765 pointless goals
No one will completely negate the scene and posture of the whole game because of Millwall's conservatism in the last 10 minutes at home, not to mention the fact that the score is still 6-3 ahead.
Millwall has taken it, both physically and at this level, and the current scoreline, the lead is ideal.
Rexage has been directing the team to attack, attack, attack, attack!
As the game didn't end, Millwall began to tighten up defensively, which would obviously make Barcelona's attack even harder.
Not to mention the addition of Pedreti's sweep at the back, Alonso's replacement of Andrea Pirlo can obviously provide more help to the defence, and Millwall no longer play in a pressing attacking posture, their formation has retreated, and the three lines are closely linked, which makes Barcelona feel even more desperate.
Lexage irrepressibly scolded Aldrich in his heart: Shameless! Utilitarian!
Yes, in his opinion, 80 minutes of confrontation is still not enough, and now Millwall is ahead, Aldridge will call the gold to withdraw, too unkind!
Even with his rage, he couldn't control the shape of the pitch, he could keep Barcelona on the attack, but he couldn't make Millwall change his stance.
Within 3 minutes after Millwall's substitution adjustment, Barcelona's attack could not advance to the front line, Millwall patiently played positional battles, Barcelona became more and more anxious, the gap behind three goals was too big, if it ended with this score, they would advance, it really depended on a miracle!
Now that it has come to this point, Lexage has no other way to order the entire Barcelona army to press up, and Barcelona, which is overwhelmed by the soldiers, tries to launch the final attack. Even if you can score another goal. Shorten to a two-goal gap. The results are all better than they are now.
However, after they pressed up, the backfield was empty, and their positional warfare did not have any effect, but the back line was frequently anxious.
In the 87th minute, Alonso sent a commendable long pass over the top from the midfield, Ronaldo rushed forward from the wing, and the opposing full-back assisted, and now only the central defenders are responsible for defending large areas of the backfield.
Xiao Luo took the ball on the side of the front field and single-handedly went to the opponent's penalty area. Halfway through, Abelardo came to intercept, Xiao Luo stopped and smashed the ball past the opponent and then continued to speed forward.
The fans in the stands were excited, but they could also see that Xiao Luo Ti was a little unable to hold on.
After the second start of acceleration, the control effect of the ball decreased significantly, and when he just entered the big penalty area, Xiao Luo broke through De Boer with the ball, and the boiling sound of the scene infected everyone.
Will it be a fantastic goal again?
Bonano walked out of the net and Ronaldo dribbled sideways near the penalty spot to shake Bonano away. And create an angle to hit the empty door.
Aldridge and the rest of the coaches stood up and prepared to celebrate Ronaldo's goal. However, Xiao Luo's last knock on the door gave all the audience a bolt from the blue!
The trajectory of the ball was in a straight line, grazing the post and going out of the bottom line
Xiao Luo fell in the penalty area after shooting, he was not injured, but he was simply exhausted!
His chest rose and fell violently, and Xiao Luo covered his face as if he was ashamed of such a result, but he heard the high-pitched singing of the Wild Lions fans echoing in the Lion King Stadium, which was praising his own songs.
After the huge sigh on the field, none of the fans in the stands blamed Xiao Luo for wasting this golden opportunity, this opportunity itself was created by him, the game is coming to an end, he played well again, it is normal for the body to be out of support, the opportunity just now seems to be easy to score, but for the players who are physically exhausted, the grasp of technical movements, the key moment, it is not uncommon to make mistakes.
Henry pulled Xiao Luo up from the ground and comforted him: "It's okay, it's just a small mistake, look, our fans are supporting you with their singing." ”
Ronaldo smiled, and ran back with Henry.
Aldridge was overjoyed and uneasy, but two minutes later, Henry went to the meeting alone, facing the attacking goalkeeper Bonano, Henry chose to hang the goal, and the ball was slightly over the crossbar and smashed on the top of the net.
Standing outside the penalty area, Henry felt incredible, he felt that his footwork was very good, the goalkeeper had no chance to save the goal, if it was lighter, this goal would be scored.
Xiao Luo ran past him with a smile, patted him on the shoulder, and pretended to be serious: "It's okay, it's just a small mistake." ”
Henry laughed out loud as he watched Xiao Luo run away two steps, and he could only touch his head with a wry smile.
As the countdown to the end of the game began, Aldridge stood on the sidelines and used up the last substitution, Rexage turned pale, Barcelona's final attack was ineffective, and after replacing Kluivert, Barcelona was missing such a role when they needed a strong centre-forward in the final moments.
"The referee blew the whistle at the end of the game, in the first leg of the Champions League 1/4 finals this season, Millwall defeated La Liga giants Barcelona 6:3 at home, maybe this score is very exaggerated in the eyes of people who have not watched the game, but if it is the fans on the scene, and the audience in front of the TV, they will definitely think that this score may still be conservative, in fact, in the last 5 minutes alone, Millwall has two opportunities to continue to expand the score, but unfortunately Ronaldinho did not score in the face of the empty goal, and Henry hung the goal by a fraction, I have to say that Barcelona is very lucky to lose only 3 goals, maybe the score of 6:3 will also make the suspense of the second leg weak, but as long as the two sides fight against each other, no one dares to guarantee what the next leg of the game will develop, and after watching today's game, who wants to miss the next meeting between the two teams? ”
When the whistle sounded at the end of the game, the Lion King Stadium was thunderous with applause, cheers and shrill whistles one after another.
