The Young Lion

The stands at Wembley were full of enthusiasm, and there was a sea of ​​flags everywhere. Fans waved flags with the logos of Chelsea and Millwall. Compared with the confident and relaxed attitude of Millwall fans, Chelsea fans They are more tense and full of fighting spirit!

In the past, they were at a disadvantage in the private confrontation of fans. The club's record could always overwhelm Millwall, but no one could have imagined that Millwall had won the Premier League in one year since the summer of 1994. Last year, they won two championships and one second. It is even more imposing to lock the league championship ahead of time, and also won the honor of the European war. No matter what, Millwall is destined to be brilliant this season, it is only a matter of height.

The coaches of both sides came out. Braided coach Gullit shaved his beard and his face became much cleaner and whiter. He looked like a handsome young man. After Aldridge walked to the sidelines, he went to Gullit first. Gullit congratulated Millwall won the double, and Aldridge laughed and complimented.

There were cameras all around Aldrich, and the narrator immediately began to speak excitedly.

He came out! England's new generation of talented coaches! There is no dispute, he is a genius! It only took him two years to turn Millwall's honor room from blank to golden. Congratulations, European champion coach!

When Aldridge appeared, the stands were boiling, the Chelsea fans were silent and watched with cold eyes, while the Millwall fans whistled, applauded, punched and shouted, and all the prepared slogans were raised.

For a club like Millwall, which has been penniless in the past 100 years, it has achieved the domestic league and cup honors slam in two years and also won European honors. The fans already regard Aldridge as God.

Therefore, in the Wembley stands, many fans held up the Aldrich-Legend sign to express their respect for the young coach.

There is still a beautiful landscape in the stands today. Dozens of girls in their twenties gathered together, holding different signs with words of love on them. After the camera captured it, the commentator couldn't help but laugh.

Aldrich. Go out with me!

I'm prettier than Melanie!

I am proficient in cooking, I guarantee you can't do without me!

I am proficient in design to make you more handsome!

I am a big sister, and I will let you feel what true tenderness is!

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Aldridge, I'm already envious of you!

This group of girls with various charms and their own strengths are unique in Millwall jerseys.

They held up the signs and swayed happily, not minding the surprised eyes of others.

Aldrich couldn't see any of this. Wembley Stadium is so big, how can he keep everything in his eyes? Besides, today's stands were dazzling, so he sat on the coach's bench and waited for the start of the game.

Players from both sides entered the field. Although Chelsea are wearing home jerseys, today's favorite team must be the defending champion Millwall. They played a top European game in the Netherlands two days ago. Physical fitness is a test for them. Hall also made a starting adjustment as expected. Goalkeeper: Bout, Defender: Schneider, Elguera, Southgate, Zambrotta, Midfielder: Ballack. Makelele, Nedvi Germany, forwards: Glenciel, Ruud van Nistelrooy, Larsson. Chelsea played a classic game in the promotion process this season. They reversed Liverpool from two goals behind and have the Italian trio Although Chelsea is not favored today, it is certainly not an absolute disadvantage. They also have a chance. Starting goalkeeper: Grodas, defenders: Clark, Sinclair, Lebouf, Minto. Midfielders: Petrescu, Di Matteo, Burleigh. Wise. Forward: Zola partner Hughes. It is rumored that Chelsea coach Gullit and Vialli are not in harmony. It seems to be true. Today Vialli is still on the bench. Compared with Zola had a second comeback at Stamford Bridge. Vialli obviously wasn't that good.

Aldridge removed from the starting line-up all the under-21 players who played in the European Cup Winners Cup final two days ago, including Capdevila, Pirlo, Trezeguet and Andriy Shevchenko.

In addition to protecting the players, it is also to make the lineup more dynamic.

For Chelsea, Zola has proven himself at Stamford Bridge, and even conquered England fans. Just three months ago, on the same venue, Zola helped Italy beat England, and the entire Wembley Stadium scored against Zola. There was no sound after the ball.

Di Matteo is the source of creativity in the midfield. Although Wise is a spiritual leader, his ability is not satisfactory.

Gullit's tactic today is mainly me. Not only does Di Matteo sit in the middle, but also allows small players like Wise to attack on both wings. At the same time, Petrescu is originally a full-back, but his assist ability Extremely strong, so the positional prerequisite is to play as a winger.

After the pre-match ceremony, the players of both sides set up their formations at halftime, and the three roars of the Millwall players also aroused a burst of cheers from the stands.

Wild Lions fans are proud.

Look at our players, all of them are alive and well!

After the start of the game, Gullit has been standing, but Aldridge has been sitting. The two young coaches are no strangers to each other. Aldridge has many losers, and Gullit is one of them. It's also ugly, with no wins.

Aldridge has accepted the tradition of English football very well: beat the deadly enemy and leave no strength behind!

West Ham United, Chelsea, whenever these two teams meet, the first thing in Aldrich's mind is not to keep the tie and win, but to win!

Millwall played the 4231 they are good at today. Makelele and Ballack's double midfielder is enough to limit Di Matteo's organization and forward penetration in the middle. Wise and Petrescu are not pure wingers. To infiltrate or rush into the penalty area, Millwall's defense will consciously shrink, squeezing the opponent's forward space in the penalty area.

