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Chapter 388 Simple play, not simple power!

The audience in the stadium was filled with the tsunami of fans. Every Millwall fan was shouting, cheering for Livermore's goal. Many people were shouting, not knowing what to shout, just trying to vent their emotions, and some shouted the names of the team and Livermore.

The fans were all excited.

It was not just a goal, but an extremely exciting goal!

British BBC TV station, the person in charge of commenting on the Champions League was Reinkell. After Livermore finished the goal, Reinkell said excitedly, "This is an extremely exciting world wave! It's hard to imagine that the ball can be scored in that position!"

"This goal alone is enough to make Europe and even the world remember Livermore's name!"

Next, when the slow-motion replay ended, Leinker continued, "Now we have got the data. The shooting position just now is 32 meters away from the goal, and it is still more than the expected thirty meters!"

"This goal will definitely become one of the most exciting goals in this round, even the Champions League. It is a direct shot of more than 30 meters. It is easy to imagine the difficulty of scoring, let alone a blind spot that hits the post!"

"Livermore, who can score such a goal, is enough to shock the whole of Europe!"

“…”

Reinkell is not stingy with praise for Livermore, because Livermore's goal is so exciting.

For Rome, it was just terrible!

More than thirty meters!

The penalty area line is less than 17 meters away from the goal, and more than 30 meters are almost two penalty areas. No team can push intensive defense so far, which means that they cannot make too effective defense in that area. If a player can play at such a far position, any defense will lose its effect. It can be said that every time is enough to threaten the goal.

That's what football is like.

The longer the shot, the smaller the threat, but the longer the shot, the less easy it is to defend.

If a player can kick a threatening shot at halftime, fifty meters away from the goal.

Then how can you defend?

Just like the movie "Shaolin Football" filmed by the famous funny actor Stephen Chow, he shot directly at the middle circle at the beginning of the game. The opponent's "defensive formation", "defensive tactics", or "defensive ability", all completely lost its meaning.

The Roman players never thought that they would meet an opponent who could threaten the goal from such a distance. Now that they were facing it, they immediately felt a sense of shock and worry.

Roman players can be described as "shocked"!

After the goal was completed, Millwall celebrated excitedly. Livermore was surrounded by a group of teammates, and everyone kept talking about the goal. The celebration scene was very exciting.

The Roman players were watching from afar.

Their eyes only focused on Livermore standing in the middle. Most players did not care about Livermore before. They did not think that this tall man with rough skills could pose a threat to the goal.

Some players have also heard of Livermore, and occasionally have seen a small number of Italian media. They analyze Millwall's lineup. Among them, there is a saying about Livermore, "The long-range shooting ability is excellent."

That's all.

There are too many players with excellent long-range shooting skills, not many Dolivermore, but fewer Livermore, but now they finally know how far this "excellent" has reached--

It's shocking!

When they thought of the opponent having such an opponent who could threaten the goal at a long distance, they all began to worry about defense.

Rome coach Spalletti grew up in surprise.

When he noticed the "changes" that Livermore kept inserting, Spaletti didn't think anything was there. A midfielder inserted into the assist in the field, perhaps because the opponent hoped to complete the goal as soon as possible, but the opponent's midfielder had too poor technical ability. Not to mention Pizarro and De Rossi, it was much worse than ordinary players.

Spaletti believes that Rome's most marginal substitute is much stronger than Livermore's.

"How did such a player become the main player of Mirvoor?" Spaletti was puzzled. Just because of his physical fitness and physical strength, and ordinary defense, he could only be a marginal substitute when he went to Roma. He didn't have to think about being a midfielder, and the key central defender would not have a position.

Now Spaletti understands it.

Pizarro De Rossi may have good skills, but if you want to say that your contribution in offense is just to give flexibility in the middle and increase the intensity of the midfield. However, no one has the ability to break through the goal. The opponent's Livermore has his skills. His skills are very poor, but if you hit the outside, it will be better than De Rossi and Pizarro who have worked hard for a long time.

That's a goal!

The whole team of Roma has been working hard until now, but has not been able to score. The opponent only went over and kicked it and sent the ball directly into the goal. Even if he defended it firmly, he had no choice but to face such an "unreasonable" shot.

Spaletti was a little panicked for a moment.

What to do next?

