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When the outside world questioned Millwall, in the 17th round of the Premier League, Millwall played consecutive away games and defeated Middlesbrough 1-0 at Riverside Stadium.

The goal came from the penalty spot, Thierry Henry was tripped by an outstretched defender in the box, Nedved was the first penalty taker in Larsson's absence, and Ronaldo was second in the peck.

Such an unconvincing victory caused Aldridge to be bombarded with problems after the game, but he was quite comfortable saying that the win was three points.

He's adjusting his team's form, and Millwall will be at least consistent for the rest of the day, with them playing on home soil ahead of the Champions League knockout ties.

Before the last round of the Champions League group stage, the media counted the points of each group and came to a conclusion: Millwall and Inter Milan's last game will be a garbage battle!

The two teams have already qualified hand in hand!

Thinking that the first round of the group stage two teams fell apart, Millwall defeated Inter Milan 5:4 in Meazza, everyone was expecting that the last game when the two teams met again would be a battle of life and death, but unexpectedly, the other two teams, Spartak Moscow and Graz, were completely out of the game, giving both teams 10 and 12 points each.

Millwall, who has 13 points, is determined to qualify, and there is no difference between the first group and the second place in the group with the best results, and Inter Milan has 12 points, and in the case of fewer points in other groups, it is also determined that the top two in the group with the best results can be obtained, so Inter Milan also qualified in advance.

The last round of the Champions League group stage. The meeting between these two teams was a complete formality.

Do Inter want revenge? Want to save face?

Excuse me. They are in dire straits in Serie A. Isn't it boring to go to Wembley and fight Millwall?

At UEFA's official press conference, Aldridge heard Italian reporters say that Inter Milan would send all the substitutes to play this game, and Ronaldo and Baggio and others did not even make the squad.

Speaking of Huo Taigong, he was also unlucky, this season's second palace Inter Milan happened to coincide with Ronaldo who began to be closely guarded by various teams in Serie A, as well as the so-called World Cup syndrome of many players, and Inter's record was not as good as last season. The same is true for other strong teams, with the situation in Serie A at the start of the season in a chaotic state of the seven, and towards the halfway point, Lazio and AC Milan began to play against each other.

And Ronaldo Gbagio's Rollo combination is extremely powerful in imagination, but in fact it has never taken shape, Moratti began to think about changing the coach again, but the team advanced to the knockout stage of the Champions League, and the change of coach during this period is somewhat unreasonable.

'Inter Milan sent in full substitutions, what about Millwall? Could it also be a perfunctory approach to the game? ”

Faced with such a question, Aldrich shook his head with a serious face. "We take every game very seriously and take it very seriously, and we don't take it lightly because we qualify. Not to mention against an opponent like Inter Milan, maybe they will send most of the substitutes, but they have a lot of experts in the team, even if they are substitutes, they are very strong, and Millwall must go all out to win the game. ”

When the reporters heard this, they were excited.

Very good, Inter Milan is on the bench, Millwall is going all out at home, it's best to bloodbath Inter Milan, and the big-eared melon seeds will pump each other hard!

'So who will Millwall field tomorrow? Nedved? Who will start Thierry Henry or Ruud van Nistelrooy? ”

"Huh? What do you ask? ”

"Tomorrow's starting lineup, is it easy to reveal?"

Aldrich coughed twice and said, "No problem, I can tell you."

Goalkeeper: Keller.

Defenders: Ferreira, Ferdinand, Mills, Neil.

Midfielders: Donny van der Meyde, Gattuso, Lampard, Duff.

Forwards: Klose, Glenschal.

If there are no surprises, that's how the starters are. ”

As soon as Aldrich finished speaking, the reporters in the audience stared at him with fiery eyes.

This Nima still said to go all out?

You're putting out someone like Ferreira who can't even squeeze into the league bench and say you value the game?

Fleet Street understands Aldrich's temperament, and it's no surprise that it's not surprising.

But the Italian reporter was furious, and someone stood up directly and accused: "Mr. Hall, you are completely playing with us!" Is that your attitude towards the public media? Is it fun to say one thing and do another, to deceive people? ”

Aldrich asked inexplicably, "Which of my words is a lie?" ”

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There are some things that everyone tacitly understands and understands, but they can't say it.

Millwall not only sent substitutes, but also more ruthlessly, even the Under-20 players directly sent in the start, but who can say that this is absolutely contemptuous?

Think about the superstars that Millwall has created, aren't they all on the big stage at the age of 18? And some of them also provoked the girders.

The Times' David Miller came out to play the round, and he used new topics to resolve conflicts.

"Can you look forward to the knockout rounds of the Champions League? Which team does Millwall least want to face? ”

Aldridge shrugged: "The teams from the other groups are uncertain and I don't know which opponents Millwall will face right now. ”

"Then expand the scope and talk about it, for example, will you be afraid of running into Manchester United, Bayern Munich? Their goalscorers are in excellent form. ”

Aldridge shook his head slightly and said: "We are the defending champions, from the bottom of our hearts, we should not have the idea of avoiding a certain team, when it comes to the knockout round, no team is a weak team, so I want to just go with the flow and face it with a normal heart." ”

Speaking of which, the top goalscorers in Europe so far this season have been four of them.

The first was Barty, who was strafing with a machine gun in Serie A.

The second is Bayern's Elber.

The third is Manchester United's Yorke.

