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London is brightly lit and Wembley is overcrowded.

Millwall's Champions League clash with Real Madrid will begin in half an hour, with the warm-up players returning to the dressing room.

Wembley was buzzing with attendance today.

In addition to the importance of the competition, this will also be Millwall's last Champions League game at Wembley, and they will play the Champions League on their home turf from next season, unless Wembley can host the Champions League final in the future and Millwall also make it to the final, then the Lions will return to this stadium to fight.

With such a background, the fans of the Wild Lions occupy almost the entire stadium stands, and the stands are rendered as a sea of blue, and all kinds of slogans and banners flutter in the stands, and the scene is hot and easy to make the attendees fall into a state of excitement and madness.

Aldridge observed the spirit of the whole Real Madrid team before walking out of the players' tunnel, their faces were serious, not to mention the mourning soldiers, after all, the lineup was neat, giving people an intuitive feeling that they were here to stage a Jedi counterattack!

"The second leg of the Champions League semi-finals is about to be staged, Millwall face Real Madrid at Wembley, the aggregate score is 4:3, Millwall has a big advantage, but this game is not without opportunities for Real Madrid, they beat Manchester United 3:2 at Old Trafford to advance, anything can happen on the football field, let's take a look at the starting formations of both sides in today's game.

Millwall, 433.

Goalkeeper: Bout.

Defender: Schneider. Materazzi. Southgate. Zambrotta.

Midfielders: Gattuso, Pirlo, Nedved.

Forwards: Larsson, Thierry Henry, Ronaldinho.

Real Madrid 442.

Goalkeeper: Casillas.

Defenders: Salgado, Hierro, Elguera, Carlos.

Midfielder: McManaman. Barak, Redondo, Raul.

Forwards: Anelka, Morientes.

In the last leg at the Bernabeu, Bosque's 532 formation was completely unable to suppress Millwall's counterattack, and when he came to the away side, he chose a more balanced 442 formation with stronger midfield control. ”

Real Madrid changed formations, which Aldridge did not expect.

And. This 442, just look at the starting formation. You can guess that this is an asymmetric 442.

Raul looks like a symmetrical full-back with McManaman, but in fact it is not, Raul will operate in the forward area, leaving the wing to Carlos alone, and at the same time, strengthening the midfield, Carlos assists in the space, Redondo can also avoid worries, and Ballack's B2B coverage allows them to defend without being weakened by the loss of a defender.

Millwall returned to London, and Aldridge chose to play his own style, 433, strong attack.

Such a decision was that he learned the lesson of Manchester United's exit, Manchester United won 0-0 away from home, and returned to Old Trafford to try to control the situation on the field, only to be directly stunned by Real Madrid.

At the beginning of the game, Millwall kicked off first, and attacked at the beginning, in London, the time and place were favorable, and they were all in their favor, trying to catch Real Madrid off guard.

After a fluid pass from midfield, the ball reached Larsson, who was on the right side of the box, and he decisively chose to get up and shoot at goal, but the ball was deflected wide by Redondo's interference.

Aldridge watched Real Madrid's defensive run and realised that the game was a little different from what he had predicted before the game.

Bosque really dared to go out of his way, taking the risk of changing the mature formation and play, and let Ballack join the midfield, which weakened Redondo's attack in a sense, but strengthened Redondo's defensive tasks, and Ballack is not the kind of pure offensive player, in the defense just now, Redondo went to interfere with Larsson, and Ballack choked the front threat zone in the middle of the penalty area to prevent Millwall from inserting the middle player.

When Real Madrid organized the attack, Redondo added a Ballack in midfield who can move wide-range to help, and the two could ensure that in the face of Millwall's high-pressure pressing, the attack of the horses could advance smoothly through the half.

Millwall's first attack resulted in a shot on goal, while Real Madrid's first attack was nothing short of devastating.

Ballack distributed the ball to McManaman on the wing, who met Zambrotta's long diagonal ball before it reached out and broke the ball over the head of Millwall's back line.

Over-the-top straight stopper!

Raul, Anelka and Morientes all rushed forward, Materazzi and Southgate dropped back immediately after McManaman's pass, and Schneider quickly retreated to shrink the box.

Millwall was extremely quick to retreat, and the kick over the top was really through.

After all, Gattuso and Makelle are not the same type of defensive midfielder, and his prediction ability is not top-notch, therefore, he lost Raul, and he can only fight for speed, but fortunately, he is full of energy, he can't run to death, and he dares to fight and grab, and never gives up.

Raul had just picked up the ball on the left side of the penalty area, and he wanted to go forward again, but he was shrewd enough to find that he had no space to move forward, and he didn't expect Millwall to retreat with astonishing speed, which was due to Millwall's excellent tactical awareness.

Schneider shrank to block his lane, Materazzi and Southgate were targeting Anelka and Morientes, and now they just need to hold Raul and create an interception for Gattuso, how long will it take? 2-3 seconds only.

