The Young Lion

Before the start of the home game against Liverpool, Larsson, who returned to the team, took a photo with the whole team. He held the Golden Globe and smiled. In the stands of the Lion's Den Stadium, the fans applauded enthusiastically and chanted Larsson's name.

The Lion Roar fan organization erected a banner on the South Stand, with a hand-painted portrait of Larson on it, which was particularly shocking.

After taking a photo with his teammates, Larson deliberately walked up to Aldrich and hugged him.

Boss, thank you, I can't express my gratitude in words.

No, you deserve it, Henrik, I want to thank you for setting an example for the rest of the team-mates and for making Millwall more famous and honorable.

The live TV camera has been locked on this scene. Martin Taylor said with emotion in the live broadcast room: Aldrich Hall and Henrik Larsson, this pair of mentors and apprentices have achieved each other. In the past, it was difficult for us Imagine a 26-year-old player showing such emotion in front of a 21-year-old manager, but the real story of what happened to Millwall club has always been a subversion of tradition.

After the two embraced, Larson calmed down, grinned at Aldridge and said, Boss, I'll show you the win today!

Aldridge laughed and said, Of course, that's what you should do.

Larsson returned to the pitch for the kick-off, turned his head and yelled at his teammates: Millwall! before kicking the ball to Trezeguet.

Come on!

The teammates replied loudly with grim faces!

Liverpool, Liverpool, the Liverpool that threw the bus to make Millwall return at Anfield in the early-season clash!

If Millwall had won that game, maybe they would not have encountered so many opponents who placed buses in the subsequent leagues.

But the fact is that they lost, let other teams start to learn Liverpool's winning tactics, Millwall players don't hate others, although sometimes they complain privately that their opponents play poorly, but they hate themselves more.

Why did you lose to Liverpool in the first place?

Underestimated the enemy, was careless, and was killed by Owen. It's that simple.

They are looking forward to the second leg with Liverpool all the time.

Today, I finally waited for this moment!

Millwall at his best,

It is a good sign that the starting XI that won the Treble last season did not miss a single player.

Liverpool's strategy today is almost the same as in the first round of the confrontation. Evans did not criticize the unexpected circle. The points are relatively solid. Although Liverpool is far away from the leader Manchester United, they have a more realistic goal and there is still a lot of hope for the runner-up. So a direct dialogue against a rival like Millwall. There is no room for loss.

This ultimate defensive counterattack tactics. It is difficult for any strong team. But Millwall has long been mentally prepared, and the tactics they started to practice a few months ago have now reached the stage of using them freely, even if Liverpool are pressing wildly with three midfielders. But Millwall still firmly took the initiative, making maximum use of the field space to pass and cut cooperation, and at the same time using each other's running positions to cover other teammates and hide deadly offensive points.

The situation on the court is that Millwall is the main attacker, and Liverpool is actively defending. After switching from defense to offense, they go directly to Owen in the frontcourt.

The 18-year-old genius, England's golden boy Owen has provoked Liverpool's offensive backbone this season.

This season is very strange. The strikers of the strong teams have almost no outstanding players. Millwall is distracted by the European war. In addition, the goals scored by the strikers are relatively average, so they do not have the top strikers in the scorer list. The same is true for Manchester United. Arsenal's striker combination scored less than half of the team's goals. On the one hand, it shows that the strong teams Flower more. On the one hand, it also reflects that the Premier League teams pay more attention to defense than before, and take special care of famous stars.

For example, Owen shocked England when he was a fledgling, and now ranks among the top three scorers. His scoring rate is about 0.5 goals per game, which means that he will score one goal in two games. In that case, his scoring efficiency is even more amazing.

The last game was won by a penalty kick made by Owen. In this game, he paid special attention to his marking. In addition, Millwall was sitting on the advantage of the home court to wait for work. After recharging their energy, Nedved and Larsson Leading the offensive line upset Liverpool's defense!

After the game started, Aldridge asked the players to speed up, speed up, speed up, and then stabilize the rhythm of the game at a super high speed that Millwall players can achieve in normal training, and then maintain it. His teammates can keep up with this Liverpool are always half a beat behind.

The players are highly focused, pass the ball, move, and think about the next choice before receiving the ball, whether to pass, break through, or shoot.

In this way, the game was completely under the control of Millwall. Pirlo also took off his asleep coat today. Although the activity area is not large, he is very active in organizing work. Passing the ball not only Accurate, and commanding Millwall's offensive direction is particularly threatening.

In less than half an hour of the game, Millwall scored 10 goals. Although he did not score a goal, he continued to undermine Liverpool's confidence.

At the end of the first half, the score was still 0:0, but the Liverpool players were exhausted and out of breath. They repeatedly resolved the danger in front of the goal, relying on running desperately and complementing each other with the defensive players, and they were able to hold the goal. Lost, it is a miracle.

