The Young Lion

For this first league game, the Millwall coaching staff had some communication before the game, and the goal for the whole game was not high: not to lose.

And Aldridge's expectation for the team is to keep the tie in the first half, and then observe whether Xiulian will attack impatiently in the second half, so as to give Millwall a chance to counterattack and sneak attack.

Unexpectedly, at the end of the first half, Millwall had achieved a two-goal lead, which made Aldridge very happy, but what he was most satisfied with was the team's performance on the defensive end.

Before entering the locker room, Aldridge greeted every player off the court, patted them on the shoulder and walked into the tunnel last.

Peter was the first to head for the visitors' dressing room with a dark face at the half-time whistle, and his players walked off the field looking disheartened.

The fans in the stands chatted and laughed with each other easily. The emotions caused by the club's turmoil before the season have dissipated. From the performance of the pre-season warm-up match to the 45 minutes of the official game, Aldridge's team has gradually won the favor of the fans. .

In the locker room of the home team, the faces of the players were full of joy, and they didn't feel tired. They had been standing on defense in the first half and performed with ease. Conceding two goals, the blow was too great.

Before Aldridge walked into the locker room, he suddenly heard the sound from the visiting team's locker room. The Lion's Den stadium was small and crude, and the sound insulation effect of the locker room was not good. Although he couldn't hear clearly, he knew that someone in that room was throwing a fit.

Aldridge smiled knowingly, and then pushed open the door of the home team's locker room with a look of ecstasy. After opening the door, Aldridge kept smiling and looked at the players.

The team members who sat down to rest in the locker room saw Aldridge standing at the door and did not close the door. They seemed to be very happy and fixed there. They all stared at Aldridge intently.

Aldridge pointed to his ear and said softly, Listen carefully.

The players kept quiet and pricked up their ears to listen. Faintly, they could hear the roar from the visiting team's locker room.

After that, every player seemed to be infected by Aldridge, and a knowing smile appeared on his face.

Aldridge gently closed the door of the locker room like a thief, which made the coaches of the coaching staff laugh.

Jansen frowned, wanting to remind Aldridge not to get carried away.

But Aldrich's next words made Jason Bai worried.

Aldrich opened his arms and said with a smile: You guys performed perfectly in the first half! Look at what the opponents did? They didn't even hit the goal with one kick! Just now I saw their players leave the field, their faces The expression on the face is like the end of the world, I X! You are the devil in the hearts of the opponents! So, in the second half, we will let them go home crying! Who will start to sympathize with them and prepare to release water in the second half?

The players were all taken aback, and shook their heads involuntarily after looking at each other.

Water?

joke!

Aldridge laughed and said, That's right! We're going to send them to hell! We're going to continue to overthrow them in the second half! However, we need to make some changes in tactics to speed up their death!

The players cheered up and watched Aldridge come to the tactical board with full attention. He picked up a pen and drew the position of the opponent's defense line on the pattern on the field.

Numbers are then used to denote the positions of Millwall players.

Aldridge said in a deep voice: Defensively, we did a good job in the first half, and we need to make persistent efforts in the second half. My request is very simple. Since we didn't concede a goal in the first half, there is no reason for them to steal any goals in the second half. But Bernd, Robert, listen up, both of you.

Pires and Schneider stared straight at Aldridge with their chests raised.

I saw that Aldridge drew a large area on the left and right wings. This area is the front side and the position close to the center, and does not include the area where the opponent's penalty area extends to the sideline.

In the second half, the opponent will fight back hard and invest more offensive players than in the first half. Robert, you and Bernd can move closer to the center. In the attack, Pavel is responsible for distributing the ball, attacking from the left and the right. It's up to him to decide, and when you get the ball, that's how you pass the ball.

Aldridge drew a large arc from the left and right sides on the tactical board, which was the trajectory where he signaled the ball to fly.

In the first half, Henrik received Robert's through ball through an anti-offside to open the scoring. In the second half, the opponent will definitely learn a lesson and be wary of our through ball on the same side. If we continue to play as in the first half, it will be difficult, so , Robert and Bernd, your pass in the second half is to pass the ball diagonally from the opponent's central defender and full back to the far end on the other side. Our forward has an obvious advantage, that is speed, David, Henrik, I'd like to see you guys work together in the second half, so when the opportunity arises, do a crossover so you can drive the defenders away instead of competing with them in a straight line Speed ​​up, try to be an intelligent player, not just rely on talent to play, can you do it?

The two forwards who scored goals in the first half nodded solemnly. Aldridge clapped his hands in satisfaction, and then asked a few questions about defense. For example, Nedved should pay more attention to the defense on the left. In the 45 minutes of the game, Peter, even if he is a fool, must be able to see that Millwall's defense on the left is weaker than that on the right. After all, it is the young Lucas Neal who guards the left, not the black man on the right. Big Thuram.

