The Champions League final is about to begin. In the stadium stands, fans from both sides are very enthusiastic. They are naturally very excited about competing for the "first in history". Even if AC Milan just failed to defend the league title, this cannot affect their desire for the Champions League title!
Players from both sides line up to enter the field. The opening ceremony of this special Champions League final will be a little more complicated. It is also a battle that UEFA uses as its signature.
This is likely to be a classic battle that will go down in history!
"The 2004-2005 Champions League final is about to begin. The two teams entering the final are the absolute top teams in today's European football. Millwall, the five-time Champions League champion, challenges AC Milan, the six-time champion of the Champions League! If AC Milan can win, it will be
Become the unprecedented seven Champions League champions. If Millwall wins, hahaha, the history of the Champions League will be magnificent! Millwall, AC Milan, Real Madrid
, winning the Champions League six times respectively, tied for the first place in the history of the Champions League! This year happens to be the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the Champions League. In half a century, AC Milan and Real Madrid have played an important role in the history of the Champions League.
A wealthy team, now Millwall has become an important role that cannot be ignored in the history of the Champions League, and it only took them less than 10 years to achieve this!"
"The opening ceremony is about to be completed, let's introduce the starting lineups of both sides.
Millwall 433.
Goalkeeper: But.
Defenders: Schneider, Nesta, Thiago Silva, Lahm.
Midfielder: De Rossi, Alonso, Kaká.
Forward: Villa Henry Ronaldinho.
acmilan442.
Goalkeeper: Dida.
Defenders: Cafu Stam, Maldini, Kaladze.
Midfielder: Gattuso, Pirlo, Seedorf, Rui Costa.
Forwards: Shevchenko, Crespo.
It is worth mentioning that no matter who wins the championship between the two teams, there will also be a Champions League player's personal honor that will be tied!
On Millwall's side, Bute, Schneider, Nedved and Larsson on the bench, they have won 5 Champions League championships. If Millwall wins, they will tie Gento's 6
Record of winning the trophy for the first time!
For AC Milan, Pirlo also has a record of winning the Champions League 5 times, 4 of which were won with Millwall. If AC Milan wins the championship, Pirlo will also tie Gento's record of winning the cup. There is only one championship away from the new record.
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There is no doubt that the players mentioned above are all legendary players in the history of the Champions League. Regardless of whether they can break Gento's record, they will be important historical figures in the history of the Champions League for a long time to come, eh
, this sentence may be said a bit early, because Pirlo is only 26 years old."
Aldrich looked at AC Milan's starting lineup from the sidelines, and it should be said that there was no big surprise.
In other words, the reason why AC Milan is considered to be closest to Millwall is because it only compares the main lineup. But if Millwall and AC Milan compete in the same league and compete in terms of league competitiveness,
Then the gap between Millwall and AC Milan will be very obvious, because AC Milan's lineup is not thick enough to allow their overall strength to be compared with Millwall.
But in a 90-minute or 120-minute game, as long as everyone plays the best cards they have, then the overall gap will not be too obvious.
It should be said that AC Milan is slightly inferior to the same period.
Because there is no Nesta in the defense, and there is no Kaká in the attacking midfielder position.
However, the situation must also be viewed rationally.
It's hard to say that if we compare Kaka and Rui Costa at this time, Kaka will definitely win.
It's just that Rui Costa is 33 years old after all, and Kaká is like the rising sun, which represents the future. When using personnel to match the team's long-term construction, it is natural to look to the future, so Nedved was placed on the bench by Aldridge.
To help Kaká rise to the top, it’s not that Nedved is clearly inferior to Kaká, but that looking at reality rationally, Nedved can only use his residual energy in the future. He will not be able to give Millwall another golden decade or even a peak.
Five years, three years, it's impossible.
If AC Milan gives Aldridge any surprise, it will definitely be on the front line. At least AC Milan has plenty of reserves on the front line, including Thomason, Inzaghi, Shevchenko and Crespo.
It's a pity that Inzaghi has just recovered from a long injury and his performance in the battle against Juventus in Tianwangshan was mediocre. It is reasonable that he did not get the starting position today.
In the battle of the strongest, the first thing is not to make mistakes!
The players on both sides of the field also knew this very well. Before kick-off, the two sides looked at the other half, and a chilling atmosphere suddenly emerged!
AC Milan is not deliberately shifting its focus and sacrificing the league for the Champions League, because when they competed with Juventus for the championship, they had not yet reached the finals, and Juventus had not finished the Champions League semi-finals.
It can only be said that the key battle was lost and the situation changed dramatically.
But from another perspective, if AC Milan wins the battle at San Siro, they may not be able to come to Istanbul with the same fighting spirit now, because Juventus was eliminated from the Champions League and AC Milan was forced to not be able to compete in the league.
Make any mistakes.
After getting rid of the burden of the league, the loss of the league title was actually doomed in the previous round. Therefore, the league match four days ago was just to kill the suspense in advance. It was a bit like self-destruction. After all, I expected Juventus
A big crash is too unrealistic.
