The Young Lion

At the Del Alpi Stadium, there was an extremely uncomfortable picture for fans of both sides.

When Millwall is in possession of the ball in the midfield, Juventus uses the core concept of chain defense and does not rush up, maintaining the tightness of the defense system. His trident will also be marked to death, and Millwall simply does not pass the ball forward.

Juventus actually waited to hit Millwall's counterattack, and Millwall hoped that the opponent would go up to expose the gap.

If it is in an environment where other factors are not considered, Millwall dares to invest in the offense, using wave after wave of offensive to destroy the opponent's defense.

But this kind of offensive is based on high physical consumption. In order to stay strong and play Chelsea, it is necessary to ensure that the ball will not be conceded and improve the quality of defense. Therefore, Aldridge has deployed a main midfield defense and added a defensive type. The midfielder's starting lineup.

Millwall had the ball in midfield and the Juventus fans were not happy.

The boos seemed to say: Why the fuck don't you attack?

Nearly 10,000 Millwall fans are also dissatisfied, protesting that Juventus is still acting like a tortoise at their home court and dare not come out to fight!

Capello was very helpless. Under the premise that there was no change on the field, Aldridge was very calm.

He wanted to see if Capello dared to take a gamble!

He is full of confidence in returning to the Lion King Stadium for the second round. The fast pace of the Premier League is definitely not something Juventus can resist.

After all, Capello still didn't have the guts to let the team press out!

At the end of the game, the Juventus fans stopped booing.

0:0.

It turned out not too bad.

This not bad is compared to Millwall's away record in the Champions League in the past few years, being able to keep Millwall from scoring at home. It doesn't make people feel particularly pessimistic. Especially when thinking optimistically. Moving to the Lion King Stadium in the next round, Juventus only needs to score one goal, so Millwall must score two if they want to advance to the final!

Most Juventus fans think so.

The idea of ​​Wild Lions fans is much simpler: go back to the home court to clean up you!

At the UEFA official press conference after the match,

The Italian reporter made things difficult for Aldridge and asked: As the defending champion of the Champions League, Millwall abandoned his own style today and only took 6 shots in the game. This is the lowest number of shots you have had in all competitions throughout the season. Yes. So, do you admit that Millwall has turned to utilitarianism?

Aldridge pondered for a long time, coughed twice, and asked, How many shots did Juventus have in the whole game?

There was a sudden burst of laughter from the audience.

Except for Italian reporters, media reporters from other countries couldn't help laughing.

The Italian reporters did not answer, and someone answered for them. Richard from Fleet Street said loudly: Sir Hall, there are three shots, and none of them hit the goal.

Aldrich pretended to be suddenly enlightened. Sighed: As the Champions League defending champion, Millwall is at Juventus's home court. Although we didn't score a goal, we handed over twice as many shots as the home team. I think this can be explained on a certain level. , Millwall is more aggressive than Juventus. Closer to home, what did you ask me just now? Oh, utilitarianism. I never said that Millwall is not a utilitarian team. I have always emphasized that we are a team. A down-to-earth team, so others can say that we are a utilitarian team, but I don’t know if you would add a prefix to utilitarianism when describing Juventus? For example, extreme utilitarianism?”

The Italian reporters were a little helpless.

The reporters on Fleet Street laughed and said nothing.

Utilitarianism is a derogatory term in football.

However, no one dared to make a big fuss in this regard when Aldridge was soft on the championship.

Because Millwall will slap the opponent in the face at any time, in case Millwall is criticized for going utilitarian in today's column, Millwall bombards the opponent indiscriminately and plays passionate offensive football in the next game, which makes the writer feel ashamed. Readers will naturally be disgusted, even though, many times, ball critics just summarize and analyze a certain game.

This is different from Mourinho's Chelsea, one is to stick to one style, while Aldridge belongs to the flexible person in the mouth of the chief columnist of the Times!

He has no determination to defend or carry out a style of football to his death, he is unpredictable.

You can say that Aldridge has no style, but his team seems to become a chameleon when everyone uses style to define them. They can interpret all kinds of styles very well, and interpret them from another angle , This is exactly where Millwall is strong, and it is also the result of Aldrich's training of the team and giving the team more practical combat capabilities.

