When we come to Millwall to compete with a team of Manchester United's level, Manchester United has to break Millwall's orderly and intensive defense. Even if the number of offensive and defensive numbers is balanced, the probability of defeat will not exceed 30%, especially the players' personal abilities.
When it comes to making a fuss, Giggs is probably the only player that Manchester United relies on on his own.
After Giggs got the ball on the left, the further forward he went, the more he fell into a single-choice situation.
He took the ball to the wing, close to the Millwall penalty area, trying to find contact in the middle for cooperation. Even though Pirlo's one-on-one defensive ability was average, he had a high football IQ, so he stood still and blocked Giggs' passing route.
It achieved the effect of cutting up Manchester United's offensive formation. Giggs could not connect with the center, and the full-backs behind did not dare to press forward to help.
Offensively, Giggs' only option is to break through. Schneider has also competed with Giggs for several years, and now he has a lot of experience. He has a certain defensive success rate in one-on-one battles. Even if he is broken through, he is the first
When the time comes, he turns around to make up the position, and then Giggs will fall into continuous interceptions by his teammates, and Schneider quickly fills in the teammate's position.
Even if Scholes leaned towards Giggs, he could only move on the periphery, and then the offense took a step back.
Aldridge gestures to the players from time to time on the sidelines to let the players notice the movements of Manchester United's offensive players.
Millwall's offense was relatively monotonous. Larsson or Henry relied on their personal abilities to tear apart Manchester United's defense on the wing, but they did not create good opportunities in the final blow.
Aldrich was calm and collected.
It is expected that the two full-backs of Manchester United do not dare to attack. Henry and Larsson can suppress each other one-on-one. If the full-backs are out of position again, then Henry and Larsson will face the opponent's defender directly. Manchester United's
The city gate is in danger.
What he cares more about is another person on the Manchester United field, captain Keane, a midfielder who is both offensive and defensive.
As long as he moves, Klose will be completely released, even if the offensive line is 3 on 4, the success rate is still considerable.
Beckham returned to the full midfield position without hesitation. Otherwise, Manchester United would not be able to create any chances.
Manchester United's two wings flew together, and almost all penetrating balls were blocked. The occasional well-placed cross was steadily resolved by Millwall's defense.
It was as if Manchester United had been kicked against an iron plate, unable to shake Millwall's defense.
"Pagliuca punched the ball out with a single punch. Pirlo controlled the landing point and passed the ball to Nedved. The Czech took the ball forward in stride and crossed the half court unimpeded. Scholes returned
After catching up, it seemed that he was planning to commit a foul. Nedvěd passed the ball to Henry first. Henry! He beautifully used the rhythm of stopping the ball to stop and then start to wipe out Neville. He took a long shot in front of the penalty area! Unfortunately, the ball was played somewhat correctly.
, Barthez stood there holding the ball in his arms."
Ferguson thought for a long time and still had no clue. Millwall was really determined to defend against counterattacks. Manchester United really couldn't create any decent opportunities on the offensive end. If the cross ball could penetrate Millwall's defense, the Red Devils would have been beaten to death.
A crazy lion.
Ferguson was still hesitating whether to risk his life early, but Aldridge couldn't wait any longer.
Keane was slow to press up to support the attack, and Klose was frozen in this point. As a result, he was unable to make any offensive changes, and he only relied on the side to attack the opponent. This really underestimated Manchester United.
In order for the offense to change, it must first have space. Klose cannot be at the forefront and fall into a double-team situation.
Aldrich pointed towards Klose. Then he made a gesture of pulling back. Klose took the initiative to retreat after seeing it, so that it would be easier for him to get the ball and deal with it.
Klose retreats, and Keane follows him up, so that he is positioned forward and can support the offense to the best of his ability. At the same time, the defense also limits Klose's performance.
Seeing Keane moving forward following Klose's position, Aldridge couldn't help but smile slyly.
This iron-blooded warrior can't hold himself back anymore!
Keane was indeed anxious when he saw the weak attack in the frontcourt. When playing against Millwall, an offense that did not change from point to point would do nothing at all. Keane already knew this. In order to make changes in the offense, in addition to the personal abilities of the players,
It is necessary to use the offensive point inserted from behind to disrupt the opponent's tight man-marking arrangement.
Keane did not dare to give Klose space to get the ball in front of the penalty area, so he could only follow him, limiting the interaction between Millwall's tridents and resulting in unpredictable small-scale passing and cutting cooperation. What he did before was indeed very effective.
, but conversely, in order to suppress Klose, Keane's offensive support for Manchester United has also been relatively significantly weakened.
Now, Klose is retreating, and Keane is still following up. He doesn’t need to stick to Klose like a dog-skin plaster. When Manchester United attacks, he can go up and support in a controlled manner, and when switching from offense to defense, he and Klose
The starting position distance between Luo Ze and Luo Ze is not too far. He is sure that according to his own ability, he can follow the opponent. What's more, when Manchester United attacks, Klose still has the task of retreating to harass.
Ferguson has yet to think of a proper countermeasure, but seeing the situation on the field, at first glance, it looks quite uneventful. Keane's activities should be normal, at least not allowing Klose to move from the midfield to the attacking midfielder area.
Get the ball easily, this is a regular choice and very reasonable.
But Ferguson had an ominous premonition. From an overall perspective, Manchester United was passively following Millwall's personnel adjustments and making changes, which was equivalent to being led by the opponent.