In the stands, some Barcelona fans came all the way to witness a wonderful game, only to feel a tingling in their hearts at the final score.
The home fans enjoyed it, scoring 9 goals, 6 of which were scored by their own side, wonderful moments, countless exciting scenes, and even Ronaldo and Thierry Henry failed to grasp the opportunity to score at the last minute. In their opinion. It's all part of this goalscoring extravaganza. Of course, it's great to be able to put the ball in goal.
From beginning to end, except for the 80-minute substitution adjustment, Aldridge was almost a spectator from the sidelines, and he didn't care, not that he didn't want to play the coach's on-the-spot command ability, but that there was no opponent.
Lexage did not create any difficulties at all that made him feel threatened. The whole game is very simple in nature.
Barcelona insisted on themselves, ignored Millwall, took the initiative to attack and play their own football.
For the giants, 80% of the games can be like this, but today, against Millwall, Barcelona still play like this, the reality is that they do not have such confidence. Millwall can be ignored.
Since the other party chose to ignore them, Aldrich also ignored them. Millwall are also playing their usual style, they don't need to be particularly targeted, everyone plays their game, you kick yours, I kick mine, after 90 minutes, look up at the scoreboard, I'm happy, you're happy or not, it doesn't matter to me.
After shaking hands with Rexach, the other party obviously didn't have much to say, and after shaking hands, Aldridge walked into the field, high-fived and hugged each player to celebrate the result, and finally hugged Xiao Luo and walked towards the players' tunnel.
"What's going on with you today? Well? Make it clear to me, play with heartbeat, right? Look at the goal you scored, don't tell me you did it on purpose, a volley can kick that kind of lob, go back to the training ground and give me a hundred kicks. ”
Aldridge was obviously joking with Xiao Luo, who laughed and said: "I expected it to be able to kick an effect like Pavel's powerful long-range shot, it must be a show-off!" Maybe there was a gust of wind blowing at that time, and the trajectory of the ball was slightly off, so it was kicked like that, and the last single ball must have been too! ”
"It's a fart! In the end, you just don't have a body, the ball runs fast after pulling the ball horizontally, you can't keep up, you barely get up, you don't control the angle, that's it, I haven't kicked the ball, but you don't want to fool me! ”
Aldridge raised his finger and shook it in front of him, and Xiao Luo thought for a moment before saying, "Boss, it would be great if every opponent was like Barcelona." ”
"Well, I also want every opponent to be like them, so that's good."
Aldrich smiled and nodded.
Arriving at the post-match press conference, Aldridge sat down to drink a sip of water and then waited for questions from reporters.
It was a great match for the media, which is also very exciting, and generally speaking, the first leg of the knockout round tends to be conservative, with the first 90 minutes and the last 90 minutes of the game contrasting with the excitement of the game, after all, few teams will go all out until the end.
'Millwall conceded three goals today and Barcelona scored three away goals, will it have an impact on the second leg?'
Aldridge thought for a while and said: "The impact is definitely there, but I think it's negligible, we scored six goals against the other side, and in the second leg, we will still aim to score goals, I don't think any team can beat Millwall by 3 goals or more, of course, it is not ruled out that Millwall will take it lightly and be reversed by the opponent, which is what we need to pay attention to in the next leg." ”
'It's rare for Millwall to concede three goals in a single game, so why did it happen today?'
"Because Barcelona are very strong, look at the names of their attacking players, they represent the attacking quality, no team can not concede a goal, we are the same, I am not obsessed with scoring a few goals against the opponent or not allowing the opponent to score, we will only move towards the win, and on that basis, try to do the best possible in attack and defense."
Aldridge answered some questions from Fleet Street reporters, and the British media paid more attention to Millwall's conceded goals, but it was not surprising that they could score six goals against Barcelona, and with a little luck, it might be a record-breaking slaughter result.
The Spanish media was a little silent, and at the end, someone asked nonchalantly: "Mr. Hall, how do you evaluate Barcelona's technical and tactical performance today?" ”
'It's good, it's very high, to score three goals against Millwall, not any team can do it, Barcelona showed courage on the pitch, Coach Rexage fulfilled his promise to score at the Lion King Stadium, Barcelona did it! They are very good and admirable. ”
Aldridge has always liked to compliment his opponents, both before and after the game, and the more he praises his opponent, the more precious the victory after defeating the opponent is.
However, his words today fell into the ears of Spanish media reporters, and they were harsh mockery.
Yes, Barcelona scored away from home, and no less, 3!
But who would consider those three goals to be precious?
If it's 4:3, 5:3, it may all seem very meaningful.
But the score was 6:3, a huge difference of three goals, and Barcelona's away goal, almost became meaningless. (To be continued......)