Compared with the 352 formation and the 451 formation, the biggest change is not the increase in the number of personnel in the front line, but the position of the 'double core'.

The dual core of the 451 formation is a parallel position in the midfield, and the two midfielders can support a large-scale lateral transfer, and the characteristics of the 352 formation are the front and rear positions of the dual core, and the clear division of labor will make the transition between attack and defense smoother.

This is the most striking feature of the 352 formation.

There is no good or bad tactics, only suitable and unsuitable, the 352 formation is more complicated than the 451 formation, but it is not completely stronger than the 451, the disadvantage is that it becomes more difficult to transfer left and right in the midfield, and in addition, the defense is also weaker.

The upside is that the team is able to play a continuous fast-paced attack.

It is difficult for ordinary teams to support long-term fast breaks, even if they are like Arsenal, they can't support long-term fast breaks, which will drag down the physical fitness of players, but Millwall don't worry, because their speed does not depend on the running speed of the players, most of the physical energy is still consumed in the running position when attacking, and it is dependent on passing to become faster, relying on the fast speed of cooperation, and at the same time, it can also play wonderful scenes.

Of course, the excitement is for the fans.

As an opposition, Portsmouth is not in the mood to appreciate Millwall's football, Millwall's attack continues to maintain speed, Portsmouth has to maintain a high intensity of defense, they have to concentrate, they have to try to keep up with the pace, and they have unconsciously increased their tempo.

That's what drives the pace of the game.

When the tempo of one side becomes faster, if the other party does not take the initiative to control, the tempo will also increase. 、

From the audience's point of view, Millwall played very well, and Portsmouth seemed to be playing with Millwall at a faster pace, rather than playing normally, because they were not used to the fast pace, and when the attack became faster, their error rate increased greatly, often once an attack just crossed the halfway line, they lost the ball because of mistakes, and some couldn't even cross the midline.

Millwall is different.

Millwall can still maintain a stable pass success rate in continuous fast breaks, and can also play wonderful coordination, which makes Portsmouth a little unable to keep up, and the defense is not good.

Some Portsmouth players, just about to run to the defense, found that the football has gone to the other side, the players on the other side just about to rush over, they found that the football has changed positions, such a fast pass cooperation, so dazzling the fans at the same time, but also make the Portsmouth players very uncomfortable, their defense with frequent loopholes.

Portsmouth can only respond aggressively, step up their scrambling, accelerate and accelerate again to keep up with Millwall's tempo, and as long as they can grab the ball and control it, they can breathe a sigh of relief.

Twenty minutes into the game, Portsmouth did well.

With a ferocious fight, they grabbed the ball a few times, defended fairly tightly, and played a good counterattack, but this performance did not affect Millwall, after Millwall got the ball, they still launched a fast attack, and still played a wonderful match.

Over time, Portsmouth struggled to keep up.

Portsmouth weren't used to that kind of fast pace, they were a bit chaotic defensively, they needed more runs to defend, they were trying to scramble all the time, they ran more than Millwall, and some of the players couldn't keep up with their bodies, they couldn't keep up with their reactions.

This is a sign of not adapting to the rhythm.

Portsmouth has players who are still very sober, their strength is not as good as Millwall, but they can see something in the game, the time has only passed twenty minutes, they are a little unable to keep up as a whole, one is the relationship of physical fitness, their defense is too chaotic, the attack is always anticlimactic, and even the tiger head can't play, a lot of physical strength is wasted, and the second is that the team is completely unprepared, and most of the players don't know how to play.

Before the start of the match, their preparation was against Millwall's 'two-core' style of play.

That 'double core' is the 451 formation.

They did a good job of preparation, watched the Community Shield match between Millwall and Chelsea together, each player has a full understanding of Millwall's style of play, they still borrowed from media reports, many media analysis said that to focus on defending the two wings, Millwall always rely on the wing-backs to insert and complete the final fatal blow.

The players took it all to heart.

And then what?

Millwall came out in a 352 formation, and their preparation was completely useless, and when it came to the game, most of the players didn't know how to play.

According to normal understanding, 352 is definitely an offensive formation.

The opponent's offensive is indeed fierce, they need to defend passively, and then wait for opportunities to look for opportunities, in fact, Portsmouth's formation can also be said to be 901, a striker in front, other players are all involved in the defense, only this formation, in order to fight for the hope of victory, otherwise they really play front, they have no chance at all.

They were right, but Millwall's attack was too fast, they weren't prepared for it, and the defence became a bit chaotic, with a crowded defence that was often porous.

