The Young Lion

Entering November, Millwall's state has not declined significantly, but judging from their performance on the court, they are not as crazy as they were at the beginning of the season.

Especially in mid-November, when Aldridge led his team to play in the League Cup at Anfield, they suffered their first defeat of the new season and were out of the League Cup!

Aldridge sent a bunch of young players on the field, such as Moutinho, Veloso, Messi, Baines, Ramos and others, and also let the third goalkeeper Kirkland play to see his performance.

Before the game, Aldridge had the cheek to say to the media that this game was used to train young players.

In fact, he was sending a signal to Benitez, and wanted to have a tacit understanding with this old friend. Everyone just trains and trains, don't consume too much!

But Benitez said in front of the media that Aldridge must be setting off smoke bombs!

Liverpool must use 200% of their fighting power to face Millwall, otherwise, they may be eliminated at home!

Owen did not move to Real Madrid, but stayed at Anfield. At the same time, Liverpool's transformation this season is quite obvious.

Gerrard pushed to the shadow forward position, Carragher returned to the central defender position, at the same time, Benitez's transfer market brought in Carrick, and Benitez was still waiting for him when he was an assistant coach at Millwall. Carrick had an intersection in the Millwall youth team, and this time they joined hands to create a future at Anfield.

Therefore, Liverpool's performance in the league this season was quite satisfactory at the beginning. After a period of time, they began to stabilize their strong momentum. Although there is no hope of winning the championship, they want to advance to the Champions League. Still can fight.

When Liverpool, who started with all the main players, made their debut at Anfield. Aldrich's expression was a little uneasy.

Damn it!

Benitez must know that Aldridge is not a smoke bomb.

But Aldridge felt relieved afterwards. Benitez can't let the Red Army be eliminated at Anfield anyway?

That would be very demoralizing.

Besides, it doesn't matter whether Millwall is a group of child soldiers or not, to overthrow the Wild Lion, spiritual encouragement and motivation are also what Liverpool need.

Millwall took the lead for 60 minutes in this game and held the lead until the 68th minute of the second half with a goal from Glenshire before being equalized by Gerrard's goal.

Aldridge also doesn't want to be cowardly in the away game,

Just boldly fight with your opponent.

It's a pity that luck will not be on his side every time, and the result of this fight is a tragic exit. He was blocked from the quarter-finals of the League Cup by Liverpool's 3:1 reversal.

This season, the training stage of the League Cup is gone, it doesn't matter, Millwall has also freed up space for training on other fronts: the Champions League!

At the beginning of November, they returned to Super Deportivo. With the goals of Alonso and Ronaldinho, they defeated their opponents 2:1 in the away game. , can be properly trained, and the stimulation and exercise value for players are higher than that of the League Cup!

After the Champions League group stage is over. In January next year, the FA Cup will start again. Millwall stabilized the record on the main front, rotated in the same period, and the general strategy of training troops was carried out relatively smoothly and coherently. This is what Aldridge is quite satisfied with.

In the four Premier League games in November, Millwall scored 3 wins and 1 draw.

2-0 victory over Birmingham at home.

They beat Crystal Palace 5-0 at home.

The away game was tied 2:2 by Liverpool.

Lectra Arsenal 3:1 at home.

The record is naturally good, but the conceded goals against Liverpool and Arsenal made Millwall's goalkeeper the focus of the outside world. Butt made a save near the end of the game against Liverpool and Owen scored an equalizer. , and the goal scored by Arsenal at home also came from his save. This season, because Kaka played the midfielder, he could not provide the crazy defensive pressure in the midfield like Nedved in the past, so Millwall The probability of being successfully counterattacked by the opponent has increased relatively, which means that the possibility of the goal being threatened has also increased, so Bout's failure to save and miss is easy to be magnified.

Aldrich also wanted to improve this problem in the past, but how?

Chelsea wanted to poach Neuer in the summer, but it was unsuccessful, because Schalke 04 did not let anyone go and believed that Neuer had great potential. At the same time, Neuer was not interested in moving to Chelsea, and it was impossible for him to go to Stamford Bridge. What are you doing?

Aldridge does not want to buy Neuer in the past now. In terms of technical maturity, Neuer has a future, not a present.

It is impossible to buy him now to replace Bute, otherwise, the No. 3 goalkeeper of the German national team would not be Bute.

It's not Aldrich's style to attack a veteran who has played for the team for more than ten years based on one or two mistakes, but he still has a rainy day in mind.

If the moment came when he had to do something, he should have a suitable candidate.

Looking at this time, there are only a handful of goalkeepers in Europe who can take the position of the main goalkeeper of the giants, and can withstand the test of top competitions and play a stable role.

