Stamford Bridge is a "pocket" stadium among the giants, think about Old Trafford has been expanded to 70,000 capacity, Millwall's Lion King Stadium further expansion plans are also in the next stage of the club's development plan, Arsenal's new stadium is also expected by Gunners fans to arrive in the next three years, Stamford Bridge's 40,000 capacity, is indeed a bit unavailable.

The small stadium means fewer tickets for the away team, and the Premier League clash at Stamford Bridge this season is hard to find, and the away fans can get less than 6,000 tickets.

Before the game even began, the Chelsea fans were cheering on the pitch, waving their flags and singing Chelsea songs, and the benefits of the small pitch were highlighted, making it easier for the sounds of the stands to reverberate in the stadium.

The Millwall fans were a little depressed in the away stands, and the leader of the fan group was hoarse and led his comrades to cheer for Millwall, but he could not overpower the home team.

The former "Lion's Roar" fan organization has been reorganized in the past year, and it is normal for a veteran member of one of the original founders like Brady to leave due to life and work.

The same situation also happened in other fan organizations, and many of the leaders who had formed fan organizations around the age of 20 with their loyalty and enthusiasm to the lions had many people quit the fan organizations because of life, job transfers, and even some because of their studies. This allows the management of fan organizations. Cohesion has declined. So, last year, they reshuffled the cards, and several fan organizations that were connected to each other were cohesive, and a new fan organization was born, called: Wild Lion Praetorian Guard!

Their slogan is not just like "Lion's Roar": If you love the Lion, then Roar Victory!

Now, there is quite a cult atmosphere: defending the mad lion's qiē!

Members of the fan organisation whose management system and size have remained normal shouted from the visitors' stands. Roaring and singing songs, trying to drown out the momentum created by the Chelsea fans in the stadium, but they were almost hoarse and unsuccessful, and at the same time they were a little frustrated and unwilling, they also felt a little dissatisfied with the "Wild Lion Guard".

Because the members of the "Janissary Lion", who had arrived at Stamford Bridge today with at least 1,500 people, stood there quietly, without waving flags, holding scarves alof, or singing. There was no shouting, as if a neutral fan had come to watch the game in peace.

Before players from both sides enter the arena. Millwall boss Aldridge walked into the stadium first, and his presence caused a subtle change in the atmosphere in the stadium, and the Chelsea fans who were close to him would use gestures to humiliate him, put pressure on him, make him lose his cool, and preferably, he could kick it like Cantona did back then!

If a fan is unfortunate enough to suffer this kick, and Aldridge is red-carded, or even a long-term ban or even jail, it will certainly be a huge benefit to Chelsea, and many die-hard Chelsea fans are willing to "sacrifice themselves".

The commotion of the Lions fans in the visiting stands was in support of Aldridge, singing songs in praise of Aldrich.

Aldridge still did not shake Mourinho's hand, he came to the visiting team's dugout and stood still, looking calm, accustomed to the noise in the stadium, calm as an outsider.

Mourinho also stood in front of the home team's coach's box, and he couldn't help but look at Aldridge with a solemn expression.

He couldn't figure out what kind of tactics Millwall would play away from home today.

Offense?

Why take the initiative to attack and give Chelsea space to counter-attack?

Even if Millwall loses, they still have the initiative to win the championship, and even, the space is very large.

Chelsea won, narrowing the gap to Millwall to two points.

In the last two rounds, even if Chelsea wins, Millwall only needs one win and one draw to get 4 points, the same points as Chelsea, and Millwall will rely on goal difference to win the championship!

And if it's a draw, then Millwall is almost certain to have successfully defended their title!

Will Millwall play aggressively on offense?

Mourinho has no bottom in his heart, and thinks that there is a 90% chance that Millwall will conservatively get 1 point as the main goal, after all, Millwall still has the second leg of the Champions League semifinals and Juventus in the second leg of the life and death battle, besides, Millwall eliminated Chelsea in the Champions League in the second leg, they came out of the defensive counterattack posture on their home ground, and today came to Stamford Bridge, Mourinho is his own people, he feels that if it is himself, then 100% will definitely play a defensive counterattack, and it is an extremely conservative counterattack! But it is precisely because he knows that he is not Aldridge that there is a 10% more chance of coming out.

But there is only one way ahead for Chelsea.

Offensive!

There is no way back.

