At the end of the first half of the second half of the game of the century, Millwall expanded the total score to a shocking 8:3. The Lion King Stadium had already turned into a sea of joy. Many crazy Lion fans took out their homemade Champions League trophies.
Waving in their hands, for them, this is a perfect day, a perfect first half. The chapters are updated the fastest
Real Madrid stars walked into the tunnel in a daze, and it was a nightmare first half.
The offense was extremely difficult, and the defense was full of mistakes.
Two weeks ago, the ambition was to compete with the top team in Europe, and to step on Millwall's corpse to ascend to the throne. Now it seems that the ambition at the time seemed so naive.
Aldridge praised the team's performance during the halftime break. He was not as excited and excited as he was during the halftime break of the previous game. The excitement brought by the super battle where all the stars gathered has passed, and he is now very calm: Real Madrid
, but nothing.
Aldridge should have been mentally prepared. When he studied Real Madrid, as of the end of the La Liga round, Real Madrid's performance in the league is not impressive. Their winning rate is only 52%, and they have lost eight games in the league.
Moreover, 8 different teams have defeated them in La Liga and lost all of them.
In the away game, there were also eight draws. This was not the league performance that a top giant should have. However, Aldridge thought that Real Madrid was the Champions League champion this season in history, and the personnel composition was also the same as in history, so he deliberately ignored it.
All of this puts Real Madrid in a very high and special position.
But think about it carefully. Real Madrid's grouping situation in the two stages of the group stage was very comfortable. Even so, they still lost two games. They also lost one game in the knockout round against Bayern Munich. Even though they were the historical champions of this season, they still lost two games.
The overall strength is not the best among the top clubs, but Millwall
Millwall's overall strength is superb, and it is far away from the top teams. Especially when playing against teams like La Liga that pay attention to midfield control, and the opponent's emphasis on offense and light defense, Millwall may have some luck to win the total score.
The gap is so big, but the overall strength is still obviously stronger than the opponent.
Thinking of this, Aldridge has nothing to be excited about. It is natural to win against the opponent. If the super strong team he spent 8 years building can't suppress Real Madrid's opponents who have undergone a major overhaul of the midfield in the past two years,
, Aldrich felt that it could only represent the victory of Real Madrid's gold-dollar policy and superstar policy. Looking back on his own failure would be a shame.
During the halftime break, Del Bosque did his best to mobilize the team's morale and comfort him first. After the team had calmed down a bit, he would encourage the team and then set out the tasks for the second half.
Regardless of whether the adjustment is correct or not, he has to try it instead of letting it go. If so, maybe in this terrifying stadium, Real Madrid, a natural nobleman with green shade, will encounter a historic bloodbath!
Before the start of the second half, Real Madrid made substitution adjustments. Solari was substituted and replaced by Karanka.
Aldridge saw Real Madrid make this substitution adjustment and roughly understood Bosque's thinking without waiting for the game to start.
Solari is an important substitute in Real Madrid, as is Karanka. However, due to the influence of high-level policies this season, Pavin has become the main central defender. The former substitute Karanka is still a substitute. The reason why he did not dare to use him before is definitely
It is affected by the number of league appearances, and the status is difficult to determine. You must know that Karanka's number of league appearances is less than half that of Pavin!
Karanka withdraws to play as a central defender, and he can also play as a left-back. Due to his defensive habits, he can expand the defensive zone, unlike some central defenders who get dizzy when playing wide and are seriously out of position.
Helguera has returned to the defensive midfield position. In fact, Real Madrid's most smooth midfield configuration this season is Helguera + Makélélé + Zidane. It was just that the defense line was broken in the last game, forcing Bo
SK pulled Helgra back in this game, and now after 45 minutes, they have revised this arrangement again.
In the first half, Real Madrid's midfield was not running smoothly. The fatal reason was because of the weak defensive line of the midfielder. Millwall's offense did not need cumbersome organization and scheduling. In this way, their overall formation did not have to press forward, and Real Madrid relied on the defense.
There will not be too much space when switching to attack. The midfield operation in the last game was much smoother than today. The reason is also for this reason. Only when the defense is guaranteed to a certain extent, Millwall needs to invest more troops in the attack. This can change the situation.
Weakening Millwall's defense towards the ground.
The total score was already 8:3. Aldridge was sitting safely on the coaching bench. Del Bosque's substitutions were not enough to worry him too much.
However, after watching the second half for five minutes, Aldrich stood up and found that Real Madrid's entire offensive system had changed.
Morientes retreated to provide support, and Zidane moved to the side again, sometimes forming a partial coordination connection with Figo or Carlos. Unlike the first half when Zidane developed an attack from the side, the center was empty. Now Helguera is on top.
, he can go into the attack unscrupulously.
Real Madrid began to shift its forces from the overall balance to local advantages and then made an explosive advance. In other words, Millwall's midfielder had Nedved + Pirlo + Gattuso. Real Madrid did not attack the center at first, leaving a gap.
The retreating Morientes serves as a contact point and has the threat of taking the ball. He can contain Millwall's defense in the middle and then focus on the wings.
Carlos came forward regardless of the defense and either cooperated with Figo or Zidane. When the offense advanced to a position parallel to the penalty area line, Raul flexibly penetrated the center back defense area to form a disruptive surprise attack. At the same time, Zidane
Inside, Figo and Morientes are also distributed evenly or concentrated in one area for impact!
Aldridge frowned. Real Madrid's approach was tactically correct. It allowed their superstar to control the ball in a small area. They did not try to break through, but concentrated their forces in a small area to cooperate with the team in passing and cutting.
But playing like this in the last game is definitely not going to work. They attack so hard. If the attack fails, Millwall has Ronaldinho on the left, Larsson on the right, and Nedvěd and Henry in the center to respond back and forth. With Ronaldinho's
All he needs to do is cut in from the side to disrupt the opponent's defense. Larsson's threat from this point will skyrocket.
