"Millwall is the Champions League champion in the past two seasons. If we can beat them, Real Madrid will prove ourselves that we are the strongest team in Europe. This has always been our pursuit. We work hard for this and we hope to win in the Champions League."
Do it on stage!”
Real Madrid flag Raul said this before the game.
"Playing against Millwall is exciting and will make you tremble with excitement. Beating them will definitely be a fantastic memory!"
Zidane dreams of defeating the King of Crazy Lions at the Bernabeu!
"In the past few games against Millwall, I have not won. This is an embarrassing record, but I think this record will end this season. Real Madrid is strong enough to win everything!"
Figo is also confident about this game.
"We will defeat the Mad Lion!"
"We will..."
"real Madrid......"
Before the game, the star-studded Real Madrid made a variety of sounds, encouraging themselves, boosting morale, putting pressure on their opponents, expectations, longings, desires, and various emotions contained in them.
But when it came to the game, Real Madrid players found that the game was much more difficult than they imagined.
What is clear on the field is that although Raul still works very hard to retreat to defend, Figo, Zidane, and Morientes combined may only have one person's defensive contribution, and Raul's contribution is half at best.
A team of 11 people, Real Madrid has two and a half offensive players not returning to defense! Millwall
Here, Henry and Ronaldinho participate in the defense to a limited extent. Their investment is almost the same as Raul. Others, including Larsson, are very actively involved in the defense. Even if Pirlo is considered a half defensive player
,In fact, Millwall has one more player in defense than Real Madrid!
Not counting the goalkeeper, there are 10 players on one side. Millwall can defend by one more player than the opponent. This will make the gap on the field very obvious!
To put it bluntly, there is a strong contrast between Millwall's Nedved and Larsson's defensive efforts. This can be seen from the depth of the two players' retreats on the field, and Nedved has a leadership role.
The impact and appeal brought by the whole team, at least on the defensive end, definitely exceeds that of Real Madrid.
In the eyes of many people, utilitarian football is the ultimate defensive counterattack. Aldridge doesn't think so. He feels that Real Madrid played very utilitarian after the opening, and did not dare to let it go. They played their own football and worried about gains and losses. This is utilitarian.
The starting point, everything, is thinking for the sake of promotion. It is not the simplest competition.
In this case, Aldridge is willing to play the cards first. Real Madrid should have taken the initiative, and Millwall should have driven the rhythm of the game and promoted the development of the game. This is not a bad idea, although Millwall can definitely accept it if they continue to play at the previous pace.
It's fine to go back home and beat Real Madrid again, but in this game of the century, Aldridge wants to be the protagonist and wants Millwall to play their style. When he orders the whole team to attack, he doesn't simply wave his hand:
Hey guys, give it to me!
Real Madrid's midfield defense is both tough and efficient, Makelele + Helguera, these are Aldridge's former disciples, how could he not understand their defensive characteristics and abilities?
If Millwall wants to attack, it is obviously unwise to advance from the center. They still have to rely on the wings to attack. Ronaldinho and Larsson alone will not work. It is too easy to be restricted. The full-backs must provide assists. Not only that, but also
Tactically break down Real Madrid's overall defensive system.
Millwall adapted to the rhythm of the field and entered the game state. The head coach ordered the attack and they no longer hesitated. Such an attack refers to the degree of offensive investment and offensive tendency, which starts from balance and tilts towards risk.
After trying several personal breakthroughs in the frontcourt and small-scale passing and cutting cooperation, Millwall knew that such simple tricks could not break through Real Madrid's gate. Makelele's sweep, Helguera's supplementary position, in a small area
It is a bit fanciful to want to penetrate Real Madrid, especially when Real Madrid has not increased its offensive investment, the defensive players will not be out of position, and the offensive players will appropriately retreat to defend and compress the space.
The patient Millwall began to use a higher level of team offensive coordination.
In the 18th minute, Millwall launched a wave of attacks from the goalkeeper.
Bute kicked the ball and passed the ball to Southgate. When Morientes jogged to grab it, Southgate passed the ball diagonally to Schneider.
Raul was far away. Unexpectedly, Schneider immediately picked up the speed and rushed forward after receiving the ball. Raul's defense could not catch up. When it passed the center line, Schneider immediately stopped the ball. He did not rush to the end.
The plan is to stay on this side from the starting point of the attack to the end point. It is almost impossible to succeed. It is too conspicuous and cannot hide the point of attack. Real Madrid's defense has already tilted towards Carlos's side and hits the right side.
Way, very unwise.
Schneider made a diagonal pass to Nedved in the frontcourt. Helguera was two meters behind Nedved. The Czech did not stop the ball at all, and then knocked the ball back to the rushing Pirlo. After passing the ball
He ran backwards, and Elgra immediately followed him like a shadow.
Pirlo got the ball after half-time and continued to move forward. Aldridge was reassured when he saw this scene.
Real Madrid's frontcourt offensive foursome were all left behind Pirlo. Millwall's attack broke through Real Madrid's midfield and frontcourt defense line. Once Pirlo came up, at least in terms of the number of attackers, the disadvantage would not be too obvious.
, the key is to play with speed, ball transfer speed and success rate!
When Pirlo pressed forward, Real Madrid's defense immediately felt tremendous pressure.
Makelele and Helguera have played for Millwall and are well aware of the power and characteristics of Millwall's offense. Therefore, in defense, they will not attack easily. The key is to guard the dangerous zone.
