After the break, the Aston Villa players came on in good spirits and as long as they held on for 45 minutes of the second half, they would lift the trophy.

Millwall's players came on the pitch to kick off and Aldridge called Materazzi to his side after the warm-up.

"Boss, what are you going to let me do?"

Materazzi said loudly with his head held high, a bit like a soldier expressing his determination.

Aldridge turned his head to look at him and asked softly: "In the first 45 minutes of the first half, did you notice how the opponent's defensive formation was arranged?" ”

Materazzi was stunned for a moment, and then expressed his opinion.

Largely fine, Aldridge asked him to stand beside him, pulled out his notebook from the inside pocket of his suit, and drew him a simple formation, which was Aston Villa's defensive system.

Three midfielders, one front and two back, four defenders in parallel and one dragging central defender, the defensive system is very layered.

To see whether a team will defend, it is not to look at the number of defenders and the aggressiveness of the fight, the most important thing is the level of the defensive system and the connection between the players, many stars break through the opponent's entire defense line or pass the master through the entire defense line with a hole, sometimes it is not how skilled they are, but the opponent does not know what team defense is, the back line swarms up to grab a player, which seems to be fierce and tenacious, but in fact it is full of loopholes.

Aston Villa's defensive system did a very good job today, and because it was the final, the players' tactical execution and concentration on the game were very high, and they only looked at the defense, which is commendable.

They don't rush to the opponent, but slow down the opponent's offensive tempo, compress the space, and when it's time to grab, it's always a defender to grab, forcing the opponent to either play the ball or break through, and there will be teammates around them waiting for the opportunity to make the next interception, which is extremely efficient, and limits Millwall's attack very well.

The second half began, and Millwall's attacking routine remained unchanged, playing a combination of wide pitches to create chances, but several threatening passes into the box were easily cleared by the opposition's Simeka.

For the first five or six minutes of the second half, Aldridge had been explaining the defensive routines in the opponent's box to Materazzi, who listened very carefully and nodded frequently.

After Aldridge was sure that Materazzi understood, he turned his head to him and said solemnly: "Marko, your task after you come on the field is like this, when defending, you harass the opposing midfielders and wide players to get the ball, if you can't stop it, then stay in the front, the important thing is that when attacking, you have to be in the front, entangle the opponent's Simeca, inseparable, shoot when you have the opportunity, if he doesn't defend you, that's better, you cover Henrik and David, understand?" ”

Materazzi is a tall and good header and, crucially, his footwork is not outrageous, and if it is a penalty, he does not look like a centre-back.

He nodded in understanding, and Aldridge patted him on the back to signal that he was ready to play.

Taking advantage of a dead ball, the fourth official played the substitution sign.

Neil down, Materazzi up.

"What is Millwall doing? They are now lagging behind! But Aldridge has replaced him with a central defender! Youngster Neil did well today, his assist role up front was obvious, but Aldridge replaced him, which is really puzzling. ”

Millwall's fans also looked at each other as they discussed the substitution.

Three centre-backs on the pitch?

Don't want to win?

Even Aston Villa boss Brian Little is confused.

He had anticipated what Millwall's substitutions would look like, strengthening the midfield, bringing on Patrick Vieira or Ballack, strengthening the attack, bringing on Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, no matter who he replaced, it would not be possible to change the central defender, but Aldridge just changed it openly!

Once Materazzi was on the pitch, the game resumed as he burst into the Aston Villa penalty area and Millwall's formation changed at the same time.

Thuram was firmly in the backline, forming a double central defence with Stamm, Southgate went up to form a double midfield with Makelele, Nedved moved forward and became a midfielder, and on either side of him, Pire and Schneider leaned towards the middle, a bit like a parallel midfield of three fronts.

The most surprising thing is the front line, Trezeguet and Larsson are separated on either side, and it is Materazzi who is at the front!

The narrator interpreted Millwall's change of formation from the whole shot, and opened his mouth to know where to start.

What the is this?

The position looks like 2233.

But when defending, Aston Villa repeated a long pass to find York, who swam to the left wing, but it was Schneider who was the first to chase back to the defense to force York, and after the ball was successful, the ball passed to the feet of Southgate, who passed the ball to Pire, who retreated and responded.

In Defence, Millwall and Pire and Schneider dropped back deeply, and they were more like wide players in 352, but in attack, they abandoned the wing and stayed close to the middle.

Makelele stepped forward and did a good job of playing, and Nedved started to pick up as the pressure lessened.

Pire didn't take the ball down the side or cut into the box, he and Schneider just finished a long-range shot or a 45-degree cross near the top corner of the box, and all at once squeezed the attack into the middle.

Aston Villa struggled to adapt as their two full-backs were a bit overwhelmed.

