Aldridge was not worried at all about conceding the first goal in the home game, and it was a nightmare start in which he conceded the goal less than a minute into the game. Perhaps his mood at this moment was the same as that of the Lions fans in the stands.
Millwall has strong offensive firepower, so they don’t have to worry about not scoring!
The source of Aldridge's confidence is Manchester United's tactical arrangement today. Once the three-back system is counterattacked during offense, Millwall's creative power will more easily dominate the game.
However, probably due to conceding the goal in the opening game and the pressure of winning streak, the Millwall players caught Aldridge off guard.
A goal was conceded at the beginning, and the players' morale naturally did not decline on the field. They could not be discouraged so easily. However, in order to avoid conceding the ball again, the players paid more attention to defense during the process of independent adjustment, and the frontcourt players participated in the defense more intensively.
Large, this leads to a problem that is obvious at a glance: when counterattacking, the offensive player's starting position is too far back.
Basically, it starts from the second half. After Manchester United was beaten back, the frontcourt players committed tactical fouls. The midfielders, especially Keane, didn't care about anything and ran to the midfielder position in the backcourt, as long as he attacked Millwall.
Advancing back to the position before advancing to the midfielder line, Johnson's position immediately retreats, Keane continues to act as the midfielder, Johnson and Stam form a double central defender, and Manchester United becomes a frontal defense with a four-back system.
This tactic of flexibly switching the defensive system is common. For example, if the Millwall full-back assists, the back line will naturally become three people. When the opponent counterattacks, they will either quickly counterattack and intercept, or slow down the opponent's rhythm.
Give players time to return to their positions and set up a tight defensive formation.
Breaking through such a tactic is nothing more than being fast, advancing quickly with three passes and two downs. Defeating the opponent when the opponent's defense line is briefly exposed.
However, Millwall's offensive players started too far back, and the Manchester United team's tactics were very disciplined. The midfielders and frontcourt players were able to fight and grab, especially not running around and grabbing. As a result, Millwall's
Counterattacks often turn into positional battles, failing to seize the defensive gaps created by the time difference between Keane's assist and return to defense.
In the tenth minute of the game, when Aldridge was about to make some adjustments with gestures, something happened on the field.
Keane, Scholes, and Giggs attacked the goal together. Beckham was about to cross from a 45-degree angle on the right.
These three people rushed to the goal and pressed the back line. Schneider followed Giggs, but Scholes and Keane were beaten by Gattuso, Nedved, Southgate, Matt
The four people gathered together to keep an eye on him.
Aldrich's eyes changed slightly.
The moment Beckham was about to pass the ball, Manchester United's offensive line underwent an unexpected change.
Where have York and Cole gone?
The two forwards ran in opposite directions from the midfield line. The midfield line pressed into the penalty area, but the two forwards withdrew.
In this flash of lightning, both Gattuso and Nedvěd were immediately attracted by the midfielder who advanced deep into the penalty area, but Beckham's cross did not land in front of the goal!
When Nedved and Gattuso saw the trajectory of the ball, they suddenly understood. The two rushed out to block Yorke and Cole, but it was too late.
York relied on Pirlo to easily head the ball to Cole. Cole took the ball head-on. Gattuso was rushing up. He changed direction and dribbled the ball into the penalty area. Gattuso couldn't brake in time and was passed directly.
After getting out of the angle, Cole shot a low shot. Bute made a flying save and blocked the ball with one palm, but Cole's shot was not powerful. Bute made a successful save and blocked it without using any force.
The ball was still in the penalty area. Scholes met the ball next to Materazzi and pushed the ball steadily into the center of the goal.
"In the first 10 minutes, Manchester United won another victory as a guest! Millwall, which has won 16 consecutive league games in the new season, had a terrible start to the game! Scholes continued his excellent form this year. His goal made Manchester United already seen
With the hope of defeating this invincible team, if the Red Devils Manchester United can win away from home today, this will be their first away game against Millwall in the Premier League!"
Ferguson was so excited when he saw this goal that he almost had the same expression as when he led Manchester United to reverse Bayern Munich.
The Lions fans in the stands were stunned.
Two goals behind in ten minutes, what kind of rhythm is this?
Aldrich still had his hands behind his back, his expression indifferent.
From the bottom of my heart, I admired Manchester United's goal. It would not be surprising if the striker was covering the midfield line.
However, Ferguson made a dangerous move and actually let the midfield line cover the forward line. His alternating deep movements created chaos in Millwall's defense in a short period of time.
This is also thanks to the success of Manchester United's attack. If it fails, turn around and Manchester United's entire midfield defense will be empty. There is no other option except a tactical foul.
Klinsmann came up and asked Aldridge if he wanted to change his tactics. He was now two goals behind, and the players were too far back when Millwall attacked, which reduced the speed advantage of advancement.
Aldridge shook his head and observed a change in the expressions of Millwall's players.
This lion he trained with his own hands may have been worried about gains and losses when conceding the first goal. If he has enough time and defends well, he will definitely score a goal.
But after conceding the second goal, they were not defeated, nor did they show any signs of depression. There was silence among the players, but they did not blame each other or argue about what happened when they conceded the goal.
Now, the players seem to be more pissed off!
Aldrich originally wanted to make adjustments before, but after conceding the second goal, he chose to sit still.
With an unpredictable light shining in his strange eyes, Aldridge glanced at the Manchester United soldiers celebrating near the corner flag.
