Most clubs in England use new stadiums in the late 90s after the 21st century, this is because of the Taylor report after the Hillsborough tragedy, ordering that the stadium of football clubs must be seating, so in the early 90s, most clubs have to rebuild the stadium, Millwall originally had this plan, but was stopped by Aldrich, because the original plan to build the stadium, only 20,000 capacity, although the cost does not exceed 20 million pounds, but Aldridge just can't look at it.

The same is true for Black Cat Sunderland, now their Stadium of Light is still under construction, the old stadium Loga Park Stadium has a capacity of only more than 10,000 people, and it is impossible to rebuild and expand, which is also the status quo of the English club stadium in the 90s, after decades of nearly a hundred years of development, the developable area of the stadium has been greatly reduced, and most of the stadiums are surrounded by residential buildings, so they can only find another land to build a new stadium.

Millwall and Sunderland don't have many grudges, the Black Cats fans are also very restrained, when Aldridge stands on the sidelines of the Loga Park stadium to direct the game, the stadium is a little quiet, occasionally Aldridge looks back and casually sees the fans in the stands, and finds that many people cast curious glances at him, but there is not much hostility.

From the start of the game, Aldridge realized he had miscalculated.

Almost from the first minute, Millwall were in control of the game.

Sunderland sits at home, but the attack does not invest much, the old-fashioned rush so that the ball always flies from Sunderland's half to Millwall's backfield, after the opponent's striker can not get the ball, it becomes Millwall's attack, and Sunderland's defense is very conservative, the defenders shrink, four midfielders are also dragged in the backfield, although Millwall is the active side, but only five players in the attack over the half, can play a few times but can not maintain fluidity, the ball is always destroyed by Sunderland in the pass.

Aldridge frowned and looked at the Sunderland manager, who was also an unknown in the coaching world.

He thought to himself ambivalently: Is this a tactic to show weakness to the enemy? Is it trying to get Millwall to press hard?

Aldridge watched the game for a while, then walked back to the dugout and sat down, muttering, "Holy! What are Sunderland doing?! ”

This is their home stadium, and they play so conservatively, do they just want a draw?

Jenson leaned over and whispered: "I listened to the fans chatting in the back just now, it seems that there is a conflict within Sunderland, and the manager next door is new this season." ”

Aldridge knew that the other party had changed coaches this season, but he didn't know what was going on inside the team, so he turned his head to look at Jenson and said softly: "Could Sunderland have done it on purpose?" Lead us to the attack. ”

Jensen shook his head, not daring to judge.

Regardless of whether it is or not, this could cause Aldridge to change tactics, and in the event of a loss, this is not a small responsibility.

Aldridge continued to look at the field, Trezeguet lost in a duel, the ball was pushed out of the box by the opposing defender, and Pire appeared at the top of the box to meet the ball with a volley!

Wow!

There was an uproar in the stands.

Aldridge straightened up and watched the beautiful volley, only to see the ball fly slightly over the crossbar and towards the back of goal.

He opened his mouth and sighed silently.

The tempo on the pitch was not fast, but the situation was very tight, the ground attack could not be coordinated, the wings did not pose much threat in the penalty area, and the occasional shot or two was very reluctant.

Thirty minutes into the first half, Aldridge confirmed that Sunderland were only trying to hold on for a draw at home, or that they were really trying to lure the snake out of the hole, and that Millwall would not change their conservative tactics if they didn't press too much.

Aldridge is a little helpless in his heart, he and his team really can't afford to lose at this stage, not because of how important the league points are, but because of the blow and psychological impact on the team's morale after losing.

Slowly, Aldridge calmed down the anxiety in his heart, he is an open-minded person, the set goal is a draw, as long as he does not concede the goal, he should not be in a hurry, if he despises the opponent and rashly changes his tactics, if he can't even keep the draw, it will be worth the loss.

Looking at the situation on the field, Aldridge's brows furrowed again.

The two forwards at the front, Larsson has always been actively running, but Trezeguet is getting more and more depressed, but he is more and more energetic with the opposing defenders, and he is fighting for his body, and after getting the ball, he has begun to reluctantly get up knowing that he has no chance.

With the same tactics, Aldrich had to use different pieces.

He turned back and beckoned to Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, who had been watching the action on the pitch intently, suddenly noticed that the manager was waving at him, he looked surprised, pointed to his nose, and seemed to ask: "The boss called me?"

Aldridge nodded, and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer immediately got up and walked over to Aldridge, who thought he would be substituted, and although it was only 35 minutes of the first half, Solskjaer didn't think that much.

