"Millwall was the first to break the deadlock! Thierry Henry opened the scoring and he set a new European record for goals! Millwall's attack is too difficult to guard against, and when Kaka rushes up, his acceleration and impact have the consequence that opponents simply can't keep up with his rhythm, and with a superstar like Ronaldinho who passes accurately, Millwall can do whatever they want in attack, as long as they have space! ”

Rijkaard's expression didn't fluctuate much, maybe he was already ready to come to his senses!

After all, they may not be comfortable with Barcelona going against their accustomed tactics and using conservative tactics against Millwall, which may make Barcelona be eliminated in a very aggrieved and cowardly way.

Whether you can advance to the quarterfinals or not, you can only rely on offense to fight!

Puyol, the new leader of the defense, dragged Edmilson to his side and solemnly reminded him: We must ensure the tightness of the defensive triangle!

Barcelona has also changed a lot of players compared to the teams Millwall has played in the past.

For example, such as Gyuli, Eto'o, Edmilson, Belletti, Marcos, etc., these are all players who have never played against Millwall before, and only when they have actually fought on the field and are immersed in the scene, can they discover problems that were not expected when preparing for the game.

They are correcting themselves and adapting to the game to adjust their defensive strategy and improve the quality of their defense.

Barcelona's tweaks paid off, with Marcos, Puyol and Edmilson protecting the fanning area inside and outside the box, but they still failed to solve the attacking problems and could not do a better job on the final pass, and the players did not have a good chance to run in a good position.

Millwall respond to Barcelona's defensive changes. Naturally, the offensive end will adjust accordingly.

They stepped up their long-range shots from the edge of the box. Tear up the void with frequent lateral transfers in front of the penalty area.

When the angle of the shot appears. Diagonally to the goal with a long-range shot from outside the box.

In the 33rd minute of the first half, Ronaldo moved to the middle in the back position on the right side, Xiao Luo and Kaka cooperated with continuous horizontal passes in the middle, with the support of Henry in front, Nedved in the rear and Lahm on the side, the continuous pass attracted Barcelona's defensive center of gravity, and finally Lahm sent the ball to Ronaldo's feet with a diagonal pass in the front of the midfield.

Edmilson didn't dare to pounce, and Xavi was far away. Van Bronckhorst was a beat slower to follow, while Andres Iniesta was thrown off by Ronaldo at the start.

Diagonally facing the goal outside the penalty area, Ronaldo kicked out a shocking visual world wave!

The ball flew straight to the top left corner of the goal, piercing Barcelona's defense like an arrow from the bow and into the corner of the goal!

Cristiano Ronaldo runs around the field with open arms, and his passion is flying!

Millwall doubled the score and led Barcelona 2-0! Their attacking means are too rich, dribbling breakthroughs, team passing and cutting coordination, individual long-range shots and so on. They can do anything on the offensive end! Barcelona is brave, but. But they could hardly restrain Millwall from doing whatever he wanted in front of them! ”

At this moment, far away in North America, there is a Barcelona celebrity watching this Champions League 1/8 final in front of the TV.

It is Pep Guardiola, who intends to announce his retirement this year.

Studying for his coaching certificate, he carefully read the Barcelona vs Millwall match.

After Barcelona conceded the second goal, Pep Guardiola was shocked and shocked.

He understands that Barcelona's offensive looks superior, but for the overall situation of the game, it does not create absolute control, and it is this uncontrollable environment that gives Millwall the basis for an unbridled attack!

The passionate Dutch attacking football philosophy seems to be even more irrational than England's devastating rhythm.

On the other hand, Millwall is also full of passion, the performance on the offensive end is nowhere to be found, and there is no established law, their players can appear in any area of the frontcourt, but behind this "disorderly freedom", people can intuitively feel the strong "rational" support.

For example, the role of the players in the attack, the tasks they undertake, the contributions they make, in fact, as long as the players are not stereotyped by area, it is not difficult to find this, and in the defense Millwall has always maintained strong support for the central and backfield, and the players are also performing their own duties, running smoothly and the integrity is very tight.

Pep Guardiola took out his notebook and began to take notes, thinking about what he had witnessed, trying to create his own football philosophy

At the Lion King Stadium, Barcelona smelled death before half-time.

With two goals down, Rijkaard felt a sense of powerlessness all over his body.

Unit-for-whole, Barcelona is no match for Millwall at all!

In such a situation, one can only hope that the individual players can perform exceptionally.

Is this contrary to Rijkaard's coaching philosophy?

Discard the whole and rely on the individual players?

No, not at all contradictory.

