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

When the FA Cup draw came out, most of the fans complained about the FA.

In the FA Cup semi-finals, Millwall and Manchester United met.

Everyone is looking forward to the two meeting in the final, and if the Champions League is lucky, maybe Millwall will compete with Manchester United on the third line!

What an exciting script it would be!

The title race on the third line is a bit far away, and Millwall fell off the chain in the 31st round of the league.

At Villa Park, Millwall faced Aston Villa, who were aiming to secure a European ticket, only to be held to a draw by the opposition.

In a surprise move, Manchester United drew at Wimbledon and Arsenal drew at Southampton, with only Chelsea re-entering the title race with a narrow one-goal win over Charlton Athletic in the top four.

With 7 rounds left in the league, Millwall is 4 points ahead of Manchester United and 6 points ahead of Arsenal and Chelsea.

The depth of the bench was no problem, Aldridge had no trouble facing the back-to-back formation, and he appeared at a press conference to announce the 18-man squad before leaving for Kyiv.

Journalists from all over Europe who were following Millwall were stunned.

Giancarlo asked everyone's thoughts.

"Millwall will go to the second leg of the Champions League quarter-finals, and they will bring two strikers?"

Aldridge nodded and said, "Yes, I think that's enough, Larsson plays the starter." Henry substitutes. ”

The journalists did the math. Two goalkeepers. Seven defenders, two strikers, seven midfielders.

A closer look at the list of expeditions made it clear that Aldrich was going to do so.

This Nima is going to set up a bus!

Makellele, Gattuso, Pedretti, Lampard, Van der Meyde. Nedved, plus one more duff.

Ronaldinho, Pirlo don't bring it

With a two-goal advantage in the first leg, Aldridge can't run away to play against Dynamo Kyiv, obviously there are many disadvantages for being a guest, does he have to compete with the weather, compete with the field, and tell outsiders that the day is won?

Bringing in some substitutes, the starting point is also to familiarize them with the rhythm of the game in Eastern Europe, at least have a psychological adaptation. When you encounter it later, you won't be caught off guard.

Flying to Kyiv is another not short flight. The night before the game, local fans in Kiev staged a massive harassment outside the hotel after Millwall stayed at his hotel in Kyiv.

A group of people were out at rock concerts until late at night, and fans put up signs to demoralize Millwall.

It cannot be said that the effect will be fatal, but at least it will have a certain effect.

Van der Meyde and Duff were in poor spirits the next day, the hotel soundproofing was poor, and they didn't sleep for a while until four o'clock in the morning, fortunately, they were not the main force, like Nedved, they had experience, and they wore headphones to listen to sleep music before going to bed.

Aldridge wore a slim-fitting coat during the evening game, and he could take off his suit when he was directing the game in London, but the night in Kiev was so cold.

Fucking temperatures.

When he appeared, he was booed by the Dynamo Kyiv fans throughout the stadium.

They had all heard that Millwall would set up buses when they came here.

When the starting list came out, their boos were even greater.

The most intuitive feeling of Millwall's lineup is hard!

Goalkeeper: Bout.

Defenders: Mills, Materazzi, Ferdinand, Neil.

Double midfielders: Gattuso, Makelele.

Bilateral forwards: Pedretti, Frank Lampard.

Forward: Nedved.

Forward: Larsson.

Millwall put on a 451 and the midfield was completely armed to the teeth.

From the beginning of the game, the fans of Dynamo Kyiv booed Millwall, and as soon as they took the ball, broke the ball, and made a tackle to disrupt the attack of Dynamo Kyiv, the boos in the stands would be deafening.

Aldridge sat in the dugout, puzzled.

Kyiv Dynamo went to Wembley to set up a bus, Millwall was a guest and there was an iron bucket array, what's the problem?

Why boo us?

Dynamo Kyiv fans booed each other with a reasonable amount of confidence.

Who made you the defending champions?

Millwall had announced an 18-man squad before he arrived, and Lobanovsky had heard about it, but he didn't dare to believe it.

Can you believe the information from the opponent himself?

Even at home, Lobanovski has been very reserved against Millwall, losing at home last season.

He is not afraid of Millwall's storm, then the Kyiv Dynamo will have more chances.

He was most afraid of Millwall's counter-attack.

Today, however, Millwall is extremely defensive.

This is the most headache, once the strong team becomes obscene, the opponent who is not as strong as it has almost no choice.

Looking at the movement of the players on both sides after the opening, it was clear that Millwall's players were slow, and in the weather around 6 degrees lower than the average daily temperature in London, the players were not very comfortable and played awkwardly.

Henry was wearing a warm coat and hunched his neck, he sat in the back row, and the probe came out right in Aldrich's ear, and he asked curiously, "Chief, don't you feel embarrassed?" ”

Aldrich asked curiously, "What are you embarrassed?" ”

Henry rightly said, "Shhh ”

"Heh, what's there to be embarrassed about?"

"Ahem, you're the coach who won the Champions League."

"So what? If you are asked to go up and kick hard, hum, maybe one will hurt in ten minutes. ”

Henry listened and stopped asking anything, believing that Aldridge would rather be booed than protect the player.

