357 I don't even want my face
In the final part of the game, Millwall really couldn't attack, not because the ball couldn't be passed, but because the players couldn't maintain a fast pace and run at high speed to plug in to receive the ball.
The two full-backs were tired and out of breath, and after being led 2-0 by Inter Milan, Zambrotta and Schneider stepped in frequently, and the intensity of the straight up and down run was really amazing, and now the game came to the end, Aldridge replaced Ronaldinho with Gattuso, which was a signal to strengthen the defense.
Aldridge sat back to drink his saliva and watched the game with a calm face.
Inter Milan suffered four consecutive hits in half an hour, and the players were crazy at this point.
However, they also played very poorly in the middle, with Gattuso joining the central defense and Nedved taking the initiative to retreat, Millwall are now not worried about the opponent attacking from the middle, and in the dense defensive area, Inter Milan's superstar wants to make a fuss, it is indeed very difficult.
Koe also stepped in the assist and participated in the central attack, but in this way, there were more people in the middle, there was no space for passing and running, Inter Milan made frequent mistakes, and Baggio's through ball was cut off by Makelele, who crossed the ball diagonally to the unmarked Van der Meyde on the right flank.
The Dutchman received the ball and went straight over the top to find his compatriot, Vanney successfully countered offside, but failed to stop the ball on the edge of the penalty area, the ball bounced on his instep and landed a little far from him, Pagliuca came out to take the ball into his arms.
Inter's two full-backs also stepped forward at this point, with Zanetti dribbling the ball all the way up the flank, linking up with Djokaef to break through Nedved's defence, and Zanetti continued to dribble along the wing. At a 45-degree angle, Zambrotta pressed for a cross.
Materazzi clears with a header. Inter Milan grabbed the spot on the periphery. Cooe's long-range shot was blocked by Bout, Ronaldo scrambled before Southgate stretched out his foot and stabbed it, but unfortunately the angle was not good enough, Bout used irregular movements to save, and the ball was blocked by him with his upper arm.
In the midst of the chaos, Baggio burst out and almost smashed the ball into Millwall's goal with his knee.
"The ball is in again! Inter pulled one back, and Baggio's goal gave Inter a glimmer of life. With 4 minutes left in the game, the score is 4:5 and Inter Milan are now only one goal behind Millwall! ”
Meazza's Inter fans also seemed to come back to life in an instant, roaring hard in the stands, encouraging the team to keep up the good work, score, score, and score a few!
It's a crazy game.
Aldridge was unmoved by the team's conceded goal.
When Millwall restarted, Nedved returned the ball and didn't run forward. Millwall stalled for time by reversing their feet, and they couldn't run. With the score leading and the game coming to an end, this tactic of delaying time is not ashamed to use, others can accuse Millwall of delaying time, they can interpret it as controlling the tempo and patiently looking for opportunities.
When Inter Milan pressed all over the pitch, Millwall fell back for a minute after kick-off, and Schneider drove the ball forward with a long pass from the back.
Ruud van Nistelrooy actually received the ball, but wanted to turn around with the ball but was directly destroyed by West's big foot and opened the touchline.
At this moment, the referee signaled for a substitution on the sidelines.
Millwall used up the last substitution, with a clear intention to delay time.
Rio Ferdinand came on to replace Ruud van Nistelrooy, who scored a brace today.
The Inter players urged Ruud van Nistelrooy to get off the pitch quickly, and the referee ran over to tell Ruud van Nistelrooy to hurry up, and Van Nistelrooy shook hands with the referee in a friendly manner, and then made a trotting motion, but the steps were very small, and by the time he walked to the sidelines to complete the substitution with Ferdinand, the time took at least 30 seconds.
Inter Milan is angry, and the most hateful thing is that the ball is still Millwall's.
Nedved held the ball and looked around, waiting for the receiver to come up, and it took seven or eight seconds before dropping the ball to Van der Meyde.
As soon as Van der Meyde got the ball, a number of Inter Milan players rushed up to surround him, and Van der Meyde passed the ball back to Nedved.
The Inter players pounced on Nedved again, but the Czechs suddenly picked up speed to break through.
His choice was a surprise to his opponents.
He broke through the opponent's entire defense line directly on the sideline!
But if he dribbles inside towards the goal, he will definitely be intercepted halfway because he is farther away from the goal.
Nedved dribbled the ball all the way down to the corner flag position, and then protected the ball with his back to carry the Inter players, no matter how they grabbed the ball, Simeone was annoyed and angry, and pushed directly from the back to Nedved, the referee whistled for a foul, and Millwall continued to keep the ball.
'It's been two minutes of stoppage time, Millwall have barely allowed Inter to get the ball in the last three minutes, so how can Inter equalise if they can't even get the ball?'
Attacking from set-pieces in front, there were two people in front of Millwall, one Van der Meyde who kicked off the ball and the other Nedved who was ready to receive the ball.
Baggio ran to Nedved's side, Van der Meyde didn't kick off the ball, and stretched out his hand to signal to the referee: the opponent is not far back enough!
The referee warned Baggio, who complained to the referee that Millwall was deliberately delaying the time.
The referee ignored it, and Baggio had no choice but to walk away.
Nedved received the ball and dribbled to the corner flag position, and the Inter fans in Meazza began to boo loudly.
The defending champion doesn't even want to lose his face for the sake of victory!
