Shepchenko's spirit is worthy of encouragement, but in the next game time, the Ukrainians seemed to have no room to play.

Chelsea attacked for ten minutes, so they must make some rhythm adjustments. No team can attack continuously, otherwise their physical fitness will be consumed quickly.

Millwall took advantage of the time to regain the initiative.

When Zambrota handed the ball to Jodi Morris, Millwall started an orderly offensive.

Zhang Yang stood up from his seat.

‘Predictions’ can bring general information about the game, but for the team’s ‘dual core’ tactics, you still need to carefully observe the performance of Chelsea. Every cooperation and every detail of the offense is extremely valuable for reference.

Chelsea's defense against Mirwall is still the same as last season. They blocked the front of the penalty area very tightly. Three powerful midfielders cooperated with the frontcourt to form a strong defensive line from the penalty area to the center line.

Millwall's core player is also closely guarded.

Darren Bent, the forward line, has been "careful" by Terry. After Morris dribbled the ball through the midfield, Lampard immediately pressed over, and there were also Marklele on both sides, and Essin assisted in defense.

Under such a defense, Josh Simpson, who almost no one pays attention to.

In this game, Simpson and Morris partnered with the "double core" and became a key player in the team. Simpson gave his opponent a more like a winger or forward with strong offensive ability, rather than a core midfielder who drives the rhythm.

Zhang Yang believes that Simpson's ability is very comprehensive and is enough to serve as one of the "dual cores". His style-driven offense is stronger than Morris.

Simpson is still very young and has a very high growth potential. Looking back two years ago, he was promoted to the first team by Dennis Wise. In the past year and a half, due to Millwall's lack of people on the wing, Simpson has been playing for the wing forward, but he is not a pure wing forward and has not yet formed his unique style.

Zhang Yang hopes that Simpson can adapt to the position. The confrontation with Chelsea in this game will allow Simpson to start, and it is also to see the changes that Simpson can bring to Millwall as the core of the middle.

This is just a flamboyant idea.

In fact, among Millwall's old players, Darren Bent is the most popular one. The second threatening players are Jody Morris, Smitchell, and Simpson have also been "famous" for a while, but they did not give their opponent the feeling of "strong threat".

Chelsea do not pay attention to Simpson, especially when Simpson's position changes to the middle of the midfield, they do not pay attention to it even more.

When Simpson got the ball, there was no one around him even defending him. Kalu, who was still retreating, saw that Simpson was unmarked, rushed back a few steps, trying to put some pressure on Simpson.

Kalu didn't want to intercept the ball.

He is just a forward and his defensive ability is much worse. He just wants to put some pressure on Simpson to force him to pass the ball to his teammates.

But after the football came, Simpson took a step forward, and then he seemed to have eyes on his back. He did not turn his head but saw the situation behind him accurately. He was about to pass the ball and his body tilted to the side.

Kalu swung his right foot and was on the pass route, but the next moment Simpson twisted his body back, and Kalu realized that he had been deceived.

Simpson used a small move to trick Kalu and continued to lead forward. His speed was not fast, otherwise he would not have to shake Kalu away. He took the ball out for more than five meters, and Essin ran over to assist in defense.

Essin came from the side.

Last season, Essing just joined Chelsea and his performance was unanimously criticized by the media, so this season, Essing also hopes to have excellent performances to reverse the criticism from the outside world.

It would be better to make outstanding contributions to defense in the game against Millwall.

There is an opportunity in front of you.

Snatching the ball from Simpson's feet and curbing Millwall's offensive is the greatest contribution to the game.

However, Essin's idea failed to come true. Simpson did not continue to stick to the ball. Seeing Essin running over, he passed the ball to Morris, who was a little behind him.

Essin stopped when he saw Simpson passing the ball.

Simpson continued to run forward.

Seeing this scene, a smile appeared on the corner of Changyang's mouth.

Simpson performed well.

Dribble the ball when it is time to dribble, and pass the ball when it is time to pass. This is what a qualified core player should do. Simpson was not nervous during the game. Facing Kalu's threat, he deceived the opponent with fake moves, and faced Essin's hard grab, and passed the ball decisively.

This performance can be described as ‘maturity, calm’

It is very difficult for such a young player to be ‘mature and calm’.

His future is bright.

In fact, it is normal for Simpson to perform well. Although this is his first time playing in the middle of the midfield, he has been the main force of the team last season. He has performed very well in both games against Chelsea. It is certain that he is not nervous when playing against Chelsea. His excellent footwork skills are enough to ensure stable performance.

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Many people soon discovered that Simpson became a trouble for Chelsea's defense.

Chelsea's defense is very targeted, but it missed Simpson's point, perhaps because it is impossible for them to target two midfielders, such a defensive workload would be too great.

