In the stands of the Love Song Stadium, which can only accommodate 30,000 spectators, the home fans were very surprised by the direction of today's game.

Before the game, they expected that Millwall, the crazy lion, would give Villarreal a stormy attack, but when the game actually started, the fans found that Millwall's edge was far less sharp than they expected!

It could even be said that Millwall made the game depressing and boring.

Hoarded in midfield, including full-backs, Millwall created an interlocking system of large and small triangles of passes in midfield.

Lahm, Alonso, Nedved, Ramos, Kaka, Glen Shial, Ronaldo.

These 7 people pass and run in the guò area, so that the opponent can't touch the ball at all!

But Villarreal can't let it go, and still have to run back and forth to make an active defense.

After shaping the game through the guò pass, Millwall ensured that their defence was solid, and the opponent was unable to suddenly inflict a fatal blow on Millwall due to the wide retreat of attacking players, even if there were offensive opportunities.

But Millwall's skilful passing opened the door in the 21st minute of the first half.

Rahm suddenly hit the front on the flank, and leaned directly into the middle, and when Senna focused on Kaka, the little man Rahm completed a deadly through ball two meters next to Kaka!

Cristiano Ronaldo cut into the penalty area on the other side, he had no space to counter offside, but after touching the ball in a small area, he almost face-to-face with Villa to make a one-two, Villa knocked the ball back to Ronaldo, and the old captain Alvarez was slow. Explosive power decreases. After the center of gravity is shifted. Ronaldo's forward insertion made him unstoppable, and when he turned around, he could only witness Ronaldo's small-angle push into the goal!

Manuel Pellegrini looked bitter on the sidelines, hoping that only the person involved as a manager would understand the deep meaning of the game.

Millwall didn't plunder the victory in the way they did best.

It's about suppressing Villarreal in a way that should be what La Liga teams do best!

Why is this happening?

It may not be Aldridge's vicious attempt to humiliate Pellegrini against him.

In fact, this kind of play itself can greatly increase the probability of winning, not to mention. This is also a very effective way to suppress Villarreal.

At the heart of the yellow submarine is Riquelme.

Aldridge is no stranger to him, and Aldridge has accumulated enough experience in dealing with players like him.

Millwall's compression of midfield space is actually aimed at Riquelme.

In Villarreal's system, Riquelme's possession is very important, and the Old Masters is able to control the ball to give the team breathing space, allowing the whole team to run from defense to attack, spreading out all points of attack, and he also has a sometimes brilliant pass. His threat is not low, but where is it? Not necessarily.

Since the disappearance of the classical midfielder means that there is less and less room for survival in the modern era, it is not just that the new generation of players does not have such talent or talent, it is conceivable that when the new generation of players are trained, there will hardly be a coach who will let them learn to play like Riquelme.

The pace is too slow!

There is also no advantage in speed, and in the increasingly fierce pace of confrontation, most coaches also need a forward midfielder to contribute to the defense!

Since Riquelme will not be used as a template to develop a new generation of players, it seems logical that there will be no second Riquelme, or even if he does, he will not be taken seriously in the future.

Corresponding to this game, Millwall is stronger, but Millwall's big-name players can put a low posture to defend desperately, when Riquelme touches the ball, there are at least two players who cover him before and after, Kaka will always harass behind him at the first time, on the other hand, when Millwall passes in the midfield, what is Riquelme doing? After a symbolic run of two steps, the target passed the ball away, and he slowed down, as if waiting for his teammates to make a successful cut, and then he concentrated on organizing the attack.

Villarreal tried to equalise in the first half and pressed in the closing stages, only to be intercepted by Millwall in central midfield through Nedved before slotting the ball to Glen Charles on the left.

Millwall's most mature thing is that the players know when to pass the ball and when to play their individual abilities on the pitch!

Aldridge's team almost reached the pinnacle of perfection during this period.

Previously, Villarreal defended solidly, with four backs and three midfielders, and there was almost no space to break through.

After they pressed forward, the breakthrough space appeared, and Glen Charles no longer passed the ball in a proper manner, but directly used acceleration to explode Venta on the side, broke through the bottom and turned inside, and sent a high-quality half-high cross, Villa grabbed a header in the middle and scored!

At the end of the first half, 45 minutes later, Millwall led the home team 2-0 at the Love Song Stadium and stepped into the Champions League semi-finals with one foot.

In the second half, Manuel Pellegrini simply sat in the dugout.

With a blank face, he seemed to be helpless about the situation, and he was completely beaten by his opponent and lost his temper.

The bitterness in his heart may be understandable even to the audience.

The strength of the player team is not as good as Millwall, and the overall technical and tactical strength of the game is not as good as the opponent, and it is reasonable to be pressed and beaten at home.

