Arsene Wenger has been isolated and criticised by the media and his peers since he arrived in England, with some feeling that his elegance is more like a maverick, and he is also the most unsociable among Premier League managers.

Before the start of the game, Aldridge has habitually appeared on the sidelines early, especially on home match days, he will always go to the VIP stands to chat with Puskas, Arthur, and Evan for a while, or chat with the reporters in the press box.

With five minutes to go, Aldridge stepped down from the stands and as he passed by the visitors' dugout, Arsene Wenger stood up and exchanged brief pleasantries on the sidelines.

"It's harder than I thought it would be in London."

Wenger sighed in a low sigh of emotion.

Aldridge laughed: "Yes, there are many enemies of the manager here, and the media and the public are one of them. ”

Wenger frowned and said, "It's strange that everyone seems to be hostile to me. ”

"No way, in this environment, there is a deep-rooted force, they want outsiders to be assimilated by the traditions here, if you don't cooperate, it will become the target of public criticism."

"My job is to lead the team to victory, and instead of having drinks and chatting with other managers, will you invite me to a post-game get-together?"

"Yes, but if you don't want to come, I understand."

"Forget it."

Aldridge and Arsene Wenger patted each other's arms before returning to the dugout.

"Traditional giants Arsenal travel to the Lions' Den tonight to take on league leaders Millwall. If you go back in time. I don't think anyone will believe the gap between Millwall and Arsenal in the table right now. 29 points, even if some people believe it, they must think that Arsenal are the leaders, but the reality is so cruel, Millwall is likely to win the Premier League title 6 to 8 games early this season, as long as they have been so good. ”

Hall has learned from last season's failed trophy attempt, and he has allowed young players to work on the cup stage this season, while the stable squad has gone all out in the league. Today's starting lineup has a proud record of 20 wins and 2 draws in 22 appearances in the Premier League, and the four-man team of Nedved, Larsson, Trezeguet and Shevchenko has been dubbed the Magic Four Kings by the outside world, as long as the four of them play at the same time, Millwall's attacking performance in front of the field is simply magical, but I think the more important thing is the Italian lad behind Nedved. Andrea Pirlo, whether he plays or not has a direct impact on Millwall's attacking efficiency. Neither Ballack nor Frank Lampard can replace his attacking role, and of course, it is clear that the former two have contributed more than Andrea Pirlo in defence. ”

"Arsenal's standings are actually not much different from last year, remaining in the second group, but under the leadership of Frenchman Arsene Wenger, the team's style of play has begun to change substantially, although it is still dominated by counter-attacks, but abandon the traditional English long ball, and instead use a European ground to advance, which is very similar to Hall's Millwall, which has taken the Premier League by storm and quietly changed English football as more and more teams follow their example. For example, this season's impressive performance of the promoted Malicester City, Martin O'Neill's team is also defensive counterattack, but likes to play on the ground to play on the wing, Middlesbrough is also changing, they have introduced a lot of technical stars, but Robson's transformation seems to be in trouble, Middlesbrough has greatly increased, but it has dropped significantly from the previous year's results, and is now struggling for relegation. ”

Players from both sides came on, and many fans in the stands held signs, and many were angry that Pire and Vieira had switched to Arsenal in the summer.

It's natural for fans to be emotionally selfish.

They thought the pair had betrayed Millwall and gone to their city rivals, but it was only a little bit of a frustration, and it would have been a different story if a player had gone to Chelsea or West Ham United, and now the fans are more of a schadenfreude mentality.

You two go to Arsenal, don't you have to put pen to paper?!

Pire, who has spent more time on the bench at Arsenal this season.

Patrick Vieira, although he has played the main team, if you stay at Millwall, you can lift the trophy this season.

The personnel on Millwall's side are relatively neat, Shevchenko felt a little unwell in the last game, and recovered after two days of rest, which is not a big problem, this is Aldridge's way of protecting the players, as long as there is even a trace of discomfort in the player's training, he will not force the players to play, so as to avoid small signs causing a big disaster.

Goalkeeper Bout, Schneider, Stam, Southgate, Capdevilla, three midfielders Makelele, Pirlo, Nedved, forward trident Larsson, Trezeguet, Shevchenko.

On Arsenal's side, despite Arsene Wenger's arrival at Arsenal, their basic formation is no different from the last two years.

Goalkeeper Seaman, back five Dixon, Balder, Adams, Keown, Winterburn, three midfielders Vieira, Pratt, Mason, striker Wright partner Bergkamp.

At the beginning of the game, Arsenal retreated across the board, compressing all fronts in the second half, but maintaining a clear sense of hierarchy, Vieira and Pratt protecting the penalty area, five defenders making the penalty area airtight, Mason running and intercepting in a wide range, Wright and Bergkamp one after the other, the latter on the field is more like a nine-and-a-half, and the organization and scoring role in the attack is significant.

Because Arsenal started with a defensive posture and a large number of people in the midfield, the space ahead of Pirlo became narrow, so he sat in the middle of the field and did the job of the commander lightly.

