The Young Lion

Most of the stands at Old Trafford were silent, only the visiting Millwall fans sang the team anthem excitedly.

However, more Red Devils fans still comfort themselves optimistically.

It's nothing, it's nothing, it's just two goals behind, and it was also two goals last year.

Yes, most fans feel that today's game is very similar to last year's remake. Millwall scored two goals as a guest and ended up with a 5:5 draw.

Anyway, it's not time to despair.

But Aldridge is determined to let the Red Devils despair today!

While you are sick, I will kill you!

He doesn't care about the poor state of Manchester United players, physical problems, consecutive defeats, the main players can't play and other unfavorable factors.

The first thing he wants is a victory, 3 points, and secondly, if he can score three goals for Manchester United, he will not keep the advantage of two goals.

Millwall is going to blow a storm across England, and let the wild lion ascend to the throne on the corpses of all the rich and powerful!

Manchester United's situation is very bad. They can't control the game. Scholes, the young man who is expected to be Cantona's successor, is obviously at a disadvantage. Then again, even if Cantona is on the court, so what What? He himself frankly admitted that he had a problem in an interview last month, and he couldn't find the reason why he was in a bad state.

Manchester United showed fatigue from the beginning, and their off-ball movement dropped significantly, which directly led to their offensive players being directly marked to death. Solskjaer worked hard today, but only because of him in Schneider's position. What's the use of running out of space? No one could pass him the ball accurately, and he didn't even have a chance to play.

Ferguson's character. The background of Manchester United, the blood of the Red Devils. This has made it impossible for them to have the idea of ​​​​a small team that loses less and wins. The strong are not afraid of failure.

Therefore, Manchester United began to counterattack frantically, while Millwall was very calm, especially when Manchester United's running power was not up to expectations, the iron man who could not die like Nedved was even more eye-catching. He actively participated in the return defense and made up for Pirlo's defensive loopholes. Coupled with Makelele, even if Keane and Bart both stepped forward to participate in the offense, they could not make any fuss in the middle.

The full-backs also boldly attacked, and Manchester United finally created a chance, but Beckham played abnormally and passed the ball over the baseline.

Bout took the ball quickly and threw it directly to his compatriot Schneider.

Solskjaer turned around and ran to the backcourt without thinking. He understood Millwall's rapid transition from defense to offense better than anyone else.

But his two legs obviously couldn't run as fast as the ball.

Irwin made an assist earlier, and Shevchenko, who was defending him, rushed forward after Manchester United's attack, leaving him far behind. Schneider's long pass over the top arrived as expected, and there was an empty space behind. Manchester United immediately realized what it means to be under pressure!

larson. Trezeguet, Shevchenko, and Nedved, who can't run to death, sprinted together, leaving Manchester United with two central defenders in the backcourt. Can only retreat to the restricted area in a hurry.

After Shevchenko caught up with the ball, he made a slight adjustment and crossed the middle. May went to defend Trezeguet. But the opponent missed the ball, and Larsson on the left took the ball and gently returned the ball to the top of the penalty area.

The ball rolled over slowly, and Nedved didn't need to adjust, and just hit the ball with a burst shot.

Schmeichel flew out but couldn't touch the ball. It wasn't the angle, but the speed. The speed of the ball was too fast. When Schmeichel made a move, the ball had already crossed the goal line.

The goal is scored again! Millwall is leading with three goals. I think there is no suspense in the game, although there are still 50 minutes in the game. The long shot scored by Nedved is extremely beautiful. Keane and Butt are completely in line today. Not at the pace of Nedved, he has been running at high speed, running at high speed, running at high speed, when will he know that he is tired?! Millwall's god of war, leading the mad lion to become stronger every day! This The Czech who shined in the European Cup in the summer is undoubtedly the number one star of Millwall! He is also the number one star in the Premier League!

After Nedved scored the goal, he ran towards the visiting team's stands, clenched his fists and showed a roaring expression.

Wild Lions fans cheered for him excitedly, some fans even wanted to climb over the stands to hug Nedved, but were blocked by the stadium staff.

