1060 The most crucial season
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Chelsea know that if they lose 1-2 at home, the next leg at the Lion King Stadium, even if the away team really creates a miracle and wins 1-0 against Millwall, they still can't qualify!
The red-eyed Chelsea players understood the severity of the shape and fought hard with their breath, but when time was running out, their overall formation could not remain tight and consistent.
In the last minute of stoppage time, Schneider played a mid-to-long pass on the side of the backfield, the ball flew to the middle of the midfield, Nedved rushed forward to meet the header, Xiao Luo stopped the ball in the front court, he accelerated forward dribbling and shook off Essien, Essien's up and down foot action made him lose his center of gravity, that rhythm difference made Xiao Luo complete the breakthrough.
After completing the pass, the situation in the front court suddenly became open, Xiao Luo simply and directly kicked over the top and plugged straight through, and Larsson, who came on as a substitute, cut into the penalty area from the right side, completely throwing off the entire Chelsea defense!
However, Larsson's stop was not perfect, so that when he completely controlled the ball, he had already come to a position close to the baseline.
The veteran has a calm mind and will not rush it.
Instead, it was Chelsea's defenders who flocked to grab it, outflanking Thierry Henry in the middle. Cristiano Ronaldo, who cut inside on the other side, was closely followed by Chelsea players. Chelsea were packed in front of goal.
When Terry and Ashley Cole came to press. Larsson passes the ball to the top of the box.
Xiao Luo, who followed up, met the ball and shot angrily!
The ball didn't have the effect of sending a world wave, but it bounced off Carvalho's leg and bounced into the Chelsea goal!
Cech himself pounced in the right direction, but Carvalho stretched his leg to block, and God was powerless to return to the sky!
After the goal, Ronaldo took off his shirt and ran to the corner flag area, the whole Millwall team rushed over, and Aldridge also left the dugout and ran away!
At Stamford Bridge, there was a dead silence in the home versus fans stands, while the away fans were slightly out of shape with excitement.
β3:1γ Millwall got a very desirable result on the road, and we can understand why Sir Hall would run wild to celebrate when Ronaldinho scored the third goal of his team, not only to discourage his sworn enemies, but also to understand that a 3-1 score is enough to kill Chelsea! Unless Chelsea can score at least three goals at the Lion King Stadium! Even if Chelsea win 2-0 away at Millwall in the next leg, they will be knocked out! β
Millwall's celebratory goal was close to the stands of the visiting fans, and Aldridge hugged the players in celebration, and then kept raising his hands to signal the Lions fans to make some more noise!
Some more!
Bigger!
Sue sΓΉ Stamford Bridge. Who is the king of London!
After Chelsea restarted, Millwall defended off a wave of attacks. The referee blew the whistle for the end of the game.
The first leg of the Champions League quarter-finals came to an end, with Millwall beating Chelsea 3-1 at Stamford Bridge to step into the semi-finals with one foot.
After the game, Aldridge and Mourinho still did not shake hands.
In an interview, Aldridge and Mourinho "tacitly" expressed their views on the same issue.
Jose Mourinho insisted that the referee had changed the course of the game, that Kaka's goal should not have been awarded a penalty, and that it was the goal that was conceded that put Chelsea at an absolute disadvantage, and that they were the first to concede, and in his opinion, it was not enough to determine the overall trend of the game.
Aldridge slammed Mourinho's words and actions.
"My player was violated and he got injured. Even if you watch the video 100 times, it's definitely a foul, the penalty is uncontroversial, but the Chelsea manager accuses my players of faking a fall, it's unreasonable, Millwall will lose, and there will be a bad situation, but when we lose, we don't use slander to shirk responsibility, did we say anything when we were knocked out of the Carabao Cup? I applaud Bayer Leverkusen when we lost to Bayer Leverkusen in Germany, they were better than us, they were more motivated than us in that game, we approached the game with the attitude of not only trying to win the game, but also earning the respect of the opponents, obviously, today it was the other way around, we were treated with a lack of respect, so we should express our dissatisfaction! β
Commenting on the game, Fleet Street vaguely began to draw conclusions about this season's Chelsea table, as well as the results of this phase of Chelsea's construction.
Barnes wrote in his column: Chelsea has completed a major change of blood this season, in fact, such a change of blood is too frequent for a club, their main squad last season is a combination of the old and the new lineup, but this season, there has been another large-scale change, only counting the cost of recruitment, Chelsea has paid a price of more than 300 million pounds, if you count the cost of player signings, salaries, bonuses and other expenses, in two years, Chelsea has invested nearly 500 million pounds in the construction of the team!
