After Livermore scored Millwall's first goal with a 30-yard kick, Millwall finally took advantage of the change of style and played some advantage in the situation.

It's not easy.

From the beginning of the game, Millwall was somewhat passive, which also made many British media feel that the style of the Italian team restrained Millwall.

This discovery has mixed feelings for the media.

The good news is that Roma helped the other teams and found a way to deal with Millwall; The worry is that Millwall represented English football in the Champions League and was restrained by Italian football, which is tantamount to slapping English football in the face.

Not a problem now.

Millwall regained the advantage, overpowering Roma and taking the lead.

More media are optimistic that Millwall can beat Roma.

However, in professional football, anything can happen, many things are not predictable, even if Millwall has an advantage for a while, it does not mean that they can maintain it until the end, nor does it mean that they can beat Roma.

The rest of the game illustrates the problem.

In the seventy-sixth minute of the game, Totti took the ball in the middle and burst out, Livermore moved too much when defending, Totti was directly knocked to the ground, there were too many body collisions in the football game, Livermore did not have obvious foul movements, but it is not a foul, if it is in the Premier League, most of the referees will turn a blind eye, but the law enforcement standards of the Champions League are stricter, the referee gave Livermore a yellow card, and Roma got a set-piece opportunity.

Livermore's yellow card was a bit of a mistake.

Zhang Yang immediately looked for the fourth official to distinguish, "My player didn't foul!" Be careful! The referee can't use a penalty to dictate the game! ”

The fourth official hurriedly warned, "Watch your words! ”

Zhang Yang's 'resentment' whispered a few words, but he didn't dwell on anything, his purpose has been achieved, that is, to put pressure on the referee team, the penalty must not be changed, but the referee team must know that he is dissatisfied, otherwise there may be a penalty that is unfavorable to Millwall.

However, Zhang Yang was still in a hurry.

In the vision of 'foresight', Zhang Yang noticed that Totti hit the ball into the goal, and then saw Livermore's foul, he knew what was going on, but now he can't do anything, other magical means have been used, and the only thing he can do is to tell the players to defend seriously.

This had some effect.

Totti's kick, for example, was originally headed to the left, but it became right, but the result did not change, and Graham Stark still failed to keep the goal.

"1 to 1!"

"Totti equalised for Roma!"

As the football flew into the Millwall goal, the Roma fans let out a shout of excitement, their numbers were small, but the sound was still heard by the whole stadium, and the Millwall fans would not let their opponents be arrogant on their own turf and immediately responded with loud 'boos'.

No matter how much the fans of the two sides fight, the score will not be rewritten.

1 to 1!

After Roma equalized, the whole team breathed a sigh of relief, the second half was too depressing, the opponent's offensive threat was very big, and the game situation became very passive.

Good thing there is Toti in Rome!

Prince Totti!

Totti created a set-piece, Totti kicked the ball into the goal, and he almost single-handedly helped Roma turn the tide!

Quite a few fans shouted Totti's name.

Zhang Yang sat in his position, watching the celebration of Rome, and sighed in his heart, "This is the power of top stars!" ”

There are many stars in world football, which are also divided into three, six, nine and so on, such as ordinary players in the team, such as Traore, Barragan and others, can only be regarded as ordinary stars, they have the strength to play in the Premier League and the Champions League, but it is difficult to have any outstanding performances.

Darren Bent, Pire, etc., are all higher-grade stars, they can have quite good performances in the league and the Champions League, but they are not the best.

The best star in world football is the kind of player who can decide the outcome individually, the true core leader of a team, and even if he does not win the title of 'King of the Ball', he is no worse than the 'King of the Ball'.

Among these players, including Kaka, Ronaldinho, the future C-Ronaldo, Messi, etc., Totti is definitely one of them, and when it comes to power rankings, Totti is definitely at the top of the rankings.

Just like the ball just now, Totti broke through with the ball alone, shaking two players in a row, and if Livermore was passed, he would have a few meters in front of him, and he could get up and down calmly.

The referee awarded Roma a set-piece, and Totti single-handedly scored the ball.

That's the top strength.

Millwall are also lacking such a core star with excellent individual ability.

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Millwall lack a core of stars, but they are by no means short of strong set-pieces.

Rome has Totti.

Millwall has Josh Simpson.

The gap between Simpson's individual ability and Totti's ability is too big, but that's just a combination of ability, not set-piece ability.

When the game resumed, Millwall soon helped Roma realise that Totti was not the only good set-piece player on the pitch, and that it was not just Totti who could decide the outcome of the game.

In the 87th minute, Darren Bent burst forward in front of the penalty area and was brought to the ground by opposing defender Mex, and the referee also awarded Millwall a set-piece opportunity.

This set-piece is in a mediocre position.

