Benitez focused on reshaping Liverpool's inner spirituality, which made Liverpool's period seem "emotional" and lacking in depth and rationality.

Like wounded beasts, the Red Army fought back with all its might and eliminated the negative effects, or at least it gave them a very different face from what they had done in the past.

But the disadvantage is that it is easier to make the defense more leaky!

Towards 40 minutes into the first half, Millwall once again scored in a way that caught both Benitez and Liverpool off guard.

Lahm dribbled the ball from the back to the middle when he was about to pass through the half, and after attracting the opponent, he suddenly passed the ball diagonally to the right side, Ronaldo strode the ball to the middle after touching the ball, Millwall's two knives were diagonally inserted into Liverpool's overall defensive formation, which shocked Liverpool's whole army!

What kind of play is this?

Gave up on the wings?

Cristiano Ronaldo drew at least three players and passed the ball to Ronaldo, who decisively went straight to the front of the attack and handed the ball to Villa, who did it with his backheel in the box, and then Liverpool, who had a back-to-back in front of the back line, lost Nedved.

The blonde god laughed at Naberia's gift and slammed the ball into Liverpool's goal!

"Nedved helped Millwall extend the lead! Andy, do you think it's very chaotic? ”

"yes, it's messy! However, if you look closely, it is Liverpool who is messing up, and Millwall knows what they are doing! Alonso's movement caused confusion in Liverpool's defence when Lahm dribbled diagonally down the middle, and when Cristiano Ronaldo also dribbled diagonally from the right to the middle, Carrick and Sissoko were at odds. They don't know who to watch. Ronaldinho hasn't touched the ball yet. Gerrard, Finnen, Sissoko, Carrick, these four points are rushing in the direction of Ronaldinho, but Ronaldinho kicked the ball, and Villa ran at the front of the front line to pull out deep space, so that Liverpool's back line and midfield completely opened up. Properly return and send the ball to the feet of Nedved, who scores! Millwall's attacking players all worked, but Liverpool's defence was in shambles! ”

Nedved was enjoying the cheers of the fans, and this was the best moment he enjoyed football right now.

Benitez was stunned from the sidelines.

He confirmed.

Millwall has ushered in another "enhanced upgrade" after the simplification of tactics!

Aldridge smiled from the sidelines with his arms around his chest.

How to play football?

As long as you follow the rules, you can play however you want!

Outside the tactical framework, football is actually free!

As Aldridge has advocated in the past for Millwall's in-house coach training, we can analyse the classic technical and tactical formations and learn the essence of them, but we should not be limited by them and fall into a rigid and dogmatic mindset. If you've thought it through, you've thought that playing with four strikers would greatly increase your chances of winning. Why not? Just because something goes crazy doesn't necessarily mean you're crazy.

A simple example to describe the core of Aldrich's tactical fine-tuning this time.

There are a lot of teams on the football field that will pass the ball back from the midfield to the middle and back, why do they want to pass it back?

There will be different reasons for different situations.

Maybe there is no ball point in front of you and you need to control the scene, then passing the ball back can ensure that the ball is at your feet, reshape the offensive form, and wait for a better opportunity to appear.

Maybe it is because the opponent is very frizzy, and the return pass may be able to attract the opponent to take the initiative to come out and press, expose the vacancy behind him, and then make a direct pass from the middle and backfield, maybe the contrast between the number of attackers and defenders and the size of the space has undergone subtle changes after this kick back pass and a straight pass forward.

The problem?

You can pass the ball back, why not dribble the ball back?

It's a rare scene, or maybe you can't see it at all, right?

There are almost no players who will run back with the ball over long distances, more than 30 yards away!

But is it possible to do so?

Why not? Of course!

Imagine that Xiao Luo controls the ball on the side of the front court, there is no space in front of him, the passing point is blocked, he turns around with the ball and runs to the backcourt, what kind of effect will it create?

Opponents are probably dumbfounded, right?

What is he going to do?

Can't guess!

Yes, at this moment, there will be an unexpected turn in the thinking of the opponent!

Because Xiao Luo's behavior violates the norm!

As for why no one on the pitch runs back with the ball for a long distance, but there can be a wide range of return passes, there is only one reason, passing the ball is more efficient than dribbling!

It is conceivable that if Xiao Luo runs back with the ball, how much physical energy will it take, and how much will it cost to run again? There is also the time required to dribble the ball, which gives the opponent enough time to cushion and adapt to the shock, although it creates a mental impact for the opponent.

So forward on the football field is absolutely mainstream, and one of the goals is to try not to give the opponent time to react as much as possible.

Forcing the opponent to follow the first instinct to make a choice, if that choice is wrong, it can become a breakthrough for the attacker.

