Chapter 46: Gunman

After the team led by one goal, Aldridge pulled his right hand out of the coat pocket and sternly fanned back into the backcourt.
He did this for Captain Materazzi.
Seeing the marshal's action, Materazzi retreated towards the backcourt while shouting at his teammates: "Now we are ahead, as the leader said before the game, now all shrink back to me, especially the big one Guard, you need to help Phil defend more!"
Predicting the situation on the court is one of the tasks for the head coach to arrange tactics before the game. Aldrich usually arranges the tactics in stages for the game. As for the tactics after the backwards, he never arranges the tactics before the game, which will hurt morale. When backwardness occurs, he often plays on the spot to adjust.
Seeing Materazzi convey his intentions, Aldridge thrust his right hand into the warm pocket again.
After the goal just came out, he just applauded, no more celebration.
Now, he lowered his head as if casually looking at the turf under his feet, occasionally taking two steps back and forth.
Although Arsenal do their best, it does not mean how dominant they are in the game.
This is an Arsenal with distinct characteristics and a clear length.
Last season, they scored fourth in the Premier League, but their goals did not even rank in the upper reaches, only scored 53 goals in 42 rounds, which is almost 30 different from the winning Manchester United.
More distinctively, Arsenal's away goals are more than home goals.
Is it because they are more effective on the road?
of course not.
They are traditional giants. Most of the teams that go to Highbury to challenge them are mainly defensive, which makes it difficult for Arsenal to break the goal. It is difficult to score when attacking. In the away game, their defensive counterattack has become greater. Play space.
Now Aldridge let the team recover, let Arsenal attack, Millwall to fight back!
The tactical contests in football matches are actually similar to Tianji horse racing, and different tactics are used in different stages.
After the Arsenal kick-off, Millwall’s players, except for Solskjaer’s harassment near the middle ring, all other players recovered the halftime. There are Gattuso, Vieira, Barak and other players in front of the back line. The steel barrier, Glennshire and Beckham assisted Neville and Zambrotta on the sidelines, greatly compressing the space of the positional battle, which allowed Arsenal to connect after a few cross-cutting attempts. No shots.
The first half ended quickly and Millwall returned to the locker room with a one-ball advantage.
During the halftime break, Aldridge simply said in the locker room: "What we are good at is simple and fast transmission. Arsenal are not good at position warfare. It can be said that they are not good at attacking and fighting. Therefore, the second half continues like It was the same after the lead in the first half, but when the opponent made a big push, we must make it faster, simpler, and more direct in the counterattack, without the need to break the dribble, use the running position to tear the opponent’s defense line, now this An Arsenal is nothing more than a sheep in wolf skins. We don’t have to be afraid of them. They are old and twilight. You are still young and running hard. We can beat them as we should.

This group of young players was greatly encouraged, and through the first half of the game, they built a strong confidence.
The opponent is the champion of the European Cup Winners' Cup last year!
Before the game, the players in this bench were also worried that because the opponent was Arsenal, Aldridge would use the main lineup, but Aldridge kept his promise and insisted on letting them play in the cup, which made them think Aldridge Although young, he is a full man.
Trust is two-way, Aldridge gives them trust, and they will also return Aldridge with trust and effort.
After the second half started, Aldridge still stood on the sidelines. Today, he appears very quiet, without shouting, and even few physical movements.
In contrast, Graham waved his arms back and forth not far away to make the players press, but the team was getting worse and worse, which is a kind of silent irony.
Perhaps it was like the TV broadcaster said in the midfield commentary: "Arsenal now is like Graham, already a crumbling building, and the young Millwall is more like the rising sun, Regardless of the technical and tactical perspective or the temperament and spirit of the players on the court, we have reason to expect Millwall, but we can't count on Graham to let Arsenal qualitatively change, but Arsenal still fell too fast. In the Premier League, They have fewer goals in the same period than last season, but they have almost twice the number of goals conceded from last season. The distance between the standings and the relegation zone has never been more than 10 points."
In the second half of the game, Arsenal gradually began to overall pressure, no way, their frontcourt offensive combination number is too small, it is difficult to break through Milwall's regional defense defense based on personal ability alone.
With the formation of the pressure, the backcourt has become bigger and bigger.
After breaking the ball at the foot of Paul Mason on the wing, Neville sent the ball to the foot of Beckham, who was only five meters away from him. Beckham turned and started to play in the backcourt, the ball was in the midfield After a wonderful arc hanging to Arsenal's half.