In the second half, the two sides changed sides and fought again. Millwall maintained a high tempo and continued to oppress Liverpool's defense. When the 70th minute of the game came, Liverpool finally couldn't stand it anymore.

There was a man-marking loophole in the defense. After cutting inside, Shevchenko did not choose to shoot but crossed. The front point was missed by Trezeguet, but Nedved unexpectedly outflanked the ball and scored the ball into the goal. The kneeling Liverpool defensive players looked at each other, and finally did not say a word of complaint to their teammates.

Who should Nedved be in charge of marking?

Facing a team like Millwall with dazzling interspersed positions, it is impossible to find someone to mark a certain player full-time. Can you still follow Nedved to run around the frontcourt?

Millwall's style of play is wonderful football from the perspective of neutral fans, but from the perspective of the opponent, it is simply horrible. They use frequent lateral transfers of the ball to force the opponent's defense to become wider. Being able to play deep and disjoint the front line and the back line defense, Andy, why can't Millwall continue to perform at this level?

Players, the 11 players are unique. Hall maximizes the strengths of each of them and kneads them into a whole. Like Pirlo, no one can replace his role. In the attack just now, he made two passes. Foot ball, but both feet play a very important role. The cross pass makes Liverpool's defense line move laterally and then there is an open space. After the ball returns to his feet, he goes straight. These two kicks. It seems that players with a good level can pass the ball. For example, Ballack. Is his footwork not allowed to pass the ball? No, of course, but Ballack can’t replace Pirlo. Two balls are passed in a row within time. Not every striker can pass as accurately as Shevchenko, and pass calmly in the penalty area. Nedved runs in such a wide range Interfering with defensive players, if he is not careful, he will complete a fatal forward goal. This group of players is unique. Therefore, Hall's team sometimes only changes two or three players, but the games played are completely different. The reason right here.

Ronaldinho, who was sitting on the bench in this game, felt a great shock.

He felt strange in his heart. In the past, he sat in the stands of the VIP area to watch the football. Although Millwall played very well, he could basically predict the development trajectory of football from a bird's-eye view, but he watched from the sidelines today. It's completely different, he can't keep up with the rhythm of the players on the field, he can't guess where the ball will go, which direction, and the development route.

Aldridge walked to the bench after the goal and called Ronaldinho to his side. Ronaldinho thought he would be substituted, and was immediately overjoyed, but Aldridge said to him earnestly: There will be a long time in the future, you I will sit here and watch the game, but I can’t just watch, I have to learn and think. Watch how our two wingers and attacking midfielders move, when they provide opportunities for teammates, and when they become the role of fatal blow , Ronaldinho, in my plan, you will not be Nedved’s substitute in the future, nor will you be a pure winger’s substitute. If you want to become the main force, you must learn to change roles in the game.”

Ronaldinho's excitement cooled down, he nodded solemnly, and then sat beside Aldridge and asked how to switch roles.

Aldridge explained the performance of the players on the field to Ronaldinho patiently and in detail through the development of the game.

Ronaldinho is a very comprehensive offensive player. He is omnipotent, can break through, assist, score, and organize offenses.

You can't ask him to achieve balance, that will only make him mediocre and different.

Being fixed on one role will waste his talent.

Therefore, he must learn to play calmly and wisely. In Millwall's tactical system, he must not only be able to keep up with the team rhythm, but also be able to integrate into the team. Positional relationship, he has to learn to switch between the roles of attacking midfielder and winger in the game, not only the exchange of positions, but also the conversion of functions.

Ronaldinho listened carefully beside Aldridge. When he lived in London, the person he trusted most in his heart was Aldridge. Facing this young man who changed his life, he respected and loved him from the bottom of his heart.

Liverpool lost the ball, their conservative tactics fell short, their formation began to press forward, and Millwall's high tempo still did not stop. In a wave of quick counterattacks, Larsson cut in from the left and knocked the ball back to follow up Nedved on the ball once again entered the penalty area and blasted the ball into Liverpool's goal with a heavy artillery, sealing the victory.

This strong dialogue finally ended with Millwall beating Liverpool 2-0 at home.

Liverpool repeated the same tricks but encountered different results. They didn't even have the slightest chance. In this game, Millwall gave a strong counterattack to the ultimate defensive tactics!

If other teams still want to stick to it, they have to think carefully. It is very dangerous to voluntarily give up control of the game to Millwall. Once a goal is scored, the situation will be completely passive.

Aldridge shook Evans' hand after the game before leaving the club in a hasty interview.

The global tour of the Spice Girls is about to begin. Melanie has a few days off and will return to London in the evening. Aldridge is going to greet her in person. After all, he hasn't seen her for a long time, and he misses her very much. ()