The Young Lion

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Summer is coming, and the battle in the Premier League is also approaching white-hot.

After Chelsea lost 1:3 to Millwall at Stamford Bridge, they were drawn away by Birmingham in the league immediately!

Just when everyone thought that the suspense of the Premier League might not be able to support the Premier League final day at Stamford Bridge at the end of the month, Millwall had a shocking shock in the same round of the league!

Manchester City, who performed exceptionally well in the league this season, has become a giant killer!

The game against Chelsea is one win and one draw.

Against Millwall, it was a tie with one win and one loss!

The situation in Manchester City is extremely paradoxical!

Mourinho lost to Kevin Keegan.

But Aldridge lost to his former colleague of the England national team, Pierce who coached England u21!

Manchester City had just undergone a coaching change last month. Keegan had a falling out with the top management of Manchester City, which was also related to the conflict between him and the team's dressing room at the beginning of last season. In March, the rankings were still in the middle of the Premier League, which is much better than last season's relegation situation.

Pierce has just taken office for less than a month, and led the team at home to defeat Millwall, who sent a large number of substitutes.

Aldridge has no choice. In addition to the intensive schedule of the Premier League this month, the two rounds of the Champions League are separated by one week. Manchester United, at the end of the month, before playing Chelsea away, they will play the first round of the Champions League semi-finals!

Manchester City away, Chelsea away, there will be three league games in between.

Those three league games are the biggest obstacle to test Millwall's final sprint!

Devil's schedule.

Home game against Liverpool. Arsenal away, Manchester United at home!

Fleet Street all speculate that Millwall may lose points in the devil's schedule, that is, these three Premier League games.

Unexpectedly,

Millwall fell here first at Manchester City!

The 3 points that should have been easily captured turned into 0 points.

The gap between Millwall and Chelsea in the standings. From 4 points to 3 points.

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The second round of the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals rekindled a week after the previous game.

Chelsea recharged their batteries at the cost of a draw with Birmingham in the league, and Millwall also prepared for the rest of the schedule at the cost of a loss. What Aldridge cared about was not only the second round of the game, but also the There are semifinals!

The whole Chelsea team came to the Lion King Stadium in a tragic atmosphere, Europe's leading home stadium of the devil!

Aldrich also started chewing gum. Take some stress off.

With the intensive schedule and the devil's schedule, he also needs to decompress himself.

The Lion King Stadium was full of hustle and bustle, so Wild Lion fans were naturally optimistic and didn't think too much about it. In the game, it is enough to play one game at a time. Anyway, in the perception of the fans, Millwall will definitely beat the opponent. If there is an unexpected result, it is an accident.

Millwall fans don't welcome Chelsea players, and neither do Mourinho.

Aldridge sat on the coach's bench and Mourinho stood on the sidelines to supervise the battle. Looking at Millwall's starting lineup, he couldn't help frowning, consciously blocking the shouts and boos from the stands behind him.

The second round of the Champions League quarter-finals is about to begin. Millwall leads Chelsea with a total score of 3:1. The defending champion Millwall is at home in this game. It should be a sure thing to enter the semi-finals. But looking at Chelsea's posture today, they Definitely going to create trouble and pressure for Millwall here!

Compared with the first round, Millwall's starting list today has some changes.

Goalkeeper: Bout.

Defender: Neil. Nesta, Thiago Silva. Baines.

Midfielders: De Rossi, Pedretti. Nedved.

Forwards: c Ronaldo, Henry, Villa.

Kaka was sidelined due to injury, Alonso's injury did not heal quickly, Schneider and Lahm continued to rest, and Ronaldinho was frozen.

Where is Mourinho's doubts staring at Millwall's starting line-up?

In the Millwall formation, who will organize the attack?

Nedved?

Can be, but lacks more variety.

After the start of the game, Millwall's attitude made Mourinho look suddenly changed.

Unbelievable, but also a little angry!

Millwall, he-damn-fucking counter-defense!

Moreover, the tactics used are approximately the same as Chelsea!

The four backs pay attention to defense, the full backs also reduce the assist range, and the double midfielders protect the defense line. Nedved can go up and down, and if he goes up, he must go up and down on the counterattack.

Millwall naturally has modern wingers, and they have more changes.

Ronaldo, Villa, Henry, can change positions at will in the frontcourt!

There has not been any ups and downs on the field, but Mourinho's eyes are already tearing apart.

He couldn't help but look towards the coach bench of the home team. Seeing Aldridge sitting there as stable as a mountain, Mourinho was muttering about what he was talking about, and his expression should be very upset.

Chelsea want to advance, 1:0, not enough, 2:0, not enough, at least 3:0!

