441 Look at providence
When Larsson volleyed the ball into the goal, the arc of the stunning shot made the audience feel the visual impact and shocked everyone's eyes!
Aldridge first put his head in his hands and looked surprised and delighted after witnessing the goal, and then stretched out his hands to the sky, unable to say a word with his open mouth.
It was like Zidane's flying fairy, putting aside the importance of the game and the environment, in the drizzle, witnessing such a goal, Aldridge was too excited to express.
Larsson rushed to the sideline and slid to his knees, his legs brushing the turf for a long distance, a wild and confident smile on his face, and his teammates were constantly rushing towards him, all of whom also used the sliding kneeling motion.
The goal made the crowd forget about the rain, leave the worries of the strong dialogue behind, and completely immerse themselves in the celebration.
Wenger's face was expressionless, but his whole heart seemed to be falling in a bottomless pit, unable to fall to the end, making him powerless and had to suppress the panic.
Larsson's goal must have been said to be an accident by countless people afterwards.
Indeed, if he is given 10 more chances, he may not be able to score the same goal.
However, one would not be surprised by Millwall's goal, which was considered a stroke of luck.
Even the relegation team of the Premier League will always score a few wonderful goals in a season, but this kind of goal is often not caused by opportunities derived from a familiar offensive routine, and most of them belong to the kind of "world wave" without warning.
For this kind of goal, even Millwall is always scored by their opponents a few times a year. And Aldridge summed up after the game. He doesn't nitpick and criticize the team's defense. It's unavoidable, and there are so many chances on the football pitch that no one can fully control the uncertainties.
But Millwall's attacking system is mature and tactically clear, they can score a lot of wonderful goals, and the chances they create are familiar to the crowd, the difference is just how they score, whether it is Larsson's volley or stopping the ball first and adjusting it with a normal push. Managers tend to be more concerned about the process of creating chances, and how to take advantage of them is just a matter of individual ability.
So Arsene Wenger doesn't want to admit it, but he has to face the fact that Millwall's ability to create chances is terrifying!
On the basis of the player's ability, when the perfect balance point is achieved after the integration of teamwork awareness and individual ability, their attacking appearance is mercury, but in essence the threat is frequent, Arsenal defended once, twice, three times. If it's just a simple defense, maybe it might be possible to limit Millwall. But once they can't keep up with Millwall's pace in attack and defence, the chances of being broken through when switching offense and defense are very high.
It was perhaps the most difficult moment Arsene Wenger has felt since taking charge of Arsenal, and he has struggled to figure out how to restrain Millwall as they are today.
There is one way that is the simplest and most effective, that is, the long pass is not entangled with Millwall in the midfield, the attack directly hits the opponent's back, the striker as long as he runs fast, the ball passes accurately, and he can overcome Millwall's defense line simply and roughly, but in fact, this requires Arsenal to have world-class strikers and passers, the pass is not accurate, the point can not be grabbed, and the long pass is just to clear the ball to the opponent.
Precisely, this type of striker or midfielder, Arsenal does not have.
Wenger and Aldridge are like the same kind of people, tactical Skywalkers, stubborn, and unswervingly realize their football ideals, so this kind of person will refuse to bow to reality, even in the bad situation of the trapped beast fight, it is the same, Wenger, it is impossible for the team to abandon the original style, even if he can see that O'Vivomas and Pire can hardly play any side counter-attack, but Wenger will still not change, there is a kind of persistence, like dignity, can never be abandoned.
And Aldrich, Aldrich, who commanded the game on the sidelines, really didn't recognize his six relatives!
At this moment, his mind is racing, Arsenal are behind, and Millwall will definitely maintain the advantage if they continue to stick to their original style of play, but this is not enough, far from enough!
Arsenal don't let people do it, when the butcher's knife is on their neck, they will resist, they will fight to the death, even if their hands and feet are cut off, they will open their mouths like wild beasts using their teeth to fight back.
What kind of changes will they make?
When the outside world talked about France winning the first World Cup, Jacques reduced the classic tactical evolution of the striker to strengthen the midfield, and Arsene Wenger's Arsenal won the Premier League title.
Counter-attack from the wings!
It was praised by the outside world as a gorgeous and poetic side storm!
Hehehe, Pire, Overmas.
The corners of Aldrich's mouth rose, and he silently said in his heart: Pire in his left hand, Overmars in his right hand.
He stretched out his hands flat and closed his eyes, as if entering an ethereal realm, making his senses more sensitive.
A drop of rain fell first on the back of his right hand, and he opened his eyes and smiled even more.
Then bet on Overmars!
Aldridge gestured to the players on the sidelines and pointed at Ronaldo.
Xiao Luo was slightly puzzled after understanding Aldrich's gesture.
It's not that he doesn't understand Aldrich's tactical adjustment instructions, but he is confused: why did he change back again?
When the game resumed, Arsenal took the initiative to speed up the attack, but as in the previous situation, the faster it is, the more anxious and uncertain they are, and at the same time, the more likely they are to make mistakes!
Aldridge paid special attention to Overmars's position, and unsurprisingly, Overmars did weaken the defensive support for Dixon.
