The head coach may explain his tactical ideas to the players in training and instill a game philosophy in the players, but when it comes to a specific game, it is basically impossible for the head coach to tell the players at length why they should play this way and how to play to improve their chances of winning.

Because the game is changing so fast, the pre-game setup is likely to need to be adjusted during the game, once, twice, or even more, and the manager doesn't have time to explain the reasons for the change to the players, all he needs is the execution of the 11 people on the field, or tactical literacy to be exact.

If I tell you to kick what you want, you will give me how to kick.

Win or lose, the biggest responsibility is definitely the manager, and that is why he must have that authority.

Ferguson naturally has such authority at Manchester United, and he is the ruler of Old Trafford.

He knows very well that today's game against Millwall, coming to the away side, the result of defending is both loss and humiliation, the loss is not terrible, the terrible thing is the loss of dignity, and the dignity of Manchester United is to never defend in any situation, which is a completely different concept from tactical conservatism, which is to sacrifice all attacks, and conservatism is a tactical strategy.

And what about defensive counterattacks?

Arsenal's debacle is the best example of failure and must not be emulated.

Manchester United have to attack, and they have to be bold and risk-taking, desperate and desperate to drop the ball!

Only by exerting offensive pressure and stretching the battle line can there be a possibility of competing with Millwall.

But perhaps with a two-goal lead in 10 minutes, this unprecedented situation has made Manchester United's players suffer from the gains and losses in their hearts.

The players are not marionettes, they are not virtual data in computer games without the absolute obedience of the mind, when their hearts fluctuate due to the trend of the game. With their long experience in the game. Subconsciously chose the option that they thought was best.

When Ferguson found out, he immediately rushed out and roared at the players. Remind them to attack and don't be afraid to lose the ball!

The more you are afraid of something, the more you will come!

'Sir Alex Ferguson spotted something was wrong on the pitch and alerted his players, but the players understood it a little too late, and Millwall's goal proved Sir Alex Ferguson's insight into the game, but it didn't help United avoid conceding a goal.

Alex Ferguson stood on the sidelines to supervise the game. It has the majesty of a unified battle, and in contrast, Aldrich looks calm, standing quietly on the sidelines with the same expression as usual.

This is quite in line with the life posture that the two should have at their respective ages.

The Reds were awakened after conceding the goal, and although they were still ahead, Ferguson's roar reminded them of the tactical demands before the game.

Attack, attack, don't look at the score, if Ferguson doesn't wave the flag to change the combat policy, they don't make any changes!

This time. The game scene became wide open and closed.

It seems that both teams will not want to play in midfield. It's almost impossible to see both teams making too many passes in midfield, and basically three passes are bound to hit the front court.

It may seem like the midfield is undefended, but it is not.

Instead, the two teams entered a state of pairing, Manchester United had two forwards, two forwards withstood Millwall's back line, Scholes and Keane who came up with assists withstood Nedved and Gattuso, and Pirlo couldn't go straight up and down in a fast pace because of the obvious speed difference, so he was also pressed in the midfield area.

At this time, the two teams attack each other, and the offensive threat all comes from the opponent's rapid counterattack after the failure of the attack, to play fast, you must quickly cross the midfield, because of this, the scene seems to be that the midfielders of the two teams are not defended, and they do not hinder each other in the midfield, unless it is a tactical foul.

In this kind of situation, Millwall are not as dangerous as Manchester United.

Aldrich watched for another ten minutes, and finally made up his mind to make adjustments.

No, no, no.

Andrea Pirlo's defensive problems were laid bare on the spot, while Millwall were not as aggressive as United, with Larsson and Ronaldo both coming back to defend and starting in midfield and pushing forward, United were clearly prepared to deal with such a small counter-attack, which was to slow down the tempo or use fouls to disrupt the attack to buy time for the midfielders to return to the defence.

Taking advantage of a dead ball, Aldridge called the nearest Ronaldo to the front.

Xiao Luo's expression was solemn, thinking that Aldrich would give him some secret missions and let him serve as a surprise soldier!

But Aldrich's words made him think he had misheard.

'From now on, you don't have to go back to the defence, just stay in midfield and tell Henrik and Thierry the same instructions.

Xiao Luo looked dazed, he really thought that he had heard it wrong, maybe he had heard the wrong keyword.

"Uh, sir, you say it again."

"You, Henry, Larsson, just stay up front and don't have to defend."

"I'm grass! Chief! Why did you suddenly find out at this time! ”

Xiao Luo opened his mouth wide and exclaimed.

To be honest, with his ability, Henry, Larsson's ability, there are a lot of on-field privileges in most teams, and not participating in defense is one of them, and Ronaldo does not have a particularly heavy defensive task in the Brazilian national team.

Only in Millwall, participation in defense is an important indicator, attacking players are not required to achieve 100 points, but at least to get a passing 60 points, the midfielder must be 80 points to start, and the defender must be 100 percent.

So Xiao Luo was very surprised.

Aldrich pushed him on the head expressionlessly, Xiao Luo ran back and looked back at Aldrich, only to hear Aldrich shouting at him impatiently: "Go! ”

Xiao Luo grinned and reached out to give a thumbs up.

