After three consecutive away games against Liverpool, Grimsby, and Blackburn, Aldridge finally returned to London dragging his tired body after a long journey.
The Spice Girls have begun recording their first album, and Aldrich has returned to his single life. As the head coach of a top league club, he doesn't have much personal time. Even when the players are on vacation, the head coach's time will be spent studying opponents.
Therefore, Aldrich does not feel lonely. He has work every day and has a fulfilling life.
Andrew has helped him contact the best hospital in the UK, and even the top hospital in Europe, Wellington Hospital. The transfer procedures for Puskas are in the process. Aldrich also hopes that Elizabeth will be admitted to the hospital.
Taking care of, however, this couple, Aldrich hopes they can live comfortably in their later years.
The fifth game of the devil's schedule is also the penultimate league game before the FIFA game. After that, there will be a League Cup game against Wolves. After that, many players in the team will go to the national team.
The opponent in the fifth round of the league is a powerful team with a strange record, Nottingham Forest, which has more Champions League trophies than league championship trophies.
Last season Nottingham Forest won third place in the league. Head coach Frank Clark met Aldridge a few months ago. The two were the best coaches of the season in the Premier League and English League One respectively.
This season, Nottingham Forest was poached by Liverpool last season's top scorer Collymore. Collymore accounted for about 1/3 of the team's league goals last season, with 24. His departure from the team
Nottingham Forest's vitality was severely damaged. After a good start to the season, they were tied by three London teams, West Ham United, Chelsea, and Arsenal.
When visiting the Lion's 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 Nottingham Forest is behind the opponent in the standings.
Two teams that were undefeated in four games at the start of the season met at the Lion's Den.
Aldridge put on the main lineup and still played 442. Clark's Nottingham Forest focused on defense and seemed determined to get a fourth consecutive draw with the London team.
The game was uneventful, and the cheers at Lion's Den Stadium never stopped. It's not that the fans haven't experienced such a strong team in a long time, but they've never experienced it before.
After defeating Arsenal and Liverpool, and drawing away with Manchester United and the defending champion, Millwall's momentum is gratifying, and Millwall fans are very proud.
But the game left Aldridge feeling a little helpless, and Millwall's front line fell into a quagmire.
Clark has obviously studied the videos of Millwall's past few games. His tactical formation is conservative and he specializes in strengthening the press at the front of the penalty area. Solskjaer and Larsson are unable to cooperate effectively, and it becomes difficult to even get the ball.
Aldridge paced the sidelines with his hands in his pockets, his mind racing.
Nottingham Forest was united and the key points of defense were in place. Nedvěd entered the frontcourt and marked him closely. They also had a well-organized team to assist in defense. They compressed the space at the front of the penalty area and the wing defense was not impetuous and even relaxed.
Millwall's full-backs stepped forward from the wing to assist, and there was no space for ground penetration. There was only Larsson in the middle of the high ball pass. It was difficult to win the ball when he was trapped in a double-team, let alone a header.
This is a tough battle. It is hard to imagine that Nottingham Forest, which ranked third in the league last season, would have such a low profile at the home court of the newly promoted team.
At halftime, the score was 0:0.
Aldridge called Shevchenko in front of him before walking into the tunnel. He stood in front of him obediently with a face as young as a scholar's nuclear warhead, waiting for the interview.
"Go warm up."
Aldrich simply gave the order, and Shevchenko swallowed his saliva and immediately started moving on the sidelines.
Breaking through intensive defense is a worldwide problem, and it will plague football for a long time. In the 1990 World Cup final, Germany, where the stars shone, faced Argentina, which was independently supported by Maradona. More than 30 shots were completely dominant against one shot. In the end,
It was only a penalty kick that settled the battle.
To break through a dense defense in a mobile battle, there are nothing more than three methods: personal ability, heroic breakthroughs to solve problems, the threat of long shots to force the opponent's defense to press forward and create gaps behind them, and creating set pieces.
As for positional coordination, there is no shooting space, no matter how beautiful the coordination is, no matter how high the ball possession rate is, it is just useless data.
In the midfield, Aldrich could only let the team try more long-range shots in the second half and see the effect before making further adjustments.
At the very least, if the game continues to be a stalemate, he must increase the intensity of his direct threat to the goal in the penalty area.
In the second half, Nottingham Forest still used a defensive tactic of shrinking, and several conscious big-footed clearances were directly hoisted into Millwall's half, hoping to rely on the two forwards in front to carry out sneak attacks.
Aldrich was on guard against Clark's move.
He firmly believes that even if the bottom team sets up a bus, it will still hold on to a glimmer of hope to complete an unexpected fatal blow. Therefore, Richards, Stam, and Makelele are left in the midfield and backcourt. If the opponent's two forwards
With the ability to receive the ball and complete the two-on-three score, Aldridge was convinced that he had 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 increasingly advanced. What's more, the ball cleared from the backcourt has too long flight time in the air, which is enough for Milvo
Your defensive players positioned themselves and waited.
For the entire 60 minutes of the game, Solskjaer's performance was mediocre both in the penalty area and outside the penalty area. He was not quite used to such intensive defense and there was no room for him to perform. Especially since he was a starter and was beaten by the opponent as soon as he came up.
After the opposing players have gradually become familiar with the targeting of players and interweaving movements, they can no longer feel it.
Aldridge is ready to make a substitution, replacing Solskjaer with a powerful center.
