In the away dressing room, Millwall's players sat down to rest and the masseur came over to relax the players' muscles and ask them how they were feeling.

Aldridge was slow to enter the locker room, and he lit a cigarette outside the bathroom.

He didn't have to go to the dressing room to know that the players were tired.

Although today's first half was not the longest half they ran and the most intense 45 minutes, it was their most exhausting first half, in addition to the physical load after a long journey, the psychological pressure also invisibly increased their physical exertion.

It was worse than he expected.

On the basis of not wanting to lose, you can't be too unrestrained in your tactical play.

Although Millwall controlled the midfield from a back three and patiently created chances, they could not form effective sustained pressure, so the two teams began to fight fiercely in midfield at the end of the first half.

After a cigarette was smoked, Aldridge walked back into the locker room, and the players all looked up at him, and everyone was waiting for him in the quiet locker room.

All the players knew in their hearts that if Millwall really played their usual attacking football in this game, then they would inevitably get out of touch on all three lines and be destroyed by the opponent's counterattack.

In such a situation, Millwall did not give the opponent too many chances in the first half, and it was considered a success in limiting the opponent, but if they wanted to win, the opponent must also want that the second half is the most critical decisive point!

Aldridge clapped his hands and said: "Okay, I won't talk nonsense, we have to make some adjustments in the second half, everyone remembers my words, frontal positional battles and attacks." Let's play a little simpler. Some fifty-fifty opportunities are also tried as much as possible. But this is not the point, the point is that we have to contain the opponent's counterattack after switching from defense to attack, once we can resolve the opponent's counterattack at the first time, then the attack, using the opponent's formation to press forward and play the most direct cooperation. In a word, we are going to fight the counterattack of the opponent's counterattack! ”

Hit the opponent counterattack counterattack?

The players understood and nodded their heads in understanding.

The first game of the new season. They played Arsenal and there were a couple of balls that cut through the opposition defence.

When Arsenal switched from defending to attacking Millwall counterattack, in those few seconds, the opponent made a mistake, or Millwall's defense was successful, and quickly launched a second attack, directly destroying Arsenal.

Unlike that game, in the London derby, Millwall not only caught the opponent's counter-attacking mistakes, but also used strong offensive firepower to suppress the opponent at other times. Compress the other person's tense nerves, as long as you make a mistake. It will be used by Millwall in no time.

Today, however, Millwall were unable to apply sustained pressure, which required superior fitness and precise interceptions in central midfield.

The players have limited energy and need to make the most of it today.

Aldridge began to lay out tasks on the tactical board and focus on reminding defenders of possible changes in the second half.

Dynamo Kyiv is bound to change as well.

Aldridge doesn't believe Lobanovski will be willing to settle for a draw at home.

The biggest advantage of Eastern European teams is the home field, Dynamo Kyiv has not been able to participate in the Champions League in the past two years, and the reason for stopping in the qualifiers is that the away game is not good, and the home team is often a god-killing god.

At the start of the second half, the situation on the pitch changed dramatically, and the cautious style of the first half of the two teams disappeared, replaced by a more resolute attacking intention.

Larsson picked up the ball in the midfield area and couldn't get past the second man after getting rid of Husin laterally, and handed the ball to Nedved, and the Czechs broke through Kadash and fired a long-range shot straight before Luzny came over to press, and the ball was a little off-target.

Dynamo Kyiv launched a fast attack, Kossovsky took the ball on the left side of the halfway, cut in laterally and walked the middle, just took two steps with the ball, and before Ballack came to block him, he handed the ball to the left wing, Kaladze came up to the side, took the ball just one step, and Schneider cleanly broke the ball out of the sideline.

Kaladze threw the throw-in directly to Rebrov, who retreated widely, much to the surprise of all Millwall defenders, Rebrov chested the ball and hoisted it into the box, Berkovic actually chose to head the ball outside the box, although it was not threatening, but it also startled Southgate and Elgra, the defenders were most afraid that the striker who was staring at them was gone, and another player who came out of nowhere rushed up.

Both teams began to play in an unreasonable way.

Larsson tried three stops in front of the box to get rid of the ball and then fired a long-range shot that Nedved looked like was on the verge of running straight into the net, but on two occasions in a row it was cleared away by Vaszchuk at the very least.

Dynamo Kyiv was even more exaggerated, with a long-range shot from 40 yards out.

Bout had just blocked Rebrov's long-range shot, and the follow-up Berkovic was smart enough to rush into the box to make a follow-up shot, Southgate flew out to shovel the ball away, and he got up and exchanged words with Bute, hoping that the opponent would save the ball outside, and it was better not to block the ball in the box.

Bout was very helpless, Rebrov's long-range shot just now was a little floating, and he couldn't control the landing point of the ball, and the goalkeeper was most afraid of this kind of long-range shot with a fluctuating trajectory.

Time passed minute by minute, and the two teams came and went, and it seemed that they both wanted to solve the battle by relying on their individual abilities.

Shevchenko was the most pitiful up front, he almost disappeared from the camera as he kept creating chances for his team-mates with his movements.

For twenty-five minutes into the second half, the Lions didn't wait for their chances.

Dynamo Kyiv does not pursue speed, so even if the counterattack after switching from defense to attack, it will always stabilize the position and move forward, so that Millwall will not find a good opportunity to fight the opponent's counterattack.

After 70 minutes, the tempo of the game began to get faster, faster and faster, and Dynamo Kyiv couldn't hold back, and it was their pursuit to win at home, and the further the game went, the more unfavorable the situation became.

