1151 Well done, boy
For a dominant team, their weaknesses are often not too obvious, otherwise they will not be able to ascend to the throne.
After achieving the top of the world, most of the king teams will get carried away, lose their "humility" in their posture, and most of them will not be the team's own hard injuries when they fall, but will be targeted by the opponent to magnify the inconspicuous weakness in itself, and then defeat it in one fell swoop.
It is conceivable that if Millwall recklessly hit the front end of the attack because of last season's "four kills" of Chelsea, and rushed into the penalty area, Chelsea would have realized before the game and prepared Millwall to do so, then Chelsea's counterattack efficiency will be improved again!
Aldridge won't do this kind of stupid thing, he wants to tell Mourinho in a subtle way through this game: Don't try to play the king of this land!
What if the game is a draw?
Did the representative Millwall fail?
No, the king, still the king.
In the standings, Millwall is still pressing Chelsea, and Chelsea can't turn the sky!
Chelsea didn't have a couple of counter-attacking chances in the first half because Millwall were too solid!
When Chelsea were on the attack, Millwall's central midfield was very tight.
Chelsea have to play positional battles, at least in front of Millwall, and their own technical and tactical characteristics, in terms of positional battles alone, there are many teams in Europe that are stronger than Chelsea.
In front of Millwall, Drogba was frozen by Nesta, the more mature Silva also appeared to be calm about Robben's in-cut threat on the wing, and Joe Cole on the other side was pressed by Schneider.
Chelsea managed just two non-threatening shots in the first half, with Millwall coming from long range or set-pieces. But the offensive threat is higher than the opponent at a glance.
First Half Shots 11:2.
The two teams walked into the dressing room with a score of 0-0.
Aldrich looked unusually calm. Mourinho, on the other hand, frowned. He was worried and suspicious.
Even at this moment, Mourinho thinks that Aldridge's instigation is jealousy of him!
Millwall will be looking to secure a draw to secure a lead in the table.
If Millwall don't want a win and a draw is satisfying, then Mourinho thinks there is little hope for Chelsea to win.
All his tactical ideas. The circumstances in which the game was won, the way Chelsea goals could have come, apart from luck and accident, were all about counter-attacking, and counter-attacking would require Millwall to be more aggressive in front of Chelsea's goal.
Originally, as time went by, Millwall should have become more and more flustered, eager to win, in the Lion King Stadium, their own home stadium, shouldn't it be more risky?
But now Mourinho is not sure. Once Millwall is determined to get a point, Chelsea will have to be led by the nose.
The scene was bursting with atmosphere. Millwall continued to shoot from distance, and in the 67th minute of the second half, Ronaldo broke away from the gap in front of Essien and fired a long-range shot into the far corner of the goal, which bounced off the crossbar, causing numerous sighs to be heard.
The Chelsea crowd were terrified, Millwall's long-range shot was too threatening, and if it weren't for the lack of luck and the fact that Cech was steady, Millwall would have knocked on their door with a long-range shot.
When the game came to the 75th minute, Mourinho was locked in a decision on the sidelines.
He was thinking about whether he would push the boat with the current, so he would simply take 1 point!
Anyway, they were able to maintain a two-point gap to Millwall, although this seemingly ordinary two points would make Chelsea feel extremely bitter.
When he hesitated, the situation on the field changed.
Chelsea's players did not come with the idea of taking one point, and even Jose Mourinho firmly stated that he came here to take three points in his pre-match dressing room speech!
Or else?
He told the players that we just got a draw, which would be a heavy blow to the morale of the players, as if Chelsea had surrendered!
I used to lead by 9 points!
This is a surrender?
Of course not!
So, the slogan of taking 3 points is to boost morale.
When it came to the closing stages of the game, the Chelsea players were consciously fighting for the three points!
They rushed out!
At this moment, Aldridge on the sidelines and the talented Millwall players on the field all shouted in their hearts!
The confrontation between the top teams and the psychological contest are links that cannot be ignored.
Today, Millwall can be said to lack luck, it can be said that the performance is not too good, but in terms of mentality, they are more spicy, more calm, even if they can't open the situation, they never panic, almost don't care about the passage of time in the game, excellent psychological quality, but also an invisible pressure on the opponent.
Now, Chelsea can't hold their breath!
When Chelsea began to attack forward, put in more troops, and pressed forward in the third-line formation, Millwall did not use Aldridge to command, and immediately changed their style of play in the tug-of-war with their opponents!
In the 77th minute, after the Chelsea formation pressed up, the players at the front of the offensive end relieved the pressure, so Robben became a little lonely when he had a certain space, and he had to do it alone with the ball!
At the Lion King Stadium, Robben always seemed very emotional.
He's got a reputation for being a traitor here, and he's beaten up by Millwall's players before he leaves!
