Ahead of the FIFA matchday at the end of August and the beginning of September, Millwall's group draw for the Champions League season has been announced.

Their shipping is not bad.

The opponents in the same group are: Porto, Inter Milan, Glasgow Rangers.

With Millwall's height and status in the Champions League, in fact, in the current principle of the draw of points, no matter how they are grouped, Millwall cannot be placed in the group of death.

Death, only relative to the opponent.

Even if they draw the second, third, and last pots, they are all recognized as the strongest teams, and this group is an absolute group of death.

But against Millwall, qualifying shouldn't be a big problem.

It's just that this kind of grouping is based on the situation that Millwall showed 100% strength and never left any effort, and in the unreserved battle, Millwall qualified without any suspense.

Millwall are set to play the fifth round of the Premier League at Old Trafford after returning from the FIFA break, where they will take on Manchester United.

Manchester United, who have won four in a row, are at the top of the table with Chelsea.

In the summer transfer, Manchester United was in turmoil due to the change of ownership of the club, and the actions in the transfer market seem to confirm the speculation of the Glazer family.

Manchester United have only brought in a veteran goalkeeper, Edwin van der Sar, and an Asian player who is very new to England fans: Park Ji-sung.

Ferguson was very clear-headed and not carried away by the temporary dominance in the standings.

Speaking before the game, he spoke with a sense of understanding about Millwall's recent poor league results and insisted that Millwall should not be underestimated. Until the last minute, when the dust settles. Never think Millwall has been kicked out.

Just when saying this. He seemed to play a round for Millwall, talking about Millwall's summer gold panning in the Far East.

To put it bluntly, it is a satire that Millwall sacrificed summer preparations, and the early stage of the league had a poor record, and they deserved it!

Aldridge ignored Ferguson's words and threw out a remark instead.

'Millwall haven't been at their best before, that's obvious to all, and I'm not going to quibble if I say Millwall did the best they could. Then we went three games without a win in the league, which is nothing short of self-deprecating! One thing I know for sure: Millwall is going to get better and better and we're on track again! And what I can't say for sure is, Manchester United, Chelsea, how long will they be able to hold on to the lead? ”

In the game to Old Trafford, Aldridge still did not send the strongest squad, he let Kaka, Ronaldo and other players who have traveled from South America halfway around the world to rest and prepare for the Champions League game.

At the same time the veterans. Nedved, Larson. Schneider, on the other hand, fought all over the field for the national team, and he also sat on the bench in case of emergency.

A relatively attacking and defensive starting line-up came at Old Trafford.

Powerful on the offensive end.

With Ronaldo, Henry, and Messi as the trident, Villa is ambushed behind Henry, and the midfield combination remains the same, Alonso and De Rossi.

There were concerns at the back, with Silva and Nesta suspended, Barzagli starting alongside Neil, and Sergio Ramos replacing Schneider and Lahm at full-back.

Manchester United are at home to the Reds, who have won four consecutive league games.

The whole team is holding a bad breath, it is difficult to say that it is all aimed at Millwall, even if it has been suppressed by Millwall for many years, but there is still the unwillingness to lose the FA Cup last season.

In Manchester United's starting line-up, the most energetic is the veteran Keane.

However, his fighting spirit has become distorted and irritable in the eyes of outsiders! Get out of hand!

Ferguson and Aldridge shook hands before the game, and today's clash will certainly not be a-for-tat encounter.

For a long time, Manchester United has not been a team that absolutely restricts the opponent as a tactical foothold, and they are not an extreme attacking team, so that in the future, after Ferguson's retirement, when people who don't like Manchester United denigrate Ferguson's achievements, the old Scottish man will be portrayed as the image of the Premier League's big devil, as if he is the black boss of the Premier League, covering the sky with one hand, so as to achieve glory.

In fact, it's just that Manchester United didn't go to the extreme, not holding high the banner of attacking football like a team that is crazy and aggressive, and not like the utilitarians who are completely defending to the end.

Most people don't think that Ferguson's tactics and their extended changes are remarkable, but in fact this kind of thinking is too narrow-minded, and if it rises to the mental level, it is necessary to understand why Ferguson is the king of the Red Devils, and he has injected an unusual temperament into Manchester United.

This temperament made Aldrich envious, and he also expressed his shame in private.

If you want to visualize this temperament, and not say that it is the spirit of the Red Devils for a hundred years, then it is difficult to see now, and you have to think about the future.

With the changes of the times, what is the biggest characteristic of Manchester United in terms of lineup?

That's when a player comes to Manchester United and when he leaves Manchester United, it seems to be two kinds of players.

