The Young Lion

In the third round of the FA Cup, Millwall vs. Arsenal officially started!

The Lion’s Cave Stadium was packed, and Graham received huge boos from all the fans when he entered because of the Times published today!

For the 50-year-old head coach, returning to the Lion's Cave Stadium is by no means home, he is just a rushed passenger here.

On the other hand, when Aldridge entered the stadium, the audience cheered.

Now there is only one owner of this stadium: Aldridge.

Through half a season of coaching performance, Aldridge quickly became the darling here.

As usual, he signed the fans in the stands near the stage and then calmly walked to the home team coach.

The South Grandstand has now been completely occupied by the "Lion Roar" fan organization. They today ingeniously printed a large English letter on the back of the jersey and turned around to form a striking statement.

"We only love Aldridge!"

George Graham glanced across the grandstand. In his memory, Millwall's grandstand should not be the way it is now, and all these changes came from the young guy not far away.

After seeing Aldridge in the corner of his eyes, George Graham couldn't help but feel angry.

Is it because the other party is young?

In the limelight?

Or is it because of the unexpected words and deeds of the other party?

In other words, the dress code when Audridge directed the game was uncomfortable.

In autumn, Aldridge will wear a decent suit with a stand-up collar, and he looks personable.

It's cold winter now, and the warm coat Aldridge wears also feels very special, and in the upper left corner of the coat, there is also the team logo of Millwall, which is a dazzling blue lion.

The same is true of other coaching staff members. They dress uniformly and have a touch of elegance. On another occasion, they are male models on the catwalk. I'm afraid no one will doubt it.

All signs seem that Aldridge is a different kind of football, but also rejected by traditional England.

Other coaches do not like Aldridge, but fans like it, especially neutral fans, like football and star chasing are combined, like a club, will certainly like the star players or coaches in the club.

Aldridge can tolerate other things, but dress can not.

He has a 20-year-old aesthetic, like the current English football, big-name coaches such as Ferguson wear the club's warm clothing, how to look like Glasgow dock workers.

Don’t mention Kevin Keegan. When he was visiting Newcastle United in the League Cup, Kevin Keegan, who was still young in the coaching profession, had long curly hair and wore a wide crimson suit. Never exaggerate.

Aldrich's previous suits were made by him personally after communicating with the tailor. Before the winter came, he directly ordered a suitable slim coat for each of the club's coaching staff. After printing the team emblem, it looks spiritual. Hundred times, but also chic.

It is precisely this kind of sword approach, Aldridge just standing on the court can attract the frequent attention of the broadcast lens.

There is a reason why other coaches hate Aldridge. If he stands without a word, he can overshadow other people's limelight. This is really maddening!

While Graham was thinking about something, Aldridge swept Arsenal's lineup slightly with regret.

This game, Graham is really inevitable.

Almost all the main battle!

Goalkeeper: David Seaman.

Defenders: Lee Dixon, Tony Adams, Martin Keon, Steve Boulder, Nigel Winterbourne.

Midfielders: Paul Mason, Paul Davis, John Jensen.

Forwards: Ian Wright, Kevin Campbell.

This lineup, except for the 15-year veteran of the Gunners and the 34-year-old Paul Davis, the other players are still playing the year.

Twenty-seven-year-old Tony Adams, twenty-eight-year-old Martin Keon, twenty-six-year-old Paul Mason, twenty-nine-year-old John Jensen, even Ian Wright, only thirty year old.

Aldridge wanted to grab Graham's clothes and ask: What are you doing in your own way? !

When he entered the main gunner, why did the group of young handsome men lose their hands?

Five hundred thousand pounds let go of Andy Cole. In less than three years, Andy Cole joined Manchester United half a month ago, Ferguson was slain by six million pounds by Kevin Keegan, Newcastle United The team made more than four million pounds!

A player who set a new transfer record in English football was released by the Gunners three years ago.

In Graham's eight years, this Arsenal, which could have created a greater glory, only won two league championships, one league cup, one FA cup, plus last year's European Cup Winners Cup, and then And quickly fell.

This season's Premier League, Arsenal don't talk about impacting the championship, even in London can not stand up.

Aldrich shook his head. The ups and downs of this team is a typical coaching responsibility, because after the arrival of the French who created a new generation of gunmen, most of the players on the field were activated again, which is the problem of coaching level.

Graham's conservative tactics suppressed the talents and fighting spirit of the players. They also neglected management, and caused these premature stars to fall, alcohol and women, squandering and indulging, and squandering their youth. By this season, the team The people have long been distracted, and many players are bored here and moved to leave the team.

The referee's whistle made Aldridge refreshed.

The first half of the game began.

