The League One match between Millwall and Sunderland went into the 40th minute of the second half, with almost everyone expecting the two teams to end in a draw.

Even Aldridge felt that a handshake was a fair ending, as Millwall was not yet able to play the stunningly fluid attack.

But surprises come quietly when you don't expect them.

Schneider received the ball on the right side, and in the previous 80 minutes of the game, he would take the ball and cross at 45 degrees on the wing, or directly hit the opponent's full-back and central defender, but this time, he made a feint and deceived the opposing defender, moved laterally with the ball, and after getting close to the middle, there was a passing space, and he kicked the ball to the right side of the top of the penalty area.

Sunderland's returning centre-forward spotted a Millwall player dropping back from the box in Schneider's pass.

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer!

He took Trezeguet's place and did not go deep into the box, but ran back and forth in the box, annoying Sunderland's defenders but not creating a dangerous attack.

But at this moment, he appeared at the top of the arc of the penalty area, and there was no defender around him to keep an eye on him.

Half-sideways facing the goal, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was quiet in the face of Schneider's pass, and he has been observing the situation on the field since he was on the bench, and it is no accident that he appeared in this position to receive the ball easily!

If it weren't for the lack of tacit understanding between him and the rest of the team, he believes he wouldn't have gotten such a good opportunity after ten minutes on the pitch.

The box was so crowded that Ole Gunnar Solskjaer knew he didn't have space to dribble the ball or even have time to stop the ball and turn around, so he thought about what to do in the next second before he received it.

Shot!

And it's a difficult shot!

He slotted the inside of his right foot into the bocce ball, aiming at the top right corner of the Sunderland goal!

After the shot, Solskjaer looked up and looked at the ball that leaped like a rainbow of flowers.

The next second, Solskjaer was dumbfounded.

The ball bounces off the box!

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer immediately raised his right hand while striking his right arm with his left hand, turning to the referee and shouting: "Handball!" Handball! ”

He fired the ball off the arm of Sunderland's jumping defender before it bounced out of the box, otherwise Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was sure it would have been a brilliant goal!

The other Millwall players also shouted at the referee with their arms raised.

Almost at the same time, the referee blew his whistle and reached out to the penalty spot in the Sunderland penalty area with a majestic face.

Penalty kick!

The Sunderland players saw that the referee had awarded a decisive penalty and immediately surrounded them

Aldridge didn't react at all on the sidelines, he was far away, and he couldn't determine whether it was handball, or whether the opposing player's arm was open to expand the defensive area, he just instinctively got excited and shouted "That's a handball", and then he saw the referee award a penalty, so he stopped being verbose, but applauded.

Fans booed the referee and the Sunderland players protested to no avail.

Millwall's designated first penalty taker, Larsson, stood in front of the penalty spot and under the pressure of boos from the crowd, Larsson easily fired the ball into the corner.

Millwall have a one-goal lead away!

Aldridge let out a sigh of relief when he saw the penalty go in.

Either way, it's better to win a game than to get a draw.

He applauded his players on the sidelines, then put away his smile and told them to calm down and defend.

There are three minutes left in the game, and about five minutes of stoppage time.

Sunderland were not willing to lose when they were behind at home, so they launched a fierce counterattack in the last five minutes, but failed to break through Millwall's goal.

On the contrary, in the last minute of stoppage time, Stam's header cleared the ball to the right, Thuram's big foot clearance turned into a counterattack, Larsson headed back in the center circle, not far away Ole Gunnar Solskjaer sprinted into the opponent's half at full speed, in the case of Sunderland's big pressure, Solskjaer successfully countered offside and went to the meeting alone!

Facing the onrushing goalkeeper, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer took the ball from outside the box and slotted the ball into the bottom right-hand corner.

2:0.

Less than twenty minutes into the game, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer pulled off a miracle in the first game of his career.

Scoring a goal from the penalty spot helped Millwall take all three points away from home, while also giving the team a steady boost in confidence and cohesion.

Aldridge hurriedly shook hands with the Sunderland boss after the game before walking into the tunnel and speaking in the mixed zone for an interview in the mixed zone.

'Sunderland's performances have been solid and we have won the game with a bit of luck in addition to the team's consistent performance and I hope good luck will always be on our side.

Millwall, who have won two in a row, remain at the top of the table, which is not Aldridge's concern.

In the following period, Millwall began a back-to-back double week.

