The Young Lion

There are still 20 minutes before the opening game of the Premier League in the new season. The Lion's Den Stadium is overcrowded. Fans are waving flags in various styles in the stands. Move support.

The small stadium is still the same small stadium, but there has been a little change in the stadium.

In the past, the stands were directly on the sidelines, but now there are billboards of different sponsors attached to the stands, and the advertisements of different colors make the stadium a little more colorful.

Aldridge was sitting in the VIP area on the stands of the stadium, talking and laughing with Puskas.

Really? He fell into the sea? Hehe, he is always like this. He doesn't know when he will do ridiculous things, and sometimes it will make people falsely alarm.

Aldridge had a rare laugh hearing Puskas describe their summer trip to the Mediterranean, especially when Arthur got drunk and fell into the sea while dancing on the deck of the cruise ship...

Puskas turned his head and whispered to Aldridge: You did a great job last season. It's really exciting that you can beat Barcelona now.

I'm going to beat Real Madrid in the future, so don't cry then.

Oh, if you can do it, I can only be happy for you, Aldridge, I found that I like Millwall, watching your team play, it is very enjoyable. And there is a lot of game elements, yes What I couldn't see in my era, but the masters of my era are now rare.

Aldrich laughed dumbfounded, shook his head and said: Not less, but with the development of football, the gap between players is getting closer. In addition, football spreads rapidly. Even the best tactics, its strong cycle It becomes very short. If you have nothing to do, you can usually go to the youth training camp. There are many good young players there. Look, the ten players here are very good, although they can’t compare with you, hahaha.”

Puskas leaned forward and swept the faces of the ten young players sitting in the front row.

Today is the home game. According to the training results of the past week, two players from each echelon can sit here and watch the game. They are very excited to be able to watch the game with Puskas, a once-famous emperor superstar, and took photos with him before. .

Ronaldinho and Lamor in the u21 echelon.

Cahill, Ferreira in the u18 gradient.

Alonso and Villa in the u16 echelon.

Jenas and De Rossi in the u14 echelon.

Aguero and Ronaldo in the u12 echelon.

Puskas will say a few words of encouragement to these young players, or talk about the super stars that appeared in his country in his time, such as Gento of Spain, Stefano of Argentina and so on.

Arthur sitting on the side was more straightforward, laughing and cheering them on: Try to become a new wild lion!

With five minutes to go, Aldridge walked down the aisle to the stands. By the way, he signed autographs for enthusiastic fans, and finally when he walked to the sidelines. Wenger went to shake hands.

Last season was Wenger's first season in charge of Arsenal, but it was not complete. Although he only played a few league games, it was not that simple. Summer training is very important to the team, and Wenger failed to preside over the ball. The team's summer preparations cannot be drastically remodeled during the season.

But this summer is different.

Arsenal has entered the Wenger era in a real sense.

Have a good fight today?

Aldridge smiled and reached out to Wenger.

Wenger nodded and said: Although it is not the best time, I think Arsenal is no worse than Millwall.

Hehe, the fans are lucky.

After Aldridge shook hands with him, he walked back to his place.

Arsene Wenger was right that the timing of Millwall's clash with Arsenal was not the best.

There was a London derby in the opening game, and the defending champion played against the fourth-ranked team last season. This is obviously a strong dialogue, which makes people excited.

However, the FA is absolutely crazy.

This kind of strong dialogue is generally for viewing, and will not be held in the first two rounds of the season, because the state of the team needs a recovery period, who can guarantee that the two strong teams will be able to play their best in the first official game ?

But the FA really arranged the schedule like this.

Aldridge never complained about the schedule, even if there were only two days between the FA Cup final and the European Cup Winners' Cup final last season, he did not propose to the FA to reschedule the FA Cup final.

The strong have no fear, the match schedule has been arranged long ago, even if there are conspiracy theories, but as long as you are strong, why should you be afraid of your opponent?

Did the schedulers expect that giving Millwall a devil's schedule would make them Waterloo?

Whether the schedule is easy or difficult, it is a test of the head coach's ability, and Aldridge is willing to accept any challenge.

When the players on both sides came out of the player tunnel in high spirits, the audience waiting in front of the TV at home or in the bar also ignited their enthusiasm.

Long-lost viewers, the long-lost Premier League is back! Hello everyone, I am Martin Taylor, and my partner this season to explain the Premier League is still an old friend Andy Gray.

The opening game is the London Derby. The new generation of champions will compete with the former king team Arsenal. It is really exciting. Martin, what do you think of the changes in the two teams in the new season?

Except for the departure of the main defender Stam, there is not much personnel change on Millwall's side. If there is a change, then they should be more mature and stronger, because they have experienced the baptism of winning the championship. The training last season has also grown a lot. Arsenal have changed a lot. First of all, they have added two powerful players to the main lineup, the French midfielder Petit and the Dutch winger Overmar. Second, from the point of view of formation, Arsene Wenger formed a 442 formation, it seems that Arsenal in the Graham era is completely over, and the formation of five defenders has also entered history.

