Chapter 48: Millwall

For more than half of the season, Millwall fans have become the happiest group in the Premier League.
They can simply enjoy the fun and passion brought by football.
Millwall under Aldridge has a brand new look. The team's style has been completely insulated from the English-style long pass. It has caused a burst of youth storm and also made fans proud.
On the afternoon of the 32nd match day of the League One, the Lion's Cave Stadium continued its full attendance on the home match day. When the teams of the two teams played, there was endless applause on the court.
Millwall and Middlesbrough have no hatred, only competitors, and now Millwall is far behind Middlesbrough, Millwall fans can naturally welcome the arrival of their opponents.
The broadcast lens locked Aldridge before the game. This handsome young coach is a celebrity in the English coaching profession. He is gentle and capable. No one has questioned Aldridge’s coaching ability. Even Millwall’s tactical system , Football column reporters have begun to follow, but the
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dare not draw conclusions easily, because real tactical professionals believe that: Aldridge’s transformation of the team has not been completely successful, and it is still being built. In the process, it is refreshing to give up blind and frequent traditional wing-forward pass tactics, and to use the wing strategy and occasionally insert into the penalty area.
After the players of both sides came on stage, Aldridge took the initiative to go to the coach of the visiting team, Brian Robson greeted him, the two embraced cordially, and then chatted friendlyly.
"Aldrich, I lost this game, you have so many points ahead."
"Okay, Middlesbrough attacked boldly, Millwall is undefended."
"Can you not be so annoying?"
"Thank you, this is the best compliment to me."
After Aldridge and Brian Robson smiled at each other, the two separated, and each walked back to the sidelines and stood.
Compared with the clash of the first half of the season, the only two teams to play on the list are Millwall. David Beckham is a newcomer. There is no change in the rest and the formation has not changed.
Middlesbrough still hit their hidden killer 532, and Millwall used them to hone 442.
Even after the start of the game, it was almost the same as the first match in the league: Millwall took the advantage, and Middlesbrough was very conservative in shrinking the half.
Aldridge stood on the sidelines. Was he making the mistake of the first half of the season?
of course not!
Millwall is now more mature than three months ago, and the tacit understanding between players is not what it used to be.
Piley, Nedvide, Makelele, Beckham's midfield line cooperated very smoothly in the midfield area, plus Larson who withdrew from the front, Millwall firmly controlled the ball At his feet.
It's not only constriction that is conservative. Millwall guarantees possession of the ball, creates opportunities patiently, and doesn't easily lose the ball with his feet. This is itself a conservative strategy.
Aldrich first instilled in this team: learn to pass back!
When the front responder does not have a good position and opportunity, the midfielder faces the oppression and must have the consciousness of passing the ball back.
Without losing the ball, it first guarantees its own undefeated place.
The top battle, which was clamored by the outside world as Mars hitting the earth, did not show the expected intense spark after the game started.
Called by Aldridge in front of his coaching staff: Defensive forward Cavana kept running back and forth in Millwall's backcourt, trying to disrupt Millwall's rhythm through harassment.
But he was rushing by himself alone, and it really didn't work. It was more like a monkey being walked back and forth by Millwall's midfielder.
The midfielder of Blackmore, Marsto and Hagnet did not dare to easily cross the center line. They seemed to be waiting for nothing and did not care about the passage of time.
How to break the intensive defense, Millwall has been able to adjust and use tactics tactically, without requiring Audric to give instructions all the time.
Pires automatically relied on the middle to play with Nedved on a small scale. The two forwards attracted the attention of the defensive players through the running position, opened the empty space and then gave the teammates a long-range shot.
Twenty minutes before the first half, Nedvide nearly opened the ball with a long shot, but unfortunately hit the beam and flew towards the stands.
Middlesbrough still plays shrinking tactics, but there will still be looseness and distraction within a small range.
Piley made a long shot from outside the penalty area and was taken into the arms by goalkeeper Miller. He immediately opened a big foot to the frontcourt, trying to create a chance for the team to fight back.
The ball's landing point was just past the center line in the frontcourt. Makelele steadily blocked Cavana behind him. No matter how squeezed Cavana can't make Makelele lose focus.
In the face of the falling ball, Makelele hit the ball with a foot and knocked directly at the foot of Beckham on the right. Just after receiving the ball near the center line of the right road, Beckham adjusted it in place for a second, and then suddenly a long pass The ball hoisted into the penalty area of ​​Middlesbrough.
