The Young Lion

After the Toyota Cup, Millwall was divided into two groups, and Aldridge led the team back to London to prepare for the league a few days later.

The other way was led by the club Carter, who accompanied Ronaldinho, Nedved, Henry, Larson and Nesta to the Golden Globe Awards ceremony.

Five players from the Millwall team entered the final selection list, among which Ronaldinho has the highest voice to win the Golden Ball.

He has been the runner-up of the Golden Globe Award for two consecutive years, and he has already been nominated before that, so the foundation of popularity can be described as very solid.

Although Henry is recovering from injury, the voice is not low, but the poor performance in the European Cup, the French team's exit in the group stage will lower the score, and since the new season he is recovering from injury, there is no field appearance rate, and the momentum is obviously unable to match. Compared with Ronaldinho, who performed well throughout the year.

In addition to Nedved's outstanding performance at the club, he also led the Czech team to impress the outside world in the European Cup, and the same is true for Larsson.

Nesta certainly missed the award, as the club gave him a holiday, allowing him to rest for a while, go shopping with his teammates, and accumulate energy for the Christmas Express battle at the end of the month.

At the awards ceremony, Ronaldinho was as relaxed as before, with no burden on his face, perhaps because he had been extremely disappointed in the past, but as time went by, his mentality became better and better.

When the final result was announced, the applause was deafening.

Ronaldinho won the Golden Globe with a clear advantage!

Moreover, Millwall swept the top three!

Ronaldinho, Nedved, Henry.

Ronaldinho's outstanding performance throughout the year is thanks to the emergence of groups of dark horses in Europe!

In the club arena, the Champions League final is Millwall playing Porto. Porto are the dark horses.

The England team, which won the European Cup, is characterized by a team as a whole. In terms of individual performance, it is good, but it has not yet reached the level of shocking eyeballs. Especially the offensive players who won the European Cup, most of them were dragged down by the club's record and failed to show a bright report card in the club.

A week later, they went to Switzerland. After Ronaldinho continued to be the winner of the new Golden Globe Award, he became the World Footballer of the Year in one fell swoop!

in 2004. Ronaldinho has reached the pinnacle of personal honor in his career.

So far,

Millwall coach Aldridge has a new title: Golden Ball coach.

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In the 18th round of the Premier League, Millwall played lightly. Not only did the team return from Japan to prepare for the game hastily, but also many of the main players were absent. Aldridge dispatched most of the substitute players at home. In this game, they were tied by Newcastle United at home. Chelsea reduced the point gap between the two teams to 6 points by virtue of their home-court hype at Norwich.

Aldrich celebrated the birthday of little princess Bonnie at home this month, and the lovely daughter turned two!

I wanted to let Ronaldinho and others rest during the Christmas game, but Roma, who had just won the double footballer, rushed back to the club non-stop, and Aldridge was surprised by his eagerness to fight.

It seems that he is not too worried about being chased by Chelsea for another 2 points in the standings, and Robinson is even more nervous than him.

The Christmas Express is approaching. According to tradition, Aldridge still adjusts the team and gives some players a holiday.

Let Ronaldo and Kaka take a break. They are the main players at the beginning of the new season. For the sake of the upcoming schedule, it is not appropriate to overuse them.

Alonso and De Rossi were given leave last year, and this year they took the initiative to fight!

Christmas Express is going to play 3 games in 7 days.

The test for Millwall is nothing more than fitness. Because Manchester United, Chelsea. Arsenal, Liverpool. They have played once in the first half, and the Christmas Express is simply affected by the intensive schedule. On this point, Millwall, who is strong and strong, is not worried at all.

In the battle of Christmas Express, Millwall ended all the games of the year with three consecutive victories!

The double footballer Ronaldinho shines and takes the top spot in the standings. Millwall won a total of 5 championships in 2004, which is almost perfect.

After a period of highlights, Fleet Street commented on the performance of the Premier League teams in the first half of the new season.

As far as the league alone is concerned, Millwall is undoubtedly the best and has so far been undefeated.

However, if you refer to the results of other fronts, Mourinho's Chelsea has stepped into the ranks of the top teams in half a step!

The Premier League, Champions League, League Cup, and the FA Cup, when the Premier League team has not participated in the battle, Millwall has folded the League Cup front in the first half, but Chelsea has advanced strongly to the semi-finals, and the performance in the Champions League is also not good. It is considered excellent, so in terms of overall performance, Millwall and Chelsea are the two most outstanding teams in England in the new season. Falling behind before the month happens.

After defeating the Lion King Stadium, Chelsea's league performance is also better than Millwall. They have shortened the gap by 4 points, even if there are still 6 points, this is actually not a short gap.

