Seeing that the team lost the ball again, Real Madrid's frontcourt stars could not hide their disappointment. Losing the ball is equal to a blow, which is inevitable, but when faced with a blow, there are two effects, either it is destroyed by the blow, and morale
Feeling depressed, or being stimulated by blows, inspiring the ambition to face difficulties. The reason why the Millwall team does not care about conceding goals is because when faced with conceding goals, they have developed a habitual mentality of attacking back and making the opponent pay the price.
This is what Millwall has shaped through their successive victories and soft-hearted championship journey.
At this stage, Real Madrid cannot have its morale plummeted because of a conceding goal. It's just that the difficulty of the game has increased to another level. From needing to score 3 goals, it has become necessary to score 4 goals.
After the restart, Real Madrid regrouped and organized the attack. Zidane's performance in this game was very average from the beginning. It cannot be said that it was bad, it can only be said that there were no bright spots.
His organizational area starts in the area before and after the midfield. He will not dribble too much to break through. In terms of explosive power and breakthrough, he is not top-notch. His top skills are stopping the ball, controlling the ball, and protecting the ball.
Passing the ball, so I often see him making cross passes and then moving forward himself.
This is his playing style and habit. He avoids using his weaknesses. He runs forward and his teammates pass the ball back to him. Then he can stop the ball, control the ball, protect the ball, and get rid of it in a small area.
It has the advantage of tearing apart the opponent's defense and finding gaps.
The advantage lies in his cross-pass instigation, which ensures the passing success rate and offensive stability. At the same time, he stops the ball and takes the ball to continue the offense. This is an integral part of the offensive system with a guaranteed success rate.
When it comes to field statistics, people always say that the national team's Zidane is better than the club's Zidane. However, in international competitions, Zidane's number of direct assists and goals in sports games are average. But he
It is still important. It is conceivable that he is not a fatal passer or terminator in sports battles. Even if he has scored some important goals, his role on the field actually ensures offensive efficiency, rather than the most intuitive offense.
End threats.
Zidane performed well in the last game, because Millwall's defensive midfielder was only half-man strong. Zidane passed the ball across the midfield and pushed forward. When he came to Pirlo and Gattuso's defense zone,
, and as a supporter, Pirlo can basically play a harassing role, and the rest depends on Gattuso's frontal defense. Zidane has the space to display his abilities.
But in today's game, Nedved retreated. Whenever Zidane organized an attack and pushed forward, Nedved and Pirlo were in front of him. The two did not move to grab Zidane.
This is a key point emphasized in Millwall's defensive training.
This makes Zidane find it very difficult in the front waist area.
In the highlights of many superstars' dribbling breakthroughs that we see, we often see a similar scene, such as an alien facing three, four, or even more defensive players, and the alien is shaking continuously.
Turn around, pull the ball, change the rhythm and direction to break through, and then directly penetrate two defensive lines by one person, breaking through at least three defensive players.
On the other hand, looking at the defensive highlights of some defensive masters, such as Maldini and Nesta, when they are defending, they never rush forward rashly to grab the ball in advance. They always see the player who breaks through with the ball making the first move.
The moment the ball leaves the foot, the moment it moves forward, or the moment it changes direction to break through, it is accurately blocked by the defensive master. At worst, he can fall to the ground and tackle the ball to destroy it. It is clean and wonderful.
This is the essence of frontal defense, and it is also why in Italy, where defense is an art, the players’ defensive habit is not to rush forward, or even to stay close to the opponent. In defense, they mainly focus on "attacking later". If they "attack first",
Whether it's body movement or kicking, your
The center of gravity of the body is handed over at that moment. A master like Zidane, even if his back is to you and you reach out to grab the ball, he will be able to pull the ball gracefully and turn around, avoiding your defensive center of gravity.
When he returns to balance, he has turned his back to you and is passing you by.
The more they face players with strong ability to protect and control the ball, the more defensive players must not lose their focus. Therefore, some screenshots of later games, such as the picture of Iniesta being double-teamed by 6 or 7 people from the opponent, have two levels of meaning.
The first layer is that he has strong ball control ability, and the second layer is that the defensive players actually do a good job. In such a situation, the defensive players block the route and stand still. Whoever moves first has given the opponent a chance.
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Zidane encountered such a situation today. Nedved, Pirlo, and Gattuso would not rush to grab him and just get stuck. Zidane does not have the explosive speed to overtake his opponent, so he needs
As helpers, the only ones who can still play a role in the frontcourt are Figo and Raul.
But in Raul's forward position, he faced greater defensive pressure than Zidane.
Figo moves from the side to the center. Millwall's defense is very stable. The more the opponent's offense develops towards the goal, the smaller the space for the offense to be displayed. But Figo can at least ensure that he does not lose the ball. He can only break through and go towards the goal.
Then move to the wing or create space on the outside to hit long shots.
It would be dangerous if the ball was given to Solari. He came up to help Zidane share the pressure, but in the face of huge defensive pressure, Pirlo also consciously blocked the passing route between him and Zidane.
