Chelsea's pressing was aggressive and overall they were solid.

Millwall's 'double core' offensive, the main attack, the side strategy, the biggest feature is that the switch between the three sides of football has become easy, the general team in the face of horizontal and long-distance switching, will be a little scrambling, the defensive center of gravity is difficult to quickly shift, so Millwall may find opportunities.

Chelsea are different.

Maybe their defense is very stable, maybe they have done a lot of targeted training, when Millwall launched the attack, their two-line formation is very solid, the two wing-backs Kalou and Joe Cole retreat to fill the position, the three back positions are in the center of Mikel, the running is very active, will go to the two wings to make up for the defense at the appropriate time, so that Millwall to switch the offensive of three ways, it is difficult to find the gap in the weak defense.

In addition, Chelsea have been aggressive in pressing.

Millwall's 'double core' style of play, relying on the organization of two players in the middle, to play a smooth offensive, the number of passes and receptions is still relatively large, the most afraid of controlling the ball is to press, but in order not to give the opponent a chance, try not to pass back when encountering danger, only in the midfield for lateral or forward passing, the risk of being cut off is greatly increased.

Chelsea's defence was too targeted.

Whenever the ball was controlled across the halfway line, Millwall had to confront a solid defence.

Chelsea's 433 formation, the core point lies in the 'three backs', the three backs to stabilize the defense, support the front, but also to assist in the timely insertion, directly pose a threat to the goal, it can be said that the 'three backs' is the soul of Chelsea's 433 formation play.

Chelsea's starting three midfielders were Essien, Mikel Mikel and Frank Lampard.

Mikel and Essien are both defensive midfielders, and in the previous games, it can be seen that Mikel's arrangement is mainly to use his abundant physical strength to continuously support the other two lanes.

Essien can add defensive thickness.

Frank Lampard is on the right, but he's versatile, defensively good, supportive of his team-mates, and a driving force in Chelsea's attack, and he's one of the key points of Chelsea's goal –

So far this season, Frank Lampard has scored 19 goals for Chelsea in all competitions.

The combination of these three people is too strong in terms of comprehensive ability.

Millwall launched an attack, it was not easy to penetrate the three-man defence, and then they had to face Chelsea's back four, but fortunately, Chelsea's back line, the lineup was slightly worse, Ashley Cole, who joined last summer, was injured and could not play, and the Portuguese central defender Carvalho, who was solid in the middle, was also injured, and it was Ferreira and Bora Luz who started in place of the two.

Ferreira is a veteran and needs no introduction.

Born into a Moroccan immigrant family, Borlaruz is a Dutch international, and when he was young, none of the many giants in the Netherlands were willing to accept him, and Bolarousse eventually chose to join a little-known club, Waalwijk.

In the following two seasons, Bolaruz made 64 starts and made four substitute appearances, which also allowed other league teams to see what Bolaruz is capable of.

Bolaruz then moved to Hamburg, where his form was favoured by Marco van Basten.

In September 2004, Bolaruz made his debut for the Dutch national team against Liechtenstein, making seven appearances in the World Cup qualifiers in Germany, where he also made one start and one substitute appearance.

Bolaruz's overall form at Hamburg, combined with his World Cup performances, impressed Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho, with the Portuguese believing that Bolaruz would be a formidable addition to Chelsea's backline.

That's right, just adding!

For the star-studded Chelsea, Bolaruz's degree is only a substitute, and if you want to fight for the main position, it still depends on your personal performance, obviously Mourinho's judgment is correct to some extent, Bolaruz's performance is not too good, so throughout the season, only occasionally rotated, can he have playing time.

Bolaruz made 13 appearances for Chelsea in 38 Premier League games, starting only four of them, while the other eight were all substitutes.

In the first 12 Champions League games, Bolaruz did not start and came off the bench for 97 minutes.

It is hard to imagine that a player with such a low frequency of appearances will start in the Champions League final, but Mourinho has nothing to do, the big players in the team are all injured, Bolaruz has little experience, and his performance is barely stable, and he can be regarded as a qualified substitute for the central defender.

