Philips Arena, Eindhoven, Netherlands.

As the time of the game approached, the surrounding spectator stands were filled with fans.

PSV Eindhoven fans have a high level of support for the team.

In terms of attendance, the Philips Stadium has 35,000 seats, but last season's average audience reached 33,000, and the atmosphere was almost full, which is enough to prove the loyalty of the fans.

In this game, the spectator stand was full of fans.

Of those, 3,000 were Millwall fans from London, and the remaining seats were all occupied by PSV Eindhoven fans.

PSV Eindhoven fans are looking forward to the game.

In recent years, PSV Eindhoven has been firmly in the Eredivisie title, and fans hope that PSV Eindhoven can improve in the Champions League.

Many fans came to watch the game, hoping that PSV Eindhoven would win at home, and they were optimistic about the game because they only eliminated Arsenal last month, and Millwall and Arsenal are both English teams and in the same London region, and the league results are stronger, which does not mean that they can play well in the Champions League.

PSV Eindhoven fans are fancied to beat Millwall.

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PSV Eindhoven are also very confident throughout the team, one is due to the defeat to Arsenal, and the other is that manager Koeman has also shown confidence, believing that as long as they play well, they will be able to eliminate Millwall and squeeze into the last four of the Champions League.

Koeman's tactical approach is more defensive.

After Koeman studied Millwall, he found that this team has a strong attacking ability, against Real Madrid, can score five goals in two legs, and the league is basically a sweep when encountering small clubs, and it is still necessary to focus on defense.

Koeman's goal is to 'keep a clean sheet'.

Victory is not the goal, the first leg 'no goals conceded' also ensures that the opponent does not score away goals, then Eindhoven only needs one or two goals, it is enough to establish an advantage. Then the second leg will be decided, and PSV Eindhoven's chances will become very big.

Koeman still has confidence in the team, and the source of his confidence came from beating Arsenal.

When PSV Eindhoven met Arsenal, even the Dutch media believed that PSV had little chance of reaching the quarter-finals, but they eliminated Arsenal with a solid defense.

Arsenal's attacking ability is definitely the best in England. Millwall are also very good, still top of the league, but it will not be easy to break down the PSV Eindhoven defence.

Koeman's confidence lasted until the first ten minutes.

He realized that something was wrong.

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PSV Eindhoven and Millwall were very strangers to each other, and their mutual understanding was limited to media reports and game videos, and both teams played very conservatively once the game began.

After two or three waves of offensives, the two sides got used to it a bit, and the game became intense.

PSV Eindhoven's tactics are conservative, and even when playing at home, they don't take the initiative too much; Millwall is the polar opposite, with a 'double core' as the center, and almost pressing on the field.

Millwall quickly took control of the midfield.

Next, Millwall launched a continuous offensive, and PSV Eindhoven continued to defend, and the attack was also dominated by fast attacks on the side, and the situation was once suppressed by Millwall.

In fact, the game situation was expected by Koeman.

PSV Eindhoven focus on defense, playing defensive counter-attacks, attacking on the flanks is only a means of attacking, not that they want to take the initiative to attack, and the situation will definitely be in favor of Millwall.

But the situation doesn't mean much.

PSV Eindhoven counter-attacked with a steady defence against Millwall's attack, and it is still unknown which team will have the easier chance to get their chances.

It didn't take long for Koeman to discover that Millwall and Arsenal were attacking differently.

Millwall's overall attack is not as fast as Arsenal's, nor is it as subtle as Arsenal's, but they pay more attention to the efficiency of passing forward, the tempo is a little slower, and the efficiency of attacking the front is higher.

From the fifth to the tenth minute, Millwall had two shots, one from outside the area and one with a header from inside the box, both of which were direct threats to the back of the net.

Coman broke out in a cold sweat in fear.

How could Millwall be so efficient?

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Zhang Yang watched the game and smiled slightly.

Before the game, the coaching staff watched several Eindhoven game videos together, and they all thought that PSV Eindhoven would play against Millwall with a balanced offensive and defensive style, but they didn't expect Koeman to make such a mistake.

Defensive counterattack?

Millwall is not afraid of any defensive counterattacks, you know, in the Premier League, most teams play against Millwall, using defensive counter-attacking play.

The more you face, the more you experience.

Originally, the game was played normally, and the opening would present a state of contention in the midfield, but Eindhoven took the initiative to shrink the defense line and give up all the midfield to Millwall.

It's just great.

Unlike other teams, Millwall have two cores.

The two cores, which also represent the two technical midfield players, will naturally create more opportunities for the striker, and the cooperation between the two cores, the main road and the wing, will also make it easy for other teammates to find opportunities.

This is the advantage of dual core.

