Josh Simpson's goal was Millwall's last against Roma.

Millwall beat Roma 2-1 at home.

This game, from the beginning to the end, is thrilling. Whether it was the stalemate in the first half, Livermore's world wave in the second half, and then Totti's direct free kick, Simpson's direct free kick, the game that scored three goals, both teams once saw the hope of winning, and the mood of the fans also fluctuated with the development of the game.

At the end of the game, many commentators talked about the game and concluded with a sigh, "This may not be the most exciting game in the Champions League group stage, but it is definitely the most intense game in Group D so far!" ”

"Millwall and Roma have played a wonderful game for the fans together, and I think neither Millwall fans nor Roma fans will regret watching the game."

'Both teams were doing well, with Roma playing with the advantage on the road, but Millwall played more targeted in the second half. The three goals were interesting, with Livermore showing world-class perimeter deterrence, a world wave from 30 yards away that was enough for Europe to remember his name, and Totti and Simpson each netting a direct free-kick, both showing superb footwork. ”

"Simpson's curling shot, in particular, reminds us of David Beckham......"

That's how the British media is.

Whenever there is a wonderful curling free kick, they 'think' of David Beckham, and it seems that all curling set-pieces in the world are created by 'Beckham'.

Of course, there is nothing wrong with that.

Who makes David Beckham the proudest star of English football and one of the biggest names in world football?

Regardless, Millwall emerged victorious, with their third win telling the other three teams who were Group D's No.1.

Unlike the hostility with Valencia, Roma has always been very low-key, before the game, the two teams did not break out any war of words, after the game, Zhang Yang also praised the strength of Roma, and said, "We can win, luck is a very important part." ”

"We learned a lot from our opponents in this game. Roma are the most representative team in Italy, we don't have a lot of European experience, so it's great for every player and the whole team to play against them. ”

After that, Zhang Yang also praised Totti, saying, "I really envy Roma for having a player like Totti, I used to only know that he was a big star, but now I really face it, I know how difficult he is, I told the players to defend Totti, but in the game, Totti still completed the goal." ”

Roma coach Luciano Spalletti arrived late, comforting the losing players, and by the time he arrived at the press conference, Zhang Yang had already left.

Spalletti learned what Zhang Yang said from the reporter, and immediately shook his head and smiled bitterly, "Thank you for his praise of Roma, but we lost the game in the end." ”

"No matter what the process was, we still lost. I knew Millwall would be tough to play against but I didn't expect it to be this tough. Before the game started, I wanted the team to get at least a point, now I'm just thinking about the next leg. For Roma, the next three games must be fought for to grasp the chance of qualifying. ”

Spalletti speaks from the heart.

After this encounter, he is already thinking about hosting Millwall.

If the game had been the case in the first half, even if Millwall had won in the end, he would have been confident of leading his side to a home victory, but in the second half, Millwall began to play with a targeted style of play, and Spalletti found that Roma's defence was not solid.

Then in the next meeting, it will be difficult for Roma to gain the upper hand.

However, for Roma, it is no longer possible to lose the game, because in the same game, Valencia beat Shakhtar Donetsk 0-2 away, which means that Roma have three points less than Valencia.

How to recover these three points? The best way to do this is to beat Valencia away, not to mention how difficult it is, even if Roma can do it, it will only be a 'tie' with Valencia, who have become the biggest rivals in the group, and to gain the upper hand in the competition, it is still necessary to find a way from Millwall, the most difficult team in the group.

A win away to Valencia and then a home win over Millwall to pick up a crucial six points would allow Roma to qualify from the group.

"It's hard!"

Spalletti has already experienced the hardships of qualifying from the group.

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After the third round of the Champions League group stage, Millwall became the darling of the European media, because they are the best team, and in terms of the top 32 rankings, Millwall is definitely the first in the rankings.

Three battles and three wins!

The goal difference is as high as ten!

When Millwall beat Valencia away, most of the European media still thought it was nothing, Millwall have always been a 'new club', and the new clubs have a characteristic, that is, their performances are full of uncertainty.

This uncertainty is due to the fact that the opponents do not know them well, and they also have the opportunity to be dark horses in the Champions League.

