Chapter 145: Stifling Expectations
Millwall's team leader and player Wise's full name is Dennis Fran Wise, Chinese New Year's Eve, born in Kensington, is a former England player, still very famous in England.
In July 1990, Wise joined Chelsea from Wimbledon for £1.6 million, a record for the club at the time.
Wise reached the pinnacle of his career when he was voted England Footballer of the Year in 1998, and his toughness and agitation were a key factor in Chelsea's resurgence from a mid-table team in the early 90s. But as Chelsea's captain, Wise is a well-known villain in English football. Nicknamed 'The Angry Mouse', Wise has been the absolute workhorse and spiritual leader of the team throughout his time at Chelsea, known for his ferocious style. Wise's big-picture vision, passing and shooting skills are also good, and although he is short, Wise is very energetic on the court, and even a bad guy like Kenny has to concede three points when he encounters him.
But in the end, due to his age, Wise was sold to Leicester City by Ranieri, who was the first Chelsea manager.
Wise's trip to Leicester City was a failure, making just 17 appearances for Leicester City before being sacked by the club in September 2002 after Wise hit team-mate Galen Davidson in the chin during his pre-season stay in Finland, much to the dislike of Leicester fans.
Wise then moved to Millwall, where he is now a part-time team leader.
Wise and all Millwall people hope that the team can win this FA Cup semi-final, which means a lot to them, not only because of income, but the last time Millwall reached the FA Cup semi-final, it was back in 1937, and after 67 years, they naturally want the team to win this game.
this game. Wise also appeared in the starting lineup.
He's a player and a good starter for Millwall, which is why he can be the interim manager of the team thanks to his experience and age. Even if he is 37 years old, he can still occupy the main position, of course, this may have something to do with the fact that he is the team leader, he never thinks that others can do better than himself, so he naturally wants to rank himself in the starting lineup, but not many others are dissatisfied with this. After all, Wise has been a regular player at Millwall for more than a year.
When Wise started the game, it was Wilkins, Wise's assistant, who had hired to direct the game.
Wise also wanted to win the game, he actually knew it would be difficult, he played Derby County when he wasn't the manager, and the final score was 0-3, and it was an absolute shame that Millwall's home side were bloodied on their own home turf. It was memorable for Millwall, but despite this, Wise told all his teammates to work hard.
"We won't have a second chance!" Wise said so.
At the same time, Wise is also very passionate as a player, regardless of whether the game is won or not. It's always a matter of fighting for it.
The Millwall fans were also very passionate, and the cheering of the Millwall fans in the opening game was not small, which may have something to do with Wise's pre-game strategy, where they constantly emphasized the team's fighting spirit. As a result, Millwall fans also felt that the team had a chance, so they cheered desperately for the team.
Millwall players also played on the field, and in the opening Millwall used a big attack. This is the tactic developed by Wise and Wilkins, looking for opportunities to attack in the opening game, and it is better to score a goal, so that there is a score advantage and the game will be much better.
Derby County really didn't expect Millwall to play like this, and he didn't even think about Wan Sheng on the sidelines, he felt that Millwall would choose to defend and counterattack, which was their best hope of winning the game.
Derby County were a bit caught off guard.
Derby County still have a lot of experience in dealing with big attacks, every player is running and starting to try to suppress Millwall, but everyone hasn't been in the groove at the beginning, plus Millwall is quite good, as a result, Millwall scored in the seventh minute of the game.
It was Wise's lob pass, and the ball found Hutchison in front of him, who completed the header, and the ball went straight to the corner, and goalkeeper Oakes saved in the right direction, but still couldn't save the ball.
Millwall led by one goal.
As the ball flew into the Derby County gates, the Millwall fans went wild, celebrating the goal and desperately venting their excitement.
"Nobody likes us, but we don't care." (No-one-likes-us,but-we-dont-care.) Millwall's "signature" song reverberates over Villa Park.
This is a very popular song among Millwall fans, they think that this song is more passionate than the team song, the allusion is that, according to the so-called official statistics, Millwall fans are the most "violent" group in English football, and several heavy off-field conflicts in recent years are related to them, therefore, Millwall has also become the most unpopular team, as if it is a big "public enemy" in football, but Millwall fans are not careful, and they are proud of it, and then there are Millwall fans who wrote this song.
