Chapter 129: Fast break

Millwall is the main attacker, Aston Villa is the main defender, and the situation is clear at a glance.
The stand cheering was deafening, and the final at Wembley Stadium seemed a bit overwhelming.
But Aldridge was not optimistic, Millwall’s offense only blossomed, and the two fullbacks came back first to ensure the stability of the defense line. Aldridge wanted to lead the snake out of the hole to see Aston Villa under defensive pressure. Will it invest more offensive troops?
However, Brian Little’s tactical arrangement for the team today disappointed Audridge. Aston Villa was unanimously in step, even if there was time in the frontcourt to give their three midfielders an attack. They are still playing with long passes. Midfielders are mostly active near the center circle, and the full-backs have remained almost parallel to the back line.
In this way, Millwall was the one who couldn't bear it. Instead, he only relied on five players vs eight players in the frontcourt to attack.
Players are always forcibly grabbed and cannot form a threatening offensive.
So Thuram and Neal assisted again, but failed to make a big article on the wing.
Aldridge was a little anxious in his heart. Aston Villa's targeted defense had a sense of meeting opponents. Even if the defender defended, let the side go and let Millwall's offensive players set the bottom, but it would definitely be blocked. Cut the line.
After Schneider cooperated with Thuram, he took the ball to the bottom line, and passed Staunton with his foot skills. However, after passing Staunton, the ball was cleared by Wright.
Three minutes later, after Piley collaborated with Neil on the other side, Neil opened Nielsen under the bottom belt, Pire took the ball inwards, the ball was just a step away, Draper oppressed, and Pire pretended to be a man. The latter foot crossed to Nedved, but Nedved took the initiative to get the ball, but Taylor fell to the ground and shoveled the ball.
After one and a half minutes, Pi Lei reappeared, but he passed the ball to Neil. Neil did not choose to be superior, but a pass, Nielsen blocked with his body.
Schneider picked the penalty area and Larson turned around and wiped Wright with a beautiful stop pass. However, after being dragged back, central defender Simek directly destroyed the ball.
Attack, destroy, attack, destroy...
The main melody of this game is too obvious, Millwall no longer tries to penetrate, Larson withdraws, Pires, Schneider, plus Nedved, they start to try long shots in the periphery, breaking the dense defense offensive The way they play handy.
But several long-range shots were unsightly, either blocked by Aston Villa with his body, or ridiculously barely angled from the foot.
Thirty-seven minutes into the first half, Millwall shot the goal only once.
Aston Villa didn't even shoot.
Aldridge was pacing back and forth on the sidelines. He did everything. He studied Aston Villa's tactics for half a month. He didn't expect Brian Little to play such a hand.
In fact, if he could walk into Aston Villa’s tactical conference room, he would know that Brian Little referred to the game where Millwall played Newcastle United in the first half of the season. Strengthening the frontier protection of the restricted area, the back line has a level of front and back defense, the central defender intercepts and destroys the division of labor reasonably, and Lit did more thoroughly. He did not change the task of the double central defender, especially adding a trailing central defender to destroy the infiltration attack of the opponent.
Newcastle United had an invincible posture in the first half of the season, but they returned with disgrace at the Lion's Cave Stadium, which gave Litt the idea, because Millwall's offensive firepower was no less than Newcastle United.
Aldridge is miscalculated. The 442 he puts out is to balance the offense and defense. From the perspective of the matchup on the court, Aston Villa is able to defend well.
He can see that the core of the problem is that the trailing central defender Simika in the penalty area, Larsen Gatrezege is defensively guarded by the double central defender, even if his personal ability is outstanding or he cooperates and then penetrates forward. Meka's role immediately manifested itself, killing the offensive at the last minute.
Aston Villa's several counterattacks were resolved by Millwall in the high-ball rush, but this was not a good sign.
When Aldridge was thinking about a change, Kosic cut off the ball at Pire’s feet. Pire tried to break through the defense personally, but in a limited space, he deceived Nielsen but was succeeded by Kosic. .
Kosic looked up at the frontcourt and kicked the ball to the right.
Neil just ran up, chased back at this time, and when Millwall attacked, their biggest backcourt was the two wingers.
Milosevic was at the forefront and pressed the back line composed of Southgate and Stam. York was like a free man, wandering back and forth in the frontcourt. This time, he was waiting for the ball on the right side.
Makelele did not rush to grab, but withdrew his defense first, and then observed the situation on the court, found that Aston Villa no one plugged into the attack at high speed in the backcourt, Makelele purposely assisted the defense, Compressing York's dribbling space.
