The Young Lion

Klose, Duff, and Van der Meyer stood beside Aldridge. Through the half-time offensive and defensive match of his teammates, Aldridge began to explain Millwall's football philosophy to them.

At first, there were six players on the offensive side and five players on the defensive side. Through passing and cutting, the offensive team easily scored a goal and won a point.

Then, the offensive team removes one person to become 5 on 5, and then the offensive team scores again, and then removes another person to become 4 on 5.

During the 90-minute game, the number of players in each attack varies. It is impossible for the number of players to attack and defend the number to be equal or dominant. In training, you must learn to think flexibly when playing football. No matter how many teammates you have around you, you must know how to play.”

But now there are only two strikers on the field.

Klose is very interested in this kind of training and finds it novel.

There are only four players on the offensive side, Pirlo, Nedved, Trezeguet, and Shevchenko.

Aldrich put his arms around his chest and motioned for them to watch.

On the defensive side, there are four defenders and a defensive midfielder, which is a combination of substitute lineups.

Mills, Ferdinand, Materazzi, Zambrotta, Gattuso.

In the previous 6v5, Ballack and Glenshire were on the offensive side. At 5v5, Ballack was off the field, and after scoring another goal, Glenshire also withdrew.

When the number of offensive players is dominant or equal, the offensive team can kick the ball freely and quickly score goals.

When the numbers are not dominant, their style of play changes.

This will test the player's ability to control the ball, as well as positioning and running without the ball.

Trezeguet runs back and forth between the two centre-backs. Immediately after receiving the pass, he starts pulling and looking for opportunities. Shevchenko weaves back and forth in front of the back line. When Trezeguet is on the sidelines, Shevchenko will also complete the switch to the center forward position. Nedved's running covers almost all areas. While supporting Pirlo, he can also move straight forward. Forcing the restricted area.

The three rookies were dazzled. Before the number was superior, they didn't think Nedved and his team played so well, but when the number was not dominant, the four of them had a reasonable division of labor. The sense of hierarchy is clear, not only is the player running without the ball to open up space, but also forms a tacit understanding with his teammates in the selection of running routes. They patiently and alertly search for every trace of air defense.

If it is necessary to strengthen the player's personal breakthrough ability,

Then this game will be played on a smaller field, and at the same time, the number of offensive players will become 3 people, and the defensive team will still be 5 people.

While Aldridge was speaking, Pirlo went straight into the penalty area and was successfully intercepted by Ferdinand, who kicked the ball to Zambrotta on the wing.

Shevchenko immediately went to grab Zambrotta, who played the ball. As a result, the ball was broken by Nedved on the way to Gattuso.

This game not only trains the offense with different numbers, but also trains the counter-attack after losing the ball. And it must form a system. For example, just now, Shevchenko's counter-attack was unsuccessful, but he forced Zambrotta to be the first. Time to play the ball, if the picture can be frozen, you will find that there is Shevchenko in front of Zambrotta, passing the ball to the center is dangerous, and Trezeguet is pressing the back line, Zambrotta must come out The ball, his choice is to give the ball to Gattuso, and there, Nedved is waiting for him, this is a successful partial defense system.

Then what to do?

There are many ways, the two central defenders come back immediately to respond, Zambrotta can also pass the ball back to the goalkeeper, if he has a wider view, he can also pass the ball directly to the other wing, and Mills is unmarked there. In the game, most players will directly clear the siege when they encounter him. I don’t deny that this is an option, but it is definitely not a good choice, especially blindly clearing the siege. Once the opponent organizes a second attack, but my side The defensive formation has not been arranged reasonably, but it is dangerous.

After Nedved successfully steals the ball, he directly passes the ball to Trezeguet, who is pressing the defense and succeeds in anti-offside. Just as Aldridge was speaking, Trezeguet easily scored the ball.

Hey, Leo, Marco, did you relax just now?!

Aldridge smiled and shouted at the two central defenders.

The two touched their heads helplessly, while Zambrotta raised his hand to apologize to his teammates.

Everyone is relaxed and unavoidable.

If the training in the middle of the season is changed, Aldridge will definitely criticize them mercilessly. The defensive players will breathe a sigh of relief after successfully defending. Offense, this kind of attack is more deadly. The number of players on the offensive and defensive sides of this kind of match is constantly changing, so that the players' thinking about playing football will not be rigid, and the situation they face is also changing rapidly. If you want to strengthen defensive training, you will withdraw more Let the players learn to defend 4 against 5, 4 against 6, 3 against 4, 2 against 3, or even 2 against 4, 3 against 5, which directly tests the awareness of position selection, tacit cooperation, and confrontation of defensive ability.

Klose was very excited. He saw a lot of things that he couldn't see in amateur teams. He was amazed by the running positions of Trezeguet and Shevchenko.

This ability to run without the ball has been trained for at least one or two seasons, instead of just running around with physical strength and running rampant by yourself without observing the running positions of your teammates.

Aldridge beckoned to Ballack who was not far away, and let him play to increase the number of defensive groups.

Now it's 4 vs 6.

