Strong dialogue is the focus of tactical confrontation, because the gap between the overall strength of the two sides will not be too large, and the arrangement of the coaches of the two sides is more interesting, and it also has a direct effect on the victory or defeat.

Liverpool were more active and serious than Millwall after opening today.

You can see it in their aggressiveness in running and scrambling, as well as in the position of the players.

The attacking routines of both sides are almost identical, based on the midfield and actively fighting, quickly passing through the midfield in attack, and then opening the opponent's defensive gap from the left wing.

Millwall is Glen Shire, Liverpool is McManaman.

Roy Evans watched Glenschal on the field scurry away with the ball, and exclaimed: It's a mistake!

Shevchenko's sudden discomfort before the game forced Millwall to replace him, and Evans thought it would be Larsson on the left flank, but he didn't expect it to be a rampaging Dane.

Glen Schal, a player who eats on speed and explosiveness, plays in a way that leaves no stone unturned, and every time he drops back to get the ball down the wing, the whole stadium is blown away by him.

Even the fans are used to his terrible crosses, but they can't help but stand up and cheer for him when they see him dribbling and breaking through at a high speed.

This classic winger's style of play has a very striking visual sense.

Standing in the stands and looking down at the whole stadium, the audience can clearly see that whenever Glen Schal starts with the ball, it drives Liverpool's defensive formation throughout the second half to retreat rapidly, and when you see this scene in front of the TV, you will have the illusion that he is driving the whole stadium laterally.

McAtier didn't know how many times he was passed by Glen Charles today, and he wanted to foul in anger and pushed Glen Charles in his hand, but Glen Charles stumbled out of the sideline at his feet, but he stabilized his center of gravity and continued to sprint. He controlled the ball before it could go out of the touchline and rushed forward like lightning.

Jones also had a headache for the kid, and Evans had made it clear before the game that he was going to block the winger's inside lane, and he was doing it.

But this targeted deployment is aimed at Larsson, but the Danish kid in front of him does not play inside, and like most full-backs or wingers, he goes down the bottom and crosses.

Once again, Jones blocked the inside lane, and as expected, Glen Charles dribbled the ball to the bottom, Jones half-turned and defended it head-on, and Glen Charles finally made a decent cross.

Trezeguet nodded the ball forward. James reacted quickly, jumped up and reached for a block, and the ball was about to fly into the top of the near corner, but James blocked it with one hand.

The ball bounced just in front of Jones, who unloaded it with his chest. Then, without waiting for the ball to hit the ground, a big foot drove the ball forward to the court.

In midfield. Makelle stared at Barnes in front of him. Barak hadn't come back from the attack just now, and was quickly returning to the defense.

Heading is not Makelele's forte, and Barnes is the first to take the spot.

Makelele pointed to Borg on the other side, who he was clearly referring to Ballack.

Barnes headed the ball over to Borg and Ballack had already caught up. But he rashly stretched out his leg from behind to intercept, and Borg accelerated forward with the ball and easily shook him off.

Makelle was speechless and immediately retreated to compress the attacking space, not giving the opponent's short pass in front of the goal a chance to penetrate.

Barak was also annoyed. He realized that he had made a defensive mistake and chased back immediately after being thrown away.

Borg took two steps to play the ball to McManaman on the left, and then Borg and Barnes quickly cut in front of Millwall's box, and Collymore began to draw Millwall's attention with his runs in the box.

McManaman also rushed forward after taking the ball, because he was counterattacked just after the attack, and Larsson, who was chasing back, was still ten meters away, which made McManaman one-on-one easy to face Schneider, with a shake and change of direction to pass Schneider, after going to the bottom line, he also chose a half-high cross, but the effect and purpose were better than Glen Shire's cross.

What appeared to be a cross was close to Stamm, whose run took Stam into the depths, but the ball trailed behind them.

Claude Makelele went back to the penalty area to grab it, but Barnes kept his attention, so he didn't run at full speed, and to their surprise, Liverpool were actually three people gathered in one point to attack.

Collymore screened, Barnes and Borg scrambled behind him, Southgate and Makelele could only block angles, and Borg was in a better position to burst into the box and hit the ball with a powerful volley that made perfect contact with the ball and the ball blasted towards the goal like a cannonball.

Bout lowered his center of gravity and planned to use his body to block this shot, between the lightning and flint, the movements were made subconsciously, and he felt that although this shot was powerful, the angle was average, and his body defense area should be able to block this shot.

But no one expected the ball to be refracted halfway, and Stam also subconsciously went to his body to block the shot, and the ball hit his outstretched calf to create a broken line, which bounced directly into the far corner of the goal.

Bout was dumbfounded, and Stam was dumbfounded.

The Lion's Den Stadium was silent.

