Lion's Den Course.

There are less than 10 minutes to go until the start of the Premier League finale.

Aldridge stood on the sidelines and looked up at the sky, it was rare that there was a sunny day in London today, which made people feel good.

With the cheering songs of the fans lingering in your ears, the passion in the stands can easily infect everyone present.

Arsene Wenger was on the sidelines, a departure from how he used to come to the pitch about 20 minutes earlier, and he must have been in the dressing room to talk a little bit more with the players for today's game.

Aldridge took the initiative to move towards Arsene Wenger.

"Arsène, have you ever thought about this day? Me and you, the last moment to compete for the championship. ”

Wenger consciously shook Aldridge's outstretched hand, and he was surprised by the smile on Aldridge's face at the moment.

He could clearly feel that it was not a disguise.

For what?

Millwall didn't win the league title securely, is it so confident?

Or, Arsene Wenger hears the loud singing echoing from the stands.

Aldridge, he thought, was an outlier in the world of coaching.

It's not because of his youth or his record, it's because of his coaching environment, no pressure!

The fans won't put pressure on Aldridge and no one can sack him, and with the club in the hands of the club, he can certainly enjoy the full pleasure of being a manager at this moment.

Competing for the title, the Premier League, or the most exciting season in the history of the English top flight, Millwall withstood the pressure and persevered until the last moments, just 90 minutes away from winning the title.

Arsene Wenger has also faced a number of opponents, some of them are sophisticated, some of them are unfathomable. Some of them are flying and domineering. may have made him deeply shocked and jealous. Maybe it's Aldridge in front of him who has already shown his hole cards with a smile on his face.

He is full of sharpness, and it is not difficult to guess Millwall's tactics and posture today.

Assault!

Millwall wants to win the league championship, at this moment, any calculation pales, if it is not good, it will mislead people and self-destruction of the future, forget all the "intrigues" on the field, meet in a narrow way, the brave wins, Millwall even if the battle to the last moment loses. Aldrich doesn't regret it, at least not losing on his knees! I regret it afterwards.

"It's probably going to be one of the most memorable moments of my coaching career."

Arsene Wenger and Aldridge put their arms in hand and confessed that they had nothing to hide.

Aldridge also said sincerely: "Arsna, you surprised me this season, I was not optimistic about Arsenal before the season, everyone knows that if Arsenal can beat Millwall today, whether they win the title or not, I will become the laughing stock of football." ”

Wenger shook his head and said, "No." Your pre-season prediction was right, Arsenal really don't have the quality to support a two-front operation. It's just that we got out of the Champions League early to hold on to the league until now, and today's situation is really helpless, I'm going to beat you, Arsenal are going to beat Millwall, a city rival, and then we have to hope for our arch-rivals Tottenham, I hope they snipe Manchester United at Old Trafford, hehe, fate, damn it. ”

"Hehe, 90 minutes later, I'll invite you to drink, just stay here and drink Millwall's winning champagne."

"Arsenal celebrate their title defence at the Lions' Den and you wouldn't mind, would you?"

"Hahaha, I'm not seen after the game!"

"Well, not after the game!"

The two managers were on the sidelines of the pitch, one to the left and the other to the right, with a look of confidence on their faces, a scene that was captured on live footage and became a classic scene of the season, and was later used as one of the clips of the Premier League promotional video.

"The final game of the 98-99 Premier League season is about to begin, with 10 matches between 20 teams starting at the same time, and the most closely watched game is of course the London derby at the Lion's Den today, where the top of the table Millwall and third placed Arsenal will face off for the title! Millwall's situation is simple and straightforward, as long as they win, they are the league champions, if Arsenal want to win the title, in addition to beating Millwall here, they also have to hope that Manchester United's side will not beat Tottenham, hehe, who created today's situation? Arsenal unexpectedly lost to Leeds United in the last round, which should be the last game Wenger should have lost this season, but the young Leeds United has become the biggest spoiler in the championship, it seems to be Millwall's fisherman, but when you think of Leeds United this season, Millwall only let Millwall get 1 point, it is estimated that Millwall has a love-hate relationship with Leeds United. ”

"Players from both sides came on the pitch and both teams fielded their strongest teams today.

Millwall, 433.

Goalkeeper: Bout.

Defenders: Schneider, Materazzi, Southgate, Zambrotta.

Midfielders: Makelele, Pirlo, Nedved.

Forwards: Larsson, Thierry Henry, Glen Shire.

The only regret for Millwall's side is that Ronaldinho strained in the second leg of the Champions League semi-final and needs to recuperate for a month, and he sat in the back of the home team's dugout to watch the game today.

Arsenal, 442.

Goalkeeper: Seaman.

Defenders: Winterburn, Keown, Adams, Dixon.

Midfielders: Overmars, Petit, Vieira, Pire.

Forwards: Bergkamp, Nicolas Anelka.

Youngster Nicolas Anelka has scored 17 goals in the league this season, tied with Andy Cole, and there are only four people in front of him, Owen, Hasselbaink, York, all three have scored 18 goals, Ruud van Nistelrooy has scored 20 goals and is the top scorer, maybe Ruud van Nistelrooy didn't play today, Anelka has a chance to compete for the Golden Boot, as long as he can score a hat-trick, it's a bit more difficult, but it's worth looking forward to, it's a season where his performance deserves everyone's appreciation. ”

The players of both sides were already in position on the pitch, and the referee was grinding and chirping for a long time to kick off at the same time as Old Trafford.

