The Young Lion

During the intermission, Aldridge did not choose to play defense in the second half, but he had some scruples. To put it simply, he was worried that Millwall would have the highest probability of conceding goals in all competitions this season.

Except for the two knockout matches of the Champions League and the La Liga duo that conceded a lot of goals, their average conceded number of goals per game is very low, ranking the lowest in the Premier League and even the five major leagues. But among these conceded goals, the Millwall coaching staff analyzed the conceded goals and summed up one point: the opponent conceded a goal!

From the perspective of the overall situation, it is actually the most difficult situation to defend: the second offense and the defense of the third offense.

Millwall can do the best in a frontal defense, but after the opponent finishes an attack, when Millwall fails to adjust the defense line in time and rearrange the man-to-man defense, the ball may be lost. It will happen to the team, there is no absolutely perfect defensive strategy to keep the goal absolutely clean.

So what Millwall is most afraid of is that the opponent will create chaos in the penalty area, the first attack will not be successful, and the opponent will seize the second opportunity to pose a threat to the goal.

Considering that Manchester United has Ruud van Nistelrooy, the king of the small penalty area, Aldridge only ordered the team to focus on control and balance in the second half during the intermission. If they really retracted, Manchester United held high and hit the big luck. The ghosts in the penalty area took the opportunity to send the ball into the goal. This kind of ball will be lost so that Aldridge can only sigh up to the sky.

Now shrinking back to defend against counterattacks, in fact, Aldridge will not think too much, commanding has become an instinct, when he is really rational and sober. He instinctively knows when to use which tactics. Originally Pirlo and Ronaldinho were on the court. They have the ability to hold the ball and take their destiny firmly into their own hands, but they didn't do that, and if they didn't, Millwall's defense had a fatal problem: the center was soft!

After the lack of Nedved on this central axis, relying on Gattuso alone is obviously a lot softer than Manchester United's Kean Gaschols, especially Keane's attack. When Bart guards the back waistline.

So Aldridge replaced both Pirlo and Ronaldinho without hesitation, which made the Wild Lions fans in the stands feel puzzled and at a loss, as if Millwall was abolishing his martial arts.

The replaced Pedretti and Alonso are limited in terms of how tough they are, but in the end they can contribute more to the defense than Pirlo and Ronaldinho. At the same time, Millwall's overall tactics have changed. Play positional warfare again. Concentrate on counterattack, Alonso's talent is enough. There is no need to have high demands on him as a perfect replacement for Pirlo.

Millwall has beaten many opponents to the point where they can only play long balls this season, forcing the opponents to change their established technical and tactical systems. At the final stage of the season, in the last 20 minutes, Millwall itself was so embarrassed that he also abandoned them. The usual style of play, all of this, is paying for mistakes, paying for the mistakes of over-relaxing at halftime.

Now their formation has become 451, not even 4231.

Larmor and Larson are left and right midfielders, Gattuso and Pedretti are double midfielders, Alonso is a central midfielder, and Henry is on top of his head.

Facing Manchester United's attack, Millwall retreated three lines, Henry withdrew to the center circle, and the remaining 10 teammates all arranged a tight defense line within the 40-yard area.

Manchester United scored two goals in a row, and the imaginary things like momentum are all in contrast. Millwall loosened and tightened, and wanted to raise the momentum back to suppress Manchester United. How could it be so easy?

So now Millwall is using more people and a higher fault tolerance rate to stabilize the morale of the army.

Ferguson and Aldridge are constantly directing the team's offense and defense on the sidelines. This scene has been very rare in recent years, as if the two were fighting inextricably.

Commanding players to attack and run, defending man-marking, getting angry at players' mistakes or poor ball handling choices, and even haggling over every penalty made by the referee.

The field was full of gunpowder and fouls were frequent, as if returning to the confrontation of English football in the past, which tended to be brutal and violent.

Millwall compressed the space in the backcourt, and Manchester United fell into a siege after halftime. Keane fought against the first and the first, but Alonso stalked him, and he would never let Keane connect unmarked. Offensive, Keane quarreled with Alonso and Gattuso one after another, while Veron fell into invisibility, giving Veron space, he is a master, entangled him, surrounded him, intercepted him and pressed him fiercely. It is difficult to play.

And Millwall turned around to attack, basically walking on the side, either Larson or Larmore. With Henry being marked to death in the middle, it is difficult to make changes in the forward attack.

When the game seemed to be in a stalemate, Aldridge breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, his team was stable. Alonso and Pedretti played not only relieved the team's defensive pressure, but also through their active fighting, they were fierce. The defensive action of the two teenagers and the momentum of the two teenagers are conveying Aldridge's on-the-spot instructions.

