The Young Lion

The East London Derby, which has always been popular in England, has changed its taste today.

The Hammers fans in the stands were restless, unaware of the presence of Wild Lions fans.

And the Wild Lions fans did not verbally abuse each other in the stands today. On the contrary, they sang and carnivaled in the stands, singing the ballad of the champion and extolling the greatness of Millwall.

In their view, on this day, they came to the mortal enemy's stadium to celebrate Millwall's victory, which is the greatest humiliation to the mortal enemy!

The situation on the court is relatively stalemate. Lao Lei formed a 451 formation today, determined to play a defensive counterattack. After the start of the game, their formation gradually retreated, compressed in the second half, and the single striker in the counterattack did not cross. Halftime, shrink back!

Lao Lei has a serious expression. He knows that even if he has the advantage of the home court, he can't attack wildly, otherwise he will be punished. If he is counterattacked by Millwall and loses the ball, then the relegation situation will take a turn for the worse.

Millwall's start today made Lao Lei scratch his head and wonder what the opponent was planning.

Tony acts as a bridgehead in the penalty area, and his running range is not large. Ruud van Nistelrooy also entered stealth after the opening game. Phillips, who is very active, is submerged in dense defense. Millwall has no winger today. Pass to Tony, and Tony's body can really stand in the penalty area. A few headers are quite threatening. If there are not too many defensive players around him, he can have more room to play.

What the hell is Millwall up to today?

The style of play is too old-fashioned, with long passes, two forwards crowded in the penalty area, and Phillips outside the penalty area.

Redknapp was afraid of conceding the ball, and the layers of defensive lines originally arranged in the midfield were useless. Millwall directly sang an empty city plan.

Three midfielders, Ballack, Gattuso, Lampard, the more task is to defend. Never jump in rashly, the style of play returns from dynamic to static, and whenever it changes from defense to offense, it will kick the ball from the spot to the frontcourt to find a striker teammate.

As a result, the game scene becomes very boring and boring.

The ball was flying around in the sky, and West Ham did not dare to invest in their counterattack. Perhaps the pressure of relegation made them nervous. As long as they defended within 40 yards in front of the goal, they would definitely make a clearance.

Aldridge shook his head when he saw West Ham's defensive posture on the sidelines.

key battle. How can we worry about gains and losses?

Want to stay in the Premier League.

It is necessary to show the momentum left behind by swearing to the death!

The game lasted thirty minutes. Suddenly, cheers erupted from the stands.

It was the voice of the West Ham United fans.

Whoa, Coventry 1-0 down at White Hart Lane! Middlesbrough 1 down at the Riverside! Sunderland 1 down at Wimbledon! God, most of the relegation teams are down! Even Everton are behind Chelsea at home, but they don't care. Especially in this situation, Everton should be able to declare relegation success. Oh, and Blackburn, who are two goals behind Leicester at home!

Martin Taylor and Andy Cole were astonished. In the relegation decisive battle predicted by various experts before the game, no team could lead the opponent!

These teams are making wool!

At this time, it is a competition of who can win, not who can lose!

Are you scrambling to go to the League One to dominate?

On the other hand, in this East London derby, even though West Ham United did not attack, they still defended a draw, and relegation was imminent.

Redknapp was also reminded by his assistant. After learning the real-time scores of other games, the nervousness on his face faded a little.

In the first half, the two sides scored a goalless draw.

In the second half, change sides and fight again.

Millwall did not make substitutions, but there were some tactical changes. Ballack and Lampard began to take turns to insert enhanced long-range shots. In the second half, several long-range shots frightened the fans in the stands to scream.

Redknapp made a substitution in the 65th minute of the game, replaced by a central defender, and played 541 instead, trying to carry the defense to the end.

Just when he was making substitutions, Aldridge appeared on the center line in a strange way. Redknapp reminded his disciples of the defensive tasks after playing, but Aldridge patted him on the shoulder. When he turned around, His expression was terrified as if he had seen a ghost.

West Ham United don't show their determination to break the boat, will the Hammers stay in the Premier League?

Aldridge finished speaking lightly, then turned around and walked back to his position to stand still.

Redknapp immediately complained to the fourth official, babbling about what he was complaining about.

burn one's boats?

Mahler Gobi, boy, are you aggressive?

It's really fucking going up and Millwall steals a ball. If we lose, it is probably really dangerous.

Now the draw, the relegation situation is very good for us.

In the second half, Millwall's style of play began to be dynamic. The range of frontcourt players' running increased, and the interspersed running positions continued to create offensive threats, which forced West Ham United to start using foul tactics.

The Hammers in the stands helped the fans feel better and began to compete with the Millwall fans.

Especially after hearing the news that Southampton also fell behind to Aston Villa by one goal in the away game, they were even more rejoiced.

It should be no problem for West Ham to stay in the Premier League!

In the 75th minute of the game, Aldridge pointed to Ferdinand and Gattuso, and then pointed to the frontcourt. The two players immediately understood and would assist.

Coupled with the frequent assists, the two full-backs who have become full-backs in their positions, only Materazzi and the goalkeeper are left in the backcourt of Millwall, and the players are concentrated in the frontcourt to bombard West Ham United's goal. fry.

Strange to say, although the opportunities Millwall got today may not be so good, but the number of shots is quite a lot, with nearly 20 kicks, but the number of shots within the range of the goal is only 3 times!

Seeing the situation on the field, Redknapp was hesitating whether to take advantage of Millwall's backcourt to let the team press up.

At this time, the scores of other games were passed on.

Middlesbrough equalized!

Coventry also equalized at White Hart Lane!

Lao Lei was sweating like rain, and his heart was beating like thunder.

