The Young Lion

Millwall's opponent in the supplementary match is Birmingham. In the past three seasons, Birmingham's record has been very stable, ranking in the middle of the Premier League.

Probably because of a stable record foundation, Birmingham has introduced many players in the new season and carried out reforms within the team. It is estimated that they want to make a breakthrough in the Premier League. If they can reach the upper reaches, they must not dare to qualify for the Champions League. I want to, but if we can enter the UEFA Cup, there must be more sources of interest for the club.

However, things backfired. Birmingham, which has been stable for the past three years, suddenly ushered in a record decline in the new season. The league is about to pass halfway, and they are struggling in the relegation zone.

The stability of a team is fully reflected in Birmingham, as the Buddhists say: a person is on the lotus platform, if he does not move, he is a Buddha, and if he moves, he becomes a demon!

Anyone who wants to shake the stable system in the past has to bear great risks. This is true for the giants, and the small teams are no exception.

It doesn't mean that vigorously signing in will definitely improve the strength of the team, even if the visual level of the players brought in is definitely higher than that of the players to be replaced.

This is the centripetal force of a team and the importance of team stability.

Going deeper, vigorously developing the youth training system is also to ensure the stability of the team from the root.

Facing such a Birmingham team, Millwall, with high morale and unity, did not give them any chance at home!

With a dominant performance in the whole game, Birmingham lost 0:2 to the Lion King Stadium. Millwall still restrained a bit, because it has to consider the upcoming Christmas Devil schedule.

At the end of the game, the Lion King stadium was full of enthusiasm, and the fans whistled wildly in the stands. applaud. cheer. Even the Christmas toy salute was fired by many fans, and the colorful ribbons fluttered in the wind, filling the Lion King Stadium!

The last game of the 17th round of the Premier League is over. Millwall defeated visiting Birmingham 2-0 at home. The goal difference situation after Millwall is the same point, now. Chelsea is 2 points behind Millwall! At the end of the 5th round of the Premier League, Chelsea led the defending champion by 9 points. After 12 rounds, Millwall Wall reversed Chelsea strongly. In 12 rounds, he scored 11 points more than Chelsea, almost 1 point more than his opponent in each round! The suspense of the Premier League must still exist, and the future trend can be predicted. The situation facing Chelsea is even worse , not only will there be a psychological blow. At the same time, in January, they will face the difficulty of going to the African Cup. Those who try to provoke this lion must work harder!

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Christmas is here.

This year, the members of the Hall family who traveled abroad all returned to East London for a grand family reunion.

Aldrich, his eldest brother Barnett, and his second brother Andrew looked at a room full of children at Arthur's house. They couldn't help but lament how time flies. Everyone got married in a flash. Arthur and Amelia were the happiest. The house is full of children and grandchildren.

The Millwall club carefully prepared Christmas gifts for the players. This year, no players get a holiday. Christmas Eve and Christmas morning will be off. On the 26th, they will not only play games, but also go away.

The morale of the team is high, and no player is slackening at this time. Even Ronaldo, who has shown fatigue in previous years and hinted that he needs to rest and relax, has become the team's training model, working harder than others at this time.

Millwall travels to Wigan Athletic.

Wigan Athletic's team style in the Premier League this season seems to be open and close, either win or lose. In the away game, Millwall played steadily. On the contrary, Wigan Athletic seemed to be not concentrating at home, and was beaten by Millwall in the away game. Defeated 3:1.

In the same round, Chelsea narrowly beat Fulham 3-2 at Stamford Bridge. Despite the victory, the gap with Millwall is still 2 points.

This is very unfavorable to Chelsea, because in three days, Chelsea will be a guest at the Lion King Stadium, ushering in the first direct dialogue between the favorite teams this season!

After Millwall returned to East London from the away game, the club held a Christmas dinner, which was regarded as giving the players some entertainment and relaxation activities on the basis of not having a holiday.

The players who brought their families to the Christmas dinner became the focus of the media. Their clothes, female companions, and even family members and children have attracted great interest from the outside world.

On December 29, the Premier League work schedule ends, although this is not the annual end, because there will be a league game on the 31st, the last day of the year.

Millwall is in full swing at home, waiting for the visit of arch-rivals Chelsea.

When Chelsea's bus drove from west London to east London, the Chelsea bus was silent.

As Mourinho sat by the window, brooding, the quiet inside Chelsea looked like a good thing, but in fact the quiet was growing toward death.

The so-called sorrow is greater than heart death.

Are they not doing well enough?

