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"The third round of the European Champions Cup Group H is about to begin, the group leader Millwall faces the Serie A giants AC Milan at Wembley, Millwall's starting formation today is still 433, AC Milan starts 352, before the game, the Italian media pointed out that AC Milan, which has conceded 10 goals in 6 league rounds, will be very disadvantageous if they still use 352 to play against Millwall, and the number of goals they conceded is the same as the number of goals conceded by Millwall in all competitions in the new season"

With the exception of Materazzi, who was still recovering from an injury and started by Neil, Millwall had plenty of rest and adjusted to a level that pleased the coaching staff.

The starting 433.

Goalkeeper: Bout.

Defenders: Schneider, Neil, Southgate, Zambrotta.

Midfielders: Makelele, Pirlo, Nedved.

Forwards: Larsson, Thierry Henry, Ronaldinho.

AC Milan used a 352 formation.

Goalkeeper: Abbiati.

Defenders: Sala, Costacuta, Maldini.

Midfielders: Ambrosini, Albertini, Boban, Guli, Serginho.

Forwards: Bierhoff, Shevchenko.

Sometimes 352 is just a play on words, it's actually no different from other formations when the full-backs come up and assist, 352, 532, one attack, one defend, and switch flexibly during the game. But there are higher requirements for the speed of offensive and defensive conversion. It's like 361. It's actually 541 when defending.

But Zaccheroni's 352 really looks like 352, or an asymmetrical 442.

Brazilian Serginho, who has attracted much attention since joining in the new season, is a one-sided eat-all on the left side.

Aldridge stood on the sidelines with one hand in his pocket, his eyes calmly looking at the field.

When the game started, Millwall's formation moved forward and the ball began to move at high speed, rolling back and forth on the turf, with Millwall passing the ball back first. Then it shifts laterally, and all the touchers kick the ball with one kick, and the process is dazzling to watch.

AC Milan's players came up to press, but the overall formation did not press too forward, and their midfield expanded the interception area with a numerical advantage, but Millwall's forward pass was initiated from the wing, almost touching the touchline to the feet of Ronaldo.

Ronaldo dribbled forward, cut inside in front of Sala, dribbled the ball down, and then passed down the triangle to give the ball to Nedved, who cut forward. Ambrosini interfered with Nedved and the Czechs opted for a shot. Kicking the ball back to the wing, Zambrotta, who came up from the side, met the ball again and returned it to Nedved.

At this time, Nedved plugged the ball straight again, and just passed back to Zambrotta, just to buy time, so that Xiao Luo ran back from the offside position, and this time it went straight again, Xiao Luo successfully countered offside, went deeper into the middle of the penalty area, and got closer to the opponent's goal.

Costacuta came over to press, Ronaldo calmly smashed the ball, and then when Ambrosini returned to the defensive position, the ball was surprisingly passed to Nedved, Henry attracted Albertini's defense in front of the goal, Nedved was facing the goal unmarked, the ball was a push, Abbiati moved two steps from the left side of the goal to the right and flew to save, but the result was still slow, and the ball rolled into the corner of the goal.

"In the opening 36 seconds, Millwall scored in a blitzkrieg! After 23 passes, they breached the door of AC Milan! Classic coordination, classic passing and cutting running, classic team performance! Nedved became the finisher, and AC Milan's back three system didn't hold on for even a minute under Millwall's powerful firepower! ”

After scoring the goal, Nedved rushed to Ronaldo, jumped on top of his opponent and raised his fist and roared.

The rest of his team-mates rushed over, including the backfielders, who were all directly involved in the attack, with perhaps only Gareth Southgate and Bout a little frustrated, having not touched the ball in 23 passes.

Aldridge smiled faintly and then regained his composure, it was good to score in the opening kick-off, but it would be too early if he was to be complacent.

AC Milan is strong in midfield, and although the back three have their own unique skills, they cannot be broken through by nature.

The field is so wide, the back four stand there, the defensive space will be narrow, and the back three stand on the parallel line of the same width, can the space be the same?

Millwall opened the attack, did not deal with the opponent's middle, just went to the side, as long as he bypassed the midfield, directly hit the opponent's back line, and then combined with the side to find a vacancy, Xiao Luo's anti-offside and dunk through Costacuta is a stroke of genius, wonderful can not ask for more.

AC Milan was slow to enter the state and stabilized the position after the restart, while Millwall was in the lead, and was not in a hurry to close it back.

Collect it, don't nest it.

The opponent's three-back system, let the opponent attack, and the space behind is bigger than the four-back system!

AC Milan had the upper midfield and even if their positional attack was frustrated, a swift counter-attack and an extended lateral interception allowed the two teams to engage in a tug-of-war in midfield for some time.

Millwall still continued the tactics of crossing the midfield and looking for strikers directly, but the three forwards against the three defenders, coupled with the opponent's back, really couldn't find a good opportunity for a while.

After 25 minutes, Aldridge made a gesture that allowed Larsson and Ronaldo to drop back widely.

Going straight across the midfield line to find a striker, you will always be isolated.

Before the game, the strikers were told to reduce the number of solitary battles, especially on Larsson's side, against Maldini, if the opponent is close, it can basically be announced that the midfielders have entered the defensive state and are ready to be counterattacked.

