As the Red Rebels return their attention to the league, Portsmouth manager Redknapp is a little worried.

His side have not been able to close too far behind the Red Rebels in European competitions and the FA Cup, with the Reds currently playing two games less than Portsmouth, but Portsmouth are only five points clear of the Red Rebels.

In other words, if these two games are not counted, he is even one point less than the Red Rebels.

This worries and is a bit annoyed because he believes that the Portuguese manager of the Red Rebels has repeatedly put pressure on his team before the game, which has caused his team to not win all the games as planned.

On the other hand, the Red Rebels, despite being distracted from the game against Lazio, have shown great strength in the league, especially the Spanish striker Villa, who has scored four goals in the last three league games, plus Kaka, so that the Red Rebels continue to maintain pressure on Portsmouth in the league.

With only two league games left in May, three of which are away to the Red Rebels, it will be a crucial battle for the league and only a win will guarantee Portsmouth the title.

In Portsmouth's favor, after playing Lazio's away game on April 25, the Red Rebels will play a round of make-up matches on April 29, against Millwall, who have a deep hatred against them, although it is a home game, but it is certain that this game must be fierce and hot, and Millwall will definitely cause problems for the Red Rebels.

Better Millwall take out the Red Rebels!

Redknapp couldn't help but have high hopes for a team he didn't have a lot of colds for.

Portsmouth can rest for a week after the Red Rebels, but not the Red Rebels, who will continue with a make-up game in midweek against Sheffield Wednesday, who are on the verge of relegation zone, and it will certainly be a difficult game to play, but to the Red Rebels, they are still at home.

"Those damn FA, how the hell did they arrange the schedule? Giving the Red Rebels so many home games in the late season! ”

He only complains, but he doesn't want to think about it, every team has a home and away, and the Red Rebels have repeatedly asked for the postponement of the make-up, but they have not been approved by the FA, and they insist on arranging the make-up match between Lazio and Portsmouth, and the Red Rebels themselves have complained several times.

The final round of the league is on 10 May, with Portsmouth hosting Coventry City and the Red Rebels travelling to Derby County.

It is precisely because of this that Portsmouth attaches great importance to the league game in Manchester, and Redknapp repeatedly practiced anti-counter tactics in training, because he is very rational and clearly knows that in the home stadium of the Red Rebels, in addition to defending and counterattacking, playing against the Red Rebels is definitely looking for death.

Take a look at the Red Rebels' attack this season, scoring 105 goals in 42 league games, an average of 2.5 goals per game, but conceding just 17 goals, making them the most defensive team in League One.

Not to mention League One, just look at the two legs of the UEFA Cup against Lazio, which seemed to be the embodiment of two very different tactics of the Red Rebels.

The home win against Lazio was a 4:0, which was definitely a big win that broke everyone's glasses, but the opponent was the Serie A powerhouse Lazio, one of the best defensive teams in Serie A this season, and the Red Rebels were able to beat them 4:0, so you can imagine how strong the offensive ability of this team is.

On the other hand, in the second leg of the game, the Red Rebels relied on stubborn defense under Lazio's crazy attack, and fixed the score at 0:0.

Every time he thought about it, the Portsmouth manager had to feel a sense of frustration, and he even suspected that his team had nothing to do against the Red Rebels.

attack, unable to break through the steel defense line of the Red Rebels; Defense, can't hold the Red Rebels' indiscriminate bombardment!

What can he do?

The only hope is that Millwall will cause some problems for the Red Rebels in the previous replays, and it is better to play another big game, and then the FA will be ruthless, deduct the Red Rebels' points, and then ...... It's better to let Portsmouth go straight to the championship and upgrade!

…………………… For this home game, which was praised by fans as a battle of revenge, Xiao Yu also attached great importance to it.

He's not worried about the team losing, in fact, the Red Rebels players are always very motivated to play games like this, which can be seen from the team's performance in training, the key is the fans.

He doesn't want a fan disturbance at home, and that's not good news.

To this end, he asked the management of the Old Trafford stadium to hire 500 police officers to come to the scene to maintain order, and then refused to arrange tickets for Millwall fans on the grounds that they were afraid of being mixed into the stadium by football hooligans.

Besides, Xiao Yu is also a little selfish, not giving away fans tickets, the entire Old Trafford stadium is the world of Red Rebel fans, and Millwall will be like pork on the chopping board, you can cut it however you want!

Although it was only a league match, the game unexpectedly attracted nearly 50,000 fans to watch the game, which was indeed somewhat unexpected, and the scene was all red and green and gold line jerseys, obviously red rebel fans, and the stands around the stadium seemed to have become a sea of red.

