Thanks for the reward of "Death of the Thief"! ——

In the same round of the league in Millwall's 4-0 win over Newcastle United, Manchester United won Everton at home, Arsenal beat Coventry City at home, Chelsea beat Aston Villa away, and with eight rounds of the league remaining, the four teams of the title contenders opened up the gap with the teams behind them, and the Premier League has maintained an exciting competitive atmosphere from the beginning of the season to the final sprint, and now Millwall has the advantage.

Millwall is playing on three fronts, with high calls for titles on all fronts, and is clearly the biggest focus of English football.

The FA Cup quarter-finals are underway, and Millwall will travel to Highbury to challenge Arsenal.

At the pre-match press conference, Aldridge made no secret of announcing the squad and starting lineup in advance.

He still uses substitutes in cup competitions, even against Arsenal.

David Miller was puzzled, and he asked directly in front of Aldrich: "What is Millwall worried about?" You have a two-goal advantage in the second leg of the Champions League quarter-finals in midweek, a four-point lead in the league, and an FA Cup away to Arsenal, if you win, you can enter the semi-finals, and you have a chance to win the title on all three lines. Half of the main force will do. ”

Aldridge had a good relationship with Miller and answered each other's questions honestly.

"I pay more attention to the long-term development of the team, giving the young players the opportunity to develop important games, maybe you will say that these substitutes usually play a lot of games, but the intensity of the game, the importance. There is a difference in the strength of the opponent. Tomorrow against Arsenal. It was a test for them, and I chose to trust them. ”

"What if I lose?"

"It's normal to win or lose, I can accept any result of the game, the key is the process of the game, the law of the football world is that the winner is strong, not the strong wins, tomorrow's game, we are the weak side. It doesn't matter, the effect of the players on the pitch is what I care about the most, and as long as we play well, we have a chance to win. ”

The next day, Millwall set out for Highbury.

The 30,000-seat stadium was packed, and even the newly appointed FA president was on hand to watch the FA Cup powerhouse conversation.

After Wiseman's resignation last year, the position of FA chairman was vacant, and Thompson, who came from the local league, became acting chairman for half a year and officially became the FA chairman.

Thompson, who hails from the local leagues, naturally has the support of the local leagues, while the Premier League's strength within the FA opposes his election. However, in the official election, some opponents within the FA defected. This led to Thompson's big victory.

On the same day that Thompson was elected, Andrew invited Aldridge to dine out and talked about it lightly, vaguely hinting at the effectiveness of his activities on the FA side.

Aldridge is not very concerned about this kind of thing, especially who the president of the FA is, he doesn't care, before the establishment of the Premier League, the position of the president of the FA has been similar to the iron rice bowl, before and after more than seventy or eighty years, the chairman has been in office for an average of more than ten years, but after the establishment of the Premier League, the frequent change of the president of the FA is getting faster and faster, due to the full outbreak of the conflict of interests between the Premier League and the local league, the FA is also fighting fiercely, the position of the president of the FA is not only in the circle of glory as simple, It is a hot potato, and the incumbent is like sitting on pins and needles.

No matter who you want to talk to, or who you want to support, I am afraid that this person will not sit in this position for a long time, so why waste time on Aldrich?

Arsene Wenger was grim when he appeared at Highbury, with Arsenal trailing Millwall and Manchester United in the league and the FA Cup left to challenge for the title, and he took today's game very seriously.

Aldridge, by contrast, seemed to be relaxed, appearing on the sidelines and sitting in the dugout, chatting and laughing with Klinsmann and Jensen.

"The English FA Cup quarter-final Arsenal at home against Millwall is about to begin, the players from both sides entered, Arsenal played their main force, Millwall sent a full bench lineup, it looks like Arsenal has a better chance of winning."

Millwall really sent out all the substitutes today.

Goalkeeper: Keller.

Defenders: Ferreira, Mills, Neil, Cole.

Midfielders: Donny van der Meyde, Lampard, Gattuso, Glen Char.

Forwards: Klose, Ruud van Nistelrooy.

442 against Arsenal's 442.

The tactics between the two are basically the same, but on paper Arsenal look significantly stronger.

When the game started, Millwall retreated all the way, compressed the space at the back, used joint defense to force the opponent when the opponent's attack advanced to the danger area, and then launched a quick counterattack through the wing after a successful tackle, which is basically the same as Arsenal's usual style of play.

Arsene Wenger is depressed, Arsenal is at home and the opponent is on the bench, and his team must be pressed out of the momentum!

But in positional warfare, their team creativity is really limited, and the frontal attack cannot play a good effect, but is counterattacked by Millwall, and the defense frequently sounds the alarm.

In the 17th minute of the game, Bergkamp's shot was successfully saved by Keller, Keller threw the ball and launched a counterattack, Paulo Ferreira handed a straight pass to Van der Meyde in front, Pire defended Van der Meyde closely, the Dutchman turned away with a beautiful pluck, and then used his speed advantage to open the distance, and found the two strikers in the penalty area with a 45-degree diagonal long pass on the side.

Klose came out from the back post and rounded up to nod the ball into the back of the net, but Seaman was caught off guard by the header that was too close for him to make a save and the ball went into the net.

