Chapter 363: Stunned Chelsea
As the minutes wore on, Chelsea supporters were surprised to find that the first 10 minutes of Chelsea's siege of Millwall seemed to be a complete memory.
From then on, it was difficult for Chelsea to play to the top again.
Under Millwall's frequent attacks, Chelsea have become much more passive, and every time Millwall attacks continuously, even Drogba has begun to retreat to participate in the defense.
That's not right, right?
Last season, Chelsea lost twice to Millwall, but on the pitch they took the initiative.
After the introduction of Shepchenko, Ballack and other players this season, the strength of the squad has increased significantly, how can it not even play the advantage of the situation when playing against Millwall?
Chelsea supporters are at a loss.
The Chelsea players didn't have time to think, and when the game became passive, they had to adapt and try to find opportunities to turn the situation around, such as launching a wave of rapid counter-attacks after a sudden tackle, or organizing a steady wave of attacking after the ball was converted, what they didn't notice was that the mentality of both sides seemed to be reversed.
When the two teams met last season, it would have been Millwall who had to think about how to 'turn the tide'!
On the rostrum.
Roman Abramovich was very unhappy with the game, he did not expect that Chelsea had only played ten good minutes and then been suppressed by Millwall.
Roman Abramovich is a man who knows the ball, and he can see that Millwall is not only pressing the situation, but also frequently hitting the ball into dangerous positions, constantly threatening the Chelsea goal.
As the game progressed like this, it was only a matter of time before Millwall scored the back of the net.
Abramovich was very dissatisfied, but he did not show it, still with a smile on his face, and said to Prince Mossad, "Your team is doing very well, it seems that Zhang Yang is better prepared for the game!" ”
Prince Mossad nodded, "I don't care much about the team and the game, but I believe that Zhang Yang will do everything related to the team." ”
"Which team do you think will score first?" Abramovich suddenly asked a sharp question, the two had not focused on the game before, to say anything about the win, defeat, goals and the like.
Prince Mossad hesitated, smiled and said, "I don't know. If I had to choose, I would definitely want Millwall to score because I'm Millwall's chairman. ”
'Of course, I'm going to support Chelsea as well.' Abramovich didn't ask any more questions, but turned his head to look at the field, where he noticed that the situation had become very bad.
Millwall hit the ball to the edge of the box again!
Outside the box line, Darren Bent received a pass, and instead of staying in the box, he pulled it out, leaving Terry unable to fully follow up and have a chance to receive a pass from a team-mate.
In the new season's tactics, Darren Bent's personal area of activity is in the penalty area and the vicinity, and he has a high degree of freedom, allowing him to run around and actively seek cooperation with his teammates.
This is to increase the flexibility of the forward position.
Darren Bent will certainly be a key defensive player for the opposition, and being up front all the time will only make it easier for the opposition to defend, and running out may have a chance.
Darren Bent is trying to find an opportunity.
When he ran out of the box to receive a pass, Terry also ran out, but he could only run out of the box line, beware of Darren Bent breaking through with the ball.
Darren Bent didn't want to break through on his own, his foot technique was quite flexible, but the crowd around the box was too dense, and most of the results of his own breakthrough were to be surrounded by opposing players.
He passed.
He poked the ball through a gap in the Chelsea penalty line.
At the same time, Josh Simpson suddenly stepped forward and grazed past the Chelsea backline and appeared behind them.
He received a pass!
So far in this game, Millwall has not been more flexible than Simpson, because the opposition cannot effectively limit him, his flexible running, helping the attack to thread the needle, and occasionally showing off his foot skills, which is a big headache for Chelsea's defence.
Now Simpson has found an opportunity, and he and Darren Bent cooperate very well, and when he sees Darren Bent pull back, he immediately rushes towards the penalty area.
"Simpson! He wasn't offside! Sky Sports commentator Paul Scott shouted as hard as he could.
The Chelsea fans in the stands tightened their chests.
The Simpson was quite excited!
So far this season, Millwall have scored eight goals after two rounds of league play, with Darren Bent being the team's top scorer with three, and Morris, Livermore, Braniff, Smitchell and Konchesky also scoring a goal each, and he is the only one who has yet to score.
There's the best opportunity right now!
The Community Shield is not a league, but in a decisive 'Super Cup' and a big game against Chelsea, goals are much more important than the league.
