Three Hundred and Ninety-Two Gattuso Broke the Record
Thank you "Thieves" for your reward! ——
When the FA Cup draw came out, most fans were complaining about the FA.
Millwall and Manchester United met in the FA Cup semi-final.
Everyone is looking forward to the two meeting in the final. If luck is better in the Champions League, maybe Millwall will compete with Manchester United for the third-tier championship!
What an exciting script this would be!
The third-tier championship is a bit far away, and Millwall lost the chain in the 31st round of the league.
At Villa Park, Millwall faced Aston Villa, who were aiming to get a ticket to the European War, but the opponent was united to defend a draw.
Unexpectedly, Manchester United drew Wimbledon away, and Arsenal also drew Southampton away. Only Chelsea, one of the top four teams, beat Charlton by one goal away and re-entered the title race.
With 7 rounds left in the league, Millwall is 4 points ahead of Manchester United and 6 points ahead of Arsenal and Chelsea. For the rest of the schedule, Millwall will have a direct dialogue with Chelsea and Arsenal. It is still unclear who will win.
There is no problem with the depth of the bench, and Aldrich has no troubles in the formation of continuous battles. Before going to Kyiv, he attended the press conference and announced the 18-man roster.
Media reporters from all over Europe who followed Millwall were stunned on the spot.
Giancarlo asked everyone what was on their minds.
"Millwall went to the second leg of the Champions League quarter-finals, and brought two forwards?"
Aldridge nodded and said, "Yes, I think that's enough. Larson will start. Henry will be on the bench."
The reporters figured it out. Two goalkeepers. Seven defenders, two forwards, leaving seven midfielders.
Taking a closer look at the expedition list, everyone guessed Aldrich's plan.
This damn is going to take the bus!
Makelele, Gattuso, Pedretti, Lampard, Van der Meyde. Nedved, plus another Duff.
Neither Ronaldinho nor Pirlo
With a two-goal advantage in the first round, Aldridge couldn't afford to go to the away game against Dynamo Kyiv.
There are obviously many disadvantages of being a guest, so does he have to compete with the weather, the venue, and tell outsiders that he will win the day?
Bringing some substitutes, the starting point is to let them familiarize themselves with the rhythm of the competition in Eastern Europe, at least to have a psychological adaptation. If you encounter it in the future, you will not be caught off guard.
Flying to Kyiv is not a short flight time. After Millwall stayed at the hotel in Kyiv, the night before the game, local fans in Kyiv held a massive harassment activity outside the hotel.
A group of people held a rock concert outside, which lasted until late at night, and the fans also played slogans to dampen the morale of Millwall.
It cannot be said that this effect will be fatal, but at least it will have a certain effect.
Van der Meyde and Duff were not in good spirits the next day, and the sound insulation in the hotel was poor. They didn't sleep for a while until four o'clock in the morning. Fortunately, they were not the main players. The main players like Nedved had experience and wore headphones before going to bed. Listening to sleep songs, even the sound of divine beasts crossing the catastrophe and descending divine thunder outside could not prevent them from falling asleep peacefully.
At night, Aldridge put on a slim-fitting coat, and in London he could have taken off his suit, but it was a fucking cold night in Kyiv.
Fucking temperature.
When he showed up, he was booed by Dynamo Kyiv fans.
They have all heard that Millwall will take a bus when they come here.
When the starting lineup came out, the booing was even louder.
The most intuitive feeling of Millwall's lineup is that it is hard!
Goalkeeper: Bout.
Defenders: Mills, Materazzi, Ferdinand, Neil.
Double midfielders: Gattuso, Makelele.
Bilateral forwards: Pedretti, Lampard.
Attacking midfielder: Pavel Nedved.
Forward: Larson.
Millwall put up a 451, and the midfielder was completely armed to the teeth with a sense of sight.
From the beginning of the game, the fans of Dynamo Kyiv booed Millwall. As long as they took the ball, intercepted the ball, and made steals to destroy Dynamo Kyiv's offense, the boos from the stands would be deafening.
Aldridge sat on the coach's bench very puzzled.
Dynamo Kyiv went to Wembley to take a bus, and Millwall was a guest with a bucket, what's the problem?
Why boo us?
Dynamo Kyiv fans booing each other is spicy.
Who made you the defending champions?
Before coming here, Millwall announced the list of 18 players. Lobanovsky had heard about it, but he couldn't really believe it.
Can you believe the intelligence that comes from the opponent himself?
Even at home, Lobanovski is still taboo against Millwall, who lost to the opponent at home last season.
He is not afraid of Millwall's mad attack, so Dynamo Kyiv will have more opportunities.
He is most afraid of Millwall's defense.
But today Millwall is extremely inclined to defense.
This is the most troublesome thing. Once a strong team becomes insignificant, there is almost no way for an inferior opponent.
From the observation of the running of the players on both sides after the opening, it can be clearly seen that Millwall's players are slow. In the weather, which is about 6 degrees lower than the average daily temperature in London, the players are not very comfortable, and the pitch is also awkward.
Henry was wearing a thermal coat with his neck tucked in. He was sitting in the back row, and his head was right next to Aldridge's ear. He asked curiously, "Boss, don't you feel embarrassed?".
Aldridge asked strangely, "What's embarrassing?"
