FA Cup 2024-2025: Millwall-Dagenham & Redbridge, the likely lineups

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Millwall-Dagenham & Redbridge, the likely lineups

The FA Cup, like the Premier League, also has its 'Monday Night': the English domestic cup offers, on the evening of January 13, an easy third round on paper for Millwall, a Championship (the second tier) formation, which will play for qualification against Dagenham & Redbridge, a club that plays in the National League, the fifth level of the pyramid of English soccer.

A club of great tradition, with an impressive fan following (for better or worse), Millwall is seeking in the FA Cup those satisfactions that have been lacking too often in recent decades.The Lions have been missing from the top flight since 1990 (the Premier League did not yet exist), but it was in the FA Cup that they came close to the most recent feat, when they reached the final against Manchester United. a clear 3-0 signed Cristiano Ronaldo and Van Nistelrooy (a double for the Dutchman) però put an end to the dream of the team then coached by 'player-manager' Dennis Wise. Worth keeping an eye on in today&#39s squad is Japhet Tanganga, a defender with a goal-scoring habit.

Dagenham & Redbridge è on the other hand, grappling with its ninth consecutive season in the fifth tier: the club&#39s history dates back to 1992, from the merger of Dagenham and Redbridge Forest, with a treble among the 'big' in the 2002/2003 season, when the Daggers reached the fourth round of the FA Cup by beating Plymouth Argyle 2-0 in the 32nds replay (at the time, in case of a tie, the game was played on reversed fields). Among soccer players, watch out for Josh Rees, who scored in the last league match against Forest Green.

Probable lineups

Millwall (4-4-2):Jensen; Bryan, Wallace, Tanganga, Leonard; Saville, De Norre, Azeez, Honeyman; Langstaff, Ivanovic. All. Alex Neil.

Dagenham & Redbridge (3-4-3): Justham; Kalambayi, Rutherford, Rendall; N'Guessan, Hessenthaler, Phipps, Remy; Stephenson, Rees, Hill. All. Lewis Young.

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