The Young Lion

Millwall and Manchester United lined up to enter the field. Southgate and Keane led their respective teams as captains. Today is undoubtedly a big scene. The players on both sides held their heads high and their eyes were piercing. beast.

The most eye-catching game of the English Premier League finale in the 2000-2001 season was played at the Lion King Stadium at Millwall. The defending champion Millwall faced Manchester United. The points difference between the two teams was one point. Won the championship trophy, and Millwall won the championship after a draw. This is the first season for Millwall to move into the new stadium. If you can win the championship trophy today, it will undoubtedly make all Millwall fans feel happy, and Manchester United They can only win the league runner-up for four consecutive years, one of which was snatched away by Arsenal, and the remaining three times, they were all inferior to Millwall. Judging from the serious but fighting spirit expressions of their players today, they Obviously don't want to be the runner-up for five consecutive years! Fiction novel chapters are updated the fastest

Martin, although Ferguson didn't say it clearly, judging from the momentum on Fleet Street, this game will determine who is the king of England in the Premier League era, Millwall or Manchester United. Both teams have three Premier League titles. Today, it is bound to be There will be a team that has won four Premier League titles. Millwall is rarely defeated at home. If Manchester United can capture the Lion King Stadium, then although they have not won the league title in the past four years, they can still be considered. The most successful team of the Premier League era, even though they played three more seasons than Millwall.

Yeah, Millwall has won three Premier League titles in five seasons since he arrived in the Premier League, and Manchester United did it in eight seasons. But whoever wins the trophy today. Undeniable. Premier League nine In 2009, four champions are enough to be crowned king.

Let's take a look at the starting lists of both sides. Millwall at home has two absolute main players who cannot appear on the field. Although the main goalkeeper Bute has resumed training, his condition cannot be guaranteed. Pagliuca, who joined in the winter transfer, passed half a season. Stable performance proves the success of this transfer. He will still help Millwall guard the goal today. Ronaldinho has been recovering from his injury for more than three weeks. He was not included in the squad for the game today, but according to outside sources Look, he's going to be ready for the Champions League final in four days and Klose will start instead of him.

Millwall started 433.

Goalkeeper: Pagliuca.

Defenders: Schneider, Materazzi, Southgate, Zambrotta.

Midfield: Gattuso, Pirlo, Nedved.

Forwards: Larsson, Klose. Henry.

Manchester United's lineup is relatively neat, and they still play their traditional 442. It's just that Beckham's position in the game will change. When the two teams clashed in the first half of the league, Beckham was more active in the backcourt, instigating Manchester United's offense with long passes.

Manchester United starting 442.

Goalkeeper: Barthez.

Defenders: Neville, Stam, Brown, Sylvester.

Midfield: Beckham, Keane, Scholes, Giggs.

Forwards: Solskjaer, Ruud van Nistelrooy.

Well, the introduction of the starting lineups of the two sides is over, let us wait and see how exciting this match that will determine the league champion will be!

Manchester United took the lead in the first half.

Solskjaer and Ruud van Nistelrooy stood at the kick-off point in the center circle, and the two looked at Millwall's half. Although there are still familiar faces, Millwall is now in terms of players, spirit, stadium, fans, etc. In all aspects, earth-shaking changes have taken place.

After the referee blew the whistle, Solskjaer gave the ball to Ruud van Nistelrooy, throwing away distracting thoughts, and his expression suddenly became extremely resolute.

A season of hard work has ushered in the final battle today.

Even though Babyface has a good personal relationship with Aldridge, he does have a bit of obsession in his heart.

When Aldridge couldn't give him the main position, he left and wanted to prove to Aldridge on the field: You are wrong! Keep me, give me the main position, I can become the greatest striker of Wild Lions!

But the reality is always playing with black humor. Regardless of whether Millwall's striker combination at the peak of the first generation of wild lions or the current striker combination of the second generation pioneered a dynasty, the strength of the players and the statistics of the game are far beyond Solskjaer's reach.

Van Nistelrooy's heart is very similar to Solskjaer's.

Aldridge gave up him for Henry, and he was even faintly inferior to Klose. Why did Van Nistelrooy want to prove to Aldridge: I am better than any striker in your heart!

This season, York's state has declined, and there are constant disputes off the court. Ruud van Nistelrooy is in charge. His journey in Manchester United has just begun, which makes him ambitious.

From the first minute of the game, the two sides fought fiercely, trying to disrupt the opponent's organization of possession.

Ferguson watched the game on the sidelines for five minutes, looking at Aldridge with fire in his eyes.

Millwall did still play 433 today, but made a key change.

Nedved retreated and participated in the defense more actively to strengthen the protection of the back line.

The consequence of this change is that Millwall's frontcourt trident is a lone point in the offense, that is, it lacks the offensive level, and basically can only go one way to the black.

But in exchange for a more stable defense, the back line is more secure.

Millwall won the championship after a tie. Today's game is mainly defensive, which is understandable.

Ferguson couldn't blame Aldridge either.

Millwall is known for its offense, but it hasn't reached the level of obsession that it would be better to die if you don't attack. Anyway, Aldridge is very open-minded, and it doesn't hurt to be flexible at the right time.

What's more, there will be the Champions League final in four days!

Focusing on defense, there are more or less considerations for staying power.

Their Champions League final opponents Bayern Munich are in the same league position as Millwall.

As long as the league final game is tied, they can win the championship.

The Bundesliga ended on the same day as the Premier League, but for the sake of ratings, the two sides staggered the game time, and the Bundesliga took place first.

