307 Whoever he is
When Juventus rekick off, there are only 40 seconds of stoppage time left, although the referee will certainly have a little more time to spare.
Aldridge doesn't care about this, as long as it's not exaggerated for more than 2 minutes, he can accept it.
Now the situation on the field has completely reversed.
Especially when it comes to mentality.
Millwall scored a goal and the momentum was high, and Juventus conceded a goal in stoppage time, which was nothing short of thunderous.
The most important thing is that Millwall is not afraid of conceding goals now, and even if they do, the big deal is to play extra time, and Juventus will be out of the game if they can't score in the little time left in the last few days.
Juventus' formation at the kick-off was more rugby-like, with the exception of the goalkeeper lined up in a line in preparation for the sprint, and when Inzaghi kicked the ball to Piero, all the Juventus players rushed forward to the front.
Millwall is a scavenger + four defenders + four backs + single striker in a shrinking position to protect the goal tightly.
Zidane took the ball in the middle line and waited, when the Juventus players rushed to the opponent's penalty area, he hoisted the ball directly into the penalty area with a big foot, the ball landed well, near the penalty spot, Juventus had players to scramble, but the faster step was Bout, he chose to attack, and then jumped high to hit the ball out of the periphery, and was well prepared, consciously punched the ball to the right side of the area where there were no Juventus players.
Ballack rushed over to receive the ball and then took possession of it on the spot, opting for a through ball on the ground when the Juventus frontcourt player pounced on him like a wolf.
Larsson picked up the ball from the side and rushed forward, almost one-on-one. However, Juventus' defenders were very physical and rushed back quickly. Larsson was physically exhausted. Unable to rush up, and when the distance between the two sides was getting closer and closer, Larsson cleverly chose to kick the ball out of bounds close to the baseline with moderate force.
It took a lot of time just for the ball to slowly roll out of the touchline, Peruzzi tried to chase it but couldn't catch up, and then when he got the ball out of bounds to take the throw-in, he had to wait for the Juventus players to run back to pick it up.
After receiving the throw-in, Pexoto turned and drove forward with a big foot, but Nedved was caught on the spot, and Larsson received the ball again. Then he didn't rush anymore, and went directly to the hanging door with a big foot, Peruzzi sent the sideline ball, and the Juventus goal was empty.
However, the distance was too far, and Larsson's long-range lob ball was a bit off-target.
When Peruzzi ran back to the goal to take the goalball, the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game.
The second leg of the quarter-finals of the UEFA Champions League came to an end at the Alpi Stadium, and Millwall from England drew 1:1 away from Juventus with a goal before the final game, and advanced to the semi-finals with an aggregate score of 3:2! It was Millwall's first European Champions League appearance, and young coach Aldridge Hall made history today, and it wasn't just England football history that went down in history. It is also the history of the European Champions Cup, with a 21-year-old manager leading the team to the last four of the Champions League. Maybe they can go even further, because they beat Juventus, who have won the championship and finished runners-up once in the last two years, and today's hero is Italian Andrea Pirlo, whose goal beat the Italian giants Juventus, but we should note that the two successful tackles of Makelele and Southgate when the team pressed across the board were crucial, and without those two successful counter-attacks that killed Juventus, Juventus probably would not have allowed their opponents to steal the ticket to the last four, in any case, the young Millwall is worth our expectation. Hopefully in the semi-finals we will see their performances. ”
When full-time was over, all Millwall players were relieved and then excitedly celebrated their hard-earned victory.
Southgate knelt on the ground and raised his arms and roared, Schneider was so tired that he lay on his back on the turf, closed his eyes and showed a woman's intoxicating smile, Larsson squatted on the field and suddenly vomited a few mouthfuls of bitter water, Pirlo was replaced and stood on the sidelines, and now sat down, supporting his body with his hands behind his back, panting but smiling very happily
Aldrich temporarily suppressed the irrepressible excitement in his heart, walked and calmly shook hands with Lippi, Lippi whispered a few words of encouragement in his ear, and then patted him on the shoulder to take the lead and left, Aldrich gladly accepted the blessings and praises of the other party, and then walked back to the field, the camera next to him has been following him, recording his words and deeds.
Aldrich, who has not celebrated passionately for a long time, today sent a classic scene to the press, which was a moment of emotion and inability to use reason to drive behavior.
Aldridge walked up to Larsson first, the team doctor was checking on his condition, Aldridge smiled and asked, "How's it going?" Need to take a big break? ”
Larsson is just overtired, Millwall's tactics originally require a wide range of players on the offensive end, and Larsson has been doing a good job, so his running distance has always been second in the team, the first being Nedved.
"Heh, I won't miss the semi-finals and finals."
Larsson replied weakly, Nedved came over and helped him up, and the two hugged each other to advance to the semi-finals, and they were one step closer to conquering Europe!
