The Young Lion

In the training for the FA Cup, Schneider was obviously too diligent. He sprained himself during the confrontation, which made Aldridge not know what to say about him. He could only comfort him in the medical room and told him not to rush Cheng, take your time.

Many of the players under him are still young, and there is still room for their technical characteristics to fully mature. They are very malleable, unlike many players who are over the age of 25, no matter how hard they train, they cannot achieve obvious changes in their technical characteristics.

The game was on the weekend, and Aldridge put Vieira into the starting lineup to participate in joint training while preparing for the game.

Over the weekend, the Lions Den Stadium continued to be full of attendance, Millwall was in full swing, and the fans were naturally happy to join in.

The team that came to the Lion's Den as a guest was Blackburn. The defending champions of the Premier League had a significant decline in performance this season. Manchester United is the team with the best away record, but the goal difference is not as good as Manchester United, and this season, Blackburn is hard to find a win in the away game. If they don't rely on their home performance, they may not even be able to keep their position in the upper reaches of the standings.

In the Premier League this season, the two rounds of confrontation between the two teams have ended, with two draws.

However, Aldridge did not send the main force to play in these two games. Today in the cup match, he put out the strongest lineup he could come up with.

The starting lineup follows last week's 433 in the league. Vieira replaced Pirlo in order to strengthen the hardness of the midfield. After all, Blackburn started with offense, and the SAS combination on the front line is still not to be underestimated.

Neal replaced Zambrotta and returned to the starting lineup, with Trezeguet at the top of the striker, left winger Pires, and right winger Larsson.

Aldridge talked with Larsen last year, hoping that he can play the role of a winger in the future, but not a pure winger, but a winger who can assist and score. Larsson readily agreed. He is fast and has excellent skills. , The shot from the wing into the penalty area feels like a veteran, and he often plays as a winger in the Swedish national team, so there is no problem for him.

Aldridge doesn't think it's a big problem to let players change their positions on the field, because the formation itself is neutral, and skills and tactics are a combination of formation and style.

If he asked Larson to do the work of a classical winger, Larson would definitely not be happy, because he has a strong desire to score goals, and Aldridge's first requirement for a winger is to be able to score goals After all, from the point of view of the formation, Millwall has changed from a double forward pressing the penalty area to a single forward, and his power has declined, but this is because he hides the offensive point.

Before the game, Aldridge chatted with Blackburn coach Halford. The pressure on the old coach was quite heavy. After all, Dalglish took over from a champion team, but the performance in the European war and the league was not good. Well, the attendance rate of Blackburn this season has also dropped significantly. This is understandable. The small town where Blackburn is located has a population of only 100,000. The poor performance of the team directly affects the attendance rate. How can it be like London? In metropolitan cities, it is often difficult for fans to get a ticket to watch a game, and scalpers can be seen everywhere outside the stadium on match days.

Halford was having a hard time, teasing Aldridge to fight for the league championship, but Aldridge just laughed and said nothing. The league championship is largely not a matter of your indisputability. Be more confident, win and the championship is yours.

Millwall has never given up on any game. Aldridge sent a young lineup to play. No matter what the result of each game, he feels that he has gained something, not because of any changes in the standings.

the game begins,

Aldridge stood on the sidelines with his arms crossed and watched the game.

Blackburn and Millwall have drawn in both matches. They came to the Lion's Den Stadium today, thinking of a game to determine the outcome, and they attacked fiercely after the opening.

However, in the midfield strangling of the two Frenchmen, Makelele and Vieira, it was difficult for Blackburn's offensive to advance to the vicinity of the penalty area. beam.

The two teams had a fierce confrontation in the midfield from the very beginning. Players from both sides entered the game very quickly and showed a high level of competition.

However, Aldridge has confidence in his team. He feels that his tactical concept is leading, and the strength of his players is also there. It makes no sense not to have an advantage.

It's just that everyone needs a trial stage after the opening, and when they get used to the rhythm, they will be able to play more freely.

The midfield combination of Vieira and Makelele is undoubtedly the top defensive configuration. Ten years later, it was these two who escorted Zidane in the World Cup final.

Blackburn's attack became more and more fierce, more and more people were involved in the attack, and the space in the backcourt was getting bigger and bigger.

Southgate cut off the ball at Sutton's feet and passed it diagonally to Vieira on the front right. Vieira took the ball and turned around and passed it straight to the front right. Once again swept away like the wind.

Thuram played a two-pass with Nedved who came to meet him and passed Wilcox. Thuram dribbled the ball and continued to charge forward. Larson retreated on the right and made another match with Thuram. A two-for-one shot through Sosskes' defense.

