Chapter 253: Lion War

The atmosphere at the post-match press conference today was a bit weird.
The game score was dazzling 1: 0.
The guest Millwall lost the ball and nobody can change the facts.
In the rematch, Schneider and Elgra appeared distracted while defending. The former made a steal and left behind an empty space. The latter recklessly hit the ball with Irving in the penalty area and gave Liverpool a winning penalty.
But since the game is lost, the responsibility is the head coach.
Aldridge didn't look good, but he never thought of putting the blame on others. He had a good idea of ​​how to deal with the media.
When he sat down to prepare for the media's verbal criticism, David Miller asked a question that made him stunned.
"Mr. Hall, do you have any comment on Liverpool's conservative tactics today? For most of the game, Liverpool shrank in the second half at Anfield, and often saw six Liverpool defensive players in the penalty area, plus Outside the penalty area, within 40 yards of the goal, Liverpool has more than 70 minutes with nine players defending. Is this a passive anti-football tactic?"
Ok?
Uh!
Aldrich looked around the audience. The reporters on the stage stared at him with concentration. Most of them showed sadness on their faces and seemed to be worried about something.
This atmosphere does not seem to come to condemn him, nor to come to see him jokes.
"I don't quite understand what you are asking. Liverpool won today."
Aldrich suspected that he had heard it wrong.
David Miller said seriously: "Yes, they won the game and won the game in a very ugly way. If Liverpool continue to continue the tactics of this game in the future, then even if they keep winning, they will be better than they have been. Arsenal, titled the library, is even more unappreciative. I think this kind of football is not what fans would like to see. Although Millwall lost today, you still have an overwhelming advantage for most of the time. The lack of goals in the second shot only shows that Millwall is out of luck today."
When David Miller elaborated his point of view, other reporters also nodded their heads. Only the media reporters of Merseyside looked astonished. They felt that these journalists from London were too shameful. Millwall lost. Ball, they still licked their faces in praise of Millwall.
Aldrich understood the thoughts of these reporters.
From the perspective of the public, the focus of the battle between Millwall and Liverpool cannot be said to be unappreciative, because Millwall's anti-guest pressure on Liverpool's mad bombing is constantly mobilizing the passion of the audience, but it is to make the audience feel passionate. The other side lost the ball, this contrast is unacceptable.
"I know that Mr. Hall is not willing to evaluate his peers, but Roy Evans defeated you in this way. Can you really accept it calmly?"
Richard of the Daily Mail asked angrily.
Following reports of Millwall for more than three years, he has almost become a fan of Millwall, and published articles tend to be professional and objective, rather than just booing and meaningless.
Cough!
Aldridge coughed twice, and then solemnly said: "I can't accept it calmly, because Millwall lost, I am disappointed with the result, disappointed with the team, you said that breaking the door lacks luck, I think that It is a matter of strength. Luck on the court will only stand on the side with strength, so no matter what kind of miracle, it is created by a team with a strength foundation. Millwall is not strong enough and breaks in the face of intensive defense. It was very difficult, but I firmly believe that the team still has room to improve, and we will do better in the future. As for Liverpool, they won the game, which is more important than everything, more so-called ornamental."
"But you used to scoff at Arsenal in the Graham era."
"No, I have never denied Arsenal in the Graham era. I just explained from a neutral point of view that Arsenal played boring games at that time, but did not think that Arsenal's tactics were wrong, nor you Anti-soccer in the mouth. Football only has rules, and there are no ornamental points. The victory or defeat is reflected in the score. I have seen the materials of coach training courses in many European countries. None of them define the strength of football as a football game. Weak standard. As the head coach, whether or not he has his own style, I think the first thing is to help the team win the game, winning the game is the most basic goal, if on this basis can make the game look good, then It is an ideal, so when the basic goal cannot be achieved, you cannot ask all head coaches to pursue the ideal."
Aldridge’s words won the unanimous approval of the Merseyside media.
They think this young handsome is really a respectable person.
Although they were also dissatisfied with Evans' conservative tactics in this game, they won the game, which made them happy.
If you don't play like this, Liverpool won't be able to usher in a defeat again.
Millwall’s powerful people know that Liverpool’s lineup is not as strong as the mad lion, and it is reasonable to be tactically conservative.
Those who are neutral, don't care about the Liverpool league rankings, of course, want to see the two teams play a offensive football, but that is for Liverpool.
If Evans dared a six-game losing streak against Millwall, he might not be able to keep his job, so in this case, it is more realistic not to talk about ideal football, beautiful football, or keeping the job.
The Inter Milan godfather Herrera initially made the team very beautiful, but she couldn't win the championship. The old Moratti directly made an ultimatum. Herrera had to change the team for the job. The defensive style, plus the unscrupulous means of victory, has created a great international era.
"If all opponents use this passive tactic against Millwall, how should Millwall respond?"
"We will have our own way, how the opponent will line up, I will not blame, even if the opponent's 11 players are standing in front of the goal to defend the goal, I don't care, because the opponent does not violate the football rules, they can do so Do it, just as we have seven players attacking the opponent's half, the opponent can of course allow nine players to go back to defense."
