The Young Lion

The damn Christmas Express is at it again.

Compared with the dense schedule of the 46 rounds of League One in the previous year and the rhythm of the main cup match last year, since the new season, from August to December, the main players in the team have got a good rotation, focusing on the league and maintaining an average. The game density of one game per week.

The League Cup stopped at the quarter-finals, the European Cup Winners' Cup entered the quarter-finals, and Millwall will usher in the FA Cup next.

Aldridge was worried that the players would get tired of the game psychologically, so he planned to let the main players take a good rest during Christmas.

Now he is also adjusting his game plan. The league advantage in the new season is huge. He wants to aim at the European Cup Winners' Cup and the FA Cup. The cup is important, and Millwall is still the defending champion.

The players also know that at this stage, Millwall's rotation plan will be adjusted.

This is not due to competitive factors, but psychological factors. Aldridge doesn't know when he will be able to adapt.

However, the players told him the time.

Thursday's training ended early, and Aldridge was processing documents in the office. Before the winter transfer window opened, many clubs sent offers. Okay, if there is really a good offer, he must be asked to adjust the corresponding conditions for the player's contract renewal plan.

Nedved was the first to knock on the door and walked in. The other party said straight to the point: Boss, I don't need a vacation. In the past two years, I have fully adapted to the rhythm of the game here.

larson. Trezeguet, Schneider, Makelele and other players also came in one after another and said that they did not need a holiday.

Especially forward players, they are in a hot state and scoring goals. Although the number of goals is not concentrated on one player, they are enjoying the game, scoring goals by themselves and helping teammates to score goals. Let them enjoy every minute of the game.

Aldridge was overjoyed when the players asked for a fight, but some players still took the initiative to give vacations, such as Pirlo and Capdevila.

As Christmas comes, the East London derby is on fire again.

When Millwall re-emerged in East London as a newly promoted horse, no one thought that just one year later, the Hammers, which had suppressed the Lions for more than half a century, would fall into such an embarrassing situation: Millwall topped the standings . The Hammers are fifth from last.

The first derby of the season was played at the Lion's Den.

In view of the impact of the frequent riots last season, the FA and the police vigorously rectified this year's East London Derby. The outside of the East London Derby is much quieter. There are fewer fans fighting at the appointed time and place, and there will be no frequent scenes of fans fighting on the streets. .

But in the stadium, the hot atmosphere has not changed at all.

Wild Lions fans held up various slogans to humiliate the Hammers. The fans of the two teams fought songs and slogans, shouting hoarsely.

In the crowded stands, fanatical fans waved their arms and looked ferocious. Aldrich stood on the sidelines and couldn't hear what was arguing in the stands. Anyway, they were insulting and laughing at each other.

Redknapp put his hands in his coat pockets. Staring blankly at the situation on the field, it wasn't that he was dumbfounded. It's just that he looks like that, and his small eyes make people lose his expression.

The Hammers struggled in the relegation team at the beginning of the new season, with ups and downs, occasionally leaving the relegation zone, and falling back after two days.

Came to the Lion's Den Stadium today, the Hammers fought very fiercely on the field, and their tactical intentions were also very clear: stick to it! Take the bus!

Millwall replaced Pirlo in the starting line-up with Ballack and Zambrotta replaced Capdevila.

Although there has been little change in personnel and Millwall's offensive is fully dominant, it always seems that something is missing.

creativity!

That's right, creativity.

Both Ballack and Lampard are able to sort out the midfield well, and both short and long passes are satisfactory, but they are always more than vigorous, lacking in dexterity, and they have organizational skills, but they are listening to thunder in a silent place with Pirlo There is still a difference in performance.

The Wild Lions fans laughed at the Hammers: You are a bunch of turtles, you only know how to defend, and even a player dare not walk halfway!

The commentators felt that their interest was low. This game was more like a hand-to-hand battle in the restricted area of ​​West Ham United. Most of the players were gathered in the restricted area.

Maybe Redknapp can stop Millwall's winning streak. Although this way makes people feel nothing to be proud of, but from a spiritual level, it may be a victory for West Ham United.

According to the way West Ham United play, they don't want to win or lose. If football develops like this, it will be over.

But what about Redknapp? He doesn't use this kind of intensive defensive strategy of the whole team, then he will probably go home with a defeat. This is a derby between rivals, whether it is the standings or Face, Lao Lei can't afford to lose.

Hey, the first half is over, the score is 0:0, Millwall's 17 shots in the first half were unsuccessful, except for 8 shots that were directly blocked by the opponent, only Ballack was far away. Shots on the post are dangerous.

When the midfielder walked into the dressing room, Aldridge saw the players sitting there complaining about their opponents.

They don't want to win at all!

Trezeguet said angrily that he had been flanked by back and forth all the time, and he got a shot opportunity in the first half, and it hit someone, which made him very angry.

There's no room for the cut, there's people everywhere.

Fuck, I don't know who pinched my butt when I took the corner kick just now. It's disgusting.

Barack's words stunned everyone for a moment, and then they were all amused.

After laughing, Nedved looked up at Aldridge and asked, Boss, do you shoot more long shots in the second half?

They also shot a lot of long-range shots in the first half, and the effect was not satisfactory. The opponent did a good job in sweeping the penalty area today.