However, Chelsea still can't shake Millwall's dominance, which is not far from the goal of Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich, yes, not far away!
Four points behind Millwall in the league, Chelsea have the quality to believe they can go far if they had not met Millwall in the Champions League, and if they complete the comeback in the second leg of the Champions League, then that game will surely be one of the most shocking Champions League games in the last decade, because no one but Chelsea fans believe they can beat the king Millwall on the road.
Back to the topic, it is foreseeable that Chelsea's future positioning, they will not be able to complete a new big change next season, or two years later, which is against the laws of football club management, because the cost is too high, Abu is very rich, but unless he loses his mind, he will become a laughing stock in football if he burns more than 1 billion pounds in Chelsea in two or three years. If there is a next exchange transfusion. Who can guarantee that Chelsea will be able to turn one step closer to the goal into a positive result? That's the cruelty of competitive sports. The runner-up and the champion are only a little bit closer, but that little distance, one on the throne, the other, forgotten by the world, is almost not much different from the other losers.
Moreover, if Chelsea continues to change blood on a large scale, it will cause great damage to Chelsea's image, and Chelsea will change blood. It is inevitable to deal with the players in the current squad, and then the hotly discussed thing has become a reality: Chelsea are Abu's toy, and even the players are toys.
They can be tempted by money or swept away because of the disappointment of their boss.
So, how many players in the world would like to go to Chelsea?
The sane Chelsea management understand that they have entered a stable construction track, a stable squad of players, and a stable direction of the club's development.
This is undoubtedly good news for Millwall.
After holding Chelsea under pressure this season, they have built plenty of confidence. I wrote about it in my column before the start of the season. The biggest test for Millwall is this season, once they are overthrown by Chelsea, the future of the Premier League will be very chaotic, and not as orderly as it used to be, because there is one ruler here: the Lions.
It is true that Mourinho is the topic of conversation, and he has caused a lot of controversy, including the public remarks of eliminating Barcelona, which made many people unhappy, but after clearing the clouds, you will find that he has become a controversial figure with his personal prominence, and then put all the pressure on his shoulders, otherwise, Chelsea would not be able to chase Millwall in the Premier League so steadily.
If we look back at Sir Hall's coaching career, we will find that he is similar to Mourinho, in the early days of his coaching, taking his coaching debut game as an example, he had a verbal conflict with the opposing manager as soon as he appeared, and then made himself stand out, in his eleventh year in charge, Sir Hall will not do this, not because he has become noble, but because he does not need to make any sound, he is the focus, and there are countless pairs of eyes all over the world watching him or worshipping him. Or look forward to his failure in his heart and watch him make a fool of himself.
If he had been in charge ten years ago and had met Sir Hall in the arena, I am afraid that there would not be such a clear gap between the two young coaches now, and it cannot be ignored that Mourinho has not really taken up the whip for a long time, nor can we ignore the experience that Sir Hall has accumulated in the past ten years.
Now Millwall is like Manchester United in the 96/97 season, when Manchester United's 92 class just provoked the beam, they just won the Premier League championship under the leadership of Cantona, if in the 96/97 season, Manchester United can successfully defend the title, maybe that will change Millwall's development trajectory, but Manchester United failed to suppress Millwall, now, it is Millwall's turn to suppress Chelsea, the final result of this season will have a huge impact on the future Premier League pattern, Chelsea only won an insignificant League Cup, With the FA Cup out of the tournament and the Champions League now at stake, I personally think Chelsea should set their final goal in the league and make the final sprint, and at the end of this month, Stamford Bridge will also have a league showdown.
A miracle needs to be fought for, and if Chelsea can pull off a comeback in the league this season, it will have a positive impact for at least five years!
It was the end of the season, and Barnes' op-ed was a bit "outdated" in Aldridge's mind, and before the season began, despite his words to the Millwall squad not to be distracted by the outside world, the goal was to surpass himself.
But he knows very well that one of the goals of this season is to keep Chelsea at bay!
Because Chelsea have a lot of potential!
Their squad isn't at its peak, and there are many reasons why a team can grow by leaps and bounds, not one of which is success!
Is failure the mother of success?
It may be right to put it elsewhere, in the football circle, there are not many examples of shame and courage, but most teams are stable and strong, and they come from success, not failure.
Failure catalyzes the explosion of many hidden negative factors, and conversely, success injects "doping" into a team.
Can't let Chelsea hold their heads up! (To be continued......)