In the evening of April 6, 2005.

Stamford Bridge, full of stars!

The first and second place in the Premier League standings will be played in the Champions League.

Just like Chelsea's visit to the Lion King Stadium, Millwall came here and was also under great pressure from the grandstand atmosphere of Chelsea home fans!

When Aldridge walked into the field, the noise was deafening, and the crazy Lions fans who came away made as much as possible to compete with the home team.

He sat calmly on the coach seat and still did not shake hands with Mourinho before the game.

Since Mourinho landed in the Premier League, all of the two "communications" between the two have been on the media platform. The last time they played at the Lion King Stadium, Mourinho was expelled by the referee in advance, and the two naturally had no chance after the game. shake hands.

Chelsea boss Abu appeared in the stands.

Mourinho's work is generally satisfactory to him, and there must be flaws. The first is that he still lags behind Millwall in the league, including the fiasco. The second is that despite Chelsea's strength in the league, the team's technical and tactical style is very different from what he envisioned.

No fan in the world will say that Chelsea is playing beautiful football.

However, beauty is a high pursuit after survival, and Abu is not demanding perfection at this stage. It can bring honor to this heavily-built team. This is a wonderful start.

Mourinho's posture on the court was somewhat aggressive. To put it bluntly, he was in the limelight, putting pressure on the opponent, or provoking it, causing the opponent to lose their psychological balance, which in turn gave Chelsea a chance on the scene, which was invisible to the naked eye. , But these will affect the game bit by bit.

Starting players from both sides lined up and the Champions League theme song echoed in Stamford Bridge Stadium.

"The highly anticipated first round of the Champions League quarter-finals is about to start. Surprisingly, this year's Champions League quarter-finals, two pairs of derby opponents caught the match. In the other half, AC Milan and Inter Milan staged the Champions League Milan derby. In this half zone, Millwall and Chelsea staged the London Derby! If you only look at the past record of the battle between Millwall and Chelsea, then Millwall's victory and promotion look no suspense, but this season, Mourinho After coaching Chelsea, he made a qualitative leap for this team. Although Chelsea still lags behind Millwall in the league, they have already thrown away their competitors far away, and their performance in the Champions League is also very eye-catching. We have reason to believe that today's game, as well as the next round of moving to the Lion King Stadium, something unexpected will happen. Today, Millwall and Chelsea are doing their best.

Chelsea start: 433.

Goalkeeper: Cech.

Guards: Ferreira, Carvalho, Terry, Ashley Cole.

Midfielders: Essien, Makelele, Lampard.

Forwards: Duff, Drogba, Ribery.

Millwall started 433.

Goalkeeper: Bute.

Guards: Schneider, Nesta, Silva, Ram.

Midfielders: De Rossi, Nedved, Kaka.

Forwards: C Ronaldo, Henry, Ronaldinho. "

Due to Alonso’s minor injury, Milwall’s midfield starter changed today. Before that, when Alonso was suspended due to a red card, Nedved played the position of the center midfielder and played well. With more than ten years of experience playing for the team, and the tacit understanding of working with Aldridge, he can almost do his best in any position in the midfield, just like he is in the Czech national team, playing forward and back It is also possible to play in the midfield in one step. Villa’s burning energy in the 2/3 season of the season made the second half of the state fluctuate relatively. As Henry returns and the season enters the sprint stage, Aldridge has higher requirements for the front line. He will choose the starting candidate according to the player's status, even Ronaldo may be removed from the starting list due to the ups and downs.

Aldridge, who was sitting on the coach's bench, bent over and supported his cheeks, gazing quietly at the stadium.

This gesture of his reflects well on Millwall's posture at the start of the game!

The Champions League is not a league.

In fact, even if the league lost to Chelsea one game, or even double-killed, it will not be desperate.

However, if there is a problem in the two rounds of the cup, if you make a mistake, there is no room to make up for it. This reason was understood long ago by Aldridge, and the caution of playing the cup knockout is also the policy that has always been implemented. Never wavered.

Millwall stabilized the ball in the midfield and backcourt after the opening to ensure that the Chelsea formation was compressed to the extreme retreat before attacking. On the road, they are not in a hurry, there is no need to hurry!

And because the Champions League has rules for scoring away goals, as long as they don’t lose the ball, patiently look for opportunities to score, they can advance.

The reason is so simple.

Millwall had a newcomer at the beginning of the season. After more than half of the season's running-in and promotion, no matter the young players' technical ability, game experience, or team understanding, they quickly rose to a new height.

This makes their team skills and tactics more powerful!

Chelsea is very uncomfortable.

Sitting at home, because their core idea is to prevent anti-reaction, they cannot take the initiative to attack!

Drogba's crazy rushing in the midfield is just a waste of energy and was consumed by opponents.

Ribery himself ranked second after Joe Cole, but unexpectedly, when Robben had just recently recovered from the injury but was afraid to be activated, Joe Cole lost to Ribery in the winger competition. High position, thanks to his obedient, like Joe Cole and Robben always need Mourinho to roar frantically on the sidelines, let them participate in the defense, Ribery waits for the opportunity to rise, naturally understand how to satisfy Mourinho So, under the premise of putting a lot of energy on defense, Mourinho improved Ribery's team position.

