Millwall can suppress Chelsea, one is because Chelsea is not prepared for Millwall's new tactics, and second, it is very important that Millwall's tactics are more high-end and advanced than Chelsea's.

The second point made Zhang Yang feel an unprecedented sense of achievement.

Millwall used higher-end tactics to gain an advantage in the game.

The game between the two sides can be compared to war, and Millwall's players have relatively poor military quality, and if you want to use a machete in a hand-to-hand fight, you need to use all kinds of skills, and you can't necessarily do it with hard work.

Now an imbalance has emerged: Millwall's players' weapons have become more advanced, they have abandoned the use of broadswords and horses, and switched to the most primitive firearms and weapons.

This is the case with professional football, which means the same thing as technology warfare, where technology is always evolving and football tactics are constantly evolving.

For nineteenth-century footballers, football tactics were not complicated.

In addition to the goalkeeper, the ten players chased the football on the field like hunting animals, without scientific research and rigorous tactics as the guide, everyone had only one purpose, that is, to kick the football into the net.

Later, people involved in football gradually discovered the breadth and profundity of football, and the academic research of football penetrated into the stadium, and many football players realized that the disorderly rolling and speeding speed of football is faster than human running, and without an organized and structured management, the players will consume a lot of unnecessary physical strength for this.

Thus, the contradiction of offense and defense emerged.

The original tactics of the football game, in the present sound incredible, when the "0-0-10" tactic appeared, many players at that time thought that the attack was the best defense, and the goals on the field were very frequent, but later someone found through the summary that when the ten forwards were in the front, the opponent only had a big foot to clear the ball to the own half, and none of the players on the side could retreat in time, and had to watch the opponent face the empty goal and kick the football into the net.

This phenomenon led to the later proposal to play the "0-1-9" tactic, the biggest feature of which is to withdraw a defender from the original forward line, to a certain extent, to stop the opponent's one-on-one chances, but the goals are still very frequent, and the goalkeeper is almost useless.

Football tactics are improving with experience.

By the mid-sixties, Inter Milan welcomed the versatile coach Herrera, who led the club in a 4-3-3 variant, respected in Europe and the world, and the concept of 'scavengers' spread around the world.

At this time, England developed a more brutal defensive style of play, and England coach Ramsey resolutely became the first in the world to use a two-striker style of play under national pressure.

Ramsay's invention was a milestone in the development of football, and it became the formation adopted by almost all professional teams.

Firstly, it ensures that the defence has enough numbers, and secondly, there is more initiative in the midfield, providing ample support for the two strikers, and the individual ability of the two strikers is more demanding, and the reason why Ramsey used two strikers is that he summed up the scene when the Hungarians ravaged England and convinced him that England at that time stuck to the defense and pulled their players back, and many of the goals conceded would not have happened.

The idea led to a 4-4-2 formation, and at the 1966 World Cup, England built a luxurious backline with a strong defensive system, relying on the core of Banks, Great Charlton and Moore, supplemented by Cohen and Vilson.

The use of the 4-4-2 formation also helped England win the Hercules Cup.

In the 80s of the last century, the position of head coach was valued by more and more teams, and football tactics were constantly explored and entered a stage of rapid development.

One team after another, experimenting with various formations, playing styles, and tactics, and also began to chase the team's unique style of play, such as the unique style of Arsenal, AC Milan, Barcelona and other teams, all of which were formed in that era.

Until now, football tactics are blooming, football all over the world, you can see a variety of tactics, just a 442 formation, can make different teams, play different wonderful, but one thing is for sure, football tactics still have the potential to tap development.

For example, football tactics in a few decades will definitely be different from today.

Millwall's 'dual-core' style of play is certainly a tactic ahead of its time, and only some people have put forward the theory of 'dual-core' before, believing that playing 'dual-core' can make the attack more flexible, but no team can achieve it.

Zhang Yang helped Millwall achieve a 'dual-core' style of play.

Although the tactics are only scratched and the team has only just adapted, the more advanced tactical play, not to mention the ability to crush the old tactics, is enough for Millwall to tie the gap with Chelsea.

When the opposition is unprepared, for example, right now, Chelsea can only be 'beaten passively'.

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Chelsea are not willing to be 'passively beaten', especially when the score is still behind, the game has only been played for more than 30 minutes, and if they continue to be 'passively beaten', they will lose the game.

Mourinho frowned.

I considered a lot of situations before the game, but I didn't consider that Millwall could really play the 'dual-core' tactic, and the power of the tactics was not small, and the smooth coordination and sharp offensive made Chelsea very uncomfortable.

Chelsea's tactics have been unchanged, marking Morris and Darren Bent fairly successfully, but limiting the opposition's duo is such as continuing to increase the defensive intensity.

Ahh

The 'unseen' youngster was a real surprise for Chelsea, and all those watching the game could see Simpson's role as not only scoring the goal, but also being key to Chelsea's continued passivity.

Mourinho sees more.

Simpson is still not in the eye, because Mourinho knows one thing better: put other suitable players, in the same position, can also perform well!

