The Young Lion

The taunts from the Millwall fans angered Collymore, who was like a wild beast wanting to rush into the stands to fight the fans.

Coach Evans had to rush to grab him, drag him into the tunnel and warn him to stay calm.

Stan, if you're a real man, calm down now, get out there and hit them back with your performance on the court! Now you're only making yourself a bigger joke by rushing up to the stands!

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Players from both teams played under the leadership of the referee.

Liverpool's players looked stern.

Just one and a half seasons ago, the newly promoted Millwall came to Anfield and started their first conquest against them. Since that game, Liverpool lost four games in a row against Millwall, and the FA Cup final half a year ago was even worse. It became a label of shame on them.

Although the private life of this group of talented hot guys is chaotic off the field, they still have a minimum of dignity. When they met for the first time this season, they played a wonderful game at home, but from a competitive point of view, they are still No code was found to limit Millwall's attack.

The Premier League has met you again. The upcoming game is the focus of this round. Millwall is at home against the Red Army Liverpool. If the suspense of the Premier League championship is to be maintained, then Liverpool must attack Millwall here, but their State In recent seasons, they have been determined to compete for the championship, and their sprints have been weak. They have repeatedly given hope to the fans, but they always start to fall behind after half of the season. This year is the same. Not only do they have 23 points with Millwall Even ahead of them there is Arsenal. Newcastle United. Manchester United, behind them there are Aston Villa and Chelsea catching up. If they can't make a difference in the second half of the league, Liverpool may even miss the European competition next season .”

Martin, do you think Liverpool can get away with it here? Most Reds fans are pessimistic about this game given their record of losing all three league games in the past.

Andy, I don't think the game is over before it starts. The first time the two teams played against each other this season. It was a very exciting game. If Liverpool didn't concede two goals in the last ten minutes, they would at least be able to draw. Millwall.

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Aldridge sat on the coaching bench and looked at the starting lineups of the two teams. For Millwall, Ballack and Zambrotta continued to start. Shevchenko was not included in the squad because he felt unwell during training. Renshall replaced, he played left winger position, Larsson went to the right.

Most of Liverpool's lineup is familiar.

Goalkeeper James, Defender: Jones and Scalise are familiar faces. But Phil Barb, the other backbone, and Dominique Mateo, the left back, are new faces. The former is the main defender of the Irish national team. He performed well after defeating Italy in the World Cup two years ago. The latter is the Liverpool youth. Training products, Evans probably couldn't stand the poor performance of the little fat man Rudock, so he used his own products to play instead of Ruddock, a defender produced by Millwall.

Liverpool played a five midfield formation today, the two midfielders are old faces, McAteer and McManaman, three midfielders, Redknapp Jr. is at the back, and the two in front of him are veterans John Barnes and the Czech Patrick Borg, the latter is the Czech star who moved to England with Poborski in the summer. Worrying, Borg is slightly better.

Single arrow Collymore, Fowler is injured and cannot play.

At the beginning of the game, the players on both sides opened up to attack, the rhythm was extremely fast, no player stuck to the ball too much, and the game ran very smoothly.

Benitez sat on the right side of Aldridge, through the observation and analysis of the game, and then wrote and drew in his notebook, and then explained to Aldridge his insights and trends of the game.

Liverpool's main attack is in the middle, and the two wings create opportunities in front of the goal. Collymore's task today is to attract defense and support responsibilities. Barnes and Borg take turns to insert more threats.

Aldridge nodded, and he could tell, while Jensen on his left leaned over and said, Liverpool is going to attack today. Our defense is better than theirs, and their midfield defense is a weakness.

Not necessarily. They added someone in the midfield today. When defending, Barnes, Borg, and Redknapp Jr. will quickly retreat to form a barrier in front of the penalty area. Compared with the confrontation three months ago, their offensive and defensive transitions are much smoother.

But in the midfield defense line composed of these three people, who is particularly strong in defense or full-time defense? No, Barnes slowly played from the forward to the midfield. Defensive skills are flawed, and Borg is an offensive player. A midfielder, the defense is not particularly good, and Redknapp Jr. is more about organizing and dispatching. Maybe the three of them can stand in the defensive position when defending, but their defensive ability is not enough to make the defense stable.

The two assistant coaches expressed their views in Aldridge's ear, but Aldridge stood up and walked to the sidelines with a frown.

Jansen and Benitez stared at Aldridge suspiciously, but saw him growling at the players standing on the sidelines.

Run up, show me 300% seriousness! Do you really treat Liverpool as a point boy?

The camera caught Aldrich glaring and roaring, which made the narrators exclaim.

Why is Hall mad at his team? Weird.

