If it were to be analysed by the reporters in the media gallery, Millwall would have asked all the players to retreat to defend and use crowd tactics to limit Wigan Athletic's attack. When there are a lot of players in front of goal, no matter what kind of offensive play it is, it is difficult to have much effect.

Jewell is different.

From the perspective of a high-level head coach, there is also a difference in the 'crowd tactics', those small clubs that have no tactics to speak of, when they encounter a strong team, they will also be poured into a lot of balls, theoretically speaking, they can also choose to let all the players defend.

Why?

There is also a difference in crowd tactics.

If you just let all the players retreat to defend, the effect is not necessarily good, and there may be negative effects, for example, when the football reaches the front court, the opponent will have a few players to chase the ball, and the defense in other positions will be much looser.

That kind of defense is easy to breach.

Millwall is different.

On the surface, they also seem to let all the players participate in the defense, but their defense has a formation, the players run in an orderly manner, and if there is a hole in one position, the players will be separated to immediately make up for the defense, and the running of the players in each position is combined to form a solid defensive line.

It's not easy.

It's a complicated problem just to train the defensive position and let each player know when and how to make up for it, and how to fill it up for others.

This is the effect that can only be played after targeted training.

The young Chinese at the press conference was not talking about smoke bombs, Millwall had made a lot of preparations for the game, but their preparations were on defense, and their dense defense also caused huge problems for Wigan Athletic.

From here, it can be seen that the young coach of the other party has a certain level of coaching.

In addition, his decisiveness is good.

Coming up with a way to deal with the opponent, let the team do training and then use it in the game, not to mention the tactical effect, confidence and courage alone are not something that ordinary people can have.

This tactic works very well.

Wigan Athletic haven't found much of a chance so far, not even a single threatening shot on goal, but Millwall's full focus has been on defence and their attacking performances have been even worse.

Jewell found a little comfort.

In terms of tactical theory, Wigan Athletic has no good way, but football is not a theoretical study, even if the opponent's targeted defense is very effective, but the tactics are played by the players, there is no 100% perfect tactics, the player's play on the field, the ability to execute the tactics is more important, the game has 90 minutes, Wigan Athletic will definitely be able to find a scoring opportunity.

Jeville calmed down and watched the game patiently.

Zhang Yang is not worried about the game, he has the ability to 'predict', and he knows that there will be no goals next, and he is not in a hurry at all.

In addition, Zhang Yang is also very satisfied with the team's defense.

Now the defense can be so stable, or because of the preparation for the game, he also carefully studied Wigan Athletic.

This team doesn't have a great high school striker.

There are few good set-pieces in the Championship either, and it's no surprise that Wigan Athletic are lacking in set-pieces.

In addition, most of Wigan Athletic's main players do not have the ability to threaten the goal from outside the penalty area.

The only threat is Riddle.

Riddle is a very good midfielder, he is also an all-round player, he does a good job in attack, defence and has a good long-range ability.

Ridell has three goals this season, all on the edge of the area.

That's pretty remarkable!

Three goals may not sound like much, but a midfielder in the middle of the field may not be able to score a few goals in a season.

Riddle's league goals were nine, all of which were ahead of some of the best strikers, and three of them were from the perimeter, indicating that he had a lot of chances on the perimeter and that he was not bad at shooting from distance.

Ridell is a key defensive point.

Zhang Yang and Jewell have different views, most of the team's energy is on defense, which is true, but it is not necessary to say that there is no threat in attack, defense is fundamental in football games, and only by doing a good job of defense can we win, but offense is also necessary, otherwise we don't want to win.

For the most part, Millwall were on the defensive, but occasionally they hit a counter-attack.

Although there are not many counterattacks, they have the ability of 'prediction', as well as the magic powers of 'following the word', as long as they catch an opportunity, it is enough to break the Wigan Athletic goal, Millwall also has an advantage, there are many players in the team with long-range shooting ability, as long as there is a chance, a long-range shot will be made on the periphery.

This is a 'goal' strategy.

Braniff, Jody Morris, David Livermore, plus the occasional plug-in Marvin Elliott are players with long-range shooting ability at every point in the middle.

At every point in the team, there are players who have the ability to shoot on goal.

The chances of scoring from a distance are not high, but there are many times, there will always be chances, and with 90 minutes of play, it is not necessarily Wigan Athletic who break the goal.

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Wigan Athletic's players and their manager Jewell judged the game similarly, not taking Millwall's attack to heart at all, and the kind of luck-based counter-attack did not pose a threat at all.

So they pushed forward so far forward that they didn't bother with the defence and almost looked around Millwall for an opportunity in the half.

But opportunities are not easy to find.

Wigan Athletic's attack continued, but the threat of the ball was not once, and the Wigan Athletic players found that they could not dribble the ball up front, facing at least two defenders on each dribble.

If it's one-on-one, they still have faith.

One-on-two?

It's hard for the best players in the world to face two opponents at once.

Wigan Athletic's small-scale coordination is also difficult to play, after all, they are only a Championship team, they do not have the top technical strength, it is difficult to play a small range of decent coordination, Millwall's defense is very direct, there is a big foot to open the ball, not giving Wigan Athletic any chance at all.

The game was deadlocked.