Bayern Munich almost relived the nightmare of the 1999 Champions League final.

The championship opponent Schalke 04 is at home against Unterhaching. Schalke 04 must win to hope to win the championship. As a result, they fell behind by two goals at the beginning. Then tie the score. Another goal behind the opponent. In the 70th minute of the second half, he started a massive counterattack, scored three goals in a row, and finally reversed the opponent 5:3 and took all three points.

Bayern Munich won the championship after a tie, but in the 89th minute of the game, they were scored by their opponents at home in Hamburg and fell behind. Almost all the players in suits and shoes on the bench of Bayern Munich collapsed!

Schalke 04 is boiling, ready to celebrate winning the championship.

At the critical moment, Kahn stood up and immediately boosted the morale of the team. In the last minute of stoppage time, Bayern Munich won a free kick in the penalty area. The opponent's goalkeeper made a low-level error. The ball was received by his teammate in the penalty area and gave Bayern Munich this opportunity.

Effenberg called Anderson, and under the arrangement of the tiger, Anderson converted this last-minute opportunity into a goal. Bayern Munich equalized the score at the last moment. Beckenbauer danced like a child, and Hitzfeld was excited. Also lost his temper. Only the Schalke 04 fans cried bitterly.

Bayern Munich won the league title, if Millwall cannot win the Premier League title today. Regardless of the level of momentum or psychological impact, it will plant unfavorable seeds for the Champions League final four days later.

In today's game, the players fell frequently on the field, not because they cheated and flopped, but because the two sides seemed to be red-eyed from the beginning.

Beckham really went to play the right midfielder again at the beginning of today's game. Unfortunately, Millwall retreated Nedved's position. Beckham must either go back to help Neville, or he can only go up and play the winger he is good at, otherwise Let him move freely in the midfield, but he himself is uncomfortable, and organization is not his strong point.

In the 11th minute, Giggs made a pass from the wing and dropped into the penalty area. Van Nistelrooy hid behind Materazzi like a ghost. Just after Giggs passed the ball, he suddenly came out and ran to the center of the goal, but He was just about to grab the landing point, but found that Southgate took the first step. Ruud didn't even jump, and watched Southgate head the ball to clear.

Others may be okay, but Millwall's defenders are very familiar with his characteristics when they meet Ruud van Nistelrooy.

Turning his head around, Larson sprinted across the right flank like no one else. As long as Giggs attacked close to the bottom line of Millwall's side, once Millwall counterattacked, he would return to defense, and then Doesn't help because what Millwall is good at is playing the sudu trait while pushing.

Larson started from the center line, and after receiving the ball, he dribbled forward along the wing. Sylvester made a misjudgment. He thought Larson would go inside and cut in, but Larson faked in front of him. After he moved his center of gravity, he broke through the bottom line from the outside, and then used the rhythm change when Sylvester turned back to block, and then reversed the ball back to the outside line to pull out the gap. After seeing Brown move to make up for the position, he passed the ball to Ke Luo Ze's feet.

Klose has Keane behind him, Stam in front of him, and Neville next to Henry. He neither dared to stop the ball nor pass the ball again, so he just shot directly.

It was the first time for the little carpenter to experience such an important scene, and he was inevitably a little nervous. This shot was off-standard, and it flew into the stands. The distance above the crossbar was a bit outrageous.

After shooting the ball, Klose knew it was ugly, scratched his head fiercely, then turned and ran back. Now, it was him who harassed Keane.

There was warm applause at the Lion King Stadium, and the Wild Lions fans didn't mind Klose's outrageous shot, but cheered him on with applause.

Ferguson expected that this game would be very difficult, and Millwall would fight back against Manchester United, and he was mentally prepared for this. However, from the very beginning of the game, he found that the difficulty of the game was much beyond the limit he could imagine.

He and Aldridge are deadly rivals, which is caused by competition, but from a work perspective, Ferguson admires Aldridge, which is won by Aldridge with his work attitude and quality. Every time he played against Millwall, Millwall I will not invariably let the opponent play absolutely unexpected effects.

That's certainly what Aldridge did when he was preparing for the game.

Today, Millwall's offensive routine looks very simple, but Millwall's defense has changed from before, and targeted arrangements have been made according to the characteristics of Manchester United's players.

Giggs is good at rushing, the side of the back line is denser, and the distance between the defensive players is very tight. Giggs can rush one person, and he will never pass the second one.

The defense on the other side has a little more space, this is to maintain the overall formation density and limit the changes that Giggs must make on the side, otherwise, the ribs in the penalty area will be very obvious, and Scholes An attacking midfielder who is good at going forward.

Even if Beckham gets an assist, he relies on a cross. Millwall will not let Beckham miss the cross, nor will Giggs miss the cross. There is no fixed area for the cross, and he follows him like a shadow. That is no doubt. More gaps will be exposed.

Therefore, Millwall has strengthened the control of the placement in the penalty area. If you pass the ball, as long as you can't grab the ball, how much threat is there from the cross?

Solskjaer is not the type of player who grabs headers. Van Nistelrooy is a good player, but in front of Southgate and Materazzi, it is extremely uncomfortable on the field. Millwall has a reasonable division of labor and each performs his duties. It is Southgate who is marking Van Nistelrooy's movement, and letting Nedved retreat is to add a layer of protection when defending, to avoid the situation of marking but missing the ball.

The game lasted only 15 minutes, and Ferguson began to rack his brains to think about countermeasures.

How to break the defensive tactics that Millwall has carefully set up today? (to be continued...) ()