Athens Olympic Stadium.

Millwall and Chelsea's finals were 1-0 in 40 minutes. Relying on Darren Bent's goal, Millwall temporarily took the lead, tracing the past two seasons and the situation on the court, the situation was very unfavorable to Chelsea.

While trailing the score, Chelsea did not have a low morale, but slightly strengthened the offensive. Each player still performed very positively, making the game more intense.

The victory or defeat of the game is related to the ownership of the Champions League trophy. Every player is very motivated to play. As long as there is a chance, they cannot let it go. What's more, they are just one goal behind and are not at the end of their lives. You may be able to recover with one effort.

Chelsea strengthened its offensive and hoped to equalize as soon as possible.

The backward side often does this.

Chelsea are still very unwilling to give up. Not only this game, but they have not defeated Millwall in two seasons.

This is completely unacceptable for a "top European club".

Chelsea also has some pride.

Compared with Mirwall, they have a better history and a stronger lineup. Mirwall was just a small team before and was not seen by Chelsea at all. Two seasons ago, Chelsea would not pay attention to Mirwall at all.

Football is developing and times are changing.

Chelsea did not think they would 'retrace', but instead felt that they had not defeated Millwall, but the team was not lucky and did not perform well in several games.

The outside world doesn't think so.

For the media, many things must be considered when analyzing the situation. BBC commentator Leinkell said bluntly, "In the past two seasons, Chelsea has not defeated Millwall, especially when Millwall scored first, their chances have become smaller."

The Chelsea players at this time have no time to think about history.

That will only bring about pessimism.

The only thing they can do is keep working hard to prove that the team is no worse than Millwall.

This is the Champions League final.

Chelsea's loss to Mirwall was in the league, cup, not in the Champions League. The two teams met for the first time in the Champions League. From this perspective, history has lost its meaning.

Chelsea cheers were also heard in the audience.

Not only Chelsea fans who came, but many Greek fans are cheering for Chelsea. People always subconsciously sympathize with the weak side. On the field, Chelsea is in a weak position. For neutral fans, they have no absolute support for Mirwall and Chelsea. They just support a team at will.

Seeing that Chelsea fell behind the score, they hoped that Chelsea could equalize the goal.

Chelsea's offensive is indeed very strong.

From the beginning of the game, both teams attached great importance to defense. Previously, with Millwall's outstanding performance, the pace of the game accelerated a lot, but in fact the main theme on the court was still defense.

Now Chelsea's offensive has overwhelmed the defense. They hope to rewrite the score as soon as possible. Millwall's rhythm has not changed. He is still calm in the defense, so Chelsea has slightly suppressed the situation.

Millwall's style of playing is still very conservative.

The situation on the court is one aspect, and the tactics are the other aspect. When the players perform well on the court, the offensive of the entire team seems to be strengthened, but in fact, the players still attach great importance to defense. When the ball rights are converted, they will quickly retreat to stabilize the defense in the backcourt.

Before the game, Zhang Yang kept emphasizing defense, and the concept of defense was also imprinted in the players' minds.

Now, except for Darren Bent, other players on the court need to participate in the defense, and their defensive abilities are all over the place. Even Quaresma, who is a little less, can cooperate with Zambrota to defend the right side.

Under Mirwall's tight defense, Chelsea's offensive was repeatedly blocked.

Perhaps Chelsea is too anxious!

Chelsea is eager to equalize the score, and the players' personal performance has increased, but their cooperation has been much worse. The continuous offensive ends with being intercepted.

Millwall kept launching a quick counterattack.

Millwall has played the characteristics of being good at playing in the wind. They don’t need to command at all. Every player knows how to play. The entire team is completely defensive and does not even take the initiative to attack. Most of the players are in the backcourt, just waiting for Chelsea to attack and find an opportunity to grab the ball and launch a fast attack.

Every fast break from Millwall poses a threat to Chelsea.

Although the situation on the court is still biased towards Chelsea, which has a higher possession rate and more passes, in terms of threats to the goal, Millwall has the advantage. Anyone can see that the situation is very beneficial to Millwall.

Looking at the game on the court, Zhang Yang sighed at the progress of the entire team.

After scoring a goal, every player knows how to play, and their performance becomes more and more stable, knows how to use the score advantage to gain an advantage on the field.

This is growth.

Growth does not depend on excellent skills or skillful cooperation, but on knowing when to play, because it is difficult for the coach to command during the game, and the effect of on-the-spot command is not great, and it often depends on the players' own ideas to play.

