The Young Lion

When the outside world over-exaggerated the hatred between Millwall and Bayern Munich, Millwall's players were inevitably affected.

Originally, they were the losing side last season, which made it easier for them to lose their mentality.

On the plane departing for Munich, Aldridge used one hour to explain the correct football values ​​to the whole team, letting the players understand that with the determination of revenge, they cannot go further on the stage of the Champions League and become kings , You can't rely on hatred to inspire motivation. Even if you really beat Bayern Munich with anger, it will not be good for the long-term development of the team.

Think about the first time we played against Manchester United, Arsenal, Liverpool, Juventus, Real Madrid, Barcelona, ​​what was going through your minds?

The plane has taken off, but Aldrich is doing ideological baptism for the whole team.

Larson answered: We want to prove that we are not weaker than each other, we can beat each other.

Aldrich said with approval: Yes, Henrik said our initial mentality, and that mentality is the most correct, and we should always maintain it. We lost the game because we didn't have the opponent. We are strong, we win the game and prove that we are stronger than the opponent, it is as simple as that, and we want to become the strongest now and always occupy this position, then facing every opponent, our mentality should be the same, because we win and become stronger , It is not because of strength that we must win! I hope you will remember this point, this time we go to Munich, we want to beat Bayern Munich, but it is definitely not because we lost to the opponent last year, but because we want to defeat all enemies that stand in front of us. That's all.

When the plane landed in Munich. A large number of Wild Lions fans in Germany rushed to the airport to welcome them. Millwall established a club-approved fan organization in Germany the year before last, and sowed a lot of seeds throughout Europe. With Millwall's outstanding record and stars flocking to it, these seeds quickly took root and grew stronger.

Aldrich led the team to stay in the hotel, and the whole team spent the preparation period quietly. The next day, they had a simple field training, and the big battle in the evening was imminent.

Millwall and Bayern Munich, the two favorites to win the championship, met in the quarter-finals ahead of schedule. It directly caused the attention of the other six teams to fight each other to plummet!

Media from Europe to all over the world are stationed at the Munich Olympic Stadium, and even media organizations without UEFA's broadcast rights are updating the progress of the game in real time on the spot.

As night fell and the sky was cloudless, the Olympiastadion in Munich was full of people, and the star-studded stadium was waiting for the debut of the two protagonists.

When Aldridge strolled out of the player tunnel,

The surrounding lights flickered, and the number of reporters on the sidelines increased significantly compared to other games on weekdays, and there must have been a lot more shots.

Aldridge stood on the sidelines and looked around the stadium. Speaking of which, Bayern fans are very concerned about the rematch against Millwall today. The performance is mixed.

The good news is that the visitor is defeated.

The worry is that this defeated player is obviously stronger than last year!

For them, the word revenge is just a joke.

Bayern has been in Europe for many years. Which giants have you never played against? If you lose a game and form a grudge, then the list of enemies must not be densely packed.

The quarter-finals of the European Champions Cup, the first leg of the match between Bayern Munich and Millwall will start at the Munich Olympic. Unexpectedly, the two teams that met in the semi-finals last season will be in the quarter-finals a year later. They met again in the final. Last year, Bayern Munich drew 1:1 with Millwall in 210 minutes of two rounds. They eliminated Millwall through a penalty shootout, but in the end they lost to Manchester United in the final. This year's Millwall It feels unstoppable and unbeatable, at least in the Premier League, they are still undefeated this season, and they have only been defeated by Arsenal in the League Cup on all fronts. Such a team with good form and stable performance, will Falling in front of Bayern Munich again? Bayern Munich also performed well this year. They are also the favorites to win the Champions League. This is a well-matched contest, but after two rounds, one team must leave. For a strong team, it must be a good thing.”

The UEFA Champions League theme song began to play in the stadium, and players from both sides walked into the stadium to fight in a row.

Bayern Munich start 541.

Goalkeeper: Kahn.

Defenders: Babel, Link, Anderson, Kufuor, Lizarazu.

Midfielders: Salihamidzic, Jeremiah, Effenberg, Sauer.

Forward: Elber.

Millwall started 433.

Goalkeeper: Bout.

Defenders: Schneider, Materazzi, Southgate, Zambrotta.

Midfield: Makelele, Pirlo, Ronaldinho.

Forwards: Larsson, Henry, Nedved.

I don’t know if there is any mistake in the starting lineup we got. Nedved was placed in the left winger position, and the Brazilian Ronaldinho appeared in the midfielder position. If the two are swapped, there will be no problem. up.

The game started quickly, with Millwall kicking off first, good luck.

Kick off first in the away game, and Millwall can drive the whole team into the game through skillful ball control.

After all, the time required for individual players to enter the game state is different. If the opponent kicks off the ball first and launches a fast break, if a certain point has not entered the state, it is easy to make mistakes.

Millwall opened up the formation on the field, made reasonable use of the width of the field, and mainly used the midfielder to pass and receive the ball back and forth.

Bayern Munich did not grab too much, this is because of the formation.

