Many people think that the balance of 442 is an advantage, and this advantage is that there are many options for changing directions.

If you want to attack, you can aggressively invest offensive forces, and if you want to defend, you can also shrink the formation.

In terms of tactical changes, the first is based on the balance point, while other formations, which are offensive or conservative, when changing, if it is an extreme change, it is easy to tear apart the tactical system of their own team.

Aldridge, however, disagrees, even if some have criticized him for being too aggressive and lacking control for his daring tactics this season.

It's like the number of games they've dropped points in the league, about the same.

The opponent defended to the extreme, playing Millwall's counter-attack.

If the first goal is scored by the opposing side, then Millwall's game will be very difficult.

Because you play all the attacking cards, the strongest attacking pressure hits the opponent's defence from the start, the opponent adapts and becomes more and more experienced, how can Millwall change? Do you want to commit offensive forces again? Completely disqualified from defense?

Aldrich never refuted it to the outside world, because it didn't make sense.

In his eyes, what Millwall lacks is the overall rhythm control, not whether the attack is too aggressive!

In today's 0-2 down situation, Aldridge's changes are two-fold.

First, the back line, the offensive investment of the full-backs is weakened, a bold attack, a solid defense, and the back line is a 3-back system under the norm.

Second, Nedved retreated to play in the midfield, and with Alonso and Pedreti, he propped up the midfield control and strengthened the central defense, which is also a three-midfield midfielder in normal times.

So. Millwall from 244. It became 334. or 343, because Ronaldo has more space, and the inside of the middle will become a forward midfielder.

This is a passive use of the team to control the overall rhythm, rather than the core of the organization to direct the whole team, the overall rhythm of the game will first descend, and then accelerate to rely on the explosion of a single point.

Aldridge didn't like this burst of skirmish heroism to speed up to change the game, because in the long run, such a pattern of tempo changes. Lack of stability, after all, the state of top players will also have a period of decline or downturn, if you are used to this model, when there is no hero on the field, the team may not know how to win, how to activate the team's energy to change the game.

The reality is that even if you don't like it, accept it.

Arsene Wenger did a good job of preparing before the game, catching Aldridge off guard, but in terms of game command, Aldridge boasted that he was better than Wenger.

When Millwall made the change. Arsenal didn't adjust their attacking strategy anytime soon, and they continued to counter-attack with a flat push down the middle. Encountering Millwall's-for-tat dense defensive sniping in the middle, in the case of Ljungberg alone pulling the side and tearing the width, Millwall's back three and three midfielders will not give Arsenal more space, in particular, the connection between the midfield line and the back line has become closer, and Arsenal's counterattacks cannot advance to the danger zone and are frequently stifled by Millwall.

Aldridge standing on the sidelines was expressionless, and the fans in the stands inevitably had a depressed feeling, last year's Christmas war, oh, not just the Christmas war, last December, except for the Toyota Cup at the beginning of the month, Millwall was simply a disastrous table, the last round of the Champions League was forced out, and the following games were not won.

This year, I finally felt like I wanted to have a good year, but I didn't expect to be beaten 2:0 by Arsenal before the end of the first half.

Some fans who are not firm enough may complain in their hearts: If the young coach played conservatively, it is estimated that the score will not be like this.

Arsenal are strong in the league, but they are not unbeatable in the face of their innate lack of presence and tactics.

In the first round of the Champions League group stage, at home, Arsenal was also against the idea of Inter Milan 3:0, Cooper has been sacked in Italy, that is after the sixth round of Serie A was forced to draw Moratti hurt the killer, Cooper suffered in Italy, far more pressure than Wenger, in addition to a lack of patience of the owner, the Italian media criticized last season's runner-up Inter Milan, nothing more than the team's lack of control and ugly scenes.

That is, in the Premier League, most teams will not put a bus in the face of non-celestial public enemies, especially at home, they still have to take care of the fans' feelings and make the game more open, Arsenal's living space is definitely more comfortable than Inter Milan, but at home, when Arsenal wants to attack, it is destroyed by Inter Milan.

The Gunners also lost one game in the Champions League in October, away to Dynamo Kyiv, which certainly had the innate advantage of the Ukrainian side, but Arsenal, who have only one point from three games, almost missed out on the last 16 of the Champions League.

Fortunately, the teams that played Russia and Ukraine in the end were at home, and there was no need to rush against the trend in the cold environment, and the other classic game was a 5:1 defeat of Inter Milan away.

So in September, Inter Milan, who were still under Cooper's management, were able to beat Arsenal away from home, and in November, Arsenal went away to take revenge.

Aldrich's change of formation is a tried and tested technique in his on-the-spot command methods: luring the enemy.

As long as the opponent is not absolutely utilitarian, he will retract when he scores a goal or takes the lead, even if the opponent still plays a counterattack, his means have room to play.

Let Arsenal play a counterattack, and then on the basis of the opponent's attack, there is space in the front, and while the opponent's counterattack dies, Millwall's attack and defense switch attack speeds up!

