438 undefeated but 6 points
Aldridge has been in the green landscape for more than five years, and has seen many Taishan Beidou-level characters, all kinds of faces are like photo albums preserved in the memory hall, but the characters that can make him respect and yearn from the bottom of his heart, Bobby Robson is the first to bear the brunt.
He watched Robson train as a young man in Portugal and followed Robson's Barcelona performance during the season when Ronaldo made a splash.
The old coach is not only a true gentleman, but also a full green adventurer, his profound football knowledge can turn the tide, last season in the Netherlands, lost the five Tigers Eindhoven was finally brought into the Champions League qualifying round by him, is the best proof, and in the season with Capello, Barcelona from the beginning of the season with Atletico Madrid crazy game, all the way to the magic and shock, the old coach in a desperate situation dared to take risks to sacrifice a big reversal performance of almost 235 formation is a classic.
Aldridge led the team to defeat Robson's team and the much-anticipated European Cup Winners' Cup final, but this did not make Aldridge complacent or think that he was far superior to Robson, on the contrary, there was a style that he envied.
There are not many iron-fisted coaches in the coaching circle, such as Van Gaal, who was portrayed as a tyrant by the media, is a typical example of success, while Robson is the other extreme, which is the extreme that Aldridge yearns for, and it is not an exaggeration to describe it as a handsome.
This is a kind of realm, some coaches can only use iron wrists under pressure, as if to make football full of the murderous atmosphere of Jin Ge Iron Horse, while some coaches can laugh at the wind and clouds, so that football becomes cheerful and unrestrained without losing passion.
In the face of Robson's return, Aldridge expressed his welcome in front of the media. It is believed that the return of the old coach can bring a fresh element to English football. Make this river and lake more exciting. But Newcastle United's strength is limited, Aldridge also admitted that Newcastle United is still unlikely to become a top team in the short term to join the championship game, it is difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice, Aldridge does not dare to call himself a chef, but if Ferguson and Wenger go to coach Newcastle United, it is impossible for the team to suddenly burst into battle.
I study each other and learn from this. In a working environment with intricate relationships such as hostilities, it is good for the Premier League, for the Premier League teams and managers, and for the long-term vision, which is also one of the conditions for the progress of a league.
The first two seasons at the end of the season when Everton escaped the relegation zone, and the new season is as if they have come to a new level. Instead of being tepid and fighting for the best chickens and eggs, it is better to play with the opponent vigorously. Whether it's life or death, I'll see it in 90 minutes.
So this season, no matter whether they play strong teams or weak teams, they are not conservative and can create trouble for strong teams, such as drawing Manchester United at home, and almost overturning Tottenham at White Hart Lane, and in the face of the strength that is not as good as them, they often play heartily, such as 4:1 win Southampton, 4:0 win promoted horses, 2:0 away win Sheffield Wednesday, of course, this kind of deadly play, when you meet the kind of team that has a lot of experience in defending all year round, you will also die very badly, and the 0:3 defeat to Aston Villa is a typical one.
Everton can't care so much anymore, at least they think it's a play!
With 10 points after seven rounds and a mid-table finish, this year's start is not bad compared to previous leagues that struggled in the middle and lower reaches for a month and a half.
In Goodison Park, Everton still plays like this, just look at their momentum, crazy and boundless!
In the face of Millwall, more than 5 troops were invested in the attack, and it was like a pack of wolves hunting for food.
Perhaps the first 7 rounds were all abuse, and Millwall really didn't adapt to the opponent's crazy posture all of a sudden, and fell behind by two goals in the opening 15 minutes!
Aldridge looked angry on the sidelines, in the past month, the team has won consecutive games, basically won the game in 60 minutes, which made the players live too comfortable, suddenly shocked by the opponent's crazy momentum, and directly dizzy.
Millwall took the initiative to press forward as soon as it opened, according to past experience, the opponent's formation would retreat back, compressing their space to advance, but Everton did not play cards according to the routine, and the defense relied on the equal number of people, Millwall's wave of attack did not succeed, turned around, they rushed forward in a swarm, relying on the number of people in the front court to seize the ball and the receiving point, and then really played a fast-break score that seemed to be devastating.
Millwall restarted, Everton simply did not retreat, the forward line and the midfielder pressed directly to press up and rush frantically, Makelele made a mistake in passing forward, and was quickly hit by a wave of counterattacks, and within a minute, Millwall conceded two goals in a row!
Goodison Park was like Christmas in advance, and the excitement was filled with celebratory laughter.
Aldridge really wants to thank Everton.
They are regarded as treating others in their own way, and they also played high-pressure pressing tactics, but this kind of high-pressure pressing is not the team as a whole, but locally, Millwall has not encountered before, and suddenly concentrated in the local fierce pressing did not adapt to it, but it is very simple to break this defense, as long as you calmly play the ball, speed up the transfer of the ball, you can avoid the opponent's key pressing in a circle, and quickly form an offensive advantage.
But he was still angry, angry that the players were too underestimated!