Dark horses are not always able to perform well, and it is not easy for dark horses to appear in the group.

So when Millwall beat Valencia away, many media said that Valencia didn't know Millwall, and it was normal to lose at home.

Next, Millwall won Shakhtar Donetsk, and the European media still didn't think it was a big deal, the so-called giants of Ukraine were not in their field of vision at all, and some big media just casually mentioned, "Millwall beat Shakhtar Donetsk 6-0 at home." ”

That's all.

In the coverage of the game, the Millwall players were also mentioned, and Shakhtar Donetsk were completely ignored.

This is actually normal, who made Shakhtar Donetsk too poor? Millwall were not the first to beat them by a big score, as Roma had already 'taken the lead' in the first round, sweeping Shakhtar Donetsk by four goals away from home, letting the so-called 'Ukrainian giants' know how far they are from the top clubs in Europe's big leagues.

Now Millwall beat Roma 2-1 at home, which suddenly made the European media look at Millwall differently.

Roma only got three points in the first two rounds and lost at home to Valencia, but what is Roma's squad strength? When a Totti's name is spoken, the world knows Rome.

Who is Totti?

That's the heart of the Roman prince, the Roman and Italian teams!

Is the Italian team strong? It was the 2006 World Cup winners, Italy was full of stars, and Totti's rivals included the top maestro Andrea Pirlo, but Totti was still at the heart of the Italian team, which shows that Totti's quality is extraordinary.

In addition to Totti, Roma's other players are also quite famous.

What Pizarro, De Rossi, Martinez, Perrotta, Mancini Jr...... When the names of the players were spoken, people were surprised to sigh, "So many stars can gather in one team!" ”

This is Rome!

Millwall first swept Valencia away, and then beat Roma at home, two goals in the process, one is a world wave thirty meters away, and the other is a close-range arc set-piece, beating Roma to win three consecutive group wins, but also showing the strength of the team to the world, and considering that Millwall is the defending champion of the Premier League, and is currently at the top of the league standings, the European media suddenly reflected -

"Such a team can no longer be regarded as a dark horse! They have become one of the strongest teams in the Champions League. ”

All of Europe is starting to look at Millwall.

Previously, the European media looked at Millwall, that is, they thought that Millwall would be the spoiler of the Champions League and might have the potential to become a dark horse, but now Millwall has won all three games, considering the results of Roma, who are ranked second-to-last, they have basically no problem qualifying.

Qualified in three rounds of the group stage, which is already the top performance.

On the second day after the game, not only the English media, but also the entire European media issued overwhelming reports, and many football people and club people began to study Millwall's three Champions League games, hoping to have a further understanding of Millwall through the game video.

The most researched is the match between Millwall and Roma.

The match between Millwall and Valencia was a one-sided slaughter, and it can be seen that Valencia has little resistance, and they obviously underestimated Millwall, thinking that they would be able to win by virtue of home advantage, but they were swept by Millwall.

The match between Millwall and Shakhtar Donetsk was also a senseless massacre, the strength of the two sides was not at the same level, and Millwall was playing at home, and the advantage was too obvious.

The match between Millwall and Roma is very well studied.

It's a close contest.

Millwall won against Roma, but it was not an easy win, it wasn't for Simpson's last-minute free-kick, and Roma could have taken at least a point away from Neil Stadium.

The same goes for the match stats.

The possession rate between the two sides was almost half and half, and in terms of attacking efficiency, Roma had the advantage in the first half and Millwall had the advantage in the second.

The two teams are also very referenced in the competition for midfield, and the shortcomings of Millwall's players' lack of technical ability have been simply analyzed, but the power of Millwall's 'English football' has also made many people open their mouths in surprise.

And that's not the most important thing.

Millwall, with its inferior strength, is on a par with Rome, and is the most valuable for research.

How did Millwall do it?

The "dual-core" tactics were immediately put on the table, and many people watched the game continuously, studying the "dual-core" tactics over and over again, and they found that there were too many places to study the tactics.

That's not something that can be analyzed in a short period of time.

If you want to know how the 'double core' is played, you still have to watch Millwall's other games, and there are many references before you can draw a definite conclusion.