At the beginning of the second half, Millwall did not press as fast as they did at the beginning. At the beginning, they took advantage of the advantage of home court and better preparations to get into the game faster and catch their opponents off guard.
But at the beginning of the second half, Millwall, under Aldrich's instructions, firstly had to be alert to whether Barcelona might make any unexpected moves, so they first slowed down the pace and did not invest too much in the attack to see what tricks the opponent had up their sleeves.
Save the defeat.
But after ten minutes of watching, Barcelona didn't have any new tricks in terms of player positions or offensive running routines. Millwall showed no scruple in their pressing attack.
In the 58th minute, Ronaldinho made a pass from the left wing. Larsson was waiting at the back point. Unfortunately, De Boer got the first step to clear the ball with a header. De Boer's clearance ball was headed outside the penalty area, and Pirlo was on the outside.
Controlling the landing point, Rosenbach guarded the central position. Pirlo dribbled the ball to the right, then kicked the ball at a 45-degree position near the wing and passed the ball again.
This ball caused Henry great pain.
Heading is not his strong point. The weaker his technical ability, the player will subconsciously avoid using it because he is not used to it and has no confidence!
Pirlo's ball bypassed Barcelona's first central defender. De Boer pushed the ball outwards. At this time, he turned around and could not stop the ball. However, the ball was a chest-high cross. Henry had the opportunity to outflank him.
But he was unsure as he charged forward.
Should I bend down and use my head? Or use other body parts to send the ball into the goal?
How can he have time to think and make a decision?
Other body parts were out of reach. Henry finally used the conventional method. Heading the ball!
So he rushed forward to hit the ball with his head. However, in the process of hesitating, he missed the opportunity, and the ball flew past his shiny head. If he had hair, especially an afro, he would definitely be able to do it.
Hit the ball!
Unfortunately, he didn't.
Feeling a gust of cool wind blowing in front of his forehead, Henry was so ashamed that he couldn't help but feel ashamed: I'm just short of mastering Tietou Kung Fu. If I can really master it, will it be considered a mastery of the technique?
The next second, Henry heard a muffled sound, and his vision blurred, as if a meteor passed by his eyes and flew straight to Barcelona's goal. Goalkeeper Bonanno had no reaction. Abelardo, who was following Henry, just thought
It was a false alarm, but now, the whole person fell into a hell-like mixed emotions.
Henry turned his head and took a look. Nedved was getting up from the ground, and he missed the outflanking point. But Nedved arrived at the back point, and bravely and fearlessly dived to the top to send the ball into the goal.
Henry was so impressed that he almost burst into tears: What a hero!
Nedved stood up and gave Henry a sunny smile...
Barcelona's defense is about to collapse.
Their conceding rate in La Liga is almost 1 goal per game, but today, in less than 60 minutes, they have already scored their fifth goal!
The defenders looked at Millwall's celebrating players as if they were seeing ghosts!
Terrified.
The team that dominates contemporary European football, with the most offensive firepower among all the heroes!
"At 5:2, Nedved scored twice, widening the score gap to 3 goals. Maybe Barcelona can prevent Millwall's frontal attack. After all, they are a La Liga giant with good players, but...
Without taking the initiative to strengthen their defense, they were unable to deal with Millwall's continuous attacks, second and third attacks, especially from the outside.
The area control is obviously at a disadvantage. This is why other teams use 7, 8, or even 9 people to defend in the midfield and backcourt. Only more people can fill the huge space in the backcourt.
, not giving Millwall the opportunity to continuously put pressure on and launch waves of attacks. Unfortunately, Barcelona may not realize this."
Rexach responded very decisively this time, cheering and encouraging the players on the field, shouting that there was still time, and shouting to continue attacking and get the score back, even though his face was so blue that he seemed to be suffering from a strange disease.
Boas moved his position and came behind Aldridge. Normally, he would not disturb Aldridge during the game, but seeing that Aldridge seemed very relaxed today, he took the opportunity to ask for advice.
"Hey, Aldridge, if Barcelona plays like this today, will other teams realize that our defense is really not as strong as the data reflects?"
To be honest, Millwall's defensive data is very good, and this still includes the appearance data of the young lineup, but just like Barcelona was charged 5 goals in 60 minutes, they only conceded close to 1 goal per game in La Liga. Millwall
I also conceded 2 goals today, which is 4 times what the data shows.
"Vilas, don't be obsessed with data research. What is the source of Millwall's defensive data? It is our offense that presses the opponent, forcing the opponent to weaken the offense and strengthen the defense, so that our defense line is not under great pressure and has withstood the test.
The important reason is that there are not many times. If we are a conservative team and focus on defense, then the defensive data can best reflect the defensive ability."
Villas-Boas nodded and then asked: "What if other opponents are like Barcelona, and in the game, we are very unlucky and our opponents are very lucky, then wouldn't we be more likely to lose?"
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"Oh, how many teams in European football do you think can have Barcelona's offensive configuration? Barcelona's attacking group, just on paper, is powerful. In the mismatched cooperation, Overmars and Kluivert
The cooperation between the wing and center, the support and interaction provided by a team player like Enrique to Rivaldo, Kluivert and Rivaldo
Valdo's strike partner, just these three routines can produce very powerful offensive power. If you also count Cocu who can attack, how many teams do you think can match Barcelona's configuration? Then again,
Coming back, Barcelona's offensive configuration is very strong, which may have given them the courage to attack us here."
