Millwall's formation shrunk the midfield and backfield, and Manchester United's offense came like a tide.
In a short period of time, Manchester United had many shooting opportunities, and all the shots that hit the goal frame were saved by Butt's heroic efforts.
In the 37th minute of the first half, Manchester United won a corner kick on the left side of the front court. Beckham took the corner kick. His corner kick had a weird arc and landed at the back of the goal. Bute chose to attack, jumping up and extending his hand while constantly moving.
It touched the bottom of the ball, changed the flight direction of the ball, and the ball flew outside the baseline.
But Bute collided with Stam, and the two fell to the ground together. The referee's whistle sounded, and Stam was punished for charging the goalkeeper. The small penalty area was the absolute domain of the goalkeeper.
Both men fell heavily to the turf when they fell to the ground. Stam made a self-protective move, but one of his legs pressed on Bute's arm.
After Stam got up, he found Bute holding the arm that he had pinned down with a look of pain on his face. Stam asked him about his situation, and then waved to the sidelines.
No matter what, he also played for Millwall, and he and Aldridge are destined to be estranged forever, but even if the friendship with some of his teammates who fought side by side in the past has faded, when weapons meet on the battlefield, there should be
The demeanor should be displayed.
Perhaps, he just wanted to prove through such behavior that he definitely did not intentionally cause Bute's injury. That kind of despicable behavior does not belong to his football philosophy.
This sudden situation made Aldrich stand up from his seat again, and first asked the substitute goalkeeper Keller to warm up. At the same time, he also looked nervously at the goal.
The goalkeeper is injured and the game must be suspended.
"The situation at Millwall is not good. When the score was behind, the main goalkeeper Butt was injured again. It seemed that he could not continue the game. The team doctor carefully supported his arm. When trying to let him move, it was obvious that
Butt shook his head with a painful expression... Yes, Butt was about to leave the field, and the team doctor had already made a substitution signal to the coaching bench. In the first half, when Millwall was in a passive situation, Butt
Te made several wonderful saves that did not allow Manchester United to expand the score, but now, he is going to end the game."
The goalkeeper position was adjusted, and there were no special instructions. Aldridge encouraged Keller and asked him to come on the sidelines. Aldridge waited for the team doctor, and Butt walked directly from the player tunnel in the corner of the stadium.
The team doctor told him that it was initially determined that Bute had a fracture in his forearm, and the specific situation would not be known until detailed examination.
Aldrich nodded and asked the team doctor to arrange for Butt to go to the hospital for examination and treatment immediately.
As soon as the team doctor left, Old Trafford erupted in cheers.
Aldridge turned around and saw the Manchester United players running to the corner flag to celebrate. Keller fished the ball out of the goal and kicked it out angrily.
"Wow! Millwall's substitute goalkeeper Keller, who was just replaced. Perhaps due to lack of preparation or too nervous, he took a set kick in the penalty area and kicked a half-high ball. Who was this ball kicked for? We
I don’t know. Because the flight path of the ball is between Materazzi and Schneider.
In the middle area, there is a player named Giggs, wearing a Red Devils jersey. Giggs accepted the gift and made a through ball to Ruud van Nistelrooy, who was offside. The latter faced Keller easily.
Push shot and scored, 2:0, Manchester United achieved a very wonderful situation in the first half!"
Losing the ball due to a mistake like this hurts morale. Aldrich made a pressing gesture on the sidelines to signal the players to calm down, don't be nervous, and don't be discouraged by falling behind.
Southgate shouted loudly to his defensive teammates, and also told Pirlo not to be too anxious when organizing the attack, try to slow down the rhythm and let the team transition smoothly for a period of time. If he still wants to equalize the score quickly,
Maybe Keller will make mistakes at a fast pace, so we need to help him stabilize first.
With his face glowing, Ferguson applauded his disciples from the sidelines and then asked them to pursue the victory.
In this stadium, Millwall has acted wildly and recklessly more than once, and even left the Red Devils with the humiliation of 6:0. Every time the two sides play against each other, the Red Devils want to wash away this shame. Defeating their opponents is only the basic goal, and they must score as many goals as possible.
If you can score 10 goals, don't stop after 9!
In the last few minutes of the first half, Millwall was completely defensive and did not organize an effective counterattack at all.
When the half-time whistle sounded, Aldridge put one hand in his pocket and walked towards the tunnel in the corner of the court. The Red Devils fans on the sidelines couldn't help but laugh at him.
Aldridge doesn't mind. It's not like Manchester United has never led Millwall. Even at Millwall's home court, Manchester United once led by two goals.
Today's situation was more complicated and unfavorable than before. Aldridge did not criticize him by name after entering the locker room, but he still scolded the team's performance in the first half.
Millwall's players were not focused enough today. This was a mental problem. Aldridge's scolding and criticism could at least make up for this problem.
The problem of Millwall's formation being restrained by Manchester United needs to be corrected through tactical adjustments.
If it is not an established tactic or a tactic that the players are familiar with, if it is adjusted during the game, there will be great risks. With Manchester United's momentum in the first half, Aldridge really did not dare to do it as soon as he discovered the problem.
If adjustments are made, it is easy to cause the adjustment effect not to be realized, but to expose more flaws to the opponent.
