Millwall can suppress Chelsea, because Chelsea is not prepared for Millwall's new tactics, and on the other hand, it is very important that Millwall's tactics are more advanced than Chelsea's.

The second point allows Zhang Yang to experience an unprecedented sense of accomplishment.

Millwall uses higher-end tactics to gain a game advantage.

The game between the two sides can be compared to war. Millwall's players' military qualities are relatively poor. If they use machetes to fight head-on, they need to use various skills to defeat the powerful Chelsea, and they may not necessarily do it with all their efforts.

Now an imbalance has emerged: Millwall's players' weapons have become more advanced, and they have abandoned the use of big swords and war horses, and switched to the most primitive gun weapons. The equipment has been updated and replaced by a little training for the players, which has been underprepared, and Chelsea will suddenly fall into a passive position.

This is the case with professional football. It means the same as the war of science and technology. Technology is constantly developing, and football tactics are constantly developing and improving.

For the 19th century football players, football tactics are not complicated.

Except for the goalkeeper, the ten players chased football on the court like hunting animals. Without scientific research and rigorous tactics as guidance, everyone's only purpose is to kick football into the football network.

Then, people who participated in football gradually discovered that the profoundness of football was, and the research on football academics penetrated into the stadium. Many football players realized that the disorderly rolling and speeding of football were faster than people's running. Without an organized and structured management, the players would consume a lot of unnecessary physical strength for this.

So, the contradiction between offense and defense emerged.

The initial tactics of football matches sound incredible now. When the "0-0-10" tactic appeared, many players at that time thought that offense was the best defense, and goals were scored very frequently on the court, but later someone found through summary that when ten forwards were in the frontcourt, the opponent only had one big foot to clear the ball to the half of the team, and no player on the side could retreat in time, and had to watch the opponent faced an empty goalkeeper kicking the football into the net.

This phenomenon led to some people later proposing to play the "0-1-9" tactic. The biggest feature of this tactic is to withdraw a defensive player from the original forward line, which to a certain extent curbs the opponent's single-ball chance, but goals are still very frequent, and the goalkeeper is almost useless.

With the increase of experience, football tactics are constantly improving.

By the mid-1960s, Inter Milan welcomed her talented coach Herrera, who led the club to be respected in Europe and the world in a 4-3-3 variant, and the concept of "scavenger" was passed down to the world.

At this time, England developed a more cruel defensive style. Under the pressure from the country, England coach Ramsey resolutely became the first leader in the world to use two forward styles of play.

This invention of Ramsey is of milestone significance to the development of football, and it has become a formation adopted by almost all professional teams.

First, it ensures that there is enough number of players in the defense. Secondly, the midfield has more initiative, providing sufficient support for the two forwards, and also has higher requirements for the personal abilities of the two forwards. The reason why Ramsey used two forwards was that he summarized the scene of the Hungarians ravaging England, making him believe that the England team at that time insisted on defending and retreating the players, and many of the conceded goals would not appear.

This idea made the 4-4-2 formation appear. In the 1966 World Cup, England relied on the core defense line of Banks, Charlton and Moore, and supported by the combination of Cohen and Wilson to build a luxurious defense line.

The use of the 4-4-2 formation also helped the England team win the Hercules Cup.

When time entered the 1980s, the head coaching position was valued by more and more teams, and football tactics were constantly explored and entered a stage of rapid development.

Teams experimented with various formations, playing styles and tactics, and began to chase the team's unique styles. The unique styles of teams such as Arsenal, AC Milan, Barcelona, ​​etc. were all formed in that era.

Until now, football tactics have bloomed in full bloom. Football around the world can see various tactics. A 442 formation alone can make different teams play different excitement, but one thing that is certain is that football tactics still have the potential to tap development.

For example, the football tactics in decades will definitely be different from now.

The "dual core" style used by Mirwall is definitely an advanced tactic. Only some people have proposed the "dual core" theory before, believing that playing "dual core" can make the offense more flexible, but no team can achieve it.

Zhang Yang helped Millwall realize his ‘dual core’ style of play.

Although the tactics are just pioneering and the team has just adapted, the more advanced tactical styles, not to mention that they can crush the old tactics, are enough to allow Millwall to tie the gap in strength with Chelsea.

When the opponent is not prepared, for example, now, Chelsea can only be "passively beaten".

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Chelsea was unwilling to be "passively beaten", especially the score was still behind, and the game lasted for more than 30 minutes. If you continue to be "passively beaten", you will lose the game.

Mourinho frowned.

I considered many situations before the game, but I didn't consider that Millwall could truly play the "dual core" tactics. The tactics are quite powerful. The smooth cooperation and sharp offensive made Chelsea very uncomfortable.

Chelsea's tactics have not changed much. The marking of Morris and Darren Bent is quite successful, but it has to limit the opponent's dual cores, such as continuing to increase the intensity of the defensiveness.

Josh Simpson!

This young man who is not taken seriously really gave Chelsea a surprise. All game viewers can see Simpson's role. He not only completed the goal, but also the key to Chelsea's continued passive situation.

