There was a scene at the Stadio del Alpe that made fans of both sides extremely unhappy.
When Millwall was in possession of the ball in the midfield, Juventus used the core concept of chain defense and did not attack and maintained the tightness of the defense system. They did not attack and did not expose the space.
The trident will also be marked, and Millwall simply does not pass the ball forward.
Juventus actually waited for Millwall to counterattack, while Millwall hoped that the opponent would attack to expose the space.
If other factors were not taken into account, Millwall would dare to attack and destroy the opponent's defense with wave after wave of attacks.
However, this kind of offensive is based on high physical consumption. In order to stay in the game against Chelsea, but also to ensure that the ball is not lost and to improve the quality of defense, Aldridge arranged a main midfield defense and added a defensive type.
The starting lineup of the defensive midfielder.
Millwall controlled the ball in midfield and Juventus fans were not satisfied.
The crowd of boos seemed to be saying: Why the hell don’t you attack?
Nearly 10,000 Millwall fans were also dissatisfied, protesting that Juventus still acted like a coward at their home stadium and did not dare to come out to fight!
Capello was helpless. While there were no changes on the field, Aldridge was very calm.
He wanted to see if Capello dared to take a gamble!
He is full of confidence in returning to the Lion King Stadium for the second round. The fast pace of the Premier League is definitely not something Juventus can withstand.
After all, Capello still didn't have the guts to let the team press!
At the end of the game, Juventus fans stopped booing.
0:0.
The result is not bad.
This "not bad" is because compared to Millwall's away record in the Champions League in the past few years, being able to keep Millwall scoreless at home does not make people feel particularly pessimistic. Especially when thinking about the next round optimistically.
Moving to the Lion King Stadium, Juventus only needs to score one goal, and if Millwall wants to advance to the final, it must score two!
Most Juventus fans think so.
The idea of Crazy Lions fans is much simpler: return to the home court to deal with you!
When attending the UEFA official press conference after the game, Italian reporters gave Aldridge a hard time and asked: "As the defending champion of the Champions League, Millwall abandoned its own style today and only took 6 shots in the game. This is
With your lowest number of shots in all competitions all season, do you accept that Millwall has begun to turn towards utilitarianism?"
Aldridge thought for a long time, coughed twice, and asked: "How many shots did Juventus take in the entire game?"
A burst of laughter suddenly erupted from the audience.
Except for Italian reporters, reporters from other countries couldn't help but laugh.
The Italian reporters did not answer, but someone answered for them. Richard from Fleet Street loudly said: "Sir Hall, he shot three times, none of which hit the goal range."
Aldridge pretended to be suddenly enlightened and sighed: "As the defending champion of the Champions League, Millwall is at Juventus's home court. Although we did not score a goal, we handed over twice as many shots as the home team. I
I think this can be explained to some extent. Millwall is more aggressive than Juventus. Let’s get back to the point. What did you ask me just now?
What? Oh, utilitarianism. I have never said that Millwall is not a utilitarian team. I have always emphasized that we are a down-to-earth team. Therefore, others can say that we are a utilitarian team, but I
I wonder if you would add a prefix in front of utilitarianism when describing Juventus? For example, extreme utilitarianism?"
Italian journalists looked a little helpless.
The Fleet Street reporter laughed and said nothing.
Utilitarianism is a derogatory term in the football world.
However, when Aldrich was too weak to win the championship, no one dared to make a big fuss about it.
Because Millwall will slap the opponent in the face at any time. If today's column criticizes Millwall for being utilitarian, in the next game Millwall will bombard their opponents and play passionate offensive football, which will make the writer feel ashamed.
Readers will naturally feel disgusted, although many times football commentators just summarize and analyze a certain game.
This is different from Mourinho's Chelsea, which sticks to one style, while Aldridge is what the chief columnist of The Times calls a adaptor!
He has no determination to defend or implement a style of football until death. He is unpredictable.
You can say that Aldridge has no style, but his team seems to have become a chameleon when everyone uses style to define it. They can interpret various styles well, which can be interpreted from another angle.
, this is where Millwall is strong, and it is also the result of Aldridge’s work in training the team and giving the team richer practical capabilities.
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In the middle of the week, Millwall played most of their main players in the Champions League, but they did not consume too much on the court because these defensive players did not withstand too many offensive tests from Juventus. Ronaldinho and others on the bench sat and watched.
