The Young Lion

After Trezeguet scored the goal, he turned around and pointed at Larson and ran over with a big smile on his face. The Millwall players gathered around to celebrate together.

After Aldridge was excited, he felt a little parched, so he went back and took two sips from a bottle of water. Although he was not the one who played football, he was directing the game from the sidelines and viewing the progress of the game, which stimulated his nerves all the time. Mobilizing his adrenaline.

If he could hear the TV commentary broadcast in League One at this moment, he would definitely be able to hear the commentator marveling at Millwall's goal.

11 seconds! Incredible goal! Delightful goal! Stam header cleared, Pires only dribbled less than twenty meters after receiving the ball, and transferred the ball from the left side of the pitch to Schneider on the right side At the foot of Germany, the German boy decisively crossed the pass, Larsson made the ball to the middle, and Trezeguet scored! During the process of scoring this goal, only five players from Millwall touched the ball, and there was no muddle. The speed left the players of Derby County far behind, and the precise passing made the game screen not retreat in the slightest, all the way forward until the ball was sent into the opponent's goal! We underestimated Aldridge and Milwaukee Millwall, it is no accident that they were able to create such exciting goals! Millwall, they are like a tornado, blowing a storm of youth...

Facing this goal, the coach of Derby County looked numb and seemed shocked.

But at the moment he is already in trouble. The team drew one and lost one in the first two rounds. If they lose this game again, Derby County might not be so dangerous near the relegation zone, but bottom of the league!

He clapped his hands on the sidelines to encourage the players, hoping that they would cheer up and try to score goals.

Hey lads, it's a long game! Don't hang your head and cheer me up, we scored them almost ten goals in total last season! We'll score more goals than them!

The words of the Derby County coach inspired the Derby County players. They encouraged each other and continued to organize a threatening offensive after the kick-off in the middle circle.

Probably the opponent's coach shouted too loudly, and Aldridge heard it too.

The history of last season is correct. Two confrontations in the league, plus the collision in the first round of the promotion play-offs, Derby County scored exactly nine goals for Millwall.

Aldridge put down the mineral water bottle, then walked to the sidelines and shouted.

Their coach said they could score us ten goals! Did you hear that?

He was yelling towards Millwall's half-time, and all the players heard it except Lucas Neal, who couldn't hear him at the far end.

Immediately, the Millwall players became more focused, and they defended cleanly without giving the opponent a chance.

The fans in the stands of this game are very conflicted.

The team clearly leads by one goal, but almost all players are hoarding in Millwall's half, and the ball is also running back and forth in this half.

Their two forwards, Larsson and Trezeguet, were hovering around the center circle, looking too far away from the opponent's penalty area.

This is contrary to the development of England in the past ten years.

In this era, there is a theory in English football. Tall forwards are crowded in the penalty area and directly threaten the opponent's goal. It is called the area of ​​​​the best efficiency.

Trezeguet and Larsson are cruising around the center circle,

Seems unmotivated, even lazy.

But they have been paying attention to the position of Derby County's back line.

In the minds of the two, they clearly remembered the tactics explained by Aldridge at the pre-match preparation meeting yesterday.

Derby County is used to aggressive play such as high-pressure scrambling. If this style of play suppresses the opponent and scores at the beginning of the game, then the subsequent continuous suppression will put pressure on the opponent until the opponent collapses. Their back line is habitual. Stick close to the striker, and will steal the first time, or use fouls to stop the opponent. Henrik, David, listen up, don't get entangled with the opponent, pull back near the midfield, and pay attention to the position of the opponent's back line , they may not follow you all the time, but they will definitely habitually press forward and close to you at a certain period of time. At this time, there will be a very large space behind them. When this opportunity arises, the two wingers If you hit the ball directly behind the opponent's defense line, fight for speed, there are not a few defenders in the entire League One, or even the Premier League, who can turn around and catch up with our forwards in a straight line. At that time, it is our party time. .”

Aldridge will always praise the players' strengths without a trace when arranging tactics, which will make the players full of motivation to implement his tactics after being affirmed.

But Derby County's high-pressure tackles have been very effective for a long time. They stared at Millwall's players who organized the offense in the backcourt. Although not every ball can be destroyed in time, they will never let them organize effectively. attack.

The rhythm of Millwall's shrinking half lasted until the 40th minute of the first half. Derby County, who had been unable to attack for a long time, was uncontrollably a little discouraged, and there were signs of slack in defense.

