The Young Lion

When the League Cup final kicked off at Wembley, the reporters watching the game couldn't help but yell at Aldridge: You liar!

Chelsea has been very popular recently. In addition to playing well in the league, their ranking in the standings has exceeded expectations. Their elimination of Arsenal and their promotion also seem to be more valuable than Millwall.

Coupled with Gullit's dismissal and Vialli's appointment, Chelsea were in the limelight for a while.

In fact, no one can explain exactly how much of the fame brought by the media attention and the fame created by the team's strength.

However, Chelsea is the one that receives more attention. At the same time, due to psychological troubles, neutral fans and the media hope that Chelsea will beat Millwall to win the championship. This mentality is very strange, but it is common in society, and people always don’t want to see it Winners have always been successful, and I hope the challenger can stage a counterattack.

Aldridge praised Chelsea's results in the pre-match interview, because the team just finished a UEFA Super Cup, so he said that he will still let all substitutes play this League Cup, which is a challenge for the team, but there is no way , Millwall has to focus on the future, there is still one round of the European Super Cup, and the Champions League quarter-finals will soon be ushered in. Their opponent is the Serie A giants Juventus!

After Aldridge calmly told the reporters the starting list, the outside world believed it.

Because in the past two months, as long as Aldridge announces the starting list in advance, there will be absolutely no deviation in the game the next day!

It was such a preconceived impression that no one doubted Aldridge's words and felt that the young coach was an honest man, while Chelsea had mixed emotions.

The good news is that Millwall is on the bench. The chances of winning the championship will be much higher.

What is angry is that the other party looks down on people a little bit. Mahler Gobi. All substitutes in the final, in the whole world, only Millwall can do this, right?

Millwall really can't do it!

If it is true that all the substitutes lose the game, Aldridge will bear the blame, especially the loss to Chelsea, and there will probably be riots among the fans again.

The main players fought hard, but the fans can understand if they lose the game.

But if it is obvious that it can be the main force, it will not be the main force. This loss is a bit irritating!

The Wild Lions fans who went to Wembley to cheer for the team came with worried faces.

And they all believed it,

Thinking that Aldridge will send all the substitutes, who the hell knows that?

But when they started waving the flag and shouting in the stands, they found the starting players coming out of the player tunnel, and they all smiled and laughed in the stands.

Chelsea, be fooled!

Aldridge dropped a big smoke bomb!

The reporters on Fleet Street were all angrily cursing!

The League Cup final, which is focused all over the UK, whether it is a TV program or today's newspapers, is analyzing and predicting that Millwall will play Chelsea as a substitute.

But look at who are the players?

Goalkeeper: Bout.

Defenders: Mills, Elguera. Southgate, Neil.

Midfielder: Makelele. Ballack, Nedved.

Forwards: Ronaldinho, Gudjohnsen, Glenshire.

This shit counts carefully, at least five players are the absolute main players!

Moreover, the double defensive midfielder of Ballack and Makelele, and the double central defender combination of Elguera and Southgate, this is a backcourt defensive system partner with no defensive running-in problem at all!

And compared to the combination of Pirlo, Ballack and Makelele, the defensive hardness has risen by at least a notch!

Neil used to be the main player. After coming back from a serious injury, he played the jack of all trades role this season. In the backcourt, except for the goalkeeper, his performance is very stable. He is not a big problem at the left back position, which is where he started. . Mills is weak in defense and attack. Schneider was very tired in the last game against Dortmund. He played straight up and down on the right. There is nothing wrong with him playing. On the whole, Millwall's configuration of four defenders and double midfielders is absolutely top-notch of.

cheated!

Aldrich, you big bastard!

Aldrich felt awkward today.

The weirdest game of his coaching career.

Before the game, he shook hands with Vialli, and then the other party took off his coat, wearing a jersey underneath, and turned to the field to prepare for the game.

The Chelsea manager's seat is empty.

Vialli player and coach, this game is in person!

Aldridge habitually observed the opponent's players on the sidelines, and once his eyes swept over Vialli's face, he felt uncomfortable.

Hehe, all of us have been fooled by Hall. Looking at the starting lineup he sent today, the outside discussion is simply a joke.

His smoke bomb confuses everyone, but I don't know if Vialli has been fooled.

I think this will definitely disrupt all of Chelsea's pre-match deployments. If I were Vialli, I would be afraid of the opponent's main 11 players. There must be targeted arrangements in tactics, but if it is against the opponent's With a substitute lineup, the tactical arrangement must be completely different. To be honest, Chelsea’s strength has not reached the point where you don’t need to look at the opponent’s face, as long as you play your own style, you can ensure victory.”

It depends on how the situation of today's game will develop.

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In the finals, morale must be much higher than usual.

In addition, Millwall set off a smoke bomb, and Chelsea made every effort to kill the opponent in one go. Suddenly, there was a change on the spot, and Vialli was very entangled.

Does it change?

The game is about to start, how to change? At this time, if the whole team can't unify their thinking and lead to chaos, wouldn't that be called Millwall's success?

