498 The Burst of the Cradle of Superstar
Despite having eight shots on goal in the first half, Millwall were unable to find the back of the net for Aston Villa.
At half-time, Aldridge returned to the dressing room and clenched his fists in front of his eyes, his words flying to boost the morale of the team.
"You've done a great job! But if you work harder, if you work harder, we will definitely score goals and take away the victory, and don't forget, since the FA Cup, you have been fighting for Millwall and if you can get to the final, you will be the biggest contributor! ”
'Aston Villa are seventh in the Premier League and they're scared of you, see? They only dare to counterattack, they only dare to retreat in the backfield, they only dare to put in a maximum of three players when attacking, they are afraid, and we have nothing to fear! Don't put pressure on yourself, I just need you to show the fighting spirit. ”
Aldridge will always appear in front of them with a motivating and encouraging attitude towards young players, which is completely different from the mature first team, the first team's old fritters, in a few words, expect them to look new, that is not realistic, players with fighting spirit have been surging with fighting spirit, and players without fighting spirit are Liu Adou who can't be supported, after all, their age has passed the point where they can be easily bewitched or infected by words.
Under Aldridge's mobilization, the players also encourage each other, they are on the way to prove themselves and improve themselves, friends, comrades on the field, are an indispensable part of this road, healthy competition between each other, and unity and mutual encouragement when playing side by side, is an important factor that stimulates them to succeed.
Aston Villa held on for the first half, but the counter-attack was not as good as it could have been, with few attacking points. The counter-attacking tactics on the wing were also figured out by Millwall. Neil is not slow. Aggressive defensively, it doesn't matter if you can't tackle, you can break the ball out of the touchline or foul a set-piece to stifle Aston Villa's attack.
On two occasions, Aston Villa crossed the pitch from the flanks to the middle, and neither Barzagli nor Metzelder fell off the chain today, they did not withstand the continuous onslaught, and made calm judgments and tacit cooperation when observing the situation on the pitch, and successfully suppressed the opponent's threatening attack.
The second half just started. Millwall kicked off first, and after kick-off, they launched a fast attack, pressing in midfield and quickly inserting wide combinations.
Aston Villa was suddenly blindsided.
Frank Lampard played a one-two with Neil before dribbling to the 45-yard area in front of the box and distributing the ball to Ashley Cole, who cut in on the wing, who then played the ball through to the inward Glen Shire.
Glen Charles tried to dunk the ball, but he tangled up with the opposition defender, and the ball was touched by the opponent's outstretched foot and landed behind him, and he was about to lose possession. Someone quickly cut in from behind and took the ball away and took a big step forward. Broke through Aston Villa's worst defence.
Ramour!
His excellent game reading ability allowed him to move ahead of time to support Glen Char, and he was just going to play with Glen Charles one more kick to the wall, Glen Charles passed the ball to him, and then stepped forward, and he plugged it straight again, so that Glen Charles was successful in an offside position, but unfortunately Glen Charles chose to go it alone, but the area where Ramor appeared just rushed forward to form a threat.
This may be the result of an unintentional willow insertion, but it works well.
Ramour was decisive in a one-on-one situation, calmly choosing to push the goalkeeper to the side of his armpit, and the Aston Villa goalkeeper was not slow to fall to the ground, but he still watched the ball roll under his elbow into the goal.
'Ramour's goal opened the scoring for Millwall! What a wonderful situation, as long as Millwall don't concede a goal, they will advance to the FA Cup final, last season was expecting Millwall's treble, but they fell in the Champions League, this season, will it disappoint the expectant fans? Sorry, I shouldn't be disappointed, Millwall's FA Cup double last season was already remarkable, but we can't say no to the dream, and the Lions fans must be expecting the team to accomplish it, and even if they can't, I don't think anyone will criticize this fantastic team! ”
Ramour, who has officially completed his rebirth at the top level this season, immediately took off his shirt after scoring a goal, and he ran frantically to the coach's box, hugged Aldridge fiercely, and hugged Aldridge fiercely
Most of the players on the field also rushed over, and Neil and Glen Charles came together, standing near the center circle and looking out at the team-mates and coaches gathered on the sidelines.
Glen Charles crossed his waist and chuckled, "Like, we've done this before." ”
"Of course I did."
Neil raised an eyebrow and smiled.
When the celebration was over, Aldridge and his players were still standing in a circle, and he bent down and said to them in a sonorous voice: "I knew we were going to score!" You can score goals! What's the most important thing right now? It's not over yet, Aston Villa definitely think they still have a chance, no, they don't! You will tell them by your actions that destiny is in our hands! Who is going to the finals? Who is it? Tell me out loud! ”
"Millwall!"
"Millwall!"
"Millwall!"
Aldridge clapped and shook his fist with them, and as the players walked up the field, their expressions became more determined, and their eyes were so hot that they seemed to burn the earth!
The referee showed Ramour a yellow card.
