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There was a strange aura spreading from the stands of the Mestalla.

The fans of the Bat Army couldn't be happy when they looked at the score of 1:o on the scoreboard, and they were all worried from their expressions to their hearts.

Judging by the situation in the first half, it was only a matter of time before Valencia conceded a goal.

Millwall didn't score, didn't equalize, but the pressure brought by the European team is palpitating, think about the countless dangers in front of the goal in the first half, and there are still 45 minutes left in the second half, can Valencia really hold on?

The confidence accumulated over the years has made the Lions fans more calm.

They were adamant that they could score in the second half and even turn the lead around, with Valencia scoring nothing but a successful counter-attack in the first half, while Millwall's attack was so exciting that it was just a goal.

It doesn't matter, the goals will come naturally.

The players and the manager of both sides walked out of the player tunnel, Cooper lowered his head and was preoccupied, and the decline in the first half could not be curbed.

Maybe the wide open and closed style of play like the English team can relieve the defensive pressure, but this is not the style of the La Liga team, contrary to their technical flow of play that focuses on midfield passing, even if the frequent clearance to keep the ball away from the danger zone can relieve the immediate defensive pressure, but it is equivalent to returning the ball to the opponent, Millwall's ability to move fast in the fast pace is terrifying, and it is not good to relax the nerves of their own defense, but it will cause a catastrophe to be taken away by the opponent in a wave.

In fact, Valencia could not threaten on the counter-attack, and the key point was on Aimar.

After Aimar joined, Cooper had already begun to brew a new style of play. 4312 is what they use more recently. Aimar is at the heart of the organization. Not only can it instigate a quick counterattack on both flanks, but it can also deliver shells to the front.

But in the first half of today's game, Aimar disappeared and did nothing in the Gattuso grappling, because of the fast pace, the ability of the defensive players to stick is more characteristic, and the defensive area is large when the body is full. In the defense area, it is a common scene like a dog skin plaster sticking to the opponent to force the other party.

Although Aimar is a talented teenager, he is still a little immature, coming to the stage of the Champions League quarterfinals, facing Millwall, he himself is unable to play his best due to tension and pressure, and at the same time encounters Gattuso's shadow and highly aggressive opponent, he falls into the disadvantage in the confrontation and scramble again and again, and over time, his confidence is also disappearing bit by bit.

At the beginning of the second half. Valencia moved wide to attack, and Aimar didn't dare to stick to the ball too much in front of Gattuso. He played a delicate one-two with Mendieta, then suddenly shifted in front of the box and passed the ball to Gonzalez on the left, who sent in a deep cross that landed well in the middle of the goal.

Careo jumped for the top, Materazzi also jumped to fight, and when the ball fell, a pair of big hands steadily picked the ball off the air and held it in his arms.

Carew and Materazzi collided in the air, and Pagliuca's impact sent the Valencia centre-forward and Millwall centre-back lose their centre of gravity and fall to the ground.

The two almost fell to the ground in a figure-eight formation, and Pagliuca stood firmly in the middle, holding the ball and straightening up, his eyes looking around the penalty area, looking for a quick attack.

Boos rang out from the stands of the Mestalla, the referee stopped the game, and Aimar and Mendieta rushed to the referee's side and pointed at the Millwall penalty area, signaling for a foul!

"The referee ignored the complaints of Aimar and Mendieta, he just stopped the game and walked over to ask Kalou and Materazzi, two tall players collided and fell to the ground, it was difficult to say who fouled the ball, everyone went towards the ball, and neither of them touched the ball, it was Pagliuca who took the ball off, if the referee ruled that Millwall had fouled him, it would be unreasonable."

Materazzi and Karui had physical contact after the jump, but both were actually knocked over by Pagliuca!

Pagliuca is the active jumper, plus the goalkeeper himself has a knee to protect himself, Materazzi was hit by Pagliuca's elbow on the shoulder, and Karui was pushed down the side of the waist.

The scene was very strange, the two tall iron men fell to the ground for a long time and did not get up, Pagliuca saw the referee blowing the game and bowed his head to ask about the situation of the two.

After a short period of time, both men returned to the court to continue playing.

Aldridge screamed pity on the sidelines.

Valencia's fast attack is also only a pair of states, as long as it is not a one-on-one mistake, Millwall will not give the opponent a good chance to score, on the contrary, the opponent attacked, and the counterattack opportunity is better than the positional battle.

In the fight, Millwall once again pressed the border, and Valencia's front of the door was once again in the limelight.

"Ronaldinho shoots from outside the box! Canizares pounces and blocks the ball with one hand! ”

Xiao Luo frowned, the long shot just now, he hit the dead corner of the lower left corner of the goal, but he didn't expect to fail to score.

Aldridge gestured to the attacking players on the sidelines, allowing them to speed up the switch of attacking means.

Andrea Pirlo and Nedved followed up with a dangerous long-range shot, before Valencia's backline moved out a bit in an attempt to reduce the amount of space for Millwall to shoot.

In the 57th minute, Millwall played a delicate combination, Larsson took the ball from the right side and distributed it to Pirlo, Pirlo then handed it to Ronaldo who switched to the middle, and Ronaldo kicked the ball to Nedved, who then plugged it straight, and the ball went between Baraja's legs and fell to the feet of Henry, who was running diagonally in an offside position.

