The Young Lion

Newcastle United, who fell behind by two goals at home, began to counterattack strongly. The backcourt players rushed forward, and their aggressive appearance frightened Millwall a little. [*****$******]

Their efforts paid off in the 84th minute of the game when Ginola put the ball in front of goal with a solo display and Newcastle United headed home with a header.

Bout was a little reconciled, he blocked the near post, but Clark, who went in behind to grab the front point, headed the ball to the back post. It is hard to say that he did it on purpose, maybe the header was not accurate. , anyway, Ferdinand, who was at the back, accepted the assist with a smile.

1:2, 1:2, there are almost ten minutes left in the game plus injury time, will Newcastle United perform a miracle? Will it? As long as they can equalize the score, even if Manchester United wins, they will still lead Manchester United by one point !

I have to say that this season's Premier League championship has come to the last moment, and such a plot can be staged, which really makes the commentator very excited.

In any case, the Premier League championship will definitely continue to the final round, just like last year's script.

After losing the ball, Aldridge still sat on the seat with his chin in his hands. When the players looked at him, he just made a gesture of pressing down lightly, telling the players not to panic, just play normally.

Besides, panic!

We are ahead.

Regardless of the outcome, the league title basically has nothing to do with us.

So what if we win this game?

Do you hope that neither Manchester United nor Newcastle United will win the last game?

Stop stressing yourself out.

Just treat it as an ordinary game and play normally.

Keegan yelled excitedly at the players on the field, waving his arms and telling them to get back in line for the kickoff.

No matter what, he will fight for a draw to come back.

Newcastle United followed suit and continued their onslaught. After the Millwall players lost the ball, they became familiar with the rhythm of their wolves rushing up. The ball is hoisted towards the opponent's second half.

In the 88th minute of the game, Gattuso made a clearance and the ball fell into the right side of the front court.

Shevchenko, who was unmarked, started quickly, as fast as lightning.

After getting the ball, he started a long-distance attack. Newcastle United didn't even have a defender!

The opponent's goalkeeper attacked, and Shevchenko was not greedy, and passed the ball to the middle, and then inserted the running teenager Ruud van Nistelrooy to take the ball and went straight to the empty goal. After entering the penalty area, he slowed down and gently arched his foot With a push, the ball slowly rolled into the goal.

St James' Park was silent.

Van Nistelrooy ran over excitedly and hugged Shevchenko.

It was his first Premier League goal and he couldn't help but be excited.

The selfless Shevchenko's performance in this game is also quite bright, and the transcript of one pass and one shot is enough to prove his strength.

Keegan stood where he had been struck by lightning, and just stood there, not saying a word, until the end of the game.

Newcastle United players exit the field in frustration.

Aldridge politely walked over to shake Keegan's hand. During the last league match, Aldridge also said in front of the opponent's face that he wished the opponent the league championship.

But today, he raised the knife and cut off the leader.

Newcastle United has occupied the top position in the standings since the second round of the league. In the penultimate round of the league, they were overtaken by Manchester United, with the same points, but Manchester United had more goal difference.

This psychological gap made Keegan really unbearable, and the coaching staff of Newcastle United stared nervously at Keegan, who was stunned in place.

Seeing his appearance, Aldrich felt a little sorry in his heart.

Even though Millwall was double-killed by Newcastle United in the cup match last season, and Keegan said something that provoked conflict between the two, Aldrich felt that there was no need for the relationship between the two to become stalemate, and it was not irreconcilable. hate.

This season's Millwall League plus Cup match, killing Newcastle United three times, can be regarded as revenge for last season, but this revenge seems to be too ruthless, directly kicking away the opponent's league lead that had been maintained for more than half a year, and Maybe watch Ferguson, who has humiliated him for several months, lead Manchester United to reverse and reach the top.

Aldrich, who was going to shake hands, suddenly stopped, sighed, turned and left, but he didn't take two steps, but was grabbed by the arm again.

He looked back and found Keegan staring at him with a serious face. Aldrich was afraid that the other party would be hit too hard, and he might feel a little too embarrassed to lose at this moment, so he asked vigilantly, What's the matter?

Find a private place where no one is around.

Aldrich stared at him without expressing his opinion.

Keegan let go of his hand quickly, and said solemnly, Don't worry, I won't beat you up.

Aldrich laughed and said, I'm afraid that if you do something, you'll lose the lottery. Others will scold me for not knowing how to respect the old and love the young.

Keegan wasn't interested in joking, so he invited Aldridge directly to his office.

Unlike Aldridge and other well-connected coaches who got together after the game and forgot about the game, Kevin Keegan hurriedly poured a glass of wine for Aldridge, then sat in front of him, and asked seriously: Aldrich, do you hate me?

Aldrich shrugged and said, I don't hate it, and I don't like it either.

why?

Because I have no hatred with you. It is normal to quarrel sometimes. Anyway, I don't think I am narrow-minded. The reason why I don't like it is also very simple. I have never seen you play football. Although you are famous, I don't admire you. , I watched football when I was young, and I admired Maradona, and secondly, as a head coach, I don’t think you have anything worthy of my admiration.”

Hearing this, Keegan lowered his head, frowning, as if he was thinking about something.