Because the position of the goalkeeper is too special, the giants dare not use this position to train troops. The risk is too high.

Even some goalkeepers who are young geniuses must rely on their outstanding performance to rise to the top position, instead of staying in this position early and falling down a few times, slowly climbing up and thriving.

Casillas of Real Madrid.

Cech at Chelsea.

Buffon of Juventus.

Some old ones, Dida, Kahn, young Reina, Valdez, who are still outstanding at this stage, and Arsenal's Lehmann.

In the end, Aldridge wrote down two names on the shortlist: Buffon and Van der Sar.

If he will make up his mind to take Bout next summer, then he will grab Van der Sar with Manchester United.

But if not, in the future, he will smash Buffon and come back.

Although Millwall is in a cold war state with Juventus at the club level, from time to time, especially when thinking of the summer of 2006, Aldridge doesn't think Millwall can't poach people from Juventus!

In the UEFA Champions League group stage at the end of November and the beginning of December, Millwall scored two consecutive draws and drew with Monaco in an away game. Yes, it was the 77th minute of the second half when Millwall scored a goal to tie the opponent. In the final match of the group stage, it was Olympiacos who drew. Messi scored his first goal in the Champions League in this game.

After the Champions League group stage, the Millwall club took the initiative to renew the contract with Messi and raise his salary.

The signing fee was an upper-middle-class residence in London, which made the Messi family ecstatic, and they moved into a new house with a better environment.

At the beginning of December, Millwall played two league games in 4 days, and won one win and one draw.

In two consecutive away games, he scored 3 points against Aston Villa, but was tied by Everton at Goodison Park in Liverpool City. In the first half of the league, Fleet Street joked that Liverpool became Millwall The city I don't like the most, but some unscrupulous tabloids have brought up old stories again, saying that Aldridge is too fond of Liverpool and he is merciless.

Coincidentally, in the past 6 league games, Chelsea and Millwall have the same record, and the gap between the two teams is still 8 points.

Especially at the beginning of December, Chelsea failed to take all three points at Highbury. Before the game, Millwall had left London and the whole team flew to Japan. As long as Chelsea scored three points, they could shorten the tie with Millwall. The gap changed from 8 points to 6 points, but Chelsea still failed to beat Arsenal at Highbury.

Before the arrival of the Christmas express, the whole Millwall team flew to Japan. This is the second time they came here to participate in the Toyota Cup after two years, which sparked a frenzied football boom in Japan.

This year's Toyota Cup has historic significance.

Because this is the last Toyota Cup, starting next year, the Intercontinental Club champions will participate in the organized Club World Cup.

At the Yokohama International Sports Arena, the Millwall team was very relaxed, and the fans in the stands were very fanatical, not only chasing after Ronaldinho, but also young players like Millwall, Kaka, Ronaldo, Villa, Aaron Suo and other players have faintly become idols in the hearts of the new generation of fans.

This year's Toyota Cup, Millwall did not encounter too much challenge, the opponent is Caldas Club in Colombia.

Millwall's overall strength suppressed their opponents, and at the same time, their technical and tactical concepts were also complete. They consumed their opponents through their skillful possession of the ball, and when their opponents attacked rashly, they launched a fatal blow.

Ronaldinho strolled around the court to show off his skills, Ronaldo also played tricks and was unstoppable when Kaka rushed up, but Villa was like a blue-collar soldier, making selfless contributions or looking for good opportunities on the court.

At the end of the game, the Millwall team rushed into the field, and two years later, they won the Toyota Cup again!

4:0, the Champions League champion Millwall destroyed the Copa Libertadores champion Caldas with dominant strength. The performance of the Millwall star team is unforgettable, although they certainly did not go all out, because they are very good. Going back to the Premier League for the brutal Christmas Express! Congratulations to Millwall, they won the last Toyota Cup! They are also the team that has won the most Toyota Cups in history, winning 5 times! 1998, 2000 , 2001, 2002, and now 2004, as the Toyota Cup has become history, it is even more perfect for Toyota Cup king Millwall to put an end to this event. From next year, we will enjoy the world of hosting Champions Club League, I hope the new international club competition will be more exciting than the Toyota Cup!

When the Toyota Cup was presented, Aldrich unexpectedly learned that the organizer had set up a special award for him, probably because the organizer in Japan wanted to make the event more glorious. Anyway, the Toyota Cup is going to go to the grave, except for the competition In addition to the award for the best player, Aldridge was also specially awarded an achievement award for the best coach in the Toyota Cup! (to be continued...)

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