After Kosic's goal was born, the live camera immediately began to capture the focus, in addition to Kosic who scored the goal was pressed in front of the Millwall goal by his teammates, the expressions of the Millwall players were also swept by the camera.

Then, the Aston Villa dugout poured out, with Brian Little naturally the protagonist, smirking and roaring with his hands clenched into fists, apparently thrilled that his tactics were working.

At the end, Aldridge was behind, but the footage captured by the camera was incompatible with the hot atmosphere of the stadium.

Aldridge stood on the sidelines with a calm expression, and before he would have shown a bit of anxiety that could be easily interpreted in his command, but now, he was calm as if it was none of his business.

The players would take a look at the sidelines and see Aldridge's movements naturally allowing them to kick off, and every player quickly recovered from the blow of conceding a goal.

Because seeing Aldridge's current action naturally reminded them of what Aldridge said in the dressing room before the game.

It's the worst of what happens, but we're not unprepared.

In fact, Aldrich was not at peace inside, not at all.

Even the overturning of the river and the sea cursed the gods all over the sky, and there were accidents on the football field, such as if Milosevic's long-range shot just now was a little off, there would be no corner kick attack.

Aldrich is just a mortal complaint, and after venting his heart, he needs to calm down quickly.

He can't panic, if he panics, not only will he not be able to help the players on the field, but he will even infect the players with panic.

That goal was avoidable, but Millwall is still young and some of the defensive tactical details have not yet been honed.

When the time is right, foul play is enough to change the tide of battle.

But most of Millwall's players are "law-abiding" model players, even in a role like Makelele, who is mainly responsible for defensive duties, he does not bother to stifle offense with endless fouls, his defense is an art, destroying at the same time without losing grace.

Millwall's players are not without fouls, but they are accustomed to frontal defense, such as Lucas Neal, who has the most cards per game in the team, his fouls always come from the aggressiveness of frontal defense, this kind of fierce temperament is often born by players, not acquired, and the counterexample is that many "good gentlemen" want to be fiercer, but they always give people the visual effect of not being an anti-dog.

Tactical fouls are also a key part of defensive training, and Millwall also focuses on cultivating this awareness in the players, but this kind of electric and sparkling judgment is not a matter of a few words from the coach and the players can immediately achieve perfection, in short, experience.

While the Aston Villa fans in the stands sang higher and higher, Millwall fans were a little confused and panicked.

Could it be that the 110-year wait has not yet come to an end?

The conceded goal stunned many fans, and even Brady, the leader of the fan organization, stayed in the stands for a moment, until Evan, who was beside him, chanted Millwall's name in a crisp and melodious voice, which brought him back to his senses, and then clapped his palms like a beast and shouted Millwall's name.

Arthur and his old friends stood in the stands, having not sat down since they entered the field, with a scarf around his neck and a Millwall jersey, and when there was silence around him, he looked a little heartless, and sneered at him: "Are you all sneering?" Don't you just concede a goal? Lao Tzu watched almost 2,000 games in Millwall, is it strange to concede the goal first? Look at you cowards! Shame on you! ”

"Arthur, F-uck! It's a League Cup final! ”

A man who looked to be ten years older than Arthur said in a tone of lesson.

Arthur sneered without looking back and said, "What's wrong with the final?" If Millwall loses today, are you going to take off your shirt and get out of east London? I'm curious, why don't you go and lick Arsenal's asshole? They've played a lot of finals in the past, they've won a lot of titles, isn't that what you want? ”

"Arthur! Do you want to fight? ”

"Thirty years ago, I beat you all over the ground looking for teeth, and I can do it today! Would you like to try it? ”

"Shut the fuck!"

The most prestigious of these old men is not Arthur, who is now rich, but an old man with white hair, who looks almost sixty years old, he is not tall and strong, his wrinkled face is not angry and arrogant, he is also the small leader of these old men who wandered the streets back then, and later worked in prison for three years before he changed his ways, but the gangsterism on his body is not less at all, and his scolding immediately made Arthur and the man who was bickering obediently died down, and the boss Yu Wei was still there.

Smack

"Millwall"

Smack

"Millwall"

The white-haired old man didn't say anything more, and shouted Millwall's name after clapping his hands in the air.

Soon, the quiet stands rang out with a unanimous shout.

Millwall once again resounded in the sky.

Now this is the worst game for Millwall.

Aston Villa took the lead and proved that their tactics worked, and the players will be more consistent in their tactical execution, without even thinking of attacking again.

Aldridge was thinking about countermeasures on the sidelines, breaking the dense defense was nothing more than the three-board axe, breaking through the long-range set-piece, and he couldn't help but think of the team that broke the dense defense after more than a decade: Barcelona Dream Three.

