After the team took a one-goal lead, Aldridge pulled his right hand out of his coat pocket and slapped it into the backfield with sophistication and composure.

He did this to the captain of the field, Materazzi.

Seeing the young marshal's action, Materazzi walked backwards towards the backfield, and shouted at his teammates: "Now we are ahead, according to what the leader said before the game, now we will shrink back for me, especially David, you have to help Phil's side defend more!" ”

Predicting the situation on the field is one of the tactics of the head coach before the game, Aldridge usually makes tactical arrangements for the game in stages, as for the tactics after falling behind, he never arranges before the game, which will hit morale, and when the lag appears, he will often play on the spot to adjust.

Seeing Materazzi convey his intentions, Aldrich put his right hand into his warm pocket again.

After the goal just now, he just applauded, and there was no extra celebration.

Now, he lowered his head as if he were nonchalantly looking at the turf beneath his feet, occasionally taking two steps back and forth.

Despite Arsenal's main efforts, that doesn't mean they are so dominant.

This is a Arsenal team with distinctive characteristics and a clear picture of its strengths and weaknesses.

Last season, they finished fourth in the Premier League, but they didn't even rank in the top of the charts, scoring just 53 goals in 42 games, almost 30 behind champions Manchester United.

What's even more remarkable is that Arsenal have scored more away goals than at home.

Is it because they are more effective on the road?

Of course not.

They are traditional giants, and most of the teams who go to Highbury to challenge them are defense-oriented, which makes it difficult for Arsenal to score goals, and when they play away from home, their defensive counter-attacks have more room to play.

Now Aldridge will let the team recycle, let Arsenal attack, Millwall to play a counterattack!

The tactical contest in a soccer match is actually similar to a horse race, with different tactics used at different stages.

After Arsenal's kick-off, Millwall's players, except for Ole Gunnar Solskjaer harassing near the centre circle, all other players recovered half the field, with steel barriers like Gattuso Vieira Ballack in front of the backline, and Glen Charles and David Beckham assisting Neville and Zambrotta on the wings, greatly compressing the space for positional battles, which allowed Arsenal to not even have a shot on goal after several crosses and cuts.

The first half ended quickly and Millwall returned to the dressing room with a one-goal advantage.

At halftime, Aldridge said simply in the dressing room: "What we are good at is simple and fast passing, Arsenal is not good at positional battle advancement, it can be said that they are not good at tackling tough battles, so, the second half continues to be like after the first half of the lead, however, when the opponent presses hard, we must do it faster and simpler in the counterattack, more direct, no need to dribble to break through, use running to tear apart the opponent's defense, now this Arsenal is just a sheep in wolf's clothing, we don't need to be afraid of them, They are old and twilight, you are still young, run hard, and we can defeat them as we deserve. ”

The young players were inspired and built a strong confidence in the first half.

The opponent is the winner of last year's European Cup Winners' Cup!

Before the game, the players on the bench were worried that Aldridge would use the main squad because the opponent was Arsenal, but Aldridge kept his promise and insisted on playing them in the cup, which made them feel that Aldridge was a man despite his youth.

Trust is a two-way street, Aldrich gives them trust, and they will repay Aldrich with the same trust and effort.

After the start of the second half, Aldridge was still standing on the sidelines, and today he seemed very calm, without shouting, and even with few body movements.

In contrast, it is a silent irony that Graham, not far away, waved his arms back and forth for the players to press, and the team played worse and worse.

Perhaps as the televised commentator said in his halftime commentary:

"Now Arsenal is like Graham, it is already a crumbling building, and the young Millwall is more like the rising sun, whether from a technical and tactical point of view or the temperament and spirit shown by the players on the field, we have reason to expect Millwall, but we can't expect Graham to make Arsenal qualitatively change, but Arsenal is still declining too fast, in the Premier League, they have scored fewer goals in the same period than last season, conceded almost twice as many goals as last season, and the distance between the standings and the relegation zone has never been more than 10 points."

In the second half, Arsenal gradually began to press as a whole, but there was no way, their attacking combination was too small to break through Millwall's area-wide defense alone.

As the formation presses up, the space in the backfield becomes bigger and bigger.

After cutting off the ball at Paul Mason's feet on the flank, Neville sent the ball to Beckham, who was just five metres away, who turned and got up on the spot at the back as the ball curled in a beautiful arc across the midfield towards Arsenal's half.

