Although Wenger suffered a 0:4 defeat at home in the league, from the overall strategic point of view, Wenger's plan at this stage was successful.

Even if they win the rest of the league, they can't win the title, unless they lose all the games and their rivals win all the games, and Arsenal will fall from fourth place in the table, the Champions League spot, which they have already obtained.

So aside from the confrontation, Arsenal's overall focus has shifted to the FA Cup, where they beat their opponents in the semi-finals to advance to the final.

Millwall's match against Manchester United takes place a day later.

The venue is a neutral venue, at Middlesbrough's home stadium: the Riverside Stadium.

In the run-up to this game, Millwall's momentum is as much as Fleet Street has advertised: the Lions have a chance to make another treble!

The league is the leader, with the Champions League and FA Cup both reaching the semi-finals.

If they can win the rest of their matches in one go, there is no doubt that they will be the treble.

Aldridge was not carried away by temptation and when he arrived at Riverside, Millwall fielded a substitute line-up, with Gareth Southgate, who had been injured for most of the season, making his first start as a substitute at the end of the season.

Alex Ferguson led the Red Devils to the Riverside Stadium, where he was a little quieter than he had been at the start of the season.

Manchester United's new season has not been particularly successful, at least not as strong as Arsenal seemed.

The league is in flux, the Champions League is out, and the only trophy with a chance of winning the trophy is the FA Cup.

The Red Devils' efforts throughout the season will be focused on the FA Cup.

"The 2004-2005 FA Cup semi-finals are about to begin, in the semi-finals that took place yesterday. Arsenal won the game and advanced to the final first. They are now waiting for their opponents in the final. Manchester United or Millwall? Wenger said after the game that he was not afraid of any opponent, but many people thought that Wenger was not confident enough when he said this, whether it is Millwall or Manchester United, the FA Cup final will definitely be a duel between the giants. With less than a month to go in the Premier League and Champions League, the season is coming to an end, and May is just around the corner, the FA Cup is the least important trophy for Millwall, who have a tradition and are confident of playing on the bench to compete for a ticket to the final.

Manchester United started 4231.

Goalkeeper: Carroll.

Defenders: Gary Neville, Ferdinand, Silvestre. Heinze.

Midfielders: Joaquin, Keane. Scholes, Rooney, Giggs.

Forward: Ruud van Nistelrooy.

Millwall started 433.

Goalkeeper: Bout.

Defenders: Ramos, Neil, Southgate, Baines.

Midfielders: Pedreti, Moutinho, Ramour.

Forwards: Larsson, Villa, Glen Char. ”

If other giants sent a starting lineup like Millwall in a game of this level, they would definitely be scolded by the fans, but Aldridge did this, no one would criticize, perhaps, because he won too much, too much, some practices that seem incredible to others, but when they finally succeeded, they were commented as unfathomable and calculating.

Millwall have not used their substitutes to beat up tough opponents in cup competitions, and the good scenes of Arsenal and Manchester United are still vivid, and many Lions fans are optimistic that they will relive their old dreams today.

Ferguson had a calm face, losing to Aldridge in the league, and the Champions League has seen a direct decline after reaching the final three years ago.

Today, in the FA Cup semi-final, Millwall sent a substitute line-up as if he looked down on people, and from an objective standpoint, he could understand Aldridge's approach.

The level of the Premier League title race has reached an extreme level.

According to Chelsea's current points, it is higher than the league leaders Arsenal last year!

However, Chelsea are still behind Millwall.

The league has no room for mistakes, the slightest carelessness, wishful thinking to stimulate the team, but it is difficult to reverse the physical fatigue of the team, and Millwall also reached the semi-finals of the Champions League at the same time, and will go to Turin to challenge Juventus a week later, in this case, it makes sense for Aldridge to put on the bench to rest the main team.

But this "reasonableness" put Ferguson and Manchester United in a very awkward position, and it can be said that the game was forced to the edge of the cliff before it started.

If Manchester United lose to such a Millwall team, where is the dignity of Ferguson and the Red Devils?

It's going to be discredited.

Because of this, Ferguson's face was a little gloomy, and it was false to say in his heart that he was not nervous, if he was eliminated by Millwall's substitute lineup, what face would he have to return to Manchester?

Aldridge is not as much as Ferguson thinks, in terms of strength on paper, Millwall's bench lineup is definitely weaker than Manchester United, and the gap is obvious, especially in the midfield, which is likely to be suppressed.

