Aldrich's words didn't really speak to the players' hearts, they just made the players better accept his philosophy.
As a head coach, when communicating with players, it is impossible to tell the truth every word. What is the truth? That is not important. What is important is whether everyone can accept it.
Just like being a coward and trying to prevent counterattacks to the extreme, you can't say straightforwardly: We want victory and nothing else. It doesn't matter if you are cowardly on the scene, victory is the first priority.
People are ambitious, and most people also want to express themselves. Football players also care about appearance when they are on the field for 90 minutes.
The scenes brought about by Millwall's pressing attack are very enjoyable for the players. It is both brilliant and majestic, and seems to be leading the trend.
Aldridge never tries to distort values, and he will not say that pressing offense is more practical than counterattack defense, but when he instills his ideas into players, he will deliberately avoid the most important and minimize the light, making it easier for the players to accept it.
It's the same in Millwall, England.
If you don't analyze the reasons for past failures with the members of the England national team, and deliberately highlight your own advantages, how can you make them obey your words honestly, subvert 442, and play the conservative 4321?
As the outside world says, the current England team is no longer the traditional England team, but a combination of Italy + Germany.
When it comes to the game, team skills and tactics, this is a serious topic. The coach cannot just brag and talk nonsense. You have to show some skills to let the players see. In football, talent is still the most important factor.
Mainly to convince people.
Seeing the changes in the players' expressions, especially Ronaldinho and Pirlo, there was a slight smile on their faces.
They liked what Aldrich said.
Play more dominantly.
Bayern Munich's fate, whether it's offensive or defensive, is not in their own hands. It's Millwall who rules.
If I don't give you the opportunity to take the initiative to attack, then my 90-minute pressing attack will destroy you, and you will have no choice but to counterattack.
I want you to attack, and I will catch your counterattack. Then I will give you space and opportunities to attack. The trend of the game will be dominated by me.
They all also understand that such a display of dominance is based on pros and cons.
If I think a pressing attack can kill you, then I'll do it. If I think it's risky, then I'll pull back and catch you off guard.
The overall situation is smarter, and the team's overall skills and tactics can be adjusted freely.
Simply talking about the effect, there is no doubt about Millwall's tactical quality and execution ability. Being able to take the lead in the first half is a good proof. Once Aldridge made adjustments, no one dared to violate it. But Aldridge is not an iron-fisted coach, nor does he do anything.
After making the right decision, he ignored the players' reactions.
He will appease the players' mentality, guide their thinking, and try his best to create an atmosphere of unity where the generals are united.
"To prove that I didn't lie to you, how about we use the second half of the game as an experiment?"
Aldridge put one hand in his pocket, stretched out the other hand, and waved it in front of him. The smile on his face represented his confidence.
Infected by his confidence, the players all laughed.
"Boss, just tell me what to do in the second half. We only scored one goal. It's not enough!"
Ronaldinho shouted excitedly.
The other players laughed. Old ministers like Nedved and Southgate have never doubted Aldridge's correctness. Even if Aldridge is proven wrong, this still cannot make them trust Aldridge.
There is a slight decrease.
"Okay, then let's have a big fight at Munich's Olympiastadion in the second half! Everyone, listen to me!"
Aldrich began to arrange the tactics for the second half, and the whole team listened attentively.
On this stage of the Champions League, Millwall has experienced many battles. Now it is not only about pursuing honors and expanding glory, but also truly enjoying the game and having fun in it.
Compared to the joy and excitement at halftime at Millwall, a heated argument broke out in the home team's locker room at Bayern Munich. This argument did not come from the players and the coach, but was an exchange within the team, except it was not.
Everyone is a gentleman. They speak loudly and in a serious tone. It sounds like a quarrel, but it does not hurt feelings. On the contrary, such a phenomenon within the team represents everyone's will to defend honor and win, which will inspire each other to greater heights.
motivation.
"Millwall is a cunning team! Against such an opponent, we must be more flexible and think faster!"
It was Effenberg who called the shots in the locker room.
Kahn also nodded in agreement and said loudly: "Like when we lost the ball and our full-backs failed to come back immediately, the two defenders must have someone to fill their positions in time. They cannot stand still."
"I made up my position, but their counterattack was too fast!"
Kufuor defended himself somewhat depressedly.
"Faster, faster! We know they will counterattack like this and sometimes they have to break away from the positional area!"
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After Hitzfeld waited for the players to communicate among themselves, it was his turn to come out and adjust the team's tactics.
Must change.
It's lagging behind.
The players also believe that they cannot play like they did at the beginning, 4321, a positional battle, and the opponent is Millwall. Isn't this asking for trouble? At this time, what is needed is the determination and will to break the boat!
However, Heathfield did not dare to really break the boat and fight with his last resort, relying not only on courage, but also on wisdom.
To put it lightly, they attacked wildly but couldn't find the balance point in the middle. Bayern Munich was probably beaten to a pulp immediately!
While thinking about countermeasures, Hitzfield suddenly had a flash of inspiration and said to Ballack: "In the second half, you play as an attacking midfielder."
