The current relatively balanced situation on the field is a reflection of the tactical impasse between Millwall and Bayern Munich.
This scene was foreseen in a major conversation between Aldrich and Nagy about five or six years ago.
There is no one technique or tactic that can defeat all opponents on the football field.
When an effective new tactic first appears, it is extremely powerful. In the process of continuous improvement and improvement, it can help the team reach a prosperous height. However, at the same time, your opponents will focus on studying your tactics and then find ways to
Get rid of restrictions.
With the strength of Bayern Munich, they used 7-man defense to restrict 5-man offense. This brought the situation to a balance and prevented Millwall from scoring. However, they also suffered the damage of self-defeating martial arts. Neither of them could score a goal, at least.
, don’t lose!
This stalemate is that tactically, Millwall cannot create great opportunities, but from an overall perspective, Millwall still has the offensive initiative, and Bayern Munich has only solved the defense for the time being.
At this point, it will be difficult for the fighting tactics to create unexpected effects.
What to rely on?
This is what Nagy discovered at that time, the technical flow defects in Millwall's youth training, so he took the right measures and established a player technical training department headed by Meulensteen.
Aldridge decided to adopt the youth training policy of "mainly tactical stream, supplemented by technical stream". In the following years, it proved its correctness and laid the foundation for Millwall's success.
It is very dangerous to focus on pure technical skills. Not counting the goalkeeper, there are 10 players on the field, and there is only one ball. The distribution of ball rights will be a big problem. There will be no ups and downs in the state of the players. When the top players are technically
When players are in poor condition but still occupy the ball too much, the team's record will be difficult to guarantee, and the team unity on the field will also become fragile. This is very common in some teams with poor skills. Most of the familiar internal strife is
It's the first-class technical players who blame each other.
Millwall strengthens the improvement of players' personal skills within the framework of tactical flow, allowing them to use their abilities to create local opportunities when tactics are restricted.
Six or seven years later, Barcelona became the king of Europe, and TIKI-TAKA became famous far and wide. Is this tactic novel? No, now, in the past. In Spain and Catalonia, TIKI-TAKA has always existed, and Barcelona is
The TIKI-TAKA tactic is the main one, but without a world-class striker like Messi who can change the situation of the game on his own, Barcelona wants to win the title purely by relying on tactics. We cannot jump to conclusions and say that it cannot be done, but it will definitely be more difficult.
Grenchar's appearance today was very eye-catching on the left, relying on his personal skills with his feet.
But facing an opponent like Bayern Munich, if you want to rely on the individual abilities of players to decide the game, there are only a handful of people in Millwall who have the ability to do this.
It can only be said that Grenchar has certain local advantages, but the closer he gets to the penalty area and the goal, and to the area where there is a threat of kicking and shooting, he will encounter great blocking pressure.
Larsson, Nedvěd, and Pirlo, either due to their playing styles or their roles on the field, find it difficult to resolve the battle in a sudden burst.
There is only one person on the court who has the ability to do this. There is another person sitting off the court.
Aldridge promised before the game to let Ronaldinho play in the second half. In addition to avoiding the possible recurrence of old injuries caused by him starting in the starting lineup after just returning from injury, it is also a strategy. Bayern Munich players will run for 60 and 70 minutes first, and Ronaldinho will
When he comes on stage again, his physical strength is obvious, and his effect will be even better.
As for Henry, who plays the center position on the field. Based on his performance at Millwall in the past two years, Aldridge believes that he is definitely capable of changing the situation.
The only problem is that in a static situation, Henry is facing three defenders and there are two midfielders behind him. He is caught in this small area and has no room to play at all.
Although he has to rely on Henry's personal ability, Aldrich, as the coach, cannot just pray to the sky on the sidelines: Henry, explode the small universe!
If this can really bring victory, then the job of the head coach will be too easy. Just like Real Madrid, they will form a Galaxy battleship with world-class players. You can perform yourselves and break out every game. At the end of the season, we will show off the trophy!
We must create space and opportunities for Henry to explode!
In the first thirty minutes, Millwall defended 5 against 3 in the backcourt, which was very stable. It was also a necessary process to observe the opponent, understand the opponent, and get familiar with the opponent on the field. After figuring out the situation of Sauer and Salihamidzic,
Elber's main areas of activity today, running routes, ball selection, and the framework of group cooperation, Millwall can take risks.
Since the defeat in Munich that year, Aldrich would choose to take risks when faced with a deadlock, but he would not risk his life so radically.
"Millwall took a corner kick in the frontcourt, and Larsson's shot was blocked by Link with his body. We saw that in the backcourt, Millwall coach Hall stopped Schneider to give him an opportunity. It seems that Millwall
I will make adjustments.”
Schneider has followed Aldrich for seven years. Aldrich talks to these veterans about how to adjust on the field, and can often accurately convey tactical instructions in just a few words.
And when the coach specifically stopped the players on the sidelines to adjust, other players would delay the game for a while, and Pirlo followed suit when he took the corner kick.
After receiving the order, Schneider ran to the frontcourt and said a few words to Nedvěd, Henry, and Grenjaer respectively. After he finished speaking, the referee was urging Pirlo to take a corner kick quickly.
Hitzfield looked dignified, and Aldridge made adjustments, which must be working on the offensive aspect. How can we predict what kind of challenges or crises Bayern Munich will face if we can't see them? Offense is inherently proactive and ever-changing.
Defense is passive.
