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The Wembley stands were full of enthusiasm and a sea of flags, with fans waving flags with the Chelsea and Millwall crests on them, and the Chelsea fans were more nervous and full of fighting spirit than the confident and relaxed mentality of the Millwall fans!

In the past, they were fans in private confrontation in a weak position, the club's record can always press Millwall, but no one could have imagined that Millwall started in the summer of 94, a year to hit the Premier League, last year won two championships and one runner-up, this year is even more momentum to lock the league championship in advance, and also won European honors, no matter what, Millwall this season is destined to be brilliant, it's just a matter of height.

Both coaches walked out, the pigtailed coach Gullit shaved his beard, his face was much cleaner and whiter, he looked like a young handsome guy, Aldridge walked to the sideline and walked to Gullit first, Gullit congratulated Millwall on winning the double, Aldridge smiled and complimented.

There were cameras around him all the time, and the narrator immediately began to talk excitedly.

"He's out! England's new generation of talented coaches! There is no doubt that he is a genius! It only took him two years to turn Millwall's room of honour from blank to golden, congratulations, European champion coach! ”

When Aldridge showed up, the stands boiled over, the Chelsea fans were silent and watched coldly, while the Millwall fans whistled, clapped and shouted with their fists and slogans raised.

For a club like Millwall, which has been penniless for the past 100 years, having achieved a slam of domestic league and cup honours in two years, as well as European honours, fans have come to regard Aldridge as "God".

So, in the Wembley stands. Many fans held aloft signs that read "Aldrich - Legend". Express your reverence for the young marshal.

There is also a beautiful scenery in the stands today. Dozens of girls in their twenties gathered together, holding different signs, all of which were words of love, and the narrator couldn't help but laugh after the camera captured it.

"Aldrich, have a relationship with me!

I'm prettier than Melanie!

I'm proficient in cooking, so I'm sure you can't live without me!

I'm proficient in design to make you more handsome!

I'm a big sister and will make you feel what true tenderness is!

Aldrich. I'm already envying you! ”

The girls wore Millwall's jerseys and swayed happily with signs held high, unoblivious to the astonished gaze of others.

Aldridge can't see that, Wembley Stadium is so big, where can he hold everything? Besides, today's stands were dazzling, and he still sat in the coach's box and waited for the game to start.

'The players from both sides came in and although Chelsea were wearing home kits, the favourites for the day would have to be defending champions Millwall, who had only played the best game in Europe in the Netherlands two days earlier, so fitness was a test for them. Hall was also unsurprising by making a starting change. Goalkeeper: Bout, defender: Schneider. Elgra, Southgate, Zambrotta, midfielders: Ballack, Makelle, Nedved, forwards: Glen Char, Van Nistelrooy, Larsson. Chelsea played a classic game in the promotion process this season, coming back from two goals down to beat Liverpool, and Chelsea, who have the Italian trio in their favourites today, are certainly not outright disadvantaged and they have a chance. Starting goalkeepers: Grodas, defenders: Clark, Sinclair, Leboeuf, Minto. Midfielders: Petroscu, Di Matteo, Boehly, Wise. Forwards: Gianfranco Zola alongside Hughes. Rumours that Chelsea boss Ruud Ruud Gulit and Vialli are at odds with him seem to be true, but Vialli is still on the bench today, and Vialli is clearly not as impressive as Gianfranco Zola's second spring at Stamford Bridge. ”

Aldridge removed all the under-21s who had played in the European Cup Winners' Cup final two days earlier, including Capdevilla, Andrea Pirlo, Trezeguet and Andriy Shevchenko.

In addition to protecting the players, it is also to make the squad more dynamic.

For Chelsea, Gianfranco Zola has already proven himself at Stamford Bridge and even conquered the English fans, just three months ago, at the same pitch, Zola helped Italy to beat England, and the entire Wembley Stadium was silent after Zola's goal.

Roberto Di Matteo is a creative source in midfield, and Wise, despite being a spiritual leader, is less than capable of doing so.

Gullit's tactic today is "me-oriented", not only with Di Matteo in the middle, but also on the wings to let small players like Wise impact, and at the same time, Petrescu is a full-back, but the ability to assist is extremely strong, so the position is premised on playing as a full-back.

When the pre-match ceremony was completed and the players of both sides set up at half-time, the Millwall players roared three times and provoked a cheer from the stands.

Lions fans are proud.

Look at our players, all of them are alive and kicking!

After the start of the game, Gullitt has been standing, Aldrich has been sitting, the two young marshals are no strangers to each other, Aldrich's men have a lot of defeats, Gullitt is one of them, and the battle record is also ugly, no wins.

Aldridge has well embraced the tradition of English football: to kill the enemy, to leave no stone unturned!

West Ham United, Chelsea, these two teams are whenever they meet, and the first thing that comes to Aldridge's mind is not to win the draw, but to win!

Millwall played their good 4231 today, Makelele and Ballack are double midfielders, enough to limit Di Matteo's organization and forward insertion in the middle, Wise and Petrescu are not pure wingers, they still have to penetrate or rush into the box with the ball, Millwall's back line has consciously contracted, squeezing the space for the opponent's strikers in the box.

