Chapter 38: Indecisive

John Hendry's thick long legs suddenly reflected in Keller's sight, leaving Keller in a thunderstorm!
He could only watch Heng hit the ball with his toes, and then even drove the ball into the goal.
"John Hendry! John Hendry! He could not be seen for almost the entire first half, but at this moment, he and Fleming, who came up with an assist, had a beautiful cooperation and he broke through Mill. Wall's back line, and then stretched his foot to send the ball into Millwall's gate at the front point, Middlesbrough equalized the score! Millwall's zero goal defense was announced in front of Middlesbrough The record is broken!"
Since the start of the league, Thuram Stam Southgate Keller, the five-man defensive combination including the goalkeeper on the back line, tasted the taste of being broken through the gate for the first time.
The Aya Sumy Park Stadium was cheered with excitement, and Middlesbrough players were celebrating in a group, and then raised their heads and walked towards the backcourt. It seemed that they were expected to equalize the score, and their mature and experienced game Experience is their greatest support.
Brian Robson, besides seeing the goal, waved his fist in both hands, no other action, but also calm.
Aldridge calmly clapped his hands towards the court, so that the players should not be discouraged and took a ten thousand steps back.
But when he lost the ball, Aldridge felt nothing to say, and he knew in his heart that Robson gave him a lesson.
Millwall's goal concealment has nothing to do with his personal ability, nor is it a player error. It is entirely due to Middlesbrough's tactics.
Tactics pay attention to winning.
If Middlesbrough will allow two full-backs to step forward and assist at the beginning of the game, Aldridge believes that in the whole game, Middlesbrough’s two wing will not do anything, at least Thuram must In this way, in terms of defensive abilities, the wing players who can positively break through Thuram are at least rare in the Premier League.
At this moment, Aldridge suddenly realized that Middlesbrough's previous conservatism was the tactic of paralyzing his opponent.
The defensive 532 formation deceived everyone. The slow pace of the game was to create an illusion of mist for Millwall’s defense. When Millwall’s defensive players were
habitually
confident enough to grab more and less, Middlesbrough The full-back was suddenly plugged in at high speed and hit the Millwall defender by surprise.
Tactically achieved the effect of "achieving victory", this sudden acceleration of rhythm from slow to fast, even Aldridge did not expect.
Aldrich secretly said: Brian Robson, who has a meal, has a set.
But he was not discouraged. Now that this Millwall has not been fully formed, the pace of the game and the flexible use of tactics are still in their infancy. This requires more time to temper and the game to accumulate experience. Delsburg is already a very mature team, and it is difficult to make progress.
The midfielder kicked in again. Millwall's back line learned the lessons just now. Not only did the two full-backs pay special attention to each other's wing offense, Piray and Schneider also started to retreat from the defensive end.
Seeing the Millwall players adjust themselves quickly on the court, originally wanted to take advantage of the chase. Robson, who hit another one when the opponent did not recover, shook his head and gave the players a calm gesture, indicating that they should not take the risk of attacking. .
At the end of the first half, Aldridge saw that the opponent played another set of slow-paced conservative tactics, and his heart was very calm. Millwall's defense will not be collapsed by a lost ball. This is what he spent hard to shape. Line of defense.
The referee blew the whistle at the end of the first half, and Aldridge took the lead to return to the locker room.
Morale is such a vague thing.
If Millwall lost the ball first and then tied the score, then the momentum will inevitably rise.
But Millwall is the advanced ball, and then equalized, the players feel a little depressed.
Obviously the score is 1:1, but there will always be a weird feeling that something you get is taken away.
This is human nature, and Aldridge feels this way more or less.
It is this kind of emotional change. In the early stage of building the team, Aldridge was very afraid of losing, let alone being reversed, it was a big taboo!
The team's calm mind and quitting the psychology of gains and losses will all take time to cultivate, and it will be a long way to work out a strong heart that is full of glory and shame.
The players who returned to the locker room were silent, sitting on the bench panting, and the atmosphere was a bit depressed, as if the air had been frozen.
Aldridge didn't want them to bear the pressure. When the pressure could not bear, a series of negative emotions would be generated, so he shrugged and said with a smile: "Robert, go back and you should practice shooting."
The players were stunned for a while and then laughed out loud.
Pires smiled bitterly: "Boss, can you stop mentioning that goal? Give me another hundred chances and I won't slip."
He knew that the weird goal in the first half was bound to become a joke between teammates.
Aldridge spread his hands and said: "No, no, if you give you another 100 chances, it will not matter if you slip 100 times, as long as you kick the ball into me, I will applaud you even if you shoot from the hip ."