Pirlo distributed the ball to Ronaldinho and continued to move forward. He took the initiative to distance himself and ran to another area according to Nedvěd's running route, defending one person and one person. It was a bit difficult for the defensive players to follow him. Mark
Seeing that Pirlo was still pressing forward after passing the ball, Lailai took the initiative to run to the area directly in front of Pirlo. However, Pirlo and Nedvěd had a tacit understanding and did not continue to rush forward.
Contained Real Madrid's two top defensive players.
Ronaldinho took the ball and turned around. Facing Salgado's frontal defense, Ronaldinho did not fight with the opponent and passed the ball to the front of the wing. Before Salgado could turn around to chase the ball, he saw Gianluca Zambrotta.
He passed by like the wind!
Schneider had already gone back at this time. He was the instigator. After he passed the ball, he knew that his task was completed in this wave of offense. The offense was launched from the right. But the full-back creates real pressure and threat.
On the left!
This process will cause Real Madrid's defense to shift from the right to the left at first, and the formation will swing. At this time, gaps are most likely to appear.
Zambrotta's first touch with the ball was to cut inside. Upon seeing this, Salgado immediately rushed over to intercept!
Makelele was immediately anxious when he saw his teammate's choice.
Don't grab it!
Sure enough, as soon as Salgado accelerated to block Zambrotta's inward cut, Zambrotta passed the ball back to Ronaldinho. At this time, the open space in front of Ronaldinho was much larger than before!
Ronaldinho started at full speed. He also cut inside and behind Salgado. The gap between Salgado and the central defender was too big. Thank you Gianluca Gianluca for taking Sal away.
Kudos to Jia Duo.
Both Helguera and Makelele were going to fill their positions. But Makelele moved, and Helguera continued to follow Nedvěd.
When Makelele returned to the penalty area to form a frontal defense against Ronaldinho, Ronaldinho moved laterally with the ball. Henry pulled out at this time. Behind him was Hierro. Ronaldinho passed the ball to Henry, and Henry knocked back to Wu
Pirlo with man marking.
Makelele and Helguera were as cold as water. Pirlo organized an attack 35 yards away from the goal unmarked. This is so dangerous!
After Henry passed the ball, he, Nedvěd, and Ronaldinho all rushed to the left side of the Real Madrid penalty area at the same time. For a moment, they took all the Real Madrid defenders and midfielders to that area. The defensive players instinctively
Follow up on the ground. Furthermore, Pirlo will most likely pass the ball and hit this area.
Pirlo could not be allowed to control the ball so easily. Carlos rushed over immediately, but he was far away. Before he could reach Pirlo three meters away, Pirlo's pass was sent from his feet.
An overhead kick was delivered.
Carlos looked along the trajectory of the ball and was shocked.
The scene in front of them made all the Real Madrid generals feel chilled.
The ball went over the top. Whose head did it pass?
Parveen!
Pavin was still walking backwards and looking up at the ball, completely unaware that behind him, a figure was rushing toward the ball's expected landing point!
Pavin actually managed to take off!
Naturally, the result was a tip-off. When the ball flew over his head, it was at least 30 centimeters away from his head. This may not sound like much, but in fact, it was a serious error in the defender's prediction!
The ball fell behind Pavin, and someone rushed over to pat it.
who?
The King of Wild Lion Heroes, Larsson!
In the fierce battle against Real Madrid, his teammates all contributed to this attack. How could he be invisible?
Larsson, who was extremely calm, watched the ball's flight path, took accurate steps, and had already thought about how to deal with the ball falling in the air.
There is no chance for him to stop the ball and adjust. It is slightly closer to the goal. If he stops the ball, the shooting angle will become very narrow.
As a result, Larson, who shot diagonally into the hinterland of the penalty area, was like an assassin in the dark night, suddenly bursting out with a fatal blow!
Bang!
Larsson fired a volley into the air, and the ball went straight to the far top corner of Real Madrid's goal like a meteor that passed by in the blink of an eye!
Casillas had no reaction. Real Madrid's entire defense and the players involved in the defense were all stunned!
Larsson touched the ball once in this attack, but sent the ball into the gate of Real Madrid. In his glorious career on the green field, the ghost at his feet filled in another record: the UEFA Champions League semi-final match in the 2001-02 season.
Real Madrid opened the scoring at the Bernabeu!
Larsson opened his arms and started running wildly. The Bernabeu fell into silence, and the visiting Lions fans made collective worship movements.
In the eyes of Bernabeu fans, Millwall's smooth and delicate offense is full of gorgeous colors, and Larsson, who finally made the final decision, used violent aesthetics to bring an end to this perfect attack!
"Millwall knocked on Real Madrid's door first by launching a ground attack from the back! The live broadcast of this attack very appropriately captured the entire process from the air, from Southgate to Schneider, which starts from the right
The attack launched by Lu moved to the left, and then moved to the center with the cooperation of Ronaldinho and Zambrotta. The final killer came from right winger Larsson, and it was Pierre who assisted him.
Luo, an elegant pass,
Like poetry, the overall attack is full of beauty, advancing layer by layer, patiently and effectively tearing apart Real Madrid's defense. However, we have to say that the defensive ability of Pavin, a central defender, needs to be strengthened. In this level of competition, the pressure
It may further weaken his strength. I hope his embarrassing top-down attempts will not happen frequently. The competition between masters is actually who is more stable and who will not make mistakes. When one party makes a mistake, the other party will definitely catch it!"
Bosque was like an old monk in meditation, his expression didn't change at all, he just looked like a poker face.
He knew that this ball would change all of Real Madrid's established plans, and everything would spiral out of control. From now on, he would really have to leave his fate to fate.