Before the end of the first half, it was to take advantage of such an opportunity, when Ibrahimovic and Bergkamp were in the middle of the combination of Millwall crazy pressing and made a mistake, Millwall quickly launched a wave of fast attack, Nedved took the ball through the middle and drove straight into the middle, and distributed the ball to Ronaldo when facing Vieira, who had space to start and exploded directly to speed up.

Horizontal dribbling to get rid of Lauren, and then go inside to cut the ribs, when Campbell and Vieira rushed over to clamp the defense, Ronaldo and Villa did a one-two cooperation, and the passing and running coordination was very tacit. Ronaldo went straight into the penalty area. A low shot diagonally towards the goal. The ball grazed the inside of the near corner and rolled into the goal.

Millwall, who recovered a goal, raced against the clock, and Aldridge's expression remained unchanged.

Arsene Wenger's face became a little nervous.

In the first half, neither side achieved anything.

Coming into the second half, Arsene Wenger's side tried to control the game, but that in itself was not what they were good at, and in the face of pressure from Millwall's whole team, they wanted to dominate the game at the Lion King Stadium? Apparently whimsical.

In the 60th minute of the game, Arsene Wenger saw that his team's strong attack on the middle had no effect. Immediately switch the team back to the normal counter-attacking routine, combining the side and the center, and making the most of the width of the pitch as much as possible.

Aldridge saw the move and also put the team back on the track of pre-match targeted deployment, they focused on limiting the penetration of the opponent's dangerous zone in the penalty area, Nesta blocked Ibrahimovic, Neil and Pedretti who retreated deeper locked the ribs to prevent the opponent who was inserted in the back, this defense worked very well in a short period of time, and Arsenal failed to play three counterattacks in a row.

In the 70th minute, Aldridge pulled off Larsson. Replaced by Ramour, the substitution quickly paid off.

Ramour did not go to take Larsson's place. Instead, he organized on the side, and Xiao Luo gave up the organization and directly transformed into a shadow striker.

In an attack in the 76th minute, Ramour and Schneider on the back moved laterally to the middle after cooperating on the wing, Arsenal's back line focused on Ronaldo and Nedved, but Ramour would come to the middle, when Ramour sent the ball to the feet of Xiao Luo, and then Xiao Luo crossed in the small penalty area to assist Villa in front of the goal, the Lion King stadium was completely boiling.

Aldridge still didn't smile, just waved his hand to let the team go back and restart the game, and strive for a comeback in the final stage!

Arsene Wenger was in a terrible mood.

The two-goal lead was pulled back, he no longer held on, and he didn't want any strong team face, so let the team weaken the offense and strengthen the defense, which is their common posture away this season, as long as they can lead, play the ultimate defense and counterattack, and strengthen the defense even more, but in the face of Millwall's own oppressive attack, the first half began to defend, Wenger is afraid of long nights and dreams, and now there is not much time left, plus the player's physical decline to take a point, he also feels satisfied.

Because of the atmosphere of the Lion King Stadium and the contrast in morale of the two teams on the field, it seems that Millwall is about to go crazy.

That's right, in the first half of the game, Wenger had a strange move to create trouble for Aldridge, but in the middle of the game, according to the game shape shì made an on-the-spot schedule, Wenger no longer had a magical performance, he is now afraid of Aldridge another unexpected killer move, and the cards in his hand are really not available.

Aldrich isn't going to fight for his life all the time.

Fight for your life, but also consider whether it is worth it.

Also analyze the specific situation.

The more Millwall get to the second half of the season, the less physical condition the full-backs become, and it's not a question of improving the fitness of the players, but of controlling the rhythm of the whole team and making better use of their fitness.

Coupled with the fact that the defense in the midfield and back is weak today, it is really risky to press, and even if Arsenal counterattacks with two or three people, they may finally kill Millwall.

And is it worth the fight?

At the end of the league halfway, if you win this game, the gap with Arsenal is reduced to 2 points, if you draw, it is still 5 points, if you lose, it is 8 points!

2 points, 5 points, 8 points, the difference is very obvious.

Especially considering that the second half of the league against Arsenal is at Arsenal's home stadium, if it is 8 points behind Arsenal, it can almost be determined that the gap between the two sides has widened to 3 game difference!

And Arsenal's momentum this season, it is almost impossible to regain the eight-point gap in the second half.

Aldridge wants to win, but he can also accept a draw, and it is true that Arsenal won the first strike today, so there is nothing to complain about.

Millwall didn't fight and Arsenal did their best to hold on to the draw, and the Christmas game ended up with a 2-2 result.

"Arsenal locked the halfway championship in the last round, and today, they retreated from the Lion King Stadium and successfully defended the 5-point gap with Millwall, completing the first half of the league with 13 wins, 6 draws and 45 points, while Millwall ranked second in the standings with a record of 11 wins, 7 draws and 1 loss with 40 points, I believe that the suspense of this season's championship will be maintained until the end of the season, and it is expected that the variable with the greatest impact on the Premier League title competition will be the table of the two teams in Europe! In multi-front battles, see who can make the team's record more stable! ”

Aldridge shook hands with Arsene Wenger after the game, and the two exchanged a happy new year. (To be continued......)