Compared with the intensive 46-round schedule of the English League One the previous year and the pace of last year's cup competition, since the new season, from August to December, the main players in the team have received a good rotation, focusing mainly on the league to maintain an average performance.
Game density of one game per week.
The League Cup has stopped at the quarter-finals, the European Cup Winners' Cup has entered the quarter-finals, and Millwall is about to start the FA Cup.
Aldrich is worried that the players will become mentally tired of the game again, so he plans to let the main players take a good rest during Christmas.
Now he is also adjusting his game plan. The advantage of the league in the new season is huge. He wants to target the European Cup Winners' Cup and the FA Cup. The former is the second most influential cup in the European war and the latter is England's most traditional cup.
It’s a cup competition that matters, and Millwall is still the defending champion.
The players also know that at this stage, Millwall's rotation plan will be adjusted.
This is not due to competitive factors, but psychological factors. Aldridge doesn't know when he will adapt.
However, the players told him the time.
Thursday's training ended early, and Aldridge was processing documents in the office. Before the winter transfer window opened, many clubs sent offers. Although he made up his mind not to sell, he still had to take a look at the offer conditions.
OK, if someone really offers a generous offer, he will have to adjust the corresponding conditions for the player's contract renewal plan.
Nedvěd was the first to knock on the door and walked in. The other party said straight to the point: "Boss, I don't need a vacation. In the past two years, I have completely adapted to the rhythm of the game here."
Larsson Trezeguet, Schneider, Makelele and other players also came in one after another and expressed that they did not need a holiday.
Especially the forward players, they are in hot form and scoring goals frequently. Although the number of goals is not concentrated on one player, they are enjoying the game, scoring goals themselves and helping their teammates score goals. They enjoy every minute of the game.
Players asked to play, and Aldridge was overjoyed, but some players still took the initiative to give them vacations, such as Pirlo and Capdevila.
As Christmas approaches, the East London derby resumes.
When Millwall re-emerged as a newly promoted team in East London, no one thought that just a year later, the Hammers, who had suppressed the Lions for more than half a century, would be in such an embarrassing situation: Millwall topped the standings.
.The Hammers are fifth from the bottom.
The first derby match of the season starts at the Lion's Den.
In view of the impact of frequent riots last season and the vigorous rectification by the Football Association and the police, this year's East London Derby was much quieter outside the stadium. There were fewer fans fighting at an agreed time and place, and there were no frequent scenes of fans at war with each other on the streets.
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But inside the stadium, the heated atmosphere has not changed at all.
The Lions fans held up various slogans to humiliate the Hammers. The fans of the two teams sang and chanted, making a loud noise that shook the sky.
In the packed stands, the fanatical fans were waving their arms and looking ferocious. Standing on the sidelines, Aldrich couldn't hear what was going on in the stands. Anyway, they were just insulting and mocking each other.
Redknapp put his hands in his jacket pockets and stared at the situation on the field with a blank expression. It's not that he was stupid. It's just that he looked like that, and his small eyes made it difficult to see his expression.
The Hammers have been struggling in the relegation group since the beginning of the new season. Their results have been good and bad, occasionally leaving the relegation zone, only to fall back down two days later.
When we came to the Lion's Den Stadium today, the Hammers fought very fiercely on the field, and their tactical intention was very clear: defend to the death! Set up the bus!
Millwall's replacement for Pirlo is Ballack, with Gianluca Zambrotta replacing Capdevila.
Although there were not many changes in personnel, and Millwall's offense was fully dominant, it always seemed like something was missing.
creativity!
That's right, it's creativity.
Both Ballack and Lampard are able to sort out the midfield well, and both short and long passes are satisfactory. However, they are always more than strong and deficient in dexterity. They have organizational skills, but unlike Pirlo, they can hear thunder in silence.
There are still differences in performances.
Lions fans mocked the Hammers: You are a bunch of turtles, you only know how to defend and you don’t even dare to have a player walk through half-court!
The commentators felt that their interest was waning. This game was more like a hand-to-hand battle in the West Ham United penalty area, with most of the players gathered in the penalty area.
"Maybe Redknapp can stop Millwall's winning streak. Although this method makes people feel nothing to be proud of, from a spiritual level, it may be a victory for West Ham United."
"With the way West Ham United plays, they don't want to win or lose. If football continues to develop like this, it will be over."
"But what can Redknapp do? He doesn't use this intensive defensive strategy of the whole team, then he will probably go home with failure. This is a derby between mortal enemies, whether it is the standings or the
Even Lao Lei can’t afford to lose face.”
"Alas, at the end of the first half, the score was 0:0. Millwall's 17 shots in the first half came back in vain. Except for 8 shots that were directly blocked by the opponent's body, only Ballack's shot was far away.
Hitting the goalpost is quite threatening."
When he walked into the locker room at midfield, Aldrich saw the players sitting there complaining about their opponents.
"They don't want to win at all!"
Trezeguet said angrily that he was being guarded from both front and back, and he got a shot opportunity in the first half and it hit someone, which made him very angry.
"There is no space inside, there are people everywhere."
"Damn it, when we took the corner kick just now, someone pinched my butt. It was so disgusting."
Everyone was stunned for a moment when Barak's words came out, and then they were all amused.
After he stopped laughing, Nedved looked up at Aldrich and asked, "Boss, do you want to take more long-range shots in the second half?"
They also took a lot of long-range shots in the first half, but the effect was not satisfactory. The opponent did a good job in sweeping the penalty area today.
