1157 Unbeatable
The outside world does not know what kind of changes are taking place within Millwall, focusing on Xiao Luo's attention, most of them speculate that Xiao Luo has an injury, and when Millwall made a force in the final stage of the season, Xiao Luo's playing time dropped a lot.
In order to prepare for the match against Arsenal, Ronaldo missed two league games and was out for more than ten days.
Before the first leg of this Champions League semi-final, Xiao Luo himself has also been fully prepared.
Such a change will have a knock-on effect, although it is not public in the dressing room, but there will also be doubts about Ronaldo being put on the bench by Aldridge, although when playing on the pitch, as long as Millwall does not lose and does not experience Waterloo, the players themselves will not care about many of their team-mates.
In order to avoid the doubtful eyes of his teammates, and even the questions of teammates who have a good relationship, he will try his best to participate in the game and make the greatest contribution to the team on the court.
In this Champions League semi-final, Millwall's main lineup is complete, and Aldridge sent all the elite at home to wait for the Gunners Arsenal to challenge.
At the Lion King Stadium, the fans in the stands waved flags, they were not worried that Arsenal would create difficulties for Millwall, not that they turned a blind eye to Arsenal's stability in the European competition, but that they blindly trusted Aldridge!
Under the leadership of this young coach, Millwall's strength has improved this season, and even everyone agrees, Kaka, Ronaldo, and Villa have also begun to enter their peak!
Amid the cheers of the crowd, Aldridge stood on the sidelines to welcome Arsene Wenger, and the two did not shake hands before the game. It's just that Aldrich doesn't feel necessary.
Just three days ago in the league. We met on the same pitch. Everyone is neighbors again, and Arsenal was bloodied at home by Millwall in the first half of the season, Wenger is now somewhat avoiding the signs of Aldridge, and it is estimated that he is depressed by the loss!
Arsenal's surprise run to the semi-finals of the Champions League this season stems from their solid defence, and Arsene Wenger's pragmatism in the Champions League has begun to contrast with his style in the Premier League, with Arsenal keeping eight games without conceding a goal. Now it does give people hope that they will create a miracle.
Attacking to win the game, defending to win the title, this is the consensus in European football.
In the end, for the sake of the championship, you still have to fight defense.
Millwall, who had conceded zero goals in eight games, did not have a single shot on goal in the first half, and Arsenal kept the goal clean and survived the first half despite the constant danger in the box.
Aldridge was confident of playing with Arsene Wenger, and even after 45 minutes, it was still 0-0. But at least Arsenal did nothing in attack, and they made up for the defensive strength at the expense of attack.
Of course. If they were given a chance to strike a lethal counter-attack, Millwall might have lost his hand.
But Arsenal not only sacrificed the attack, but also stopped Millwall from scoring at the cost of more physical energy!
In the 70th minute of the second half, Millwall finally broke the deadlock, Xiao Luo suddenly shot a cold arrow 35 yards from the goal, which caught Lehmann off guard, but Lehmann still struggled to save the ball, but there was chaos in the penalty area, Xiao Luo did not play cards according to common sense, and the sudden long-range shot surprised everyone at Arsenal, but Millwall's players were mentally prepared!
Henry couldn't control the ball in the scramble with Toure, and the ball that popped up was followed up by Kaka and shot directly and unreasonably, and Lehmann was powerless against the ball!
The Lion King Stadium resounded with earth-shattering cheers, and Millwall broke the deadlock!
"Arsenal's record of not conceding a goal in 8 consecutive games in the Champions League is an old one! They really tried their best to defend in this game, Hleb, Fabregas, Gilberto Silva, Ljungberg, Pire, they all took the initiative to withdraw in front of the penalty area to resist Millwall's penetrating attack, maybe this goal was lost to make Arsenal feel really unlucky, but we must admit that this is also Millwall's strong place, conventional routines can't penetrate the opponent's iron bucket formation, they will deliberately create chaos in the opponent's tight defensive system, Ronaldinho encountered dense defense in the danger zone and played mediocre, It was this place so far away from the goal that caused Arsenal's backline to fall into chaos, and after the second attacking opportunity appeared, Kaka scrambled to score in the crowd, Millwall led 1-0 at home, and the psychological state of the balance of the game will be broken! ”
After the goal, Aldridge asked the squad to take a look at what Arsenal were up against.
Eyes on Arsene Wenger.
After many years of fighting, Wenger is not as good as him with the decisiveness of on-the-spot command and scheduling, but Arsenal's fate is hanging by a thread at this time, the League Cup is gone, the FA Cup is gone, and the league is not only impossible to compete for the championship, but also unable to keep the top four!
There is only one way left to go in the Champions League.
Arsène Wenger, still fighting for his life?
