The Young Lion

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The Real Madrid fans at the Bernabeu expected the team to perform a miracle and at least equalize the score in only 5 minutes including stoppage time.

Real Madrid absolutely suppressed Millwall at halftime due to the superior number, and Elguera, the guard with a knife, also killed him.

Aldridge gave him a clear defensive mission before sending Neal on.

Observe calmly and judge the defensive situation.

If Real Madrid controls the perimeter, Neil is the defensive midfielder. If Real Madrid presses the penalty area, Neil will drag back and act as a sweeper.

Neil executed Aldridge’s tactical requirements very well. Under strong pressure, the passive defensive side must have a flexible defensive role. Those players who have been fighting for nearly 90 minutes on the field are more or less lacking due to inertia. The ability and courage to adapt to the situation, sticking to the responsibilities is a normal choice, but in this case, what is most needed is a player who dares to be flexible.

Morientes found a chance in the penalty area, but he missed the goal in a hurry, which shocked the whole Millwall team into a cold sweat.

Bout put the ball on the line of the small penalty area and looked at the situation ahead. The Real Madrid players pressed forward, almost using man-to-man tactics to defend.

Unable to find a stable point of release, Bout took the ink for more than ten seconds before driving the ball to the frontcourt.

The audience held their breaths, and the time had reached the penultimate minute of stoppage time.

Aldridge stood on the sidelines with a dignified expression. At this time, it is difficult to say that he will definitely be able to defend Real Madrid, especially when Real Madrid's offensive attack directly enters the Millwall penalty area. Confusion in the situation leads to a loss of the ball.

Carlos made a cross from the wing. The quality of this cross was very average. It may be related to his decline in physical fitness and mental pressure. Materazzi stayed on the spot. Shaking his head hard to clear the ball, at this time he must use his strength to keep the ball as far away from the penalty area as possible.

The ball that went out of the siege flew to the center circle after Nedved's header relay.

Henry grabbed the landing point there, turned around with the ball and immediately started to rush forward.

Real Madrid fans saw this scene. I cried in my heart: No way!

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Real Madrid only have Karanka and Campo in the backcourt.

Henry had no choice, he had to take the ball forward, and none of the Real Madrid players in the frontcourt ran back to defend.

If Millwall can have one or two players running at high speed to support Henry at this time, this attack will be very threatening.

But Nedved didn't move, neither did Klose, who is physically strong. If it was 11 against 11, they would definitely rush forward, but seeing that the surrounding Real Madrid players didn't retreat to defend, they didn't dare to rush forward Lost the defensive position, in case of being counterattacked and lost the ball. They really don't have any time.

Kalanka and Campo defended 2 and 1. Even though there was a lot of space in the backcourt, Henry was only one person, and Kalanka followed Henry. Slowing down Henry's rhythm, Campo guarded the key position afterwards. It doesn't matter if Karanka is broken through, he will make up for it.

Seeing the defensive strategies of these two men, Henry was extremely helpless.

His physical fitness is already at the end of his strength, and he can make another short-distance burst at most, if Karanka and Campo are in parallel positions or rush up to grab him impatiently. Instead, he will have a good chance of breaking through their defense.

But the opponent didn't give him a chance at all. After being slowed down by Karanka, Henry gradually deviated from the track of rushing towards the Real Madrid goal. He made a choice, accelerated suddenly, and exhausted his last effort to complete a speed increase.

Karanka and Campo also understood Henry's plan after seeing the direction of Henry's accelerated dribble.

He took the ball to the baseline corner.

Now the two were rude, and rushed up to surround Henry.

Henry noticed that the two men came to siege. He stepped on the football on the top corner, then turned around, just as Karanka rushed up, Henry made a breakthrough forward leaning action, and at the same time slightly provoked the ball.

Karanka rushed up and knocked the ball out of the baseline.

Henry couldn't make a breakthrough at all. He just faked a breakthrough and asked Karanka to help him get a set kick to delay time.

In the last minute of stoppage time, Millwall got a corner. We saw a very strange sight. No one took the corner! Oh, it turned out that Klose took the corner. Trotted around to the corner, Real Madrid players were complaining about the time delay, the referee ran to Klose and showed him a yellow card, Klose was arguing with the referee, haha, this can consume a lot of energy Less time.

When Klose went to take a corner kick again with a yellow card on his back, there were only 15 seconds left in the time.

Henry walked from the penalty area to the corner again and stood in front of Klose. Salgado rushed up behind him. Henry stretched out his hand to signal Klose not to kick the ball. He turned around and gestured to the referee. Salgado's distance.

By the time Klose passed the ball to Henry, stoppage time had passed.

Henry turned around with the ball and protected the ball at the bottom line. Salgado and Karanka came to grab it. He pulled the ball back and then suddenly withdrew his foot. Salgado's outstretched foot poked the ball out of the bottom line again. Millwall went on to get a corner.

The referee then blew the whistle for the end of the game.

