337 Waiting for the litmus test

Before the end of the first half, the score was not rewritten, and the two teams walked into the dressing room.

At half-time, Aldridge didn't make too many adjustments, just asked for more layers in attack.

Defensively, there was nothing to mention as the opposition didn't even have a shot on goal in the first half, and Millwall dominated their opponents across the road across the board.

At the beginning of the second half of the game, Millwall still dominated the field, Sheffield Wednesday strengthened the marking and harassment of Xiao Luo, in terms of body, Xiao Luo still suffered a little, and was at a disadvantage in the confrontation, especially the opponent unreasonably used his body to disrupt Millwall's attack.

After discovering this, Nedved took the initiative to go over and whisper to Xiao Luo.

The two reversed the roles in the first half, Nedved returned to the role of the forward midfielder, let Xiao Luo also return to the winger, less ball organization, once forward, it was a direct threat to the opponent's goal, as long as he entered the penalty area, the opponent would have some scruples if he wanted to foul.

In the case that the offensive players at the front are closely marked, Millwall's fullbacks come forward to assist and become the focus of the game, plus Pirlo is more mature than last season, and the rhythm of control has reached a qualitative level, Millwall's offensive now looks like it is not as stormy as the previous two years, but through continuous control of the scene, even if the threat attack is resolved by the opponent, it can launch two or three attacks in a row, constantly impacting the opponent's defense line and challenging the opponent's nerves, in such a rhythm, Sheffield Wednesday quickly couldn't stand it.

Schneider is now at home at full-back and will step up to assist. It's got to the point where it's perfect.

His skilful and delicate footwork combined with an efficient style of play, playing with gusto, was a great blow down the right flank, and continued to threaten on the right flank in the second half.

Sixty-third minute. Schneider got past the opposing full-back and knocked back to the top of the box, Nedved deliberately missed the ball, Pirlo followed up and seemed to be about to shoot, forcing the Sheffield Wednesday back line to press up to block him, but to the stunned crowd, Pirlo gently picked the ball forward, and Nedved, who rushed forward when he missed the ball, happened to pass the opponent's entire defence. The ball is here as scheduled!

But the ball was a bit high, and Nedved had to jump up and head it in the first place. Otherwise, the goalkeeper who came out would certainly not have given the ball a chance to readjust when it landed.

Nedved faced the goal, the ball was headed towards the goal, he couldn't exert his strength, so he jumped up and headed the ball. The top went to Larsson, who was completely unmarked on the right follow-up.

Larsson didn't wait for the ball to hit the ground before he fired a volley!

The ball flew into the top left corner of the goal like a cannonball. The goalkeeper looked at the ball and sighed, not even having time to react.

Larsson and Nedved hugged each other tightly after the goal!

"It was a brilliant goal! It was not surprising that Schneider knocked back to the top of the penalty area, and it was not surprising that Nedved did not get up to hit the goal when there was a player in front of him to block the angle, but he missed the ball, and we all thought that Pirlo, who followed up, would shoot from distance, but Pirlo used a shocking cross to penetrate the entire Sheffield Wednesday defence, and the most amazing thing was that Nedved was clearly facing away from Pirlo. He slid straight forward after missing the ball, and it seemed like the back of his head knew that Pirlo would pass the ball to him. Facing the goalkeeper one-on-one, Nedved opted to head the ball over to a more certain Larsson, and the Swedish top scorer laughed and blasted the ball into Sheffield Wednesday's door with a violent volley! Millwall lead Sheffield Wednesday 2-0! ”

Aldridge sat and nodded, but there was still some regret in his heart, Xiao Luo and Vanney were not involved in the whole process of this goal, and they were still the mainstay players in the team.

However, this kind of thing can't be rushed, and when there are more games to play, as long as the training is right, it will naturally come naturally.

When the game came to the 70th minute, Millwall made a substitution.

Aldridge replaced Nedved with Klose and Larsson with Van der Meyde.

The formation was changed to 442.

'It looks like Hall is on his mind for the next game after taking a two-goal lead, letting Nedved and Larsson go down to rest and prepare for the big game against Manchester United in a week's time.'

As the commentator had guessed, Aldridge did take the two main players off the pitch and they will host Manchester United a week later.

From 433 to 442, the formation and posture have become balanced, Millwall can play with the play, the full-backs do not have to go straight up and down, and the attack relies on the two full-backs to instigate.

Ronaldo and Van der Meyde were on the side, feeding Klose and Ruud van Nistelrooy up front.

With two balls in hand, Xiao Luo began to play boldly, not treating the opponent as a person on the side, and playing fancy tricks with the ball at his feet.

Aldridge allowed Ronaldo to play like this, but only on the premise that Ronaldo had to provide firepower to his teammates.

When Ronaldo attracted two defenders on the left, he stepped on a bike and quickly passed the ball back to the middle, and because he was closely marked, the opponent's defense in other positions would be free, Pirlo received the ball and repeated the trick and then distributed the ball to the right.

Van der Meyde was much more robust than he was when he first arrived last year, and his skills at his feet honed his slean efficiency, as he received the ball and stopped and smeared past the opposing full-backs, broke through the bottom and sent a high cross into the net, where Klose grabbed the spot, jumped high and headed the ball into the net.