Millwall changed their attacking approach at the 70th minute of the second half and began to bomb from above!

This is very uncomfortable for Villarreal, who seem to be quite afraid to guard against the English rush.

Nedved, Cristiano Ronaldo, Villa, Millwall Guò on the wings, Glen Char, Lahm, and Ramos frequently caused chaos in the opponent's penalty area, Kaka looked for a second chance to attack on the periphery, and finally in the 78th minute, Ronaldo's header was blocked, and Nedved followed up with a follow-up shot to extend the score to 3:0.

At the end of the game, the yellow submarine fans at Love Song Stadium were gone.

Millwall all but sealed a place in the last four of the Champions League, continuing their strong form in the Champions League.

A week later, Aldridge fielded some substitutes at home. At the Lion King Stadium, they beat the Yellow Submarine with a score of 1:0. The Champions League round of 8 defeated Villarreal twice to advance to the Champions League semi-finals!

After the Champions League semi-finals are announced. All England cheers!

Premier League heyday.

Three of the top four spots are from the Premier League!

Millwall, Chelsea, Arsenal, AC Milan.

When Aldrich saw this result, he suddenly felt that something was very strange in the dark.

Millwall blocked Chelsea last season, but this season Millwall helped Chelsea beat Barcelona in the round of eight, Chelsea's road to promotion is quite smooth, but I don't know if we can pass AC Milan in the semi-finals.

As for Millwall. will stage a Champions League London civil war with Arsenal!

Wenger really broke down, and finally made a breakthrough in the Champions League, and it was absolutely unexpected!

Arsenal's form in the league this season is in jeopardy.

The Champions League place was very stable in the past, but this season, after Liverpool returned to the first group of the Premier League, Arsenal's Champions League place looks like it will be taken away by Liverpool!

In the standings, Arsenal is more than 10 points behind Liverpool in fourth place!

As the league can be said to be in its final stages, Arsenal will be putting all their energy into the Champions League.

What if you win the championship?

Won't you be able to continue to play in next season's Champions League as the defending champions?

But the three opponents in the semi-finals, Arsenal didn't know who they would touch, but they ran into a Millwall who made them desperate, Wenger really wanted to cry without tears.

Everyone understands that. To say that the two legs against Millwall are one on each other's home turf sounds fair.

But Wenger would rather have a neutral one. In that case, there will be more fortuitous factors, and the trend of the game will be more uncontrollable, now what? Playing one game each, at least 180 minutes, Millwall's chances of winning are actually higher!

Before Millwall and Arsenal meet in the Champions League, the two teams have one more league game!

On the eve of the Champions League semi-finals, Millwall sat at the Lion King Stadium to welcome Arsenal's challenge.

Arsenal's line-up drew taunts from Fleet Street.

They sent all the substitutes!

Arsene Wenger's wishful thinking is to consume Millwall as much as possible!

However, this is the 35th round of the league, Millwall's lead over Chelsea has expanded to 9 points, although Chelsea won this round, but if Millwall can beat Arsenal, it is almost declared that the title defense is successful in three rounds in advance, even if it loses at home, it can still lead Chelsea by 6 points, and it is only a matter of time before it is defended.

And what about Arsenal?

They were the first to lose Champions League qualification in the league in April.

Manchester United and Liverpool are quite strong in the second half, both teams are now more than 70 points, at the end of the season, it is likely to break the 80-point mark, and this old enemy, but can only be the third or fourth place in the Premier League, Chelsea is still expected to break the 90-point mark in the league points, but still have to watch Millwall successfully defend the league!

It's hard to conclude whether the Premier League is the world's number one league boasted by Fleet Street, but the Premier League is certainly the most brutally competitive league in Europe, a league that makes the giants desperate!

In this 35th round of the Premier League, Aldridge also sent all substitutes at home, and even sent Aguero from the youth team to play the starter!

Aldridge seems to have a very tacit understanding with Arsene Wenger in this round of league training, going through the motions, retaining strength, and preparing for the Champions League semi-finals.

Arsene Wenger was very helpless on the sidelines, and Aldridge's cunning, or rather steadiness, drove him crazy.

Why can't you be really arrogant?

Send all the main forces at home, and you are bound to slaughter the Gunners again!

Arsenal was ready to come here to bear the indiscriminate bombardment of Millwall, and as a result, Millwall put on a group of baby soldiers, which were on par with Arsenal's young lineup, and the two teams of child soldiers fought fiercely on the field, and each player was sent off with a red card, but after 90 minutes, it ended with a handshake.

Millwall are two points behind Chelsea but still seven points clear with three games left in the Premier League. (To be continued......)