After the referee's whistle blew, the two teams immediately started a fierce scramble.

Aldridge stood on the sidelines with his chin slightly raised and his expression slightly flamboyant, while Millwall was in a similar posture to him. Press it up after the opening. Unleash a high press. If the steal is successful, it will immediately hit the fast break.

At first glance, Millwall's players are concentrated in the area from the midfield to the front of the opponent's penalty area, and no one directly resists Arsenal's forward line, but as long as they get the ball and start a fast attack, Millwall's attacking group in front of the field will immediately expand in formation, interspersed with running.

Millwall have been attacking and Arsenal have been on the counter-attacking side in recent seasons, with Arsenal conceding so far so far. 0.5 per game! Don't say that the Premier League is the best, and even the number of goals conceded by the Serie A giants who are full of chain defense are very few!

Glenschal took the ball on the left flank, took it to the penalty area and cut inside, Winterburn was deceived, Glenschal dribbled the ball down the ground, Winterburn chased back to block the opponent's seemingly kicking cross.

Glenshire made another abrupt stop and changed direction, and Winterburn was twice in a row, and immediately felt remorseful.

Forgot!

This kid won't cross!

It can't be said that Glen Schal won't cross, it's that the quality of his cross is desperate.

Aldridge asked Mulensteen to focus on the technical ability of Glen Schal, which he could not count on to cross. Shooting, breaking through everything is practiced to the extreme. There is no energy to fully temper, and it is also limited by talent.

Glen Charles again shifted back and slanted into the box, and before Petit could come back to defend him, he didn't have a shot angle, and gently pushed the ball to Andrea Pirlo, who was cut in behind.

Andrea Pirlo picked up the ball just outside the penalty line, pulled it down to his right foot, and then moved a little slowly, swinging his leg and firing it out on the spot.

The ball leaps up, creating a beautiful arc of inward spin in the sky, and then a crisp sound reaches the ears of everyone inside and outside the box.

While.

"The ball is in! In the opening 8 minutes, Pirlo opened the scoring for Millwall! He took a shot from outside the box after receiving a pass from Glen Shire, it was a banana ball, and it was a banana ball that was about to spin out of bounds, but it bounced off the post and into the goal, Seaman could only look at the ball and sigh, Pirlo, Mr. Key, this is his fifth league goal of the season, which is already very beautiful considering he missed all the games in the first half of the season. ”

Pirlo turned around and raised his arms in fists with a look of confidence after the goal, and Southgate rushed to pick him up, and every fan at the Lion's Den was trembling with excitement at the goal, and countless female fans let out loud screams.

In the box of the stadium, Arthur let his grandson Bowen ride on his neck and danced rhythmically in place.

"Haluha, there's nothing to worry about, we'll beat Arsenal to win the title, you don't need to tell me the news from Manchester United, they'll only be runners-up, hahaha."

Puskas stood in front of the box overlooking the stadium, his eyes focused on Aldridge, who was hugging Klinsmann in a suit and leather shoes on the sidelines.

His gaze was full of softness and kindness.

It seems that you can see that hairy boy back then, defeating his Aldrich with a combination of passive defense and sneak attack tactics.

Now, do you feel happy?

In this sport, only happiness can have the motivation to move forward.

Arsene Wenger stood on the sidelines with his waist crossed, watching the players' expressions.

Arsenal's title hopes are the slimmer, and his biggest fear is that the players will be discouraged if they concede first.

Just then, an assistant came running from behind and whispered in Wenger's ear: "Tottenham have scored, Manchester United are 1-0 down at Old Trafford." ”

Arsene Wenger's eyes widened in disbelief.

He rolled his eyes and immediately said to his assistant: "Relay this news to the players on the field!" ”

The assistant immediately rushed to the sidelines and shouted to the players.

"Oh, we got the latest news, Manchester United are actually behind Tottenham at home! Old Trafford is now 0:1, but Millwall also scored, Millwall leads, if Manchester United can't come back to win, then Millwall only need a draw to win the league title, and the current situation is extremely favorable for Millwall! ”

The fans in the stands also learned the news, and the enthusiasm for celebration has risen to another level!

The Arsenal players kept each other up with the latest news, and their spirits were high before kick-off!

I didn't expect Tottenham to be so powerful, and actually scored first at Old Trafford!

As long as Manchester United don't win, Arsenal definitely have a chance.

It's still a long time to play!

After kick-off, Arsenal immediately organized an offensive, and their positional cooperation was indeed not ideal, so the attack was concentrated on the side of Overmars, relying on the Dutch Peter Pan to tear apart the gap in the Millwall defense, so as to drive the forward attack.

"It was a more open game than expected, we all thought before the game that Millwall would play more conservatively and use Arsenal's desperate need to attack to fight the opponent's counterattack, but Millwall did not take back to play defensive counterattacks, but attacked, so the game became very fast-paced, the attack and defense were fast, and the attack of both teams was simple and direct, and it was exciting." (To be continued......)