The Aston Villa players held their breath.
It's definitely a bad breath.
They don't have to say that they are against Millwall in the league, and they are not even qualified to challenge!
But in the cup, the two teams really formed a lot of bonds.
What was the first trophy in Millwall FC history?
League Cup winners.
Who's got it?
Aston Villa!
Originally, the middle and lower teams of the Premier League were rich in the league and could only try their luck in the cup, so Millwall met frequently in the cup with teams such as Chelsea, Leicester City, and Aston Villa, which were not competitive.
What if Aston Villa is angry?
The first five minutes and the last five minutes of the second half are the most likely to concede goals because the players either don't get into the groove. Either the spirit is still in the stage of relaxation. Aston Villa is planted right on this point. Instead, Millwall is what they focus on in training, and if they kick off first after the start of the second half, they will rush to attack.
But this is also a different occasion, such as playing away from home.
Today at the neutral site, it is definitely necessary to take advantage of this.
Aston Villa was reluctant to see the final ticket slipping through their fingers, and while increasing their attacking efforts, the on-field confrontation also increased a level.
63rd minute of the second half. Joaquin was knocked to the ground by the other party, the other party rushed bravely, Joaquin also deliberately dodged, he jumped up and was hit in mid-air, and when he landed, he dislocated his shoulder.
Joaquín looked disappointed, he felt good today, he created a lot of chances on the wing, and it was easy for a skilled player to shine in the Premier League, but the problem was the same: confrontation with impact.
Once you can't stand the confrontation, no matter how good the skill is a player. Either he instigated himself and caused his performance to be out of order, or he was injured because of the collision.
The referee showed a yellow card to the opposing foul player as a warning. Millwall, on the other hand, passively asked for substitutions.
Aldridge called Joe Cole, who had finished his warm-up, to the front and gave him the task of coming on the field.
"Millwall substitution, Joe Cole replaced Joaquin, this is a passive substitution, but let us see how strong Millwall's talent pool is, even if they are passive substitutions, they can still not use the main players, Joe Cole went to the left after he came on the field, Glen Charles moved to the right, there is still about half an hour left in the game, I don't know if this substitution will have an impact on Millwall."
Impact, there must be.
When Aston Villa started to put more players into the attack than they did in the first half, Millwall's two full-backs had to take the initiative to reduce their assists, so when attacking, the two wide players had to play threatening.
Glen Schal was liberated and he had more space to play, and it had nothing to do with substitutions, it had to do with changing sides and the trend of the game.
The full-backs on this side have just received a yellow card, and the defensive action must be restrained, and at the same time, Aston Villa wants to attack, and the defensive space at the back becomes larger, which is suitable for the play of Glen Shire's speed players.
Joe Cole, on the other hand, has repeatedly threatened with his excellent footwork and technical superiority.
Although he is not a traditional winger or has been developed as a modern winger, Aldridge has given him a clear attacking space when he develops him.
In the 79th minute, Glen Charles cut inside on the right and moved laterally, then when there was no chance to pass through and shoot from distance, he passed the ball to the middle.
Ramour was at that point, but Ramour didn't receive the ball, took the initiative to cut forward in the ribs, and Joe Cole, who moved laterally to the middle from the other side, took the ball and immediately went straight to Ramore, the timing was just right, Ramour got almost the same chance as when he scored before, but this time, the Aston Villa goalkeeper abandoned the goal, Ramour shot without his feet, decisively crossed the middle, Klose outflanked the middle and pushed the ball into the empty net.
"2:0, Klose's goal helps Millwall seal the win! It's a real excitement to be pumped with young players and we can be confident that Millwall have the best talent pool in European football for the next decade! ”
Klose smiled at Ramor after scoring and then ran to the sideline to celebrate with his arms outstretched.
With over 20 appearances in Millwall this season and his stats are flawless, with 14 goals and nine assists, he is the top scorer in an FA Cup this season, but he is not the top scorer in the overall scorer chart.
Because before the Premier League team joined the FA Cup, in the qualifiers and in the first and second rounds, there were always a few games in the lower divisions that ended in a disparity, and there was a striker in League Two who scored 5 goals in a single game, and the team stopped in the round of 16, but he scored 11 goals
Of course, there is no comparison between the goals of the game after the round of 16 and the gold content.
Aston Villa's players were hit by a huge blow as they were two goals down and there was little time left for them.
In the final 10 minutes of the game, Aston Villa pressed all over the line to try to pull off a miracle.
However, almost no team has created a comeback miracle of more than two goals against Aldridge's side.
Today, it is no exception.
Aldridge removed Ramor after Klose's goal and brought Pedreti on the pitch to form a back two with Neil, and then played on the counter-attack.
In the last five minutes, Millwall scored twice on the counter-attack, with Frank Lampard and Joe Cole adding the icing on the cake to a 4-0 scoreline.
Millwall reached the FA Cup final and were one step closer to the title. (To be continued......)