From the beginning of the game, Aldridge's attention was completely focused on the game on the court. Watching the ball in the box can see the whole scene, which is better than the head coach's field of vision. Intuitively speaking, the head coach needs to have insight.
The overall situation of the field is relatively flat. Not only do you have to look left and right, but you also have to think about the overall situation and the utilization rate of the stadium space by both sides. When you look down from the box, you can see it at a glance.?
They faced Arsenal in the second round of the league. This was not a good schedule. If Aldridge was still the head coach, it would not matter, but after all, they are the new Lions. The only positive factor is that they have the advantage of home court.
Klinsmann made obvious changes to this game. First of all, he was more conservative. Arsenal is good at counterattacking from the side. It is right not to give the opponent space to counterattack. Secondly, the pace will not be too fast, focusing on stability. After all,
This is Klinsmann's first home game. If he loses, the blow will be too big. It is roughly the same as Aldridge's thinking when he first coached Millwall eight years ago. Losing will hurt morale. The most important thing is to establish prestige and
When rallying people, avoiding losing is the first priority.
Because of this, the game seemed uneventful until the time on the scoreboard entered the eighth minute, and the Lion King Stadium suddenly burst into warm applause without warning. All the home fans stood up in the stands and applauded.
"Haha, the fans of Millwall stood up and applauded tacitly in the 8th minute of the game, not for the wonderful scenes in the game, but to express their respect for the current club chairman Sir Sir Hall, who coached Millwall for 8 years.
In the past year, he has created brilliant achievements for Millwall, which every Lions fan admires from the bottom of his heart."
The applause lasted for a full minute, and just when the scoreboard time had just passed 8 minutes, the Roar fans in the South Stand organized and roared together in an orderly manner.
"Your Majesty Aldrich Hall!"
The live broadcast captured Aldridge sitting in the box with a smile on his face. When he heard the roar of the fans, he covered his forehead with his hand and seemed a little embarrassed.
As for his two sons, Bert looked up at his father with a look of reverence, while Earl was eating snacks like a little angel with a smile on his face.
Klinsmann was supervising the battle carefully from the sidelines and could not ignore the applause and shouts of the fans. At this time, he felt a little bitter in his heart: I can't escape his shadow here!
When it came time to take charge, although Klinsmann and Aldridge had some differences on player transfers, when it came to the competitive level, Aldridge not only did not interfere with the team's competitive affairs, but also never said a word in front of the media.
, this makes Klinsmann satisfied. However, his source of pressure, in addition to the height that Millwall itself has reached, is that Aldridge has become an invisible god at the Lion King Stadium.
Without him, he lives in Aldrich's shadow.
When will this shadow be removed?
Klinsmann doesn't know and won't think about this issue. The reality cannot help but make him think about it.
Arsenal's generals are gearing up for this game. From the outside, Millwall has lost one of its most powerful forces, and that is Aldridge, who can still win the Premier League after selling half of the team's main players.
A man who can reach the top again and establish a dynasty in Europe.
Klinsmann now?
We just want to get rid of him as early as possible and not give him a chance to steadily rise to the top at Millwall!
As a result, Arsenal became a little aggressive after the opening 20 minutes, but revealed flaws on the defensive end. Arsenal's defensive system has become extremely stable this season. Campbell at his peak partnered with the experienced Keown, and the midfield barrier maintained
Ella partners with Silva, which is tough as hell. What they are good at is quick counterattacks, one-shot kicks, and they can rush up quickly if there is space. However, if they do not counterattack, positional warfare will lack creativity.
Arsenal failed to calm down and soon paid the price. After the midfielder failed to play an imaginative cooperation after half-time pressure, Schneider stole the ball in the backcourt and passed a long distance to find the small player in the frontcourt.
Luo, the latter also made a long diagonal pass. Klose and Larsson, who were in front of him, misplaced their positions. In the end, Klose, who moved to the back point, made a late shot.
Seeing Klose's goal, Aldridge stood up and raised his fists with a smile on his face. He even picked up Burt and spun him around. After putting Burt down, Earl also joined in the fun, and Aldridge then put him down.
He also hugged her.
On the contrary, Klinsmann did not celebrate the goal too much, but shouted to the field to let the players concentrate on defense.
Wenger was in a terrible mood and was angry about the goal his team had conceded.
What made him even more angry was what came next.
Before the end of the first half, Ronaldinho scored with a set kick, expanding the score to 2:0.
Facing the favorite Arsenal, Millwall took a two-goal lead at home. Almost everyone believed that in the post-Aldridge era, Klinsmann could continue to make this dynasty team the biggest favorite in all championships.
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After scoring the goal, Ronaldinho ran to the sidelines and gave a military salute in the direction of Aldridge's box, causing Aldridge to stand up and applaud him in return.
If in the first half of this London derby team competition, Millwall had more methods, richer experience in big scenes, and better team concepts, which made Arsenal unable to start, then in the second half, Arsenal began to behave in a way that was contrary to itself.
The technical and tactical team concept is changing the game, and ultimately exposes Millwall's shortcomings in local confrontations.