However, in the face of Millwall, Ribery and Duff on the other side did not dare to go to grab easily, for fear of losing the space behind him, especially Lampard. He knew what Millwall was playing. idea.

20 minutes into the game, Millwall had a very high possession rate, but did not create a good opportunity.

The Chelsea formation is extremely compressed, but it can't fight a better counterattack, because their counterattack starting position is too late, Millwall's midfield interception ability is also top, Nedved with De Rossi, how can he let Their monotonous counterattack tactics penetrated the middle? Not to mention Nesta, who had eaten Drogba on the back line, it was a moose!

Silva's progress this season is very obvious, the defense is becoming more stable.

There is only one problem on the guard line that has troubled Odrich: When Silva is completely world-class, Nesta is estimated to be almost unable to persist throughout the season.

This question is far from far, close to near, it is not unfounded, there is a game of chess in my heart, I know when to lay out, when to end, when to break out of the Quartet, when there is no external intervention, Audrey Qi has always taken one step and three steps for the team's construction.

Keeping his cheeks while watching the game on the coach's bench, Aldridge did not have the slightest killing spirit. This London Derby in the Champions League game, he will win in the first game, he also firmly believes that Chelsea is absolutely Not as strong as cold!

What will make them shaken? Let them panic?

time!

Mourinho stood on the sidelines directing the team to play, and now the scene on the court seems familiar.

In last year's Champions League final, Millwall used this routine to consume Porto.

Although Mourinho himself did not admit that he lost to Aldridge, he decided that Millwall scored the first goal using the rules. In fact, he knew that Millwall would break through the Porto door. The problem is only time.

Now, he has a team that is one grade stronger than Porto. He firmly believes that Chelsea can compete against Millwall, but the comparison of the situation on the court makes him lose heart.

The main defense depends on four backs, double backs, and all-round midfielder Lampard's defensive end. The main force is 7 people. The winger is to participate in the defense. If the winger retreats to a deep area in the second half, counterattack But the threat will be much lower over the same period!

Because Millwall's defense is much stronger than the second-generation mad lion!

The key point is the main force Alonso. Now Nedved, who is playing this position, has a stronger defensive ability and awareness than the second-generation mad lion main force Pirlo, especially in interception. The consistency of the team's defense makes the Chelsea's counterattack wants to see through the needle and penetrate the opponent, it is too difficult, too difficult, Drogba is not the strongest Drogba, he can now use his physical advantage to abuse 70% of the Premier League guards, but he can't occupy it in front of Nesta Half a point is cheap, but the new leader of the mad lion guard line calmly looks like a god. The season has entered the countdown, but almost no picture of Nesta making mistakes or mistakes on the field!

The game time is 35 minutes, and Chelsea will be extremely depressed!

This is Stamford Bridge!

Is their home court.

But they were beaten by Millwall in the scene!

The halftime offense will soon be ended. In the counterpoint defense, their wingers have one-on-one advantage as if they are not obvious. Ribery is today on the side of Schneider, Duff is Turram, but just This pair of German full-backs are intercepted with defensive consciousness and technology, rather than rushing to crush their opponents, so Ribery and Duff’s change of direction breakthrough is likely to be predicted by Schneider and Ram Correct, even if the prediction is wrong, they will not expose absolute emptiness to the opponent, the main blocked line is still inside, and the emphasis is on the inside and the outside.

Chelsea must score a goal by stepping on Millwall's body to advance to the Champions League semi-finals!

And must score at Stamford Bridge!

This is a consensus within their team.

Those players who played for Millwall actually played a negative psychological role at this moment.

In their subconscious mind, they would not think that running to the Lion King Stadium would take away victory!

That is not a small probability, it is absolutely impossible in cognition!

At home, Millwall has never lost!

Even when Klinsmann coached, he never lost to his opponents at home in the European War!

Not to mention Aldridge?

How could the monarch, who is in charge of everything in Millwall, overturn the ship in the gutter at home?

The only chance to defeat Millwall and advance to the semi-finals is to rely on home court!

Defeat your opponents at home and go away to stubbornly stop Millwall from crushing them!

It is under the influence of such psychological cues that Chelsea will see the team's situation on the court is unfavorable and have other ideas.

There were less than 10 minutes left in the first half of the game. Taking advantage of this period of time, quickly rushed to play Millwall?

In fact, Mourinho had the same idea on the sidelines.

Can Millwall take possession of the ball for too long, and has not withstood the severe test? Is it possible to gamble? With the end of the first half, players may be less vigilant, so as to beat opponents by surprise?

Mourinho, who has an eye for his team, knows that his disciples can't hold back through the players' running position and activity trends.

So, in his heart, he gave a ruthless gesture to the players and attacked Millwall!

At that moment, his expression showed a terrible look!

In the last defeat, he did not go to gambling and missed the best time. This time, he bet!

After seeing the Chelsea midfield line and the full-backs starting to push forward, Aldridge changed his movement, still bending over, resting his hands on his thighs, bowing his head, no one could see his expression at the moment.

A sneer came to the corner of his mouth.