When Aldridge sat at the Lion King Stadium to welcome Guardiola, he had to lament that the years are like a song.↖
I think back then, when he led the Lions to rise in Europe, Mourinho was still an assistant coach and Guardiola was still one of the four most famous talents.
In the blink of an eye, the two people who comforted each other in the Netherlands in the summer of 1997 have become world-class coaches, and Aldridge is no longer a fledgling kid back then.
Guardiola, who led his team to the Lion King Stadium, was walking on thin ice mentally. When he walked into this stadium, which is powerful in Europe, and listened to the deafening home stadium, his face could not relax at all.
Aldrich chatted with him for a few words, and there was no business exchange, just normal courtesy greetings.
Before the game started, the two coaches stood on the sidelines. Guardiola looked expressionless, and what he was thinking was: This away game will be extremely difficult!
In addition to the strength of the team, the reason is also the distribution of the team's energy. Millwall has a strong lineup. In order to prepare for this game, they have sent substitute lineups in the past league and FA Cup, while Barcelona played against Real Madrid in La Liga.
Madrid were in a tight fight, and Real Madrid, who had been eliminated, concentrated on competing for the league title, putting tremendous pressure on Barcelona.
In addition, Millwall is sitting at home waiting to work, and Barcelona's transcendent technical and tactical system that dominates La Liga does not have much advantage in front of Millwall. To use the words of Fleet Street to build momentum: Barcelona is just learning from Millwall.
Players from both teams entered the stadium with their heads held high, and the atmosphere at the scene suddenly exploded.
"The semi-finals of the first UEFA Champions League are about to begin. Millwall, who have returned to the European competition, will face Barcelona, the last Champions League champion! There is no doubt that this will be a pinnacle battle. Let's take a look at the starting lineups of both sides.
Millwall started 433.
Goalkeeper: Buffon.
Defender: Ramos, Nesta, Silva, Lahm.
Midfielder: De Rossi, Alonso, Kaká.
Forwards: Messi, Aguero, Ronaldo.
The main forward Villa missed this game due to injury, but he will return from injury before the start of the second round. This is the information released by Millwall today.
Barcelona started 433.
Goalkeeper: Valdes.
Defenders: Alves, Puyol Pique, Abidal.
Midfielder: Butzkes, Yaya Toure, Xavi.
Forwards: Pedro, Ibrahimovic, Iniesta."
In order to increase the defensive toughness of the midfield and fear Millwall's offensive firepower, Guardiola specially set up a midfield combination of two powerful players, Butzquez and Toure, while Iniesta moved to the winger.
Pedro is a player who doesn't seem to have particularly obvious characteristics, but his performance under Guardiola is a blockbuster. The killer role he plays in this system is clear at a glance.
In the summer, Eto'o and Ibrahimovic conducted a transfer swap, but judging from the current degree of Ibrahimovic's integration into this team or his ability to adapt to this team's system, this transfer cannot be considered particularly successful.
Millwall doesn't have much of a problem here. Villa is recuperating from injury, and Aguero is playing as a false center forward.
Judging from the strength of the two teams' lineups, Millwall is slightly stronger, indeed better than Barcelona, but it will not open a particularly obvious gap. It can even be said that the gap between the back line and the midfield line is minimal. The biggest gap is in the forward line.
superior.
But the striker needs to be supported by the midfield and defense!
Without a solid defense, the offense is unable to support itself.
Without the support of the midfield, the offense is impossible.
When the referee's whistle blew, Aldridge raised his chin slightly on the sidelines, his eyes sharp and clear.
At the Lion King Stadium, against Barcelona, he will fight to prove his reputation!
Millwall, who have been away from European competition for two years, must defeat the European champions who won the Grand Slam last season!
must!
This is the beginning of the Restoration!
The passing control that Barcelona is proud of did not come into play in this game. Here, Millwall used more active running, better physical advantages, and more tacit teamwork to firmly control the ball!
When Barcelona gained possession of the ball and attacked, although they mainly focused on passing and controlling, in front of Millwall, they seemed to be playing tricks on their own.
Because they only pass and control in the midfield and backcourt, but when they get to the front line of the offense, they can't attack at all!
The third-generation Mad Lions have slightly rigid requirements for defense. They use the midfield as the boundary and carry out zone defense and pressing in the midfield and backfield areas. Barcelona also abandoned the high-position pressing that they are good at in this game!
Don't dare!
Never dare to press from a high position!
Millwall can control the ball in the midfield and backcourt, and they are good at long passes. If they dare to invest their troops in high-position pressing, then there will be too much space in the backcourt. In addition, Millwall's offensive speed is world-leading in the offensive end, and high-position pressing is impossible.
The risk is unimaginably high, it simply leaves the door wide open for opponents to walk on flat ground!
Perhaps in the eyes of fans, when Millwall met Barcelona, there was no particularly passionate encounter.
