The immaturity of the team is often reflected in two aspects, one is the immaturity of the tactical system, that is, the team's offense and defense are disorganized, and the other is the team's mentality, which is not stable and calm enough in big scenes or key games.

Millwall is a man of both today.

It was the immaturity of the mentality that triggered the collapse of the tactical system.

The team practiced passing and running teamwork, paying attention to one-kick shot, concise and fast.

But with one kick on the ball, while pursuing a fast pace, it must also be within the tolerance of the players.

For example, if the ball is passed too big, the players can't catch up, the pass is early, and the players are not in place, which is closely related to whether a team is mature or not.

Millwall's players want to swallow the opponent in one bite, so they want to destroy Leeds United in a devastating way, passing the ball is getting faster and faster, and you need to think when you kick the ball, but when you want to pass the ball quickly at the moment, often the thinking can't keep up with this rhythm, and the ball that goes out is not satisfactory.

Because of this, in the first half, it seemed that Millwall was attacking wildly, but the attack was actually a mess, which made Aldridge feel like his heart was dripping blood.

It's not wrong to pursue fast, but there is a good saying that half a step ahead is a genius, and one step ahead is a madman.

As long as Millwall controls the tempo in an appropriate high-tempo state, they can control it themselves, and Leeds United can't keep up, half a step away, Millwall's advantage will gradually manifest itself, but the pointless pursuit of faster and faster is self-destructing.

It's not a matter of technical ability, it's a matter of mentality.

Aldridge did not criticize the team, but continued to encourage them.

After the start of the second half. Millwall seem to be back to the same form they were a few league games ago.

Balance between offense and defense. The players don't deliberately go for a fast pace either. Instead, change the pace appropriately, sometimes fast and sometimes slow.

Just as the team was getting better and better, something bad happened, and it was Aldridge's biggest fear.

Pire, who picked up the ball and suddenly accelerated his breakthrough halfway through the dribble, kicked the ball off the sideline, touched the back of his thigh and slowly walked towards the sideline.

Apparently, he strained.

It is easy to strain when the body is extremely tired.

Aldridge asked Shevchenko to warm up, and then comforted Pire, who was on the field, that he could walk down on his own. At least it wasn't a serious strain, otherwise he would have just been lying on the ground.

He called Thuram and Schneider over again and asked them to clarify their responsibilities in the offense on the court.

Originally, Schneider was supposed to have an inside attacking function, but he didn't play well in a dense defense, Aldridge let him only be responsible for crosses and tandems in attack, while Thuram assisted instead of going down, and instead cruising in front of the penalty area, looking for long-range opportunities.

This is no way out, and it is not Aldrich's ideal tactical execution plan. Because Schneider was already on the front line, he was only passing the ball when he was being marked all the time. There was no surprise effect at all.

Shevchenko doesn't need to remind him too much when he plays, although he plays as a right winger in training, and his duty is to play and forward into the penalty area to become a scorer, and letting him play on the left is also a last resort, but the reason is the same, after Zambrotta assisted, Shevchenko still has to insert into the box to form a scoring threat.

After the substitution, Shevchenko immediately created a chance, and he was better at cutting inside than Pire, and his running inside cut was unexpected.

Schneider's cross came to the back post and Shevchenko scrambled at the back post to hit the crossbar and bounce off the crossbar.

There was a loud sigh at the Lion's Den Course, followed by a round of applause.

The young Shevchenko touched his face, feeling as if he had failed someone, but when he saw that none of his teammates were blaming him, he let out a heavy breath and ran back to get ready to participate in the defense.

As the clock ticked by, news had come for the match between Newcastle United and Manchester United, both teams were ahead of their respective opponents, and Manchester United had already led Nottingham Forest by four goals, and there was no doubt that they would get three points.

Andriy Shevchenko's forward cut put a lot of pressure on the Leeds defence, while Larsson began to drop back to help Nedved share the attacking pressure.

When the 74th minute came, Nedved played the ball back to Makelele, who dribbled across the half and played a through ball to Larsson on the right side of the box.

Before receiving the ball, Larsson was already watching the situation around him.

As Aldridge told him at half-time, calm down!

Schneider's run down the edge took away the full-backs, Trezeguet tugged in the box to attract the back line, and Shevchenko and Nedved stepped forward to keep the Leeds defenders on the spot.

Larsson didn't get caught up in the scramble except for a midfielder next to him to press him, and he was very grateful to Trezeguet, a partner who really knew how to run and pulled away the centre-back on the right flank.

The moment the ball rolled over, Larsson's right foot, which was about to catch it, suddenly lifted up and let the ball roll under his feet, and at the same time, he turned and ran forward, and the ball rolled under his feet and between the legs of the midfielder who was pressing behind him.

Beautiful and clever leaky passes!

Larsson turned to face the box head-on, dribbled the ball and after Trezeguet brought away the centre-back on the right, there was a gap in Leeds' worst defence in a short time, and Larsson's dribbling was already a one-on-one trend.