Set-pieces are not as close to goal as possible, but too close to be difficult to score, because the opponent's wall will also be very close, which can completely block the space facing the goal.

For example, Millwall now gets a set-piece just 19 metres from goal.

The location is too close.

The opposing wall is just three meters away, blocking almost all angles, making it difficult for any player to score the ball with one kick.

This kind of ball needs to be shot directly at the goal, let alone whether it can be scored or not, and if you want to hit the ball in the range of the goal frame, you need to be very skillful with your feet.

Roma's defence didn't even consider Simpson to shoot straight on goal, they drove out a three-man wall, and the rest of the players were desperate to keep an eye on the other Millwall players.

From the point of view of Roma players, Millwall will definitely choose to cooperate.

Darren Bent was sandwiched between two people, one of whom was still experienced centre-back Zivo, Pire and Morris were also defended by Pizarro and De Rossi alone, and the other Millwall players, as long as they were up to the front, had at least one defender by their side.

When the referee signaled that he could take a penalty, the attention of the Roma players was on the other Millwall players, including goalkeeper Doni, who just stared at Simpson in the cracks of the wall out of the corner of his eye, and his mind was still analyzing which direction of the player was most likely to cooperate to fight for the point.

Finally the football rushed out from the feet of Simpson.

It was a beautiful arc as the ball spun out of the grass, went around the three-man wall in a semi-circle, and then spun in a scimitar-like arc towards the far corner of the goal.

Roma players' eyes widen!

The media and fans stopped breathing!

Roma coach Spalletti slammed to his feet, his eyes wide open with a stirring movement.

Goalkeeper Doni swoops in towards the far corner.

At this moment, few people pay attention to Doni in front of goal, because everyone knows that as long as the football can fall into the goal, Doni will not be able to save it.

A second later.

The end result appeared.

The ball spun quickly and crashed straight into the top corner of the goal - a complete dead end!

"Hula......"

The stadium was filled with loud shouts.

After a second or two, the cacophony turned into a frantic cheer.

"Simpson! Simpson! The ball is in! The ball is in! ”

"2 to 1!"

"Simpson helped Millwall regain the lead, and it was a brilliant arc!"

"It was perfect! It was just perfect! Less than twenty meters from the goal, facing a wall of three, Simpson made an almost impossible shot, it was a masterpiece of God! ”

"Let's look at the slow-motion ......"

"The ball spun very fast, forming an almost semi-circular arc in the air, probably Dhoni was stunned, his reaction was a little slower, and the football fell into a dead corner without any suspense! Absolute dead end! ”

"The ball is in! 2 to 1! That's the Simpson! Simpson! Simpson! I don't even know what words to use to praise him for coming up with such a perfect arc......"

“……”

Amid Lineker's shouts, the Millwall fans celebrated as they were thrilled with Simpson's perfect arc.

Great football knows no borders, and even the Roma fans who came with the team sighed in their hearts about the beauty of the goal, let alone the Millwall fans.

They excitedly shouted Simpson's name.

At the same time, they were even more excited that it was the end of the game and Millwall had regained the lead, which meant that Roma's chances were running out.

In this Champions League group stage, Millwall is a sure winner!

Roma boss Luciano Spalletti was aware of this, with a wry smile on his face, and when Totti helped his side equalis, he was thinking of another miracle and another goal to beat Millwall.

But the next goal went to Millwall.

It was a goal that sent Roma into the abyss, the game is about to go into stoppage time, there is not much time left, Roma can be said to have no chance, even if they don't want to accept it, they must accept the fact that Roma lost.

In the Champions League group stage, Roma only beat Shakhtar Donetsk to get three points, and the group qualification situation became very poor due to consecutive defeats to two rivals.

This match also made Spalletti feel a lot of emotion.

Roma didn't know Millwall, and Spalletti was a stranger to Millwall, and he studied a lot of sources, but there were still many things he didn't understand about Millwall.

How did they achieve their great results last season?

Millwall's summer transfer, the strength of the squad has been strengthened, but the overall strength is still not up to Roma, but why can't even Manchester United and Chelsea compete with Millwall?

Directly related to the game between the two sides is Millwall's main line-up.

There was a Livermore before, and with a 30-metre kick in the world, Spalletti understood why he was able to be the main player in Millwall, and Simpson was another player who couldn't understand.

This young player's skills can only be said to be average, and his overall strength is much worse than that of other players.

How did he become a regular at Millwall?

Spalletti didn't understand it until now, and now he finally understands it, but the process has also paid a heavy price.

One goal!

A goal that helped Millwall beat Roma!

Spalletti could only shake his head and smile bitterly, and finally understood why the most Italian media said to be wary of Millwall, and some even said that 'Millwall may be the most difficult team in Group D'.

After this game, Spalletti was pretty sure that 'probably' could be removed.

Millwall, it's the toughest team to play against!