Milosevic first rushed forward, then suddenly braked and retreated. York, who was very tacit with him, did not intend to break through Makelele from the front. He just waited for his partner to run out of time. This is the opportunity. , Passed the ball in one pass.
Almost forty yards out of the penalty area, Milosevic made a horizontal move after receiving the ball, adjusted the angle and steps, and did not give Southgate the opportunity to come up and grab his feet.
Seeing this long shot, Aldridge was stunned and shocked in his heart: Fuck! Did Aston Villa and Lucky roll the sheets?
The long shot of that foot is so beautiful, looking at the trajectory is running towards the dead corner of the upper right corner of the goal, the speed is fast.
Keller made a contribution!
Because of the long distance and wide vision, he had sufficient preparation time. This impeccable long shot did not cause him to lose a square. When the ball flew to the upper right corner of the goal, he jumped hard and his palms saved the ball. The bottom line.
"WOW! Milosevic's long-range shot almost opened the record for Aston Villa. This was their first shot since the start of the match and hit the target. Keller made a world-class save, but if Milosher If Vickey is shooting from within 25 yards to 30 yards from the goal, I am afraid that Keller will be unable to return to the sky. Aston Villa has got a corner offense."
When the corner offense came, Aldridge found that Aston Villa's midfield and backcourt players finally started to move forward, and moved at a high speed, sprinting in general.
This surprised Aldridge. He immediately shouted at the court: "Go back and defend!"
Millwall players also ran back at full speed. The scene was very strange. Obviously it was a corner kick. According to the usual game rhythm, the two teams should be able to defend one side and the offensive posture, but this opportunity is the counterattack. Here, York is running towards the corner flag at full speed, it seems to be about to take a corner kick.
Three midfielders Draper, Taylor and Kosic also rushed forward immediately after the ball came out of the bottom line, which made Millwall players unresponsive.
Between hasty deployments, there are too many loopholes.
Aldridge couldn't help but shouted: "Foul! Procrastinate them with a foul!"
But the players did not make the most correct response for a while. They were more like good children on the court. When someone came to fight me, I would protect the key first, so the players ran back and only knew to stand in the defensive position first, but gave A golden opportunity for Aston Villa.
After putting the ball in the corner position, York bent over and kicked the ball to kick the ball to the Draper who came from the side. Neal returned to the defense in a hurry to defend Draper, and York wisely retreated to the defensive line. Ahead, Draper then kicked the ball back to York, who led the ball to the bottom, leading the entire Millwall line.
He nearly volleyed the ball with a near volley and quickly kicked the ball towards the goal. Millwall’s defensive player tried to block the foot with his body. Southgate put the shovel and did not touch the ball. Stam was caught. Losevich struggled with his body, and neither of them touched the ball. Makelele pulled Taylor by hand outside the penalty area, but someone killed him after the penalty point.
Kosic!
Before the corner kick, he ran all the way from the backcourt. In the penalty area, Thuram hit him. Kosic's feet stumbled and seemed to be falling. Thuram immediately raised his hand to signal that he did not foul. But opened the distance with Kosic.
The stumble was almost a fall position, and Kosic nodded his head behind the goal and hit the ball only half a meter above the ground.
It was too late when Keller flew away.
The ball flew into Millwall's goal. Kosic seemed to score and celebrate in one go. He slid directly on the chest and stopped at Millwall's goal line.
The hustle and bustle of Wembley Stadium immediately dropped by one level, and Millwall fans watched this scene on the court in disbelief as the thunderbolt cleared.
Are we behind?
Aston Villa fans burst into enthusiastic cheers.
This goal made them feel that they had touched the championship trophy.
"The goal has been scored! Aston Villa used a jaw-dropping quick counterattack to tear Millwall's defense. And this counterattack was not an offensive. York passed the ball to Milosevi on the wing. Strange, the latter made a corner kick from a long shot, and then, Aston Villa’s corner attack was also a counterattack. It can be clearly seen from the playback that two of their three midfielders plugged into the penalty area at high speed. Raper went to catch the corner kick that was quickly taken by York. With a simple two-on-one, York counter-offside took the ball to the bottom line and then vigorously crossed the ball. The rolling path of the ball is between the goalkeeper and the defender. This is the most It was a headache to pass the ball. Aston Villa had three impacts on the penalty area. Finally, Kosic, who was plugged in later, completed the goal. I think, if Kosic did not break the goal, maybe the referee will give a penalty. They, because we saw that when Thuram collided with Kosic, the referee put the whistle in his mouth. Now that Aston Villa has taken the lead, the game will be more exciting next!"
The lost goal made Millwall players feel dazed.
Aldridge, who was excited before, stood quietly on the side of the court at this time, waving lightly to let the players go to the middle circle to kick off.