In the second half, Arsenal did not play a wonderful team attack. Instead, they knocked on Millwall's door in a rough and individualistic way. Bergkamp retreated to pass Lampard, and then
After attracting Pedretti, he handed the ball to Ibrahimovic. Ibrahimovic’s fight with Materazzi was still fresh in his mind, but today he blew up Barza.
Lee, forced the opponent away in an unreasonable way, and then used his foot skills to make the angry Barzagli step forward bravely, but Ibrahimovic simply changed his direction and passed him, and very cleverly let Barzagli pass.
The upward attack blocked Southgate's line of defense. Ibrahimovic single-handedly sent the ball into the goal, and then celebrated while walking back with an arrogant attitude.
That scene left Klinsmann speechless. It wasn't how cleanly Barzagli was treated, but the moment before. He was directly squeezed away by the opponent after sticking to Ibrahimovic. It was so embarrassing. Put it on a defender of the Premier League's wealthy level.
Once you get close, you can be accelerated and pierced, but if you are directly squeezed away, the opponent will not even swing his center of gravity, which is unreasonable.
In the final stage of the game, Arsenal scored another goal through a corner kick. It was Ibrahimovic who made the contribution. He did not even use a header, but tried to stop the ball in the penalty area, but the ball hit Millwall.
On the player's body, it looked like a Millwall player stopped the ball for him, and then Ibrahimovic volleyed the ball into the net. The unlucky guy was Barzagli again.
Wenger breathed a sigh of relief, while Klinsmann shook his head and was speechless on the sidelines. He felt a little aggrieved when his opponent equalized the score in this way.
Because it is foreseeable that the central defender is a shortcoming. He has told the club management, his boss, Aldridge, many times.
Maybe it was a mistake to sell Metzelder.
Barzagli's mistake in this game caused him to lose his main position. Klinsmann planned to use Neal as the main defender.
When Arsenal equalized the score, the live camera focused on the box where Aldridge was sitting. Aldridge did not express his dissatisfaction with a blank face. Instead, he talked with Puskas and smiled wryly.
In Aldridge's eyes, Barzagli's mistake is not too serious. After all, Barzagli is still growing. Not every opponent has a striker like Ibrahimovic. What he values is that after losing Pirlo, Mir
The power of Wall's offensive system has indeed dropped a lot.
When encountering a tough defensive team like Arsenal, making full use of the field space will require higher organizational and scheduling requirements. Not only must the width of the field be used, but the entire midfield must also be stretched front and back to tear apart the opponent's third-line defense. In the past, small
Luo is on the frontcourt and Pirlo is on the wing.
The midfield and backcourt, together with Nedvěd, are able to tear the opponent apart from the front, back, left, and right directions. Now, at best, the two wings use the width of the field. Lampard's organizational skills lack creativity, and his passing success rate is not low, but both
It's a formulaic pass, too predictable.
Therefore, when Arsenal implemented defensive counterattack tactics in the second half, Millwall's positional battle could not produce very good results.
A game in which a two-goal lead was tied was more or less disappointing for the Lions fans, but at least they did not lose the advantage. However, the weakening of the defensive system in the backcourt, from the midfielder to the backline, was still clear at a glance.
Three days later, in the third round of the Premier League, Millwall played another London derby and challenged farmer Fulham away. Klinsmann only adjusted one starting point, replacing Barzagli with Neal, and Millwall won.
Well, a 4:0 victory swept away the haze of being tied with Arsenal.
Tigana's reforms at Fulham seemed nondescript, and indeed had the shadow of a technical stream, but they could not overcome the hurdle of hard power. When faced with the behemoth Millwall, Fulham was far inferior to the technical and very tough.
The director's strengths were much inferior to those of the team. He wanted to maintain his dignity when playing at home, but he failed to attack even if he wanted to, and was directly crushed by Millwall.
Klinsmann led the team to play four official games in August. Not counting the Community Shield, they had 2 wins and 1 draw in the league, which was satisfactory. After the defeat against Fulham, he immediately led the team to play in the European Super Cup.
It's from Feyenoord in the Netherlands.
During this period, Aldridge settled down to be a good family man. At the same time, he also met with the new England national team coaching staff to determine the work responsibilities for early September so that everyone could be prepared.
On August 28, the qualifying rounds for the new season of the Champions League came to an end.
Two days later, Millwall flew to Monaco to meet Feyenoord at the top of the European Cup.
On the same day, Aldrich was tidying up his clothes in the bedroom at home early in the morning. He was humming softly while tying his tie. The door to the bedroom was gently pushed open from the outside, and Earl was seen holding a crazy lion doll and rubbing his eyes. Walking in, he looked up and saw Aldrich dressed neatly, and asked curiously in a low voice: "Dad, where are you going?"
Aldrich knelt down and kissed his face. Both sons were very sensible. No, Yiwen was still sleeping soundly in the bedroom, and Earl spoke extremely softly.
"Well, let's go abroad for a while."
"I'll go too, okay?"
"Okay, then go back and change your clothes. By the way, ask your brother if he wants to go with us."
Earl dragged the blue lion doll out quietly and could clearly hear his pace speeding up after going out.
Aldrich took out a clean slim-fitting suit jacket from the closet, put it on, looked in the mirror, and finally took off the tie, smiling to himself: "Nothing happened, well, it's time to take action. "(To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster!