Josh Simpson needs to prove himself too!
Zhang Yang has created a 'double core' strategy, he is one of the biggest beneficiaries, he used to play as a full-back, but his defensive performance has been criticized, and now he has become a more important 'core', he never thought that one day, he would become the core of the team, will become the most important player in the squad.
"Gotta score!"
Simpson is hungry and has to prove that the manager is doing the right thing, and he has to prove that he deserves to be at the center.
Simpsons was surprisingly calm in the face of the attacking Cech, his eyes instantly aimed in several directions, and finally chose to hit the far corner.
Swing your right foot!
The outside of the foot curled up and the ball skimmed past Cech's hand.
No matter how quick Cech reacted, he couldn't react to anything close at hand, and he turned his head in the direction of the ball, praying in his heart that the ball would slide out of the goal, but it was difficult for God to win God's favor with a crammed prayer.
The ball slammed into the side-netting against the far post.
“Gooooooooooooooooooooooal!!!!” Paul Scott excitedly shouted, "Simpson! Simpson! Millwall leads 1-0! Simpson helped the team score the first goal! ”
"Beautiful! Simply! Brilliant shot! ”
'Millwall are ahead of Chelsea! Perhaps they are Chelsea's nemesis, as Chelsea lost twice to Millwall last season, which led to a final league rivalry defeat to Millwall, who finished second in the league. Now in the Community Shield, Millwall is once again ahead of Chelsea! ”
"It doesn't seem to be any different from last season, Chelsea brought in a number of superstars such as Shepchenko and Ballack in the summer, and Shepchenko also started for Chelsea in this game, but so far there has been no performance, and Millwall took the lead in scoring against Chelsea with his excellent performance!"
"Maybe there is still a difference...... In the previous game, we can see that Millwall once suppressed Chelsea, which is different from last season, Millwall played a gorgeous attack, so that Chelsea can only compress the formation to defend, it seems that they do not have many ways to attack Millwall, Drogba has retreated......"
"Simpson's goal, which can be said to sum up Millwall's dominance on the pitch, was not a surprise......
Amid the shouts of the commentators and the cheers of the Millwall fans, the Chelsea fans in the stands were stunned and had a hard time accepting the reality of Chelsea being scored.
This summer, they can bring in several star players.
The club has invested more than 100 million euros in funds, which must have greatly enhanced its strength, and I thought that it could abuse Millwall fiercely, but why is it still like this?
It was Millwall who scored again?
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The Millwall players were already celebrating.
Simpson roared and ran to the sidelines, his hands held high in the air, and then fell to the grass, his hands in his hair to vent his excitement.
The teammates then rushed over and gathered around Simpson one by one, celebrating wildly.
The Millwall fans in the crowd did the same, shouting together and shaking the roof of the stadium with loud cheers.
The number of Millwall fans who came was much higher than last season, and after a good season, many fans began to support Millwall, in addition to the fans near Dog Isle on Thames, Millwall supporters also appeared in other parts of London, and some Millwall fans also appeared in other regions of England.
Fans from other regions were very loose in their support for Millwall, but there were still a lot of fans from other regions who came to the Millennium Stadium game, and they wore Millwall's jerseys and quickly integrated into the fan community.
This can be seen in the number of fans at Millwall.
There were more than 12,000 Millwall fans in attendance, just 5,000 fewer than Chelsea fans.
This quantitative contrast is unthinkable.
As Millwall's results have gone from strength to strength, so has the support of the fans.
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Seeing Simpson finish the goal, Zhang Yang also rushed out of the coach's seat with others.
Then Zhang Yang stood on the sidelines and kept applauding the team's performance.
He was satisfied.
In recent times, the team has played a tacit cooperation, the connection between the two wings and the middle, the midfield and the forward line is very close, and the continuous cooperation has played the desired result.
This kind of dazzling cooperation can only be thought about last season.
Now the team really did.
Such a wonderful coordination will make any opponent feel a headache, this is also one of the results of the 'dual core' tactics, the 'dual core' driven by the coordination is much stronger than the 'single core', one core is prevented, the other core can play a role, the opponent can not completely limit the two cores.
Of course, it can be done.
For example, the opponent sent three or four players to focus on Morris and Simpson, which would be too costly, and Zhang Yang hoped that the opponent would do so, so that Millwall's wings and forwards would have plenty of room to play.