The Young Lion

Since the end of last season regarding the transfer of Stam, Aldridge and Ferguson broke out in a quarrel, except Ferguson sent a text message congratulating Millwall at the end of the season. At other times, the two have no communication, and the relationship has dropped to freezing point.

The same is true for today's Community Shield. The two shook hands before the game, and then returned to their respective positions. They didn't even make direct eye contact.

Aldridge has his own principles, and when others respect him, he will respect others. For the Manchester United players who seduced him before the end of the season, this must not be tolerated or forgiven.

If it were any other club, Aldridge would not have shifted the responsibility to the coach, but Ferguson almost overwhelmed the sky at Manchester United, and he personally controlled every transfer.

When the players from both sides entered the field, the commentator figured out how much the two teams attached importance to the game from the formation of the coaches of the two teams.

Today at Wembley will be the Community Shield matchup between last year's Premier League champions and runners-up. , From the list we have seen, it can be seen that Hall has a stronger purpose of training with the Community Shield, while Ferguson wants the team to enter the state early and find confidence from the Triple Crown team. Millwall is as follows: goalkeeper Bout, defender Schneider, Herguera, Southgate, Zambrotta, midfielder Gattuso, Ballack, Nedved, forward Larsson, Ruud van Nistelrooy, Glenciel. They The staff is neat, but Hall still puts Makelele, Trezeguet, Shevchenko and other main players on the bench. Manchester United is different. Ferguson has their strongest lineup. Goalkeeper: Shu Mechel. Defenders: Neville. Pallister. Stam, Irvine, midfielder Beckham, Scholes, Keane, Giggs, forward Cole, Sheringham. Manchester United last season Double-killed by Millwall in the league. The classic game of 0-6 bloodbath at home is still vivid. Ferguson definitely hopes that his disciples can regain their confidence in Millwall and beat the powerful defending champion to kick off the new season. That's exactly what he wanted.

Aldridge saw Manchester United's lineup, and probably guessed the opponent's thoughts, but his mentality is relaxed, which does not mean that he also requires the players to relax. This is the last warm-up match before the new season, and it gave the players mentally. Some stimulation, at least Millwall has to reach 80% of the overall performance of last season.

The pace of the game was very fast from the beginning. Both teams are known for playing fast.

After observing for more than ten minutes, Aldridge turned and walked back to the coach's bench. Bow your head and communicate with Benitez.

Have you noticed the change in Manchester United?

The running range of the players is larger than last season, and the overall contraction when defending. After the transition from defense to offense, the formation quickly expands. Attacking through the two wings, the right is driven by Beckham, and the left is mainly driven by Giggs. Sheringham and Cole It is a tandem and one behind position, Scholes dispatches the attack to cover the entire midfield,

When the offense hits the forefront, he will go forward to participate in the final attack.

The four defenders basically don't attack, and Keane is completely defensive. I don't know how the five players on the offensive end of Manchester United are. If they maintain the current rhythm, can they run well in the last 20 minutes of the game? Moving is a question.

I think it must be no problem. Nine months ago at Old Trafford, we smashed Manchester United with six goals. Ferguson can definitely see our physical advantage. If we fall behind in other aspects, the coach may not be able to do anything about it. There is no way he can turn a blind eye to the indicators that training can catch up to.

Well, it makes sense. So where is the weak link in Manchester United's current formation?

Two full-backs.

Hehe, I see the same thing.

Aldridge smiled and returned to the sidelines, taking advantage of the dead ball to call Glenciel to the front and make some detailed arrangements.

Manchester United's current lineup, Keane's defense is tough, Scholes will also retreat in a wide range when defending, Sheringham and Cole will also withdraw. In the matchup, it is not a good choice to play hard in the middle, and Manchester United The biggest weakness comes from their full-backs.

Neville and Erwin.

The former is known for his diligence, but he is inherently deficient due to his slow body speed. Here, with Larson attacking him, Neville's speed weakness will be exposed to a greater extent.

Irwin on the other side is almost thirty-two years old. The best left-back in England has grown in weight and age, and his playing style has become more and more conservative. People are almost forgetting that he used to be so lightning-fast .

After Aldridge gave Glenn Shire his orders, he gestured to the players on the sidelines, and Ballack, who was in charge of the midfielder, immediately understood.

Now Aldridge no longer has to direct changes in tactical formations to the players on the sidelines.

It doesn't matter at all how the formation is arranged at the beginning of the game.

If you watch live TV, the formation on the screen, Millwall will be a 4213 formation, but in fact, their midfield position in the attack has a front and back level, and the retreat formation will become 4231 or 4231 when defending. 451, formations are becoming more and more handy to switch during the game.

Cole took the ball in the frontcourt and didn't dare to make more moves for fear of losing the ball. He knocked the ball back to Sheringham. Forgotten, but it is undeniable that he is still a good striker, but it is far from the forwards in the Millwall team.

A long shot!

Sheringham's shot from long-range slides out.

Bout missed the ball when he swooped, and even if it was in the goal range, Bout should be able to easily block it.

For the goal kick, Bout kicked the ball to Schneider. Manchester United's players went back to defend immediately after the attack.

Schneider dribbled forward without rushing the pass, which forced Manchester United's striker to come to his side to harass him. After he and Ballack made a two-for-one cooperation, he passed Cole, and at the same time led The ball passed halftime, Giggs had to come up to defend him, and Schneider passed the ball straight to Glenshire in front.

After taking the ball, the Dane turned around and singled Irwin, making an inward cut and flicking the ball sideways. Erwin's center of gravity shifted to the right. Gronkshall then dialed the ball back to the wing. Simultaneously start the outbreak.