This spiritual temperament will make the players who play for Manchester United, take it out individually to observe and analyze, and they will feel that this player is very ordinary, so ordinary that as long as it is a giant, take a turn in the transfer market, and dare not say that they can buy a dozen, at least three or five are not a problem, but a number of such ordinary players are combined together, wearing the Red Devils jersey, showing the team power, there is a qualitative leap and improvement.

For example, Park Ji-sung, who was introduced this summer, if you want to say how awesome he is, most of them must not be interested in other giants, but in Manchester United, he can not only have a place, but also make obvious contributions to the team.

This kind of magic, Aldridge does not have, he also wants to have, but over the years, he feels that Millwall can not shape this spirit, it can be said that Millwall is hardworking, brave, strong, and never backs down, but if you really want to rise to a second-rate player to come to the team for a period of time to play the role of a first-class player in the team, Aldridge thinks he can't do it.

This may have something to do with the club's heritage, the background of the times, the team's traditions, and so on.

This is perhaps the reason why Ferguson's tactics seem to be nothing spectacular, but they have kept the team from being underestimated in Europe, and it has improved the team's ability to play in its own right, which could collapse the team if it pursues a unique style of technical and tactical play.

Because anyone who can walk ahead of others on the road to the extreme and lead the trend of the times has very strict requirements for the composition of the team lineup.

After fighting with Aldrich for so many years, Ferguson naturally summed up his experience.

You can't really compete with Aldridge in a tactical confrontation.

That will only gradually turn into a disadvantage in the changing competition, because Millwall's player composition is too rich, and in terms of flexibility and changeability, Millwall is the number one in the world, and you can't compete with them in the field they are good at.

Secondly, they can't compete with Millwall, Manchester United's offensive advance speed has always been their magic weapon to defeat the enemy, but in the rapid back and forth tug-of-war and mutual impact, Manchester United's success rate seems to never be comparable to Millwall, the reason is also Millwall's offensive advancement speed, which is also very fast, and it looks faster than Manchester United!

With enough space to impact each other, Manchester United will lose to Millwall in terms of consistency and success rate.

Standing on the sidelines, Ferguson did not know whether he would be able to bring United back to the Premier League and even the European throne in his lifetime, because he was not sure if he would be able to reach the finish line as he explored the path of restraining Millwall.

But he still has the ambition to defeat his opponent and return to the throne.

Manchester United, which has ushered in a new owner, can be said to be roughly in a bygone era, because the Glazer family will not have any impact on the team's competitive affairs except for paying money, and it is still Ferguson's one hand.

And in today's confrontation, Manchester United played a game that made Aldridge wary.

Manchester United's improvement is mainly reflected in the fact that against Millwall on the pitch, they are more composed, the central midfield is steady on the ball, and they will not rush to attack, especially when switching from defense to attack, they will not blindly pursue speed as before, but will ensure the success rate of attack, and when their teammates are absolutely open and can continue the attack, they will send forward through balls from the back.

Millwall's number one element in defense is a counter-attack!

Crazy anti-robbery!

In the past, most teams were spooked by them!

Even Manchester United is no exception, the backfield players pass the ball out in a panic when they are counter-robbed, not necessarily that there will be a mistake, but the passing choice may not be the best, especially, that passing line, may be correctly predicted in advance by Millwall in the counter-robbery, right in the middle!

Thus containing the offensive of the opponent.

Aldridge's vigilance is here, and it is here that United are smart, at least the first of the opponents they have encountered to make the most correct changes.

If Millwall dares to rush up to grab, they don't mind retreating the back line, so that Millwall's frontcourt players will be embarrassed, and then step forward, the three-line distance will be disjointed, the frontcourt pressure is too deep, the space will be expanded invisibly, and then, the opponent will launch a forward speed impact, and the efficiency will be higher!

United attacked in a targeted manner and it paid off early in the game.

Ronaldo, Henry, and Messi rushed too far forward in the counter-robbery.

Thierry Henry is the player of the team, while Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi are the line-backs in front.

But none of them noticed that United's back line retreated when they were in possession, waiting for them to move forward, and then suddenly unleashed a wave of forward fast attacks when the space in midfield became larger!

Keane, Scholes, Ryan Giggs, Wayne Rooney, Ruud van Nistelrooy, Joaquin and the six played a series of quick and effective crosses from around the centre circle, which was finally volleyed home by Ruud van Nistelrooy from a tight angle in the box.

Old Trafford was in a boiling state of cheers.

Ferguson didn't have a smile on his face, just clapped his usual eyes.

He knew it was just a new beginning.

A prologue to his war with Aldrich. (To be continued......)