But there is no Ronaldinho in Millwall today. Perhaps Del Bosque finally figured this out when he calmed down during the halftime break. Millwall actually lacked a core player today!
Outsiders say that Millwall has a front-to-back dual-core configuration, with Pirlo at the back and Ronaldinho at the front. The two's organizational areas are divided to minimize the negative impact on each other and reduce the probability of chaos in the offense, without Ronaldinho.
.The quality of Millwall's frontcourt, whether it is individual raids or organized transfer attacks, has declined. A threat like Kaká who can only play short passes all the way forward. With Makelele + Helguera, in the second half
This will put Kaka in an unprecedented predicament.
In this game, Kaka's performance soared, but the difficulties he faced also gradually escalated. In the second half, when Real Madrid used their double midfielder again, Kaka was lost.
Time and again, he made mistakes in handling the ball when trapped in double teams. His attempts to break through were intercepted, and his passes were not in place.
Aldrich walked to the sidelines and tried to find an opportunity to briefly exchange a few words with Kaka. His inner thought was to give Kaka more time and let Kaka go through such a test. It doesn't matter even if he fails, but he must not be hit by difficulties.
Falling down creates inner demons.
But when the 58th minute of the game came, Carlos took the ball from the frontcourt and threw the ball hard towards the back of Millwall's back line.
This is obviously a well-rehearsed tactic. The Millwall back line pressed forward in order to compete with Real Madrid's partial numerical advantage, and also wanted to cause Real Madrid's passing and cutting cooperation to fail by causing offside.
Carlos's sideline ball was not a high-altitude ball, but a half-high ball that bounced into the penalty area. It was thrown from the sideline and flew through the space between full-backs Schneider and Materazzi. The landing point would be
Behind Materazzi, who is the person taking over?
Raul!
Raul started from Southgate's side, and his running route passed through the middle of Southgate and Materazzi. The ball rolled diagonally, and Raul also ran diagonally. Once the ball was completed, the ball and man intersected.
At this point, it becomes a single-handed attack!
Materazzi must have turned around too late. Carlos's throw was not only powerful but also accurate. Even if Southgate reacted and went after Raul, he was left behind by Raul.
Bute abandoned the goal, but Raul obviously would have touched the ball earlier and was still at least five meters away from Bute.
Predicting that Butt's attack would not be able to block Raul's single-handed attack immediately, Southgate made a move when he was chasing Raul and was about to be thrown away. He pulled Raul's shoulder and then immediately let go.
Raul was only slowed down before he stopped, and then he was able to get close to Raul and carry out a reasonable collision with his body.
However, Raul was pulled down while running at full speed, his steps became messy, and then he fell in the penalty area.
The moment Southgate passed the fallen Raul, he heard the referee's whistle.
He sighed deeply in his heart, then stopped and turned around, seeing the referee running towards him and putting his hand into his chest pocket.
Southgate closed his eyes and knew his fate when he heard the uproar at the Lion King Stadium turn into boos.
"Red card! The referee showed the red card to Southgate without hesitation! Southgate made a pulling action on Raul, otherwise Raul would not have fallen. Obviously, if Raul did not fall,
This must be a one-on-one opportunity. We cannot defend Southgate's red card. However, we have some concerns about Southgate.
It's a bit cruel. He will miss the next Champions League final. There is still half an hour. As long as Millwall does not concede 5 goals, they will enter the Champions League final for the third consecutive year and the fourth time in history. Waiting for Southgate
It would have been a record-breaking honor, but this red card changed everything and his destiny!"
Of course, the fans of the home team at the Lion King Stadium quit, booing and putting pressure on the referee.
Southgate reopened his eyes and did not defend himself. Even though Materazzi, Nedvěd, Pirlo, Schneider, Bute and other teammates all surrounded the referee and tried to get the referee to give a lighter sentence, but the referee
The referee still showed no signs of changing the sentencing.
Real Madrid players also surrounded the referee. They were trying to put pressure on the referee, believing that Real Madrid should also get a penalty kick.
Raul fell in the penalty area.
However, Southgate hugged the ball, walked to one meter outside the penalty area and placed the ball there. He walked to the referee, separated his teammates, and said to the referee: "I committed a foul, please show me a red card.
I don’t protest, but I know where I committed the foul. It was right there, outside the penalty area, and it was not a penalty kick! More than 60,000 pairs of eyes at the scene have confirmed this from the replay on the big screen. If you dare to award a penalty kick, that’s it.
Serious mistake in your work!"
After saying this, Southgate turned around and walked away. Halfway through, he stopped and turned around. Nedved was running over to try to comfort him. Southgate took the captain's armband from his arm.
He took it off and shook his head slightly at Nedvěd, indicating that the other party should stop comforting him. He personally put the captain's armband on Nedved, patted the other party on the back of the head, and turned and left without saying a word.
Aldrich didn't expect such a huge change to happen on the sidelines. Needless to say, the coaching staff had already asked Metzelder and Neal to warm up. On the substitute list, these two defenders are the only ones. Anyone can be on the bench.
Anyway, be prepared to see who Aldrich sends.
When Southgate walked to the sidelines, Aldridge, who looked serious, suddenly asked: "When you made the move, did you think about the consequences?"
Southgate stood in front of Aldridge, shook his head and said: "No, no time."
"Do you regret it?"
"No."
Aldridge suddenly smiled and extended his hand. Southgate high-fived him and then walked into the tunnel with his head held high. When he left the field, the boos at the Lion King Stadium stopped and turned into applause. The stands near the tunnel
All the Lions fans on the court stood up and applauded, watching Southgate leave the field with respect. (To be continued...)