Defense cannot be said to be meaningless.

The premise of this meaning is: Millwall takes the initiative to attack!

Players from both sides enter the pitch in line.

Mourinho glanced away and looked at Millwall's starting line-up.

'The 2004-2005 English Premier League season has finally come to its most exciting stage, Millwall, who are at the top of the table, came to Stamford Bridge, and the home team Chelsea are five points behind Millwall, Andy, how likely do you think Millwall will win the title?

"I think as long as Sir Hall puts Millwall on tight defence and gets one point here, then Millwall can declare a successful title defending! Chelsea only look at the record this season, almost perfect, however, the problem exposed in the key battle can not be ignored, that is, their positional ability to attack the lack of ability, which was eliminated by Millwall in the Champions League, and the last round of home against Arsenal is very obvious, Chelsea is very strong, but not strong enough to shake Millwall's Cheng dù, which is the fundamental reason why they are now 5 points behind Millwall, in other words, if the opponent chooses to play defensive like them, Chelsea's chances of winning will drop by at least 20 per cent. ”

"Oh? So what do you think is causing this? Chelsea look to have a talented group of players. ”

"First of all, it must be the manager's tactical arrangement, Mourinho in order to strengthen the defense, there are two defensive midfielders in the midfield, Essien and Makelele are very good in defense, and the attack has occasional flashes, but they can't maintain a steady assist in the attack, relying on Robben, Duff, Ribery, Joe Cole and other skilled players with speed and dribbling skills to tear apart the opponent's defensive line, which is very effective when counterattacking, because they have a wide space, but when attacking and breaking dense defense, When there is a lack of space, they appear to be less powerful. ”

'Frank Lampard has returned to English football this season and he has brought a great attacking help to Chelsea up front, scoring goals, providing assists, he seems to be able to do anything.

"Yes, just looking at Lampard's numbers, he is very good, but if we compare Millwall's lineup, we will understand very well why Sir Hall let him go in the first place, Lampard is good at cutting forward, has long-range shooting ability, and has a steady pass success rate, but his dribbling breakthrough is not particularly good, and what he is good at, Millwall's attacking system, he can't bring better complements and sublimation to the team, passing, Millwall has Alonso behind Millwall, and Ronaldinho in front of him who can send hidden through balls,When breaking dense defense,Dribbling breakthrough is a very important means,Be able to tear apart the opponent's local defense,Thus disrupting the opponent's marking,This season in Millwall's team is a very good Brazilian Kaka,His explosiveness is simply amazing,He also has the ability to shoot from a distance,So,The reason why Millwall's dense defense is stronger is also here,To pass the ball exquisitely There is a subtle pass,To break through to have a breakthrough,To shoot from a distance and a long-range shooter,This makes their offensive means very rich, So Millwall don't need Frank Lampard, they need a player who can bring more other means to attack, or be unpredictable. ”

'Corresponding to this game, Millwall have won the first three meetings with Chelsea this season, and the last, the most crucial one, will Millwall win?'

'I think it depends on how Sir Hall is positioned for the game, if he wants to lock in the title, then he can play 80 per cent and not lose, but if he has other ideas, such as not losing to Chelsea in terms of momentum, then the game will be unpredictable.

"Hehe, the initiative is in Sir Hall's hands, not Mourinho's hands, right?"

"Well, let's take a look at the starting line-ups.

Home team Chelsea starting XI 433.

Goalkeeper: Cech.

Defenders: Ferreira, Carvalho, Terry, Ashley Cole.

Midfielders: Essien, Makelele, Lampard.

Forwards: Arjen Robben, Drogba, Ribery.

Millwall started 433.

Goalkeeper: Bout.

Defenders: Schneider, Nesta, Thiago Silva, Lahm.

Midfielders: De Rossi, Alonso, Kaka.

Forwards: Cristiano Ronaldo, Thierry Henry, Ronaldinho.

Although the formation of the two teams looks the same, the way the technical and tactical systems work is very different, with Millwall emphasising control in midfield and Chelsea switching between attack and defence.

Just as Andy Gray and Martin Taylor were still previewing the game, they suddenly froze in the commentary room as Andy Gray looked down from his position in the live studio and saw the more than 40,000 live spectators at Stamford Bridge, all looking up at the sky

Over Stamford Bridge, a small plane slowly skimmed by. (To be continued......)