Aldridge decisively let the team retreat and let go of space for Arsenal, just to lure the snake out of the hole.
Arsene Wenger can certainly see it.
But he was afraid that if Arsenal attacked, he might be beaten by Millwall and concede again!
Wenger gritted his teeth and made no adjustments.
Arsenal were as strong on the counter-attack as ever.
Seeing Arsenal's unchanged, Aldridge smiled faintly.
Attacking it is to accelerate death, and not attacking it is equivalent to the battle of trapped beasts, and it will kill you.
If Arsenal don't think a 1-0 defeat away from home is too bad, and Aldridge is not Aldridge if he accepts the result.
Three minutes later, Aldridge replaced goalscorers Kaka and Thierry Henry, bringing on Larsson and Nedved.
Switch to change formation and play asymmetrical 442.
Larsson and Cristiano Ronaldo are two forwards, plus Nedved is ambushed behind him.
Millwall changed their previous style of playing on the ground and suddenly switched to playing high and bombarding Arsenal's penalty area with wide crosses!
Arsenal suddenly faced Millwall's change of style of play and did not adapt to it.
This transformation is too drastic!
It's like an elegant swordsman who suddenly turns into a reckless man with an axe!
In the 87th minute, Xiao Luo pulled the ball on the way to the middle and cut straight to the bottom, Ramtao crossed from the side, Ronaldo jumped up and down the header at the back point, Larsson cleverly went around to Campbell and jumped up to attack the goal, and Ronaldo completed the aerial relay!
As the ball flew from Lehmann's right side into the goal, Arsene Wenger closed his eyes in agony on the sidelines!
In terms of on-the-spot adjustments, he lost again!
“2:0! Millwall veteran Larson makes a contribution! Helped Millwall get a golden goal, 1:0 and 2:0, for Millwall, the advantage is completely different, and the impact on Arsenal's mentality will be a world of difference! Imagine if Arsenal is only one goal behind, then back to Highbury, they can naturally deal with the game calmly, but if the gap is two goals, how can they be calm in the face of European hegemony Millwall? The choice will be a double-edged sword, and it will be difficult to choose! ”
At the end of the game, Wenger still did not shake hands with Aldridge, and turned his head and walked directly into the players' tunnel.
Aldridge didn't care, he slowly walked into the stadium to praise his disciples, and the cheers of the fans in the stands were deafening.
There are no words to describe how much the fans love him.
Millwall has produced many iconic stars in the past decade, and now there are many new generation of football idols, but in the survey of Millwall fans, the most popular Millwall is Aldridge.
The young marshal who began to show people with a mature image of a light beard this season, showed a majestic temperament that made fans love it even more, as if it was a symbol of fading youth and immaturity, with an eternal and strong beating heart, and the control of a strong man like a king covering the sky with one hand, driving the super team of contemporary football Crazy Lions to expand their territory step by step.
Aldridge spoke up after the game.
Aldridge made a bitter taunt at Arsenal's attempt to take away an acceptable result at the Lion King Stadium with extreme defence.
"Viewers who watched the 90 minutes of the game will be able to understand what I am going to say next: Millwall is more worthy of going to France to participate in this season's Champions League final, Arsenal's table is not worthy of qualifying for the final at all, they did not show the desire to win, did not show the courage and willpower to make a desperate bet, even if Millwall loses today, go to Highbury, we will definitely be able to turn the tables, because our desire to win, the persistence of winning, is already a very strong and tenacious belief! We may have a bad table for a while, but we will quickly adjust and continue our traditions, so Arsenal were wrong from the start, did they think Millwall would have played badly in both games? When Barcelona lost to us 1:4 in the first game, there were still media who said that Barcelona had a hope of advancing back to Camp Nou, because Barcelona would work tirelessly to score goals, but what about Arsenal? Will they give Arsenal fans something to look forward to? Turning the tables in Highbury? ”
It sounds like Aldrich is falling into a hole, but in reality, he's doing psychological warfare!
Arsene Wenger can certainly hear Aldridge's voices, but these remarks are not only for Wenger, but also for Arsenal's players.
The Qiē that happened at the Lion King Stadium has proven that the stubborn defense has no effect, and by the 90 minutes of the second leg, will the whole Arsenal team players be unified?
A little spread out and the game will be more favourable for Millwall.
After the first leg of the Champions League semi-final, Millwall's FA Cup journey also reached the semi-finals.
In the journey of this season's FA Cup, Millwall has had good luck and has not encountered traditional strong teams, even in the semi-finals, they can still sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight!
Chelsea and Liverpool are battling it out for a ticket to the final.
Millwall are battling their arch-rivals West Ham United for another ticket to the final. (To be continued......)