The goalkeeper nervously pressed forward with his centre of gravity down and spread his arms to widen the defensive area, while the defenders also rushed towards Larsson.

At that moment, Larsson tapped the ball across the left and the unmarked Trezeguet smashed the ball into the empty net!

"Seventy-five minutes later, Millwall finally scored! They pulled one back, they were two goals away from keeping the title race, and with fifteen minutes to go, can they do it? Oh, oh, wait, wait, oh, Trezeguet went to pick up the ball in the goal after scoring and he sprained his foot, it's weird. Millwall's players today have always injured themselves in uncontested situations. Maybe they're too tired. ”

Trezeguet had been nervous before. After scoring this goal, I suddenly relaxed a little, but I broke my foot when I went to pick up the ball in a hurry, which was caused by extreme fatigue of the body, and my movements and thoughts could not be synchronized.

He wasn't badly injured, but he certainly couldn't continue to play, and he walked straight from the baseline with a look of chagrin, and said in frustration and guilt to Nedved who came up to ask him: "Leave me alone." Let's change the boss quickly, we still have time, the boss says we can win, we can definitely win! ”

Nedved gave him some comfort by touching his head and ran back to half-time.

Aldridge had to bring on Ole Gunnar Solskjaer for Trezeguet.

Despite Babyface certain that he would leave in the summer, Aldridge still gave him a chance because he felt he and the players were friends in life, and it was his responsibility for Ole Gunnar Solskjaer to be treated fairly and have a chance to play for him if he stayed at the club for a minute. Aldridge won't hide him because he's going to transfer.

Before the substitution, Aldridge made some tactical demands on Ole Gunnar Solskjaer. Solskjaer listened attentively, and even as he was leaving, he always believed that Aldridge's words to him were a great invisible treasure that would last him a lifetime.

Leeds had two players up front looking for a counter-attacking opportunity in the second half, but after 80 minutes, they were all out of the picture, no longer having illusions about counter-attacking, and as long as they didn't concede any more goals, they could still take all three points away from the Lions' Den.

Instead of taking Trezeguet's place after coming on, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer pulled out of the box with Larsson and set up in a tight area on the edge of the box, and when Solskjaer gave Thuram a chance to shoot from distance, the Leeds defence was immediately alert, even if the long-range shot slid wide.

The backline began to press forward to avoid the likes of Nedved and Thuram from forming long-range opportunities, and also compressing the space between Larsson and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.

In the second minute of stoppage time, Thuram, who had completed three long-range shots, finally did not shoot again, but crossed straight to the left side of the penalty spot in the penalty area.

The Leeds defenders were dumbfounded, Larsson, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, Nedved were all in front of them, and there was no movement to rush forward, but the ball was passed behind them, for whom?

Of course, someone answered.

Shevchenko cut into the box diagonally from the left, and the timing of the pass was not particularly tacit, he only started after watching the ball come out, but Thuram's pass was a bit surprising, and the Leeds United players thought he would shoot from a distance, and the opponents at the edge of the penalty area, they were staring at death.

I didn't expect Shevchenko, who rushed from the wing to the penalty area, would complete such a combination with right wing-back Thuram.

The goalkeeper attacked, Shevchenko preemptively unloaded the ball before the opponent jumped, the goalkeeper saved too hard, the ball bounced from his leg to the back, and he reached out directly after landing to pull down Shevchenko, who was about to rush past him and kick the ball into the goal.

The nuclear warhead fell in the penalty area, and the Wild Lions fans at the Lion's Den Stadium stood up angrily and frantically reprimanded the opposing goalkeeper for a deliberate foul!

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If he hadn't fouled, Shevchenko would have been able to get the ball straight in.

Now it's a penalty, especially since it's a waste of time.

The referee called the game off before sending off the Leeds United goalkeeper and awarding Millwall a penalty.

Larsson stood on the penalty spot and everyone knew the importance of the penalty.

However, the good situation is that the opponent's substitute goalkeeper has not warmed up yet.

Larsson withstood the pressure and delicately pushed the ball into the bottom right corner of the goal, but the opposing goalkeeper made a direct save in the wrong direction.

Millwall equalised!

Larsson picked up the ball in the net immediately after scoring and ran back, no Millwall player would waste time, but Leeds United players were less cooperative, and they walked slowly towards the centre circle.

Nedved reminded the referee that they should be given some more stoppage time.

The fans stood up.

The three minutes of stoppage time had already passed.

No one knows when the referee will blow the whistle for the end of the match.

Leeds kicked off and they played the ball back, with Millvogé's men rushing in and the opposition defender kicking the ball into Millwall's back.

The ball was really powerful, high and slow, and when the ball hit the ground, the referee's whistle blew.

The game is over.

Leeds United, who were aiming for relegation, retreated at the Lion's Den Stadium.

Strictly speaking, it was Millwall who held Leeds United to a draw.

After dropping two points in this round, Millwall are two points behind Manchester United, who thrashed Nottingham Forest 5-0, and five points behind Newcastle United, who beat Southampton by one goal, with only a theoretical possibility of winning the title with two games remaining. (To be continued......)