A number of Millwall fans were outraged by the fact that they were banned from Old Trafford when they followed the team to the away stadium, and there were some irrational actions, but they were immediately arrested on the spot by the Manchester police stationed near the stadium.

The police, who were closely guarded all around, reminded the guys from Millwall that this is Manchester, not London!

When Millwall's players walked out of the tunnel and warmed up on the grass, there was a lot of boos as if the sky had fallen, and it was all aimed at them.

Looking at the Red Rebel players on the other side, one by one in the warm-up, they still did not forget to look at them with hatred, recalling the tragic scene of being beaten on their own pitch, many timid people felt that their legs and feet were weak, and Cahill felt a chill down his spine.

He looked at Curtis, who was staring at him as well, the same eyes as when he first rushed over, and Cahill felt a little apprehensive as he recalled how many months he had been in a hospital bed.

These guys aren't looking for revenge at home, are they?

........................ "Hey, Curtis, that bastard is staring at you!" Terry reminded Curtis with a smile.

Curtis was also staring at Cahill and smiled coldly, "He's eighty percent underwhelmed, if he dares to do something, I'll make him look good!" ”

"The boss just said, let's make some bigger moves in the game!" Essien was also nearby, leaning over and laughing.

Curtis nodded and said, "This is our home stadium, of course we have to get back the debt we had away from home!" ”

"But the next game is against Portsmouth, be careful not to stop!" Terry reminded.

"Don't worry, I'm measured!" Curtis laughed, "Hey, Michael, wait a minute, you're going to have to keep an eye on that bastard called Cahill, this guy is dirty at football, don't let him hurt our guys!" ”

When he said this, Curtis's tone was like that of an underworld boss who fooled his younger brother into fighting.

"I'm not going to let this bastard have a good time!" Essien smiled darkly.

Although these young men beat Millwall's players all over the ground on the road, they still feel that they have suffered a loss on the road, and when they return to their home stadium, if they can't beat them, at least give them some color.

After warming up, the players who were in the starting line-up went into the dressing room.

The starting list arranged by Mourinho in this game, the striker is Villa, the two wingers are Ribery and Palacio, the forward is Kaka, the two backs are Juninho Jr. and Essien, and the back line is Philippe from left to right? Ram, Terry, Curtis and Colo? Toure, goalkeeper is Cech.

"Hey, Ricardo, wait a minute, you're going to have to do some work, kill those bastards, and beat them all over the ground!" Curtis said, naturally, on the pitch.

"Don't worry, I feel like I've been in good shape lately!" Kaka responded with a smile that he didn't travel away to Lazio, so he was fit and in good shape.

"And the three of you, be more powerful, our boss is because they have been lying in the hospital for several days, and I can't give them some color to see!" Curtis said to Billia, Ribery and Palacio with a look of resentment.

As soon as Xiao Yu was attacked in the away game, the players immediately became very indignant, Xiao Yu gave them a very good impression on them, everyone loved him very much, and now the opportunity to avenge Xiao Yu has come, and they have become high-spirited one by one.

"What they do to us away from home, we will return them at home, and at the same time we will completely defeat them, so that they will be afraid of us when they see us in the future, and they will never be fierce again!"

Curtis's proposal was supported by all of his teammates, and there were even other ideas that were enthusiastically proposed, including one from Essien, which was agreed to by all of his teammates.

Jose Mourinho opened the door to the dressing room and walked in, but he didn't hear the players talking, so he went straight to the tactics board and began to lay out the tactics of the players, pointing out the strengths and weaknesses of each player to focus on.

'My request was simple, from the first minute we had to put Millwall under enough pressure to keep them under wrap and tell them that this is our Red Rebels' home stadium, can you do that?'

"Yes!" The players replied in unison.

"Very good, I said in an interview with the media that we don't need to boost morale in this game, I'm sure you're more hungry for a win than I am, so I don't think I need to say anything like I used to, I just have one word, kill those bastards!"

Mourinho's words were unanimously agreed by the players and everyone seemed to be in high spirits.

Walking out of the locker room, every player looked full of fighting spirit, and when they met Millwall's players in the players' tunnel, the Red Rebels were all murderous, and the originally fierce Millwall players turned out to be a little stage frightened.

If it was in normal times, they would definitely stare angrily and ask, are you looking for death?

But now, they are facing 11 angry lions, and the shadow left by them has made them wilt all at once, and some of the less courageous players don't even dare to raise their heads.

Seeing this obvious contrast, Mourinho couldn't help but feel a little proud, this is the effect he wants, in addition to tactics, technology, and spirit, his team must also be as arrogant and indomitable as himself!

(To be continued)