The Young Lion

After Kosic's goal was born, the live camera immediately began to capture the focus. In addition to Kosic who scored the goal being pressed in front of the Millwall goal by his teammates, the expressions of the Millwall players were also scanned by the camera.

Then, a group of people poured out from the Aston Villa coaching bench, and Brian Little was naturally the protagonist. He clenched his fists with both hands and roared grinningly. He seemed very excited that his tactics were effective.

In the end, it was Aldridge, but the picture captured by the camera was incompatible with the hot atmosphere of the stadium.

Aldridge stood on the sidelines with a calm expression. He used to show a bit of anxiety that could be easily interpreted in his command, but now, he was calm as if it had nothing to do with him.

Players would glance at the sidelines and see Aldridge's movement naturally let them go to the tee, and each player recovered quickly from the blow of the fumble.

Because seeing Aldridge's actions now, it naturally reminded them of what Aldridge said in the locker room before the game.

Falling behind is the worst possible situation, but we are not unprepared.

In fact, Aldridge was not at peace, not at all.

He even cursed the gods all over the world. There are chances on the football field. For example, if Milosevic's long-range shot was a little bit off just now, there would be no such corner kick attack.

Aldrich is just a mortal complaint, and he needs to calm down quickly after venting his heart out.

He can't panic. If he panics, not only will he not be able to help the players on the field, but he will even spread the panic to the players.

The conceded goal just now was avoidable. It can only be said that Millwall is still very young, and some details of defensive tactics have not yet been matured.

When appropriate, foul tactics are enough to change the situation of the game.

However, most of Millwall's players are law-abiding model players. Even Makelele, who is mainly responsible for defensive tasks, doesn't bother to stifle the offense with endless fouls. His defense is a An art that destroys without losing its elegance.

Millwall players are not without fouls, but they are used to frontal defense. For example, Lucas Neal, who has the most cards per game in the team, his fouls always come from the aggressiveness of frontal defense. Temperament is often born by players, not acquired. The counterexample is that many good guys want to be more aggressive, but they always give people the visual effect of being a dog.

Tactical fouls are also a key part of defensive training. Millwall also focuses on cultivating players' awareness of this kind of awareness, but this kind of flashy judgment is not that the coach can say a few words, and the players can immediately be perfect. In short, experience.

The singing of the Aston Villa fans in the stands was louder and louder. In contrast, the fans of Millwall were a little confused and panicked.

Could it be that the 110-year wait has not come to an end?

This conceded the ball stunned many fans. Even Brady, the leader of the fan organization, stayed in the stands for a while, until Ivan called Millwall's name in a clear and sweet voice, and then let him turn back. God came, and then clapped his palms with a ferocious face like a beast and shouted Millwall's name.

Arthur stood in the stands with his old pals, hadn't sat down since entering the pitch, with a scarf around his neck and a Millwall jersey, a little heartless when the silence fell Looking around, he sneered and said to the surroundings: Are you all slapped? Didn't you just concede a goal? I watched almost 2,000 Millwall games.

Is it weird to concede the ball first? Look at your cowards! a shame!

Arthur, F-uck! It's the f-fucking League Cup final!

A man who looked ten years older than Arthur said in a lectured tone.

Arthur sneered and said without looking back: What happened to the final? If Millwall lost today, would you fucking take off your jersey and get out of East London? I'm curious, why don't you lick Arsenal? Asshole? They've played a lot of finals in the past and won a lot of championships, isn't that what you want?

Arthur! Are you f-m trying to fight?

Thirty years ago, I beat you to the ground, and today I can do it too! Do you want to try?

Shut the fuck up!

Among these old men, the most prestigious one is not Arthur, who is rich now, but an old man with white hair. He looks to be about sixty years old. He is not tall and strong, and his wrinkled face is not angry. Wei, he was also the little leader of the gang of old men who wandered the streets back then, and he was imprisoned for three years before he reformed, but his gangster spirit was still there, and his scolding immediately made Arthur and the man who bickered obediently When the flags and drums are silenced, the boss's prestige is still there.

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The white-haired old man didn't say anything more, and after clapping his hands high, he shouted Millwall's name.

Soon, unanimous shouts rang out from the quiet stands.

Millwall rang out again.

The situation is now at its worst for Millwall.

Aston Villa took the lead, proving that their tactics are working, the players' tactical execution will be more consistent, and they will not even think about attacking again.

Aldridge was thinking about countermeasures on the sidelines, breaking the dense defense was nothing more than the three tricks, breaking through long-range set-pieces, and he couldn't help but think of the best team in breaking dense defense more than ten years later: Barcelona Dream Team 3.

