There was a brief silence at Stamford Bridge as the ball flew into the goal, whether it was a second, a second or two or more, no one could say, but it was certain that no fan expected Millwall to suddenly score.

"Millwall scored?"

How is that possible?

The fans at the scene couldn't believe it for the first time, Chelsea fans and Millwall fans were the same, they were very surprised by the goal, because the situation had been controlled by Chelsea before, Millwall didn't even have a decent attack, let alone a goal.

Did Millwall only play a counter-attack, or did they clear a similar long ball and suddenly break through the Chelsea defence?

It's incredible!

After that moment, there was a cry of surprise and disbelief from the Chelsea fans, and they didn't want to believe that Chelsea were so far behind, but the game was like that, the referee signalled that the goal was valid, the scoreboard had been rewritten, they didn't want to believe it and they had to believe it, but that didn't stop the 'buzzing' from the stands.

Millwall fans became very excited, and they began to shout wildly, many stood up, waving their hands wantonly, and many hugged each other, drank beer, and even yelled to vent their joy.

Perhaps an example can be given to illustrate the feelings of Millwall fans: an extremely fanatical shareholder bought a stock, and he did not spend a lot of time studying the stock every day, but one morning came the news that the stock represented a major problem in the board of directors of the company, and many experts believed that the day would definitely fall to the limit, even if there was still potential for development in the long run, the stockholder's mood would not be better.

Finally opened in the morning.

At the beginning, the stock showed a downward trend, according to the experts, there was no chance of rising at all, but at a certain time suddenly crazy rise, all to the extent of the price limit!

The excitement and surprise of this investor can be imagined!

He had already looked at the stock with the mentality of 'falling limit', but he didn't expect the result to be a big flip, and instead of falling limit, it was up and down.

'Down limit' and 'up limit', the difference between one word means diametrically opposite!

The excitement of Millwall fans can be imagined, the Millwall supporters in the Stamford Bridge stadium are still part of the number, more Millwall fans have not been able to buy tickets, can only watch the game through the TV at home or other viewing venues, when they see that the situation in Millwall is extremely suppressed, on the contrary, when the football flies into the goal, they all burst out, around the dog island on the Thames, are occupied by the cheers of Millwall fans, and shouts can be heard everywhere in the neighboring blocks, Some tourists who don't know why can't help but joke in confusion, "Is it the victory of World War II?" ”

Someone who knows explained, 'It's a Chelsea and Millwall game today, so it's supposed to be Millwall's goal, right?' ”

"Millwall goals? Impossible, right? I think it should be Chelsea to win. Someone next to him suddenly questioned, and immediately heard the cheers in his ears, "No! Should be! I'm going back to watch the game! ”

The celebration of Millwall fans is just a microcosm of the impact of the game.

Tens of millions of people around the world tuned in to watch the game, and the vast majority of fans were shocked by the goals, and it was a surprise that the main goal went to Millwall.

Sky Sports has started airing a video of the goal return, and there is only one protagonist in the video - Darren Bent, and there are two supporting characters, one is John Terry, who can't catch up with him, and the other is Cech, who can't do anything about shooting.

Darren Bent used his superb technique to control the long ball behind him at his feet, and then continued to rush forward and shoot with his feet on the line of the penalty area.

The ball goes over Petr's head and into the back of the net!

The goal was simple and straightforward, but it was watched over and over again by many fans, each time very seriously, and it was only after all the slow-motion replays that everyone was convinced that Millwall had scored.

"Sky Sports" commentator Mike Johnson also analyzed, "Millwall used a counter-attack to break down the door guarded by Cech, which was a bit too sudden. ”

'Millwall's disadvantage was clear, they were completely suppressed by Chelsea, they didn't even have a decent attack, but they only had one counter-attack opportunity to find the Chelsea goal......

