The Young Lion

Larsson's debut at Millwall was undoubtedly wonderful!

After the second goal was scored, the Lions Den Stadium erupted with applause and applause for Larsson. Fans poured down from the nearest stand on the sidelines of the stadium, as if they wanted to rush onto the field and bury Larsson, who was celebrating on the sidelines. In the sea of ​​people, fortunately, there was a wall of adults arranged by the security guards in the middle to block them.

Amidst the cheers, Aldrich turned his head to the beaming Jansen and said, Did you see it?

Jansen smiled excitedly: Of course! He is simply unparalleled, and his ability to seize opportunities is too powerful!

Aldridge grinned and showed a sunny smile, then turned around and applauded the field, and then called the boys to keep up the good work.

In the first round of the league, the game was only 60 minutes old, but Millwall had already led 3-0. The players on the field were encouraged. At the same time, they looked at the calm Aldridge on the sidelines, and their eyes all changed.

The different tactics in the first and second half worked!

That's convincing enough.

Peter Dawson was discouraged at the moment. He had conceded three goals and with less than thirty minutes to go, he knew his team had no chance.

He waved his hand to let the team recover some, maintain the balance of offense and defense, and avoid more counterattacks and conceding the ball.

Peter was still a little unconvinced. Among the three conceded goals, two were counterattacked by the opponent, and the other was a set kick.

At this time, Peter also saw that Millwall's two forwards were not so fast. At least they had completely repaired Allianz's slow-turning central defenders. Giving them room to start and sprinting distance would be equivalent to giving the opponent a single-handed ball. .

This was only the first round of the league, and Peter was afraid that the team would lose a goal and be defeated, which would cast a shadow over the entire season.

At this time, he comforted himself in his heart and said: If you lose, you just lose 3 points, it's no big deal.

If you lose the ball and lose morale and heart, then this season will be really difficult.

With three goals in hand, the opponent's offensive also weakened, and Aldridge's tense nerves finally relaxed.

He looked at the time, the game had reached 70 minutes, he turned to the bench and called, Patrick, five minutes to warm up.

The young players on the bench looked at Vieira in unison, and saw the tall Vieira immediately put on his vest and ran out excitedly to do warm-up exercises, while the other players were slightly disappointed.

The next five minutes of the game were uneventful. After Vieira finished warming up, Aldridge had already applied for a substitution. Then he called Vieira to him before he played, and asked in a low voice while rubbing his shoulder. : Did you see how Pavel played in the previous 75 minutes?

Vieira nodded. After he came to Millwall, Aldridge specially formulated a training plan for him.

In terms of position, Vieira and Makelele are in conflict, but in terms of activity area, Makelele's verticality is stronger, that is, sweeping in the midfield, while Vieira's horizontality is better , He has the ability to organize offenses forward, but this is all for the mature Vieira.

Seeing him nodding, Aldridge continued: After you play, tell Pavel to let him go forward and move in the front midfielder area. You take his place, understand? In your position, the point of attack Do you still remember?

Vieira nodded again, then moved his body and jumped on the spot. At this time, a boundary ball suspended the game,

The assistant referee called the substitution number.

David Trezeguet, who made his debut for Millwall at a young age, was substituted.

He performed well today. Although he didn't have many chances to touch the ball, his long shot and running position, as well as scoring a goal, are all commendable.

Therefore, when he left the field, the Millwall fans applauded him heartily. Aldridge greeted his end on the sidelines, and then pointed to Trezeguet in the stands. The meaning is obvious: this is our hero!

Trezeguet seemed overwhelmed, and shyly walked back to the bench to give each team-mate a high-five.

Aldridge was just building momentum for Trezeguet to win more support, but just as he turned around, a whistle sounded on the field, and Aldridge watched in disbelief as the referee pulled out a A red card, and the object of the red card caught Aldridge by surprise.

The player who was shown a red card looked aggrieved and innocent, and kept explaining to the referee. Right at his feet, a Xiulian player fell to the ground, clutching his leg and moaning in pain.

Aldridge looked at the player who was shown the red card in amazement.

It was the player he had just replaced for less than a minute: Vieira!

Aldridge really found that the head coach's perspective from the sidelines may be more comprehensive than that of the TV broadcast, but the highlights may not be fully captured.

In the end what happened?

Before he had time to ask Jansen, Peter who was not far away was about to rush over angrily, but was stopped by the fourth official.

