Chapter 389

Millwall dressing room.

After hearing Zhang Yang's serious words, the players fell silent. Many people recalled the recent games and felt deeply about Zhang Yang's words.

The new players were better. They didn't feel deeply, and some of them felt strange, "Could it be that the team played really simple football last season?"

This is where it gets weird.

Players such as Quaresma, Zambrotta, Traore, etc. started to play 'dual-core' tactics after joining the team and trained with the team. The team cooperated very skillfully. They all felt that Millwall was a A technology-based team, otherwise how could it have changed so much?

The feelings of the old players were very deep, and they all bowed their heads to reflect.

Looking back on last season, and even the last season, Millwall didn't play any technical football at all. There were some cooperation, but it was definitely not smooth. Most of the cooperation was very simple.

For example, ordinary counterattack.

In the past, the counterattack was to find someone, pass a kick from the backcourt to the frontcourt, or pass to other teammates, either with a big kick, or a fast forward, and there was cooperation in the middle, but the number of times was very limited, which is precisely Relying on simple cooperation, the team continued to defeat opponents one after another, and finally won the league championship.

This season is different.

There are a few new players in the team. Their skills are very good, especially Quaresma and Pires. It can be said that their skills are very good. The 'dual core' tactics also provide a platform to show their skills, so they are Began the constant pursuit of 'technical'.

transfer!
Dazzling fit!
Many players feel very proud whenever they play wonderful cooperation. They are intoxicated by it and experience the passion of technical football.

But has the overall performance of the team improved?

Everyone knows it.

Although the team is still at the top of the league table, and the Champions League has also moved forward, winning two victories, but compared with last season's results, it can only be said that there has been no decline, especially in the league, when they played against several opponents, they Not easy to win.

The outside world attributed the reason to the 'International Match Day Syndrome', but are all the reasons due to the 'International Match Day' effect?

That's not it!

Morris, Simpson, Smicer, Pires, etc., many of the main players in the team did not enter the national team. On the contrary, they got enough rest during the international match day.

Now they know why!

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Zhang Yang thought deeply about the team's problems.

When he discovered the problem, he knew immediately that it was a big deal, and he had to correct it in time.

Although the problem has not developed to a large extent, it is not possible to correct it with a few words. "Habit" is a terrible thing. When some players are used to cooperating with teammates, it is difficult to think of a breakthrough in the first reaction. The whole team is used to cooperating, and it is difficult to play simple football.

Fortunately, the problem did not occur for a long time, and the team can get back on the right path through the next game.

Zhang Yang talked about his style of play in the second half.

Zhang Yang's point is very simple, "David, you need to increase the number of times you go forward, Jody, help me to pay attention to defense."

This is not to change positions between Morris and Livermore, but to remind Morris to pay attention to defense, and Livermore should step forward and assist more.

Livermore is the antidote to the problem.

When other players are constantly cooperating, Livermore is definitely the lonely one. He rarely cooperates with his teammates. It is very good to touch the ball once or twice every time he attacks.

This is the limitation of Livermore's ability, and it is also his specific style.

When Livermore is plugged in, it will make football easier. It is almost impossible for him to play 'complex football', and he can become the 'benchmark' of the whole team. Let others think carefully about how simple football is played. of.

In addition, Livermore is also the key to breaking Rome's defense. His one-shot ability can completely ignore the opponent's defense.

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The second half of the game began.

Due to the advantage in the first half, Roma did not make adjustments. Coach Spalletti praised the performance of the whole team and asked them to make persistent efforts to take away three points.

"It seems that the opponent can't do anything about our defense." Spalletti said, "But we still have to be careful. Defense is the most important thing. If we can keep the goal, we will not fail."

Spalletti talks about Millwall players to focus on, Darren Bent is one, Pires is one.

Nothing else.

Spalletti did not see any threat from other players.

What Spalletti knows is that other Millwall players are weaker than Roma in terms of personal ability. It is not easy to rely on cooperation to penetrate Roma's defense, and it is even less likely that they will rely on personal skills.

Spalletti's confidence is quite sufficient, but within 5 minutes of the second half, his brows frowned slightly.

Something didn't feel right to him.

Spalletti has been the head coach for ten years. He first started his coaching career in Empoli, during which he led Empoli from Serie C to Serie A, and then coached Sampdoria, Venice, Udinese, etc. The club also led Udinese to fourth in Serie A and qualified for the Champions League.