Many players have doubts in their minds.

"Can we really beat Millwall like this?" "We are playing so passively......", "How can we hold on!" The opponent always has a chance to shoot! ”。 When those mentalities emerged, the Portsmouth players were less determined.

The 901 tactics are still very stable, Manchester United fell under the opponent's 901, and the whole line of defense can block most of the shots just by relying on the players' bodies, and Portsmouth held the goal for nearly 30 minutes.

This doesn't help the situation on the field.

Portsmouth's counterattack doesn't need to talk about it at all, as early as 20 minutes, even the only striker Nugent retreated to participate in the defense, most of the offense couldn't be played at all, their half was completely surrounded by Millwall, such a passive situation, Portsmouth felt depressed at the same time, but also made Millwall's offensive speed useless, anyway, the opponent was in the half, the attack was fast or slow, it was not a big problem.

At this point in the game, it can be said that Millwall's tactics were successful.

They use continuous fast attacks to completely suppress the opponent, as long as the opponent attacks, they will definitely open the formation, and then their speed can play a role, continue to launch a rapid offensive, and the opponent's defense line is porous and easy to find opportunities.

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On the Millwall coach's seat, Zhang Yang was sitting steadily, playing a deck of poker in his hand with a slight smile on his face.

Thirty-five minutes into the game, Millwall still did not score, but Zhang Yang was not in a hurry at all, because there was no problem with the team's performance, and the problem was actually tactical.

In this game against Portsmouth, the preferred tactical play is last season's 451 double-core tactics, the midfield parallel position is relatively strong to break the dense defensive ability, but Zhang Yang still stubbornly used the new tactics, he needs to let the team adapt to the new tactics, otherwise it is easy to have problems if it is not adapted to the real application in actual combat.

This game can be said to be risk-free.

No matter how much praise the outside world has for Portsmouth, they are just a promoted team, and they are indeed not easy to deal with, but Millwall is at home, almost all the advantages, and the team is also fully equipped, and there is no reason to fold in the game.

So the game is about getting the team used to the new tactics.

That's all.

The 352 formation is a step deeper than the 451, and the strength is not in the game against the small club, in the face of the opponent's 901 style of play, any tactics lose their meaning, and the means of breaking the dense defense become more important.

The most suitable for the 352 formation is still a 'normal game', that is, the two teams play against each other, at least the opponent can not retreat across the board, and the two sides carry out normal scrambling and competition, which is where the 352 formation plays, and the team can create a continuous threat to the opponent's goal with offensive speed and exquisite cooperation, and can play a wave of fast attack as long as there is an opportunity.

It's not the right place to play.

For Portsmouth, the 352 formation is enough, and Portsmouth is suppressed and does not dare to attack at all, they can only defend passively.

Unable to keep up with the rhythm and porous at the back, it was only a matter of time before the next goal was scored.

Redknapp, on the other side, was aware of the same problem, finding that Millwall did not pose the 'imagined' threat, and their new tactics were mainly at the level of attacking methods, with few dense defensive methods against Portsmouth and no way to break into the box quickly.

When Millwall laid siege to Portsmouth's half, the pace of attack slowed down.

But that's not good news.

The opponent's new formation must emphasize the fast attack, and when the opponent can't carry out the fast attack, the tempo slows down a little, but it can still launch a strong half-court pressure on Portsmouth.

What does this mean?

The gap between Portsmouth and Millwall is too big, so big that the opponent chooses a 'not very suitable' tactic and cannot exert the tactical power, but can still completely suppress Portsmouth, while Portsmouth has no way at all.

Redknapp had a wry smile on his face, what else could he say and do?

With such a big gap, any targeted play, any tactical adjustment, almost will not work, the tactical use is only reciprocal, the two sides are obviously not equal, the only thing Portsmouth can do is to be patient and do a good job of defense, or use the dense defense of crowd tactics, and the offense can only rely on a single striker to impact.

Such a game can only pray for God to bless.

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God didn't bless Portsmouth, or even if he did, it didn't make sense.

From the 37th minute to the 42nd minute, Millwall continued to create a threat in front of the Portsmouth goal, with long-range shots, high crosses, headers, plus continuous corner kicks, and the use of various shooting methods, making Portsmouth feel that the goal is in danger at any time.

In the 43rd minute, Maxey created a brilliant chance with a cross from the bottom line.

Jamie Vardy, Luka Toney and Morris flanked three points, with Vardy and Morris both staggered and Luca Toney smothered straight behind the ball.

The ball rushed into the goal without any suspense.

