Chapter 23: I met a ghost!

The stadiums used by most clubs in England after the 21st century were new stadiums built in the late 1990s. This was because of the Taylor Report after the Hillsborough massacre, which ordered the football club’s stadium to be seated, so in the 1990s In the early days, most clubs had to rebuild the stadium. Millwall originally had this plan, but was stopped by Aldridge because the originally planned stadium had a capacity of only 20,000, although the cost did not exceed 20 million pounds. But Aldridge just looked down on it.
The same is true of the Black Cat Sunderland. Now their bright stadium is still under construction. The old stadium Loga Park has a capacity of more than 10,000 people. It is impossible to reconstruct and expand. This is also the status quo of the English club stadium in the 1990s. With nearly 100 years of development, the development area of ​​the course has been greatly reduced. Most of the courses are surrounded by residential houses, and only new land can be found to build new courses.
Millwall and Sunderland did not have much grudges and hatred. Black Cat fans were also very restrained. When Aldridge stood on the side of the Loga Park stadium to direct the game, the stadium was slightly quiet. Odric occasionally looked back and saw the grandstand When I was a fan, I found that many people cast a curious look on him, but there was not much hostility.
From the start of the game, Aldridge found himself miscalculated.
Almost from the first minute, Millwall had the initiative in the game.
Sunderland sits at home, but the attack does not invest much force. The old-style rushing makes the ball always fly from Sunderland's half to Millwall's backcourt. After the opponent's forward can't get the ball, it changes. It became Millwall's offensive, and Sunderland's defense was very conservative. The defender contracted and four midfielders also dragged in the backcourt. Although Millwall was the active side, only five players attacked halftime. , Can play several times but can not maintain fluency, the ball is always destroyed by Sunderland in the pass.
Aldridge frowned at Sunderland's coach, who was also an unknown in the coaching profession.
He thought paradoxically: Is this a weak tactic? Do you want Millwall to make a big push?
Aldridge watched the game for a while, then walked back to the coach seat and sat down, mumbling: "Damn it! What is Sunderland doing?!"
This is their home court. The play is so conservative. Do you just want a draw?
Jenson leaned in and whispered: "I just heard the fans chatting behind, it seems that there is a contradiction within Sunderland. The head coach next door is new this season."
Aldridge knew that the opponent was changing coaches this season, but he didn't know what was happening inside the team. He turned to look at Jenson and said softly: "Will Sunderland deliberately? Lead us to attack."
Jenson shook his head and dared not make a judgment.
Whether it is or not, this may cause Aldridge to change his tactics, and in case of a defeat, this responsibility is not small.
Aldridge continued to look at the game, Trezeguet defeated in a fight, the ball was pushed out of the penalty area by the opposing defender, Pire appeared at the top of the penalty area and volleyed the ball!
Wow!
There was an uproar in the stands.
Aldridge straightened up and watched the beautiful volley, but saw the ball flying slightly higher than the beam and flying towards the back of the goal.
He opened his mouth silently.
The rhythm on the field is not fast, but the situation is very stale, the ground attack can not be matched, the two-wing pilling does not pose much threat in the penalty area, and occasionally shots once or twice are very reluctant.
Thirty minutes had passed in the first half. Aldrich confirmed that Sunderland just wanted to hold a draw at home, or really intended to draw a snake out of the hole. Millwall would not change conservative tactics without much pressure.
Audric felt a little helpless in his heart. He and his team really can't lose at this stage. It's not how important the league points are, but the blow to the team's morale and psychological impact after losing.
Slowly, Aldridge calmed down the restlessness in his heart. He was a mentally open-minded person. The set goal was a draw. As long as he didn’t lose the ball, he shouldn’t be anxious. If you can’t keep it, you’ll lose more than you pay.
Looking at the situation on the field, Aldridge frowned again.
The top two strikers at the top, Larson has always been actively involved in the position, but Trezeguet is getting more and more depressed, but he is more competitive with the opponent's defender. He just struggles to fight his body. Knowing that there was no chance, he barely got up.
With the same tactics, Aldridge can only use different pieces.
He turned back and waved at Solskjaer.
Solskjaer had been watching the movements on the field intently, and suddenly found that the head coach beckoned to him. He looked surprised and pointed to his nose. He seemed to ask: The boss called me?
Aldridge nodded, and Solskjaer immediately got up and came to Aldridge. He thought he would be replaced. Although it was only 35 minutes in the first half, Solskjaer didn't think so much.