But before making the substitution, he called Shevchenko in front of him and watched him jump and move his body on the spot. Aldridge told him to calm down and not 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 England for a few months, Aldrich spoke in the simplest English and did not speak very fast.
With the experience of the past few games, Shevchenko, as a bystander, had a deep understanding of Aldridge. 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 fanatical atmosphere, he was about to make his debut. It would be false to say that he was not nervous, but he was too embarrassed to say it, so he had to remain silent.
Aldridge laughed, pointed at the opposite team, and asked, "Do you know what team that is?"
Shevchenko looked weird and replied: "Nottingham Forest."
"Do you know the history of Nottingham Forest?"
"You know, European champion, twice!"
"You may only encounter such an opponent with a Champions League title in the European war when you are lucky in Ukraine. 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. I'm so excited about such an opponent!"
Aldrich looked at his true expression of excitement, nodded, then reached out and grabbed a handful on the turf. In his palm was a piece of dirt mixed with grass. Aldrich raised his hand and presented it to Shevchenko, saying
: "Smell it."
Shevchenko lowered his head and smelled it.
"What does it smell like?"
“Smells good.”
Probably he couldn't describe the moist and fragrant smell of earth and grass, so he just used "Good Smell".
Aldrich also smelled it himself, and the natural smell was relaxing.
Aldrich shook off the dirt in his hands, clapped his hands and said: "You only have the simplest task when you go on the field. You are at the front of the team, and then wait for the ball to fly near you. If the ball comes from the sky, you use your head to
Give me the ball into the opponent's goal. If the ball rolls over from the turf, you can use any method to send the ball into the opponent's goal. Do you understand?"
Shevchenko touched his nose, seemingly still recalling the smell he had just smelled. After listening to Aldrich's instructions, he nodded heavily.
Aldrich put his arm around his shoulders and stood up. He smiled and put his hand on his shoulders and asked, "Are you still nervous now?"
Shevchenko laughed and said: "Boss, you and I have been chatting for so long. I have forgotten everything and my body has become cold."
"It's okay, just don't forget to score."
After Aldrich finished speaking, he walked back to the coaching bench and signaled to the fourth official that substitutions could be made.
After waiting for the next dead ball to appear, Solskjaer was substituted. He seemed a little disappointed. Aldrich stepped forward to comfort him and said: "Ole, today's game is not suitable for you to perform. Don't take it to heart. No."
A forward who can score goals in every game, but a good forward will always be full of desire to score goals in the next game."
Solskjaer said with a smile: "Boss, I'm not a child, you don't have to comfort me like this."
Aldridge replied: "Okay, then you go back and sit down and concentrate on watching the game."
The baby-faced man sat back with a smile on his face, put on the jacket handed over 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, and it seems that he is more interested in watching the game.
I want to interpret the game from Aldrich's perspective.
“Millwall brought on a new player who was brought in in the summer, his name is, uh, Andrei Shevchenko, from Dynamo Kyiv in Ukraine, and the strange thing is that Aldridge didn’t bring on Phillips.
, the forward who also has the reputation of being a super substitute, the Ukrainian guy looks like he has no characteristics, he is not particularly strong, and he is not particularly tall. In the end, he... Oh my god, goooooooal!"
While the commentator was still observing Shevchenko, Shevchenko went straight to the penalty area after coming on the field and immediately scored his first goal.
He watched his teammates move, and then entered the penalty area. Schneider made a pass from the wing. Under the double-team of the Nottingham Forest defender, Larsson rubbed the ball over his head at the forward point, and the ball changed direction and flew towards the back point.
Go, Shevchenko happened to be there, and he subconsciously hit the ball with his head.
But there was something wrong with his angle. The ball flew into the back of the goal, but he couldn't stop the car with his feet and hit his head directly on the back post.
Bang!
My head started bleeding on the spot.
The Nottingham Forest players were extremely frustrated, staring at Shevchenko who was lying on the ground holding his bleeding forehead.
Where did this kid come from?
Clark did his best to study the characteristics of each player at Millwall, but unexpectedly Aldridge acted out of common sense and replaced Trezeguet with a Ukrainian nuclear warhead.
The nuclear warhead exploded.
The other party's bus was blown up, and he himself suffered a bloody head.
Millwall's players had no time to celebrate and all rushed to Shevchenko's side.
The team doctor also quickly entered the scene.
Shevchenko, who was lying on the ground with his head covered, felt dizzy. He looked at his teammates around him and asked in jerky English: "Did I score?"
Nedved squatted down and pressed on his chest, and said in a deep voice: "Congratulations, you scored a goal on your first touch with the ball in your debut. This is probably a record. Well done, Andre, but you
Just lie down now, the team doctor will be here soon."
Shevchenko glanced at his palm, which was stained red with blood. He was not happy for two seconds before he said dejectedly: "I'm afraid I still have a record of being injured the fastest."
Aldridge is on the sidelines with his hands on his hips. He has already asked Vieira to warm up. The goal is valid. Nottingham Forest will attack wildly. Now he has to strengthen the defense in the middle, which also allows Nedved to have more in the frontcourt.
room for performance.
But seeing Shevchenko being carried off the court on a stretcher, Aldrich walked over and gave him a thumbs up, and then applauded like all the fans in the audience.
But he muttered: "It's a bad time!"
ps: Thanks to "King of the Sky" and "Flying as First Seen" for the reward!
