Millwall hosted Arsenal in the London derby, and when the game began, it was not the players on either side who set up the atmosphere first, but the fans in the stands.

The huge picture scroll in the south stand has been removed, and the members of the Lion's Roar are all on their feet, with Brady standing at the bottom edge of the stands, his right hand raised in the air, waving rhythmically.

One, two, three!

"Stuffy! Stuffy! Arsenal! ”

One, two, three!

"Stuffy! Stuffy! Arsenal! ”

Thunderous shouts of banter rang from the south stand, and the sound echoed over the pitch in unison.

It's not that Millwall fans are ingenious, Arsenal have been smothered for years, and all their opponents in England will laugh at Arsenal's football.

Still, there was an original part of the roar, and the word "Arsenal" made a rhythmic pause as the fans chanted throughout the stands.

Mockery and sarcasm have a wonderful connotation!

Because in English, especially British English, the first half of the arsenal is pronounced very similar to ass that translates as stupid ass, stupid fool, and ass.

Arsenal's players were not undenied ridicule, but today in the small pitch of the Lion's Den, the roar of the Lion's Roar lingered in their ears for a long time, and they immediately felt humiliated.

Aldridge couldn't help but laugh as he listened to the strange "Arsenal" pronunciation from the sidelines.

That's right, otherwise, where is the derby?

However, after the opening, it was Arsenal who took the initiative on the field.

Leocci didn't dare to change the defensive formation of the back five easily, but he allowed the wing-backs on either side to boldly step forward to get involved, and when Winterburn and Dixon got up front, Arsenal's attacking numbers reversed the disadvantage.

Because it is a back five and a defensive midfielder, Arsenal's forward wing attack can only rely on full-backs to go straight up, and the central attack relies on central midfielders and forwards.

Millwall, who played apart with Manchester United in the first round of the Premier League, was the right medicine today, Nedved retreated and Makelele formed a double midfield, forming a barrier at the front of the Millwall penalty area, directly cutting off the connection between Arsenal's forward line and midfield.

Ian Wright and Dennis Bergkamp, who are in their thirties, are caught in Millwall's encirclement and are unable to get the shells delivered from midfield, and Bergkamp's voluntary retreat will also be targeted by Makelele, who retreats deeper, and Makelele gives up and always keeps the area safe.

Today, Millwall voluntarily gave up competing with Arsenal for midfield, and instead compressed the opponent's attacking space to achieve a stronger defense in the danger zone, and Arsenal could not threaten Millwall's goal whether it was Bergkamp's breakthrough or Pratt's attempt to play together.

Seeing that Arsenal's attacks were frozen, and the attacking players were frozen, Aldridge was expressionless on the sidelines, but inadvertently glanced at the box on the field.

Professor, you're here just in time today!

Today's Millwall is using the same tactics that Arsenal reborn two years later.

Vieira plus Petit, who was transformed into a midfielder, compressed the opponent's attacking space, Vieira inserted in the counterattack, relying on two wings and striker Bergkamp to retreat, Arsenal who attacked gorgeously at that time, and now Millwall can also play such an attack!

Positions and roles on the pitch are very similar to Claude Makelle and Petit, Nedved and Vieira, and Larsson and Bergkamp.

Voluntarily abandoning the center circle and starting to press frantically, Aldrich is luring the snake out of the hole.

Arsenal, who are accustomed to playing defensively, must give them space to attack, and after many years of not attacking and playing that kind of 1-0 football, do you think that with Pratt and Bergkamp, you can give the team a new offensive look?

The first ten minutes proved the weakness of Arsenal's positional battle!

The offense can't be played, Arsenal can only strengthen the number of attackers, and the Winterburn and Dixon who come up on the side can enrich the attack, but Millwall is also very simple, Neil and Thuram go up, pair up, one for one!

In this way, the longitudinal defensive line, Millwall has no numerical disadvantage.

In the box, David Dayne, who was seated in his position to watch the game, gushed about Wenger's excellent players in the Arsenal team, and also included some contempt for Millwall, thinking that the last game between Millwall and Manchester United was half of Manchester United's generational change, and the youngster overshadowed the Red Devils, and the other half was Millwall's excellent performance, and Manchester United's defense is not comparable to Arsenal.

He is naturally a princess selling melons, and what Arsenal can boast of, in addition to the stars in the team, there is only defense left.

But Wenger, who was silent, did not respond, and if he had a tactical book in his hand, he would clearly explain to Dane the situation that could not be seen on the field.

Arsenal seems to be ferocious, but they can't penetrate Millwall's attacking hinterland at all, Bergkamp can't receive the ball near the penalty area, pull it out to receive the ball, pass the ball and Wright can't form a tacit understanding, break through with the ball and can't get rid of Makelele, two fullbacks stepped forward to assist and Millwall pressed the fullbacks to form a pair of situations, in fact, for Arsenal, the situation is precarious.

And Arsenal's defense is no longer stable after the full-backs stepped forward to assist, but the weakness of this defensive line is not known whether Aldridge can grasp it.

Pratt won the ball in midfield, and several ground attacks could not penetrate the dense defense in front of Millwall's penalty area, he opted for a long high ball, trying to go directly to Wright to see the effect, but the ball was unsurprisingly cleared by Stam's header, and the ball fell to the feet of Nedved, Bergkamp only symbolically forced to be accelerated by Nedved before giving up the pursuit.

Pratt, Mason, Jensen three midfield defense lined up, Nedved made a short adjustment and then made a long pass, directly over the midfield and passed the ball to the left wing, Pire was already waiting there!

