The Young Lion

Aldrich's December was extremely fulfilling and joyful. First, there was the celebration of the first birthday of his baby girl Bonnie, and the presentation of some annual awards in European football. At the end of the month, it was Christmas.

Aldrich had no concept of festivals in his previous life, because he was an orphan. In this life, he really searched for his self in China, only to find that this world no longer has the he he used to be.

Christmas has become his customary holiday, and he doesn't pay much attention to its significance. It is regarded as a fixed day for family reunion, which makes him feel satisfied and happy.

The half of the Premier League came to an end. Millwall summed up the team's performance in the first half. Compared with previous years, the team's progress was stable, but there were no surprises.

The UEFA Champions League has successfully advanced to the top 16, and the league is temporarily in second place. Don't look into the performance of specific games. In terms of stage results, the defending champions are behind them, and Chelsea, who spent a lot of money in the summer, is also behind them.

Aldridge is satisfied with the team's performance in the first half. In the past, a mature Millwall would accumulate advantages from the beginning of the league's error-free novel, create a relaxed environment for the second half as much as possible, and be able to distract multiple lines fight.

This season, we have to run the team and train new players. Both of these aspects have achieved certain results, but they have not yet reached their peak.

The cooperation between Alonso and De Rossi is becoming more and more tacit, but if the two players are separated, the effect of partnering with other teammates is not good. This is their limitation at this stage, and they still need experience to improve.

Ronaldo, Kaka, Arjen Robben, Villa, four young people in the first half, some outstanding performance, some still have problems, especially Robben, the Dutch Peter Pan who is dedicated to meritorious service. Always the target that made Aldridge furious from the sidelines. Either his defensive attitude is not firm enough. The contribution to defense is low, or he is out of the team system and always wants to stage a personal heroic performance at critical moments.

If Millwall were a mid-range team and not a thorn in the side of all opponents, Robben would have no problem doing this, but Millwall's current height is doomed that they cannot rely solely on the personal ability of the stars, such a problem. Spain's Real Madrid is warning the world with practical actions.

Millwall is becoming more stable and stronger day by day. In addition to the positive effects brought about by the steady growth of young players, there is also the contribution of old players. They have successfully helped the team quickly adapt to the new tactical system, complement each other, sacrifice, Contribution, their presence, is Millwall's greatest asset.

Larson set a record. The player who was replaced the most times in the first half of the league, as long as he started the game. It has almost become a rule to replace him in 60-70 minutes, and he has no complaints. If Aldridge puts him on the bench and lets him play in the last 20 minutes, this veteran can always bring An unexpected contribution to the team.

Nedved's data for the same period has dropped a bit compared to the past few years,

In the past few years, he has been the midfielder with the highest scoring rate in Europe, and his assist statistics are also very good, but this season, as time goes by, his position has been retreating and he frequently participates in defense. In order to make up for the weakness of the team's weak defense in the middle at the beginning, this was his sacrifice. He also did not complain a word, but took everything for granted.

Aldridge is full of confidence in his journey in the second half of the season. He is full of ambitions in the Champions League and the league.

Another point is Ronaldinho. Ronaldinho was in good condition in the first half, but Aldrich thinks that Ronaldinho is still not at his best.

In addition to minor injuries, in the second half of the year, Ronaldinho was distracted by trivial matters in life, because he wanted to bring his mother to live in the UK, and bought a manor at a high price.

When he immigrated to the UK, his mother accompanied him, as well as his elder sister, but at that time their family’s living conditions were very ordinary, and they were not used to living here. After Ronaldinho was able to live independently, his The family returned to Brazil.

Now, Ronaldinho has brought his family to London again, not simply for reunion, but because his mother has repeatedly received death threats in Brazil.

Don't say that in South America, in remote places in Europe, kidnapping family members of star players has long been a common practice. Isn't Karadze's brother just being torn apart?

Ronaldinho brought his mother to London out of safety considerations.

And his elder brother has completely retired from playing football, and became a one prince in Andrew's brokerage company, which means that Andrew will jointly manage the business in South America with his partners there.

Ronaldinho's sister also works in Andrew's company, but she does not participate in player transfers and other work, but serves as a life assistant in the agent team. For a star like Ronaldinho, there will be a person who manages his finances behind the scenes. The team, who arranges his daily life, will also be a team. His sister personally controls Xiao Luo's daily life arrangements, and is also the first gatekeeper for Xiao Luo to pick up girls. Background checks, even dating scheduling and more.

Before Christmas, when Aldrich was invited by Ronaldinho's family to have dinner, Ronaldinho's mother repeatedly urged Ronaldinho to listen to Aldridge, feeling that Aldridge was an old man, so that Aldridge I can't laugh or cry.

In Aldrich's view, everything about Millwall is on the right track, and what he has for the future and what he has now has also made his pattern and vision higher.

Only at night, on the last day of the year, did Millwall Adam meet secretly in a London hotel

There is no winter break in the Premier League. Aldridge gave those players who are not used to this work rhythm a holiday. After the second week of the new year, the team assembled again. However, their League Cup was out.

In the 8-to-4 game, Millwall relied on the young lineup and did not crush Middlesbrough, and was eventually eliminated by the opponent with a penalty kick.