Tough to go it alone, he put too much energy on Silva in front of him, Ram who was ready to make up for the middle on the diagonal side, and De Rossi who was close to him on the other side, it can be said that Millwall is a three-man trap, but he does not take the initiative to grab, because he is afraid that someone will step forward, so the passing space is exposed.
Robben was thinking about what to do next, how to break through this bag circle, but he didn't expect someone to poke the ball at his feet from behind!
The scene was full of cheers!
Rahm immediately rushed up and kicked the ball forward three meters in front of Rowe himself, passing the ball to the man who poked the ball behind Rowe himself.
Robben looked back and saw a ponytail swaying in the wind.
Xiao Luo!
As soon as Ronaldo touched the ball, he immediately attracted a lot of Chelsea players, with Frank Lampard and Didier Drogba rushing towards him. Ronaldo crosses the ball into the middle. Avoided Frank Lampard.
As soon as Kaka gets the ball, he starts to dribble forward!
The speed is brisking. Overwhelming.
Essien and Makelle are close to each other, seeing Kaka rushing with the ball, they are ready to intercept head-on, Essien will go first, and then, Makellele.
However, just as Kaka was about to come to Essien, Kaka suddenly turned. Moves sideways with the ball, almost no longer forward.
Essien's pupils shrank in disbelief, as if he wanted to ask: Where are you going? The goal is not in that direction!
Essien instinctively moved laterally to chase Kaka, but as soon as he moved, the distance between him and Makelele widened, and the passing line appeared!
Kaka quickly crosses the ball diagonally between Essien and Makelele!
Henry touches the ball behind Makelele and is at the edge of the box!
The Chelsea backline was already a little flustered at the moment, and for the first time in the game, Henry was given more room to control the ball.
Henry also handles the ball in an unconventional way. He took a step forward with the ball and looked like he was going to attack Carvalho's defensive zone, but suddenly pulled the ball sideways. In the blink of an eye, it looked like he was going to fight Terry.
With Carvalho and John Terry both suspicious to keep out Thierry Henry, the Chelsea back line lacked defensive movement consistency.
Ashley Cole was originally eyeing Cristiano Ronaldo, especially when he pressed Ronaldo's offside line, but the defenders did not agree.
Henry slanted the ball behind Cetri and Carvalho when moving laterally, and at the same time, Ronaldo rushed past Ashley Cole, Ashley Cole used both hands and feet, doing everything possible to block Ronaldo's internal cut, in such a body entanglement and confrontation, Ronaldo simply shoveled out at the penalty spot!
Petr Cech had already abandoned the goal, but Ronaldo was quicker on his toes and stabbed the ball in the direction of the goal, Cech collided with Ashley Cole, and Terry, who was back to the defense, rolled to the ground by braking hard to avoid stepping on Ashley Cole!
Chelsea in the box flipped!
The ball rolls slowly into the goal!
Ferreira slid to save in front of the goal line, but he had to roll into the net with the ball!
Rumble!
The sound of the Lion King Stadium is like thunder!
Cristiano Ronaldo got up from the ground, turned his head to look in Henry's direction, looked at his teammates who were watching him from different distances and showed wild smiles, he ran to the sidelines with a smile in excitement and roared to meet the cheers of the fans!
"The ball is in! C Ronaldo broke the deadlock on the field, Millwall played really beautifully this fast attack, Ronaldinho instigated an attack in the midfield, Kaka took the ball to advance a distance and sent a direct pass, Henry attracted Terry and Carvalho in front of the penalty area and then plugged behind the defenders, Ronaldo grabbed the point and stabbed it, although the strength may be a little lighter, but no matter how hard the Chelsea players worked, they couldn't stop the ball from rolling into the goal! ”
Jose Mourinho wiped his face on the sidelines, and a thousand thoughts went through his mind.
It seems that this conceded goal once again confirms a "truth" that he himself believes: if you want to beat Millwall, don't take the initiative to attack!
In the VIP box at the Lion King Stadium, Chelsea owner Abou got up and left with a blank face after witnessing his team concede the ball.
Aldrich smiled and said to himself, "Well done, boy." ”
Since he talked to Ronaldo at the beginning of the season, in the past few months, it cannot be said that Ronaldo has a new look, but it is obvious that he is more aggressive on the pitch, with a strong fighting spirit and a fanatical attitude towards victory, and being able to stand up at critical moments is a very good sign.
Chelsea did not have an advantage on the field, and now the score is behind, Aldridge did not let the team retreat, but let the team remain unchanged and continue to put pressure on Chelsea, and only under pressure will Chelsea continue to be suppressed!
The score of 1:0 remained until the end of the game.
Chelsea suffered their second defeat of the new season, following the defeat at Old Trafford and once again at the Lion King Stadium.
At the end of the first half of the new Premier League season, Millwall led the standings with a record of 15 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss, accumulating 48 points and leading the second place Chelsea! (To be continued......)