Aldridge tilted his head on the sidelines, closed his eyes, raised the corners of his mouth, put one hand in his pocket, and clenched his fists with the other hand, and kept shaking slightly. Other coaches rushed out to celebrate Nedved with their arms high. Ballack even rushed out. Throwing away his jersey and jumping high, he was very excited. In the team, Nedved is the person Ballack admires the most, and he also strives to make himself a giant like Nedved who can run hard and never die. .

Ferguson's face was livid. He knew that the players could not continue to behave like this. There were less than ten minutes before the end of the first half. He had to stabilize the team first. If he conceded another goal, everything would be over.

He gestured to the players to calm down, avoid conceding the ball first, and make adjustments during the intermission.

Originally planned to use the configuration of double defensive midfielders to completely freeze Nedved, but Ferguson, who was keenly aware of the fire, found that Nedved's organizational role had been weakened. The Italian young man was inconspicuous on the court, but under the protection of Makelele, he Handling the ball was very easy and calm, Scholes was dizzy, and Cole retreated too deep, which also reduced Manchester United's offensive threat.

United did not concede a goal in the closing minutes of the first half, but the players walked into the dressing room looking terribly frustrated, breathless and exhausted.

Manchester United made adjustments in the second half.

Ferguson asked Keane to go up, at least he went to grab Pirlo, it would definitely be an overwhelming victory, and it would also allow Scholes to have a point of contact when switching from defense to offense, expanding his room to play.

Seeing Manchester United's tactical changes on the field, Aldridge outlined a veiled smile.

Millwall asked Pirlo to delay the organization, but it doesn't mean that Nedved can't organize it!

It's better to grab Pirlo. Lead the snake out of the hole, it's all right now. Pirlo has become a cover for Nedved!

Keane ran in a wide range in the midfield trying to limit Pirlo, but Pirlo gave up too much control of the ball when he saw that the situation was not good. He took the ball with his back and passed the ball to his teammates with one kick. Even the teammates consciously Instead of passing the ball to him, Nedved has more room to move in the frontcourt.

Schneider responded to Makelele's cross and dribbled the ball forward. Solskjaer chased after him. Schneider made an emergency stop midway. He controlled the ball under his feet and stopped moving forward, and then easily passed the ball to the middle. Nedved took the initiative to run over to get the ball. His speed had already risen. He leaned forward and made a movement of catching the ball, and Bart followed him everywhere. The center of gravity was also forward, but Nedved didn't catch the ball. Instead, he followed the trajectory of the ball rolling over to complete the turn, Bart's center of gravity was deceived, and Nedved's explosive acceleration accelerated, and he was directly swayed.

Dribbling the ball from the middle to Manchester United's penalty area, May and Pallister were obviously very passive.

Larson and Shevchenko cut inside the ribs of the penalty area without the ball. Coupled with the harassment of Trezeguet in the middle, Manchester United's defense was crumbling.

Nedved faked a long shot. When Pallister moved his body slightly to block it, Nedved made a fake shot and passed the ball straight into the penalty area. The ball passed by Pallister. Get over there. Penetrating the line of defense, Shevchenko faced the ball without greed this time. Instead, after Schmeichel attacked, Trezeguet fell to the ground and shoveled directly under May's interference, and the ball was hit by his feet into the goal.

Four to zero! It was Millwall's 18th shot in the game. Manchester United couldn't resist. Trezeguet also scored. He should thank Shevchenko for this ball. The Ukrainian passed the ball selflessly. , also added an assist to his own credit book. Manchester United seem to be helpless, do not know how to contain Millwall's attack. Andy, what do you think? I think this game is impossible for Manchester United to come back, But how Millwall should contain it may not only be a headache for Ferguson, but also a problem for all Premier League teams to think about calmly.

Martin, I just want to say that England has a tactical genius! Aldrich Hall has not been blinded by the success of Millwall in the past two seasons. His team has also encountered most of this era. The offensive problems encountered by the team, before, we all know that Nedved is the offensive core of Millwall's frontcourt, he will organize the offense, scoring or assisting is not his main task, but with many strong teams The same problem encountered: once their frontcourt core is completely frozen, what should the team do in offense? In England, we will see frequent wide crosses, in Italy, we will see the ability of superstars However, Millwall has completely reversed the situation tactically. Pirlo is the invisible commander on the Millwall field. He is the original source of creation of Millwall's offense. Where to pass the ball to start the attack, although he does not directly assist or score, but most of Millwall's goals come from his initial instigation, Ferguson obviously also discovered this, Manchester United wanted to limit Ned in the first half Wade, but found that they were targeting the wrong person. When Manchester United corrected this problem in the second half, Keane restricted Pirlo, but Nedved defeated Butt in a one-on-one contest, which released his power again. Mir Wall's idea of ​​collocation, one in front and one in back, was originally a paradox, a tactic that England's traditional 442 formation cannot do.

why?

