261 The most important first battle

In the second half, the two sides changed sides and fought again, and the team's lead did not let Aldridge's spirit slack in the slightest, and he stood on the sidelines with his hands in his pockets, and continued to supervise the game with a serious face.

PSV Eindhoven are only one goal behind, of course there is chase, there is time.

After the restart, PSV Eindhoven increased the pace of their counter-attacks when switching from defense to attack, which directly led to a drop in their pass success rate, especially when they hit forward penetrating through balls.

Zambrotta won a lot of applause after successfully cutting off the opposition's through ball on the left side twice in a row, and perhaps his team-to-attacking ability is not as good as Capdevilla's, but his defensive ability is like a big man's style.

Advocaat saw that the opponent's defense was tightly knit, and immediately frowned, Eindhoven's strongest winger Zenden was completely frozen today, and there was no bright spot in attack, Kocu was also limited by Makelele in the midfield, and Millwall's group of players may really be unknown in terms of fame.

Schneider and Ballack were only called up by the national team in a friendly match and sat on the bench, Makelle did not have a chance to play in the French national team, and Zambrotta couldn't even enter the national team, so he could only play in a low-level national team.

The game came to 70 minutes, Advocaat couldn't sit still, anyway, it was zero points to lose, if you really want to fight for the home and away results to compete for the rankings, not to mention how low the probability is, if Eindhoven has a draw or a goal and loses the game, it is better than finishing 1:0 now.

So under the coach's on-the-spot adjustment, PSV Eindhoven began to invest more troops in the attack, and the three midfielders took turns to plug in. In the transition between offense and defense. Complete the role change according to the location.

Aldridge only saw a shadow of Dutch football attacking and defending at this time.

The center pulls the side to become a winger. The winger cut inside and turned into a center forward in front of the goal, the back midfielder inserted into the front midfield, and was beaten back to the midfielder to become a back midfielder

There must be a tacit understanding between players in a small range of single lines, and it is not difficult for the Dutch team to play this kind of dazzling role change between several people.

And Millwall is no stranger to these, because they have this set in training, and the players' thinking is no longer fixed on a certain player "loyalty".

In response to PSV Eindhoven's surprise attack, which relies on a change of position, Millwall is like a mountain. No matter the east, west, north and south winds, I will not move.

Just after PSV Eindhoven's attack was stopped by Gareth Southgate in front of the box, Millwall unleashed a devastating counter-attack.

Millwall defended this time, except for Trezeguet, who roamed forward in the middle circle of the front, the rest of the players shrank back into the second half, and Southgate defended successfully and handed the ball directly to left winger Larsson.

Larsson crossed the ball to Nedved in the middle and then Larsson started to run forward to attract the attention of the PSV full-backs.

Nedved kept the ball and tucked it straight down the left flank, and it was too big for Larsson and the opposition full-backs to catch up, but just as the ball was about to go out of the touchline. Zambrotta, who was explosive and explosive, poked the ball forward and ran forward at full speed.

The goal stunned the PSV Eindhoven defence. A simple straight kick was counterattacked, and the defense line was completely blown up.

Zambrotta scurried down the left flank, seemingly heading straight ahead, with no intention of cutting inside at all, and rushing towards the bottom line with the ball.

PSV Eindhoven's defenders were getting more and more away from Millwall's two forwards in the rebound, and Trezeguet, who was in the highest position on the counter-attack, caught the attention of the centre-backs and harassed him as he rushed forward, but he also slowed down the opposition's centre-backs, and instead Larsson and Shevchenko on the other side rushed towards the opposition penalty area like wild horses.

Forty yards from goal, Zambrotta was two metres ahead of the opposition's entire backline, and by the time it was thirty yards away, the crowd stood up and watched intently.

Millwall, including Zambrotta, had three people in the back of the net and there were no defenders around them!

The scene is more exhilarating than a single ball.

Zambrotta rolled the ball into a powerful cross parallel to the penalty line.

Larsson flew out of front and tried to poke the ball into the goal with his toes, but he was a step slower because he had a pause before Zambrotta's pass, that is, he was afraid that he would be offside, after all, he could run faster without the ball than Zambrotta.

The crowd let out a sigh, but the sigh was not over, as Larsson's missed ball rolled in front of Shevchenko, who was on the other side, further away, with the right pace and pace when the cross came.

Without hesitation, the Ukrainian nuclear warhead chose to hit the goal directly, and in order to ensure accuracy, he chose to push with the arch of his foot.

Even with the arch of the foot, the speed of the ball was still too fast, and it was almost like hitting the goal on the spot, only to see the ball rush into the goal like a meteor, and the Eindhoven goalkeeper was confused by Larsson's flying tackle action, and there was no interference with the angle of Shevchenko's shot.