, Solari’s creativity is not enough to cope with such a scene, so he is the player who makes the most mistakes in Real Madrid’s offense. He passes the threatening ball to no avail, breaks through and is intercepted, takes the ball to a dead end and then passes it to his teammates.
It becomes a knife mountain ball.
After 30 minutes of the game, Zidane was unable to do anything in the middle, so he began to move to the wings. Seeing this, Aldrich felt that the game could be done without any worries.
In fact, Zidane's performance in the national team is extremely outstanding, and his role is obvious, which is also related to the tactical system. Behind him, there are tough double midfielders. The French national team does not play in a way that pressures opponents, so when switching between offense and defense,
The pressure and space Zidane encountered in organizing the offense were very impressive. Del Bosque's formation in the last game,
It is also an attempt to transplant the French team to use Zidane's method. There are double midfielders Makelele and Helguera to protect Zidane. Unfortunately, Pavin in the defense is too unreliable, but in general, Zidane
His performance in the last game was outstanding. He participated in some important attacks. Even if it was a ball transfer, he showed his ability.
But in this game, Real Madrid not only had to attack aggressively, but also weakened the defense. Zidane's performance was restricted, and it was also due to Millwall's change of formation.
He pulled to the wing and passed the ball to Morientes. As a result, Southgate headed the ball first to clear the ball, leaving the center of the frontcourt wide open.
After Gattuso stopped the ball, he turned around and passed the ball lightly, like a clearance or a pass. Solari was the only one left in the midfield. He turned around to chase the ball, and suddenly found that Nedved was very
Quickly keep up with him and touch the ball two steps ahead of him!
In an instant, Millwall switched from defense to offense!
The speed of transition between offense and defense can be described as blinking in the blink of an eye.
Makelele will not rush forward rashly, and it is definitely not wise to try to break through in front of him.
At this time Makelele must have stepped forward to block the area where Nedved was advancing, but Nedvěd quickly passed the ball to Larsson who ran out of space to meet.
Larsson, who got the ball on the right in front of the penalty area, didn't stop the ball, kicked the ball, and passed it crosswise to Kaka, who was heading towards the penalty area.
When Kaka touched the ball, Henry cut from the left to the center of the penalty area. Hierro followed Henry closely. Henry's diagonal movement in front of Kaka helped Kaka create a corridor for him to break through.
Almost at the moment Henry took Hierro away with a diagonal movement, Kaka broke through with the ball unswervingly from behind Henry.
Hierro did not look back until Kaká entered the penalty area from behind him, and Salgado returned to defend from the wing, obviously a beat slower.
Hierro turned around to intercept Kaka and block the angle of his shot, but just as he was about to rush that way, the ball rolled past him.
When Hierro turned to look for Kaká, he was shocked to find that the ball was gone. When he turned around, he was horrified to see Henry push the ball towards the ball. The moment he completed the shot, Helguera slid past Henry.
Cesar flew to make a save. His fingertips were half a meter away from the ball. He could only close his eyes in despair as the ball rolled into the lower left corner of the goal!
"Millwall scored another victory, and it was Henry who scored the goal! We saw that immediately after he scored, he pointed at Kaká who provided him with an assist. Millwall played really well at home today.
From the beginning, Real Madrid had no power to parry. Triangular passes and cross-running were the excellent qualities shown by Millwall in this attack. It was simple, smooth, and fatal with one blow. On the other hand, Real Madrid's offensive routine was cumbersome and inefficient.
, they can only threaten their opponents by taking the ball from the wing."
When Del Bosque saw his team concede the second goal of the game, he knew that a reversal was impossible!
The old coach lowered his head and suddenly said feebly to his assistant: "Millwall's set of techniques and tactics is really incomprehensible!"
His assistant was also frustrated and said: "It seems like this, they have a pure defensive midfielder, we also have it, but they also have Pirlo, an organizational midfielder, which not only organizes the area away from dangerous areas, but also compresses it when defending.
The role of offensive space. To disrupt Millwall's style of play, we must have at least two b2b players like Nedved in the midfield.
An all-around midfielder, every time Millwall switches from defense to offense, it always feels like there is one more person than us, and that is Nedvěd. He is there for defense, and he is also there for offense. However, he did not enter the penalty area today and just passed the ball.
After that, he stayed in the attacking midfielder area. Once the wind direction was wrong, he would definitely turn around and go back to defend. Our offensive and defensive transition rhythm was poor compared to Millwall, so we were no match for him."
Bosc sighed.
The outside world said that this was a close match of the century. Perhaps, the players were only famous based on their paper strength.
In terms of competitiveness in real games, what advantages does Real Madrid have?
Overall speed? Team chemistry? Organizational efficiency? Running?
In Bosque's eyes, Aldrich might be merciful.
If Aldridge is willing, Millwall does not need to use too many advantages at all, and focuses on the overall defense, coupled with diligent running and speed, Real Madrid will definitely die. (To be continued...)
