The sky of the Theater of Dreams was filled with the cheers of Red Devils fans, and the atmosphere was very visually powerful.

Ten years later, when the proportion of non-local fans in the Red Devils' stands exceeded 60 per cent, such a scene would not be seen.

But it is precisely because of this fiery atmosphere that the visiting Millwall has inspired a stronger fighting spirit.

Millwall were in control of the game from the start, and it was clear that United's players were tired and their scrambling and running trailed Millwall at least.

Paul Scholes played up front to press Andrea Pirlo, with the back pair of Bart and Keane limiting Nedved as United made up their minds to battle Millwall for control in midfield.

But their running frustrated their wishful thinking.

Pirlo and Makelele have formed a tacit understanding in the past period of cooperation, before Makelele and Nedved in the midfield, one after the other, in order to stabilize the defense, Makelele rarely stepped forward, so the distance between him and Nedved was a little far, but Pirlo was different next to him, Pirlo liberated Nedved, and also activated Makelele's offensive strategy, when Scholes ran back and forth to harass Pirlo, Pirlo transferred the ball to Makelle's feet, Then move on to the next step with running and Scholes' selections.

Cole dropped back and Southgate stepped up to get involved in the attack, and Millwall would not easily concede the ball in the space at half-back.

Under pressure, Pirlo received the ball and kicked it out, either horizontally or back, after three consecutive kicks. He rushed forward. Makelele passes the ball back at his feet. Pirlo shook off Scholes' defence and followed up with a through ball to the feet of Nedved, who was holding the ball with his back to the ball and was knocked down from behind, and Keane took a direct foul.

Referee Bol stopped the game and awarded a free-kick.

Keane stepped back without thinking, his eyes fixed on Nedved.

The Czechs put the ball at their feet as soon as they got up, and their backs were not yet straightened. With his feet, he kicked the ball backwards.

Free kicks!

Andrea Pirlo picked up the ball near the centre circle and played a long ball over the top of the ball over the head of the United defender.

Larsson on the left wing was in front of the penalty area, blocking Neville with his back to unload the ball with his chest, and then knocked the ball to the side with the outside instep at the moment the ball fell, from stopping the ball to passing, the action was in one go, concise and elegant!

Almost at the same time, Capdevilla cut in at high speed on the left and slid the ball straight into the bottom line. Neville turned to chase after him, a step too slow.

Capdevilla's dribbling down sent the entire United backline to turn and recover, but he was more decisive in his crossing.

It's a foot in the earth. The ball flew quickly to the area in front of the goal, and Trezeguet, who went to grab the front point, was on par with David May, but this made Schmeichel dare not attack, and Trezeguet, who desperately occupied the position with his body, knew that he couldn't catch up with the ball, so he deliberately strengthened his physical confrontation, so that May could not clear the siege!

The ball rolled past the two of them, and Schmeichel was shocked and turned towards the back post, but he was not as fast as the ball, and Shevchenko surprisingly struck the ball and fired it into the back of the net with ease.

"Shevchenko, Shevchenko, Shevchenko! What a powerful striker! He's scoring again! And at Old Trafford, Capdevilla is a defender who has been firmly in the main position this season, and his performance has been impressive, he is a full-back, but he has to defend at Millwall, but also do the work of full-back assists! Millwall lead Manchester United by one goal away! ”

After the goal, Shevchenko pointed to Capdevilla and ran over, and the rest of his teammates also ran over, and they hugged each other tightly, symbolizing their unity!

"Martin, this goal looks very simple, but have you noticed that Nedved kicks off, Pirlo makes a long pass, Larsson takes the ball and splits the ball, Capdevilla crosses, Trezeguet attracts defensive attention at the front point, Shevchenko inserts the goal, Millwall's attacking players are involved in the whole process of this goal, if it is just a frontcourt player, maybe Manchester United can still defend, but Capdevilla's unexpected assist stepped forward, which made Manchester United's defense a hole, look, Neville called Beckham, I guess, He must have asked the opponent to defend deeper, otherwise, Neville alone has to defend against Larsson and Capdevilla? No kidding, it's hard enough to defend Larsson without making mistakes. ”

"Hehe, I agree with you, Ferguson's expression is not very good-looking, uh, in the past few games, his expression has not been good-looking, he pointed to his disciples, it seems that he wants to make them work harder."

Aldridge raised his arms in cheer, then raised his fists in pride.

The camera was on him, and the boos of Old Trafford were sent to him.

It doesn't matter, just shhh

The manager who will be scared by the boos has a fart future!

Anfield, Highbury, White Hart Lane, Stamford Bridge, Upton Park will remember me every boo me course!

The players on the pitch were very calm after the celebration, and Nedved was the first to jog back, and the expression on his face instantly became unwavering.

After kick-off, Manchester United wanted to turn the tide, but their attacking formation was cut to pieces by Millwall's defense from the central midfield, Beckham just stopped the ball on the wing, Larsson came to his side to make a defensive stance, he took a step forward with the ball, just waiting for him to do this Capdevilla made a successful tackle, and then passed the ball to Larsson, Beckham counter-attacked, Larsson kicked the ball and Capdevilla came to a one-two.