Many young teams start to get a little "floating" when they play in the wind. They will not strengthen their defense, but will continue to attack while taking advantage of their good condition.

If you go to the game like this, it will be fine. If you don’t play well, you may be easily tied by your opponent and overtake it.

Millwall knows how to play, and they also know how to maximize the advantage of the score.

This also made Zhang Yang feel very pleased.

Over more than two seasons, his coaching ability has grown and the entire team has become more mature.

So what about next season?

Zhang Yang frowned slightly, but became very excited.

In the 43rd minute of the game, Chelsea's offensive became more intense.

They seemed to have to equalize the score in the first half.

Drogba and Joe Cole were at the forefront and simply didn't go back to defend. Most of the time, Lampard also attacked the center line, and occasionally Mikel would come forward to assist.

Chelsea's two full-backs, Bridge and Ferreira, also rushed up frequently, which also led to the entire formation being beaten by Millwall's halftime. The only players left behind in the backcourt were central defenders Terry and Bolaruz.

Under such extreme suppression, Millwall's counterattack was a bit difficult to fight.

Mikel, Essin and other players used constant running to set up a line of defense. Mirwall grabbed the ball and wanted to pass forward, but most of the time, he could only pass through big feet, so naturally he was easily grabbed by Chelsea.

Mourinho realized something was wrong, and he frowned slightly, looked at the game time, but didn't care too much.

The first half is about to pass.

Chelsea attacks if they can, and it is best to score goals if they can't score goals. If they can't score, there is little time left.

Zhang Yang's mouth slightly raised.

Yang's expression rarely changes. Whether the team is proactive, passive, has advantages or no advantages, he will maintain a kind smile. His leisurely expression makes people feel that the game seems to have nothing to do with him.

When Zhang Yang's expression changes, the game will definitely change.

There are many players in Millwall who have a good overall view, such as Morris, Smitchell, Pire, Zambrota, and several core players and veterans. They all have the ability to attack, but in general, Morris is the best. Even Smitchell is a little worse. Morris is also the captain on the court and the absolute core of the team. He has the ability to rely on his personal performance to influence the entire team.

Morris noticed the void of Chelsea's defense and he was always looking for opportunities.

This time, Konchesky cut off the pass to Kalu.

When Concheski was about to kick off with big feet, he heard a shout, "Here". Morris raised his hand and asked. Concheski passed by without hesitation.

Morris received the pass, and Lampard immediately went to press.

Generally speaking, Morris would pass the ball to his teammates, but this time Morris did not pass the ball, but instead laid the ball to the left, then accelerated suddenly over Lampard, and drove the ball and rushed up quickly.

Lampard didn't expect Morris to take him, so he was left behind directly.

Morris is not a fast player. His personal purpose of dribbling the ball is to send a signal to his teammates, "It's going to counterattack!"

The pace on the field also accelerated suddenly.

The other teammates ran with him. Morris dribbled the ball to the center line and immediately passed the diagonal pass to Quaresma.

As a wing player, Quaresma has both speed and skills. He did not stop during his running, so he took the ball and rushed forward quickly. Morris, Smitchell and other teammates also rushed forward in the horizontal direction.

Quaresma led twenty meters forward and encountered Essin's defense. Instead of continuing to move forward, he shifted direction and cut in the middle, then threw out the space, drove the ball horizontally, and quickly caught up and kicked towards the front of the penalty area.

Smitchell kept shooting when he kept shooting!

The Czech made a mistake!

Perhaps it was because he was too nervous when facing the goal, or perhaps because the ball was too fast and could not hit the ball accurately, the ball kicked by Smitchell was floating and spinning, and rushed towards the goal with a small force with a half-man high.

This ball is easily hit by the goalkeeper.

Chelsea supporters breathed a sigh of relief, but before they could get off, they noticed a figure wearing Millwall jersey, who suddenly rushed to the small penalty area line, and used a somewhat awkward movement to rub the football with his hips on the side.

The direction of the football is changed instantly!

Although the football is still very small, it is enough to make goalkeeper Cech unable to react. He can hardly watch the football jump into the goal from the other side.

The whole audience was silent.

It was not until the next moment that everyone realized that the entire court suddenly cheered for goals.

There are also a lot of hilariousness mixed in.

Everyone looked at the goal.

The same goes for Millwall players and those on the coach's bench.

Zhang Yang unconsciously curled the corner of his mouth and refused to laugh. In the effect of "predictive", he could only notice the goal, and the detailed movements were not controlled so well. He did not expect that it would be so funny if it really happened.

The player who hits the football with his hips is forward Darren Bent.
Chapter completed!