The Young Lion

England has a tradition of being unkind to wounded soldiers. After a player is injured, he seems to become an invisible person. From the head coach to the teammates, they almost treat him as non-existent. There will be direct dialogue, and a third person needs to be present to relay. This is a superstitious tradition that many clubs abide by.

Because football is a man's sport in England, it symbolizes blood and tenacity, just like a battlefield, if you fall down and can't get up, you are the loser. Separated, this tradition did not change until after the internationalization trend of the Premier League.

Aldridge treats traditions rationally, and good traditions should be followed, such as the closedness of the locker room, but he does not bother to follow traditions that obviously make injured players feel depressed or even suffer psychological pressure.

Trezeguet couldn't move anymore. He was helped by two team doctors to the sidelines. Aldridge was already standing there. Trezeguet, who had taken off his sneakers, had a swollen right ankle like a pig's trotter.

When did you get hurt?

Aldridge asked softly.

Trezeguet lowered his head, and whispered fearfully, Yesterday.

He was afraid that Aldrich would lose trust in him from now on.

But Aldridge patted him on the shoulder, and said lightly: David, the injury is not a problem, but it is a big problem that you deliberately concealed the injury. Take good care of your injury, and the team will wait for you.

Trezeguet, who had endured the severe pain and never shed tears, suddenly had wet eyes, and raised his head with sobs, Boss, I'm sorry.

You didn't apologize to me. Your body is yours. You have to learn to protect yourself. Health always comes first.

Thank you, boss.

Trezeguet was taken directly into the player tunnel by two team doctors.

When the team doctor entered the field, Aldridge asked Solskjaer to warm up. Now Trezeguet was injured and left the field. Aldridge was waiting for a dead ball opportunity to complete the substitution.

Solskjaer came to Aldridge, and Aldridge watched every move on the field, and asked softly: Ole, do you know what to do after playing?

Solskjaer blurted out: I know, the opponent's Wright moves slowly, Scalise's activity area is not large, and there is a lot of space between the opponent's two midfielders and defenders.

Aldridge nodded. Solskjaer's concentration on the bench is the best in the team, and his game reading ability is far beyond comparison.

After playing, you can switch positions with Henrik frequently. To put it bluntly, Liverpool's defense line can't defend you two at all. You can take the ball and make more shaking breakthroughs.

Understood, boss.

Three minutes before the end of the first half, Millwall made a substitution and Solskjaer replaced Trezeguet, who had left the field injured.

Liverpool took a one-goal lead into the dressing room at half-time.

The fans at Anfield breathed a sigh of relief. Seeing Millwall's fierce offensive in the first half, they thought the opponent was really strong, and it was not a big deal!

Manchester United scored five goals. It is because Manchester United has become weaker. Arsenal, the team's morale is weak. If you come to Anfield, you must beat them at least five or six times...

Millwall, misnamed!

Aldridge walked slowly. In the tunnel, the Liverpool players looked proud.

Little Redknapp even shouted at Aldrich: Boy, what did you say before the opening? Now, should you go home and find your dad? Oh, your dad is not a coach, you can only jump into his arms Crying, oh, little Aldrich, what's wrong with you? Why are you crying?

Redknapp Jr. was obviously upset about Aldridge's provocation before he played. Now that Liverpool are leading, he will naturally retort.

Grass mud horse! What are you talking about? Get out of here!

Southgate, who has always been silent, was furious, shouting and about to rush over. The teammates behind him were stunned for a moment, and then they also wanted to rush up, but was stopped by Aldridge at the front. The passage at Anfield was originally narrow. One person directly blocked everyone behind him.

The Liverpool players also supported Redknapp Jr. They stood together aggressively, as if they were going to have a hand-to-hand fight.

There was a smile on Aldridge's face, and he said to Redknapp in a calm manner: Jamie, as long as your father coaches West Ham United for a day, he and I will be enemies. You don't understand East London. I don’t blame you. I’ll give you a piece of advice. Don’t be complacent until the game is over. Also, I’m sad for Liverpool. Millwall won’t think it’s a big deal when they beat Arsenal, but you are happy now , you don’t deserve the Red Army’s jersey, standing behind me is a soldier who never bows his head, you, hehehe, playboys.”

