246 Fight of wits and courage

Since the end of last season over the transfer of Stam, Aldridge and Ferguson broke out into a verbal altercation, except for Ferguson at the end of the season to send a text message congratulating Millwall, the two have not communicated at any other time, and the relationship has dropped to a freezing point.

Today's Community Shield was the same, the two shook hands like a formality before the game, and then went back to their respective positions, without even making eye contact.

Aldridge has his own principles, others respect him, he will respect others, and this must not be tolerated and forgiven for players who seduced him before the end of Manchester United's season.

If it were another club, Aldridge would not have put the blame on the manager, but Ferguson is almost single-handedly at Manchester United, and every transfer is controlled by him.

When the players of both sides entered the stadium, the commentator figured out how important the two teams were to the game from the arrangement of the two teams' coaches.

"Today at Wembley will be staged last year's Premier League champion and runner-up matchup Community Shield, which means that the new Premier League is not far away, Millwall and Manchester United are the favourites for the new season, but today's game, from the starting list we have seen, it can be seen that Hall is using the Community Shield to train for a stronger purpose, and Ferguson wants to get the team into the groove early and find confidence from the Treble winning team. Millwall started as follows: goalkeeper Bout, defenders Schneider, Elgra, Southgate, Zambrotta, midfielders Gattuso, Ballack, Nedved, forwards Larsson, Ruud van Nistelrooy, Glen Shire. They were fully staffed, but Hall still put the main players such as Makelele, Trezeguet, Shevchenko and others on the bench. Manchester United, on their part, were different, with Alex Ferguson fielding their strongest squad, goalkeeper: Kasper Schmeichel. Defender: Neville. Pallister. Stam, Erwin, midfielders David Beckham, Paul Scholes, Keane, Ryan Giggs, forwards Cole, Sheringham. Manchester United were beaten twice in the league by Millwall last season. The classic 0-6 thrashing at home is still fresh in his mind, and Ferguson will surely be hoping that his disciples can regain their confidence in Millwall and kick off the new season with a win over the mighty defending champions, which is exactly what he wants. ”

Aldridge saw Manchester United's lineup, probably guessed the other party's thoughts, but his mentality is relaxed, does not mean that the players are also required to relax, this is the most warm up game before the new season, and it gives the players some stimulation mentally, at least Millwall must reach the level of eighty percent of last season's comprehensive performance.

The pace was very fast at the start of the game. Both teams are known for playing fast.

Aldridge observed for more than ten minutes, then turned and walked back to the coach's box. Bow your head and communicate with Benitez.

"Are you aware of the changes at Manchester United?"

"The players have a larger running range than last season, the overall contraction in defense, and the formation is rapidly expanded after the defense to attack, attacking through the wings, the right side is instigated by Beckham, and the left side is dominated by Ryan Giggs, Sheringham and Cole are one front and one behind, Scholes dispatches the attack to cover the entire midfield, and when the attack hits the front, he will step forward to participate in the most rear-back attack."

"The four defenders basically don't attack, and Keane is completely defensive, so I don't know what happens to the five players in the attacking end of the game, and if they keep the current pace, then it's doubtful that they can run in the last 20 minutes of the game."

'I think it's definitely no problem, nine months ago at Old Trafford, we beat Manchester United with six goals, Ferguson can definitely see our physical advantage, if we fall behind in other aspects, the manager may not be able to do it, but he can't ignore the indicators that can be caught up with this kind of rigorous training.

"Well, that makes sense. So what are the weaknesses in United's current formation? ”

"Two full-backs."

"Hehe, what you see is slightly the same."

Aldridge returned to the sideline with a smile and took advantage of the dead ball to call Glen Charles in front of him to make some meticulous arrangements.

Manchester United's current line-up, Keane defensively tough, Paul Scholes will drop back widely, Sheringham and Cole will also retreat, in the matchup, playing in the middle is not a good option, and Manchester United's biggest weakness comes from their full-backs.

