Chapter 312: Reversal

Before the second round of the UEFA Champions League semi-final, the Premier League had a sudden change, occupying the second place in the Manchester United rankings for more than half a year!
Gutter overturned!
Manchester United did not expand their lead in the league after the Champions League was eliminated by Monaco. Instead, they drew Newcastle United in Old Trafford, which is still in danger of relegation. In the same round, Arsenal swept the same city Derby opponents 5:0 at Highbury in the same round. Bourdon, overtaking Manchester United with 1 point to top the list.
With the final three rounds remaining in the Premier League, the championship situation has changed dramatically. Not only has Manchester United lost its initiative, but it may not even be able to keep the runner-up!
In the last three rounds, Manchester United’s opponents, in addition to Leeds United and Crystal Palace, also had a final round at the Lion’s Cave Stadium to challenge Millwall. The difference between the two teams’ goal difference is only two. Manchester United leads, but in points, Manchester United leads Mill. Wall scored 3 points.
Arsenal's opponents in the last three rounds were Barnsley, Everton and Aston Villa.
Millwall was 4 points behind the leader and 3 points behind second place Manchester United. With only three rounds remaining, Audridge declared straight: the defending failed!
Fleet Street found that today's situation is very similar to the final championship situation of the previous season, except that at the time the top three were Newcastle United, Manchester United, Millwall, and now Arsenal have replaced Newcastle United, and Newcastle United In the same way, with three rounds remaining, still leading the standings, the only difference is that Arsenal no longer have to compete with direct competitors, but instead Manchester United and Millwall will have a confrontation. Obviously, the probability of Arsenal winning the championship Far more than Newcastle United two years ago.
From August to April, Millwall was completely relieved in the league. Although the failure to defend the title was a blow, they have been chasers since September. The psychological blow is definitely not as strong as Manchester United. Furthermore, they are determined It’s no longer a secret in the Champions League, no matter how hard Audric used to be, their attitude is to attack the Champions League, the league can always maintain the pressure on the leader, Fleet Street said that this is still a very successful Millwall This season, at least the trophy has been harvested.
In the second round of the Champions League semi-final, the life and death battle is imminent. Millwall's team has no psychological understanding of the situation in the Premier League. They all set their feet on the journey to Monaco.
Luis II Stadium, Monaco.
Aldridge led his team here today, showing a very low profile attitude before the game, even slightly pessimistic.
He emphasized that Monaco has the advantage of home court. Millwall did not win the first round. With Southgate suspended, they have lost the opportunity to advance to the final.
This time, Aldridge did not talk to Tigana before the game. As the host here, the other party came over to shake hands with Aldridge before the game, and then patted each other's arms to separate. The two of them were actually not calm.
As a new generation of young coaches, no matter who gets the ticket to the Champions League final after this game, it will be the peak moment of his personal coaching career, which will undoubtedly bring personal fame and achievements to European football and world football. the height of!
"In the second leg of the Champions League semi-finals, the game of Monaco against Millwall is about to start. Before this season, not many people will guess that one of the two teams will enter the Champions League final. Monaco will continue to be the last coach. Wenger has led the team in the Ligue 1 championship and has not played in the Champions League for nearly a decade, but the new coach Tigana won the Ligue 1 championship last season. This season he stepped on the Monaco Champions League for many years, from the group stage to the knockout In the first round, they made a 0-0 draw with Millwall, and now at their home court, the situation in the finals is very beneficial to them. Millwall is led by young coach Odridge. Headed by Hall, the club played in the Champions League for the first time in more than 100 years. He also achieved a brilliant record. The group victory was a shock to Europe. The double play Barcelona was two classic games. The quarter-finals relied on tenacious will at the last moment. Eliminated Juventus, the winner of the championship. Although they are not optimistic at the moment, they must not be underestimated. In Turin, they created a miracle. In Monaco, what will they bring? We will wait and see!"
Southgate, who was suspended for a penalty, took his family to the away to sit in the stands to watch the game. His suspension is only one game. If the team advances to the final, he will definitely be able to play as long as he has no injuries.
Today Millwall's starting lineup is 4231, and there are two changes in personnel.
Materazzi replaces Southgate as starting center guard partner Elgra. In the past two leagues, Odrić has specifically made Elgra and Materazzi partner in the league, and consciously put opponents to attack to test the two. The tacit understanding of the people is not bad. Matrazzi has been on the team for four years and has been steadily improving. Moreover, his brave and tenacious style of play is also very suitable for the characteristics of the Premier League. His technical ability has reached the final stage. This season The performance of more than 25 appearances in the league plus cup has won unanimous praise.
Another personnel change is that Shevchenko sits on the bench and is replaced by the Danish Golden Wing, Glenshare.
Today Millwall wants to play more conservatively, but needs some personal abilities when attacking on the wing, especially the speed characteristics. Larsen and Glennshire two Nordic wingers are the most crucial point in the team's counterattack.
The game started quickly, Monaco took advantage of the home game first to control the rhythm of the game, playing slowly and slowly, first try to test the status of the opponent.
