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Manchester City, Maine Road Stadium.
The FA Cup semi-final match between Millwall and Aston Villa will be played here, the home ground of Manchester City.
Manchester City is still struggling in League One, but it has performed well in League One this season. Maybe they will see Blue Moon again in the Premier League next season.
From the environment around Maine Road Stadium, we can roughly understand why Manchester City was suppressed by Manchester United in this city. Even in the early days, the owner of this city was definitely Manchester City, and Manchester United was just an outsider.
On the road leading to the Maine Road Stadium, you can see a large number of abandoned factories in the surrounding area. It seems that the decline of the world's factories still has traces left at this time. This area has become a gathering place for foreign immigrants. It is not prosperous and is in a recession.
is the most appropriate description. It is not difficult to understand why Manchester City will move away from this stadium in the future and choose a place with a better geographical environment to settle down.
Just like last year, Fleet Street is preaching that Millwall will achieve great things and win the first treble in the history of English football.
Last year, there was only one Champions League shortfall.
This year, as the defending champion of the FA Cup, Millwall still sent all substitutes to play in the FA Cup semi-finals, which attracted the attention of the whole UK.
After defeating Newcastle United a few days ago, Millwall won the league championship. This was a good stimulus to the morale of the whole team, especially the young players. Although their contribution was only a small part, they witnessed Millwall's continued success.
They are proud of their glory, and Aldridge's trust in them allows them to play for the team in a game as high as the FA Cup semi-finals. This makes them both touched and full of fighting spirit.
A large number of Lions fans came to Manchester City's home stadium in droves. They sang cheerful songs in the stands before the game started to celebrate the team's third top league championship in the club's history.
As for the Van der Meyde incident, it did not cause even the slightest ripple among the Lions fans. The timing of the incident also made the fans disgusted. There is no way to support the Dutchman in the slightest. From top to bottom of the club, the team and the fans are
Looking forward to hitting glory within a month, at this time, if someone disturbs the morale of the army, the fans don't care who he is. Aldridge's treatment even made many fans feel happy. This kind of black sheep should be eliminated as soon as possible.
When Aldridge in a suit and leather tie walked out of the player tunnel with one hand in his pocket, the Lions fans who occupied most of the stands involuntarily bowed in his direction with both hands down. They were smiling and very happy.
I would like to express my highest respect and gratitude to His Majesty the King of Wild Lions.
The live broadcast camera swept across the stands, and this scene became the most classic fan scene this season.
When tens of thousands of fans worship a coach at the same time, the scene is absolutely shocking!
There is no other reason. Aldridge has created a new history. In the Premier League era, he became the most successful head coach in the Premier League!
Not counting the number of top league titles, only comparing the Premier League titles. After Millwall successfully defended their title this season, their number of Premier League titles is the same as Manchester United.
Manchester United won three Premier League titles in 1993, 1994 and 1996.
Blackburn won the championship in 1995. Arsenal won the championship in 1998.
In the remaining years, 1997, 1999 and 2000, Millwall won the league championship.
Considering that Millwall only entered the Premier League in 1994, Aldridge compared with Ferguson, and Millwall compared with Manchester United. Obviously, the former won three Premier League championships in a shorter time.
If you add the League Cup, FA Cup, and European Championships, Millwall is undoubtedly the most successful club in England in the past five years. Without a doubt, it is the most successful!
Aldridge was also stunned by the sudden actions of the fans on the sidelines. It took him a long time to recover. Klinsmann and Jensen on the coaching bench saw Aldridge's expression as if he was "frightened". It was rare.
He laughed heartily when the game was about to start, and the players on the bench also looked in admiration.
Aldridge returned the gesture of worship to the stands where the Lions fans were, and then raised his hands and clapped to express his gratitude.
The current scene made him full of emotions. Millwall was different. The FA Cup semi-finals were held at a neutral venue. More fans came to the stadium to cheer than their opponents! This was four years ago when they also reached the FA Cup final.
Compared with the Finals Cup semi-finals, the surge in the number of fans is obvious.
Aston Villa coach Greg Goli saw that Aldridge was so admired by the fans. It would be a complete lie to say that he was not envious. There is no need to deceive himself on this point. No matter how famous the club is, a coach can impress everyone.
In the hearts of thousands of fans, this should be one of the pursuits of aspiring coaches, and Aldridge has already achieved this.
After the interaction with the fans, Aldridge focused on the upcoming game. The fans gave their full support, and he also wanted the team to give back to the fans with a record.
"The semi-finals of the 1999-2000 English FA Cup are about to begin. Millwall and Aston Villa are competing for tickets to the final at Maine Road. Millwall, which has attracted much attention, has sent a full substitute lineup today. They always do this.
It's confusing to the outside world because they came on the bench and you would think
Their strength must be greatly reduced, but Millwall's substitute players have great potential and have performed very steadily after planned training. It is the same this season. Take a look at their substitute lineup, such as Glenchard and Crowley.
