How did Millwall manage to fit so smoothly?

This becomes a huge question.

In the eyes of many, Millwall's fluid linkage was incredible, as they had only been preparing for the game for less than a month.

What can I do in a month?

Maybe the new players can integrate into the team a little bit, but in the wave just now, there are no 'new players' at Millwall, from Josh Simpson on the right to Konchesky on the left, they are all Millwall's 'old players'.

There is a certain tacit understanding among these 'old players', but last season Millwall did not play a smooth attack, and most of the time, their football was ugly, and apart from the occasional counter-attacking speed, which can make people shine, there are no other advantages.

Only half a summer later, the players took a long vacation, and the collective training was less than a month, how could they play a gorgeous cooperative offensive?

The media reporters couldn't figure it out.

The Millwall fans in the crowd were all excited, they didn't think about why the team was doing well, as long as the team was doing well, it didn't matter what the reason was.

Millwall fans watched the team play a beautiful football, and the spectator stands burst into enthusiastic cheers.

Every fan will love beautiful football.

Although they support the team, no matter what kind of football the team plays, they will support it, but if they can play beautiful football, it will be even more perfect. The fans were immensely pleased with Millwall's performance, and they were excited to talk about --

"It looks like the team is improving again!"

"It's been a great time to watch! I never thought Millwall could play good attacking football! ”

"This must have been brought by Zhang Yang!"

"Zhang Yang never disappoints, and always brings surprises!"

"Looks like I just bought the season pass in advance! This season's games, I will definitely not pull down a single game, I will come to watch all of them! ”

“……”

Udinese, as the visiting team, is very aggrieved.

Millwall's continuous gorgeous offensive caught Udinese off guard, and they didn't expect Millwall to be so difficult to play.

Although it was only a warm-up game, the players were all interested in winning, with Millwall being the Premier League champions last season, and the Udinese players were even more hopeful of winning, when the media said that Udinese went to London and beat the Premier League champions.

But the game is too hard to play!

At the beginning of the game, Udinese could still play some offensive, but as time passed, they played more and more passively, and the opponent's offensive played more and more gorgeous, they felt that they were not playing against a newly rising Premier League team, but with the top European giants, such as Barcelona and Real Madrid, and other teams would not talk about it, because even if they played against AC Milan, they would not play so passively, not that AC Milan was inferior to Barcelona and Real Madrid, mainly because of the team style gap, AC Milan tend to be defensive and won't play so flashy in attack.

Udinese are starting to look Millwall in the face, admitting that they are indeed facing a Premier League champion, not a small club that has risen rashly.

"The Premier League title is different!" The Udinese player sighed.

Then by the end of the first half, Zhang Yang made three substitution adjustments, but it did not affect Millwall's performance, when the players of the two teams adjusted and rested, the score on the scoreboard had become '2:0', and Millwall led by two goals.

Taking advantage of the break, the media reporters looked back on the first half of the game and began to sympathize with Udinese, and the Italian reporter sighed: "Maybe Udinese should not come to London, the game is likely to be a psychological blow to their players." ”

This is actually the reason why most teams do not look for the same opponent in the warm-up game.

The pre-season warm-up is mainly to practice tactics and help the team find confidence, most teams will look for lower league teams, so that the players can play smoothly, help them find the feeling of the game, find the confidence to win.

If you find the same opponent, it will be very difficult to lose the game.

Udinese are in the worst situation, they are almost the 'abused' side, this kind of game is likely to put psychological pressure on the players, the only good news is that Millwall is not a team in Serie A, the two sides will not meet in the new season, otherwise Udinese will be hit harder.

At the beginning of the second half of the game, many people paid close attention to the game, and it was important to pay attention to Millwall's performance, and many football professionals also began to analyze Millwall's offensive and the reason why it could play so smoothly.

Half an hour later, someone concluded, "Millwall's attacking fluidity is largely due to their two-front line-up. ”

Double forward, refers to the two midfielders in the middle of the forward, it doesn't sound like much, but in fact, most teams will not send a double forward formation, such as the 4231 formation, is two backs, a forward, 442 is a back, a forward, 433 is mostly three backs, the general lineup, there is no concept of 'double forward'.