After saying that, Aldridge turned around and waved to the players to go back to the locker room.

The Liverpool players shouted and cursed at Aldridge angrily.

Call it, scold it, I've seen a lot of the virtues of a playboy.

boom.

The door to the visiting team's locker room was shut tightly.

No time to care about the atmosphere in Liverpool, the boys in front of Aldridge sat down calmly.

Aldridge didn't plan to write anything on the tactical board today. He just stood in front of him with his arms crossed and asked indifferently: How do you feel? I mean, is there any pressure to play here?

The players looked at each other and shook their heads in unison.

Perhaps Aldridge has been standing on the sidelines, and they can always see his figure. That fearless standing posture with his head held high seems to remind them to be fearless.

Aldridge shrugged and said, Alright then, take a rest and play well in the second half.

Boss, don't you want to talk about tactics?

Southgate raised his head and asked.

He doesn't want to lose, his question is what almost every player wants to ask.

It seems that they are used to Aldridge's adjustments in midfield, which can help them play more exciting games in the second half.

Aldridge said with a smile: Just play like the first half, we can win, we created many more chances than them in the first half, just a little less luck, since you want to hear, then I will say a few words .”

The players stared intently at Aldridge.

He sat down and said relaxedly: In fact, you should know that the stronger the team, the more obvious the home court advantage and the better the home record. Gap and conservative, gave up to fight for the initiative in the game. Do you know how many goals Manchester United conceded at home last season?

Everyone shook their heads.

Aldridge stretched out his right hand, compared four fingers, and said with a smile: I can count on one hand. Manchester United only conceded 4 goals in 21 league home games last season!

This statistic made the whole team gasp. Only lost four of the 21 home games?

Aldridge continued: But do you know how many goals Manchester United conceded away from home last season?

Everyone still shook their heads.

Aldrich looked at his hands, then at his feet, and said helplessly, Claude, lend me a hand.

After finishing speaking, he raised Makelele's hand, raised his legs slightly, and said, Twenty-four balls.

4:24.

That's how Manchester United's home and away defenses fared last season.

After hearing this, the players became somewhat enlightened.

Aldridge smiled and said: Understood, although Manchester United did lose home court advantage as a guest, it is impossible to cause such a big contrast between home and guest because of this. The most important thing is determination. Many teams face Manchester United on the road. , The game has already surrendered, and at home, for the sake of face, you have to fight hard, fight hard, everyone finds that Manchester United is not invincible. Liverpool is the same, their home and away goal ratio last season , almost 1:2, as long as we forget the pressure here, forget that the opponent is Liverpool, just treat them as ordinary opponents, play our own football, show our strength, so what about Liverpool? We are at Old Trafford Germany can score five goals, is it difficult to score goals at Anfield? And to be honest, Liverpool's defense is worse than Manchester United's, and Pavel should have a deep understanding of this.

Nedved nodded naturally, Keengabatt's midfield defensive combination and Redknap and Barnes' defensive hardness are not at the same level.

England once gave birth to the tactician Chapman. On the basis of his WM tactics, he extended the classic tactics of European and South American football powers. However, England will always rest on its laurels after achieving certain achievements. Forward tactics, the tasks of the two wingers are basically the same as today's English wingers. They all take the ball to create opportunities on the wing, and then pass the ball to the center forward.

When 442 became the mainstream in England, England's tactics entered hibernation again. Offensive players did not defend, and defensive players did not attack.

Aldridge built a technical and tactical team. Only from the performance of the first half, Aldridge has been full of confidence in the game. No goal in the first half was related to Trezeguet. The ball is not catastrophic. To score a goal on the football field, it only takes a blink of an eye. It is not that Millwall cannot attack and score, so he will not panic and use his brain to find a change.

Sometimes, making changes at the wrong time can only destroy the Great Wall.

After clapping his hands, Aldridge smiled at the players: Let's go out, the enemy is not strong, we are stronger than them, it's that simple, after an hour, we will go home with victory.

The whole team roared in unison.

They tidied up their jerseys, and followed Aldridge with a smile on his face.

Aldridge felt happy in his heart, and the team's temperament had taken shape.