"The ball is in! Stam kept the ball in his own net, and while it wasn't technically an own goal as Borg's shot was certainly on target, goalkeeper Bout had a good chance to save the ball if he didn't. Unexpectedly, Liverpool actually scored first away from home! ”

"It just proves how right Hall was to be angry with his disciples just now, and always felt that Millwall was missing something today, was it dominance of the game? Or is it the creativity of the midfield? Looking at the scene alone, they did not have an overwhelming advantage, Larsson fell silent, Trezeguet could only grab points but could not get support, and Nedved tandem up front had no bright spots. ”

"I guess that's why Evans' tactics worked today. It seems that when playing Millwall, we should learn from Liverpool, reduce one striker, strengthen the defense of the midfield, and at the same time must not blindly play long passes and rush when counterattacking, and quickly pass through the midfield through ground passing, you can find a way to restrain Millwall. ”

After the goal, Borg rushed to the sideline in ecstasy, but he was first held by Collymore, and then the rest of his Liverpool team-mates rushed at him in a frenzy. He was surrounded and several of the team members made roaring expressions towards the stands.

Such as McManaman, Redknapp Jr., Barnes and others, since the 0:8 defeat half a year ago, they have not only suffered from the accusations of the fans, but also they themselves feel ashamed, if the Premier League now they play which team can make them most motivated, then the first place is Millwall, and the sworn rivals Manchester United and Everton. Because of the long-term hatred, the emotional stimulation is still behind for the time being.

At the start of last season, Millwall stabbed Liverpool one after another, tearing apart their pride and sense of superiority.

Now, the Liverpool crowd are going to give it all back to Millwall.

So the goal made them very excited.

On the way back to the second half. Collymore even made a mid-finger gesture to the home team's dugout.

Aldridge didn't see it, he was turning his head to cheer on the players.

But the fans in the stands and someone in the coach's box saw it. Boos rang out inside the stadium. Jenson and other coaches also rushed out.

"What the are you doing? Dead perverted! ”

Furious, Jenson ran into the arena and raised his hand to point at Collymore's face, who took a step back before raising his hand and pushing Jenson's face.

Aldridge was startled by Jenson's movements, and then rushed over with a lunge, just in time to see Collymore's movements, and he stood in the middle between Jenson and Collymore. Then he turned his head to the referee who rushed over and said, "The person who provoked me on the other side did it just now." ”

The referee separated the men on both sides first, and the Liverpool crowd hurried towards half-time, and they were leading anyway.

Because Jenson was rushing into the field. The referee decided that he was the one who provoked the incident first, and after Aldrich understood the whole process of the incident, he explained the reason to the referee: the opponent made an indecent gesture to provoke us first.

But the referee didn't see it, and after communicating with the fourth official, he only showed a yellow card to Collymore, and then showed a red card to Jensen and sent him off.

Aldridge bowed his head a little helplessly on the sidelines, and then said to the referee with a cold face: "You allow a player who makes such a gesture to stay on the field?" Is it a yellow card for pointing the middle finger at the opposing manager? If so, I'll now have each of the players give the middle finger to Evans next door. ”

The referee talked to Aldridge for a long time, and no matter what the other party said, Aldrich just shook his head.

In the end, whether Aldridge agreed or not, the referee issued a warning to him, and if he instigated the player to make a move that affected the game, then not only would he be punished with a red card, but also a hearing from the disciplinary committee.

Aldridge walked back to the dugout and stood, but instead crossed his arms.

He wouldn't deliberately hit Collymore back with his middle finger, there's no need, the other party is a scumbag, do you have to become a scumbag and entangle with the other party?

But that doesn't mean Aldridge isn't angry, and there's only one way to let that bad breath out: beating Liverpool.

The game played for half an hour and Liverpool scored first.

By this time, Aldridge had also thoroughly figured out Liverpool's tactical arrangements.

If they have a nine-and-a-half role behind the striker, then their tactics are more of an Italian one-wing tactic.

Two wings, one side defending, the other wings flying.

McManaman was on the left flank, stifling Schneider's assists and allowing Larsson to drop back to reduce the attacking threat.

McAtier should have worked with Jones on the right to suppress Larsson, but he accidentally ran into Glen Char, but Glen Charles made a solid cross, which also made Millwall's attack on the left not the slightest threat.

Midfielder Ballack and Nedved were hampered by a lack of wide play when they faced off against the opposition midfielder's midfield.

Half-time was an opportune time to adjust, but Millwall also needed some change right now, as their attack was not without its strengths, but it was incredibly inefficient.

Aldridge gestured to the players on the field, and the midfielders saw it and had a bottom in their hearts.

With 10 minutes remaining in the first half, Aldridge's instructions to his players were simple: step up some individual play. (To be continued......)