At the beginning of the game, the pace was not fast. Both sides needed to adapt to the slippery field and ensure the success rate of passing and receiving, but some people seemed to have a chicken blood today!
Arsenal was forced to retreat at halftime in the first ten minutes. Overmars and Pires both came back to participate in the defense. The most tragic thing is Overmars. Without him coming back, Dixon would be completely out of control.
In the 11th minute of the game, Arsenal made a big kick in the backcourt. Ibrahimovic, who turned around to grab the landing point in front of the center circle, stopped the ball on his chest and turned around with the ball. Makelele ran from behind to block his path. Matra
Qi himself faced Ibrahimovic, but Ibrahimovic retreated to get the ball. After turning around, Materazzi and Makelele had a good understanding. He was far away from Ibrahimovic.
Recently, Bu has directly acted as the first interception line, and forced Ibrahimovic to move to the other side if he wanted to pass him, and he would fall into the interception circle of Southgate and Makelele. Gianluca Zambrotta has already
Keeping an eye on Bergkamp's movement, unless Arsenal doesn't rush and slows down to reorganize the offense, they are now confident of defusing the opponent's fast break.
Ibrahimovic chose to emerge. Although his foot skills have not yet reached perfection, he can still be said to be delicate in the three-acre land of the Premier League.
Materazzi was in tragedy.
He put the shovel slightly diagonally from the front, which would definitely not cause a foul. If Ibrahimovic tried to dodge, he would definitely be intercepted by Makelele. Ibrahimovic did not dodge, but took a bigger step towards the ball. The result was the same. Makelele
He came out halfway and took away the ball.
Materazzi didn't get up. The turf was slippery. He put the shovel down as usual, but he slipped the moment he put his foot down. His thigh muscle was strained!
Makelele kicked the ball out of the sideline of the opponent's half. Then Millwall's team doctor entered the field.
Aldrich covered his head on the sidelines and felt incredible.
Mahler Gobi.
Does Ibrahimovic, who has a black belt in Taekwondo, have a bonus in lethality?
We were injured in the fight, so we had to accept it. He is a black belt expert.
But Ibrahimovic took a step forward with the ball. An ordinary tackle with basically no pressure on him could cause Materazzi to be injured. Was it a bad year? Or was it a charge due to mismatch?
Aldrich called Tiger Balm Neil up and asked him to warm up.
"Oh, Millwall has to make passive substitutions. Materazzi left the field injured. It may be due to the venue. I don't know if this substitution will have a fatal impact on Millwall. From a physical point of view, Materazzi
There is absolutely no problem for Lacy to defend Ibrahimovic. Whether Neil can suppress Ibrahimovic's performance, we can only observe from the game."
Before replacing Neal, Aldridge hugged him and said to him: "Don't be obsessed with one-on-one with him, pay more attention to the position of your teammates, and don't blindly press. As long as you are not blocked by him, you will be frozen."
He's not difficult."
Neil nodded frequently. In fact, Ibrahimovic is younger than him, but he looks tall, with long legs and thin feet. We can neither underestimate the opponent's ability nor ignore the opponent's natural advantages, so Aldrich must treat Neil seriously.
remind.
In fact, Neil's substitution of Materazzi did not have much impact on Millwall, because on the scene, as both teams adapted to the rainy game, Millwall had the advantage of home court and performed significantly better than Arsenal.
It's better, and the team's strength is stronger than Arsenal's, so they can always suppress the opponent with their offense.
Ronaldinho trampled Dixon again and again. One-on-one was very exciting and could be called a complete victory, but this kind of partial victory did not help the team open the door to victory.
Aldridge gave Ronaldinho a signal from the sidelines and asked him to stop excessively destroying the opponent.
Originally, he expected that if Dixon was defeated, then the two central defenders would have to focus their defense on Dixon's side, and the defense on the other side would naturally be exposed.
But today, Overmars dropped deep to help Dixon defend. This made Ronaldinho's performance, although wonderful, not very effective.
Millwall began to change positions, attacking, passing, and moving. The center forward trident's movements were dazzling and unpredictable.
Ronaldinho made another fake move in front of Dixon. The opponent seemed to see a ghost and subconsciously retreated. As a result, Ronaldinho handed the ball to Nedved. Nedved did not run to the penalty area with the ball, but instead
He crossed with Ronaldinho and handed the ball to Ronaldinho while changing positions. Vieira was confused during this cross-position change and just missed Ronaldinho, but the ball was changed to
Vieira behind Ronaldinho's feet.
Larsson and Henry also completed the switch at the same time. Ronaldinho handed the ball to Henry, who was completely unmarked on the right. Sylvinho subconsciously went to follow Larsson. After Henry ran over, a large space appeared, and he took the ball.
After the ball, Henry took a shot directly.
Seaman held the ball firmly this time and then launched a counterattack!
Wenger's eyes suddenly lit up on the sidelines.
Good opportunity!
Millwall's offensive players have just completed the change of positions, and now almost no one is in their own position. When launching a counterattack, it is impossible for Millwall to build the first line of defense in the frontcourt in the first time.
!
However, the next second, Wenger's face was full of surprise!
Yes, Nedved is on the left, Ronaldinho is in the attacking midfielder position, Larsson is in the center, and Henry is on the right. It is true that they are not in the activity area they were in when they started.
However, when Arsenal started to counterattack, the four of them did not hesitate at all. They fully entered their roles and tasks in the area and went straight back to defend.
Larsson and Thomas harassed the opponent's two midfielders Vieira and Petit, Henry and Nedvěd chased Overmars and Pires directly, they did not have the slightest sense of stagnation, and the overall defense did not show up.
