Chapter 145: A rush

Millwall played with Manchester United for the third time this season and kicked off at the Lion's Cave Stadium.
Having reached the point of semifinals, neither side has any reason to give up strategically.
Aldridge chose to play at full strength, and Manchester United did the same.
But because both teams are behind Newcastle United in the league, the strategy for the game will change.
Ferguson apparently did not want to consume too much in the FA Cup. Manchester United played away. Manchester United played a little conservatively after the opening, trying to control the pace of the game and looking for space to fight back to take away the victory.
Aldridge’s team now has hopes of winning the FA Cup and the league. Players rely on willpower for continuous battles and rush with one breath.
Therefore, Millwall played extremely fiercely since the opening.
Aldridge was pacing back and forth on the sidelines. At this time of the season, he could only rush, without any retreat, and could not rest.
He found that he was a little naive before. Those teams that are likely to win championships in multi-line battles, whether they are coaches or players, are actually helpless. They will feel sorry to give up the competition of which line, so they can only fight desperately. Every game eventually becomes a bamboo basket, and it is difficult to explain with a rational reason.
At this time, we can only do it.
Manchester United is still a Manchester United with a king's temperament. From the look of their players, Aldridge sees no signs of anxiety. He would like to walk to Ferguson and ask: How can you keep the players calm at this time?
Yes, Millwall's players have lost some calm on the court and have a tendency to go crazy.
They are not like crazy lions now, but crazy wolves.
Running tirelessly, playing an offensive pass, while splendid, also increased the pace of the game to an unimaginable rate.
Bruce is still on the court today, and Millwall's offense is still his main side.
Studying opponents is naturally about attacking the weak points. Manchester United double-backs are Palist and Bruce. Obviously, who is the main attacker.
"Man United tried to control the rhythm of the game, but they were confused by Millwall's crazy forcing. Now they are tired of running on the defensive line. Cantona can't get the ball today. Makelele's marking on him is very good. The French confrontation is one of the focal points of this game."
Millwall once again successfully resolved Manchester United's offensive. Today Cole and Cantona have no room to play. The biggest reason is that Manchester United's midfield configuration is more defensive, and the offensive creativity is obviously insufficient.
Even though Keane is an iron man with both offensive and defensive abilities, his main focus is on defense. When turning from defensive to defensive, Nedved will get him in for the first time, limiting his play on the offensive end.
Pires took the ball to the middle, and Larson, who withdrew the ball, left the ball in place, and then he ran to the penalty area, which made Paliste instinctively follow Larson, but he was surprised. It was found that the ball was in front, Bruce was going to rush to make a clearance, but Pire came to the ball before him, his ankle shook, the ball went straight into the penalty area, and after hitting Bruce, Trezeguet succeeded in the offside and was in the penalty area. Catch the ball inside.
According to the technical characteristics of Trezeguet in the past, he will shoot without hesitation, but today Paliste obviously takes care of him. When Trezeguet swings his leg to shoot, Paliste slides the shovel. Going out to block his shooting space, but Trezeguet was just a fake and controlled the ball in place. Manchester United had already opened the gate in the penalty area.
Schmeichel abandoned the goal and Trezeguet passed the ball to the goal. Larsson rushed forward and the ball hit the net.
"Milwall scored a goal! The attack that Piret launched was wonderful. This season we saw Trezeguet's tremendous progress. He is now more and more confident in controlling the ball, just from running to false Action assists Larson are showing that his threat in the penalty area is increasing. Larson has scored 38 goals in all competitions this season. Although the Premier League scorer is still 5 goals away from Hiller, but His performance in the Premier League season has been impeccable."
Ferguson looked at the ball and closed his eyes, frowned, and his face was not pretty.
In the first round of the season, Millwall penetrated Manchester United’s gate five times away, and Ferguson realized that Bruce could not reach the level of Manchester United, so he started to use David May to play as a defender. Manchester United rushed into the second half of the league and performed steadily. It's related to the rapport between David May and Paliste's partner. If it is not to give the league power, he may not use Bruce in this semifinal. David May is an easily injured player. Ferguson wants to be better. To protect him.
After annoying his own goal drop, Ferguson glanced at Aldridge again and said: This game is so desperate, is the FA Cup more important than the league?
Aldridge is really helpless, he can't always tell the boys: Hey, let's save some energy in the FA Cup and go to the league championship.
What if both sides fail?
Aldrich should bear this responsibility, but he can't do it too obviously. Such failures don't mean that players can't afford it. He also fears that he will be separated from players.
All he can do is trust the players and encourage them instead of discouraging them.
Today's Millwall players are really desperate to play football.
Especially in the defense, the striker and the two full-backs, Piray and Schneider defensive retracement are very deep in the second half, not just the counter defense, Larson and Trezeguet also returned to participate in the half. Harassment.
While attacking, they rushed forward together again.
Before the end of the first half, Thuram unexpectedly ran to the penalty area and shot a long shot again to penetrate Schmeichel's goal.
Millwall returned to the locker room with a two-ball lead.
Aldridge walked into the locker room last and saw the players panting and sweating. They were obviously very tired.
In the past half month, they have played three games, two league games and Newcastle United FA Cup, today is the fourth game.
But they didn't want to stop, they didn't want to be rotated, they just wanted to sprint towards the champion.
The fighting spirit displayed by the players made it impossible for Aldrich to plan the rotation.
He is worried about losing points in the league after the rotation, so what will the main players who are rotated think?