"The goal is Darren Bent's solo show, and he perfectly executes how to put the ball into the goal of a strong team by himself! Cech was helpless against the lob and John Terry couldn't catch up at the back, and the goal showed what Bent is capable of, he is a truly good striker! ”

'But the goal was a surprise. Perhaps the most unacceptable result is Chelsea......"

The Chelsea players were not in a good mood.

From the start of the game to just now, they were actually in a very good mood, completely suppressed Millwall at home, so that the opponent had no chance at all, as long as the game continued like this, it would definitely be Chelsea who won, and the opponent could only passively accept defeat, without any ability to resist.

It's exciting.

Millwall are a small club, but they also have more points than Chelsea, they are in first place in the league, and they lost to each other in the last meeting, and now they are able to win the game at Stamford Bridge, and they feel very comfortable and even in better shape.

This kind of comfort is so comfortable that it is not there just now!

Did Millwall score?

It only took one attack to get past Chelsea, and perhaps the team's overall tactics led to a weak backfield defence being a big factor, but more importantly...... Maniche made a mistake!

If there was no mistake from Maniche, how could the opponent have a chance?

The opponent is relying on a long pass that is almost a 'clearance', to find a chance for the front player, the process of passing can be said to be luck, and the occurrence of the goal is the ability of the opponent's striker, but in the final analysis, the goal is because of Maniche's mistake, their mistake is also very fatal, a simple cooperation attack, will be kicked big when receiving the ball.

Many Chelsea players complained about Maniche in their hearts, and they didn't look at Maniche with a friendly look.

This is perhaps understandable.

There are also factions within Chelsea, the most obvious division is the two factions, one is the old players in the team, with Ranieri leaving as the dividing line, of which Lampard, Terry, Makelele, Joe Cole are all representatives, and the other is the 'Mourinho faction', the former Mourinho faction, referring to the 'Portuguese gang', is the players who followed Mourinho from Porto to Chelsea, most of them are Portuguese players, and now after two seasons,' Mourinho's faction's personnel have expanded, and other new players, some of whom have also been accepted as members of the 'Mourinho faction', especially players from other countries, are more likely to be accepted, such as Wright-Phillips, England's homegrown players, who belong to the 'neutral faction', they are the type that neither side has anything to do with.

There are also a lot of 'neutral factions', some who are reluctant to join the group, perhaps the marginal players in the team, are all members of the 'neutral faction', and even if they want to say anything, they have no say at all.

The relationship between the 'Chelsea veteran faction' and the 'Mourinho faction' is not harmonious, mainly because of Mourinho's 'favoritism', among the players of the 'Mourinho faction', there are still players who perform well, such as the main central defender Carvalho, but there are more players who perform poorly, or it can be said that they generally perform poorly, but they can continue to get opportunities, such as Essien, who has been performing poorly, often starts for the team and plays more minutes than some outstanding players.

The 'Chelsea veteran faction' has the upper hand, because the core members of this faction are Frank Lampard, Claude Makelele, John Terry, Joe Cole and others, who are undoubtedly the core of Chelsea and have enough say in the team, even if Mourinho is biased towards 'home' players, he must rely on the 'Chelsea veteran faction' to win games.

That's how it was on both sides.

When Maniche entered Chelsea, he was directly identified as the 'Mourinho faction', and he was occupied in several ways: former Porto, new to Chelsea, Portuguese player.

Maniche was accepted by the 'Mourinho faction'.

But in the real game, there are still not many players from the 'Mourinho faction', for example, among the players who started this game, only Essien and Del Horno belong to the 'Mourinho faction', and even Carvalho, the big player in the faction, was injured.

The other players, Cech, Geremi, Terry, Gallas, Makelele, Lampard, all belong to the 'veteran faction', Crespo and Drogba are neutral faction players, and the weakness of the 'Mourinho faction' on the pitch can be imagined, and the only two players, Essien and Maniche, are not very popular and have been a bit of a drag on the team.

