756 on the field, off the field
"Don't relax in the second half, Bayern Munich haven't made a move yet, we have to be wary of their possible counterattack!"
Aldridge called on his players in the dressing room to cheer up.
But he did not give any instructions for the actual tactical adjustments.
Millwall had a two-goal lead, which was a secure scoreline and the easiest to let your guard down.
Aldridge wants to make adjustments, and as long as they make adjustments, then the players' attention will definitely be on the game and they will be fully committed to executing.
However, Millwall's first-half table was perfect, no matter how Aldridge adjusted, it would not necessarily improve the team's second-half combat effectiveness, and the winner would not change, this is the basic law of football, in the words of the Germans: if something is not damaged, then you should not repair it.
At this time, to make adjustments is to mess up the formation, especially Bayern Munich did not play an offensive attack that made Aldridge feel ominous throughout the first half, and all aspects of the players' running positions and tactical routines were expected by the Millwall coaching staff to prepare for the game before the game.
The players looked at each other and smiled, for them, the two-goal lead in the first half Bayern Munich, it is estimated that the opponent will not be able to make any waves in the second half.
In the second half, Aldridge looked at Bayern Munich's technical and tactical routines and was stunned!
"It's strange that Bayern Munich is obviously two goals behind, but they don't invest more troops in the offensive end, but the defensive formation is more backward!"
That's right, the adjustment made by Heathfield midfield is to make Bayern Munich's tactical play simple and rough.
The parallel position of the back four does not go out of the big penalty area, which completely encircles the penalty area. Protect the goal. Plus Hargreaves and Jeremes in front of the big penalty line. The 4+2 defense can become a six-man parallel at any time, and there is one Effenberg left, sweeping back and forth throughout the back area.
That's the momentum of the bus.
It's just that it's not so thorough, Ballack is still a forward midfielder, and he partners Pizarro and Elber on the front line.
Bayern Munich don't want a midfielder!
Anyway, they couldn't control the midfield, and they lost in the midfield confrontation. It would be better to retreat to the last line of defense.
Then the attack is based on long passes from the back.
Ballack, Pizarro, these are all players with a certain strength in grabbing high balls, and with Elber's ability to capture fighters, what does Bayern Munich play?
British traditional long pass punch hanging!
Aldridge stood up and walked to the sideline, turning his head to look at Heathfield in disbelief.
How? Gave up?
He didn't understand, could Heathfield count on this to save the game?
Or is it too ugly to not want to lose?
That's actually giving up.
He didn't know that this tactic was a tactic that Bayern Munich would only play when they were in the lead, when they were ahead. Playing like this can prevent the goal from being conceded to the greatest extent. At the same time, Millwall is forced to assist at full-back, increasing the pressure up front, and then, Bayern Munich's counter-attack will not only rely on long passes, in the right counter-attacking environment, Lizarazu and Sagnol's wide forward will be a lethal threat.
Now it's two goals down, Bayern Munich is playing like this, it's true that Heathfield has no way out, and can only fight luck, just like Blackburn did against Millwall.
"Hehe, the shape of the second half is very weird, Bayern Munich is more like a traditional English team, Millwall is a typical European team, such a scene is really laughable."
Aldridge sat back in the dugout, knowing Millwall's weaknesses better than anyone.
If you want to say what you are afraid of, the long pass punch is a kind of hanging, especially the targeted long pass punching hanging.
Afraid of what comes.
In the 58th minute of the second half, Lizarazu made a long pass from the backfield, Ballack moved to the left side of the front waist line, and the header was excessively guarded by Schneider and Gattuso, and the ball bounced into the open field, Elber grabbed the ball before Materazzi, and then played a decisive one-two with Pizarro, Elber rushed behind Materazzi, received the ball when he just entered the penalty area, adjusted a step and shot with a kick, the ball shot impeccably, grazing the inside of the far corner post and flying into the goal.
It was Bayern Munich's first shot on target of the game, and the goal was scored.
"Wow, Bayern Munich pulled a goal back, the scorer was Elber, there was a problem with the defense on Millwall's side, could it be that Bayern Munich played like this? At least they were able to shoot on target and score! ”
Aldrich smiled wryly.
The reason why Millwall is afraid of targeted long pass rushing is only in the part, if it is to play the right side, it is not a big problem, but Gattuso of the back waist line, as well as the right fullback Schneider, the congenital disadvantage of height cannot be changed, when the high ball falls in this area, if you can't seize the landing point, you will basically be able to be controlled by the opponent to hold the landing point.
This is why the centre-back next to Schneider is Materazzi, complementing each other, if Materazzi and Southgate fall out of position, then the opponent plays a diagonal long ball from the other side, and the defense in the penalty area will definitely be blown up.
Aldridge is still sitting in the dugout, he doesn't need to say anything to the players, where the problem is, the players themselves know, he believes that the back line will be adjusted, this is not the first time, but it will not last, but it is just that Bayern Munich suddenly beat such an attack, and it is just a wake-up call.
Henry, Larsson, and Ronaldo were more depressed, and before the kick-off position, the players on the offensive end took the initiative to communicate.
"Damn, they just scored a goal like that, it's too bullying!"
Well, in Xiao Luo's view, Bayern Munich's style of play is a bit of a bully, Gattuso and Schneider can't grow taller, they must be robbed, and it is necessary to paste it, but Ballack directly ferried the ball with his header, and didn't even give them the opportunity to defend, and the ball was lost, and even his teammates couldn't stand it.