Moutinho did not show the potential of a blockbuster, but Aldridge still has confidence in him, after all, from the long-term team building plan, Moutinho is just a substitute for Alonso.

Came to the training ground wearing a thermal coat, Aldridge looked at the players standing in front of him wearing thermal sportswear, and suddenly asked: Do you know what day it is today?.

The players looked at each other and noticed that Aldridge was smiling. This is expected to be an easy topic. They asked each other.

But many people have no clue.

In the middle of this month. what day will it be

Certainly not the player's birthday as the answer.

De Rossi bumped Alonso with his elbow, and said in a low voice, You read a lot, what festivals are there recently?

Alonso frowned in thought, and suddenly whispered to De Rossi: Last Sunday was Black People's Day.

Just as De Rossi was about to answer Aldridge's question loudly, he suddenly closed his mouth again, turned his head and said to Alonso: The boss will definitely not care about such a day.

Alonso pondered for a moment and said: Two weeks to go. It's International Leprosy Day

De Rossi rolled his eyes.

Seeing the foggy appearance of all the team members, Aldrich laughed, opened his arms and said loudly: Today is the day when Millwall will be stronger!

The whole team felt like they were being tricked, and boos broke out collectively!

They thought that Aldridge was going to give a motivational speech to encourage them to overcome the cold and train actively.

Aldrich ignored the boos and laughed, Listen to me slowly, and boo after you finish listening.

The players shut their mouths and focused their eyes on Aldridge, wanting to see what the boss had to say.

Aldridge said inscrutablely: Why did I make such remarks today? How can Millwall become stronger? Football is plainly two-sided, offense and defense. What I want to say today is, Our offense is going to get stronger. The origin. It was last September.

The players looked at each other again.

Last September?

It seems that nothing earth-shattering happened inside the team.

Aldridge paced back and forth with his hands behind his back, the corners of his mouth curled up and said leisurely: FIFA revised the offside rules in September last year. Passive offsides were officially included in the rules. After a period of implementation, I think it's up to us now The time has come to take advantage of this rule, when we can use it better, we can be stronger, thanks to FIFA, they are right to encourage attack.

Of course, if Aldridge is mainly playing defense, he will scold FIFA.

Since offense is encouraged and Millwall is a representative of offensive football, then the revision of the offside rule will naturally benefit Millwall.

As for why it was not mentioned before, it is because Millwall needs to stabilize its own new tactical system first. Only by stabilizing itself can more changes be derived.

No player booed Aldridge anymore, but most of them looked thoughtful.

The modification of the offside rule has caused many controversial penalties throughout European football, because the definition of passive offside is ambiguous.

As for Millwall's benefits, there are also two types.

One is passive advantage.

In an unintentional state, a favorable result was formed for Millwall.

The other is to take the initiative to make a profit.

In a deliberate case, Millwall exploited the rules to his advantage.

As a top striker who often survives on the offside line, Henry asked loudly: Boss, how do we use this rule? I think it's just that there are fewer misjudgments than before.

Many teammates nodded in agreement with Henry's statement.

In the past, offsides were mainly based on numbers and offensive participation.

For example, Henry and Larsson counter-offside at the same time, and Nedved passed a through ball that both of them could catch.

However, Henry took a step ahead. He was offside, but Larson was not.

In this state, the linesman can directly raise the flag to indicate Millwall's offensive offside, the attack ends and the opponent gets a free kick.

It directly killed Larson's subsequent chance to single-handedly face the goalkeeper, who had succeeded in anti-offside.

But now, as long as Henry does not touch the ball, does not block or interfere with the opponent's goalkeeper during running, which is the newly defined involvement game defined by FIFA, then Larson still has the opportunity to continue this attack.

Of course, whether it is the new rules or the old rules, Henry is definitely offside.

However, after passive offside is included in the rules, as long as players who are offside themselves do not involve the game, the game will not end.

This offside modification is between the two revisions in 1994 and 2005. In 1994, those who did not participate in the offense at all can be counted as offside. For example, the offside player stands still or walks back, ignoring the ball. The development direction of the game can be regarded as not participating in the offense at all, but if you have the intention of rushing towards the ball and you are in an offside position, you will definitely be penalized for offside.

And the offside after 2005 is called offside. Simply put, not touching the ball is not counted as offside, but it cannot be said completely, because if you obviously interfere with the opponent's goalkeeper in the offside position, you will definitely be called offside , but in small details, for example, you often see offside players chasing the ball, giving up halfway through the chase, and then inserting teammates who are not offside to get the ball and continue to attack. This is typical, and according to the past Penalties, as long as you chase the ball, you will be whistled, and you will not wait until the moment you touch the ball. This also caused many offensive players to express dissatisfaction, some obvious offsides, the linesman did not raise the flag, You have to wait until the player has exhausted himself to catch the ball before raising the flag to signal offside.

The offside modification in 2003 was very ambiguous, which caused widespread controversy about passive offside. This is why Blatter simply came up with a no touch the ball, no offside offside change.

Aldridge can't wait for the reform in 2005 to reorganize the team's offense in a targeted manner, and use it when he can.

For this revision of the offside rule, he has to take advantage of the trend and let the team profit as much as possible! (to be continued...) ()