Thanks for the reward of "Death of the Thief"! ——

Millwall have had a back-to-back league game since the New Year, just after the Reds clash with the Red Devils, followed by a trip to Anfield.

Liverpool's results have plummeted this season, and the board of directors at the beginning of the season allowed Houllier to co-lead the team with Evans, which resulted in a disastrous record for the Reds, who resigned in anger in November last year, and Houllier became a sole leader of the team.

Although Houllier does not attach as much importance to the Reds' youth training as Evans, he still selects some good seedlings from the youth team to give them opportunities, and promotes the future mainstays of the team like Gerrard and Carragher.

Aldridge and Houllier once had a relationship with Auxerre, France, and the French coach who watched the European Cup with him back then, in addition to Arsion Wenger, who is an old rival and city neighbor in the Premier League, such as Fernandes, Tigana and other coaches, they have also met in European competitions, and now, they have met Houllier in the Premier League.

The two teams met in the first half of the season without any communication, as Evans is still the boss of the team and Houllier is unknown.

In the game at Liverpool, Aldridge came to Liverpool alone half a day earlier than the team.

He came to Melanie's parents' house.

It was her parents who took the initiative to invite Aldridge to be a guest, which is absolutely abnormal in normal times, after all, the family is a Liverpool diehard.

Her parents also knew that Melanie and Aldrich had a problem, but it was not a rift, the key was that there was a difference in ideas, and neither of them was willing to compromise and compromise, which was considered to be in a state of cold war.

Melanie's mother revealed it privately to Aldrich. Melanie will return to Liverpool in February to start her baby. She is more ambitious. Ji Lu planned to take a month off after giving birth, and the remaining three of the Spice Girls group continued to complete a record, although Harry Vier quit, but they still want to continue their career development with the popularity foundation laid before, and then make a solo agreement not to disband.

Aldridge's attitude is very firm, he is blunt even in front of the family, he does not want Melanie to continue her singing career, she can change careers to do something else. Anything can be done, provided that he can take care of his family, not go around concerts and not see no one all year round, his state of getting together less and more apart from Melanie must end, and it is also crucial to the development of their children.

Melanie's parents can only convey his thoughts, they also hope that their daughter can have a happy family, in their eyes, Aldrich's career is brilliant enough, and the family background is not bad, and the daughter is not guilty of continuing to fight for her career.

While leaving Melanie's parents' house. Aldrich knew that nothing had come of the conversation, and that it was to put it bluntly. Melanie most likely still hopes that he will compromise and return to the way they were before, just like a couple in love, even if they have children, nothing will change.

When he stepped into Anfield again, Aldrich forgot about his private life, which he did well, or he no longer had expectations of Melanie, women sometimes persisted, more stubborn than men, and their psychological expectations were always lowered, so there was no overly strong sense of loss.

The Anfield hustle and bustle, the Reds' record has dropped significantly, and there are more wins and losses, but the enthusiasm of the KOP has not diminished, which is very respectable.

Aldridge and Houllier talked arm to arm before the game, the two talked about the recent situation, and had nothing to do with the game, they were originally in a hostile state, Houllier at least did not have an absolute calm position like Ferguson, and Liverpool, a traditional giant, was at its lowest point in recent years.

"Hehe, it seems that Hall and Houllier are also old acquaintances, although Hall has no experience in football and is very young, but he has a lot of friends in the football circle, many times our commentators are also surprised, it seems that he has friends everywhere he goes."

'It's definitely a good thing, Hall likes to make friends, has a lot of connections, and if you think about Sunderland and Preston North End who are doing well in League One right now, Reid and Moyes have a good personal relationship with Hall, they have loaned some players from Millwall, which has helped the team play very well, and Sunderland's Phillips are in hot form, if they can continue to perform well in the second half of the season, Sunderland's promotion is just around the corner.

'Well, the manager's connections are crucial to the team, at least Millwall's players have the right place to go on loan, they can be improved, and the relationship between the clubs is also reinforcing each other, and when it comes to League One, it reminds me of a previous Fleet Street report. Around Christmas, West Ham United lost to Sunderland and Preston North End successively, Fleet Street said it was Millwall's conspiracy, they loaned excellent young players to Sunderland and Preston North End in order to snipe West Ham United to return to the Premier League, if this is true, then Hall is really painstakingly in order to fight the sworn enemy! ”

To prevent West Ham from returning to the Premier League, Aldridge certainly had no intention of doing so when he was on loan with young players, and the current situation can be regarded as unintentional.

After the players of both sides entered, Aldridge stood on the sidelines with an indifferent expression.

He continued his starting line-up for Manchester United today.

Goalkeeper: Bout.

Defenders: Schneider, Materazzi, Ferdinand, Zambrotta.

Midfielders: Pirlo, Makellele, Nedved.

Forwards: Larsson, Thierry Henry, Ronaldinho.

There will be no changes to Millwall's main line-up if there is no injury to play the role, and when Southgate returns from injury, he will replace Rio Ferdinand.

