At half-time, Aldridge did not choose to play in the second half because he had some scruples, and to put it simply, he was worried that Millwall would have the highest probability of conceding goals in all competitions this season.

In addition to the two knockout rounds of the Champions League and the two La Liga giants who have conceded a lot of goals, the other games combined, their average number of goals conceded per game is very low, ranking the lowest in the Premier League and even the five major leagues, but among these goals conceded, the Millwall coaching staff analyzed the goals conceded and summed up one point: being mixed up by the opponent to score!

From a global perspective, it is actually the most difficult situation to defend: the defense of the second offense and the third offense.

A frontal defense, Millwall can do the best, but after the opponent plays an attack, when Millwall fails to adjust the defense in time and rearrange the mark-to-man defense, the goal can be conceded, which happens to all teams, there is no absolutely perfect defensive strategy and let the goal never concede a goal.

Therefore, Millwall's biggest fear is that the opponent will create chaos in the penalty area, the first attack will not be successful, and the opponent will seize the second opportunity to form a threat to the goal.

Considering that Manchester United has the king of the small penalty area, Ruud van Nistelrooy, Aldridge ordered the team to try to control and balance in the second half at halftime, and really retracted, Manchester United held high and hit the big luck, and Ruud van Nistelrooy took the opportunity to send the ball into the goal in the penalty area, which would be lost so that Aldridge could only look up to the sky and sigh.

Now retract to fight the defense, in fact, Aldridge will not think too much, command has become an instinct, when he is really sane and sober. He instinctively knows what tactics to use and when. Originally, when Pirlo and Ronaldo were on the field. They had the ability to keep the ball and take their destiny firmly into their own hands, but they didn't do that, and without that, Millwall's defence had a fatal problem: a soft midfield!

Without Nedved in this central axis, Gattuso alone is obviously much softer than Manchester United's Keane Gauls, especially Keane's attack. Bart guarding the waistline.

So Aldridge did not hesitate to replace Pirlo and Ronaldo, which made the Lions fans in the stands feel puzzled and dazed, as if Millwall was abandoning himself.

The replacement of Pedretti and Alonso, if you want to say how hard they are, is really limited, but in the end, they can contribute more to the defense than Pirlo and Ronaldo, and at the same time, Millwall's overall tactics have changed and they no longer play positional battles. Single-mindedly fighting back, Alonso's talent is enough. There is no need to expect a perfect replacement for Pirlo.

Millwall have beaten many opponents this season to the point of playing long passes, forcing opponents to change their established technical and tactical systems, and in the final 20 minutes of the season, Millwall themselves have abandoned their usual style of play, which is all paying for mistakes and paying for the mistake of over-relaxation at halftime.

Now their formation has become 451, and they can't even call 4231.

Ramour and Larsson are left and right, Gattuso and Pedretti are the backs, Alonso is a central midfielder, and Henry is the head up front.

In the face of United's attack, Millwall retreated in three lines, Thierry Henry withdrew to the centre circle, and the remaining 10 team-mates were all in the 40-yard area.

Manchester United scored two goals in a row to kill the red eye, the momentum of this ethereal thing, are all one and the other have a contrast, Millwall is loose and tight, want to raise the momentum back to suppress Manchester United, how can it be so easy?

So now Millwall is using more numbers, and a higher margin for error is stabilizing the morale of the army.

Ferguson and Aldridge were constantly directing the team's attack and defense on the sidelines, a sight that has been very rare in recent years, as if the two were inseparable.

Directing players to attack and run, defending to marking, being angry at a player's mistakes or poor choices on the ball, and even calculating every decision made by the referee.

The field was filled with gunsmoke and fouls, as if returning to the confrontation of the old English football, which was biased towards savage and physical fighting.

Millwall compressed the space at the back, Manchester United attacked after half the time and fell into the encirclement, Keane against the first-class, but Alonso stalked him, and would never let Keane attack in tandem without being marked, the embarrassed Keane had a quarrel with Alonso and Gattuso one after another, and Veron fell into invisibility, giving Veron space, he is a master, entangle him, surround him and block him and force him fiercely, he is difficult to play.

Millwall, on the other hand, turned around and attacked, basically playing wide, either Larsson or Lamour, and with Henry in the middle being targeted, it was difficult to make changes in the forward attack.

Aldridge breathed a sigh of relief when the game seemed to be in a stalemate, his team fortunately stabilized, Alonso and Pedreti not only relieved the team's defensive pressure, but also through their active scrambling, fierce defensive movements, the momentum of the two youngsters, is to convey Aldrich's on-the-spot instructions.

Gattuso, Zambrotta, and Materazzi, who were still on the pitch, regrouped after relieving the blows of consecutive goals, and their momentum also came up, and they knew in their hearts that this game should be their last game for Millwall, and it was not only an honor for the club but also a new peak of their personal careers to help the team win no matter what.

