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Aldridge's pre-match requirements for defense were to keep the back line tighter, and at the same time, Gattuto should not rush up and sweep when he saw the opponent attacking in midfield, and always pay attention to protecting the back line.

This is to prevent the full-backs from being blown up, the full-backs and the centre-backs are close to each other, the defensive line forms a whole, the full-backs are passed off, there are teammates behind who can fill in in time, if the distance is stretched, it may be broken by the opponent one by one.

Nearly 30 minutes after the opening, this defensive strategy was very successful, even if AC Milan can pass the midfield smoothly, but in front of the back line to play some delicate coordination, it is destroyed by the tight defense, if two more adjustments, Millwall front-end players can completely end AC Milan's attack.

Zaccheroni thought of a way to deal with it and gave instructions to the team, he asked the team to play more carefully before the game, because the players did not have an advantage in the one-on-one attack in the last round, but today Millwall sent such a back line, and the pre-game deployment fell short, and now their attacking players have a one-on-one advantage, but they go to over-pursue cooperation, and do not play the expected effect before the dense defense of the back line.

His adjustments quickly paid off.

Serginho took the ball all the way forward on the left wing, and just now Millwall played an attack, Larsson stepped forward and didn't get the ball, but Maldini intercepted it accurately, and then handed the ball directly to Serginho.

Now that Millwall's players are returning to defending, Pirlo certainly can't catch up with Serginho, so he is staring at midfielder Boban in front of him as he retreats. Gattuso also retreated. Keep a distance of about three meters from the back line. Beware of Albertini, Ambrosini and other players coming forward to pick them up.

AC Milan has been playing like this before, combining the side and the middle with the passing cooperation, but this time, Serginho was also unmarked on the side, Ferreira did not go up to grab the opponent, and stood in the position to keep a distance from Neil, as long as the opponent dared to come. Then press again.

However, Serginho moved and watched with ease on the left flank and got up and crossed.

Bierhoff moved from Neil's side to the right, Barzagli reacted slowly, the ball landed right over the German's head, Bierhoff headed a reverse corner, the ball came from the left, he ran to the right and then to the left of the goal, compatriot Bute did not make a save, he was also moving to Bierhoff's side, blocking the near corner of the goal. There is no problem with this option, the goalkeeper can be scored by shooting into the far corner. Of course, if he doesn't move his position and saves Bierhoff's header, the commentator will not think that this is a god-level save, and it can only be said that Bierhoff's header is not angled.

"AC Milan equalised, Bierhoff's header, Serginho's beautiful cross, good goal!"

Aldridge was not upset by the goal.

Defensively, the choice is not to give the opponent space to penetrate the penalty area, and if you let go of the wing, you have to take the risk of crossing from the wing.

The goal was a bit ugly, not because of how beautiful Bierhoff's header was, but because of Barzagli's problem.

In the process of Bierhoff moving from Neil to Barzagli's side, Barzali did not move in advance to get stuck in the landing point, as long as he stood in position and jumped again, Bierhoff could not reach the ball even if he jumped.

It has nothing to do with Neil, it doesn't end up with him.

It also has little to do with the height of the central defenders, with Bierhoff at 1.91 meters, Neil at 1.85 meters, and Barzagli at 1.86 meters.

It's ugly to concede a goal, but Aldridge is not angry, and he can't expect Barzagli to defend as solid all of a sudden, just because of his lack of experience.

Take your time, 18-year-old boy, there's still a long way to go.

Aldridge thought for a moment and called Gattuso to the front and made some minor adjustments.

Let Pacos Ferreira and Ashley Cole not shrink too much and increase their intensity on the flanks, while Gattuso can be more aware of the build-up in the box.

If Millwall is counterattacked, it takes time for the attacking players to retreat, AC Milan directly plays a cross from the side, Bierhoff is indeed a great threat, the fullbacks must harass it, if you don't cross to play breakthrough and penetration, Gattuso's retreat to the penalty area is very critical, AC Milan's best chance, or the biggest hole in the Millwall defense line will become the back line at the edge of the penalty area, if Nedved is not fast enough to defend, relying on Pirlo alone, it is estimated that he will rest, but the hole will appear in a few seconds, As soon as Nedved returned to defend in front of the box, AC Milan's counter-attacking threat dissipated immediately.

Aldridge's hands were sweating warmly in his pockets, and he pulled out his hands and shook them, then took them behind his back.

Pressing, counter-pressing, chances, killing chances, football is like that, Millwall will definitely have a lot of defensive problems today, it depends on whether AC Milan can seize it, but AC Milan also has to solve a fatal problem: defense.

AC Milan tried a couple of more wide crosses after the equaliser, but the results were mediocre, and when Guli and Serginho were pressed and harassed by full-backs, the quality of the crosses inevitably dropped.

The two sides drew 1-1 in the first half.

Before walking into the players' tunnel, the camera caught Aldridge actually smiling

He walked into the dressing room and waited for the players to come in one after another, some of them talking to each other, others silent, like Barzagli, who also knew that he had made Bierhoff score a header too ugly, and that he was in a better position, but he didn't defend the opponent.

Aldridge first encouraged Barzagli to be more concerned about conceding the goal, and then he shouted to his players: "I want to tell you one thing, an important message that will help us win away from home. ”

Everyone looked at Aldrich curiously, waiting for the following.

Aldrich wrote a number on the tactical board: 90.

