The Young Lion

Thank you Thieves for your reward!

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Millwall's formation shrank in the midfield, and Manchester United's offensive hit like a tide.

In a short period of time, Manchester United got many chances to kick and shoot, and the shots that hit the goal frame were all bravely resolved by Bout.

In the 37th minute of the first half, Manchester United won a corner kick from the left side of the front court. Beckham took the corner kick. The corner kick he took had a strange arc and fell to the point behind the goal. Bout chose to attack, jumping up and reaching out while constantly moving Touched the bottom of the ball, changed the flight direction of the ball, and the ball flew out of the baseline.

But Bout collided with Stam, and the two fell to the ground together. The referee blew his whistle and sentenced Stam to charge the goalkeeper. The small restricted area is the absolute domain of the goalkeeper.

Both fell hard to the turf, and Stam made a defensive move, but one of his legs was on Boot's arm.

After Stam got up, he found Bout clutching the arm that he had pressed down with a look of pain on his face. Stam possessed him to ask about his situation, and then waved to the sidelines.

In any case, he also played for Millwall, and he and Aldridge are destined to have nothing to do with each other, but even if the friendship with some teammates who fought side by side in the past has faded, when swordsmen meet, in the arena, there should be His demeanor should be shown.

Perhaps, he just wanted to prove that he definitely did not intentionally cause Bout's injury just now through such behavior. That kind of despicable behavior does not belong to his football philosophy.

This sudden situation made Aldridge stand up from his seat again, first let the substitute goalkeeper Keller go to warm up, and at the same time watched the goal nervously.

The goalkeeper is injured and the game must be stopped.

Millwall is not doing well, with the score behind, the main goalkeeper Bute is injured again, it seems that he can't continue the game, the team doctor is carefully holding his arm, trying to move him. It is obvious. Bout shook his head with a painful expression... That's right, Bout is about to leave the field, and the team doctor has signaled a substitution to the coach's bench. In the first half, when Millwall was in a passive situation. Bout A few wonderful saves did not allow Manchester United to expand the score, and now, he is going to end.

The position of the goalkeeper was adjusted, and there was no special instruction. Aldridge encouraged Keller to replace him. On the sidelines, Aldridge waited for the team doctor, and Bout walked directly from the player channel in the corner of the field.

The team doctor informed that it was initially determined that Bout had a fractured forearm, and the specific situation would not be known until after a detailed examination.

Aldridge nodded and asked the team doctor to arrange for Bout to go to the hospital for examination and treatment immediately.

As soon as the team doctor left, there were loud cheers at Old Trafford.

Aldrich turned his head to look. I saw Manchester United players on the field running to the corner flag to celebrate, and Keller fished the ball out of the goal and kicked it out angrily.

Wow! Millwall's substitute goalkeeper Keller, who was just replaced on the field, may be under-prepared or too nervous. He kicked a half-high ball from a set kick in the penalty area. Who is this ball for? We I don't know, because the flight route of the ball is in the area between Materazzi and Schneider. There, there is a player named Ryan Giggs wearing the Red Devils jersey. Giggs smiled and accepted the gift, a through ball The ball was handed over to Ruud van Nistelrooy who was against offside, and the latter easily pushed and scored against Keller, 2:0, Manchester United achieved a very wonderful situation in the first half!

This kind of mistaken loss of the ball hurts morale, and Aldridge made a pressing posture on the sidelines. Tell the players to calm down, don't be nervous, and don't be discouraged by falling behind.

Southgate yelled at the defensive teammates loudly, and also told Pirlo not to worry too much when organizing the offense, and try to slow down the rhythm as much as possible. Let the team transition smoothly for a period of time. If they still want to quickly equalize the score, maybe Keller will make mistakes in a fast-paced situation. Help him stabilize first.

Ferguson applauded his disciples on the sidelines with a red face, and then let them pursue the victory.

In this stadium, Millwall acted recklessly more than once, and even left the Red Devils with a 6-0 shame. Every time the two sides played against each other, the Red Devils wanted to wash away this shame. Beating the opponent is only the basic goal, and they must score as much as possible. Ball, win more, if you can score 10, don't hit 9 and stop!

In the last few minutes of the first half, Millwall was completely defensive and did not organize an effective counterattack at all.

When the half-time whistle sounded, Aldridge walked towards the player channel in the corner of the pitch with one hand in his pocket, and the Red Devils fans on the sidelines couldn't help taunting him.

Aldridge doesn't mind, it's not that Manchester United has never led Millwall, even at Millwall's home court, Manchester United once led by two goals.

Today's situation is more complicated and unfavorable than ever. After entering the locker room, Aldridge did not criticize by name, but he still scolded the team's performance in the first half.

Millwall today is not only the lack of concentration of the players, it is a spiritual problem, and Aldridge's scolding and criticism can at least make up for this problem.

The problem that Manchester United restrained Millwall's formation needs to be corrected through tactical adjustments.

If it is not an established tactic or a tactic that the players are familiar with, if it is adjusted during the game, there will be a great risk. According to the momentum of Manchester United in the first half, Aldridge really did not dare to do it as soon as he discovered the problem. If there is no adjustment, it is easy to cause the adjustment effect not to come out, but to expose more flaws to the opponent.

