The Young Lion

The new season is coming as scheduled, and the Charity Shield, which symbolizes the end of the English football break, will be held for the first time at the Cardiff Millennium Stadium. watermark ad test watermark ad test

The whole Millwall team came to Cardiff, Wales in high spirits, and Liverpool is also gearing up for a big fight in the new season.

Last season, Liverpool won three championship trophies. The spirit of the three-cup champion Liverpool has taken on a new look. The Red Army seems to be listed as a part of the Premier League championship group in the new season. Since 1995, the Premier League championship has always been between Millwall and Manchester United. , the game between Arsenal, Liverpool is expected to break this old pattern, and together with Manchester United and Arsenal challenge the Millwall supremacy that has formed a monopoly for three consecutive league titles.

For the re-emergence of Liverpool, Aldridge gave a high evaluation in front of the media. He himself stated: I like the city of Liverpool very much. As a traditional giant in England, if Liverpool can attack the league title, it will make the Premier League The further increase in competition is not only beneficial to the development of the Premier League, but also brings positive stimulation to Millwall. You know, if your opponents are always the same, and you can always beat them, this will undoubtedly make your Aggression has taken a hit, Millwall needs a new challenge, and whether Liverpool can cause problems for our title defense, we'll know when next May comes around.

Aldridge's remarks were interpreted bluntly by Fleet Street as saying something.

Maybe he is telling the truth, Millwall does need more challengers to keep them in a sense of crisis and aggressiveness, so that the team will not become spiritually empty after continuous victories.

But Aldridge is obviously satirizing Manchester United and Arsenal.

It is believed that these two opponents have been Millwall's championship opponents in the past, but in the past three years, they have been continuously defeated by Millwall.

Liverpool coach Houllier showed some limited ambitions, claiming that although Liverpool has the strength to hit the league title in the new season, because the team still has to participate in the Champions League, the two-line battle situation is severe. Being able to enter the top three in the league is a realistic goal.

Cardiff is a city in Wales. Many teams in Wales were established 70 or 80 years ago, but at that time, Wales did not have a mature league system. As a result, many professional teams in Wales joined the English league system. Until 1992, the Premier League was established. The Welsh league was also established, with some Welsh teams returning to the home league, but there are still some, such as Swansea. Cardiff City chose to stay in England, a professional league system with stronger league maturity and competitiveness.

In the tenth year of the Premier League, there is still no Welsh team in the Premier League. Even a strong team like Swansea, which always dominates the Welsh Cup, can only survive in the fourth tier of England. At the end of last season, he almost fell into the non-professional league. This is normal in the eyes of the English,

Wales can despise England's sports, only rugby, football? How could this group of sheep-herding Welshmen make a difference in English football!

Like home to the Welsh varsity football team. The Millennium Stadium was originally built only for rugby matches.

The Premier League champions, the FA Cup champions, joined the Millennium Stadium. In addition to the fans of the Wild Lions and the Red Army flocking to the stadium to watch the match, the local Welsh fans are also willing to pay to watch a match between the English giants.

For the Charity Shield held here for the first time, nearly 75,000 seats in the stadium were packed, and the atmosphere was very warm.

There were still more than ten minutes before the game started. We saw Hall talking with Houllier on the sidelines. The two coaches have known each other for a long time. It is rumored that they have a good personal relationship. It seems that what they say is true.

Aldrich knew that Houllier was in poor health, so he took the opportunity to greet him. Houllier was full of emotion. The job of the head coach of a football club is a labor-intensive job. A lot of work is just the foundation. The heart is under heavy load.

Players from both sides entered the field in line, each with their heads held high. The old players were calm and introverted as if with majesty, while the young players were full of vigor and vigor.

Millwall, Liverpool, players from the two teams have entered the field and are taking a group photo before the game. Interestingly, the two teams will face off against the Charity Shield today. Three weeks later, the two teams will meet in the UEFA Super Cup. Today's game , which can be seen as a rehearsal.

Millwall started 433.

Goalkeeper: Pagliuca.

Defenders: Schneider, Materazzi, Southgate, Zambrotta.

Midfield: Gattuso, Pirlo, Nedved.

Forwards: Larsson, Henry, Ronaldinho.

This is Millwall's first start in the UEFA Champions League final, without a single change in personnel, which is why in the new season, as long as Millwall participates in all events, they are listed as the biggest favorites to win the championship! Compared with previous summers where the main players always left, Millwall had a quiet summer this year, only letting go of a few substitute players, considering their bench like Metzelder, Barzagli, Alonso , Klose and other players have significantly improved their strength compared to last season, and Millwall's overall strength in the new season will only rise but not fall!

Liverpool starting 442

Goalkeeper: Dudek.

Defenders: Carragher, Hyypia, Henchoz, Riise.

Midfield: Murphy, Gerrard, Hamann, Smicer.

Forwards: Huskey, Irving.

Houllier sent Fowler to Leeds United in the summer, and the team's strength seems to have declined. However, if Fowler stays with the team, Liverpool may be in trouble in the new season, because the conflict between Fowler and Houllier is already a passer-by. We all know that if this problem is not resolved, there will be no stability within Liverpool.

Whether Liverpool is qualified to challenge Millwall's supremacy in the Premier League in the new season, the result of today's game may not be too convincing, but we can also see some tricks. In the end, are Liverpool and Millwall the same? Is there still a significant gap between brother and sister?

