Millwall's start for this game was exactly the same as the one they started against Chelsea at the weekend.

After the start of the game, Millwall's attack was full of composure and lack of passion.

When attacking, the ball is passed forward one by one, and the player's running range is not large, often before receiving the ball, there are Eindhoven players around to mark and defend, and then receive the ball and play the ball, or complete the breakthrough through individual ability.

PSV Eindhoven also played 433 today, and when defending against the three, the midfielders retreated, resisted Millwall's midfielders, and the wings shrunk back to half-court, and Millwall's full-backs will not be too easy to assist.

Nedved used his body to squeeze away Cocu, and then passed the ball to Trezeguet, who dropped back to get the ball on the front line, Trezeguet kept the ball on the left wing, and Larsson took the ball sideways and took another step to shoot from distance.

The long-range shot made all PSV Eindhoven players break out in a cold sweat, and the ball grazed the crossbar and flew into the stands.

PSV Eindhoven, Larsson is no stranger, he used to play for Feyenoord for two years, and now he still has an impression of several veterans in the PSV Eindhoven squad.

PSV Eindhoven's players, who have played against Larsson in the Eredivisie, are impressed by Larsson, who played as a winger at Feyenoord at the time, but is by no means a fearsome striker.

Unexpectedly, he transferred to England, started from League One, and it only took three years to become a top scorer, and the heavy European Golden Boot Award in his hand is the best proof of this.

Although PSV Eindhoven also put on a defensive posture after the opening, it is not the same thing as setting up a bucket formation.

Not all 11 players were on the bus at half-time, as Aldridge said to reporters. When a side has seven or eight players rushing across the half court to participate in the attack. The defenders naturally have a reason to set up the defensive line with more numbers.

Whether the defender is intensively shrinking the penalty area. It doesn't mean that it's a bus.

Aldridge believes that the criticized negative tactics of swinging the bus are more important than the choice after the defense is successful.

If the defending team organizes the attack, then their defense is to attack better, even if all 11 men are defending in the box, which is beyond reproach.

But if you don't choose to organize an attack after the defense is successful, but clear the ball directly, and no offensive players rush up to fight for offensive opportunities, then this situation is called swinging the bus, negative football. Because obviously, if you don't have the will to attack, you have given up on trying to win, and that's anti-football, utilitarian football that is all about points or a draw.

Therefore, Eindhoven defended with almost all the players retreating, but after the defense was successful, they immediately spread out and pressed forward in formation, and attacked in an organized and planned manner, although the number of troops invested was not large. But they are just executing the most normal tactics, not putting the bus on the bus.

PSV Eindhoven started the game with a solid attack. They never rush to the ball and try not to concede the ball, but this also slows down their attacking tempo, as the forward passing route is often consciously blocked by Millwall's returning players.

Millwall's offensive failure will immediately organize a counter-robbery, the front-court player's counter-robbery is to give the backcourt player who assists the time to return to defense, once the first time can not be grabbed, the front-court player will also withdraw after the backcourt defense is arranged.

The two teams played more cautiously in the first 20 minutes, after all, it was the first game of the group stage, and there was no big mistake in being careful.

The Champions Cup is a more patient and experience stage, and the more mature the team, the more opportunities there are.

Aldridge watched it for more than 20 minutes, and he was not disappointed, but his sense of this Eindhoven team was: but Erl.

He wanted to see the Dutch attack and defense, which was almost impossible in this day and age.

All-in offense and all-defence is not just a literal understanding of all players involved in offense and defense, the essence of it lies in the role reversal.

For example, a defender can attack forward with the ball, can do the work of a midfielder, or complete the work of a striker, and achieve a surprise effect tactically, and the more difficult part of this three-line offensive role transformation is defense, the defender rushes up, who will make up for the vacancy behind him? If a midfielder rushes to the goal to form a threat but is counter-attacked, the striker at the back of the position needs to complete the role change as soon as possible to fill the hole in the midfield defense, and the principle is the same for other positions.

This is too demanding of the players, how high is it?

Michels, the father of all-attack and all-defense, said personally: In order to fully exert the Dutch all-attack and all-defense tactics, then at least seven world-class players are needed in the team!

Seven world-class players, that's at least!

A player who does not have a certain level of ability is unable to understand or even if he can understand it consciously, he cannot do all the requirements in terms of ability.

It's a pity that the requirements of this tactical concept are too high, so that no one can carry forward the Dutch football after its glory, even the Dutch giants can't afford to play this kind of striker can play defender, defender can play forward high degree of freedom tactics, as for the Dutch national team, it has also adhered to this style of play, but there is no absolute number of world-class players to implement, the scene can be played smoothly, but the result is always unsatisfactory, because this tactic that gives players a high degree of freedom, once a certain link goes wrong, There is a risk of a major collapse.

The all-attacking and all-defensive tactical concept is idealistic, but it is difficult to survive anymore, and its most primitive tactical concept will be resisted by the players in the first place: how many people will be happy if you let a world-class striker suddenly become a midfielder in a game?