“Gooooooooal！！！”

"Luca Tony!"

"Toney, who just joined Millwall, helped the team score their first goal of the new season!"

"New season! NEW PLAYERS! Toney is a former Serie A Golden Boot and European Golden Boot winner, as a center forward, his goal-front efficiency is very high, and many media have been worried about Toney's state before, because there is a saying that players who play in the Italian league are difficult to adapt to the Premier League, and most of them have no good performances, but Toney proved his form with a goal......"

"Let's look at the goal in slow motion...... Maxi's pass, very beautiful! Keeping up with Vardy and Morris, they didn't fight for the point, and Toney, who was outflanked in the end, seemed to be aiming at the ball, and he waved his foot and shot directly at the goal, without hesitation! Well done! ”

'It's a tie-in between two new players. Toney and Maxey, 1-0, the goal proves that Millwall's summer reinforcements, the quality is still very good, both are very good players. ”

“……”

With the narrator's voice and the cheers at Neil Stadium in the background, Millwall fans were very excited.

The media's pre-season analysis was a bit unfriendly to Millwall.

Many media are optimistic about Millwall, but they also think that they are third in the 'team that may win the championship', and some media who sing the praises of Millwall, thinking that after they get the 'treble', their results will drop sharply, for example, a football expert said, "Small clubs rise by chance, and it is unlikely to play well for a long time, countless histories have proven this, once Wolfhampton, once Blackburn, once Huddersfield, etc., the above clubs have been brilliant, But none of the glory lasted long. ”

"A season? Two seasons? What awaits them after that is to fall, struggling in the lower leagues. ”

"Millwall relied on a young coach to rise by chance, but this glory is not long-lasting, and whether Millwall can still play well this season is definitely not a definite answer."

What an expert said had a beginning and an end, as if it was a real thing, made Millwall fans start to worry about the team's results.

Can you still play well in the new season?

It's a question.

As many fans know, Millwall is no better than Chelsea.

Although Millwall has beaten Chelsea in a row, Chelsea has a chairman who can throw money, and the wealth is enough to support Chelsea's long-term glory, Millwall's Saudi owner, is not a very rich type, Millwall can't even prepare for a new stadium, won two league championships in a row, won the 'treble', and has a huge financial balance for two consecutive years, but it can only buy players, and it will be slowly operated in the future.

As some professionals analyzed, Millwall continues to get good results, and it will take three or four consecutive seasons, or even longer, to reduce spending halfway through, in order to develop youth training, business and other fields to support the club's long-term development, otherwise the team may face a sharp decline in single-season results, and then can only mix in the middle of the Premier League, or even face the risk of relegation.

In the 21st century, football is a business decision, and money has everything.

If the finances are not functioning properly and only rely on the bonus income to sustain themselves, if they do not get good results, the whole club will face the danger of collapse.

This season is a big one.

The fans are unsure whether Millwall will be able to get a good result, but now they seem to be able to breathe a sigh of relief because the team is still very strong, Portsmouth are no match for the challenge, and the new signings are also doing very well.

Many fans relaxed and also shouted in support of Luca Toney.

Surrounded by the shouts of the fans, Luca Toney was very excited, he was already very happy, joining Millwall was not an easy choice, and he was also very nervous.

Now Tony found out to be right.

Millwall are indeed a formidable team, not completely dominant in the Premier League, but they are definitely one of the best clubs, and Portsmouth are no match at all.

Tony felt good about his game, much better than he had been at Fiorentina, he was playing according to a 'tactical plan' but it was almost free play, and he didn't know why, the tactical plan for his position seemed to suit him perfectly.

"It's such a coincidence!"

Although Zambrotta said that the tactical plan is based on the player's ability, Tony did not believe this argument because he had only just joined Millwall, how could the coach know his own ability and even his playing habits?

All in all, he felt good.

Tony defined the tactical plan as 'God forbid', and it was God who guided him to Millwall, and it was God who arranged the most suitable tactical play for him.

Of course, Tony came to Millwall because of Zhang Yang's invitation, and Tony must have put God first, as for Zhang Yang...... Tony felt like a messenger of God.

Yes, that's it!

Toni didn't think about it that much, anyway, he played his strength and scored a goal when he found an opportunity.

That's a pleasure!

Tony celebrates wildly with his teammates, and he makes his trademark celebratory move: a swing back and forth with his hands and feet!

England fans probably don't understand the meaning, but Italian fans must understand it, it's a traditional Italian dance used to boost morale before the battle.

The game of football is the battlefield.

Now Tony celebrates the goal with this dance!