Hahahaha...
The atmosphere in the locker room suddenly became cheerful, and the haze brought by the ball drop at the end of the first half also dissipated most of it.
After laughing, Aldridge squeezed his hands and everyone smiled and listened to his tactics.
When it's time to be serious, Aldridge was never ambiguous, and he never thought that just mobilizing the enthusiasm of the players would make the team win the game.
In front of the tactical board, Aldridge draws the position of the opponent's defensive player, softly saying: "Middlesbrough's back line was in the vicinity of the penalty area most of the time in the first half, rarely ventured forward, and did not try to create Offside, this is the reason why we cannot penetrate the attack in the first half. What you have to do in the second half is very simple. We have to attract their defense and force them to make room in the penalty area for our offensive players. Robert, Bernd, Henrik, the three of you can play in the frontier of the penalty area. After taking the ball, you can take a long shot when you are free. It is not necessary to pursue the angle. The key is the number of kicks and the goal range. David, you are in front of the second half. Teammates’ offense should play the role of center offensive fulcrum. Once the opponent’s defense presses forward to compress our long-range space, you must always be prepared to counter offside, understand?"
The players nodded seriously.
Aldridge reminded a few defensive questions, and then gave the players a break to prepare for the second half.
He has confidence in this back line and will not fall twice in the same pit. The sudden wing was penetrated like the first half and will never happen again.
In fact, Aldridge would also like to thank Brian Robson, who lost the ball and gave Millwall players improved defensive awareness, that is, accumulation of experience.
Experience is by no means learned or practiced. For defense, it is to climb from failure and imprint it in the mind.
Returning to the side of the field, Aldridge still stood, and the second half of the game soon began. The cheering of fans from both sides filled every corner of the Aya Sumy Park Stadium.
Aldridge is very focused on observing Middlesbrough's tactical changes in the second half. Over the years, he has watched the ball around Europe. He seems to have developed a subconscious habit. In his mind, when he overlooks the stadium, he simulates the opponent's overall formation. .
Millwall started frequent long-range shots on the basis of a solid defense, threatening the goals of Middlesbrough several times, which made the fans of both sides look very nervous, and Brian Kraft's strain was quick, he and Instead of pushing the defensive line forward, instead, he made the frontcourt players recover. Except for John Hendry swimming around in the frontcourt, the other players all went back to defend the half, forming a situation where they robbed less.
After winning the ball, Middlesbrough's counterattack also used the width of the court to carry out a wide range of long pass transfers, but the effect was not obvious. Their full-backs stepped forward to participate in the strategy, and they will also be returned to the Millwall side. Players are entangled in every step.
Fifteen minutes into the second half, the game became glued and the ball moved back and forth between the two half-halves. It was almost difficult for both sides to get a shot.
At this time, Aldridge was able to see Brian Robson's tactical settings thoroughly.
It is neither a defensive 532 nor a full-attack and defensive 352, or more precisely an asymmetric 442. Although this formation is a bit weird visually, the formation itself does not explain anything. The fit of the ball style.
Middlesbrough's two full-backs approached the assists very well. There has never been two wing players moving forward at the same time. They always maintain the position of at least four defenders on the back line. There will never be a disadvantage in numbers on the defensive end.
However, the singular effect of the two side-by-side rotations will often catch opponents by surprise.
Aldridge deeply admires. No wonder Middlesbrough has gone through a turbulent summer. The overall strength of the team has not been significantly improved, but it has performed well in the first nine rounds of the Premier League.
Brian Robson still has some ability to make the team into such a powerful team with limited resources, but this is only in the first league.
What surprises Aldridge is that while England is still being poisoned by Charles Hughes’ famous POMO theory in the 70s and 80s, Middlesbrough’s play is biased towards the ground and will not be swarmed. Accumulating offensive players in the front court directly oppresses the penalty area.
In this era, the teams that can counter the "long pass" and "maximum position opportunity" POMO theory to play ground attack cooperation are unique in England. For this reason, Nottingham Forest Europe was crowned twice, Brian K. Lao Fu meritorious was pushed to the great altar, and the Nottingham Forest he coached was using a short ground pass to attack the tactics.
Aldridge was a little hesitant. At this moment, the situation on the field is stalemate. If his team can take a point here, it will be more pros and cons for the entire season. At least they did not lose to the Premier League championship hot rice on the road. Delsburg, this is crucial to the morale and psychological impact of the players.
Whether to use adventurous tactics to win a victory, or to hold on to a draw, just when Aldridge moves from time to time, the situation changes suddenly!