I was thinking about the standings ranking in my heart.

Nottingham Forest are relegated.

Sunderland trailed with 39 points.

Coventry draw, 39 points.

Middlesbrough draw, 40 points.

West Ham draw, 40 points.

Southampton are behind with 41 points.

Four teams behind West Ham United!

If West Ham can win, it will definitely go ashore, if they lose. That's hanging, if there is a draw, at least the probability of success in relegation is very high.

At this moment, Lao Lei still chose to seek stability and let the team firmly build up the fence. As long as the ball is not lost, the rest, God bless, just don't give other teams miracles.

As the minutes ticked by, the West Ham players became visibly more nervous. The scale of their fouls is also getting bigger and bigger. Giving Millwall more set-piece opportunities. However, they were obviously prepared for a long time. They had practiced the defensive tactics of set-pieces, made the wall impenetrable, and kept an eye on every Millwall offensive player.

Lao Lei continued to make substitutions. Moreover, West Ham United actually delayed the time when they made substitutions at their home court. The substituted players walked slowly to the outside of the field and even shook hands with the referee. To the boos of the visiting fans.

After Lao Lei has made all the substitutions, West Ham will hardly see a pure offensive player, let alone a striker!

The time came to stoppage time. The fourth official held up a sign on the sidelines to call stoppage time.

5 minutes!

f-k!

The Hammer fans quit!

Grasping your whole family, the stoppage time is so long!

Lao Lei also yelled at the fourth official angrily: There was no goal in the second half, and no players were injured. Why is the stoppage time so long?

The fourth official replied blankly: Substitution delays time, and your team's frequent fouls interrupt the game. This is a reasonable stoppage time.

Aldridge stood on the sidelines with a look of indifference.

There were boos at Upton Park one second, expressing dissatisfaction with the referee, but the next second, the audience was silent.

There was news from another venue that Coventry reversed Tottenham at White Hart Lane, 2:1. If Coventry can keep the score until the end of the game, they will have 41 points! Middlesbrough is dangerous, Although they are on points with West Ham, the goal difference is not superior, alas, only blame them for canceling the game against Blackburn and get a penalty of 3 points!

The fans looked at each other.

Grass, Tottenham's chain is loose!

You don't even want your face at home!

It was reversed by Coventry!

Sure enough, none of the neighbors is a good thing!

Just then, West Ham fouled from around 35 yards in front of the box and Millwall was awarded a direct free kick.

The game time has passed 93 minutes, and there is only 1 minute and 40 seconds left before the end of stoppage time.

West Ham United began to line up the wall, and some players interfered with Millwall's ball in front, trying to delay the time for a while.

A strange scene appeared on the sidelines.

Aldridge raised his right hand to point to the second half, and his action was very clear.

One pointed to Materazzi, and then pointed to the goalkeeper Bute.

When the two looked at him, Aldridge waved his hand and pointed to the frontcourt.

The meaning couldn't be more clear.

You guys, attack me!

Not to mention that Materazzi and Bout were dumbfounded, all the fans couldn't believe the scene before them.

Materazzi and Bout started to run forward without saying a word, and sprinted after passing the middle circle!

Millwall had no players at the back and the goal was wide open.

The Hammer fans held their heads in disbelief.

Dog-day Millwall, have you got it wrong?

We are the ones to relegation!

Wild Lions fans waved their arms and got excited.

He-fuck West Ham, see? This is our Wild Lion, we beat you from start to finish until you have no power to fight back!

We just want to crush you, do you have the courage?

Redknapp's pupils narrowed slightly, and he looked at Aldrich in disbelief.

Aldridge made a gesture of reaching out to him.

Millwall's gates are empty.

Whenever you get the chance, shoot it.

Redknapp immediately turned his head and yelled at the players on the field.

Man-mark! Man-mark!

The West Ham United players who had already lined up the wall and kept an eye on the people around them suddenly found that Materazzi and Bute rushed up from the backcourt, and rushed all the way to the penalty area, which made them feel like they were facing a big enemy. Numbness, and a brief panic.

How to do?

Who will guard those two?

There was chaos inside and outside the penalty area, and West Ham United's human wall was also loosened.

Goalkeeper Milox suddenly panicked, and he yelled loudly in front of the door.

Don't move the human wall! Keep an eye on those two people who rushed into the restricted area!

In the midst of the panic, Ballack kicked up suddenly and volleyed towards the dead corner of the goal.

There is a wall in the near corner of the goal, and the far corner is the defensive area of ​​the goalkeeper.

But Milox was distracted by directing his teammates. At this time, there is no regulation that the free kick must wait for the referee to blow the whistle before taking the penalty. When the wall is lined up, he is ready to save, but Materazzi and Bout rushed up. Disrupted the rhythm of West Ham United, everyone was distracted.

At this moment, although the kick was tricky, the ball that Milox could have saved as long as he fell to the ground in time rolled into the goal from his armpit.

Ballack couldn't believe it when he scored.

There was silence in Upton Park.

Redknapp's eyes were tearing open and his face was pale.

Aldrich showed a faint smile, turned around and picked up his suit from his seat, hooked the collar with two fingers and put it on his shoulders, and walked towards the player tunnel.

The scene was captured by sideline cameras.

The close shot shows Lao Lei being hit by a bolt from the blue, the middle shot shows Aldrich exiting the field early with a smile drawn from the corner of his mouth, and the long shot shows fans with different expressions after a nervous breakdown in the stands of Upton Park Stadium.

A favorite at West Ham is their great captain Bobby Moore.

And on May 10, 1997, the man West Ham hated the most showed up.

From their most hated club, Millwall.

That man will forever remain in the history of this club, and his name is Aldrich Hall. (m)