The Young Lion

The cheering sound of the Red Devils fans floated in the sky of the Dream Theater, and the atmosphere was very shocking.

Ten years later, when the proportion of non-local fans in the Red Devils stands exceeds 60%, such a scene will never be seen.

But it is precisely because of this hot atmosphere that Millwall, who came as a guest, inspired a stronger fighting spirit.

After the opening, Millwall turned away and firmly controlled the initiative of the game. It is obvious that Manchester United's players are very tired, and their fighting and running are at least one step behind Millwall.

Scholes played the front midfielder to press Pirlo, the double midfielder Butt and Keane restricted Nedved, and Manchester United made up their minds to compete with Millwall for control of the midfield.

But their running made their wishful thinking come to nothing.

The cooperation between Pirlo and Makelele has formed a tacit understanding in the past period of time. In the past, Makelele and Nedved were in the midfield, one in front and one behind. In order to stabilize the defense, Makelele rarely stepped forward, so he and Nedved The distance between Nedved is a bit far, but Pirlo is different next to him. Pirlo liberated Nedved and at the same time activated Makelele's offensive support ability, when Scholes ran back and forth When harassing Pirlo, Pirlo transferred the ball to Makelele's feet, and then proceeded to the next step through the selection of running positions and Scholes.

Cole retreated to harass, and Southgate went up to participate in the offensive support. In the space of the midfield, Millwall will never lose the ball easily.

Facing the pressure, Pirlo kicked out the ball after receiving the ball, either crossing or passing back, after three consecutive kicks. He rushed forward, Makelele passed the ball back to his feet, Pirlo threw off Scholes' defense, followed by a straight pass to Nedved's feet, and the ball was held behind his back. As soon as Nedved's foot touched the ball, he was knocked down from behind, and Keane directly took the foul.

The referee Boll blew the stoppage of the game and awarded a free kick.

Keane backed away without reasoning. His eyes were fixed on Nedved.

The Czech put the ball under his feet at the same time as he got up, but before his waist straightened up, he kicked the ball backwards.

Take a free kick!

Pirlo took the ball near the center circle, stopped the ball and made a long pass over the top. The ball went directly over the head of Manchester United's defensive midfielder.

The left-wing Larson was just in front of the penalty area, blocked Neville with his back and unloaded the ball with his chest, and then knocked the ball to his side with the outside of his foot the moment the ball fell. From stopping the ball to passing, the movements are done in one go, concise and elegant!

almost at the same time,

Capdevila plugged in at high speed from the left, and the ball went straight to the bottom line. Neville turned around and chased it, which was obviously a step slower.

Capdevila's dribble made the entire Manchester United defense turn around and recover, but he kicked the ball more decisively.

This is a foot on the earth. The ball quickly flew to the area in front of the goal, and Trezeguet, who was going to grab the front point, was on par with David May, but this made Schmeichel dare not attack, and Trezeguet, who was desperately occupying his position with his body, knew that He couldn't catch up with the ball, so he deliberately strengthened his physical confrontation, so that Mei couldn't make a clearance!

The ball rolled in front of the two of them, Schmeichel turned pale and ran towards the back post, but he was not as fast as the ball, and Shevchenko unexpectedly slammed it. Facing the ball with a kick, the ball was easily shot into the goal.

Shevchenko, Shevchenko, Shevchenko! What a powerful striker! He scored again! And it was at Old Trafford, the defender Capdevila has been solid this season. Sit firmly in the main position, his performance is amazing, he is a full-back, but he not only has to defend at Millwall, but also to do the work of assisting the winger! Millwall leads Manchester United with a goal away !

After the goal, Shevchenko pointed at Capdevila and ran over. Other teammates also ran over, and they hugged each other tightly, symbolizing their unity!

Martin, this goal looks very simple. But did you notice that Nedved kicked off, Pirlo made a long pass, Larsson took the ball, Capdevila made a cross, Trezeguet was in front Attracting defensive attention, Shevchenko then inserted and scored. Millwall's offensive players participated in the whole process of the goal. If it was only the frontcourt players, maybe Manchester United could still defend, but Kapud Villa's unexpected assist came forward, which created a loophole in Manchester United's defense. Look, Neville stopped Beckham. I guess, he must have made the opponent go back to the defense deeper, otherwise, Neville alone would have to Guarding Larsson and Capdevila? No kidding, just guarding Larsson without making mistakes is hard enough.

Hehe, I agree with your point of view. Ferguson's expression is not very good-looking. Uh, in the past few games, his expression has not been good. He pointed at his disciples, and it seems that he wants to make them work harder.

Aldrich raised his arms and cheered, then raised his fists with a proud face.

The camera was on him and the boos from Old Trafford were sent to him.

It doesn't matter, just boo.

A coach who would be intimidated by booing has a fart future!

Anfield, Highbury, White Hart Lane, Stamford Bridge, Upton Park...every stadium that booed me will remember me!

The players on the court were very calm after celebrating. Nedved was the first to jog back, and the expression on his face became calm again in an instant.

United tried to turn things around after kick-off, but their attacking formation was shattered by Millwall's defense from the center of the pitch. As soon as Beckham stopped the ball on the wing, Larsson came to his side and made a move. Defensive posture, he takes the ball one step forward, just waiting for him to do so Capdevila successfully steals the ball, and then passes the ball to Larson, Beckham counter-robbers, Larson kicks the ball And Capdevila came to a two over one.

