Years ago, when the young Andrea Pirlo was watching the Super Bowl in the United States, Aldridge explained in his ear the significance and merits of the backward organization, as well as the importance of hiding the point of attack in the game.

At the time, he didn't understand Aldridge's words in its entirety, but as time went on, he gained more experience in the game, and in practice, he began to understand Aldrich's original purpose for shaping him.

From the second half of last season, he originally thought that his previous self was good enough, but from then to now, with the formation of Millwall's new attacking group, he realized that he could really dominate the game.

He plays as a lag playmaker, and he is not afraid of being targeted by opponents, because of his position on the field, there are at least four teammates in front of him who are very threatening on the surface to cover him, and he can never be the first in the list of objects that opponents want to focus on, even if an opponent really tries to freeze him with one or two players, he can in turn cover his teammates in front of him.

Now, he's on the pitch and in command, and his every move will have a direct impact on the team's attack.

Watching the Arsenal players running back and forth in a hurry, afraid of his ball, Pirlo said that he didn't think it was fake, and when he didn't pass the threat, the Arsenal players suddenly relaxed, Pirlo wanted to laugh in his heart, and laughed proudly.

You guys are so easy to deceive!

Arsenal made another strong attack, the attack ended in the link between Bergkamp and Ibrahimovic, Ibrahimovic headed the ball to Bergkamp, past Neil, not Southgate, Millwall after a two-foot pass, the ball to the feet of Pirlo.

Overmars ran straight towards Pirlo, and Petit also rushed towards Pirlo. Vieira went to Nedved in the retreat.

Three meters. Two meters. One metre later, just as Petit was about to catch up with Pirlo from the diagonal side, Pirlo sent the ball forward with a through ball.

At that time, Nedved was running diagonally, Vieira was just moving, following the Czech, a former teammate and an old rival for a few years, but he watched as Ronaldo brushed shoulders with him and completed the switch with Nedved. Received a pass from Andrea Pirlo in the middle.

Millwall's counter-attack picked up suddenly.

Ronaldo dribbled forward to face the Arsenal backline, and when Keown came to the penalty area, Adams consciously went to help Larsson cut inside, and Ronaldo decisively handed the ball to Thierry Henry, who ran laterally to pull out the gap.

Henry took the ball and turned around, Dixon came to help defend him, and Vieira could only come to grab him, but Henry didn't give them a chance to get close, and made a short pass in front of him, and Nedved's running trajectory from the moment Pirlo passed the ball was more like a semi-circular arc. Went left from the middle, circled half a circle and cut inside into the penalty area. Vieira gave up chasing Nedved the moment Henry got the ball, and as he thought, he went to grab Henry, and Dixon should defend Nedved.

35-year-old Dixon chasing Nedved?

Nedved, who had won the ball in the box, took a lateral step and opted for a hard kick to find the ball through the Arsenal goal again without any suspense.

Keown, Dixon and other players raised their hands to signal that Nedved was offside, but the linesman did not react, and the referee pointed to the middle circle, indicating that the goal was valid.

“3:0,3:0！ Millwall leads Arsenal 3-0, the scorer is Nedved, his running is really beautiful, this goal should have killed the suspense of the game, Millwall will achieve ten consecutive league wins, if you count two League Cup games and a Champions League and a Charity Shield, they will win all official games in the new season! ”

Aldridge smiled and turned to the bench after seeing the goal, called Glenschal and Klose up, and at the same time picked up a tactics book and asked the two to warm up, and he wrote and drew on the tactics book himself, circled the areas of activity of the two when attacking, the main main responsibilities they were responsible for, the key positions when defending and so on.

He had his back to the court, and he didn't have to look at him to know what the situation was going to be on the dojo.

Arsenal have ambitions for an equaliser, but they now need a face-saving goal.

Losing to Manchester United, they only lost 2:1, if the loss to Millwall is 3:0, it is really shameless, and there is no confidence to compete for the league title, the first ten rounds directly lost to two rivals, fighting? What are you fighting for? Expect Manchester United and Millwall to keep losing to underdogs and overturning in the gutter?

After Klose and Glenschal had warmed up, Aldridge called them to his side and assigned them on-field assignments, and after both men understood, Millwall began to make substitutions.

'The Lions fans gave Larsson and Thierry Henry a standing ovation, they were fantastic today, Larsson had a goal, Thierry Henry had an assist, they were one of the guarantees of Millwall's victory.

Aldridge's substitution was a directive and he didn't need to say anything more, and the players on the pitch would understand that there would be tactical adjustments.

They can't play like they did for the first 70 minutes.

Gone are the frenzied shifts of attacking players.

If Pirlo is eliminated from this generation of attack groups, the power of the remaining four players will increase geometrically, but if one is removed and the power is still played according to that routine, the power will definitely be greatly reduced.

Klose is fixed in the center forward position, Glen Charles is also fixed in the right winger position, and Millwall is now starting to play 4231, which is really going to play defensive counter-attack.

Aldridge is indeed ready for the trip to Turkey in three days' time.

The Lions fans in the stands of the Lion's Den Stadium were celebrating with their shoulders hooked and singing cheerful songs, but the Gunners fans who came to watch the game had already begun to leave the stadium.