In the 41st minute of the game, Scholes stopped and dribbled in front of Pirlo, but he did not dare to dribble forward. Instead, he pulled into space. In the blink of an eye, he saw the overall situation, and Millwall's defensive players blocked him.
All the ball routes are blocked. Beckham, Giggs, and the two forwards. These four points can't find a single gap in Millwall's six-man defensive net. Scholes will either pass back to Kieran.
Well, either you continue to dribble the ball and move forward, you will bump into Nedvěd, the steel warrior.
Scholes had no choice but to take a long shot, hoping that this long shot would lead to a goal.
This is a game where as long as you win, you will win the championship. The first goal is very crucial. As long as Manchester United scores the first goal, the situation of the game will be completely reversed!
"Scholes shot from a long distance, from a good angle, but not to the extreme. Pagliuca was well prepared, flew out to the right, and picked the ball up steadily with both hands. Wow, this save is wonderful, because he is not only
He blocked the shot and held it with both hands!"
Pagliuca's talent is definitely higher than Bute's, but Pagliuca has passed his peak, but his condition has not plummeted, and he is still at the level of a quasi-first-class goalkeeper. Scholes' long-range shot with great power and good angles
, if the second-rate goalkeeper is replaced, he will probably have to hang up, or make a hasty save to block the ball.
Give the opponent a second chance to attack, or the first choice will be wrong in panic. Pagliuca can be hit by a tricky long-range shot. But if he is fully prepared and calm, this kind of shot will never penetrate his.
Ten Finger Guan, he is a good goalkeeper who has perfected his basic goalkeeping skills.
After the successful save, Pagliuca quickly stood up and instantly transformed into a charging vanguard general holding the ball and rushing forward.
His charge scared Manchester United.
This old guy is clearly going to launch a hand-throwing fast break!
Manchester United's offensive players ran back reflexively. However, Pagliuca stopped at the line of the penalty area, then turned to the right, bent down and threw the ball out. The ball rolled on the turf and came to Schneider's feet.
Because of Pagliuca's forward charge, Manchester United's offensive players retreated, which instead gave the Millwall backline loose space to take the ball.
Schneider stops the ball, adjusts, and looks ahead.
Manchester United's offensive players retreated. But before halftime, Klose waved for the ball just past the center circle. Keane was already standing behind Klose. This was a dead end for him!
Schneider kicked a long overhead pass from under his feet. When Keane saw the trajectory of the ball, he suddenly became alert and turned his head to look. His face changed drastically!
Fooled again!
He stood up to Klose, and yes, he did restrain Klose.
However, there is a large area of space in Manchester United's midfielder area.
Itself. There is a battlefield belonging to Klose and Keane. Henry and Larsson are both on the wing. Their direct threat is also to cut in from the wing and enter the penalty area.
However, Schneider's long pass hit the vacuum zone three meters in front of Manchester United's back line.
And what about Henry and Larson?
They abandoned the wing and came to this area at the same time!
It was only then that Keane suddenly realized that it was not him who followed Klose to restrict him, but Klose who took the initiative to take him out and lure him into the trap!
Schneider's long pass did not go to Henry because the distance was farther, but to Larsson who was relatively close.
Larson was one step ahead of Sylvester and Brown. He jumped high when grabbing the spot and directly headed the ball to Henry who was parallel to the left.
When Aldrich saw Larson's header pass accurately to Henry, his eyes became fanatical and his fists gradually tightened.
The offensive space created by sacrificing Klose is your battlefield!
Just improvise!
Henry stopped the ball, and after speeding up, he only took two steps to reach the penalty area line. His combination of man and ball was completely different from Ronaldinho. Ronaldinho's escape from the spot was a change after deceiving the opponent's center of gravity.
Towards.
Henry either relies on the combination of man-ball and speed to overpower his opponents, or he relies on changes in rhythm when controlling the ball. His dribbling is rarely flashy. At least, Aldrich has never seen him pedal a bicycle.
Henry brought the ball in front of Stam and Neville, first took a step to the right, and then kicked back to the left. Stam and Neville couldn't help but press forward after two swings of center of gravity. At the same time, Brown and Sylvie
Ste also moved inward and came to surround Henry.
Henry made his third lateral spike change.
To the right and left, there were three rapid and continuous rhythm changes. There was no fancy visual sense, but it caused the Manchester United defender's center of gravity to tilt to varying degrees, causing his footsteps to become messy and his formation to become loose.
When Brown stepped down to intercept, Henry stopped and kicked the ball away diagonally with the instep of his outside foot.
The ball passed diagonally between Brown and Stam. At the same time, Larson turned back and crossed through the space between Brown and Sylvester. In the moment of passing and running, Larson and Sylvester were parallel, and even
He was slightly behind by half a body, but because Larson was running diagonally, Sylvester chased after him again, and the distance was even further.
At this point, there is only one way to stop Larson.
That's a foul!
But the location will be in a restricted area!
Stam, Brown, and Neville turned to look in the direction of Henry's ball. What caught their eyes was that Larsson had already caught up with the ball. He didn't even stop the ball and shot it directly with the outside of his right foot!
This ball was extremely difficult. The ball shot from the outside of the instep hit the upper left corner of the goal in an arc. Barthez abandoned the goal and ran two steps before he could only turn his head and look at the goal. The ball turned halfway along the goal net.
The circle had just hit the ground and was still spinning vigorously when it landed on the turf.
After Larsson scored, he waved with his finger and Henry ran towards the sidelines to celebrate.
