The Young Lion

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The Stamford Bridge Stadium is a pocket stadium among the giants. Think about it. Old Trafford has been expanded to a capacity of 70,000. The further expansion plan of the Lion King Stadium in Millwall is also placed in the club's next stage of development. In the plan, Arsenal's new stadium is also expected by the Gunners fans in the next three years. The 40,000 capacity of Stamford Bridge is indeed a bit overwhelming.

The small stadium means that there are fewer tickets for the visiting team. It is hard to find a ticket for the Premier League final match at Stamford Bridge this season. The visiting team fans can get less than 6,000 tickets.

Before the game started, Chelsea fans created a monstrous cheering atmosphere in the stadium, waving their flags and singing songs praising Chelsea. The benefits of the small stadium were highlighted instead, which made it easier for the voices created by the stands to gather Echoes in the stadium.

The Millwall fans were quite depressed in the stands of the visiting team. The leader of the fan organization shouted hoarsely and led his comrades to cheer for Millwall, but they couldn't overwhelm the momentum of the home team.

The former Lion Roar fan organization has been re-integrated in the past year. One of the original founders like Brady left due to life and work. This is a normal thing. A real man must carry it. The important responsibility of the family, instead of just letting yourself be happy.

The same situation also happened in other fan organizations. Those who were in their 20s once formed many heads of fan organizations with their loyalty to the Wild Lions and passion. Mobilization, and even some people quit the fan organization due to study, which makes the management of the fan organization. Cohesion has declined, so, last year, they reshuffled and several fan groups that were connected to each other coalesced together. A brand new fan organization came into being, named: Wild Lion Guards!

Their slogan is not just like the lion's roar in the past: If you love wild lions, then roar out!

Now, there's quite a cult vibe: Defend everything about Wild Lions!

Members of fan organizations whose management system and size remained normal shouted, yelled and sang songs in the stands of the away team. They tried to overwhelm the momentum created by the Chelsea fans in the stadium, but their voices were almost hoarse and they failed. While a little frustrated and unwilling, they were also a little dissatisfied with the Lion Guards.

Because at least 1,500 members of the Lion Guard who came to Stamford Bridge today stood there quietly. There was no waving of flags, no raising of scarves, no loud singing, no shouting, as if neutral fans came to watch the game quietly.

Before the players from both sides entered the field, Millwall coach Aldridge first walked into the field. His appearance made a subtle change in the atmosphere in the field.

Chelsea fans in close proximity would humiliate him with gesture language. It's best to create pressure on him and make him lose his cool. He can fly over like Cantona did back then!

If there are fans who are unfortunately kicked, and Aldridge is sent off with a red card, he may even be suspended for a long time, and he may even go to jail. This will definitely be of great benefit to Chelsea. Many die-hard Chelsea fans are willing to sacrifice themselves .

The commotion of Wild Lions fans in the visiting stands was support for Aldridge. A song praising Aldrich was sung.

Aldridge still did not shake hands with Mourinho, he came to stand before the coach of the visiting team. Appears calm and unhurried, accustomed to the hustle and bustle in the stadium. Calm as an outsider.

Mourinho also stood in front of the coach's bench of the home team. He couldn't help but look at Aldridge with a serious look on his face.

He couldn't figure out what kind of tactics Millwall would play in the away game today.

Offensive?

Why take the initiative to attack and give Chelsea space to defend against counterattacks?

Even if Millwall loses, they still have the initiative to win the championship, and even, there is a lot of space.

Chelsea won, and the gap with Millwall was shortened to 2 points.

In the last two rounds, even if Chelsea wins all, Millwall only needs to get 4 points with one win and one draw, and with the same points as Chelsea, Millwall will also rely on goal difference to win the championship!

And if it is a draw, then it is almost certain that Millwall has successfully defended the title!

Will Millwall attack aggressively?

Mourinho has no idea, and feels that there is a 90% possibility that Millwall will conservatively aim to score 1 point. After all, Millwall still has a life-and-death battle with Juventus in the second round of the Champions League semi-final. What's more, in the second round of Millwall's elimination of Chelsea in the Champions League, they took up a defensive and counterattack posture at their home court. Today, when they came to Stamford Bridge, Mourinho judged others by himself. He felt that if he , then 100% will definitely fight counterattack, and it is an extremely conservative counterattack! But it is also because he knows that he is not Aldridge, so there is a 10% more possibility to come out.

But there is only one road ahead of Chelsea.

attack!