The fourth is Nedved of Millwall.

Strictly speaking, Nedved cannot be called a goalscorer yet.

However, counting his annual goals in all competitions, it has exceeded 30. '98 is not over yet. He is likely to break the 35-goal mark. Now there are 32 and another 22 assists.

In the case of Millwall's sale of Trezeguet and Shevchenko in the summer, and Larsson's injury at the beginning of the new season, the first half of the season almost relied on Nedved to carry Millwall forward, and it was precisely because of his repeated stand up at critical moments that Ronaldo, Lampard, Van Nistelrooy and others did not have so much pressure in the game. The sky is falling, and there is the god of war Nedved on top!

So now when it comes to the winners of the Ballon d'Or, the most popular candidates are Nedved and Zinedine Zidane.

ended the pre-match press conference, before the start of the game the next day, there were obviously large empty seats in the Wembley stands, the stadium was too big, and there were less than 50,000 fans who bought tickets to enter the stadium.

Before the start of the game. Aldridge came to the side of the court early and chatted with Mrs. Huo and farted.

Huo Taigong's expression has changed significantly compared to when he fought three months ago. The two had a great conversation.

It is strange that although Aldridge and Hodgson have spanned more than three months from the group draw to today, the combined time for the two to meet and talk is less than 20 hours, but each other's attitudes and atmosphere have been changing.

When Inter Milan eliminated Graz in the last round, the points reached 12 points, and then observed the situation of other groups and confirmed that they could qualify, Huo Taigong was relieved at once, and he could play happily with Aldridge again.

Hodgson and Aldridge chatted like they had something to say.

Aldridge speculated in his heart: It is estimated that this goods will be drowned in saliva in Milan City, and he will not dare to spill if he is angry, and he finally returned to the UK, which is to finish what he wants to say in one breath!

By the time the game was about to start, Hodgson's conversation was back on the game.

Aldridge wondered if he had told him a lot about the players sent by Inter Milan to work out in this game, and he wanted to look at someone's form to see if his level was worth the price

Does this have anything to do with me?

However, when Hodgson finally closed his mouth and looked at Aldridge with a pair of small eyes, Aldridge suddenly realized.

Huo Taigong's eyes can speak!

Aldrich understood.

It's as if Hodgson was saying: Let's play a tacit game!

Come to a draw and shake hands, no one will hurt face, Millwall is still the first in the group, let's happily advance to the knockout round hand in hand, as long as we don't meet again, we are good friends for life!

Aldrich could only smile at this.

As he turned to walk to the dugout, he said apologetically to Hodgson: I'm sorry.

It's not that he doesn't want to play tacit ball, it's that the conditions don't allow it.

If Millwall only has one team, and the main force is holding on to the game, in today's situation, he will definitely not fight hard, the game is dull, and it doesn't matter if it's drawn.

But Millwall are all substitutes today, maybe Lampard is a little tired, but Pirlo is about to return, as long as Pirlo can quickly return to normal after his return, he will go to the bench, he will grit his teeth and fight hard in the game.

Not to mention the other young players, who usually play in the League Cup and FA Cup, and most of the opponents are unknown low-level teams.

Today, pie fell from the sky and smashed my head, I met the Serie A giants Inter Milan, and it was the stage of the Champions Cup, they didn't care who you were on, even if Inter Milan sent 11 big men to play, they still played with each other.

Young people, cherish the opportunity, maybe you will become famous!

When the game began, Huo Taigong's eyes were about to pop out.

Glenschal set up Klose to open the scoring after a two-man run on a counter-attack, just six minutes into the game.

Inter Milan were suddenly brought up by Millwall's fast pace.

The two teams now played another earth-shattering game.

The substitutes on both sides tried their best to perform, and they enjoyed attacking the attack.

After all, Inter Milan encounters chain defense every day in Italy, how can there be a smooth and dripping attack like playing against Millwall.

Ferreira is still young after all, and once the timing of the assist is not chosen properly, he will be out of position behind him, and Inter Milan's attack will focus on his side, which is completely undefended.

You come and go, you come and go, the game is played between the plum blossoms, the bamboo is good-looking, and the goals are scored one after another.

When the game ended, Huo Taigong's face was a little unpleasant.

Inter Milan lost, 4:3, another goal.

Such a loss is more painful than a 1-0 loss.

It will give people the feeling that Inter Milan is fighting with each other vigorously, and finally knelt down with a mouthful of blood.

Hodgson shook hands with Aldridge with a look of grievance, and Aldrich sneered: "Ha Luha, Ha Ha Ha, good luck, a little luck." ”

Huo Taigong shook his head and left Wembley.

Aldrich was a little dazed, wondering if he and Huo Taigong would be able to play happily in the future.

So far, the quarterfinals of the European Champions Cup in the 98-99 season have all been released.

Arsenal, the three Premier League contenders, returned home from the group stage, with Manchester United advancing to the quarter-finals with Millwall on second place with a better record.

Ukraine's Dynamo Kyiv topped the group stage ahead of Premier League champions Arsenal and Ligue 1 champions Lens.

Germany's Bayern Munich edged out Manchester United and Barcelona to top the Group of Death, with last season's Bundesliga champions Kaiserslautern topping the group in a relatively mediocre group.

Italy's Juventus were fortunate to top the group with three teams tied on eight points.

Greek champion Olympiacos also qualified for the top spot in a relatively weak group. (To be continued......)