Also avoid being scored by Millwall!

Under such circumstances, Millwall played against Chelsea's defense!

The Chelsea generals on the field don't have so many ideas. If they want to advance, they must score goals!

However, in positional warfare, they have no way to break Millwall's dense defense. Relatively speaking, facing the quality of Millwall's defense, their offensive ability in positional warfare is obviously weak, there are not many methods, and the offense lacks novelty or Unexpected routine, when there is no room for attack, the closer to the danger zone of Millwall, the less sure how to continue the attack.

In the 23rd minute of the game, Drogba lost to Nesta in the header. The ball was controlled by Nedved. He made a one-two with De Rossi and turned around to Running forward, before being intercepted by Essien, he didn't stick to the ball, and directly passed the ball obliquely to the front left.

Henry kicked the ball in from the left. After speeding up, he broke through Ferreira with a slow and fast rhythm of possession, and then passed the ground ball diagonally behind Chelsea in the top left corner of the penalty area!

Villa outflanked the middle and missed the front point, but shook Carvalho and Terry, as well as goalkeeper Petr Cech. Ronaldo followed up at the back point and easily pushed the ball into the goal!

Ronaldo roared and ran around the field to celebrate.

Chelsea tried to press Millwall on the field. However, their defense exposed a problem. Faced with Millwall's lightning counterattack, they failed to hold the last line. After Henry dribbled the ball and broke through Ferreira, the situation was in jeopardy. It's clear. His assists are not surprising, c Ronaldo outflanked the penalty area and sent the ball into the half-empty goal, Millwall led Chelsea 4:1 on aggregate!

Mourinho wiped his face from the sidelines.

That's what worries him.

But, there is no way!

To score goals, Chelsea have to attack.

Millwall didn't give them a chance to fight back. They are about to fight positional warfare.

But the positional battle can't be fought, and in turn, won't Millwall fight back?

Henry, Ronaldo, Villa, who is slow?

Millwall didn't pay too much attention to the technical and tactical formations on the field today, but the routines are clear at a glance to defend against counterattacks.

Wait for the opponent to grab the ball while attacking, and then they attack when the space is exposed. It doesn't matter if you can't win, the overall formation will not press up.

Just wait for Chelsea to press up and hit the open space behind the opponent, that open space. It is quite easy to fight back.

Witnessing that the team conceded the first goal again, the Chelsea generals looked sad and suffered an extremely heavy blow!

But taking a step back, their game goals have not changed.

To qualify, at least 3 goals must be scored.

Now. Although the total score was extended by Millwall again by one ball advantage.

But as long as they can score 3 goals, at least. The two sides returned to the starting point.

So, they haven't completely given up yet. Still trying to attack.

Aldridge sat on the bench and did not worry about the game.

The advantages established in the first round allowed them to patiently and calmly counterattack their opponents, and the players did not have any psychological burden. After all, after this game, they will usher in the devil's schedule.

It can even be said that throughout April, all Millwall games were strong dialogues, of course, except for the game that lost to Manchester City.

In the 41st minute of the first half, Millwall repeated the old trick. This time, Henry dribbled the ball through the middle, pushed it all the way to the opponent's midfielder, and then passed the ball to Villa, who was on the side. Henry and Ronaldo at the same time After completing the crossover, Ronaldo, who came to the middle, became a cover, and Villa sent a through ball to Henry, who scored a low shot from a small angle in the penalty area.

5:1, the first half of the game is not over yet, Millwall has expanded the total score to 5:1, it should be, there is no suspense, Chelsea wants to score four goals at the Lion King Stadium, and it is at Millwall When you take the initiative to shrink the defense, this is simply incomparable!

Mourinho looked numb on the sidelines, his face was slightly pale, he shook his head slightly, knowing that this would not work.

Not for this game.

Chelsea's Champions League journey is over!

This game, the two-round knockout round, is over!

However, Chelsea's season is not over yet. In the league standings, they are only 3 points behind Millwall!

Although the significance of this 3 points is more than one win, because Millwall's goal difference far exceeds Chelsea, it is not enough to tie the points, but theoretically there is still a chase!

Mourinho knows very well that if the team is not allowed to withdraw and give up the initiative to press the attack, then Chelsea will inevitably be bloodbathed by the opponent in this game!

No suspense!

If there is another massacre, Chelsea will collapse!

Looking at Aldridge in a daze, Mourinho gritted his teeth, and before the end of the first half, he gestured on the sidelines, telling Chelsea to retreat!

He wants to see what choice Millwall will make if Chelsea stop attacking!

This is the Lion King Stadium! (to be continued)

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