At the end of the first half of this crucial league game for both Leeds United and Millwall, the score was 0:2.
Rainy games will also increase the probability of player injuries. Aldrich made tactical adjustments during midfield to reduce the probability of player injuries as much as possible.
In the second half, the two sides changed sides and fought again. Aldridge still stood on the sidelines despite the wind and rain. O'Reilly was still sitting, but after watching the second half of the game for three minutes, he suddenly stood up and strode towards Aldridge with a gloomy face.
Scary.
Aldridge noticed O'Reilly walking towards him, and the fourth official on the sidelines immediately became alert, fearing that a conflict would break out between the two coaches on the sidelines. However, Aldridge reached out to the fourth official to indicate that it was okay, and the fourth official mistakenly thought that the two coaches were in trouble.
It was just a normal exchange, so there was no obstruction. This kind of thing happens from time to time on the sidelines of the stadium.
Fans of the two teams may yell at each other and fight in the stands, but there is usually no deep hatred between the coaches. Just like Aldridge had a verbal dispute with Redknapp in the past, and after Lao Lei resigned as West Ham United coach, the two
Even when we met at the annual cocktail party held by the professional league, we could chat calmly, and there was no trace of the fierce tit-for-tat before.
O'Reilly came to Aldridge and gritted his teeth: "Hall, you won, Millwall won, and now you want to further humiliate Leeds United and me?"
Aldrich looked confused and sneered several times, too lazy to pay attention to O'Reilly.
The White Rose Marshal probably feels too good about himself.
Aldridge likes to speculate, and he expects that O'Reilly, as a meritorious player of the wealthy Arsenal, will almost become a gunman who "only plays for one club in his life" in the history books. There is confidence in thinking too highly.
O'Reilly saw Aldrich sneer, and a hint of ferocity flashed across his expression.
In the second half, Millwall did not take the initiative to attack.
Originally, O'Reilly saw that the team played so poorly in the first half and the morale of the team was unstable. It was extremely difficult to counterattack Millwall, which was aiming for three consecutive championships, so he made a plan to win if he lost less and let the ball go.
The team just needs to defend well in the second half.
What's the result?
Millwall did not take the initiative to press and attack, and Leeds United played extremely depressed. On the scene, Leeds United seemed to have surrendered and even lost the courage to attack.
This is the Elland Road Stadium. If Leeds United really played the 45 minutes of the second half like this, I'm afraid Leeds United would not only be mentally shattered.
A team that dares not attack, what hope does it have?
Perhaps this was the second time the two sides met in four days. O'Reilly believed that Aldridge changed the team's tactics in this way just to humiliate Leeds United. Let the world see the frightened Leeds United.
And he himself was completely demoted after the 1:6 defeat in the last game. No media will mention the previous "young commanders' battle" again.
O'Reilly really blamed Aldridge wrongly.
The home team was two goals behind at halftime and needed 3 points.
Under such a situation, Aldrich encountered him a hundred times, and he tried to figure out the opponent's psychology a hundred times, but there was only one result: attack.
But Aldrich was wrong this time.
O'Reilly's expression changed several times. He walked back to the home team's coaching bench, stood on the sidelines and roared at the players on the field like a wild beast, exaggerating his body movements to ask the disciples on the field to attack!
Leeds United can lose, but they cannot lose the essence of a football team and the soul of the offense!
If football is not offensive, why play football?
When the Leeds United players saw their coach being so excited, they couldn't resist the decision. Although they were dissatisfied: they told us to defend well during the halftime break, but within five minutes of the second half, they changed their mind again!
Leeds United put on a furious offensive stance, while Millwall's formation was relatively deep. They did not counter-attack or press in the midfield and frontcourt. They only started to focus on defense after the half-time circle.
Kewell, Duff, Viduka, Smith, Cahill, plus the full-backs Kelly and Hart who are good at double assists, Leeds United are not without offensive players. Facing Millwall, they have never been so easy.
The ground organizes the offensive from the backcourt.
However, their attack broke their hearts!
The three midfielders of Nedvěd, Gattuso, and Pirlo can be counted as two and a half defenders. They are closely connected with the back line. The defense line is delayed and compresses the space in the dangerous zone. Leeds United's offense is very smooth in the second half.
After half way, we hit a big mountain.
The most terrible thing is that when they attack, there is too much space in the backcourt.
Millwall switches from defense to offense and looks for two points, Henry or Larsson.
Starting from the 50th minute of the game, the scene became extremely weird.
Leeds United's soldiers pressed the situation, but their offense was so disorienting that they made mistakes in passing and receiving, failed to make breakthroughs, and ran around blindly.
On the other hand, Millwall's offense is almost a one-man operation.
Henry and Larsson both started on the wing, but there was a lot of space in the backcourt. The two repeatedly staged 30-meter runs. They relied on their speed and dribbling rhythm to smash the ball and change the direction. It is simple but practical.
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In the 58th minute, Henry got the ball and threw away Kelly. He walked inside to get rid of Cahill's pursuit. He pulled the ball horizontally in front of compatriot Dacote and then reached the back line. He alone attracted the attention of Ferdinand and Mateo.
