Chapter 251: Combat Strength

In the second half, the two sides changed sides and fought.
Aldridge midfield has not changed the tactics, but the details have been adjusted.
The Gunners' tactics in the second half did not change much. However, the goal when turning from the defense to the offense no longer blindly pursues fast, but seeks stability first.
Wenger certainly sees that the reason Arsenal's success rate in counterattacks in the first half is extremely low is that the ball is quickly intercepted.
This is almost fatal to Arsenal's defense, because the offensive players returning to the defense are all rushing forward, and the defensive players are also mentally relaxed because of the success of the defense. Arsenal paid a terrible price.
When Arsenal attacked, Millwall’s overall formation contracted backwards. They played 433, which was originally a midfielder less than the mainstream 442. When defending, two wingers retreated and the front waist retreated, at least in the number of defenders. They are more dominant.
With more defense and less, in Arsenal, apart from the ability of Ovimas to play against Capdevila, other players basically have no obvious advantage.
Because of the lack of attacking numbers, the pass-cut cooperation cannot form a multi-leg pass. Often, it will be a mistake to pass forward after six or seven feet.
In the fifty-seventh minute of the second half, Millwall was turned from the defender, and Anelka's shot out of the penalty area was easily taken into the arms by Bout.
Millwall's offensive formation began to push upward, and the players scattered and ran out of the receiving position.
Every time when the offensive ends, Wenger's heart is tight, urging the players to go back to the defense quickly, otherwise Millwall rushes to fight back quickly, and most of them are taken away by a wave.
But this time, Millwall really didn't hit the speed, but slowly advanced upwards, and the rhythm was suddenly accelerated after the front trident reached the threat zone.
Makelele stepped forward and passed the ball to Pirlo. Pirlo scored to Schneider. The latter took the ball over Pire and then went to the bottom line, which forced Winterbourne to defend and Schneider German oblique pass ribs in the restricted area.
This routine is too familiar.
Arsenal's defensive players are also familiar with this routine.
Larson ran to the right again, and Adams still had to grapple with his teeth, otherwise the number of defenders on that side was clearly at a disadvantage, and allowing Millwall to play a two-on-one forward counter-offside was equivalent to sending a single-handed ball to the opponent.
But before going to the assist defense, Adams pointed to the empty space left by him. He could no longer allow Nedved to easily slant into the penalty area without anyone defending and break the door at will.
Petit went to make up for the space he left behind, and Nedvide also ran there, standing against the line of the big penalty area and not rushing forward.
Trezeguet took control of Schneider's diagonal pass and controlled the ball. He couldn't turn the ball with his back and took a step outside to pass to Nedved.
Vieira went to Nedved and saw that the Czechs also took a step back, avoiding Vieira's interception and gently returning the ball.
Almost all of Arsenal's defensive players were pushed back into the penalty area, which allowed Pirlo to insert unmanned defense. In the face of this foot back to play, Pirlo did not adjust a beautiful long shot!
boom!
Seaman didn't move, the ball hit the goal under the beam.
"3:0, 3:0, Millwall destroyed Arsenal, the second consecutive match in the league, Wenger lost to Hall, no doubt, last season's second round of the league's confrontation, Wenger Arsenal have lost seven goals but missed one goal!"
Pirlo scored and he ran happily all over the field.
In the third year of Millwall, he has been growing every year. He changed his midfield in the first season and organized a midfielder. In the second season, he has improved defensively. The shooting method also began to show its power, and the ability to insert assists will slowly be released.
After Pirlo ran, he stood on the court with his arms wide open and closed his eyes. The handsome Italian guy left a moment of worthy collection for female fans.
I am not the second Baggio, I am me, and the world will remember my name: Andrea Pirlo!
Wenger was expressionless on the sidelines, and the third ball completely dispelled all of Arsenal's expectations for the game.
His desire to transform the arsenal is beautiful, but the reality is cruel.
In the first round, they met the defending champion or played away. The main force of the opponent left a central defender, and Spanish Elger replaced the position after Stam left. Millwall's state has entered from the beginning of the season. The best, can be seen from the warm-up match.
But Arsenal's two new aids need to run in, especially the double back, Vieira and Petit's tacit understanding, Ovimas's play in the offense is also not ideal.
Sixty minutes before the game, Peter Pan performed well on the wing, but that was only his personal performance, and he was not in rhythm with other teammates. Either he broke through the bottom of the road and no one responded, or he waited for a chance to pass. At that time, Millwall had already set up a formation to starve Anelka and Bergkamp to death. Peter Pan tried to cut inside, and was repeatedly intercepted by Makelele.
Aldrich shook his head with arms around his chest with a smile, and the strong dialogue always excited him, because the pleasure after the tension was more special.
He walked back to his seat and sat down, and Benitez's constant facial paralysis made Aldridge speechless.
"Can you have fun?"
Aldrich said to Benitez.
Benitez also used his small book to write and draw on it. Hearing Aldridge's words, he turned around and asked: "Which part of Arsenal is wrong? They are not fewer than us in terms of defensive numbers. ."