Players such as Ze and Lampard are fully capable of serving as the main force in mid-table clubs in the Premier League."
Makelele was sent off with a red card in the first leg of the Champions League semi-finals. Not only will he definitely not be able to play in the second round, Millwall's appeal was also rejected by UEFA, and Makelele was fined and suspended for three games.
He was suspected of making insulting remarks to the referee after receiving a red card.
Because of this change, Aldridge gave Gattuso a rest in this game. He was fully prepared for the second round of the Champions League semifinals four days later. Neil played as a defensive midfielder. This backcourt versatile player can allow Aldridge to play against
Its total trust.
The combination of Barzagli + Metzelder has hidden concerns, but they must be trained. If they are not trained, how can they improve?
And for today's opponent, Aldrich doesn't think there's much danger in fighting them.
Aston Villa ranks 7th in the Premier League. They rely on solid defense. They have only conceded more goals than Millwall, Liverpool and Chelsea. Even the giants such as Manchester United and Arsenal have conceded more goals than them.
The factor that restricts their ability to attack the top six is their offense. Aston Villa has the lowest offensive firepower among the top 12 in the Premier League. Even Robson's Newcastle United ranks 12th in the league and has scored more goals in the league than Arsenal.
Stonewallado 15!
The high-spirited boys showed their enthusiasm from the beginning of the game. Although there is an age gap with Aston Villa, they did not fall behind in the confrontation.
Neil guarded the defensive gate in the middle, and his strong aggression prevented Aston Villa's attack from the middle from advancing forward.
Their soft attack had no effect within the first ten minutes of the game, and Millwall gradually began to take control of the midfield.
Lampard, England's captain of all age groups except the national team, has also been performing steadily this season. After Aldridge fixed him in the midfield position, he began to find his feeling.
This feeling is about sorting out the rationality of the offense. He has been working hard to strengthen his overall view and timely insert attacks to form threats, but in the past there was a feeling that his power was not used where it should be used on the court. Now
This phenomenon is disappearing.
A qualified midfielder can be seen when defending, and you can also see him when attacking. An excellent midfielder is everywhere in the B2B activity area!
It can accurately predict the development of the ball path and appear at the most appropriate place.
Even though Lampard has not yet reached a particularly outstanding level, he has already developed in a good direction based on his qualifications.
What makes Aldridge even more delighted is Larmore. His performance as a substitute or as a starter in minor games this season is very stable. His technical abilities are getting closer to maturity. What he needs is game experience and strengthened confrontation ability. These two points are very important.
There has been a breakthrough this season, and now I can see him playing on the field. He is very reasonable and performs with ease. He does not have the excitement and rush of young players who are overly excited when they go on the field. They want to use all the energy accumulated in training at once.
Aston Villa's defense was solid, and Millwall's attempt to penetrate the opponent's defense in the middle was a fantasy. Lampard and Larmore frequently moved the ball to the wings.
Comparing the performance of Joaquin and Grunchard, Joaquin was actually better, because Grenchard had no space, so he could only get away for a moment. In a small area of intensive defense, Grenchard continuously passed by.
Man needs space to use explosiveness and speed, but Aston Villa didn't give it to him.
On the contrary, Joaquin used his delicate foot skills to create a lot of threats on the right wing, and the quality of his crosses was also very good. Unfortunately, Klose was unable to do anything under the attack.
When directing the substitute lineup in games, Aldridge makes very few adjustments, and the adjustment time is often after 30 minutes, because he needs to give these young players more time to adapt to the game, get into the state first, and then relieve the pressure after integrating into the game.
, and then make adjustments carefully to avoid confusing players due to frequent changes.
After 25 minutes of this game, Aldridge began to make adjustments. The players performed well, but Aston Villa focused on defense, and Millwall had few offensive points and was easily marked, especially in the penalty area.
The threat is almost zero, so Aldridge needs the team to have more offensive points.
He made a gesture from the sidelines and asked Ashley Cole and Ferreira to assist.
In the first 25 minutes, the two full-backs had been positioned near the midline to contain Aston Villa's side counterattacks. However, Aldridge observed that the opponent's side counterattacks were not caused by midfielders or fullbacks pressing forward.
, but the offensive players pulled sideways to form a side impact. In the process of moving forward, the players in the middle ran again at high speed.
Running forward to receive the response, Millwall can completely let the full-backs press up, leaving it to Neal to prevent side counterattacks. If he cannot contain it, there will be no numerical disadvantage in the middle. After all, even if Aston Villa counterattacks
, there are very few players involved, and when the time comes, it will just test the frontal defensive capabilities of the two central defenders.
Aldridge's adjustment began to bear fruit, and the effect of Ferreira's assist was not particularly obvious, because Joaquin is skilled in controlling the ball and seems to prefer to control the ball himself to create threats.
On the other hand, Ashley Cole and Grunchard played a lively game. Cole set up the side and went down, and Grunchard cut inside, threatening to play vigorously.