Chelsea played an attack after the opening, Wise's cross went directly out of the bottom line, Millwall switched from defense to attack, Chelsea did not dare to slack off, and immediately returned to the defense.

But when they ran back to half-time and looked at it, they immediately wondered: Millwall was messing around? You really can't run?

Bout opened the door slowly, almost waiting for the Chelsea players to run back before he kicked the ball to Gareth Southgate.

Millwall's overall formation did not press forward. Nedved's frontcourt attacking trio was just over halftime. Defending directly against Chelsea's attacking line.

Millwall was still on the ball. The ball is also very fast, but there are not many forward balls, or in other words, as soon as the ball is in front, they take the initiative to pass it back.

Gurlitt crossed his arms with a puzzled look on his face.

Could it be that they really had fun after winning the championship, and they didn't have the physical strength to run today?

Once upon a time, Millwall's attack was very resolute in its depth, but today. They consciously used the width of the pitch to tear apart Chelsea's defence with their quick shots.

After two back-and-forth lateral passes, the Chelsea backline finally had a gap on the right due to a sluggish rhythm, and it was then that Nedved passed the ball back to Ballack, who crossed diagonally to the right flank, and Glen Schal quickly stepped forward to touch the ball and went straight to the inside right.

Minto turned to chase Glenschal, who was clearly unable to keep up with the pace, and Glenschal, who cut inside and dribbled the ball in the direction of the baseline, went out to find Ruud van Nistelrooy in the middle, but the ball was tackled by Leboeuf halfway through, ruining the attack.

It was an attack that fell short. But Gurlitt frowned.

Millwall's four-man run almost made the whole Chelsea team nervous.

Glen Shire, Vanney. Rather than flank the back post, Larsson looked for an opportunity from outside the box, with Nedved lying behind Ruud van Nistelrooy and the whole Chelsea squad dropping back into the half.

What is Millwall up to?

Want to settle the battle alone?

Gullit didn't know what to do, but he found his team's offense bogged down.

When Millwall, who came out of the frenzy, played the overall advancement, the defense naturally had a weak area, and when it met the kind of team with super individual ability, it was counterattacked, and the wind immediately fell in front of the goal, and Gullit's hope was pinned on Zola, who was nimble in the crowd.

However, Chelsea were unable to control the midfield and the attack could not advance through the middle.

Di Matteo was caught in Ballack's tussle for the second time and conceded the ball, the first time through a misplaced pass and the second time when Makelele saw the right time to get on the ball.

Whenever Millwall switched from defense to attack, Chelsea's players immediately ran back, they did not dare to grab, for fear that the back line would be completely passive after being partially breached, especially after being played more and less by Millwall, it would be an absolute disaster.

But today, they ran back to defend according to Gullit's tactics, only to find that Millwall was in no hurry to attack.

They were firmly in control of the midfield, with two wing-backs and full-backs, two midfielders and a midfielder, which gave them a control advantage in midfield, the ball rolling left and right, where did the wide players stand? Close to the touchline, almost with one foot on the sideline and one foot on the field, Chelsea players have to pull to the sideline of the field when they want to press, but Millwall does not play wide breaks, but instead transfers long passes in a wide area, making full use of the width of the field to divert the attack.

This horizontal pendulum style of dispatch tore the width of Chelsea's defence to the maximum, and when a certain point was disconnected from the defence during the movement, the flaws came out.

Millwall didn't show any hard work, but calmly controlled the pace of the game.

Chelsea were desperate to get back a title, but they couldn't do it and were overwhelmed by Millwall's frequent moves.

This made their impatience irrepressible, and the defensive flaws became more and more.

Claude Makelle received a pass from Elgra and played a pass to the left wing, Zambrotta stepped up to assist, and after receiving the ball, Larsson took the ball with his back between Boehly and Clark, and then knocked the ball with his heel and passed it to the area behind him.

Clarke and Boehly were taken aback, the area there was originally Larsson's, Zambrotta didn't rush up, who was the ball passed to?

Nedved!

The Czech's diagonal rib cut in the usual Larsson position as he started up and got the ball straight down to sweep the edge of the box into goal.

The Chelsea defense was shocked, Nedved left the defense behind him with speed, they defended in front of their own goal, the defenders did not dare to make a foot easily, Glen Char, who was outflanked at the back point, faced the incoming ball with a push, Leboeuf slid the shot with his body, but the ball was not out of the penalty area, on the small penalty line, a Dutchman in white won the snow, Sinclair was shocked to see that the opponent was going to make up the shot, so he also used his body to block.

But the cunning Dutchman only used a feint, he calmly took the ball horizontally, and then shot the ball towards the goal with his foot, the ball flew up, although the force was not large, but the angle was tricky enough, and the football went into the net!

"Ruud van Nistelrooy opens the scoring for Millwall! Wonderful goal, he was still so calm in the box, simple and practical, if he had gone straight to the foot, it was likely to be blocked, but he deceived Sinclair and sent the ball into the goal easily, Chelsea fell behind by one goal, they worked hard today, but they met an unusual Millwall, a more patient, simple but practical Millwall! Aldrich and his players, the Treble, are within reach! (To be continued......)