Schneider was visibly overworked in training for the FA Cup, spraining himself while practicing confrontation, leaving Aldridge at no choice but to reassure him in the infirmary and tell him not to rush and take his time.

Many of the players under him are still young, and there is still room for the full maturity of the technical characteristics, and the plasticity is very strong, unlike many players who have passed the age of twenty-five, no matter how much they train, they can't achieve obvious changes in their technical characteristics.

The game was played at the weekend, and Aldridge put Patrick Vieira in the starting line-up for joint training.

Over the weekend, the Lion's Den continued its full attendance, with Millwall in full swing and fans cheering.

The team that came to the lion's den stadium is Blackburn, the defending champion of the Premier League has a significant decline in results this season, the Champions League group stage is out of the bottom, and the league is hopeless to defend the title, an important factor affecting their results is the away performance, last season they and Manchester United were the best away team teams, but the goal difference is not as good as Manchester United, and this season, Blackburn Rovers are hard to find a win away from home, if it is not for the home power, they may not even be able to keep the top position in the standings.

The two-legged meeting between the two teams has ended in the Premier League this season, with two draws.

But Aldridge did not send the main team to play in these two games, and today in the cup, he put out the strongest lineup he can come up with.

The starting formation follows the 433 in last week's league, with Patrick Vieira replacing Andrea Pirlo, also to strengthen the midfield, after all, Blake started with attack, and the SAS combination on the top of the front line is still not to be underestimated.

Neil returned to the starting line-up in place of Zambrotta, with Trezeguet up front, left winger Pire and right winger Larsson.

Aldridge spoke to Larsson last year and hoped that in the future he could play the role of a winger, but by no means a pure winger, but a winger who can assist and score, Larsson readily agreed, he is fast and has excellent skills at his feet, and his shooting diagonally into the box from the wing feels like the old job, plus he often plays as a winger in the Swedish national team, so there is no problem for him.

Asking players to change their positions on the field, Aldridge doesn't think it's a big problem, because the formation itself is neutral, and the technique and tactics are a combination of formation and style.

If he asks Larsson to do the work of a classical winger, Larsson will definitely not be happy, because he has a strong desire to score, and Aldridge's current requirements for wingers, the first thing is to be able to score, after all, from the perspective of formation, Millwall has changed from a double striker pressing the penalty area to a single striker, and the power has decreased, but this is just him hiding the attacking point.

Before the game, Aldridge and Blackburn coach Halford chatted a few words, the old coach has a lot of pressure on his shoulders, after all, it is a championship team that took over Dalglish, but the performance of European and league games is not good, Blackburn's attendance this season has also dropped significantly, which is understandable, Blackburn is in that small town, it has a population of 100,000, the team's performance is not good, which directly affects the attendance, where is a metropolis like London, fans often have a hard time getting a ticket to watch the game, and scalpers can be seen everywhere outside the stadium on match days.

Halford made fun of it, teasing Aldridge to fight for the league title, Aldridge laughed and said nothing, the league championship is largely not a matter of whether you fight or not, Aldridge has stronger confidence in the cup, and if you win, the championship is yours.

Millwall never gave up on a game, Aldridge fielded a young squad and every game was rewarding regardless of the result, not how it changed in the table.

The game got on, and Aldridge watched the game with his arms crossed over his chest.

Blackburn Rovers and Millwall have drawn both of their meetings and they arrived at the Lions' Den today with a win-win mentality and a ferocious start from the start.

However, in the midfield strangulation of Claude Makelele and Patrick Vieira, Blackburn's attack struggled to get to near the penalty area, and Shearer fought hard from the gap to barely get up and shoot over the crossbar.

The two teams battled fiercely in midfield from the start, with players from both sides coming into the game very quickly and both showing a high level of competition.

However, Aldridge has confidence in his team, he feels that his tactical philosophy is ahead, and the quality of the players is there, and there is no reason not to have an advantage.

It's just that everyone needs a tentative stage after the opening, and when they get used to the rhythm, they will be more comfortable to play.

Vieira and Makelele are undoubtedly the top defensive pairing, and it was these two who escorted Zidane in the World Cup final ten years later.

Blackburn is attacking more and more, and there are more and more people involved in the attack, and the space in the backcourt is getting bigger and bigger.

Southgate cut off the ball at Sutton's feet and played diagonally to Vieira in front of the right, Vieira took the ball and turned and fired a straight ball to the front right, Thuram stepped forward and Millwall's attack swept away like the wind again.

Thuram played a one-two with Nedved, who ran to pick up, and Wilcox, Thuram continued to rush forward with the ball, and Larsson retreated on the right flank to make a one-two with Thuram again to break through Southzquez's defence.