Such a resume is enough to see Spalletti's excellence.

But when it comes to leading the team to participate in the Champions League, Spalletti has very little experience. For him, the Champions League is also a place to accumulate experience.

Playing against Millwall in the first half, Spalletti already had a general impression: an English team pursuing a technical football style.

"Pretty good!"

This is Spalletti's assessment of Millwall.

Millwall and Roma were somewhat passive in the match, but Spalletti felt that the opponent's performance was already very good, causing enough troubles for Roma, and the dazzling cooperation made even Roma feel a headache.

In the second half of the game, the situation seems to have changed?

In the past 5 minutes, Millwall's cooperation was also good, but Spalletti watched the game and always felt that something was wrong.

Strange!

This time Millwall attacked again and Spalletti watched carefully.

The football was passed from the wing to the center, and Morris passed it back to the backcourt players. A defender stepped forward and passed the ball to the left side of the frontcourt.

Smicer glanced at the field in front of him, and suddenly accelerated, as if to pass De Rossi.

Two steps later, De Rossi posted it.

At this time, Smicer suddenly crossed his foot to the right, and a tall figure rushed up.

"it's him!"

Spalletti finally found out where the change was!

From the beginning of the second half of the game, this tall man, who seemed to be a guy named Livermore, began to advance continuously, but most of the time, he was doing useless work, and it seemed that he did not bring any help to the opponent.

As an experienced head coach, Spalletti knows that it cannot be the player's personal wish, and it must be the adjustment made by the opposing head coach.

But why?

"Do you want this tall man to disrupt the team's defensive formation?"

Spalletti thought.

Then he found out why!

Before Livermore stepped forward several times, there were people defending beside him, and his teammates didn't pass the ball over. He didn't even touch the ball in the frontcourt.

This time, the opportunity has come!

Smicer's transfer was sudden, and De Rossi next to him did not respond. Other Roma players, attracted by Millwall's cooperation from the left, had no time to do anything.

Livermore ran out of space!
Watching the football roll sideways, Livermore swung his right foot without hesitation!

"He's going to shoot!!?"

Every Roma player who saw Livermore's action felt a little puzzled in his heart. Many of them couldn't pronounce Livermore's name, but the mood at the moment was the same.

Is that a shot?
But the location is too far!

Goalkeeper Doni also felt the same way. He saw Livermore rushing over and swinging his right foot directly at the ball. He couldn't understand it for a while.

Too far!
Almost 30 meters!
If this can be scored, it will definitely be an amazing world wave, but it is a pity that Doni believes that he will not let the goal happen.

"Oh!"

Livermore's right foot made direct contact with the football, and driven by a strong force, the football roared towards the goal of Rome in an instant.

Donnie tensed up.

Just a second ago, he was still in a relaxed mood. He didn't think any player could be in that position and pose a threat to the goal he was guarding. But when the football rushed over, he found that he didn't have much time to react, but after all, 30 meters was a bit of a challenge. It was too far, but Duny made the right judgment.

He rushed to the left!

When his body was still in mid-air, Doni raised his head and glanced ahead, and then realized that he was definitely out of reach.

The football angle is too big!

"It should be out of the bottom line!" Doni held a glimmer of hope, and then he let out a long breath when the football hit the goal post, and his body relaxed when he fell to the ground.

But immediately after the loud cheers from the auditorium of the stadium, Doni realized the turning point. He slowly turned his head to look at the goal. The football was bouncing in the goal like a writhing elf.

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"Gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!"

Stadium announcer Mike Johnson uttered the loudest cry since the opening game, "Goooal!!! Goal! Goal!!! Goal! Goal! Goal! Livermore! Livermore! David! David! He's a hero! He's a miracle! He's the master of Neal Field!"

"He, David Livermore, scored a long-range world wave! It was a real world wave, 30 meters from the goal, the football seemed to cross a third of the field, and flew directly into Rome goal!"

"That's still a blind spot! The ball bounced off the post! Beautiful! It's just beautiful!"

"Roma's goalkeeper Doni probably wants to cry. Any goalkeeper in the world can't save such a shot!"

"This is Livermore! Livermore! At the critical moment, he can stand up and help the team score! Perhaps in the team's lineup, Livermore is not too conspicuous, but this goal is enough Let all Rome supporters remember his name!"

"I repeat! The one who just scored the goal was—"

"David—"

"-Livermore--!!"

(End of this chapter)

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