Chelsea played an attack after the opening, Wise crossed directly out of the bottom line, Millwall turned from defense to offense, Chelsea did not dare to neglect, and the whole team immediately returned to defense.

But when they ran back to halftime and looked at it again, they suddenly became suspicious: Millwall is messing up? You really can't run anymore?

Bout kicked the goal slowly, almost waiting for Chelsea's players to run back before he kicked the ball to Southgate.

Millwall's overall formation did not press forward, and the frontcourt attacking trio led by Nedved stayed in the position just after halftime, directly facing Chelsea's offensive line players to defend.

Millwall is still playing the ball with one kick, and the speed of the ball is also very fast, but there are not many forward balls, or the ball has just reached the front. They sent back the initiative.

Gullit folded his arms with a puzzled look on his face.

Could it be that they really had fun after winning the championship and didn't have the energy to run today?

In the past, Millwall's offensive depth was very resolute, but today, they consciously used fast balls to use the width of the field to tear Chelsea's defense.

After two consecutive back and forth lateral passes, Chelsea's backcourt defense line finally had an opening on the right due to a lack of rhythm. Nedved passed the ball back to Ballack. The latter passed a diagonal pass to the right.

Minto turned around and chased after Glenciel, who obviously couldn't keep up with Glenshire's speed. Glenshire, who cut into the inside line and dribbled the ball towards the bottom line, sent the ball to Ruud van Nistelrooy who was outflanking the center. As a result, the ball was tackled by Leboeuf halfway. sabotaged the attack.

This was an attack that fell short, but Gullit frowned.

Millwall almost made the whole Chelsea team nervous to return to the defense only through four-man running.

Glenciel, Ruud van Nistelrooy, and Larsson did not go to outflank the back point, but looked for opportunities outside the penalty area. Nedved was ambushing behind Ruud van Nistelrooy, and the Chelsea team retreated to the half.

What is Millwall doing?

Want to rely on individual combat to solve the battle?

Gullit did not know. But he found his team's offense in a quagmire.

When Millwall, who came out of a mad attack, played an overall push, the defense would naturally have a weak area. When he encountered a team with super personal ability, he was counterattacked, and there was immediate panic in front of the goal. Gullit pinned his hopes on running. The ghost is on the body of Zola who is flexibly interspersed in the crowd.

However, Chelsea could not control the midfield and the attack could not advance from the center.

For the second time, Di Matteo got caught in Ballack's dogfight and lost the ball. The first time was a pass error, and the second time was a successful grab by Makelele.

Whenever Millwall switched from defending to attacking, the Chelsea players immediately ran back. They did not dare to attack, for fear that the defense would be completely passive after being partially broken through, especially after being beaten more by Millwall. is a disaster.

But today. They ran back to defend according to Gullit's tactics, but found that Millwall was not in a hurry to attack.

They firmly control the midfield, two full-backs and full-backs, double midfielders plus attacking midfielders. This allows them to form a controlling advantage in the midfield, the ball rolls left and right, where are the wide players? Close to the sideline, almost one foot is outside the field and one foot is on the field. When Chelsea players want to press, they have to pull to the sideline of the field. However, Millwall does not play sideways breakthroughs, but long passes. Range transfer, making full use of the width of the field to transfer offense.

This kind of horizontal pendulum-style scheduling tore at the width of Chelsea's defense line to the maximum extent. When a certain point was out of touch with the defense line during the movement, the flaw came out.

Millwall didn't put up the effort to swallow mountains and rivers, but calmly controlled the rhythm of the game.

Chelsea was eager to win back a championship, but they couldn't use their strength, and were dizzy by Millwall's frequent transfer of the ball.

This made their urgent mentality uncontrollably impatient, and there were more and more defensive loopholes.

Makelele passed the ball to the left after receiving the pass from Elguera. Zambrotta assisted up the side. After receiving the ball, he passed it straight. Then hit the ball with your heel and pass the ball to the area behind you.

Both Clark and Burleigh were taken aback. The area there belonged to Larson in the first place, and Zambrotta didn't rush forward. Who was the ball passed to?

Nedved!

The Czech's oblique rib appeared in the position where Larson usually appears most often. He suddenly started, took the ball and went directly to the bottom, and swept the goal from the edge of the bottom line in the penalty area.

Chelsea's defense was shocked. Nedved left the defense behind through his speed. Their defense was facing their own goal. Pushing the shot, Lebouf blocked the shot with his body, but the ball hadn't left the penalty area. On the line of the small penalty area, a Dutchman in white wins snow. Sinclair was shocked to see that the opponent was going to make a follow-up shot. So I used my body to block it.

But the cunning Dutchman just used fake moves. He calmly dribbled the ball and dunked it horizontally, and then shot the ball towards the goal with his feet.

Van Nistelrooy opened the scoring for Millwall! Fantastic goal, he was so calm in the penalty area, simple and practical, if he kicked directly, it would have been blocked, but he cheated Sinclair, put the ball in the goal easily, Chelsea one goal behind, they worked hard today, but they encountered an unusual Millwall team, a more patient, simple but functional Millwall team! Aldridge and his players, the treble is within reach! (m)