At the Del Alp Stadium, there was a scene that was extremely upsetting for fans on both sides.

When Millwall controlled the ball in the midfield, Juventus used the core concept of chain defense, did not grab, maintained the tightness of the defensive system, they did not grab, did not expose the gap, Millwall's trident would also be targeted, Millwall simply did not pass forward.

Juventus are actually waiting to play Millwall's counter-attack, and Millwall wants to be exposed by the opposition to the top.

In an environment where no other factors are considered, Millwall would have dared to go on the offensive and destroy the opposition's defence with wave after wave.

However, this kind of attack is based on high physical exertion, in order to stay in the Chelsea game, but also to ensure that the goal is not conceded and improve the quality of the defence, Aldridge has a main midfield defense and adds a defensive midfielder to the starting lineup.

Millwall controlled the ball in midfield and Juventus fans were not satisfied.

The boos seemed to say, "Why don't you?"

Nearly 10,000 Millwall fans are also dissatisfied, protesting that Juventus is still a turtle with a shrunken head at their home stadium, and they dare not come out to fight!

Capello was helpless, and under the premise that there were no changes on the field, Aldridge was very calm.

He wanted to see if Capello dared to gamble!

He is confident of returning to the Lion King Stadium for the second leg, and the fast pace of the Premier League is definitely not something Juventus can resist.

After all, Capello still doesn't have the guts to let the team press out!

At the end of the match, Juventus fans stopped booing.

0:0.

The results are not bad.

This "not bad" is relative to Millwall's away record in the Champions League over the past few years, being able to keep Millwall without scoring at home. It doesn't feel particularly pessimistic. Especially to think optimistically. In the next leg, Juventus only needs to score one goal, then Millwall must score two goals if they want to advance to the final!

That's what most Juventus fans think.

The thought of the Lions fans is much simpler: go back to the home court and pack you up!

Speaking at UEFA's official press conference after the game, the Italian journalist made it difficult for Aldridge to ask: "As the reigning Champions League champions, Millwall abandoned their style today and had only six shots on goal in the game. This is your lowest number of shots on goal in all competitions all season, and do you admit that Millwall has started to turn utilitarian? ”

Aldridge pondered for a long time, coughed twice, and asked: "How many shots did Juventus have in the whole game?" ”

The audience burst into laughter.

In addition to Italian journalists, journalists from other countries could not help but laugh.

The Italian reporters did not answer, someone helped them answer, and Richard from Fleet Street said loudly: "Sir Hall, it was 3 shots on goal, and none of them hit the goal." ”

Aldrich pretended to be in a state of realization. Sigh: "As the reigning champions of the Champions League, Millwall are at Juventus' home turf. We didn't score, but we had twice as many shots on goal as the hosts, and I think that goes a way to show that Millwall are more aggressive than Juventus, and to get back to the point, what did you ask me? Oh, utilitarianism, I never said that Millwall is not a utilitarian team, I always emphasize that we are a down-to-earth team, so, others can say that we are a utilitarian team, but I wonder if you would put a prefix in front of utilitarianism when you describe Juventus? Like, extremely utilitarian? ”

Italian journalists were a little helpless.

Fleet Street reporters laughed silently.

Utilitarianism is a derogatory term in the world of football.

However, when Aldridge won the championship, no one dared to make a big fuss about it.

Because Millwall will slap the other party in the face at any time, in case today's column criticizes Millwall for going towards utilitarianism, the next game Millwall bombards the opponent indiscriminately and plays passionate attacking football, which makes the writer embarrassed, and the reader will naturally be disgusted, although many times the critic just summarizes and analyzes a certain game.

This is different from Mourinho's Chelsea, one is to stick to one style, and Aldridge belongs to what the Times chief columnist calls a changemaker!

He doesn't have the determination to defend or implement a style of football to the death, he's unpredictable.

You can say that Aldridge has no style, but his team seems to have become a chameleon when everyone defines it by style, and they can interpret all kinds of styles well, and from another point of view, this is where Millwall is strong, and it is also the result of Aldridge's work to adjust the team and give the team more practical ability

In the Champions League in midweek, Millwall had most of the main players, but they did not consume too much on the field, because these defensive players did not withstand too many offensive tests of Juventus, and Xiao Luo and others on the bench sat and watched the game, without even warming up.

