Millwall eventually defeated Coventry 3:1 to advance to the next round of the League Cup.{
The midweek games were all in the evening. After the game, Aldridge simply accepted an interview and talked about Messi, who scored a goal on his debut in the game. He did not hesitate to praise him.
"In the past short period of time, the outside world has known that there is a talented young man in Millwall's youth team. Messi's name has also been widely circulated in the mouths of many senior scouts. Many clubs have been hoping to get him since the year before last.
He, but Millwall is very much looking forward to Messi's future. I am very happy that he himself is unswervingly staying at Millwall to pursue his football dream. To score a goal in his first game is simply dreamy and perfect.
He passed a short period of time
His performance has shown some of his abilities. Of course, he has not yet fully utilized them. Young people have unlimited possibilities. Messi, his potential is almost unlimited, but he needs patience. As the head coach, I also need to be calm. He can
At 17 years old, he needs correct guidance and court use. For the fierce competition in the Premier League, Messi needs to be stronger in the future, but we are not worried about this. Again, he is only 17 years old and his career has just begun.
.”
When leaving the club in the evening, Aldridge drove home with his son Bert, who was watching the game in the box.
The moon was bright and the stars were dim. From the passenger seat, Bert kept turning his head to stare at Aldrich, wondering what he was thinking.
Earl seems to be pressed for time since he went to school. In addition to studying, he has to satisfy his personal needs for fun. He did not go to watch football tonight, but played video games at home.
At a traffic light, Aldrich finally turned around and faced Bert. He reached out and touched his head. He smiled and asked, "Why are you staring at me?"
"Dad, if I make my professional debut in the future, will you cheer me on from the sidelines like Messi's father?"
Aldrich laughed and said, "Of course I will."
"Will you cheer for me?"
"why not?"
"Will you cry for me?"
"Well, if you can score a goal, I will be so excited that I cry."
“It’s a deal!”
"..."
When I got home at night and walked upstairs, I heard cheers from Earl's room. Aldrich pushed open the door and saw Earl yelling at the computer screen. He took a closer look. He felt weird.
Because since the summer, Earl has been playing the Football Manager game. There is no FM yet, it is CM. Earl is very entangled with the strength of Millwall in the game. On the premise of not cheating, he runs an unknown club.
Start at the bottom and then aim to beat Millwall in the future...
Tonight, he probably achieved his goal, so he was a little lost in excitement.
Aldrich walked over and picked him up from the computer desk, smiling: "What time is it? Go to bed, go to bed! Don't let me move the computer away from your house!"
"Oh, oh, dad, help me save my progress, save my progress. Last time, Aunt Yiwen just turned off the computer and my progress was gone! Save it for me."
"Just go to bed for me and don't worry about anything else."
"Um?"
Earl knelt on the bed in his pajamas and stared dumbfounded at Aldrich sitting at the computer desk, as if he was playing.
Aldrich is just looking at it for nostalgia and won't really put his energy into playing it.
Aldrich couldn't help laughing when he saw Earl's name for the manager.
Hall II!
...
The sixth round of the Premier League begins.
Millwall's game is the finale, and they will visit Old Trafford to challenge Manchester United.
Chelsea welcomed Tottenham led by Santini at Stamford Bridge.
At the end of the 90-minute game, Stamford Bridge was booed!
The boos from Blues fans are for Tottenham.
Because Tottenham deployed a 9-0-1 formation in the game.
The score on the scoreboard is 0:0.
Both sides shook hands and made peace.
But Mourinho fired at Tottenham after the game.
On this day, a new term was born in football: setting up a bus.
Mourinho mocked Tottenham for placing a bus in the penalty area.
In the standings, Chelsea has narrowed the gap with Millwall and is 1 point behind, but the game against Millwall has not yet started.
The next day, Fleet Street mocked Mourinho in turn.
"The Tottenham Hotspur team that faced defending champions Millwall at White Hart Lane a month ago and the Tottenham Hotspur team that challenged Chelsea at Stamford Bridge a month later were almost exactly the same. Santini put on a disgusting display against a top team.
With the 9-0-1 formation, perhaps as Mr. Mourinho said, Tottenham parked a bus in the penalty area. However, at White Hart Lane, Millwall bloodbathed Tottenham with a score of 5:0.
, at Stamford Bridge, Chelsea
Spain had the home advantage, but could only end in a 0:0 draw with Tottenham. Mourinho had reason to laugh at Santini and Tottenham, so we also have reason to ridicule Mr. Mourinho in turn: Only you are allowed
When it comes to counter-attacks, you don’t allow your opponents to set up their own game, right? Your opponents must comply with your wishes and take the initiative to attack and give you a chance to counterattack? Why don’t you just admit that Chelsea’s level of positional warfare is average, so there won’t be any controversy.”
No matter what his coaching ability is, Santini at least has been the coach of the French team, so he still has a clear vision. Chelsea's core is to prevent counterattacks, and they have sharp breakthroughs from the wing. Of course, they cannot give them space and opportunities to counterattack.
This kind of problem was encountered many years ago after Millwall won its first league championship, so they are improving their positional warfare capabilities year by year, especially when Aldridge coaches the team and make appropriate changes, because Millwall
I am a target of public criticism and have been studied intensively by many opponents. If it remains unchanged, it will be easily restricted to death. Therefore, even if it is a very successful tactic, in terms of details, Aldrich will always seek new changes to allow opponents to target him.
The deployment of sexual restrictions failed.
In the final game of this round, Millwall visits Old Trafford.