After the competition, there was not even a warm-up. The only thing that consumed them was the exhaustion of traveling back and forth.
Mourinho is unhappy again.
In the last round of the league, the outside world believed that Millwall "suffered"!
With Millwall playing in the FA Cup in midweek, the league starts first!
So, this week, Millwall's visit to Chelsea was scheduled for the final game of this round, which was the last game.
This allows Millwall to return from the Champions League and have some more time to rest.
Most people think so. Millwall "suffered a loss" in the last round and will get some "compensation" in this round.
But Mourinho and Aldridge, as well as people in the circle such as Ferguson, Wenger, and Benitez, everyone understands that Millwall has taken advantage!
Last week, the energetic main lineup easily defeated Manchester United, which was at the critical point of its three-day recovery period.
Chelsea faced Arsenal, who had had five days of rest, and were eventually tied by Arsenal.
Millwall returned from the Champions League this week and had almost four and a half days of rest. How could it not be considered an advantage?
The sooner this game starts, the better for Chelsea. However, this is how the FA schedule is arranged. Chelsea cannot complain!
The season has reached its final stage. Looking back on this season, Mourinho has complained about too many things, including the schedule, referees, and even his dog being taken away. If he continues to complain, he will soon become a resentful woman.
Moreover, if you find other reasons to complain at this time, it will appear to be a sign of weakness, which will be very detrimental to Chelsea's military morale.
The outside world gave Chelsea 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 1992. This is a very good Chelsea team. The league performance is stable, strong and unbeatable. However, they are still far away from the championship throne.
Out of reach, if we exclude the direct confrontation with Millwall, that is, the points change in the first half of the league at the Lion King Stadium, Chelsea is actually only 2 points behind Millwall.
Although Wall is unable to break their previous record of 104 league points this season, they are not far from that record. Now, they have 93 points. If they can win the last three league games, their points will reach 102 points.
, they are only 2 points away from the Premier League's peak points record, which is the gap between a draw and a victory. Or, if the only defeat turns into a victory, they may refresh the record they created.
It's not that Chelsea are not good enough, it's that they are not better than Millwall.
Of course, everything is still in suspense.
Maybe Millwall will collapse and hand away the championship trophy.
Who knows what happens on the football field.
Mourinho did not complain, but at the pre-match press conference, in addition to emphasizing that Chelsea still had a chance to win the championship, they must first defeat Millwall and demoralize Millwall. Then, he risked his life to warn the referee.
The team even deliberately used the disastrous defeat in the first half of the league as an excuse, and implicitly warned the referee to be absolutely fair.
When Aldridge attended the pre-match press conference, he was asked by reporters about Mourinho's remarks. He found it ridiculous and asked: "Millwall played against Chelsea three times this season, and we won three times. Then, someone
If you say it's the referee's problem, well, why don't the FA and UEFA just award the championship trophy directly?
Give it to us? What other games are we going to play? Haha, Chelsea has the determination and will to steal the championship trophy from Millwall. This is good. I appreciate opponents who are motivated. In this way, Millwall's victory will be more valuable.
The players' sense of achievement will also be stronger. I think the game as a guest at Stamford Bridge may be better than
We imagined the difficulty to be higher, because Chelsea is united and will do everything for victory and the hope of winning the championship. After all, they have invested huge amounts of money in the past two years and need a substantial championship trophy to fill the empty honor room, and they also need to attract investors.
, their boss is seeing results. However, Millwall
Now it seems that we have a clear advantage. As long as we don't lose, a draw is acceptable. If it ends up being a draw and the gap between us and Chelsea is still 5 points, then in the last two league games, we only need to get 1 more point.
We can ensure the success of our title defense, after all, Chelsea’s falling behind gives us too many goal differences.”
Aldridge expressed his pre-match opinion: 1 point is enough!
As long as there is a draw with Chelsea, Millwall will get the championship trophy.
His remarks were exaggerated by Fleet Street and seemed to be absolutely true.
Fleet Street also specially analyzed the schedule, because Millwall also had to take into account the second leg of the Champions League semi-finals. The 0:0 in the first leg seemed quite dangerous for Millwall, and in the last two rounds of the league, Millwall
The opponents are Newcastle United and West Brom respectively. Not to mention taking 1 point, it is absolutely no problem to guarantee 2 points. (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature, the novel is better and updated faster!
