250 Defend the throne
"Arsenal counter-attacked, oh, the ball was cut off by Makelele, now we already have a very intuitive feeling, when you think of Makelele as a person, you can imagine a character on the field in your mind, he does this job, Aldridge Hall in front of the media constantly praise Makekelasson, chance! Scored! Millwall opener! The scorer was Larsson, too fast, too fast, Makelele gave the ball to Pirlo after breaking the ball, Arsenal's front-court players were running forward, they had just finished a defense, the defenders were mentally relaxed, which made Millwall's sudden attack again more threatening, Pirlo's scalpel-like through through Arsenal's midfield and defenders, Shevchenko and Trezeguet were targeted by Keown and Weinburn, but Larsson ran from the left to the right, just in an instant, For a moment, Adams didn't follow him, which allowed the Swedish super scorer to seize the opportunity to see his shooting action, turn around and adjust his pace during the run, and gently pick the ball into the far corner of the goal with the instep, which is not a regular shooting action, but it is the most effective and appropriate way to break the goal, the ball is in, and Larsson has kicked off his defense of the Premier League Golden Boot and the European Golden Boot with a goal! ”
Larsson ran to the corner flag after scoring the goal, spread his hands and smiled, and the fans near the stands went crazy.
"Shooter King! Shooter King! Larson! Larson! ”
The crowd was excited and chanted.
The team-mates seemed accustomed to Larsson's ghostly run after a sudden start and then sending the ball into the door in the simplest and most effective way possible.
It's a very morale-boosting thing for the whole team.
The midfielders created chances and the strikers took them. We trust each other. Why don't you worry about hegemony!
Arsenal's players were a bit frustrated. Although they didn't blame each other, there was still some inexplicable feeling in their hearts.
The defenders may think that the defense has just succeeded, and everyone has not yet caught their breath, and the attack has not been hit and is counterattacked.
The players who run in the front court will also feel that it is obviously an opportunity for their own counterattack, but the ball is not passed in place, and they have to come back to tee off now.
Aldridge swung his right fist from the sidelines, smirking evilly.
That's right!
The essence of offensive football is pressing.
Arsenal of this period. The flaw is the error rate of switching from defense to attack.
Petit and Overmars have just arrived in the team, one is the main midfielder in defense and the other is a wide knife in attack.
As long as they can't cooperate with their teammates, even if Millwall can't play one attack, two attacks, three attacks will destroy Arsenal's solid defence.
That was the case with that goal.
In particular, Makellele's break was a masterful performance.
It can be said that without Makelele, a powerful midfielder who predicts and intercepts accurately, Millwall would not dare to let the two wingers cut inside frantically in the lineup, and the fullbacks also boldly stepped forward to assist.
Because of the lack of Makelele's ability to intercept the key pass when the opponent switches from defense to attack. Millwall's defence will be very porous.
His key role is that his opponents think they have a good chance to attack, but they are always suddenly stifled by Makellele. Then the game situation was abruptly reshuffled, and then Millwall launched a fast attack, and the opponent was caught off guard!
When Larsson and Shevchenko are becoming more and more mature in the front line, they will form a one-sided numerical advantage at a certain moment to attack one side, so that the local number of people is superior, and then cover each other, and the extra forwards form a direct threat to the goal.
Arsene Wenger came out to press the field, so that the players should not be impetuous, but still do their job and stick to the tactics of defending and counter-attacking.
Don't rush up and attack like crazy as soon as you lose the ball, it's going to be ugly!
Millwall continued to maintain their advantage after the goal, constantly launching onslaught.
Larsson was the most active man up front, creating chances on every run, but both shots after the goal were too angle-seeking and slid wide.
Arsenal's counter-attacking routines are also familiar to Millwall, once Overmars gets the ball, Capdevilla's defense is the same as Schneider's choice against top players, slow you down, don't rush up, force you into the outside, you have to be strong, I have teammates behind me waiting to intercept you, if you cross, whatever, our defensive formation has already been laid out!
Bergkamp failed to play a couple of games with his fellow countrymen, and the threat of crosses was almost nil, and after 30 minutes, Vieira was getting more involved in the attack, which allowed Arsenal to have a few decent shots.
In the 37th minute of the first half, Millwall repeated the same trick, Pirlo went straight to the right side of the penalty area, Trezeguet was in the middle, and Shevchenko and Larsson were both here.
Adams followed Larsson this time, waiting for him to receive the ball and attack with a pressing defense.
But just in front of the big penalty area line, Larsson took the ball with his posture, but blocked Adams with his body, when the ball rolled in front of his eyes, Shevchenko, who was diagonally inserted from the side, took the ball away horizontally, and Winterburn's lateral movement was blocked by Adams, and he immediately wanted to scold angrily.
Petit chased back to block Shevchenko's inside line, but as soon as he moved, another man was freed up, and the space on the left side of the Arsenal box became larger, Nedved burst into the box and ran diagonally, Shevchenko passed the ball behind Keown, and the route was the back point on the left.