After a three-day break, Millwall host their first-round opponents in the Carabao Cup: Plymouth in the fourth tier.

In this game, Aldridge rotated the whole team and played with an all-bench lineup.

Goalkeeper Bout, defenders Phil Neville, Dean Richards, Marco Materazzi, Zambrotta.

Midfielders David Beckham, Patrick Vieira, Ballack, Glen Shire.

Strikers Kevin Phillips, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.

The average age of this squad is 19 years old.

Although Aldridge has no idea about the cup competition, it does not mean that he will give up the game easily, and even if he loses, it must be worthwhile.

He was on the sidelines throughout the game, constantly shouting for the players on the pitch to run and fill in the positions.

The offensive initiation point of this lineup is the middle and the right side, compared to the main lineup Aldridge is still suppressing Nedved's offensive talent, he gives Ballack more freedom to insert forward, and Beckham on the right side is like a precision-guided weapon, Beckham's arc is not yet famous, but as long as Xiaobei's ten-foot, twenty-foot long pass can create a few threatening attacks, then it can meet Aldridge's expectations.

Glen Schal was fast on the left, with a 100-meter sprint as fast as a track and field athlete, and Aldridge also allowed him to threaten by cutting forward on the left.

The Carabao Cup first round against Plymouth was not a spectacular one, with the ball almost flying in the air, but the Millwall players showed the quality Aldridge wanted to see.

The players who eventually shone were Kevin Phillips and David Beckham, with the former netting a hat-trick and the latter striking with his pinpoint long balls.

The final score was 4:3.

After Ballack's reckless attack, Patrick Vieira was left at the back, and although not too bad, it exposed a number of flaws, allowing Plymouth's attacking duo to easily face Millwall's young and immature backline.

Plymouth had more absolute scoring chances than Millwall, and if it weren't for Bout's high and low blocks, Millwall's Carabao Cup journey would have ended in the first game.

Aldridge praised the team after the game, and for many players with no professional experience, a win on their debut qualifies.

And four days later, Aldridge will host an upsetting opponent for Millwall fans: Derby County.

The promotion play-offs were fresh in the back of three months, when Derby County thwarted Millwall 5-1 over two legs to halt their promotion to the Premier League.

After the game, skirmishes erupted between fans of both sides.

For the tactical setup of this game, Aldridge still follows the deployment of the first two games, but he needs to mobilize the mood of the whole team at the preparation meeting.

With three consecutive wins in the new season, the morale of the players in the team is good and full of confidence.

They are also becoming more and more convinced of Aldrich.

At the team's preparation meeting, Aldridge stopped talking after analyzing the opponent Derby County, and did not announce the disbandment, but went silent for a while.

The players looked at each other, not knowing why the head of the road was suddenly stuck.

Aldridge pursed his lips with an unsavory expression, looked around at the team, raised his eyebrows, and said, "Do you know what the relationship between Daode Bijun and us is?" ”

Most of the players who have only been in the UK for less than three months have a blank look on their faces and are not really interested in the history of the team.

Even David Beckham and Neville were confused.

Derby County is a team in Derby City, and they can't play with Millwall, and there is no dead knot in history that cannot be untied.

Only Southgate, who is in London, is thoughtful.

"It seems that Gareth has understood. You tell everybody. ”

Named by Aldridge, Southgate shrugged: "Derby were our enemies last season and tomorrow is a revenge game for us. ”

After listening to Southgate's words, some players still expressed their confusion.

Aldrich said with a calm face: "That's right, tomorrow is revenge." To tell you the truth, if Millwall had beaten Derby County last season, it would have been possible that we would be in the top flight right now, but just because we lost to that damn Derby County, we stayed in the first division, and look at Derby's performance in the last half month, they lost to Barnsley, drew with Luton, grass, it's a joke, how did Millwall lose to such garbage last season? It's because they've only picked up a point in the first two derby games, so they're coming to the Lions' Den tomorrow and they're going to take the three points away from us, after all, they just three months ago they were here on their way to Wembley with Millwall's body, and although they lost to Leicester City at the worst, we were soft-boggled eggs in their eyes to make them go on a killing spree, to get them back to their confidence and to relive the feeling of victory. How do we do that? Did you walk over and politely tell them that Millwall had nothing to do with us three months ago? Who the is going to listen to this? It was enough for me to see them come home crying after the game. ”