Larsson rushed into the box, Thuram dribbled down the ball and crossed the middle, Larsson did not shoot after receiving the ball in the box, but passed an inverted triangle to the top of the box, Trezeguet brought the defenders into the box and created space for Nedved to shoot.

At the top of the box, Nedved received the ball and made a leg swing that sent the defenders to press up again, intending to block with their bodies.

However, Nedved picked up a cross and slotted the ball into front left.

Pire cut into the penalty area diagonally, and after the successful anti-offside position, he directly formed a single knife, Blackburn goalkeeper Flowers rushed diagonally, Pire did not choose to shoot, knocked the ball horizontally in front of the goal, and was easily pushed into the empty goal by the unmarked Trezeguet who broke through the entire defense.

"A wonderful goal that cannot be described in words! Millwall is interpreting textbook team football in action! When the fans talk about how exciting the game of Newcastle United is, they should come and watch Millwall's game, the flow of the combination is wonderful, every player is playing an important role, there is no doubt that Millwall is getting stronger, their opponents should start to study how to guard against Millwall, because you don't know where their attack will hit in the next second, it seems that every point is quite threatening, Thuram as a full-back, assisted to the bottom line of the opponent's half, the ball quickly moved from the right to the left, Blackburn's backline was dazed and unable to resist. ”

Aldridge raised his arms and cheered, turned to the stands and cheered the fans even louder.

It was a wonderful goal, but it was also a heavy morale blow to the visitors.

Halford stopped his disciples on the sidelines and told them to go deeper, that the midfielders should compress the area 30 metres in front of goal, and that they should play the side of the opposition full-back in the counterattack, and so on.

However, Blackburn's players don't seem to want to listen to him.

They're champions, and if Dalglish were here, they might still listen, but Halford obviously don't have as much prestige as a champion.

Blake was going to fight back strongly, they played the tactical style of crossing from the side and cutting forward in the middle, but the one-on-one breakthrough effect was not ideal, whether it was Neil or Thuram, they were both aggressive players in defense, and did not give the opponent any chance to successfully break through.

And Millwall's on-the-spot counter-attack after a successful defense was even more deadly, because they invested more troops, the full-backs assisted, and Vieira also stepped forward, so just looking at the live TV footage, you will find a strange phenomenon.

It always felt like Blackburn had fewer players than Millwall.

They play more with less when they attack, and they play more with less when they defend.

That's Millwall's excellent physical advantage in play, not only to drop back when defending, but also to be quick when attacking.

After a week of preparation, Millwall completely crushed Blackburn Rovers in the first half.

Trezeguet picked up the ball with his back and crossed diagonally to the back of the side, and Larsson, who had successfully countered offside, slotted home with ease, and before half-time, Nedved met Pire's cross at the back of the net, where he unexpectedly appeared and headed home.

With a three-goal lead in the first half, Blackburn's players were all frustrated and felt like today's game was a nightmare.

Halford taught his disciples as they walked into the tunnel that if the players listened to him, they would never have lost the first half so badly.

As a result, Blackburn staged a stunning master-apprentice confrontation in the players' tunnel at the Lion's Den Stadium.

Defender Stephen Hendry actually spat at Halford and despised the opponent's coaching ability.

At the end of the day, the pair of masters and apprentices actually had a big fight.

The situation became more and more intense, Aldrich hurriedly asked the staff to pull them away, and the chaos in the Blackburn team became a pot of porridge, and Aldrich did not know what to do next.

Don't let Hendry into the dressing room?

But they still have to play in the second half.

Fortunately, Hendry solved the problem himself, he went straight into the dressing room, grabbed his duffel bag, and left the pitch without looking back.

After the excitement was over, Aldridge walked back into the dressing room and found his players getting together to talk about the clash in the tunnel just now.

Aldridge leaned on the edge of the goal and didn't intend to say anything, Blackburn's heart was broken, it was difficult for Halford, and from the first goal of the first half, Halford had been shouting anxiously from the sidelines, telling the players to defend, defend, defend

Aldridge suddenly felt that he should be lucky, and two years ago he wanted to apply for a team coach, and if that was the case, he might not have the authority he has now.

The benefits of being both an owner and a head coach are obvious, with a player's income check in one hand and a player's career lifeline in the other.

Whoever dares to resist him, then it will definitely be the players who will leave, and he will not have much sense of crisis.

That's how you can put all your energy on the pitch.

In the second half, Aldridge directly replaced three main players.

Makelele, Stam, Larsson, next.

Barak, Materazzi, Shevchenko, above.

The main force went to rest, the formation was slightly adjusted, and Aldridge sat in the coach's seat to watch the rest of the game.

When the whistle blew at the end of the game, the score was fixed at 4:0.

Blackburn Rovers were beaten by Halford in mid-field and played conservatively in the second half, with Millwall beating the top four goals through a brace from Trezeguet to progress to the next round of the FA Cup.