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On the night of the match, Mayacha was packed.

Serie A started a little late, Inter Milan had just finished a league game, a narrow win away to Cagliari, and Hodgson's second debut in the palace got off to a flying start.

Aldridge and Hodgson chatted on the sidelines before the start of the game, and the atmosphere was not as lively as before the draw was announced.

From Hodgson's expression, it can be seen that he is more worried about today's game, with a solemn face, if Aldridge has a grudge against him, it is estimated that he will slander in his heart: that expression is like he has just attended a funeral.

Aldrich, dressed in a suit, sat down and waited quietly for the game to begin.

Players from both sides began to enter the field.

"The first round of the group stage of the 98/99 UEFA Champions League is about to begin, and the early match on the first matchday can be regarded as the opening match of the new Champions League, with defending champions Millwall visiting last season's Serie A runners-up Inter Milan. Sadly, Millwall today has changed drastically from their Champions League triumph in Amsterdam four months ago, with no more than five final-ending starters in the starting line-up.

Millwall started 4231.

Goalkeeper: Bout.

Defenders: Schneider, Materazzi, Southgate, Zambrotta.

Double midfielders: Frank Lampard, Claude Makellele.

Forward: Glen Shire, Nedved. Ronaldinho.

Forward: Ruud van Nistelrooy.

Aldridge Hall's championship division, which took four years to build, was dismembered by the European giants in the summer. Now he is going to lead a new generation of youth army to start a new journey. Luckily, he also has the likes of Gareth Southgate and Nedved in his squad.

Inter Milan's starting XI today was 442.

Goalkeeper: Pagliuca.

Defenders: Zanetti, Bergomi, West, Gallant.

Midfielders: Simeone, Koe, Djokae. Baggio.

Forwards: Ronaldo, Zamorano.

In his first time in charge of Inter, Hodgson took Inter Milan to seventh place in the league in the first four seasons and finished third in the league and runners-up in the League Cup in the second season. It's a strange feeling, obviously Millwall has gone so many main forces. But you just can't underestimate him and make a difference to the strength of Millwall, and it's that young team that has beaten a strong Manchester United in the league. What kind of game will the two teams give to the fans today? Well, the game starts right away, and Inter kicks off first. ”

After the referee's whistle blew, the game began, Inter Milan played fast as soon as they came up, Djokaeff and Baggio quickly double-and-one through the midfield, and then Baggio directly erased Lampard through his personal ability, and then handed the ball to Ronaldo with a short pass, and the alien dribbled sideways outside the penalty area to shake out the space and shoot, only to hear a bang, this shot hit the outside of the post and went wide.

"Inter almost opened the scoring! Ronaldo's shot was just as close to a goal, and if this goal is scored, it will set a new record for the fastest goal in a Champions League match! The opening time was less than 12 seconds! ”

Aldridge's heart was beating hard just now, but fortunately Ronaldo's shot didn't go through, otherwise the game would have been difficult.

Frank Lampard is still young after all, and in the Premier League, he rarely encounters opponents with particularly delicate skills at his feet, and he came up to face Baggio, and with the factor of playing away, he was easily broken by Baggio, and the process was simply miserable, like a world champion knocking out a rookie in the boxing ring with a punch.

What is the strongest team in Inter Milan's squad? There is no doubt about the offense.

On the front line there is the alien Ronaldo, and the horror Ivan Zamorano.

How good is Robert Baggio alone? He is a god who plays vigorously in the World Cup, the highest stage of football.

Novak Djokaeff, Arsene Wenger's early training at Monaco.

Koe is also a familiar opponent for Millwall, having been a regular in PSG's squad in the semi-finals of the European Cup Winner's Cup two years ago.

Argentina international Simeone, a strong defender.

Just looking at Inter Milan's midfield and frontcourt, you will find a very intuitive problem: the attack is strong and the defense is weak.

Especially behind the striker, Baggio and Djokaeff, both of whom can play as a striker.

The strongest defender in midfield is Simeone, followed by Koe, and beyond that, there are four players with the attributes of a striker to compare.

As for the opponent's defense, Zanetti is really a young player now, and Bergomi is close to retirement, which is the weak link in their defense, and it is also the tactical requirement of Aldridge to let Ronaldo focus on the left side today.

Glen Schal is just a front on the right side, and the breakthrough of individual ability is to attract the attention of the opponent's defence, and then as long as he can distribute the ball, he will immediately move to the left.

Nedved played against Simeone today, and the two attacked and defended, which can be regarded as equal.

Fifteen minutes of the game were played, with Millwall first steadying their rhythm and adapting to the game.

Fifteen minutes passed, Millwall began to attack longer, but as soon as they attacked, they were counterattacked by Inter Milan.

Simeone cut off Nedved's attempt to answer Glen Char's pass, Glen Schal's pass was bad, it was a knife hill ball, and Nedved bravely went up the knife hill, but still couldn't touch the ball.

Simeone broke the ball and passed the ball directly to Djokaef in front of him, who turned around with the ball and distributed the ball to Baggio, who continued to try to break through Lampard, Lampard stepped back, Baggio faked the real pass, Djokaeff did not compete with his national team teammate Makelele, and passed the ball diagonally to Zamorano, who leaned on Southgate's back, who took the ball and knocked it back to Baggio who was inserted. Baggio passes the ball to Ronaldo again.

