No matter how a team controls the game, attacking, defending, organizing, teamwork, skirmishers, and so on, there is one foundation that supports the game: physical fitness.

It is impossible to dominate the team running an average of 9 kilometers per game, and the opponent is still in complete control of the race after handing over the team's average score of 11,000 meters.

How big is the stadium itself?

From goal to goal, it is only about 100 meters, and the player sprints from the bottom line to the bottom line, plus the players in each position are responsible for different areas, and the running range has to be narrowed.

If I can run two kilometers more than you average per game, even if the average in each period of the game, the impact and confrontation are very terrifying, even if your technical ability is stronger, the more runs you pay can close the gap in strength, because more runs means greater coverage, and the relative compression of the opponent's space is smaller.

Millwall's overall fitness is no worse than that of AC Milan.

However, Millwall is in a reinventing phase, so there will be a lot of "ineffective runs" in the runs.

The occurrence of this kind of "ineffective running" is affected by the run-in of the whole team and the maturity of the technical and tactical system.

In today's game, the most intuitive thing is that Ashley Cole and Schneider repeatedly sprint back and forth on the wing, but some of the sprints are inefficient because they are not able to integrate with the whole team when they play new roles and take on new tasks, which also requires a lot of game experience to perfect.

Another point is the gap in the team's brains.

It wasn't obvious at first, but a closer look at the organisational role of Alonso and Pirlo reveals that this point is conclusive.

Have an excellent tissue brain. Drive the whole team. It can allow the team to reduce the "ineffective runs" a lot. So that the vast majority of offense play efficient, success and failure are secondary, at least, you can see that teammates running have a very strong tactical effect.

In terms of organization, Alonso is still at the stage of striving for "organizational efficiency", that is, in tandem with the team's entire offensive system at high speed, frequently and continuously sending the ball to the wings, and he can't wait to pass the ball immediately when he sees an opening. Let your team-mates take advantage of the gaps and then go for a dangerous attack, and also try to penetrate with long balls from mid to long range like a couple of AC Milan's no.10s.

Aldridge saw that the game began to get out of control, because the Millwall full-backs began to have physical problems, on the one hand, the problem was that they were not perfect, and on the other hand, the opponent was too "cunning", Pirlo's ability to control the tempo was difficult to see with the naked eye, but he used a lot of passes with his teammates in the middle and long distances, forcing Millwall's wide players to run back and forth, accumulating a certain distance. The situation will be reversed, and the advantages and disadvantages will naturally manifest.

It's less than 70 minutes. But Aldridge is already planning to make a substitution, and only hopes that Schneider and Ashley Cole will be released at the last time.

However, man is not as good as heaven.

AC Milan's strong midfield playmaking system began to take advantage of Millwall's declining defensive weakness on the wings, not only the full-backs, Ronaldo, Larsson, but also began to decline significantly.

And AC Milan's "explosiveness", which did not have an advantage before, is now faintly able to compete with opponents.

In the 72nd minute, AC Milan attacked in midfield, passing back and forth in a very clear and consistent rhythm tepidly, and when Millwall's wide players returned to the defensive position, AC Milan also pushed the attack to the front line.

When the physical explosiveness is not a problem, Millwall can switch back and forth, and the team-mates complement each other, but when the explosiveness cannot keep up, this kind of defensive rotation is prone to flaws.

The 25-year-old Kaladze became the protagonist of the wing, after receiving Pirlo's side straight to the bottom, he took two steps back with the ball, Nesta had to recycle the penalty area, at this time it should be Schneider who came out to force Kaladze, but Schneider obviously slowed down the rhythm, obviously did not speed up to the Kaladze side to fill the position, he just came back from the front, wanted to speed up again, and the body was already at the end of the crossbow in a small period of time.

And Kaladze pretended to cut inside, so that Schneider recovered the penalty area and exposed the space on the penalty line, Kaladze repeated the trick, knocked the top of the penalty area arc to the left, Seedorf followed, and a burst shot blasted.

The long-range shot was of great quality and powerful and went straight into the corner above the inside of the near post.

Bout made the ultimate save but couldn't touch the ball.

"AC Milan have reversed Millwall again! Seedorf's long-range shot was brilliant! Hahaha, this game is so interesting, the two teams alternate leads, and no one knows what the outcome will be! ”

Aldridge closed his eyes a little helplessly, leaning back slightly, the defense just now, it was clear that Millwall had a lot of defenders, but it was only a mechanical defensive position, and lacked flexible complementarity.

Schneider, Ashley Cole, can still run?

Of course, you can, but if you can't rush at the key moment, it will be very fatal.

Aldridge started to make a substitution, Ancelotti raised his arms excitedly and shouted, and then Ancelotti also had to make a substitution.

"AC Milan and Millwall made a substitution at the same time, Rui Costa was substituted, and he was replaced by Ambrosini, it seems that Ancelotti has to strengthen his defense! They are now leading 4-3, Millwall made two substitutions at a time, the entire right side has a new look, Schneider and Larsson are off, and young Lahm and Ronaldo are on the scene! ”

Ancelotti and Aldridge's substitutions are clear at a glance.

AC Milan added a defender with excellent defensive ability, and Millwall switched to the right wing to suppress Kaladze!

After the substitution, AC Milan began to control the tempo, and the focus was still on playing on the left side.

In the 78th minute, Kaladze's attack did not play well with the middle, Millwall turned his head, and Alonso passed the ball straight to Nedved near the centre circle, who took the ball with his back to Cristiano Ronaldo on the right.

Cristiano Ronaldo himself shook off Kaladze in his position, and he rushed along the flanks with the ball without encountering any obstacles.