But he quickly shook his head and dismissed the idea of ​​emulating Barcelona's tactics.

The core of Barcelona's tactics is the control of the ball. Guardiola's control of the ball is like a madman. Of course, this is inseparable from the precepts and deeds of Barcelona's godfather Cruyff.

There is only one ball on the football field. When you firmly control the ball, the opponent will naturally not be able to score goals.

This is at the heart of Barcelona's football philosophy.

Millwall will also play short passes to infiltrate, and also play wingers to insert, change positions of midfielders and other details, but the football philosophy is essentially different.

Aldridge does not pursue ball possession, but pursues shooting opportunities.

When a player has a chance in front of the penalty area, he encourages the player to shoot without thinking too much, without thinking about another pass in his head, just shoot.

It cannot be said that football based on the control of the ball is boring, at least for the players playing on the field, they tricked their opponents through twenty or thirty times of inverted passes and finally scored goals. For the players in it, It will be very fulfilling, and it will be like art.

But from the point of view of many neutral fans, they spend money to watch football for fun, to watch shots, to watch exquisite long passes, to watch the display of personal technical ability, to watch the goalkeeper make wonderful saves, not to watch back and forth Short passes of 5 to 10 yards, when a shot within the range of the goal needs to be based on sixty or seventy foot passes or more times, Aldridge feels that this kind of football is difficult to survive in England, because it will Let the enthusiasm of the fans drop and cause visual fatigue.

And what he pursues is efficient offensive football. If you can hit the ball into the goal with one kick, don't use three kicks. The charm of him, and he is not afraid of the opponent's attack, risks always coexist with opportunities.

What he is most afraid of is what Aston Villa is like now.

Looking back at the bench, Aldridge glanced at the substitute striker, Solskjaer.

The baby face of being able to hit both sides is what he used to fight back on the basis of taking the lead.

Ballack and Vieira are in tandem. If there is any problem in the midfield, there is a lot of room for adjustment.

Aldridge did not prepare a full-back, but a substitute goalkeeper Bute and a central defender, Materazzi.

Richards and Elguera are not on the bench because he thinks Materazzi is more fierce, whether it is replacing Southgate or Stam on the central defender, against Milosevic , Materazzi's body and aggression can produce impact.

Aldridge looked at the time. One minute of stoppage time had passed in the first half, and the referee would blow the whistle to end the first half immediately.

Aldridge walked to the bench and said lightly to Materazzi: Marco, warm up here during the intermission.

Everyone on the bench was stunned, staring at Aldridge in disbelief.

The team is behind and you let the central defenders warm up?

Southgate and Stam are not injured and have no yellow cards. Should we change to a central defender at this time?

It is also difficult to blame the two central defenders for the goal just now.

Why?

Materazzi didn't care about anything, put on his vest and rushed out, immediately doing warm-up activities on the sidelines.

At the end of the first half, Aldridge waited for the players to walk into the tunnel one by one, then he stopped Neil and dragged him to the locker room at the end.

Neil was sweating profusely, and Aldrich didn't mind the sweat on his body. He put his arms around his shoulders and said seriously: Lucas, you performed well in the first half today, but I can only give you five minutes in the second half. time.

Neil turned his head to look at Aldrich, and asked back, Boss, is there anything I dissatisfy you with?

No, as I said, you performed very well. Replacing you was a mistake in my pre-match tactics. If you do it again, you will still be the starter and play the entire game. But for the sake of the whole team, I must replace you You come off for tactical reasons, not for your performance, and I hope you understand and make sacrifices for the team.

Neil was silent for a moment, then nodded, and said, Okay, five minutes, I will try my best.

Lucas, thank you.

Aldridge could only explain a little bit, he didn't have more time to comfort or explain to Neil, he could only have a simple and frank exchange, but fortunately Neil accepted Aldridge's decision to substitute, he is a precocious Player, Aldridge admired his professional attitude.

He is not the kind of coach who does his own thing, if he replaces Neil in the 50th minute of the game without saying a word, it will have a great psychological impact on the players, and in worse cases, it will affect the coach and the players. relation.

Aldridge had a guilty conscience, so he took the initiative to apologize and explain, which allowed Neal to accept the head coach's decision calmly.

Deployed tactics for the second half in the locker room, and Aldridge did not boost morale during the intermission, because at this time, he needed the players to calm down, and he could not just play blindly with a rush, calm mind Adding a calm mind and unyielding fighting spirit, this is the most important quality to come back from adversity.

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