There is a gap in the lineup, it is inevitable, in any game, there is always a gap between the strong and the weak, Millwall has half a team of world-class players, but world-class players do not mean that they are iron men, requiring them not only to be able to work full, but also to play at a world-class level, which is not realistic at all!

Aldridge, who stood on the sidelines with his head held high, was very simple about the positioning of this game.

If you talk about playing defense, it is estimated that Manchester United must be able to guess, at least after seeing Millwall's starting lineup, they are roughly prepared.

After all, it is too difficult to play against Manchester United in midfield.

Back then, the substitute lineup was used to overturn Manchester United and Arsenal, which was to use defense.

The applicability of anti-counter is very extensive, and it is also an effective means to use tactics to make up for a certain gap between the weak side and the strong side.

Then, the opponent can guess and be prepared, and if you fight like this, the effect may not be too good, after all, the opponent will prevent you from coming to this hand.

Therefore, Aldridge will play against Manchester United on the wing today.

The defense maintains a minimum of five men, two defenders, two midfielders, and Ramour, who starts in the front midfield and actually plays in the middle of the midfield.

The ball in the middle is up to Moutinho and Ramour, and if you rely on only one person, you will be targeted to death, and the possibility of being restricted is very great.

Playing on the wing, two forwards, two defenders into forwards, plus a center forward, this is the quintet that is invested in the attack.

Defending against the back-up is dominated by wingers, and the full-backs are the back-ups who are unexpected.

This is also targeted, Ferguson began to drop Scholes back and play a role of grooming the midfield, on the one hand, Keane's age, and on the other hand, Aldridge's use of Scholes in the national team has had relatively good results.

Manchester United's wide attack is a tradition, past, present, and future are all adhered to, the two wings of the focus fly together, even if the full-backs do not assist, in the midfield, the largest vacant area, or on the wing, Millwall want to play attack, you have to take advantage of this.

As the game was about to start, Ferguson also left his seat and walked to the sidelines to start overseeing the game.

Ferguson, who looked grim, knew it was a game that could not be missed.

It doesn't even matter if you qualify for the FA Cup final or not.

It's just a purely competitive meaning.

If Manchester United's main team loses to Millwall's substitute, it may be a fatal blow to Manchester United's confidence in this period, and it will become a nightmare or a demon.

At the start of the game, the pace of the game was a little slow in the first five minutes, both sides were getting into the game, Manchester United lost to Chelsea in the last league game, which can be regarded as saving strength for this game, but since it is a loss, today is another cup game to decide the winner or loser, be safe, be cautious and there is nothing wrong with it.

In terms of the rhythm of the game, Millwall was led by the nose by the opponent, and Aldridge made gestures after watching it for a while, allowing the team to take the initiative to accelerate and use the impact of the wing to change the rhythm of the game.

If you don't disrupt United's control of the rhythm of the game, Millwall probably won't have any chance, because by the time you react to it, you're probably already behind and you're building up a disadvantage that's hard to turn around.

In the 9th minute, Ramos passed the ball to Ramour in the middle of the backfield, and when Scholes came to press, Ramour knocked the ball back to Moutinho, who passed diagonally to the side, Baines crossed the midfield line, and after touching the ball, he played with Glen Charles on the wing.

Baynes didn't dare to go head-to-head with Neville for fear of losing possession, so he quickly crossed the ball.

Villa, who was outflanked in the middle, jumped high to head the goal, but because the ball was passed a little high, Villa jumped to the limit and could only feel the ball fly over his head.

Just as Villa was regretting, he heard another thud and a header.

Is it the end of the siege?

No, it's the goal.

Larsson cut into the box and headed in front of Silvestre.

Unfortunately, the ball was slightly off.

'Millwall was the first to blow the horn of attack, and the clever Larsson almost headed home!'

Ferguson watched from the sidelines, and his heart suddenly tightened.

Millwall isn't here to fight back!

You can't say how aggressive Millwall's attack is, but when attacking, there will be six players in the half.

Ferguson was afraid that if Millwall had scored first, the game would have changed completely.

For this game, Manchester United actually wants to play fast, not playing fast at the beginning, slowing down the pace, is a means of paralyzing the enemy, creating illusions, and then suddenly exerting force to catch the opponent off guard.

Although Aldridge also had a specific plan for the game, limited by the quality of the players, when United deliberately showed weakness before attacking, Millwall's defense exposed the problem of young players being slow to react to the sudden change in tempo, and Moutinho's protection of the penalty area was not timely enough.

At the same time, the veteran Southgate made a very uncomfortable mistake on the field that made the Lions fans feel very uncomfortable. (To be continued......)