When Manchester United plays against other opponents, both wings still fly together, and Beckham still plays as a wide midfielder.
But today when they played Millwall, Manchester United put Beckham in the right midfielder position.
The conflict between offensive and defensive situations on the football field is nothing more than suppression and counter-pressure. Beckham can run, but he is definitely not fast, and dribbling breakthroughs are not his specialty. Therefore, in front of Millwall's defense, he can often only play at an angle.
Cross from 45 degree area, more than 10 times in the past
As a forward, apart from scoring goals from set pieces, his cross threat is not high. Instead, the defense on his side of the right is repeatedly beaten by Millwall. The reason is also very simple. When he attacks, he is counterattacked.
, his explosive speed cannot catch up with the Millwall attacker behind him.
Moving his position back to strengthen defense, whether it is in the midfielder area or supporting Neville's defense on the wing, can improve the quality of defense. In addition, under Millwall's high-pressure pressing tactics, Keane was repeatedly defeated by Mill during Manchester United's counterattack.
With Wall on target, one more player means one more option for delivering the ball, and since Beckham has the quality assurance of long passes, he can produce unexpected results.
Beckham belongs to Manchester United, and Ferguson can use him in any way. But what makes Aldridge angry is that putting Beckham in the right midfielder was the result of his transformation, training, and competition in the England national team. This is better.
As the coach of the England national team, he does not expect the club to train him many outstanding stars. Instead, the national team helps the club improve the comprehensiveness of the players, turns the gun, and uses it on himself!
15 minutes into the game, Aldrich noticed something was wrong on the court.
Manchester United was not in a hurry to attack at home, but Millwall was too hasty in attacking.
Klose is still young. He is no match for Keane in the attacking midfield position. He made a fool of himself just by physical confrontation. He couldn't squeeze out the opponent, but Keane used a reasonable position to protect the ball and spun around in a circle, stealing the ball with his feet.
None of them succeeded, and when Manchester United attacked, Klose was unable to defend like Nedvěd.
What Aldridge is most depressed about is Beckham, not his position. Beckham used what he learned in the national team very well today.
In the national team, they played one match against Brazil.
At that time, it was Beckham and Neville who defended together on the right to freeze Ronaldinho.
Ronaldinho is not in good condition today and is not decisive enough in handling the ball. Beckham is not in a hurry to grab him and slows down Ronaldinho. When the time is right, either Neville or he will grab the ball again. He can often force Ronaldinho into desperate situations.
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Seeing those two good friends from Manchester United performing well, Aldridge didn't know whether to cry or laugh.
Damn it, everything the national team has taught you has been used on me!
Does this count as repaying kindness with hatred?
Aldridge found that there was a big problem with his formation today.
This problem stems from his failure to expect that Manchester United will deploy double midfielders. Even if the midfield is strengthened, Scholes should be in the midfield. One person is removed from the front line to strengthen the defense in the middle.
With Manchester United's formation, Millwall's attack group, Ronaldinho's side on the left, could not connect with the center. Klose could not see his role in attack today, and his defense was not up to standard.
Substitution?
No. This will have a huge impact on the players' confidence. If things go wrong, it will cause bad blood between the generals.
Aldrich called Larson in front of him and asked him to convey the instructions for the frontcourt players to change positions.
Klose moves to the center position, Henry moves to the left wing, Larsson remains unchanged, and Ronaldinho moves to the attacking midfielder position.
Just when Millwall changed formation, Manchester United launched a fast break from the left.
Aldridge seemed to have seen Manchester United's offensive routine today. He said it was 4231, but it was actually an asymmetrical one-sided flying wing.
After Giggs got the ball on the left, he did not go down. Instead, he cut inside and went to the middle. Ronaldinho was not fast enough to defend. Ronaldinho followed Keane or Beckham and then intervened. At least Giggs cut inside.
Defense should not be his responsibility.
After picking up speed, Giggs broke through Pirlo and Neal in succession. He hesitated in front of the penalty area and wanted to pass it to Ruud van Nistelrooy. However, he saw that Southgate had already predicted that he would move there. If he had
The ball was inevitably intercepted by Southgate. Giggs took a long shot and Butt made a save. The ball hit the goal post and bounced out. Then someone followed up with a follow-up shot and sent the ball into the empty goal.
"Ole Gunnar Solskjaer helped Manchester United open the scoring! Millwall's defense has a big problem today! There is definitely a big problem! Pirlo and Neal were successfully broken through in the middle. This is a scene that has never been seen before.
There was a certain amount of luck in Manchester United's goal. Giggs' long-range shot hit the goal post and bounced to the other side. Solskjaer happened to be in the right position to score the extra shot!"
Solskjaer did not celebrate after scoring. It has been many years since he left Millwall, but he still did not celebrate when he scored against his old club, even at Old Trafford, the home of the Red Devils.
Aldridge's scalp was numb. There was something wrong with the most critical area of the ball just now, the midfielder!
It's nothing new for Pirlo to be broken through. Giggs rushed at full speed and was able to overturn Arsenal's golden defense. Pirlo's defense is a weakness when facing top dribbling and breakthrough players, but he has always been broken through.
It can also play a certain defensive role. The key is how his teammates behind him, whether Makelele or Gattuso, have a tacit understanding with Pirlo, which is enough to ensure that when Pirlo is broken through, he forces the opponent to change direction and speed up and the rhythm changes.
