The Young Lion

Aldridge returned to the sidelines earlier than usual, as if, he just went to the bathroom, and the intermission time was completely useless to make on-the-spot adjustments for the team to win the second half.

Seeing him sitting calmly in his seat, not knowing what he was thinking, or thinking about nothing at all, his state of thinking was outside the state of the game, and the commentator began to tease him.

Hall doesn't seem worried about the game. The score is 2:2 now. Hehe, it's a strange picture.

Does he say anything to the players? Or, really, no instructions? That's not good.

Yes, the coach does not enter the locker room during the halftime break. In the eyes of the players, such a gesture may be an expression of self-confidence, or it may be too arrogant.

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Klinsmann walked to Aldrich's right side and sat down, and sighed, Aldrich, I suddenly understood something.

What?

When Millwall let go of those main players, you never showed excessive regret or loss. At that time, I thought you might just succumb to reality and accept it calmly. Now that I think about it, in your heart, there must be some profit and loss considerations. The factors of team building and transfer fee income make you think that selling some people on a regular basis is the right decision, right?

Aldrich turned his head and looked at Klinsmann calmly, without speaking for a long time.

After staring at each other for a while, Aldrich suddenly withdrew his gaze, and said noncommittally, Who knows.

Klinsmann showed a wry smile and let out a long sigh, which contained a sense of admiration.

Everyone knows the laws of football. The team that seems to be the strongest may not always be able to sit on the throne. Especially after reaching the peak achievement, it will inevitably decline. This decline does not mean that the team is falling apart, but that they should be the strongest. But the record has fluctuated. makes the achievement decrease.

On paper, it still looks the strongest. But it just couldn't reach the strongest state at the beginning.

It has nothing to do with the external strength of the players, but a change within the team.

From conquering the world to defending the world, everyone's mentality will change, and the same is true for Aldridge. Otherwise, he will not coach the England national team, nor will he have the idea of ​​retiring from the position of head coach after the end of this season.

But one day in his reign,

It is necessary to ensure that the spirit of the team remains unchanged for a day.

Aldrich really didn't feel dissatisfied with those important stars who had been sold before. First, he earned transfer fees, and second, he needed to build the team. That is metabolism, injecting fresh blood into the team and keeping the team's upward impact. This is two concepts from the whole team's overthrow and reconstruction.

So the season ends. There are Italian internationals in the first team who want to return to Italy, and Aldridge does not think it is completely detrimental to Millwall, especially when their hearts are not here, it is not beautiful to keep them.

Klinsmann turned his head and continued to ask: Will you be too harsh on them like you did just now?

Klinsmann was worried that Aldridge was talking too much in the dressing room. You must know that many players here are worth tens of millions of pounds per leg. They have big cards and naturally have strong self-esteem.

Aldrich's eyes were in a trance, he seemed to be talking to himself, and he seemed to be answering Klinsmann.

If not, how is Wild Lion different from other giants?

In an era when football is becoming more and more utilitarian, the stability of the top giants often has problems. Part of the reason is that after getting the most difficult honor, they can sit back and relax, with a high-ranking attitude.

Indeed, once the honor is obtained, the fame increases sharply, and the temper also grows, such as pride, or arrogance, self-righteousness, gnawing on one's old roots, and so on.

Confidence and arrogance are often separated by a fine line.

Sometimes Aldrich himself can't tell whether his current psychological state is self-confidence or conceit.

He can only convince himself through hard work that he is still the down-to-earth Aldridge.

And football requires not only hard work, but also a will and determination to win.

When the Liverpool generals walked out of the locker room, they looked like they were united. Phil Thompson praised the team and continued to boost the morale of the players. To take away a point at the Lion King Stadium is definitely an acceptable result for Liverpool.

Think about Arsenal, where Manchester United wants to take away a draw is an extravagant wish. Even though Liverpool has ambitions, they must recognize the reality.

The Millwall players had a completely new mental outlook. They didn't seem to have experienced a 45-minute game, but welcomed a brand new game. Everyone's expressions were extremely solemn and murderous.

At the beginning of the second half of the game, Millwall gave Liverpool a disarm as soon as he came up. Henry tripped Gerrard while grabbing the ball. The referee gave Henry a foul, and the Liverpool players didn't take it seriously. The whole team of Wall has changed from attitude to momentum.

Maybe Aldridge's Millwall offensively is gorgeous, and occasionally has some elegant shadows, but in terms of confrontation, defense, fighting, etc., when they are the most serious, when they are most committed to the game, they should be the lions. Everyone is like a wolf and a tiger!

This has nothing to do with the dirty style of play. It is a characteristic of the mental outlook. Fighting skills and confrontation ability are not the main thing. The key is courage and will. Become a brave warrior who is not afraid of death!

It has to be said that Liverpool has an advantage in the score of 2:2, so after the intermission, the fighting spirit and momentum of the players are more vigorous. On the other hand, Millwall, although the momentum is up, also occupies the initiative on the field. But it seems that because he wants to score too much, he is too impatient when seizing opportunities.

