The Young Lion

Wimbledon is a wonderful flower in the Premier League. It is obviously the poorest club in the Premier League. Even the stadium is rented by the Crystal Palace, but every year they watch other clubs with more money than them relegated. They rarely fall into the relegation war. The same was true of the season. They sat firmly in the top of the standings, ranked ninth, and left the 10th-placed Leicester City by 7 points, just like a watermark in the standings, because in theory, Wimbledon relegated Worry-free, but the ten teams behind Leicester City, except for Nottingham Forest almost relegation hopeless, the other nine teams have the possibility of relegation, involved in Leeds United, Blackburn, West Ham United Team, Everton and so on should not sound like the name of a relegation team.

This season's Premier League championship suspense has become small since Christmas, but after mid-to-late March, which three teams will be relegated has become the biggest suspense, because there may be too many relegated teams, the Premier League A new broadcast contract will be signed in the summer, and there are rumors that the contract will be at least twice that of the contract five years ago, which further stimulated the fierce relegation battle.

Wimbledon's popular relegation this year has been a worry-free early, and now began to fight the FA Cup.

This is probably related to their tough and rough English style. It is not uncommon for a team that can stick to one style to play one season for two seasons, but a team that can stick to playing like this for ten years and does not seek change. It's really rare in the world. Perhaps it is this unswerving determination that made Wimbledon in the Premier League, although unable to touch the throne, but able to laugh proudly.

The FA Cup quarter-finals kicked off at the Lion's Cave Stadium.

Less than a minute into the opening, Wimbledon leader Pooh Jones came over and overturned Lampard. The referee whistled for a foul and verbally warned Jones, but no card was played.

Jones's face was still chattering dissatisfiedly, spitting on the way back, as if despising Lampard's softness.

Aldridge spread his hands on the sidelines to protest, but he didn't think that Wimbledon was wrong.

You can accuse them of not thinking about making progress, slamming their long-lost pass.

You can also laugh at the fact that they are chins on the court, and they can't perform the show.

However, there is no set style standard for football stadiums. Some players are dancing, and some players are rampant.

Wimbledon, a group of blue-collar fighters, regardless of whether they play well or not, they have a place in the Premier League, and no one wants to easily take advantage of them.

It is this kind of bravery that is not afraid of the sky, so that they violate the law of the capital game of football, and the poor Jingle Bell still eats in the top league.

Dealing with this group of muscular fighters, Aldridge was a little daunted. He didn’t dare to let the main players fight with each other. He was afraid that his team would be scarred. Moreover, they cooperated with that set in Wimbledon. Not necessarily the best choice.

The opponent played a long pass, Millwall also played a long pass today.

With strong attacking and defensive midfielders in the middle, Barak and Lampard can move up and down, plug in when attacking, and participate in fierce strangulation during defense.

Three forwards, Tony is the bridgehead, Fanny is in the water in the restricted area, and behind them they are followed by an unreasonable and magical sword Phillips. The offensive routines are promoted in addition to the middle road organization. The ball rushed to the penalty area.

Throughout the first half, the rhythm of the game was confrontation, fall, confrontation, and fall. There was a chaotic battle in Wimbledon's penalty area, and Aldridge could not cover his face directly.

It feels like the opponent is not a normal thinking player, but a group of reckless rhinos. It is difficult to see their defensive routines from the crowd, but they are deterred by the rampage.

Wimbledon's tactical execution is very high, away, well.

It's a tie. Let's find another time to play. Anyway, we are short of money. We will fight for more and earn more tickets and broadcast fees.

This is a game that will test the will. Millwall's players must not be afraid first, and second, they must maintain their faith in victory. Otherwise, it is likely that their opponents will succeed.

The tough battle was extremely fierce. Wimbledon practiced foul tactics outside the penalty area and blocked it with a body in the face of long-range shots. In addition to Millwall's bombardment and bombing, the penalty area took a long shot and took a chance. Millwall's players were mostly It was hit by a foul, and Wimbledon's players were mostly hit by football and fell to the ground.

The fans in the stands are very enjoyable. The fans of the mad lion have no hostility to the fans of the gang. On the contrary, they appreciate the spirit of the gang. They don’t care if you play rough, as long as they play like Man, let's respect you.

In the first half, six players at Wimbledon received a yellow card, but they held a draw.

Aldridge returned to the locker room at halftime and looked at the players who were dissatisfied with his mouth. After the locker room was silent, he looked at Lampard and asked, "Are you angry?"

Lampard took it for granted: "Why not? They just don't seem to play football."

He was knocked over at least three times in the first half, and he had the urge to directly fight the opponent.

Aldridge looked at the other players again and asked Materazzi: "What about you? Are you angry?"

Materazzi shrugged. "There's nothing to be angry. This is normal."

This scene was more common when he used to be in the Italian regional league.

In fact, there is no "dirty not dirty" on the court. As long as it is not a black whistle and the opponent fouls, then if the card is eaten, the two yellows will turn into a red, or a red card directly. This has rules restricting player behavior.