After Aldrich finished speaking, he continued to watch the game.
Boas took out his notebook and started writing notes.
In fact, as Villas-Boas said, in such a scene, the only thing that can defeat Millwall is luck.
In the 71st minute, Aldridge was really shocked by Villas-Boas' words.
Make him think Barcelona is really lucky.
In the second half, Barcelona tried to play behind Millwall, but failed once. In addition to the success of Millwall's offside tactics, it also included the defensive protection provided by Gattuso's deep retreat.
So Rivaldo retreated during the attack and began to show his power from a distance. Without any interference, his long-range shot hit the ground and hit the lower left corner of the goal. Bute was well prepared. After the opponent shot, he immediately shot to the left side of the goal.
Moved, but Southgate stretched his foot to try to block the ball, causing the ball to change direction. Looking back, Butt was dumbfounded, and Southgate was also dumbfounded.
The ball rolled in from the right side of the goal!
"An own goal? Rivaldo's long shot was blocked by Southgate and changed direction at a large angle, and finally entered the goal. Barcelona came back from the edge of the cliff again, 5:3, and the crazy game continued.
!Only God knows what score this game will end with!"
Southgate made a hasty shot. After blocking the ball, he slipped. Looking back, he saw the ball rolling into his own door. He knelt on one knee for 5 seconds, lowered his head, and then raised his head.
, waving to Gianluca Zambrotta, who came over and tried to comfort him.
Regardless of whether it will be counted as an own goal, what is this? A blow? None of that!
Southgate looked determined as usual and was not affected at all.
Rexach was excited when he saw Barcelona had recovered another one, but he also got into trouble.
5:3 is definitely better than 2:0, 3:1, and 4:2!
But after being defeated by Millwall five times, who would have confidence that Barcelona would beat Millwall by two goals when they returned home and would not allow their opponents to score three goals or more?
The difference between Europe's top teams is literally within a goal.
That is to say, a draw with the opponent at home, or a victory over the opponent by one goal, 1:0 or 2:1, 3:2. When one side plays away first and gets a scoreless defeat, and the difference is one goal, the situation will be
It's not too bad, just like in history, Hitzfield, who entered the palace for the second time in 2007, led Bayern Munich to a guest at the Santiago Bernabeu and was defeated by Real Madrid 3:2.
, when the final whistle sounds, Hitzfeld will happily shake hands with his assistants to celebrate, because this is the reality among top teams. It doesn’t matter if Bayern Munich loses a goal first in the away game. They have 2 away goals. Hope
Did Sfeld laugh too early? No, in the second round, Bayern Munich eliminated Real Madrid 2:1 at home.
This is the gap between the top teams, which is the basic status quo of the game for first-class mid-to-upper teams. It is difficult to apply to Millwall, because Millwall is already at a super first-class level!
Barcelona only lost one away game, and there may be a bit of luck. They returned to home and beat Millwall by one goal, relying on their away goal advantage to advance to the top four.
Now they are two goals behind away from home and win two goals against Millwall at home?
Sorry, not to mention that Millwall is now in full swing. In the entire history of the European competition, Millwall club has never lost to an opponent by two or more goals away from home.
In the knockout rounds, they only lost to Bayern Munich, and the score was 1:0 in 90 minutes.
Rexach gritted his teeth: Let’s bet, let’s fight!
In the second half, Kluivert's role was less obvious, so he replaced the Dutch center with Saviola, hoping to use these technical players to create a threat.
Seven minutes after he replaced Saviola, Millwall got a direct free kick in an excellent position in front of the penalty area.
In fact, when the fifth goal was lost, Barcelona began to strengthen the aggressiveness of the backcourt defense. Since conventional means could not stop Millwall's offense, fouls had to be used!
Otherwise?
Pirlo stood in front of the ball, and after the referee blew his whistle, he performed a trick of falling leaves. The ball passed through the gap in the Barcelona wall and dropped rapidly in front of the goal line. Bonano jumped in to save and had a chance to touch it.
He reached the ball, because the angle of the ball was not too tricky, but the sudden drop of the ball prevented Bonano's palm from completely blocking the ball. The ball touched the bottom of his palm, and then continued to fly into the goal.
"6:3! Pirlo scored from a direct free kick! Beautiful goal. This goal feast is not over yet, not over yet! Will there be a tenth goal? Will it?"
Aldrich stood up, applauded, and nodded with a smile.
Rivaldo's long-range shot deflected into one, and Pirlo scored directly with a free kick. It was considered a return. Is there any luck? Even if there is, it is still fair.
Aldridge walked to the sidelines for the first time in this game and made substitution adjustments.
It's 6:3, and the time is up to 80 minutes.
"Millwall made substitutions, substituting two players at once. Larsson was replaced by Pedretti, and Pirlo was replaced by Alonso. It seems that Hall is very satisfied with the current score and needs to control the rhythm of the game.
, strengthen the defense and no longer give Barcelona any chance to shorten the score gap."
When Rexach saw Millwall's substitution adjustments, his whole face turned green! (To be continued...)
