The most anticipated decisive battle in the final game of the European mainstream leagues begins!
From the first minute of the game, Millwall attacked unswervingly!
There is no warm-up, no adaptation, no testing.
Must win in 90 minutes!
Aldridge doesn't mind whether the offense can be successful, but he wants the team to make Arsenal feel the pressure from the first second!
Overwhelming pressure!
After the start of this kind of attack where the whole team may not be on the same rhythm, there may be a lot of mistakes, but it doesn't matter. The main thing is to shock Arsenal and prevent Arsenal from entering the game at the expected rhythm.
The strongest part of Arsenal's defensive system is the central midfielder.
The two great players Vieira and Silva erected a solid barrier in front of the penalty area!
When Millwall launches an attack, they certainly won't push forward from the center and look for trouble on their own.
They were walking on the side and unswervingly on the right.
Ronaldo's side!
In the first ten minutes, Aldrich gave Ronaldo the highest degree of freedom!
At yesterday's pre-match preparation meeting, Aldridge said to him: "In the first 10 minutes, you just rush to the baseline. Don't think about what's going on in the middle. You can only slow down when you advance past the penalty area!"
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Not only is Millwall united and focused on this game, how can Arsenal take it lightly?
Their left wing has Pires in front and Van Bronckhorst in the back. It is not difficult for Ronaldo to get rid of Pires after halftime. There is Nedvěd in the middle, Alonso in the back left and behind him.
And Schneider. If you just cooperate with him and then rush forward, you can break through Pires' defense zone.
Unless Pires shrinks to the midfielder line or the back line.
But will Arsenal do this?
Of course not!
A draw will win the league title.
Ask all the Arsenal fans around the world. Ask all the Arsenal players. Ask their coach Arsene Wenger.
Do you dare to make up your mind and defend a draw?
Dare you?!
As far as tactical confrontation is concerned, Wenger's biggest reliance is that Millwall will definitely take the initiative to attack, and Arsenal can maximize their anti-counterattack power!
But if the wide players are directly pulled back to the back line, then even if there is a chance to counterattack, Arsenal may not be able to beat Millwall at the speed of a track and field sprint, so they will not shrink back.
In theory, Arsenal is only slightly conservative and strengthens defense first, but when it comes to the championship battle, is it possible to say that they are not nervous?
When Ronaldo dribbles the ball from the right wing and quickly hits the baseline, Pires behind him will naturally chase him to the end!
In fact, Millwall's offense did not play a crazy posture. The distribution of the third-line positions was clear and the gradient was reasonable. Even when Cristiano Ronaldo dribbled the ball from the right, there would not be many people on the front line at once, and there would only be one Henry.
Intimidating the opponent's back line. And Nedved did not overwhelm Vieira and Silva's tendency to push forward.
But Arsenal's overall posture of returning to defense is very obvious. The defensive midfielder does not dare to support the wing defense, because Ronaldo is rushing forward close to the sideline. If either Vieira or Silva moves, there will only be one left in front of the penalty area.
With a single defensive midfielder, the defense will be very weak, because except for Nedved, how can Ronaldinho's threat of cutting inside be ignored? If the two of them join forces, even Vieira will be exploded!
Therefore, Cristiano Ronaldo's sudden advance on the right actually puts pressure on Van Bronckhorst from the front, and attracts Pires' large-scale defense behind him. He alone is losing two players of the opponent!
Two minutes into the game, Cristiano Ronaldo failed to pass the opponent Van Bronckhorst from the baseline on the right, and the opponent kicked the ball out of the baseline.
Ronaldo immediately took a corner kick and kicked the ball directly back to Schneider's feet behind the wing.
Before Arsenal could recover, Schneider passed the ball back to Cristiano Ronaldo, who was running back to the offside position. Cristiano Ronaldo pretended to cut in and broke through to the bottom line. Van Bronckhorst was already out of position. It was Pioneer.
Ray stuck to Ronaldo and broke the ball out of the baseline, but the linesman determined it was a goal kick.
Cristiano Ronaldo waved his hand in dissatisfaction and immediately ran back to defend without bothering to complain to the referee.
Arsenal wanted to counterattack quickly with a goal kick, but they could only go to Ljungberg's side on the right.
On this side, Lauren's assist ability is slightly weaker, and the combination of him and Ljungberg is far less successful than the offensive attack on the left. Because of this, the offense on their side is more likely to be restricted.
When Ashley Cole met Ljungberg on the wing, the latter passed the ball to the center, trying to find Bergkamp, but Bergkamp was flanked by De Rossi and Alonso.