There is no pressure on the side, so they naturally shrink into the penalty area, which is crowded with people, Millwall's attack is more intuitive, with a large penalty area parallel line radiation, Pire shoots from a distance, Schneider crosses, Nedved shoots from a distance or forward, compressing the space in the box to a minimum, and Makelele will come up to complete the long shot.

After the substitution, Millwall's attack went wave after wave, the ball went in, bounced in, hit in, bounced in, bounced out, and so on, and the attack pressed Aston Villa in embarrassment.

The biggest headache is Simeka, who has been very relaxed in the first half, he has no specific marking tasks, Eshiogu and Wright are keeping an eye on Larsson and Trezeguet, even if they are inferior in individual ability, Simeka will ambush in the shadows and wait for an opportunity to successfully solve the crisis in the penalty area.

Whether it's the ball that misses or the person who misses, Simeka can solve it head-on.

But since Materazzi came on the pitch, the big Italian tall man stuck to him like a dogskin plaster, blocking his vision, distracting him from the opponent's presence, and unable to calmly judge the development of the opponent's attacking path.

What's worse is that Simeka and Materazzi are not absolutely dominant in the physical confrontation, when Schneider and Pire crossed high from 45 degrees, Materazzi's two aerial duels made Simeka break out in a cold sweat, once the header was deflected, and the other was the ball sliding over the heads of the two.

Aldridge watched from the sidelines, what he wanted to do was not to control the ball, it didn't make sense, the midfield was originally controlled by Millwall, although it seemed that there were more opponents, but if Millwall were determined to control the midfield through passing, then they could create a record number of passes, but the game would only go to extra time and then penalties.

Millwall need depth to attack, with low crosses not much of a threat as they will be positioned to defend the ball head-on, while Piray and Schneider's 45-degree crosses from the middle are more of a direct threat.

Terrazi, Trezeguet, Larsson, these are all good headers, in fact, it is a tactical encounter.

Simeka had Wright and Echiogu as defensive covers, while Materazzi paired up to cover Larsson and Trezeguet.

Millwall gave up on the wing, Aldridge knew it was a risk, because once Aston Villa played a counter-attack on the wing, the threat would increase dramatically, but no tactical change was a sure bet, the key is, Brian Little dared not take a risk!

Brian Little stood up and walked to the sideline, frowning and worried, as Millwall had more than 10 shots on goal in just fifteen minutes, with four on target.

The three midfield barriers couldn't keep Schneider-Pire-Nedved-Makelele in turn bombardment, especially when Materazzi caught Simeka's attention, and Millwall's first-half short pass penetration was also powerful, especially when Nedved got into the box.

Aston Villa's defensive rhythm was disrupted, and it started with their two full-backs, with Nelson and Staunton not counter-attacking to provide assists and defending honestly.

However, when they also shrank into the box, they caused problems for their team-mates' defence, they were withdrawn from the flanks to defend, and Millwall's players were facing the goal head-on, and in terms of impact, it was difficult for them to contain Millwall's attack, and their teammates were confused in the marking.

Can you prevent it or not?

If you can prevent it, I'll leave it to you, and don't make a mistake.

If you can't prevent it, don't add to the chaos.

After Makelele took the ball, he passed diagonally to Schneider in the right forward position, in the face of Kosic's defense, Schneider took the ball to the right, and there was a lot of space on the right side, Kosic thought he was going to go down, so he turned around to block the space, but Schneider easily completed the performance of a dial and a pass.

The ball flew into the penalty area and flew quickly towards the dangerous area in front of goal, and Materazzi, who was at the front, ran strangely to the side and headed the ball in front of Simeka.

Simeca's heart was cold, and her hand was still pushing Materazzi's back, but her head had already turned back to look behind her.

There was a lot of chaos in the forbidden area, and a shadow entered the forbidden area and jumped high.

That blonde hair sparkles in the light!

Nedved!

Nelson, who contracted into the box, harassed from the sidelines but couldn't stop Nedved from finishing with a header.

Nedved wanted to head the ball at an angle, but the ball flew straight into the middle of the net due to interference.

Goalkeeper Oakes reflexively blocked with his hand, and his short body panicked.

The ball bounced right in front of him, and he pounced to hold it, but a leg in the crowd caught sight and stabbed it with his toe, and Oakes' eyes widened in disbelief as it rolled from under his arm to his back.

At least three men fell in the box, but the ball rolled into the Aston Villa goal.

The referee blows the whistle to signal that the goal is valid, and his finger is circled.

Aldrich closed his eyes, clenched his right hand into a fist, and swung it up and down in front of him.

The coaches and players behind him rushed out to celebrate wildly.

Rising from the front of the door, Larsson ignored Aston Villa captain Eshiogu, who was kneeling behind him with an uncomfortable face, and ran to the perimeter in excitement.

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