That's why Bora Luz got the chance to start.

Bolaruz's starting debut is also equivalent to Chelsea's 'self-blowing shortcomings', in fact, there is no way, just like Livermore, Braniff was banned, Chelsea's main injury is also known to everyone, Mourinho's defensive tactics, no matter how perfect and targeted, also need to play players, there is no main force can not play, there will definitely be loopholes, Chelsea has also made arrangements for this, they use formation compression, that is, three back three continue to retreat, to squeeze Millwall's offensive space, When the back three and four are about to overlap, most of the possible problems in the back line are covered up.

It's actually a dense defence, with the difference being that when Chelsea attack, the defence will be pulled apart when it leaves, rather than focusing on the defense as a whole.

That's all for Chelsea's defensive play.

This is Mourinho's experience summed up, and the coaching staff discussed for a long time, before deciding on the style of play, they even took into account the 'Braniff is suspended', without Braniff, Millwall will lose the ability to break through the middle, and a stable formation can maximize the effect.

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Mourinho's tactical arrangement is very good, but no matter how good the tactical arrangement is, it is only 'theoretical work', and how much effect can be achieved by transforming theory into practice still depends on the performance of the players on the field.

When a player doesn't play well, it doesn't make sense to play tactically.

Chelsea's defence is a monolithic team, but when a player is out of form, it is equivalent to a direct vulnerability, and it is easy for opponents to take chances.

These reactions were reflected in the game, with Millwall and Chelsea going head-to-head in a fierce battle, with both sides fighting very aggressively and playing better and better.

Chelsea were fast attacking and Millwall were not slow to attack.

At the beginning of the game, the lethargic scene disappeared, and turned into two teams constantly attacking, when the attack and defense were converted, one player desperately ran backwards, and the fierce game made the fans on the scene enjoy watching from the enthusiasm of the players.

This time, Smitchell received a pass from Morris from 10 meters outside the box, and he was immediately pressed by Essien, with Pire on the left and Morris on the right, but both were heavily marked by the opposing players.

Chelsea have a tight close-quarters defence against every player who is a threat.

Mourinho sat in the coach's box, and was very relieved to see this scene, the pre-game targeted arrangement had an effect, the opponent's Livermore and Braniff were suspended, the number of players who threatened in the midfield became smaller, and they were fully able to press at the same time, carry out one-on-one defense, and create more pressure on the opponent.

Other players need to defend as well, but don't care too much.

One, the threat is less.

Millwall does not have a strong attacking full-back, in Mourinho's eyes, Millwall's full-back, there is only one Zambrotta worth paying attention to, Zambrotta needs to sit in the backline, and the number of assists is rare.

So Millwall's backfield, the threat of existence is pitiful.

This is also one of the flaws in their squad.

Without the support of full-backs, relying solely on midfielders will greatly reduce the attacking ability and flexibility of the midfielders, and Chelsea's targeted defensive strategy will also achieve maximum results.

Millwall felt the defensive pressure from Chelsea.

After receiving the pass, Smitchell glanced left and right, his teammates were very well marked, and if he passed it, he could lose the ball, and he could only pass the ball behind him to Konchesky.

Koncheski is a standard 'blue-collar' player.

As a full-back, Koncheski has been solid and has made a lot of assists, but most of the time, he has been doing inconspicuous defensive work and occasionally coming up to provide assists that are not very conspicuous.

When Koncheski received the pass, Joe Cole stepped forward to press it.

In the game between Millwall and Chelsea, Joe Cole and Konchesky still played against each other a lot, he knew that Konchesky was difficult to defend against, but it was not a big deal to say that the attack was not a big deal, he just jogged and pasted over, creating psychological pressure on the opponent, forcing the opponent to pass the ball.

Konchesky didn't want to bring it himself, and he didn't hesitate to kick the ball to Morris.

