With 20 minutes to go before the opening game of the new Premier League, the Lion's Den Stadium was packed, with fans waving flags in the stands with slogans and patterns to express their high hopes for the team and their unwavering support.

The small stadium is still the same small stadium, but there are a little changes in the stadium.

In the past, the stadium was directly adjacent to the stands, but now there are billboards of different sponsors attached to the stands, and advertisements of different colors decorate the stadium with a little color.

Aldridge sat in the VIP area of the stadium stands, chatting and laughing with Puskas.

"Really? Did he fall into the sea? Hehe, he's always like this, I don't know when Lu Dao will do ridiculous things, and sometimes it will make people make a false alarm. ”

Aldrich had a rare smile when he heard Puskas talk about their summer trip to the Mediterranean, especially when he heard that Arthur had drunk too much on the cruise ship and had fallen into the sea while dancing on deck

Puskas turned to Aldridge and whispered: "You did a great job last season and it's exciting to beat Barcelona now." ”

"I'm going to beat Real Madrid in the future, so don't cry then."

'Hehe, if you can do it, I'll only be happy for you, Aldridge, I find that I like Millwall, watching your team play and enjoy it. And there are a lot of competition elements that I couldn't see in my time, but the masters of my time have become fewer now. ”

Aldridge smiled dumbly, shook his head and said, "There will be no less, but with the development of football." The gap between the players is getting closer. Plus the speed of football spread. Even the best tactics have a very short period of strength. If you're not busy, you can go to the academy and there are a lot of good young players, and lo and behold, 10 players here are very good, although they can't compare to you, hahaha. ”

Puskas leaned forward and swept the faces of the ten teenage players sitting in the front row.

Today is the home game. Based on the results of the past week's training, two players from each team were able to sit and watch the game, and they were very excited to be here to watch the game with a once-famous superstar like Puskas, and they had previously taken photos with him as a souvenir.

Ronaldinho and Ramour in the Under-21 echelon.

Cahill in the U18 gradient, Ferreira.

Alonso and Villa in the U16 echelon.

Jenas and De Rossi in the U14 echelon.

Sergio Aguero and Cristiano Ronaldo in the Under-12 echelon.

Puskas would say a few words of encouragement to the young players or talk about the superstars that emerged in their country in his time, such as Spain's Gento, Argentina's Stefano and so on.

Arthur sat on the side and was more straightforward, and Harry Ha Da laughed and cheered them on: Try to become a new mad lion!

With five minutes left in the game, Aldridge walked down the aisle into the stands. By the way, he signed autographs for the enthusiastic fans, and when he walked to the sidelines. Walked and shook hands with Arsene Wenger.

Last season was Arsene Wenger's first season in charge of Arsenal, but it was not complete, although it was only a few league games less, but it was not that simple, the summer training camp was important for the team, Wenger was not able to preside over the team's summer preparations, and he could not make a major change as the season progressed.

But this summer was different.

Arsenal entered the Arsene Wenger era in the truest sense of the word.

"Have a good fight today?"

Aldridge smiled and reached out to Arsene Wenger.

Arsene Wenger nodded: "It's not the best time, but I think Arsenal are no worse than Millwall. ”

"Hehe, the fans have a good eye."

Aldridge shook hands with him and walked back to his place.

Arsene Wenger is right that Millwall's timing against Arsenal is not the best.

With the London derby in the opening fixture and the defending champions against last season's fourth-placed team, it was clearly a strong and exciting conversation.

However, the FA is absolutely crazy.

This kind of strong dialogue is generally for the sake of spectacle, and will not be played in the first two rounds of the season, because the team's form needs a recovery period, and who can guarantee that the two strong teams will play their best in the first official game?

But that's really how the FA scheduled.

Aldridge never complained about the fixtures, even though last season's FA Cup final and the European Cup Winners' Cup final were only two days apart, and he did not propose to the FA that the FA Cup final be rescheduled.

The strong are not afraid, the schedule has been arranged a long time ago, even if there are conspiracy theories, but as long as they are strong, why be afraid of the opponent?

Did the schedulers expect that giving Millwall a devilish schedule would make them Waterloo?

Whether the schedule is easy or difficult, it is a test of the manager's ability, and Aldridge is happy to take on any challenge.

As the players from both sides walked out of the tunnel in high spirits, the crowd waiting in front of the TV at home or in the bar was also enthusiastic.

"Spectators after a long absence, the Premier League is back after a long absence! Hello everyone, I'm Martin Taylor, and I'm still playing with my old friend Andy Gray in the Premier League this season. ”

"The opening game is the London derby, and it's exciting to see the new champions take on Arsenal, the former champions, Martin, what do you think of the changes between the two teams in the new season?"