The game came to the 80th minute, Ferguson began to make substitutions, he was still calm, Manchester United's first two goals, in fact, were Millwall's counterattack, when the opponent could not counterattack, Manchester United was a little lacking in offensive ability, after all, a side was wasted, and Veron had no sense of zài in the small space of the front, even if there were, most of them would see his mistakes, Millwall's three midfield interceptions in the middle were too crazy, Alonso, Pedretti, Gattuso, may be able to pass one of them in a small area, But it will definitely not pass the second one, and those who have been passed will immediately retreat back to fill in the position, which is interlocking, unlike Pirlo in this area, who is passed and passed.

"Manchester United substitutions, Ferguson replaced Veron with super substitute Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, Manchester United strengthened the attack, and we have to make the last fight!"

Seeing Ole Gunnar Solskjaer on the pitch, Aldridge was not worried.

The tight strings in my heart relaxed.

The pressure on the midfield has plummeted!

One less Veron, one less receiving point or playmaker in Manchester United's midfield, and in local defense, it will also give Millwall one more person when marking and defending!

However, after the substitution, Manchester United will definitely not concentrate on playing the middle penetration, but will go to the side, play long passes, and try to create chaos in the Millwall penalty area, they have an extra striker!

Sure enough, as Aldridge expected, United began to play to Giggs's ability on the wing, and Scholes also took the initiative to pull the side and hoist the ball high into the box.

Ferguson was anxious on the sidelines, seeing that time was getting shorter and smaller, Millwall's defensive pressure in the middle dropped, and accordingly divided troops to support the wings, and Manchester United didn't even have a chance to play the ball on the side for 3 minutes from 82 to 85 minutes.

Ferguson gritted his teeth and no longer hesitated, ordering the full-backs to also assist, and Phil Neville and Silvestre, one rushed up to support the attack.

Aldridge also made a new round of tactical adjustments at this time.

He doesn't expect to spend all his game time on defensive, and for some reason, the more he gets to the final stage, the more he gets to the end, there is a thought that lingers in his mind: Manchester United are hard!

Yes, the reversal of Bayern Munich in '99, the rain battle in Moscow in '08, Terry's penalty hit the post and missed, two Champions League finals, how hard is Manchester United's life? This is not scientific, but it will make people have some unscientific thoughts, and even be afraid.

Really let Manchester United play like this, keep attacking and Millwall just defensively, if you don't do it, you will really be drawn, and then what? The further back on, the less control the manager has over the game.

Aldridge knew he had made a mistake and allowed United to take the game to this stage, but he didn't have time to blame himself and reflect, and when he made adjustments after he came to his senses, his thinking was very clear, and he was taking the initiative back step by step, even though it didn't look like that on the pitch.

From the beginning of the 70th minute to the 85th minute, Millwall's attack was unthreatening, from the single point of attack on the wing, Manchester United attacked ferociously, and after the momentum was close to the equal, the players on the field stabilized their minds and would not make mistakes in the busy, and in the 85th minute, Aldridge also issued a new tactical order.

Full-backs, attack!

Don't attack from the middle, limited by the ability of their own players, Gattuso, Pedretti are weak in attack and strong in defense, Alonso's speed is not too fast, can be used as a response point, but can not be used as an impact arrow to drive the offensive, not to mention that he will have Keane and Bart in front of him, but also to bypass Manchester United's back line, after attacking, the back waist is more aware of the side, and at the same time, Millwall's two fullbacks Schneider and Zambrotta, physical fitness should be fine, they don't go straight up and down many times today, and they broke out in the final stage, It was Aldridge who thought of it when he replaced Ronaldo and Pirlo, but first of all, he needed to stabilize the defense, so he had to close the formation back first, and there was also the tactical purpose of luring the snake out of the hole and forcing Manchester United to weaken the defense.

In the 87th minute, Manchester United attacked on the left side, Ryan Giggs and Silvester combined in the circle of Pedreti, Larsson, Schneider, and finally Giggs reluctantly got up to hoist the ball into the back of the Millwall penalty area, Bout predicted accurately, and took the ball out of the air before Solskjaer flanked it at the back post.

After holding the ball, Bout stood in place as if he was not going to serve the goal kick quickly, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and Ruud van Nistelrooy originally intended to interfere with him, but when they saw him standing still in front of the goal line, they immediately ran back to defend, but as soon as they moved, Bout also moved, running towards the top left corner of the penalty area.

Aldridge looked hideous and yelled at Larsson and Schneider, who were close to him in the field: "Quick! Seize this opportunity! ”

Ferguson clearly saw Millwall's wide players running forward in unison, as if going back in time, he saw Millwall when he played Millwall for the first time at Old Trafford seven years ago, and the lightning fast attack was about to be staged! (To be continued......)