247 Losing and losing
Giggs didn't celebrate wildly after the goal and looked a little calm.
Millwall didn't play a full squad and Manchester United came out on top, so it was the equaliser and not worth celebrating.
David Beckham was even more excited, with the assist being keen to prove himself, despite his strong place in the Reds side.
But no matter how good he is, he can't stop Millwall from emerging more talents, those players younger than him get more praise from the outside world, with Millwall winning the Premier League and FA Cup domestic double last season, in the domestic player selection, he is always overwhelmed, and only when the British media selects the best team, Millwall has no full-backs, Shevchenko and Larsson are naturally included in the striker, so that Beckham is selected for the best team in the Premier League, and in the best young player, Pirlo was elected without disputeEven if he doesn't have as many assists as Beckham, his contribution and role to the team is more irreplaceable than Beckham's.
It seems that the more successful Millwall is, the more Becky feels that he has a bigger problem when he was bombed away at Millwall.
Aldridge saw Manchester United's goal on the sidelines, his expression did not fluctuate, but he couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
Manchester United's squad has made rapid progress.
Their rapid growth can be seen from their running, fighting enthusiasm, team understanding, and the improvement of individual players' abilities.
Ryan Giggs' threat to the goal skyrocketed, David Beckham worked diligently to make up for his defence, and Paul Scholes also opened up after switching from shadow striker to midfield. Although his tackling skills in defense are miserable. But except for tackles. His defensive awareness and skill skills are also improving rapidly.
The first half ended quickly and the two teams returned to the dressing room.
When the flames resumed in the second half, Millwall's attack was more fluid and pressing.
Thoroughly in the game, Millwall began their dizzying team performance again.
Gattuso, Ballack and Nedved pass the ball from box to box make Manchester United's formation constantly expand, while the two full-backs come up from time to time to participate in the attacking strategy, and the wingers retreat to strengthen the midfield link, and maximize the width of the field between lateral passes to tear apart the width of Manchester United's defense.
On average, Millwall make a dangerous shot every 10 passes.
Glen Schal went down the pitch in the first half. This meant that Erwin had to distract him from his wide break, but in the second half, Glen Charles was even more unpredictable, sometimes cutting inside with the ball laterally, sometimes going inside and outside the line, and he challenged Erwin's nerves every time he got the ball.
In the first 60 minutes, Millwall's attack was clearly on the right, with Glenschal being the protagonist of the attack, and Ruud van Nistelrooy was supported by crosses from the flanks from time to time, but it was far from the goal.
This kind of offense is what Millwall does best. Attacking one side shifts the opponent's defensive focus and also allows them to leak in their defense on the other side.
It was on one occasion when Glen Charles started to cut forward to slash down the ribs of the United defence. Nedved received a pass from Ballack and observed that Stam had moved early to block the Glen Schal cut, so he scrambled the ball straight to the other side.
The ghostly Larsson appeared there, and Neville and Pallister were startled.
Last season's super goalscorer was silent for most of the half, and suddenly he was about to kill him at first sight?!
Larsson entered the penalty area to lead the ball, Palister went to seal his shot angle, Larsson accelerated to the bottom line and went further, directly breaking through the entire Manchester United defense, and then crossed in front of the goal, Stam moved laterally to fill the position a step slowly, Vanney grabbed in front of him and poked the ball into the United gate with his toes!
"Millwall is back! Millwall, who didn't know when the attack would start and which player would finish the opponent, was back! Look at their attack, the flow is extremely pleasing to the eye, purposefully using the transfer ball to tear the opposition defense out of the gap, and then unexpectedly divert the focus of the attack, Larsson had a chance to shoot, but he selflessly provided the assist to the younger generation, the Dutchman Ruud van Nistelrooy did not waste this opportunity, he stabbed the ball cleanly into the goal in the six-yard box, and Millwall took the lead again! ”
After Vanney scored the goal, the time had come to the sixty-fourth minute of the game, Aldridge began to make substitutions, warm-up games, there was no need to fight with the opponent.
Moreover, he did not send a full squad today, because they will face a formidable opponent in the opening game of the Premier League in a few days: Arsenal.
Van der Meyde, replacing Glen Shire.
Duff replaces Larsson.
Frank Lampard replaces Nedved.
The basic formation changed to 4231, with Ballack and Gattuso playing as double midfielders.
Red Devils fans gritted their teeth in the stands with resentment.
Malegobi, the wild lion is too underestimated.
It's just a one-goal lead, so he replaced two more main players.
It's also a good thing to meet Manchester United today, as Aldridge can let the rookies defend first thing after their debut, so they don't have to go on a rampage when they hit the team.
"Is this your habit?"
Benitez asked with a smile after the substitution.
Aldrich thought for a moment and said, "Sort of." Millwall started as a defensive player three years ago, and no matter which player comes to the team, the first thing to do well is to learn to defend, no matter what the defensive ability is, at least to have a sense of team defense. ”
Without Benitez pointing it out, Aldridge didn't really realise that the first thing he had to learn in the game when dealing with new arrivals was to defend.
That's one of his styles.
As soon as Millwall made a substitution, the formation immediately shrank, and Manchester United was not happy at this time.
Last season, they played the opponent's all-main team, and they were poured six at home, and today they played half of the main lineup and fell behind, and now the opponent has almost no main force on the field, except for Southgate and Schneider of the town team, they can hardly see the familiar faces of last season.