Three minutes later, in the 35th minute of the first half, Hitzfeld saw Schneider making a bold assist. Larsson cut in and diagonally inserted into the ribs of the penalty area, seemingly trying to steal the ball with a header.
The main target of Bayern Munich's three defenders in the penalty area is Henry, who helps defend Larsson and Grenciaer from cutting inside. Once Larsson enters the penalty area, one of the center backs must be separated to help defend.
Anderson in the middle stared at Henry and found that Henry didn't move!
But next to Henry, another person rushed out bravely and rushed up between Anderson and Kufuor. Schneider passed the ball and bypassed the front point. Nedvěd jumped up from a slightly behind point.
The ball hits the goal.
Kahn followed the trajectory of the ball, and Nedvěd's header was in a straight line, and the ball was very fast. Kahn was not slow either. He jumped up and blocked the ball over the crossbar with one palm.
"A threatening attack from Millwall! Nedvěd's header almost broke through Bayern Munich's goal. Fortunately, Kahn bravely blocked the ball. This goal was really thrilling. There was a huge sigh in the stands.
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Kahn's expression didn't change after he got up from the ground, but he was still a little frightened inside.
When the goalkeeper makes a save, he must block the ball to the outside. In fact, he did not touch the ball completely with his palm. The ball touched the top of 1/3 of his palm, and then changed direction and bounced off the crossbar and bounced off the baseline. If he had reacted 0.01 slower
Seconds, even if the hand touches it, it may not be able to stop the ball from flying into the goal.
Hitzfield also felt his scalp numb on the sidelines, and Millwall's defender moved.
It would be fine if the two full-backs moved at the same time, but with Schneider alone, this choice is very targeted.
Use the threat of Schneider and Larson on this side to suppress Lizarazu, forcing Lizarazu not to dare to attack rashly even if he finds a large open space in front of him.
The pressure on Bayern Munich's attack will be reduced, but Sauer Salihamidzic, plus Elber, the three of them will also have to face the defense of Millwall's three defenders and a midfielder. How does Gattuso move?
Position selection is the key, but he is an immortal beast.
After Schneider came up, he shared the task of passing Larsson's passes. Larsson could focus on cutting inside and becoming a right forward, freeing himself from the constraints of the winger.
In the ball just now, Larsson posed a threat, Henry contained the middle, and Nedvěd unexpectedly broke out. This routine is not new. Bayern Munich was beaten once, which sounded the alarm. It will definitely not give Millwall a second time.
Opportunity to produce such an effect.
Seeing Aldrich's expression of regret after bowing, Heathfield thought that was Aldrich's killer move.
He still didn't make any changes. Millwall took a risk. On the contrary, Bayern Munich's defensive pressure increased, but the offensive threat also increased.
Aldridge did regret that Nedvěd's header failed to reach the goal, but he was still confident.
Bayern Munich's counterattack focused on Sauer, but today Sauer was troubled by Gattuso and couldn't do anything. Several breakthroughs with the ball were ended by the opponent. This time, he chose to pass the ball to Elber.
He didn't dare to pass the ball long, and the time the ball flew in the air would allow Salihamidzic on the other side to be stared at by Zambrotta when receiving the ball.
Elber took the ball, turned and pulled horizontally and used his speed to forcefully rush Materazzi. Materazzi blocked the middle and blocked Elber's progress. The two had a 50/50 chance, but neither of them could control the ball in the end.
, Southgate took the ball away from behind, and then passed it diagonally to the right. Schneider took the ball across the center line, turned around, and Millwall attacked again.
Seeing that Bayern Munich's attack was in vain and there was no shot, Hitzfield gritted his teeth and stamped his feet feeling aggrieved.
As for Millwall's central defender and defensive midfielder, their abilities are definitely not at the level of super-class, just first-class.
Gattuso is still playing the main role this season and has just reached the first-class level. Materazzi and Southgate are still far from world-class in terms of personal defensive ability. And Southgate's age, he will definitely not be able to become
A world-class defender.
But this kind of defense can restrict Bayern Munich's first-class offensive line to the point where they have very few shooting opportunities.
Hitzfield knew that this was Aldridge's ability to train the team's defense. He put several first-class players together and formed a team that produced a 1+1 greater than 2 effect.
Especially for someone like Southgate, who is tall, heavy and has no advantage among central defenders. Watching him play in defender defense, you can clearly see his calmness and his consciousness, which means he relies on his brain to play football.
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In the 43rd minute of the game, Schneider continued to dribble forward on the right wing, this time he deliberately slowed down.
Lizarazu did not dare to rush forward rashly to press, Larsson had already begun to move towards the empty space in the penalty area, Pirlo also stepped forward to respond, and Nedved rushed directly into the penalty area in a straight line.
Hargreaves saw Nedvěd running and he also retreated. Effenberg planned to defend Pirlo, but as soon as he took two steps, he suddenly realized something was wrong.
Someone ran behind him, Grenchar!
Why is this guy running in front of the center of the penalty area instead of inserting himself into the ribs of the penalty area? Excessive link-up or long-range shooting?
Effenberg retreated again, and something even more surprising happened to him.
Henry ran out of the penalty area. The more he ran, the farther he got from the penalty area!
Henry ran back, Nedvěd rushed forward, Grenjar moved to the center of the penalty area, and Larsson cut inside. This series of simultaneous movement changes caused chaos in Bayern Munich's man-to-man defense, especially
On the defensive midfielder line, not to mention Hargreaves' confusion, Effenberg didn't know exactly who to target.
Schneider passed the ball, a short half-high ball to the center, Henry was 38 yards away from the goal and unmarked!