No, after 18 rounds, 13 wins, 4 draws and 1 loss, 43 points, very good.

Millwall is only 2 points more than them.

However, simply looking at the points does not make much sense. To combine this development process, Chelsea can be said to have been chased by 11 points in 2 months, which will definitely affect their internal morale.

When Chelsea led by Mourinho encountered a sniper attack by the British heroes with the 4321 ultimate anti-reverse formation, the gap between Chelsea and Millwall was not only so weak in points, but became clear at a glance, and the gap was huge.

Breaking through the dense defense, Chelsea is still not at home. Although Mourinho has repeatedly criticized the opponent for placing the bus, it will not help. Their opponents will stand up and mock Mourinho: Where is your team? Since last season, he has been playing anti-counterfeiting, especially killing the game time after leading! Such a utilitarian style, what qualifications do you have to criticize us?

It is inevitable that there will be some discordant disturbances in the team. For example, Ribery complained to the media because he wanted to usurp power and stabilize his main position, and was thrown into limbo by Mourinho. Now It seems likely that the winter transfer window will send Ribery away.

When the bus drove into the Lion King Stadium, Mourinho recovered from his contemplation.

His expression changed, and he got out of the car full of energy. He knew in his heart that this season's Premier League championship will be in today's battle!

At least he thought so.

If Chelsea can beat Millwall in the away game today and surpass their opponents in points, this positive momentum will allow Chelsea to firmly hold on to their advantage and maintain it until the end of the season. After all, the second half of the season will be at Stamford Bridge.

But if Chelsea can't win, Mourinho doesn't really believe that Millwall will make mistakes in the second half of the season. After all, Millwall has worked so hard to chase Chelsea from 9 points behind to lead by 2 points today. Leo, the more you give, the more you will get!

When Mourinho walked into the stadium, he saw Aldridge standing on the sidelines and staring at the stadium calmly. He didn't know what he was looking at. Mourinho withdrew his gaze and walked to the coaching bench of the visiting team. There were wild lions in the nearby stands. The fans taunted him and booed him. Mourinho ignored all this and waited quietly for the start of the game.

Millwall and Chelsea players lined up in the player tunnel. They did not communicate with each other. It seemed that as long as they met on the green field, they were destined to never communicate with each other.

Since the sixth round of the league, Millwall has won 13 consecutive victories in the league. It can be said that the momentum is like a rainbow, unstoppable. It is hard to say how much the winning streak at this time will form a huge mental stimulation for this king's division. Perhaps most of them take it for granted, and their self-confidence is different and extraordinarily powerful.

Under the leadership of the referee team, the players of the two teams entered the field!

The first match of the 19th round of the Premier League is about to begin. The defending champion Millwall is playing at home against the city's rivals Chelsea. This game is the final match of the first half of the league. Wall and Chelsea are two very eye-catching teams. They want to compete for the championship. Every point is extremely precious. Millwall has 14 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss with 45 points. Chelsea has one victory less than Millwall. , one more game and an average of 43 points. This is only 18 rounds of league data. If the second half has the same performance, we are almost sure that both teams have a chance to break through the 90-point mark in the league. It can be seen that the Premier League The competition in China is very different from what it used to be, as Ferguson said many years ago: in the past, a team with more than 80 points had a high probability of winning the league championship, but now, 90 points may only be the runner-up. No Wrong, one season Manchester United scored more than 90 points, but in the end they lost to Millwall!

This is the key point of this game. For both teams, 1 point is extremely valuable, let alone today's 6-point battle! Let's take a look at the starting lists of both sides.

Millwall started 433.

Goalkeeper: Bout.

Defenders: Schneider, Nesta, Silva, Ram.

Midfield: De Rossi, Alonso, Kaka.

Forwards: c Ronaldo, Henry, Ronaldinho.

Chelsea start 433.

Goalkeeper: Cech.

Defenders: Ferreira, Carvalho, Terry, Ashley Cole.

Midfield: Makelele, Essien, Lampard.

Forwards: Robben, Drogba, Joe Cole.

Today Chelsea's owner Abramovich also came to the VIP box at the Lion King Stadium to watch the game.

To his dissatisfaction, both Shevchenko and Ballack could only sit on the bench.

Mourinho's internal explanation is: We will temporarily lose Drogba and Essien in January. By then, Shevchenko and Ballack will play an important role.

And Abramovich is increasingly feeling bleak about the prospect of the league championship.

January?

Maybe in January.

No matter what you do, Mourinho, the league title will never come to Stamford Bridge! (To be continued..)

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