Mikel immediately pounced on Morris, who had his back to Mikel, stuck in position, and then pushed the ball diagonally to Pire, who rushed to the penalty line, and then immediately ran around and forward.

Morris didn't run in a straight line, he ran at an angle that made it difficult for Mikel to defend and easy for himself to receive passes.

Morris's running was also like a signal to remind others to run quickly, and Millwall's overall running accelerated and the game suddenly became tense.

Chelsea's one-on-one marking is a very good idea, if it is in a slow-paced game, the effect is still obvious, but when the pace of the game is quickened, every player is running, marking is almost useless, the only thing they can do is to passively follow.

Defense, always passive.

The offense is the initiative, the defender can only follow the offensive player, the offense starts from the left side, and the defense must follow to the left side, otherwise the defense will lose its meaning.

This is just a simple example of how the defence is in a passive position.

When Millwall ran as a whole, the man-to-man man lost its effect, Chelsea could only passively follow, and Millwall used the overall running to find possible openings for the opponent, and for a while Chelsea was restrained in rhythm, in a sense, their targeted defense also lost its meaning in an instant.

It's also a new addition to Millwall's tactical training – tempo control.

Millwall's tactics are formulated by Zhang Yang, and the 'double core' style of play is about formation, transmission, and the operation of the whole team's offense, but the 'double core' is not the whole of the tactics, and adding some other things to the tactics will also get good results.

Tempo control is one of the most rewarding ones.

The rhythm of the game refers to the overall offensive and defensive conversion speed for the whole game, and for a single team, it can be said that the offensive speed is fast or slow, and the rhythm is not static.

This does not need to be controlled.

Just like at the beginning, Millwall and Chelsea tested each other, and the pace of the game was naturally very slow, not deliberately controlling the slow tempo, but passing and cooperating as a whole, so that each player was used to playing at a slow pace.

Tempo control requires active tempo control.

When attacking, it was originally a slow and leisurely speed, and the pass was carried out slowly, and suddenly it accelerated quickly, and the passing and running all accelerated, and the opponent could be caught off guard.

Millwall's dual-core style of play, the key to rhythm control is also the 'dual-core' in the middle.

Morris sits in the middle with Smitchell, Smitchell is more of a 'support core', Morris is the real core and he is also the most important player.

Everyone else looks to Morris as a benchmark.

If Morris is fast, they will be fast, Morris will be slow, and the whole team will slow down.

You can imagine how important Morris is.

When Morris's running led the whole Millwall to a faster pace, Chelsea's man-to-man tactics lost their effectiveness and suddenly they were not used to the increased tempo, and their defence became a bit chaotic.

Pire took the opportunity to cross to the middle and handed the ball to Smitchell again.

Smitchell was on the run and pushed the ball across to Morris, who faced Mikel's defense and quickly passed the ball back to Pire. The constant interplay between the trio formed a triangle on Millwall's left and also attracted plenty of defensive attention.

Smitchell took the opportunity to get up and push the ball into the box!

Darren Bent has been waiting for a long time!

Bent knew he had a chance when he saw his team-mates play a great combination, and as Terry's attention was drawn to him, he took the opportunity to take two steps to the left to make room for himself to catch the ball.

Smitchell saw the vacancy and immediately passed the ball over.

Terry immediately wanted to stop it.

But Bent was in a good position, gritting his teeth and squeezing the strong Terry to meet the ball and force his feet.

The soccer ball turns and rushes towards the goal!

The shot was powerful, but unfortunately the direction was not good, and Bent still lost his center of gravity, and the ball rolled far from the post.

"It's a pity!"

Many fans sighed regretfully.

Zhang Yang thinks it's not bad, he is satisfied with the team's offensive performance, especially in the control of the rhythm change, Morris did a very good job, and the other players also did a good job.

He thought about using 'Walk the Talk' just now, but after thinking about it, he gave up, Bent's shot was a little too poor, and he had to face Terry's threat, using 'Walk the Word' might not have any effect.

Too risky!

In comparison, it's better to wait for a better opportunity!

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