First, if we win the game on the court, we won't lose the championship.
And what kind of pressure will the young players rotate? The responsibility for failure will overwhelm their psychological defense.
After weighing, Aldridge can only let the main force fight.
Physiotherapists are massaging the muscles of the players. These physical therapists who are familiar with the players have a dignified look, and several people even secretly eyed Aldridge.
The mental state of the players is very exciting, but their physical state is already approaching the limit.
They shouldn't be allowed to fight like this again, otherwise they will cramp lightly and seriously hurt.
Aldridge wrote and painted pictures on the tactical board, telling the players to play smarter and more controllable in the second half, instead of rushing too much to avoid being counterattacked by Manchester United.
His remarks were carefully recorded by the players.
Aldrich actually lied.
A two-ball lead is not safe at all. Before Manchester United fought back in the second half, as long as Millwall scored another goal, Manchester United would give up completely and move his mind to the league.
But he can't let the player risk the injury and rush down like this.
In the second half, Aldridge withdrew Schneider and replaced Vieira, which was also a strategy to strengthen control in the midfield and backcourt.
To the surprise of Aldridge, Manchester United withdrew Cantona and replaced Silks. After all, the king is thirty years old and the league schedule behind is very dense. Manchester United still needs to rely on his play.
Aldridge also replaced Larson and Pires ten minutes later in the second half, allowing Solskjaer and Shevchenko to take their place.
The second half of the game was a fierce confrontation with a midfield strangulation. The match between Keane Gabbart and Nedvide and Vieira, the two sides were equal, but Manchester United's midfield organization could not penetrate into the hinterland. There are two sides, but once Giggs and Beckham are restricted, Manchester United's offense will have no way.
Aldridge looked calm on the sidelines. He prayed to the players not to be injured in his heart, while also reviewing Manchester United's tactical system.
Ferguson has not yet found the most suitable Manchester United offensive code. It can be said that after Paul Ins is gone, Ferguson has been experimenting with Manchester United's midfield configuration. This season's configuration of Bad Ga Keen has been defending the light attack until the future is determined. After En and Scholes' one defense and one attack configuration, Manchester United completely solved the offensive and defensive balance problem in the midfield. With the mature wings of the wings flying together, Manchester United only has the capital to compete in the European Championship, but not Then there is the pseudo-strong team that is difficult to qualify even in the UEFA Champions League group stage.
The FA Cup semi-final ended with Millwall's 2-0 victory over Manchester United and ended.
Ferguson did not rush back to Manchester after the game, but met with Aldridge in the office for a while.
The two inevitably talked about the situation of the Premier League title fight, and did not know whether Ferguson was sincere or hypocritical. His expression sincerely told Audridge: If Manchester United cannot win the championship, then he hopes that the final winner will be Millwall .
Obviously, Ferguson's selfishness is mixed in here, and he and Keegan do not deal with it. Besides, in the battle of words over the past few months, if Kevin Keegan really wins the championship, then Ferguson will definitely lose face.
Aldridge didn't smugly take a breast pack ticket, only to see the results in the next half month.
He can't be optimistic, the main team must rest, but he can't easily rotate, which makes every game full of unpredictability, not the disparity that paper strength looks like.
Before leaving, Ferguson put down the glass and shook his head: "Aldrich, this wine is really bad. Next time I will send you a few bottles of wine here. Every time we meet, you will entertain me, so as not to I want to drink this bad stuff out of courtesy."
Aldrich shrugged it didn't matter: "Yes, you can send me as many boxes as you want."
"Stam, Solskjaer, Nedved, these three people, you make a price."
Aldridge almost blurted out and scolded him that he was not completely skinned.
Why are you digging again?
Aldrich spread his hands and said: "Not for sale."
Ferguson shook his head: "If Manchester United really launches an offensive against these three, will Millwall stay?"
Aldridge was silent.
Ferguson regretted it half a season ago. He quoted Millwall before the season and wanted to introduce Larson or Trezeguet. If he promises the main position of the other party under the conditions of the opening, then at least one of the two must have already Putting on the Red Devils shirt, but at the time he also had great confidence in Andy Cole, did not expect Cole's performance this season is too bad, as of today, his number of goals is not as good as last season In the second half of the season, he scored many goals, with 10 in total. Cole scored 12 goals in 18 games for Manchester United last season.
Ferguson continued: "Millwall's central defender has a lot of reserves. Without Stam, you still have the Spaniard. The Italian guy also performed well. Isn't there another Richards? Nedved is Millwall. I will send you a quotation that is absolutely satisfactory to you. The guy in Solskjaer is too wasteful to stay with you. You don’t give him a chance at all. Why did the Ukrainian guy get more opportunities than him recently How many? Maybe it is a tactical reason, but I think the Norwegian guy can play the main role at Manchester United."
Aldridge closed his eyes and smiled bitterly.
Old man, I have never denied the power of a baby face, but you don’t know how amazing the power of the Ukrainian nuclear warhead has been.
"I will talk to these three players and give you an answer later."
Aldridge raised his hand to drop off.
As Ferguson said, there is a lot of Millwall in the central defender reserve, and Manchester United has to dig up the excellent central defenders that have been trained and grown. Manchester United Class 92 has started to stir up the girders. Now Ferguson has no patience to train new people. After all, the price is cruel, Manchester United's back line urgently needs the first-class players who can fight, so Stam is naturally the first choice.
The season is not over, Aldridge not only has great pressure on his shoulders, but also has troubles. After being dug up, which head coach can be happy?