The Young Lion

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In the first round of the semi-final against Monaco, Aldridge’s tactical arrangement was relatively straightforward, with strong attacks. Monaco’s defense is definitely not at the level of Juventus. Millwall is waiting for work, as long as he can score two goals at home or With the above advantages and zero opponents, it is bright to advance to the final.

In fact, Aldridge still has a little selfishness in his heart. There is still a lot of chasing in the league, and the gap with Manchester United and Arsenal is not big. If he can take a break in one of the two semi-finals of the Champions League, then take care of the league. Maybe it can really achieve a last-minute reversal!

His thinking is similar to the two rounds of the European Super Cup against Dortmund.

Monaco's away game should be a steady defense and counterattack. Millwall wants to launch a blitzkrieg, exerting full pressure from the beginning, trying to break the opponent in the shortest possible time.

But maybe the elimination of Juventus has built up a huge confidence advantage, and the players' onslaught became unscrupulous. Aldridge noticed this sign at the beginning of the game, and he hadn't had time to let the players slow down a little bit. , Keeping the rationality of the formation, Monaco gave Millwall a heavy blow!

Schneider assisted and went up to cooperate with Shevchenko in a quick pass and cut. After going down to the bottom, he made a pass and was blocked by the opponent's defender. Then Monaco turned from defense to attack and directly made a big long pass to the front side.

It happened that Schneider assisted and went up to the space behind. Monaco had a sharp knife on the side and rushed quickly. He unloaded the ball very skillfully with ball control skills, and then took the inside cut route.

The Wild Lions fans in the Wembley stands were dumbfounded.

Why is the opposing winger so fast? why!

After cutting in from the wing, he rode Juechen, not only throwing away the distance of Makelele from the back waistline, but also passing the ball directly past Elguera. Southgate saw that the opponent was about to break through the entire backline. So he tackled the ball from the side, and the opponent fell heavily in front of the penalty area, and the ball rolled out of the baseline.

The referee Nelson stopped the game. Without hesitation, he walked towards Southgate, who was trying to pull up the fallen Monaco player, and the one who fell on the ground was a young genius who was flying like lightning: Henry!

Southgate just turned around. Nelson's red card was already on top of his head.

In the opening 2 minutes, Millwall captain Southgate received a red card! Strictly speaking, this penalty is not controversial. If Southgate hadn't hooked Henry's leg with a shovel, this French winger would definitely have gone to the meeting alone! Southgate Te was shocked,

He kept explaining to the referee that Millwall's players were also pleading with the referee, but the referee's decision would definitely not be changed. Hall walked to the bench after exchanging a few words with the fourth official on the sidelines. He called two players to warm up, and it seemed that he was about to make a substitution. This was an unexpected change, and no one could have guessed such an opening. Millwall, the favorite to advance to the final, is at the nominal home ground. The game has just started with one less player. The situation is completely reversed, and all pre-match predictions will be overturned!

What the hell.

Monaco's counterattack made people speechless this time, and they made a clearance after a successful defense. The ball didn't fly high, and because it wasn't high, the speed was guaranteed, and the ball landed just in front of Henry. After he started to accelerate, he took advantage of the situation and took the ball. He didn't even give Makelele a chance to sweep horizontally, and Erguera had nothing to say when he was passed by the rushing Henry. The speedy winger really rushed, and not many defenders could block it head-on, but Henry was too fast , As a result, even if Southgate consciously dragged behind and waited for the opponent to pass Elguera before intercepting, he was a step slower. He could only put a shovel and wait for the opponent to enter the penalty area.

Wembley fell into a dead silence. Southgate was smeared before leaving the field. He was buying more time for the substitute players to warm up. Larson was still communicating with the referee from the Nordic fellow, also to delay time. Southgate Gate walked up to Nedved, took off the captain's armband and put it on for him, then walked off the field slowly with his head down.

Aldridge was watching the situation on the court from the sidelines. When Southgate passed him by, Aldridge raised his hand and patted him on the back without saying anything.

People, don't be too greedy, and don't be too complacent.

The elimination of the powerful Juventus really made Aldridge feel proud, and at the same time he started the dream of going hand in hand with the league and the Champions League.

How can there be such a good thing in the world!

Reality poured cold water on him mercilessly.

But then again, the referee gave the home team a red card at the beginning of the game. The referee was really stern.

Football is a closed circle, and there are many open and secret struggles in it, and the referee is also a territory for power competition.

Aldridge believes that if the referee in the first round against Juventus is replaced with Nelson today.

Then the penalties in these two games are likely to be all in favor of Millwall.

Torricelli's foul on Nedved will be shown a red card by Nelson, and Southgate's uprooting Henry may only be a yellow card.

Of course, the referee has his own subjective will for each penalty, and the penalty is determined as appropriate.

Nelson enforces the law strictly, and no one can make irresponsible remarks on him.

Behind him is the support of UEFA President Johansson. Nordic football is not strong, but there is a chairman on duty. At least in the field of refereeing, the Nordic faction is extremely strong. Nelson and Frisk are all representative. The characters and word of mouth are also good.

Millwall played one less player at the beginning, and Aldridge asked Materazzi and Gattuso to warm up.

It is impossible for him to simply fill the vacancy in the back line, but to change the tactical arrangement of the game and the pursuit of goals.

Do you still want to attack wildly if you hit one less person?

Defensively fight back and fight for character.

Ensuring that the opponent does not score an away goal is the number one priority.