On the field, he showed a slightly lazy posture, as if he was here to slaughter pigs and dogs today.
After conceding two goals in a row, Millwall's players were completely enraged.
I conceded a goal in the first seven rounds, and I conceded two in one minute today, shame!
Everton's side led by two goals and the players' minds began to diverge.
With two balls in hand, are you still attacking? But can you keep it?
11 people can't think of going together, the quality of forcing has declined, and the offensive and defensive system is full of loopholes.
After adjusting their mentality and taking their opponents seriously, Millwall accelerated the movement of the ball, especially using wide lateral transfers to wear down the opponent and tear apart the opponent's defensive formation.
In the 19th minute of the first half, Millwall's attacking pass combined with a pendulum transfer, starting from Schneider on the right side. After Pirlo and Nedved, they transitioned to the left flank. The in-cut Xiao Luo shook off one man and pushed sideways into the middle. Thierry Henry took the ball with his back and crossed diagonally to the right flank, and Larsson cut inside to shoot into the far corner to pull a point back.
After the goal, Larsson ran back with the ball in his arms, and Millwall had no player to celebrate, and there was no joy on his face.
For them, falling behind Everton, unacceptable, absolutely unacceptable!
The Everton players saw the lead turn into a goal again. Now the thinking is unified, attack, rob!
Millwall were much calmer this time, the attacking players were not in a hurry to move forward, concentrated in the middle and back to intercept, Southgate firmly controlled the back of the defensive line, blocked the opposition's pass, and followed. Millwall came with a whirlwind of Kombat.
Henry, Rowe. The three Larsson rushed forward from the midfield like wild horses, and Nedved didn't keep up, not because he was slow, but because everyone rushed forward, and there should always be a response.
Zambrotta dribbled the ball forward, passed straight to the front to pull out the empty Nedved, who touched the ball with his back and made the ball directly to Pirlo, Pirlo stopped the ball, made a long pass on the spot, the ball flew diagonally to the left side of the opponent's penalty area, and the little Laura stopped the ball steadily, and then swept directly in front of the goal with a near-volley, Henry shook off the opposing defender and chose to shoot with the arch of his foot.
"What kind of game is it? Everton scored twice in a minute to lead Millwall, and ten minutes later, Millwall equalised with two goals in a minute! Millwall still didn't celebrate after the goal, Henry ran back with the ball, high-fived Nedved and Pirlo respectively and put the ball on the centre circle kick-off, the game is still there, what should Everton do next? Is it to defend or to attack? ”
If before the start of the game, Everton's players knew that the score was still tied after 20 minutes of the game, then they must have been very peaceful in their mentality.
However, they were equalised after a two-goal lead, and the score was still a draw, but the psychological gap appeared.
Attack, keep attacking!
When the first half was played, Aldridge's face finally looked better, the score was 2:4, and the home team was in front.
He returned to the dressing room and seriously criticized the team's performance in the first ten minutes, believing that it was one of Millwall's weaknesses now, and the ability of the players to adjust their mentality to the game needs to be improved.
They are now accustomed to dominating the scene and cannot withstand the unexpected shock.
If it is a strong team, they will naturally pay attention to it, but if the weak team plays the game in a way they don't expect, especially if it disrupts their rhythm and plan to master the game, there will be a brief panic for a while.
The first half and the second half were completely different movements.
The first half of the two teams was earth-shattering, and the second half was not happy, Everton was probably beaten back to its original shape from 2:0 to 2:4 at once, and he was afraid of losing more goals, and he seemed to be unwilling to defend it, and the second half was played in a disorderly manner, Millwall had a few opportunities that he did not grasp, Aldridge changed, and at the same time began to take the initiative to slow down the pace of the game and consume the opponent, but the opponent was not active in pressing, and it was not enough to talk about consumption, as if it had become a half-time drill for attacking positional battles.
Pedretti, who came on at the end of the game, bounced into the goal with a long-range shot that bounced into the back of the net to lock the score at 2:5.
Millwall won eight consecutive games in the new season, and in the other game that ended at the same time, Manchester United unexpectedly broke the goal, being held to a draw at home by promoted horses, and remained unbeaten in the new season, but was opened up by Millwall by four points.
A week later, Millwall continued their away campaign, beating Coventry 3-0 and Manchester United were upset again by Southampton 3-3.
The two unbeaten teams in the new season have opened up a six-point gap in the standings.
Times columnist David Miller wrote: This could be a repeat of the 96/97 season, with Millwall riding the dust and giving no chance to rivals from start to finish! For fans who want the Premier League to be more exciting and intense, they may be disappointed, the suspense of the Premier League title may be over before January, as long as Millwall can take care of the Champions League from the 10th round of the game against Arsenal and achieve good results in the first half of the successive strong conversations, then the Premier League can be declared to be over early, and perhaps the suspense left for us to guess is: in the end, how good can this Millwall team be? Will they be able to outperform themselves and have a better record than they did when they won the title in '97? How far can they go in the Champions League? (To be continued......)