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Thanks for the reward of "Death of the Thief"! ――
The Arsenal players froze in place.
With a determined and cold face, Ronaldo ran to the visiting fans' stands and kissed the team badge.
Ronaldo's expression couldn't tell whether it was pain or joy, and he rushed to Xiao Luo.
Nedved and Henry rushed to Ronaldo's back for the first time, and they were cheering and screaming.
Nesta clenched her fists and embraced Southgate, who was equally excited.
Wenger wiped his face as if it was covered with droplets.
Aldridge's expression was slightly hideous, and he closed his eyes and kept waving his right fist up and down, one at a time, as if hitting Arsenal's heart.
Highbury
Millwall's fans are in a frenzy!
They're ahead!
In the real-time standings, Millwall is at the top of the table!
This season, for the first time, for the first time, it was at the top of the list!
There are only 53 minutes left until the end of the Premier League season, and the time is still decreasing by second
"Goal! Scored! Millwall's two Ronaldo performed together, and Ronaldo assisted Ronaldinho to break the deadlock! Millwall leads 1-0 away! If the game ends now, Millwall will achieve the miracle of reversing the top of the table in the season finale! They haven't been at the top of the table for a minute in the previous 37 league games, but as long as the current win lasts until the end, they will lift their sixth Premier League trophy! ”
'Arsenal didn't expect it at all, not at all! No one in the whole world could have predicted it! In that position, if it was Thierry Henry, it was the goalkeeper. It won't be surprising to anyone. If it's Cristiano Ronaldo. It's also normal, even if it's Nedved, Schneider, even if Alonso rushes up, we won't be surprised. It's Ronaldinho, it's him! Our minds were blank for a moment, it was so strange, it was so strange! Because that's not the area where Ronaldinho is used to moving. He's got a lot of goals, he's got a lot of assists, but the starting point, the finish, it's not there, why is he there? Why? This must be Sir Hall's magic! It was his closing gift to Arsenal! ”
Arsenal's previous defence was watertight, at least the danger zone was very effective.
Suddenly, there was a huge hole in the defense, and Ronaldo cut inside from the left and received a pass from Nedved halfway. He stepped up in the midfield position and then shifted the attack to the right. Then he continued to run to the right front, appearing in the position where the right winger cut inside the opponent's ribs, Nedved, Henry, and at the same time covered for him, Silva did not follow him, because at that moment, Silva made a huge mistake in prediction!
Analyzing all Ronaldo's past goals and assists at Millwall, 99% of his threats have been done on the left side of the pitch and in the middle of the pitch, with the right side of the box almost blank!
But this time, he just appeared there!
Millwall's desire to make their offense more exciting and surprisingly exciting must depend on the players.
For example, in the past, everyone thought that Xiao Luo was a wide player, but he was able to cut inside to complete the goal.
I also saw Xiao Luo and Nedved switch positions, and saw Xiao Luo shine in the forward position.
Just like that, Xiao Luo's running position and choice after touching the ball, he is already difficult to be marked.
Now, he suddenly slashed diagonally into the right side of the penalty area, as if he had completely turned into a forward midfielder who was attacking in full swing, which made him even more unpredictable.
If Nedved is in this position, Silva will not make a mistake in prediction, but if he is replaced by Xiao Luo, Silva subconsciously thinks that Xiao Luo will either move forward from the middle or go to the left again, forming a strong pressure in a small area with Nedved!
Forward, there's Henry, and to the left, there's Nedved.
Only to the right, Xiao Luo chose to come by himself!
Aldrich smiled sinister after the celebration.
Arsèna, it's time to see what Millwall is up to.
It's a pity it's late!
Arsene Wenger did grit his teeth for a moment as he wiped his face.
A thousand things come to mind.
More than 30 minutes of competition, scene after scene in my mind like a film speeding up again, twice, three, countless times, the seemingly irrelevant details, connected into a string, produced a chemical reaction invisible to the naked eye!
Like poison, it eroded Arsenal, and finally, in the 37th minute, sounded the death knell for the Arsenal team that remained unbeaten in 37 rounds!
Is Ronaldo's pull-and-bottom just a simple consumption of Arsenal?
Is it just to play deep and press their formation, shrink back, and suppress the counterattack?
Focusing too much on the dà game, Wenger misses the crucial first point.
That is the point-to-point confrontation between the full-back and Ronaldo.
That's right, Van Bronckhorst was successful in defending Ronaldo alone, did not let Ronaldo pass the threatening ball, did not let Ronaldo cut inside with the ball and rushed directly through his defense, as for Ronaldo running inside to form a shot, it also needs the help of teammates, relying on him alone, he can't prevent it at all.
However, most of the time, especially in the positional battle, Ronaldo, a winger, controlled the ball on the sideline, Van Bronckhorst certainly could not be indifferent, and he needed to pull out to press Ronaldo when he ensured that Ronaldo did not cut into the space diagonally, forcing Ronaldo into the sideline or bottom line, forcing Ronaldo into an isolated state.
Once, twice, three times, many times later, Van Bronckhorst's defensive awareness will see Ronaldo as the first point of defence.
When Ronaldo passed the ball to Ronaldo, was it only Silva who made a mistake?
