The Young Lion

I can't remember how many times Millwall and Manchester United have played against each other. This season, Manchester United is particularly weak. Not only is there a hidden danger in the defense, but because the midfielder has joined Veron, the entire offensive and defensive system has become less flexible than before. Against a familiar opponent, Millwall is both confident and relaxed.

The players on the court think that this will not be an uphill battle, as long as they do their own jobs, the door to victory will be open to them.

Ferguson didn't use Veron in the second match in the league. Today, due to the lack of formation, he used Veron again. After 20 minutes of the game, the positive effect could not be seen. Instead, he was frequently beaten in the midfield. Stealing the ball caused great pressure on one's own defense. The most important thing was that Nedved returned to the defense and formed a double-team block against Veron, which was very effective.

In the 27th minute, Manchester United had just fended off Henry's shot from the penalty area line and they started to build up the attack, but the ball reached Veron's feet and was easily poked away by Pirlo. Veron took the ball with his back and focused on intercepting him. Nedved turned around and protected the ball too obviously, and was destroyed by Pirlo from behind.

Larsson actively came to control the ball, and then quickly dribbled two steps forward. When Keane moved to this side, he decisively passed the ball to Nedved.

Nedved controlled the ball and was not in a hurry. On the left, Zambrotta went forward crazily, attracting the attention of Phil Neville and Butt. When Keane counterattacked Nedved again, Nedved The ball passed between Keane and Butt, and Ronaldinho cut to the front of the penalty area near the middle. He stopped the ball steadily, and then made a gesture to shoot a long shot!

Brown in front of him made a subconscious blocking action. Unexpectedly, Ronaldinho was just a fake move. Ronaldinho dribbled another step horizontally. Assuming he wanted to force his way to Blank's side, Brown, who had adjusted his center of gravity, immediately came to block Ronaldinho, and he and Blank squeezed to a point.

Ronaldinho kicked the ball back to the side behind Brown, and then started at full speed!

Brown was faked twice, and it would take more time to adjust his center of gravity. At the same time, he blocked Blanc's line to make up for it!

Ronaldinho's two wonderful feints and breakthroughs made the Wild Lions fans scream excitedly. After witnessing Ronaldinho entering the penalty area to form a single-handed shot and then easily push the bottom right corner of the goal to score, Hampton Park Shocking cheers erupted from the stands of the stadium!

Ronaldinho! Great Ronaldinho! He scored again in the Champions League final. Wonderful, and again, and again, he completely lost the United defense! We had to Praise him again, Millwall can reach such a glorious height in recent years, absolutely inseparable from Ronaldinho with magical ability! Less than 30 minutes into the first half, Millwall led by two goals, Manchester United There is no chance of fighting back!

Aldridge watched Ronaldinho dancing the iconic samba on the sidelines,

I am very pleased with Ronaldinho's growth and tempering over the years. It is absolutely different from the Ronaldinho in history. Of course, this is inseparable from the environment of Millwall and Ronaldinho's own efforts. You know, in fact, in the original history, Ronaldinho was actually abandoned for a period of time in Paris Saint-Germain, because Paris Saint-Germain first had internal turmoil, and secondly, the relationship between Ronaldinho and the coach was also somewhat inconsistent.

Ronaldinho turned around after dancing and hugged Nedved. Just now Nedved stopped, controlled, and passed. The timing was just right. If the pass was too early, Ronaldinho might quickly pass the ball. Restricted by Keane's return defense, the pass was late, and the opposing full-back's retraction may make it difficult for him to shoot after entering the penalty area.

In this kind of battle, Millwall needs Nedved. His ability, experience, will, and temperament are all needed by the team, so Aldridge sent him to play, not entirely to fulfill Nedved's personal The willingness, indeed, is that the team needs him at this level of competition.

The Manchester United fans in the stands have fallen into a sad mood and cannot extricate themselves. Millwall has been unbeaten in more than 80 games in various competitions across the season. Who would believe that this king's team will fall down today?

The score was already 2:0 and Manchester United looked like they had no chance.

Ferguson said before the game that this was similar to the match between the Red Devils and Bayern in 1999. Is it similar? There is still a gap in level between Bayern Munich in 1999 and Wild Lions in 2002.

Moreover, compared with Manchester United in 1999, Manchester United in 2002 did not become stronger, but weaker.

Ferguson didn't know what to do tactically, the static defense was beautifully arranged, Scholes was marking Pirlo, Keane was marking Nedved, the four-back Gabart restricted Millwall's trident, but the goal just now was conceded , Veron was intercepted by who? Pirlo, where did Scholes go? Of course, it's running to catch up and wait for teammates to pass the ball. Could it be that when Manchester United attacked, did Manchester United's offensive players still follow Millwall's players?

Millwall's high-pressure press defense has worked, and defense and offense are linked together and complement each other. This tactical system has reached its peak this season and has become a key research topic for mainstream European coach training institutions.

Ferguson kept waving his hands on the sidelines to tell the team to speed up the offensive rhythm, try to avoid entanglement with the opponent in the midfield and play fast, even if the success rate is reduced, it is much better than being directly intercepted in the midfield!

