated and said to Aldridge: "That's how you arranged your tactics before the game today, right? Press the penalty area for the first twenty minutes, and when there is space in front of the penalty area, the two full-backs can step in and shoot from a long distance."
"Well, you can say so."
"What if I can't score from a long shot?"
"Then you can't always watch my players take long shots, right?"
"Oh, hard power."
O'Neal stopped asking. In fact, Aldrich's tactics were nothing special.
Personal breakthrough, set piece, long shot.
O'Neal has asked the players to compress the defense and not give the opponent any space to break through. The opponent can pass one player, but may not be able to break through continuously. Pay attention to your movements when defending. Try not to give the opponent set kicks.
In the past, when the strength gap was not so big, especially when Millwall's offensive players were not as strong as they are now, they would rarely give the opponent such a loose space for long shots.
It just so happens that the opponent's personal ability is now stronger, so more people are needed to defend, and the lateral protection in front of the penalty area is naturally weakened.
This is the gap in hard power, but O'Neill doesn't think that whoever leads this Millwall team can beat him. Just combining the players in the frontcourt to form a stronger combat effectiveness than expected is not
Anyone can do it.
Although Aldridge has a good set of cards, even if he beats O'Neal, he will not feel that the victory is in vain. If the attitude of the two teams is the same, he cannot win and he would rather resign.
, but the opponent was determined to defend. In less than 25 minutes, Millwall completely suppressed the opponent and successfully attacked. He can enjoy the joy of this moment.
When the team fell behind, O'Neal changed players, and then asked the players to try to be more proactive and be more aggressive in attacking.
However, this group of Leicester City players have been trying to defend against counterattacks all year round. They have to defend against counterattacks to the end and let them take the initiative to attack, but everyone is at a loss.
Especially when faced with Millwall's huge offensive pressure, they couldn't help but go back and defend well, and their offense was still the same as before.
The defense relies on us, the offense relies on Tony!
Thirteen minutes later, Ronaldinho was dragged to the ground after dribbling past the opponent's defender in the penalty area. This time, the referee whistled a penalty kick.
The Leicester City players did not protest. O'Neill sighed and sat back on the coaching bench, looking at the court with a hint of helplessness.
Millwall has become so powerful that he feels unable to compete.
He doesn't blame the players either. Their strength is at that level, almost the same as the top three in English League One. In other words, their worth is not far from that of players from relegated Premier League teams who leave.
If you can't guard against Ronaldinho, then you have to take action.
Larsson stood in front of the penalty kick and scored it without any pressure. Millwall took a 2:0 lead in the first half, and this score remained until the end of the half.
In the second half, Aldrich still made substitutions in the 60th minute, replacing Larsson and Ronaldinho, allowing Glenchard and Larmour to play.
In the leading situation, Aldridge signaled for Pirlo to master the rhythm and hone his "metronome" skills. The improvement of this technical level depends not only on himself, but also on the cooperation of his teammates. If he is slow, his teammates are slow, and he is slow.
Be fast, and your teammates must also be fast, especially if you suddenly increase or slow down your speed. If your teammates cannot understand his intentions, then the cooperation will not be effective.
Larmore, who had scored two consecutive games, was very excited when he came on the field, but in today's game, he failed to let Aldridge continue to see his shining side. On the contrary, he allowed Aldridge to see his flaws.
In the 80th minute of the game, Aldridge called Larmore in front of him and said lightly: "If you find that you and your teammates are not in the same rhythm of the game, then you have to find your own problem. Remember, I will replace you.
The tactical requirements for you!"
Larmore hopes to score again, so he is very excited, but when Pirlo begins to control the rhythm of the team, he is outside this rhythm. When he touches the ball, he will speed up the rhythm, regardless of whether his teammates are
Slow or fast, he is like a bull, bent on breaking through the opponent's door.
Before replacing him, Aldrich specifically reminded him, but he failed to do so, which means that his tactical discipline needs to be improved.
After being taught a lesson by Aldridge, Larmore returned to the court to calm down, and his performance became better and better. At least he was in the same rhythm with his teammates. Finally, before the end of the game, Glenchard took a long shot from outside the penalty area.
After being saved by the goalkeeper, Henry succeeded with a follow-up shot, locking the score at 3:0.
Millwall leads the league table with four consecutive wins in the new season.
