The Young Lion

After Millwall equalized, Aldridge glanced at Ferguson, who was still expressionless, chewing gum, probably as a way to relieve stress.

How many goals will Manchester United score against Millwall today?

Aldrich waved his hand and gave the team tactical instructions.

Want to attack? Then let's fight vigorously!

Stay with me to the end!

Although Millwall has entered the realm of super-class strength, that is to say, even if this team does not have a head coach to command on the spot, arrange before the game, and face all opponents with the usual style of play, excluding external factors, 70% The game should be able to win.

But it would only be a layman's opinion to say that the strongest team can sweep all opponents and harvest all trophies without a head coach.

Because no matter how strong a team is, it is impossible to win all the time. Someone needs to be able to unify the thinking of the main force plus more than 20 substitutes, stabilize the team's state, and make correct and appropriate adjustments. The team's own field adjustment ability, It is also possible to encounter targeted sniping by opponents, without relying on the head coach? Just rely on the players to solve all the difficulties by themselves? This is impossible, especially when the roles of the players on the field are different, the forwards focus on offense, and the defenders focus on defense. When they are in a difficult situation, the ideological contradictions or differences between the two will cause the team as a whole to fall apart, no matter how strong the team is. The team may also be fragmented in an instant.

Facing today's game, Aldridge has many choices, defensive counterattack, active attack, or slowing down the pace to consume the opponent, no matter which one, the chance of winning is very high. This is guaranteed by Millwall's hard power. But there is one big premise. It means that the whole team has a unified mind and firmly implements the same tactic.

Now, Aldridge chose to attack.

It's not the conventional offensive-defensive balance, where the tempo is changed occasionally, but crazy confrontation! Risky and life-threatening confrontation!

Corresponding to the change in the situation on the field, Millwall launched a high-pressure press. After the two full-backs assisted, they directly became traditional wingers!

Manchester United suddenly failed to adapt to the rhythm of Millwall's crazy momentum and was caught off guard.

Millwall fights no matter what. One of their characteristics is that the three lines are closely connected. Although it is not foolproof, there is no tactic that is sure to win in the football field.

In the 10th minute, Beckham dribbled the ball from the side and was entangled by Zambrotta. As a last resort, Beckham passed the ball to Veron, who just turned around and saw Pirlo, who was standing in front of him to the left. At the same time, actively come up to steal,

Veron deftly dribbles away. Take a step forward with the ball from the front right, one step later. Gattuso steals the ball successfully!

This is the role of Pirlo in defense. It does not necessarily mean that the steal must be successful, but it must force the opponent to make a change in the rhythm of the ball. If the opponent is passing the ball, Pirlo will move back and continue to find the most suitable position. Move the stake position, and when the rhythm of the opponent's dribbling changes, like Veron's pass, Gattuso has long been waiting behind Pirlo.

Gattuso steals the ball and crosses it to Schneider.

Giggs was going forward just now, and Veron failed to pass the ball. When Giggs turned back, Schneider started earlier than him, dribbling the ball all the way forward without hindrance.

After halftime and still moving forward, Schneider seemed to want to go all the way to the black.

Sylvester has played against Millwall on behalf of Manchester United a lot. He has experience. After Schneider assisted and Giggs is in the process of chasing back, he must not go to the bottom line and must follow. Larson!

Schneider took the ball all the way to the side in front of the penalty area, Giggs also chased him back, Larson cut inside, and there were already a lot of people in the penalty area.

Schneider kicked the ball back and passed it back to the middle. Pirlo followed up. Although he was farther away from the penalty area, Pirlo was unmarked.

Pirlo continued to dribble forward. He also felt that it was strange to play Manchester United today. He was 40 yards away from the goal, but there were no Manchester United players around him to mark him!

In the end, it was Veron's change. Solskjaer had a stronger sense of returning to defense, but he ran back from the end of the striker, and he was still 5 meters away from Pirlo at this time.

Manchester United's four defenders, Gakien, are all blocked in the penalty area, compressing the space in the dangerous zone, and never giving Pirlo a chance to use a scalpel.

Pirlo took the ball to the front of the penalty area and made a long-range shooting posture, which made Manchester United's defense loose. Keane came over and blocked his shot with his body, but Pirlo made a fake shot and passed the ball across Knock left.

Zambrotta, who changed course next to Xiaobei, exploded and started, and Xiaobei couldn't keep up when he found out.

Pirlo passed the ball very comfortably, the speed of the ball was not fast, and there was a lot of lead. Zambrotta rushed to the front of the penalty area from the left. No one could interfere with him. He didn't need to stop the ball. Door!

The ball flew straight into the center of Manchester United's goal like a cannonball.

Barthez didn't dare to be careless. He couldn't catch it. He punched the ball with both fists. The ball flew into the sky and left Manchester United's penalty area as if it had been kicked by the goalkeeper.

Veron looked at the ball flying back, just in front of him, he was about to stop the ball, but unexpectedly there was a huge pressure from behind, Gattuso squeezed Veron from behind abruptly!

