The long-lasting cheers of Millwall's fans echoed throughout the Lion's Den Stadium, and the game was one-sided when it began.

Xiu Anlian's attack was wave after wave, and football flew around in the second half of Millwall for most of the time.

Peter waved his arms on the sidelines and gave the players the order to attack, and he had a lot of luck to eat Millwall.

Aldrich stood motionless on the sidelines with his hands in his pockets, with no hint of anxiety on his face.

At least the situation on the field in his eyes is not as strong and weak as it appears.

Xiu'an United play a traditional 442 formation, with the attack starting from the midfield and the midfielders or midfielders always hoisting the ball forward with a long ball to find their striker.

This is the most common tactic in English football, and it just so happens that Aldridge is now using it as well.

There are many critics of England's unchanged 442 tactical backwardness, but Aldridge does not think so.

Because players are not dead, they don't stand in a position and don't move after they get on the court, at both offensive and defensive ends, 442 can derive a lot of variations, and the tactical adjustability is very strong.

For example, the middle midfielder is a sudden forward, a drag, 442 becomes a large diamond-shaped midfielder, two full-backs shrink, and can become a small diamond-shaped midfielder, to free up the corridor for the fullbacks to assist, the forwards retreat, the full-backs rush forward, and can become 4231 or 4141, 433, etc., it can be said that the 442 formation is varied.

Italian football, which is famous for its tactics, sometimes changes more than three or even four in a game through tactical adjustments, and different tactical formations are constantly switched according to the situation on the field, which is one of the charms of football tactics.

"Whew, that kid is really amazing!"

"I know it, I know it, his name is Claude Makelele! Played in France before! ”

"Makellele! Makellele! ”

There was a sudden tidal wave of cheers from the stands, and the fanatical fans chanted Makelele's name, much to the surprise of Makelele inside the stadium.

Xiu Anlian coach Peter was anxiously shouting from the sidelines.

His team seems to be in attack, but whenever the team starts to find a striker in midfield or on the wing, their double striker uses his body to block Southgate or Stamm, and when he sees the ball fall in front of him, he will always be snatched away from the side by a galloping figure when the ball hits the ground.

After a few times, the forwards of Xiu Anlian began to retreat, and even after taking the ball and turning, a Millwall player with a depressed center of gravity and a blank face immediately appeared in front of him: Makelele.

The Xiu Anlian striker who tried to break through only had a football at his foot and was accurately intercepted by Makelele, which is why the fans in the stands cheered for Makelle in just ten minutes!

This black guy's defense looks simply pleasing to the eye!

Aldridge is not surprised by this, modern football is all about attack, and people will always talk about beautiful and flashy football, but on the defensive end, Makele is the kind of top star who can interpret disruptive football into an alternative aesthetic.

His stature is not tall, less than 175CM, and he has no visually striking muscles, and his appearance is only four words: his appearance is not good.

But it is such an unknown character who shows shocking strength on the defensive end, his defensive awareness, anticipation, interception accuracy, scramble speed, fill awareness, defensive area, etc., it is no exaggeration to say that he is a master, and the peak Makelele is a star who can make a qualitative change on the defensive end of the team, and his on-the-spot counterattack after successful defense will always bring surprises.

Such a Makelele is so that Casillas of the giant Real Madrid recalled the first issue of the Galaxy Battleship and said: If I have to leave someone in that team to be my teammate all the time, I don't want Zidane, I don't want Figo, I don't even need Ronaldo, I just want Makelele.

It is precisely with Makelele on the field that Xiu'anlian's attack to find a striker will always end in nothing, the striker will be snatched away by Makelele when he takes the ball with his back, and the ball will be destroyed by Makelele at the moment of turning around, and there is no chance to break through with the ball!

So Xiu Anlian began to try to hoist the ball directly into the box to find the striker's head, trying to knock on the door of Millwall with a header bombardment.

Now Stam is not mature enough, his biggest shortcoming is the grab, but after the barrier of Makelle in front, Stam will not face an opposing striker who dribbles and impacts from the front, and is at ease in the physical confrontation with the opposing striker, and then the high ball falls from the air and jumps hard to push the football out.

After a long attack, the coach of Xiu'an United began to be a little anxious, although the strength of the team is average, but Peter's coaching experience can be called very rich, one of the most common characteristics of football games is: there must be a loss if you can't attack for a long time!

Xiu'anlian, who is fighting away, must not concede the goal first!

