608 Opponents of the Evil Sect
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Although Millwall scored early in this game to equalize the aggregate score, and still had an advantage on the field, the offensive fluency was far less than the previous game!
The most obvious change was that the offense was disrupted by Valencia's foul.
In the first 25 minutes, Millwall had five free-kicks on goal, and Pirlo's three-footed shot was blocked by the wall and two flew into the stands.
Aldrich stood on the sidelines and kept observing the shape on the field, noting down every detail of the game.
Valencia's counter-attacking strategy today, gradually, he also figured it out.
Unlike the previous game, which was overly pursued on both wings, the wing attack ended up in isolation.
Valencia changed a bit on the counter-attack today.
The key point is Aimar and the other wing of the non-instigated attack.
Gonzalez, for example, approached the left flank when he was attacking and rushing forward, while Mendieta on the other side leaned towards the middle to form a contact point.
When it came to the level of the game against Millwall, Valencia's counter-attack was just trying to open up the situation with a monotonous attacking approach, which was a fool's dream.
If they play other opponents, even if some first-class teams directly blow up the opponent to form a threat of the final blow or the last pass, but if they play Millwall, they will really die on the south wall if they are determined to go to the black.
As a result, Valencia actually switched from flying on both wings to a counterattack with a single wing, focusing on one side in the counterattack and creating a local advantage. Create a zĂ o opportunity.
Valencia also has its own advantages in its own specific circumstances. For example, they fight back. There's a lot of space up front, that's the advantage.
When Aimar is squeezed on the same flank with Gonzalez or Mendieta, Gattuso is faced with the choice of whether to follow Aimar on the wing to form a 2-on-2 defence with his full-back team-mates, or even form a trap if the winger drops back.
Gattuso hesitated for a moment, but finally chose to hold the middle, as long as the opponent did not cut inside into the danger zone. He only needs to follow the opponent's front point to advance and retreat, compressing the defensive space.
Gattuso is still a bit fearful, the opponent's player on the other side will lean towards the middle, if he loses position, the middle will be wide open, and the back line will lose the barrier protection.
Valencia played like this, testing the ability of Millwall's midfielders to defend, they have indeed been able to push the attack forward on the wing, Millwall rely on a full-back, really can't prevent the impact of the opponent's two players playing together. But it's just an offensive means to finish. When it comes to scoring, Valencia is clearly lacking in a way.
The attack advanced to the wide position of the penalty area, and then played in the middle to play or break through, Millwall's full-backs and central defenders formed a joint defense, Pirlo's return defense may still be a little worrying, but Nedved's retreat to defend is definitely reassuring.
Aldridge had to look the other way at Cooper after gaining insight into Valencia's counter-attacking routine.
It can only be said that Valencia is unlucky, if Nedved does not recover to his best condition or is still recuperating from injury, then according to Millwall's tactical play style of using Klose in the first half of the season, Valencia plays a counterattack like this, and the quality of Millwall's midfield defense will drop by a notch. Aldridge will certainly add a defensive-leaning midfielder to bolster protection.
In the 34th minute, Valencia's cross was cleared by Materazzi after a counterattack on the side, Gattuso controlled the periphery of the spot, and was fouled by Aimar just after stopping the ball, and the referee showed Aimar a yellow card in the face of boos from the Lion King Stadium.
This is the third foul in the first half of Aymar, even in the front court, which is not obvious tactical foul, and the referee still warns the opponent with a yellow card.
Two minutes later, Henry's shot was picked up by Canizares, Valencia continued to fight back, this time Gonzalez's pass on the side was cut off by Schneider, Schneider dribbled forward, Gonzalez tripped Schneider from behind, and he was also shown a yellow card by the referee.
Although Valencia's counter-attack was much better than in the previous meeting, at least the advance area was closer to Millwall's penalty area, but the chance of the final blow was still not created.
This made their attacking players start to get a little impatient.
Millwall's attack basically made one shot in three dangerous attacks, but Valencia's side didn't even have a chance to shoot.
In the 42nd minute of the first half, Gonzalez and Aimar cooperated all the way down the left side, and then did not cross, Sanchez in front of the goal was completely targeted, Aimar controlled the ball on the side, and kicked the ball back, Gonzalez knocked on the side to Mendieta, who moved to the middle.
Mendieta saw that Millwall defended tightly and there was really no space for passing, so he didn't dare to control the ball too much, otherwise he would definitely be counterattacked if he lost the ball, so he simply shot from a distance.
The quality of this long-range shot is so poor that you can't look at it directly.
He didn't fly in the direction of the goal at all, hit Materazzi on the leg from close range, and then bounced off the bottom line.
'Valencia's attack today was the same as the last time the two teams met, and the counter-attack that survived was not a threat in front of Millwall, which gave us the illusion that it was only a matter of time before Millwall scored again, and if they couldn't score, then Valencia must have the gods.'
Valencia took a corner, they attacked from a corner, there were three people inside and outside the box, Sanchez, Mendieta, and Baraja who came up.