“2:0! Millwall leads by two goals! Shevchenko, Shevchenko, Shevchenko! The Ukrainians scored their first goal in the Champions League, this wave of counterattacks Millwall completely destroyed the opponent, the audience must have seen the blood boiling, simple and efficient, a lethal blow, Dutch football is good at playing fast, but they met a faster opponent today, this attack from the start to the end, probably in about 10 seconds, Millwall played impressively today, fast when it should be fast, slow when it should be slow, did not give Eindhoven any chance, and they, dominated the game! ”

Shevchenko stood there smiling after the goal, he still looked like the same young and shy young man, he would have celebrated wildly on the Lion's Den Pitch, but in this match of more than 80,000 people, he became shy again.

Larsson was the first to rush to Shevchenko after getting up from the ground to congratulate him on his goal, otherwise Larsson would have blamed himself for missing the front post and wasting such a good opportunity.

The fans of the Wild Lions in the stands were reassured.

Two goals up and we won.

This will lay a very good foundation for qualifying from the group.

Aldridge was excited, but gestured to the players after the celebration. There are still 20 minutes left in stoppage time. You must not give your opponent a chance to turn the tables because of your own carelessness.

This game is so important!

The result will have a direct impact on the next five games. Aldridge must take it.

If the Champions League is expanded into 32 teams playing in the group stage, then the top two teams in the group stage can theoretically qualify with only 12 points, and in the 15 years after the expansion, only Napoli has been out of the group stage with 12 points.

But under the current group qualifying rules, will 12 points be able to qualify? The suspense is great!

In other words, 4 wins are not enough to ensure qualification.

If Millwall loses this game or just gets a draw, then the further it goes. The more pressure there is, the more conservative the opponent will be because Millwall is trying to qualify, and the tactical arrangement will be more targeted.

On the contrary, Millwall won the first victory, and the other teams in the same group were passive, so in the next game, Millwall will be more advantageous in terms of mentality and tactical choices.

Advocaat saw his team concede the second goal, and immediately felt powerless.

PSV Eindhoven didn't have a chance at all, and Millwall's calmness and composure in controlling the pace of the game was chilling!

The PSV Eindhoven players on the pitch were reluctant and understood that they had to fight for every point to qualify from the group. There is still time in the game, and the difference of two goals is not enough to make people despair!

PSV Eindhoven continued their offensive after the game resumed. And the more fierce the pounce, there were a few minutes of Millwall's overall formation compressed in the second half, even if Millwall switched from defense to attack to launch a counterattack, they also used the most ferocious and accurate interception to snatch back the ball.

Aldridge was a little anxious on the sidelines, and the players were a little rigid when they were too calm, and they had to pass a few kicks to counterattack, and use the transition to break through the opponent's defense.

Brainless, brainless!

Aldridge kept gesturing to his players on the sidelines, allowing them to look farther away when passing.

When the players came to their senses, PSV Eindhoven came down again, and Zenden cut inside the wing and shook off an angled shot that was blocked by Elgra with his body, the ball bounced to the feet of Ballack, he took a step laterally, and then kicked the ball towards the opposition half with a big foot that appeared to be clearing.

But the audience looked at the area where the ball landed and suddenly burst into cheers.

Shevchenko tried his best to shake off the opponent's entire backline, and the opposing defenders had been pressing close to each other before, just to cut off Millwall's counter-attacking ball.

But this time, Ballack hit the ball directly behind him, no longer playing the pass and cut transition, Shevchenko also shook off the opponent unreasonably, and rushed forward directly with speed to go to the meeting alone!

The Eindhoven goalkeeper immediately abandoned the goal, Shevchenko dribbled the ball to the side in order to get past the opposing goalkeeper, this time, the ball was a little big, and the opposing goalkeeper lost his center of gravity and immediately chased back.

Shevchenko was almost on the baseline when he caught up with the ball, and he didn't have much angle to shoot, so he kicked the ball straight in front of goal.

The Swede rushed to the ground, but this time he chose to fall to the ground and shoot under the interference of the opposing defenders, and rushed into the goal with the ball.

"Larsson scored twice! Millwall beats their opponents! They will have their first Champions League win in the club's history, PSV Eindhoven have been beaten to the ground, they should not give their opponents too much space behind them, but if they don't pile up the number of attackers up front and keep the three lines close, they will not be able to get decent attacking opportunities, which undoubtedly shows the difference in quality between the two teams! ”

Larsson stood up from inside the goal and jogged to find Shevchenko, smiling and pointing at his opponent.

Aldrich breathed a sigh of relief.

That's it, in that case, simple and rough can solve the problem, so don't play anything to overcome rigidity with softness.

He was afraid that the players had forgotten Millwall's self-made counter-attacking play.

The sprint offense, known as the "Millwall Athletics Team", has been tried and tested in the right environment.

We are the striker who runs faster than your defender, we can still catch our breath and pass the ball after running 30 meters, who is not convinced? I don't believe that you can run faster than me!

Aldridge laughed, thinking that Millwall was probably playing positional warfare in the past season, and the opponent would probably not give Millwall more than 30 meters of sprint space in the second Premier League season, so these players probably forgot: as long as there is a large space in the frontcourt, the offense can actually play the simplest and most violent, a long pass, the striker chases the ball first, the attack is over, Millwall celebrates the goal.

Advocaat sat back in the dugout amid the loud cheers of Wembley.

PSV Eindhoven lost this game. (To be continued......)