Okay, let me introduce the list of both sides. Millwall is the main force. Formation 433. Goalkeeper: Bute. Defender: Schneider. Elguera, Southgate, Capdevila. Center Field: Makelele, Pirlo, Nedved. Forwards: Larsson, Trezeguet, Shevchenko. Arsenal formation is 442, goalkeeper: Seaman. Defenders: Dixon. Adams, Keown , Winterbourne. Midfielders: Pires, Vieira, Petit, Overmars. Forwards: Anelka, Bergkamp. Wenger lost four goals when he was away at Lion's Den last season, Whether he can avenge his shame today and make Arsenal fans look up in London, and whether Millwall can start the new season with a strong posture as the defending champion. Let us wait and see!

Because it is the opening match, a brief ceremony will be held.

Aldridge stood on the sidelines and glanced at Arsenal's lineup. I began to think about it in my heart.

For almost ten years since then, Arsenal's formation has been based on 442, and many changes have been derived to switch, 4222, 4231, 451, etc. The tactical formation is never dead, the key is the area that the players are responsible for in offense and defense. And moves without the ball.

From the personal abilities of these gunmen, we can roughly guess their tactical intentions.

The double defensive midfielders Pettit and Vieira are responsible for strengthening the defense in the center and the protection in front of the penalty area. When switching from defense to offense, they pass through the two sides, Pires or Overmars, and Bergkamp can retreat to support when attacking. There are also midfielders in the middle who follow up from time to time, and the function is to form a connection in the attack from the back to the front.

Pay attention to stability when defending, and pay attention to speed when attacking.

Generally speaking, it is still mainly defensive counterattack.

At the start of the game, Millwall kicked off first.

Since it was the opening game of the league, Millwall did not press too high after the kick-off. Pirlo passed the ball diagonally to Shevchenko on the right, and the Ukrainian passed the ball back to Schneider. The pass was transferred, the ball landed on Capdevila's side, and then a straight kick was passed to Larson. Larson ran to the position, but the ball was intercepted by Dixon.

Arsenal quickly turned from defense to offense, and the ball landed at the feet of Dutch Peter Pan Overmars, who immediately ran long distances along the wing.

Capdevila's threatening pass failed, and Arsenal counterattacked from his side. When he turned around, Overmars had already thrown him away.

The fast Overmars dribbled forward with the ball, but he didn't cut inside, but slipped to the bottom.

With no one defending, Overmars sent a high-quality cross to the center. Anelka and Elguera competed for the top. Elguera was more physically dominant. He won the competition and the ball went up. To the right, Schneider took the ball and Millwall reorganized the attack.

Seeing that the counterattack was not successful, Wenger missed the shot in front of the goal, which made him a little disappointed.

Aldridge focused on observing the running positions of the Arsenal players after Overmars took the ball.

Bergkamp had rushed and pulled back outside the penalty area, and was unguarded for a brief two seconds, but Peter Pan's ball was not passed to him.

Southgate went to fill Capdevila's position, Makelele returned to the penalty area, Pirlo also stood in front of the penalty area, Vieira and Pires on the other side failed to provide effective help for this attack , The field is changing rapidly, the opportunity is fleeting, Overmars missed the space that Bergkamp ran out, the traditional wing cross is not a big threat, it is not about whether Anelka is good at heading, but He does not have an advantage in front of Elguera. Moreover, in the process of adjustment, Overmars allowed Millwall's defense to be adjusted quickly after the opening was exposed in terms of time, and it became seamless.

Millwall played a few penetrating balls, and the opponents easily resolved them in the positional battle. Arsenal, which put on a defensive counterattack posture, has the strongest back line in the Premier League, which is beyond doubt.

Arsenal was under pressure, but every time the defense was successful, the counterattack was also threatening frequently. The defensive formations of the two teams contracted quickly and expanded quickly. They both pursued the ball with one kick, except that Arsenal's wide players dribbled more. , other players try to be fast and accurate when passing the ball, which makes the game very interesting.

Schneider made an oblique pass from the side to Trezeguet and was cut off by Petit. The French blond giant turned from defense to attack and tried to hit Schneider directly behind him to find Pires. He suddenly passed the ball across the half. , Pires has already moved out of space, as long as he gets the ball, he will definitely be able to launch a wave of threatening counterattacks.

However, Makelele cut the ball precisely before Pires received it, and then passed the ball to Pirlo in front.

Arsenal failed to counterattack. Millwall played two consecutive attacks in a short period of time. Pirlo sent the ball into the right rib of Arsenal's penalty area with a deadly scalpel pass in the frontcourt.

Winterbourne looked at the trajectory of the ball, specifically looked at Shevchenko's position, no problem.

Keown also stuck to Trezeguet, Vieira stared at Nedved, but, in the ribs of the penalty area, just after Pirlo received the ball and passed the ball, Larsson came from the left. Started, and then slanted into the right rib of the penalty area. Adams reacted a little slower, and Larson tore the line of defense between Keown and Winterburn.

Following the rolling trajectory of the ball, Larson turned around and took advantage of the opportunity to flick the ball with his foot. Seaman attacked to block the near corner. The speed of the ball was not fast, but the angle flew to the far corner trickily.

Dixon chased the goal far away and tried to clear the siege with a header, but he jumped to the extreme but missed the ball and fell into the goal by himself. Beside him, there was a bouncing ball. (to be continued..) ()