The Young Lion

In the second half, Manchester United and Millwall exchanged half-time. Henry came out of the player tunnel last. When he came out in the winter, he actually poured water on his head. What did Hall say to him in the dressing room? He wanted Calm down? At least judging from his sloppy and bad shots in the first half, he needs to calm down when he seizes the opportunity. Watermark advertising testWatermark advertising test”

Ferguson deliberately watched Aldridge walk to the position in front of the coach's bench, and both of them stood on the sidelines. If it ended with Manchester United winning the score, Ferguson would invite Aldridge to the office for a drink, at least Beckham moved to play. The miraculous effect of the waist can be regarded as Aldridge inspired him.

It cannot be said that this can be listed as the first choice under normal circumstances, but in the face of a situation where the defensive pressure is huge, it is indeed much better for Beckham to use it like this than to let him cling to it while playing avant-garde.

Before the second half started, Aldridge put his hands in his pockets and could hear sporadic humiliation from the stands behind him. The Red Devils fans were putting pressure on him, interfering with his thinking and diverting his attention.

This is very common. If it is at the Lion King Stadium, the Wild Lions fans behind the visiting team's coach's bench can collectively greet the opposing team's family if they are radical.

Aldridge stood up straight with his hands in his pockets, with his eyes closed and a charming smile drawn on the corners of his mouth.

Generally speaking, fans of strong teams have a sense of superiority. When they look down on their opponents, they will ignore them and show their gentlemanly character.

Manchester United 2:0 Millwall.

There are still fans harassing Aldridge verbally, why?

They have no idea!

They are guilty!

They are afraid!

The result of 45 minutes will never mean anything.

Is Aldridge angry? Numb? Calmly ignore?

No, he enjoyed it.

At Old Trafford, nearly 70,000 Red Devils fans are afraid of him, afraid of the king's division he leads!

Ferguson's expression changed suddenly. The pupils shrank slightly, and he clearly saw an upward arc at the corner of Aldrich's mouth from the side.

Two goals behind, this rival who made him hate to the bone is actually laughing?

midfield adjustment,

What kind of changes did he make?

Ferguson's heart sank slightly. The winning team does not change. Manchester United were very effective in both defense and offense in the first half, and there was no reason for him to make special adjustments in the midfield.

opening. The two sides made their own moves, and Manchester United restrained Millwall. In the second half, it was Millwall's turn to see what happened.

Ferguson adjusted his glasses. I intend to carefully observe the changes in Millwall's second half.

The second half begins.

Judging from the scene, the changes made by Millwall are not big.

Klose center, Henry left winger, Larsson right winger.

Ronaldinho's position retreated in the midfield area, to the left.

Pirlo is on the right side of the midfielder.

This happens to be a move to limit Manchester United.

Pirlo assists in defense on the right and pinches Giggs.

Ronaldinho resisted the position and beware of Beckham's insertion.

Nothing has changed, such a formation and position distribution. It was almost the same as Aldridge's adjustment in the second half of the first half.

But when Manchester United's attack failed, Millwall's attack suddenly felt like a radical change in style.

Southgate successfully intercepted the ball from Ruud van Nistelrooy and went straight to the left.

Since Manchester United is playing asymmetric unilateral flying wing tactics today, Zambrotta's side will shrink when defending. When attacking, there is no one to mark the position before halftime, only Solskjaer chases to harass, but because the opponent is chasing, as long as Zambrotta consciously distances himself before receiving the ball, he is a very good receiver. ball point.

Zambrotta, who dribbled forward, handed the ball to Ronaldinho after Ronaldinho ran out of space.

The first thing Scholes defended was to chase Ronaldinho. Today, Manchester United doesn't care about Pirlo's instigation in the midfield, unless Pirlo presses to the frontcourt.

Ronaldinho kicked a long pass over the head when Scholes was about to catch up with him.

Beckham and Keane looked up at the ball flying overhead as if their brains had froze.

What a strange scene!

Yes, in the past, Millwall used to attack the front court, paying attention to ground cooperation, delicate and smooth short pass is their characteristic, even if there is a long pass, it is also a horizontal transfer of the ball, like Ronaldinho's vertical long pass directly Hitting the rear danger zone, very rare.

Ronaldinho had enough time to observe and adjust this long pass. Keane reacted faster than Beckham, and immediately rushed towards the penalty area. Before turning around, he realized the most unfavorable situation: Brown!

In the first half, Brown's performance in the back line was quite satisfactory. Manchester United's defensive arrangement with four backs and double midfielders, coupled with Millwall's own poor condition and Klose, who started the attacking midfielder, was suppressed by Keane. Brown did not commit any crimes. mistake.

However, Millwall suddenly hit a long pass!

That's right, it's his long pass that England never gets tired of watching but makes the outside world get tired of it!

This point of Brown is definitely a weakness.

Now Millwall is playing the center forward is the tall Klose!

What Keane saw after turning around confirmed his prediction.

Brown was chasing, and Klose succeeded in countering offside, but he didn't rush towards the middle of the penalty area, or the side of Brown's area in charge went straight to the bottom line. Whether it was Ronaldinho's long pass or Klose's running position, neither It would be naive to think that the Manchester United defense can be pierced by rushing directly in front of the opponent's goal, that is simply to despise the Red Devils defense.