Note that he then passed the ball to Klose who was diagonally crossing Ferdinand. Klose passed the ball across the other side. Larsson was unmarked and violently volleyed into the Leeds United goal.
After 10 minutes, it was replaced by Larsson, but he returned to the center to receive the ball, and then drove the ball forward. The Leeds United defense was preventing him from cutting inside, forcing him to stay away from the penalty area, and Larsson followed their lead.
Xinxin led Hart and Mateo all the way diagonally to the right wing. Larsson passed the ball from behind. Klose, who was in the back, jumped up high and hit the goal with a header.
city!
At this time, Leeds United felt cold in their hearts, not to mention that O'Reilly did not dare to allow them to attack crazily.
After another 4 minutes, Henry ran to the middle to receive Nedvěd's overhead long pass. After stopping the ball with his chest, he picked the ball behind him without waiting for the ball to land. He turned around and faced the opponent's penalty area head-on. Leeds United's defense line was visible.
Ghostly, Duckett moved back, fearing that Henry would break through after being activated by the explosion. Henry bumped the ball with his thigh and found that no one was coming to grab him. He got excited and volleyed directly from a long distance.
The ball flew up from his feet at an extremely fast speed. Under the light rain, it seemed like a bolt of lightning flashed across the field, and a perfect parabola appeared in the sky above Leeds United's half.
Goalkeeper Martin never expected that the opponent was more than 40 yards away from the goal, and he actually took a long shot!
Pirlo's long shot was like an assassin's sure blow in the dark. Martin's vision was blocked at the time. When he saw the ball, it jumped out from the middle of the defenders, bounced off the ground and then accelerated. He couldn't save it and was scored.
The lower left corner of the goal.
He could completely see Henry's kick. After all, apart from his own defender and midfielder, there was Henry in front of him. Klose even ran to the left to prepare to receive or cover Henry. Martin's view was completely unobstructed, but that's it.
, the ball shot by Henry flew across the sky at high speed, and was hoisted into the upper right corner of the goal. Martin moved two steps, staggered, and slipped...
"My God! Henry scored a super goal! How wonderful is this goal? Just the impeccable trajectory of the football is enough to be unforgettable, and before that? Nedved's long pass
, the football left the ground, Henry stopped the ball with his chest, picked it behind him without letting it hit the ground, completed a turn, the football fell from the air, bumped the ball with his thigh, and then volleyed! This must be a goal that he will never forget, too
So beautiful, so shocking!”
After Henry saw the ball go in, he rushed to the sidelines and knelt down halfway. The slippery court caused him to slide a full 10 meters away, and his spikes left two parallel tracks on the turf.
The end of Henry's slide was right in front of Aldridge. When the inertia of the slide disappeared, Henry stood up again and hugged Aldridge. The next second, they were surrounded by teammates and assistant coaches.
While Millwall's players and fans were cheering and celebrating, there were already Leeds United players squatting down and hanging their heads on the field. There were more than 15 minutes left in the game, but they were shocked, their eyes were full of confusion, and their hearts were in chaos.
In less than 30 minutes in the second half, they once again deepened their understanding of the gap between themselves and Millwall!
Fear, uncontrollably rising in the heart, grows and turns into a demon.
In the two games, Millwall used two completely different methods to make them feel desperate, and even made them hate football and want to escape from football.
In the first type, Millwall attacked wildly, overwhelming them and leaving them unable to fight back.
The second type is that in the second half, Millwall was on the defensive. They attacked, and Millwall's counterattacks were accurate. In less than 30 minutes, they conceded three goals in a row.
Guard, cannot guard.
Attacking is self-harm!
Because as soon as they put in their offensive forces, the space in the backcourt became larger. Millwall's players are too strong individually. Their offense was more like leaving their own life open to the opponent to destroy.
Playing against Millwall made them realize that life was worse than death.
This is what Aldrich said, if a top team counterattacks wretchedly, it can make its opponents despair!
Depending on the actual situation, it is okay to play like this occasionally. If this is set as the first tactic, there will be problems, because like in the league, most games are still based on attacking tough situations and breaking through dense defenses. If you are not leading the score, how can you defend against counterattacks?
Aldridge also didn't expect Leeds United to commit suicide. In the second half, they attacked fiercely and opened up the backcourt for Millwall to wreak havoc.
O'Reilly's eyes were blank, and when he conceded the fourth goal, he sat back again.
If he could, he would rather escape from Elland Road.
Two games, and before this one is over, Leeds United has conceded double digits!
Before the game started four days ago, he was still very ambitious and heroic. He was enjoying praise from the outside world and looking forward to winning the Champions League this season!
In just four days, now, in the cold wind and rain, his mouth was dry, his heart was pounding, and he felt as if the world had changed.
Aldridge slaughtered ten O'Reilly, and he was still Aldridge. In his glorious resume, O'Reilly and Leeds United were not even qualified to be on the list.
But O'Reilly is no longer the O'Reilly he was five days ago.
