Millwall almost broke the goal with a wave of threatening attacks, and the fans in the stands were still lamenting that Millwall missed the opportunity, but Manchester United was very calm, and I don't know if they were mentally prepared, or they have been beaten by Millwall over the years to have a stronger ability to resist pressure, and they are used to this situation.

Carroll opened the door quickly, Baynes was noticeably slower to return after the assist, and he ran back at his normal pace, even wanting to see if he could make a counter-attack on the spot along the halfway line.

Scholes kicked the ball to the right with a precise long pass in the central midfield, Rooney ran to the side, unmarked and controlled the ball before rushing towards the penalty area, Pedreti defended head-on, and Rooney distributed the ball to Joaquín who caught up from behind as he approached the box.

Joaquin cut inside with the ball and replaced Southgate to defend him head-on, the area that should have been defended by Baines was unguarded at this time, so Southgate could only do two jobs alone, to block the inside and outside.

In other words, Joaquín can't go over, and he can't give Joaquin enough space to pass the ball to allow the opponent to find a suitable passing line.

When Southgate was about to intercept Joaquin, he pointed to the penalty area behind him, hoping to make Moutinho and Pedretti take it back, Pedretti was close to Rooney, Moutinho was a step slower to react in Manchester United's fast attack, although the number of attackers and defenders in the box is not worse than Millwall, but the opponent is given a bit more space, and more defenders must rely on more defenders to compress the space.

Joaquín took the ball inside and Southgate mainly defended the inside, and the moment the two met, Joaquín suddenly flicked the ball outside. Then speed up to get rid of Southgate!

Changed to the past. This is not a situation that Gareth Southgate is frustrating. Even if the opponent is still in possession of the ball, he is just changing from a frontal defense to a backward side defense, sticking to the opponent enough distance is equivalent to blocking the opponent's large passing space, and then delaying the opponent, waiting for his own defenders to return to position or reclaim the penalty area.

This time, however, when Southgate turned to keep up with Joaquin, his mind was clearly quicker than his body reacted. As a result, his body failed to balance and slipped in the penalty area!

Joaquin originally planned to cross directly, but when he saw Southgate slip to the ground, he controlled the ball and cut inside from behind Southgate into the box, forming a semi-one-on-one momentum.

Everyone in the Millwall defence was stunned by Southgate's slip and Neil rushed to fill in to prevent Joaquin from finishing his shot, but as soon as he moved, before Joaquin could get close, the latter crossed wide. Got the ball to Ruud van Nil's feet behind him and stepped on the line of the six-yard box. Vanney does not stop the ball and pushes it directly, so close to the distance, the goalkeeper is powerless to return to the sky, and Vanney's sense of smell and shooting skills in front of the goal is beyond doubt.

"The ball is in! Manchester United open the scoring! Southgate lost his balance while defending Joaquin and fell to the ground, exposing a huge space in the penalty area, which was his personal mistake, but led the team to lose the goal, as for Vanney's goal, it was not Neil's fault, Neil had to make up for Joaquín, Joaquín handled the ball very calmly, he did not force a shot with greed, but gave Vanney a nanny ball, Vanney almost faced an empty goal in front of the goal, Bout was defending the near post angle, no way, Millwall's goal was conceded in one sentence: the captain made a mistake. ”

By the moment Ruud van Nisroy had scored, Southgate was already on his feet, his face blank and his eyes grim, making no attempt to explain anything to his team-mates.

No, you don't!

He raised his head and walked towards the outside of the penalty area, without saying a word, but there was no sense of ease in him.

The game has just begun.

He can't be unbalanced, and he can't show any panic in front of his teammates.

He's the captain!

Manchester United fans in the stands at the Riverside Stadium celebrate.

Millwall's fans were collectively silent.

Nobody blames Southgate for his mistakes, nobody.

In 4 months, the veteran captain will be 35 years old.

Aldridge was also expressionless as he stood on the sidelines.

There was not the slightest hint of dissatisfaction with Southgate.

In fact, he only regretted it in his heart.

The serious injury at the European Championship had too much impact on Southgate.

Many excellent players have experienced a significant decline in form after serious injuries, and a considerable number of them have declined and have never been able to return to their peak form.

There may be psychological factors, limitations on performance after a serious physical injury, and many of them are due to age.

At a certain age, after a major repair, especially during a serious injury, there is a long period of time when you need to recuperate and cannot maintain your physical condition, and then want to recover after the injury is healed, it may not be realistic.

