Super Prophecy Master

Chapter 388 Pretty and Direct

Neil Field.

The match between Millwall and Roma at home went on to No.303 minutes in the first half, and the score on the field was still 0-0. The home team Millwall didn't score, and the visiting team Roma didn't score either.

Millwall launched attack after attack.

Midway.

sidewalk.

Center and sideways.

Millwall's cooperation is gorgeous, and the continuous kicks make the offense very exciting, but it seems that there is still something missing to break through the Roma defense. It is difficult to penetrate the Roma defense just by passing the ball. On the contrary, Roma played some advantages.

In the last 10 minutes of the game, Roma had three shots, two of which were within the frame, and Millwall had only one, which was also within the frame, but the ball was easily confiscated by goalkeeper Dhoni.

With the game at this level, many people began to see some tricks.

Millwall's offensive looks gorgeous, but compared to the top offensive teams, such as Arsenal and Barcelona, ​​it is a bit less penetrating. They cooperate more and play in the midfield position.

This is also the advantage brought by 'dual core'.

Having two cores can give other players more choices, and the connection from the backcourt to the midfield, from the midfield to the frontcourt, and from the wing to the center will be closer.

But that's all.

Without penetrating passes, it is not easy to break through Roma's defense.

Millwall's performance was affirmed, but many people also began to worry about Millwall.

Their worries are not unfounded.

In the 37th minute of the game, Totti took the ball in the frontcourt and made a two-for-one cooperation with Mancini Jr., then walked alone, crossed the defensive Darren Ward, and shot directly in the penalty area, which seemed to be running The shot in the middle failed to control the strength, and the football flew high over the crossbar.

The Millwall supporters breathed a sigh of relief.

Escaped!
It was too dangerous just now. Totti had already swayed away from Darren Ward and faced the goal. He chose a good position to shoot, and it was only a small mistake that hit the ball a little high.

The stadium broadcaster Mike Johnson said, "Good luck! Totti made a mistake! But it can't cover up how dangerous it was just now! After Totti cooperated with his teammates, he shook Ward away in an instant!"

"Prince Roman has shown the strength of a top superstar in the Neal Stadium. From the beginning of the game, his performance is extremely good. Even the defensive Livermore has nothing to do with him..."

Millwall was thankful that Totti didn't score.

Roma fans are somewhat regretful.

Zhang Yang, sitting on the Millwall coach's bench, was the last one to be afraid of. He predicted the goal 2 minutes in advance, and it was too late to adjust.

He succeeded.

Totti missed the shot and wasted the best chance, but if it works once, next time?

Speech can only be used once.

As Millwall's offense is unfavorable and the midfield competition is also at a disadvantage, Rome's advantage on the field is becoming more and more obvious, and the balance of victory has tilted towards Rome.

"That does not work!"

Zhang Yang has been thinking of a way.

The question before us is: "How to break through the Italian-style formation defense."

Millwall's cooperation is good, the constant passing is dazzling, but before the penalty area, there are not many ways to do it. Roma attaches great importance to defense, and the formation is also pulled back. When the football reaches the penalty area, it will encounter high Density defense, no matter how smooth the cooperation is, it will not be able to play.

why?

Zhang Yang frowned.

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Waiting until the end of the first half, neither team scored a goal, and the score was still 0-0, but the unfavorable situation made it clear to many people that Millwall was at a disadvantage, and their defense against Roma seemed somewhat helpless.

This can be seen from the data analysis.

Millwall's ball possession rate reached 50.00%, which is higher than that of Roma, but the number of shots is only five times, while Roma has nine times. The threat level of the goal of Rome.

When the referee blew the whistle to end the first half, Zhang Yang immediately turned around and returned to the locker room.

He figured something out.

When formulating a strategy to deal with Roma before the game, the coaching staff also considered Roma's defensive issues, but they never expected it to be so difficult. The 'dual-core' tactical play seems to have failed for Roma. The opponent used a defensive formation. Just let Millwall have no choice.

But in fact, this is not the case.

The 'dual-core' tactic is still useful. The team can play smoothly and compete with Roma in the midfield. There is almost no big disadvantage, which is enough to prove many things.

Roma's midfielder, the three players are De Rossi, Pizarro and Totti.

What about Millwall?
Morris, Braniff, and David Livermore, the three players were all from low-level leagues. Even though they are already famous stars, Zhang Yang knows in his heart that they and the world's top stars have different skills. There is still a gap in strength.

Like Jody Morris.

When many British media commented on Morris, they thought he could be compared with Gerrard and Lampard, but it was only "compared". In terms of overall strength, there is a gap with Gerrard and Lampard.

Braniff's overall ability is not bad, but he is only a middle-level star in the Premier League, and he is absolutely incomparable with a superstar. Otherwise, Zhang Yang would not let him play a "semi-main player", and he would be directly positioned as the absolute core.

