The Young Lion

While preparing for the next round of training, Audridge invited Wenger to visit Millwall’s training base.

The training ground is lackluster, but Wenger greatly appreciates the indoor training hotel, modern sports and medical team plus scientific diet, meticulous intelligence gathering and tactical meeting room, etc. This was the first time Aldrich met Wenger many years ago. It was discussed in depth, and Aldridge realized it with his own hands.

On the training ground, he refused to visit the training on weekdays. Wenger stood on the side of the court and watched quietly. Aldridge worked as usual, which puzzled the colleagues of the coaching staff.

But no one talked about it, at least Wenger’s appearance would not make people think.

Before today’s group match started, Aldridge called the players and said: “We have performed well in the past two months. We have only lost two goals in the eight rounds of the league, but our goals have been in the most recent period. There seems to be a little less, so today’s training focus, the wing forward can try to break through the ball and add some new things to the offensive tactics.”

Aldrich’s words made Piley and Schneider shine.

Before the team’s training requirements were not much, the offensive players tried to get the ball in the frontcourt as far as possible. The ball should be handled concisely and clearly, and the cooperation should be continuously formed through the running position. The use of accurate ground transfer cooperation and Fast-paced to tear open the opponent’s defense, but it is still easier for football with a lot of offense and defense tactics.

Personal breakthrough is essential in football. People talk about the cooperation of “ball pass goal” really easy to become a classic, but such goals are not every one, and in the process of making goals , Personal breakthroughs are a link with a large proportion.

Aldridge’s previous suppression of the wing break was just to lay the foundation for the defensive system, because the wing break is not just a player from the wing closer to the bottom line and the restricted area, it will inevitably affect the entire offensive system and press forward. Before the offensive, the pressure on the defense will be huge if it cannot be recovered in time.

To allow the team’s offense and defense to be freely collected, Aldridge could not let go at the beginning to let the players play freely, find a feeling in the process of contraction, first familiarize themselves with the mode and state of defense, and then a little bit Release offensive, this is his overall thinking to transform the team.

First-team coaches Torop and Craig took tactical drawings to explain simple tactics to players.

For example, the line of the side pass, find the back point of the 45-degree cross, find the front point of the bottom pass, how the two forwards should position on the line of the wing player, cover and involve.

Tactics are always rigid, and they must be tailor-made to meet their own needs.

Millwall’s striker is fast and has a good sense of smell in the penalty area. Naturally, the side attack will serve them.

Probably the rich offensive tactics today, the players are very interested. After the coaches succinctly explained, they rubbed their hands into two sides and started the match.

Aldridge walked to the other side of the training ground and stood next to Wenger. At this moment Wenger was watching the players on the training ground intently.

After more than half of the match, Aldridge asked softly, “How?”

Wenger exhaled, turning his head to nod to Aldrich: “Although they are young, they have great potential. Aldrich, your eyes make me admire.”

Although there are not many skilled players on the field, it is precisely to make up for such shortcomings. Aldridge’s team play is very simple. The ball runs quickly under the player’s feet and does not need fancy moves, as long as it is tacitly short. Passing is enough, and then constantly running to form a cooperation.

Although it was only a short game, Wenger has seen that the future of the players on this training ground is unlimited.

In the next few days, the training enthusiasm of the players is very high. After all, they can be more active in the offensive, which makes them completely explode after suppressing the offensive factor for a long time.

In the ninth round of the Premier League, Millwall sat at the Lion’s Cave Stadium and ushered in a weaker: Luton.

It is precisely because the opponents are not strong in this round that Aldridge finally made up his mind to try to release the offense tactically.

As always, Aldridge will not talk about tactics in the locker room before the game, but just stimulate the team’s fighting spirit and leave the locker room.

He deeply understands that the shorter the time from the start of the game, the more tactics are given to the players, and the less the effect is, it will only make the players nervous, how to play the game, prepare for it one day in advance, it is not necessary before the game starts It is only annoying to raise the player’s ears.

The Lion’s Cave Stadium was full and Aldridge’s team had won the affirmation of the fans. In the stands today, not only did Wenger watch the game, but also a group of young guys pulled up a banner that read: “Like Milwaukee Oh, then roar out! We are lions roar!”

The young people holding such banners are Brady, Fred, and Ewen.

They were young and wearing Millwall’s traditional dark blue jerseys standing in the south stands, and their seats, Audridge opened the back door for them, and fifty tickets were given to Brady according to the seat, which made Brady in In just one week, the fan organization “Lion Roar”, which pulled up nearly a hundred members, was neatly aligned in the stands and became a unique scenery on the court.