As soon as Keown turned around, Nedved was already swinging his leg to shoot.
The ball flew into the top corner of the goal cleanly, and the speed was so fast that Seaman jumped on the spot without touching the ball!
"What a wonderful combination, what Millwall is best at is to make the opponent's defense open with lateral tearing, as long as you show a hole in the box, you will definitely be punished by Millwall, look at the running of their attacking players, the cover for teammates, Trezeguet, Shevchenko, Larsson, they attracted four Arsenal defenders, and consciously crowded on the right side to make the Arsenal defense leaky, Nedved cut in at high speed. A teammate passes the ball. He did it overnight. That's the power of team football! Arsenal, the Arsenal that people have been looking forward to for a summer seem to be inferior to the Arsenal of the Graham era, although their football was dull and boring at that time, but you rarely see their goal penetrated twice in less than 40 minutes! ”
"Will this be a repeat of last season's second leg clash between the two teams? Arsenal are already two goals down and this game they are hanging again. ”
Arsene Wenger stood on the sidelines with a frosty face, simply looking at the comparison of attacking and defending numbers, when the two goals were conceded, Arsenal and Millwall were equal. But Millwall played a delicate combination with an equal number of attackers.
If you compare each player individually, Arsenal's defensive players are also top notch, you can't accuse them of having problems defensively, and Millwall's players give the impression that they don't necessarily perform so well when they go to other teams.
That's how the manager's ability to adjust is a testament to that.
United, fluid and delicate, Millwall's style of football has been whirlwind and invincible!
Nedved ran to the sidelines with the badge on his jersey, and the stands were boiling. The members of the lion's roar in the south stand turned around and formed a shocking picture.
The words that are made up of a single letter on their backs are clearly written: God of War - Nedved!
Arsenal conceded two goals. The attack was also disorganized, causing despair among the more than 2,000 fans who arrived at the scene.
They even felt that it was a mistake to sign Pire, who was impressive at Millwall, but came to Arsenal and played half of the time on the bench and half of last season, and his performance was mediocre and unsatisfactory.
Some media described the two players Millwall sold to Arsenal last season as having a moth hidden in a delicious apple.
Patrick Vieira is an apple and Pire is a moth because he didn't fit into Arsenal's tactical system and there were a few games where he was terrible.
It's the same today, Ovimas still makes a difference on the wing with his individual ability, but Pire was inactive throughout the first half, and the Frenchman who started Anelka was even invisible in the front, and Bergkamp didn't get the ball much in attack, and the Arsenal midfield was completely suppressed.
The first half ended quickly, with Arsenal holding on for the last few minutes without conceding another goal.
As Aldridge walked into the dressing room, Millwall's players were chatting excitedly about the two first-half goals.
"Unbeatable performance! You did a good job in the first half, Arsenal have been beaten stupid by us, they didn't dare to control the ball at the back, blindly cleared, and handed the players back to us, but this is not enough, in the second half we have to take advantage of the victory to chase and break down the former king team! We're going to drain the blood of the gunslingers, watch them wither and die, and then sing and dance on their corpses! ”
Aldridge had a frantic look on his face, and the players were also infected, roaring like a pack of beasts and nodding their heads one after another.
"That's right, they are all over the ground looking for teeth!"
"Tell them who's the boss!"
"The boss of London!"
"No, the boss of England!"
"Won't give them any chance!"
"No mercy!"
Pirlo suddenly looked up and asked, "Chief, aren't you good friends with the Arsenal manager?" Could it be that the reporter made it up? ”
As soon as he asked this question, the locker room fell silent.
Everyone knows that since the day Wenger came to England, Van Aldridge was asked about Wenger, and his words revealed a taste of respect.
Aldridge was stunned, shrugged and said: "Yes, I am friends with him, and it is because we are friends that I need you to show 100% fighting spirit and strength to defeat Arsenal, this is the respect between friends, do you think I should change a few people to play conservatively in the second half and keep the score unchanged at 2:0?" No, that would simply trample on the friendship between me and him, because it was a contempt, even a humiliation. Well, it's like if you compete with your friends for a job, will you take the initiative to give up the opportunity to your friends because you are strong? Is that good for him? No, society is cruel, you have to make your friends aware of your own shortcomings, your own flaws, and then enrich and improve yourself. ”
After listening to it, everyone felt fresh, and it was thought-provoking to ponder.
Aldridge was not the time to teach the players at this time, so he said to them: "You are right, there is only one king of London, there is only one king of England, and there will always be only one king of Europe, the world of the world!" As the defending champions, we have to take a kingly posture, trample all the enemies who try to challenge our throne under our feet, beat them to death, beat them to death, beat them to never forget, let all opponents when they retire, in the twilight of their years, remember that there was a terrible team that made them fearful, that team is called? ”
"Wild Lion! Millwall! ”
The players shouted in unison with frenzied excitement in their eyes! (To be continued......)