This series of rapid and small deliveries is dazzling. Ronaldo took the ball and made two consecutive feints to deceive Materazzi's center of gravity. Then he faced Bout with a half-single knife, the alien almost even shot a feint, and when the ball rolled into the goal, Bout didn't make a save at all, because the opponent's shot didn't look like a shot at all, poked on tiptoe, the ball went into the net, and Mo said that he slammed his thigh. There is no movement in the calf to swing and exert force.

"The ball is in! Inter Milan scored first at home, and the scorer was alien Ronaldo, and it was a wonderful goal! Inter sent the ball to Ronaldo's feet through a series of beautiful small plays, who beat Materazzi and Bout through individual ability. ”

Ronaldo crossed his arms and ran to the sidelines to celebrate, and his teammates surrounded him.

Aldridge walked to the sidelines and beckoned to Schneider, and when the opponent walked in front of him, Aldridge told him how to adjust next.

Inter Milan is completely giving up on the wing today!

It hit the middle lane, and it was very good.

Say they are 442, or more precisely 4222.

Roy Hodgson has probably also looked at Millwall's recent form, with Frank Lampard defensively stronger than Andrea Pirlo. However, when it is not possible to dominate in midfield, the number of tests increases. Millwall's tactics, in particular, are more crucial when defending with wide players.

Aldridge's adjustment is to let the two full-backs shrink the penalty area, Schneider as long as there is no pressure on the side defense, he has to fill the position, what position? It is to fill the gap after Ronaldo's success, or to intercept the forward area of Baggio's advance.

Inter fans in Meazza were thrilled to return to the highest stage of European clubs after a nine-year absence from the Champions League, and Inter Milan had a wonderful start!

Aldridge's adjustments have strengthened Millwall's central defence, but the attack has left him frowning.

Underestimate the enemy!

Before the game, he thought that Ronaldo could have the upper hand against Zanetti, but in fact, Zanetti was very successful in defending Ronaldo today.

Zanetti, who has played at Inter Milan for the past three seasons, has been trained in Serie A, and in the face of countless talented attacking players, his defense has not been perfected, but it has also reached a very high level.

Ronaldo seemed to be on the same page as Zanetti, and after two unsuccessful breakthroughs in a row, he had to pass Zanetti after getting the ball.

As a result, Xiao Luo's power has plummeted!

The most critical quality of a defensive player is to predict, and an offensive player is to change, once Xiao Luo loses the unpredictable magic, and Zanetti also knows that the other party wants to pass him, then the competition between the two does not need to think about who wins and who loses.

Eight minutes after conceding the first goal, Ronaldo cut inside with the ball and was tackled by Zanetti, who rushed forward with the ball, Millwall's attack was just hit, and suddenly it was counter-attacked, Lampard ran desperately to the back, and Nedved also struggled to chase back to harass Zanetti.

The Argentine youngster made a decisive shot, Djokaeff took the ball in front of him and then made a long pass over the top, the horror Ivan turned his back to head the ball, Ronaldo did not touch the ball, but Baggio from behind was beautifully stopped at the moment the ball landed, the ball rolled between Materazzi's legs, and at the same time Baggio also rushed past him, looking like a goalkeeper, Schneider flew a tackle from the side, he touched the ball first, and then brought down Baggio, who fell to the ground, the referee whistled, and pointed to the penalty spot.

"Inter Milan got a penalty! Although Schneider's tackle touched the ball first, but four years ago, FIFA banned back tackles, and strictly enforced them in the just-concluded World Cup, UEFA also introduced new tackle rules, and oblique side tackles are also dangerous actions and are not allowed, UEFA began to implement this rule in this season's Champions League, and will be used in Euro 2000. ”

The Millwall players explained to the referee that Schneider got up and went to see Baggio first, and after making sure the opponent was not injured, he stood on the spot with his hands on his hips.

It's not that he doesn't know that Lu Dao's actions just now will be awarded a penalty, it's that the situation is forced, and he forgets everything when his brain is hot, and he is anxious to save the driver.

The referee's decision will not be changed, and Millwall's players did not dwell on it after explaining, at least, Schneider was not shown a yellow card, which can be regarded as the referee's mercy.

Aldridge stood on the sidelines and did not protest to the fourth official, unlike their match against Wimbledon, the penalty award was not controversial in terms of UEFA's new policy, which means that if a Millwall player is tackled from the side in the opposition box, the referee should also award a penalty, not whether the ball was tackled.

A regulation is a regulation, and they are equal to each other.

Although this rule is fucked up.

Just like FIFA bans back tackles, ordinary people will applaud when they hear it, which is to protect the players and protect the attacker's attack from being maliciously destroyed.

However, how many top defensive players, especially those with superb tackling skills, want to cry without tears?

In the modern era, the scale of the penalty for tackling has been constantly revised, which has directly led to a phenomenon: ten years later, there are almost no first-class defenders with tackle skills.

There's no way, the rules are restricted, and the defenders basically don't work hard to practice, so what if they practice well? The Argentine national team's first-class defensive players with tackle skills can only watch Owen achieve the reputation of a teenager chasing the wind? If the rules hadn't changed, not 100 percent, at least Owen would never have been able to put the ball into Argentina's goal so easily.

Aldridge was not angry with the penalty, he didn't even care who took the penalty, he called Ronaldinho in front of him, Inter Milan took the penalty, as if it had nothing to do with him, he cared more about Ronaldo's performance in the short time just now. (To be continued......)