In the Millwall team, Pirlo is not a particularly outstanding figure, and it is rare to see him directly assist and score, but without him, the quality of Millwall's overall attack is significantly different.

Seeing the six-way game, he often inadvertently diverts the ball, which will shift Millwall's attack to the weakest point of the opponent's defense.

Nedved ran back and forth in front of him to draw attention, drawing the attention of Vieira and Pratt. Mason forces Pirlo. Pirlo doesn't stick to the ball. There was room for a one-two with Makellele, who had the ball on the right side of the midfield, and suddenly a ground through pass diverted the ball to the left half, the ball penetrated the lateral interception surface from the narrow gap, and Capdevilla, who assisted him, took the ball and dribbled forward at high speed, and at the same time, Larsson's edge attracted Dixon's attention, and Nedved came to pick it up. Capdevilla played the ball and Nedved flicked his ankle and the ball pierced the gap between Arsenal's full-backs and centre-backs.

Larsson started to cut diagonally into the box at the right time, Bald rushed over to defend, Larsson stopped and dunked in the box and then took a shot with a kick, the action was coherent and in one go, and the ball flew to the top right corner of the Arsenal gate with an internal rotation arc.

He-Man, who had returned from injury, flew to his feet and lifted the ball over the crossbar with one hand.

"World-class saves! Larsson had a brilliant shot and Seaman made a good save! ”

There was a loud sigh from the stands, followed by a tidal wave of applause.

Millwall's attack was a real pleasing sight.

Aldridge crossed his arms around his chest on the sidelines. This attack exemplifies Pirlo's role as he moves the ball to drive the attack. It is an insight into the weak links of the opponent's defense, and it is also a lateral transfer that makes the opponent's formation move in a wide range of gaps, and the success rate of the ball is no problem if other midfielders are replaced, but whether you can directly see the gap on the left side on the right side and pass the ball over again, it is difficult to say.

The slow Pirlo trotted to take a corner, the set-piece is an essential part of his training session, and now Millwall's free-kick in front, if it is a passing tactic, it will be handed to Schneider, if it is to shoot directly, it will be handed to Pirlo, and the corner kick is also given to Pirlo.

Pirlo didn't hoist the ball straight in front of goal, but instead played a tactical corner, which he passed to Schneider on the right side, who stopped the ball and then crossed again, a change of rhythm that would disrupt the opposition's defence.

The pass was dangerous, the ball curled around the back post, and the Arsenal defence pressed forward after the corner, at which point the ball came back and they had to turn back and run back, obviously a beat slower.

Capdevilla, who came from the back post, headed the ball into the Arsenal net.

Just as he was about to celebrate, the linesman signaled for offside.

Capdevilla shook his head and ran towards the backcourt.

Offside, no doubt, but it wasn't Capdevilla offside, it was Trezeguet, he didn't keep up with the pace of the Arsenal backline, when Schneider passed, he clearly burst out, as for Capdevilla after cutting in and scoring but not offside, but in this era, the offside rule is like this.

Aldridge didn't complain, this is a rule that everyone is following, and it is not discriminatory, it is indisputable.

Arsenal switched from defending to attacking, the ball was passed forward from the back, and the players' forward movement also had a visual sense of wearing flowers and butterflies.

Pratt distributed the ball to Vieira, who passed the ball to Dixon on the wing, and in front of Bogcampura, Capdevilla was already in place, Wright was sandwiched between Makelle and the backline, and Mason was blocked by Makelele with a standing position.

Dixon dribbled the ball forward, Nedved assisted on the side, Dixon did not try to break through Nedved's defense with speed, but passed the ball to the middle, Vieira has been caught by Larsson and Trezeguet who have returned to the defense, but there is really someone in the middle, Adams!

Just as Adams was about to receive the ball, someone in front of him stretched out his foot to break the ball, and he was about to dribble the ball forward to counterattack, and Adams took advantage of the situation to knock the man down with his body.

"Wow, Pirlo made a defensive block! This doesn't seem to be the kind of defense he would do, but in slow motion, we can see that he didn't seem to retreat in the midfield, he consciously stared at Adams in front of him, and when the ball came out, he took the initiative to step forward and stretch his foot to cut the ball off, an excellent break, it seems that Hall had a special instruction to Pirlo in the pre-game deployment. ”

However, Pirlo's physical fitness still suffered a little, and he was hit by the tall Adams and fell to the ground.

After Pirlo fell to the ground, the referee blew the whistle to signal Adams for a foul, this level of collision, Pirlo was not absolutely ahead of Adams, so there was no card, Pirlo got up and was about to take a free kick quickly, Adams kicked the ball more skillfully, and then turned and ran towards the backcourt.

Pirlo was depressed and had to obediently pick up the ball and come back and take the free-kick again.

However, he has more self-confidence psychologically, defense is his weakness, and he is in the midfield, he must improve his defensive ability and awareness, so Aldridge will of course help him, every game he starts, Aldridge will explain to him individually the opponent's offensive characteristics, tell him what to focus on when defending.

Today, Arsenal's attacking routine is in Pirlo's mind, and his defense just now is not a mistake, which is very important for his defensive awareness and adds valuable experience. (To be continued......)