Neville and Erwin.

The former is known for his hard work, but he has a congenital deficiency due to his physical speed, and with Larsson attacking him here, Neville's speed weakness will be exposed to the greatest extent.

On the other side, Erwin is approaching the age of 32, and the once best left-back in England has grown in weight and age, and his style of play has become more and more conservative, and people are almost forgetting that he used to be so fast.

After Aldridge made a face-to-face gesture to Glen Schal, he gestured to the players on the sidelines, and Ballack, who was in charge of the midfield, immediately understood.

Aldridge no longer has to be on the sidelines to dictate changes to the tactical formation.

It didn't matter how you lined up at the start.

If you watch the live TV, the formation on the screen, Millwall will be the 4213 formation, but in fact, their midfield position in the attack has a front and rear level, and the retreat formation will become 4231 or 451 when defending, and the formation will be more and more convenient in the game.

Kerr picked up the ball up front and didn't dare to make any moves for fear of conceding it, so he knocked the ball back to Sheringham, the striker who once left a dazzling name in Millwall's club history and is now forgotten by Millwall, but it is undeniable that he is still a good striker, but a far cry from the strikers in Millwall's team.

A long-range shot!

Sheringham's long-range shot slid wide.

Bout didn't touch the ball in a cross-puff, and even if it was in goal, Bout should be able to block it easily.

Goalball, Bout kicked the ball to Schneider, and the United players went back to defend immediately after the attack, and they didn't dare to make a pressing siege, which would leave too much space behind them.

Schneider dribbled forward with the ball and was not in a hurry to pass the ball, which forced the United striker to come to his side to harass him, and after he and Ballack made a one-two, he passed Cole, and at the same time dribbled the ball through the half, Giggs had to come up to defend him, Schneider passed the ball straight to Glen Charles in front.

After winning the ball, the Dane turned around and singled Elwin, making an inward cut to flick the ball sideways. Erwin's center of gravity shifted to the right. Glen Charles then flicked the ball back to the wing. Start the outbreak at the same time.

Two seconds ago, Glen Charles faced Elwin, and two seconds later, Glen Charles overtook from the side and shook off the opponent, just relying on speed and explosiveness to eat raw unreasonably.

Erwin remembers Ferguson's warning: Millwall's winger threat lies in cutting inside, not in low crosses!

So when he defended, he was biased towards blocking the inside line, and he was replaced by Shevchenko. Even the bottom is not much of a threat, and Glen Shire, who feels like his bottom cross is useless, because his cross footwork is miserable.

But after Glen Charles relied on speed to eat Erwin's bottom, he did not pass the ball, but then went inside and entered the penalty area by sticking to the bottom line!

Erwin was taken aback as United's defence was suddenly cut into a gap, with Irwin and Stam rushing over to block Glen Schal's play.

Just then, Glenschal passed the ball back to the back.

Schneider, who was running up at high speed, was unmarked. Ryan Giggs defended too far and went to make up for the wide gap left by Erwin's return to the penalty area. I thought Schneider would take the side to pick it up.

In the face of the return ball, Schneider kept the ball and shot head-on!

The ball was well-placed and created a rainbow trail into the top right corner of the United goal, where Schmeichel took a step and roared angrily at his team-mates.

You're giving me a chance to make a save.

This kind of ball makes the goalkeeper not even have a chance, and Lao Tzu is about to become a foil for wonderful goals again!

"Wow, wow, wow, wow, world! Schneider delivered a classic long-range shot for us, Glen Schal's improved under Hall, he handled the ball more and was more calm, and we all thought that even if he broke through the wide defence, he would surely come down with a lamentable bad cross, but he calmly provided Schneider with the assist. Millwall led by one goal. ”

Schneider opened his arms with a smile after the goal, and the smile looked like he was surprised that this kick could be played so well, unmarked and unguarded, and he didn't have to adjust, his shot was too comfortable.

