The Young Lion

The UEFA Champions League final is about to begin. In the stadium stands, the fans of both sides are enthusiastic. The fans are naturally very excited about the competition for the first in history.

Players from both sides lined up to enter the field. The opening ceremony of this special UEFA Champions League final will be a little more cumbersome, and it is also a battle that UEFA uses as a signature.

This is likely to be a classic battle recorded in history!

The 2004-2005 UEFA Champions League final is about to begin. The two teams entering the final are the absolute top teams in European football today. Millwall, the five-time winner of the Champions League, challenges Milan, the six-time winner of the Champions League! If Milan can win, it will become unprecedented. If Millwall wins the Champions League seven times, hehehe, there will be a magnificent scene in the history of the Champions League! Millwall, Milan, and Real Madrid have won the Champions League six times and tied for the number one championship in the history of the Champions League! This year is just right It is the 50th anniversary of the Champions League. For half a century, Milan and Real Madrid have played important roles in the history of the Champions League. Now, Millwall has also become an important player in the history of the Champions League. role, and they did it in less than 10 years!

The opening ceremony is coming to an end, let's introduce the starting lineups of both sides.

Millwall 433.

Goalkeeper: Bout.

Defenders: Schneider, Nesta, Thiago Silva, Lahm.

Midfield: De Rossi, Alonso, Kaka.

Forward: Villa. Henry. Ronaldinho.

Milan 442.

Goalkeeper: Dida.

Defender: Cafu. Stam, Maldini, Caladze.

Midfield: Gattuso, Pirlo, Seedorf, Rui Costa.

Forwards: Shevchenko, Crespo.

It is worth mentioning that no matter who wins the two teams. There will also be a Champions League player's personal honor to be tied!

Millwall, Bout, Schneider, Nedved on the bench, Larsson, they have won the Champions League 5 times, if Millwall wins, they will tie Gento's 6 Cup record!

For Milan, Pirlo also has a record of winning the Champions League 5 times.

Four of them were won with Millwall. If Milan wins the championship, Pirlo will also tie Gento's trophy record. Only one championship away from the new record!

There is no doubt that the players mentioned above are already legendary players in the history of the Champions League. Regardless of whether they can break Gento's record, they will be important historical figures in the history of the Champions League for a long time to come, uh , this sentence may be a bit early, because Pirlo is just 26 years old.

Aldridge looked at Milan's starting lineup from the sidelines, and it should be said that there was no big surprise.

In other words, the reason why Milan is considered to be the closest to Millwall's strength is because it only compares the main lineup, but if Millwall and Milan compete in the same league and compete for league competitiveness, then Millwall The gap between Wall and Milan will be very obvious, because Milan's lineup is not thick enough to allow their overall strength to be compared with Millwall.

But in a 90-minute or 120-minute game, as long as everyone plays the best cards in their hands, the overall gap will not be too obvious.

Milan's side is slightly inferior to that of the same period.

Because there is no Nesta on the back line, and there is no Kaka in the midfielder position.

However, the situation must be considered rationally.

It is hard to say that Kaka will definitely win if compared with Rui Costa at this time.

It’s just that Rui Costa is 33 years old after all. Kaka is like the rising sun, which represents the future. When employing personnel ideas to match the team’s long-term construction, it is natural to look to the future, so Nedved was placed on the bench by Aldridge First of all, supporting Kaka is not because Nedved is obviously inferior to Kaka, but to look at reality rationally. In the future, Nedved can only play his residual heat. He can't give Millwall another golden decade, or even the peak Five years, three years, it's impossible.

If Milan will give Aldridge any surprises, it will definitely be on the front line, at least Milan has a lot of reserves on the front line, Thomason, Inzaghi, Shevchenko, Crespo.

It's a pity that Inzaghi has just recovered from a long injury. He performed mediocrely in the battle against Juventus in the battle of Tianwangshan. It is reasonable and reasonable that he did not get the starting position today.

In the battle of the strong at the pinnacle, first of all, you must not make mistakes!

The players on both sides of the field are also well aware of this. Before the kick-off, the two sides looked at the other half of the field, and the spirit of killing suddenly emerged!

It is not that Milan deliberately shifted their focus and sacrificed the league for the Champions League, because when they fought Juventus for the championship, they had not yet reached the final, and Juventus had not finished their Champions League semi-finals.

It can only be said that the key battle was lost, and the situation has changed dramatically.

But from another point of view, if Milan wins the battle of Tianwangshan in San Siro, maybe they will not be able to come to Istanbul with the current attitude, because Juventus is out of the Champions League, and the league forces Milan to not commit. any errors.

After unloading the burden of the league, in fact, the loss of the league championship was also doomed in the previous round. Therefore, the league four days ago was just to kill the suspense in advance. A big crash is too unrealistic.