When playing against ordinary four-midfield formations, they are all targeted at a single core and assisted at another midfield player. The latter point can even be ignored. Most of the 442 formations, the combination of two midfielders, one will be the offensive core and the other will be the strong defensive midfielder. The "diamond position" of the midfield originates from this.

Chelsea has no experience in dealing with the ‘dual core’.

The situation on the court is that it is not easy for Chelsea to make adjustments. Lampard and Terry have one-on-one defense tasks. Another central defender Carvalho must be on the back line. Marklele and Essin both need to take into account the wing, because Mirwall's starting lineup - Pire and Smitchell, are experienced and skilled players. They can easily face the full-back directly, so that they can easily provide enough support to the front line. Behind them, there are also Concheski and Zambrota, who can also come forward to support, forming a certain threat.

This is the problem.

Chelsea found that their defense was not enough.

The forward can retreat to defend, but it may be a bit tragic to let Kalu limit Simpson. Shepchenko and Drogba have been standing in front for a long time and have no intention of retreating to defend.

what to do?

The situation on the court made Chelsea players a little helpless, such as captain Terry on the court, who didn't know how to command.

Let Shepchenko retreat?

Stop kidding!

The Ukrainian has poor English and may not understand what he is saying. Moreover, even head coach Mourinho is a little helpless with Shepchenko and must arrange for him to start and be the captain on the court to direct Shepchenko to retreat to defend?

If Chelsea fails to score goals for a long time, the responsibility may fall on its 'blind command'. At that time, the media will say, "Terry actually asked Shepchenko to defend! It's really a waste of talent!"

Terry thought about it and let it go.

Drogba?

Drogba retreat is a good way, but if Sepchenko is alone in the front, Mirwall may be able to attack unscrupulously? At that time, their backcourt players dare to rush to the front line to assist, and the defense will be even short of staff.

Terry had a headache, and he couldn't help but look at the sidelines. Mourinho was standing there, frowning tightly, as if he was also worried about the game.

Mourinho hasn't figured out what to do.

Millwall's 'dual core' is so troublesome. Before the game started, he didn't really believe what the media said, 'Milwall used a dual core'. Now seeing it as the truth, he couldn't help but admire Zhang Yang, "How did this tactic come up? The key is that Millwall players seem to be very adapted to the dual core and have no problem of coordination chaos."

Tactical genius!

Mourinho sighed in his heart. He knew that he had never been a tactical genius and did not think that tactical genius had any meaning, because being a good head coach requires many aspects of ability, and tactical abilities are only part of it. Look at Liverpool coach Benitez, who is called a "tactical master", isn't that the same? His performance in leading Liverpool to the Champions League may be quite good, but he is still a little worse than himself.

Now watching the game on the court, Mourinho's thoughts have changed a little.

Chelsea has no good way to deal with Mirwall's dual-core playing style for the time being, and perhaps they can only continue to compress the formation to limit the opponent's cooperation.

Millwall is tactical suppression!

Compared with Chelsea's style of play, Millwall's tactical division of labor is more detailed, and the coordination style is also more advanced. The dual core makes the coordination smoother. Even if the lineup is not stronger than Chelsea, you can still use the offense to suppress Chelsea.

Mourinho took a deep breath.

He knew that now was not the time to praise his opponent, and he had to come up with a solution, otherwise the situation at Chelsea would be in danger.

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As the game progressed, Chelsea players found that they underestimated Josh Simpson.

When Morris was restricted by the opponent, Simpson-led offensive threatened Chelsea's defense again and again. Chelsea had no particularly good way to do this. They could not give up their defense against Morris and instead defend Simpson.

In the 24th minute, when Simpson got the ball again, Lampard gave up his defense against Morris and tried to run towards Simpson, and then Millwall launched a textbook offensive.

Simpson passed over Lampard and handed the ball to Pire. Carvalho stepped forward to create pressure. Morris did not stop the ball and directly transferred it to Pire on the wing.

Pire stopped the ball.

Under Bridge's entanglement, Pire pushed the ball horizontally into the middle, and Morris was transferring it to Simpson.

Millwall passed the ball continuously, pulling Carvalho out of the penalty area, and also made Lampard not know how to defend. He continued to guard Simpson, who had already pushed the ball horizontally to one side.

Livermore rushed forward and shot hard!

"Danger!"

Accompanied by the commentator's shouts, the football was punched out by Cech. Darren Bent saw the opportunity and rushed forward and wanted to make a follow-up shot. Terry took the lead and squeezed Darren Bent and drove the ball out of the field.

Chelsea escaped!

This wave of offensive failed to create a goal, which also made the Chelsea players sweat.

Millwall's offensive was too threatening.

Faced with the offensive just now, they could hardly follow the ball, and there was no other way. They felt that they were not playing against Mirvoor, and their opponent seemed to be... Barcelona?
Chapter completed!