For this first league game, the Millwall coaching staff had some communication before the game, and the goal for the whole game was not high: not to lose.

Aldridge's expectation for the team is to keep the draw in the first half, and then to see if Xiu Anlian will attack impatiently in the second half, so as to give Millwall a chance to counterattack and sneak attack.

Unexpectedly, at the end of the first half, Millwall had already taken a two-goal lead, much to Aldridge's delight, but he was most satisfied with the team's defensive performance.

Before entering the dressing room, Aldridge greeted every player on the sidelines, patted them on the shoulder and walked into the tunnel at the end of the tunnel.

Peter walked towards the visiting dressing room with a black face at the half-time whistle, while his players looked disheartened as they walked off the pitch.

The fans in the stands chatted and laughed at each other, and the emotions caused by the pre-season turmoil at the club had dissipated, and Aldridge's side had gradually won the hearts and minds of the fans from their performances in the pre-season warm-up games to the current 45 minutes of official matches.

In the home team's dressing room, the players' faces were full of joy, and they did not feel tired, they had been on the defensive in the first half, and they showed ease with ease, but the attacking and ferocious Xiu'an United players were exhausted, tired and out of breath, and conceded two goals, which was too big a blow.

Aldridge suddenly heard a sound from the visiting team's locker room before entering the locker room, the Lion's Den court was small and simple, and the locker room was not well insulated, so after the angry reprimand in the away team's locker room, Aldridge couldn't hear it clearly, but he also knew that someone in the room was furious.

Aldridge smiled knowingly, then pushed open the door of the home team's dressing room with a look of ecstasy, and after pushing the door open, Aldridge kept a smile and looked at the players.

The players who sat down to rest in the locker room saw Aldrich standing at the door without closing the door, as if they were overjoyed, and they stared at Aldridge intently.

Aldrich pointed to his ear and said softly, "Listen carefully." ”

The players kept quiet and pricked up their ears to listen, faintly they could hear the roar coming from the visitors' dressing room.

Then every player seemed to be infected by Aldrich, and a knowing smile appeared on their faces.

Aldridge gently closed the locker room door like a thief, which made the coaches of the coaching staff laugh.

Jenson frowned, trying to warn Aldrich not to get carried away.

But Aldrich's next words worried Jensenbai.

Aldridge opened his arms and smiled: "You guys played perfectly in the first half!" See what your opponents have done? They didn't even have a shot on target! Just now I saw their players go off the field, and the expression on their faces was like the end of the world, I'm X! You are the devil in the hearts of your opponents! So, in the second half, we're going to make them cry and go home! Who began to sympathize with them and was ready to release water in the second half? ”

The players were stunned, looking at each other and shaking their heads involuntarily.

Water?

Joke!

Aldrich smiled and said, "That's right! We're going to send them to hell! Continue to overturn them in the second half! However, tactically, we have to make some changes to hasten their deaths! ”

The players bred together and watched with full attention as Aldridge arrived at the tactical board, where he picked up a pen and drew the position of the opposition backline on the pitch pattern, and then used the numbers to indicate the position of the Millwall players.

Aldridge said in a deep voice: "Defensively did a good job in the first half, we have to work hard in the second half, my request is very simple, since we didn't concede a goal in the first half, there is no reason for them to steal a single goal in the second half, but, Bernd, Robert, you two listen up. ”

Piret and Schneider held their chests up, staring straight at Aldrich.

Aldridge drew a large area on the left and right wings, which was the flank of the front field and the position close to the middle, and did not include the area of the opponent's penalty area extending to the sideline.

"In the second half, the opponent will fight back, there will be more attacking players than in the first half, Robert, you and Bernd can be closer to the middle, in the attack, Pavel is responsible for the ball, it is up to him to attack from the left and the right, and after you receive the ball, your passing route is like this."

Aldridge drew a large arc on the tactical board from the left and right, which was the trajectory of the ball that he signaled.

"In the first half, Henrik opened the scoring by receiving a through ball from Robert in an anti-offside position, and in the second half the opponent will definitely learn a lesson, beware of our through ball on the same side, if you still play like in the first half, it will be difficult, so, Robert and Bernd, your pass in the second half is to pass the ball diagonally from the middle of the opposing centre-back and full-back to the far end of the other side, our strikers have a clear advantage, and that is speed, David, Henrik, I want to see you in the second half in the running combination, so, When that opportunity arises, you play a cross-run so that you can take the defenders away instead of racing in a straight line and try to be a smart player instead of just relying on talent to play, can you do that? ”

The two strikers who scored in the first half nodded solemnly, Aldridge clapped his hands in satisfaction, and said a few more words about defensive problems, such as Nedved trying to pay more attention to the help defense on the left side, through the first half 45 minutes of the game, Peter must be able to see even if he is a fool that Millwall's left side defense is weaker than the right side, after all, it is the young Lucas Neil who guards the left side, not the black block Thuram on the right.

