Chapter 381: New Diamond Attack Group

The Christmas War came to an end and Millwall had an 1-1 draw with Arsenal.
In the press conference after the game, Audridge expressed his opinion on the penalty received by Arsenal at the last moment. He did not aim at the referee. Perhaps 10 referees, 5 of them will definitely be awarded a penalty, and 3 will remain. Arsenal took a penalty because it was in Highbury, and the last two will hesitate.
He just vaguely hoped that the referee's level would be improved, and the punishment would make people more convincing. Of course, this is his side of the word, and it seems wishful thinking.
After all, if the penalty is not awarded, Arsenal will definitely protest.
This penalty incident became the focus after the game, but there is no conspiracy theory. In the British football program, the more discussion atmosphere is academic exchange.
Some senior referees tend to support Aldridge's remarks.
Looking back at least in the slow motion of the game, Bergkamp made a mistake in stopping the ball. After the ball went out of the bottom line, Ferdinand couldn't stop the car and then kicked on the opponent's foot.
The whole process was within 3 seconds. Afterwards, Zhu Geliang could of course talk about it and put it in the fierce competition at that time. The head referee's judgment immediately took the lead.
Aldridge praised the team's performance and made them happy to go home for Christmas.
He was alone. He spent Christmas Eve at his parents’ house. On Christmas night, he returned to his apartment. In the community, some of the immigrant players’ homes were lit. When he returned to the community, he happened to meet Villa. With a 16-year-old girl heading out, the two looked like golden boys and girls. They were his first girlfriend. Aldridge greeted them and went home.
Back home, Aldridge leaned back on the sofa. After a while, the doorbell rang, and he knew who it was without guessing. He opened the door, and as expected, Yiwen was carrying a large dinner plate with a lid on his head, with a smile. : "I roasted turkey and I can't finish it."
Aldridge said nothing, turned around and went to the kitchen to get the cutlery and opened another bottle of good wine.
"Will you worry about the club?"
"Why? Because the team points are behind?"
"I don't know. It's unhappy to see you. The team has been doing well recently. The Champions League draw has also drawn good opponents."
Aldridge thought about it with a glass of wine. Millwall’s quarter-final opponent was Dynamo Kiev. He said it’s a good sign. He doesn’t think that this old opponent is more stable and powerful this year. He is still worried about the ball. The team will be underestimated because of the double-game kill last year.
"Sol has organized an amateur cycling team and asked if you are interested in joining. I usually exercise during my free time."
"Very good, count me, it's best to have some games occasionally."
Aldrich will now participate in social activities that have a positive meaning, so that he will not worry about things.
Ewen cut a large piece of chicken into Aldridge's dinner plate and laughed: "Well, two weeks later, the event will officially start. Do you need me to pick your clothes?"
"I went to the specialty store to buy a bicycle some other day, and I bought it by the way."
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Three days later, Aldridge led his team to play at home against Coventry. The team washed Coventry at 4:0 blood, Henry staged a hat trick, and Larson, who returned from injury, also scored a goal to announce his return.
After this game, Millwall ended all games in 1998. The next game will be the FA Cup a week later.
Aldridge and the coaching staff held a half-time summary meeting, and everyone analyzed all the games in Millwall's first half, from technical tactics to player performance.
There is a phenomenon that he is not satisfied enough, that is the striker.
Fanny scored 10 league goals in the first half, this data is already amazing for other teams, even in the giants, it can be justified.
But Aldridge watched the game on the sidelines and analyzed the game. He always felt that letting Fannie serve as the center would sacrifice Millwall's sharpest bilateral forward.
To put it simply, Fanny's goals were passed, but when he played center, the winger or his partner did not score very efficiently, either in the 433 or 442 system.
When everyone had a heated discussion, Aldridge went to the tactical board and wrote five names.
Ronaldinho, Henry, Larson, Nedved, Pirlo.
The first three are tridents, and Nedved and Pirlo are in the back row.
He knocked on the table, and the meeting room fell silent, saying, "Can these five people form the strongest offensive group in Europe or even the world?"
If he asks the media outside such questions, he will be laughed at.
From a single point of view, the superposition of player capabilities may not be the strongest in Europe, but the combination of the top three in Europe should be no problem.
But in the eyes of the coach, this problem is very complicated and must be treated very carefully.
There are not many teams hoarding strong soldiers, Inter Milan is typical, but their offensive combination is strong?
In the final analysis, it is the team chemistry that is the key point.
If 1+1 is less than 2, give him 5 gods, I am afraid that the effect of kicking is 5 feces.
"If you want to play 433, I think Rud's tacit understanding with the team should be stronger than Thierry."
Craig first commented.
But Jenson shook his head: "If Van Nistelrooy hits the center, then he will basically die in the middle. Aldrich, are you going out of such a quintet, are you going to weaken the full-back assists?"
Aldridge nodded and said: "Yes, I hope to improve the defense a bit more. Once the full-back assists have been counterattacked, the risk of losing the ball is too great."
Klinsmann thought about it: "If we can defend 5 defenses and 5 successes, then our offensive team will have to play 5 5s."