But Brown's height and confrontation are definitely weaker than Stam's, which Millwall can take advantage of.

The long pass hits deep, not seeking a direct fatal blow, but can use Klose as a fulcrum to support the next offensive.

In the first half, Aldridge didn’t just sit on the coach’s bench and ignore the team’s poor performance, observe the opponent, think about coping strategies, find out the opponent’s weak points, and see the tricks. This has long been his habitual thinking and behavior on the sidelines. .

Klose stopped before the baseline and turned around. His turn left Brown on his back.

How would he choose?

Stop the ball?

Brown is still rushing towards Klose, as long as Klose stops the ball, Brown will immediately steal.

Klose jumped up on the spot, and when he jumped, Brown stopped immediately. Obviously, since Klose took off, it must be a header ferry!

That's right, Klose knew what he should do next in a short time. Aldridge's tactical adjustments at halftime. He is the most critical point, because he has to play a fulcrum role. At the same time, he also understands where the running positions of other teammates will be at this time, which is deliberately arranged by the coach.

He headed the ball to the front rib area of ​​the goal, and a fast-moving figure rushed into the Manchester United penalty area ghostly before Klose's header. Came to the area in front of the goal, which happened to be the space left behind after Brown rushed to Klose.

Fox Larson!

Klose headed the ball to him, and Larsson rushed forward, facing a ball that fell obliquely. He didn't need to stop the ball at all, and volleyed directly with his legs, as a striker. He likes this kind of reverse volley the most, as long as he hits the right part, the shot will be faster and more powerful! !

The live radio on the sidelines recorded the sound of Larson's shot. If you didn't watch the scene, you would think something exploded!

The trajectory of the ball shot by him was unclear because it was too fast. When everyone reacted, the ball had already bounced out of the goal.

Three minutes into the second half, Millwall pulled it back! Klose headed Larsson a very comfortable volley, super striker Larsson's flawless volley, what did we see? Like It was a meteor that flew across the field in the blink of an eye, and flew into Manchester United's goal from Larson's feet. Barthez didn't respond, and kept his goalkeeping posture. He didn't make any saves at all, maybe it was Stunned, maybe, terrified...

The most miraculous scene was that after Larsson scored the goal, the ball bounced out of the goal and rolled in front of him again. He just bent down to pick it up, waved to his teammates and ran towards the center circle expressionlessly.

The score is behind, the goal is not celebrated, Millwall tradition.

Aldridge gritted his teeth and swung his fist heavily.

Old Trafford fell into silence, and many Red Devils fans looked worried.

started?

started again?

Ferguson closed his eyes the moment the team lost the ball, opened them again, and pointed at the field, telling Keane to move back.

Finally, he looked at Aldridge again.

Among other things, he admired Aldrich's commanding ability on the spot.

Millwall, which has a well-organized main lineup, has almost no weaknesses, integrity, teamwork, tacit understanding, player ability and other aspects. Even if a single player has weaknesses, relying on team complementarity will minimize the negative impact of these weaknesses , it is difficult for the opponent to have a strategy that focuses on weaknesses to defeat Millwall, otherwise, how can they win the Triple Crown? How can create 65 games unbeaten myth?

In this game, Manchester United's coaching staff focused on the hidden dangers brought about by Millwall's uneven personnel before the game.

Noting that Klose played as a midfielder, Keane's restrictions on Klose in the first half were very successful, leaving Klose with no performance on both offensive and defensive ends.

At the same time, due to Gattuso's absence, Neil's tacit understanding with Pirlo in the midfielder position is not enough, which is also a point that Manchester United can use Giggs to focus on raids.

Whether it is restriction or offense, Manchester United succeeded in 45 minutes. Although Bout's injury and departure was unexpected, in fact Manchester United got chances in the first half 45 minutes, obviously more and better than in the previous confrontation. Bout He was the best player in Millwall's team in the first half. He caught up with low blocks and resolved many dangers.

In a strong dialogue, both sides put the best players they could send on the court. Millwall was restrained in the first half, but made adjustments immediately in the second half.

Ferguson never believed that Ronaldinho's sudden abnormal long pass in the midfield was his flash of inspiration. This is definitely a conspiracy by the head coach!

It's not that Millwall doesn't know how to play high balls, and they are also handy with the conventional method of crossing from the side, but it is very rare for a vertical long pass to directly hoist the ball into the penalty area.

In other words, if it wasn't for the head coach's arrangement, even if Ronaldinho took the ball like this, Klose might not have consciously moved.

And it happened to run behind Brown, Ronaldinho passed there, Larson ran to the empty area behind Brown at the same time, Klose assisted with a header, and Larson scored.

This fucking is a well-designed offensive tactic!

The routine is definitely not dead, but the idea is obvious.

Grab the weakest link of Manchester United's back line, Brown may not be afraid of Klose, but if he grabs a point with a high ball, Brown can't beat Klose. Aldridge takes advantage of this, wherever Brown goes, Klose will run. , teammates pass it there!

What Ferguson is doing now is to let Keane take it back. Even if he is attacked like this again, Keane can at least fill the empty area left by Brown after he went to Klose.

In the first half, Millwall fell into a passive position. In the second half, Manchester United began to make forced adjustments.