Southgate is at the end of his career, with a serious injury at the European Championships not unexpected, leaving Millwall's main squad and recovering from injury two months ago, but only today has he been allowed to play, having previously recovered in the reserves.

It's hard to say that a reserve game can test 100 per cent of a player's form.

Because although the reserve team is confrontational, there is no explosive and delicate opponent like Joaquin to test you.

Southgate, who is now 34 years old, made such a mistake, which is also related to his experience, because he knows how to deal with Joaquin after pulling the ball outside and dribbling, so his consciousness will drive him to turn around and follow at the first time, but the explosive power of the body drops too significantly after a serious injury, and it will be the loss of balance in his body.

This situation is also common in ordinary people, sometimes running out of rhythm, sometimes walking up the stairs will also step into the air and almost fall, in the high-speed football game, once the body can not keep up with the consciousness, some players will self-strain, some players may have Southgate slip.

It's not a venue factor.

Ferguson didn't look happy.

This is Aldridge's eleventh year in charge of Millwall, but it is Ferguson's tenth year in charge of Aldridge.

Ten years of opponents, too much combat experience, so that Ferguson could not show half a smile at this moment.

Even, there was a hint of viciousness and violence in his expression!

Treat an opponent like Millwall, treat Aldridge's team, even if it is a group of reserve players on the squad, never underestimate him!

Defeat him when you have the chance! Crush him! Suppress him as much as you can for all game time!

Can't, can't give him a chance!

Let him, the miracle maker, not see a glimmer of hope!

Since you want to keep the league and the Champions League, then the FA Cup will never give you any chance!

After the restart, Millwall seemed a little bit intimidated.

Baines was not in the position just now, and he didn't dare to assist in the half, and Ramos was also afraid that Giggs would make waves in his defensive area, so Millwall did not press the half-court assist in the long 10 minutes, and Ramour in the middle executed perfectly, serving as a central midfielder, defensively, and the main task was to play the ball.

As a result, without a wide wing, Millwall's attack was a mess, while Manchester United controlled the field steadily, carefully organised the attack, and tried to penetrate the attack into Millwall's dangerous zone, playing a few beautiful threatening attacks.

Aldrich got angry on the sidelines!

He fingered Ramos for him to assist, and at the same time, Southgate also gave the order to Baines, who was not far away: attack!

As for the fill-in in the danger zone, it was handed over to Pedretti, and Moutinho's ability to read the game needs to be improved, so let his task be simpler, sweeping in front of the penalty area and Ramour.

No one knows Aldridge better than Southgate.

Others could say Aldridge was cunning, but Southgate thought it was wise.

Today, it's not that you can't lose to Manchester United.

If he definitely doesn't want to lose to Manchester United, Aldridge simply defends to it, this little face, he can not do it!

Or, take the main lineup and fight each other!

Bet on your luck and see if Millwall will end the season with a treble, a big four, or one or two titles.

However, now that they are on the bench, they will play Manchester United at home once in three days' time.

Millwall's pre-match preparation meeting called for both wings to attack together, even if it was a tug-of-war with Manchester United.

In short, it is necessary to attack!

Southgate, then, understands Aldridge's tactical purpose very well.

First, attack, maybe you can win!

Second, if you can't win, then you must also speed up the pace and play a threatening offensive, so that Manchester United's overall formation will continue to move long distances in the game, which is consumption!

Set the stage for the league in three days!

It's not just an FA Cup semi-final, it's about linking this game to the next league game because it's the same opponent, it's Manchester United!

But before the game, Aldridge will not tell the substitutes these words frankly, he will only say that the unwavering attack is for the victory of the game!

If you don't put two full-backs to boldly insert assists, or figure out the insertion of guò midfielders to create a threat, this is unrealistic, fullbacks are not up, there are few attacking points, and the probability of being restricted to death is very high, if it is a player in the middle, Ramour and Moutinho, obviously can not take advantage of half a point in front of Vieira and Scholes, then they will not be able to play offensive depth and achieve the strategic goal of consuming the opponent.

After Millwall's anger was aroused, two full-backs boldly assisted, and at first United wanted to break through Millwall's defense from the side, but Neil blocked two crosses in the air, and Pedreti intercepted a penetrating through pass from Scholes.

Millwall, on the other hand, took this opportunity to equalize by boldly assisting the full-backs and inserting into the penalty area to form a threatening change! (To be continued......)