The Young Lion

It wasn't until the 29th minute of the first half that Ronaldo got a barely kicked shot.

Enrique leaned towards the center to respond to Figo's cross pass and then made it directly to Ronaldo.

Ronaldo, who was holding the ball with his back, nimbly pulled the ball across Southgate's personal marking, but just as he was about to complete his turn, Elguera appeared in front of him. Ronaldo could only take advantage of the situation and continue to dribble the ball to the right. In this area, his shooting angle instantly became narrow.

Southgate retreated behind Elguera, and the two rebuilt a double-layered defensive line, while Ronaldo continued to lead to the bottom line, and suddenly kicked the goal halfway.

Due to the narrow shooting angle, Bout firmly blocked the near corner of the goal, which was blocked by his foot against the ground.

Seeing this defense, the fans of Millwall broke out in a cold sweat nervously, but Aldridge nodded with satisfaction.

Ronaldo, who has the ball, is threatening, and when defending him, he must not be in a hurry to grab, otherwise he will be given a chance to surpass others, and he will be very clean. There is no other way to contain this alien except for fouls. people.

Southgate did not chase after Ronaldo after being wiped out for the first time. On the contrary, he knew that Elguera must have appeared in front of Ronaldo, so he chose to retreat and continue to defend, not giving Ronaldo any space after the breakthrough.

The aliens were forced to use their speed to break through to the outside, and then the threat of shooting plummeted.

Millwall's defense has done a lot of research on freezing Ronaldo.

Especially Ronaldo this season, did not show too many extraordinary skills, especially the signature pendulum extraordinary. Get the ball out of place and other techniques.

This season, he relies more on his explosive power and speed, as well as his flexible direction changes.

After getting the ball, he rushed forward at lightning speed. Unreasonably use practical actions to tell all opponents: I am faster than you!

Only wait for him to go to Serie A. When he met the top defense line, he had the next stage of technical leap. The reason is very simple. He just went to Serie A, and those defenders didn't pay attention to him, so he went on a rampage and used his speed to play one defender after another. After that, Serie A defenders were smart when they encountered him. Coupled with the chain defense that Italy is proud of, Ronaldo began to decline based on the threat of speed alone, and with injuries, the aliens had to start using another extraordinary technique to face the defense, that is, cheat. When he gets rid of the ground, he waits for the opponent to strike first, and then passes the opponent aggressively. All kinds of extraordinary skills from static to dynamic are performed at his feet. It is not for nothing that he is called the textbook of extraordinary.

Now Ronaldo is like an F1 car racing at high speed after taking the ball,

Defenders want to tackle head-on. Basically impossible!

But it can't be stopped, you can use the guidance method to make f1 deviate from the target track.

Southgate and Elguera will not make it easy. Relying on the defensive position and defensive range to oppress Ronaldo's maximum distance from the shooting area, even if it cannot be perfect, such as Ronaldo's sudden stop in the rhythm of dribbling and then kicking the ball, but before that, it is also necessary to give the goalkeeper time to prepare. One of the responsibilities of defenders.

Barcelona's offense played very hard, which made the Barcelona coaching staff seem to see a repeat of the game, that is, the first round of the Spanish National Derby against Real Madrid.

The increasing range of forward movement of the backcourt players has given Barcelona a lot of support up front, as evidenced by Ronaldo's possession of the ball again four minutes later, with only three touches and no shots on goal in the first 28 minutes. But after the backcourt players came up, he had two shots in five minutes.

But the second shot went wide and, again, he wasn't in the right place.

Two minutes later, Ronaldo tried to force a breakthrough from the center, but this time, Southgate let the ball roll over him when he passed, and he was stuck in the main position to confront Ronaldo. At the same time, Elguera came from behind. After breaking out to break the ball, Ronaldo returned without success.

After Herguera broke the ball, he took a step horizontally, and then passed diagonally to the side.

Figo stretched out his feet to intercept the ball, but it was half a meter away. Just behind him, Schneider ran in at a high speed, took a step forward after receiving the ball, and then passed the ball back to the front of the center.

Nedved retreated under Guardiola's pressure. Facing the rolling ball, he made a pass back, and Pirlo who came up met the ball with a straight kick.

The ball was passed in seconds and pierced through the entire Barcelona defense line. The ball rolled over between Cotto and Freire. In front, Popescu was two meters away from the ball and almost missed it. Come across, Cotto and Freire also have a distance of about three meters.

And on the trajectory of the ball rolling past, Larson pierced the heart of Barcelona like a sharp knife.

Barcelona's defense was pressing forward before, but it hadn't been retracted at this time. When Larson took the ball, he led the ball forward and went to the meeting single-handedly!

The Wild Lions fans in the stands stared at Larson's figure with wide eyes.

Henrik, be our hero!

Aldridge also stared intently at Larson, who single-handedly charged towards the restricted area, from the sidelines.

His heart was beating violently, and Aldrich's mouth was a little dry. He even felt that today's tie was like a rope loop on a gallows, which made it difficult for him to breathe.

Robson frowned, and he didn't have time to lament that Millwall's counterattack was too fast. He prayed in his heart that Baia would play another world-class performance, and don't disappoint our expectations!

Baia also chose to leave the door this time. He knew that this time he was facing the best striker in Europe. Although he did not have the shocking impact of Ronaldo, Larson was the king of efficiency! A well-deserved goal machine!