Among Millwall's central trio, David Livermore is actually the strongest, because he has very prominent characteristics: extremely strong body, very energetic, coupled with the ability to shoot a goal, three super Due to the ability of ordinary players, he became a top star all of a sudden.

But top stars are also distinguished.

Just like the feelings of Roma players, Livermore is a "Gattuso-style" player. His overall defense does not rely on the overall situation, but his abundant physical fitness. He does not support the team much offensively. The feet are not bad, but most of the time, he hardly has a chance.

The combination of these three players, compared with the combination of De Rossi, Pizarro and Totti, the gap is too obvious, but the two sides clashed for half the time, Millwall has a disadvantage, but the disadvantage is not so obvious. The ball rate is even higher than that of Rome.

This is the role of 'dual core' tactics.

The ball possession rate does not represent an absolute advantage, but it can also represent a part of the situation. If the ball possession rate is higher, the number of attacks will not be less.

The reason why Millwall's attack on Roma's goal is weak is mainly in the frontcourt, or in other words, mainly in the choice of 'finishing'.

If the Millwall team played simple and rough tactics last season, against Roma, this problem would never have occurred. Now the reason is obvious: since adapting to the 'dual-core' style of play, the team's style has changed Too much.

Millwall seem to have gone straight from a 'skilled' team to a 'skilled' team.

This transformation is too fast!
As far as the technical style is changing to a gorgeous one, Zhang Yang still holds a supportive attitude. Everyone hopes that their team will be a team with strong technical skills, but too fast a change will cause some problems, such as players on the field, I like to pursue cooperation, like to make short passes constantly, and play a gorgeous offensive.

In many cases, a problem that can be solved by a long pass requires several players to make consecutive inversions and play an offensive that makes the opponent praise.

Then it is not practical.

This is what Zhang Yang found out.

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The atmosphere in Millwall's locker room was a bit dignified. Even though the disadvantage in the first half was not great, everyone felt the difficulty of the game. The most important thing was that they seemed unable to break through the opponent's defense.

Many people are also discussing.

They feel that Roma's defense seems to be the most difficult defense, much stronger than Chelsea and Manchester United.

Several players also communicated with Zambrotta, and Zambrotta said, "I think it's okay, Roma's defense is not strong, and it is much worse than Juventus."

"real or fake?"

"How is it possible! I feel like we can't attack!"

"Yeah, they are too difficult!"

Zambrotta didn't know why the team had problems, but he knew that Roma's defense was not good.

In the entire Serie A, there are too many teams with better defense than Roma - AC Milan, Juventus, Inter Milan, Lazio, etc. Even Florence's defense is not weaker than Roma, because of Roma's strengths It's offense. The core players in their team are all in the frontcourt.

Totti, Perotta, Mancini, and Cassano, Montella, most of the Roma players who can be named are frontcourt players.

The team's offense is not good now, and Zambrotta doesn't know the reason. "Maybe it has something to do with the experience in the European war? The team is too unfamiliar with Italian football."

Zhang Yang walked in.

Normally, Zhang Yang would not put pressure on the players, but today was different. When they saw that serious face, the players immediately shut their mouths.

Everyone looked over.

Zhang Yang glanced at everyone, was silent for a while, and said randomly and seriously, "I think you seem to have forgotten something."

"Jordy!"

Zhang Yang pointed out Morris' name, "Recall, how did we play last season? What is our core offensive method?"

Everyone else looked at Morris.

Morris stood up nervously and hesitated before saying, "I remember the boss said that we mainly use simple methods, such as long pass, counterattack, long shot, etc."

Several rookie players are a bit unbelievable.

Was it that simple for Millwall to play last season?Long pass, long shot plus defensive counterattack?

Zhang Yang nodded, and continued to speak seriously, "Then I said before that this season we will discard the style of play we played last season?"

Many players were stunned.

Braniff, Simpson, Morris, and Darren Bent all lowered their heads and thought carefully, and then raised their heads with surprised expressions. They kind of guessed what Zhang Yang was going to say.

really!

Zhang Yang then said seriously, "I never said that I would discard the style of play I played last season. Not only that, but when I was preparing for the game, I repeatedly emphasized the need to play more directly."

"Our new tactics bring fluidity, but we are not Barcelona, ​​we don't need long possessions, we don't need to play flashy attacks, the 'dual core' is just a way for us to improve, we never They don’t rely on gorgeous coordination to win!”

"However, I found that you seem to have forgotten how to play. It's just pass, pass, pass, from the backcourt to the frontcourt, from the left to the right. I dare say, you play very well. Beautiful. But only beautiful! Where is the shot? Where is the goal?"

"This is the Champions League! Not a charity event!"

"We are not performing, we are fighting to the death!"

　Today, I have to wait for guests at home, from morning to night, there can only be one more change.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)