Ronaldo ran back to Henry and Larson to convey Aldrich's instructions, but the two of them still didn't believe it, believing that Ronaldo was pretending to be a holy decree.

Isn't this nonsense!

Manchester United are attacking so fiercely, and now they don't let us defend.

Ronaldinho, bucktooth boy, now is not the time to play with fire!

Henry and Larsson weren't convinced until they looked to the sideline and got a nod from Aldridge for confirmation.

Twenty seconds later, Aldridge gave Nedved another tactical instruction, a simple one: you and Pirlo switch places.

Nedved had no doubts about that. And raised both hands in favor of Aldrich's adjustment.

The most important thing in defense is to mark people. Pirlo was in that position. But there is a loophole in the marking person or is broken through one-on-one, then this is a huge hidden danger, as a teammate, seeing him defending, can you help him? Such doubts will disturb themselves.

This is a rare occurrence as few teams face Millwall with such crazy pair-to-head tactics, and even if they do, they are not strong enough. But Manchester United is different, the attacking group in the front field is already ranked among the best in Europe, plus a Keane who is inserted at the back, rather than letting Pirlo stand in that defensive position is worrying, it is better to simply free him and replace Nedved.

Such an adjustment will also allow Pirlo to maximize his power when switching from defense to attack.

Scholes and Keane both attacked, with Pirlo behind them, and when Millwall attacked, Pirlo was in the starting position. The area with the ball, completely unguarded. The likelihood of being restricted is greatly reduced!

Evan who was sitting in the VIP seats in the stadium bleachers turned his head and smiled at Puskas: "Look, Aldridge has made another on-the-spot adjustment, and Millwall will be able to score goals soon." ”

Puskas smiled: "Football, anything is possible, it's not that adjustment means good results. ”

"Otherwise, we make a bet that Millwall will score the next goal and the score will be equalised."

"Bet on what? Girl. ”

"Well, I'd like to think about it, dinner, autographed photo."

"Oh, I win, will you invite me to dinner?"

"Well, and Elizabeth."

"You win, do I just need to sign it for you?"

"Yes."

"It doesn't seem fair, I'm taking advantage."

"I'm taking advantage, hehe."

"Okay, the bet holds."

"Well, I've won!"

Just as Evan clenched his fists and raised his smile like a flower, the entire Lion's Den Stadium fell silent.

She turned her head to see the stadium overlooking the Manchester United soldiers running frantically towards the corner flag area to celebrate.

Puskash smiled and turned his head to look at the sluggish Evan, and said, "I won this gamble very easily." ”

"How is that possible?"

Ewen muttered to himself, as if he didn't believe what he was seeing.

Unfortunately, there is no big TV screen at the Lion's Den Stadium, so there is no replay of the goal.

If Evan was watching TV, she would have been able to hear Martin Taylor's frantic screams by now.

"Scholes! Scholes! Paul Scholes, who scored twice, gave United another two-goal lead and now they are 3-1 ahead of Millwall! With one minute to go until first-half stoppage time, if they are two goals down at half-time, Millwall's winning streak could really end today! ”

In the replay of the TV footage, Scholes took a long-range shot from 40 yards in front of the penalty area, which was originally played very positively, but Gattuso, who was three meters in front of Scholes, blocked it with his body, and the ball hit his calf and refracted into a hanging shot, and it was also hoisted into the corner of the goal, and Bout sat on the goal line a little speechless.

Since the beginning of the new season, he has guarded the goal, not to mention conceding three goals in a single game, and on average, conceding only 0.3 goals per game!

Millwall's frontcourt players looked at each other, and Henry touched his head, walked up to Larsson and whispered: "Is this really okay?" ”

"What?"

"The boss told us not to get involved in the defense, and as a result, we conceded the ball again."

"It's not something we should think about."

Larsson is still in a stable state of mind, having played with Millwall for many years and has seen everything, and said to Thierry Henry before kick-off: "If you usually have time, go and watch all the footage of our previous games against Manchester United. ”

It is not surprising that Millwall and Manchester United played passionately and unexpectedly, which is directly related to the style and quality of both teams.

Millwall's first Premier League game in club history was against Manchester United, and the 5-5 process is still in Larsson's memory.

When the whistle blew at the end of the half, Ferguson's face glowed red, and Aldridge walked into the tunnel with his hands in his coat pockets.

The third goal had nothing to do with tactics, to use a word he never wanted to use but had to use today: luck.

If a long-range shot from 40 yards out could have ensured a goalscoring percentage, United would have defied the odds.

That conceded goal didn't interfere with his thinking, the score was changed, but the tactical clash on the pitch and the battle between the manager did not change.

Millwall can score a few goals in a season, but never really pinning their hopes on a long-range shot from 40 yards out, it's one thing to score, it's another thing to be able to score a goal, it's another thing to be able to use it as a regular means of scoring, most of the time the long-range shot is either in the service of tactics or there is no chance to penetrate and try a shot.

United have another two-goal lead, and with Ferguson's previous rant, it seems that at least the United players themselves will not take the initiative to adjust in the second half.

Aldridge is looking forward to the second half. (To be continued......)