Ballack was not surprised at all. It was time to attack. If he didn't attack, would he be conceding defeat at home?
Heathfield arranges tactics in detail. He can't just say to Ballack, play as an attacking midfielder, and then let the players play their part. What are the specific tactical routines and what are the sources of offensive opportunities? All of this is required.
He explained it in detail to the players.
After Hitzfeld finished talking about his tactical adjustments, there was a dead silence in the Bayern Munich dressing room.
The players had weird expressions and their eyes were even weirder.
Bayern Munich changed their formation. 4231. A fixed attacking midfielder was added to the positional battle. However, it is really unconvincing to rely on such a change to improve the probability of defeating Millwall.
The key point that Heathfield said was that if they failed in the positional battle, it didn't matter. Ballack and a full midfielder had to form a connection to quickly counterattack Millwall's organized counterattack, and then the other forwards and full midfielders
, ready to step forward at any time.
In theory, it is to stifle Millwall's counterattack, and then quickly create the highest offensive threat.
But conceptually, it feels a bit familiar to Bayern Munich's players.
After thinking about it for a while, I finally understood.
Isn't this the "back midfielder forward" strategy that has been advocated by Fleet Street in the UK for a while?
The reason why I have been advocating for a while is because Millwall has not used this tactic resolutely in the past month or so. It will only be used in tough games to strengthen the pressing attack. Therefore, this technique and tactics are used.
It had obvious limitations. Fleet Street blew everyone up, and then it stopped.
But this concept has really begun to take root in people's hearts. However, it cannot be popularized.
The players of Bayern Munich thought that this tactical design came from Millwall, no, it came from Aldridge, and everyone's mood became complicated.
Damn it, use Aldridge's tactics to beat Millwall at the beginning, and then use Aldridge's tactics at halftime?
This, this, this...
If you win, will you lose face?
However, this is not the time to worry about face. Being able to win, or not lose, is the most important thing.
The players are all veterans who have experienced hundreds of battles. They will definitely not be able to come up with a good way to fight against a top-notch opponent like Millwall. The head coach's arrangement is quite reliable, at least it sounds like they can give it a try.
The only way to do this is if the coach only boosts morale and asks everyone to go up mountains of swords and seas of fire to risk their lives!
Then there is really no future with a coach like this.
You have to have countermeasures to deal with them at the first glance. Just shouting slogans is of no use!
The Bayern Munich players put aside their mental baggage and put those messy thoughts behind them.
They encouraged each other, walked out of the locker room, and prepared for the second half of the game.
Before the start of the second half, Aldrich sat on the coach's bench, with the coaches around him chatting in low voices, with a sense of confidence in his expression.
Everyone can't wait for the second half to start quickly.
Watch the show!
Heathfield was still standing on the sidelines. He glanced at Aldrich and found that Aldrich was sitting there calmly, not talking to the people next to him, looking calm.
He thought in his mind: Prevent counterattacks? Should we continue to guard against counterattacks?
A team of Millwall's level is determined to defend against counterattacks. Even if Bayern Munich has the advantage of home court, it may be difficult to achieve anything, and the risk of conceding the ball again is very high.
Players from both sides are gearing up, with roughly the same thought in mind: just wait!
"In the first round of the second stage of the Champions League group stage, the second half of the match between Bayern Munich and Millwall begins now. The score is 0:1 for the time being. Bayern Munich at home is lagging behind. They must be dissatisfied with this score. In the second half, I believe they will
They will go all out to counterattack. In the previous three games, they lost to Millwall three times in a row. If they lose again today, it will be their fourth consecutive defeat!"
The Bayern Munich fans in the stands looked worried, and many of them had strange thoughts in their minds.
Millwall, you are so cruel!
In 1999, the two teams met for the first time in history. In the two legs of the Champions League semi-finals, each team won one game, and then in the penalty shootout, Bayern Munich won and Millwall went home.
But that year, Bayern Munich’s Champions League trip, damn it, no fans wanted to remember it!
Since then, they were beaten twice in 2000 and defeated in the final in 2001. Bayern Munich faced Millwall 5 times, winning 1 and losing 4!
Today is the sixth meeting. If they lose again, Millwall will beat Bayern Munich for the fourth time in a row.
There is a saying in football called revenge.
Millwall lost to Bayern Munich on penalties in 1999, and when they met later, Millwall naturally became an avenger. Good guy, this revenge is simply endless!
But Millwall will not always be an avenger. After double defeating Bayern Munich in 2000 and finally winning the cup, the role of avenger became Bayern Munich. In the 2001 final, Bayern Munich failed to take revenge. Today, it seems that it still cannot take revenge.
success.
But in the eyes of Bayern Munich fans, they feel more like Bayern Munich has been being revenged by Millwall, because Bayern Munich has been at a disadvantage since 1999. To put it in layman's terms: they were held down and beaten wildly by Millwall!
Therefore, they feel that the crazy lion is too cruel! (To be continued...)
