The Test of 787 Kaka
Regardless of whether Real Madrid expected Kaka's start before the game, after letting Kaka stage a pass and a shot at the Lion King Stadium, Real Madrid's back line began to focus on Kaka!
Makelele is aware that Nedved will not be in the box today to threaten the goal, pure B2B area of activity, to ensure that he will be able to cut down on the depth of the attack and get back to position when defending.
Then, it is very important to keep an eye on Kaka.
It was Kaka who really went deep into the box to threaten him, and even if Kaka didn't pass the ball to Thierry Henry, he had every chance to shoot himself.
Real Madrid's backline is adjusting their marking strategy, but they still haven't solved the attack.
The away game is already unfavorable, and Millwall's midfield defense is stronger than the last game, Solari did not have the expected surprise effect, and even after conceding two goals in a row, Solari began to lose his position, looking forward and backwards, attacking forward is not decisive, trying to return to defense but looking aimless, just people retreated, but there was no substantial key defensive contribution.
Millwall actually have more attacking opportunities because they are not bad at organizing attacks in the central midfield, due to Pirlo's position, he is under less defensive pressure, and he does not play the ball like Zidane to create his own forward and compress the space of the forward line, but Millwall's attacking coordination is not outstanding, because of Kaka.
Kaka is obviously still a little immature in positional warfare, and the choice of handling the ball when handling the ball, especially when taking the initiative to respond, is not good, which is a matter of experience.
On the contrary, when Real Madrid attacked. When Kaka's activity space expands. Single forward awareness. Regardless of other excesses and organisations, he did well for the first 35 minutes, except that after Real Madrid adjusted their defensive strategy and began to keep a close eye on him, he was successfully frozen twice in a row by Makelele.
Aldridge put his hands in his pockets on the sidelines, and with Kaka's pass alone, he was able to get a high score, but. Aldridge is demanding on talented players, and now the test for Kaka is just coming.
The opponent doesn't focus on you, you play a brilliant game, this is a tactical sneak attack success!
But what do you do when you're the target of your opponent? If you can still make a significant contribution to the team, that's why you're different from others and called a genius!
After 40 minutes of the game, Kaka took advantage of the dead ball to reflect on himself.
He hasn't been a team-mate with Claude Makelele for a day, only listening to his team-mates talk about the former Millwall veteran who he has met on the pitch now. Especially when Makelle focused on him, he felt like a poisonous snake. Either bite you unexpectedly, or the whole person entangles you, making you slowly suffocate when you are entangled by him.
Kaka knows that he is in trouble now, if he wants to beat Makelele in a short period of time, he knows that it is not realistic, the other party is experienced, even Nedved does not dare to rush Makelele head-on, maybe 10 times, can succeed 3-5 times, but the other 5 times are a waste of the team's efforts, which is contrary to the core philosophy of the Millwall team.
He remembered the personal advice the coaching staff had given him before the game.
"If you don't play the first 60 minutes and you don't show anything on the pitch, then in the 60th minute of the second half we will definitely make substitutions, it's a test, but if you have an intuitive threat in the game, you can't have that threat for the whole game for 90 minutes, because our opponents are Real Madrid, they have a lot of experienced players, they will shift the focus of the defense and focus on limiting you, what do you do? At this time, it is the most essential part of the Millwall attack group, the threat transfer! Teammates serve you, you have to serve your teammates, we are giants, we have a lot of excellent attackers, use you to hit the opponent by surprise, when you can reduce the offensive pressure of other teammates, you have to be aware and create opportunities for them! β
Millwall's team philosophy is different, just look at the attacking efficiency of Trezeguet, Shevchenko and Ruud van Nistelrooy after leaving Millwall, you know that they are top scorers in other clubs, but those who stay at Millwall are often top goalscorers! Season to be able to play a super-first-class number jΓΉ!
In addition to individual ability, there is also Millwall's core team philosophy at work, truly 1+1 is greater than 2, and the entire gorgeous attack group, without a real offensive core, when they can skillfully perceive the opponent's defensive center of gravity, the offensive threat is transferred back and forth, and while dedicating to each other, it is actually reducing the pressure on each other, so as to achieve continuous and stable play.
In Millwall, the striker will also have a bad state, but there is almost no phenomenon of weak striker, you will not see a striker being completely stared to death, not that the striker is stared to death, but when Henry is under 80% defensive pressure, Larsson will come out, and when the opponent moves to Larsson, the pressure on Henry will naturally be relieved, and Henry must have the consciousness of responding to Larsson when he is focused on defense, otherwise, Larson is alone, and Henry insists on attacking strongly, It's just a matter of letting the opponent's targeted defense set up succeed.
