The Young Lion

Thank you Thieves for your reward!

After the New Year, Millwall played a series of battles in the league. Just after the battle with the Red Devils, they will be a guest at Anfield again.

The Red Army's Liverpool record fell sharply this season. At the beginning of the season, the board of directors let Houllier and Evans jointly take charge of the team.

Although Houllier did not attach as much importance to the Red Army's youth training as Evans, he still selected some good seedlings from the youth team to give them opportunities, and promoted the future mainstays of the team like Gerrard and Carragher.

Aldridge and Houllier once had a relationship in Auxerre, France. The French coaches who watched the European Cup with him at that time, except Wenger, who is an old rival in the Premier League and a neighbor in the same city, coaches like Fernandez and Tigana , They also met in the European war, and now, they met Houllier again in the Premier League.

When the two teams faced each other in the first half of the season, the two had no communication because Evans was still the head coach of the team, and Houllier was real but not famous.

As a guest at Liverpool, Aldridge came to Liverpool alone half a day earlier than the team.

He came to Melanie's parents' house.

It was her parents who took the initiative to invite Aldridge to be a guest. In normal times, this is absolutely abnormal, after all, this family is a hardcore Liverpool.

Her parents also knew that there was a problem between Melanie and Aldrich. It was not a rift, but a difference of opinion. Neither of them was willing to make compromises. They were in a state of cold war.

Melanie's mother privately revealed it to Aldrich. Melanie will return to Liverpool in February to start the pregnancy. She is more enterprising. They plan to rest for a month after giving birth, and continue to complete an album with the remaining three members of the Spice Girls. Although Halliwell has withdrawn, they still want to continue their career development with the popularity foundation laid before, and then Set an agreement that the solo flight will not be disbanded.

Aldridge's attitude is very firm, even in front of the family, he is blunt, he does not want Melanie to continue her singing career, she can switch to other careers. Anything is fine, the premise is that you can take care of your family, instead of holding concerts and not seeing people all year round, the state of him and Melanie must end, and this is also crucial to the growth of their children.

Melanie's parents can only convey his thoughts. They also hope that their daughter can have a happy family. In their eyes, Aldrich's career is brilliant enough, and his family background is not bad. It is not worthwhile for her daughter to continue to work hard for her career.

When leaving Melanie's parents' house. Aldridge knew the conversation was going nowhere,

to be honest. Mostly, Melanie still hoped that he would come to a compromise and restore the two of them to their previous state, falling in love like a couple, even if they had children, they would not change anything.

When he stepped into Anfield again, Aldridge forgot about his private life, which he did well, or he no longer had expectations of Melanie, women sometimes persist, more stubborn than men, psychological expectations It has been decreasing, and there is no overly strong sense of loss.

The hustle and bustle at Anfield, the Red Army's record has declined significantly, with fewer wins and more losses, but their enthusiasm has not diminished. This is very worthy of respect.

Aldridge and Houllier exchanged arms before the game. The two chatted about the past and the recent situation, which had nothing to do with the game. They were originally in a state of hostility. At least Houllier was not as calm as Ferguson. , Liverpool, a traditional giant, is at its lowest point in recent years.

Hehe, it seems that Hall and Houllier are old acquaintances. Although Hall has no football experience and is very young, he has a lot of friends in the football circle, which often surprises us commentators. It seemed like he had friends everywhere he went.

This is definitely a good thing. Hall likes to make friends and has a wide range of contacts. Think about Sunderland and Preston who are doing well in League One today. Reid and Moyes are both with Hall. The personal relationship is good. They have borrowed some players from Millwall and helped the team achieve very good results. Phillips introduced by Sunderland is even hotter. If they can continue to perform well in the second half of the season, Sunderland will be upgraded just around the corner .”

Well, the manager's network is very important to the team. At least Millwall's players have a suitable loan place to get exercise and improve. At the same time, the relationship between the clubs also enhances each other. When it comes to League One, it reminds me of Fleet Street. Analysis of a previous report. Around Christmas, West Ham United lost to Sunderland and Preston successively. Fleet Street said that this was a conspiracy by Millwall. They loaned outstanding young players to Sunderland And Preston, just to snipe West Ham United to return to the Premier League, if this is true, then Hall really took great pains to fight against the sworn enemy!

To prevent West Ham United from returning to the Premier League, Aldridge certainly did not have this intention when he loaned out young players. The current situation can be considered unintentional.

After the players from both sides entered the field, Aldridge stood on the sidelines with a look of indifference.

Today he continues to play Manchester United's starting list.

Goalkeeper: Bout.

Defenders: Schneider, Materazzi, Ferdinand, Zambrotta.

Midfield: Pirlo, Makelele, Nedved.

Forwards: Larsson, Henry, Ronaldinho.

Next, if there is no injury factor, Millwall's main lineup will not change. After Southgate returns from injury, he will replace Ferdinand.

Liverpool's starting lineup has not changed much from the past, but the team's combat effectiveness is deteriorating. In particular, the influence of Spicy Brother has changed from the initial pull to a complete negative, which has become the team's decline in record. refers to one of the reasons.