Beckham ran backwards but Capdevilla stopped the ball and passed it to Makelele at the back, with the tempo firmly in Millwall's hands.

Before David Beckham could get halfway back to the game, Makelele and Andrea Pirlo made a one-two and the ball went to the feet of Capdevilla on the wing.

Capdevilla took the ball and made a pass feint, Beckham was tricked into losing his center of gravity, and Capdevilla quickly dribbled forward. Neville had no choice but to pull the side to block. Capdevilla didn't give the opposition a chance to get close and passed the ball to Larsson, who cut in in front of him.

Larsson, who got the ball on the baseline, attracted Meilai to defend. Instead, he took two steps back with the ball and then passed it to Nedved, who cut inside and cut inside before slotting in front of goal, where Nedved understood and knocked the ball back in front of him to tear apart United's backline.

Larsson deftly slotted the ball into the far corner and sent it into the back of the net with ease.

Schmeichel roared at the backline in anger, while May and Pallister raised their hands for Larsson offside.

Before Larsson could shoot, the linesman raised the flag for offside.

There was a false alarm at Old Trafford.

Larsson crossed his hands on his hips and looked a little depressed: It's obviously a good ball!

The cooperation just now is wonderful. But it was ruled offside.

Aldridge walked over and put pressure on the fourth official, whether it was offside or not.

He protested to the members of the referee team one after another, and through the slow-motion replay on the big screen, it is difficult to say whether Larsson is offside, and in the slightest, from a neutral point of view, the judgment or non-judgment is acceptable, between the lightning and the flint, you can't ask the referee to be more accurate than the machine.

Larsson, in particular, was clearly recovering after passing the ball and then rushing forward. It was to counter offside, but he went back from the offside position first. It is subjectively easier to be judged offside.

Manchester United escaped, the game continued, the eagerness to equalize made Manchester United's formation have to press forward, and Paul Scholes has not completely established himself in the midfield position, he was more of a shadow striker last season, helping Manchester United on the road to the title, ten goals are precious.

Originally, Pirlo in history was criticized for his shortcomings in defense, Aldridge believes that a big reason is that he has been trained as a forward midfielder when he debuted, and you can't say that the front midfielder does not practice defensive skills in this era, but the defensive ability of the classical forward is really miserable, and because of this, the future classical forward is extinct in Europe.

Therefore, in the past year or so, Aldridge's training to transform Pirlo is not only to make him understand the importance of organizing and playing in his position, but also to strengthen his defense, even if the speed and explosiveness are still not satisfactory, but the defensive awareness can be seen from the position has been greatly improved, and the enthusiasm of the fight has nothing to do with ability, the key is awareness, just like the future Xavi, you can't say how good his defensive skills are, but when pressing in the midfield, Whether he's involved in defense or not is crucial for the whole team.

It would be enough for Pirlo to harass Paul Scholes, and once Scholes shows signs of moving forward, then Makelele, who is in charge of interception, will completely stifle United's attack.

As a result, Manchester United's attempts to hand over the ball to Paul Scholes to organise the attack on several occasions were unsuccessful, and playing on the wing would also fall into the defense of Millwall's attacking players retreating and compressing space.

Several attacks had little effect, Keane chose to carry the ball forward by himself, he also has a good ability to organize the attack, but he obviously carried the ball more this time, and was stealed the ball from the side by Nedved, who was more active in running, and Nedved, who played a counterattack on the spot, passed the ball to Trezeguet, who retreated in front of him, and then strode forward himself.

Bart scrambled to mark Nedved, but before he could post it, Trezeguet passed the ball back to Nedved, who picked the ball into the box, the former passed the ball and then turned and rushed to the box, the pass was perfectly timed, the ball went over the heads of Pallister and May, and Trezeguet was head-on towards the small box, the two centre-backs were about to turn, and as a last resort, Pallister tripped Trezeguet with his outstretched foot.

Bol decisively stopped the game, pointed to the penalty spot, and at the same time pulled out a yellow card to Palister.

Old Trafford was full of boos and felt that Trezeguet was faking the fall.

But in slow motion, it was definitely a penalty.

If it weren't for Trezeguet's sticking to Pallister and not rushing forward for an absolute one-on-one chance, I am afraid it would not have been as simple as a yellow card.

Aldridge is still unhappy, and he thinks it should be a red card.

The fourth official chatted with him patiently.

'Fifty fifty, Schmeichel also has a chance to break the ball.'

"My players have already started to speed up, and at the same distance, Schmeichel, who is still standing on the goal line, can he start to accelerate faster than my striker?"

"Alas, it didn't happen, we can only guess, do you say no?"

"It's a bit of a scoundrel if you say that, forget it, I won't fight with you, and I'll complain if the penalty can't go in."

Aldrich laughed with the fourth official after talking about the worst.

Sometimes refereeing is difficult.

Larsson stood in front of the penalty and calmly ran away in the face of Old Trafford's boos that rang through the sky, then calmly pushed the ball into the corner, Schmeichel guessed the right direction but couldn't keep it out, after all, it was a theoretical corner.

Millwall had a two-goal lead away from home, and it was only 28 minutes into the first half. (To be continued......)