780 Risk of Conquest
At half-time, Aldridge smoked a cigarette in the hallway with his fellow coaching staff, and as they smoked, their hands couldn't help but tremble, an instinctive reaction of excitement and excitement.
Millwall have played against Real Madrid, in the Champions League final, in the semi-finals, but it is clear that Real Madrid today is the strongest Real Madrid on the cards, and in this battle of the century between five Ballon d'Or and many first-class stars, no one can not be excited when the score is leading.
After smoking, Aldridge turned around and walked towards the locker room, where the coaching staff followed him.
Coming to the door of the locker room, Aldrich held the doorknob and pushed the door, but did not push it open, and after two slaps, he took two steps back and raised his leg to kick the door!
Maybe there's something wrong with the lock, but Aldrich is in a state of extreme excitement at this time, and he doesn't care so much, Sven? I'm sorry, his Sven has always pretended, he is a barbarian in his bones, but he is a little rough and cheap, and at this time he has a bit of a momentum of revealing his original form.
"Wow, wow, wow, calm down, calm down."
Seeing that Aldrich was about to kick the door, Klinsmann and Jensen pulled him from left to right, and Aldridge seemed to come back to his senses and smiled at them.
It's a bit of a disappointment, it's the Bernabeu, not the Lion King Stadium.
If Real Madrid sends him a compensation bill after the game, the money is a trivial matter, but the behavior is out of character.
Boas knocked on the door, and then someone opened the door from the inside, Boas tried the door lock, and sure enough, there was a problem, he shouted to the staff standing in the corridor who witnessed Aldridge raise his leg to kick the door: "Hey, there is something wrong with this lock, remember to fix it." We didn't break it. ”
Anyway. Millwall's coaching staff walked into the dressing room one after another. Then he slammed the door shut, and with a bang, the lock was completely broken
Real Madrid played 3-1 in the first half away from home, and Millwall's players were also very excited, cleaning their boots and shirts while talking enthusiastically about the first half.
When Aldridge walked in, he walked straight to the tactical board and banged it. After reaching out and slapping the tactical board heavily, he turned around and said loudly: "Forget the score, forget the first half!" I don't have any requirements for you today, only one hope, I hope you enjoy the game, I hope you can feel the passion and fun from it, no matter what the second half is played, I don't care, the only thing I care about is whether you enjoy it or not. European Champions Cup? We've got 3 seats, but. We met Real Madrid, the strongest in recent years, and it was said that this game was the battle of the century, and we are going to enjoy such a rare game, and if you can give me a gift, I will be grateful to you! ”
The players all stood up, smiled and asked in unison, "What?" ”
Aldrich took a deep breath, smiled a little hideously, and said in a deep voice: "Conquer the Bernabeu!" ”
The players looked at each other and burst into a deafening roar.
"No problem!"
In the second half, Aldridge exuded a murderous aura all over his body, his eyes were sharp, and he stood on the sidelines with his head raised and looked at the field.
As for what he said about letting the players enjoy themselves, they don't care what the game looks like, it doesn't mean that these players will kick nonsense, the tactical setting of the global height has been arranged before they come, according to their current competitive state and game awareness, Aldridge has confidence in them, in the right environment, such as today's game, Millwall has a very high margin for error.
Real Madrid are down 3-1, in other words, even if Real Madrid score two goals in the second half, they will certainly not be satisfied, at least three goals will be scored, and Millwall will not score.
In such a game situation, Aldridge gave the players more freedom, let go of their hands and feet, and play a big game in the second half!
'At half-time we looked back at the first half, fate was a bit cruel to Real Madrid, if Figo's shot didn't hit the post at the end of the first half, it bounced into the goal, then the score would have been 2:2 instead of 1:3, but that's football, now let's see if Real Madrid can come back from the edge of the cliff in the second half and win the hope of qualifying for the Champions League final.
As soon as the second half came up, Real Madrid wanted to launch an onslaught, but Millwall pressed it instead!
With Andrea Pirlo as the commander, he knows that Real Madrid will attack, and Millwall will do the opposite, and will continue to fight the opponent by surprise!
Real Madrid's players are in a daze, how did they do it?
They were going to try to equalise but they were more aggressive in attacking than they did, and the momentum was as if it was Millwall, not Real Madrid, who were two goals behind.
Even the home fans at the Bernabeu were devastated, thinking they were wearing the wrong shirts.
It's the Bernabeu!
How could the White Legion be suppressed by the Blue Lion?
And it's when the score is behind!
Millwall fans are excited, the strength of the Wild Lions is very intuitive, suppressing Real Madrid to attack!
Brady, a veteran of the fan group and now a millionaire, still chooses to stand with his buddies to watch the game, and at halftime Saul went to the toilet and came back late, Brady saw him come back and yelled at him excitedly: "Where have you been?" Look, keep your eyes open, our mad lion is going bad today! ”
In the 51st minute, Thierry Henry's long-range shot from the edge of the box was blocked by Casillas, and Larsson grabbed the spot and passed the ball back to Pirlo, who regrouped Millwall's attack.
Claude Makelele and Elgra are not only at the back today, but also always retreat to the back line, and in defense alone, the two are almost everywhere, and their shadows can be seen everywhere.
But their two legs still couldn't keep up with the transfer rate of Millwall's attack.