Two seconds ago, Glenshire faced Irwin, and two seconds later, Glenshire overtook from the side and forced the opponent away, relying on his explosive speed to eat him unreasonably.

Irwin firmly remembered Ferguson's exhortation: Millwall's winger's threat lies in cutting inside, not in crossing from the bottom!

So when he defended, he tended to block the inside line, and it was Shevchenko who replaced him. There is not much threat even with the bottom, and Glenciel, it feels useless to pass from the bottom, because his cross footwork is terrible.

But after Glenshire relied on his speed to force Erwin to the bottom, he didn't pass the ball, but went inside again, sticking to the bottom line and entering the penalty area!

Irwin was taken aback, and Manchester United's defense was suddenly opened up. Irwin and Stam rushed over to block Glenshire's space to play.

Just then, Glenciel sent the ball back to the back.

Schneider, who was running up at high speed, was unmarked. Giggs ran too far defensively, and he also went to make up for the gap left by Irwin after chasing the penalty area. I thought Schneider would take the wing to meet it.

Facing the ball back, Schneider kept the ball head-on and shot long-range!

The ball was well placed, drew a rainbow trajectory, and drilled into the upper right corner of the Manchester United goal. Schmeichel moved a step and roared angrily at his teammates.

You guys gave me a chance to save.

This kind of ball makes the goalkeeper have no chance, and I will become the foil of a wonderful goal again!

Wow, wow, wow, world wave, world wave! Schneider dedicated a classic long-range shot for us. Glenn Schall has improved significantly under Hall. His ability to handle the ball is stronger and more Calm down, we all thought that even if he breaks through the wing defense, he will definitely make a lamentable bad cross, but he calmly provided an assist to Schneider. Millwall took the lead with a goal.

Schneider opened his arms with a smile after the goal. The smile looked like he himself was surprised that the ball could be played so well. It was unmarked and did not need to be adjusted. His shot was so comfortable.

His teammates ran and surrounded him, cheering and celebrating.

Ferguson frowned, he had an illusion that every match against Millwall seemed to be an exam.

The result of the exam is to magnify Manchester United's undetectable weaknesses infinitely!

This is also Millwall's style, grabbing the opponent's life goal and beating him to death!

This is true of Bruce back then, and Erwin of today.

As for Irwin's shortcomings, Manchester United may not make people look weak when they compete with the other 18 teams in the Premier League, but when they face Millwall, their opponents use their own strengths to attack their weaknesses.

Ferguson also got up and called Giggs in front of him and gave serious defensive instructions. The Welshman memorized every word in his heart. After returning to the field, he communicated with Irwin. The two on the same side reached a defensive consensus.

After the re-kick-off, Millwall will still take the initiative to play on the side of Grenshall when switching from defense to offense. The Danish Golden Wings are working hard today. Aldridge talked to him before the season and promised to give him the next season. The opportunity to play about 20 games requires him to go all out in every game, and with his style of play, it is difficult to have more opportunities to play, because he will be exhausted. Once his speed and explosive power cannot become When it comes to attacking sharp weapons, other qualities are not enough to make him better than other Millwall strikers.

Irvine defended Glenshire and began to use close-up marking, forcing Glenshire not only unable to turn around, but even getting the ball became difficult.

Gronkshall began to drop wide to receive the ball, but even so, Irwin would follow, unless he left the area beyond 40 yards from the baseline.

Ballack saw the space on the right side, so he chose not to give the ball to Glenshire, but directly passed the ball to the wing after the opponent pulled it out. Glenshire rushed to Irving without the ball. Behind him, the opponent followed him closely, but Glenshire was faster, but when he was about to catch up with the ball, Giggs took the first step to catch up with the ball and kicked the ball out of the touchline.

When he played here for the third time, Nedved took the initiative to move to the right, but just as he got the ball, Stam broke the ball with one kick and then made a clearance.

Manchester United's defensive system adjusted quickly after losing the first ball, and the defense between the various players was well done.

Aldridge got a little excited on the sidelines.

This kind of game is only interesting for the head coach.

Both he and Ferguson stood on the sidelines, fighting wits and courage with poor command and response.

Aldridge made a gesture again, so that the offense should not be too rigid and only hit the right side. To be honest, in this respect, Ballack is not as good as Pirlo in scheduling. Going to Glenshire, until now, Manchester United players can almost guess that when he is free to pass the ball, the direction will be the wing where Glenshire is.

Just before the end of the first half, Manchester United played a wave of fast attack.

Neville gave the ball to Beckham on the right side, and the latter knocked Scholes across to respond after receiving the ball. Sheringham also ran to the right side and pulled the ball. , the latter passed the ball back to Beckham who advanced some distance.

Beckham threw a long oblique pass into the penalty area. This pass was extremely weird.

It seems to be a drop goal, but it is a very obvious curve ball.

Not only Bout, but even the two central defenders misjudged, because the arc was too fucking big!

After the ball flew up, the reactions of players and spectators changed in a short time.

The ball is going out of the bottom line, it's too high.

This kick he-damn is going to hang the goal!

No, the ball will land behind the penalty area!

The arc kicked by Beckham's golden right foot relies on the extremely powerful arc.

As long as the defensive player makes a mistake in judgment in an instant, it will cause a mistake in the defensive position.

Sure enough, neither Elguera nor Southgate hit the ball after it fell into the small penalty area. It was originally Elguera's defensive area, but he didn't take off because he thought the ball would go out of bounds at first. , When he realized it in less than a second, he wanted to jump but couldn't keep up with the rhythm.

Just as he turned around to chase the landing point, Ryan Giggs, who was plugging in at high speed from the left, was already close in front of him. Before the ball hit the ground, the arch of his left foot was easily cushioned, and the ball went into the goal. (to be continued..) ()