Someone in the Manchester United team gritted their teeth and their hearts were full of fighting spirit, Keane!

This is the first Champions League final in his career, the last time Manchester United played in the Champions League final and finally won the cup. Sorry, he and Scholes were sitting in the stands.

He is actually similar to Nedved, neither of them comes from a football powerhouse. It is a dream for the national team to achieve good results in international competitions. Because of this, the Champions League final is equivalent to the pinnacle stage of their careers.

In the Premier League, people will talk about the comparison between Keane and Vieira, but on the court, Nedved and Vieira, the direct dialogue with Keane is more, and also Naturally, it became the focus of attention.

In the past few years, as Millwall has become more and more successful, the confrontation between Nedved, Vieira and Keane has always been described as the winner by the outside world.

It was not a fair fight, Nedved attacked and Keane defended. Keane defended Nedved 7 times. 8 times. 9 times, except for that one time, maybe the winner's trophy was awarded to Nedved. This is the fate of the defensive player. A hundred successes can't be worth a fatal failure.

And Nedved is not a player who has to confront Keane head-on, when he has the opportunity. If you can avoid entanglement with the opponent, you will try to avoid it as much as possible. This also reflects Keane's strength. For a second-rate midfielder, Nedved directly crushed it with either speed or strength.

Keane's main task today is still to freeze Nedved, but what he did after the opening was not considered a success. After conceding two goals in a row, Keane frantically ran and swept the backcourt, and his movements became obviously bigger.

In the 35th minute, Nedved dribbled the ball in the frontcourt. He didn't look back to observe the reception point, and Pirlo was followed by Scholes. Henry, Larson and Ronaldinho are all in the process of running.

He easily changed direction and broke through the useless Veron, and then planned to take a few steps diagonally to the front left, so as to widen the angle, and in the middle of the front of the penalty area, Ronaldinho or Henry would respond and give him the ball route.

Keane posted up at this point, charging towards Nedved aggressively, Nedved physically confronted him, then forced another step with the ball, trying to get away from Keane by accelerating, at least not forcing it out lead to mistakes.

However, Nedved forcefully rushed forward again during the confrontation. He felt the pain of tearing his thigh, slowed down, touched the back of his thigh and fell to the ground. He covered his eyes with one hand and clenched the other into a fist. Beat the turf violently.

It's over!

He knew that he couldn't hold on to this game anymore, and he didn't even finish half of this Champions League final!

Nedved fell to the ground, the ball was intercepted by Phil Neville, and then passed the ball to Keane, who turned around and was about to instigate Manchester United's offensive.

The eyes of the Wild Lions fans in the stands were full of astonishment and worry.

Millwall, the god of war revered by thousands, has fallen!

Pirlo signaled to Keane, who was dribbling forward, that some of their players were injured and terminated the attack!

But Keane didn't care about that, he passed the ball to Veron, and just after Veron took a step forward, Gattuso fell fiercely to the ground and tackled the ball out of bounds, and then Gattuso stood up and faced angrily Veron yelled: Fuck you, did you see any of our players fell to the ground and injured? Are you blind?

Veron was not a good opponent either, he fought against Gattuso. Fortunately, the referee ran over to separate the two in time and did not issue a card to warn the two sides. After all, Gattuso did not commit any fouls. His movements looked big, but they were very clean. The quarrel was also caused by Manchester United's failure to kick the ball out of bounds in time.

Aldridge's heart sank to the bottom. From Nedved's actions, he knew that he was strained, and it was probably a serious strain. He had just returned from injury and did not go through a slow recovery stage to come to where he is today. In the fierce competition environment, not only the probability of recurrence of old injuries is greatly increased, but it is also possible to further deteriorate and become serious injuries.

The team doctor entered the field and helped Nedved off the field after a while. When he came to the sidelines, Nedved turned his head to look at Aldridge, and found that Aldridge's expression was calm and full of self-blame, and his eyes were full of guilt. Nedved Wade said softly to Aldrich: Boss, if I can't play today, I will regret it for the rest of my life. It's not your responsibility, it's my willfulness.

Aldridge patted him on the shoulder and nodded lightly, and then let Lamour play after warming up.

Millwall general Nedved left the field due to injury in the first half. This is definitely a very unfavorable situation for Millwall. You must know that both of Millwall's goals were related to Nedved. The bottom cross led to Brown's own goal, it was Nedved who passed the ball to Zambrotta, Ronaldinho's goal also came from Nedved's assist, he is of great importance to Millwall It goes without saying that it is a test for Lamour to replace him now, and in turn, perhaps for Manchester United, they have a chance to reverse the unfavorable situation.”

Seeing that Nedved was injured and retired, Ferguson stepped up his call to his disciples, asking the Red Devils to play more aggressively and strengthen their offense!

The opponent lacks a tough guy in the middle who can return to the front of the penalty area, and the defensive strength will be reduced. This is a godsend opportunity, which must be seized!

However, in the rest of the first half, the development of the game situation was completely different from what Ferguson expected. Manchester United's disadvantage was more obvious than the period when they conceded two goals in a row! (to be continued..) ()