Arsenal v Millwall.

The most anticipated Armageddon in the finale of Europe's major leagues begins!

From the first minute of the game, Millwall were unwavering in their attack!

No warm-up, no adaptation, no temptation.

90 minutes must win!

Aldridge doesn't mind if the attack can be played or not, but he wants the team to put Arsenal under pressure from the first second!

The pressure of crushing the city!

There may be a lot of mistakes after this kind of team-wide attack starts with a rhythm that may not be in the same rhythm, but it doesn't matter, the main thing is to shock Arsenal and prevent Arsenal from entering the game at the expected tempo.

Arsenal's defensive system is strong in the middle of the midfield.

Patrick Vieira and Silva will erect a solid barrier in front of the penalty area!

Millwall launched an attack, of course, not to advance from the middle, and to find trouble on their own.

They are on the side, and they are steadfast on the right.

Cristiano Ronaldo's side!

In the first ten minutes, Aldridge gave Ronaldo the highest degree of freedom!

At yesterday's pre-match preparation meeting, Aldridge said to him: "In the first 10 minutes, you just hit the bottom line one by one, don't think about what the situation is in the middle, and wait until you advance past the big penalty line, you can slow down!" ”

It's not just Millwall's focus on this game, but how can Arsenal take it lightly?

On their left side, with Pire in front and Van Bronckhorst in the back, it will not be difficult for Ronaldo to get rid of Pire in the half, with Nedved in the middle, Alonso in the left and Schneider behind him. With a casual match, he can break through Pire's defense zone by rushing forward.

Unless Pire shrinks to the back line or the back line.

But. Will Arsenal do that?

Of course not!

A draw would have lifted the league title.

Ask all Arsenal fans around the world. Ask all the Arsenal players, ask their manager Arsene Wenger.

Do you dare to make up your mind to hold on to a draw?

Do you dare?!

As far as tactical confrontation is concerned, Wenger's biggest reliance is that Millwall will definitely take the initiative to attack, and Arsenal can maximize the power of their defense!

But if the wide players pull directly back to the back line, then even if there is a counter-attacking opportunity, Arsenal may not be able to fight Millwall faster than the track and field sprint, so they will not shrink.

Theoretically. Arsenal are just a little conservative and strengthen their defense first, but when it comes to the championship battle, is it possible not to be nervous?

When Ronaldo dribbles the ball on the right side and quickly rushes to the bottom line, Pire, who is behind him, will naturally chase to the end!

In fact, Millwall's attack did not play a crazy posture, the distribution of the three-line position is clear, the gradient is reasonable, even if Ronaldo rushes forward with the ball on the right side, there will not be many people on the front line at once, and there is only one Henry who is intimidating the opponent's back line. And Nedved did not overpower the trend of Vieira and Silva moving forward.

But Arsenal's overall defensive posture is very obvious. The back waist line does not dare to support the side defense, because Ronaldo is close to the sideline to rush forward, Vieira and Silva, if anyone moves, there is only a single back left in front of the penalty area, and the defense will be very weak, because in addition to one Nedved, how can Ronaldo's inward threat be ignored? The two join forces, even if it is Vieira, it will definitely be exploded!

As a result, Ronaldo's breakthrough on the right side is actually putting pressure on Van Bronckhorst head-on, and he can attract Pire's large-scale defense behind him, and he alone is losing two players on the other side!

In the first 2 minutes of the game, Ronaldo failed to pass the opponent Van Bronckhorst on the right side of the bottom line, and was kicked out of the bottom line by the opponent.

Cristiano Ronaldo immediately took a corner kick and kicked it directly back to Schneider at the back of the wing.

Before Arsenal came to his senses, Schneider passed the ball back to Ronaldo who ran back to the offside position, Ronaldo pretended to cut inside and broke through to the bottom line, Van Bronckhorst was out of position, it was Pire who stuck to Ronaldo and destroyed the ball out of the bottom line, but the linesman decided it was a goal kick.

Ronaldo shook his hand in dissatisfaction, didn't care about complaining to the referee, and immediately ran back to defend.

Arsenal tried to counter-attack with a quick goalball and had to play Ljungberg's side on the right.

On this side, Lauren's assist is a little less effective, and his combination with Ljungberg is nowhere near as good as attacking on the left wing, which is why their attack on this side is more likely to be limited.