A trace of panic.
Arsenal's counterattack came to an abrupt end when Overmars passed the ball through the middle.
Bergkamp was successfully predicted by Pirlo before he got the ball, and he intercepted the counterattack.
Wenger is simply unbelievable. It is normal for defensive players to chase back and counter-attack to defend and run in a straight line. The straight line is the closest. It is very simple knowledge.
But the most important thing is that each player needs to understand who the opponent he is responsible for marking is, where the area is occupied, and where the effective position of the interception route is. If two people are marking the same opponent and crash,
Then there will be situations where people are missed.
When Millwall completed the offensive change and was hit on a counterattack, the frontcourt offensive players still had such clear ideas when defending!
Aldridge, what a perverted team you have coached!
This already has the shadow of the glorious team that once went down in history!
"It's unbelievable, Andy. Before this, Millwall had always played against opponents with a relatively large strength gap. Today, they met Arsenal. We saw their almost impeccable defense, which was impressive."
"If you analyze it from a tactical perspective, Millwall's frontcourt defense idea is that 99.9% of teams cannot achieve full attack and full defense! Take Ronaldinho as an example. When attacking, he is on the left wing
He is the winger. He moves to the center and switches positions with Nedvěd. He is the attacking midfielder. At the same time, Nedvěd also has to enter the role of winger, and in defense
At that time, Ronaldinho was supposed to be responsible for marking or assisting Zambrotta to strengthen the defense on the left wing, but he was in the attacking midfielder position. He did not chase Overmars, but defended the forward pass.
Pettit was the person Nedvěd was supposed to be marking. Likewise, the person Nedvěd was supposed to be marking became Overmars. This kind of defense makes sense.
Theoretically it sounds very simple, but when multiple players change positions and appear in new positions, once a player fails to stay awake during defense and stares at the opponent that his original position role should be marking, then
It will find obvious openings for the opponent to attack. Millwall did a great job. They successfully limited Arsenal's counterattack.
Overmars had Gianluca Zambrotta in front and Nedved behind him. He did not choose to break through and did not want the offense to turn into a positional battle, so he could only pass the ball forward. There was no outlet for the ball in the middle. Vieira and
Pettit, with Larsson and Ronaldinho in front of him, chose to pass the ball to Bergkamp, Pirlo stole it, and Arsenal's counterattack ended."
"To do this requires players to have very high tactical literacy and game reading ability. Millwall can limit the quick counterattacks that Arsenal rely on to such an extent. The team trained by Hall is really scary."
"As Michels, the father of total offense, said, to achieve the true power of total offense, at least seven world-class players are needed. For the time being, Hall has not pursued the ideal total offense.
, he only allowed the top four players in the frontcourt to implement this tactical concept. The defense starting from Pirlo and back did not dare to move, and I think this crazy tactic must be concluded.
Realistically, you cannot ask the whole team to implement this concept. The defenders and forwards switch positions, and the forwards can also complete the defensive tasks of the defenders. This only exists in idealization. Hall is very realistic, so he is looking for a balance point, a person who can
Perhaps now, he has found the balance point that allows the offensive power to explode stronger than the strength assessment, while also making the defense more stable."
In the cold wind and rain, water dropped down on Wenger's face. He didn't know whether it was cold sweat or rain.
The situation on the court made him feel suffocated.
Arsenal's invincible quick counterattack in the Premier League was perfectly restricted by Millwall in the midfield three times in a row!
He also saw that in Millwall's high-pressure pressing tactics, the most critical defensive area is the midfield. Once the midfield is penetrated, everything behind will be smooth sailing!
Arsenal had a fast horse, but Overmars was suppressed by the wing attack and retreated deeper. His starting position during the counterattack was too far back and he was unable to produce speed at all.
Going forward, Bergkamp, Ibrahimovic, and Pires cannot be said to have no speed, but they have no speed advantage!
The Arsenal players also felt tremendous pressure, so they accelerated the pace in the counterattack. The players sprinted forward faster and released the ball faster, striving to quickly penetrate Millwall's defense zone through the midfield.
But on the football field, the blind pursuit of speed is often accompanied by another problem: mistakes!
Pires took the ball on the left wing and tried to pass the ball to Ibrahimovic without waiting for Schneider to press him. As a result, the ball was not passed in place and was intercepted by Neal in the middle. He jumped up and headed the ball forward.
field.
Vieira rushed too fast and ran over. Pirlo was not as fast as Vieira, but he turned around and ran forward to get the ball, and then distributed the ball to the right wing, hitting Pires behind. Now
It's Ronaldinho over there.
Ronaldinho did not stop the ball and directly played a one-two with Nedvěd, getting rid of Pettit's defense. Then facing fellow countryman Sylvinho, he directly passed the opponent with a fake move and dribbled the ball down the bottom, completely destroying Arsenal.
The defense line was brought to the bottom line, and he started to pass again.
The ball flew over the heads of the Arsenal defenders, as well as over the heads of Henry and the rushing Nedved.
How was the ball passed?
How to fly from Arsenal's bottom line to outside the penalty area?
Just outside the top corner of the penalty area on the left wing, Larsson stood on his supporting foot, raised his right foot, and faced the falling ball and volleyed with his foot!
"Larsson volleyed from outside the penalty area! The ball went in! Larsson, Larsson, Larsson! Millwall's super shooter Larsson!"
The ball was shot with great force without any rotation, and it penetrated into the upper left corner of Arsenal's goal like a flash of lightning. Seaman remained motionless and stunned. (To be continued...)