Because both teams are in control, the roles of both sides switch back and forth between suppressing and being suppressed, back and forth for a long time, and passing the ball. If the ball rights were not exchanged, it would be really drowsy.
And in this kind of control, the superior and inferior skills of both parties are gradually revealed to the public.
Barcelona mostly passes the ball back and forth in the midfield and backcourt. Once the threat penetrates the offense, it cannot carry out more than three passes in the dangerous zone. However, Millwall is able to develop the attack in the dangerous zone after the midfield pass and control shape the offensive situation.
Create shots, threaten shots!
Guardiola was very angry with the team's performance on the sidelines!
Although from a technical point of view, Barcelona's ball possession rate is evenly matched with Millwall's!
However, most of Barcelona's possessions are ineffective!
If you can't create possession that threatens offense, it's ineffective!
The acceleration point of the game is often on Millwall's side!
Messi, Ronaldo, Kaká, even Aguero.
And only when Millwall created a good offensive situation with overall cooperation and their stars began to accelerate, did the audience immediately become excited.
There are moments like this that make the audience a little nervous.
Will he score a goal?
Will the orderly game situation completely get out of control? Will it fall into a melee?
At such a tense moment, a scene suddenly appeared on the court that made Aldridge laugh out loud.
Kaka once broke through with the ball in the middle. He was defended by Butzquez. Butzquez was obviously a step too late to intercept. Kaka flew past him. He reached out to pull Kaka's arm. Kaka was used to it.
He threw his arm away helplessly, and then, Butzkes immediately fell to the ground and rolled!
When he fell to the ground, he covered his face with his hands. After rolling, he opened a small gap with his hands covering his face, and cast his lustful eyes towards the referee, wanting to see what the referee would do?
The referee stopped the game!
He also looked at Butzkes immediately.
However, the referee's eyes were quite helpless.
Kaka is very angry!
It is common for him to be pulled by his arms or jersey by his opponents, and he is too fast, so the effect of pulling the jersey is not obvious. Physical contact is the most effective way to block acceleration.
Therefore, he formed a habit of throwing away his opponent and pulling him. However, his backward throwing action has never been higher than the shoulder position. He has even developed the habit of just swinging his arm backwards.
If Butzquez was holding his chest or ribs, that would make sense.
But face covering?
What touched his face?
Kaka thought that when the referee stopped the game, he would be sentenced to a foul. He was about to protest with the referee, but saw the referee walking up to Butzquez and showing him a yellow card.
The referee was in a good position just now. He saw Butzquez's pulling action. If Millwall's offense was not advantageous, he would have been ready to call the penalty. Then Butzquez covered his face and fell to the ground, exaggerating
The ground rolled. This is blatantly playing tricks on the referee!
Butzquez stood up immediately and was about to open his mouth to defend. The referee shook his head slightly at him, indicating that he did not want to hear what he had to say. If you continue to make trouble unreasonably, don't blame me for being ruthless and giving you a red card.
After it was confirmed that the opponent was punished and received a yellow card, the Millwall fans in the stands went crazy with joy.
Probably, there is also a factor of being infected by Aldrich on the sidelines.
The young marshal laughed so hard that he clapped as if he was in a comedy!
When I saw Butzquez, I couldn't remember Professor Fang Bu's nickname. Now that he suddenly acted like this, Aldrich burst out laughing.
Guardiola walked solemnly to negotiate with the fourth official on the sidelines, as if to convince others with reason, and negotiated well with the fourth official. When he returned to his seat, he even patted the arm with the fourth official.
The game situation is already unfavorable, and Guardiola does not want the team to make the referee dissatisfied with unnecessary actions.
Where is this place?
Lion King Stadium!
Using unconventional means to obtain a favorable penalty in front of Millwall, isn't this asking for death?
The referee committee of the European Elite League has repeatedly issued orders that players must remain honest on the field! They will be severely punished for diving, exaggerated performances, etc.!
As the game time passed, Millwall's home advantage became more and more obvious. In the 43rd minute of the first half, Millwall played a wonderful combination in the frontcourt. Alonso, Lahm, and Ronaldo were on the left side of the center field.
A triangle pass combination was formed. After a round of passing coordination, Ronaldo cut into the middle and switched positions with Aguero to interfere with the opponent's defense.
Aguero knocked the ball back to Kaka in the middle behind Ronaldo. At this time, Kaka, Messi, and Ronaldo formed a new triangle passing combination in the right area of the front court, but the position was already close.
The opponent's restricted area!
Kaka transferred the ball to Messi's feet. After breaking through Abidal, Messi found the passing space and sent an overhead pass. Ronaldo jumped high in the center of the penalty area and headed the goal!
The ball flew straight into the upper right corner of the goal. Valdes flew to the end but failed to touch the ball!
Millwall leads Barcelona at home!
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