Thank you for the reward of "Death of the Thief" and "Purple Sunrise"! ——

In the first leg of the semi-finals with Monaco, Aldridge's tactical arrangement was more direct, strong and fierce, Monaco's defense is certainly not at the level of Juventus, Millwall is at ease, as long as he can get two or more goals at home and keep a clean sheet against the opponent, then the final is bright.

In fact, Aldridge still has a little selfishness in his heart, there is still a chase in the league, and the gap between Manchester United and Arsenal is not big, if one of the two games in the Champions League semi-finals can let him take a breath, then take into account the league, maybe it can really achieve a big reversal at the last moment!

His thinking is similar to the two-legged UEFA Super Cup against Borussia Dortmund.

Monaco played away from home and were supposed to be a steady counter-attack, while Millwall wanted to launch a blitzkrieg and put pressure on all sides from the start, trying to break down their opponents in the shortest possible time.

But perhaps it was the elimination of Juventus that established a huge confidence advantage that overwhelmed reason, and the onslaught of the players became unbridled, Aldridge spotted this at the beginning, and before he could get the players to slow down the tempo a little and maintain the rationality of the formation, Monaco gave Millwall a heavy blow!

Schneider assisted to play a quick pass with Shevchenko, and after going down, a cross was blocked by the opposing defender, and then Monaco switched from defense to attack and made a long pass to the front of the field.

It was Schneider who was in the space behind the assist, and Monaco had a sharp knife running quickly on the wing, and his ball control skills were very skillful to unload the ball. Then take the in-cut route.

The Lions fans in the Wembley stands were dumbfounded.

What is the other winger so fast? For what!

Cut inside from the side and ride the dust. Not only did he throw off the distance of Makelele at the back of the waistline. And the ball went straight past Elguera, Southgate saw that the opponent was about to break through the entire back line, so he tackled from the side, the opponent fell heavily in front of the penalty area, and the ball rolled out of the line.

Referee Nelson stopped the game and without hesitation walked to Southgate, who was trying to pull up the fallen Monaco player, and it was the talented teenager who fell to the ground: Henry!

As soon as Southgate turned around, Nelson's red card was already shining above his head.

"The opening 2 minutes. Millwall captain Gareth Southgate gets a red card! The decision was not strictly controversial, and if it hadn't been for Southgate's tackle on Thierry Henry's leg, the French winger would have been able to go it alone! Southgate looked shocked as he kept explaining to the referee that Millwall's players were also pleading with the referee, but the referee's decision would certainly not change. Hall walked to the bench after exchanging a few words with the fourth official on the sidelines, and he called up two players to warm up, and it seemed that he was going to make a substitution, which was an unexpected turn of events, and no one could have guessed such an opening. Millwall, the favourites to advance to the final, are nominally at home and will have to play one less player at the start of the game. The tide is completely reversed and all pre-match predictions will be overturned! ”

What the.

Monaco's counterattack this time was speechless, after the defense was successful, the ball flew not high, because it was not high, to ensure the speed, the ball landed in front of Henry, he started to accelerate and won the ball, not even the opportunity to let Makelele sweep sideways, Elgra was rushed up Henry passed and had nothing to say, the speed-type winger really rushed up, not many defenders can block it head-on, but Henry is too fast, As a result, even if Southgate consciously dragged behind and waited for the opponent to pass Elgra and then intercept, he was a step slower, so he could only put a shovel and wait for the opponent to enter the penalty area, which was a one-on-one goal.

Wembley fell into a dead silence, Southgate was more inkblot before going off the pitch, he was buying more time to warm up the substitutes, Larsson was still communicating with the referee of his fellow Nordic countryman, and in order to stall for time, Southgate walked up to Nedved, took off the captain's armband and put it on for the opponent himself, and then slowly walked off the pitch with his head down.

Aldridge watched the situation on the pitch from the sidelines, and when Southgate passed him, Aldridge raised his hand and patted him lightly on the back, saying nothing.

People, you can't be too greedy, and you can't be too proud.

The elimination of the powerful Juventus did make Aldridge feel proud, and at the same time, he also dreamed of going hand in hand with the league and the Champions League.

How can there be such a good thing in the world!

Reality ruthlessly poured cold water on him.

But then again, the referee was really selfless when he gave the home team a red card at the beginning.

Football is a closed circle, and there are many open and secret battles in it, and referees are also a territory for fierce competition.

Aldridge believes that the referee in the first leg against Juventus can be replaced with Nelson today.

Then the penalties in these two games are likely to be all in Millwall's favor.

Torricelli's foul on Nedved was shown a red card by Nelson, and Southgate's tackle on Henry could have been a yellow card.

Of course, the referee has a personal subjective will to impose a penalty every time, and the sentence is discretionary.

Nielsen enforces the law strictly, and no one can say anything about him.

Behind the people is UEFA President Johansson is supporting, Nordic football is not strong, but there is a chairman on duty, at least in the field of referees, the Nordic faction is extremely strong, Nelson, Frieske, these are all representative figures, and the reputation is also good.

Millwall opened with one man less and Aldridge sent Materazzi and Gattuso to warm up.

He can't simply fill the void at the back, but he has to change the tactical layout of the game and the pursuit of goals.

Do you want to attack with one less person?

Defend and counterattack, fight for character.

Ensuring that the opposition does not score away goals is the number one priority.