Southgate cut off the ball from the striker trying to wade past him on the edge of the box, and Southgate didn't make a blind clearance.

Among the two centre-backs, Southgate is obviously better at his feet than Stam. In Aldridge's tactics, Southgate not only has to do a good job in defensive tasks, but also plays the ball after stealing the ball.

Nedved, who flashed a gap in the midfield, beckoned for the ball, and Southgate passed the ball through the gap in the crowd.

After receiving the ball, Nedved pulled the ball horizontally to avoid the Derby County player's forward interception, and then he aimed at the field in front of him, directly kicked the ball on the spot and hoisted the ball into the opponent's half.

More than 30 minutes before, after Nedved got the ball, he had been seeking to cooperate with the winger, so that the deadly pass was completed by Pires or Schneider, but the effect was not good, because the Derby County player was on the wing. The defense of these two teammates is impeccable. Even if they can't break the ball, they will use tactical fouls to stop Millwall's offense.

So this time Nedved did not pass the ball to the wing, but directly completed the task of passing the threatening ball by himself!

Aldridge, who was on the sidelines, saw Nedved's choice and was amazed: What a smart player!

He will hope that the players will complete his tactical arrangements meticulously, but occasionally flashes of inspiration are allowed, and he can make the best choice with insight into the situation on the field. Such a player, Aldridge can only appreciate.

The ball crossed the midfield in the air and flew over the head of Derby County's entire defense line.

The landing point will be about forty yards from the goal.

Derby's defenders immediately turned and chased back, while preparing to block the Millwall striker with a body charge.

But the two central defenders struggled.

After Larson and Trezeguet took the ball from Nedved, the two completed the transposition and crossed in tacit understanding. They did not give the opponent's defender a chance to foul at all, but created confusion for the opponent.

The moment the two of them started, an astonishing start-up speed broke out, and at the same time, they thought: The boss is amazing!

Derby County's back line has paid a heavy price. In just a few seconds, Larson and Trezeguet have opened a distance of more than one meter between them, and the gap is still gradually widening.

Larsson was faster, and Trezeguet knew he couldn't get the ball where it landed, so he pulled aside as a distraction.

Except for a burst of eruption in the fifth minute of the first half, the Lion's Den Stadium gradually fell silent, but at this second, seeing two Millwall players succeed in an offside, and a single-handed goal was in sight, the two players were like beasts out of the cage. Approaching the penalty area of ​​Derby County, the fans in the stands held their breath, as if a huge storm was brewing.

Larsson caught up with the falling ball, and the opponent's goalkeeper chose to attack. The distance between the two was less than three meters. Larsson did not choose to shoot, and once again selflessly knocked the ball across to Trezeguet.

Trezeguet, who ran a step slower, was definitely not offside. After receiving the ball, he went forward and entered the penalty area, and had already crossed the Derby County goalkeeper at the level line.

The opponent's goalkeeper turned his head and rushed towards Trezeguet, but he could no longer block the angle of the shot.

Trezeguet continued to dribble towards the baseline, past the goalkeeper, and the empty goal gave him a 30-degree shot angle. However, he reciprocated this time and kicked the ball back to the goal. Ersen also didn't expect Trezeguet to pass the ball back, and he easily kicked the ball into the empty net.

The fans sitting in the stands stood up and shouted wildly, clapping and waving their arms, blushing with excitement.

Probably because the way of scoring was too easy, Larson walked towards Trezeguet slowly, hugging each other with a smile.

Derby County's chasing players rushed into the goal in one breath, kicked the ball away angrily, and the same anxiety was spreading in their team.

Aldridge clenched his fists on the sidelines and waved it up and down in front of him twice, and there was no other celebration.

Before the end of the first half, Millwall led by two goals!

Derby County conceded another goal before the end of the half-time, and the blow to their morale was very big, almost devastating.

In the second half, when Aldridge changed three players in succession and slowed down the pace, Solskjaer scored twice in the 30 minutes he came off the bench to help Millwall finally slaughter Derby County with four goals. The shouts of the fans echoed for a long time.

Ole, Ole, Ole oh Ole...

Millwall's revenge is successful!

After three rounds, Millwall occupies the top of the standings, winning all three games, scoring 10 goals and conceding 0 goals.

Millwall, who was not favored on the pre-season tour, finally attracted the attention of all League One opponents!