But he quickly shook his head and dismissed the idea of emulating Barcelona's tactics.

The core of Barcelona's tactics is ball control, and Guardiola's control of the ball is like a madman, which is of course inseparable from the words and deeds of Barcelona's godfather Cruyff.

"There's only one ball on the pitch and when you have a firm grip on it, the opponent can't score."

This is at the heart of Barcelona's football philosophy.

Millwall can also play short passes, wingers can be inserted, midfielders switch positions and other details, but the football philosophy is fundamentally different.

Aldridge doesn't pursue possession, he pursues shooting opportunities.

When a player has a chance in front of the penalty area, he encourages the player to shoot, without thinking too much, without thinking about another pass in his head, just shoot.

It can't be said that football based on control of the ball is boring and boring, at least the players on the field, they play the opponent through 230 inverted foot passes and finally complete the goal, which will be very rewarding for the players in the middle of it, it is simply art.

But from the point of view of many neutral fans, they spend money to watch the ball to see the game, to see the shot, to watch the exquisite long pass, to see the individual skill ability to show, to watch the goalkeeper to make a wonderful save, rather than to go back and forth to see the short pass of 5 to 10 yards, when a shot on goal needs to be based on sixty or seventy passes or more, Aldridge feels that this kind of football is difficult to survive in England, because it will make the enthusiasm of the fans lose and produce visual fatigue.

And what he pursues is efficient offensive football, being able to hit the ball into the goal with one kick, not three kicks, although this will reduce the time of ball control and give the opponent more opportunities to attack, but this is also the charm of football, and he is not afraid of the opponent's attack, risk and opportunity always coexist.

What he fears most is something like Aston Villa now.

Glancing back at the bench, Aldridge's eyes swept over the substitute striker, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.

The babyface that can be in the middle of the side is what he uses to fight back on the basis of the lead.

Ballack and Patrick Vieira are one after the other, and there is a lot of room to play if there is any problem in midfield.

Aldridge did not prepare a full-back, but substituted goalkeeper Bout and a central defender, Materazzi.

Neither Richards nor Elgra were on the bench because he felt Materazzi was more ferocious, whether it was replacing Southgate or Stam at centre-back, and against Milosevic, Materazzi's physicality and aggression were able to make an impact.

Aldridge looked at the time, a minute of first-half stoppage time had passed, and the referee would blow the whistle for the end of the first half.

Aldridge walked to the bench and said lightly to Materazzi: "Marco, warm up here at halftime." ”

Everyone on the bench froze, staring at Aldrich incredulously.

When the team is behind, you let the centre-backs warm up?

Gareth Southgate and Stam are not injured and have no yellow cards, so should they switch centre-backs?

It's hard to blame the two centre-backs for the goal they conceded.

What is it for?

Materazzi didn't care about the three-seven-twenty-one, put on the vest and ran out of the way, and immediately warmed up on the sidelines.

At the end of the first half, Aldridge and other players walked into the tunnel one by one, and then he stopped Neil and dragged him to the locker room behind the most dear.

Neil was sweating profusely, and Aldridge didn't mind the sweat on his body, so he put his arm around his shoulders and said seriously: "Lucas, you played well in the first half today, but I can only give you five minutes in the second half." ”

Neil turned to look at Aldrich and asked, "Boss, is there anything I don't like you?" ”

"No, I said it, you did well, you made a mistake in my pre-match tactical set-up, if you do it all over again, you will still be a starter and you will play the whole game, but for the sake of the whole team I have to replace you, for tactical reasons, not based on your performance, I hope you can understand and make sacrifices for the team."

Neil was silent for a moment, then nodded and said, "Okay, five minutes, I'll still fight hard." ”

"Lucas, Xie Luxie."

Aldridge could only explain a little, he had no more time to comfort or explain Neil, he could only communicate openly and briefly, but fortunately Neil accepted Aldridge's substitution decision, he is a precocious player, Aldridge appreciates his professional attitude.

He's not the kind of coach who does things his own way, and if he replaces Neil in the 50th minute without saying a word, it will have a big psychological impact on the players, and worse, it will affect the relationship between the manager and the players.

Aldridge had a guilty conscience, so he took the initiative to apologize and explain, which allowed Neil to accept the manager's decision calmly.

In the dressing room, Aldridge deployed the tactics of the second half, and Aldridge did not boost morale at halftime, because at this time, he needs the players to calm down, not just rely on a momentum to play blindly, a calm mind and a calm mentality and unyielding fighting spirit, which is the most important quality of turning the tables in adversity.

PS: Thank you "No Xiaosheng" for the tip!