When Ashley Cole met Ljungberg on the wing, the latter passed the ball to the middle and tried to find Bergkamp, but Bergkamp was sandwiched back and forth by De Rossi and Alonso, Alonso easily broke the ball, and then, Alonso made a long diagonal pass and accurately handed the ball to Ronaldo who retreated on the right!

Millwall went on the offensive again.

Piret had just run past half-time and immediately turned around and went back to the back.

Cristiano Ronaldo's routine was the same as the previous attack, all the way down the wing, and Arsenal's overall formation also quickly retreated after moving forward.

Van Bronckhorst mainly guards against Ronaldo Neche, once Cristiano Ronaldo is successful, Arsenal's back line is in danger!

This is also the reason why the modern winger has gradually become the mainstream, after the double back has become the mainstream, the modern winger has formed a threatening attacking point inside, and is no longer the assister, which is equivalent to directly bypassing the back defense!

In such a situation, Ronaldo did not cut inside, first pushed the attack past the penalty area, drove Arsenal's overall defensive formation back to retreat, and then began to seek contact with teammates or go inside alone.

Van Bronckhorst only broke the ball at Ronaldo's feet in front of the baseline and Millwall won the ball on the touchline.

Highbury's shouts were shocking, and the Millwall fans were no weaker than the Arsenal fans because of their numerical inferiority.

Arsene Wenger sat in the dugout for only five minutes before standing on the sidelines with a frown, his face solemn.

What the is Millwall doing?

What about Henry?

What about Nedved?

What about Ronaldinho?

In the front court attacking quartet, in the first 5 minutes, the number of touches and the time of holding the ball are added, and the three superstars are not as good as a 19-year-old Ronaldo!

Who the allowed that kid to kick like that?

If you want to be in the limelight, it also depends on whether your teammates give you a chance!

On the contrary, Millwall's midfield played the ball. Forward Attack Direction Selection. It is to pass the ball to Ronaldo's side. It seems that he is the number one superstar on the field!

Wenger watched it for another two minutes and gradually understood.

Millwall is using Ronaldo to suppress the entire left-sided counter-attacking line!

Van Bronckhorst was suppressed in the back line, Pire went back to help defend, even if there was a counterattack opportunity, the starting position was too far back, and then rushed forward, he may not be able to rush to the opponent's front waist line at all, and Van Bronckhorst, who must have sprinting fitness, did not dare to rush forward to assist because of too much pressure.

Arsenal's attack on the left. Paralysis!

That's the golden left line of attack in their counter-attacking storm!

At the same time, Millwall managed to wipe out part of Arsenal's home advantage in the opening period!

They should have gotten into the game quicker, they should have intimidated Millwall first and taken advantage.

However, with Cristiano Ronaldo unreasonably wreaking havoc on the right flank, pushing the attacking depth with a steady side to force Arsenal's overall formation to retreat, once, twice, three times, in less than 10 minutes, both teams entered the game. Neither team played a dangerous attack.

But, Arsenal's home advantage. Where did it go?

Arsene Wenger is in the midst of intense brainstorming.

In the first half of the league at the Lion King Stadium, Arsenal's counterattack was very effective, and because they played wonders, giving up the wings, the wide players adducted, focusing on Millwall's slightly immature back system, and also benefited from Millwall's desperate wing attack.

In the last three months, Millwall's wide attack has seemed to have been much more restrained than in the first half of the league, and in the eyes of many fans or commentators, it was Aldridge who corrected himself and rejected an arrogant ideal.

Actually, that's the wrong view.

Because Millwall is building on the past!

Schneider, Ashley Cole, used to see them going crazy up and down at any costume, and they were extremely crazy in their posture.

But in those runs, many of them are ineffective and inefficient.

Now, when they should be needed, they will still be there on the offensive end, which is more reasonable than in the past, and that represents maturity, not Aldridge's correction.

Because you don't have a full-back with good tactical awareness, you let him press crazy 100 times, maybe 100 times in vain, you ask him to watch honestly, wait for the right time to go up again, he probably won't go up once, because his awareness can't catch the best time, can't weigh the pros and cons of attack and defense.

If you want to use the full-back well to become a striker, it is not a simple concept of pressing up or not pressing.

From the very beginning of the game, it was unexpected by Arsene Wenger, and Millwall's offensive focus shifted to Ronaldo Ronaldo, rather than Ronaldo, Henry, and Nedved, which in itself, I am afraid that no one in the world expected.

Arsene Wenger began to look at attacking efficiency and threat assessment.

