The Lion King Stadium.

A whistle blows.

Thierry Henry kicked the ball to Cristiano Ronaldo and the game began.

Manchester United will always be the Manchester United that can't play utilitarian football with its head held high, that is not Manchester United's philosophy, or it may just be Ferguson's stubbornness!

Just after a hard-fought FA Cup semi-final.

This time it was a visiting game again, and Manchester United showed that they could not keep up with Millwall's rhythm from the opening kick-off.

At the beginning, Ronaldo broke through Neville on the left side and crossed, Ronaldo jumped high at the back point and his header was blocked by goalkeeper Carroll, and Millwall quickly played home momentum!

Aldridge showed a dignified face on the sidelines, and since Manchester United snatched the FA Cup final ticket from Millwall, then, the league title, Millwall is determined to win!

He will not allow the FA Cup to be ended by Manchester United and then sniped by Manchester United in the league, he will not allow it!

The Millwall squad also understood the importance of the game.

They knew in their hearts that it would be a shame for them to not be able to do Manchester United after a week's rest!

After the opening, Millwall took the lead in creating panic in Manchester United's defense with the breakthrough of Ronaldo and Cristiano Ronaldo on both wings, and forced Manchester United to chase and intercept in the midfield frantically.

And then disrupt the overall formation of Manchester United, so that it can not face the game calmly!

In the first 15 minutes, Millwall's devastating high pace dragged down the tired Manchester United!

Then, instead, they began to slow down and start to hold the ball steadily in the middle and backcourt, shaping the shape of the game.

One fast. One slow.

Manchester United were also forced to slow down the tempo.

And then. Millwall's strong midfielder suddenly speeds up the game. Playing a frantic attack, Manchester United will be difficult to resist in such a sudden change of pace.

In the 24th minute, Alonso played the ball in the midfield and passed the ball to Ronaldo, who ran inside on the right side, and Ronaldo took the ball and cut inside with Nedved to make a one-two combination, easily breaking through the aging Keane, and then Ronaldo used the explosive acceleration to dribble horizontally in front of the penalty area. Manchester United's defense on the right side focused on Ronaldo, at this moment seeing Ronaldo raging in the danger zone, Ferdinand and Neville had to turn their attention to Ronaldo, and when they moved, Ronaldo immediately passed the ball behind his feet, the ball rolled behind Ferdinand, Ronaldo inserted the ball in front of him, and hit the ribs of the penalty area, which has formed a semi-single knife.

Manchester United goalkeeper Carroll dropped out of goal to block Ronaldo's angle. Xiao Luo calmly controlled the ball and flicked it out, shook off the angle and sent a nanny ball. Henry, who received the ball in front of the goal, gently cushioned the ball and scored the empty goal!

"Millwall is ahead! A delicate cooperation of the front trident, Ronaldo contributed a lot in this attack, he took the ball from the right side into the middle, moved laterally to contain most of Manchester United's defense, and then made a wonderful pass, Ronaldinho, who was successful in the anti-offside position, shook the goalkeeper and blocked the angle and selflessly sent the ball to Henry's feet, hahaha, this ball Henry can kick in with his eyes closed, and there is an empty goal in front of him! ”

Henry smiled when he scored, pointed to Ronaldo, and the two ran to the sideline together to celebrate, followed by the other teammates who roared and ran.

The Lions fans in the stands were reassured.

Manchester United fans were suddenly depressed and listless.

They don't understand whether Millwall's main squad is too strong, or Manchester United has no intention of fighting, two games in four days, the two sides are the same, but there is a huge contrast between the two teams.

Ferguson lowered his head in the coach's seat and sighed softly, without annoying the disciples' cousins.

He knows very well in his heart that the huge gap in the shape of this game comes from two points, first, Millwall's main squad is recuperated and has the advantage of being at home, while Manchester United is fighting hard for an FA Cup semi-final, and it is a guest, and the strength comparison between the two sides has been further widened, and second, it is the fighting spirit!

In the final analysis, sniping the opponent to win the championship, and he has no hope of winning the championship, the fighting spirit itself is not strong, and Millwall lost the FA Cup line, go all out in the league, and the fighting spirit is obviously stronger, which is undoubted.

Aldridge's majestic expression showed a slight smile, applauding the team's goal, but then returning to a solemn gesture.

This game is a bigger game than the next one at Stamford Bridge!

It doesn't matter who the opponent is, but Millwall wants to establish a lead in the table, which will have a big impact on the psychology of the players.

Let's say Millwall are held to a draw at home by Manchester United or lose to Manchester United.

Then Chelsea only need to beat Arsenal to close the gap with Millwall to one point or lose by equal goal difference, in which case, the game to Stamford Bridge will be a real match.

