For most of the season, Millwall fans have become the happiest group in League One.

They can enjoy the fun and passion of football in its purest form.

Aldridge's Millwall has been completely insulated from the English style of long balls, creating a storm of youth and pride for the fans.

On the afternoon of the 32nd round of League One matches, the Lion's Den continued its full attendance on the home match day, and the stadium burst into long-lasting applause when the teams lined up.

Millwall and Middlesbrough have no hatred, just rivals, and now that Millwall have left Middlesbrough far behind, Millwall's fans can naturally welcome the arrival of their opponents with generosity.

The broadcast camera locked on Aldridge before the game, this handsome young coach is a celebrity in the English coaching world, gentle and capable, no one will question Aldridge's coaching ability, and even Millwall's current tactical system has begun to be followed by football columnists, but the "research report" does not dare to draw conclusions easily, because professionals who are really tactical experts believe that Aldridge's transformation of the team has not been completely successful, and it is still in the process of building. But it's refreshing to move away from the blind and frequent tactics of the wing-backs in favour of wing-wing playfulness and occasional insertions into the box.

After the players from both sides came on, Aldridge took the initiative to walk to the visitors' dugout, and Brian Robson greeted him, and the two hugged cordially and then laughed and talked friendly.

"Aldridge, forget me if you lose this game, you have a lead of so many points anyway."

"Okay, Middlesbrough attack boldly, Millwall is undefended."

"Can you not be so annoying?"

"Xie Lu Xie, this is my best compliment."

Aldridge and Brian Robson looked at each other and smiled, and the two parted ways and walked back to the sidelines.

Compared to the first half of the season, only one of the two teams' appearances, David Beckham, is a newcomer on the Millwall side, and there are no other changes, not even the formation changes.

Middlesbrough still play their hidden 532, and Millwall is the 442 they have honed.

Even the opening of the game was almost the same as in the first league game: Millwall had the advantage and Middlesbrough were conservative in their closing half.

Aldridge was standing on the sidelines, was he making the same mistake as he did in the first half of the season?

Of course not!

Millwall are more mature now than they were just over three months ago, and the chemistry between the players is not what it used to be.

The midfield line of Pire-Nedved-Makelle Beckham was very fluid in the midfield area, and with Larsson dropping back up front, Millwall was firmly at his feet.

It's not just the shrinkage that makes it conservative, Millwall's commitment to possession, patience in creating chances and not easily getting up and losing the ball is a conservative strategy in itself.

Aldridge's first instillation in this team was: learn to pass back!

When the receiver in front of him has no good position and opportunity, the midfielder must be aware of passing the ball back in the face of pressure.

If you don't concede a goal, you will first ensure your own invincible position.

The battle for the top of the list, which was touted by the outside world as Mars hitting the Earth, did not show the expected fierce sparks after the start of the game.

Dubbed by Aldridge in front of his fellow coaching staff, Cavanagh was constantly running back and forth in Millwall's midfield in an attempt to disrupt Millwall's rhythm by harassing him.

But he alone went on a rampage, and it really didn't work, it was more like being monkey walking back and forth by Millwall's midfielders.

The midfield trio of Blackmore-Masto-Hagknight also did not dare to cross the halfway line easily, as if they were waiting for something, not caring about the passage of time.

How to break through the dense defense, Millwall has been able to adjust and use flexibly in tactics, and does not need Aldridge to give orders on the sidelines all the time.

Piret automatically leaned into the middle to play a small combination with Nedved, and the two forwards used their movements to attract the attention of defenders, opening up open space and giving back-to-back teammates the chance to shoot from distance.

Twenty minutes into the first half, Nedved almost opened the scoring with a long-range shot that bounced off the crossbar and into the stands.

Middlesbrough are still playing a trick of shrinking, but there will still be loosening and distraction on a small scale.

Pire's long-range shot from outside the box was picked up by goalkeeper Miller and he immediately drove forward with a big foot to try to create a counter-attacking opportunity.

The ball landed just over the halfway line in front, and Makelele kept Cavanagh at bay, and no matter how much Cavanagh squeezed, he couldn't make Makelele lose his center of gravity.

In the face of the falling ball, Makelele blocked with his foot and knocked directly at the feet of Beckham on the right side, and after Beckham received the ball near the halfway line on the right side, he adjusted on the spot for a second, and then suddenly a long ball hoisted the ball into the Middlesbrough penalty area.