Aldrich drew on the tactical board, then pointed to the bottom line and said: "The full-backs should strengthen the deep attack, and the left and right wingers should not blindly cut inside. Maintain a sense of distance and hierarchy, and involve the opponent's formation. In the second half, I will
Replace Luther, replace Jaap, and stand in front of the opponent's goal with David."
He explained some tactics. During the offense, he relied on the two wings to stretch the deep offensive to maximize the impact of the opponent's defensive formation. At the same time, he added a center in the penalty area. Behind them, there were two wingers in the top corner of the penalty area. Outside the penalty area were Ballack and inside.
Dewed allows offensive players to use layers to cut through the opponent's defense. Once the opponent misses a certain link, there will be Millwall players at every point.
"You can make more moves on the wing to break through the opponent, but in the penalty area, if you don't have a chance to shoot, you can also try to control the ball on the spot and suddenly change the rhythm to make the opponent make mistakes."
The players listened attentively and remembered where they should appear in the second half of the offense. Although this is not a strict requirement and the players can be flexible, the general tactical requirements must be kept in mind.
Sometimes a goal is not only produced by the instigator or assister. The goal scorer completes it together. The movement and involvement of teammates who have never touched the ball play a vital role, and these are
Football spectators don't care.
The players returned to the court in the second half, and Aldridge sat down directly on the coaching bench after the substitution.
"Hall decided to make a substitution at halftime. He replaced central defender Stam with Ruud van Nistelrooy. There was nothing to discuss about this substitution. Stam and Southgate stayed in the second half.
The field was a waste. At the end of the first half, Stam rushed forward as a forward, but unfortunately he couldn't provide more help besides grabbing headers. Now a Zhengyin center is replaced to strengthen the attack. Let's take a look at Hall
Will the substitution be effective?"
At the beginning of the second half, West Ham United retreated from the backcourt. On Millwall's side, almost only Southgate stayed in the second half. Makelele wandered near the center circle to guard against counterattacks by the opponent. The two full-backs Zambro
Both Ta and Schneider passed the center line and took turns stepping forward to assist at the right time.
To put it in detail, Millwall's offensive formation in the frontcourt is a pair of central midfielders in front of the penalty area, two wingers on the edge of the penalty area, and two centers in the penalty area, forming a layered siege.
Aldridge sat calmly. It is a worldwide problem for strong teams to break through dense defense. He is not afraid of attacking teams. He can counterattack like Chelsea, which will give Millwall space to attack, but he is afraid of this kind of determined defense.
Because the opponent's defense is mostly static and dense, the penetration space is compressed to the limit, the impact advantage of the forward is reduced to the minimum, especially the speed advantage is also stifled.
The stalemate in the game continues, but Millwall's advantage is getting bigger and bigger. Although the Hammers players are defensive, their defense is not airtight. Occasionally, they need teammates to help defend when they make mistakes. They are in high spirits.
nervous.
Twenty minutes later, Aldridge replaced Makelele with Lampard.
It was quite understandable that Makelele was replaced. He had nothing to do, so he rushed forward. The crowd was too dense, and Nedvěd passed the ball back to him, but he kicked it and flew into the stands.
Although Lampard is still young, at least his long-range shooting ability is better than the current Makelele. However, when Aldrich sent Lampard on, he still told him not to attack too hard. There were enough people in front of him, and he might not be able to do it again.
It's a good thing. Players must always maintain a reasonable positioning distance and formation system, otherwise they will really have to go back to playing 127 tactics.
Millwall frequently uses full-backs to pull down West Ham United's defensive formation. This tactical idea of pulling back and playing the ball is similar to Manchester United's two wings flying together, but it just puts the pendulum swinging sideways.
, allowing the opponent's defense line to continuously move back and forth, thereby creating gaps.
The way he passed the ball sometimes into the penalty area and sometimes back into the penalty area stimulated the nerves of the fans in the stands.
Van Nistelrooy's threat to grab points suddenly increased after he came on the field. He even missed a close shot and was blocked by the opponent's defender who fell to the ground on the goal line.
In the 79th minute of the game, Millwall's chance finally came.
Nedvěd responded to the knock-back cross and passed the ball directly to Larsson on the left. The latter took the ball and made a forward fake move. In fact, the ball stayed where it was, but Xihan
The defensive players of the United team were highly nervous and were confused by his movements. They also moved backwards. After realizing that they had been deceived, the entire defensive line pressed forward again.
, it was this change in rhythm between movement and stillness that caused a flaw in their defensive line. Larson passed the ball between the legs of the defender in front of him, and Zambrotta immediately kicked the ball in response to offside.
After a cross pass, Trezeguet in the middle was covered by Ruud to reduce the pressure. He fell to the ground and shot the ball into the goal.
The ball rolled into the gate against the inside of the goal post. The scene was filled with excitement, and the players ran wildly to celebrate as if a long drought had brought rain.
Aldridge couldn't see how the ball went in from the coaching bench. He could only see the general process, and he could only make up the rest in his own mind.
However, after he saw that the goal was valid, he immediately rushed out, clenching his fists and waving with a smile on his face.
Redknapp was so angry that he kicked the billboard on the sidelines.
Aldridge quickly made adjustments, replacing Trezeguet, the goalscorer, with Helguera to restore balance to the team's formation.
In the past, he kept replacing offensive players, which actually lured the snake out of the hole, but Lao Lei was not fooled. Now, no matter what Lao Lei thinks, he is not afraid of the opponent attacking anyway, at least there will be no problems with the defensive system.