Solskjaer started before Beckham passed the ball. He broke out from the center line and passed by directly with Boulder. He successfully broke through Arsenal's back line and was about to get a single-handed ball.
Tony Adams, who was not slow, came back from behind. After the ball bounced on the ground once, Solskjaer stopped the ball steadily. At this time, Tony Adams was already one meter behind him. Solskjaer was just because Stopping the ball, the speed has slowed down a lot, so he protected the ball sideways, made an emergency stop, and then moved the ball forward again. The instantaneous change in rhythm also made Tony Adams slow down.
Solskjaer moves coherently. After a quick stop from the side, the ball is called again and started again. He tricked Tony Adams and continued his single-handedness.
But he just took a step forward, but behind him came huge pressure, and the whole person fell heavily on the ground.
"It's ugly! Tony Adams actually overwhelmed Solskjaer from behind, no doubt it was a foul!"
The referee stopped the game decisively and came over to show a dazzling red card to Tony Adams who was climbing from the ground!
If he didn't foul, Solskjaer obviously went to the meeting alone.
The Lion's Cavern Stadium thunderously applauded the punishment of the referee and gave applause to the referee and Solskjaer.
Tony Adams did not justify and protest, withdrew with a sullen face, even the captain's armband was not given to other teammates.
On the sidelines, Graham shouted angrily at Adams: "What are you doing stupid?"
Tony Adams turned his head straight back and said: "Shut up!"
Then he walked into the player's channel without looking back.
Aldridge looked at this counter-apprentice scene beside him, feeling a little sad in his heart.
Graham is now the coach in the black gold scandal, Tony Adams also fell into the trough of life, off the court, he is a troublesome drunk.
This pair of mentors and apprentices had been separated last year.
Graham did not reinvigorate Adams, and Adams did not publicly support when Graham is now in crisis.
The relationship between the two was falling into the freezing point, and the fate also came to an end.
With 30 minutes left in the game, Arsenal lost one goal while scoring a goal away from home.
Materazzi took the opportunity of the dead ball to run to the side and asked Aldridge: "Boss, do you still play as before?"
Now they have one more fight, they have an advantage!
Aldridge pressed his shoulders with one hand and covered his mouth with one hand, whispering: "Our tactics remain unchanged, and we will win in 30 minutes. Next, Arsenal will jump the wall. Think about it, as long as they We are in chaos, we have more opportunities."
Materazzi nodded and ran back again, shouting loudly again to cheer up his teammates, and also implemented the tactical requirements again, so as not to make the teammates inconsistent and chaos.
There was no turning point in the game that affected the trend. At the Lion's Cave Stadium, a former teacher of the king fell to the bottom.
In the seventy-ninth minute of the game, Millwall's bench played a whirlwind quick counterattack on the court.
Gattuso cut off the ball under Campbell's foot and passed it to Vieira. Vieira made a diagonal pass to Beckham. Beckham made a direct pass to Solskjaer. This time Solskjaer did not have the ball. , Lightly diverted the ball to the left side again, quickly Maglencharr scored into the other half, high speed dribbling at the front of the penalty area and back to the ball at the foot of mid-way Barak, Barak put the ball to the right, as At the beginning of the counterattack, Vieira, who inserted it at a high speed, kicked a beautiful volley and expanded the score to 2:0!
During the entire counterattack, Arsenal's defense line was rushed back because of pressure. Even Martin Keon, who was like a of the sea, wanted to stop when Glencharre hit the middle road, but slipped under his feet and fell in embarrassment. .
After Vieira scored a goal, she was thrilled and screamed.
Just half a season ago, he was a joker who was sent off the bench with a red card for a minute, but in more than half of the season, his sweat paid off, and he ran to the coach seat after scoring a goal. Coach Babu hugged together.
Although Aldridge is the head coach, the most recent relationship with Vieira is Babu. This is normal, and Aldridge is not jealous.
Arsenal were beaten by Millwall with two goals, which made them completely lose their fighting spirit. The final result of the game was fixed at 2:0.
In the face of such a result, Aldridge was not surprised, even though Arsenal's name is loud, but now it is just a team with a loose heart.
After the game, Aldridge did not shake hands with Graham, and calmly walked into the player channel.
Before the weekend, the biggest news in English football is: Graham, who has coached the Gunners for eight years, was fired by the Arsenal board!