The defender of Middlesbrough, who has just finished defending, is moving forward and rebuilding a parallel defensive line. No one expected the goalkeeper to open a big foot to the frontcourt. In less than 10 seconds, the ball flew again. Come back, and the landing point is behind them.
Trezeguet swiftly passed between Pierce and White. Goalkeeper Miller abandoned the goal, but he only ran halfway and opened his arms to expand his defensive range. On the left side of the goal, Trezeguet never stopped. The ball, a header directly pushed the ball towards the gate of Middlesbrough.
Miller hates Millwall!
In the clash of the first half of the season, Pires scored the weird arc ball still vividly remembered. This time, he abandoned the goal and could only raise his head to watch the ball over the top of his head, he reached out. Enough to go, obviously one step late, but also lost his weight and fell to the ground, embarrassed.
"GOOOOOAL! David Trezeguet scored a wonderful header shot! He was assisted by the young Manchester United rookie Beckham, who was on loan from Manchester United to Milwaukee Beckham this season. Mu replaced the injured Schneider in the past month. His performance is very good. The accurate long pass is unforgettable. No one thought he would directly assist the striker in that position. The pass is beautiful. Trezeguet is alert. The anti-offside and header are even more exciting! Congratulations Millwall, they are now leading by one goal, and they have an absolute advantage on the field. Middlesbrough, despite its strength, can hardly make a difference here."
Trezeguet, who has scored 18 goals this season, ran to the backcourt with a smile and hugged Beckham directly.
Fans on the sidelines were also very excited. Even Aldridge was able to see some fans holding signs in the stands. It read: Aldridge, please sign Beckham!
Aldridge can only smile bitterly in his heart. He also wants to sign the biggest player in English football in the next five to eight years. But would the sly Ferguson let go generously?
At the beginning of the loan, Beckham joined the hairy kid. With more and more opportunities to debut, and better performance on the court, he has become a Millwall star player. Yes, Aldridge went To describe Beckham, it is a star player, but it is definitely not the top five players in strength, even if it is just an offensive player.
Around the training ground, at least half of the female fans who came to watch the training came to see Beckham, and the rest paid more attention to Nedved, Schneider and others, Beckham of the British hukou, There is no doubt the focus.
When was Beckham famous? Maybe when I was less than ten years old.
In the English football, last year, Beckham was the main force of Manchester United's 92 class to win the Youth FA Cup championship, which also made him famous.
Aldridge ruled out his distractions, applauded the team’s goals, and then looked at Brian Robson, who was not far away. The opponent was indifferent to the goal but just paced on the sidelines without speaking or directing the team .
Brian Robson was helpless. He did everything he could, and said nothing to the team. It was not Middlesbrough that performed poorly. It was Millwall who was not the team in the first half of the season.
Robson, who has had hundreds of professional experiences, can see that the young guys of Millwall have confidence and momentum on the court, atmosphere and composure, plus the wisdom of football that uses tactics flexibly. Wenger has a similar feeling: Aldridge, your team has an infinitely promising future.
After restarting the ball, Middlesbrough still hasn't changed its strategy. After they get the ball, they will play a long pass rushing tactic. Whether they can create a threat depends on whether the forwards are powerful.
But such an offense has no lethality in front of Millwall, and the ball is always easily returned to Millwall's feet.
The team is leading, and the fans are very happy to watch, like the party, indulging in singing, they are playing with each other on the stands.
Beckham was encouraged by an assist. On such a big stage, he wanted to show more of himself, so he stayed near the center line for the past thirty minutes and boldly pushed forward.
Aldridge frowned slightly when he saw this scene on the sidelines. In the tactical layout before the game, he clearly told Beckham: "Don’t be too forward, your basic task is to assist Thuram to defend and ensure that we Is safe on the right, and you can try to pass the ball from a long distance as the starting point for the delayed attack."
Originally, Beckham was on the sidelines, and Middlesbrough's back line was not at ease. As a result, he suddenly plugged in, but it had the effect of making his opponent unprepared.
Nedved suddenly dribbled through the defense of Masto in the middle. He was surprised to find that Beckham inserted it. He had already planned to take a long shot and he pushed the ball to the right. Beckham's Inserting an assist made everyone unexpected, so centre-back Wicks tried to break the ball under the opponent's foot, but Beckham put a ball into the right side of the penalty area with a straight plug and formed with Larsson who started in time. In order to pass the cut, Larsson half-turned in the penalty area bottom line and swept the ball towards the Middlesbrough goal.
Trezeguet shoveled the ground before Pearson made a clearance and sent the ball into the door of Middlesbrough!
Millwall leads 2-0 at home!