The Arsenal players still didn't give up on the pitch, Ibrahimovic and Bergkamp continued to run aggressively, but the ball just couldn't pass to their feet, and they became more and more frustrated by running back and forth uselessly, and Arsenal's constant pressure to try to score was in the hands of Millwall.

Defend and counterattack, defend and counterattack, defend first and then counterattack!

Silvinho's long pass was headed by Neil to Schneider on the wing, who also made a long pass directly to Klose in front, Klose did not turn around after stopping the ball on his chest, and knocked directly to Glen Charles on the side. The physically fit Danes began a long run. Dribbling the ball all the way from just over the halfway line.

The defense against Silvinho was not strong either. Passing the ball to the middle, Nedved then transferred to Ronaldo, Ronaldo cut inside and crossed over the top to hoist the ball diagonally into the back of the penalty area, Klose followed up with a header in front of the back post, the ball was saved by Seaman, Keown hurriedly cleared the ball, but the ball kicked on Nedved's body and bounced towards the goal, Seaman fell to the ground and watched the ball roll back. And it was rolling towards the other end of the goal, he was already powerless to save, Dixon chased to the goal line and tried to sweep the ball out but was still a step too late, watching the ball roll into the goal.

“4:0！ Millwall's goal wasn't over yet, not yet! God, Arsenal have completely collapsed, Keown's clearance ball hit Nedved and bounced into the goal, Millwall's powerful attacking firepower and mastery of the overall rhythm allowed Arsenal to suffocate themselves! ”

Arsene Wenger bowed his head and covered his forehead on the sidelines.

In fact, the score of 3:0 is not necessarily a big disaster, but the process. It made Arsenal feel a lot of pressure, if you put it realistically. It is more appropriate to despair.

To say that Millwall's defense is really not the top in Europe, but it is because of the fear of their attack that the opponent has to weaken the attack, and once the risk of attacking with all his strength, unable to score and being broken through the defense by Millwall, whether from the player's psychological state or the morale of the whole team, it will form a huge blow.

It is this gap experienced in the competition on the field that makes Arsenal's players feel unprecedented despair.

Aldrich had already sat down, watching the rest of the game with a calm expression.

At the end of the game, Millwall scored another goal from a corner, and it was Klose who scored the goal, but he didn't score it with a header, and no one grabbed the ball in the first spot in the box!

This is a big taboo in defending corner kicks before the penalty area, the ball landed, Arsenal seemed to have signs of collapse, even the corner defense was leaky, the ball bounced to the ground and was swept into the goal by Klose.

When the game ended, the Lion's Den Stadium erupted in earth-shattering cheers.

"5:0, who would have thought before the game that Millwall would thrash Arsenal 5:0 in the city derby? This score is the same as yesterday's Chelsea bloodbath Manchester United, but for the situation of the entire Premier League, the meaning is very different, three weeks ago, Manchester United is close behind Millwall, the difference between the two teams is only 2 points, after three rounds of games, just entered October, Millwall ushered in the league 10 consecutive wins, and Manchester United has been as many as 9 points behind Millwall after three rounds of winless, there are still 28 rounds of the league, but between the championship teams, the gap of 1 point is very far away, we do not want the suspense of the Premier League title to end prematurely, But we have to admit that it was Millwall's strength that led to this situation, they told all their Premier League rivals with ten consecutive wins, if you want to snatch the title from them, then you still need to improve, you need to work harder, I don't want my Christmas wish this year to be to see the Premier League title battle in May, but Hall's team seems to have forced me to make such a wish at Christmas, congratulations to Millwall, ten wins in a row, from the eighteen consecutive league wins they have set, Europe's top five league winning streak is still a long way off, but there is reason to believe they may be able to produce a better record, and it's clear that they are stronger than they were back then. ”

The game was over, the rain stopped, the sky cleared, the sun shone into the pitch near dusk, the undispersed raindrops emitted a crystal faint light, Aldridge looked up at the sky, and then turned his head to look at the away team's dugout, Wenger was long gone, it seemed that the post-match handshake between the two could not be carried out.

He stood up and hugged Klinsmann, Jensen, Boas and other coaches, and the cheers of the fans in the stands behind him lingered in his ears, he walked onto the pitch and hugged each player, and before leaving, the players walked around the field hand in hand to thank the fans in the stands who did not want to leave to enjoy the moment.

Aldridge walked into the tunnel with one hand in his pocket, and naturally accepted the post-match interview with a faint smile on his face.

In fact, the reason for Arsenal's rout is not complicated, that is, the defense is aging, and it can't withstand the full impact of Millwall's world-class striker, and it must support the defense from the midfield line to the forward line, but Arsenal must attack, and the speed between attack and defense can't keep up, and it is reasonable to be blown up.

However, in front of the camera, Aldridge can't make comments such as naming Dixon and saying that Dixon is old and that Silvinho's newcomer has not yet integrated into the team, which will make him look domineering and slap his face.

So he just said that it was Millwall who played better at home, Arsenal didn't adapt to comments like the rain game, the individual performance of the players, and he replied with diplomatic rhetoric and didn't want to go into details. (To be continued......)