"It seems that there is no mistake in the starting lineup. Ronaldinho did play as an attacking midfielder today, and Nedved played as a left winger. For the time being, it seems that Nedved's role in the offense is not obvious. Ronaldinho played as an attacking midfielder today."
Dinho is very active."
The game lasted for 15 minutes, and Bayern Munich looked slightly passive, due to their lack of strength in attack.
This is a team that emphasizes the whole team, which is the same as Millwall's core football philosophy, but Millwall's current advantage is that the individual talents of the players in the offense are even better.
Bayern Munich relies solely on frontcourt players to attack. As long as they advance within 40 yards of the goal, the offensive players will be isolated.
Whether it is Sauer or Salihamidzic, if his personal breakthrough is not successful, he will make a passing mistake.
Who makes Bayern Munich's frontcourt less available?
With Elber and Effenberg both being targeted, Jeremiah did not dare to take a big step forward.
What to do next?
Aldridge crossed his arms across his chest and narrowed his eyes at Bayern Munich's full-back, Lizarazu.
It's you!
It's your turn!
Why not Babel?
Because Nedved's defense is obviously stronger than Larsson's, the effect of Babel's assist is definitely not as obvious as Lizarazu's.
Bayern Munich is in trouble, unable to attack offensively, and the defense is always singled out by Ronaldinho in the middle. Ronaldinho is the protagonist in the first 20 minutes, but it always feels like he is just showing off.
, only one of the three long-range shots hit the door frame.
It's a good thing that we didn't concede a goal, but after all, this is the Munich Olympiastadion, the home stadium of Bayern Munich!
This is different from the situation between the two teams last season. Last year, Bayern played away from home first, and it didn't matter that they couldn't beat their opponents for 180 minutes in the two rounds. The further the game went on, the more advantageous they were.
This year the situation has reversed. Millwall will play away first. If they really can't beat their opponents at home, they will go to London in the next round. Would it be more advantageous for them to play away from home than Millwall?
As expected, Lizarazu started to step forward to assist.
As soon as he went up, he immediately received a good effect. On his side, Sauer took the ball and faced compatriot Schneider. Schneider was motionless and firmly blocked the opponent's inward route. If the opponent
If you want to go to the bottom, it doesn't matter. There is only Elber in the middle to connect with him. It's no problem for Materazzi to defend Elber with the high ball.
But Sauer played a two-on-one with Lizarazu, and he passed the ball. Lizarazu responded, and he ran in and Lizarazu used the time difference to pass the ball from Schneider.
Passed it on.
Just as Sauer was about to take the ball and turn around, the light around him dimmed, and he suddenly became alert. Someone was closing in on him and successfully knocked the ball away from his feet.
who?
Southgate!
Today Millwall's two central defenders have a different division of labor. Materazzi is marking and Southgate is intercepting. Materazzi's task is fixed, marking Elber in the defender area, while Southgate is more flexible.
By observing and predicting the situation on the field, intercept the opponent's penetration offensive.
Wherever Bayern Munich's offense is, Southgate will move to that side. When the defense is marking people, he has no marking task and can prevent this situation of being penetrated in a two-on-one.
Hitzfield saw Southgate successfully steal the ball again and knew that Aldridge was well prepared for this game. This was the third time Southgate successfully intercepted the ball.
This is also thanks to the efficiency of Millwall's intelligence collection work.
You couldn't play like this last season because the opponent had a double forward. Now there is only a single forward. Aldridge made a decision between intercepting and holding back, letting Southgate intercept. In other words, if he makes a mistake in intercepting,
Millwall's defense will most likely be penetrated, so although Southgate is not the last person in front of the goalkeeper, he is the most critical gate in the defense.
After successfully intercepting the ball, Southgate passed the ball straight to the right. Larsson received the ball behind the center line. There was no one marking him. Lizarazu and Sauer quickly chased back, but they could only watch Larsson lead the ball.
The ball surged down the right wing.
Jerry Mays did not dare to help defend the wing. At least there were three central defenders behind him. If Larson dribbled the ball and cut in from the wing, the one closest to the three central defenders could block it. The defensive gap was not as big as that of two central defenders.
But you can't watch Larson dribbling the ball so unscrupulously. When Jeremys saw the direction of Effenberg's running, he immediately felt relieved. The Tiger was already chasing Larson at full speed.
Just when Effenberg was still three meters away from Larsson, Larson suddenly passed the ball back behind Effenberg. Effenberg hesitated a little. When he looked back, Pirlo followed up and did not respond to the ball.
The adjustment was passed back to Larson. The tiger turned back again, and Larson opened the distance again!
The tiger was a little angry, and the other party made him confused.
He continued to chase. At this time, Larson was almost close to the penalty area, and Lizarazu was almost back to catch up.
Before entering the penalty area, Larson stopped and passed the ball to the right before Lizarazu stretched his foot to steal the ball. Then he quickly cut into the penalty area.
Lizarazu turned around and saw that someone had caught the ball and continued to dribble it down.
Schneider!
Where has Sauer gone?
Behind him, he didn't chase completely. He stopped when he saw Lizarazu and Effenberg double-teaming Larson. Unexpectedly, Schneider passed him at full speed at the same time and caught up with Larson.
Once the ball is reached, continue dribbling the ball down to the base.
Heathfield's eyes widened when he saw this scene, and he had an ominous premonition in his heart.