AC Milan, who have no worries, have prepared very seriously and fully for this game. They may lag behind Millwall in terms of physical fitness, but their fighting spirit and mental preparation will never lag behind others.
Ancelotti looked expressionless on the sidelines.
The whole world doesn't know how to deal with Millwall.
Even if the whole world is studying Millwall.
To restrain Millwall is nothing more than two aspects, the first is restriction!
Like Chelsea, they go to great lengths to restrict, but Chelsea have become a model for other teams to do the same.
AC Milan is not Chelsea, nor does it have the personnel characteristics of Chelsea. Naturally, it is impossible to take this path.
Then there is only one other way left. That is suppression!
But it is too difficult to suppress Millwall.
Here, players must perform exceptionally well.
Ancelotti still prepared a set of tactics to deal with Millwall.
Whether it works or not, you will know after you fight it!
Speaking of the night in Istanbul in 2005, most people will definitely think of AC Milan's momentum after the opening, killing all directions!
But in fact, after the start of today's game, both teams on the field were a little conservative. They seemed to be cautious, but in fact they were prudent. They avoided being overly excited or slow to warm up.
Millwall is not the Liverpool of the original history. AC Milan will not put themselves in a high-profile position. On the contrary, they should be low-key, low-key, and even more low-key!
In such a pinnacle battle, not only does the player's state need to be stimulated, but the entire team of 11 people needs to be synchronized and compete at the same pace. Otherwise, hidden dangers will be laid for the game. This is exactly what happened after the two sides started.
Conservative reasons.
Being too excited is not good. Being too excited means your mentality is unbalanced!
In the first 10 minutes, both Millwall and AC Milan carried out step-by-step attacks, and there were no particularly exciting scenes. The players of both teams were finding the team's rhythm point and keeping up with the pace with the core players as the center.
, enter the role.
In the 12th minute of the game, Millwall took the lead!
The core of Millwall's offense is of course Ronaldinho. When he starts to explode, such as taking the initiative to pass people, dribbling the ball to accelerate breakthroughs, etc., it is a signal on the field!
This time, Ronaldinho retreated very deep to get the ball. He slowly returned to the midfield, received the pass from Alonso, stopped the ball and passed the ball in the same action. He directly pushed the rolling ball forward and the ball came from behind.
Rui Costa rolled between his legs. Ronaldinho exploded after touching the ball. Rui Costa turned around and was overtaken by Ronaldinho!
At this moment, Millwall's frontcourt offensive exploded violently!
Gattuso and Pirlo retreated quickly as they faced a powerful enemy!
Yes, the two lower backs are not pushing up.
If you go up to it, you are courting death!
AC Milan's back line quickly retreated, and Gattuso stood in front of the penalty area line to guard the goal!
Pirlo is preparing to intercept in the area in front of him. He will not take the initiative to press, but only waits for the opponent to attack and intercept, and cooperates with Gattuso to intercept!
One thing that must be taken into consideration is that AC Milan's back line is really too old!
Cafu, will be 35 next month.
Stam will be 33 in 50 days.
Maldini, 37 years old in one month!
Kaladze is in his prime age, 27 years old, but he is a full-back!
Therefore, the space in the penalty area cannot be given to Millwall!
Even a little bit won't do.
This is the reason why AC Milan's defense retreated rapidly.
If I really lose my position and try to make up for it, can I still make up for it? Is there still a chance to make up for it?
Ronaldinho dribbles the ball forward, as if he is in no one's land!
There are two points rushing forward parallel to him, Kaká on the right, and Ram on the left wing.
There are two points ahead, Henry and Villa.
Behind Ronaldinho, there is Alonso following up.
The aggressive Millwall boldly "invaded" AC Milan's territory!
While dribbling the ball, Ronaldinho was observing the opponent's defensive formation. He is a magician on the court and an excellent organizer. He imagined in his mind how to contain and tear apart AC Milan's defense.
In order to prevent Cafu from entering the penalty area without scruples to strengthen the defense in the penalty area, Ronaldinho passed the ball when he came to Pirlo and passed it to Lahm on the left!
The contact point of Lahm highlights the offensive threat on the left wing, forcing Cafu to not return to the penalty area!
When Lahm dribbled the ball forward to a position parallel to the line of the penalty area, he then passed the ball across, seemingly back to Ronaldinho.
Ronaldinho was in physical confrontation with Pirlo at this time. The ball was passed to a backward position. Pirlo could not steal the ball unless he got rid of Ronaldinho's physical confrontation. To be on the safe side, Pirlo did not do this.
When the ball rolled over, Ronaldinho suddenly missed the ball without touching it!
Pirlo's pupils shrank, he didn't expect Ronaldinho to miss the ball!
And the thought in Ronaldinho's mind at this moment is: Andrea, organizational skills, you are a master, one-on-one defense, how can you stop me?
When thinking about this, Ronaldinho had already moved quickly after missing the ball, running diagonally from Pirlo to the front right!
The missed ball was caught by Kaka, AC Milan's backline, the alarm sounded, and Gattuso's scalp went numb! (To be continued...)