Raul unexpectedly crossed the ball back and then he continued to run forward as if he was going to be offside, and behind him, it was Carlos who followed up with the ball, and the golden left foot slammed into a powerful long-range shot.

Bout made a flying save and blocked the ball with one hand, which deflected but flew towards goal.

Bang!

The refracted ball hit the crossbar hard and bounced.

The ball that popped up flew straight out of the goal 40 yards away, so you can imagine how powerful the shot was.

The audience didn't have time to exclaim and sigh, or wipe the cold sweat. Pirlo got the ball and turned around to launch a quick attack. But Ballack cleared the ball with a big foot. He did the right thing because he wasn't sure he could completely cut off the ball and attack, so in order to give the attacking players time to get back, disruption was the number one priority.

After a threatening attack in the opening period, Aldridge immediately gestured to the players on the sidelines and shouted to make sure everyone understood his adjustment.

Real Madrid's formation play today, Millwall can't press with high pressure.

Raul, Anelka. Even Morientes is actually not slow, plus their midfielders, Redondo, Ballack, McManaman, these are all roles with lethal passing ability, like the attack just now, McManaman did not stop the ball and went straight over the top, and then his teammates quickly stepped forward, and the space behind his own central defenders was very large. If it continues like this, Millwall may be beaten into a sieve.

Millwall has some similarities to Real Madrid. There are role players in the midfield who are good at passing and controlling, especially today's Bosque arrangement, which almost formed a pair of situations, and the competition is who can suppress the opponent's midfielder.

Aldridge's immediate adjustment after the opening period offset Millwall's advantage in the early stages of the opening period, as they had to readjust themselves and unify their minds, which resulted in the loss of the overall burst to take advantage of the opening period.

After Real Madrid gradually entered the state, the two teams started the offensive battle, because they were afraid of the opponent's penetration, the defense line dragged relatively backward, the midfield area was empty, and the midfield cooperated tacitly and smoothly when attacking, and the attack could be advanced to the front line.

In the first 25 minutes of the game, both teams had a total of 13 shots on goal, with Millwall seven and Real Madrid six.

Aldridge didn't like this situation.

But against Real Madrid, Millwall simply don't have the advantage of completely suppressing them, unless they have a different football philosophy: possession.

If Real Madrid can't get the ball, then Real Madrid's attack will be impossible.

But that's not Millwall's philosophy, it's not Aldrich's style.

When given a 10% chance of creating a goal, Millwall will not choose to ignore it, but will take the risk of attacking, attacking, attacking!

They are all about playing passionate offense in the constant transition between attack and defence.

Therefore, it is difficult to say that Millwall has a clear advantage when the opportunities are equal, and it can only be said that they and Real Madrid have equal opportunities and are evenly matched.

This requires more from the players to grasp the ability, and the missed golden opportunity is unforgivable.

'Hall showed a rare look of disappointment and resignation on the sidelines, Larsson missed a great chance and the unmarked follow-up shot from inside the box went over the crossbar, and if he was given ten more of the same chances, he would have scored at least eight.

Aldridge is naturally under pressure, and in this situation, the first goal is crucial and every opportunity is precious.

He just stared at the Real Madrid penalty area with anticipation, watching Larsson shoot in the penalty area unmarked, Casillas had fallen to the ground, but Larsson kicked the ball away, Aldridge naturally bent down and bowed his head full of regret, and when he raised his head again, he shook his head slightly to express incomprehension.

In the 34th minute, Anelkara came out of the penalty area and shot a cold arrow on the periphery, and a long-range shot was saved by Bute.

Real Madrid won a corner, they took a tactical corner, and suddenly hit the goalkeeper again, the ball bounced off the ground in the box and went straight into the net, which McManaman himself did not expect.

Bout incredulously asked the defenders, "What kind of ball will land for you!" ”

Landing a high ball in the penalty area is a no-no!

Whether it's a high ball cross or a corner, one of the defenders' responsibilities is not to let the ball bounce off the ground, or to be precise, to be sure to cause damage on the landing.

Gattuso lowered his head and walked forward, he was shaken by Morientes, the ball bounced in front of him and flew into the back corner, Morientes made a header to cross, but he didn't touch the ball at all.

The Real Madrid players didn't celebrate the goal and immediately went back to set up for the restart.

'McManaman's surprise goal gave Real Madrid hope of progressing to the final at Wembley, and if they can guarantee not to concede, then he only needs one more goal to turn the tables around and miraculously reach the Champions League final!

The Wembley stands were full of enthusiasm, and the Lions fans briefly lost their minds after the team conceded a goal, but soon cheered harder for the team.

They know what the team needs more than anything right now.

Aldridge loosened his tie and then kept the team's morale up on the sidelines.

At this time, the team must maintain unity of thought and there must be no division.

Do we let the horses score, or do we use the goals to break the opponent?

If there is such a difference in thinking, the game is really over. (To be continued......)