Aldridge said in a deep voice: "Yes, this offensive combination, I hope to achieve 5-5, 5-6, and even 5-7. There will be a good success rate."
"Ronaldinho, Henry, Larson, Nedved, these four can pass and shoot at the offensive end, the most crucial thing is how to position."
In Jensen’s words, Aldridge chose these four to add focus to the organization of Pirlo.
Speaking of abilities alone, Fanny is definitely not as comprehensive as they are. Because Fanny's characteristics are slightly simpler, he can't pull the side, he can't complete the transposition with the winger, and the offense can't be rich in the style of attack.
Therefore, Fanny's best partner is Klose, Van der Med, Grenhard or Duff.
Klose, Van der Mede, Duff, Glenn Charles, from the side, from the middle to provide him with fire support, he is responsible for scoring.
"Larson, Pirlo, and Nedved have little problem, it depends on whether Ronaldinho and Henry can quickly integrate into this new attack combination."
"Yes, let's try it now, specify the tasks assigned to them in training, and instill in them the idea of ​​role change."
Aldridge finalized, and set out to create a new generation of "diamond attack line."
On a new day in 1999, only Southgate was still recovering from Millwall's injury list, and Pirlo also returned to the team to start training.
Ronaldinho, who returned from Brazil, appeared on the training ground. He ran to Aldridge for the first time and reported back to the team.
Everyone else is already training, Aldridge looked at his watch and said: "Late 23 minutes late, go for 5 laps first."
Ronaldinho smiled embarrassedly. His vacation should end yesterday, and he officially trained today. Aldridge did not say anything wrong, which means he was late.
After he finished the lap, it was considered warm-up, he came to Aldridge again and smiled: "Boss, I brought you a lot of gifts."
"After that, let's talk and have fun back in Brazil?"
"Happy."
"Enough play?"
"Uh, uh, enough."
"Are you going to ask for leave later?"
"Nope."
"Then concentrate on playing football."
"Observe!"
Aldrich nodded in satisfaction, then called Ronaldinho, Henry, Nedved, Larson, and Pirlo to the front, and began to tell them new tactical ideas.
Pirlo's role has also changed slightly, and he also needs a role change. This role is interchangeable with Ronaldinho.
When the ball is in the midfield and backcourt, the organization task is Pirlo. The ball is at Ronaldinho’s feet, and he will be responsible for the organization when he has no breakthrough space or forward insertion opportunity. At this time, Pirlo needs to step forward and become the scorer. Or continue to keep players organized.
Henry and Larson are both fake centers, which can be called free forwards. Pulling to meet or break the goal in the middle, this requires them to observe the game situation at any time. Teammates can't run, they can't overlap, and they must do it in the first place. Make a correct judgment, whether it is a breakthrough or a pass.
Nedved is already familiar with his role. The pass is the pass. The pass is inserted before the break. It is flexible in the game. The game data of the past year proves how good he is.
In addition to offense and defense, it can be said that Aldridge is instilling in them not a strange tactic, but all attack and all defense!
It's just that this is not the whole team of players to carry out this tactic, just five of them, no matter how much, it is estimated that the team is likely to collapse.
And once this tactic is not good for these five players, the team's offensive power will be greatly reduced.
This is an ultimate choice, either, gorgeous, or just the best.
Full attack and defense requires a large number of world-class players. At least two and a half of these five people have reached the ability requirements. The rest is tactical awareness.
Aldridge began to let these five people start practicing this tactic in the training match.
During the drill, they were ordered not to make breakthroughs!
Just pass the cut to defeat the defensive group.
In the training, Aldridge was particularly harsh on Henry, and made the most mention of him.
Needless to say, Pirlo, Larson, and Nedved. Under Aldrich, flexible running is a basic skill all year round, especially the ability to see stitches without a ball is world-class. Larson’s "Forbidden Spirit Fox" The nickname wasn't obtained for nothing.
Ronaldinho just came back from vacation and was particularly active in training. Except that he sometimes gets ridiculed by Aldridge for sticking the ball, there is no problem in running position.
The biggest headache was Henry. He was born as a winger and asked him to move to play as a center. He really regarded himself as a center and stood a bit rigid in the center area.
Henry was slightly aggrieved at the beginning. Their five offensive team was against a six-man defensive team. It should be a matter of course when it was difficult to find a running position, but he looked at the performance of the other four and found that he did. It's not good enough, so I can only strengthen my running to improve my performance.
On the other side of the training ground, Fanny was distracted. He watched Aldridge focus on training the five men, and his heart was very lost.
He realized that the boss was recreating a powerful attack line, but he came to the team for four and a half years, but he was not as good as Henry who came to the team for six months. He was excluded.
The competition within the team itself is fierce, and the rule of the strong is the first rule. No matter who subverts this rule, or favoritism or confusing people, then the end will be very bleak.
Aldridge doesn’t need to explain too much to the players. Whether it works or not, depending on the actual performance, if Henry does not work, if Fanny does not work, he will give Klose a chance.
When the new year arrived, the young commander Aldridge began to build a diamond attack group that he had high hopes for!