Although Millwall still have a slight lead in terms of probability, as long as they do not lose to Chelsea, the leader is still theirs.

However, it must be taken into account that they have thrown Chelsea away by 10 points, and in the past few months, Chelsea have been chasing points, and have been narrowing the gap between them, if this gap is really narrowed to the point where a game is made to decide who is the champion, on a psychological and spiritual level, Chelsea will be encouraged and excited, and Millwall will inevitably panic a little, then the seemingly leading advantage may not exist at all, or even a disadvantage!

A one-goal lead is not safe, Millwall cannot relax!

Over the years, Aldridge has rarely made mistakes in key battles, which has a lot to do with his thoughtfulness and emotional restraint, and he will certainly be excited about the team's goal and the score lead, but he must refrain and use his words and deeds to warn the team not to relax.

Manchester United's midfield attack is a mess, because they are relatively loose in the defensive formation, and when they switch from defense to attack, they are under great pressure from Millwall's midfield, and then lack time to stabilize the field, teammates run, respond, distributed in various free areas, they lack time, which is also one of the difficulties of the fast pace of the game to test the team.

Manchester United could have done better, but they were tired compared to Millwall, and when they couldn't run as well as Millwall, they naturally seemed slower and couldn't straighten out the complex situation and create a simple attacking environment.

In the 36th minute, Millwall played a delicate combination in the midfield, on the left side, after Ronaldo and Lahm completed two one-twos, Ronaldo suddenly passed the ball back to Alonso, who then shifted the attack to the other side, Ronaldo, Henry, Nedved and the three of them made short passes to each other to turn the Manchester United defense upside down, and finally Nedved also passed the ball back to Alonso.

However, at this time, Alonso's position has rushed to the area close to the front waist, he pressed on, Manchester United's defensive system was completely disrupted, Alonso sent a delicate through pass, the ball crossed from the gap between Keane and Ferdinand, Xiao Luo leaked the ball halfway, Neville was shaken, and the space behind him was exposed and could not be filled in time, Lahm cut inside with the ball after receiving the ball on the baseline, almost the same position as Xiao Luo just assisted, Lahm picked the ball and passed the ball to the back of the goal.

Carroll jumped high and failed to touch the ball with her fingertips, tilted her head back in despair to watch the ball fly over her, turned her head when she landed, and saw Ronaldo gently pressing the ball down with a header at the back point, and the ball bounced into the goal!

"2:0, Ronaldo's header rewrote the score to 2:0, and Millwall took another step towards victory! It was a classic goal, a team effort that belonged to Millwall's colours, and they completely destroyed United's defence! Again and again, 'intimidation' and 'shock' made the Manchester United players completely lose their cool and appear extremely panicked, so they missed people, and Millwall launched another fatal blow to easily rewrite the score! ”

Cristiano Ronaldo is smiling all over the pitch, and the young and exciting lad has played a more important role in this team by playing a beautiful number this season, and he, who is still growing, is not yet the future goal-scoring machine.

Until the end of the first half, Millwall has been bombarding Manchester United indiscriminately, Manchester United is passive defense, the front of Vanney is dizzy, retreating back when defending, and when his teammates in the backfield control the ball, he immediately runs forward, but the ball is always not sent to his feet, and before he runs a few steps, he turns his head and retreats, almost the entire first half is running forward and backward, forward and backward, but rarely appears in the live camera

At half-time, Aldridge praised the team's watch, and then asked them to work harder!

Manchester United made changes in midfield and really wanted to make waves at the Lion King Stadium in the second half, but they were soon beaten by Millwall's fast attack and had to be restarted.

Heinze became the unlucky guy, Ronaldo's goal he couldn't keep up with Ronaldo, in the 53rd minute, the second half just started less than 10 minutes, Ronaldo's breakthrough in the penalty area made Heinze angry and ashamed to slide the tackle, and then, Ronaldo fell in the penalty area, the referee not only pointed to the penalty spot, but also showed Heinze a second yellow card, in the first half he already had a yellow card, was rudely knocked down Ronaldo when defending outside the penalty area, and now, two yellows turned into a red, to be sent off.

The Millwall fans sang and laughed at Heinze in the stands, bouncing and bouncing and earning a penalty for a two-goal lead, and the opponent sent off another man, and the game was absolutely secure.

Ferguson's face was a little helpless, and Aldridge finally landed on his heart after Ronaldo converted the penalty.

In less than 60 minutes, Millwall Mingjin withdrew.

Although it is very possible to apply offensive pressure and rewrite the score, Aldridge still chose to accept it as soon as he saw it.

After all, they have a Champions League semi-final first leg ahead of next week's trip to Stamford Bridge, and that's an away game. (To be continued......)