Millwall is not so polite. Once the defense is successful, he will quickly pass forward. Although the number of offenses is not large, the attack threat from the side is very intuitive.
The dribbling line after Glenshare and Larson took the ball today is very clear: inward, inward, crazy inward!
Glenn Charlburn is the best player in the team. He has ranked first in the Premier League in the number of appearances in a limited number of appearances, giving Larsen room to start. He also has a very fast dribbling speed, but only Due to his role, he didn't often pass by, but instead ran out of the opponent's penalty area and directly threatened his opponent with a shot.
The two were deliberately told by Aldrich before the game today to take the ball and go inside. It's good to pass, as long as they pass a defensive player of the other side, and don't continually pass, as long as they pass a person, their minds must start soberly. Observe that when the opponent has a second player to intercept, the defense must be available, then we must seek cooperation with teammates.
In the static defense, Nedved was guarded by two opposing midfielders, and Trezeguet was also caught by the opposing double central defender, but in a dynamically running game, as long as the side gap was opened, the inward line was taken. The opponent must pay attention to the players who have the ball, especially Larson. If he takes the ball in front of the penalty area and no one goes up to block it, he will penetrate his own door if he misses the long shot.
The Monaco fans are more optimistic. At the beginning of the season, they played a friendly match. Monaco played a 4:4 away game against each other. The first round ended half a month ago. Monaco also took away the draw from the away, today at home There is great hope for winning the game.
But they are wrong.
The friendly match was negligible. After the last Millwall kicked in, the opponent counter-attacked a fatal counterattack and led to Southgate's red card. With an early loss of one player, Millwall naturally seemed to have no threat.
But in this game, Monaco wants to win, and solve the battle within 90 minutes. In addition to playing at home, the posture is definitely more positive than playing the last round. On the contrary, Millwall built a fence wall. Relying on a small number of troops in the attack to attack the opponent's defense line in the frontcourt in a targeted manner. Between this opening and closing, Millwall's characteristics and power are far stronger than the previous game.
Monaco wanted to rip off Millwall’s defense in a positional battle. They found that Millwall was a piece of iron. Even Henry, who made the Southgate red card in the last game, was unable to play in the wing position without sprinting space. Directly threatening the opponent's door, in a sense, he is not the Henry of the Highbury King, not only in terms of technical experience, but also in the sense of playing!
The two teams have come and gone. Twenty minutes of game time have passed, and no one has got a great opportunity, but the situation has changed little by little.
Aldridge watched the game with his chin on his side and his hands in his pockets. Monaco's defensive formation has fallen into a passive rhythm. After being hit by Glencharr and Larson's inward route, their two full-backs began to gradually Approaching the center, the intention is to compress the forward space after the two wingers cut inwards, and at the same time, in order to prepare for the replacement when the teammates are blocked.
In the 28th minute of the game, Makelele broke the ball and handed it to Pirlo. Pirlo passed the ball to Glenchard. The latter's incessant breakthrough made Monaco the first time when he turned from attack to defensive Someone was watching him personally, but this time Glenchard wisely kept the ball, directly knocked the ball back to Pirlo, and then ran forward.
Pirlo faced the ball back and also kicked the ball, turning the ball to the left, Larson led the ball forward, and at the same time behind him, a teammate was flying forward at high speed, Larson wiped out the other's defense After the midfield, the ball was passed to Nedved who ran out of midfield.
Monaco contracted the defense in the middle, Nedvide controlled the ball and observed the situation, then picked a pass to the left side of the bottom line area. The assisted Capdevila surpassed the opponent's entire backline position unexpectedly. This time Monaco The entire back line was shocked.
Capdevila controlled the ball without rushing, waiting for Monaco's entire defense to move backwards, and then knocked the ball back to the front of the penalty area before someone forced him.
Pirlo appeared in that position, the position that chilled the Juventus fans' spine. It was in this position that Pirlo killed Juventus!
Monaco also realized that Pirlo should not be allowed to get up here, absolutely!
The line of defense was pressed out again for a while. Between this close and release, their mark had a loophole. Pirlo calmly did not lift his foot, but instead passed the ball from the Monaco defenders.
Trezeguet ran horizontally on the left side of the small penalty area line, facing the wonderful assists from Pirlo, he kept pushing the ball without stopping the ball.
Monaco goalkeeper Bartz struggled to save, but the reaction was still a bit slow, the ball rubbed the goal post and rolled into the goal!
"Trezeguet! Millwall opened the first record away, Millwall team scored a goal through pleasing cooperation, the whole process is endless, Pirlo's last calm pass can be called the master's hand, everyone He thought he would have a long shot, but he passed the ball, and it was passed when his teammates were not offside. Trezeguet’s shot also reflected the killer character. He did not hesitate and pushed with the inside of his foot. The speed of the ball is not particularly fast, but the angle is very tricky, rubbing the post and rolling into the goal of Monaco! Millwall leads 1:0 away, Monaco is in danger, they must now score two goals in the remaining time to advance, when After this goal appeared, this game announced that there could be no overtime."