The Young Lion

Monday nights are solid beer nights while the coaches work.

Aldrich had a good time in the hotel early, because the team rested today, he went shopping with Melanie in the afternoon, the weather turned cold, and he bought a lot of autumn and winter clothes. Under the unique perspective of a woman, Melanie did her best Can effectively dress Aldrich as a fashionable boy.

Craig and Craig played two snooker games in a row and lost all. Aldrich walked to the bar and sat down at the bar under Craig's triumphant teasing. Discussing the characteristics of the players' technical performance in the game, Meulensteen is an expert in this area. He talked endlessly about the abilities and characteristics of the players during the scoring process.

Moniz drank beer and discussed tactics with Babtoprop. The backgrounds of the two were completely different. In the Netherlands, they had clashed football concepts, so the latter could always refute the former with various theories that tactics were higher than technology. Moniz Zizi likes to use excellent players to give evidence and defend, and the scene is very lively.

Aldrich opened a bottle of beer and drank it, and found that Benitez was sitting alone on the far side of the bar, writing and drawing in a small notebook, occasionally took a sip of wine from the bottle at hand, and then continued to focus on the tactical notebook superior.

Aldrich walked over to take a look, hehe laughed and said, What are you doing?

In Benitez's tactical book, after writing one page, write the next page, and each page is the routine of Millwall's recent offensive goals. It is really ever-changing and seems to have no rules to follow.

Benitez frowned and said: I want to sort out Millwall's midfield configuration.

Aldridge grabbed the opponent's tactical book. Turn to a new page and write three names and some numbers in the middle.

Makelele: Defense -65. Organization -25, Offense -10.

Pirlo: Defense -15, Organization -55, Offense -20.

Nedved: Defense -20, Organization -20, Attack -65.

Returning the notebook to the other party, Aldrich said with a smile: This is a static rough data, which can change flexibly with the situation in the game. But one thing is balance. The three items of organization, defense, and offense have reached full value. Unlike the current midfielder organization tactics, the organization and offense of the midfielder must be strong, but defense is weak. Too many midfielders focus on defense and take organizational responsibility It's all given to the midfielder. The midfielder with a good passing ability has begun to play a more important role, like Albertini, Paulo Sosa. The outside world is saying that Millwall is making history, but in fact they are all Crap, the only creative thing we can do is to have players play more of a role on top of the wide-area run, but it's by no means decathlon.

There must be a distinction between priorities and priorities.

Benitez said thoughtfully: But Nedved retreated to the defense in a wide range to make up for Pirlo's defensive weakness, which reduced his threat when he switched from defense to offense.

Aldridge shrugged and said: Not necessarily, let's put it this way, if Nedved's starting position in the attack is close to the opponent's penalty area, then he is easy to be marked to death. It is his speed and physical strength that make him He has more changes when he advances from the back. His forward running position will make the defensive players elusive, which also reflects his uniqueness. Powerless. Pirlo is organized in the midfield, and his defense is indeed weak, but his creativity, overall view, and insight into the situation on the field, I don’t think anyone in the team can match him. Players with superb passing skills are not Few, there are only a handful of players who can choose the best route of the ball in the offense. Maybe some players have a pass success rate of 85%, but the passing route may not be the most needed by the team's offense. Obviously It was time to pass forward, and he passed to both sides, obviously it was time to pass obliquely to the side, but he passed directly to the center, and the pass was successful, but the threat after the pass plummeted.

Benitez nodded in agreement, and Aldridge touched the bottle with him, getting drunk.

In the middle of the week, the team will play a League Cup game against Sunderland, which is in the relegation zone.

Aldridge sent a large number of young players to the field. The team easily passed the 2:1 at home. After that, the players began to go to the international arena and would not return to the team more than ten days later.

During this period, Aldridge invited the players who stayed in London to have dinner, watch a movie, and then let the remaining players of the first team go to the Leo youth training base to play a few teaching games with the youth team.

The team's ten-game winning streak in the league is fast, and a large area of ​​East London on the south bank of the River Thames has become the world of Millwall. The fans are enthusiastic. Even if the first team does not have a game, they will come to the youth training base to watch the youth team. training and competition.

Najib is still meticulous. Several seedlings from the youth team were sent to the first team last season, and the seamless integration with the first team has been done very well. This is closely related to the team's tactical philosophy from top to bottom.

The youth training camps of many clubs are well-known, but there are many rookie players who have made their own blood but can’t get ahead in the first team or can only go far away. In addition to the fierce competition in the big teams, there are also youth teams and the first team. There are contradictory factors in the tactical system, so in this regard, the reason why Ajax and later Barcelona became leaders in youth training is all related to this. When the tactical fit with the first team is the most appropriate, talent will continue to emerge.

Now the leading player in the youth team is Ronaldinho. At the age of sixteen, he is omnipotent on the court and is the most shining star in the Leo youth training base.