You can't let this player go and keep threatening the goal on the outside, right?

Spaletti hopes that the goal just now was just a "accidental" and not that the opponent is really capable and threatening at such a distance, then the goal is just a goal.

———

Some of Spaletti’s ‘hope’ is actually correct.

It was just by chance just now.

Livermore can threaten the opponent's goal at a long distance, but it is too difficult to score the ball at a distance of 30 meters. If you want to score ten goals, you may not be able to score once.

If it is within twenty-five meters of distance, Livermore's threat will greatly increase.

Zhang Yang noticed Livermore's shot in the "predictive" field of vision. Under normal circumstances, the football would fly out of the goal against the post, so he added the "lucky blessing" halo to Livermore.

Although it only added twice the luck, it still played a role. The ball's track deviated a little bit, and it bounced into the goal post and bounced in.

Part of this goal is Livermore's personal ability, and part of it is the "lucky blessing" effect. It is almost impossible to copy it.

Zhang Yang was happy that Livermore's goal proved his judgment.

How to break through the Roman defense line?

Use simple play!

The team's playing style before was too complicated, or in other words, the players on the court spontaneously wanted to cooperate more, which made the team seem to be accustomed to using technology to solve problems and always want to use cooperation to penetrate the Rome defense line.

This is not practical.

Perhaps there are many teams who can use their cooperation to penetrate the Rome defense line, and there is definitely no Mirwall among them.

Millwall played well, but the team's lineup was there. Most players' skills were average, and there were fewer pillar-level stars in the midfield, and the skills were very different from those of top giants.

Judging from the Millwall player configuration, the team is still a traditional English-style team, not really the so-called "international team".

There are many skilled players in the summer transfer, but there is only Quaresma who can be called "good at playing technical football", such as Pire, who used to play for Arsenal and played in the Premier League for a long time, and his personal style has been integrated into it. Zambrota is a defensive player and has little impact on the overall offensive style.

Among other new players, they are also from Premier League teams.

Therefore, Millwall's overall style has not changed, and the lineup configuration is still a traditional English team. In terms of the current configuration, it is a bit fantasy to really play technical football. Forced play will only reduce the overall strength performance.

In contrast, last season, Millwall did not appear and could not break through the opponent's defense line.

Of course, I didn’t meet Italian teams last season, but no matter how tight Roma’s defense is, it is not as good as some league opponents - some teams with poor strength, if they encounter Mirwall, they simply compress their defense line and set up an “iron barrel formation” to defend.

No matter how powerful the Italian defense is, it cannot surpass the human sea tactics.

Therefore, there must be problems with the technical play. The team still needs simple means from the previous season as the most important means of scoring. The smooth coordination brought by the so-called "dual core" is just an auxiliary means, allowing the team to get more opportunities to shoot.

The relationship between the subject and the guest cannot be chaotic.

This is the problem Zhang Yang saw.

Now Livermore's goal can also let all players know that goals do not necessarily rely on gorgeous cooperation. A long shot is often enough. If you use a pass to break through the defense, how can you pass a perimeter with a kick?

———

Millwall celebrates the end and the game starts again soon.

The whole team of Roma was shocked by Livermore's long-distance goal, and at the same time had to strengthen their defense, hoping to tie the score in a short time, but soon they had to face the "unreasonable" style of play.

Livermore's goal allowed other players to know the effect of a simple play. It was not that complicated to break through Rome's defense line. So after passing the ball to the frontcourt, the players on the wing and midfielders saw the opportunity and passed it over. The football fell to the penalty area, and the teammates in front could compete for the point.

The long-term pass and rushing style is not efficient, but Millwall has other means, such as long shots, such as personal dribbling, and finding opportunities to create set-piece opportunities.

These are all ways to make a breakthrough.

Millwall tried to attack with a simple style of play. Roma didn't care much at first. It is very likely that they found that Millwall's frontcourt efficiency was increasing, and three shots in ten minutes were proof of it. What is certain is that the opponent's threat to Roma's goal has greatly increased.

Roma coach Spalletti finally realized what Mirwall's real adjustment was. They not only let Livermore forward and threaten the goal with long shots, but others also frequently use the simplest way to threaten the goal.

This simple and direct offensive method is actually not difficult to defend.
Chapter completed!
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