The Young Lion

After three consecutive away games against Liverpool, Grimsby and Blackburn, Aldridge finally returned to London with his exhausted body.

The Spice Girls began to record their first album, and Aldridge returned to his single life. As the head coach of a top league club, he didn’t have much personal time. Therefore, Aldrich does not feel lonely, has a job every day, and lives a full life.

Andrew has already helped him contact the best hospital in the UK, even the top hospital in Europe, Wellington Hospital. Take care, no matter what, for this couple, Aldrich hopes that they can live more comfortably in their later years.

The fifth game of the devil's schedule is also the penultimate league game before the FIFA match day. After that, there will be a game against Wolves in the League Cup. After that, many players in the team will go to the national team.

The opponent in the fifth round of the league is a strong team with a strange record, Nottingham Forest, which has more Champions League trophies than league championship trophies.

Last season, Nottingham Forest won the third place in the league. The head coach Frank Clark had a relationship with Aldridge a few months ago. The two were the best coaches of the season in the Premier League and League One respectively.

This season, Nottingham Forest was poached by Liverpool last season's top scorer Collymore, Collymore arranged about 1/3 of the team's league goals last season, there were 24, his departure means After a good start to the season, they were drawn by three teams in London, West Ham United, Chelsea, and Arsenal.

As a guest at the Lions Den Stadium, Clark was very cautious, and said in a low-key manner that Nottingham Forest might encounter a tough battle when they come to London. Is Millwall strong? At least in the standings, Nottingham Forest is behind the opponent's ass.

Two teams unbeaten in four games at the start of the season met at Lions Den.

Aldridge set up the main lineup, still playing 442, Clark's Nottingham Forest is mainly defensive, it seems determined to get the fourth consecutive draw against the London team.

The game was turbulent, and the sound of cheering at the Lion's Den Stadium never stopped. It's not a long time since the fans have realized that the team is so strong, and they have never experienced it before.

With the win over Arsenal and Liverpool, and the away draw with Manchester United and the defending champions, Millwall's momentum is gratifying, and Millwall fans are full of emotion.

But the game made Aldridge feel a little helpless, and Millwall's striker fell into a quagmire.

Clark obviously studied the videos of Millwall's past few games. His tactical formation was conservative, and he specially strengthened the press at the front of the penalty area. Solskjaer and Larsson could not play effective cooperation, and it became difficult to even get the ball.

Aldridge paced the sidelines with his hands in his pockets, his mind racing.

Nottingham Forest is united, and the key points of defense are in place. Nedved will mark him closely when he enters the frontcourt, and there is a layered team to assist in the defense. The front of the penalty area compresses the space, and the wing defense is not frizzy, even let go. On the wing, Millwall's full-back stepped forward to assist, and the ground penetration lacked space. There was only Larson in the middle of the high ball pass.

This is a tough battle, and it is hard to imagine that Nottingham Forest, which was third in the league last season, would put on such a low profile at the home of the newly promoted team.

At halftime, the score is 0:0.

Aldridge called Shevchenko to his face before walking into the tunnel.

With a youthful face like a scholar's nuclear warhead, he obediently stood in front of him, waiting for an opportunity to be given an opportunity.

Go warm up.

Aldrich simply issued an order, and Shevchenko swallowed and immediately became active on the sidelines.

Breaking the dense defense is a worldwide problem, and it will plague football for a long time. In the 1990 World Cup final, the star-studded Germany faced off against Maradona's independent Argentina. More than 30 shots were dominant over one shot. The battle was only resolved with a penalty kick.

To break the dense defense in sports warfare, there are nothing more than three methods, personal ability, heroic breakthrough to solve the problem, long-range threats to force the opponent's defense line to press forward and pull out the gap behind, and the other is to create set balls.

As for the coordination of the position, there is no room for shooting, no matter how beautiful the coordination is, and no matter how high the ball possession rate is, it is just useless data.

Aldridge in the midfield can only allow the team to try more long-range shots in the second half, and make further adjustments after seeing the effect.

At least, if the game continues to be stalemate, he must increase the intensity of the direct threat to the goal in the penalty area.

Nottingham Forest still played a shrinking defensive tactic in the second half, and a few conscious big-footed clearances were directly hoisted into Millwall's half, trying to rely on the front two forwards to launch a sneak attack.

Aldrich was on guard against Clark's move.

He firmly believes that even if the bottom team puts the bus, they will have a glimmer of hope to complete a surprise fatal blow, so Richards, Stam, and Makelele are kept in the midfield. With the ability to receive the ball and complete two-on-three and finally score, Aldridge was also convinced that he lost.

But it is already a big problem to stop the ball and turn around in front of Makelele, whose defensive awareness and stealing skills are becoming top-notch. What's more, the ball with a big foot from the backcourt has too long flight time in the air, which is enough for Milwaukee Seoul's defensive players lined up and waited.

For 60 minutes of the game, Solskjaer performed mediocrely in the penalty area and outside the penalty area. He is not used to such a dense defense. There is no room for him to play, especially since he is a starter. After the players are gradually familiar with the staring of the players and the interspersed running positions, they can't find the feeling even more.

Aldridge is ready to make a substitution, replacing Solskjaer with a powerful center forward.

But before the substitution, he called Shevchenko to the front, watched him jump and move his body on the spot, Aldridge motioned him to calm down, don't get too excited, and then he put his arm around Shevchenko's shoulders on the sidelines Squat down.

Andre, do you trust me?