Aldridge scribbled on the tactical board, then pointed to the bottom line and said: The full-backs strengthen the deep attack, and the left and right wingers should not cut in blindly. Keep the sense of distance and hierarchy, and involve the opponent's formation. In the second half I will Replace Luther, you replace Yap, and David stand in front of each other.

He explained some tactics, relying on the two wings to stretch the deep offensive in the attack, involving the opponent's defensive formation as much as possible, and at the same time adding a center forward in the penalty area, behind them, there are two wingers in the top corner of the penalty area. Outside the penalty area are Ballack and Nedved, allowing offensive players to use layers to cut the opponent's defense. Once the opponent misses a certain link, there are Millwall players at every point.

You can make more moves on the wing to break through the opponent, but in the penalty area, if you don't have a chance to shoot, you can also try to control the ball first. Change the rhythm suddenly to make the opponent make mistakes.

The players listened intently and remembered where they should appear in the second half of the attack. Although this is not a dead requirement, players can be flexible, but the general tactical requirements must be kept in mind.

Sometimes a goal does not depend on the instigator or the assister alone. The scorers work together, and how the teammates who have never touched the ball play a vital role in how they move and involve, and these are not the spectators who watch the ball.

The players returned to the field in the second half, and Aldridge sat down directly on the coach's bench after the substitution.

Hall decided to make a substitution at halftime. He replaced central defender Stam with Ruud van Nistelrooy. There is nothing to discuss about this substitution. Stam and Southgate stayed in the second half. The field is a waste. At the end of the first half, Stam rushed forward and acted as a striker. Unfortunately, he couldn't provide more help except grabbing the header. Now a Zhengyin center is replaced to strengthen the attack. Let's see Hall Will the substitutions have any effect?

At the beginning of the second half, West Ham United retreated to the backcourt. On Millwall's side, almost only Southgate stayed in the second half. Makelele wandered around the center circle, guarding against opponents' counterattacks. Both Ta and Schneider crossed the center line, taking turns to step forward to assist at the right time.

If Millwall's offensive formation in the frontcourt is detailed, it becomes a double central midfielder in front of the penalty area, a bilateral striker on the edge of the penalty area, and a double center forward in the penalty area, forming a siege in a hierarchical manner.

Aldridge sat calmly. It is a worldwide problem for strong teams to break dense defense. He is not afraid of attacking teams. He can counterattack like Chelsea. It will give Millwall room to attack, but he is afraid of this kind of determined defense. Because the opponent's defense is mostly static and dense, the penetration space is compressed to the limit, and the forward's impact advantage is minimized, especially the speed advantage is also stifled.

The stalemate of the game is still going on, but Millwall's advantage is getting bigger and bigger. Although the players of the Hammers are defensive, their defense is not airtight. Occasionally, they need their companions to help defend if they make mistakes. nervous.

Twenty minutes later, Aldridge replaced Makelele with Lampard.

Makelele was more understandable when he was replaced. He had nothing to do, so he rushed up. The crowd was too dense. Nedved returned the ball to him and kicked him into the stands.

Although Lampard is still young, at least his long-range shooting ability is better than the current Makelele. However, Aldridge still told him not to attack too hard when he sent Lampard. There are enough people in front of him. Good thing, after all, players must maintain a reasonable distance between positions and formation system, otherwise it is really necessary to go back to playing 127 tactics.

Millwall frequently uses full-backs to go down to the bottom to pull West Ham United's defensive formation. This kind of tactical idea of ​​pulling the ball back and making the ball is similar to Manchester United's two wings flying together, except that the pendulum swinging left and right is placed horizontally. , allowing the opponent's defensive line to move back and forth continuously, thus creating gaps.

The way of passing the ball from time to time and from time to time knocking back in front of the penalty area stimulated the nerves of the fans in the stands.

After Ruud van Nistelrooy came on the field, his threat of grabbing points increased sharply. He even missed a shot that was close at hand, and was blocked by the opponent's defender on the goal line.

In the 79th minute of the game, Millwall's chance finally came.

Nedved responded to the counter-knocked cross and then passed the ball directly to Larsson on the left. The latter made a fake move forward after taking the ball. The Muhammad United defensive players were highly nervous, confused by his movements, and moved backwards. After realizing that they were cheated, the entire defensive line pressed forward again. It was this change of rhythm between movement and stillness that made their defense There was a hole in the line, Larson passed the ball between the legs of the defender in front of him, Zambrotta turned offside and immediately made a cross pass, Trezeguet in the middle was covered by Ruud van Nistelrooy Under the pressure, he grabbed the front point and shoveled the ball into the goal.

The ball rolled into the gate against the inner side of the goal post, and the scene was boiling, and the players ran wildly to celebrate like rain after a long drought.

Aldridge couldn't see how the ball went in from the coach's bench, he could only see the general process, and he had to make up the rest by himself.

However, when he saw that the goal was effective, he rushed out immediately, clenching his fists and waving with a smile on his face.

Redknapp flushed with anger and kicked the billboard on the sidelines.

And Aldridge quickly made adjustments, replacing the goal hero Trezeguet with Erguera, so that the team's formation returned to balance.

In the past, he kept replacing offensive players, which was actually a trick to lure snakes out of the hole, but Lao Lei was not fooled. Now, no matter what Lao Lei thinks, he is not afraid of the opponent's attack anyway. At least the defensive system will not have problems. (m)