Aldridge led the team to Manchester. Manchester United was not listed as one of the favorites to compete for the championship at the beginning of the season. After 5 rounds of the league, Manchester United trailed Millwall by a shocking 9 points in the standings!
Millwall started the game with 5 wins and 15 points.
Manchester United has 1 win, 3 draws and 1 loss. 6 points.
In addition to adjusting the lineup, Manchester United also has hidden dangers in the defense in the new season. The special position of goalkeeper has begun to give Ferguson a headache again. Howard's condition has declined. Ferguson has lost patience and activated Carroll. Heinze needs to adapt to the Premier League.
Keane is not as brave as he was in his old age, and Rooney is still young and needs to be integrated. When major or minor problems are exposed in multiple positions, it is reasonable for Manchester United to have a poor record.
Aldridge appeared at Old Trafford and shook hands with Ferguson calmly. There was obviously worry in Ferguson's brow.
I don't know whether it was because of the team's poor start to the league, or because he was unhappy with some of the club's major shareholders over off-field matters.
"The finale of the sixth round of the new season of the Premier League is about to begin. Defending champion Millwall is visiting Old Trafford. Can the Red Devils and Manchester United win at home to end three consecutive draws? Today both sides showed their best, I hope
The two teams can perform a classic game for all viewers.
Manchester United started 442.
Goalkeeper: Carroll.
Defenders: Neville, Ferdinand, Sylvester, Heinze.
Midfielder: Joaquin Keane, Scholes Giggs.
Forward: Rooney, Ruud Ruud.
Millwall started 433.
Goalkeeper: But.
Defenders: Schneider, Nesta, Thiago Silva, Lahm.
Midfielder: De Rossi, Alonso, Kaká.
Forwards: Ronaldo, Villa, Ronaldinho.”
From the beginning of the game, Millwall's competitive state was obviously better than that of Manchester United, and it was almost impossible to see that Manchester United had any home field advantage.
Ferguson's tactical change in the new season is actually to change the team's 442 to 4231. Scholes' position is further back, and Rooney plays a shadow forward position.
But at first, the effect didn't seem particularly ideal, because Manchester United's familiar routine is to quickly attack the opponent from the wing. Now, when the midfield and frontcourt are excessively back and forth, the players need better tacit understanding.
Ronaldinho, who has been in good form recently, is Manchester United's first target. It can be said that Millwall has successfully suppressed Manchester United's right-side attack through Ronaldinho's threat. Joaquin must retreat to put pressure behind Ronaldinho.
At the beginning of the game, Ronaldinho broke through Neville on the wing, pushed Manchester United's defense back, and immediately passed the ball to the top of the penalty area. Kaká was marked, but Alonso was left behind.
In terms of marking, after a few games in the new season, Alonso feels better and better in forward pressing offense.
Keeping the ball and shooting furiously, Alonso blasted a powerful and heavy shot from outside the penalty area!
Bang!
The ball hit the crossbar and bounced out, shaking the Old Trafford goal and shaking the hearts of Manchester United fans.
Four minutes later, Cristiano Ronaldo broke through Heinze on the right wing, cut into the penalty area, and passed the ball across the goal. Villa grabbed the opportunity to shoot, but the angle was too small and hit the goal side net.
Carroll's opening kick was directly headed by De Rossi to Lahm on the wing. Lahm dribbled the ball forward, cut inside in front of Joaquin and then suddenly drove it straight into the ribs of the left penalty area. Ronaldinho got the ball.
After the fake move to the right, Ferdinand lost his center of gravity. Ronaldinho changed direction and continued to walk to the baseline. He approached the Manchester United goal step by step because he was always close.
The angle seemed to be zero, so Ronaldinho was not in a hurry. He was waiting for his teammates to move. Kaká, Alonso, and Villa were all focused on by Manchester United. When Carroll thought he could definitely block Ronaldinho, Ronaldinho
Ronaldo picked up the ball on the spot and towards the back of the goal. On the other side, Ronaldo jumped high at the back post, but he jumped too early!
When he needed the most force to head the ball, it seemed as if the ball hit his head and then bounced off the baseline.
There was a tremor in the Manchester United penalty area. Aldridge held his forehead and sighed, a good opportunity cannot be wasted like this!
Ferguson's face was expressionless, feeling that there was nothing he could do.
A Ronaldinho who is in great form can offset at least two defensive players of Manchester United in terms of pair consumption. Then his teammates in other positions have good abilities and are not in bad shape, so sometimes it feels like Manchester United is
The comparison of the number of offensive and defensive numbers is less than that of Millwall. The reason is also here. The local defense cannot be defended, which means that the local defensive strength has almost disappeared.
Ferguson didn't want to counterattack, but Manchester United could only counterattack passively. Their right side was almost paralyzed, but the threat from the left side was very intuitive.
Giggs is also over 30 years old, but he is in good condition and his technical proficiency is unparalleled. However, his speed may be slightly inferior to before, but it is not obvious.
Every time when Manchester United counterattacked, Giggs dribbling the ball from the left was their main method.
Schneider is also a veteran. His competitive state and physical condition are comparable to Giggs, especially in terms of defensive awareness. He never once let Giggs go inside during defense. Giggs passed the ball from the wing. Today Schneider
Wa was not successful in blocking Ruud van Nistelrooy, but at least he was able to grab points a few times. When he failed to grab points, Nesta would immediately help him.
To fill the position, Silva will make judgments based on the situation and make the next defensive move and choice. This is a game that requires his high concentration and rapid thinking, because Manchester United has one of the best opportunistic forwards in the world.
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