One minute later, Ronaldo switched positions with Nedved, who sent a delicate through ball in front of the penalty area, and Nedved scrambled into the box before Hierro could turn, but this time the angle was a little small. His first choice for handling the ball is a cross to the far end. Casillas has opened the net. On the other side, Larsson also broke through Pavon's defensive zone, but before Larsson could shoot, Makelle took the lead in a flying tackle and swept the ball to the touchline.
Makelele may have just cleared the ball, but by mistake, it fell to Carlos, and Millwall's attacking players immediately ran back to defend.
Nedved was the hardest runner and Carlos didn't stick to the ball. A direct diagonal pass to the midfield.
Zidane pushed forward all the way after winning the ball, and Real Madrid's counterattack could not be more perfect, not only did they seamlessly connect and launch a counterattack directly after the end of Millwall's attack, the ball moved very quickly, and did not give Millwall any chance to create tactical fouls!
Gattuso retreated and retreated, the full-backs also closed in the middle of the box, and the Millwall defence tried to compress space.
Before and after coming to the penalty area, Gattuso was ready to block Zidane head-on, he would not press it, just wait for Zidane to make a move. Zidane's strength is to get rid of it on the spot, that is, to strike later. If you go to grab him, you will be a beat slower to him, but Zidane's ability to break through head-on is a little lower than his ability to get rid of, because of the lack of speed, even if Gattuso can't grab the ball, it's always okay to foul, right? It's always okay to entangle Zidane, right? Hold him for half a second, and some teammates will come up to assist him again, and also buy time for teammates who return to defense.
However, Zidane also clearly knew that if he broke through head-on, he would inevitably encounter resistance, either passing the ball or getting caught in the middle of a scramble, so when he was two metres away from Gattuso, he distributed the ball to Figo.
At half-time, Real Madrid clearly had a new tactical set-up for their forward movements.
Before Zidane split the ball, Figo pressed on the left side in front of the penalty area, looking at the defense area of Schneider and Materazzi, but Morientes and Raul pressed together in the defense area on the side of Southgate and Zambrotta.
After Figo took the ball, he did not play according to common sense, he did not go forward, but took a step back, moving from Zidane to move from left to right parallel dribbling, Gattuso followed Zidane closely, but found that Zidane actually completed a cross run with Figo after the ball, Schneider and Materazzi, who were originally guarding Figo, were attracted by Figo's dribbling route for a moment.
At the same time as Figo dribbled horizontally, Materazzi took a step outside the middle, and Schneider also took a step inside, and between the lightning and flint, Southgate was suddenly startled because he found that Raul next to him was missing!
Nedved had already run to the front of the penalty area, and was about to form a steal defense against Figo, but Figo passed the ball out faster, and the Millwall defense line that had compressed the space in the penalty area, perhaps, just a little gap, but Figo grabbed it and passed a deadly scalpel-like pass!
The ball went from right to left, a diagonal line, very penetrating to tear through Millwall's defence.
Looking at the direction in which the ball was rolling, the Millwall defence looked back, and Raul appeared behind Schneider and Materazzi, took the ball, and then curled the ball with his right foot into the far corner.
He got up on the line of the six-yard box, so close that Bout could only instinctively make a save even if he thought he would hit the far corner, and then, without touching the ball, or rather, it was too late for him to save.
The ball spins strongly inside the goal!
After Raul's goal, Millwall's defenders collectively raised their hands to signal that he was offside, but the linesman did not indicate that the flag had been drooping, and the referee whistled his finger to indicate that the goal was valid.
Even if you look at it in slow motion, Raul is indeed parallel to Millwall's back line when Figo passes the ball.
Raul didn't celebrate, didn't even smile, picked up the ball from inside the goal with a calm face, and quickly ran to the backfield.
"Real Madrid quickly pulled a goal back in the second half, 2:3, they destroyed Millwall's defense with a lightning counterattack, Figo's lateral dribbling disrupted Millwall's defense, Raul's run was hidden, Figo's pass was also exquisite, this goal was beautiful!"
Aldridge smiled wryly, this is probably the inevitable risk of pursuing gorgeousness.
Real Madrid's counterattack was as fast as the wind, Carlos passed the ball in the backfield, Zidane advanced with the ball, Figo dribbled horizontally to disrupt the defense and then sent a fatal pass, Raul made a final decision, and only Figo made adjustments in the middle.
Originally, it was easy for Millwall to play such a counterattack, leading 3:1, as long as the defense line was contracted and Real Madrid came to play a positional battle, then Millwall's counterattack did not dare to say that it was accurate, at least it could make Real Madrid's penalty area loud.
But Aldrich has no regrets, no regrets.
The battle of the century, such a game, not to mention the players, is that he is the coach, it may be like this once in a lifetime, maybe he will come to the Bernabeu in the future, but the iron-clad Real Madrid players are estimated to have few opportunities to see such a Real Madrid again, at least in ten years, it will be difficult, as for the Galaxy Battleship in the next two years, it is too unbalanced, and the overall combat power does not rise but falls.
Conquering the Bernabeu is more than just winning the game.
It's not just about beating the opponent technically or tactically, it's about crushing Real Madrid at a higher level, maybe it can't be done, but Aldridge is willing to try, willing to give all the Millwall players a chance, so that they won't have regrets, and they won't think back on this game, just say with a very rational attitude: we took advantage of Real Madrid's weaknesses and beat them.
No, conquest means that in all aspects, even the merits of Real Madrid, Millwall must be surpassed in an all-round way! (To be continued......)