After Henry's anti-offside, Canizares abandoned the goal, and on the line of the small penalty area, Henry made a gesture to hit the goal, and feints to deceive Canizares to smash the ball around the center of the goal, almost facing the empty goal!

At this time, the hearts of all the Batcorps fans rose to their throats.

Henry took a decisive shot, but the moment he shot, someone on the right side of the diagonal back stretched out a kick to block his shot, and the flying ball was refracted and rolled off the bottom line against the outside of the post.

Henry was incredulous and turned his head to see Ayala being hugged excitedly by Pellegrino. Canizares got up from the ground. He also shouted at Ayala with a hideous face. The two high-fived vigorously.

"Incredible! Millwall played a delicate combination with a continuous touch of the ball, and even Canizares had already passed after Henry's successful anti-offside position, but the final shot was destroyed by Ayala, what can be said? If Millwall had been lucky, they might have scored even if Aya had stretched his foot and changed the trajectory of the football. I don't want to say it, but I have to say it again, Valencia escaped! ”

There was a round of applause from the stands. Valencia fans are very satisfied with the team's appearance, Millwall's strength is obvious to all, the offensive means are varied, the continuous long-range shots just now create space for the next penetration cooperation, the fleeting opportunity, Millwall seized, the last kick was rejected by Valencia's unremitting defensive ideas.

Luck?

Valencia fans don't think so, football is not only about skill at the feet, teamwork, but also about spirit.

Despite the fact that the team did not concede a goal. Cooper made a substitution in the 60th minute.

Aimar and Kalou came off the pitch and were replaced by Djukic and Juan Sanchez.

The substitution caused a stir in the stands. Discussions erupted.

Valencia fans felt aggrieved, but they had no choice but to accept their fate.

Lions fans asked each other questions.

"Sanchez is a striker, Karui is replaced in the opposite position, the striker is replaced by a striker, Djukic seems to be a defender, right? Defenders change to attacking midfielders, is Valencia going to block the goal? ”

Aldrich's mind raced.

Valencia's substitution looks like the removal of an attacking player and the addition of a defender, which seems to weaken the offense and strengthen the defense.

There is certainly nothing wrong with strengthening the defence, but it is certainly impossible to say that Valencia gave up attacking after satisfying 1:o.

After watching the game from the sidelines for five minutes, Aldridge understood Cooper's intentions.

Djukic came on as a scavenger, strengthening the defense in the box while relieving Albelda and Baraja of the need to drop back into the box, so that the two midfielders could play more on the wings, allowing Mendieta and Gonzalez to be more involved in the wide attack.

Valencia didn't attack in the middle at all, and relied on the wings to attack.

Aldridge didn't make any adjustments, Aimar was off and Gattuso was freed up to help up the flanks, and depending on the situation, he was fit enough to cover both sides of the flank.

Seeing that halfway through the second half, Millwall still did not score, and the team's attack became more and more ferocious.

In the 72nd minute, Nedved forced Albelda away with the ball and came with a powerful long-range shot that bounced off the crossbar and flew into the stands.

Nedved saw that the goal was so close that he closed his eyes and looked up to the sky and sighed.

It's really evil today.

No matter how you shoot, the ball just doesn't go into the goal.

The ball that could fly into the goal was blocked by a player from Canizares or Valencia.

Aldridge also bowed his head and scolded his mother on the sidelines.

This situation is too demoralizing, if the team is not strong enough, I am afraid that the chances will not score will collapse themselves, Millwall the whole team is not so fragile psychologically, and has been insisting on attacking, attacking, and continuing to attack.

In the 77th minute, Xiao Luo leaned from the left side to the middle to get the ball and couldn't find a passing space, and dribbled the ball horizontally all the way to shake off Albelda and Baraja, in front of Gonzalez, he went straight to the ribs of the penalty area, Larsson cut the ball diagonally, he couldn't shoot with the right foot, and at the same time couldn't find a passing route, with Pellegrino in front and Carboni in the back.

In front of Pellegrino, Larsson smashed the ball out to try to pull some space to pass or shoot, but Pellegrino was slow to block him and stepped on Larsson's foot, and Larsson fell in the box.

A whistle blows, the referee points to the penalty spot, awards a foul in the Valencia penalty area, penalty!

'Larsson was fouled in the box and Millwall was awarded a penalty! The decision was uncontroversial, and in slow-motion replays, Pellegrino did step on Larsson's foot in a slow steal. ”

The Valencia fans at the Mestalla were out of action and boos erupted in the stands to protest the referee's decision.

The referee ignored the protests of the Valencia players, and the protagonist Pellegrino did not go up to defend himself, he knew whether the action just now was a foul or not, and he really stepped on Larsson's foot.

Millwall's players seemed relieved, almost storming the pitch and now, at last, there is a light at the end of the tunnel.

Larsson, the team's first penalty taker, walked to the penalty spot and faced the game's brilliant Canizares.

The boos from the stands continued, with Valencia fans making as much noise as possible to disturb Larsson.

However, Larsson was very calm and opened the distance to take the penalty.

If they can score this goal, Valencia's entire effort will be in vain, unable to win at home, and giving Millwall an away goal, and their next leg away to London is a life-or-death situation. (To be continued......)