Shevchenko's breakthrough with the ball was broken, and Hrovka immediately handed the ball to the feet of Kaladze on the wing, who dribbled forward before Ballack could stop him on the wing. He distributed the ball to Berkovic in the middle. As a result, Berkovic was tackled from behind by Makelele. He staggered to the ground and complained to the referee about a foul, but the referee ignored him.

It was at this moment that Makelele passed the ball to Ballack, who had already begun to run forward.

Barak rubbed shoulders with Karadze, and the left side of the Kyiv Dynamo defense was unmanned!

This is the opportunity Millwall has been waiting for for a long time, and the players up front know that this moment can no longer be played alone, and the Millwall team needs to be able to run with precision.

Ballack dribbled forward and saw that Kaladze was about to catch up with him when he returned. Ballack took advantage of the opportunity to kick the ball forward, and Larsson actively responded with the edge to attract the attention of Kadash and Vaszchuk.

After receiving the ball, Larsson directly stuffed the ball straight into the space behind the Kyiv Dynamo backline, Shevchenko, who had already formed a tacit understanding, really ran to the position, and turned around after taking the ball When the entire defense line of Kyiv Dynamo contracted, he calmly knocked the ball back outside the penalty area, and after passing the ball to Larsson, Ballack, who ran to the middle, was just in place, and Husin, who was marking Nedved, had to give up the Czechs, and when he came to Ballack, he was shocked to find that the German took advantage of the situation to stuff the ball straight to the left front.

Hu Xin is like a man's back. He desperately turned around and went after him, and there was a man there. It's the dangerous guy he gave up a second ago!

Nedved rushed forward, touched the ball and went forward, straight past Hrovka a meter away, one-shot!

Goalkeeper Shovkovsky abandoned the goal, and Nedved, who has always liked to volley hard, poked his toes uncharacteristically at this moment, and the ball rolled from Shovkovsky's side to the goal of Dynamo Kyiv against the turf!

"Seventy-nine minutes, the visiting Millwall is ahead! It was Nedved who scored the goal! Millwall played a subtle counter-attack and put the team together to the fullest! Can Dynamo Kyiv tie the scoreline? The two teams were evenly matched in the previous competition, and neither had a clear advantage, but it was Millwall who knocked on the opponent's door first. ”

After the goal, the players rushed to Nedved, but the Czech did not go to the sidelines to celebrate, there were not many visiting fans here, and he chose to stand still and celebrate with his team-mates in order to save energy.

Aldridge saw the goal on the sidelines and immediately made a substitution.

Gattuso, who had been warming up for 20 minutes, came on to replace Frank Lampard, who was clearly unable to keep up.

After all, Frank Lampard has just returned from injury and it was a difficult away game that he was able to hold on until 80 minutes and Aldridge was happy with him.

Moreover, the opponent's attack is to play on the wing, and Berkovic cannot organize and dispatch in the middle, playing a role of tandem with the wide players.

On Gattuso, the three back positions were rearranged.

Claude Makelle went to the right to assist Schneider at the onslaught of Kaladze and Kossovski, while Gattuso went to the left to assist Zambrotta against the wing combination of Luzny and Haskovic.

Ballack is organized in the middle, attacking and defending.

Hundreds of Lions fans in the stands rejoiced, waving the Lion's flag in celebration.

Dynamo Kyiv fans are depressed.

They don't see anything great about the England champions.

Aside from the subtle combination of the goal just now, they don't have the shadow of a super team.

Like European goalscorer Larsson, he just passed like that, the quality of his shots was not high, Shevchenko didn't have many touches on the ball, and he didn't feel any threat.

They have apparently forgotten that even in the star-studded Barcelona, there is no star at Camp Nou who can play well enough to show how good Dynamo Kyiv's defense is.

Millwall seized that chance, and if they missed, there would probably not be a second time in this game.

Just after Millwall's substitution, Dynamo Kyiv showed the determination to break the boat, and the back and defenders went up together, and the army was overwhelming!

However, the pitch is so big, there are more people, and the pass must be more accurate, and Millwall's back line and forward Nedved reclaim the area of 30 yards in front of the goal, and when the opponent's attack hits the dangerous area, Millwall's ferocious interception ability is reflected.

Gattuso, Makelele, Ballack, plus Nedved, who isn't a defensive stalwor?

Dynamo Kyiv really couldn't find a ball spot, and they probably weren't used to this kind of all-army pressing.

Those who rushed up ran straight to the front line, with no system hierarchy to speak of, and Millwall's numbers were not at a disadvantage, and the defensive distribution was targeted.

After Berkovic pulled the ball to the side, he could only choose to cross the ball and bet on luck!

Southgate and Elgra didn't touch the ball, and the ball was knocked away by a punch from Bout.

The ball bounced forward outside the penalty area, Larsson, who ran back to catch it, controlled the ball, and Vaschuk behind him also pressed up, just at the moment when the opponent was about to break his ball, Larsson was already ready for the opponent to rush up, flicked the ball horizontally, and then started to accelerate, Larsson came to a detour, but the speed was faster to throw off Vaschuk.

Hrovka was originally targeting Shevchenko, but now he is left alone in the backfield, seeing the opponent's striker running with the ball, before Larsson is about to enter the big penalty area, he gave up Shevchenko, and Shevchenko also pressed the offside line to move laterally, after Hrovka moved, Larsson deftly passed the ball over the top, the ball fell firmly in front of Shevchenko, he faced the door of his old club, and chose a very calm way to shoot the ball.

Push.

The ball was not fast, but Shofkovski couldn't touch it because the angle was too tricky, and the ball bounced into the inside of the goal post on the other side.

After Shevchenko scored, he lowered his head and slowly walked towards the backcourt. (To be continued......)