Millwall's foothold for making reasonable tactical changes in this period according to the ability of the players on the field is: the ability to dribble with the ball!

Xiao Luo, Kaka, Ronaldo, these are all players who have the ability to blow up the opponent's defense line in a single line!

But go straight, the side road is in front of the side road, and the middle road goes all the way to the black, which is too easy to predict, that is, the conventional way of playing!

The difference is only that Xiao Luo's breakthrough ability is stronger than Larsson's and more efficient than Glen Shire, but in the overall situation, it will not cause too much impact on the opponent, it is just a hole with how many people to fill.

But now, Aldridge's tactical change is mainly to attack the opponent's defensive system!

In the European battlefield based on tactics, the meaning of the formation represents more responsibility in the defensive area, the attacking players can run disorderly, the striker can go to the midfield, the left side can go to the middle, go to the right, the midfielder can kill the forward line, but what about the defense? The tightness of the defence lies in the absence of the full-backs on the wings. The centre-backs rush forward or are too far away from their partner. Then this defensive system loses its tightness. will be blown up by the opponent's pass.

It is with this in mind that Millwall's offense is dominated by the concept of breaking the opponent's habitual counterpoint marking and zone defence.

When Ronaldo leaves the left winger position, what should the opposing full-backs do?

When Ronaldo takes the ball down the middle and Nedved doesn't switch positions with him, what will the opposition be under defensive pressure?

Especially when the opponent can't steal the ball at Xiao Luo's feet, and sees Xiao Luo shuttling through his defensive zone, but not directly in the direction of the penalty area, what should he do?

This series of unconventional shock effects. All of them are forcing their opponents to make choices in a very short time!

Especially when Millwall is not playing alone, the opponent's defensive system will be shattered by the seemingly unconventional trajectory of Millwall's possession and dribbling players!

First of all, they will mess with themselves.

In fact, it is also a kind of progress and sublimation of the modern winger stream.

When Xiao Luo cut inside with the ball on the side to make it difficult for the opponent to prevent, and Robben cut inside on the right side to make the opponent unable to keep up with the rhythm, this itself is an unconventional trajectory and offensive routine compared to before, and now Millwall is using this routine that appears at the forefront of the offensive end in the back place, and it is a tactical operation that is tacitly implemented by the whole team with a plan, rather than an individual performance!

Benitez confirmed Millwall's changes and got a rough idea of what Millwall was up to.

But he has nothing to do, and if he can't prevent it, he can't prevent it!

Millwall didn't gnaw at the old roots. It is better to keep pace with the times, or continue to adhere to the internal transformation that promotes strengths and avoids weaknesses. Aldridge's style at the helm of the team is the same as always, that is, to maximize the characteristics of the players!

What they are best at, then take that to the extreme.

This is also the focus of Millwall's fine-tuning without changing the framework in the post-Pirlo era.

When you have more talented players, you have to give them the best they can, but in the end, you have to give them a shackle to avoid "getting out of control".

Liverpool fell behind by two goals before the end of the first half, and although the players were a little hit, they all calmed down and planned to wait and see in the second half, at least when the midfield was adjusted, I hope Benitez can play the manager's scheduling adjustment ability and help them find a way to contain Millwall.

Benitez doesn't have too many good ways, Millwall blatantly crushes you with hard power, bullies people without blushing, and he doesn't pretend to be a gentleman and gentleman.

At the beginning of the second half, Aldridge watched the game from the sidelines for five minutes and laughed angrily.

Benitez bus!

It's the easiest way to do it, and it's a long-lasting one!

When you don't know how to limit the opponent's attack, simply fill the space in the box with more players, the weak team can use this trick, and the strong team can use it!

However, after the bus, the physical exertion of Liverpool will be stricter, because they retract, which means that the distance from Millwall's goal is also farther, and the attack goes up and back, and this round-trip running distance is much larger.

Liverpool put up a stubborn resistance for 20 minutes before quickly erupting into a lethal counter-attack, with Benitez also working on the counter-attack.

Using Owen as a bait to pull on the wing, luring Millwall's centre-backs away from the zone slightly, and then cutting inside on the other wing as a hidden point of attack.

This counterattack was fought very beautifully, decisively, ruthlessly, and with a fatal blow!

Owen dribbled to the right side of the pitch and crossed to Gerrard as he advanced to the edge of the box, at which point Garcia cut into the middle to become the first point of attack, containing Silva and affecting Nesta's judgment.

Gerrard passed the ball to Colwill, who was following up in the back row and cutting inside, Colwill shook off Nesta in front of the box and volleyed the ball into the top left corner of the goal, and Liverpool pulled one back in a difficult counter-attack!

It was a golden goal, and although it didn't allow Liverpool to equalise, it had a crucial impact on the morale and confidence of the Reds! (To be continued......)