Compared with Manchester United, which is both offensive and defensive and can sit firmly on the Diaoyutai mentality, Liverpool, who are in a worrying situation, is Millwall's favorite opponent.

The opponent thinks they have the strength to fight, and the standings force them to not be conservative at home. Millwall does not say that they can play more and less in the counterattack, at least they will not face dense defense, not to mention that the opponent's defense is not top-notch. . Liverpool have conceded the third most goals in the top ten.

Game start. Millwall is still in a balanced offensive and defensive posture. The back line plus midfielder Makelele focuses on defense, Pirlo, Nedved plus bilateral forwards put in a balanced defense, and center Henry interferes with the opponent's midfield play.

Liverpool's offensive failed, and Millwall turned around and played a fast break.

Larsson dribbled the ball from the side, and there was a lot of space in front of him. The quick and effective pass and cut cooperation began to exert its power. As soon as Pirlo touched the ball, the feeling was completely different. A precise diagonal pass sent the ball to Ronaldinho who cut in from the left. This ball was chosen from the line and the level of threat. Good, which is why Aldridge unswervingly uses Pirlo.

After taking the ball, Ronaldinho made a fake move and broke through the bottom. When Hyypia moved his position to mark him, he knocked the ball back and passed the ball in an inverted triangle to Nedved who followed up.

On the restricted area line. Nedved's long-range shot hit the crossbar and popped out.

Although the goal was missed, the threat was played. Intuitive and effective, Aldridge nodded slightly, but Henry's running position was still a little bit short. If he could run out of space just now, Nedved might pass the ball to him instead of choosing a long shot.

Whenever we play against Liverpool, the pace of the game will be very fast, the only difference is whether the offense is smooth or not.

When Millwall's frontcourt attack group has stronger ball possession ability, Liverpool's frantic pressing by intercepting passing lanes may not be effective.

They used this tactic to cause trouble for Millwall in the past because Millwall had to pass the ball. Like Trezeguet, Shevchenko had a low breakthrough success rate when facing double teams, but like the current Ronaldinho, Nedved, Henry, all have very strong ability to protect the ball. Pirlo is improving every day, especially the ability to control the ball. While playing the ball elegantly, the practical effect is also very intuitive.

In the 22nd minute of the first half, Ronaldinho attracted two defensive players on the left side of the opponent. In the situation of being double-teamed, he still picked the ball out and passed it to Henry who was on the side. Henry made a move with him. After kicking the wall, Ronaldinho directly dribbled the ball through the penalty area. When Hyypia came to press him, he passed the ball lightly to Larson who was unmarked and killed in front of the goal. The ball is easily pushed into the goal.

A beautiful goal. Millwall's attack completely destroyed Liverpool's defense. Ronaldinho attracted the defense from the wing. Henry went over and took away a defensive player. After the two cooperated, Ronaldinho Cardinho broke through another defensive player of the opponent. When only Hyypia was left in the middle of the back line, he could only block Ronaldinho's shooting angle. Unfortunately, the Brazilian took the ball The pass was passed, and Larsson kicked off the full-back's tight press, received an assist in front of the goal and sent the ball into the opponent's goal, Millwall's offense seemed to have changed.

Yes, Martin, I noticed that too. From the last round of the game against Manchester United, there are signs of this. Hall's team used to use wonderful teamwork to tear down the opponent's defense. Broken, in response to Millwall's teamwork, many teams in the Premier League have used intensive defense to compress their passing and cutting space. Now Millwall's offense has more individual performance in the midfield. It is no exaggeration to say , the four players in the frontcourt of Millwall, Ronaldinho, Henry, Larson, Nedved, have a one-on-one breakthrough success rate of more than 70%, so they must be marked by teammates. In this way, a player can pass the ball after attracting multiple defenders, and the opponent's defense in other areas will become weaker, and the goal just now is a typical example.

Aldridge is very satisfied with the scoring process, not because he doesn’t want to continue to play the overall teamwork smoothly, but because he wants to play the best card strategy according to the cards in his hand. The different talents of the players determine the technical ability. There are differences in characteristics. If he does not allow Ronaldinho to show his personal talent, isn't that a waste?

Is it worth the 10 million pounds if Henry is not allowed to use his speed and dribbling breakthrough characteristics?

To knead these players together to exert great power, Aldridge cannot formulate tactics casually according to his own ideals. The new tactical system is created through their technical characteristics.

Ronaldinho wants to attract the opponent's defense and create opportunities for other teammates through ball-handling skills in offense.

If the goal is scored, Liverpool will attack more fiercely. Aldridge is not worried at all. He knows that when Liverpool falls behind, Millwall will have more opportunities to show their power in the offensive line, but what kind of score can be scored? Aldridge Qi could only observe slowly.

Houllier had a headache. He never imagined that the young man who watched the football with them and talked loudly at that time almost became the nightmare of all the coaches who watched the football together at that time. (to be continued...) ()