After Ballack played against Pirlo, he couldn't organize the offense calmly. After setting up the defensive formation and shrinking the six-man defense, it was layered and systematic. The four-man team on Pirlo's side couldn't organize an effective offense either. De Ved broke through Gattuso with the ball and was caught by Materazzi and cut off the ball at the right time. The four quickly counterattacked, but the defensive team with more ball routes firmly controlled the ball and played smoothly. After the range shift, he made ten successful passes and won the round.

Anyone want to go up and try?

Aldridge asked the three rookies with a smile.

All three nodded to express their desire to go up and show off.

Aldridge put Van der Meyde on first to supplement the attacking team, and it became 5 on 6 again.

Van der Meyde stood in the position of left winger after coming on the field. He wanted to show his skills with his feet after his first catch. But Mills squeezed out of his position before he could finish a free movement. Losing control of the ball, the defense quickly kicked it out, and after ten passes, the victory was won.

Van der Meyde looked depressed, while Mills spread his hands helplessly.

He thought the Dutchman was too soft.

A defender is removed and Gattuso comes down to rest.

Continue to play 5 against 5.

Van der Meyde's performance was terrible, even though the numbers were even, he wanted to express himself too much. And after five seconds of getting the ball from the side, the ball must be lost. Even if he stops and dribbles, Mills will block his way forward, and the ball is extraordinary.

For a while, the old teammates felt that this Dutch kid was too weak!

Nedved and Trezeguet took the initiative to help him on the left, which exposed Van der Meyde's lack of movement awareness.

Duff and Klose also went up to try one after another, but the results disappointed the three rookies, and their confidence suffered a great blow.

Even Klose, who was tall and thin, was knocked down by Materazzi.

If you use a 10-point system to rate three people.

All three have technical ability scores between 4 and 6.

Physicality and team awareness may not even score 3 points.

Don't be discouraged, you are all under 20 years old. There is naturally a gap between them in ability.

Aldrich smiled and comforted the three who were very hurt, and said more. If these three are excellent in all aspects, will it be Millwall's turn to make a move?

Klose pointed to Trezeguet and said, But he doesn't look much older than me.

Aldridge smiled and said: Hehe, he will be 20 years old in three months. The reason why he is stronger than you and performed well is just one aspect of talent. The most important thing is that he has been training hard here in the past three years. Take a closer look at the other players, are they all in good shape?

The three looked at the other players, Nedved, Schneider, Ballack, Lampard, Ruud van Nistelrooy, Shevchenko and other players. If Millwall is not a football club, they can definitely form a group to participate in the selection of male models .

When they take off their clothes, you will find that they not only have no fat on their bodies, but also have clear and beautiful muscle lines. The club introduced a scientific physical training mechanism two years ago, and the coaching team sends people abroad every year to study and exchange physical training. method, their hard work plus scientific training methods, so they become stronger than the average player, and you can also in the future.

On the first day of training, these three players had a more detailed understanding of Millwall and realized the gap between themselves and the team. Knowing the reality, it will make them calm down and try to catch up with their teammates.

Ronaldinho suddenly ran up to Aldridge, and asked with a smile: Boss, when will you let me make my Premier League debut?

Aldrich turned his head to look at the sweaty Brazilian boy with a strange expression, and asked, Why are you asking this?

Tell me, I'm so prepared.

Are you ready? You made a mistake. It's not whether you're ready or not, but I'm asking if you can do it. When I think you can do it, I won't give you time to prepare. You have to do it for me!

That's right, you told me to go, I will definitely go! When will I go?

Aldridge touched his chin and said, What were your statistics in the youth team last season?

Ronaldinho blurted out: 21 goals and 18 assists.

That's fine, when you can score double 20+ in the reserve team, I'll let you play in the Premier League.

what?!

Ronaldinho was dumbfounded, then became anxious and asked: Why? I played in the FA Cup final a few months ago!

Aldridge said earnestly: That's different. When you went up, we played one more player and the score was ahead. If you think that the level of the Youth League and the Premier League can be directly equated, then you are not awake. Go first Look at the performance of the reserve team. If you don’t perform well in the training games of the reserve team, how can I let you play in the Premier League? Andre scored 19 goals in 20 games for the reserve team the year before last. You have no doubts about yourself. Not confident?

Ronaldinho was a little disappointed, but he quickly pulled himself together, pointed at Aldrich and shouted arrogantly: You wait! Double 20+ is double 20+! I can do it in less than half a year!

Aldridge shrugged and said, Goals and assists are indispensable.

Ronaldinho turned to look for reserve team coach Capo and asked about the list of players for the reserve team for the new season.

When he learned that there are often players such as Lampard, Gattuso, Ferdinand, and Glenshire in the reserve team, Ronaldinho became more confident.

This is not at the same level as the teammates of the youth team.

Boss, I was wrong just now! Three months! I can do it in three months!

Aldridge laughed it off.

If Ronaldinho thinks that the league level of the reserve team is not high, it is a big mistake. If it is a reserve team match at the League One level, it will be fine, but the reserve team at the Premier League level is a bunch of substitute players from first-tier professional clubs. The arena where the roster is working hard, and there are many games where many stars recover after injury, which is equivalent to the competition between the two teams of Premier League clubs. The intensity is sometimes stronger than that of the Premier League, because everyone has to fight for the position. fight.

Only if he can gain a firm foothold there will he be able to enter the squad for the competition. (to be continued..) ()