Aldrich told another big truth today, although his remarks made Fleet Street blame: We are on your side!
But the Merseyside media highly praised Aldridge.
A handsome young man.
Win is win, lose is lose.
There is no complaint to lose today, and I am determined to win back next time when I fight again.
Isn't this football?
You can't lose without complaining.
What's more, when Aldridge first took charge of the team, his tactics were very conservative. The defensive counterattack in the First Division made all teams dizzy. The media also laughed at Millwall as an athletic team on the football field.
Liverpool's home victory over Millwall seemed to tell other teams silently: To play Millwall, it was like we played!
Four days later, Aldridge really went viral.
Millwall played Wimbledon away. Not only did the game not win, the two sides didn't score a goal, the tactics used by the gangs were similar to Liverpool, anyway, they contracted, and they also used killing tactics.
Pirlo and Capdevila withdrew from the field with injuries, and the Lampard Community Shield was shoveled with a cracked calf. Millwall even injured three people within a month of the start of the new season.
Aldridge protested that the referee was directly sent off with a red card during the game. Even if he appealed after the match, the FA ignored it and dismissed it directly, and punished him for three more suspensions.
In the last league game at the end of August, Millwall played against Leicester City led by Martin O'Neill.
Aldridge sat in the stands watching the battle calmly.
O'Neill was a pragmatic head coach, so he led the team to the Lion's Cave Stadium and did the shrinking thing.
Millwall still has a strong dominance in the game, but in the face of intensive defense, it seems to be a lack of skills.
"Son, is the team okay? Why have you had such bad luck lately?"
Arthur sitting beside Aldridge worried.
Millwall won't score, Leicester City put a dense defensive formation to compress space with a static position, which directly caused Millwall players to run out of space, threatening to take the ball in the threat zone, and getting rid of it on the spot. Hopefully, long shots are either blocked or flying, and it seems that luck is needed to break the door.
"We were the champion last season, and all teams in the new season are particularly energetic. It has nothing to do with luck."
Aldrich's head is running fast.
If Millwall played Arsenal, a team that dared to attack, such as Newcastle United, would have the space and ability to penetrate the opponent's defense even if he played less and played more.
But in the face of Liverpool's own strength and defensive counterattack, or Wimbledon's melee tactics, Millwall's advantage is minimized. Today's Leicester City play and Liverpool Very much the same.
O'Neill has trained the team for a year and a half. From the perspective of O'Dridge, this team's defense, if it is not a player's ability limitation, they can become a top line of defense, which reflects O'Neill's coaching ability, giving him second-rate Defensive players, creating a close to first-class defense line, which is reminiscent of Kevin Keegan, has a first-class defensive player, but rumbling, the team's defense line has become rugby.
The counterattack in Leicester City is also very simple. There is Tony Tony in the front of the bridge. After the defense is successful, the ball is handed over to the who runs out of the air. Then someone on either side of the sideways plugs in at a high speed. Tony then divides the ball to the side. No more than three people are devoted to the entire attack.
Makelele completed eight interceptions in the audience. There were two successful Tony scores to the side. If it was not Schneider and Zambrotta who quickly recovered and successfully destroyed the opponent’s attack, Millwall’s defense will pull again. Sound the alarm.
When the whistle at the end of the game sounded, the live camera was aimed at Aldridge in the stands. Arthur next to him looked very frustrated by covering his face, while Aldridge was expressionless.
The defending champion suffered two draws, one loss and three defeats after two big wins in the new league season. He only scored two points, and Aldridge’s suspension continued.
"The test for Hall is here again. This is probably a problem for the Premier League team. How to break the intensive defense? When the opponent's defense line stabilizes in the backcourt in a static manner within 90 minutes, you will feel that the opponent There is no pursuit, and they don’t want to win the game, but this reflects their fear of Millwall. Yes, they may not have expectations of winning, but they are more reluctant to accept defeat or be scored by Millwall. Blood washing, last season, many teams in the Premier League were beaten by Millwall, and even the traditional three giants were double-killed. Midstream and downstream teams have chosen to keep the draw. Who can blame them? Hall? Can Millwall, who is now the target of all, return to the track of victory? This is his challenge, and it is also the challenge of Millwall. Perhaps this is a war against the All England team with the passionate lion alone. We are disappointed with today’s game, but we should expect the final result of this war in the future."
Martin Taylor expressed poetic emotions at the end of the game.
Aldridge is indeed planning a new round of transformation of the team, in fact, he is not willing to do so, because the team will play in the Champions League this year, although there is no way to talk about the big changes, but the requirements for players It will be higher. If the team cannot adapt to the changes in a short period of time, this season will declare the end of the crash in advance.
Just as Aldridge was about to leave for the UEFA Champions League group draw, a bad news shocked the United Kingdom and the world.
On August 31, 1997, Princess Diana died in Paris due to a car accident!