Alonso easily stole the ball, and then Alonso made a long diagonal pass and accurately handed the ball to Ronaldo who was retreating from the right!
Millwall attack again.
As soon as Pires ran across the half court, he immediately turned around and returned to the backcourt to defend.
Ronaldo's routine was the same as the previous attack, all the way down the wing. Arsenal's overall formation also quickly retreated after moving forward.
Van Bronckhorst mainly prevents Ronaldo from cutting inside. Once Ronaldo cuts inside successfully, Arsenal's back line will be in danger!
This is also the reason why modern wingers have gradually become mainstream. After double midfielders became the mainstream, modern wingers cut inside to form a threatening offensive point, instead of being a supporter. This is equivalent to directly bypassing the defense of the midfielder!
Under such circumstances, Ronaldo instead of cutting inside, first pushed the attack past the penalty area line, driving Arsenal's overall defensive formation back, and then began to seek to contact teammates or go inside alone.
Van Bronckhorst destroyed the ball at Ronaldo's feet just before the baseline, and Millwall got the ball from the sideline.
Highbury's shouts were loud, and the cheering momentum of Millwall fans was not weaker than that of Arsenal fans because of their numerical disadvantage.
Wenger only sat on the coaching bench for five minutes before standing on the sidelines with a frown on his face and a solemn look on his face.
What the hell are Millwall doing?
Where is Henry?
What about Nedved?
What about Ronaldinho?
The frontcourt attacking foursome, within the first 5 minutes after the opening, added up the number of times they touched the ball and added up the time they held the ball. None of the three superstars could compare to a 19-year-old Ronaldo!
Who the hell allowed that kid to kick like that?
If you want to stand out, it also depends on whether your teammates give you a chance!
However, Millwall's midfielder played the ball and chose the forward direction of attack. He would pass the ball to Ronaldo's side. It seemed that he was the number one superstar on the field!
Wenger watched for another 2 minutes and gradually understood.
Millwall used Ronaldo to suppress the entire left counterattack line!
Van Bronckhorst was suppressed at the back line, and Pires went back to help defend. Even if there was a chance to counterattack, the starting position was too far back, and if he rushed forward, he might not be able to reach the opponent's midfielder line at all, but he would definitely have.
Van Bronckhorst, who is physically fit for sprinting, did not dare to rush forward to assist because he was under too much pressure.
Arsenal's left attack is paralyzed!
That was their golden left attacking line in their counterattack!
At the same time, Millwall successfully eliminated part of Arsenal's home advantage in the opening game!
They should have gotten into the game quicker, they should have terrorized Millwall first and taken advantage.
However, with Cristiano Ronaldo unreasonably wreaking havoc on the right, steadily advancing the depth of the attack from the wing, forcing Arsenal's overall formation to retreat, once, twice, three times, in less than 10 minutes, both teams entered.
The state of the game was affected. Neither team played a threatening offense.
But where has Arsenal's home advantage gone?
Wenger is brainstorming intensely.
In the first half of the league, they visited the Lion King Stadium. Arsenal's counterattack was very effective, also because they performed miraculously. They gave up the wing, moved the wing players inward, and focused on attacking Millwall's slightly immature midfielder system. At the same time,
It also benefited from Millwall's desperate wing attack.
In the past three months, Millwall's wing offense seems to have become much more restrained than in the first half of the league. In the eyes of many fans or football critics, it was Aldridge who corrected himself and turned an arrogant and ideal design into a better one.
Denied.
Actually, that is a wrong view.
Because Millwall has improved on the basis of the past!
Schneider and Ashley Cole, in the past, you could see them running up and down crazily without any physical effort, and their postures were extremely crazy.
But among those runs, many were running ineffectively and using physical energy inefficiently.
Now, when they are needed, they will still appear on the offensive end, which is more reasonable than in the past. This represents maturity, rather than Aldridge correcting something.
Because for a full-back who does not have excellent tactical awareness, if you ask him to press 100 times crazily, the 100 times may be in vain. If you ask him to observe honestly and wait for the opportunity to go up again, he may not go up even once because of his consciousness.
Unable to capture the best opportunity and unable to weigh the pros and cons of offense and defense.
If you want to use the full-back to become a forward, it is not a simple concept of pressing or not.
From the beginning of the game, it went beyond Wenger's expectations. Millwall's offensive focus shifted to Ronaldo instead of Ronaldinho, Henry, and Nedved. This in itself, I'm afraid no one in the world expected.