However, known as the third tactical revolution in football, the all-offense and all-defense still provide the latecomers with new tactical ideas, remove the idealized elements, and draw on practical and feasible characteristics to build a team is the purpose of many coaches to study all-attack and all-defense.

Aldridge can generously admit that Millwall's attacking variety, many players run and change positions, and the roles are blurred and diversified, which comes from the tactical concept of all-attack and all-defense.

The subsequent "Cosmos Team" Barcelona, its tactical essence also has the shadow of all-attack and defense.

PSV Eindhoven couldn't afford to play an all-out attack, and the appearance of an 11-man attack. 11-man defense. This is basically not related to the real Dutch all-out attack and defense.

So Aldrich was disappointed. He didn't even see a single change in the role of PSV Eindhoven in formation.

The striker is the striker, the midfielder is the midfielder, and the defender is the defender.

Thirty minutes passed.

PSV Eindhoven withstood the threat of Millwall's six-shot shots and had two shots on goal, but they had not invested much in attack before. One midfielder plus three strikers.

As soon as the half-hour passed, PSV Eindhoven began to put more troops into the attack, adding an extra midfielder to the attack!

When Cocu tried to break through Millwall's wide defence and lay the ball for Zenden, Southgate anticipated the pass, a precise tackle kept the ball out and consciously deflected it out to Larsson, who had dropped down the wing.

Larsson faced the rolling ball, didn't hesitate to cross it with a cross, then turned and raced forward.

Aldridge's eyes suddenly became hot on the sidelines: It's now!

The rhythm on the field changed abruptly.

Millwall, who had previously passed the ball at the foot of the board and one eye in the attack, began to keep kicking the ball when switching from defense to attack at this moment, and most of them played through balls.

Makelle received a pass from Larsson and played the ball to Nedved, who was running in front of him.

The opponent's midfielder immediately stuck to prevent Nedved from stopping the ball and turning. But Nedved struck the ball sideways again with a deft gesture and Ballack stepped forward to take it in stride. Breaking through the opposition midfield defence, when Shevchenko cut inside, attracting the opposition full-back, Ballack crossed diagonally, and the ball rolled to Schneider, who was in place at high speed on the side.

The opposition full-back immediately turned to block Schneider, but the German kept the ball and stuffed it into the box, and Shevchenko rushed to the baseline and half-turned to sweep the ball back near the penalty spot.

Trezeguet's forward pace took away PSV Eindhoven's defenders, and just behind them, Larsson slotted in diagonally from the penalty spot to take the ball along and then slotted it in.

The ball rolls between the goalkeeper's legs and into the goal.

The big and small gates were declared lost at the same time!

Millwall leads by one goal!

Wembley resounded with earth-shattering cheers.

Aldridge's eyes were closed, his teeth were clenched, and he swung his right fist in front of him.

That's it!

In the first 30 minutes, Millwall played conservatively, which is a tactical requirement, firstly, based on defense, not too unrestrained to cause the defense to be beaten and counterattacked, and secondly, to paralyze the opponent.

Originally, the Dutch team was not afraid of fast teams, the Netherlands took 433 offensive football as the mainstream, and the civil war in the league was fought back and forth, and it was not afraid of fast teams, and Millwall did not need to speed up the pace as soon as it came up.

Moreover, according to Aldridge's pre-match request, taking advantage of the opponent's psychology of wanting to win, although Eindhoven did not attack in a big way, but the increase in the number of troops invested, it was not as easy as before when switching from attack to defense, Millwall suddenly increased the tempo, played what they are best at advancing quickly, and in the process of advancing, the ball shifted from one side to the other, so that the opponent's defensive center of gravity shifted, and when the last blow was made, the attack was sent back to the other side, which caught the opponent off guard!

Aldridge called Ballack and Nedved in front of them after the players celebrated and told them to unify their minds and not to take the lead lightly or change their tactics.

The two midfielders nodded solemnly in agreement.

Millwall took the lead but did not take advantage of the win after the restart.

PSV Eindhoven had to settle their nerves after the loss of the gate, so they did not make a big counterattack, and the offensive and defensive rhythm of the two teams became as unhurried as before.

Aldridge crossed his arms around his chest and did not dare to be careless for a moment, always observing the situation on the field, especially the performance of his disciples.

Millwall's tactics today are very simple, if they are caught in a positional battle, then play more traditional, point-to-point passing, the strikers can run more and intersperse, but the midfielders are mainly stable.

When PSV Eindhoven attack, Millwall should pay attention to the fact that defending is only the basic job they should do, and more importantly, when the defense successfully converts attack and defence, it is time to aim at that time to suddenly increase the tempo of the game and put pressure on the opponent's goal.

It's a bit like boxing where the most threatening fatal blow is hidden behind a series of tentative attacks.

In terms of individual ability, Millwall's players were in no way inferior to their opponents, and with the London game, Millwall formed a more powerful domination of the game after scoring goals.

The first half ended with Trezeguet's header deflected wide of the post and the two teams walked back to the dressing room. (To be continued......)