In the Parc des Princes, the visiting Millwall conceded first, which did not surprise the crowd at all, and even Aldridge did not think there was anything wrong.

Conceding a goal is a common thing, and you can't rush to get angry.

Before kick-off, he gave two gestures on the pitch, one that Southgate could read and one that the attacking players could read.

Southgate turned his head to look at the other three defenders and made sure everyone nodded in understanding before signalling Trezeguet to kick off in front of him.

Millwall did not quickly pull the line up after conceding the goal, the overall formation was still a little behind, the two full-backs did not press up in the attack, but their wingers pulled the side, through one-on-one to create chances, Larsson and Shevchenko, did what classical wingers like to do, dribbling down and then crossing.

Aldrich stood on the sidelines with his hands in his pockets, his brain racing.

PSG are not unbreakable, especially as their weaknesses are obvious.

That is, the age of the midfielders is either on the older or younger side.

Not counting the 34-year-old goalkeeper Rama, the right wing-back Fernier is 33 years old, the drag-back central defender Leguin is 33 years old, and the other forward central defender Ngotti is 26 years old, but his top pick is also to make up for the decline in the ability to run at the back 31-year-old Gailan, and the left wing-back Domi is only 18 years old.

The 20-year-old right midfielder Leroy is also focused on making up for the 33-year-old Vernier in defence, while the 28-year-old Coe on the other side is clearly playing against Domi's young inexperience.

Although the forward midfielder Rai is 32 years old, he is old and fine, not to mention that Leonardo in the front line sometimes takes the initiative to withdraw to make a response. Leonardo and striker Loko. Both are 27 years old. But the performance of this striker pair in Ligue 1 is average, and Loko's performance as the main striker of the French national team last summer began to decline after moving to Paris Saint-Germain, but the opening goal still showed his quality.

Aldridge's admiration for Fernandes did not come out of nowhere, just looking at the Paris Saint-Germain lineup, the opponent played the value of the manager, not just the superposition of the player's talent on the field. It is to form a sublimation effect between the players and the players to complement each other's strengths and weaknesses, which is the meaning of the team.

Although Millwall did not play an overall push, they still achieved good results in the offensive changes.

Shevchenko took the ball on the right flank against the 18-year-old Domi, and although his skills at his feet were not fancy, he was more than enough to rely on his speed and explosive power to dribble hard against his opponents, and Larsson won the ball on the left and faced the 33-year-old veteran Vernier, although not every breakthrough was successful, but his speed and skill still prevailed.

Whenever two wingers break through on one side and get down the pitch, they will always bring the ball close to the bottom line before crossing, and then there will be three points in place in the middle of the penalty area. Trezeguet stepped forward and Nedved cut in straight in front of the goal. The winger on the other side also flanked the back post in the penalty area, so Millwall's attack was quite impressive, and although the routine was monotonous, it was full of threats.

"Is this Millwall? To tell you the truth, I haven't watched Millwall in its entirety, but I've watched a lot of highlights of their Premier League games, and their attack shouldn't be what they are on the pitch now, where is the central organisation? Where's the sidewalk? And where is the through ball that threatens the ribs? It's strange, is Hall afraid of Paris Saint-Germain's counterattack, so he doesn't dare to commit troops? ”

Not only the commentator, but even Luis Fernandez frowned.

He carefully studied Millwall's opponent, and really surprised him, deliberately using the front and back positions of the central defenders in defense, similar to the strategy of Italian chain defense, but he didn't expect that the opponent didn't play the middle at all, and the two wingers really played the old-fashioned bottom cross tactics.

But what made him speechless the most was that he arranged the full-back defense to stare at the opponent's full-back assist, which could limit the winger from cutting in, but the opponent's winger did not cut inside with the ball, and he no longer cooperated, and he was determined to blow up the full-back's bottom cross, which forced his full-back to retreat to the bottom line to support the defense.

Although the team has yet to equalise, Aldridge is full of confidence and the situation on the pitch is as he expected.

Because the opposing fullbacks could not freeze Shevchenko and Larsson, forcing the full-backs to defend, and his wingers went down to the deepest and pulled the offensive line deepest, that is, the opponent's full-backs had to retreat to the deepest and attack again when attacking, the running distance between this back and forth, just in their own half, back and forth is 100 meters.

There are so many veterans at Paris Saint-Germain, let's let you run for a while!

Millwall's two-wing attack gradually became popular, which made Paris Saint-Germain lack offensive support in the counterattack, the lack of ball points after the shift from defense to attack, the full-backs were near the bottom line, Larsson and Shevchenko were fast enough when they switched from attack to defense, so Paris Saint-Germain could only directly find Rai or Leonardo in the frontcourt, but the distance between the offensive and defensive ends was stretched too large, which gave the defending side more time to prepare, Makelele was closer to Rai, and did not give the opponent the space to easily get the ball, Southgate also topped Leonardo.

PSG tried a couple of individual dribbles to break through the flanks but were disrupted, so they started trying long balls on the counter-attack.

After picking up the ball on the left flank, Koe realized that Shevchenko behind him was about to catch up with him, so he sent the ball forward with a long diagonal pass on the spot, Leonardo leaned on Southgate's back and then jumped first, at which point Elgra, who was marking Loko, took a clever step forward, and Schneider and Capdevilla also tacitly took a step forward on the flat line.