'Millwall took the lead on the road, Klose scored with a header, Van der Meyde's assist was beautiful, and now Millwall is really scary, not only with a big squad but also with an amazing bench.

The 442 formation, which has been honed since the beginning of the season, has matured after more than half a year, especially the power of the wing attack has been shown.

Aldridge was relieved and worked hard for most of the season, seeing that there were fewer and fewer games left in the season. He can watch the team get stronger. The young players have improved significantly. He has a special sense of accomplishment in his heart.

Especially with the loss of a number of key teams last summer.

Arsenal kicked off in the middle circle, and the players also looked depressed, and if they couldn't win the Millwall substitute lineup, it would obviously be disgraced.

Anelka flicked the ball to Bergkamp, who flicked the ball back to Vieira, Klose and Ruud van Nistelrooy stepped forward to press wildly, and Vieira passed through to Bergkamp.

But Bergkamp is moving forward. I didn't expect Vieira to pass the ball to him so quickly, and it should have been given to the wide players in the past.

However, Van der Meyde and Glenschal were in front of Pire and Ovemas in the opening period, with Vieira either passing back or forward, and he opted for the latter, only to be tackled by Lampard.

After Lampard's steal, Van der Meyde ran out of position to pull open and Lampard knew how to get the ball to the opposition.

Van der Meyde stopped the ball and then hit another through ball on the spot.

Klose was on the receiving route, but he suddenly slipped his foot and shook the Arsenal defender, and the missed ball went straight through the entire backline. Ruud van Nistelrooy successfully met the ball in an offside position.

Seaman didn't give up on the goal, and Ruud van Nistelrooy dribbled into the box and safely slotted the ball into the bottom right corner.

Adams yelled angrily at Vieira!

The midfielder was tackled and quickly counter-attacked. The defenders suddenly faced the opponent's through ball, and Klose's flash of leakage deceived everyone, and this conceded goal was Arsenal's own fault!

Millwall had a two-goal lead in less than 20 minutes! They scored twice in a minute, Arsenal's second goal came from a foul pass from Patrick Vieira, Van der Meyde set up another team-mate to score, Klose covered Ruud van Nistelrooy with a run and a leak, and the Dutch striker was in good form and scored with a very calm one-on-one goal. Are Arsenal giving up the FA Cup? ”

Watching Millwall's players celebrate, Arsenal's players looked a little depressed, and Wenger hated it!

Aldridge forced him to the point of no further today.

If Millwall is on the full bench, Arsenal can play defensive counterattacks, that is their most powerful game routine, but Millwall is on the full bench, is Arsenal embarrassed not to attack?

But in this way, Arsenal's advantages cannot be brought into play, the positional battle lacks creativity, and one board and one eye are played, and the players' individual abilities can only be relied on to create opportunities.

He went to the sidelines and asked Overmars and Piret to focus on the opposition's two full-backs.

Paolo Ferreira and Ashley Cole are real recruit eggs, and this kind of soft persimmon is sent to the door, and there is no reason not to pinch it hard!

Not to mention, Arsene Wenger's change, the individual play of the wide players immediately helped Arsenal to gain the upper hand in the positional battle.

Overmars faced Ashley Cole on the right side, two consecutive emergency stops changed direction, one 90 degrees, one 180 degrees turn, Ashley Cole also turned, and after the second 180-degree turn was completed, Ashley Cole was dizzy, and he couldn't see Overmars and the ball in front of him, and when he came back to his senses, the opponent had already cut inside him with the ball.

He was shaken in a bit of a miserable way, and Ovimas cut inside to attract the attention of the defence, then knocked back near the line of the box, and Petit followed up with a blast to help Arsenal pull a goal back.

'Petit blasted the door open for Millwall, Arsenal closed the gap in the 28th minute, Millwall's goal came from a defensive mistake by Ashley Cole, who was no match for Overmars, but given his age, the responsibility should be borne by Hall.

Indeed, no matter what the team's problems, the manager cannot escape the blame.

Even after conceding the ball, Aldridge still sat in the coach's seat without moving, and even held his chin with a hint of a smile.

Ashley Cole spat after conceding the ball and then glanced cryptically at the dugout, fearing Aldridge would not be happy with his performance.

Peter Pan is fast on his feet, quick to turn, and outrageously agile in his body, and Ashley Cole is still in the growth stage regardless of his technical ability and physical fitness, and is it any wonder that he is being teased by Overmars?

Aldridge has opted to bring Ashley Cole and Paolo Ferreira on the pitch, so it is natural to expect this to happen, but it is a necessary stage.

Defenders, it's too normal to be abused in the early stage, as long as you don't get abused to have a psychological shadow, and you can face setbacks with a normal heart, which can accelerate their growth and improvement.

Arsenal were so relentless that they were determined to torture Ashley Cole, forcing Glen Charles to almost become a full-back, covering Ovimas.

But Arsenal's attack was already very flexible, Ovimas side could not continue to improve, they quickly turned the attack to the left, Pire's advantage over Ferreira was not as obvious as Overmars crushed Cole, but Pire stopped the ball to get rid of the inside cut movement smoothly, and after an inside cut, the world world wave on the edge of the box helped Arsenal equalize.

"In the 40th minute of the first half, Arsenal equalised! It seems that they have found their form, and it is surprising that Piret can even shoot out such a world realm wave. (To be continued......)