After Monaco's free-kick from outside the box flew wide, Millwall made a substitution.

"Hall made two substitutions at once, is that necessary? Normally, when a defender is sent off, the manager will remove an attacking player and replace it with a defender. But he replaced two strikers. Replaced by a defender and a defensive midfielder. It seems that he has no hope of winning at home, but it also makes sense, Manchester United did not win Monaco at home, and the opponent scored away goals, Hall first made sure that the team did not concede goals, Trezeguet and Shevchenko walked to the sidelines together, the two looked a little depressed, in such a high-profile Champions League semi-final. They played less than 3 minutes before being substituted, although it was a passive substitution, they should understand Hall's decision, but it was certain that they were uncomfortable, it was Materazzi and Gattuso who came on the field, and Millwall seemed to be going to play a 4311 formation. ”

It is normal for Trezeguet and Shevchenko to be unhappy, but after Aldridge was ready to play, he was substituted two minutes after he came on the pitch, and of course he was depressed and unhappy.

But unhappy is not happy, Aldridge has no time to comfort them, they are professional players. There should be professionalism.

At this time, it is time to adjust your mentality, if it is a tantrum or awkwardness. That's unprofessionalism.

Fortunately, the professionalism of the two is no problem, and after sitting down, they just looked at the court depressedly, without superfluous words and deeds.

Aldridge spent 10 minutes on the sidelines before waiting for the two substitutes to be fully in shape before he walked back and sat down.

After Gareth Southgate was sent off, Aldridge would have switched on a defender to fill the holes at the back, but he also switched on a defensive midfielder and that would have changed the team's stance.

Defensively.

It is also a means of luring the enemy.

With Cirkelle and Gattuso at the back, Andrea Pirlo up and down and Nedved behind Larsson, both have a lot of range of motion and now it's up to Monaco to give them a chance to counter-attack.

Aldridge couldn't help but glance at the visitors' dugout, where Tigana sat motionless and showed no sign of directing from the sidelines.

Aldrich sighed, it seems that the other party is really unwavering.

Anti-customer-oriented, anti-customer-oriented, Monaco, you press up and anti-customer-oriented!

One less person in the team, the gorgeous attack will definitely not be able to play, this kind of strong competition, one less person, it is equivalent to a broken arm of the master, Millwall can only adapt according to the rhythm of the opponent under limited conditions.

Especially if there is one less person at the beginning, if you play unrestrainedly, the further back, the gap in physical fitness between the two sides will become bigger and bigger.

Millwall could only send a rich and well-off defensive counterattack.

The Fleet Street reporters who watched the game all wanted to curse the street!

Malegobi, Millwall is now playing tricks!

It's really cheap.

Playing the Chelsea League Cup final, the smoke bombs made Fleet Street a laughing stock, and predictions came and went, without even the most basic situation being figured out.

Playing Juventus, the outside world is not optimistic about the Wild Lions, but the Wild Lions played with ups and downs and achieved an epic victory.

It's good now, everyone is optimistic that the Crazy Lion can make it to the finals, and you guys will be strained at home!

The most hateful thing is that when Millwall has one less person to fight, it is really cowardly!

You guys are fighting with Monaco with your blood, kill!

Singing began to ring in the Wembley stands, and now that the game has entered the "garbage spectacle" stage, the Lions fans entertained themselves and began singing to cheer the team up.

Even if the attack of the Wild Lions is not threatening at all, the overall formation is contracted in the middle and back, and the offense depends on Larsson, Nedved, and Pirlo, who are often caught in a situation of being caught and then declare the end of the attack, and Monaco is the same, Millwall takes the initiative to shrink, and they are also patient when attacking, and they do not pass forward if they have no good opportunity, and the offensive force is very limited.

Since Monaco opened the scoring with a free-kick from outside the box, the two teams had just had three shots on goal before half-time, and two from set-pieces

In the second half, the Lions' tactics remained the same, still playing defensive counter-attacks, but Aldridge reminded the players that once Monaco's formation began to press forward and the number of troops in the attack increased, then there should be a sense of counter-attack.

However, Tigana was determined to die with Aldrich, even in the last ten minutes of the game, Monaco still did not press the situation, and they did not see the offensive advantage at all when they played one more man, and the advantage in defense was obvious, and it was very easy to defuse Millwall's attack.

A lethargic first leg of the semi-final came to an end at Wembley.

0:0

The two sides exchanged blank papers.

Aldrich exchanged a few words with Tigana before heading off for an interview.

Today, he was under a lot of pressure and failed to win the game in London, which surprised all the pundits and lowered the call for Millwall to reach the final.

This is a more conventional opinion, if you can't win the opponent at home, do you still want to go away to make waves?

Aldridge patiently answered some of the most radical questions, looking a little depressed and disappointed.

However, when he left the press conference and returned to the dressing room, he spoke with high interest and excitement to the listless players.

"Hey, be happy, be happy for me, what's wrong with 0:0? Everyone says that there is an advantage before the guest, why don't I think it? Monaco didn't score a goal away from home, and when we go to their home stadium, have you ever thought that if we score a goal, they will score two of us, and if we score two, they will score three! Whose situation is more favorable? ”

As it sounds, Millwall would have to score one more goal in the second leg to advance.

Actually, there are some strong words.

However, the players felt comfortable listening to it, and their mood improved, and they recharged their energy and waited for the second leg to go to France to get tickets to the final. (To be continued......)