The whole team needs to unify their thoughts and understand how to play, and just a few words are obviously not enough.
Aldridge pulled out the tactical board and quickly drew a new tactical formation on the tactical board. He used dotted and solid lines to draw the offense and defense of the players whose positions had changed. He also circled the activity area and explained it quickly.
Tactically adjust the ideas, and then ensure that every player understands it before boosting morale and letting them go out to prepare for the second half of the game.
"Thierry, you stay first."
When Henry heard Aldridge's words, he glanced at the other teammates walking out of the locker room and sighed softly in his heart.
He knew he didn't perform well in this game.
Players' performance has its ups and downs, and it is impossible to score 8 points in today's game. If it can score 8 points or more in the next game, it just means that the state is improving, but it has stabilized at a level. Basically, it has reached a level.
It fluctuates between 6 points and 9 points. No matter how bad it is, it's not much different. Anyway, it's impossible to be the best every game. The focus is on the forwards, that is, it is difficult to keep scoring every game.
But Henry's poor performance today may be related to his failure to qualify for the top three for the Ballon d'Or.
Henry sat down, and Aldridge was still standing next to the tactical board. He said lightly: "Want to talk about the Golden Globe Award?"
Henry was a little distraught. The Golden Globe Award was like a curse, shrouded in his mind and heart, and he couldn't get rid of it.
He shook his head and said: "Boss, I promise that I will go all out in the second half."
Aldridge said softly: "It's not that I'm demanding of you. A player of your level can usually adjust in two or three games, but I think it's necessary to talk to you about the Golden Globe Award. Do you think
Unfair?"
Henry asked with a wry smile: "Should I think it's fair?"
Yes, he felt it was unfair, it was human nature.
Figo Zidane, Shevchenko, he and Shevchenko are both forwards. They can be directly compared. There is nothing to say. Regardless of scoring efficiency or honors, his annual achievements surpassed Shevchenko's.
.
Figo and Zidane cannot be compared with him.
But Henry just thinks it's unfair. There are many players who play better than him, but professional football is not street football. Is freestyle football more useful than those?
He fully agrees with Aldridge's argument back then: the best player should be reflected in his team contribution.
Although he is not responsible for Millwall's goals, without him, can Millwall win the Triple Crown? This is impossible to assume, but the fact is that he is indispensable. Otherwise, there will be no new world record in the summer.
The transfer offer was sent to Millwall.
Aldrich walked up to him, looked down at Henry, who had a stubborn expression like a child, and said softly: "Want to hear my opinion?"
Henry raised his head and looked up at Aldrich and said in surprise: "Does the boss also think that I shouldn't win the award?"
Aldrich said: "I hope you win the award, but it does not mean that winning the award is affirmative or negative for you. The Golden Globe Awards are selected by people, not machines. People will be affected by subjective consciousness, and they can never be completely successful."
Objectively. You have to know that before this, you were nominated for the Ballon d'Or as a winger, but this year, you were nominated as a forward. The role has changed.
Changes, people have seen a brand new Henry, and you have only played at the center position for more than a season, and you are still very young. The reason why you lost to Figo and Zidane is very simple. Their popularity is greater than yours.
They are too strong. When you are still a young boy, they have already entered the field of vision of the Golden Globe Awards and have gained the favor and attention of many people."
What Aldridge said is half true and half false. Judging from the results, it is indeed the reason for the base of popularity. However, the objective fact is that voting within Millwall is seriously divided. If Henry alone becomes a popular candidate, his vote rate is estimated to be higher than that of Phil.
Go and Zidane combined.
Henry lowered his head again and said helplessly: "Then I will never have a chance."
Aldridge raised his head and wrote lightly: "If you want the Ballon d'Or, I think it's very simple. Let the entire football world focus on you, so that no one can take their eyes off you, and let all the judges be the first to vote.
The name that comes to mind is Thierry Henry. If they don't write you first, they won't be able to convince themselves.
, this is what you have to do. In addition, if you can meet those opponents on the field and defeat them head-on, it will be more convincing. When Henrik won the Ballon d'Or, the outside world commented that it was because Henrik helped us
We beat Barcelona directly, defeated Ronaldo on the field, and helped us win the Triple Crown."
Larsson's victory over Ronaldo was very close, the gap was very small, and the background at that time was completely different from now. At that time, Millwall relied most on Larsson in the front line, and Shevchenko and Trezeguet were still rising stars.
, Larsson also scored the most goals in Europe that year, and with the emergence of Millwall, his brilliant offensive football shocked the entire European football world.
Henry closed his eyes and his expression became colder.
Let the eyes of all Europe focus on him?
That’s right!
This is what he should be like, so that no one can ignore him and don't have to worry about who is better than other players.
What's there to argue about?
If there must be an argument, let him end it.
"Boss, thank you, I understand."
Henry stood up and walked out. Aldrich patted him on the shoulder and walked out of the locker room.
Aldridge doesn't mind talking about personal honors with players, because this has a premise. Without an excellent team, personal honors are impossible to talk about. On the basis of improving the team, personal honors represent the players' ambitions, or to put it more nicely:
Ambition.
Only with such ambition can players' performance be stimulated.
