I stayed up late to prepare to watch the Champions League. There are a little few recommended votes this week, but I just saw that 4,000 votes have arrived. Now I will post more updates. There will be two top eight teams in the Champions League tonight, so there is probably not much suspense.
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After conceding the goal, Arsenal couldn't help but start playing their old tactics again, defensive counterattack.
This is understandable. It is actually the first time for them to face this group of players from Millwall. When they met in the FA Cup last season, Arsenal faced Millwall's substitute players. Now there are 11 starting players on the field.
No one was there at the time.
Millwall controlled the rhythm of the game unhurriedly. Arsenal shrunk, and Millwall shrank too. The local coordination was extremely smooth. There were many people in the opponent's penalty area, so Millwall's forwards withdrew and fired long shots.
The attack comes to an end.
Aldridge confidently supervised the battle from the sidelines. He was not familiar with Graham, but through his understanding of Arsenal in the past few years, he thought that Arsenal was just copying the trend, and the chain defense foundation that was famous all over the world in Italy at this time
Adding some elements in line with the English league has indeed allowed Arsenal to create a short-term glory.
In the century of football, only Italy has been able to sublimate defense to art on the green field. When broadcasting technology and football culture promotion were not yet developed, Italy at least had a shocking effect in Europe.
People in the football circle suddenly realized: How did football become like this?
From 1985 to 1989, the five-time Italian League champions conceded the least number of goals in a season, 14, and the most, 19. As for the number of goals scored, except for Inter Milan's "highly productive" 67 goals in 1989, the other four
The number of goals scored by the current champions is 41, 42, 43, and 43.
It was at that stage that Graham took over Arsenal and began to create a 1:0 football with the same characteristics as Italian football with the ultimate defense.
Italy's chain defense is still improving. In the summer of 1994, AC Milan won the league championship, but the number of goals scored and conceded was an outrageous 36 and 15.
Ten years from now, twenty years from now, such data will simply scare people to death!
Whether Italy's tactics are the most advanced and representative of the trend is not Aldrich's turn to evaluate, because the Italian league, known as the Little World Cup, is at the forefront of the storm, and any show will be destroyed by the wind. There are mixed opinions on Italy's football style.
For a long time, a considerable number of voices believe that Italy's football philosophy is anti-football and an ugly football that destroys beautiful football.
But it is undeniable that Italian academic coaches are studying defensive tactics like crazy, constantly improving chain defense, sublimating defense into art, and jointly creating the most prosperous Italian league!
The Italian team began to dominate the European arena. They were not regular guests in the Champions League, but regular guests in the Champions League finals. They had created the strongest shield in the world, waiting for countless forwards who wanted to prove themselves, with the intention of becoming the sharpest shield-breaker.
Blade came to Italy for a trial.
Such defensive tactics can survive, develop, and eventually reach their peak in Italy, and have a long duration.
However, in England, it is difficult for Arsenal's glory to continue because it is not in line with the country's football culture. After Graham's Arsenal tasted the championship, the players' talents were still suppressed, and they lost motivation and passion, wasting their time.
Got youth.
Now, Arsenal is seeking change and needs a suitable mentor. Wenger did not return to Europe this summer. Aldridge believes that this choice is correct. Even though Rioch is not well-known in the football coaching industry, he
But he was an important person in Arsenal's transformation and transition. At least he gave the players and the team a transition and adaptation period in the style change, which made Wenger's transformation less difficult.
The situation on the field well reflected Arsenal's pain at this stage. For more than 20 minutes after Millwall took the lead, they defended conservatively, with only four people attacking in the frontcourt, and there was no improvement in the offense. Therefore, they could not hold back.
Stop, the full-back rushed forward again.
What else could be done?
What they are good at is 1:0.
But now they are trailing 0:1.
Aldridge looked at the stalemate on the court calmly and thought: One more ball, one more ball, and Arsenal will be completely defeated!
Winterbourne's pass was successfully blocked by Makelele. Nedvěd received the ball and passed it to the right wing. Schneider dribbled the ball forward and made a stunning move.
With the previous experience of conceding goals, Arsenal's overall defense speed is extremely fast. They are not in a hurry to attack. Instead, they first set up a defensive position and then slow down the opponent's rhythm. Even the midfielder ran back to the penalty area to make up for the disadvantage of the number of defenders.
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Schneider dribbled the ball up and down the middle and passed it to the center. Nedvěd, who was running all the way forward, was unmarked. After getting the ball, he did not choose a long shot, but entered the penalty area, intending to use his speed to pass Adams.
Just when the two passed by, Adams chose to make a tackle. He is a defender with excellent tackle skills. Nedvěd slipped while accelerating and fell directly into the penalty area.