Milan, who has no worries, is very serious and fully prepared for this game. It may be behind Millwall in physical fitness, but its fighting spirit and psychological preparation are by no means behind.

Ancelotti was expressionless on the sidelines.

The world doesn't know what to do with Millwall anymore.

Even if the whole world is studying Millwall.

To restrain Millwall is nothing more than two aspects, the first is restriction!

Like Chelsea, they used all kinds of restrictions, but Chelsea became a lesson for other teams to do like this.

Milan is not Chelsea, nor does it have the characteristics of Chelsea's personnel configuration, so it is naturally impossible to take this path.

Then there is only one other way left. That is suppression!

But keep Millwall down. too difficult.

here. Players must be required to perform exceptionally well.

Ancelotti still prepared a set of tactics to deal with Millwall.

Whether it will succeed or not, you will only know after you fight!

When mentioning the Istanbul Night in 2005, most people will definitely think of Milan's momentum after the opening, killing the Quartet!

But in fact, after the start of today's game, both teams on the field were a little conservative. They looked cautious, but they were actually safe. Avoid overexcitement or slow heat.

Millwall is not the Liverpool in the original history, and Milan will not put themselves in a high-profile position. On the contrary, they should be low-key, low-key, and more low-key!

In such a peak battle, it is not only necessary to stimulate the player's state, but also to synchronize the rhythm of the 11 members of the team and fight at the same pace, otherwise. It will bury hidden dangers for the game, which is why the two sides are conservative after the opening.

It's not good to get too excited. Excessive excitement is mental imbalance!

In the first 10 minutes, both Millwall and Milan played a step-by-step attack, and there were no particularly exciting scenes. The players of the two teams were finding the rhythm of the whole team, and kept pace with the core players. Into the role.

In the 12th minute of the game, Millwall took the lead!

The core of Millwall's offense, of course, is Ronaldinho. When he starts to explode, such as taking the initiative to dribble, accelerating the breakthrough with the ball, etc., it is a signal on the field!

This time, Ronaldinho retreated deeply to take the ball. He returned to the midfield slowly and received a pass from Alonso. Rui Costa rolled between his legs, Ronaldinho exploded after touching the ball, Rui Costa turned around and was directly overtaken by Ronaldinho!

At this moment, Millwall's frontcourt offensive exploded violently!

Gattuso and Pirlo retreated quickly as if facing an enemy!

Yes, the two midfielders did not go up.

Going to the top is courting death!

Milan's back line retreated quickly, and Gattuso stood in front of the penalty area line!

Pirlo is ready to intercept in the area in front of him. He will not take the initiative to press, but only wait for the opponent's offensive to intercept, and cooperate with Gattuso to intercept!

One thing that must be scrupled is that Milan's back line is too old!

Cafu, who turns 35 next month.

Stam, who will be 33 years old in 50 days.

Maldini, 37 in a month!

Kaladze is in his golden age, 27 years old, but he is a full-back!

So the space in the penalty area cannot be given to Millwall!

Not even a little bit.

This is the reason for the rapid retreat of Milan's defense.

If you really lost your status and then go to make it up, can you still make it up? Is there any chance to make it up?

Ronaldinho took the ball all the way forward, as if entering no one's land!

There are two points that rush forward parallel to him, Kaka on the right and Ram on the left side.

There are two points ahead, Henry and Villa.

Behind Ronaldinho, there is Alonso following up.

The menacing Millwall boldly invaded Milan's territory!

On the way with the ball, Ronaldinho was observing the opponent's defensive formation. This magician on the court is also an excellent organizer. He imagined in his mind how to contain and tear Milan's defense.

In order to prevent Cafu from entering the penalty area without any scruples and strengthening the defense in the penalty area, Ronaldinho passed the ball when he came to Pirlo, and passed it to Ram on the left!

Lahm's support point highlights the offensive threat on the left, forcing Cafu to not return to the penalty area!

When Ram took the ball forward to a position parallel to the penalty area line, he then crossed the ball, which seemed to be passed back to Ronaldinho.

At this time, Ronaldinho was confronting Pirlo physically, and the ball was passed to the back position. Pirlo could only steal it unless he got rid of Ronaldinho's physical confrontation. To be on the safe side, Pirlo did not do this.

When the ball rolled over, Ronaldinho suddenly missed the ball, he didn't touch the ball!

Pirlo's pupils shrunk, he didn't expect Ronaldinho to miss the ball!

And the thought in Ronaldinho's mind at the moment: Andrea, organization ability, you are a master, one-on-one defense, how can you stop me?

When thinking of this, Ronaldinho has already moved quickly after leaking the ball, running diagonally from Pirlo to the front right!

The missed ball was obtained by Kaka, Milan's midfielder, the alarm sounded, and Gattuso's scalp was numb! (to be continued...)

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