This is not providential.
Because Pire's support for Silvinho has also been weakened, Arsenal want to attack, except for the wing attack, they are not good at anything else, Vieira and Petit are both offensive and defensive, but they are never a breakthrough in the middle, they are just a combination of attacking in the middle of the excessive response point.
Aldrich just made a choice, whether to press Pire's side or Overmars's side, and God helped him make the decision.
After that, Millwall's attack focused on Dixon's side. It's not just Xiao Luo who fights alone. Nedved. Thierry Henry also came to support, forcing Arsenal's midfielders and defenders to focus on that side.
Arsenal's formation and attacking and defensive system were completely disrupted, and the right side of the defense was full of dangers, from the high-pressure pressing, when the defense was successful, he could only clear the ball with big feet in succession, and return the ball to Millwall.
Petit cleared the ball again but the ball was not wide and Makelele rushed in front of Bergkamp to kick the ball back to the front of the pitch. Nedved stepped back and kicked the ball back to Ronaldo.
Five seconds ago, Arsenal had just completed a defense on this side, the midfielders and defenders were concentrated on this side, and the formation had just dispersed, and suddenly saw Xiao Luo taking the ball here again, and subconsciously rushed over again to defend, but this time Xiao Luo did not pass, looked up and watched for a second and then kicked a half-high ball on the spot.
Pirlo, who was cut in the middle, picked up the ball in a large open area of the box and feigned a long-range shot to force Adams to rush up to block him. But he faked a real pass and kicked the ball behind Adams.
Larsson goes sideways. Didn't give Silvinho any chance, touched the ball and took a step before opting to push.
It didn't look like anything more powerful than his volley on the first goal, as the ball rolled straight against the turf into the near corner, where Seaman fell to the ground and swooped out, his fingertips touching the ball, which refracted slightly and slammed into the inside of the post before rolling into the back of the net.
This goal completely defeated the goalkeeper with a tricky shooting angle, making Seaman unwilling, but unable to do anything.
"Larsson scored twice! Millwall scored another goal towards the end of the first half and Arsenal couldn't withstand the flood of attack! ”
"Millwall can also play a continuous attack against Arsenal, creating a lot of pressure on the opponent, Petit's clearance may be due to the rain, maybe it is really a hasty performance, who knows, but Millwall's players are admirable in their calmness when handling the ball, Ronaldinho crosses the middle, Pirlo assists Larsson, this is the performance of a top player!"
When Arsene Wenger looked slightly pale at the end of the first half, he was the first to walk into the tunnel and it looked like he might not have enough time to break this half-time.
Arsenal trailed by two goals at half-time, and at the beginning of the second half, Wenger saw the position of Millwall's players on the field, and immediately glanced at Aldridge standing on the sidelines in surprise.
Is Millwall going to be defended?
The situation on the field looked like Millwall had dropped back about fifteen yards in the key defensive area, which was evident from the position of the back line, and at the same time there was no rush in the attack, and there was no momentum to hold the opponent to the death.
Is the two-ball insurance available?
At least in the first half, Arsenal didn't have a chance at all.
Coupled with Millwall's Champions League away game three days later, it seems logical that they will start to stay.
Arsenal are also playing in the Champions League, but they are playing at home, and at the same time, their players can't think about the Champions League in a few days!
Although this is only a London derby, not as hateful as the sworn rival derby between them and Tottenham, but with Arsenal winning the title last season and Millwall winning the title twice in the past three seasons, the two are direct rivals, and the attention, importance, gold content of the game, and the direct impact on the league competition situation are not the same, it is a straight upward trend.
Therefore, Arsenal's players can't accept defeat, they were beaten after the most slump in the final game of last season, and now, they are beaten to the point where they have no way to fight back, it seems that Millwall is getting stronger, and Arsenal is getting weaker, they can't send such a signal to the outside world, they must not, it has too much impact on morale!
Without Wenger giving any instructions on the sidelines, the Arsenal players began to fight themselves, began to grab, and began to press forward in formation!
Or else?
Is it up to Ibrahimovic, Bergkamp, Pire, and Overmars to turn things around?
Relying on them alone, even the defensive line of Millwall's midfield can't break through, and even the goalkeeper's face can't be seen!
The double back comes up to respond, the full-backs must also come up to exert pressure, this is not a weak team, playing less can also create chances, against Millwall, at least the number of attackers can not be 2 or more!
Millwall played tepidly, and whenever the ball reached Pirlo's feet, Arsenal's players immediately ran to the back to stand in a defensive position, for fear of being quickly counter-attacked by Millwall.
However, when they returned to their positions, Millwall's attack chose to be steady, and Pirlo was not in a hurry to control the ball.
Three consecutive offensive and defensive transitions did not see Pirlo pass the ball or increase the intensity of the forward pass, Arsenal's players did not retreat deeper when returning to the defense, and chose to counter-attack directly on the spot, but their thoughts could not be unified, some players returned to position, and some players went to intercept.
In the sixty-third minute of the game, Aldridge suddenly said to himself: "It's time." (To be continued......)