Mourinho saw more.

Simpson is still not seen because Mourinho knows one thing better: putting other suitable players in the same position can also perform well!

Chelsea's passiveness is a matter of tactics, not the performance of individual players.

This is the root cause.

Now that the root cause problem cannot be solved, we can only treat the "symptom".

Mourinho looked to the Millwall coach's seat on one side.

Zhang Yang sat calmly, with an iconic smile on his lips. The difference from last season was that he had no playing cards in his hand.

"Maybe it's boring to play?" Mourinho thought, feeling a little ridiculous, and began to consider these issues.

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During the game, the head coach pays attention to the overall situation, while the players on the court pays attention to the process.

Millwall's goal was Darren Bent's pass, and goalkeeper Cech was a little dissatisfied with Terry because the opponent's offense was very good before, but Chelsea's defense was still stable and did not give the opponent too good opportunities.

Football has been passing outside the penalty area, and Cech also feels that the goal is safe.

Suddenly, Darren Bent retreated.

Terry failed to keep up, resulting in Darren Bent's easy pass, helping Simpson find an opportunity, and Cech believed that Terry should keep up, rather than chasing the passive defense.

Cech had no way to scold Terry.

Although Cech has his own judgment, Terry is older than him and has an older qualification in the team.

Cech was a little helpless.

At the same time, Terry was also reflecting that if he followed Darren Bent out of the penalty area, the opponent would definitely not find a good opportunity. Fifty percent of the lost goal just now was his responsibility.

Terry had no choice. A central defender could not run with the opponent's forward, otherwise the defense line would be unstable.

Between ‘Run out’ and ‘Defend the penalty area’, sometimes a choice must be made, but he is not sure whether Darren Bent occasionally has an inspiration to run out to find opportunities, or is the opponent’s tactical requirement?

This is the key.

Mourinho saw this very clearly. He knew that the striker's pulling must be related to the opponent's tactics. In the most recent situation, the opponent's forward has enough flexibility, but no matter what, it is all because of the opponent's tactics.

Chelsea has no way to deal with this tactic for the time being, so they can only strengthen their defense.

Mourinho stood on the sidelines and took advantage of the dead ball, he waved to Terry, who trotted all the way.

Mourinho gave the instructions, "Don't give them too much space, especially near the penalty area!"

"Let others come back too?"

"Yes, try to participate in defense as much as possible. We don't have pure offensive players!"

Terry returned to the court, but his eyebrows did not let go.

"There are no pure offensive players?" Terry knew that the head coach was referring to Shepchenko. From the beginning of the game to now, Shepchenko rarely returned to the center line, and seemed to be a center forward.

In fact, the center is Drogba.

Drogba retreated much more times than Shepchenko.

But what could he say?

Terry can understand Shepchenko. When the Ukrainians were in AC Milan, they always played like this. When Chelsea had to participate in the defense, they would definitely be a little uncomfortable.

The Ukrainians may also be a little dissatisfied with that they are not the center?

Terry was unwilling to participate, but just brought Mourinho's words to other teammates. Soon Chelsea's entire team knew that they were going to strengthen their defense.

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The game starts again.

Chelsea took advantage of the kick-off opportunity to launch a fierce attack towards Millwall.

Millwall's defense starts from the midfield. In the 3241 formation, four midfielders can organize effective defense lines.

Then there are two back midfielders.

The interception between Zambrota and Livermore is even better than that of the four midfielders. They have a large range of running and can put a lot of pressure on their opponents.

Then there are four defenders.

Of course, it is difficult to distinguish so clearly in the game. The targeted defense still needs to be targeted, but when Millwall retreated, it can be seen that they have put a lot of effort into defense.

Just like the comment from Sky Sports commentator Paul Scott, "This Millwall has a stronger defensive ability than last season."

The part that Mirwall's defense ability increases is Zambrota.

Zanbrotta has a lot of experience, coupled with strong and abundant physical fitness, it will put huge pressure on any opponent and can also help the backcourt to conduct defensive command.

This is much better than Livermore.

Facing Millwall's tough defense, it is really difficult for Chelsea to break the goal head-on.

In the end, Chelsea still found no chance.

When Mirwall got the ball, Chelsea began to retreat heavily. Not to mention the four defenders and three midfielders, even Drogba stood in front of the penalty area, and Shepchenko and Kalu helped to defend the wing.

This kind of defense is shocking.

When a group of big-name stars are piled up near the penalty area to participate in defense, can the scene be imagined?

Anyway, Zhang Yang was stunned.

‘Predictory’ is not omnipotent, and the details cannot be seen. When he saw the game, he realized that Chelsea was retreating across the board.

All players go to the backcourt to participate in defense.

"Maybe they have really attacked and defended, no, at least they are defending..."

Zhang Yang was complaining.

"Sky Sports" commentator Paul Scott couldn't help but sarcastically, "Chelsea coach Mourinho said, 'Blackburn's defense is like crossing a bus at the goal'. Now Chelsea borrows Brackburn's style of play, and he lets all the players pile in front of the goal."
Chapter completed!