But now they need to cheer and be as excited as they can for the team's performance because they have scored.
In the FA Cup semi-finals, it took them just seven minutes to take the lead over a strong Derby County!
Seeing Millwall score, the reporters in the media table felt a little incredible, Millwall scored first? Just seven minutes?
Could it be that Millwall, as their boss Wise said, really wanted to pull off the Zào miracle?
Some people are starting to think so, after all, Millwall is already ahead.
They have expectations.
'Millwall scored in the opening game! Their striker Hutchison receives a pass from Wise and heads the ball and breaks up! 1:0, Millwall leads Derby! ”
The narrator said as much as he could.
Soon the big screen camera of the stadium pointed to Wan Sheng, only to see Wan Sheng sitting firmly in his seat, holding his hands in his arms, with no expression on his face, he was turning his head and talking to assistant coach Diamares, so he couldn't see a little loss at all.
This has somewhat disappointed some people.
In fact, Wan Sheng was not disappointed, and this goal surprised him. But it was just an accident, he didn't feel like he needed to do anything, the team's tactics were right, the players were fine, but football is like that, there are always unpredictable things happening, Millwall is very good, so they used a wave of attack to find a chance to score a goal, that's it, he can't ask the team not to let the opponent score a goal. That's absolutely impossible.
But it's just a goal, the game has just begun, and it is still acceptable for the opponent to score a goal.
That's it.
The media don't know what Wan Sheng thinks, some of them think that Wan Sheng is 'pretending' to be calm, but in fact, they are anxious to die, so they hope that Millwall's appearance is better, and it is better to score another goal, so that it will see how long this Chinese will be calm - maybe Millwall is really going to create a zào miracle!
The game is back on.
After the restart, Millwall continued with a goal-scoring momentum and loaches. But after a goal just now, the Derby County players also came to their senses and soon put themselves into the game, and then Derby's tactical advantages and strength advantages were gradually reflected. Millwall's attack relied on a breath, but due to the gap in strength and tactics, they were quickly suppressed by Derby County.
By the time the waves were over, everyone in the stadium could see that the game had become the rhythm of Derby – and Derby were constantly attacking. Millwall defended passively and struggled to get through the half.
Seeing this scene, many people were not surprised at all.
After almost a season. Everyone has an understanding of Derby County, such as playing against Derby County, if the strength is not good, then you must accept the reality of being completely suppressed, in fact, the best choice is to defend and counterattack, such as Millwall's active offensive tactics, in front of Derby's full-court pressing, it is really difficult to play much effectiveness, so it is not surprising that Derby County takes over the game.
Millwall played a tough game on the pitch.
Their players quickly felt that it was very difficult to attack, even if sometimes the ball was at their feet, but it was difficult to get to the middle line unless they drove the ball straight to the front. In addition, the fast pace of the opponent's game also affected them to some extent, and many of them did not adapt to this fast pace, which also affected their performance.
On the playing field, Wise saw the situation and could only shout to remind his teammates to step up their defense.
They have a goal in their hands and now that the situation is passive, the defence is naturally the best option.
Wise still sees it in this regard, but he didn't think that Millwall is not a team that is good at defense, and their defense is not as good as Ipswich, not to mention, the current Derby County's attack is definitely not something that Ipswich can withstand.
Can Millwall defend the net on their own?
Wise subconsciously ignored the issue and Millwall soon reaped the bitter fruit as Derby equalised in the 25th minute of the first half.
It was an attack from the middle, after Osman and Alfred combined with the pass, the football was handed to Morris, Morris looked down the two wings, and suddenly kicked the ball into the right corner of the penalty area, where Ivan Crewe cut in, Crewe passed the ball back with a direct kick, Morris got rid of the defender and completed a surprise attack in front of the big penalty area, and the football rushed directly into the door of Marshall's handle.
1:1!
'Morris equalised for Derby! It was the twenty-fifth minute of the first half, and Morris and Ivan Crewe combined with their feet, and he asked the defender to meet the ball and chose to shoot straight at goal! Nice cold shot! ”
"The score became 1:1!"
"The two teams are back on the same page!!" ——
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