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer started before Beckham's pass and burst through the halfway line to brush past Bald and break through the Arsenal backline to get a one-on-one goal.

Tony Adams, who was not slow, chased back from behind, after the ball bounced on the ground once, Ole Gunnar Gunnar stopped the ball steadily, but at this time Tony Adams was already a meter behind him, Ole Gunnar Gunnar stopped the ball just now, and the speed has slowed down a lot, so he protected the ball sideways, made an emergency stop action, and then flicked the ball forward, this instant change in rhythm also slowed down Tony Adams.

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was coherent, sideways to protect the ball and then flicked it again, starting again, fooling Tony Adams and continuing to go on a one-on-one shot.

But as soon as he took a step forward, there was a huge pressure behind him, and the whole person fell to the ground.

"It's ugly! Tony Adams actually overpowered Ole Gunnar Solskjaer from behind, and there was no doubt that it was a foul! ”

The referee decisively stopped the game and walked over to Tony Adams, who got up from the ground, and showed a dazzling red card!

If he hadn't fouled, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer would have clearly gone alone.

The Lion's Den stadium was thunderous and extremely agreed with the referee's decision, giving applause to the referee and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.

Tony Adams also did not defend and protested, leaving the field with a gloomy face, and did not even hand over the captain's armband to the rest of his teammates.

On the sidelines, Graham yelled at Adams, "What stupid are you doing? ”

Tony Adams turned his head and pushed back the two words directly: "Shut up!" ”

Then he walked into the players' tunnel without looking back.

Aldrich watched the scene of the master and apprentice turning against each other, and felt a little gloomy in his heart.

Graham is now the manager who has been caught up in a black gold scandal, Tony Adams has also fallen into a low point in his life, and off the field, he is a troubled drunkard.

The pair has been estranged since last year.

Graham did not reinvigorate Adams, who did not publicly support Graham when his current leadership crisis came.

The master-apprentice relationship between the two fell to the freezing point at the same time, and their fate also came to an end.

With 30 minutes remaining, Arsenal are one goal behind and one man less.

Materazzi took advantage of the dead ball to run to the sidelines and ask Aldridge: "Boss, are you still playing like before?" ”

Now they have an advantage in fighting one more person!

Aldridge pressed his shoulder with one hand, covered his mouth with the other and said softly: "Our tactics remain the same, we will win in thirty minutes, and next, it will be Arsenal who will jump off the wall in a hurry, think about it, as long as they mess up, we have more opportunities." ”

Materazzi nodded and ran back again, shouting loudly again, cheering up his teammates and once again implementing the tactical requirements, so as not to make his teammates think differently and mess with themselves.

There was no turning point in the game, and at the Lion's Den Course, a team of former kings fell to the bottom.

In the 79th minute of the game, Millwall's substitute line-up played a whirlwind of quick counter-attacks on the pitch.

Gattuso cut off the ball at Campbell's feet and crossed to Vieira, Vieira passed diagonally to Beckham on the side, Beckham passed straight to the front point Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, this time Solskjaer did not dribble the ball, lightly divided the ball to the left side again, fast Marglen Charles into the opponent's half, high-speed dribbling at the edge of the penalty area and back to the feet of Ballack in the middle, Ballack flicked the ball to the right, and Vieira, who was inserted at high speed at the beginning of the counterattack, expanded the score to 2:0!

Throughout the counter-attack, Arsenal's hasty return to the defense was full of holes because of the press, and even Martin Keown, who was determined to be a needle, tried to make a sharp stop when Glenshire knocked back to the middle but slipped and fell in embarrassment.

After Vieira scored the goal, he was so excited that he ran all over the field, looking up to the sky and roaring.

Just half a season ago, he was a clown who was sent off after a minute off the bench, but in this half-plus season, his sweat paid off, and he ran to the dugout after scoring a goal and hugged coach Babu.

Although Aldridge is the head coach, it is normal that the closest person to Vieira usually trains is Babu, and Aldridge is not jealous at all.

Arsenal were beaten by two goals from Millwall, which completely deprived them of their fighting spirit, and the final result of the game was fixed at 2-0.

Aldridge was not surprised by such a result, and Arsenal, despite their reputation, is now just a team with a broken heart.

After the game, Aldridge did not shake Graham's hand and walked into the players' tunnel with a calm face.

Ahead of the weekend's game, the biggest news in English football is that Graham has been sacked by the Arsenal board after eight years in charge of the Gunners!