"Millwall's 'double striker' formation gives the frontcourt players more passing options, and also makes the connection between the wings and the midfield closer!"

This is close to the correct answer.

When Millwall beat Udinese 3-0 in the end, the latter was ignored, and both the British and Italian media began to scramble to cover Millwall and explain the game with various analyses.

After a month of silence, Millwall is once again the talk of the town.

Most of the British sports media have talked about Millwall's 'double forward tactics', either for their own considerations or quoting their peers, constantly analyzing this 'new formation' --

'It's good for attacking fluidity, adding a striker is more effective than adding a striker, and they will have more options in the front of the box.

"Add a forward to make the tactics flexible, Millwall's warm-up game, what it showed is the flexibility of cooperation, left, right, and center, continuous cooperation, so that Udinese is tired."

"Millwall didn't even do anything targeted, they just used the midfield link to move the football in a big way, and immediately put the Udinese defence on the back foot."

"That's Millwall's new tactical secret."

"Playing cards too early may be very disadvantageous for Millvolvo, and other teams can quickly crack or even imitate ......"

The last sentence made Zhang Yang laugh.

Other teams hacked? Imitate? The dual-core tactic is a worldwide problem, and it is almost impossible to imitate it, and it is impossible to solve it.

Zhang Yang is not afraid that other teams will know Millwall's tactics, just like last season, the media reports Millwall's tactics, and there are constant repeated analyses in the middle.

The result?

The answer is 'imitable'.

Millwall is based on the ability of the players to develop tactics accordingly, and other teams can do the same, but the effect is certainly not as good as directly using the tactical framework.

It's the same now.

The dual-core tactics can be imitated, and Zhang Yang also believes that there are teams that can use them in the future, but the 'dual-core' is only a manifestation of Millwall's tactics.

Without the dual-core strategy, Millwall's performance would not be much worse, but the dual-core can make the team work more smoothly.

That's all.

Fast forward to the next day, and the wording in the media has changed, as more people have studied the game between Millwall and Udinese, and have given a very professional analysis, "Millwall did play as a double attacker, but that was not the point. Both of their avant-garde are the core! ”

That is...... Dual-core?

When this analysis came out, it immediately attracted a lot of doubts, but the first person to say this sentence made it difficult for the media to question anything.

Rafael Benitez!

Benitez is Liverpool's manager and has been dubbed the 'master tactician' by fans, Benitez said in an interview to be wary of Millwall, "I watched Millwall's game and they used a double core. It was a surprise and I don't know how he did it or why he did it, but it didn't add to the fluidity and flexibility of Millwall's front-line play-up. ”

"In the field of football tactics, I dare say he's a real genius! When I came to Liverpool, I never thought of using two cores, if Liverpool could have the same tactics, our attack would be smooth and flashy! ”

'But it's hard to know for sure how far Millwall can go because there's only one game and no one knows for sure.

Rafael Benitez expressed his judgment that Millwall's two-core tactics are commendable, but the problem of the two-core is also obvious, and a good performance in a warm-up game does not mean that they have solved the problem of the two-core.

The season hasn't started yet, and it's hard to say what Millwall will do.

When the media reported on what Benitez said in an interview, a large number of football professionals stood up to stand with Benitez.

Before, they analysed Millwall's game and wondered what the meaning of this 'double striker' was, but when they heard the word 'double core', they immediately understood the key.

It turned out to be a double core!

It's an old topic, but it's incredible to be able to do it!

Many football people were surprised.

Then the media began to quote the statements of various football figures to report overwhelmingly on Millwall's new formation.

In the continuous reports from the outside world, Millwall continued to prepare for training, and also continued to play intra-team matches in the middle of the game, from which problems were found and corrected, and gradually improved tactics and cooperation step by step.

The players in the squad are also becoming more and more accustomed to tactics.

By mid-August, the first Premier League game will begin.