Arsenal didn't have good counter-attacking opportunities and Millwall didn't play particularly dangerous attacks.

Cristiano Ronaldo took the ball to the bottom line on the right side, and then what?

There is no threat in the cross, there is no pass on the ground, the ball in the air?

The only flaw that Henry has been criticized for is his header.

And Xiao Luo did not enter the penalty area in the early stage, and the threat point in the penalty area was not obvious.

Cristiano Ronaldo was also immature, and after he was cornered by Van Bronckhorst and Pire, he became a balloon, with either Millwall getting a set-piece or giving the ball to Arsenal.

At least on the pitch, it looks like Arsene Wenger shouldn't be worried, but he has a hunch that this won't be Millwall's killer move.

Absolutely not!

A madman would bet on Cristiano Ronaldo.

A fool will make the desperate killer feature known to passers-by as soon as it opens.

Aldrich can be crazy at times, but he is by no means stupid.

So this cannot be Millwall's primary means.

But this approach has achieved a certain goal, eliminating Arsenal's home advantage in the early stages of the opening period, suppressing their counter-attack on the left, and in addition, or the brewing of the fatal blow, no matter how you look at it, Ronaldo will not be the key point.

Ten minutes passed.

Aldridge gestured to Ronaldo on the sidelines to remind him that it was time to change his mind.

Cristiano Ronaldo's shirt is dirty, because he was brought down on the wing, because he chased back and played against people when he was defending.

He nodded at Aldrich's gesture as soon as he saw it, indicating that he understood.

Arsenal tried to slow down the tempo and find space in Millwall's midfield through delicate cross-cutting combinations.

However, Millwall's frantic pressing from the front of the waistline made it impossible for them to control the tempo.

In the 12th minute, Bergkamp retreated and played with Ljungberg on the right side, and finally the attack evolved into Ashley Cole and Ljungberg fighting speed on the side, one attack, one back, Ljungberg got the ball first, but it was on the outside of the side, he didn't have time to adjust, and directly crossed to find Ibrahimovic who was outflanked in the middle.

The ball was cleared by Nesta's courageous header, De Rossi took control of the perimeter and took the ball with his back, knowing that Bergkamp was trying to sneak up on him behind him, so he didn't turn and passed the ball to Schneider.

Schneider passed the ball to Cristiano Ronaldo as he could defend his own half before Pire could return to his own half.

At this moment, Aldrich couldn't help but mutter: "Pass, pass, pass"

Of course, he will worry that Ronaldo will get carried away.

However, when Ronaldo decisively crossed the ball, Aldridge's face became determined.

Arsene Wenger was stunned.

I thought it was another "personal clumsy performance" by Ronaldo, but I didn't expect Millwall's attack to move so quickly.

Moreover, the ball came to the feet of Ronaldo after Alonso's quick transition in front of the centre circle!

Ljungberg is still in the front, and although the Arsenal back line is intact, the protection of the joint defense will inevitably decline.

Robben Jr. was on the flank, cutting inside before dribbling to the front line.

In the face of Vieira and Silva's two iron waists, Ronaldo and Nedved exchanged passes, and at the same time, the two switched positions, and Ronaldo came to the middle, and as he ran and moved with the opponent's defensive position, the pass appeared!

Ronaldo passed straight to Henry on the front line, who had his back to the Arsenal penalty area and stepped on the big penalty line, Henry did not stop the ball, knocked the ball with the arch of his foot, and the ball rolled in the direction of refraction, just between Campbell and Van Bronckhorst and rolled to the ribs of the penalty area.

There, Cristiano Ronaldo came up and pushed the ball without stopping!

Call!

The audience exclaimed.

The Arsenal fans broke out in a cold sweat and the Millwall fans were stunned, but they quickly cheered Ronaldo's applause.

"Cristiano Ronaldo's angle was too right, and he wasted a great opportunity! Lehmann took the ball in his arms and Arsenal escaped! ”

Ronaldo was a little nervous, he couldn't let go of his mentality when shooting, he was afraid of kicking and flying so he tried to be at a safe angle, but he hit too right, he gritted his teeth and looked extremely annoyed, and when he looked back and saw Aldridge on the sidelines making a downward gesture towards him, it was considered stable.

Aldrich was very satisfied with his performance so far.

At the very least, he's doing a good job of following through on the team's approach today.

I just don't know if Wenger sees it. (To be continued......)