"I have the illusion that you started to think of football as a gentleman's game. You may think that playing football should be like our tactical style, pursuing teamwork and showing your personal skills. You are like a band of singers. Get together to compose gorgeous and beautiful movements."

Aldridge finished his talk lightly, the other players stared at him, and many people showed a reflective look in their eyes.

"That's right, this is our pursuit, but we can't impose our pursuit on others as a standard, we can't just complain when we meet opponents who run counter to our pursuit, you can't say that Wimbledon is not playing football , They are also working hard to show their unique style, although this style is very different from ours, but we should not complain, we should face this opponent, and then stay calm and beat the opponent. At least, I do not despise them, Even I respect the opponent’s head coach very much, why? Because I am lucky than the opponent, I can coach you talented players, you are very strong together, in terms of football talent, Wimbledon’s players are not as good as you, just look at them In the standings of the standings, think about who was eliminated by Manchester United? They united together to play their own style of football, which also makes them stronger. This is commendable."

The players showed thoughtful expressions. After about two minutes, Aldridge asked with a smile: "Who else is angry?"

Lampard shook his head first, and other players shook his head.

Aldridge continued to ask, "What should I do in the second half?"

"Defeat them!"

"Very good, now let's talk about the adjustment in the second half."

Aldridge completed the midfield adjustment in only three minutes, and then allowed the players to play.

In fact, there are not many adjustments he can make. It's just that Lampard and Barak alternately insert into the penalty area, disrupting the opponent's defense, and then adjusting the way the wing plays.

In the second half, the two sides changed sides and fought.

Wimbledon is still a decisive look. Their offensive methods are relatively monotonous. They can only start from the positioning ball. The positional counterattack has neither a speed-type striker nor a big boost. Therefore, even the positioning ball attack opportunities Poorly.

The game still maintained a deadlock. Aldridge paced back and forth on the sidelines. Seeing that the time had reached 75 minutes, he planned to replace another midfielder to enhance the coverage of the two-point attack.

Overcrowding in the penalty area will not have much effect on the striker.

As he was about to go back to warm up Nedved, the situation on the field was abrupt, Zambrotta made a long pass from the left and hung into the penalty area. Tonella grabbed the landing point at the back point and pushed the ball back in front of the goal. , Barak plugged in and jumped up a header.

Wimbledon goalkeeper made a subconscious save, the ball was blocked by him magically!

However, there were too many predecessors in the penalty area. After the ball popped out, I didn't know whose body it touched, and it bounced back into the goal.

"The goal has been scored! Millwall made a violent attack for 76 minutes and finally scored! Oh, oh, it wasn't Millwall's player who scored the goal, it was Wimbledon's own goal! The goalkeeper's world-class save The ball was blocked, but his teammates couldn't avoid it, and he used his body to block the ball back into the goal. Wimbledon saw that there was still fifteen minutes to get a draw. Unexpectedly, he made a mistake and Millwall led 1:0. !They reached the FA Cup semifinals with one foot."

Aldridge breathed a sigh of relief after seeing the goal on the sidelines and gave a gesture to the players on the field. After the players celebrated, they passed the coach's tactical instructions to each other.

Next, they want to balance the formation.

Wimbledon was unwilling to defeat, and naturally fought back, but Millwall's midfield and backcourt defense players were really not afraid of the impact of power. Ferdinand made a long pass to head the ball in the confrontation, revealing the general. Wind.

When Wimbledon attacked, their defensive area in the backcourt quickly shrank, and the exposed space became larger and larger. In the last five minutes of the game, another wavelength pass was blocked by Millwall. Then, Lampard In the midfield and backcourt, a long kick is sent to the frontcourt.

Tony was at the front, blocking Wimbledon's back with his back. The two bodies fought fiercely. After the ball fell, neither of them actually touched the ball. Seeing that the ball jumped up before Tony bounced off the ground, Directly over the head of the two, at that time, Phillips dashed across the two wisely. When the ball landed again, he stopped the ball steadily and then rushed the ball to the goal of the opponent alone.

Facing the attacking goalkeeper, Phillips calmly kicked the ball and sent the ball into the bottom right corner of the goal to help Millwall lock the victory.

Millwall players celebrated, while Wimbledon players dropped their heads weakly, standing on their hips and looking very unwilling.

Aldridge applauded on the sidelines, half of the applause was given to Wimbledon.

At least, this brutal team has their own unique temperament, although they are not strong, but it is admirable to allow a club to have a special temperament team.

People mention a lot of famous teams, they can think of the spirit of this team in their minds, and Wimbledon’s players may not be a few famous, but when it comes to the name of the club, people know what they symbolize, despite the big Most people don’t admire them, but considering their club’s situation, this is already commendable.

The score of 2:0 was finally maintained to the end. Millwall played in the third line, the league, the FA Cup, the European Cup of the Winners, and entered the sprint stage of the third-line championship.

The FA Cup semi-final opponents came out the next day. It was Middlesbrough, which ended Millwall’s two-year home defeat at the beginning of the season, but this hatred, they had already reported in the second half of the league. In the confrontation, Millwall won three goals. Now, the two teams will meet again in the FA Cup semi-finals.