Is it only Silva who miscalculated?
No!
And Van Bronckhorst!
He subconsciously focused his attention on Ronaldo, and ignored the direction of Xiao Luo's running after passing, and when he took a step and quickly recovered, the ribs were empty!
Xiao Luo from the left or middle to the penalty area in a straight line, the world is no stranger!
With a strong control ability in the midfield and back this season, Ronaldo can be bolder and more free to play in the front court.
His impact to the right. Arsenal was taken by surprise. Meantime. It is foreseeable that this is one of Millwall's more threatening offensive routine changes, which will be fixed in the future, and for Arsenal, Millwall dared to let a left winger rush to the right winger's attacking position regardless of defense, which also stems from Arsenal's right attack is weaker than the left, and Millwall can take risks!
Even if Ronaldo really doesn't attack, and Arsenal counterattacks from the right, what about it?
Lauren is not Van Bronckhorst. His assist ability is limited to an average full-back, and the only thing they need to mark the most is Ljungberg!
Arsene Wenger yelled at the players on the pitch with a rare and violent expression, as if he wanted to wake up the stunned players and cheer them up.
He knew that Millwall's killer plan had finally appeared.
It's not Cristiano Ronaldo.
It is indeed one of the most talked about names in the outside world.
Ronaldinho.
It's him, why can't it be him?
He does have the ability to kill the game, and he does have the ability to decide the game!
It's just that Arsene Wenger couldn't have imagined that it would be this way.
Even if the Brazilian staged a miracle of overturning Arsenal's defenders, Wenger would not feel too uncomfortable. In that case, it is absolutely out of the manager's control.
But the current situation. Undoubtedly, he was very unwilling.
Because it wasn't just Arsenal who lost to Millwall.
And his absolute defeat to Aldrich, once again!
Arsenal need heroes!
Before kick-off again, Highbury's home atmosphere has fallen to a low point and has become a completely crazy occupation for Lions fans!
Arsenal's 11 players on the pitch are like devils crawling back from hell.
Most of them didn't say a word, but their expressions were full of unwillingness, anger, and anger that they wanted to vent!
After a season of hard work, a perfect season that they can be proud of, how can they surrender on their knees before the finish line?
If you are a man, you will never give up!
If you are a man, you will not choose to accept your fate!
Two people, come forward.
The 35-year-old Bergkamp is still early to know the destiny of heaven, but for the life span in the professional arena, his age can indeed be interpreted as having reached the "destiny of heaven".
He knows his physical condition and the more time goes on, the less he can help Arsenal, and even with Millwall's powerful firepower, he can't provide more defensive assistance in midfield.
Can't delay, can't hope for the second half, can't, you must fight back at the first time, the sooner you gamble, the higher the success rate!
The calm Ice Prince explained the situation on the field with Ibrahimovic, Pire, and Ljungberg in a nutshell, not to make any tactical changes in place of Wenger, but in terms of details, he needs everyone to work together to inform his teammates of the details he found in the previous game reading the game and the flaws of the opponent that can be used, so that everyone can gamble riskily together.
There is also one more, Iron Man Vieira.
Following the retirement of Gunners legend Tony Adams, Patrick Vieira became the team's spiritual leader.
Like Keane at Manchester United.
The role of spiritual leaders can be incomparable.
Even in the future, when the Gunners begin to abandon the core counter-attacking philosophy and build an attacking football team with an active attitude, their offense is actually much more admirable than this season, except for counter-attacks, where positional battles are not spectacular.
However, after Vieira left, Arsenal had no successor to the spiritual leader.
Whether it is midfield commander Cesc Fabregas, striker Van Persie, Mertesacker, Vermaelen who were touted by the British media, or Wenger's handpicked prince Wilshere, no one has really carried the Gunners banner and truly become the spiritual leader of this team.
And the lack of leaders, this lack of invisible energy, has caused the Gunners to repeatedly lose good situations, repeatedly collapse, and repeatedly meet strong collapses.
If there was no Vieira today, it wouldn't be a decisive battle!
Aldridge does not have to spend more than two months playing psychological warfare with Arsenal, he believes that Millwall will win very easily, logically, because Arsenal's resistance will not exceed 20 minutes, they will collapse themselves under great pressure!
Now, Vieira has stepped up and agreed with Bergkamp, who is more radical than Bergkamp!
He reached out to his team-mates at the backline and gave the order in a simple, clear and unquestioning manner.
The meaning is very simple: Lao Tzu is going to be killed! Hold on!
How to resist it, of course, will not be to let teammates make up for it on their own.
Giving up the outside defense on the wing, the full-back closed the penalty area, and Van Bronckhorst's side naturally still had to assist.
Lauren can take it back as soon as possible even if he is beaten back.
So the formation of a dense back three in the penalty area, in front of Silva to expand the interception area to protect or delay the opponent's attack, anyway, the score is behind, Vieira can't care so much, drag it back, Arsenal may really have no chance.
After some arrangement, the ball was restarted, Vieira's position was on the front, but Bergkamp retreated, and the two adjusted one after the other, which suddenly made Arsenal's midfield tough, as if Vieira escorted Bergkamp in the front.
Arsenal's change made Aldridge stunned. (To be continued......)