After conceding the goal, Southgate immediately whispered to Zambrotta. They are not afraid of Real Madrid's positional warfare, but they are afraid of Real Madrid's counterattack. Real Madrid's counterattack has both the organization master Zidane and the personal ability.
Figo creates chances, plus
With high center forward Morientes and the agile Raul, even if Millwall compresses the defensive space in the backcourt, it is still not enough, no, because you will always lose track of someone in an instant. Even if you keep up with the opponent's rhythm, you still have to constantly
Adjust and constantly switch marking targets.
It is impossible for the defense to completely man-to-man. The most important thing is the zone. On the basis of zone defense, man-to-man defense is carried out. Southgate has to withdraw and play as a deep-lying player, which is equivalent to a sweeper. If there was a sweeper just now,
There are people who can keep up with Raul's movement.
Southgate asked Zambrotta to take back the center. If there was another counterattack, Zambrotta would be the central defender. This requires clear communication between teammates in person and confirmation of responsibilities, otherwise the responsible defensive zone cannot be clearly defined.
As for why I didn't tell Schneider this, the reason is clear at a glance. Schneider's body is really tough for a central defender, especially if he has to defend Morientes one-on-one, he will be crushed in all directions and can be beaten by the opponent.
Carrying forward and restricting the opponent's high forward to stop and play the ball in the penalty area are the basic requirements for defending such a center. Zambrotta is obviously more reliable than Schneider.
2:3
Millwall is still one goal ahead, and the players on the field are not frustrated about losing the ball. Even if they are now one goal behind, it will not have much impact. On the contrary, they only have a stronger fighting spirit.
Got hit with a deadly counterattack!
Then try to prevent the opponent from even having a chance to counterattack!
After the restart, Henry retreated from the front line. He found that the more he was in front, the easier it was for Real Madrid's two defensive midfielders to accurately cover their positions. On the contrary, when he rushed forward from the defensive midfielder line in the attack,
It is easier to create chaos in Real Madrid's defense.
Real Madrid got a goal back and their morale was boosted. After the restart, they pressed forward and tried to get the score back, but Millwall pushed them back!
Millwall once again entered the rhythm of suppressing Real Madrid, and because Henry retreated to provide support, Millwall's offense was more controllable. On the contrary, Real Madrid's lack of pressure from the frontcourt defense caused Millwall to continuously destroy Real Madrid.
Defensive player's nerves.
Makélélé and Helguera frequently cover their positions and have a very wide range of activities. The positive effect is to protect Real Madrid's defense, but the negative impact is physical problems, especially since Helguera has to rush forward from time to time to support the attack.
In the 59th minute, Nedvěd almost shot through Real Madrid's goal with a long shot. Casillas made a divine save. After he completed the save, Larsson almost stole the ball from Pavin. He was so scared.
Pavin panicked and kicked the ball out of the baseline.
After the corner kick, the referee suspended the game and signaled substitutions on the sidelines.
"The game lasted 60 minutes. Millwall first made substitution adjustments. The veteran Larsson, who opened the scoring for Millwall, was replaced. His replacement was Klose. Klose, who has more physical strength, will increase his strength.
Pressure on the Real Madrid defence."
Larsson worked very hard on both offense and defense in these 60 minutes. The biggest contribution of his defense was to weaken Carlos's assists.
When he came off the field, Aldridge gave him a high-five to celebrate.
At 60 minutes, the game is about to reach a watershed stage, and this substitution is also a signal.
Millwall have changed their formation!
Even though Nedvěd is an iron man, in a game of this level, it is impossible to take care of both offense and defense for 90 minutes. For example, when Real Madrid lost the ball on the counterattack just now, as long as Real Madrid played fast enough, Nedved would not have time to return to defense. Therefore,
After replacing Klose, Nedved
He retreated from the attacking midfielder position to the midfielder. The commentators and even the Real Madrid coaching staff thought that Millwall's substitution of Klose was a counter substitution. Klose would play as a winger or center. In fact, Klose played as a winger or center.
Lose will take over Nedved's position and he will serve as the attacking midfielder.
There is also a player whose position changes he is well aware of.
Ronaldinho.
In the first 60 minutes, Ronaldinho was actually holding back. He almost never entered the penalty area, did not go to grab points, and did not try to let go of speed and rush bravely. He just completed the work of support or partial dispatch. Even he
In the first 60 minutes, he didn't look like a winger at all, neither classical nor modern, more like a traditional winger.
This is what Aldrich emphasized before the game. Ronaldinho's time will be the last 30 minutes. This substitution sends a signal to Ronaldinho: It's your turn, let it go!
This arrangement is preconceived. First, the core of the offense is transferred from Henry and Larsson to Ronaldinho, making it impossible for opponents to keep up with the rhythm of the transition. Second, Ronaldinho's reserved physical fitness begins to be released, and the physical fitness of Real Madrid's defense
However, due to the back and forth in the first 60 minutes, it began to enter a sharp decline stage. Thirdly, the further time goes by, the more impatient Real Madrid will be, and they will invest more heavily in offense, and the defensive space will be larger. What Ronaldinho needs is space.