Single striker Elber, double-sided forwards Sauer and Salihamidzic, the angel wings, plus Effenberg, in the frontcourt, Bayern Munich can only have 4 players at most to press. After pulling to the sideline, can they grab it?

What's more, Effenberg didn't dare to press too much, for fear that he would lose his midfield position.

Millwall kept Bayern Munich from touching the ball for three minutes, and then Millwall began to attack.

Pirlo stepped forward with the ball. Effenberg kept the distance from Jeremiah and entered the pressing rhythm. Pirlo passes the ball to Ronaldinho. The latter was approached by Jeremiah and actively missed the incoming ball. Nedved, who was behind him, actively ran back to catch the ball. Running forward, he just received a pass from Nedved and faced Bayern Munich's three-back.

boom

Ronaldinho decisively took a long shot, and the ball was slightly higher than the crossbar.

Ronaldinho's long-range shot slid out of the goal. Good risk! Bayern Munich's midfield defense seems not strong enough. In the case of Millwall's sudden acceleration, Effenberg and Jeremys 2 v 2 The defense is fine, but once the Millwall strikers drop back and cooperate, they will miss out in 2v3.

Hitzfeld remained expressionless, but his heart trembled slightly.

Millwall is indeed stronger than last year. The most intuitive manifestation is Pirlo and Ronaldinho. One is excellent in organizational ability, and the other is more unpredictable in team coordination.

Last season was the first time that Ronaldinho started to represent Millwall as the main force, and he performed amazingly at that time. Most of it stems from the display of his personal ability, but when he is familiar with the opponent and restricts it in a targeted manner in advance. His performance in key games cannot be said to be bad, but he will lose his magical power.

This season he is more integrated into the team, the tacit understanding with his teammates and the improvement of his own ability, especially the ability to read the game, so that his threat has risen sharply, and the manifestation of creativity is unpredictable, which has surpassed Nedved , because his ability to control the ball is stronger than Nedved's.

Bayern Munich attacked, Henry started to drop back, Ronaldinho also dropped back, but neither of them defended a specific man-marking task.

Bayern Munich passed the ball forward through the full-backs and the ball reached Salihamidzic, who knew he was in isolation before receiving the ball.

Nedved returned to the defense and suppressed the assisting Babel. In the middle, Makelele and Pirlo marked Effenberg one after the other. Jeremys did not dare to come up because Ronaldinho and Henry were by his side. One is behind him, if he goes forward and is counterattacked, there will be almost no defense in front of the back line!

In front of Salihamidzic is Zambrotta. If he wants to find a teammate through a pass, it is basically impossible to pass a short pass. The long pass will either find Saul on the opposite side or Elber, and both of them will be rejected. Schneider and Materazzi stare.

He can only break through personally.

Angel Wings moved the ball to the outside, and then suddenly changed to the inside in front of Zambrotta. Zambrotta defended against the opponent, stuck in his body while turning around, and stabbed the ball back. The ball came Southgate's feet.

Millwall defended successfully.

Southgate took a step forward with the ball, and immediately knocked the ball to Zambrotta, who was running wide, when Salihamidzic made a movement towards him.

Zambrotta passed the ball straight to Nedved in front, and Nedved also kicked the ball across to Pirlo, who made a slight adjustment and picked a pass forward.

The ball passed over Jeremiah's head, Henry turned his back to meet the ball, Anderson pressed up behind him, Henry took off and headed to the side.

Ronaldinho brushed past Henry and Anderson, and cooperated seamlessly with Henry. He accelerated forward while unloading the ball from his chest, facing the shrinking back line of Link and Kufuor alone.

In front of the penalty area, Ronaldinho fired again from a long distance. This long-range shot was extremely threatening, but it was a pity that Kahn, who was in full swing, flew to save the ball and blocked the ball.

Kahn's world-class save! Ronaldinho almost pierced Kahn's ten fingers!

Heathfield stood up with a dignified expression.

Bayern Munich's sports battle is too weak!

Compared with the match against Millwall last season, both offensive and defensive ends seem to have dropped a notch, even though they are still known as one of the top European teams this season.

Originally, when the two teams played against each other last season, Bayern Munich did not break through Millwall's gate in the sports battle, relying on the opportunities created by set kicks.

Intuitively, Bayern Munich's formation has one less striker than last year, but it has strengthened the attack on the wing.

Five at the back is still five at the back, but in very different roles.

Matthaeus has already finalized his next home and will move to the Major Leagues to seek gold. The Champions League farewell match will be staged in the second stage of the group stage.

Anderson can't replace Mateus. Although the starting lineup looks almost the same as where Mateus appeared last season, his role on the court is completely different.

One is a free man, who can attack and retreat and defend, and the other is a central defender, who is purely defensive and is firmly nailed to a position by the area and tasks limited by his own duties. Bayern Munich lacks free men when attacking. At the point of response, there is a lack of Mateus who can flexibly switch between intercepting central defenders and sweepers when defending.

No matter how strong the outside world thinks Bayern Munich is, Aldridge will make Bayern Munich surrender to Millwall in this game! (to be continued...) ()