Chelsea's full-back defense significantly tightened the penalty area in the second half.
It's not a new change.
On both the inside and outside lines, Chelsea's full-backs can only block one at most. Millwall weakens the attack in the center, so Chelsea will let the opponent go wide. If the ball is passed, there is no threat of Nedvěd penetrating into the penalty area.
Henry's header ability is terrible, but it is not something they are afraid of.
Traditionally, doing this will still have good results.
But Millwall is more than just flying on both sides now?
It’s simply a four-line impact from the wing!
It sounds a bit difficult to understand. There are only two sides, where are the four lines?
However, many professional football commentators watching the game have already realized the changes in Millwall's wing attack while thinking about the overall situation.
Same side but different tracks!
That is to say, Millwall's full-backs and wingers are never on the same track.
Two wingers, two full-backs, cutting inside and covering the side, there will be three and a half people at the same time. One of the two full-backs will not completely rush to the front line, and the switch will be adjusted according to the side of the attack.
If Ronaldinho cuts inside, Ashley Cole will definitely cover one side, and vice versa, the same will be true on the other side.
How to complete such wing pressure depends on the quality of the full-back and the winger's ability to read the game. The winger takes the initiative to take the first step. If he tries to cover the side, the full-back behind him will transform into a forward and cut directly into the ribs of the opponent's penalty area! If the winger is inside
Cut, the full-back will quickly cover the side to form a support point.
In short, Millwall's full-backs and wingers will not appear on the same track at the same time in this game, or in the same tactical role.
Although Bridge and Johnson tightened the penalty area, the main opponents they guarded against were Larsson and Ronaldinho. Therefore, when Millwall's side pressure produced a certain balance of numbers at the front, they could still operate within a narrow range.
impact.
However, Schneider and Ashley Cole are not forwards after all. They become wingers and cut into the ribs of the penalty area. The quality of their shots cannot be compared with that of Zhengyin forwards.
Before the 60th minute, Millwall had completed 6 shots in just 15 minutes. Among them, Ashley Cole had 3 shots and Schneider had 1 shot. Only Ashley Cole had one shot.
The shots hit the target, and the other three shots flew into the stands.
However, the offensive threat was clear at a glance, and Millwall's side storm intimidated the opponent beyond measure.
Gremi involuntarily began to enter the penalty area, and Desailly also used his experience to start to fill in freely. To prevent Millwall's full-backs from disappearing or switching positions with the wingers to attack their penalty area.
In the 62nd minute, Aldrich made a substitution on the sidelines. He put his arm around Ronaldo's shoulders and briefly explained to him his tasks after taking the field. Ronaldo would not nod frequently like other players and would not say anything until the end.
clear.
"Larsson, who had provided 3 assists in this game, was taken off the field and was replaced by the Portuguese genius Cristiano Ronaldo. Fans of the away team stood up and applauded in the stands of Stamford Bridge. Larsson deserves the applause. He deserves it today.
His performance was impeccable and if he could score a goal, that would be perfect."
Larson high-fived Ronaldo to make the substitution. Aldrich also clapped his hands with Larson who was coming off the field.
Before the start of the new season, Aldridge had a conversation with Larson. The team will reduce his number of appearances this season. Basically, the games he will be sent to are mid-to-upper-level opponents or important games. Others
Cristiano Ronaldo will start every game, and like today, he will be replaced after more than 60 minutes
, it may not be done occasionally, because after all, he is about to be 32 years old. Aldrich's requirements for the team's defense require very strong physical fitness. Larson will definitely not be able to last for 90 minutes, unless, they
Take the initiative to kill the game time when the score is comfortable and turn part of the game into garbage time.
However, Aldridge really doesn't care about scores and results now. He cares more about game time. The more game time, every minute must be used to train and hone the team's new system, especially the tactics of the two full-backs.
Changes, as well as the tempering of the team's new midfield structure, are not a matter of living a peaceful and successful life.
Winning the game in a favorable position will achieve the desired effect. Steel is made after repeated training. If you don't practice and don't cherish every minute, how can it be effective? Even if it is more utilitarian, it may have good results, but for the next few years, the long-term construction of a team
In terms of cycles, these are only short-term benefits, and Aldrich will not be so short-sighted.
Aldridge replaced the veteran Larsson with the lively Cristiano Ronaldo. This was a matchup substitution. It was just a detail adjustment and did not affect the overall situation. Eriksson also knew this well.
At this point when Millwall was making substitutions, Eriksen suddenly became sharp-eyed and had an epiphany.
He suddenly stood up and walked to the sidelines, decisively called Duff in front of him, told Duff his instructions, and firmly asked Duff to implement them, and asked Duff to convey the same tactical adjustments to Gudjohnsen.
When he walked back to the coaching bench and sat down, the thing that lingered in Eriksson's mind was: Ashley Cole and Schneider frequently cut straight into the ribs of the penalty area from the wing.
Originally, Ronaldinho and Larsson would not find it strange if they moved like this.
Just like Duff and Gudjohnsen would cut in from the wing and play like this. In the era when Millwall swept Europe, the threat of wingers attacking the goal has long been heard all over the world, although there is no one yet.
Clearly defined, but this is different from traditional wingers. It is a new type of winger in modern football. In the swing of assists and goals, modern wingers are more inclined to score goals and weaken the previous assists. This is the general trend, because
Millwall has achieved dazzling achievements with this method. As for why Ronaldinho and Larsson have more assists than goals again, the reason is simple, because they have become offensive terminators that cannot be ignored in the eyes of the opponent, limiting them.