The Middlesbrough backline, who had just finished defending, was moving forward and re-establishing a parallel defensive line, and no one expected the goalkeeper to drive a big foot into the front of the pitch, and in less than 10 seconds, the ball flew back and landed behind them.

Trezeguet slickly slipped past Pierce and White, goalkeeper Miller dropped the shot, but he was only halfway through before opening his arms to extend his defensive range, and on the left side of the net, Trezeguet didn't stop the ball at all and headed it straight towards Middlesbrough.

Miller hated Millwall to death!

In the first half of the season, Pire's bizarre curling goal is still vivid, this time, he can only watch the ball pass over his head with his head raised when he abandons the door, he reached for it, apparently a step too late, and let himself lose his center of gravity and fall to the ground, embarrassed and embarrassed.

“GOOOOOAL！ David Trezeguet scored a brilliant header! The assist was provided by young Manchester United rookie David Beckham, who came to Millwall on loan from Manchester United this season in place of the injured Schneider in the past month, and his performance was very good, his accurate long ball was unforgettable, no one expected him to assist the striker directly in that position, the ball was beautiful, Trezeguet's clever anti-offside and header were even more wonderful! Congratulations to Millwall, who are now one goal ahead and have absolute dominance on the pitch, Middlesbrough will struggle to make a difference here despite their quality. ”

Trezeguet, who has scored 18 goals this season, ran towards the backfield with a smile and hugged Beckham directly.

The fans on the sidelines were also very excited, and Aldridge could even see fans holding signs in the stands, which read: Aldridge, please sign Beckham!

Aldridge could only smile bitterly in his heart, he also wanted to sign the biggest star in English football for the next five to eight years, but how could the cunning Ferguson be generous and let go?

Beckham's hairy boy at the beginning of his loan arrival, with more and more opportunities to appear on the court, and better and better performances on the field, has become Millwall's star player, yes, Aldridge to describe Beckham, is a star player, but by no means the top five quality players, even if it is just a list of offensive players.

Around the training ground, at least half of the female fans who came to watch the training came to see Beckham, and the rest paid more attention to Nedved, Schneider and others.

When did Beckham become famous? Maybe not even when I'm ten years old.

In English football, Beckham was the main player in Manchester United's 92 class to win the FA Youth Cup last year, which also made him famous.

Aldridge cleared his mind and applauded his team's goal, then glanced at Bryan Robson not far away, who was indifferent to the goal conceded, just pacing on the sidelines, without words or directing the team.

Brian Robson is really helpless, he has done everything he can, and nothing he can say to the team will help, it's not that Middlesbrough is playing poorly, it's that Millwall is no longer the team that was in the first half of the season.

Robson, who has hundreds of professional games, can see that the confidence and drive, atmosphere and composure of Millwall's young lads on the pitch, coupled with the football wisdom of flexible tactics, he has a similar feeling to Wenger at this moment: Aldridge, your team has an infinitely exciting future.

After the restart, Middlesbrough still did not change their strategy, they will play long balls and hang tactics after getting the ball, whether they can create a threat depends on whether the strikers are effective.

But such an attack was simply not lethal in front of Millwall, and the ball always returned to Millwall's feet with ease.

The team was ahead, and the fans were so happy to watch and sing like a party, and they were having a lot of fun in the stands.

Beckham was encouraged by an assist and wanted to show himself more on such a major stage, so he was even more bold to cut forward for the first 30 minutes.

Aldridge frowned slightly at the sight of this scene on the sidelines, and in the pre-match tactical set-up, he clearly told Beckham: "Don't get too far forward, your basic task is to assist Thuram in defending and keep our right flank safe, and you can try to pass the ball from a distance as a point of attack for delay." ”

Originally, Beckham was in a regular position on the wing, and the Middlesbrough backline was not at ease, but he suddenly inserted, which had the effect of catching the opponent off guard.

Nedved suddenly dribbled through Masto's defense in the middle, he was surprised to find Beckham cut in front, he was already planning to shoot from a distance, he pushed the ball to the right, Beckham's assist surprised everyone, so the central defender Wicks pressed the ball and tried to cut off the opponent's feet, but Beckham stabbed the ball into the right side of the penalty area, and formed a pass with Larsson, who started at the right time, Larsson half-turned at the bottom of the box and swept the ball to Middlesbrough's goal.

Trezeguet fell to the ground before Pearson cleared the ball and slotted the ball into the Middlesbrough goal!

Millwall leads 2-0 at home!