The Young Lion

The stadiums used by most clubs in England after the 21st century are new stadiums built in the late 1990s. This is because the Taylor Report issued after the Hillsborough tragedy ordered football clubs to have their stadiums seated, so in the 1990s In the early days, most clubs had to rebuild their stadiums. Millwall originally had this plan, but Aldrich stopped it because the stadium originally planned had a capacity of only 20,000 pounds, although the cost did not exceed 20 million pounds. But Aldrich just looked down on it.

The same is true for Black Cat Sunderland. Now their Stadium of Light is still under construction. The old stadium, Loga Park, has a capacity of only 10,000 people. After nearly a hundred years of development, the developable area of ​​the stadium has been greatly reduced. Most of the stadiums are surrounded by residential buildings, so they can only find other land to build new stadiums.

Millwall and Sunderland don’t have much grudges, and the fans of the Black Cats are also very restrained. When Aldridge was standing on the sidelines of the Loga Park Stadium to direct the game, the stadium was a little quiet. Occasionally, Aldridge looked back and saw the stands inadvertently. When watching the fans on the Internet, I found that many people cast curious eyes on him, but there was not much hostility.

From the start of the game, Aldridge found himself miscalculated.

Millwall dominated the game almost from the first minute.

Sunderland sits at home, but did not invest much force in the offense. The old-fashioned lobs made the ball always fly from Sunderland's half to Millwall's backcourt. It became Millwall to organize the attack, but Sunderland's defense was very conservative, the defenders shrank, and the four midfielders were also dragged in the backcourt. Although Millwall was the active side, only five players crossed the half-time when attacking. , can play a few times but can't maintain fluency, the ball is always destroyed by Sunderland in the pass.

Aldridge frowned and looked at Sunderland's coach, who was also an unknown person in the coaching world.

He thought contradictoryly in his heart: Is this a tactic to show the enemy his weakness? Do you want Millwall to press hard?

Aldridge watched the game for a while, then walked back to the coach's bench and sat down, muttering, Damn it! What is Sunderland doing?!

This is their home court. They play so conservatively. Do they just want a draw?

Jenson leaned over and said in a low voice, Just now, I heard the fans chatting behind me. It seems that there is a conflict within Sunderland. The head coach next door is new this season.

Aldridge knew that the opponent had changed coaches this season, but he didn't know what was going on inside the team. He turned his head to look at Jenson, and said softly, Could Sunderland do it on purpose? To lure us to attack.

Jansen shook his head and dared not make a judgment.

Whether it is or not, this may cause Aldridge to change his tactics. In case of a game loss, this responsibility is not small.

Aldridge continued to look at the field. Trezeguet was defeated in a header competition. The ball was pushed out of the penalty area by the opponent's defender. Pires 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 slightly higher than the crossbar and flew behind the goal.

He opened his mouth and sighed silently.

The tempo on the court is not fast, but the situation is very stalemate. The ground attack cannot be coordinated, and the two-wing kicking does not pose much threat in the penalty area. Occasionally, one or two shots are very reluctant.

Thirty minutes have passed in the first half,

Aldridge confirmed that Sunderland only wanted to hold the tie at home, or really planned to lure the snake out of the hole. If Millwall did not press hard, they would not change their conservative tactics.

Aldridge felt a little helpless in his heart. He and his team really couldn't afford to lose at this stage. It wasn't because the league points were so important, but because of the blow to team morale and psychological impact after losing.

Slowly, Aldrich calmed down the anxiety in his heart. He is an open-minded person, and his established goal is a draw. As long as he does not concede the ball, he should not be anxious. If he underestimates his opponent and changes his tactics rashly, it may even result in a draw. If you can't keep it, then the gain outweighs the loss.

Looking at the situation on the field, Aldrich frowned again.

For the two forwards at the top, Larson has always been actively involved in running positions, but Trezeguet became more and more depressed, and instead competed with the opponent's defender. Knowing that there was no chance, he reluctantly kicked his feet.

With the same tactics, Aldridge can only use different chess pieces.

He turned his head and waved to Solskjaer.

Solskjaer was concentrating on watching the movement on the field, and suddenly found the head coach waving at him. He looked surprised and pointed to his nose, as if asking: The boss called me?

Aldridge nodded, Solskjaer immediately got up and came to Aldridge, he thought he would be replaced, although it was only 35 minutes into the first half, Solskjaer didn't think so much.