Chelsea's passivity is a matter of tactics, not the performance of individual players.

That's the root cause.

Now that the root cause of the problem cannot be solved, we can only treat the 'symptoms'.

Jose Mourinho looked to the side of the Millwall dugout.

Zhang Yang sat very calmly, with a trademark smile on the corner of his mouth, and the difference from last season was that he had no playing cards in his hand.

"Maybe it's boring?" Mourinho thought, feeling a little ridiculous, and began to think about these issues.

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In the game, the manager pays attention to the big picture, and the players on the field pay attention to the process.

Millwall's goal was a pass from Darren Bent and goalkeeper Petr Cech was a little unhappy with Terry because the opposition had been attacking before, but Chelsea's defence was solid and did not give them too many chances.

The ball kept being passed from outside the box and Cech felt it was safe.

Suddenly, Darren Bent pulled back.

John Terry didn't keep up, resulting in Darren Bent making an easy through ball to help Simpsons find a chance, and Cech felt Terry should keep up rather than chase a passive defence.

There's no way Cech can scold Terry.

Although Cech has his own judgment, Terry is older than him and has more qualifications in the team.

Cech was a little helpless.

At the same time, Terry is also reflecting on the fact that if he runs out of the penalty area with Darren Bent, the opponent will definitely not find a good opportunity, and fifty percent of the goal just conceded is his responsibility.

Terry can't help it, a centre-back can't run with the opposing striker, otherwise the back line will be unstable.

Between 'running out' and 'sticking to the box', sometimes you have to make a choice, but he doesn't know if Darren Bent has an occasional flash of inspiration and runs out in search of opportunities, or is it the opponent's tactical requirements?

That's the key.

Mourinho saw this very clearly, he knew that the striker's pull must be related to the opponent's tactics, and in the worst case, the opponent's striker also had enough flexibility, but in any case, everything was because of the opponent's tactics.

Chelsea have no choice but to strengthen their defence for the time being.

Mourinho stood on the sidelines, and when he took advantage of a dead ball, he beckoned Terry, who trotted all the way over.

Mourinho instructed, "Don't give them too much space, especially around the penalty area!" ”

"Let the others come back too?"

"yes, try to be involved in defense, we don't have pure offensive players!"

Terry returned to the court, but his brow did not loosen.

"No pure offensive players?" Terry knew that the manager was referring to Shepchenko, who had rarely returned to the halfway line since the start of the game, and seemed to be a centre-forward up front.

In fact, the center forward is Drogba.

Drogba has retraced much more times than Shepchenko.

But what could he say?

Terry can understand Shepchenko, the Ukrainian has always played like this when he was at AC Milan, and it will definitely be a little uncomfortable for Chelsea to be involved in defence.

Perhaps the Ukrainians are also a little unhappy that they are not center-forwards?

John Terry was reluctant to get involved, but simply took Jose Mourinho's words to the rest of his team-mates and it soon became clear to the whole Chelsea squad that they were going to step up their defence.

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The game resumes.

Chelsea took advantage of the kick-off opportunity and launched a fierce attack on Millwall.

Millwall's defence starts from midfield, with four midfielders in the 3241 formation able to organise an effective defence.

This is followed by two midfielders.

Zambrotta and Livermore's interceptions were even more effective than a midfield four, with a wide range of movement and a lot of pressure on the opposition.

Then there is the back four.

Of course, it's hard to tell so clearly in the game, and the defense still has to be targeted, but when Millwall retreated, it was also clear that they put a lot of effort into defence.

As Sky Sports commentator Paul Scott commented, "This Millwall team is defensively stronger than last season. ”

Millwall's defensive buildup is Zambrotta.

Zambrotta's experience, combined with his strength and fitness, can put any opponent under pressure and help him command the defence.

It's much better than Livermore.

Against Millwall's tough defence, it was very difficult for Chelsea to break down the net head-on.

In the end, Chelsea still didn't find a chance.

By the time Millwall got the ball, Chelsea began to retreat aggressively, with a back four, a back three, and even Didier Drogba standing in front of the penalty area, with Shepchenko and Kalou helping to defend the wings.

This kind of defense is jaw-dropping.

When a group of big-name stars pile up near the penalty area to participate in the defense, can the scene be imagined?

Anyway, Zhang Yang was dumbfounded.

'Foresight' is not omnipotent, the details of the scene cannot be seen, and after seeing the game in real time, he found out that Chelsea are retreating across the board.

All players go to the back to participate in the defense.

"Maybe they did it all, no, at least they defended it......"

Zhang Yang thought about it.

Sky Sports commentator Paul Scott couldn't help but sarcastically say, "Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho said, 'Blackburn's defense is like a bus in the goal', and now Chelsea have borrowed Brackburn's style of play, and he has all the players piled in front of goal. ”

"To put it another way, these stars are worth almost 300 million euros. If you convert 300 million euros into cash, it will be enough to fill the whole goal, so Millwall is destined to be unable to score......"