In the flash of lightning, neither the audience nor the coach on the sideline could see clearly what was going on. They could only see Nedvěd falling in the penalty area from a distance. Adams naturally fell in the penalty area after making a shovel, and the ball was knocked by him.
Kick away.
Referee Boll stopped the game and pointed to the penalty spot in Arsenal's penalty area.
"Tony Adams made a tackle, and Pavel Nedved fell in the penalty area. Through the slow-motion replay, we clearly saw that Adams tackled the ball first, and Nedved's fall did not seem to be due to physical contact.
He lost his balance one second before Adams tackled the ball, and referee Bol decisively awarded a penalty kick, which is questionable."
"No matter what, this is a good opportunity for Millwall. If the lead is expanded before the end of the first half, Arsenal's hope of coming back will be very slim."
When Adams saw the referee awarding a penalty kick, he got up angrily and shouted at Nedved: "Liar! I didn't touch you at all! I was rushing for the ball!"
FIFA issued regulations in 1994 that severely punished shoveling from behind, but it has not been implemented now. The actual implementation was in the 1998 World Cup. It is currently a process of warm-up and mental preparation for the new policy.
Boll's penalty was definitely not based on a dangerous tackle, but because he thought Adams knocked down Nedvěd first.
Faced with several Arsenal players surrounding him, Nedvěd climbed up and immediately waved and shook his head calmly to the referee Bol: That was not a penalty kick!
Seeing his action, the Arsenal players were stunned on the spot.
Adams' eyes widened, and his mouth was slightly open and he couldn't close it as he wanted to continue scolding.
Referee Bol was also surrounded by several Arsenal players. Winterbourne pointed at Nedved and said: "He even admitted that it was not a penalty kick!"
Nedved came over at this time and told the referee in the simplest words: "I slipped just now. He did not foul and there was no penalty kick."
The scene is very strange.
The Lion's Den Stadium was completely silent, with less than 20,000 fans in the stands staring intently at the Arsenal penalty area, where Arsenal players surrounded the referee, who was communicating with Nedvěd.
In England, where modern football originated, football was originally a tenacious head-to-head contest between fighters. The first official football rules even stipulated that the ball cannot be passed from behind, but must be passed crosswise or passed head-on. This is what a real man is.
The contest is very similar to the contest between knights in ancient China.
Masters must abide by the gentleman's way when fighting. If there are brothers from the martial arts who are on the side to attack or help, they will be looked down upon by their martial arts colleagues.
Therefore, what fans in England like most are authentic British tough guys, and players like Nedvěd who have a tough style on the court and are not afraid of confrontation can win cheers even if he falls and gets up, because he can
Seeing that the qualities that British fans appreciate and admire the most, rather than the "European players" who play fancy and cunning football, if Nedved flops, even Millwall fans who have nothing to be proud of will spurn him!
Even war has rules, so how can football tolerate clumsy means to cheat and win?
But now, they clearly saw that Nedved was communicating with the referee, asking the referee to cancel the penalty kick. Otherwise, why bother telling the referee? Just take the penalty kick.
The Millwall players put their hands on their hips and looked at Aldridge on the sidelines.
Boss, what should we do?
We had a penalty kick, but the vice-captain seemed to have rebelled.
The players on the field actually admired Nedved's move, but they needed to see Aldridge's reaction. In any case, in this scene, the head coach's will is very important.
When Aldrich saw that scene, he froze in place.
He was greatly shocked!
He is the owner and head coach of Millwall Club. He can be called the local emperor here. Unlike his peers who have a sword of Damocles hanging over their heads, he has always had an unspeakable weight deep in his heart.
The fall put him under tremendous pressure.
He can introduce star talents to the team, but he is afraid that he will not be able to cultivate these good talents into talents. If any star really "dies" in his hands, he will regret it for the rest of his life, because it directly changes the fate of a star.
It will leave him with the shadow of a "sinner" in his heart.
But when he saw Nedvěd's actions at this moment, he seemed to see Nedvěd's body bursting with light.
That is the light of a superstar!
Superstars not only need football skills, but also personality charm and spiritual temperament.
The corners of Aldrich's eyes were a little moist, and he said silently in his heart: Thank you, Pavel, you have impacted my soul.
Aldridge turned around, raised his hands high, and started clapping above his head. He encouraged all the fans in the stands to applaud Nedvěd's performance at this moment.
The fans at the Lion's Den stood up and clapped their hands as Aldridge moved.
Many fans clapped and nodded!
Even though Millwall have been criticized for being rough and brutal in the past, they have never lost their bottom line.
No one will think that the dirty tricks of liars and thieves are honorable!
If you can’t win with dignity, you can lose with dignity!
Diving performances and the like have never been tolerated in football.
The Lion's Den reverberated with applause for Nedvěd, and even Arsenal fans stood up and applauded. The roaring sound lasted for a long time. This scene has become a classic scene for Millwall.