Aldridge only asked Jensen next to him to give Ole Gunnar Solskjaer a place, and then let Solskjaer sit next to him.

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was confused, he sat unnaturally in the assistant coach's seat, only to hear Aldridge still looking at the pitch and asking softly: "Do you want to play?" ”

Nonsense!

Solskjaer nodded heavily and said, "Of course! ”

"What are you going to do when you're on the field?"

"Goal!"

"How to get in? The ball won't roll to your feet on its own, and it won't let you touch it and fly into your opponent's door. ”

Solskjaer stopped talking, Aldridge turned his head and looked at him seriously, and said in a deep voice: "Ole, you are a smart player, even if you sit here, you can also play your football wisdom, now sit here, watch the game well, that's right, you have only one purpose on the field, to score goals!" But how to score, where the flaws in the opponent's defence are, you need to look carefully here, you have to think about what to do after you go on the pitch before you go on the pitch. ”

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's enthusiasm for preparing for the game cooled down a lot, sitting quietly next to Aldridge, carefully observing the situation of the game, and listening to Aldridge explain to him the gaps in the opposition back line in the attack, and what kind of threat can be created when the attacking numbers are not dominant, and the flexible movement can appear in that right position.

Soon the first half was over and the score was still 0:0.

Back in the dressing room, Aldridge praised the team's performance in the first half, and did not make tactical adjustments, Sunderland have more defenders, which is clear at a glance, unless Aldridge makes Nedved more forward or assists the full-backs to break this disadvantage in attacking and defending numbers, but that would be risky, and Aldridge will not do this under the premise of trying to build a defensive system.

Before the start of the second half, Aldridge pulled Trezeguet, who was about to play, and the two slowed down and walked behind the closest.

"David, you are a striker, the most high-profile type of player on the field, your goal will crush the opponent's entire team, not a player on the other side, don't get entangled with the opponent's defender in the second half, get rid of him, pass him, grab the ball to beat him, it doesn't matter, just hit the ball into the opponent's goal, you win, other battles, winning or losing is meaningless, understand?"

Aldridge said to Trezeguet in a calm tone, Trezeguet touched his head, and he also knew that he did not perform well in the second half of the first half, in fact, he was with the opposing defender, and young people sometimes become nervous, which is normal.

"Boss, I know what to do."

Aldridge patted him on the back and encouraged: "Well, don't put too much pressure on yourself, just go to the game as you did before the game, go ahead." ”

After Aldridge's suggestion, after the start of the second half, Trezeguet's running and pulling effect was obviously much stronger.

But perhaps it was Sunderland who defended well in the first half, so their backline still didn't give Larsson and Trezeguet a chance.

Until the 55th minute of the game, Larsson received the ball outside the penalty area and rubbed it lightly, the ball jumped up and fell into the back of the penalty area, Trezeguet understood it and nodded the ball to the goal!

Until then, Trezeguet's movement had clearly shred off his markers and in the face of such a good opportunity, Trezeguet flicked a header towards Sunderland.

Aldridge got up and looked at the goal, and watched the ball fly towards Sunderland's goal, and he thought excitedly: in, in, must be in!

Bang!

The ball slammed into the Sunderland goal near post and bounced off the line!

“F－uck！ Sunderland went fuck-fuck what shit luck! ”

Aldrich bowed his head and cursed with an unhappy expression.

Trezeguet was in disbelief with his bald head and a little frustrated when he knelt on the ground after the header.

In the 70th minute of the game, Aldridge asked Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, who had completed the warm-up, to replace Trezeguet, he didn't need to tell Solskjaer too much, and walked up to meet Trezeguet, Aldridge saw that he was a little unsatisfied, so he comforted: "David, I'm basically satisfied with your performance today, but it's just a little bit of luck." ”

"Boss, give me ten more minutes, no, five minutes, and I'll score."

Trezeguet said like a stubborn child.

Aldridge smiled and patted him on the shoulder and said, "Don't be childish, there are still forty-four games in the league, I can let you play the full 90 minutes of each game, then I estimate that you can only play half a season, do you want that?" ”

Trezeguet had to succumb to reality, and he knew that a reasonable rest was necessary, not to mention that Millwall were going into a double game for a week in a row.

Aldridge didn't sit back in the dugout, he just stood on the sidelines, hoping that the players would not let their guard down and continue to play according to the deployed tactics, the game had already been played into the last fifteen minutes of the second half, Aldridge felt that he could take away a draw, he had nothing to regret.

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