There is no way out.

Defense cannot be said to be meaningless.

The premise of this significance is: Millwall takes the initiative to attack!

Players from both sides line up to enter the field.

Mourinho glanced over to observe Millwall's starting lineup.

The 2004-2005 English Premier League season has finally come to the most exciting stage. Millwall, who ranks first in the standings, came to Stamford Bridge as a guest. Chelsea, the home team, fell behind Millwall by 5 points. Andy, what do you think of Millwall? How likely is it to win the championship?

I think that as long as Sir Hall allows Millwall to put up a tight defense and get 1 point here, then Millwall can declare that he has successfully defended the title! Chelsea only look at the record this season, which is almost perfect. However, in the The problems exposed in the key battles cannot be ignored, that is, their lack of creativity in positional battles, which was very obvious in their Champions League elimination by Millwall and the last round of home games against Arsenal. Chelsea is very strong, but not strong enough to shake Millwall. This is the fundamental reason why they are now 5 points behind Millwall. In other words, if the opponent chooses to play counterattack like them, Chelsea's probability of winning It's going to be at least 20% lower.

Oh? So what do you think is the reason? Chelsea look to have a group of talented players.

First of all, it must be the head coach's tactical arrangement. In order to strengthen the defense, Mourinho has two defensive midfielders in the midfield. Essien and Makelele defend very well, and the offense occasionally shines, but they are attacking. In the middle, they cannot maintain a stable assist performance. They rely on Robben, Duff, Ribery, Joe Cole and other players with excellent skills to tear apart the opponent's defensive line with their speed and dribbling skills. They are very effective in counterattacks because they have They have a wide space, but they appear to be less powerful when there is a lack of space in a tough battle, breaking through dense defenses.

Lampard returned to English football this season. He brought Chelsea a very good offensive help in the frontcourt. He seemed to be omnipotent with goals and assists.

Yes, just looking at Lampard's statistics, he is very good, but if you compare Millwall's lineup, we will understand why Sir Hall let him go in the first place. Lampard is good at going forward and has long shots. ability, and a stable pass success rate, but his dribbling breakthrough is not particularly good, and what he is good at, Millwall's offensive system, he can't bring better supplements and sublimation to the team, Passing the ball, Millwall has Alonso at the back and Ronaldinho in the front who can send concealed through balls. When breaking through dense defenses, dribbling breakthroughs are a very important means, which can tear apart the opponent's local defenses. Defense, so as to disrupt the opponent's marking, the Brazilian Kaka who has performed very well in Millwall this season, his explosive power is simply amazing, and he also has the ability to shoot from long distances. Therefore, Millwall broke through dense defense The stronger reason is also here. If there is a subtle pass, there are subtle passes, if there are breakthroughs, there are breakthroughs, and there are long-range shooters. This makes their offensive methods very rich, so Millwall does not need Lampard. It is more necessary for a player who can bring more means to the offense, or become unpredictable for the opponent.

Corresponding to this game, Millwall won all the first three matches against Chelsea this season. Will Millwall win the last game, the most critical one?

I think it depends on Sir Hall's positioning of the game. He wants to firmly lock the championship, so as long as he plays defense, he can guarantee 80% of not losing. But if Sir Hall has other ideas, such as not being aggressive To lose to Chelsea, then the game changes unpredictably.

Hehe, the initiative is in the hands of Sir Hall, not in the hands of Mourinho, right?

Well, well, let's look at the starting lineups for both sides.

The home team Chelsea started 433.

Goalkeeper: Cech.

Defenders: Ferreira, Carvalho, Terry, Ashley Cole.

Midfield: Essien, Makelele, Lampard.

Forwards: Robben, Drogba, Ribery.

Millwall started 433.

Goalkeeper: Bout.

Defenders: Schneider, Nesta, Thiago Silva, Lahm.

Midfield: De Rossi, Alonso, Kaka.

Forwards: c Ronaldo, Henry, Ronaldinho.

Although the formations of the two teams seem to be the same, the operation of the technical and tactical system is completely different. Millwall emphasizes midfield control, while Chelsea focuses on offensive and defensive transitions. We...

While Andy Gray and Martin Taylor were still looking forward to predict the trend of the game, they suddenly froze during the commentary, because Andy Gray overlooked from the position of the live studio and saw the Stamford Bridge over 40,000 The audience at the scene looked up at the sky...

Over Stamford Bridge, a small plane slowly passed by. (to be continued)

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