Thanks to "Thieves" and "Qingqing Little Wolf" for the reward!
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At the Lion King Stadium, the fans at the scene only saw Millwall's strong pressing and once again penetrated Bayern Munich's goal. However, they did not know that in terms of head coach's fighting skills, Aldrich forced Hitzfield into a desperate situation.
Breaking through the dense defense, whether it is a long shot or a personal breakthrough, is just a one-time attack, a separate attack, while Millwall's frontcourt control style suppresses Bayern Munich in the overall situation.
Theoretically, Bayern Munich's defense can triple-team every Millwall offensive player, improving fault tolerance and focusing on restrictions.
But in reality, it is impossible to do this every time, especially when the offensive players take the initiative to move and disrupt the opponent's marking plan. The offensive team's position is changing, and the defensive team must also respond immediately at the same time and follow up slightly.
If you don't follow the rhythm, your opponent may catch the flaw.
Millwall's strategy of not attacking hard but focusing on control is to constantly destroy and disrupt the defensive rhythm of Bayern Munich's backline, and then when the opportunity arises, they directly face the opponent's defense with less and more, which actually divides Bayern Munich's defense.
Defensive system!
It is very difficult to do this, but Millwall did it. This is where Aldridge is proud. At the peak of the Lions Dynasty, it is not only the strength of the players, but also the team's tacit understanding, awareness, game experience, etc.
The accumulation of various aspects such as this makes it easier for the head coach to arrange tactics, and the players can master them without the need for long-term drills. The general framework remains unchanged. Subtle adjustments can be made more quickly in actual combat and produce the expected results.
Heathfield is still communicating with his assistants on how to solve the current dilemma.
His assistant drew a simple position diagram in a tactical notebook.
The focus is on Millwall's attacking position.
There is a saying that the defense cuts off the opponent's formation. After Millwall's striker retreated, it turned into Millwall's offensive formation and cut off Bayern Munich's defensive formation. Because they had many people and formed a hierarchical connection between the front and back, Bayern Munich
The three defensive midfielders are surrounded. On the basis of control, they break through this line at a certain period of time, and then quickly face the back line to coordinate the final attack.
"What are the conditions of the back line? In turn, we can double-team their forward line."
Hearing the assistant's words, Hitzfield directly shook his head and said in denial: "That would lose the original intention of being defensive. The back line is premised on the opponent's forwards, Henry and Larsson. They have outstanding anti-offside abilities. Once our back line commits such a mistake,
Mistake. Turn around and it will be too late!"
His assistant scratched his head, thinking about it, Bayern Munich's defense is to compress the space in the most dangerous areas on the offensive end. If the back line is the premise, isn't it putting the cart before the horse? In fact, it is precisely because of Millwall's poor performance in the past few years.
Balls from behind, through balls, over-the-top through balls, and diagonal long passes scared all the opponents, so they had to drag the defense back and use intensive defense to snipe them.
"What about pressing the defensive midfielder forward? Force them to organize the offensive zone further."
"Give Ronaldinho space to start, let him increase his dribbling speed, and his ability to penetrate directly into the penalty area from the front waistline and disrupt our defense in the middle. This..."
Heathfield was refuting his assistant, but he could not continue.
Millwall's Trident offensive threat is too strong. It is because of the characteristics of these three players that they can give full play to their own advantages in response to different situations, making it impossible for opponents to guard against them.
Short passes, long passes, dribbling breakthroughs, long shots, and teamwork. Millwall not only cultivated the team's super technical and tactical qualities, but also because the combination of the characteristics of the players selected by Aldrich when he built the team is very good.
Comprehensive, a player cannot be proficient in all kinds of martial arts, but a team with 11 players can do this. When it comes to offense alone, there is nothing that Millwall cannot do, and on the basis of knowing it
, they have first-class abilities in everything they do.
Heathfield was racking his brains here to think of ways to deal with it. He was almost driven crazy by his own brainstorming. It is strange to say, really strange. For example, Zidane's ability and public recognition are definitely now
It is better than Pirlo, but if Pirlo is replaced by Zidane in Millwall, Heathfield will think that Millwall is
Maybe he won't be able to achieve such terrifying dominance now, and then he will be matched up against other players, including Nedvěd, Ronaldinho, Thierry Henry, Larsson, especially Larsson. As he gets older, Larsson is not as good as before.
With such a sharp edge, if he could be replaced by another similar winger, he would not feel that the replacement would make Millwall's offense more powerful or even reduce the threat.
This is the "puzzle" effect that football circles often talk about when forming a lineup. Fans will say that the strongest 11 players of such and such can form the strongest team in history. In fact, it is unlikely that the strongest players may not form the strongest team.
team, and the strongest team may not necessarily have the strongest players.
Hitzfield was helpless on the sidelines, and discussions with his assistants made no progress.
In the tactical cat-and-mouse game, he is like Tom Cat, and Aldrich is like Jerry Mouse. The cat can't catch the mouse no matter what.
In the 41st minute of the game, Bayern Munich full-back Sagnol took the initiative to attack. He really couldn't hold it back. The back line and midfielder line were torn apart. Sandwiched in the middle was Millwall's trident, Sagnol.
I think this game was really ridiculous!
Ronaldinho actually moved around Jerimes, seemingly ignoring Sagnol.
Sagnol really wanted to say to him: "Brother, I am your opponent!"