After Monaco's free kick from outside the penalty area flew, Millwall made a substitution.

Hall replaced two players at once. Is this necessary? Normally, when a defender is sent off, the coach will remove an offensive player and replace a defender, but he replaced it. With two strikers replaced by a defender and a defensive midfielder, it seems that he has given up hope of winning at home, but it makes sense. Manchester United failed to win Monaco at home and was also won by the opponent as a guest. To score a goal, the first thing Hall has to do is to ensure that the team does not concede a goal. Trezeguet and Shevchenko walked to the sidelines together, and their expressions were a little depressed. In such a high-profile Champions League semi-final, they only After playing for less than 3 minutes, they were replaced. Although it was a passive substitution, they should understand Hall's decision, but it is certain that they feel uncomfortable. Materazzi and Gattuso were replaced. Millwall sees We are here to play a 4311 formation.

It is normal for Trezeguet and Shevchenko to be unhappy. It was Aldrich who was ready to go and was replaced within two minutes of playing, of course he was depressed and couldn't be happy.

But if you are not happy, you are not happy, Aldridge has no time to comfort them, they are professional players. Should be professional.

At this time, you should adjust your mentality. If you lose your temper or get awkward, it is unprofessional.

Fortunately, the professionalism of the two is fine. After sitting down, they just looked at the court depressedly, without unnecessary words or deeds.

Aldridge supervised the battle on the sidelines for ten minutes. After the two substitute players were fully engaged, he walked back and sat down.

After Southgate was sent off, if Aldridge replaced a defender, it would only make up for the loopholes in the defense, but he also replaced a defensive midfielder, which is to change the team's posture.

Focus on defense.

It is also a means of luring the enemy.

Makelele and Gattuso double midfielders. Pirlo goes up and down vertically, and Nedved is behind Larsson. Both of them have a wide range of activities. Now it depends on whether Monaco will give them a chance to fight back.

Aldridge couldn't help but glanced at the visiting team's coach bench. Tigana sat there motionless, showing no sign of going to the sidelines to command.

Aldrich sighed, it seems that the other party is really steadfast.

Anti-client is the main thing, anti-customer is the main thing, Monaco you press up and anti-customer is the main thing!

With one less player in the team, the gorgeous offense will definitely not be able to be played. In this kind of strong contest, one less player is equivalent to a broken arm of the master. Under limited conditions, Millwall can only adapt to the rhythm of the opponent.

Especially when there is one less player at the beginning, if you play vigorously, the gap in physical fitness between the two sides will become wider and wider.

Millwall can only play a defensive counterattack to make a fortune.

The Fleet Street reporters who watched the game all wanted to scold the street!

Mahler Gobi, Millwall is now playing tricks!

How cheap.

Playing the Chelsea League Cup final, the smoke bomb made Fleet Street a laughing stock. The predictions came and went, and even the most basic situation was not clear.

Playing against Juventus, the outside world is not optimistic about the Wild Lions, but the Wild Lions played ups and downs and achieved an epic victory.

It's good now, everyone is optimistic that the Wild Lion can enter the finals, and you fucking have diarrhea at the door of your house!

The most hateful thing is that when Millwall beats one less player, he is really discouraged!

You guys are fighting with Monaco with blood, kill!

Singing gradually sounded in the Wembley stands, and now the game has entered the garbage viewing stage, and the fans of the Wild Lions entertained themselves and began to sing to encourage the team.

Even if the Wild Lion's offense is not threatening at all, the overall formation is shrunk in the midfield, and the offense depends on Larson, Nedved, and Pirlo. They often fall into a double-team situation and declare the end of the offense. The same is true for Monaco. Millwall took the initiative to shrink, and they were also patient when attacking. They did not pass the ball forward when there was no good opportunity.

Since Monaco opened the game with a free-kick from outside the penalty area, the two teams had only three shots on goal before the end of the first half, and two of them came from set pieces...

In the second half, the Wild Lions' tactics remained unchanged, and they still played defensive counterattacks, but Aldridge reminded the players that once Monaco's formation began to press forward and the number of troops in the attack increased, then they must have the awareness of counterattacks.

However, Tigana was determined to fight Aldridge to the death. Even in the last ten minutes of the game, Monaco still did not press down on the border. They could not see the offensive advantage at all when they played one more man. The advantage in defense was obvious. It is very easy to defuse Millwall's attack.

A sleepy semi-final first leg ended at Wembley.

0:0

The two sides exchanged a goalless draw.

Aldridge exchanged a few words with Tigana, and then went to be interviewed.

He was under a lot of pressure from public opinion today, and he failed to win the game in London, which surprised experts from all walks of life, and the call for Millwall to advance to the final was also much lowered.

This is a relatively conventional view. If you can't win the opponent at home, do you still want to go to the away game to make trouble?

Aldridge answered patiently when faced with some radical questions, and he looked a little depressed and disappointed.

But when he left the press conference and returned to the locker room, he spoke eloquently to the listless players.

Hey, cheer up, cheer me up, what's wrong with 0:0? Everyone says that it is better to go first and then host. Why don't I think that? Monaco didn't score a goal in the away game. When we go to their home game, Have you ever thought that if we score one goal, they will score two of us, and if we score two, they will score three! Who has the better situation?

It sounds reasonable, as long as Millwall scores in the second round, the opponent must score one more than them to advance.

In fact, there are some strong words.

But the players felt comfortable listening to it, and their mood improved. They recharged their batteries and waited for the second round to go to France to get the final tickets. ()