On the field, Xiu Allianz tried to play the ball from the side again, their right wing-back grabbed Lucas Neal and forced the ball to pass the ball diagonally into Millwall's goal penalty area, and watched the trajectory of the ball flying, the landing point was very good, it was near the penalty spot, and it was a very good position for the striker to jump up and rush to the top after sprinting.

The two strikers of Xiu Anlian did rush towards the football landing point, and the fans in the stands watched nervously with bated breath.

"Whew"

Millwall fans let out a long sigh of relief as Southgate grabbed the ball and headed it out of the box and right at the feet of Claude Makelele.

There was applause in the stands, and the clapping fans did not expect that while their applause had not stopped, Millwall completed a counterattack.

Makelele picked up the ball and turned, and the opposition centre-back stepped forward to try to get the ball at his feet, but Makelele calmly made a jig-off and then distributed the ball to Lucas Neal, who was cutting forward on the left flank.

Lucas didn't dribble after taking the ball, but passed diagonally to Nedved near the centre circle.

Peter watched Millwall's attack so clean and unobtrusive, his heart tightened, and he shouted from the sidelines for the players to focus!

Nedved took a few steps in midfield and passed the ball to Robert Pire, who was moving forward from the left flank to the middle, before the opposition defender could get up.

Pire cut inside from the wing to near the top corner of the opposition penalty area, and after catching the ball, Pire hesitated slightly.

He still remembers Aldridge's tactical requirements in yesterday's training: before the first half 30 minutes, the two full-backs and the striker try to retreat to get the ball, the striker shoots when he has the opportunity to get the ball, does not dribble to break through, and the full-back leans to the middle to receive the ball and also tries to shoot from a distance!

Despite Aldridge's conscientious training and many helpful training requirements, Pire was deeply puzzled by Aldridge's tactical arrangement.

His position was that of a wing-back, but Aldridge did not allow him to break through the bottom cross, or even forbade him to dribble, and Schneider on the other side demanded the same, which seemed to be unable to play to the strength of the two players with excellent skills at their feet.

Pierre's heart flickered with hesitation.

In any case, he has just arrived in the team, and whether the young head coach has the ability or not, let's leave it to his arrangement for the time being.

Even if the performance is not good, Pire does not think that it is his own problem, that the coach did not use him well.

At the top of the arc outside the penalty area, Pire fired a long-range shot with his right foot.

But he hit the angle a little right, and was easily held in the arms of the opposing goalkeeper.

There was a sigh from the stands, and then applause.

Xiu'an United coach Peter was shocked, such a long-range shot, in the first 20 minutes of the game, there were already four kicks, Larsson and Trezeguet completed three, Pire completed one, either too right, or deflected the goal, overall the threat to Xiu'an United is not high.

Aldridge showed no signs of frustration and instead applauded on the sidelines, nodding in appreciation of the players' performance.

When Peter saw this, he was disdainful: Does this kid think that football is an archery game?

But the opponent's unscrupulous long-range shot is hard to guarantee that he won't go shit luck and hit a world wave, so Peter gave the players an order: expand the defensive area! Don't give the other person a chance to shoot from a distance!

After Peter's adjustments, Millwall's attack was noticeably hampered in the following period, especially on Schneider's right flank, who cut inside and hit the opposing full-backs with two long-range shots, without the slightest threat to the opposition goal.

Peter noticed that his adjustments were working, and glanced at Aldrich, who was still in his pockets with his hands, with a sneer.

Aldridge did not feel sorry for Schneider's long-range shot, and even at that time, the opposing full-back pressed the help defense to give Schneider a chance to go down the side, but Schneider did not do that, which was also requested by Aldridge.

In the early days of the team, the overall defense is very important, each player is part of the defensive system, Aldridge if the player unscrupulously releases the attack, then the defense will inevitably be disjointed, once the full-back cross is counterattacked by the opponent on the spot, the corresponding side will reveal a large area, before the overall defensive awareness and tacit understanding are formed, Aldridge first needs to shape the team's overall defensive distance, and the players in each position cannot lose contact with their teammates in nearby positions.

Thirty minutes later, Aldridge looked down at his watch and then took advantage of a dead ball to make a gesture to the pitch to make sure Nedved, Pire, Schneider and the two strikers had seen it, and made them realize that it was time to change their tactics according to the pre-match plan.

After doing this, Aldrich turned his head to look at Peter, who had calmed down from his anxiety, and said in his heart: Let me open the knife and sacrifice the flag.