In the second half, the two sides changed sides and fought again.

After the players came on the field, Aldridge continued to stand on the sidelines with his hands in his pockets, while Peter on the other side had a gloomy face and did not say a word.

At this moment, Aldrich no longer wants to have any conflict with Peter, and he is not interested in verbal provocation, on the contrary, he wanders out of the world and puts himself in Peter's place, expecting that the two are in opposite situations, what should he do?

What if an opponent provokes him before the game?

Or is it his team?

How should he cope?

Aldridge has at least learned a lesson from Peter, no matter what, not to lose his cool, let alone to impose personal emotions in the team's tactics.

Just as Aldridge was losing his mind, an exclamation from the stands brought him back to his senses.

bang

The crossbar on one side of the pitch rattled so loudly that Aldridge could hear the tremors.

I saw the ball hit Millwall's goal crossbar and bounced out!

Millwall almost conceded at the start of the second half!

Aldridge secretly blamed himself for thinking crankily just now, he knew that he was a little relaxed, after all, the good game of 2:0 in the first half made him feel that the victory was in his hands, and the complacency before the end of this game should be taken as a warning, he naturally knew it, but the pride was irrepressibly bred from the heart.

Fortunately, the danger just now sounded the alarm bell for him.

Aldridge turned around and beckoned to Jensen, who just breathed a sigh of relief and walked to Aldrich's side, thinking that he was going to make a substitution, but unexpectedly heard Aldridge ask in a low voice, "What happened just now?" ”

"What's going on?"

"That ball just now."

"Aren't you just standing here? Don't see it? ”

"I was thinking about a substitution just now, and I didn't pay attention."

Rather reluctantly, Jensen described the situation to Aldrich.

With that, he went back to the dugout and sat down.

Aldridge couldn't help but glance at Peter Dawson not far away, who was covering his face and regretting that the ball had hit the crossbar.

The old guy has two brushes!

Peter decisively adjusted Millwall's attack, although it was still dominated by long balls and hanging and direct high balls into the box to create a threat, but it significantly increased the number of attacking players, allowing the full-backs and central midfielders to take turns to enter the box to fight for the goal.

Just now, the left wing-back hoisted the ball into the penalty area, the strikers were stared at by Stam and Southgate, and the central midfielder who stepped forward into the box was also closely guarded by Makelle, but the right wing-back stepped forward into the back of the box to get rid of Lucas Neal's defense, and almost without interference, the header hit the goal, but it was unlucky and hit the crossbar.

Knowing this, Aldridge took another look at the situation on the pitch and did not make any changes, nor did he shout at the players, because Nedved had dropped back deep to help Lucas defend.

Ten minutes after the attack, apart from the initial header that hit the crossbar, Millwall's self-adjusted defence quickly became watertight again.

At this time, Makelele cut off a ground pass that the opponent changed his offensive and intended to go straight, and then passed the ball to Schneider, who retreated from the right side to get the ball.

When he took the ball and turned around, he found that there was a large no-man's land in the midfield, and there were many players in the midfield of Xiu'an United to attack, but the remaining midfielder also withdrew to increase the defensive manpower.

Schneider sent a diagonal pass to the ball near the left side of the center circle, and Nedved, who was involved in the attack after the defense, ran into position and easily took the ball, followed by a player from Xiu Anlian, Nedved did not entangle, and passed the ball directly to Pire.

Millwall counterattacks, three-on-five!

Larsson was on the left, Trezeguet was on the right, and both were closely followed by a Xiu Allians defender in front of them, but they were both a little far from the box.

The two strikers understood and started to run, they didn't run straight into the box, Larsson went to the right, Trezeguet went to the left, like two sharp knives in the enemy's ribs!

The Southman United centre-backs, who were guarding the two, were shocked, especially as Trezeguet was running in an area where Pire could go straight through, where there was no one and the full-backs had already gone up to interfere with Pire's dribbling.

The two centre-backs hesitated before switching targets, but were clearly a step slower in their pace.

Pire unleashed a right-handed curling ball with his left foot before the opposition full-backs came up to defend closely.

The ball slipped through the gap between the full-backs and centre-backs and scurried towards the back of the box.

The defenders didn't expect Trezeguet to run to the front point under the guise of a catch, and at the back of the penalty area, Larsson was chasing the collision with the ball in front of him, and behind him, the central defender wanted to tackle from behind, but he was keenly aware that he had stepped into the line of the box, so he could only watch Larsson get farther and farther away from him.

Just as the ball slid past the top of the small penalty area, a dark blue figure slid close to the ground and kicked the ball into the near corner of the goal with a tackle!

The Xiu'an United goalkeeper lowered his center of gravity, but after Larsson's tackle, he made a pounce, and then helplessly spread his palms, and when he reacted, the football had already flown into the tricky corner, which was rolled into the goal against the goal post.

Millwall 3:0 Allianz!