, they no longer look at traditional wingers from the old perspective, but as a scoring point to limit them. One and the other, rushing and attacking is not Millwall's style. They are better at activating each other in various points of a team.
Now Millwall seems to be planning to do more work on the wing attack, to take the frenzy of wing attack to another new level, integrating and changing the front. Today I tried my best, and it is very powerful.
What Eriksen is concerned about is: why Millwall can even pose such an intuitive threat to its full-backs, while Chelsea's wingers clearly have space in front of them, but cannot create a threat in the penalty area.
When Millwall's two full-backs repeatedly attacked the Chelsea penalty area, Eriksen suddenly understood.
Chelsea's offense is looking for the far side!
Yes, when Millwall's full-back assists, there is a very obvious space behind them. As long as Chelsea's winger moves smartly, there is a flat space.
But the question is, is that empty space really valuable?
That's an open space on the wing, not a penalty area. You can cross the ball at an angle of 45 degrees, but few world waves can directly blast the ball into the opponent's goal!
Ultimately, your offense must hit the penalty area in order to create a threat. Even if you cannot enter the penalty area, you must hit the 35-yard area in front of the fan directly opposite the goal. Only in this area can long-range shots pose a threat.
Chelsea is too concerned about playing behind the opponent's full-back, so in the offensive route, they advance from the wing first, and then turn back to the center to create threats. Compared with Millwall's two assists, the two assists are very large. They start sprinting from the wing in the half.
In the full-back offensive routine, if Schneider and Ashley Cole want to threaten the goal, they must attack the penalty area directly from the wing.
In the zone, the distance is obviously closer than Chelsea's route from the side to the center. The closer distance means that the impact process is shorter. It makes it more difficult for the opponent to guard against it. Start slowly. Decisively and firmly accelerate the explosion, and increase the speed.
The time from starting to running into position may be within 5 seconds. After all, they don't have to rush to the Chelsea goal line.
Observing Millwall's defensive strategy in the backcourt, Eriksen firmly believes that Chelsea has fallen into a "trap."
They go wide because the opponent has two defensive midfielders in the back line. It is a normal offensive thinking to avoid them. Offensive players are to avoid the opponent and go wherever there is space.
Millwall's strengthening of the midfield is to block the team cooperation between the wing and the center when the opponent organizes the attack, and changes the direction to force the opponent to counterattack from the wing to go to the black side. When they reach the midfielder after half-time, then
Because the two defensive midfielders are rich in manpower in the middle, they can send one person to help defend the wing, but they will only block the inside line, instead of rushing directly to press and give the opponent room to escape, just to delay time, or to beat the opponent.
Forced into a dead end at the bottom line of the wing.
The Millwall full-back who returns to defense in the frontcourt does not return to the side, but to the center!
Either they support the midfield defense of the midfielder, and if the opponent attacks deeper, they will rush into the penalty area to fill the space left by the center back after marking or intercepting!
This caused Chelsea to either fall into a dead end once the attack was slowed down in the first half, or when the backcourt people came up, they found that the opponent had also calmly deployed a tight defense line, although it looked a bit messy.
For example, there may be a full-back standing not far from the defensive midfielder, but the other defensive midfielder has withdrawn into the penalty area.
But Millwall's defensive strategy never gave Chelsea limited space in the penalty area or the fan-shaped area directly in front of the goal.
Eriksen recognized the crux of Chelsea's attack, or rather, the limitations of their players.
If Duff is replaced by Ronaldinho, during a counterattack, even if there is space on the wing, Ronaldinho will not go down along the wing, but will cut inside and go to the middle.
Why?
Since it is a counterattack, of course we must use speed!
Your speed with the ball is far inferior to your speed without the ball. Of course, you have to choose the closest distance and stick to the wing. Even if the midfielder runs forward and cooperates, the distance is not short. If you directly impact
In the center, first of all, the speed of offensive advancement has increased. Secondly, the space on the wing already exists. When you dribble the ball forward, the wing is open and you can let your teammates run forward. You can contain the opponent's defense in the center, even if you are in a small group.
With cooperation, the distance between teammates will be closer.
Let the players in the middle be isolated and helpless. From an overall perspective, the sudden attack in the middle can bring about more changes. The opponent will have to guard against three lines, the left and right sides, and the middle of the offensive push. If it is simply
Attacking from the wing, the next step of the attack is clearly the center, or the other side farther away. The other side farther away will have the lowest threat, because the farther the distance, the success rate of passing and the probability of successful cooperation will decrease.
Significantly reduced.
In the 70th minute of the game, during a counterattack, Chelsea's two wingers gathered closer to the center. Gudjohnsen took the ball and gave up the wing and went inside, and began to cooperate with Veron. When the ball quickly turned to the feet of Duff on the left, Mir
Wall's defensive waistline suddenly became a little tight.
De Rossi and Alonso were immediately attacked head-on by the other three. Their immaturity in cooperation, especially in the overall situation, was reflected. It seemed that neither Alonso nor De Rossi knew whether they should block Dafa.
Husband and Gudjohnsen cut directly into the ribs of the penalty area, and at the same time naturally relaxed their defense against Veron.
Fortunately, Duff passed the ball back to Veron, and the latter's through ball to Crespo was directly destroyed by Southgate's big kick. Otherwise, Chelsea might be able to get a goal back in this counterattack.
Aldrich looked down and smiled on the sidelines.
Eriksen finally realized Millwall's real weakness: the midfielder. (To be continued)