Aldridge only let Jensen next to give Solskjaer a seat, and then let Solskjaer sit beside him.
Solskjaer was confused, and he sat unnaturally in the position of assistant, only listening to Aldridge still looking at the court, and asked softly, "Want to play?"
nonsense!
Solskjaer focused on it and said, "Of course I want!"
"What should you do after playing?"
"Goal!"
"How to get in? The ball won't roll under your feet by itself, nor will it let you fly into the opponent's gate with just one touch."
Solskjaer didn't speak anymore, Aldridge turned his head to look at him seriously, and said in a deep voice: "Ole, you are a smart player, even if you sit here, you can play your football wisdom, Now sit here and observe the game carefully. That’s right, you only have one goal to play, to score! But how to score, where is the flaw of the opponent’s defense, this requires you to observe carefully here, you want to think before playing Know what to do after playing."
Solskjaer's enthusiasm for preparing to play has cooled down a lot. He sat quietly beside Aldridge and carefully observed the situation of the game. Under the prevailing situation, the flexible running position appears in that appropriate position, what kind of threat can it create.
Soon the first half ended and the score was still 0:0.
Back in the locker room, Aldridge praised the team's performance in the first half. No tactical adjustments were made. Sunderland has more defensive players. This is clear at a glance, unless Aldridge makes Nedved even more It is possible to break the disadvantage of this number of offenses and defenses by moving forward or allowing the full-back to assist. However, it will be very risky. Under the premise of creating a defensive system, Aldridge will not do so.
Before the start of the second half, Aldridge held Trezeguet ready to play. The two slowed down and walked to the end.
"David, you are the striker and the most watched player on the court. Your goal will defeat your opponent's entire team, not one of the opponent's players. Don't get entangled with the opponent's defender and get rid of him in the second half. It’s irrelevant to pass him and grab the ball to defeat him. Only by hitting the ball into the opponent’s goal, you will win. Other contests, the outcome is meaningless, understand?"
Aldrich said to Trezeguet calmly. Trezeguet touched his smooth head. He also knew that he did not perform well in the second half of the first half. In fact, he was on the opponent's back. The young man had It’s normal to use your mind to become a muscle in your mind.
"Boss, I know."
Aldridge patted his back and encouraged: "Well, don't put too much pressure on yourself, just go to the game as you planned before the game, go."
After Aldridge's point, Trezeguet's running and involvement were significantly stronger after the start of the second half.
But perhaps Sunderland already had a good defensive experience in the first half, so their back line still did not give Larson and Trezegue opportunities.
Until the 55th minute of the game, Larsson rubbed lightly after taking the ball in the penalty area. The ball jumped and fell into the penalty area, and Treze covered his mind and headed to the goal after nodding the ball!
Before that, Trezeguet's running position clearly cleared the guard who was marking him. Facing such a good opportunity, Trezeguet flicked the header and the ball flew towards Sunderland's goal.
Aldridge got up and looked at this attack and watched the ball fly to Sunderland's goal. He thought excitedly: Enter, enter, must enter!
boom!
The ball hit the Sunderland goal near the goal post and the bottom line popped up!
"Fuck! Sunderland is shit!"
Aldridge looked down and cursed uncomfortably.
Trezeguet held his bald head in disbelief, and it was a bit frustrating to kneel on the ground after the header.
In the 70th minute of the game, Aldridge replaced Solskjaer, who had warmed up, to replace Trezeguet. He no longer had to ask Solskjaer too much. He walked up to meet the next Trezeguet. Aldridge saw He was still unsure, so he comforted: "David, I'm basically satisfied with your performance today, but I'm just a little bit out of luck."
"Boss, give me another ten minutes, no, five minutes, I can score."
Trezeguet said like a stubborn child.
Aldridge smiled and patted his shoulder, saying: "Don't be childish, there are still 44 games in the league. I can let you play 90 minutes per game. Then I guess you can only play for half a season. Do you hope so?"
Trezeguet had to succumb to reality, and he knew that a reasonable rest was necessary, not to mention that Millwall would then enter a double-week consecutive situation.
Aldridge did not sit back on the coach seat, he stood on the sidelines, hoping to keep the players from vigilance and continue to play according to the deployed tactics. The game has already reached the last fifteen minutes of the second half. Aldridge feels that he can take one Draw, he has nothing to regret.