Gattuso, Zambrotta, and Materazzi, who were still on the field, regrouped after recovering from the blow of consecutive conceded goals, and their momentum also rose. They knew in their hearts that this game should be played for Milwaukee. In their last game, they must help the team win anyway, which is not only the honor of the club, but also a new pinnacle of their personal careers.

In the 80th minute of the game, Ferguson started to make substitutions. He was still sullen. Manchester United's first two goals were actually counterattacks against Millwall. In addition, Veron has no sense of presence in the small space in the frontcourt. Even if there are, most of them will see his mistakes. Millwall's defense in the middle of the three midfield interceptions is too crazy. Alonso , Pedretti, Gattuso, you may be able to pass one of them in a small range, but you will definitely not be able to pass the second one. Luo is in this area, if he is passed, he will be passed.

Manchester United made substitutions, Ferguson replaced Veron with super substitute Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, Manchester United strengthened the striker, and it is time to make the last fight!

Seeing Solskjaer playing, Aldridge was not worried but happy.

The tense strings in my heart relaxed.

The pressure in the midfield dropped sharply!

With one less Veron, Manchester United will have one less support point or organizer in the midfield. In partial defense, it will also allow Millwall to have one more man in man-to-man defense!

However, after the substitution, Manchester United will definitely not concentrate on penetrating in the middle. Instead, they will go to the wing, play long passes, and try to create chaos in the Millwall penalty area. They have an extra striker!

Sure enough, as Aldridge expected, Manchester United began to use Giggs' ability on the wing, and Scholes also took the initiative to pull the side, lobbing the ball into the penalty area.

Ferguson was anxious on the sidelines. Seeing that the time was running out, Millwall's defensive pressure in the center dropped, and the troops were divided accordingly to support the wing. Manchester United did not even have a chance to kick the ball from the wing within 3 minutes from 82 minutes to 85 minutes. up.

As soon as Ferguson gritted his teeth, he stopped hesitating and ordered the full-backs to also assist. Phil Neville and Sylvester rushed forward to support the attack.

Aldridge also made a new round of tactical adjustments at this time.

He will not expect to completely rely on defense to consume the game time. For some reason, the closer to the final stage, there will be a lingering thought in his mind: Manchester United is hard!

Yes, the reversal of Bayern Munich in 1999, the rainy match in Moscow in 2008, Terry's penalty kick missed the post, and the two Champions League finals, how hard is Manchester United's life? This is unscientific, but it will make people have some unscientific thoughts, and even fear.

Really let Manchester United continue to play like this, constantly investing in offense, Millwall is just defending, maybe it will be tied, and then? The further back, the less control the coach has over the game.

Aldridge knew that he made a mistake and let Manchester United develop the game to this stage, but he didn't have time to blame and reflect on himself. When he made adjustments after he woke up, his thinking was very clear. Back to the initiative of the game, even though the situation on the court did not look like that.

From the 70th minute to the 85th minute, Millwall's offense was not threatening. It originated from a single point of attack on the wing. Manchester United's offensive was fierce. In 85 minutes, Aldridge also issued a new tactical order.

Fullbacks, attack!

Do not attack from the middle, limited by the ability of their own players. Gattuso and Pedretti are weak in offense and strong in defense. Alonso is not too fast. It can be used as a supporting point, but not as an impact arrow to drive the offensive. , not to mention that there will be Keane and Butt in front of him, which is also to bypass Manchester United's midfielder. Brota, physical fitness should be fine. They did not go straight up and down today. The explosion in the final stage is what Aldridge thought of when he replaced Ronaldinho and Pirlo, but first they need to stabilize the defense. Therefore, the formation must be retracted first, and there is also a tactical purpose to lure the snake out of the hole and force Manchester United to weaken the defense.

In the 87th minute, Manchester United attacked on the left. Giggs and Sylvester cooperated in the double-teaming circle of Pedretti, Larson and Schneider. In the end, Giggs barely kicked the ball in. Millwall made a point at the back of the penalty area, but Bout made an accurate prediction and took the ball out of the air before Solskjaer outflanked it at the back point.

After embracing the ball, Bout stood there as if he didn't intend to serve the goal kick. Solskjaer and Van Nistelrooy originally planned to interfere with him, but seeing him standing motionless in front of the goal line, they immediately ran back to defend , But as soon as they moved, Bout also moved, running towards the upper left corner of the penalty area.

Aldridge showed a ferocious face, and shouted at Larson and Schneider who were close to him in the field: Quick! Seize this opportunity!

Ferguson obviously saw Millwall's wide players all dispatched and ran forward crazily, as if going back in time, he saw Millwall when he played against Millwall for the first time at Old Trafford 7 years ago, Lightning-fast fast break is about to be staged! (to be continued...)

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