Larsson rushed into the penalty area, Thuram dribbled the ball down and crossed the middle, Larsson did not shoot after receiving the ball in the penalty area, but passed an inverted triangle to the top of the penalty area, Trezeguet led the defenders Into the penalty area, creating space for Nedved to shoot.

At the top of the arc in the penalty area, Nedved received the ball and made a kicking leg swing, which made the defensive players press up again, intending to block it with their bodies.

But Nedved kicked a pass and passed the ball to the left front.

Pires slanted into the penalty area, and after the anti-offside was successful, it directly formed a single goal. Blackburn goalkeeper Flowers rushed away. Pires did not choose to shoot, and knocked the ball across the goal. Trezeguet easily scored an empty goal.

Wonderful goal that can't be described in words! Millwall is interpreting textbook team football with action! When fans talk about how wonderful Newcastle United's game is, they should come to see Millwall's game, The smooth cooperation is perfect, every player is playing an important role, there is no doubt that Millwall is getting stronger and stronger, their opponents should start to study how to prevent Millwall, because you don't know what their attack will be in the next second Wherever it went, it seemed like every point was a threat, Thuram was a full-back, assisted to the bottom line of the opponent's half, the ball was quickly moved from right to left, and Blackburn's defense was dazed and helpless.

Aldridge raised his arms and cheered, and turned to the stands to encourage the fans to cheer louder.

This goal is not only wonderful, but also a heavy blow to the morale of the visiting team.

Halford stopped his disciples on the sidelines and told them to defend deeper. The midfielders should compress the 30-meter area in front of the goal, and they should hit the side where the opponent's full-back assists in the counterattack, and so on.

However, Blackburn's players seem unwilling to listen to him.

They are champion players. If Dalglish was here, they might still listen, but Halford obviously has less prestige than the champion coach.

Blackburn wants to counterattack strongly. They play the tactical style of crossing from the side and going forward in the center, but the effect of one-on-one breakthrough is not ideal. Both Neil and Thuram are aggressive in defense. An extremely strong player who didn't give the opponent any chance of a successful breakthrough.

And Millwall's on-the-spot counterattack after the successful defense was even more fatal, because they invested more troops, the full-backs assisted, Vieira also stepped forward to support, so just watching the live TV footage, you will find a weird one Phenomenon.

I always feel that Blackburn seems to have fewer players than Millwall.

They play more with less on offense, and they play more with less when they defend.

That is the excellent physical advantage of the Millwall players. Not only can they retreat when defending, but they are also fast when attacking.

Gearing up for a week of preparations for the game, Millwall completely defeated Blackburn in the first half.

Trezeguet took the ball with his back and passed it diagonally to the rear. Larsson, who succeeded in anti-offside, pushed forward and scored easily. Before the end of the first half, Nedved received a pass from Pires and made a point behind the goal. He was unexpected He appeared there and scored with a header.

Leading by three goals in the first half, the Blackburn players were downcast and felt that today's game was a nightmare.

Halford lectured his protege as he walked into the tunnel, arguing that if the players had listened to him, they would never have lost so badly in the first half.

As a result, Blackburn staged a stunning master-student rivalry in the tunnel at the Lions Den.

Defender Hendry actually spat at Halford and despised the opponent's coaching ability.

In the end, the master and apprentice actually fought.

The situation intensified, and Aldridge hurriedly asked the staff to pull them away. The Blackburn team became a mess, and Aldridge didn't know what to do next.

Don't let Hendry enter the locker room?

But they still have a game in the second half.

Fortunately, Hendry solved this problem by himself. He went straight into the locker room, took his luggage, and left the stadium without looking back.

After watching the excitement, Aldridge walked back to the locker room and found his players gathered together to talk about the conflict in the player tunnel just now.

Aldridge leaned against the door and didn't intend to say anything. Blackburn's army was broken, and it was difficult for Halford. Since the first goal was conceded in the first half, Halford had been shouting anxiously on the sidelines. Let the players defend, defend, defend...

Aldridge suddenly felt that he should be lucky. He wanted to apply for the team to coach two years ago. If that was the case, he might not have the authority he has now.

The advantages of being both the owner and the head coach are obvious, holding the player's income check in one hand and the player's career lifeline in the other.

Who dares to resist him, then the player must leave, and he will not feel much sense of crisis.

That way you can focus all your energy on the pitch.

In the second half, Aldridge directly replaced the three main players.

Makelele, Stam, Larson, next.

Ballack, Materazzi, Shevchenko, on.

The main players went to rest, the formation was adjusted slightly, and Aldridge sat on the coach's bench to watch the rest of the game.

When the whistle sounded at the end of the game, the score was fixed at 4:0.

Blackburn was taught a lesson by Halford at halftime. They played very conservatively in the second half. Millwall scored twice through Trezeguet and finally won the opponent with four goals and advanced to the next round of the FA Cup. .