Aldrich stared into his eyes and asked softly, because the other party had only been in the UK for a few months, so Aldrich spoke in the most concise English, and his speech speed was not fast.

With the experience of the past few games, Shevchenko, as a bystander, has a deep understanding of Aldridge, and he nodded without hesitation: Trust!

He confirmed that he would have a future under this young marshal.

Are you nervous?

Shevchenko looked back at the packed Lion's Den Stadium. In this small stadium with a frenzied atmosphere, he was about to usher in his debut. It would be false to say that he was not nervous, but he was too embarrassed to say so, so he had to remain silent.

Aldrich chuckled, pointed to the opposite team, and asked, Do you know what team that is?

Shevchenko replied with a strange face: Nottingham Forest.

Do you know the history of Nottingham Forest?

Yeah, European champion, twice!

Maybe only when you are lucky in Ukraine will you meet such an opponent with the Champions League title in the European war. Do you regret coming to England?

No! I'm very excited. Manchester United, Liverpool, and Nottingham Forest have all won the highest honor in Europe. Such an opponent is so exciting to me!

Aldrich looked at his genuine excitement, nodded, then stretched out his hand and grabbed a handful on the turf. In the palm of his hand was a piece of soil mixed with green grass. Aldrich raised his hand in front of Shevchenko and said :Smell it.

Shevchenko lowered his head and sniffed.

What's the taste?

It smells good.

Probably he couldn't describe the moist and fragrant soil and grass, so he used good smell.

Aldridge himself smelled it, and the natural smell is relaxing.

Aldridge shook off the dirt in his hands, clapped his hands and said: You only have one simple task on the court, to be at the top of the team, and then wait for the ball to fly near you. If the ball comes from the sky, you can use your head Put me in the opponent's goal, if the ball rolls over the turf, whatever method you use, send me the ball into the opponent's goal, understand?

Shevchenko rubbed his nose, as if he was still reminiscing about the scent he smelled just now, and nodded heavily after listening to Aldrich's instructions.

Aldridge stood up with his arms around his shoulders, put his hands on his shoulders with a smile and asked, Are you still nervous?

Shevchenko laughed and said, Boss, you have been chatting with me for so long, I forgot everything, and my body is cold.

It's okay, just don't forget to score.

After Aldridge finished speaking, he walked back to the coach's bench, and at the same time signaled that the fourth official could be substituted.

After waiting for the next dead ball to appear, Solskjaer was replaced. He seemed a little disappointed. Aldridge stepped forward to comfort him and said, Ole, today's game is not suitable for you. Don't take it to heart, no. A striker who can score goals in every game, but a good striker will always be full of desire to score goals in the next game.

Solskjaer said ironically: Boss, I'm not a child, you don't have to comfort me like this.

Aldridge replied: Okay, then you go back and sit, and then concentrate on watching the game.

With a smile on his baby face, he sat back, put on the coat handed by the coach, and watched the game with peace of mind. This has become his habit. Whether he is playing or not, he will watch the game while observing Aldridge. I want to interpret the game from Aldridge's perspective.

Millwall had a new player brought in over the summer named, uh, Andrei Shevchenko from Dynamo Kyiv in Ukraine, oddly Aldridge didn't bring in Phillips , the striker who also has a reputation as a super substitute, the Ukrainian boy looks nothing special, he is not particularly strong, and his figure is not particularly tall, he is... My God, GOOOOOOOAL!

While the commentator was still observing Shevchenko, Shevchenko, who went straight to the penalty area after playing, immediately ushered in his first goal.

He watched his teammates run and then entered the penalty area. Schneider made a cross from the side. In the double-teaming of the Nottingham Forest defender, Larson nodded and rubbed the ball in front of him. The ball changed its line and flew back. Go, Shevchenko happened to be there, and he subconsciously headed the ball.

But there was something wrong with his angle. The ball flew into the back of the goal, but he couldn't stop the car under his feet and hit his forehead directly on the back post.

boom!

There was blood on the spot.

The Nottingham Forest players were extremely frustrated, staring at Shevchenko lying on the ground clutching his bleeding forehead.

Where did this kid come from?

Clarke tried his best to study the characteristics of every Millwall player, but unexpectedly, Aldridge played out of common sense and replaced Trezeguet with a Ukrainian nuclear warhead.

The nuclear warhead went off.

The opponent's bus was blown up, and his head was badly wounded.

The Millwall players had no time to celebrate, and all rushed to Shevchenko's side.

The team doctor also rushed in.

Shevchenko, who was lying on the ground with his head covered, felt dizzy. He looked at his teammates and asked in awkward English, Did I score a goal?

Nedved squatted down and pressed on his chest, and said in a deep voice: Congratulations, you scored a goal with the first touch of the ball in your debut. This is probably a record. Andre, good job, but you I'm still lying down now, the team doctor will be here soon.

Shevchenko glanced at his palm, which was stained red with blood. He was frustrated for two seconds before saying, I'm afraid I still have the fastest injury record.

Aldridge is on the sidelines with his hips akimbo. He has asked Vieira to warm up. The goal is valid. Nottingham Forest will attack wildly. Now he has to strengthen the defense in the middle and let Nedved have more in the frontcourt. play space.

But watching Shevchenko being carried off the field on a stretcher, Aldridge walked over and gave him a thumbs up, and then applauded like the fans in the audience.

But he muttered in his mouth: The fleeting time is not good!

PS: Thanks to King of the Sky and Flying as First Seen for their rewards!