This stalemate is based on Millwall's defense across the board, so the media reporters have something to say, they continue to sarcastically ridicule Millwall, and those media who do live text broadcasts have nothing good to say in their comments, "Millwall's conservatism has made this high-profile game lose its highlights." ”

"We can only see the defense, the defense, and the defense!"

"Millwall seem to be stacking all the players in front of goal, and the bodies of the players alone are enough to block most of the area!"

"It's going to be a 0-0 game! Doomed from the start! ”

“……”

In fact, some of their own sports reporters are still a little surprised that Wigan Athletic is one of the most powerful teams in the Championship, and many weak teams will focus on defense when they play against them.

Millwall is not special.

But if you want to put the goal so solid, it is not a simple 'crowd tactic' that can do, and there are very few teams that can keep Wigan Athletic from having a chance for a long time, but Millwall seems to be doing a good job.

Perhaps the most relaxed are the fans of both sides.

Wigan Athletic fans also want the team to score quickly, but the current situation is very good for Wigan Athletic, the team has been on the offensive and the opponent can only defend the goal, Wigan Athletic is already a guaranteed unbeaten situation.

Millwall fans are not demanding.

They felt that the team defended very well, the opponent has not been able to find a chance, they did not expect Millwall to win, as long as they can draw Wigan Athletic and successfully take a point at the J chain, it is equivalent to a victory.

In the 30th minute of the game, the Sky Sports commentator summed up the stats, "So far, Wigan Athletic have had an astonishing 76 per cent of the possession, while Millwall are less than a third of them, but Millwall defended well, Wigan Athletic only had three shots on goal, one of which hit the woodwork, and did not pose a direct threat to the goal." Millwall also had two shots on goal, which were also unthreatening, and perhaps it is difficult to see how much of a disadvantage Millwall had from the number of shots on goal, which also explains the success of Millwall's tactics in a way. ”

As soon as the commentator finished analysing the data, the TV camera showed Wigan Athletic coach Jewell, who stood up from his seat and walked to the sidelines.

Thirty minutes is enough time to see something.

Jewell understood Millwall's defence, and the opponent's main defensive energy was on the front of the penalty area in the middle, and if he wanted to break through this defense, he either started from both flanks or let the players pass forward more carefully.

Taking advantage of the game, Jewell found the captain Riddell and advised, "Be more cooperative on the periphery!" Don't pass the ball forward! We need to strengthen our possession! Use the perimeter pass to tear their formation apart! ”

After that, he quickly explained how to play.

Basically, it is to control the ball on the periphery and find opportunities from the side, which is enough to explain to Riddle, because he is the core of the attack, and in which direction Ridale passes, the team will often attack from which direction, but more on the periphery to control the ball, it is necessary to tell other teammates.

Soon Reedel was back on the pitch and told his teammates to keep the ball in more hands, "The coach said, don't pass forward easily, we have to pull the space from the perimeter!" ”

Everybody gets it.

Zhang Yang noticed Jewell's movements, and he knew that the other party must have made adjustments, but he didn't care too much.

Now Zhang Yang has some experience that the tactical adjustment of football matches is a process of intrigue, and for the head coaches of both sides, it is very beneficial for the head coaches of both sides to analyze how the other party adjusts and learn the opponent's tactical information earlier, but he knows more clearly that tactical adjustment is not what he is good at.

The other head coaches are all veterans who have been in the industry for decades, and their analysis, control and tactical cognition of the game must be better than their own.

Zhang Yang had already made arrangements.

"No matter how the other party adjusts and changes, we will follow the established tactics! Even if the opponent keeps passing at the back, we can stay in the half of the court to defend. Because we have a mental advantage, in the eyes of the outside world, our draw is also a victory, the opponent is Wigan Athletic, the first in the league! It's a good result to get a point away from home! They definitely want to win, and they must be the ones who should be in a hurry! ”

Zhang Yang told him more than once, this question, he said many times, every Millwall player remembers it deeply.

So the next game was awkward.

Jewell asked the players to cooperate more on the periphery, trying to pull the Millwall defense, but the Millwall players only stayed in the position where the tactics were formulated, and when the football was in the middle line, only one Braniff was running and scrambling, and the others didn't come forward at all, just watching Wigan Athletic continue to pass.

It's like saying --

"You pass yours! I'll keep mine! ”

"It doesn't matter how you pass it, please feel free! Anyway, I just won't go up and grab it! ”

'Our goal is to keep the goal and you can't threaten our goal with your passes in the middle line......

"Pass it on! Let's cooperate! We enjoy it in the back! ”

The Wigan Athletic players were so depressed that they were about to vomit blood, but they didn't have any pressure, and there wasn't even a single player fighting back and forth, and even Braniff gave up after a while, he didn't want to be played by a few opposing players as monkeys.

The most embarrassing scene in the game was that two Wigan Athletic players, you passed it to me, I passed it to you, the two of them passed four or five times, but there was not even a Millwall player who went up to grab it.

Many fans and reporters at the scene were dumbfounded.

Wigan Athletic coach Jewell watched the game in a daze, and at one point finally couldn't help but burst into a foul mouth, "This...... Shameless! He also spewed a national curse at Millwall's dugout, "Damn...... Bastard-ass! ”