Obviously he wasn't happy with the performance of the players, maybe he thought the team should have scored, hahaha.

As a team coach, Aldridge knows his players best, just as the players know the information revealed by his words and deeds.

Millwall's players are on the field today, and at first glance there are no particularly big ups and downs.

It feels a little tepid.

After working together for two and a half years, Aldridge already knows the players well, and you can see whether they are serious through their running.

Perhaps the record of winning the past four clashes with Liverpool has made them underestimate their opponents from the bottom of their hearts.

The most desperate player on the field is Glenshire. It is rare for him to get a starting opportunity in this kind of focus game. Denmark's Golden Wings performed very eye-catching after getting the ball from the left.

Aldridge began to stand on the sidelines to supervise the battle. His expressionless face looked like he was suppressing his anger.

If the players thought they had created an 18-game winning streak in the past. This season will steadily harvest the league championship. Career careers will be on the road to glory from now on, and it is naive to start to relax at this stage.

You have to work harder to get to the top.

Stepping into greatness, you are not on your way yet!

Southgate stopped Barnes' through ball for Collymore, turned and kicked the ball wide to Zambrotta, who passed the ball forward to Glenshire.

The Dane flanked McAteer, who was close to him, deftly deflecting the ball on contact with his right foot. At the same time, he quickly rushed forward from McAteer's side. McAteer subconsciously stretched out his foot to block the ball, but he was a step too late, and he was passed by the Glenshireman.

Glenshire, who dribbled the ball straight in along the sidewalk, was very fast. Jones, who was defending him, was overwhelmed by Glenshire's inward cut feint.

Glenshire, who had passed two people in a row, ignited the enthusiasm of the Lion's Den Stadium, but passed the ball out of the opposite sideline with a cross after the bottom.

Trezeguet, who was outflanking in the middle, lowered his head and ran back somewhat depressed. Larson, who was at the far end, could only turn around and run back, but he still gave Glenciel some encouragement with a thumbs up.

I saw the cross just now. Aldridge straightened his back after slightly bowing his waist, showing a little regret.

Glenshire, another player who made him feel tricky.

have speed. There are breakthroughs, the only flaws are crosses and shots on goal.

Compared with crossing and shooting, crossing is worse.

When counting the data of the past two seasons, Glenshire averaged the highest number of dribbles per game in the team. Although his way of dribbling is very single, relying on explosive power to accelerate and change directions, it is not a bad thing to have a fresh move. , There is no difference in actual meaning between using one movement to surpass others and using three movements to surpass others, but the difference lies in the appreciation of the process.

He averaged the most dribbles per game, and he was accompanied by an appalling success rate of crosses.

So much so that when the media ridiculed him, they would say: Glenshire is the extraordinary king of Millwall, that's all.

From the point of view of Aldridge as the head coach, it doesn't matter how many people Glenciel played. Even if he played seven or eight people from the backcourt, if he couldn't lead to a goal in the end, that would be inefficiency.

So, his poor crossing made his penetration threat plummet.

Aldrich turned around and walked to Meulenstin who was sitting next to Jansen, lowered his head and asked, Is the focus of Jespe's technical training still to be outstanding?

Meulensteen and Moniz, many players will receive their extra skill guidance training after regular training.

Meulensteen said: Extraordinary is the key point. Look at his performance on the court, how much has he improved compared to the performance in the game video of the last two seasons?

Aldridge said helplessly: But what happened after he passed? There was no one in the cross, and there was no threat to the shot, which directly led to our poor offensive efficiency on the left.

Offensive efficiency is generally reflected on the court in the number of goals and shots on target.

If you don't shoot, or if you miss all your shots, you can't form an assist.

Meulensteen also saw this, and after thinking for a while, he said, Then strengthen his cross training and shooting training?

Aldridge shook his head and said: I am not optimistic that he can practice crossing, shooting, and dribbling to the best. Instead of strengthening his crossing and shooting training, it is better to focus on training other people's balls. Combined with my shooting skills, my winger can miss the cross, but he must have the ability to score.

Meulensteen nodded after pondering for a moment and said, Well, I will study his characteristics when I go back.

Aldridge turned around and walked back to the sidelines. As he said, his winger crossing skills can be poor, but he must have the ability to score. Just like Shevchenko on the right, the task is to support short passes and insert into the penalty area. Scoring, long-range long passes or wide crosses, is done by the full-back Schneider behind the counterpoint.

He can't train every player to be a decathlon. That's unrealistic. Every player has limits, energy, time, talents, etc. have upper limits. We must highlight their characteristics and conduct targeted training.

Glenshire's style of play is more like a classical winger. Aldridge must let him give up the classical winger's style of play and move towards the development path of a modern winger. (to be continued (m)