"3:0, who else doubts that Millwall's strength has dropped? Andy, have you noticed that Millwall's style of play has become more diverse? ”

"Martin, you're right, Millwall are more versatile than they used to play, and this change comes from Ronaldinho, who can single-handedly attract the attention of two or three opposition defenders on one side and make sure not to concede the ball, and when he passes the ball to his team-mates, the opponent's defence will be porous, plus today's debut striker Klose, who makes Millwall's crosses more threatening, and Van der Meyde has a role to play."

Klose scored a goal and ran to the sideline to do a front flip in celebration, his first professional league goal. Of course, it's worth celebrating.

Aldridge then brought on Frank Lampard to replace Andrea Pirlo and then sat quietly.

Jensen smiled next to him: "It seems like we have a tradition of strikers scoring on their debut. Shevchenko also came off the bench at the time and Klose has now scored. ”

"Hehe, this is a good tradition, and I hope it will continue to be carried forward."

Aldrich replied with a smile.

Towards the end of the game, Klose controlled the ball in front of the box and used his body to withstand the opposition's harassment, before being mobbed to Frank Lampard, who was cut in behind. The latter scored from distance to lock the score at 4:0.

'Klose, see how he played less than 20 minutes off the bench today. We understand why Millwall dared to sell two main strikers in the summer, and Hall dared to release the rhetoric of winning the league. Are they short of strikers? No, no, are they lacking good strikers? Look at Klose, one pass and one shot is not enough to describe his contribution to the team. If it weren't for Ruud van Nistelrooy, who wasted two brilliant shots from Klose. Maybe Klose will be able to score a hat-trick of assists and he will be able to score on his own, but I remember when Trezeguet played his first game in the Premier League three years ago, he was definitely not as good as Klose. ”

At the end of the game, Aldridge shook hands with the opposing coach with a distraught look on his face and walked into the players' tunnel.

Millwall's opening league win on the road came as no surprise.

Against a team of Sheffield Wednesday's calibre, victory. The big wins are not convincing enough. Especially when Millwall can easily control the rhythm of the game on the pitch, there is no problem with their defence, which is completely unrecognizable from this game and cannot get the result.

The real litmus test will be the next round at home to Manchester United.

Aldridge walked into the dressing room after the game to congratulate Klose, then led the team back to London for a hurried interview in the mixed zone.

Millwall sit top of the table with a 4-0 win at Sheffield Wednesday in the first round of the league.

The much-anticipated start of the Premier League season has been a disappointing first round.

Five of the ten matches were drawn, four of which were 0:0.

The highlight of the game was when United were narrowly beaten by Martin O'Neill's side at Old Trafford, with the result being 2-2, and Martin O'Neill claimed to be disappointed with the result in his post-match interview, believing that Leicester had every chance of taking the win.

The league has just begun, and the standings don't mean anything.

During the preparation for the match against Manchester United, Aldridge deliberately focused on arranging a small range of cooperation between Ronaldo and Nedved in attack and defensive drills.

Aldridge had already seen Manchester United as their biggest rivals in the league before the start of the season, so the press conference the day before the match was lively when the two teams met directly in the second round.

"What do you think about Manchester United's near-defeat at home to Leicester City? Do you still think Manchester United are Millwall's biggest rivals? ”

Journalists' rhetoric has begun to look down on Manchester United.

Aldridge said lightly: "Manchester United underestimated the enemy, they did not correctly recognize the strength of Leicester City in the new season, if you don't pay enough attention to your opponents, then you will have to accept the punishment." Millwall can't make mistakes, the results of Manchester United's last round of games will not change the fact that Manchester United are strong, and if I think that Manchester United can't even win against Leicester City means that Manchester United are weak, then this is a very stupid idea and it will have a negative impact on the team. ”

'This is your fourth season with Alex Ferguson, two years ago Millwall sold important players like Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and Stam to Manchester United, and this summer Ferguson was said to be interested in buying Ruud van Nistelrooy, did you talk about that?

The transfer window hasn't closed yet, anything could happen.

Like Klose, it has also attracted the attention of many teams.

Do Manchester United want players from Millwall?

Of course I want to, and more than one.

Aldridge confronted the question and said bluntly: "It's normal for my players to be pursued by other clubs because they are very good. Millwall used to sell players out of necessity, but since we won the Champions League, the attractiveness of other clubs has declined, and my players prefer to stay at Millwall, where they can achieve more and I trust each other. ”

'Despite what you say, Millwall still let go of a lot of important players in the first team in the summer.

"That's different, some players leave not for competitive reasons. I'm sure their departure won't be a big blow to the team. ”

Aldrich's remarks today have made a gesture to the outside world.

Even if Millwall sell players, it will only be players they can let go.

With key players like Capdevilla, Trezeguet, Shevchenko and Elgra, Millwall has a suitable replacement in the squad and will not cause a personnel gap because of the departure of players.

As for the absolute main player, Aldridge will not choose to sell to Manchester United even if he sells it.

Ferguson has been buying Larson every year, and Aldridge is too lazy to return to him now. (To be continued......)