It can even be said that it is the essence of the "sword fight" within Dutch football.

For example, Michels, the father of all-attack and all-defense, has repeatedly emphasized the importance of tactics, but there are still Dutch colleagues who pointed out sharply: If there is no Cruyff and the Dutch geniuses of his time, your all-attack and all-defense is just talk on paper!

Yes, the Dutch football philosophy of attacking is holistic but never justified why individual heroism always seems more convincing than team effort at crucial moments!

Playing as a whole, Barcelona can't fight, and their players on the field can feel it themselves, so taking the initiative to start playing individual abilities has become a reflexive choice.

It turned out to be a goal!

In the 41st minute of the first half, Deco passed the ball to the retreating Eto'o, and Eto'o wanted to complete the stop at the moment when he stopped the ball, but his choice to pull the ball forward was pierced by Silva!

Silva stretched out his foot to intercept, it seemed that the first contact was successful, he touched the ball, but the break was not clean, the ball bounced back on Eto'o's leg and rolled behind Silva, after stretching his foot, Silva lost his center of gravity as if he was beaten by Eto'o for a time difference, and the latter quickly rushed behind Silva!

Although there seems to be an element of luck in the stumble, Eto'o is in the past!

Nesta had to rush over to make up for the defence, but Nesta's pace was a bit behind Eto'o's, who came straight into the box and fired a pinpoint low shot into the far post!

'Barcelona pulled one back towards the end of the first half, and it was a goal that was entirely on Samuel Eto'o's individual ability, and Thiago Silva was annoyed by the conceded goal, looking down and babbling on and down his head.

At this time, Aldridge made a gesture on the sidelines in the direction of Silva, meaning that he did not have to mind.

There is no team in the world that does not concede a goal, Silvana is not a low-level mistake, but it is certainly a small mistake, the break is not clean, and it is also related to the opponent's ability, Eto'o is not unknown.

The first half ended with Millwall 2:1 Barcelona.

Aldridge didn't go back to the locker room in the first place, and he and his fellow coaching staff went to the corner of the hallway to smoke a cigarette.

Synthesizing the coaching staff's insights on the game.

Aldridge made a tactical change at half-time.

Barcelona's defensive triangle is more focused on protecting the fan-shaped area in front of goal, and Millwall will need to break this point by making some changes up front in addition to long-range shots.

In the second half, Millwall changed formation, at least looking like an asymmetrical one-sided 433.

Cristiano Ronaldo and Thierry Henry play as two strikers in the penalty area, Ronaldo and Kaka are the second echelon, feeding them with shells at the back, and wing assists rely more on the insertion of full-backs.

Rijkaard saw Millwall's adjustment in the second half, and thought that Millwall's killer move was Ronaldo and Henry's impact on strengthening the dangerous zone in the penalty area, but he guessed wrong!

One of the main tasks of Thierry Henry and Cristiano Ronaldo is to increase the defensive pressure on Marcos and Puyol and distract them!

Then, the real killer move, in the back row!

Kaka, Ronaldo?

No, that's too self-explanatory.

Xavi can assist to the frontcourt, and Millwall can naturally press more aggressively in the same position.

It's just that the old and strong Nedved is now a blockbuster!

In the 59th minute of the second half, Lahm crossed from the side, and Nedved, who was inserted in the back row, was unmarked, jumped high in the penalty area, and the heroic style continued to be unabated.

Aldridge saw Nedved open the scoring on the sidelines and pumped his fists excitedly.

Rijkaard bowed his head on the sidelines, and he felt that Aldrich was like a poisonous snake in his heart, which made him a little creepy, either inadvertently paralyzing his opponent, or hiding the killer weapon of the fatal blow under the vigorous scene!

If the score of 2:1 can make Barcelona frightened for a while, then the score of 3:1 and the passage of time will make Barcelona lose its composure.

In terms of team temperament, Barcelona also lost to Millwall, and now Millwall, under the tutelage of Aldridge, even if there is little time left, they never panic, and they can hardly see when they lose their minds.

And Barcelona showed anxiety, always want to replicate the goal with personal ability, but Millwall did not give them any chance, with Barcelona's frequent failure of personal breakthroughs, they lost the ball more and more times, Millwall's attack is more threatening, in the frequent rhythm change, Millwall in the 80th minute by the cartoon guò after the plug to catch the ball, the ball, breakthrough, in one go into the penalty area, completed the goal!

The first leg of the Champions League 1/8 finals between Millwall and Barcelona ended with a 4:1 victory at the Lion King Stadium. (To be continued......)