Larsson is fast, he never hesitates when it comes to shooting, and he is unbelievably calm.

This time, he observed Baia's position and found that the other party abandoned the door and ran towards him. Larson kicked decisively.

With twenty-five yards to go, Larsson swings his leg on the run and shoots.

The ball flew under his feet and flew into the sky with a strong spin.

It was clearly a curveball, but it looked a bit worrisome because it seemed to go high.

Larsson is very confident in his shot. Baia was helpless. The ball not only went over his head. And it's on the upper left side of the body. It's the same whether he jumps or not: he can't reach the ball.

Looking at the trajectory of the ball he shot, Larson's eyes were firm and his fists were clenched.

Larson, who is about to turn 26 years old, lives a low-key life off the court and will not stir up right and wrong topics in the face of the media, although the media are always comparing him with Ronaldo and talking about who is better. It seems that this is the fate of the top strikers, compare, compare, compare... compare with Shearer, compare with Fowler, compare with all the top strikers in the scorer list.

Five years older than Ronaldo, he has no intention of competing with anyone, he is just doing what he can do: scoring goals.

However, since the boss steadfastly declared that he was better.

So. Boss, I will show you by force!

The ball crossed a rainbow in the sky and hit the net in the dead corner of the goal!

Fabulous goal! A blinding rainbow rose in the sky over Rotterdam. Larsson's right foot on one side and Barcelona's goal on the other! Millwall scored first, Larsson, Larsson , the incredible Larson, it is a pleasure to watch him break the goal, simple and sharp, lethal with one blow!

Aldrich closed his eyes and roared heartily, his fists trembling in front of him!

Millwall's coaching staff rushed out, and everyone hugged and cheered for the goal.

After seeing the goal, Larson's expression suddenly brightened. He changed from a dignified look in deep hope to a wanton laugh. He opened his arms and ran to the sidelines, just like a gust of wind passing by. The Millwall fans in the nearby stands stirred up crowds. Waves, the signs held high by the fans were caught by the live TV camera and gave a close-up for a few seconds.

We don't have aliens, but we have the King of Earth: Larson!

When the teammates grabbed Larson and hugged them together to celebrate, the fans in the nearby stands also clenched their fists and shouted at first, cheering the names of the players, but after screaming, the fans paid homage to Larson action.

This is his 50th goal in all competitions this season!

Schneider knelt down on one knee and gave Larson a shoe shine action.

The first half wasn't over yet, but Millwall football has completely won over the fans, I mean the neutral fans, there was a standing ovation in the stands except for the Barcelona fans who were dead-faced, we saw Millwall's passing speed is dizzyingly fast, and their offensive routines are varied. They are like holding a remote control, precisely controlling the ball rolling around. During the goal just now, Schneider, Nedvi De, Pirlo, Larson, even counting Elguera, Millwall scored with only five passes and one shot! Looking at the goal alone, it is interesting to watch, but If you watch the scoring process from beginning to end, it is the highest level of enjoyment!

After Barcelona conceded the goal, Mourinho said to Robson: This conceded goal is exactly the same as the one we conceded against Real Madrid for the first time this season.

The offensive and defensive transitions are quick, the midfield is fast, the ball is simple and smooth with one kick, and finally a deadly pass is made, and the striker breaks the goal.

Robson shook his head helplessly and sighed, That's true.

The players in front should come back. If Ronaldo can't get the ball near the penalty area, let him return to the half court to get the ball. If he still can't get the ball, he should retreat deeper. The entire frontcourt offensive players should be like this.

Robson still shook his head in silence.

Mourinho said a lot of suggestions and opinions.

Millwall's strength is in their attacking midfielder, the Czech, look at his contribution on the defensive end. When the ball is in our second half, he is staring at Guardiola. If the ball goes to the frontcourt , He can retreat to the front of the penalty area to defend, and when our midfielder, De La Pena is defending, where is he?

Mourinho only pointed out the tip of the iceberg of Barcelona's lack of defense. He did not dare to say that Ronaldo and Figo, if compared with each other, whether it is Larsson or Shevchenko and Trezeguet, in defense At least be able to withdraw to the second half, this is the least!

As for Barcelona's 4231 top 31 four-man group, only Enrique's anti-grab defensive attitude is the most active, and his performance is qualified. Comparing the others with Millwall's players, the pure defensive rating is absolutely terrible do not.

There is no way to change this all at once. La Liga has always paid attention to the control of the midfield. Once you can't control the scene, you may be beaten and collapsed. However, there are not many scenes of giants collapsing. They are used to more than 70% of the game being offensive. The defense is naturally neglected.

Robson turned his head to look at the chattering Mourinho, and said in a deep voice: Jose, you must understand that when coaching a special giant team like Barcelona or Real Madrid, the task of the head coach is not only to win, but also to win beautifully.

Mourinho opened his mouth, but finally chose to remain silent.

Freezing three feet does not happen overnight. There is no perfect team. Even if the head coach finds a problem, he may not be able to fix the problem. Sometimes, this has nothing to do with the head coach's ability, but is caused by too many complicated factors.

Millwall scored a goal, which greatly increased their confidence, and their attitude towards the game was more serious and focused. They must ensure that after the game, they will not leave the Netherlands with regrets! (To be continued..) (m)