Aldrich is accustomed to the behavior of fans in the stands looking for his signature when he enters the field. Occasionally, he is patted on the shoulder to cheer him up, or praise him or something.

Unlike usual, after the game started, instead of standing on the sidelines, Aldridge sat on the coach seat and looked at the game lightly on the court.

From the beginning of the game, cheers continued to sound from the stands.

Millwall’s home record is also a home dragon, which makes fans happy to cheer on the team and cheer for the team. For ordinary people who have worked hard for a week, there is nothing more than shouting and singing indulgently on the court. It’s even more fun.

But after the game started, the situation on the field was very tight.

Luton’s overall combat strength is not strong, and he did not shrink his defense when he came to the Lion’s Cave Stadium. The main problem was Millwall’s offense.

Aldridge couldn’t help but looked at the coach’s seat of the visiting team. The opponent’s head coach was also sitting. There was a baffle blocking the line of sight. Aldrich couldn’t see the other’s expression clearly. Fan Kung Fu.

Millwall attacked Nedved in the middle, but in the past game, Nedved did not go deep into the opponent’s penalty area, mainly doing the middle road transition work, so the two sides, Schneider and Pires is the starting point of the attack and a threatening part of Millwall’s attack.

Because of this, Luton’s two full-backs stared at the two from the start of the game.

Almost like a pair in a chess game.

And Piret and Schneider, who were allowed to pass by Aldridge, seemed to be overjoyed. There were some tricks in this game. The first action after receiving the ball was passing, passing, passing. …

After the opponent broke the ball twice and three times in a row, this situation was even more serious!

By the 30th minute of the first half, even the fans in the stands could see that as long as Schneider and Piley took the ball, the next move would definitely be extraordinary!

The two did not eat the speed and explosive power of their opponents, want to pass the defensive rough England defender with their foot skills? And it’s when the other person sees through you that you will be better?

This is too much to show the other person!

Just treat your opponent as a stake!

“Do you want to remind them?”

Jenson whispered in Aldrich’s ear.

He is rather strange. The reason why Millwall’s offense is blocked can be seen by ordinary fans. Isn’t it because the two wing players just took the ball and wanted to be extraordinary?

But Aldridge always sat calmly, and showed no signs of getting up to the sidelines.

Aldrich shook his head and said, “It’s no use shouting now. Give them a calm period, at halftime.”

Wenger in the stands felt a bit exaggerated what he said to Aldridge a few days ago.

At least Millwall’s two wingers on the field now feel like he’s looking away.

Pires and Schneider, who swayed freely in training, played terribly badly on the court!

But he is even more curious: what will Audric do?

Scold these two players at halftime?

Replacement?

Or tell them not to try again?

The unwatchable first half ended in the referee whistle, the fans in the stands were a little discouraged, and many people were drowsy.

Millwall looks less threatening than before.

In the first half, he only had a two-footed shot. The two forwards were not supported and were invisible at the end of the first half.

Aldridge returned to the locker room without changing the tactical layout, but only plotted the positions of several Luton players on the tactical board, and told the team’s defense to pay attention to the opponent’s position.

Before the second half came out, after Aldridge and other players walked out, he purposely stopped Schneider and Piret. The three were dragged in the end, and Aldridge was in the middle of them, hugging them from left to right. Neck.

The two players calmed down after a half-time break, and they both understood that they had a mess in the first half and could not lift their heads.

Earlier I complained that the boss did not give them a chance to show their breakthrough ability.

Well, the boss allows you to kick like a joy, but in the end it kicks like that bird.

Ashamed!

Nowhere to let myself go!

“You two were really tired in the first half.”

“Ok?”

Piray and Schneider raised their heads in surprise, looking at Aldridge’s face in close proximity, slightly dazed.

Really tired?

Isn’t it smelly? Really bad?

Aldridge rolled his eyes and said faintly: “Fools can see that you must be superior after taking the ball. What is the best defender’s defense? Physical? No, it is a pre-judgment! Well, you two tell the opponent directly What should I do, do I still need to prejudge? It is too simple to guard you.”

Piray and Schneider lowered their heads again.

“The tactics remain the same, except that you have to change the rhythm. Listen to me. You do this on the court. After receiving the pass from your teammates, you pass it three to five times and then try again. Break through once, do you understand? After you have accumulated more experience, the biography should be superior, it can almost be done subconsciously, now use this stupid method first.”

After Aldridge finished speaking, he let go of the two players and patted their backs to let them play.