After Nedvěd scored, he was picked up by Ferdinand next to him. He clenched a fist with one hand and raised it high. Having tasted the taste of the championship, he seemed to be addicted to drugs. Victory, championship, honor, and he was never satisfied!
Dynamo Kyiv's players looked slightly disheartened.
The difference in strength is quite big.
The opponent's offense relies on five people. Behind them, Makelele, Gianluca Zambrotta, and Schneider only provide support and do not press. After their successful defense, they can't counterattack at all. Rebrov is there from beginning to end.
My body is cold...
One-on-one defense was completely unstoppable, and teammates had to help defend. However, the opponent suddenly broke through. In desperation, he could only commit a foul. The opponent continued to attack from set pieces, and Dynamo Kiev only conceded one goal. It was considered lucky.
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Two goals behind, what to do next?
Lobanovsky's instructions remained unchanged, and he continued to defend and counterattack.
Regardless of the fact that there are only five or six minutes left in the game, Lobanovsky knows that if the team presses forward and attacks, they may lose another goal within a few minutes.
But this second goal was too demoralizing. The situation was completely different. They had to score at least two goals when they returned home to hope to advance. Once their opponent scored one, they had to score four!
Aldridge sat back and took a two-goal lead, which was indeed stable.
One advantage of this tactic is that it does not require frequent on-the-spot adjustments.
The team's offense and defense are balanced, and under the premise of huge offensive power, if the defense encounters a fierce attack from the opponent, in other words, if they turn around and counterattack, Millwall can defeat them.
Therefore, he does not need to adjust, and remains unchanged to cope with all changes. If the opponent wants to attack, he welcomes it with both hands. Even if the opponent adopts a posture of balancing offense and defense, Millwall will have a greater offensive advantage and be crushed by hard power!
Dynamo Kyiv really kept their composure and still fought back after falling behind by two goals. In the last few minutes of the game, Millwall did not create any good opportunities and the score did not change again.
"At the end of the game, in the first leg of the European Champions Cup quarter-finals, the defending champion Millwall defeated Dynamo Kyiv 2:0 at Wembley and gained the opportunity to advance. The second leg of the game seemed to be in suspense.
Big. According to Millwall's current state, their probability of advancing to the semi-finals is very high. We will wait and see how far Millwall, who is called the second generation mad lion under Hall by the British media, will go in the Champions League this year.
"
Aldrich and Lobanovsky shook hands with each other and left without another conversation.
At the post-match press conference, Lobanovskyi was criticized by many European media for being too conservative in his tactics.
In the eyes of many people, it is normal for Dynamo Kiev to lose, but the key is that they lost a bit cowardly.
At this age, Lobanovsky is quite unfazed by honor and disgrace.
He calmly stated that there was a clear gap in strength between the two teams, and there was no doubt about it. However, when he returned to Kiev, he was confident that the team would score at least two goals.
When Aldridge attended the press conference and was asked about Lobanovsky's excuse for failure, he said frankly: "There is indeed a gap between the players of the two teams. Millwall is stronger on paper and we should win. In fact, the game
Dynamo Kiev created a lot of trouble for us. If we hadn’t expanded the score through set pieces in the final stage, maybe we wouldn’t have gone to Kiev with the advantage.”
The reporters were frustrated.
Why is this young commander so low-key?
I really can't imagine what his expression would be like if he lost.
Aldrich just felt that his position was a little awkward.
He has a good deck of cards, plays them well, and wins. If he wins without force, if he loses, his skills are really inferior to others.
Therefore, there is no need to be complacent when winning. The fact is that his players are more capable, and personal ability has become the decisive factor in the game.
"In the second leg, we are visiting Dynamo Kyiv and Millwall is leading by two goals. What tactics will we adopt? As long as you score an away goal, the game will be over."
"I don't think Millwall can score easily at Dynamo Kiev's home ground, as it's still March. The temperature in Kiev at night is likely to be zero degrees, and the players are away from home, and the weather and venue will be unfavorable.
If it affects our performance, I will observe the team's condition and choose the most suitable tactics to face the game."
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The next afternoon, the players returned to the training ground for recovery training. The training content was relatively relaxed, and Aldridge reviewed the game with them, summarizing and analyzing it.
Players often have a mentality that the coach resents, that is, they think their performance is impeccable when they win. Emotionally, they really should not be criticized for being picky, but in fact, Aldridge must make them recognize the reality.
"Dynamo Kyiv restricted our performance through intensive defense. We are stronger one-on-one, forcing the opponent to defend 2 against 1, and 3 against 2. Let's assume that we encounter a team with top defensive capabilities. Your pair
If you don't have an overwhelming advantage, will you still get so many opportunities? Can you still dominate the game?"
Aldridge's words made the players look at each other, and he also asked Makelele and Gattuso to demonstrate how to defend Henry.
Makelele defends Henry one-on-one. Gattuso does not need to approach Henry. He only needs to stay in the area. If Henry fails one-on-one, Gattuso can immediately launch a counterattack.
"The large number of people in the defensive area does not mean that the offense will be weakened. On the contrary, it makes the forward movement of the players in the offense more unpredictable and difficult to mark. We must continue to improve our teamwork ability in a small area and increase the running range.
Flexibly change the role we play in the game, otherwise, when we encounter a team with top defense, especially one-on-one defense, not only will our offense be contained, but when we are counterattacked, the pressure on the back line will be doubled."
The players nodded with serious expressions, especially the five-man attack group. Although creating set-piece offense through personal abilities is also a method, they are more yearning for the kind of mercury-filled positional warfare to cooperate with the offense. Once that kind of offense is played, and
Finally scoring a goal, the personal sense of accomplishment is unparalleled.