What's your player doing? What the fuck is he trying to do? Murder? Crap!

Aldrich turned a deaf ear, and only after he communicated with Jansen did he understand what had happened.

After Vieira came on the field, Xiu Allianz took a boundary kick, and then hit the wall on Vieira's side for a two-and-one. Vieira was probably nervous, or maybe he was afraid that such a performance would be too bad. Let the opponent get closer to the penalty area, he directly shoveled the ball, not only missed the ball, but also kicked it on the leg of the player who dribbled the ball, but he was not a malicious foul, so the injury of the player of the Xiulian United was not serious .

After Aldridge understood, Vieira was comforted and accompanied by Captain Southgate to the sidelines. He looked aggrieved and annoyed, he lowered his head and didn't dare to look at anyone, obviously his mood fell to the bottom.

Aldridge welcomed him down, and said softly to him: Patrick, don't worry, you are still young, no one is born perfect, making mistakes is normal, this is what you have to go through to become a top star, don't be discouraged, otherwise you will die. Make people look down on.

Vieira looked up at Aldrich with a complicated expression, but did not see any accusatory expression on Aldrich, and his tone was not a lesson, but gave him a smile.

He felt a little better, nodded and walked into the player tunnel.

After Aldridge returned to the sidelines, he looked at the field first. Without his mentioning, Nedved returned to his original midfield position.

Originally the team had a three-goal lead, and Aldridge wanted Nedved to unleash some of his forward attacking talent, but now that one player is missing, everything is back to the original point.

Without his extra reminder, Aldridge turned his head and waved to Babu on the coach's bench.

Babu roughly guessed why Aldridge called him, and asked after walking over, Patrick?

Aldrich nodded and said to him: Go and comfort him, don't let him down, don't let him give up the idea of ​​switching to midfielder, this matter is my fault, I was too hasty in his training.

Babb was in charge of Vieira's training in the first team, he solemnly agreed, then turned his head and walked into the player tunnel to find Vieira.

Aldridge was not angry because of Vieira's foul and received a red card, but he blamed himself a little.

This is a very young team, but he still encourages it. It is too stupid and low-level mistake.

Originally, there were 11 starters on the court. Except for the 17-year-old Lucas Neal who accumulated experience in the youth team and the reserve team last year, the other players all have professional game experience, even if it is Terezer who is under 18 years old. Guy, also has one or two years of league experience in Argentina.

But Vieira only entered the first team of AS Cannes last year, and his position is not a defensive midfielder. When he came to Millwall, he was in a new position, learning new defensive skills, cultivating defensive awareness, etc. In fact, he is still just a It was a blank sheet of paper, but Aldridge hastily pushed him into the League One game. It is understandable that he fouled and left the field.

Thinking that there are still Ballack, Gattuso and other players who have no professional league experience in the team, Aldrich knew in his heart that after this game, he might have to make a new season plan and make these young players more cautious and secure. Players grow.

Perhaps it was Millwall who had a man sent off, and Xiulian United went on the offensive again for the rest of the time.

With such a development of the situation, Aldrich also understood that beating one more person would still make him half-dead, and it was not justified.

However, before the end of the game, Millwall's defensive system was still stable without conceding a goal. There were no players with particularly outstanding personal skills in Tie Allen United, and they seemed to be unable to score goals by relying on the overall offense. Declare fall.

Pires received Larsson's return pass from outside the penalty area and volleyed the ball with his right foot. The ball penetrated into the upper right corner of the Xiulian goal like a cannonball.

4:0.

In the first round of the 1994/95 English First Division, Millwall scored four clean goals to defeat the visiting Xiulian United.

After the game, Aldridge didn't shake hands with Peter, and the other side didn't have that kind of intention. Both coaches quickly disappeared from the sidelines.

When interviewed through the mixed zone, Aldridge never mentioned the pre-match conflict with Peter. Facing a big victory, he only said in a low-key way that the players played unexpectedly well, and the opponents, the Cianlian United is a very good team. tenacious team...

Aldridge had little praise for his team, but he was full of praise for Cianlian United.

After he left, the reporters suddenly realized: this guy is actually praising his team in disguise.

Praise the opponent to the sky, but lost to his team by four goals!

Aldridge, cunning fellow!

PS: Thank you for the reward of taking off the slippers!