To destroy AC Milan's defense, it is still necessary to rely on the opening game, from the point to the surface of the pass and cut coordination, the attack is more detailed, more patient, and delusional to rely on the outbreak of waves to take away the opponent, which really underestimates AC Milan.

At this time, Pirlo's metronome effect began to show its power.

He controlled the tempo in such an orderly manner that his opponents thought Millwall were going to wear out slowly with AC Milan, but it was ten minutes later. When Schneider plugged in at high speed from the side. Andrea Pirlo decisively deflected the attack with a long diagonal pass. He observed the rationality of the dispersion of the offensive players in the frontcourt, and the advancement of the offensive point was free, and he suddenly accelerated!

Schneider picked up the ball on the flank, shook Serginho off on the run, and then passed the ball to Larsson.

Larsson dribbled the ball to the inside, Maldini moved to the front of Larsson, and Larsson made a decisive pass to Schneider on the wing.

The German's long pass with a big foot is shifted laterally. The players who had returned to Milan were caught off guard as they moved to the right to compress the area, but Schneider's long pass suddenly made them turn to observe the situation on the other side.

After Xiao Luo stopped the ball, he didn't wait for Sara to defend, and directly hit the opponent's central defender on the ground, Costacuta's turning speed was already criticized, Henry came out from behind him, and he didn't even have a chance to foul when he turned again.

Thierry Henry ran diagonally from right to left, picked up the ball in the box and fired a low shot from a tight angle, which was saved by Abbiati. But the ball slowly rolled in front of the goal line in the middle of the goal, with Maldini and Larsson chasing it at the same time. Larsson, who had been consciously outflanked earlier, was quicker than Maldini and slid the ball into the back of the net with a sliding tackle.

“2:0！ Millwall made it 2-0 in the 36th minute of the first half, and Larsson scored from the spot, but AC Milan would have avoided the goal if they had an additional centre-back? We don't know what to do, but the problem Zaccheroni is having now is that the back three can't defend against Millwall's attack! Although they have one of the best defenders in the world. ”

After Larsson scored, he and his teammates jogged easily to the sideline and kissed into the stands

The Lions fans cheering on Millwall at Wembley are thrilled to see Larsson score.

Regardless of the game, Larsson is now making club history when he scores a goal, and in his past five seasons with the Lions, he has become the most goalscoring player in Millwall club history, and now it is to keep that number up, up, and up, and so on, for those who come after him to look up to.

And he's breaking another record of his own: goals scored in European competitions.

Aldridge called Pirlo in front of him and told him that the next game would be the same as before, and that there was no need to deliberately pursue the speed of the counterattack, as long as the tempo was accelerated, the opportunity would be more effective than blindly seeking speed.

Pirlo nodded and ran back onto the field.

AC Milan is two goals behind, the Champions League group qualification situation is in jeopardy, they will inevitably strengthen their pressing efforts, but this is exactly what Millwall is not afraid of, not afraid of you to grab, afraid that you will not grab but static intensive defense!

Zaccheroni's grim face was silent on the sidelines, while Aldridge looked so calm that one might even wonder if he was in a trance.

"People are always asking why Millwall is so powerful? For what? Because they have a lot of stars? Don't those giants have a group of stars? But if you look carefully at Millwall's every game and pay attention to the details on the field, you will know that Hall's attitude and efficiency in every game, on-the-spot command, tactical adjustments, is the reason why Millwall is stronger than expected, yes, we rarely see him celebrate passionately now, because for him, his job is not the same as before, before, a victory may seem hard-won, but now, he must ensure that the team can continue to win, this is his pursuit, It is also necessary for him to lead Millwall to the top of the European giants, and the first half of this game is almost over, and I believe that no matter what the result of the game, this first half will still be the focus of many professional football critics. ”

At the end of the first half, Aldridge was slightly elated.

Millwall and AC Milan have different cards, but the manager has these cards in his hand and how to play them is his own idea.

Zaccheroni failed to surprise Aldrich.

He will be hoping that Millwall will cause some problems, some unexpected changes before the game that can have a strong impact on the game in the middle of the game.

But he didn't see that.

Bierhoff walked for 45 minutes, Shevchenko was between dropping back and being intercepted forward for 45 minutes and being isolated on the front line, Serginho and Gully failed to cause problems for Zambrotta and Schneider on the flanks, Albertini was underwhelmed by Thierry Henry and Nedved, Boban bullied Pirlo and lost against Makelele.

Aldridge doesn't think that the back 3 can bring more change than the back 4 system, the back 4 seems to have a large number of defenders, but when there is a need for change in the attack, the full-back is very important, AC Milan played a back 3, increased midfield, in fact, when the attacking players are limited, they can provide fewer points of change.

As he walked into the dressing room, Aldridge was expecting Zaccheroni to surprise him in the second half.

It's not that he's looking for abuse, it's that he's still learning, and he hopes that those famous coaches can "teach" him in actual battles and let him learn something new, especially now that AC Milan are two goals down, if Zaccheroni can turn things around tactically, Aldridge likes to see it, in that way, he can find his own shortcomings in the team, and it is better to find problems in the group stage than in the knockout round. (To be continued......)