It is necessary for the whole team to unify their thinking and understand how to play. It is obviously not enough to convey in a few words.

Aldrich pulled out the tactical board, quickly drew a new tactical formation on the tactical board, drew the offense and defense of the players whose positions had changed with dotted and solid lines, and circled the active area, expounding quickly Tactics adjust the thinking, and then make sure that every player understands it before boosting morale and letting them go out to prepare for the second half of the game.

Thierry, you stay first.

Henry heard Aldridge's words, glanced at other teammates walking towards the locker room, and sighed softly in his heart.

He knew he didn't play well in this game.

Originally, the performance of the players has ups and downs. It is impossible to achieve 8 points in this game today. The situation of 8 points or above in the next game is just a sign of the state and then go up. But after a stable level, basically It fluctuates between 6 points and 9 points. No matter how bad it is, it won't be much worse. Anyway, it is impossible to be the best every game, and the focus is on the striker. That is it is difficult to keep scoring goals every game.

But Henry's poor performance today should be related to the Golden Globe's failure to qualify for the top three.

Henry sat down, Aldrich was still standing next to the tactical board, and said lightly: Want to talk about the Golden Globes?

Henry was a little upset. The Golden Globe Award is like a curse, shrouded in my mind and heart, lingering.

He shook his head and said, Boss, I promise I will go all out in the second half.

Aldridge said softly: It's not that I'm demanding on you. A player at your level can usually adjust in two or three games, but I think it's necessary to talk to you about the Golden Globe Awards. Do you think unfair?

Henry asked back with a wry smile: Should I think it's fair?

Yes. He felt it was unfair and human.

Figo, Zidane, Shevchenko, he and Shevchenko are strikers. It can be compared directly, there is nothing to say, regardless of scoring efficiency or honors, his annual achievements have completely surpassed Shevchenko.

Figo and Zidane cannot be compared with him.

But Henry just felt it was unfair. There were many players who played football more beautifully than him, but professional football was not street football. Freestyle football, is it more useful than those?

He very much agreed with Aldridge's argument back then: the best player should be reflected in the team's contribution.

Although he did not arrange Millwall's goal, without him, can Millwall win the Triple Crown? This cannot be assumed, but the fact is that he is indispensable, otherwise. Nor will there be a new world-record transfer offer arriving at Millwall in the summer.

Aldridge walked up to him, looked down at Henry who was a bit stubborn like a child, and said softly, Want to hear my opinion?

Henry raised his head to look up at Aldridge, and said in surprise, Does the boss also think that I shouldn't be awarded?

Aldridge said: I hope you win the award, but it doesn't mean that winning the award is affirmative or negative for you. The Golden Globe Award is selected by people, not machines. People will be affected by subjective consciousness, and it is absolutely impossible to do it completely. Objective. You have to know that before this, you were nominated for the Ballon d’Or as a winger, but this year, as a striker, the role has changed. People see a brand new Henry, and you are just a center forward. You have played in the position for more than a season, and you are still very young. You lost to Figo and Zidane. The reason is very simple. Their popularity base is much stronger than yours. It has already gained the favor and attention of many people.”

What Aldridge said was half-true and half-false. Judging from the results, it is indeed the reason for the foundation of popularity, but the objective fact is that Millwall's internal votes are divided seriously. If Henry alone becomes the popular candidate, his vote rate is estimated to exceed that of Filipino. The sum of Ge and Zidane.

Henry lowered his head again, and said helplessly, Then I have never had a chance.

Aldrich raised his head and wrote lightly: If you want the Ballon d'Or, I think it's very simple. Let the eyes of the entire football world focus on you, so that everyone can't take their eyes off, and let all the judges vote first. The name that comes to mind is Thierry Henry. If you don’t write you first, they can’t convince themselves. This is what you have to do. In addition, if you can meet those opponents on the field and beat them head-on, This is more convincing. When Henrik won the Ballon d'Or, the external evaluation was because Henrik helped us beat Barcelona directly, beat Ronaldo on the field, and also helped us win the Triple Crown .”

It was very dangerous for Larson to win against Ronaldo back then. The gap was very small. The background at that time was completely different from what it is now. At that time, Larson relied most on Millwall's striker. Both Shevchenko and Trezeguet were still new stars. , Larson also scored the most goals in Europe that year, coupled with the birth of Millwall, the brilliant offensive football shocked the entire European football world.

Henry closed his eyes with a more grim expression.

Let the eyes of the whole of Europe focus on him?

That's right!

That's how he should be, so that everyone can't ignore him, and don't have to worry about who is better compared with other players.

What is there to argue about?

If there had to be an argument, it was up to him to end it.

Boss, thank you, I understand.

Henry stood up and walked out. Aldridge patted him on the shoulder and walked out of the locker room.

Aldridge doesn’t mind talking about personal honors with players, because there is a premise. Without an excellent team, personal honors are impossible to talk about. On the basis of improving the team, personal honors represent the players’ ambitions, or to put it more pleasantly: Ambitious.

Only with such ambition can the players be more stimulated to perform.