Because you can't put another Gascoigne behind Gascoigne. Once the ball is lost in the midfield, there will be a big problem in defense. In the second half, Keane steals Pirlo once. What's next? Keane Pass the ball forward, and Makelele successfully intercepts it. The biggest feature of Hall's tactics is that the midfielder also creates room for Pirlo to make mistakes. His mistakes are protected by Makelele, and the risk is minimized. After Pirlo grows up completely in the future, when he is calmer, more stable, and makes fewer mistakes, then Millwall's offensive threat will be even more limitless.

I think Hall's transformation of the front line is the most successful. In the past, most of the forwards we saw stood in a dead position and started to create opportunities after taking the ball. Now, even in the case of equal numbers, Millwall's two wingers When a fatal blow is made, they will cut into the penalty area from the side at high speed, forming a direct threat to the front of the goal, and at the same time make the defensive players unprepared, and the speed of Larson and Shevchenko is so fast, I don’t think so. A few defenders can turn around and catch up, I am afraid that only the top Italian defenders can limit this tactic under the premise of accurate prediction.

The key point is not how the striker moves, but the timing of the pass. Millwall does this very well to play an extremely efficient attack. This also requires a high level of player ability. The passer must be able to master the best. The best timing, the forward running position must have a tacit understanding, this is not something that ordinary teams can copy if they want to imitate, at least, I think this group of Millwall players are all talented, the most curious thing is, is it their own Brilliant, or Hall has the magic to make them special.

Ferguson's nose was terribly red, and he felt that Millwall today had changed drastically from last season.

Millwall, who scored five goals at Old Trafford last season, relied more on personal performance. Although there were some bright spots in tactics, it was more accomplished by the top performance of the players.

But today's Millwall completely destroyed Manchester United who was out of form.

But even with Manchester United in normal form, Ferguson dare not guarantee that he can absolutely suppress Millwall.

Not to mention how Manchester United can break through Millwall's overall defensive system, at least how Manchester United can defend Millwall is a big problem.

Aldridge has built this team with too strong pass control ability, and at the same time there is no lack of physical confrontation. Except for Pirlo who is a bit soft, the other players are all tough guys, especially the trident on the front line. Sen and Shevchenko have speed, Trezeguet has body, and this way of breaking the goal with diagonal ribs is hard to guard against.

Ferguson shrinks the midfielders and changes to 4411. Cole is at the top, Solskjaer is behind, a small diamond midfielder, Keane goes back to defend, Butt, Scholes, and Beckham flank Pirlo And Makelele, the two wings were opened again when attacking.

Aldridge found that Manchester United began to compress the defense in the middle, and made a gesture on the sidelines, and the players on the field understood.

What makes his set of 433 more flexible than 442 is that the center of gravity of the offense can be shifted without changing the position of the formation.

In the following time, Pirlo and Nedved attracted defensive pressure in the midfield, while Schneider and Capdevila assisted and stepped forward to cooperate with the wingers, completely blowing Manchester United's wing defense!

Especially in the second half of the game, the Manchester United players rushed but failed. Their physical fitness was the first problem.

Schneider dribbled the ball into the penalty area after going down the bottom, and then unexpectedly made a strong cross. The ball hit the leg of Keane, who was eager to return to the defense, and bounced directly into the Manchester United goal.

Oolong!

At the last moment of the game, Larsson dribbled the ball horizontally on the left side of the penalty area and then kicked the world wave to lock the score at a bloody 0:6.

Old Trafford has fallen!

Conceded 17 goals in three rounds of the Premier League, a century-old shame!

The home loss score will also remain in memory for a long time.

Millwall's ten-game winning streak in the league, after 12 rounds of the league, leads the defending champion Manchester United by 12 points! (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to the starting point to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my biggest motivation. Mobile phone users, please go to m. to read.) (m)