Aldridge doesn't really mind, it's just a very common tactic on the football pitch, and when the game is over, no one will accuse Millwall of doing something wrong, at best it looks a little ugly now.
What's more, this is to wear down the opponent's fighting spirit, so that the opponent's formation must retreat, otherwise the battle line will be long, and even if you get the ball, the requirements for passing accuracy are too high.
Nedved defended the ball again, and Simeone severed the ball from his feet with Gallant this time before slotting a big foot forward.
Frank Lampard's header cleared from the jammed position and the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game, leaving Inter in a dejected face with a reversed outcome.
"The curtain has come down on the wonderful battle against each other. Both teams played a good half each. The winner of the first half was Inter Milan. In the second half, Millwall scored four goals in 30 minutes to snatch the victory directly from Inter Milan, the qualifying situation of this group is not difficult to predict, Inter Milan and Millwall are the favorites, but in the first game defeat Inter Milan wants to get the promotion place, I am afraid that the other two opponents in the same group will have to kill them, they can no longer afford to lose, if they lose another game, Inter Milan can only theoretically get 12 points. And there is also a matchup with Millwall, and the positive factor is that the other two opponents in the same group are not too strong. Congratulations to Millwall, we thought the defending champions had lost their competitiveness, but they responded with five goals away from home, and the fact that they were able to walk away from Meaza is enough to show that he is still the favourite to win the Champions League. ”
Millwall's players smiled at the end of the game and many youngsters were excited about the win as they played against Inter Milan and, more precisely, the likes of Ronaldo Baggio.
Aldrich got up and shook Hodgson's hand. The two did not communicate again.
There was no joy on his face.
There were 9 goals in the whole game, and there were a lot of highlights. Spectators will think it's a classic head-to-head battle.
Aldrich, however, was not pleased.
He is more concerned about the team conceded 4 goals, there are many factors that can score 5 goals, the most important thing is that Millwall is not the dominant player in the game, they are passively adjusting the countermeasures according to Inter Milan's offensive and defensive posture, behind the game, Millwall failed to dominate the game, but only relied on the player's individual ability and fighting spirit to change the trend of the game.
Walking into the dressing room after the game, Aldridge said to all the players with a calm expression: "Today's victory is precious, I am very happy that you showed the desire to win, but the Champions League has just begun, we have made a good start, we must not be complacent." ”
He didn't say it too seriously, it wasn't necessary, it was enough to keep the players clear-headed.
As for conceding four goals, he won't talk about it again until he returns to London in training.
At the post-match press conference, Aldridge was silent for half a minute in the face of Giancarlo's sharp questions.
'Millwall scored five goals in this game but conceded four at the back, which is almost the same as the total number of goals conceded in your six group games last season, is that the quality of Millwall's defence dropped significantly?
Aldridge was silent and then calmly replied: "Our back line is not a big problem, in fact, the game situation is the result, after 2:0, we have to attack, the more we attack, the more pressure the defense will bear, 3:1, I also realized, since I can't defend, then it depends on who scores more." ”
"What was the reason for Inter Milan conceding four goals in 30 minutes in the second half?"
"Football is not a science, it's hard to use reasoning to find all the reasons for a goal or a goal conceded, morale, mentality, play at key moments, etc., I can't describe it in words, but in general, Millwall were more adaptable to the game in the second half and played better, we were a little slow to get into the game at the beginning of the first half, and the opponent scored two goals quickly, and it wasn't until the second half that we completely got rid of the pressure, playing away, the score was behind and other unfavorable factors, and played at the top level."
Aldridge doesn't think the win means anything, especially not that Millwall is not far from last season's level.
If it were the Millwall team from last season, even if they were a guest, they would not have given the opponent so many opportunities to attack, and the final outcome of the game would have been determined by the play of the players who had kicked the goal, rather than a more consistent accumulation of advantages to dominate the game and beat the opponent.
After the press conference, Aldridge was ready to return to London, but he received an invitation from Moratti.
Sending the whole team to the airport back to London, Aldridge and Moratti have a late-night snack at a fancy restaurant in Milan.
The restaurant was close and there were not many people, but there were still paparazzi who tracked the footage of Moratti and Aldridge sitting opposite each other in the restaurant.
In the past, the two would always communicate on the phone, and they met once in the summer, and today they sit together again, which is a small gathering between friends.
Moratti asked Aldrich for experience in running the club, particularly in team management.
He hopes to learn from Aldridge and help him quickly build Inter Milan into a Serie A giant.
He is not short of money and invests hard, so the two of them don't talk much about the operation of the club.
Aldridge unreservedly explained his experience to him, especially emphasizing the importance of a stable squad, a stable team, and a stable technical and tactical style of play.
From the players to the manager, as well as the team's tactics, if there are major changes in the three from time to time, then the team will naturally have an impact.
In fact, to put it bluntly, it is to make Moratti a little patient, and at the same time give the manager more trust and let the manager build the team according to his own ideas.
But this is still very difficult in Serie A, the manager here is the head coach, unlike the head coach of the Premier League who has the attribute of a manager and can participate in the transfer work, basically the coach of Serie A, even if it is a big-name coach, will have a very unpleasant quarrel with the club on the issue of player transfers.
Regardless of whether Moratti listens or not, the next day's headlines in Milan City were: Moratti secretly meets Hall to discuss a Nedved/Zambrotta/transfer. (To be continued......)