After squeezing the opponent away, Gattuso stuck in his position and headed forward. Pirlo, who was running back, stopped the ball with his chest, pulled the ball and turned around. The news came out straight through, so wonderful!

Manchester United has just been hit by a wave of offense, the ball was blocked by the goalkeeper, like a big foot clearance, the danger was lifted, the defensive player was slightly relieved and pressed the formation outward, unexpectedly Gattuso header, Pirlo stopped the ball and turned around, In less than 3 seconds, Millwall's second attack swept in!

The defensive line was in chaos at this time, and the man-marking task was chaotic. It wasn't that Manchester United was in chaos. Their formation was very regular, with four backs lined up, a midfielder in front, and the bilateral forwards were moving forward.

It's that Millwall's offensive points are unevenly distributed.

When Gattuso headed to Pirlo, Nedved, Henry. larson. They all observed that there was no harassment around Pirlo. Then, they immediately prepare for a second attack.

Larson went to press the middle, Henry and Nedved both ran to the left flank, and in some areas, Millwall had the upper hand in attacking!

Pirlo's overhead pass is to find Henry and Nedved's area.

Henry and Nedved successfully reversed offside at the same time!

It seems that the two grabbed the same point. In many games, such behavior will be considered by the ball critics as a lack of coordination, but in Millwall's tactical arrangement, this is what Aldridge requires.

Because the two pressed a point at the same time. It will also cause interference to defensive players. Which one should be defended?

Obviously, Henry as a striker is in a better position, so Nedved consciously moved to the middle of the goal. Whether it is a supplementary shot or as a contact point, this choice will increase the success rate of the attack again!

The unmarked Henry was very sure of the ball. He chose to come by himself, facing the goal sideways, and facing the falling ball, he volleyed steadily with the arch of his feet, not far from the goal. Barthez came out and spread his arms to expand the defensive area, but the ball flew under his outstretched arms. Straight into the goal behind.

Millwall reversed the score in the 12th minute! Pirlo's pass was too imaginative. When Manchester United's defense was just pressing outward, Pirlo's pass passed the Manchester United defense from the air. Henry and Nedved at the same time The anti-offside was successful, and Nedved obviously gave way and ran to the other side of the goal. The moment Henry shot, we saw that, except for Barthez, the three players closest to the Manchester United goal were all Millwall offensive players. Sen, Nedved, Henry, even if Henry doesn't shoot, he can easily send an assist, but he is very confident in himself. close!

After Henry scored a goal, he ran to the sidelines to celebrate by sliding and kneeling, and waved to Pirlo on the way.

Aldridge turned around and took a sip of mineral water, looking around the pitch, Old Trafford seemed very quiet.

Manchester United were reversed score, Ferguson walked to the sidelines, sporadic fans can be heard booing him in the stands.

The game restarted, and after another 7 minutes, Zambrotta, the Italian who can now be ranked among the top five world-class full-backs, drove straight in like lightning. After Ronaldinho pinned down the Neville brothers, he went to the bottom Responded to Ronaldinho's ingenious pick pass, and then kicked the ball to the goal with a strong cross pass.

After all, Blank is still old and can't keep up with the speed. Nedved attracted Keane, Gary Neville couldn't seal the front point at the first time, and the duel between Henry and Blank seemed to be completely out of the same level.

When Henry kicked the ball into the goal before Bathez fell to the ground to hold the ball, Blank was a full two meters away from Henry, as if Henry had scored a goal and he had just started.

20 minutes! 20 minutes! Millwall not only reversed Manchester United, but also expanded the score to 3:1. Henry scored twice. Look at his fiery state, he is very likely to perform a hat-trick!

Aldridge showed a look of arrogance.

It has been six years of fighting with Manchester United, and this is the seventh year. Millwall has been proud of competing with Manchester United. Today, Millwall has stepped on the former king. Perhaps not many people understand the meaning of this, especially for the For Aldridge.

He still can't forget Stam's expression when he was determined to go to Manchester United, every sentence he said, every word, his tone, his attitude.

Not just Stam, but that is the epitome of Millwall's status in football in an era.

Is it just that Stam wants to go to Manchester United?

No, Larsson, Trezeguet, Thuram and many other outstanding players at the time wanted to join a bigger club.

They did not have inherent loyalty to Millwall, and Aldridge did not require them to have it.

Those who have left and stayed, those who have remained in the team so far, and those who have become the banner of Millwall, are what he should cherish.

During this time of fighting side by side, Nedved, Larsson, Schneider, Southgate and other players have become the benchmarks of loyalty. In the future, some people will still leave, but there must be loyal ministers.

The most important thing is that there are no Millwall players who have put on the posture of pursuing honor and keep saying that they are going to join Manchester United, Real Madrid, Barcelona, ​​Juventus, Milan and other teams.

It's not that these giants have become worthless, but that Millwall is already a giant, and is the most successful and most concerned giant of the contemporary era! (to be continued...) ()