Gonzalez played a tactical corner with Aimar, Schneider stepped forward to mark Gonzalez, Aimar ran back and pulled out of the gap, received Gonzalez's pass and hung himself in the box.
His inward-spinning cross was also of low quality, landing in front of the penalty spot, where only Baraja was the only one to grab it.
Pagliuca moved his position, and there were a lot of tall and big players in front of him, and even if Baraja headed the goal, there was not much angle at all.
Fans in the stands of the Lion King Stadium witnessed an unbelievable scene.
Baraja didn't touch the ball, and the action of rushing to the top was made. But it seems that the neck is shortened. The ball flew right in front of his eyes. Immediately after, the ball hit, well, Gattuso's head, and the trajectory of the flight changed.
Pagliuca's pupils shrank, and she almost scolded: Don't bring such a pit!
The ball turned into a lob and flew into the far corner of the goal.
Pagliuca moved over to make the save, apparently too late.
Including Gattuso himself. All the players in the Millwall box turned their heads to look at their doors with panic or dazedness.
Wow!
The Lion King Stadium was filled with an uproar and sighs.
"The ball is in! Valencia equalized the game, 1:1, 1:1, they are now 2:1 ahead of Millwall on aggregate, and because of the away goal advantage, unless Millwall can win by two goals, Valencia will step on the defending champions to advance to the Champions League semi-finals! This ball, this ball, it should be considered an own goal, Aimar's cross if no one touches it. It definitely couldn't fly into the goal, and the ball was pushed by Gattuso and flew into his own door. Poor Gattuso, he might want to ask Baraja why he didn't hit the ball? â
Gattuso didn't just want to question Baraha, he wanted to beat him up!
He was less than a meter away from Baraha's top, and he was about to turn his head to look at his door to see the result of Baraha's topping, but the ball accidentally hit his head, and it turned into an impeccable hanging door, hanging Pagliuca!
Not only did this own goal make the Valencia players feel as if they were frozen for two seconds, but even Cooper on the sidelines rubbed his eyes, trying to make sure that he was not dazzled or hallucinated!
After that, the Valencia players vied with each other to celebrate, and if they hadn't been able to hug Gattuso, they would have kissed him wildly, and eventually, they surrounded Aimar to celebrate.
Cooper also waved his arms excitedly, so unexpected!
How should the team attack, how to solve the opportunity to create the last blow, he racked his brains and thought about it so much that his mind collapsed!
Well, now that someone has helped him solve this problem, it is their opponent, Millwall!
With this away goal, Valencia only need to hold on for the rest of the time and not be scored by Millwall, then they will advance to the last four!
The cheering that had been resounding throughout the stadium since before the game suddenly stopped, and the whole stadium fell into a dead silence, and the Valencia fans could not make much noise, and now they were at most mosquitoes compared to before.
The Wild Lions fans were confused by this own goal.
Everyone knows that the next shape is not optimistic, and the sudden blow makes everyone feel like they have been poured cold water.
Millwall's side were as usual after conceding the goal, Southgate didn't say a word, just walked up behind Gattuso and patted him on the head before pushing him forward as if to give him motivation.
Aldridge suddenly raised his arms on the sidelines, his expression showing no loss or blow, and he walked back and forth with a nonchalant expression, using his body movements to rejuvenate the court.
The fans in the stands saw that their king was cheering the stadium and continued to cheer on the team without saying a word.
Nothing else, cheer for the team, put pressure on the opponent, and never be stingy!
Within half a minute, the Lion King Stadium was back in full swing.
Aldridge stopped his movements and stood on the sidelines with his mind spinning.
He suddenly felt that Valencia was an evil team.
What's wrong with Millwall's defence? Basically no problem.
The ball just now, the distance from which Baraja himself rushed to the top was not an absolute threat of a header, and with the blocking angle of a defender in front, even if he hit the top, the probability of scoring a goal was very low.
But just like the cover of Kalu's "feint to stop the ball" in the first round, Baraha's rush to the top did not touch the ball to create confusion, saving his teammates the task of attacking the goal, and simply let Millwall help them and give them an own gift.
The situation has gone bad.
From 1:o to 1:1, it's a world of difference.
On a 1-1 basis, Millwall not only have to win, but at least two!
Valencia's form is completely reversed, they will defend more resolutely, and they have also taken risks to play counterattacks before, and after 1:1, the offensive enthusiasm and commitment should be further adjusted and reduced.
It was clear from Millwall's restart that Valencia didn't even have a half-time player, and striker Alexis Sanchez ran back to take the initiative to participate in the defense, leaving the perimeter of the box out of the box.
The first half quickly came to a close, with Valencia further tightening their defensive strategy, and in the final minutes, Millwall failed to threaten the attack.
When the half-time whistle blew, Aldridge turned thoughtfully and walked into the tunnel.
Conventional attacking tactics will struggle to get a great chance in the second half, is it luck to watch the players improvise?
Aldridge thought back to the details he had observed in the first half, combing through each link and trying to find Valencia's weaknesses or areas to exploit.
Before entering the locker room, he suddenly stopped, raised his head and said thoughtlessly: "Will this have a miraculous effect?" (To be continued......)