It's not all about that, but it's certainly a consideration.

When the weather is cold and you are in an unfamiliar field, the probability of injury will increase.

This is a completely different from last season's group stage against Dynamo Kyiv, when qualification from the group was uncertain. Dynamo Kyiv can play at home. Today. Dynamo Kyiv is completely trying to fight with Millwall!

Once Millwall opens up with the opponent, the distance between the three lines shrinks by a large margin, so Millwall's players will inevitably do more acceleration in order to keep up with the opponent, which is easy to strain.

Today, the five midfielders formed an all-round protection of the back line, compressing the space, and the offensive of the Dynamo position battle in Kyiv could not advance to the danger area at all, and only relied on long-range shots from the periphery and individual breakthroughs, which was very ineffective.

Millwall's offense was also far from ideal. Most of the time they can't find the ball in the front court, there are too few troops to attack, Larsson is stared at to death, Nedved will not rush forward with the ball, and Millwall's speed characteristics have been weakened to the limit, and they can't break through the opponent's defense line by speed, but they control the ball and wait for the opponent to grab, which in turn consumes the opponent's physical energy, and psychologically makes the opponent become anxious.

"At the end of the first 45 minutes, Dynamo Kyiv had just three shots on goal in the first half. Two of them were from distance and Millwall had nil. Looking at the stats, we don't see Millwall having the momentum of the defending champions, but considering that they have a two-goal advantage and a 2-0 overall lead, Hall wants to get a ticket to the semi-finals at the lowest cost, which makes sense, but the fans don't seem to agree, and as soon as the Millwall players touch the ball, the fans will boo loudly. ”

Lobanovski walked back to the dressing room with a calm face, but Aldridge remained unchanged, even as the fans booed him, but he ignored it.

In the second half, as the game time ran out, Dynamo Kyiv invested more and more troops in the attack, and they had to score at least one goal to see any hope of progression.

Aldridge seemed to be telling the outside world through this game that if his team went to set the bus, it would make the opponent despair.

When the game reached the 75th minute, Dynamo Kyiv pressed all the way, but the defense was exposed, and Gattuso made a successful steal of Berkovic and drove directly to the front with a big foot.

Larsson had been walking for almost all the time before, waiting for such an opportunity, and he rushed forward after a successful offside position, and the opposition goalkeeper attacked.

Shofkowski rushed out of the box to clear the ball, but he misjudged the spot, the ball bounced three meters in front of him, he jumped up to block it with his body, but the ball jumped over his head

Larsson rushed past him, the ball bounced and slowed down, Larsson didn't touch the ball, looked back at Shovkowski's position, and the opponent gave up completely.

Larsson followed the ball and watched it roll into the back of the net.

Millwall scored a goal to give them a 3-0 aggregate lead, and Dynamo Kyiv had no chance unless they scored four goals in 15 minutes. Well, the initiator of this goal should be Gattuso, Larsson deliberately did not touch the ball and let the ball roll into the goal, this goal is likely to be the longest distance goal in the history of the Champions League, Dynamo Kyiv is 120 yards long, he kicked from a distance of about 15 yards behind the center circle, that is, about 75 yards away! Well, whether it's a record or not, I need to look at the Champions League history, I'm sorry. ”

Gattuso's original intention was a long pass with big feet, but he didn't expect the opponent's goalkeeper to give a big gift, and he made a mistake, which directly made the ball bounce off the ground and flew over his head, and then Gattuso saw Larsson running over, and he had already lowered his head and clenched his fists in celebration.

Larsson was clearly not offside, and if the ball could have been kicked off, Gattuso would have broken Larsson's leg.

As a result, when he bowed his head and shook his fist in celebration, Makelele, who was next to him, pushed him and shouted at him: "You have scored!" ”

Gattuso, who had just become happy, suddenly froze, looked up and looked forward, and found Larson slowly walking back and pointing at him with a smile on his face.

Gattuso then realized that Larsson had not touched the ball.

Uh, Lao Tzu has scored!

His reaction was very funny, stunned for three seconds, and then suddenly he started running towards the sidelines, while also taking off his jersey and waving it in his hand.

Millwall, from the coaching staff to the bench, everyone stood up and applauded him, no matter what, it felt a little unbelievable to score from that distance, but the process was not very exciting.

Dynamo Kyiv was completely crushed by this goal, not only failed to stage a comeback at home, but also was swiped by the opponent.

The commentator also rummaged through the records and determined that Gattuso's goal became the longest goal in the Champions League!

At the end of the game, the Millwall bench players rose to celebrate with the players on the pitch.

"The defending champions eliminated Dynamo Kyiv 3-0 on aggregate to reach the semi-finals, which is a remarkable achievement, Millwall are only two legs away from defending their title and a final victory, of course, they will have to beat their semi-final opponents first, and it is not clear which team they will meet against, however, Hall's team will not shy away from their opponents, and it should be the other semi-finalists who will pray to avoid this seemingly impossible to defeat wild lions!" (To be continued......)