Jose Mourinho is unhappy again.

In the last round of the league, the outside world thought that Millwall had "suffered"!

Millwall played the FA Cup in midweek and the league started first!

So, this week, Millwall's visit to Chelsea was scheduled for the final and final game of the round.

This gave Millwall more time to rest when they came back from the Champions League.

Most people think so, Millwall "suffered" in the last round, and this round got some "compensation".

But Mourinho and Aldridge, as well as those in the circle such as Ferguson, Wenger, Benitez, everyone understands that Millwall has taken advantage!

Last week's energetic squad comfortably beat Manchester United, who were on the threshold of a three-day recovery.

Chelsea, on the other hand, faced Arsenal, who had a five-day break, and were eventually held to a draw by Arsenal.

Millwall returned from the Champions League this week and got almost four and a half days off, so how can it not be taken advantage of?

The sooner this game starts, the better for Chelsea, but that's how the FA schedule is arranged, Chelsea can't complain yet!

At the end of the season, looking back on this season, Mourinho complained about too many things, the schedule, the referee, and even his dog was taken away.

Moreover, if you find other reasons to complain at this time, it will appear to be weak, which is very detrimental to Chelsea's military morale.

What has been given to Chelsea is sympathy.

Their points in the same period have exceeded the points of more than 70% of the final champions in the same period since the establishment of the Premier League in 92, this is a very good Chelsea, the league table is stable, strong, and unbeatable, however, they are still far away from the championship throne, if you exclude the direct confrontation with Millwall, that is, the change in the points of the game at the Lion King Stadium in the first half of the league, Chelsea is actually only 2 points behind Millwall, Millwall have not been able to break their previous record of 104 points in the league this season, but they are not far from that, and now they have 93 points, and if they can win their last three league games, they will have 102 points, just two points away from the Premier League's top points record, which is the difference between a draw and a victory, or if the only defeat turns into a victory, they could break their own record.

It's not that Chelsea aren't good enough, it's that they're not better than Millwall.

Of course, there is still suspense.

Maybe Millwall will collapse and give away the trophy.

What happens on the football field, who knows.

Mourinho doesn't complain, but in the pre-match press conference, in addition to emphasizing that Chelsea still have a chance to win the title, first of all, to beat Millwall and frustrate Millwall's morale, and then, he risked his life to warn the referee team, and also deliberately used the disastrous defeat in the first half of the league to talk about it, insinuating that the referee should be absolutely impartial.

Aldridge was asked by reporters about Mourinho's remarks when he attended the pre-match press conference, and he thought it was ridiculous, and asked rhetorically: "Millwall have played Chelsea three times this season and we have won three times, and then, some people say it's the referee's problem, well, why don't the FA and UEFA just give us the trophy?" What other games are played? Hehe, Chelsea have the determination to snatch the trophy from Millwall, which is good, I appreciate the aggressive opponents, so that the victory of Millwall will be commendable, and the sense of accomplishment of the players will be stronger, and the game at Stamford Bridge, I think, will be a little more difficult than we thought, because Chelsea are united, they will give a little bit for the victory, for the hope of winning the title, after all, they have invested a lot of money in the past two years, and they need a weighty trophy to fill the empty room of honourIt is also necessary for investors, their bosses, to see the results. However, Millwall now look to have a clear advantage, as long as we don't lose, a draw is acceptable, if it ends up being a draw and we are still five points away from Chelsea, then we only need one more point in the last two league games to ensure that we can defend our title, after all, Chelsea are behind us with too much goal difference. ”

Aldridge threw out his pre-match opinion: 1 point is enough!

A draw with Chelsea would give rise to the Millwall trophy.

His remarks seemed to be true under the rendering of Fleet Street.

Fleet Street also deliberately analyzed the schedule, because Millwall also has to take into account the second leg of the Champions League semifinals, 0:0 in the first leg, which looks quite dangerous for Millwall, and in the last two rounds of the league, Millwall's opponents are Newcastle United and West Bromwich Albion, not to mention taking 1 point, it is absolutely no problem to guarantee 2 points. (To be continued......)