Millwall played very calmly from the start of the game and was not in a hurry to push the ball forward, calmly and orderly kicking the ball back and forth in the midfield and continuously transitioning the ball back and forth.

The biggest change in Millwall today is the midfield.

The configuration of the former double midfielder has become a triple midfielder today.

Fans in the stands accidentally discovered that there was a new face on the court, not tall but very strong Gattuso!

What role can he play on the court?

After observing for a period of time, the fans discovered that unless absolutely guaranteed, the two midfielders, Vieira and Barak, will never give the ball to Gattuso. Occasionally, the ball is under his feet, which is also very concise and Quickly send the ball to a safe place.

His characteristics and functions do not seem to be obvious at all, more like a dispensable person.

But some signs can be seen in the station.

Barak went further, Vieira was near the middle circle, and Gattuso dragged behind.

Both Glenshare and Beckham, plus Solskjaer, are taking part in the team's positional offense. Millwall played very patiently, often after a dozen feet of passes before hitting long shots at a good angle.

Barak and Solskjaer's long shot outside the penalty area did not threaten Seaman. Arsenal's counterattack was very simple, quickly passed through the midfield, pulled the wing, and then allowed the forward to score through his personal ability.

But their counterattack, the ball will be accurately and effectively intercepted by Millwall when passing through the midfield.

When Gattuso broke the ball from the foot of John Jensen for the second time, Millwall fans in the stands were excited to find out: this is the second Makelele!

In normal training, Gattuso often exchanges defensive experience with Makelele. The defensive characteristics of the two are similar, but it is impossible to completely replicate. Makelele's simple and clear shot after the ball is broken, it is not the average person. What I learned is almost a subconscious reaction of the brain, and make a correct judgment.

Vieira, who has hone through most of the season, is getting better and better, and with Barack, who always has a strong spirit, Millwall has cast a steel barrier in the midfield!

This directly led to Arsenal's ground pass and could not find their forwards at all, so Arsenal returned to the British long pass and the ball wanted to cross the midfield sky to directly find the forwards in the penalty area.

But Richards and Materazzi are not easy generations, fighting for their position, Arsenal's striker has no advantage at all.

After playing for 30 minutes in the first half, Millwall became more and more energetic and more powerful. The coordination in the midfield was very smooth. Instead, Arsenal veteran Davis was breathless and tired.

Frequent long shots made Arsenal's back line angry. Adams and Keon commanded the team's defense line to push forward. They were not afraid of showing their backs. Their back line was not only famous for the Premier League, but even made all European teams. Bored, they also have a housekeeping skill, that is to create offside!

The tacit understanding of this line of defense is difficult for other teams to copy, and therefore, the success of repeated offside is their proud ability.

In the 40th minute of the first half, Tony Adams saw Barak distribute the ball to the foot of Beckham on the right. Seeing that Beckham had no intention of dribbling, he stepped forward wisely and put Solsk in front of him. Ya rested offside.

The other two central defenders tacitly put Solskjaer into the offside trap, and Beckham's oblique long pass came as expected.

Tony Adams raised his hand to signal Solskjaer offside!

But the sideman did not raise the flag.

With a strong spin, the ball landed on the left side of the penalty area, where Maglenchard sprinted and hit the middle directly. Solskjaer lightly pushed the ball to the far corner to score!

Tony Adams is mad!

He rushed to the lineman and snarled: "The guy in the middle is offside! This goal should be blown away!"

At this time the offside rule has not been further modified, so if Solskjaer is offside, then Glencharr will be penalized for offside even if he does not offside at the far end!

Only after the new offside rule was revised in 2003, under the premise of encouraging offense, will the players who are offside but not participating in the offense be ignored.

The lineman said indifferently: "That player is not offside."

Slow motion on TV shows that there is a loophole in the back line of Arsenal's offside, and Glenn Charles slowly moved from the side to the penalty area before Beckham passed the ball. This made Dickson who was marking him follow. At the end, Dixon was parallel to Solskjaer in the middle. When Adams raised his hand, Dixon was misled and stopped for a second, causing Glencharr to leave him behind.

After Solskjaer scored, Millwall players ran to the sidelines to celebrate, and the familiar rhythm rang from the stands.

"Ole, Ole, Ole Ole, Ole, Ole, Ole Ole..."

Graham's face was so blue that he roared on the sidelines to make the players attack aggressively!

Aldridge seemed very calm. He just mentioned the goal just now in terms of tactical arrangement. Arsenal's back line is used to creating offside. In fact, thanks to the current offside rule, as long as one person is offside, he will be sentenced to offside. So, there is a lot of empty space behind their defense.

Arsenal, who is used to playing defense, is behind!

Graham, do you have any ideas?

This is just Millwall's bench.