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Wenger began to look at offensive efficiency and threat assessment.
Arsenal did not have a good chance to counterattack, and Millwall did not play a particularly threatening attack.
Even if Ronaldo brings the ball to the right baseline, what next?
There is no threat in the cross, the ball cannot be passed on the ground, the ball in the air?
Henry is a goal-scoring machine, and the only shortcoming that has been criticized is his header.
Ronaldinho did not enter the penalty area in the early stage, and the threat point in the penalty area was not obvious.
Cristiano Ronaldo is also immature. After he was forced into a desperate situation by Van Bronckhorst and Pires, it became a lucky ball. Either Millwall got a set kick or the ball was handed over to Arsenal.
At least it looked like Wenger shouldn't be worried, but he had a hunch that this wouldn't be Millwall's trump card.
Absolutely not!
Only a madman would bet on Ronaldo.
Only a fool would make his desperate trump card known to everyone from the very beginning.
Aldrich could be a lunatic at times, but he was never a fool.
So this cannot be Millwall's main tool.
But this method achieved a certain purpose, eliminating Arsenal's home advantage in the early stages of the game and suppressing their left counterattack. In addition, or in terms of the preparation and creation of the fatal blow, no matter how you look at it, Ronaldo will not be
Key points.
Ten minutes have passed.
Aldridge gestured to Ronaldo from the sidelines to remind him to change his mind.
Cristiano Ronaldo's jersey is already dirty because he was knocked down on the wing and because he chased back and confronted others when defending.
After seeing Aldrich's gesture, he nodded immediately to show that he understood.
Arsenal tried to slow down the tempo and used delicate passing and cutting to find space in Millwall's midfield.
However, Millwall's crazy pressing from the front waistline made it impossible for them to control the rhythm.
In the 12th minute, Bergkamp retreated and cooperated with Ljungberg on the right. In the end, the attack evolved into Ashley Cole and Ljungberg fighting for speed on the wing. One attacked and the other defended. Ljungberg
He got the ball first, but it was on the outside line. He didn't have time to adjust, so he directly passed the ball to find Ibrahimovic who was outflanking him in the middle.
The ball was cleared by Nesta with a brave header. De Rossi controlled the outside placement and took the ball with his back. Knowing that Bergkamp was behind him trying to sneak up on him, he did not turn around and passed the ball across to Schneider.
Schneider passed the ball to Ronaldo who was running forward before Pires could return to his own half.
At this moment, Aldridge couldn't help but mutter to himself: "Pass, pass, pass..."
Of course he would be worried that Ronaldo would forget everything.
However, when Ronaldo decisively passed the ball across the ball, Aldrich's expression became firm.
Wenger was shocked.
I thought it was another "personal poor performance" by Ronaldo, but I didn't expect Millwall's attack to shift so quickly.
Moreover, after Alonso made a quick transition in front of the center circle, the ball came to Ronaldinho's feet!
Ljungberg is still in the frontcourt, and although Arsenal's back line is complete, the protective power of the zone defense will inevitably decrease.
Ronaldinho was originally on the wing, and started cutting in before bringing the ball to the front waist line.
When facing Vieira and Silva, Ronaldinho and Nedvěd exchanged passes. While passing the ball, the two changed positions. Ronaldinho came to the middle, running with the opponent.
The defensive position moves and the pass appears!
Ronaldinho passed the ball directly to Henry on the front line. The latter had his back to the Arsenal penalty area and his feet stepped on the penalty area line. Henry did not stop the ball and knocked the ball with the arch of his foot. The ball was refracted in the direction of rolling, just past Campbell and Van Bronckhoes.
The center rolled toward the ribs of the penalty area.
There, Ronaldo came forward and pushed the ball without stopping!
call!
The whole audience exclaimed.
Arsenal fans broke out in a cold sweat, while Millwall fans felt disappointed, but quickly cheered up and applauded Ronaldo.
"Cronaldo's push angle was too right, and he wasted the perfect opportunity! Lehmann put the ball in his arms, and Arsenal escaped!"
Cristiano Ronaldo was a little nervous and couldn't let go when shooting. He was afraid that the kick would fly away, so he tried to keep the angle correct, but the result was that the shot was too straight. He gritted his teeth and looked extremely annoyed. When he looked back, he saw Aldrich making a downward gesture towards him.
Stabilized the mood.
Aldridge is deeply satisfied with his performance so far.
At least, he is implementing the team's combat policy well today.
I just don’t know if Wenger has noticed it. (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature, the novel is better and updated faster!