For example, AC Milan, their front core is Kaka, one Kaka is very dangerous, if there are two Kaka, they cooperate with each other very well, and the opponent also allows them to play freely in the midfield...... It's just horrible!

This is a huge mistake from a tactical point of view.

Millwall don't have two Kakas, but the combination of Braniff and Simpson is also quite strong in attack, and there is Livermore who threatens the goal from a distance behind him.

PSV Eindhoven took the initiative to hand over control of the midfield to the point of foolishness.

Millwall completely suppressed PSV Eindhoven and frequently found opportunities in front of goal, and anyone knew it was only a matter of time before they scored.

Zhang Yang felt no pressure.

PSV Eindhoven's tactical mistakes, coupled with the result of 'Divination' 'Xiaoji', what is the possibility of their reversal? The uncertainty that follows is just a few goals Millwall can score.

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As the game continued, the Eindhoven goal faced crises again and again, and Eindhoven coach Koeman found the problem and finally found the reason.

Koeman's strategy was based on the fact that there was little difference between Millwall and Arsenal's styles, so by trying their best to defend the goal, PSV Eindhoven could find an opportunity to launch a quick attack.

If you don't lose a goal and score a goal, you have achieved your goal.

With less than 20 minutes to play, Koeman had already found himself making a mistake, and Millwall, like Arsenal, used the so-called 'two-core' tactic, which would be more attack-oriented and quite efficient.

The two teams are different.

Arsenal mainly play fast-paced, Millwall is a little slower-paced, but the midfield is much stronger than Arsenal, and the strong midfield plays wantonly, which also brings more opportunities to the striker.

It's a little better.

Millwall only has one striker, Darren Bent, holding Darren Bent's point, the forward line is naturally not a threat, but Millwall midfielders are more threatening, two central midfielders, midfielders, and two wing-backs, all have the ability to plug in and shoot.

This also makes it difficult for PSV Eindhoven to limit the defense, they can defend on the left, they can shoot on the right, they can shoot on the Simpson, Braniff can shoot, even in front of the penalty area, with the crowd tactics to pull a line, the opponent is still defender Livermore, more than 20 meters can kick the heavy artillery that threatens the goal.

Koeman took a closer look at Millwall and found that the ability of the central players is secondary, the key is their left and right players, relying on the leadership of Braniff and Simpson, they have formed a whole, and the continuous coordination is very smooth, which also makes it very easy for the football to switch between the left and right sides.

It's pretty scary.

The general team cooperates, passing to each other on the left and right roads, and I don't know how many feet to pass through in the middle, and maybe I have to pass back and pass it to the defender players to pass it in order to change from one way to the other; Either there is another way, which is for the wide player to kick the ball directly and pass the ball far to the other way.

The former approach has little effect.

The latter method requires the ability of players such as David Beckham, whose long ball footwork is so subtle that it has become his signature, whether playing for Manchester United or Real Madrid, Beckham can directly deliver a fatal blow to opponents from afar.

Millwall's combination is certainly not as dangerous as Beckham's clean and neat kick from afar, but the speed of the pass is enough to make the opponent unable to change the defense for a short time, and the opponent can easily create opportunities between the shift of the defensive center of gravity.

PSV Eindhoven players are still very active, every player is running, but no matter how active they are, no matter how fast they run, they can't keep up with the speed of football.

The vast majority of their runs have been wasted, not only have they not contributed to the defence, but they have also taken a lot of energy in vain, and the key efforts have had little effect, as Millwall should and will find opportunities, as evidenced by their constant threat to the PSV Eindhoven goal.

It definitely won't work like this!

"What should I do?" Koeman had a headache and he found himself making a mistake and should not have allowed the team to play purely defensive counter-attacks, otherwise the midfield would not have been controlled by the opposition.

It is certainly impossible to drastically adjust tactics now.

"God forbid! Millwall don't score! Koman began to pray, even though he was an atheist.

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When one team completely overpowers the other, keeps the siege and often finds opportunities, the goal is a little bit of luck.

Millwall is no short of luck.

When Braniff dribbled past Simons and forced a hole in the PSV Eindhoven defence, he immediately realised it was a good opportunity, and before Mendes ran to press, Branif handed the ball to Simpson.

Simpson took advantage of the trend.

Braniff ran past Mendes to receive a pass.

The duo used clever one-two to leave both PSV Eindhoven midfielders behind, before Braniff crossed diagonally to the left and Smitchell followed with a cross-cutting kick into the box.

This foot pass is quite smooth.

PSV Eindhoven only had two centre-backs left, one of whom was defending Darren Bent and the other facing Branifer and Simpson, who didn't know where to run and could only mark Braniff closely, and Simpson received the pass unguarded.

Against the onrushing goalkeeper Gomez, Simpson scored the first goal with an easy volley.