What's more interesting is that after he retired, he spent eight years at home leisurely, living a very comfortable life, fishing and growing flowers, and occasionally traveling. He has more money than many stars of his time because he joined the When Newcastle United, Newcastle United was too poor to pay him a high salary, so Keegan added a clause in the contract: If the home attendance exceeds 5,000, I will share the extra ticket revenue. .

St James' Park was poorly attended at the time, Keegan's offer was accepted by Newcastle United and, on the strength of his popularity, he made a fortune.

Aldridge also had eight years before coaching, but he spent eight years studying.

Keegan needs fame, fame, and money. In the head coaching business, not counting someone with a special status like Aldridge, Keegan's total assets should be ranked among the top ten in the world.

Therefore, his pursuit is very simple, that is, coaching achievement.

Over the years of coaching the Magpies, Keegan has lost to Manchester United many times, but he doesn't think Ferguson is anything special. Manchester United has many stars and is strong. If they lose to Manchester United, the outside world will not think that Newcastle United has anything to complain about. Not as good as people.

Even Manchester United, which has let go of many main players in the transfer market this season and has zero investment, still has Schmeichel, Cantona, Keane, Pallister, Irwin and other veterans in the team, Speaking of Manchester United's renewal, it is actually just the five little tigers starting to take the lead. In this, except for Beckham and Phil Neville, which is the first Premier League season, others such as Giggs, Scholes, Gary Neville , Butt has already appeared in the first team in the past two seasons.

Therefore, compared to losing to Manchester United, Keegan may still feel a little unconvinced.

But Aldridge double-killed Newcastle United in the league. The first time was a semi-main lineup, and the second time, today, was a full-substitute lineup.

He was convinced that he lost, after all, he lost 1:3 at home, what reason could he find to comfort himself?

Aldridge, can you be honest with me?

Why should I lie to you?

Don't you have the idea of ​​trying to play tricks on me?

That's your petty heart.

Well, what do you think is the problem with Newcastle United?

Defense.

Keegan sighed and said in distress: Everyone is saying that Newcastle United's defense has problems, but what is the problem? No one can tell. It seems that everyone scolds you, but why scold you? Can’t explain why.”

Aldrich touched his wine glass and said casually: Because there is no universal defensive system suitable for all teams, defensive strategies must be formulated according to the characteristics of the players, learn from each other's strengths, complement each other, and some defenders are slow. Some defenders are reckless, some defenders have poor predictions, some defenders are not tall enough, and to put it more broadly, where are the weak defensive areas? Where are the areas where the ball is most likely to be lost? Where will the opponent's attack focus be? It all needs to be studied, you can’t polish the team’s training today, and let the players play with peace of mind the next day.”

Keegan was dumbfounded. He is definitely not a coach from an academy. Therefore, he immediately asked: You are so young and have never played football. Where did you learn all this?

Aldridge raised his eyebrows and laughed at himself: I was learning blindly at the beginning, studying the video of the game, marking each player with a code name in the book, and then repeatedly watching the video to study the running trajectory of the players and watching the defensive players. How did they work together? Later, I went to many coaching academies, especially in Italy, where you can meet a lot of lunatics. They can tell you about countless changes in defense and how to deal with them, but they are all on paper, simply discussing. Tactics don't make sense because there are always high and low players and different characteristics.

Keegan nodded with a look of understanding, as if he had figured out Aldridge's cards, and then asked: Then you study the opponent, that is, my team, where do you think the defensive weakness is?

Where? The defense is full of holes, and there are almost no reliable places.

When Aldrich said it casually, Keegan was a little upset, and he tore a piece of paper from his desk, took a pen to Aldrich, and said, You write it for me.

Aldridge sighed, and wrote five numbers on the paper, with four defenders plus a midfielder.

That's Newcastle United's backcourt for this game, right?

Keegan nodded.

Aldridge said while writing: Playing on the wing, don't consider one-on-one breakthrough. My winger and full-back are two-on-one. Your wing is a loophole. Who is your full-back defending? My winger. Defender, my winger is liberated, staring at the winger, and my full-back will pass from the bottom without interference, which requires your defender to turn around, while my forward hits the goal directly, which is obviously dominant. Hit the center , my attacking midfielder and your defensive midfielder are in a pair state, but what about my organizational midfielder? Do you want to rely on a single midfielder to defend the width of the field of 60 or 70 yards? My forward can retreat, The winger cuts inside, one back and one back, disrupting your defender's defense

The arrows Aldridge drew on paper turned Newcastle United's defense into a hornet's nest.

Keegan pressed his hand and asked in confusion, Why do you always have so many people? Playing on the wing, you play two on one, and on the middle, you are still two on one. Even if you directly hit my defense line, you become another one. Three strikers. Are all my men dead?

Aldrich snorted and said: You can go back and watch the video repeatedly to see if your people are dead, Kevin, my team is better than yours, it's not me showing off, it's a fact, player Ability is not only technical ability, but physical fitness is also very important. There is no statistics on the running distance of players in the game. If there is, I can tell you that the average running distance of my players will be at least 30 times higher than yours. , with the advantage of playing more and playing less.

Keegan didn't want to believe it, but when he looked back on the game, he agreed with Aldridge's statement in frustration.

Keegan, who is 45 years old, and Aldrich, who will be 20 years old next month, have been talking for more than two hours Your support is my greatest motivation.)l3l4 (m)