Beckham ran back, but Capdevila stopped the ball and passed the ball to Makelele who was in the back position. The rhythm of the game was firmly in the hands of Millwall.

Before Beckham turned back in the middle of the run, Makelele and Pirlo made a two-for-one, and the ball passed to the foot of Capdevila on the wing.

Capdevila took the ball and made a fake pass. Beckham was tricked into losing his center of gravity, and Capdevila quickly dribbled the ball forward. Neville had no choice but to pull the side to block the position. Capdevila didn't give the opponent a chance to get close and passed the ball to Larson who was in front of him.

Larsson, who got the ball from the bottom line, attracted May to defend. Instead, he took the ball and moved back two steps, then passed the ball to Nedved, who was in the back, and then turned around and cut in front of the goal. Dwyerd understood, knocking the ball back forward without stopping the ball, tearing through Manchester United's defense.

Larson deftly pushed the ball into the far corner. Get the ball into the net with ease.

Schmeichel roared angrily at the defence, while May and Pallister raised their hands for Larsson to be offside.

The linesman raised his flag for offside before Larsson could take a shot.

A false alarm at Old Trafford.

Larson put his hands on his hips with a depressed expression: Obviously it was a good shot!

The cooperation just now was extremely wonderful, but it happened to be judged offside.

Aldridge went to put pressure on the fourth official, which he did whether offside or not.

He protested to the members of the referee group one after another, and through the slow-motion playback on the big screen, it was difficult to say whether Larson was offside. In the slightest, from a neutral point of view, it is acceptable to judge or not to judge. In the blink of an eye, you cannot ask the referee to be more accurate than the machine.

In particular, Larson obviously had a recovery after passing the ball and then rushed forward, just to counter offside, but he went back from the offside position first. It is easier to be judged as offside subjectively.

Manchester United escaped a catastrophe and the game continued. The eagerness to equalize the score made Manchester United's formation have to press forward, and Scholes has not completely established himself in the midfielder position. Last season, he was more of a shadow striker. , On the way to help Manchester United win the championship, ten goals are precious.

Originally in history, Pirlo was criticized for his shortcomings in defense. Aldrich believes that the big reason is that he has been trained as an attacking midfielder when he debuted. In this era, you cannot say that the attacking midfielder does not practice defensive skills, but the classic attacking midfielder Defensive ability is really appalling. It is also because of this that the future classical midfielder will disappear in Europe.

Therefore, in the past year or so, Aldridge's training in transforming Pirlo not only made him understand the importance of organization and performance in his position, but also strengthened his defense, even though the speed and explosive power still cannot make him People are satisfied, but the defensive awareness has been greatly improved from the position, and the enthusiasm for fighting has nothing to do with ability. The key is consciousness, just like Harvey in the future, you can't say how good his defensive skills are, but when he is pressing in the midfield. Whether he participates in defense is crucial to the entire team.

It is enough for Pirlo to harass Scholes. Once Scholes shows signs of moving forward, Makelele, who is responsible for intercepting, will completely kill Manchester United's offensive.

Because of this, Manchester United tried to give the ball to Scholes several times to organize the offense, but it failed. Playing on the wing will also fall into the defense of Millwall's offensive players retreating to compress the space.

Several attacks had little effect. Keane chose to dribble forward by himself. He also has a good ability to organize offenses, but he obviously dribbled too much this time. Fang snatched the ball, and Nedved, who counterattacked on the spot, passed the ball to Trezeguet who retreated in front, and then strode forward.

Butt scrambled to mark Nedved, but before he could post it, Trezeguet passed the ball back to Nedved, who picked the ball into the box, and the former turned and rushed into the box after passing the ball. , the combination of passing and running timing was just right, the ball went over the heads of Pallister and May, while Trezeguet rushed to the small penalty area head-on, and the two central defenders had to turn around. As a last resort, Pallister stumbled Down Trezeguet.

Ball decisively stopped the game, pointed to a penalty, and at the same time took out a yellow card to Pallister.

Old Trafford was full of boos, thinking that Trezeguet was diving.

But as shown in slow motion, it was definitely a penalty.

If it wasn't for Trezeguet who was close to Pallister and didn't have an absolute chance to rush forward, I'm afraid it would not be as simple as a yellow card.

Aldridge is still very dissatisfied, he thinks it should be a red card.

The fourth official chatted with him patiently.

Fifty or fifty, Schmeichel also has a chance to attack and destroy the ball.

My players have already started to accelerate. At the same distance, Schmeichel, who is still standing on the goal line, starts to accelerate again. Can he be faster than my striker?

Oh, it didn't happen, we can only guess, what do you think?

It's a bit of a rascal for you to say that. Forget it, I won't argue with you. If I can't score a penalty, I will complain.

Aldridge laughed with the fourth official at the end.

Sometimes refereeing is hard.

Larsson stood in front of the penalty, facing the boos that rang through the sky at Old Trafford, he calmly ran up, and then calmly pushed the ball into the dead corner of the goal. Block it, after all, it is a theoretical dead angle.

Millwall led away by two goals, and this was only 28 minutes into the first half.