Get caught and get robbed.
However, there was a lack of tacit understanding between Neal and Pirlo. The distance had just widened, and Giggs changed directions twice in a row, breaking through the two of them respectively.
In front of the penalty area, Schneider recovered and guarded Van Nistelrooy with Southgate, which had been restricted. After being broken through, Neal ran into the penalty area, because Giggs had Materazzi in front of him to block him.
Then he followed closely behind Scholes, which was no problem. Zambrotta immediately went to mark Solskjaer.
However, Giggs' long-range shot bounced off the goalpost. In a flash of lightning, Babyface moved forward more nimbly to seize the two offensive opportunities. Zambrotta failed to follow up, and Babyface easily succeeded in scoring an empty goal with a follow-up shot.
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At this time, Aldridge thought about the game with Arsenal. He really lost his wife and lost his troops. Gattuso was suspended for more than a month. After his return, the weather suddenly dropped. There was no game for a long time, and suddenly after the game, he
He felt some discomfort and strained again during training. This series of events is all foreshadowed. If he can maintain the game state, he will never be easily injured in training the next day after the game.
When the game entered the first half 30 minutes later, Aldrich walked back to the coaching bench and sat down. Klinsmann and Jensen frowned and looked at the field.
Millwall players had big problems on the field today.
In addition to the decline in defensive quality, the offense is also very weak.
On the one hand, Manchester United deployed double midfielders to strengthen the defender barrier, but Henry was obviously out of shape and seemed absent-minded. It seemed that his attention was not on the game. He made several mistakes in cooperation with his teammates. After moving to the left, he seemed unable to even break through.
After knowing it, there was no need for Beckham's help. Neville accurately stole the ball from his feet twice in a row.
Aldrich gave the team a signal and tactical adjustments before sitting down.
Defensive counterattack.
Ronaldinho almost retreated to the center line, and Manchester United's formation began to press upward.
Klinsmann turned around and asked Aldrich in confusion: "Is it because Manchester United has more fighting spirit today, or is it because our players performed too poorly?"
Aldridge sighed and said: "It's both. Manchester United is like Arsenal. Now they meet Millwall. In addition to gnashing their teeth with hatred, they also want to kill us quickly. If they beat us, they will not only bring 3
The division is so simple, whether it is avenging shame or rectifying the name, in short, in terms of fighting spirit, Man
United completely suppressed us at home. In addition, our lineup is uneven. The impact of Nedvěd's absence was fully reflected in the top competition. There are also some problems with the midfielder position. Now we can only compress the backcourt space and reduce
The team defense becomes disjointed due to the distance.”
Klinsmann looked at the team's forwards and whispered: "Ronaldinho's performance was average today, Pirlo also felt a little worse, and Henry was completely out of shape. What happened to them? Larsson is now
He is almost a full-back guarding Giggs with Schneider."
Aldrich saw that the team's condition was no longer in a situation where the head coach's shouting could solve the problem, so he asked the team to retreat to defense and make adjustments during the halftime break.
Larsson and Klose, who are the most desperate, are isolated and helpless. Millwall's attacking group has very high requirements in the tactical system. If one player cannot play his role, the effect will be greatly reduced. Now, there are two or three players who are not performing as expected.
, the offense can be imagined, especially Manchester United, which seems to be beaten to death.
"It's the Golden Globe Award. Alas, I've never been a player, so I can't understand it. But when I think of how quiet they were during training recently, it may be that they are very disappointed. Their mood has hit rock bottom, so naturally they can't get excited about training.
It seems like there's nothing wrong with it, but when it comes to the competition, it's a completely different story."
Training is just the basics, just like soldiers' daily drills. When they actually go to the battlefield, if they don't have that awareness, they may wet their pants or turn around and become a deserter.
Players need to be excited to play. They need to be in a very excited state to stimulate their top performance and be able to kick the ball calmly. Sorry, this is not playing billiards. They need to be absolutely calm.
Klinsmann thought for a while and sighed: "I can understand it. They performed so well last season. The Golden Globe Award is hard to come by. They failed to win the Golden Globe Award with the support of such good results on the field."
, and it didn’t even make it into the top three. This is indeed a huge blow.”
Unforgettable?
Aldrich savored Klinsmann's words carefully and found out that there was some truth to it.
Sometimes you feel that you have gone against the grain, but maybe others have gone against the grain even more? You have reached your limit, but your limits are not appreciated by others.
Especially in a big competition year, your excellent performance throughout the season cannot compare to the highlights of others in 6 or 7 games a month.
How much is Henry looking forward to the Ballon d'Or?
When a player has the opportunity to touch the Ballon d'Or, he won't be as calm as water, right?
Even in a competition year, he still won the championship.
Among the five Millwall players who went to the Ballon d'Or ceremony, his loss and the blow he suffered should be the heaviest!
If he had faced other weaker opponents today, the contrast in his state might not have been that big, but he happened to face Manchester United, the league leader and full of fighting spirit.
Aldrich began to think about other things.
In the process of creating the myth of 65 unbeaten games, Millwall was praised, praised, and continued to be praised.
Sometimes, the effect of praise is negative, weakening the spirit of a team, making the team proud, complacent, self-righteous, and more likely to become arrogant.
Aldridge rarely has the opportunity to criticize the team and warn them, but someone needs to remind them and sound the alarm.
Aldrich was thinking about finding "someone" to fill such a role.