Liverpool's starting lineup has not changed much from the past, but the team's combat effectiveness has deteriorated, especially the influence of "hot brother" has changed from the initial pull to a completely negative, which has become one of the reasons for the decline of the team's record.

Compared with Manchester United, who has both attack and defense and can sit firmly in the Diaoyutai mentality, Liverpool, who are in a worrying situation, is Millwall's favorite opponent.

The opponent thinks that they have the strength to fight, and the situation in the standings forces them to not be conservative at home, and Millwall does not say that they can play more and less in the counterattack, at least they will not face a dense defense, not to mention that the opponent's defense line is not top-notch. Liverpool are the third-most goals conceded among the top 10 teams.

The game begins. Millwall is still in a balanced posture of attack and defence. The back line plus the back Makelele focuses on defense, Pirlo, Nedved and the two forwards are balanced in defense, and the center Henry interferes with the opponent's midfield to play the ball.

Liverpool's wave of attack didn't work, and Millwall's U-turn went to play a fast attack.

Larsson burst forward with the ball on the flank, there was plenty of space in front of him, and the quick and effective cross-cutting combination began to play a powerful role, and Nedved cut in and received the ball and crossed Pirlo to follow up. As soon as Pirlo touched the ball, it felt completely different, and a precise diagonal long pass sent the ball to the feet of Ronaldinho, who cut inside on the left wing, and this choice was the best in terms of line and threat level, which is why Aldridge was determined to use Pirlo.

Ronaldo took the ball and made a feint before breaking down and when Hyypia moved to mark him, he knocked the ball back and passed it to Nedved who was following up.

On the line of the big penalty zone. Nedved's long-range shot bounced off the crossbar.

The ball didn't go in, but the threat came out. Intuitive and effective, Aldridge nodded slightly, but Henry's movement was still a little bit close, and if he could run out of space just now, Nedved might have passed the ball to him instead of choosing to shoot from a distance.

Whenever you play against Liverpool, the pace of the game will be very fast, the difference is only whether the attack is smooth or not.

When Millwall's attacking group had more possession of the ball, Liverpool's frantic pressing by intercepting passing routes didn't necessarily work.

In the past, they relied on such tactics to create problems for Millwall, because Millwall had to pass the ball, like Trezeguet, Shevchenko in the face of the pack, the success rate of the breakthrough is low, but like the current Ronaldo, Nedved, Henry, the ability to protect the ball is very strong, Pirlo is improving every day, especially the ability to control the ball, the ball is played elegantly at the same time, the practical effect is also very intuitive.

In the 22nd minute of the first half, Ronaldinho attracted two defenders on the left flank, and in the situation of being trapped, he still picked the ball out and passed it to Henry who was on the side, Henry made a kick with him, Ronaldinho directly dribbled the ball through the penalty area, and when Hyypia came to press him, he deftly passed the ball to Larsson, who was unmarked in front of goal, who easily pushed the ball into the goal.

"Beautiful goal, Millwall's attack completely destroyed Liverpool's defense, Ronaldinho attracted the defense on the wing, Henry took a defender in the past, and after the two cooperated, Ronaldinho broke through the opponent's defender, when the back line only left Hyypia in the middle, he could only block Ronaldinho's shooting angle, but unsurprisingly, the Brazilian passed the ball out, and Larsson started to shake off the fullback's close pressing, Receiving an assist in front of goal and sending the ball into the opposition's goal, Millwall's attack seemed to have changed. ”

'Yes, Martin, I've noticed that from the last round against Manchester United, there were signs of that. Hall's team used to use a wonderful team to pass to tear the opponent's defense apart, for Millwall's team cooperation, many teams in the Premier League have used dense defense to compress their passing space, and now Millwall's attack has more individual play in the midfield, it is no exaggeration to say that Millwall's frontcourt of these four people, Ronaldinho, Henry, Larsson, Nedved, one-on-one breakthrough success rate of more than 70%, so they must have teammates to help defend, because of this, When a player attracts multiple defenders and is able to pass the ball out, the opponent's defence in other areas becomes weak, as was typical of the goal just now. ”

Aldridge is very satisfied with the process of this goal, not that he does not want to continue to play the overall teamwork, but he wants to play the best card strategy according to the cards in his hand, the different talents of the players determine the characteristics of the technical ability, if he does not let Ronaldinho to show his individual talent, is it not a waste?

Without Thierry Henry's speed and dribbling characteristics, is the £10 million worth it?

In order to put these players together to exert great power, Aldridge cannot randomly formulate tactics according to his own ideals, and the new tactical system is built through their technical characteristics.

Xiao Luo is to attract the opponent's defense and create opportunities for other teammates through ball control skills in attack.

After scoring, Liverpool will attack more fiercely, Aldridge is not worried at all, he knows that when Liverpool is behind, Millwall's attack line will have more opportunities to show its power, but what kind of score can be played, Aldridge can only slowly observe.

Houllier had a headache, he never imagined that the young man who watched the game with them and talked about it back then had become the nightmare of almost all the coaches who watched the game together at that time. (To be continued......)