Maybe you can make them behave better now by using a gentler way.

Jansen whispered in Aldrich's ear.

Aldrich said in an unquestionable tone: When it comes to principles, I will not communicate with anyone in a negotiating tone.

For him, Millwall is his hard work, and the spirit of the team is also part of it. No surprises, and the pursuit of victory as always, this is the principle!

Whoever can't accept it, get out!

Perhaps, now the players have indeed fluctuated psychologically because of Aldridge's words at halftime. Eager to prove to the manager and the home fans in the second half, their ambition has not diminished in the slightest, but the more so. Instead, he became more and more anxious. This will affect the performance of the game.

As a result, does Aldridge care?

No!

Even if you really lose today. It doesn't matter!

The football field is changing rapidly. It is not that you can absolutely dominate the game by shouting and killing like chicken blood, but you must have the ambition to dominate the game.

It doesn't matter if you can't win, I always keep a firm belief in winning in my heart. It is the core of the strong.

Seeing that the game has come to 70 minutes, Millwall still has not scored.

Nedved turned his head directly on the field and waved to Zambrotta, and then made the same movement towards Schneider.

Let the two full-backs press up together!

Liverpool's best performance today is the 3h combination and Gerrard. They completely guard the center, and the midfielder returned to the penalty area to make up for it in a timely manner.

Schneider and Zambrotta directly assisted and turned into wingers. For a while, Millwall launched a stormy attack on Liverpool.

Phil Thompson is not useless. Although Aldridge is not fake to him on the sidelines of the game, this is his pride as a head coach. Off the court, everyone is a colleague. There is no distinction between high and low, and mutual respect, but on the court, Aldridge can't even talk about fighting against Liverpool's assistant coach. In terms of attitude, he is naturally disdainful.

This attitude is very common, just like when Mourinho was despised by others when he first came to the Premier League.

Before you have made any achievements, don't think that you deserve much attention.

Phil Thompson signaled to the team frequently, long pass, long pass, long pass! Fight back, fight back, fight back!

Liverpool's formation was pushed back and they could only counterattack with long passes.

In the 77th minute, Smicer made a long pass from the backcourt, and Heskey grabbed another point. He gave the header to Owen, and Owen turned around with the ball. Gattuso and Southgate followed each other, one pressing, one waiting Going to intercept, but Owen Jian went slanted and took the ball directly to the side!

Almost half a circle, and then through an emergency stop and change of direction, Gattuso was thrown away, and he rushed to the penalty area by using the space that had been created.

Southgate one-on-one Owen.

Southgate kept retreating, and kept retreating. Owen didn't dare to speed up any more, for fear that if he speeded up again, he would be intercepted.

After Owen entered the penalty area for two steps, Southgate suddenly stopped and started to grab!

Owen was waiting for this moment, he suddenly speeded up, using the rhythm difference between the two to break through Southgate!

Irving made a breakthrough! Is it a one-handed goal?

Just after Owen broke through Southgate, he saw in despair that Bout took the first step and fell to the ground and threw the ball into his arms. Owen was just one step away, no, maybe half a step, as long as he could be faster, he would Can shoot!

Owen stretched out his feet and retracted them. He was weightless and rolled over Boote. Boote stood up, and Southgate gave him a thumbs up.

The timing of Southgate's choice to grab the shot coincided perfectly with the timing of Bout's abandonment of the goal. No matter who is faster and who is slower, both will give Owen a chance to shoot.

Bout goes first, Owen will shoot directly.

Southgate took the lead, and Owen was single-handedly after getting rid of the breakthrough.

The cooperation between the two was Southgate robbing, forcing Owen to make a choice. There was almost no angle in the shot, only a breakthrough. Once he broke through, Bout confiscated the ball.

Another point is Gattuso. Although he was a bit embarrassed by Owen's breakthrough, his subsequent choice was very correct. He did not chase Owen from behind. It was obviously too late. to whom? Husky!

After Gattuso and Materazzi completely blocked the possibility of Heskey taking the ball, Owen only had the choice of shooting or breaking through, and then Southgate and Bute cooperated tacitly to end Liverpool's very A threatening counterattack.

It's a pity. After all, Liverpool's player team is still a bit worse. If it is in the England national team, this kind of counterattack opportunity is simply a godsend.

Maybe, but Liverpool's formation is pressed at the back, Gerrard, Smicer can't rush up the first time, just like the topic people are curious about, if the England national team faces Millwall, England's counterattack Can the tactics work? Hehe, I’m afraid even Hall doesn’t have the answer.”

Well, Millwall did a good job defending just now. Bout abandoned the goal in time to save the team. If Liverpool leads the score again at this time, Millwall's situation will be terrible.

With 10 minutes left in the game, Millwall still failed to score the third goal. Aldridge stood up and walked to the sidelines, making a gesture of pressing down on the players.

When the Millwall players saw the coach's gesture, they suddenly woke up.

It's right to strive for victory, but it's not good to be eager for quick success! ()