Effenberg and Larson chased, Lizarazu continued to go down to block Schneider. If the opponent did not pass the ball and made the next adjustment, Lizarazu would definitely have a chance to entangle the opponent.
Larsson cut inside and got caught in the double-team of Kufuor and Effenberg. Henry also forced the center of the penalty area and got into a position between Kufuor and Anderson. Nedved also cut inside from the other side to outflank the goal.
point, Babel and Link sniped him hard.
Ronaldinho also ran into the penalty area, and Jerry Meskin followed him.
It seems that all of Millwall's offensive points are being targeted by Bayern Munich players with extremely high tactical knowledge, and it is not a one-on-one marking. Combined with this, Bayern Munich has a defensive advantage in numbers.
Schneider still chose to kick the ball and pass after going down.
The ball flew up from the ground, crossed a parabola, and started to fall from the top. Everyone in the penalty area was paying attention to the trajectory of the ball.
Front point, middle point, back point...
Damn, Schneider, this kick missed all three points. Was the pass wrong?!
Heathfield, like the audience, could see the whole situation. At this moment, he said to himself in disbelief: "No way!"
The ball landed in the top corner on the other side of the penalty area, where a man caught the ball. He was wearing a Millwall jersey.
Left back, Gianluca Zambrotta!
After Zambrotta stopped the ball, he immediately knocked the ball back to the top of the penalty area, where Pirlo appeared!
The Bayern Munich generals were shocked.
Pirlo did not choose to take a long shot after stopping the ball. At the critical moment, he was unusually calm like a normal person.
Although the shooting position is very good, there are no Bayern Munich players around to harass. However, there are too many people in the penalty area. This long shot will most likely hit the player and bounce out, unless it relies on luck.
To score a goal or slip through a gap, you have to pray to Kahn, the goalkeeper, to open his fingers.
Calm and observe.
Pirlo sees six directions and must make the most accurate judgment within a limited time and in a very short time.
Jeremys and Effenberg were already rushing towards him.
Ronaldinho should have had a chance to get the ball, but Jeremys blocked the passing route.
Schneider's position is too far away, and Larson has Lizarazu next to him.
Nedved was double-teamed by Link and Babel.
Someone moved and rushed out to grab his ball.
Who is it?!
Anderson!
The central defender, who moved to Bayern Munich from the relegated old team Borussia Monchengladbach this season, has not experienced too many games of this level. At this time, he almost instinctively tried to block Pirlo from the outside. Maybe.
, he thinks that Pirlo will shoot from a long distance. If he rushes out, he can expand the blocking area and use his body.
Looking down, Jeremys, Effenberg, and Anderson came towards Pirlo from three different directions, but Pirlo chose to pass the ball through.
Anderson subconsciously stretched his foot to block it, but the ball rolled past his feet less than half a meter away.
He looked back in horror and saw Henry half-turning to meet the ball and then shooting!
Both Kufuor and Link are very close to Henry. As long as Henry catches the ball, adjusts, turns around and shoots again, it will give the opponent a chance to destroy it.
But Henry half-turned and made a sweeping motion to attack the goal, which made Bayern Munich's defenders just look at the ball and sigh.
It was closer to the goal than the penalty spot. No matter how good Kahn was, he couldn't stop the bottom-up shot after sweeping the shot.
The ball went into the net. Kahn made a save, but did not touch the ball.
The Bayern Munich soldiers raised their hands to signal that Henry was offside, but the linesman ignored it.
The referee puts his finger in the circle and Millwall leads 1:0!
"Henry opened the scoring! As a guest, Millwall took the lead! It's really unexpected. Millwall actually scored first. This goal must be a heavy blow to Bayern Munich. Not only did they fall behind, but they also
The opponent scored an away goal. In a competition of this level, the difference of one goal is enough to determine the outcome, not to mention the away goal which is as precious as gold! Millwall's two full-backs pressed forward and received good results.
Could this have been planned by Hall before the game?"
After scoring the goal, Henry got up from the crowd in the penalty area and ran along the baseline towards the corner flag area with a relaxed attitude. He did not appear excited or crazy, but he had obvious confidence.
This season is a season in which he is absolutely confident. The number of goals scored in the league and the Champions League is enough to give him the confidence to become the world's number one striker!
Aldrich clenched his hands into fists and stretched out his arms.
One goal ahead, and it was an away goal.
Although there is still time, in fact, Bayern Munich is not far from despair.
The full-back boldly assists, this sounds so unoriginal.
Schneider and Zambrotta's pressing was of course arranged by Aldridge, but when to press for assists was also very particular.
During a positional battle, these two people can only appear at the center line at most, and cannot go any higher.
But if Millwall plays a fast-break counterattack, the two of them can boldly assist up to the opponent's bottom line.
The difference is that Millwall plays a positional battle. If the battle fails, Bayern Munich will launch a quick counterattack. The full-backs are not in position and the defensive pressure will be great.
But when Millwall counterattacked, Bayern Munich changed its thinking from offense to defense, sounded the defensive alarm, and retreated across the board. Destruction was the first priority. The mentality when being counterattacked was the same as the mentality when facing a field battle.
It's completely different. In other words, if Millwall's chance of being counterattacked in a positional battle is 70%, then the chance that Millwall's counterattack against Bayern Munich will be quickly counterattacked by the opponent in turn may only be 20%.