Two goals ahead, what will you do?
One goal is not guaranteed, and the whole world knows it.
The two goals are completely different. On a psychological level, there is a way out. If you lose one, you will still be ahead. As long as you don't lose two, victory will be in your pocket.
Aldridge did not believe that Manchester United could predict a two-goal lead ten minutes before the game. They desperately wanted to win, but Millwall's sharp offense could not be ignored.
0:1
The pressure is on Millwall's side.
0:2
Millwall is completely angered. Manchester United has two goals in hand. Will the offensive intensity decrease? Defensive counterattack should be the most suitable option, right?
"Millwall was two goals behind. Hall's expression did not change at all as he stood on the sidelines. He was neither angry about the two mistakes the defense made in a short period of time, nor did he encourage the players. What on earth was he thinking?"
"It has always been Hall's style to make adjustments immediately after the situation changes. But there are still nearly 80 minutes left in the game, so it is understandable that he is not in a hurry to make changes now."
When the game restarted, the Millwall soldiers, whose expressions became extremely solemn after scoring two goals, steadily controlled the situation. In particular, they firmly held the midfield advantage in their hands. The emergence of this advantage.
A certain factor is that Manchester United began to strengthen its defense and focus on preventing counterattacks.
Aldridge raised his eyebrows, and sure enough, the entire Manchester United team automatically entered the rhythm of defending the victory.
Ferguson watched the game for about 10 minutes after the second goal. He suddenly stood up from the coaching bench, rushed to the sidelines and roared at the Manchester United players.
"Who the hell asked you to take it back! Attack! Attack!"
When Manchester United started to defend, the midfield was completely dominated by Millwall. Under the high-pressure tactics, Millwall's offensive was getting higher and higher. Just ten seconds after Ferguson rushed to the sideline, something happened again on the field.
change.
Larsson took the ball and cut inside on the right wing. Sylvester did not dare to step forward rashly. Before he and Giggs could compete with Larsson, Larsson gave the ball to Insider who moved over to take over.
Devide.
The Czech hit the ball with his heel and ran towards the goal without even looking.
He and Henry crossed paths at this moment, Henry pulled back, Nedved moved forward, and the ball that Nedved knocked back with his heel fell at Pirlo's feet as expected.
Stam watched Nedved rushing toward the goal, just what he wanted!
He can already guess Millwall's attack routine this time.
Henry ran out as a cover to cover Nedved's advance, so that Stam would not be fooled in order to disrupt the defender's attention and tight defense. He was fully focused, waiting for Pirlo to pass the ball to Nedved.
Wade, at that time, he will be able to stifle Millwall's offensive.
Pirlo handled the ball without any sloppiness. Before Scholes touched his jersey, Pirlo passed the ball forward with moderate force and it was a ground ball.
Stam saw the passing route and was slightly surprised that the ball was actually for Henry.
Henry faced the goal with his back, and Johnson was behind him. If he took the ball and turned around and handed it to Nedved, the effect would be mediocre at this point.
Facing the ball rolling towards him, Henry looked back at Johnson's position, suddenly turned around and ran to Johnson's left.
Johnson subconsciously moved to the left to block Henry's route.
But as soon as he took a step, Johnson was shocked.
Henry was indeed right in front of him, but there was no ball at Henry's feet!
Henry chose to miss the ball.
Just to Johnson's right, the ball rolled slowly over, and a figure strode into the penalty area with lightning speed. His speed did not slow down after touching the ball with his toes, and he directly broke through Manchester United's defense.
Ronaldinho!
He ran inside, entered the penalty area to get the ball, moved forward, took advantage of the situation and kicked the ball into the far corner of the goal!
Within two seconds, Ronaldinho completed this series of actions smoothly and naturally, from touching the ball to completing the shot, all in one go!
Van De Gou didn't pounce on the ball, so you can't blame him. He passed the ball if he wasn't hit into the near corner by the opponent.
The stands at Lions Den erupted into loud cheers.
Amidst this commotion, Ronaldinho ran into the goal with a calm expression, picked up the ball, held it in his arms and ran towards the backcourt. Nedvěd patted him on the head on the road.
"In the 23rd minute of the game, Millwall pulled a goal back. The goal scorer was Ronaldinho. There is nothing to say about the Brazilian boy's good feel for the ball. There is no doubt that in Millwall's lineup, he has the ability to control the ball and the threat.
He is the biggest person!"
Aldridge closed his eyes and nodded, feeling satisfied with the team's goal.
It also proved that his decision of not adjusting when two goals behind was correct.
He turned to look at Ferguson, whose face was livid and about to explode with anger.
Haha, Millwall responded to others with their own tactics, and they used a frontal attack to tear apart Manchester United's defense step by step.
Want to defend?
You can keep it as long as you like and see the results after 90 minutes.
In a rare move, Ferguson got mad at his disciples from the sidelines.
Manchester United's performance in the past 10 minutes was the source of his anger.
It's not that the players don't work hard, but this is definitely not the gesture that Ferguson asked the players to make before the game.
It's not Manchester United's style to have a bus, and they didn't have a bus.
In terms of defensive counterattack, Manchester United may not be as good as Arsenal in terms of this style of play. However, Arsenal played defensive counterattack and was beaten by Millwall. How many? 5 times, and they were unable to fight back.
If the defensive counterattack can lead to victory on the road, it will not be Manchester United's turn to face Millwall, who have won 16 consecutive league games in the new season.