After experiencing the Champions League battle in midweek, Aldridge put on the bench for the weekend league game.
At the Lion's Den, Millwall's substitutes defeated the declining Magpies Newcastle United 4-0.
When Ruud van Nistelrooy scored four goals in the last minute of the game, the audience cheered and the commentator was even more excited to cry out for him.
"Van Nistelrooy! He scored the fourth goal of the game, four goals! Four goals! Is he announcing his presence to Hall? When Henry recovered from injury, he squeezed out
His main position, he may have been asking why?! He can also score goals. He can score a lot of goals! Unbelievable, really unbelievable
I believe that Ruud van Nistelrooy, who has scored 16 goals in the league, ranks first in the scorer list! Behind him, Hasselbaink, Owen, and York all scored at least 2 fewer goals than him!
But Ruud van Nistelrooy couldn't be the starting striker at Millwall! Hall, is this a worry for your happiness?"
Aldrich had a headache. A real headache.
It's not that Van Nistelrooy isn't good enough, or that he can't score goals.
But the head coach has to manage a team, not a certain player, let alone whether a player in a certain position performs well.
The outside world has seen that Van Nistelrooy's personal goal number is very high, but the club's internal statistics show that the attacking foursome of Van Nistelrooy + Ronaldinho + Nedvěd + another winger scored in the first half.
The season was not stable enough. And the new attacking group
Among them, except for Pirlo, the other four have been completely activated. Maybe their individual goals are not as good as Van Nistelrooy, but their combined number of goals is far better than that of the attacking group in the first half of the season. The average number of goals per game can be
Reaching 3 goals, which is much higher than the average of 1.8 per game in the first half of the season!
Aldridge needs players to be able to achieve the effect of 1+1 greater than 2. With Ruud, others will serve him.
Even Klose sacrificed himself to cover for Ruud and play the ball.
At this time, Manchester United suddenly sent an inquiry asking about the possibility of Ruud van Nistelrooy's transfer.
Ferguson has been admiring Ruud for more than a day or two, but he gave up completely before the season. He and everyone else had basically the same view: Van Nistelrooy is going to take over!
Unexpectedly, the situation has changed before the season is over.
Aldridge prefers to use Henry instead of Ruud Ruud, and Ferguson understands it very well. In his view, Henry playing as a center makes Millwall's offense rich, flexible and powerful. This is a problem with Millwall's tactical system.
On the contrary, Ferguson believes that Ruud van Nistelrooy is very suitable for Manchester United's tactical system.
Van Nistelrooy needs someone to play the ball and someone to cover him. Manchester United's two wings are flying together, plus Scholes is behind him. The two forwards on the front line can pass and shoot, so they need a forward like Ruud van Nistelrooy with excellent ability to seize opportunities.
Van Nistelrooy was also quite excited after hearing the news that Manchester United was interested in him.
It seems that the Dutchman who struggled with Toni in the youth team will also follow Toni's path.
He really felt a little sad, but he couldn't feel angry.
Millwall's new attacking group performed unparalleled. The games were not only exciting to watch, but also scored a lot of goals. He was unable to achieve this effect when he played with Ronaldinho Nedved in the first half of the season.
He also knows his own playing characteristics, talent affects the direction of development, and it is impossible for him to change into Henry's playing style.
Manchester United's mature two wings fly together. Beckham passes from the right, Giggs can pass suddenly from the left, and Scholes is in the center. They each perform their duties to provide firepower to the forward, which is very suitable for him to play.
In order to get the soon-to-be 23-year-old Ruud Ruud in the summer, Ferguson even came to London to interview Aldridge.
The situation now is different from before. In the past, Manchester United only had to spread the word and do the work in private. They were basically sure of poaching people from Millwall. Solskjaer and Stam were not all poached from Millwall.
Of?
But now, whether Millwall sells players depends on whether Aldridge lets go. If he is determined to keep a certain player, Manchester United may not be able to win over him even if he spends money. This is not to say that Aldridge is messing around.
If you have to prevent players from going to Manchester United, it should be based on team building.
Manchester United wants players from Millwall, and Millwall's first consideration is whether the player is indispensable to the team.
Ruud van Nistelrooy, now it seems that he is not an indispensable player.
At least Aldridge's front line, Henry, Ronaldinho and Larsson, could not transfer in the summer of 1999. Ronaldinho and Larsson are loyal. Henry has just arrived and has only been recovering from injury for three months. Is it possible to play four?
Let him go after five months of competition?
Aldridge had a candid conversation with Ferguson.
He clearly informed the other party that Van Nistelrooy was not for sale, but the team would need him as a substitute.
If Manchester United can promise Ruud van Nistelrooy the main position, Ruud van Nistelrooy will definitely be seduced away and stay in the team to cause conflicts. Aldrich does not want to see it. So, it depends on Manchester United's attitude.
However, Ferguson found it difficult. Manchester United's striker was just beginning to show its power. It was impossible for him to bring in Ruud van Nistelrooy to defeat Yorke or Cole. He also wanted to train Ruud van Nistelrooy for one or two seasons and then let Ruud van Nistelrooy provoke him.
Daliang, Ruud van Nistelrooy is young after all.
After Ruud van Nistelrooy learned that Manchester United could not commit to a starting position, he temporarily suppressed the idea of transfer.
Playing as a substitute for Manchester United?
It's better to stay at Millwall and play as a substitute, at least his value won't drop.