Henry said as a matter of course: "Hush."
"Heh, what's there to be embarrassed about?"
"Ahem, you are a coach who has won the Champions League."
"So what? If you are asked to go up and kick hard, hum, maybe one of you will be injured in ten minutes."
Henry didn't ask any more questions after hearing this. He thought that Aldridge would rather be booed than protect the players.
Although this is not all the reason, there must be this consideration.
In cold weather and in an unfamiliar field, the probability of injury will increase.
This is completely different from last season's match against Dynamo Kyiv in the group stage, when the situation of qualifying for the group was unclear. Dynamo Kyiv can play at home. Nowadays. Dynamo Kyiv is trying to fight Millwall desperately!
Once Millwall opens up with the opponent and the distance between the three lines shrinks greatly, then Millwall's players will inevitably do more start-up acceleration in order to keep up with the opponent, which is easy to strain.
Today, the five midfielders formed an all-round protection for the back line and compressed space. Dynamo Kyiv's positional attack could not advance to the dangerous area at all. It only relied on long-range shots from the outside and personal breakthroughs, and the effect was very poor.
Millwall's attack is also far from ideal. Most of the time, there is no way to get the ball out of the front court, and too few troops are invested in the attack. When Larson is marked to death, Nedved will not rush forward with the ball. Today Millwall's The speed characteristics have been weakened to the limit. They can't break through the opponent's defense line with speed, but they control the ball and wait for the opponent to grab it. In turn, the opponent's physical energy will be consumed, and the opponent will become anxious psychologically.
"At the end of the 45 minutes in the first half, Dynamo Kyiv only got three shots in the first half. Two of them were long-range shots, and Millwall had zero shots. Looking at the statistics, we can't see Millwall. Hall has the momentum of the defending champion, but considering that they have a two-goal advantage and a total score of 2:0, Hall wants to get tickets to the semi-finals at the least cost, which is reasonable, but the fans seem not to agree Every time a Millwall player touched the ball, there was a huge booing from the fans."
Lobanovsky walked back to the locker room with a sullen face, while Aldridge remained unchanged. Even if the fans booed extremely harshly, he turned a deaf ear.
In the second half, as the game time became less and less, Dynamo Kyiv invested more and more troops in the offense. They had to score at least one goal before they could see the hope of advancing.
Aldridge seems to be telling the outside world through this game that if his team goes to the bus, it will make the opponent feel desperate.
When the game progressed to 75 minutes, Dynamo Kyiv pressed across the board, and as a result, the defense was exposed. After successfully stealing Berkovic, Gattuso went straight to the frontcourt.
Larson had been walking almost all the time before, waiting for such an opportunity. After successfully countering offside, he rushed forward, and the opponent's goalkeeper attacked.
Shovkowski rushed out of the penalty area and wanted to clear the ball, but he made a mistake in judging the landing point. The ball bounced three meters in front of him. He took off and used his body to block the ball, but the ball jumped over his head.
Larson rushed past him, the bouncing speed of the ball slowed down, Larson didn't touch the ball, turned to look at Shovkowski's position, the opponent gave up completely.
Larson followed the ball slowly and watched the ball roll into the goal.
"Millwall scored a goal to lead 3-0 on aggregate and Dynamo Kyiv has no chance unless they score 4 goals in 15 minutes. Well, the instigator of this goal should be Gattuso, Larsson deliberately didn't touch the ball and let it roll into the goal. This goal may well be the longest goal in the history of the Champions League. Dynamo Kyiv's home length is 120 yards. He is about 15 yards behind the center circle. The distance is about 75 yards and the goal is scored! Uh, if it is a record, I need to check the historical data of the Champions League, I am really sorry."
Gattuso's original intention was to pass a long pass with big feet. Unexpectedly, the opponent's goalkeeper gave a big gift and made a mistake. The ball bounced off the ground and flew over his head. Then Gattuso saw Larson running over. He was already low Head clenched celebrating.
Larson is obviously not offside. If the ball can be kicked, Gattuso will definitely break Larson's leg.
As a result, when he bowed his head and clenched his fist to celebrate, Makelele next to him pushed him and shouted at him: "You scored a goal!"
Gattuso just got happy, suddenly froze, looked up and looked forward, and found that Larson was walking back slowly and pointed at him with a smile on his face.
Only then did Gattuso realize that Larson didn't touch the ball.
Uh, I scored a goal!
His reaction was hilarious. He froze for three seconds, then suddenly started running to the sidelines, taking off his jersey and waving it over his head.
Millwall, from the coaching staff to the substitutes, stood up and applauded him. No matter what happened, it felt a bit unbelievable that a goal could be scored from that distance, but the process was not very exciting.
Dynamo Kyiv was completely overwhelmed by this goal. Not only did they fail to stage a reversal at home, they were also set a record by their opponents.
The commentator also checked the records and confirmed that Gattuso's goal became the longest goal in the Champions League!
At the end of the game, the players on the Millwall bench got up and celebrated with the players on the field.
"The defending champions beat Dynamo Kyiv 3-0 on aggregate to reach the semi-finals. The opponents in the finals, it is not yet known which team they will meet. However, Hall's team will not be afraid of opponents. It should be the other semi-final teams praying to avoid this seemingly impossible to beat The mad lion!" (to be continued...) ()