Henry crossed his waist and sighed: "No way, if we have such an advantage, we will also take advantage of it, they, of course, will not miss it." ”
Compete on the field. Build on your strengths and avoid your weaknesses. Fair and reasonable.
Larsson looked at Bayern Munich's quick pre-kick-off formation. "If they're defending like this now, then we'll shoot more long shots from the edge of the box, and you two will try to disrupt their defense." ”
Robbie Jr. made an OK gesture, and Henry nodded.
The goal was infuriated and seemingly unreasonable.
In their opinion, if they want to play lewdly, they can definitely make Bayern Munich leave the stadium crying, but they are not lewd. For Bayern Munich, it was obscene, and its own side conceded a goal, and the unusual anger was taken for granted.
Heathfield remained unfazed after the goal, with a hint of anticipation.
Millwall, press up, press up!
As long as the formation is chaotic and the mentality is impatient, Bayern Munich may be able to create a miracle with this simple and rough style of play!
At this time, he can no longer care about Bayern Munich, the German giant, on the road, and the negative impact of using this formation that will be hated by many German legends.
Anyway, it's something else. He's gone, and he'll be slammed if he loses. Now there is a glimmer of hope, how bad can the result be?
Maybe he will equalize or even win the game, and the criticism after the game will definitely be much less, and there will be voices of support for him.
However, he underestimated Millwall's psychological element.
Anger is one of the sources of arousing fighting spirit, Millwall at 2:o, there is an invisible drop in fighting spirit on the field, after all, the score is comfortable, but less than 6o minutes to pull back a goal, which makes their fighting spirit rekindled to the peak.
After the restart, Millwall faced Bayern Munich's sight of a watertight penalty area and began to create chances to shoot from the outside.
Bayern Munich don't want a midfielder, Millwall's players want to pass? Ground passes or high balls, there is not much space, and the straight plug can't penetrate the back line at all, and you want to break through? In front of the penalty area, you take the ball casually, you want to get into the box, no matter where you break through, you will at least face Bayern Munich's closed-door defense.
Scenes like this are also testing the players' abilities.
In the 72nd minute, Ronaldo dribbled on the left side of the front, and in front of the penalty area, he did not rush straight to break through in front of Bayern Munich's defense, but dribbled horizontally, giving people the feeling that Bayern Munich's goal was on the sidelines.
Effenberg returned to the defense to sweep, Xiao Luo made a quick stop and took a step back, and then changed direction to seem to kill a bloody way from the middle, Jeremes rushed up bravely, Xiao Luo suddenly stopped and smashed the ball to take a step inside, Hargreaves was waiting for him, but Xiao Luo changed direction and dribbled to the right sideways.
Bayern Munich's players were dumbfounded.
Where are you going to take the ball?
Larsson stepped forward, Kufuor retreated to block, Lizarazu made up for it, Xiao Luo suddenly stepped on the ball in front of Lizarazu and turned around, and then passed the ball between the two when Effenberg and Hargreaves rushed head-on, in the middle of the penalty area, Pirlo appeared here, stopped the ball, and shot angrily!
A groundbreaking long-range shot pierced the door of Bayern Munich, and Kahn could only sigh at the ball.
"Ronaldinho's wonderful dribble and then gave Pirlo a very comfortable assist, Pirlo's shot was fantastic, the power was grasped, the angle was chosen, Kahn was beaten by him, 3:1, Millwall once again took a two-goal lead."
Heathfield hung his head, his whole body weak.
What else can be done?
Aldridge saw the goal and stood up and applauded vigorously.
'He's fully matured and he's at his peak now.'
Aldrich was full of praise for Ronaldo's performance.
It's like there is a good saying: learn to speak in three years, and learn to shut up in a lifetime.
It's the same with players, go all the way with the ball to the black, and they will always move forward, but they have to learn to stop and look back, which is very difficult, and the players who can do this represent a fundamental change in strength.
Xiao Luo just took the ball if he directly hit Bayern Munich's backline, he would have failed 8o%, but he moved laterally, which from left to right, overturned Bayern Munich's back line, with Larsson, Henry, Nedved's position moved, he turned back and passed the ball to Pirlo, in front of Pirlo, almost no one blocked his shooting angle, which means that Xiao Luo's game reading ability on the field has been sublimated again, and he has completely reached the realm of control, and he alone has disrupted Bayern Munich's defense, disrupting the opponent's marking deployment, and driving the ability of teammates on the offensive end.
After conceding this goal, Bayern Munich's players also began to be a little discouraged.
I've tried all sorts of things, I've tried them all!
However, they still couldn't stop Millwall from scoring, so what else could they do?
Ballack saw that the defense lost the ball again, so he took the initiative to go back to participate in the defense, like the goal scored before, Bayern Munich may not be able to pass another kick from the back for 1o minutes, and the rest of the time, Bayern Munich defended with all his might, Millwall began to slow down the tempo, and made several substitutions to consume the game time.
"Millwall beat Bayern Munich 3-1 at home, they locked up the top spot in the group and advanced to the last eight, although Bayern Munich lost this game, but the good news is that Galatasaray failed to win Bovista away, as long as Bayern Munich beat Bovista in the last round, they can still qualify for the last eight as second place in the group."
Aldridge shook hands with Heathfield after the game, the two talked for a long time, exchanged a lot of content, these years, Aldridge convinced Heathfield, the other party respected, Aldridge did not hold it up, complimented, invited Heathfield to have a drink in the office, on the field is the opponent, off the field, make a friend. (To be continued......)
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