The Bernabeu booed the sky, and I don't know if it was booing Millwall to delay time or booing the noble Real Madrid to lose this crucial battle at home, perhaps, both.

After 90 minutes of fierce fighting, the first leg of the Champions League quarter-finals at the Bernabeu came to an end. Real Madrid lost 3:4 at home to Millwall from the Premier League. This result is definitely a victory for Millwall. Wonderful, they have never lost a European game in London. In fact, they have only lost one European game in four years, and the score was 1:0, so even if Real Madrid can beat Millwall by one goal in the second leg, If they can’t score more than three goals by one goal, they will also be eliminated. But Real Madrid defeated Manchester United 3-2 in the last game and eliminated their opponents. They will go to London in the next round. They have a chance.”

The Millwall players excitedly waved their fists.

This score is very beneficial for them to advance to the Champions League final.

Real Madrid's players looked stern. With the brutal score and the severe situation, they still have a chance, but they can start from reason. There is little hope.

After the whistle blew at the end of the game, Aldridge went straight to shake hands with Bosque, and then walked quickly into the player tunnel without looking back, even though a group of reporters and cameras behind him were following him.

It seems that everyone wants to see how proud the young coach will show at the end of the game, how reckless and frivolous he will be in the Bernabéu stadium.

But the game isn't over yet. At least Aldridge thinks so.

180 minutes played, Millwall won the first half, that's all.

This is not a group stage, but a knockout stage, the semi-finals of the Champions League!

Premature complacency and relaxation will only plant the seeds of anxiety.

He returned to the locker room and exchanged a few words with Makelele. At this time, Makelele had completely calmed down. After the whole team returned to the locker room, he stood up and apologized to all his teammates.

Everyone didn't take it to heart, and the game was won. That's enough, the winning team can ignore all problems, especially the players themselves.

In the post-match press conference, Aldridge was harassed by reporters from Marca and Aspen.

The football media in Spain are basically divided into two camps, pro-Barcelona or pro-Real Madrid, which is different from the pure Real Madrid mouthpiece like Aspen. Marca is slightly biased towards Real Madrid on the basis of being as neutral as possible.

Today, Real Madrid's enemy is Millwall. It is normal for Marca to stand on Real Madrid's side.

Millwall, which is considered to have the strongest offensive firepower in Europe, plays passive football at the Bernabeu. Is this Millwall's style?

Real Madrid scored three, one of which was a penalty, Millwall scored four, all from open play. The score was 3:4.

But you just got a better chance by counterattacking, and you didn't dare to compete head-on with Real Madrid.

The score is 3:4.

Is this the Millwall style?

If winning, winning, can be described as a style, then I will proudly declare: Yes. Winning is Millwall's style!

Mr. Hall, you know what I'm talking about is the style of football tactical system...

You don't understand my answer. Tactics that cannot bring victory are wrong and ineffective. Any technical and tactical system should aim to win. This is our style.

Aldridge choked the Spanish reporter to the point where he had nothing to say. When he confronted the reporter, he seldom responded with silence. On the contrary, he always forced the other party to have nothing to say. The news criticizes him, but other European media will sing his praises and mock Spanish reporters. Therefore, in the European competition, Aldridge is also the biggest star coach.

Makelele's red card, do you think the referee's decision is correct?

The reporter of Aspen is not like a clown. His problem is that there is a needle hidden in the cotton, which seems very common and normal.

But Aldridge knew that the other party was up to no good.

I'm afraid the opponent is waiting for Aldridge to lash out at the referee's misjudgment, and then UEFA will intervene in the investigation. In this way, Aldridge will be suspended!

My opinion is not important anymore. The audience at the scene, the audience who watched the game through TV broadcast all over the world, and the media present, I believe that the penalty will be discussed in the next period of time, and the whole process of the incident will be peeled off. Discussing in a threadlike manner, whether Makelele's handball should be punished, whether the foul was in the penalty area or outside the penalty area, and whether it should be a penalty kick. Many people in the football circle will give their own opinions. Milwaukee Will appeal to UEFA to cancel Makelele's red card.

He threw the ball on the ground and almost hurt the referee. Shouldn't that be a red card?

That's just part of the incident, like if you report on Makelele's red card tomorrow, and only describe him throwing the football in his hand angrily and getting a red card, this is your dereliction of duty and unprofessional performance. Readers of your news are misleading by distorting facts. When an ordinary person suffers from injustice in his life, he has a cathartic instinct, and we tend to notice how he vents, but the source of the injustice is concealed, and that, That's where it matters the most.

At the end of the day, you still think that the referee made a serious mistake in enforcing the law.

You said it, I didn't say it.

After the verbal battle between Aldridge and the Spanish reporters ended, the media reporters on Fleet Street asked some questions about the prospect of the second round.

Aldridge pointed out that Millwall achieved a good result in the first round, but in the second round, they must forget the score and stabilize their mentality.

The key to whether they can advance to the final is the mentality of the team. Now, Millwall has only one enemy: himself!