Leonardo didn't have many options, he couldn't have done the ball and turned because Ballack had already rushed from the front, so he opted for a header and he consciously headed the ball towards the side where Loko was.

When he finished his header, he landed and looked, and sure enough, he saw Loko stop the ball on his chest and then faced goalkeeper Bout one-on-one.

The Parc des Princes crowd was holding their breath and preparing to enjoy Loko's goal when the referee suddenly stopped the game.

The linesman signals for Loko to be offside!

Loko still shot the ball out of the way, but Bout didn't make a save. Turn back into the goal and check the ball out.

Loko angrily protested to the linesman. But no one heeded his rants.

Southgate nodded at Elgra. It's important to have a good understanding at the back.

Aldridge not only allows the wingers to play deep to consume the opponent's physical strength, but also a strategy to suppress the opponent's attacking starting point, and also allows the backline to use offside tactics.

Because of Rai, Brazilian stars like Leonardo like to stick the ball at their feet and do more movements, so they will spend more time organizing the attack, as long as they judge well when pressing, then wait for the opponent to pass the threatening ball. The opposing striker will fall into the offside trap.

As the clock ticked by, PSG, despite taking the lead, were feeling the pressure more and more, and the crowds in the stands could see that something was wrong.

The two wings were completely blown up.

Domi, Vernier is no match for Shevchenko and Larsson at all.

Fortunately, the quality of these two crosses was not too good, otherwise they would have scored a long time ago.

However, it is not an option to keep playing like this, the situation on the pitch is changing rapidly, who can guarantee that the next cross will not be smashed on the head of the Millwall attacking player and turned into a goal?

Paris Saint-Germain's attack also fell into a quagmire, with Rai losing his magic under the bag of Claude Makelele and Ballack, and the full-back could not attack. This allowed Millwall's full-backs to compress the central defence, with PSG's attack being cut to pieces by Millwall. Relying on a single game alone was clearly unable to pose a threat, and in the second half of the first half, PSG's forward line frequently fell into the offside trap.

Thankfully, the first half was over.

Fans will be hoping that Fernandes will be able to make some changes in the second half to improve their defence and attack.

Fewer than 3,000 Lions fans came all the way from London, drowning in the stands at the Parc des Princes with anxiety on their faces.

The team is behind and it makes them feel uneasy.

At half-time, in the dressing room, Aldridge specially laid out the tactics for Nedved in the second half.

"Pavel, depending on the direction of our attack, you have to be more active on the corresponding side, whether it is on the left or right, you go to Henrik and Andre more, and by interspersing the running positions to receive the attack, it will reduce our direct threat in front of goal, it doesn't matter, when the game reaches sixty minutes, I will give you a signal, and when the time comes, it will be the moment when we dominate this stadium!"

The team fell behind, but the players were still full of spirit, Nedved nodded firmly, and said loudly: "I know it!" ”

In the second half, the two sides changed sides and fought again, Millwall's offensive routine remained unchanged, and Paris Saint-Germain also calmed down and did not make obvious changes, after all, Fernandes did not change much, and the team was ahead, and the opponent's attack was also prevented in the first half, and he didn't want to mess with himself.

Nedved shifted from a direct threat to the opposition goal in the second half to attacking attack.

His wide range up front, combined with Larsson and Shevchenko on the opposite wing, kept Millwall's attack very fluid, but the threat in front of goal was reduced, resulting in Millwall's attack being scoreless.

Aldridge stood on the sidelines, his eyes focused not on his own players, but on every PSG player.

The veterans in their thirties were out of breath from the start of the second half, and even when they were defending at the back, they couldn't keep up with the rhythm with sharp stops and stops.

Most of the old and strong players know how to distribute physical energy reasonably, especially the game is flexible and changing, when their team attacks, the defenders can rest for a while without assisting, but Millwall repeatedly bursts the wing, the defenders can only go back and forth to exhaust their lives, often a clearance out of the siege is less than 20 seconds, Millwall's attack is coming down the city, which makes them not even have a moment of respite.

Aldridge is most concerned about the two players on the other side, right wing-back Leroy and left full-back Domi, two players aged 20 and 18 respectively, who are about to be beaten down!

Leroy assisted Furnier in defending Larsson, but he was completely powerless to resist under Nedved's response, especially the speed of Larsson or Nedved after taking the ball, he didn't even have a chance to foul, Domi was even worse, he was blown up by Shevchenko, and a poor foul made him receive a yellow card, and his expression looked a little dazed and helpless.

When the game reached the 60th minute, Aldridge looked at PSG's group of veterans panting and young players feeling sluggish, and he thought the time had come.

Pirlo, who was warming up on the sidelines at the start of the second half, was called in front of Aldridge and then assigned him the task of coming on the field, focusing on defense, and Pirlo did not need to be reminded in attack.

In the 63rd minute, Millwall made a substitution.

Pirlo up, Barak down.

That's Aldrich's signal.

The players on the field were in good spirits, and everyone understood what to do next.

Aldridge greeted Ballack off the pitch, patted him on the shoulder and said a few words of praise, then looked back at the stadium stands, his eyes sharpened.

Parisians, the game, is just getting started.

Millwall is here to be the protagonist! (To be continued......)