Chelsea finally chose to implement the pre-match arrangement and attack from the beginning of the game!

With their offensive firepower averaging nearly 2 goals per game this season, they have given them great confidence.

There is no impenetrable gate!

Millwall's side was even and steady from the beginning of the game.

This group of players on the field is not Wuxia Amon anymore. They have seen big scenes in the past two years, and the main players have also played many finals. Won many championships. Their composure on the pitch. The champion temperament reflected affects other young players, so that they will not have so much psychological pressure on the final stage, anyway, they have the support of big brothers.

Chelsea attacked fiercely and played against Millwall. Every player ran very actively, paying special attention to returning to defense when switching from offense to defense.

Millwall's formation contracted, so they hit the opponent's counterattack, and targeted the right flank in the first half. Hit the right side, determined to blow up the opponent's left side defense!

Both Ballack and Nedved are in the midfield, and their structured positions also attract the opponent's defensive attention during the counterattack, but today the ball is not given to them.

Rarely, Ronaldinho appeared in the front midfielder position in the counterattack, and he was doing the work of the front midfielder organization.

Cooperating with Glenshire on the right, he frequently creates threats on the right.

However, there is only Gudjohnsen on the front line, and Glenshall can create a threat, but it cannot reach a fatal level.

Aldridge sat watching the game with his chin raised, his expression unhappily.

Judging from the scene. Chelsea suppressed Millwall's attack, and their players were more active and hardworking.

And Millwall only had two or three players when they attacked. Neither Ballack nor Nedved went up, and Ronaldinho was only active in the front midfielder area.

But probably no one is deeply aware of a problem: the involvement of the overall formation.

Millwall is like a mountain. Most players are firmly in the middle and backcourt to protect the goal in the fortress. Chelsea is like a spring.

Grenshall has a very obvious role on the wing, and that is the depth of attack power. He can break through the bottom line all the way from the wing. He and Gudjohnsen's attack in the frontcourt made Chelsea's seven or eight players run back to the second half to defend in a wide range.

This is a severe test for physical energy consumption. Even if you can persist for 90 minutes, there will be a significant difference the longer the game is delayed, and the minimum burst starts a short-distance sprint.

Vialli is a good player, but not a top coach, at least he hasn't proven it.

Aldridge is definitely not as good as him in playing football, and a hundred Aldridge's playing ability is superimposed, and I am afraid that he is still not as good as him.

But at the same time, in terms of coaching ability, Aldridge has been immersed in it for more than ten years, and he is also confident that he is stronger than Vialli, especially Vialli is playing on the court now, how much more can he have? Think about the overall situation from the standpoint of the head coach?

The other party is a bit like carrying a handle now, and he swung his big knife and gave an order: Brothers, go!

But the head coach really can't be made by passion.

In the first half, the score was 0:0, and the two sides returned to the locker room.

In the second half, Chelsea seemed to be aware of Millwall's tactical intentions, and began to restrain themselves, saving energy and consumption for the opponent.

They couldn't attack for a long time in the first half, and they also realized that Millwall's defense was excellent. They didn't get a decent chance to hit the goal, but they were tired of running back and forth on both ends of the offense and defense.

When Aldridge saw Chelsea's attitude in the second half, he turned his head and smiled at Benitez: It's a win.

Benitez said sullenly, It's better to be careful.

The first half was a game, but in the second half, we dominated the game.

After Aldridge finished speaking, he got up and walked to the sidelines. Chelsea hit a wall in the first half and closed in the second half. Not only did the situation on the field reverse, but it also dealt a huge psychological blow to them.

Millwall still made a fuss on the right in the second half. Under the premise of Chelsea's recovery, the full-back made a bold assist, and Glenshire's performance was extremely shining.

His characteristic is to break through, so let's break through, which upset Chelsea's defense on the left and forced them to shift their defensive focus to the left.

When the 70th minute of the game came, Aldridge replaced Glenciel with Van der Meyer.

When he left the field, Aldridge took the initiative to hug him and praised his performance today. Although he had no goals or assists, he fully implemented the tactical arrangement and received results.

The appearance of Van der Meyde was a signal. Millwall took the initiative to suppress the attack for 70 minutes. All the players in the team, except Gudjohnsen, were still physically fit, and Glenshire, who was the most exhausted, was also off the field.

Ballack moved from the midfielder to the central midfielder, Nedved returned to the midfielder position, and the God of War returned!

Ronaldinho returned to the winger position and started to completely unleash the attack, while Van der Meyde shrank to play as a full-back. On the one hand, he was defending here, and on the other hand, the tactics required him to do series support.

Millwall stopped playing on the right, and the offense began to fully launch from the center and left.

Chelsea's defense on the right, which had not been impacted in the previous 70 minutes, suddenly found that Ronaldinho no longer organized the offense, but took on the role of the offensive sharp knife, which immediately made Chelsea's defense very uncomfortable.

Ronaldinho likes Chelsea very much, seeing Chelsea brings back wonderful memories.

His appearance in the FA Cup final last season was his career debut and he scored a goal.

Today, he also wants to leave a good memory! (To be continued..)