After Klose came on the scene, Del Bosque was really confused for a while.
Klose moved in the middle in front of the penalty area. Henry's range of movement was wider, but he tended to be on the right side. He thought Klose was playing center, but it took him 3 minutes to realize that Millwall might have played a center forward.
451.
But this idea disappeared after 4 minutes.
Millwall strengthened the midfield, and Nedvěd retreated, allowing Real Madrid to encounter defensive pressure from offensive double-teams in both positional battles and counterattacks.
In the 67th minute, Zambrotta stole the ball from Figo's feet. Figo wanted to repeat his old tricks, but Zambrotta grabbed the ball unscrupulously with Southgate delaying him. Figo observed the movement of his teammates.
By accident, the ball was lost.
Zambrotta intercepted the ball and passed it directly to Nedvěd who was running wide in front. Nedvěd saw Helguera coming to grab it, half-turned and swept the ball forward without stopping.
Ronaldinho got the ball on the left wing, and he immediately started heading towards the penalty area and cut inside.
Makelele stood in front of his route. Ronaldinho's foot speed became faster and faster, and then he pedaled his bicycle twice in a row when he was two meters away from Makelele.
Makelele lowered his center of gravity and guessed which side the opponent would change to break through. He decided to stand still and wait for Ronaldinho to change back before turning around and blocking his position. The ball passed by and the man was blocked!
But after the two bicycles were pedaled, Ronaldinho suddenly stopped on the spot. Makelele was stunned and saw the ball rolling towards him, from between his legs to behind him!
"Has Ronaldinho begun to explode? It can be clearly seen that his rhythm changes after touching the ball are completely different from before. He continuously pedaled a bicycle and then crossed the crotch. Although he used this move to cross the crotch.
His skills are not as good as those of Argentinian Buccini, but every time you see him doing this, it is still pleasing to the eye and you can’t help but applaud him.”
Makelele looked back and saw Klose stopping the ball. Makelele went to grab Klose. Klose passed the ball diagonally. Makelele was shocked: one-two hit the wall!
In fact, Makelele should be able to clearly realize that Ronaldinho will cooperate with Klose, but he was pierced in the crotch. This is a disgraceful side on the court. Suddenly, some blood spurted, and he rashly turned around to grab Klose.
Luo Ze, by the time Klose passes the ball, it will be too late for him to regret it.
Ronaldinho got the ball again in front of the penalty area. At this time, Hierro and Salgado were ready to double-team him. Ronaldinho suddenly turned his head and looked to the left.
Salgado subconsciously followed his line of sight, thinking that someone was assisting from the Millwall wing, but when he looked, he found that his right side was empty.
Hierro, on the other hand, doesn't know Salgado's situation. He goes up to grab Ronaldinho. Even if he can't grab it, if Ronaldinho passes him, Salgado can fill in and grab it again!
But Ronaldinho passed the ball out again. Makelele had lost Ronaldinho before, so he couldn't lose Klose again, so he supported Klose, fearing that he would grab Ronaldinho again.
If you insert it, you can hit the goal directly, so Klose actually dragged Makelele. There is not too much space between Makelele and the back line, and Ronaldinho's ball comes from this gap.
passed through the corridor.
"Oh, what is Pavin doing? Henry easily received the ball in front of him and then moved forward. With this rush, he went directly into the penalty area. Ronaldinho's ability to pass the ball from left to right is really outstanding.
We are getting more and more comfortable, and we can vaguely see the style of Laudrup who mastered this trick back then."
Henry left poor Pavin behind, rushed forward with absolute speed advantage, led the ball in one go, he rushed in front of Pavin, and Pavin turned around again, but it was too late.
Casillas also knew that Pavin was unreliable in this game, so as soon as Henry entered the penalty area, Casillas walked out without any hesitation.
Henry was more straightforward. Casillas had just taken three steps and Henry passed the ball to the far end of the goal.
Ronaldinho ran into position and even got rid of Hierro. In front of him, an empty door was open.
The ball rolled over, Ronaldinho supported it with his right foot, moved his left foot around the outside of his right foot, and sent the ball into the goal with a cool and beautiful movement behind his legs. This movement he would occasionally perform when passing the ball.
Waldo and Maradona often use it, and Millwall's supernova Cristiano Ronaldo also uses it when showing off his skills.
But Ronaldinho is the only one who dares to use this action in the Bernabeu and this level of shooting. Of course, there is an empty goal in front of him, and there is no one around to put pressure on him to defend. However, this still requires a strong psychological quality.
Smash it, but it's not just as simple as not entering the empty door and making it a laughing stock.
After scoring the goal, Ronaldinho's celebrations were completely different from those of the first three scorers. He just ran slowly to the sidelines, then made a gesture of relief and wiped his sweat, showed a smile, and then started to dance the samba.
dance.
"Phew, after holding it in for more than sixty minutes, it's finally my turn." (To be continued...)