In the second half, the two sides changed sides and fought again.

Aldridge continued to stand on the sidelines with his hands in his pockets after the players entered the field, while Peter on the other side looked gloomy and said nothing.

At this moment, Aldrich no longer wanted to have any conflicts with Peter, and he was even less interested in verbal provocations. On the contrary, he wandered off and put himself in Peter's position, guessing that the two were in reverse situations, what should he do? ?

If an opponent coach provokes him before the game?

Or his team?

How should he cope?

Aldridge has at least learned a lesson from Peter, no matter what he can't lose his cool, let alone impose personal emotions in the team's tactics.

Just when Aldridge lost his mind, a burst of exclamation from the stands brought him back to his senses.

boom

The goal crossbar on the side of the field made a loud noise, and even Aldridge could hear the aftertaste of the tremor.

I saw the ball hit Millwall's goal crossbar and bounced out!

Millwall almost conceded a goal at the beginning of the second half!

Aldrich secretly blamed himself for thinking wildly just now. He knew that he was actually a little relaxed. After all, the good 2-0 game in the first half made him feel that he had a chance to win. This kind of complacency before the end of the game should be a warning. Of course he knew it, but the pride was unstoppable from his heart.

Fortunately, the danger just now sounded the alarm for him.

Aldrich turned around and waved to Jansen. Just as Jansen heaved a sigh of relief, he walked up to Aldrich, thinking that he was going to change, but unexpectedly heard Aldridge ask in a low voice: What happened just now?

What's going on?

The ball just now.

Aren't you just standing here? Didn't you see it?

I was thinking about changing people just now, but I didn't pay attention.

Jansen helplessly described the situation just now to Aldridge.

After speaking, he returned to the coach's bench and sat down.

Aldridge couldn't help but glanced at Peter Dawson not far away, who was covering his face and regretting that the ball hit the crossbar just now.

The old guy has two brushes!

Peter resolutely adjusted Millwall's offense. Although he still focused on long balls and lobbed high balls directly into the penalty area to create a threat, he obviously increased the number of offensive players, allowing the full-backs and central midfielders to enter the penalty area in turn to compete for the top. break down.

Just now, the left midfielder lobbed the ball into the penalty area. The forwards were all marked by Stam and Southgate. The central midfielder who advanced into the penalty area was also guarded by Makelele. Only the right midfielder advanced into the penalty area and got rid of it. Lucas Neal's defense, almost no one interfered with the header, but was unlucky and hit the crossbar.

After understanding the situation, Aldridge observed the situation on the field again, and did not make any changes, nor shouted at the players, because Nedved had retreated deeply to help Lucas defend.

Ten minutes after Xiu'an United attacked, except for the header that hit the crossbar at the beginning, Millwall's self-adjusted defense quickly became watertight again.

At this moment, Makelele cut off the ground pass from the opponent who was going to change the offensive, and then passed the ball to Schneider who retreated from the right to take the ball.

When he took the ball and turned around, he found that there was a large area of ​​no one in the midfield. There were many players in the frontcourt of Xiu'an United, but the remaining midfielder also retreated to increase the defensive manpower.

Schneider passed a ground ball obliquely and kicked the ball to the left of the center circle. Nedved, who happened to defend and participated in the attack, ran to his position and easily caught the ball. Coming up, Nedved didn't bother, and passed the ball directly to Pires in front of him.

Millwall counterattacked, three against five!

Larsson is on the left, Trezeguet is on the right, both of them are closely followed by the Tunisian defenders in front of them, but they are both far from the penalty area.

The two forwards understood and started running. They did not run straight into the penalty area. Larson moved to the right and Trezeguet moved to the left. Like two sharp knives, they stabbed into the enemy's ribs obliquely!

The Xiu'an United central defender who was guarding the two was shocked, especially because Trezeguet was running in the area where Pires could go through.

After the two central defenders hesitated, they exchanged defensive targets, but the speed was obviously a step slower.

Pires curled a right-handed low-footed kick with his left foot before the opposition full-back came up to defend him.

The ball passed through the gap between Xiulian's full-back and central defender, and quickly rolled towards the back of the penalty area.

The Allianz defenders didn't realize that Trezeguet's run up front was a cover, and at the back of the penalty area, Larsson was chasing a collision with the ball in front of him, and behind him, the centre-back wanted to fly from behind. shovel, but he was keenly aware that he had stepped into the penalty area, so he could only watch Larson get farther and farther away from him.

Just as the ball slid past the top of the small penalty area, a dark blue figure slid close to the ground and kicked the ball towards the near corner of the goal with a shovel shot!

The Xiu'an United goalkeeper lowered his center of gravity, but after Larsson tackled the shot, he made a gesture of pounce, and then spread his palm helplessly. When he realized, the football had already flown into a tricky corner, just sticking to the goalpost and rolling into the goal door.

Millwall 3:0 repair Allianz!