His teammates ran around him and cheered and celebrated.

Ferguson frowned, he had the illusion that every time he played against Millwall, it seemed like an exam.

The result of the exam is to magnify Manchester United's subtle weaknesses infinitely!

This is also Millwall's style, seizing the opponent's life and beating him to death!

This is true of Bruce back then, and Erwin today.

As for Erwin's flaws, Manchester United may not look weak when they go against the other 18 teams in the Premier League, but against Millwall, the opponent is attacking the other's weaknesses with their own strengths.

Ferguson also got up and called Giggs in front of him to give serious defensive orders, and the Welshman took it all to heart, and when he returned to the field, he exchanged words with Erwin, and the two on the same side reached a defensive consensus.

After the restart, Millwall will still take the initiative to play Glen Shire's side when switching from defense to attack, Danish Golden Wings are working hard today, Aldridge talked to him before the season, promising that he will give him about 20 games in the new season, he needs to give his best every game, and with his style of play, it is difficult to have more opportunities to play, because he will be physically exhausted, once his speed and explosiveness can not be an offensive weapon, other abilities are not enough to make him better than other Millwall strikers.

Irwin's defense of Glen Charles began to use close marking, forcing Glen Charles not only to be unable to turn, but also to have difficulty even getting the ball.

Glen Charles began to drop back widely to pick up the ball, but even then, Erwin would follow closely unless he was out of the box 40 yards from the baseline.

Ballack saw the space on the right side, so he chose not to give the ball to Glen Char's feet, but directly to the side after the opponent pulled it out, Glen Charles rushed behind Erwin without the ball, and the opponent followed him closely, but Glen Charles was faster, but when he was about to catch up with the ball, Giggs took the first step back to catch up and kicked the ball out of the sideline.

On the third come, Nedved took the initiative to run to the right, but as soon as he got the ball, Stam cut it off and cleared it.

United's defensive system quickly adjusted after conceding the first goal, and the support between the various players was very good.

Aldridge was a little excited on the sidelines.

It's a game like that that's interesting for a manager.

He and Alex Ferguson both stood on the sidelines, using their command talents to fight with each other.

Aldridge gestured again, so that the attack should not be too rigid to only play on the right, to be honest, in this regard, Ballack is not as good as Pirlo in the scheduling, Aldridge ordered before, Ballack several shots to Glen Char's side, so far, Manchester United players can almost guess that when he is free to pass the direction will be Glen Char's wing.

Just before the end of the first half, United unleashed a wave of rapid attacks.

Neville handed the ball to David Beckham on the right flank, who received the ball and knocked it across to Scholes, who also ran to the right side to pull the ball forward, Scholes handed the ball to Sheringham, who passed it back to Beckham, who had gone some distance.

Becky hoisted a long diagonal pass into the penalty area, and this pass was extremely weird.

It seems to be a hanging door, but it is a very obvious curved ball.

Not only Bout, but even the two central defenders misjudged because the arc was so big!

After the ball flew up, the reactions of the players and spectators changed in a short period of time.

This kick is going to go out of the bottom line, high.

This ball is going to hang the door!

No, the ball will land at the back of the penalty area!

The curve ball kicked by Xiao Bei's golden right foot relied on the arc of the extremely confusing force.

A mistake in the judgment of a defender in a split second can lead to a mistake in the defensive position.

Sure enough, the ball that fell into the back of the small penalty area, Elgra and Southgate did not reach it, it was originally Elgra's defensive area, but he didn't jump, because he also thought that the ball would go out of bounds at first, and when he realized it in less than a second, he wanted to jump but couldn't keep up with the rhythm.

Just as he turned to chase the spot, Giggs, who had been cut in from the left flank at high speed, was already in front of him, and before the ball could hit the ground, the arch of his left foot was easily cushioned, and the ball drilled into the goal. (To be continued......)