"Millwall's side has not changed much except for the main defender Stam, if there is a change, then they should be more mature and stronger, because they have experienced the baptism of winning the championship, and the young players have also grown a lot after last season's training. Arsenal's side has changed a lot, first of all, they have added two strong players to the main lineup, French defender Petit and Dutch winger Overmars, and secondly, from the starting formation, Arsène Wenger has lined up a 442 formation, it seems that the Arsenal era of Graham is completely over, and the formation of five defenders has also entered history. ”

"Okay, let's introduce the starting lists of both sides, Millwall's side is the main force. Starting formation 433. Goalkeeper: Bout. Defender: Schneider. Elgra, Southgate, Capdevilla. Midfielders: Makelele, Pirlo, Nedved. Forwards: Larsson, Trezeguet, Shevchenko. Arsenal started in 442 and the goalkeeper was Seaman. Defender: Dixon. Adams, Keown, Winterburn. Midfielders: Pire, Vieira, Petit, Overmars. Forwards: Nicolas Anelka, Bergkamp. Arsene Wenger, who lost by four goals at the Lions' Den last season, will be able to bring Arsenal fans up in London and Millwall to get the season off to a good start with a strong stance as defending champions? Let's wait and see! ”

Because it is the opening match, a short ceremony will be held.

Aldridge stood on the sidelines and glanced over Arsenal's starting line-up. I began to think about it.

In the following ten years, Arsenal's formation was based on 442 derived from many variations of the formation to switch, 4222, 4231, 451, etc., the tactical formation is never dead, the key is the area that the players are responsible for in attack and defense, and the movement without the ball.

From the characteristics of the individual abilities of this group of gunmen, it is possible to roughly guess their tactical intentions.

The two midfielders Petit and Vieira are responsible for strengthening the central defense and the protection in front of the penalty area, passing through two wings when switching from defense to attack, Pire or Overmars, Bergkamp can also retreat when attacking, and there are also midfielders in the middle who follow up from time to time, which is to form a link in the attack from back to front.

Steady when defending, and fast when attacking.

In general, it is still mainly defensive counterattack.

The game started with Millwall kicking off first.

As it was the opening game of the league, Millwall did not press too hard after the kick-off, Pirlo passed the ball diagonally to Shevchenko on the right, and the Ukrainian passed the ball back to Schneider, who passed the ball long and diverted, the ball fell to Capdevilla's side, and then a straight kick to Larsson, Larsson ran into place, but the ball was intercepted by Dixon.

Arsenal quickly switched from defence to attack, and the ball fell to the feet of Peter Pan's Ovmars, who immediately made a long run down the flank.

Capdevilla's pass was unsuccessful and Arsenal counter-attacked from his side, and by the time he turned, Ovemas had already shaken him off.

The fast-paced Overmars dribbled forward, but instead of cutting inside, he went down the rim.

Unguarded, Overmars sent a high-quality cross to the middle, Anelka and Elgra competed for the top, Elgra was more physically dominant, won the battle, the ball went to the right wing, Schneider took the ball, Millwall reorganized the attack.

Wenger saw that the counterattack did not work, and he was a little disappointed when he was in front of goal.

Aldridge focused on the movement of the Arsenal players after Ovemas got the ball.

Bergkamp rushed forward and pulled back into the box, leaving unguarded for two seconds, but Peter Pan's ball was not passed to him.

Southgate went to fill Capdevilla's position, Makelele returned to the penalty area, Pirlo also stood in front of the penalty area, Vieira and Pire on the other side failed to provide effective help for this attack, the pitch was changing rapidly, the opportunity was fleeting, Ovimas missed the gap that Bergkamp ran out, the traditional cross from the side is not a big threat, it is not about whether Anelka is good at heading, but he is not dominant in front of Elguera, and Ovemas is in the process of adjustment, The timing allowed the Millwall Line to quickly adjust and become tightly knit after revealing the gap.

Millwall played a few penetrating balls, and the positional attack was easily defused by the opponent, and there is no doubt that Arsenal, who are defensive and counter-attacking, have the strongest defensive line in the Premier League.

Arsenal was pressed to play, but every time the counterattack after the success of the defense is also frequent, the two teams of the formation defense is fast contraction, rapid development, all pursue a kick out of the ball, except for Arsenal's wide players with more ball, other players in the pass of the ball must be fast and accurate, which makes the game very good.

Schneider's diagonal pass to Trezeguet on the side was cut off by Petit, and the French blonde turned from defense to attack and planned to hit Schneider directly behind him to find Pire, he slammed a through ball across the half, Pire had already run out of space, as long as he got the ball, he would definitely be able to launch a wave of threatening counterattacks.

However, Makelele was precise enough to cut the ball off before Pire could catch it and then passed it to Andrea Pirlo in front.

Arsenal failed to counter-attack, Millwall played two attacks in a short period of time, and Pirlo sent the ball into the right ribs of the Arsenal penalty area with a lethal scalpel pass in front.

Winterburn looked at the trajectory of the ball and deliberately looked at Shevchenko's position, no problem.

Keown also stuck to Trezeguet, Vieira stared at Nedved, but, in the ribs of the penalty area, just as Pirlo received the ball and passed the ball in a short moment, Larsson started from the left side, and then diagonally into the right rib of the penalty area, Adams reacted a little slower, and Larsson tore the defense between Keown and Winterburn.

Following the trajectory of the ball, Larsson turned and took advantage of the situation to flick the ball with his feet, Seaman attacked to block the near corner, the ball was not fast, but the angle flew awkwardly to the far corner.

Dixon chased the goal far away and tried to clear the ball with a header, but he jumped to the extreme without touching the ball, and fell into the goal, and next to him, there was a bouncing ball. (To be continued......)