Aldridge only asked Jenson next to him to make room for Solskjaer, and then let Solskjaer sit next to him.

Solskjaer was at a loss. He sat unnaturally in the assistant coach's position, only to hear Aldridge still looking at the field and asked softly: Do you want to play?

nonsense!

Solskjaer nodded heavily and said, Of course!

What are you going to do after playing?

Goal!

How to score? The ball will not roll to your feet by itself, nor will it let you fly into the opponent's goal with just a touch.

Solskjaer stopped talking, and Aldridge turned his head to look at him seriously at this time, and said in a deep voice: Ole, you are a smart player, even if you sit here, you can still use your football wisdom, Now sit here and observe the game carefully. Yes, you have only one purpose to play, to score goals! But how to score goals and where are the weaknesses of the opponent's defense, this requires you to observe carefully here, and you have to think before you play. Know what to do after playing.”

Solskjaer's enthusiasm for preparing to play cooled down quite a bit. He sat quietly beside Aldridge and carefully observed the situation of the game. Under the dominant situation, flexible movement, appearing in that appropriate position, what kind of threat can it create.

Soon the first half was over and the score was still 0:0.

Back in the locker room, Aldridge praised the team's performance in the first half, and did not make any tactical adjustments. Sunderland's defensive numbers are more, which is clear at a glance, unless Aldridge makes Nedved more Going forward or letting the full-backs assist, it is possible to break the disadvantage of such offensive and defensive numbers, but that would be very risky. Under the premise of trying to build a defensive system, Aldridge will not do this.

Before the start of the second half, Aldridge pulled Trezeguet who was about to play, and the two slowed down and walked at the end.

David, you are a striker, the most watched type of player on the pitch, your goals will destroy the opponent's entire team, not the opponent's player, don't tangle with the opponent's defender in the second half, get rid of him, Go past him, grab the ball and beat him, it doesn't matter, as long as you hit the ball into the opponent's goal, you win, other contests, winning or losing is meaningless, understand?

Aldridge said to Trezeguet in a calm tone. Trezeguet touched his bald head. He also knew that he did not perform well in the second half of the first half. It's normal to become single-minded when you are emotionally motivated at times.

Boss, I see.

Aldridge patted him on the back and encouraged him: Well, don't put too much pressure on yourself, just go to the game according to the pre-match arrangement, and go.

After Aldridge's point, after the start of the second half, Trezeguet's running and pulling effects were significantly stronger.

But maybe Sunderland already had good defensive experience in the first half, so their defense still didn't give Larson and Trezeguet a chance.

Until the 55th minute of the game, Larson received the ball from outside the penalty area and rubbed it lightly. The ball jumped into the back of the penalty area.

Before that, Trezeguet's running position clearly opened up the defender marking him. Faced with such a good opportunity, Trezeguet flicked the ball and the ball flew towards Sunderland's goal.

Aldridge stood up and watched this attack, and watched the ball fly towards Sunderland's goal. He thought excitedly: Go in, go in, must go in!

boom!

The ball hit the near post of Sunderland's goal hard and bounced off the bottom line!

F-uck! Sunderland got his-fucking luck!

Aldridge bowed his head and cursed with a displeased face.

Trezeguet held his bald head in disbelief, and was a little frustrated when he knelt on the ground after the header.

In the 70th minute of the game, Aldridge asked Solskjaer to replace Trezeguet after warming up. He no longer needed to ask Solskjaer too much. He was a little bit unsatisfied, so he comforted: David, I am basically satisfied with your performance today, it's just a little bit of luck.

Boss, give me another ten minutes, no, five minutes, and I'll score a goal.

Trezeguet said like a stubborn child.

Aldridge smiled and patted him on the shoulder, saying: Don't be childish, there are still 44 games in the league, I can let you play 90 minutes in each game, then I guess you can only play half a season, Don't you wish so?

Trezeguet had to succumb to reality, and he also knew that a reasonable rest was necessary, not to mention that Millwall would enter a double-match situation for a consecutive week.

Aldridge did not sit back on the coach's bench, he stood on the sidelines, hoping that the players would not relax their vigilance and continue to play according to the deployed tactics. The game has been played until the last fifteen minutes of the second half. Aldridge felt that he could take away a A draw, he has nothing to regret.

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