If this game is lost again, the Red Devils will really lose face at all.
So the Reds went on the attack. This is exactly what Aldridge wants.
Duff and Donny van der Meyde came on and dropped back into the second half. Form a local defensive system with full-backs and midfielders.
But their individual defensive prowess is hard to compliment.
Especially Van der Meyde. As soon as he came on the field, Giggs easily broke through, but as long as he stood in that position, after Giggs passed him, there was also a bit of space in the control of the ball, Schneider waited for Giggs to pass Van der Meyde, and when the opponent was finished, he grabbed the ball and broke the sideline.
That's what Schneider's defense is commendable. Aldrich has always admired the German.
He debuted as an offensive player, and his own defensive ability was insufficient after changing to fullback, but he was smart enough to form a defensive combination with his teammates to achieve the effect of 1+1 greater than 2.
Unless it's a one-on-one encounter with players who are particularly sharp on the wing, such as Ryan Giggs, Ginola, McManaman, Figo and so on.
But in that case, Schneider will also turn himself into a wall, and it will be easy for the other party to pass him. But behind his wall, there are also his teammates who take the opportunity to complete consecutive interceptions. This reflects his ability to read the game, replacing other players who do not have football IQ, only frizzy grabbing, interception failure is passed and then cleaned, and the distance between him and his teammates is very large, resulting in the defense line being broken through layer by layer.
Millwall were under siege by United's firepower, but they shrank back and didn't give the Reds too many chances, especially since the Reds lacked a strong centre-forward, which prevented them from making the most of their tactics of flying on the wings.
David Beckham slid a free-kick out of goal.
Scholes stepped in and fired a long-range shot that was denied by Elgra.
Sheringham nodded in from the penalty spot and Bout got the ball in an easy place.
Keane plugged in, Scholes burst into the penalty area to receive the ball and hit the goal directly, Bout made a world-class save and saved the ball off the bottom line!
The Red Devils bombarded the Lions' goal indiscriminately, and their formation became more and more pressing.
In the 83rd minute of the game, Millwall switched from defense to attack several times and was defused by the opponent's frontcourt pressing defense, but this time, they finally ushered in the opportunity.
Southgate's clearance went wide and Duff scrambled with David Beckham to get in position and head it back to Zambrotta in the back before he turned and sprinted forward.
Zambrotta received the ball after a long pass over the top, Duff rushed forward to face Neville to intercept, when the ball landed, Duff stopped the ball forward with his left foot, it seemed to stop wide, but the ball rolled behind Neville, when Neville braked to turn, Duff was already neck with him, Neville reached out to pull Duff's jersey, Duff suddenly accelerated to throw the opponent away.
Duff was getting faster and faster after rushing forward to win the ball, and the Manchester United defense suddenly became angry.
When he dribbled the ball to the penalty area, Neville chased him from behind, but there was at least five metres away.
Palister had to step forward to block it, and Stam was in shock.
He knows Millwall's tactical system better than any other United player.
At this time, if the central defender goes up and the opponent passes the ball, in that case, the defense line must be full of holes.
Previously, he had been filling back and forth in defense, blocking a lot of wonderful penetrating balls played by Millwall, but now that he is counterattacking, Manchester United has no fewer defenders than Millwall!
Keane has already returned to follow Frank Lampard, Erwin didn't rush up just now, and now he is defending Van der Meyde, and Scalm and Pallister are Van Nistelrooy in the middle, and it is understandable for Pallister to block Duff, but Stamm feels that this is the wrong choice, because it makes the space between the two central defenders bigger.
Duff opted for a pass, and after Lampard slowed down, Keane consciously tried to fill in the position of Palister, which allowed Lampard to reach the ball with ease, and then crossed to Van der Meyde.
The Dutchman deceived Erwin's centre of gravity with a dangling feint after touching the ball, and then drove the ball down in a coherent manner, followed by a beautiful cross.
The cross was aimed at Ruud van Nistelrooy's head, but Schmeichel scrambled to strike a one-handed punch over the ball.
Just when the Red Devils thought they could breathe a sigh of relief, the ball landed on them like a bolt from the blue.
Just to the left of the box, Frank Lampard volleyed in the face of the incoming ball.
Schmeichel made no save, watching the ball roll back from the net and kicking it away in anger.
Frank Lampard was brought down by Keane after a shot and the ball went in, but it sparked a clash between the two teams.
Aldrich also angrily pointed at the field and shouted: "Grass! There is such an action in this kind of competition! He didn't have a chance to touch the ball at all, he just rushed to the people, referee, remember my words, if the FA doesn't punish him heavily, it is to cover Manchester United! We will not give up! ”
But the reality is that it is not Aldrich's turn to "never give up".
After tackling Frank Lampard, Keane himself made a substitution gesture towards the United dugout with a heavy face on his own knee.
Aldrich froze after protesting.
What can I do?
Frank Lampard got up and tried before sitting down again with a frustrated look that looked like he couldn't hold on to the game.
But Keane looks more seriously injured, this kind of iron man will not fall easily, and once he falls, then the injury will definitely not be able to return to the game in a short period of time.
Ferguson's face turned green
Manchester United is the rhythm of losing and losing, and it is also the most crucial part of the midfield defense, Keane is the new Red Devils leader who took over the captain's armband after Cantona's retirement! (To be continued......)