Now the test of Kaka, is the cultivation of this awareness, which is difficult to indoctrinate in words to let the players understand, without experiencing such a scene, you can't understand the deep meaning, like Ronaldo just improved the sense of teamwork, really when he becomes the opponent's key target, he still has the awareness of transferring the threat, let his teammates come to attack the city, this has to be examined separately.
Towards the end of the first half, Pirlo deliberately slowed down the pace when organizing the attack, frequently shifted laterally, and was not in a hurry to carry out penetrating passes, Real Madrid saw this, thinking that Millwall was going to hold a two-goal lead in the first half, so they strengthened the midfield scramble.
Real Madrid's scramble, Pirlo suddenly increased the tempo, when Zidane and Solari came to grab at the same time, he passed the ball to Zambrotta on the wing, and then quickly ran forward, his running is a clear signal.
Zambrotta passed the ball in front of Pirlo, and after Pirlo got the ball again, Solari was right behind him, and Pirlo didn't hesitate to pass straight to Kaka in front of him.
Kaka took the ball and turned around, and went directly to the opponent's penalty area, increasing his speed and dribbling.
Seeing this scene, Aldrich was a little disappointed.
At first glance, Kaka looked like he was rushing in front of Makellele.
Presumably he was confident that he would be able to break through Makelele.
It's not that there is no chance, it's just that Aldridge is not optimistic, even if Makelele is broken, but he will never be wiped out, Makelele's speed will ensure that he will be harassed when Kaka continues to move forward, and Kaka's ability to handle the ball needs to be strengthened under the premise that he can't completely shake off the opponent.
Claude Makelele was at the top of the box and was waiting for Kaka to strike.
He thought it was strange that someone else would have to avoid the defender when he broke through, but Kaka dribbled the ball and the forward route almost hit him, as long as he moved three steps to the right.
Makelle didn't think much about it, moved three steps to the right to defend, and waited for Kaka to make a dribble in front of him, as soon as the change of direction was made, Makelele would immediately make a defensive move to deal with.
Kaka's eyes were determined, and he didn't have time to look back during the dribble, but he thought his team-mate had good enough running ability.
He deliberately took the steering belt to the left in the middle of the lane, and then rushed forward in a straight line, effectively giving way to the right space.
Three metres in front of Makellele, the two went head-to-head, with Makelele preoccupied, but Kaka made a stunned move.
Brake to stop the ball and pull the ball to the right back with your toes!
There seemed to be no man's land, and Makelele looked over and suddenly saw Nedved rush up and lead the ball away a second!
Kaka shouted in his heart: YES!
He went to see it first, and he was still a little apprehensive, for fear that Nedved would not follow, but Nedved's physical fitness and the football genes of the attacker, how could he not meet him at this time?
Nedved dribbled the ball forward, has come to the position on the line of the big penalty area, Makelele sealed the receiving pass route of Kaka's running position and forced Nedved, Henry was frozen by Hierro and Salgado, when Nedved made a long-range shot, Elgra moved, rushed to Nedved, blocked the angle of his long shot, and planned to block it with his body!
The Iron Man, with a calm face, faked a real pass and pushed the ball to the left side of Elgra's body with the arch of his foot.
When Elgra found out about the opponent's pass, he suddenly despaired: It's over!
Behind him, the windy Larsson cut into the small penalty area, continued to dribble horizontally after receiving the ball, Cesar rushed forward, Larsson continued to dribble horizontally around Cesar, and then shot the ball into the empty goal!
'Fantastic goal, what was Millwall missing today? What's missing? It's just a goal from the god of war, Nedved! But he already has two assists, Millwall's wonderful team performance, and he deserves to be the strongest in European football! β
Seeing this goal, Aldridge raised his fists on the sidelines and his face was expressionless, but his eyes were as hot as fire!
Not only did he score another goal before the end of the first half, but this goal gave him a glimpse of Kaka's prospect of truly integrating into Millwall!
The disappointment just now was his own superficiality, he thought that Kaka was a tendon rushing forward, but in fact it was not, he saw it, when Kaka passed the ball to the right rear without looking back, he knew that he was wrong, and misunderstood Kaka, Kaka was deliberately rushing forward, creating a shock to Makelele, to fight with the opponent, confusing Makelele, and made a contribution to his teammates, and continued to move forward after the pass to contain the opponent's defense, the reason why Makelele was not firm enough to defend Nedved came from Kaka's first goal, Wasn't it Nedved who assisted in the same position?
Well done, young man! (To be continued......)