Before the game started, Aldridge sat on the coach's bench with a calm look on his face, thinking about something that no second person in the world would know.

South locker room spell!

Well, Millwall is using the south dressing room today. Since Wembley was closed at the beginning of last season, and it hasn't been long since the England match moved to the Millennium Stadium, the spell in the south dressing room must have not been discovered yet.

In the future, many teams will use the South locker room and lose the game, so it is called a curse.

Aldrich is not serious. Just thinking of such a thing, I want to see today's game, whether Liverpool really has a buff to improve their state and strength, or Millwall has been given a weakened debuff because they used the South dressing room.

The game begins. Liverpool launched a fast break. There are a lot of people who come up on offense, one tall and one fast, two forwards. Smichel, the brave Gerrard, and Riise, who were ambushing behind them, all rushed up.

Hit Millwall by surprise. The goal was almost rushed away, but fortunately Pagliuca played normally and steadily resolved Owen's shot.

Aldrich was taken aback, thinking that some kind of magic spell was really at work.

But after watching it for another 5 minutes, I realized that it was a false alarm!

He glanced at Houllier on the coach bench next door.

Liverpool, really won a few cups and restored the former domineering of the Red Army.

The Millwall players on the field were pressed for a while at the beginning. The players were puzzled, and when they entered the state and saw Liverpool's posture today, the Millwall players were all happy in the heart.

Pirlo looked at the backcourt. Look at the frontcourt, look at the players that Liverpool press around, Gerrard is inseparable from him.

After knowing it, I exclaimed in my heart: Ah, you actually want to fight us?

It's not that Liverpool has a buff, or that Millwall is wearing the debuff, or that Liverpool is going to fight against Millwall!

Like many coaches, Houllier had a headache when he encountered Millwall. He studied how to deal with Millwall. The defensive counterattack proved to be not very feasible. Liverpool itself does not use defensive counterattack as the mainstream tactic, but defensive counterattack is excellent. Valencia was abused by Millwall for two consecutive years, and Bayern Munich also played defensively, and finally left the field sadly after swallowing three eggs.

Since the anti-reverse effect is very small, then attack, fight against the attack and fight for opportunities, risk is a risk, but Houllier believes that at least the probability of winning will be much higher than being knocked down by Millwall step by step.

Liverpool today is actually a small diamond-shaped midfield position, Harman midfielder, Gerrard and Murphy central midfielder, Smicer midfielder, Riise on the left side attacking from the wing, and Murphy on the right side.

After getting acquainted with the distribution of Liverpool players and the general routine of movement, Millwall began to exert force. The field commander Pirlo took the initiative to move his position to the left, away from Gerrard and close to Murphy.

Not only did Pirlo discover that the Red Army was playing against each other, other players naturally noticed it too.

Offensive players are excited.

Well done to the Red Army!

It's really not easy. When we meet someone who dares to fight against us, we usually throw flowers to celebrate when we catch an opponent with slightly balanced skills and tactics. Today, meeting you is like winning a lottery.

Confrontation means that the opponent's offensive investment must be large in order to play an effective offensive, and at the same time, the space in the backcourt becomes larger.

In the 12th minute, Smicer took the ball with his back in front of the penalty area and was about to turn around and pass the ball straight to Hesky when he was intercepted by Gattuso. Gattuso immediately passed the ball to Pirlo after stealing the ball.

Murphy and Gerrard double-teamed Pirlo, Pirlo flicked his ankle, and the ball passed through the narrow gap between the two. At the same time, Zambrotta rushed past Murphy, got the ball and went all the way to Forward.

Zambrotta dribbled the ball like a wild horse galloping across the entire midfield area.

No one!

Gerrard and Murphy were left behind, Harman stared at Nedved and did not dare to go up, and retreated step by step. The entire midfield area was empty.

Liverpool's defense was shocked, and Houllier was also fuming.

Zambrotta, how can you take the ball to the middle?

Are you not a wide player?

There is a large space in the middle, and Zambrotta runs to the middle when he dribbles the ball. It is not at all the dribbling area of ​​a full-back in his usual state.

When Zambrotta brought the ball to the area 40 yards away from the goal, Harman finally stepped up, but Zambrotta's speed had reached its peak, and he broke through Harman's defense zone by flexibly changing direction diagonally.

Millwall 5 vs 4!

Liverpool's back four is on the verge of a formidable enemy!

Nedved slanted into the left rib, Ronaldinho cut the center from the left, Larson cut the center from the right, and Henry pulled from the center to the right.

Riise and Larson closed in the middle of the penalty area.

Carragher and Ronaldinho closed the middle of the penalty area.

Hyypia blocked Nedved, and Henjoz was originally with Henry, but Ronaldinho and Larson closed in the middle at the same time, so he stood still, hoping that Riise could switch flexibly to focus on Henry.

But between the lightning and the flint, Liverpool's defense line has done a good job, only one person is missing, and that is Henry.

Zambrotta didn't need to think about it. After the teammates on the front line completed their runs, the space was clear at a glance. His pass just rolled past Riise running towards the middle. When Riise stopped and turned around suddenly, Henry stopped the ball at the same time. Going back to the inner line, Riise seemed to have lost his way, looking around for someone.

Henry leaned towards the goal from close range and volleyed vigorously.

The ball passed over Dudek's head and flew into the goal.