Seeing his teammates being teased at the back line, Sagnol rushed forward with a sense of luck. He believed that as long as Bayern Munich's defenders pushed up, they would be able to push Millwall back, and then find Bayern Munich's established goal.
Counterattack opportunities in tactics.
When he went up, the Millwall attack group immediately discovered this.
Pirlo took the initiative to pass the ball to Ronaldinho, and Sagnol was delighted. He believed that as long as he was not penetrated by Ronaldinho, there would be no problem with the defense.
But he was wrong, absolutely wrong. When Millwall controlled the offense in this way, it was also a kind of teasing and seduction. Anyway, the players didn't understand what Aldridge meant by "circling the spot to support", but as long as Bayern
If someone from Munich's defender moves, the probability of an opportunity appearing is very high because the lateral defensive area of the opponent's back line expands.
Sure enough, Sagnol stepped forward, and Ronaldinho dribbled to the outside to open up space at the moment of receiving the ball, and then knocked the ball behind him with his heel.
He received the ball with his back to the Bayern Munich goal and knocked the ball with his heel. The ball naturally rolled towards the Bayern Munich penalty area.
Sagnol didn't expect Ronaldinho to come like this, and he cursed in his heart: Do you really have eyes in the back of your head?
Subconsciously I stretched out my foot to intercept it, almost grabbing my egg!
Sagnol watched helplessly as the ball rolled past less than half a meter away from his toes and rolled behind him.
Who will be behind you?
Henry!
Henry on the edge!
Obviously, Sagnol pushed forward, and the space on this side came out. When Pirlo passed the ball, Henry started to start. Although Ronaldinho's pass was a little deflected, the space was indeed caught by Henry.
Henry led the ball forward, approaching the baseline, and Link came to block it. Henry quickly passed the ball, and Link turned to look, feeling as cold as ice!
Nedved arrives!
Hargreaves, Jeremys, Kufuor, including Kahn who abandoned the goal, Nedved was caught in a double-team, but at the moment he touched the ball, Nedved gently used the arch of his foot.
He kicked the ball diagonally and fell into the Bayern Munich penalty area. He was trying to avoid Kufuor's flying tackle and the ball rolled from Kufuor's body to the other side.
It was Larson and Lizarazu competing for speed again. This time, Larson blocked Lizarazu behind him. When they rushed two meters in front of the ball, he and Lizarazu tackled at the same time.
They all went towards the ball, but Larsson was faster, and the difference was only a flash of lightning. Larsson's toe poked the ball into Bayern Munich's goal!
"Larsson! Larsson, the hero of the Lions fans, scored! 2:0! Millwall scored another goal before the end of the first half! This killer who has broken through the doors of almost all the giants in Europe
Once again demonstrated his extraordinary ability to capture fighter jets!”
Heathfield bowed his head and sighed.
How can Millwall be so strong?
With this kind of ball, if all aspects of the ball were delayed by just one second, one beat, or even one breath, Millwall might not score a goal.
Ronaldinho's passing was a stroke of genius, Henry's comprehensiveness in playing wide, decisive timing of the ball, Nedvěd's calm assists, and Larsson's timely outflanking.
If one person drops the chain, the attack will be in vain!
This is also the reason why Heathfield denied his assistant's suggestion that the back line press forward. It was just that Sagnol's open space exposed at one point led to the loss of the ball. If he dared to let the entire back line press forward, Millwall did not need to cooperate.
Pirlo, Ronaldinho, just pass the ball over the top and boom, the goal is done.
Millwall's players enjoyed this game very much, because they knew how strong their opponent's will to win was, and Bayern Munich is also a well-known team in Europe that relies on the whole team, crushing all the efforts of the opponent in terms of teamwork, such satisfaction
The feeling makes them unable not to enjoy it.
Aldridge's handsome face showed a smile. He was also enjoying the game, or in other words, he was waiting and counting down.
2:0
The game is not over yet.
There is still suspense.
However, if Bayern Munich does not make another move, Aldridge's wait will be over when the game becomes no suspense and enters garbage time.
Seeing that the first half was coming to an end, Hitzfeld's assistant asked in a low voice: "How should we adjust during midfield?"
Heathfield was expressionless and said indifferently: "There is only one last resort left. I don't want to use it, but I have to use it. Anyway, if we lose the game, the outside world will not think that Bayern Munich has taken away its dignity from here."
His assistant thought for a moment and suddenly said: "Is it necessary to use the second set of established tactics?"
For such a crucial game, it is impossible for the head coach to be unprepared. Although the changes on the field are unpredictable and there will be many accidents on the spot, in the preparation work, at least he must think about how to play the game when there is a draw, how to play when leading, and how to play when behind.
How to play at different times? As for different time periods, you can respond flexibly.
The second set of established tactics that Hitzfeld's assistant mentioned were the tactics prepared by the Bayern Munich coaching staff before the game to preserve the victory based on the lead.
Now the score is behind, but he is forced to use it. The assistant feels a little sad in his heart. The German giants have been forced to this point in the away game by the contemporary European kings, which makes him very depressed.
"No matter what the final result is, after playing against Millwall in the past few years, we have realized the definition and strength of the strongest. The Millwall team, and their coach Aldrich Hall, lost to them,
Although I was unwilling to do so, I had to admit defeat without any luck."
Before walking into the tunnel, Hitzfield said this to his fellow coaching staff. (To be continued...)