"When the first half starts, it's 90 minutes. What can be done in 90 minutes? We can create more than 30 shots and we can win 8-0 against Leeds. Can win 5-0 against Arsenal. At the start of the second half of the game. How much time is left? ”

Aldrich wrote another number on the tactical board: 45.

"45 minutes. What can be done in 45 minutes is certainly not as much as 90 minutes. Do you guys think I'm talking nonsense? ”

Many players who didn't understand Aldridge's purpose in saying these words had strange expressions.

His remarks. It's easy to understand, and it's a plain fact.

"Think about it, think about it quietly, if you were AC Milan, you would treat 90 minutes and treat 45 minutes, would the mentality be the same?"

As soon as Aldridge's voice fell, the players in the dressing room suddenly realized. It's like an initiation.

90 minutes, you can also tell yourself to be patient.

But for 45 minutes, when the time is passing minute by minute, who can go down calmly?

It's a must-win game for AC Milan!

"I'm telling you this to give you a better understanding of our tactical changes in the second half, so now listen carefully to my second half tactics and I hope today we can secure a place in the Champions League and qualify for the last 16."

Aldridge began to set up tasks, making some targeted adjustments, after walking out of the locker room. Just let the substitutes warm up.

Aldridge spotted early in the second half that AC Milan were trying to pick up the tempo. They are in a hurry to score goals and of course they have to play fast to increase the number of chances.

The biggest change in the second half was that Nedved returned to midfield instead of staying in a midfield position, and Pirlo moved further back and changed to 42121 or 451.

In this way, AC Milan has completely turned into a tough battle.

Henry started the walk on the front line.

Nedved, Andrea Pirlo and Gattuso protected the back line, while Ronaldo and Larsson were on the flanks waiting for an opportunity to counter-attack.

Zaccheroni gritted his teeth with hatred on the sidelines.

Millwall is starting to be shameless!

AC Milan will have to put in more attacking players to create chances, and if they can't attack, they will be immediately beaten back on the counter-attack.

In the 57th minute of the second half, Larsson took the ball on the flank and dribbled forward until he was five meters away from Maldini, and then passed the ball back to Nedved in midfield.

Nedved observed the situation and found that the AC Milan players were running back to defend, so he simply made a long pass to Henry Henry.

Costacuta's header cleared, but Ronaldo didn't rush forward, but he saw the ball come to his side, and he cut inside and shot from a distance after stopping the ball on his chest.

The long-range shot was sudden, Abbiati pounced to keep the ball out, only to be followed up by Henry and sent the ball into the back of the net.

AC Milan's defenders were raising their hands to signal that Henry was offside, and Maldini went straight to the linesman to reason, but the linesman ignored him.

Aldridge laughed from the sidelines when he saw Thierry Henry score the goal.

To be honest, this was not what he expected after his tactical adjustments, but the goal was a surprise.

'It's a very bad situation for AC Milan, they need to score two goals in the next 30 minutes and make sure they don't concede any more goals to have any hope of getting all three points, and Millwall are ahead and can hold their ground against AC Milan.'

Then AC Milan's offensive became more and more fierce, Millwall's attack was very monotonous, from defense to attack after handing the ball to Ronaldo or Larsson, these two started from the side to carry the ball forward, all the way to the ball, brought to the opponent's back line and then slowly adjusted, at the same time, it will make many AC Milan players from the front court back to participate in the defense.

Zaccheroni's eyes lit up.

Aldrich was calculating, he looked at it for ten minutes and understood.

It's going to take a toll on AC Milan's energy.

Knowing that the other party wants to do this, can AC Milan not be fooled?

The attacking player really doesn't go back to defense, in case the opponent really accelerates suddenly, the midfielder plugs in and can guarantee that he won't concede the ball again?

Especially Nedved, when Millwall counterattacks, he moves forward slowly, as long as he sees the AC Milan players rushing back, he will no longer move forward, but once the AC Milan players do not return to the defense, who dares to guarantee that the slow Czechs will not suddenly burst out and start to run forward like a lion?

Aldridge has everything figured it out, but on the football field, there are too many uncertainties.

In the 71st minute, AC Milan made a long pass from the back, Bierhoff turned his back to Neil and headed the ball, and Shevchenko's header relay headed the ball into Millwall's goal.

Aldridge covered his eyes with one hand for the goal.

Shevchenko's header was beautiful.

But it was Gattuso who couldn't bear to look at Aldridge.

Bierhoff leaned on Neill with his back to the goal, what was Gattuso's choice?

Fight for the top!

He probably thought that he was from the front and Neil was from behind, and the two would be able to grab each other by sandwiching Bierhoff one after the other.

Aldrich hid his face and turned back to Jenson and shouted, "When you go back, let Gattuso watch that process ten times, no, a hundred times!" ”

Don't funny!

Gattuso is 1.74 meters, nearly 20 centimeters taller than Erhoff, to grab a header with him?

Should Gattuso defend Shevchenko in a running position, or anticipate Bierhoff's choice, is it true that the opponent has his back to the goal, and then heads the goal?

Gattuso could run and defend however he wanted, and Aldridge would not be angry after conceding the ball, but he made a choice that left Aldridge speechless.

The San Siro was boiling over Shevchenko's goal, and the crowd was expecting the Rossoneri to stage a comeback, and the time, yes! (To be continued......)