"That's just what it looks like, like Ovimas and Piret backed out of the half. In fact, they didn't work. The people are in place, but the defensive role is almost negligible. Unless they run around to help defense Before the penalty area, Millwall’s strongest offensive was on the middle. If I were to say Arsenal’s problem, it would be Bogkamp and Anelka. They didn’t return.

"But Arsenal is a double-back configuration, is it a triple-back?"
"This has nothing to do with the formation. It's like Larson starting from the left, but when our three goals appeared, he was all in the right-wing area, scoring a goal directly, and the remaining two attracted defense as teammates. Covered. Nedved is also the same. He starts with a midfielder. He breaks at the forward line when attacking and can retreat to the penalty area when defending. We are attacking with equal numbers of players in the middle. The attacker cooperates with tacit understanding and initiative. Naturally, the defensive side is passive in the running position. With the same number of people, how can they resist?"
"But if you let Bergkamp go back to the penalty area while defending, is this a tough man?"
Benitez's words are not outrageous.
How many front waists can bring the front waist back to the restricted area in this era? Not to mention letting forwards do this, especially star-level forwards.
Aldridge spread his hands helplessly: "So I said that let me spend money to buy the stars. If I buy them, it may not meet my requirements. It will take time to transform, why bother? In addition, I think the more big-name stars, the more There is a sense of responsibility. All three of Arsenal’s lost goals come from the center offensive. If players on the field are not aware of their weak points of defense, they can only say that they are not worthy of the star, but perhaps they realize that they are unwilling. It's just back defense, because that's not what they should do subconsciously, especially offensive players, who don't like to do dirty work, but I think real stars should have the spirit of sacrifice."
The live shot was aimed at Aldridge and recorded his chat with Benitez.
"It seems that Hall has already grasped the game winning ticket, and it should look like this. The game suspense has disappeared. Although there are still thirty minutes, Arsenal makes people see no hope of equalizing the score. Even if they can It’s a huge question to score a goal at Lion’s Cave Stadium."
Arsenal was a little bit annoyed and angry, and immediately started a crazy offense after restarting the ball. The backcourt players also attacked, but this made Millwall more excited.
The anti-anti team needs them to constantly tear open opportunities through positional battles, but the opponents who are attacked are too big behind.
Three minutes after the third goal was scored, Arsenal attacked on the wing, Pire took the ball inside and was cut off by Schneider, Pire immediately went to grab the ball, and Makelele easily passed the ball back in front of the wing , Schneider went up to the side, and after observing the situation in the frontcourt, it was a precise oblique long pass.
Arsenal's back line was previously pressed out. At this time, the space behind him was very large. Schneider's long pass was moderate in height and fast.
Trezeguet succeeded in the counter-offside and ran to the left of the big penalty area line. He waited for the ball to fall early, stopped the ball with his chest, and then took a volley.
The powerful shot made the ball spin without any rotation and flew into the upper corner of the goal erraticly.
He played the ball in a shocking manner, and his movements were done in one go, which shocked the entire audience.
After Trezeguet scored, he ran to the corner flag and took off his jersey and threw it on the grass, then kicked it on the corner flag pole, his fists were clenched in front of him, and the muscle lines of the masculine bodybuilder were clear, plus He was so domineering with his stern roar!
"Who is the king of London!? Who is the boss!"
Millwall once again defeated Arsenal.
Wenger sat on the coach's bench and rubbed his face, feeling as if he could no longer stand it.
The generals of Arsenal stood blank with their hands on hips and looked blank.
Can the team on the other side really win? !
Arsenal's heart collapsed, Wenger made adjustments, replaced Bald and Pallor, or used Arsenal's old future to stabilize the situation, plus a defender and midfielder, and removed Anelka and Pire.
Through these two substitutions, Aldridge knows that Wenger may now know that the offensive will not be possible, as long as he no longer loses the ball.
Seeing this and this situation, Aldridge didn't feel soft at all. He replaced Fenzegue with Fanny and Makelele with Barak.
Pirlo dispatched in the back, and Barak and Nedved inserted assists together. In the midfield and backcourt, Marklele was no longer needed for interception.
Before the end of the game, Millwall had been suppressing Arsenal's half-court offense and defense conversion, and Bergkamp did nothing but walk in the middle circle.
In the 90th minute of the game, Barak hit a long shot from the opposing defender. Pirlo followed with another long shot and hit the man again, but the ball turned to the other side of the penalty area.
Van Nistelrooy caught the ball poorly, and then pushed the ball into the corner of the goal with a push of the foot, locking the score at 5:0.
Two homes for two consecutive seasons, Millwall bloodshed Arsenal!
When the game was over, fans of the crazy lions sang and danced in the stands, singing their choreographed songs on their shoulders.
"We are crazy lions, we are champions, we are kings of London, we are in the world, everyone likes us, we still don’t care, we only love Millwall, brave and tenacious to meet the difficulties, the roar of the crazy lion will be resounded The universe, the mad lion's steps will level the world..."
Aldridge shook hands with Wenger after the game. The two acted exactly the same as they did in the last confrontation. They shook hands, turned around, without saying a word, with no expression on their faces, and one to remain serious.
Wenger, who lost the ball to the big score, will definitely face the criticism of the media. Aldridge will not sympathize with each other, because the other side does not need it at all. Even if the two people change positions, Aldridge does not need other people's pity and sympathy.