The speed of his blistering flank push made Ancelotti's eyes widen and he looked slightly nervous.

Gattuso handed over the central defence to Ambrosini, who then supported the wide defence on the firing line. It looks like he is going to face off against Ronaldo. Cristiano Ronaldo simply strode the ball forward. And then with pure acceleration broke through Gattuso's interception!

However, after going down, Ronaldo had no space to cut inside, and could only end the attack with a cross, and Henry, who followed up in the middle to grab the point, was already very smart, but he grabbed the point and swept the shot, and Maldini blocked the shooting route with his body, blocking the ball out of the bottom line.

Ancelotti took advantage of this time to immediately make a gesture to Kaladze, telling Kaladze not to press rashly again.

The score leads. There is no need to take any more risks, as long as the rhythm is controlled and the defense line does not give the opponent obvious space, he believes that this goal battle is over!

Aldridge played the last card decisively.

Millwall used up their last substitution in the 80th minute when young Brazilian midfielder Kaka came on and he came on for Ashley Cole. Millwall looks like he's going to fight for his life! ”

Ancelotti couldn't imagine that Aldrich was habitually "crazy" again.

And this substitution made Ancelotti frown.

The most feared surprise soldiers on the field.

If it's just a counterpoint substitution, that's fine, if Kaka replaces Nedved. The foreseeable situation is not too surprising.

Cockaka replaces Ashley Cole.

Attacking midfielders switch to full-backs, how will Millwall's attack play? What does the formation look like?

Only Aldrich himself understands this now. Ancelotti, on the other hand, can only guess, or watch the game to find out the opponent's intentions.

There is not much time left in the game, and Ancelotti's biggest worry is: When I figure out the opponent's substitution intention, will the game shape change again? And the game time, maybe it's hard for me to be preemptive!

Kaka came out with Aldrich's tactical requirements, and he, for the time being, was not a surprise soldier!

He is a coverer, a cover, a pawn that attracts the attention of the opponent but is not the main point of attack!

Carlo Ancelotti's eyes were focused on Millwall's left-back area.

To find out Aldridge's intentions, first of all, is who will play Ashley Cole's position after he is off the field.

Or, no one plays, really blatantly turns into a back 3.

When a figure appeared in that position, Ancelotti's expression moved slightly, and he was a little relieved.

Nedved!

Aldridge actually replaced Nedved after Kaka came on the field, and then, Nedved went to play left wing-back!

Dropping a player who is a threat on the offensive end is a clear way to weaken Nedved's impact.

Although Kaka's physical fitness is good, he is still immature after all, and in front of the two midfielders and experienced defenders like Maldini and Costacuta, Ancelotti does not believe that Kaka can be more dangerous than Nedved!

The fitness of AC Milan's players has also begun to decline significantly, with the attack dominated by stability and a noticeable reduction in long passes.

As the minutes ticked by, Aldridge ordered the team to fight at the 85th minute!

Crazy rush in the front court!

Cristiano Ronaldo and Kaka are energetic, and their chaotic scramble up front has made it necessary for AC Milan to play the attack up front, and the back is not very safe.

In the 88th minute, when Seedorf was rushed up by Nedved to steal, Ancelotti's expression suddenly changed.

Nedved, not a full-back at all!

With AC Milan's lack of impact on the flanks and a drop in fitness, Nedved rushed up to press, could Seedorf get past Nedved and keep going?

He can't get rid of Nedved!

And Nedved is the most physical of Millwall's starters!

At this moment, his strengths are manifested.

After stealing Seedorf, Nedved crossed the ball to Alonso, who passed straight to Kaka in front, Kaka stopped the ball and turned around, he dropped back widely, not at all like a striker, more like a central midfielder, Kaka, who did not dribble the ball to try to break through, quickly shifted the ball to the right.

Cristiano Ronaldo won the ball on the flanks and did not cut inside, which was a request that Kaka deliberately conveyed to Aldridge after he came on the field.

There is a lack of strong support in the middle, and the impact brought by Ronaldo's internal cut can only rely on himself, in that case, the attack will not be easy to play.

Aldrich's expression was calm, and his eyes were as calm as water.

Millwall's last ditch effort is to go back to the traditional ways!

Ronaldo dribbled the ball along the side, and Kaladze was always wary of Ronaldo cutting inside with the ball, which gave Ronaldo a chance to go down.

He dribbled down the ball and finished a cross that the winger did his job with!

This cross was of extremely high quality, flew through the dense defensive area in the middle of the penalty area, landed alone at the back of the small penalty area, and it was an out-spin curling ball!

Henry, for sure, won't be able to get the spot, because he's outflanking in the middle.

Ronaldo came to the front waist line and did not go deeper into the penalty area.

However, in the penalty area of AC Milan, there is still a dark blue figure galloping!

The ball that flew over the heads of Maldini and Costacuta and landed two meters in front of Cafu was actually a leap to the top!

Who?

The Lion God of War, Nedved!

Dida's bizarre save stance was like a shot and fell to the ground, and after jumping up, the ball rolled slowly into the goal, while beside him, the ball rolled slowly.

'Nedved scored with a late header to equalise for Millwall! 4:4, 4:4, crazy game, crazy game! It's a great race with the stars shining brightly! Nedved keeps the suspense of this game alive, the Lions won't throw in the towel, and Millwall won't bow to the new European champions! Because, the god of war Nedved is not yet old, and the heart of the mad lion is still beating in the sky! ”

Nedved slowly stood up from the AC Milan penalty area, looking majestic, his right hand clenched into a fist and held high above his head! (To be continued......)