Najib always felt a headache for Ronaldinho. He repeatedly found Aldridge and consulted for suggestions on training Ronaldinho.

Because of Ronaldinho's versatility, he cannot be fixed in one position.

Playing as a winger, Ronaldinho has a sharp breakthrough and is extraordinary.

Playing the front midfielder position, Ronaldinho also has good organizational skills.

According to the tactics of the first team, if Ronaldinho is to focus on organizing in the future, then Ronaldinho will have to compete with Pirlo, but placing Ronaldinho in the deep midfield position will waste his scoring talent, because Organize the attack from this position. We must suppress his extraordinary talent, otherwise. Once he loses the ball, it will be fatal to Millwall's backcourt defense.

Let him play as a midfielder or winger, his ability is fine, but it will reduce his ball holding time accordingly, because the focus of organizing offense is in the back area.

Aldridge's advice to Nagy is: don't restrict Ronaldinho's area of ​​activity, but generally, let him play freely in the left wing and front midfielder areas.

At the same time, he told Najib about a player's change in tactics: transposition.

No player on the field is absolutely fixed in a certain area. Only the question of whether capacity can be limited exists.

Millwall's current tactics have become stable, which has allowed their power to explode, but they have not yet reached the peak of Aldridge's ideal tactics. On this endless pursuit, player abilities and teamwork will make them The combat power has been completely sublimated.

Larsson and Shevchenko have begun to try to switch positions between left and right wingers during training, but due to Trezeguet's ability characteristics, he can only be fixed at the center forward position. If he is asked to pull the side, the offensive effect will be very unsatisfactory, and the threat will drop sharply. At the same time, although Nedved is now starting to release his offensive ability when Pirlo is mainly responsible for organizing, he is far from reaching the limit. When the next tactical change period in the frontcourt attack comes, it will be a partial and more refined pursuit. Ronaldinho is a very important member of Aldridge's plan.

After the match day, all the players returned to the team, before Aldridge came to the training ground. Everyone is already doing body stretching and warming up exercises, and their minds are very relaxed.

After Aldrich arrived. The players stood together, waiting for the routine stretching exercise led by the fitness coach.

Bernd, after the training, go to the reception room on the first floor of the hotel. It will be your birthday in two days. The fans sent you a lot of gifts, and they are all there. Remember to take them away. In addition, say a birthday in advance. hapiness.

When the players heard this, they all wished Schneider in advance, and Schneider smiled a little shyly.

Every now and then, the club will receive a lot of gifts, most of which are birthday gifts from fan organizations collectively. Even if some players celebrate their birthdays during the vacation in June and July, the fans will either send them in advance, or they will make up for them when they come back from the new season. During the game, a banner will be pulled out and words of blessing will be written.

Because the team has just experienced the FA match day, the team's training is relatively relaxed, mainly focusing on recovery.

The weekend league is to go away to challenge Blackburn. The Premier League champion more than a year ago is now in decline. Shearer's departure to St. James' Park is just a prelude.

Millwall is in good shape. The most important thing is that the mentality of the players is better. They are confident and steady. Having experienced the fall short at the end of last season, they have gained valuable experience and their mentality has become more mature and stable.

And this season, Aldridge has become more comfortable with the rhythm of the team's rotation. Except that at the beginning of the new season, some young players were too nervous and timid. Now they are becoming more mature, at least they will not be stage fright.

After winning Blackburn 3:1, Millwall's winning streak came to 11 games. Manchester United won 1:0 at home with the help of Arsenal defender Winterburn's own gift. It cannot be said that the recovery momentum Obviously, but at least the downward trend has been stabilized, and the gap with Millwall has not been widened.

Like the previous two months, throughout November, Millwall ended with a complete victory. Newcastle United, Leeds United, and Everton were defeated one after another. Millwall has already led the way in December. The second-placed Liverpool has 15 points, while Liverpool is only 1 point ahead of Manchester United.

December is a month that Aldridge doesn't like, because the Premier League has to drive fast at this time. Before Christmas, Millwall has two important London derbies to play. The first game is a guest at Stamford Bridge, and the second game is at Lions Den Stadium vs. Hammers.

In the new season, Glenn Hoddle will be the coach of the England national team. Gullit will take off his jersey and put on his sportswear to take charge of Chelsea. The core Di Matteo, Vialli and Zola who attacked the city.

Starting from this season, Chelsea has officially entered a period of high-speed development to catch up with the giants. Gullit's coaching style is biased towards sexy football, which also makes Stamford Bridge begin to attract the attention of the outside world. At least their record is significantly better than previous seasons. The outside world is very optimistic that Chelsea will become a new strong force in London under the leadership of Gullit.

In this context, Millwall, who has won a record 14 consecutive victories, stepped into Stamford Bridge like a proud lion. (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)