When Maniche made a mistake and caused the opponent to score, the resentment of the other Chelsea players can be imagined, and the most embarrassing thing is that there is no one who even blames Maniche, they all look at it coldly, they are very dissatisfied, and they don't bother to communicate with Maniche.

Maniche received a cold reception from most of his teammates.

As Chelsea's manager, Jose Mourinho was also unhappy with Maniche's mistakes, seeing more and feeling slightly biased towards his own players, which also led him to put some of the blame on another player.

That's Crespo.

Maniche's mistake gave the opponent a chance, and it was also because of Crespo's pass, why did Crespo pass the ball to Maniche?

Maniche had just arrived at Chelsea, and it was normal for him to suddenly receive a wrong pass, and Crespo should have passed to Frank Lampard or other team-mates, but he chose to hand it over to Maniche.

Jose Mourinho didn't notice that Lampard was being defended very badly, he only saw Crespo's pass and was a little unhappy with Crespo.

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on the field.

Millwall gave a brief celebration and Darren Bent was surrounded by his team-mates and everyone stepped forward to secure the ball and congratulate Bent on his goal.

It was an enviable goal.

It was the most crowded-out game in the Premier League since the start of the game, and a single goal in such a high-profile game was enough to attract a lot of attention, not to mention that Bent showed his full individual ability and almost single-handedly helped Millwall to score.

Bent will definitely be in the spotlight after the game.

This also made many teammates envious, they know that Bent deserves to be famous, his individual ability is quite good, and the game mentality is also very good, the opportunity just now is not something that everyone can score, just that stoppage, most players can't do it well.

Sidelines.

Zhang Yang was also very pleased with Darren Bent's performance, in fact, he had a part in the goal, just before Livermore's big foot pass, he used the 'lucky bonus' on Bent, the 'lucky bonus' can give a player, a player for a short period of time.

In the general game, the 'lucky bonus' effect is not good, mainly because the duration is too short, and it only adds a single player, like a striker, who can't even get the ball in a few minutes, Darren Bent can 'lucky' to receive the ball, and he played so well and broke the Chelsea goal, it was his personal play.

Zhang Yang is also satisfied with this.

Darren Bent is a good striker and always performs well in key games.

After a brief celebration at Millwall, Zhang Yang walked to the sidelines and told his players to keep trying, because the game had only started for a short time and one goal was not enough to decide anything.

Then the game continued.

After falling behind by an inexplicable goal, Chelsea continued their onslaught in the hope of finding a quick past Millwall to level the scores.

That's just the upfront goal.

The Chelsea players knew that they had to win in order to reach their goal, a draw was unacceptable, and they launched a fierce attack, and for a while Millwall was once again pressed in the half, and there was no chance to counterattack for a long time.

This kind of competition also made various media sigh, "The difference in strength between the two sides is too big!" ”

"Judging by the game, it's hard to imagine that Millwall is leading the way!"

"Darren Bent scored a goal for Millwall, but it only delayed their trail......"

"This is probably the biggest gap between the first and second in the league!"

“……”

Amid the lamentation of the media, Millwall held out for fifteen minutes.

The Chelsea players are in a bit of a hurry.

Seeing that the first half was about to pass, they were slow to score, and even if the game was absolutely pressed against the opponent, there was no point in not scoring.

Now they're still behind!

If you can't equalize in the first half, you'll be in a different mood in the second half and the situation will be very unfavorable.

Mourinho is also in a hurry.

Mourinho was very dissatisfied with the game on the field, but he knew that the team's performance was not bad, but he didn't score for a while, but he didn't score again and again, which still made people worry, seeing that a wave of offensive attacks was intercepted again, he couldn't help but turn his head to look at the bench, and immediately decided to make a substitution.

In the 41st minute of the game, Chelsea signalled for a change, and Mourinho replaced two people in one go, not only did the mistake lead to the replacement of the backward Maniche, but also the striker Crespo, who was replaced by Joe Cole and Gudjohnsson.