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In the mid-week Champions League, Millwall played most of the main players, but they did not consume too much on the field, because these defensive players did not withstand too many offensive tests from Juventus, and Ronaldinho and others on the bench just sat and watched After the game, there is no warm-up, and the only consumption for them is the exhaustion of the journey to and fro.

Mourinho is unhappy again.

In the last round of the league, the outside world believed that Millwall suffered!

When Millwall played the FA Cup in the middle of the week, the league started first!

So, this week, Millwall's guest game at Chelsea was scheduled for the final game of this round, which is the last game.

This allowed Millwall to return from the Champions League and have some more time to rest.

Most people think so, Millwall suffered in the last round, and got some compensation in this round.

But Mourinho and Aldridge, as well as people in the circle such as Ferguson, Wenger, and Benitez, everyone understands that Millwall took advantage!

Last week's energetic main lineup easily defeated Manchester United, which was stepping on the critical point of the three-day recovery period.

Chelsea, on the other hand, faced Arsenal, who had rested for 5 days, and was finally tied by Arsenal.

Millwall returned from the Champions League this week and got almost 4 and a half days of rest. How can it be considered an advantage?

The sooner this game starts, the better for Chelsea, but that's how the FA schedule is arranged, Chelsea can't complain!

The season is coming to an end. Looking back on this season, Mourinho complained about too many things, such as the schedule, the referee, and even his dog being taken away.

Moreover, if you find other reasons to complain at this time, it will appear to be a sign of weakness, which is very detrimental to Chelsea's military spirit.

What the outside world gives to Chelsea is sympathy.

Their points in the same period have surpassed the points of more than 70% of the final champions since the establishment of the Premier League in 1992. This is a very good Chelsea. The league performance is stable, strong and unbeatable. However, they are still far away from the championship Far away, if the direct confrontation with Millwall is excluded, that is, the point change in the game at the Lion King Stadium in the first half of the league, Chelsea is actually only 2 points behind Millwall. Although Millwall is weak this season Refresh their previous league record of 104 points, but they are not far away from that record. Now, they have 93 points. If they can win the last three league games, their points will reach 102 points, which is far from the top of the Premier League. The point record is only 2 points, that is, the gap between a draw and a victory, or, if the only loss becomes a victory, they may refresh their own record.

It's not that Chelsea are not good enough, it's that they are not better than Millwall.

Of course, everything is still in suspense.

Maybe Millwall will collapse and give away the championship trophy.

What happens on the football field, who knows.

Mourinho doesn't complain, but in the pre-match press conference, besides emphasizing that Chelsea still have a chance to win the championship, they must first defeat Millwall and defeat Millwall's morale, and then he risked his life to warn the referee In the first half of the league, they deliberately used the disastrous defeat in the first half of the league as an issue, insinuating and warning the referee to be absolutely fair.

When Aldridge attended the pre-match press conference, he was asked by reporters about Mourinho's remarks. He thought it was ridiculous and asked: Millwall played against Chelsea three times this season, and we won three times. Then, someone It's the referee's problem, well, why don't the FA and UEFA just award us the championship trophy? What else are we going to play? Hehe, Chelsea have the determination to take the championship trophy from Millwall. Very good. I appreciate aggressive opponents. In this way, Millwall's victory will be commendable, and the players' sense of accomplishment will be stronger. I think the game as a guest at Stamford Bridge may be more difficult than we imagined. Because Chelsea are united, they will give everything for victory and hope to win the championship. After all, they have invested huge funds in the past two years. They need important championship trophies to fill the empty honor room, and they also need to let investors and their bosses see the results. However, Millwall now seems to have a clear advantage. As long as we don’t lose, a draw is acceptable. If it ends up being a draw, the gap between us and Chelsea is still 5 points. Then, in the last two league games, we only need to win again. If we reach 1 point, we can ensure the success of defending the title, after all, Chelsea lags behind and gives us too much goal difference.

Aldridge threw out his pre-match point of view: 1 point is enough!

As long as there is a draw with Chelsea, Millwall will win the championship trophy.

His statement seemed to be true under the rendering of Fleet Street.

Fleet Street also specially analyzed the schedule, because Millwall had to take into account the second round of the Champions League semi-finals. The 0:0 in the first round seemed dangerous to Millwall. In the last two rounds of the league, Millwall The opponents are Newcastle United and West Brom respectively. Let alone get 1 point, it is absolutely no problem to guarantee 2 points. (To be continued..)

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