When Wenger saw this scene, the corners of his mouth raised slightly: it seems that Aldridge has been prepared.

That's right, Aldridge pairs the full-backs with Arsenal's full-backs, rather than the two wing-backs, for the obvious purpose.

Pire took the ball and dribbled towards the bottom line at high speed, Arsenal only had three centre-backs on the defensive line, and the midfielders also went to follow Nedved who was inserted at high speed.

However, Millwall's attacking numbers have a clear advantage.

Pire dribbled the ball and the three teammates who ran forward with him at the level were Trezeguet, Larsson, Schneider.

Pire's did not cut inside, it was a way to the black court to kill the bottom line, and when he crossed the parallel position of the big penalty line, he had a disguised inward cut, and at this time, Arsenal's defensive line had to divide troops to intercept him.

The distance between the three central defenders in the box was thus widened, there was an open space in front of the goal, Pire crossed in front of the box before Adams stepped forward to block him, Trezeguet and Bald physically confronted, he cleverly chose to leak the ball, the ball rolled back from his and Bald's feet, Larsson was prepared, rushed to the goal and took two steps back, there was plenty of time to prepare for the incoming ball, but a shooter like him didn't need much time in the penalty area at all, he delicately pushed the ball into the bottom right corner of the goal, Seaman abandoned the goal and rushed towards him, Stretching his arms and lowering his weight, he could only watch the ball roll past his outstretched feet, and then, the lion's lair court shook the sky!

"Larson! Arsenal's defense completely surrendered, they couldn't touch the ball, they didn't even have a chance to physically resist fouls, Millwall took the lead when the game didn't seem dominant, they used a textbook counterattack to penetrate the door guarded by Seaman, Larsson, the goalscorer, was too calm in front of the goal, looking at his adjustment from running into place to preparing to receive the ball, and the confidence of calmly shooting, he definitely has the potential to become a top scorer! ”

After Larsson's goal, he ran to the south stand with a relaxed attitude, and his team-mates rushed over.

They love this wonderful feeling!

What could be more enjoyable than breaking down Arsenal's doors, leading the derby and watching the fans cheer them on like crazy?

Aldridge just applauded, the game was only ten minutes into the game, there was no need to get carried away, besides, the opponent was not a strong team.

Whether it is Manchester United, which faced a big change in the first game and lacked the soul of Cantona, or Arsenal, which is now in the stage of transformation and confusion, the two traditional giants have not reached the state of their heyday, Millwall also has great potential, not only the growth of players, but also the technical and tactical aspects have not been fully formed, Aldridge will not be complacent, there is still a long way to go.

Leoch was just cheering the players on the sidelines, and he couldn't do much else.

In the box, Arthur celebrated happily, even danced, and shouted Millwall's name, compared to Arthur's pride, David Dane, who was sitting in a suit and leather shoes, and his hairstyle was a little ugly.

Just now I was boasting about Arsenal with Arsene Wenger, and I lost the ball in the blink of an eye, this slap is really loud! Or pump your own!

Arsene Wenger had an elegant smile on his face, and he said softly: "Mr. Dane, do you know why Arsenal will concede this goal?" ”

'Probably the players haven't recovered from the holiday form yet, and the pace of the game is slower this season.

Dane made nonsense for a reason, he didn't win Middlesbrough at home in the first round, and now he conceded the goal first when he visited Millwall, which really lost the face of the traditional giants, no matter how ugly Arsenal was when Graham coached, at least the results were guaranteed, but now, Arsenal is really on the edge of the cliff.

Wenger shook his head slightly: "If Arsenal can't make changes, they will continue to concede goals, because Millwall's tactics are restraining Arsenal. ”

Dane frowned and asked rhetorically, "Huh?" How so? ”

"It's very simple, Arsenal defends with three defenders and a defensive midfielder, six people when attacking, Millwall defense is also six people, four defenders plus two backs, the number of equals, Arsenal because of the past tactics, the players can not achieve the same number of people to penetrate the Millwall defense, then after being counterattacked, Millwall has four people when attacking, and Arsenal has four people in defense, but the problem is that there is one person in Arsenal's defense who is a midfielder, And Millwall can be said to be four people lined up or in a disc shape, they use the vertical width to form a four-to-three numerical advantage, unless Arsenal's midfielders can return to the penalty area to become a defender, otherwise, Millwall just now a similar opportunity to score will appear, seize it, Millwall will score again. ”

Dane thought for a moment and nodded, "Then what's the crux of the matter?" ”

"Formation. Arsenal used to play 532, if it was 352, maybe there would be a tacit understanding to defend such a counterattack, in fact, if Arsenal let go of the past strong team posture, patiently play 532 that they are good at, and in turn compress Millwall's offensive space, then the probability of winning this game on the basis of a draw will be very high, because Aldridge definitely wants to win this game, however, he grasped the psychological weakness that Arsenal wants to win more, and his tactical attainments, I admire. ”

"Is it a weakness to want to win games?"

"Of course, you have to contain the opponent's attack unless you have the advantage of absolute control of the game, but that's hard to see in the English league because of the intensity of the physicality and the scale of the referee plus the change of tempo."

"Xie Lu Xie, I understand. Mr. Arsene Wenger, I think you're coming to coach Arsenal and you're going to make Arsenal brilliant again, at least how to change this team, you have a clear idea in your head. ”

"I'm having a good time in Japan right now, and I have no intention of going back to Europe to coach."

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