Pirlo was also dragged up by Materazzi, while Gattuso opened the lid with two bottles of mineral water and poured water over Pirlo's head behind him.
Aldrich walked up to Schneider, bent down and patted him on the chest, asking, "How does it feel?" ”
Schneider sat up and said, "It's like it's falling apart." Boss, who are we going to play in the semifinals? ”
Aldrich shrugged and smiled, "I don't know who he is." ”
Schneider smiled and nodded, "That's right, no matter who he is, no one can stop us from reaching the finals." ”
"Wrong, wrong, no one can stop us from taking the trophy home!"
When the whole team had recovered from the fatigue of the high-intensity game, everyone stood together and went to the sidelines to thank the fans.
At this time, Aldridge noticed that there were only about a thousand Lions fans scattered in the stands, and before the game, he saw that there were empty seats. It's also all seats for away fans.
It's weird. More than 2,500 away tickets were officially sold. Coupled with the fact that some scattered fans will buy tickets on the black market, there should be at least 3,500 away fans in attendance today.
Aldridge suppressed the doubts in his heart and joined hands with the players to thank the visiting fans in the stands.
Some of these Lions fans cried with joy, some clapped constantly, and some cheered non-stop.
They witnessed a great game, albeit not spectacular, but enough to make a splash as Millwall came from behind. Attacking tirelessly, the team's persistence paid off.
Lions Millwall are in the last four, and they only need to beat two more opponents and play three games and they will reign in Europe!
When that was all over, the players went back to the dressing room to pack their bags while Aldridge went to the post-match press conference.
England reporters were really angry today, and Millwall lived up to their expectations and carried the banner of England to eliminate their opponents at the home of the Italian champions, who are known as the world's first league. It was a tough victory, but it was also a great victory.
Journalists in Italy are more depressed. Parma were out of the group stage, Juventus fell before the semi-finals, and Italy's Champions League this year is over.
In the case of six consecutive years that Italian teams have finally reached the Champions League final, this year this momentum was ended by Millwall, to put it mildly, in the past nine years, Italian teams have only missed one Champions League final, counting this year, in ten years, Italian teams have reached the final eight times, which is also a remarkable achievement, from the side to prove the dominance of Serie A teams in the European arena.
The post-match interview was not swordsmanship, Aldridge was calm, eliminated Lippi's team, and did not show contempt for the other party, but praised Juventus and Lippi, admitting that his team won in will and luck, and it was the players' belief in winning that determined the outcome of the game after the worst, and Lippi was respectable and he was still far from the opponent.
His humble attitude won the favor of the Italian media, which everyone knows.
In the course of the game, everyone who watched it would not think that Millwall won by a landslide, or that they did not have much advantage at all, and the goal in the last moments did have an element of luck, and Juventus had two great chances that they did not grasp, and that was the turning point of the game.
Aldridge answered the questions that could summarize the comments of the match, and when faced with the question of looking ahead to the semi-finals, he smiled.
"When you get to the semi-finals by knocking out an opponent of Juventus' calibre, you get a huge boost in confidence and at the same time you see the trophy in the shadow of the trophy, the semi-final opponent is coming out tomorrow, Monaco or Manchester United? I don't really care because no matter who the opponent is, we will give it our all and try to reach the final, my team is young, but because we are young, we need to prove ourselves with trophies! I believe Millwall have reached the top level in Europe, but this level is not at an absolute level, like us and Juventus, I think there is a gap between the two, but it is not huge, and this is also between us and the other top four teams, it will be a battle between the strong and no one can win easily, without putting in more than normal efforts, you can't beat the opponent! ”
"So Millwall are now focusing on the Champions Cup, but the team is only third in the Premier League and will they give up defending their title?"
This is a question from a Fleet Street correspondent.
On this occasion, at a press conference arranged by UEFA, journalists from other countries did not care much about the news about the Premier League.
Aldrich answered the question anyway.
'The energy of the players is limited, I can't hypocritically say that it is impossible to ask the players to divide their energy and fitness evenly so that the league and the Champions League are on the same level, we play the Champions League at all our might, maybe we can play at the level of 90 points, but if we average, it is probably only 70 points. The league is not over yet, we have a difficult schedule of fixtures, but the club will make the most of its resources in difficult situations and deal with the next fixtures reasonably and appropriately, I firmly believe there is hope for the league title to be defended, but Millwall do not have the initiative. ”
The answer to this question is a piece of truth, Millwall is behind in points, and in third place, of course, there is no initiative.
After the press conference, Aldrich boarded the bus with his teammates to leave Turin at the airport.
But just after he got on the bus and took out his mobile phone, he found a lot of missed calls and text messages, and after reading the text messages, he immediately called the bus to stop, he got out of the bus alone, took a taxi to the police station in Turin.
It's weird, Brady, Fred, Saul and a group of Lion's Roar fans were locked up in the police station (to be continued......