At the beginning of the new year, the battle between Chelsea and Millwall has also entered a fierce battle, and the league is competing for who can make no mistakes!

Ronaldo and Kaka returned to the team after a short vacation. The short rest and adjustment made them start the outbreak of the second half of the league!

With the experience accumulated in the first half of the season and the psychological accumulation of actual combat on the field, this has given them a small leap in performance on the field.

In the three Premier League games in January, Millwall and Chelsea scored 9 points!

Counting the Christmas Express battle, when other teams basically lose points, the giants of East London and the tyrants of West London gradually began to make other Premier League opponents feel desperate!

As described in The Times.

We are very happy to see the fierce and brutal competition in the Premier League! Chelsea has completed a qualitative leap after investing huge sums of money. Except for some problems exposed in the direct dialogue with the defending champion, they have behaved at other times to make many teams feel scared. , such as Manchester United and Arsenal. In the past, Millwall only covered the sky with one hand. Now, they still need to look up to Chelsea. .Chelsea has improved the competitive landscape of the Premier League. Without Chelsea, the title of the Premier League title may have lost its suspense! It is foreseeable that if there are no major events affecting the two teams, then Millwall will have a 99% chance of successfully defending the title. However, the FA Cup has already started, and the Champions League knockout rounds will follow at the end of February. Also, if a core player is injured, this is also an important factor that can affect the team's record!

January. The FA Cup started, and Millwall defeated Burnley in the third round and Bournemouth in the fourth round with a substitute lineup, and successfully advanced to the top 16 of the FA Cup.

In the same month, Chelsea eliminated Manchester United in the League Cup semi-finals. Reached the League Cup final and the FA Cup into the last 16.

Although this month's record is good, Aldridge is not happy. Nesta is slightly injured and will be sidelined for a month. Alonso also needs to be suspended due to a red card in the league.

In February, Millwall tied for two consecutive league games. After Chelsea's first victory, they shortened Millwall's points gap. becomes 4 points.

Millwall played first in the second game. When the news of Millwall's draw came, there were cheers at Stamford Bridge. Mourinho thinks Chelsea are staged a big reversal!

However, this season, the first team to become their nemesis appeared.

Manchester City!

In the first half of the league, the first defeat was an away loss to Manchester City. Mourinho did not expect that Manchester City would draw with Chelsea at home.

Chelsea missed a chance to cut the score to 2 points. Still 4 points behind Millwall!

Aldrich finally felt better, because Henry made his comeback.

In two consecutive tie games. The problem exposed is that Villa is not experienced enough, after the excellent performance in the first half. The opponents in the second half will play against Millwall again, and they will naturally focus on Villa!

It may also be that during the Christmas campaign, Villa did not rest before and after. After all, Millwall is still relatively weak as a center forward substitute, so his state has also declined.

At this time, Henry came back and declared a strong comeback by scoring two goals in the fifth round of the FA Cup!

Millwall reached the quarter-finals in the FA Cup!

With Chelsea advancing by leaps and bounds on all fronts, Mourinho became active again after the New Year, frequently putting pressure on Aldridge in front of the media.

Aldridge ignored him, and reality slapped Mourinho.

In the fifth round of the FA Cup, Chelsea lost to St. James' Park and missed the top 8!

After the game, although Mourinho said that Chelsea would focus on the league and the Champions League, the subtext was that being out of the FA Cup can avoid distraction and physical exertion, but everyone knew that he was smiling and pretending to be optimistic.

At the end of February, the Champions League knockout rounds began.

Henry is back in the starting lineup!

The 60,000 Lions fans in the stands of the Lion King Stadium welcomed Henry's return. They ushered in the challenge of Bayer Leverkusen at home.

In the first round, Millwall scored 4:0 at home with an overwhelming advantage, laying the foundation for advancing to the top 8.

On the penultimate day of this month, the first crown of the new year in England was born!

Mourinho won a championship trophy as quickly as possible in his first season in charge of Chelsea.

Although it is a humble League Cup, it is very important for morale.

Fleet Street exploded ahead of Millwall's return visit to Leverkusen in March.

Chelsea and Millwall meet in the last eight of the Champions League!

Chelsea's Champions League game is one day ahead of Millwall, so when they advance, the top 8 matchups are also released, and it is almost impossible for Millwall to be overturned by Leverkusen!

Millwall dispatched a substitute lineup in the away game, not to despise Leverkusen. Although there are only two Premier League games in March, they still have an FA Cup quarter-final match to play. At the same time, there are match days this month. Consumption is a test.

Millwall, who came off the bench, lost 1:2 to Leverkusen in the away game, and advanced to the quarter-finals of the Champions League with a total score of 5:2!

In an interview after the game, Aldridge talked about playing Chelsea in the quarter-finals, and said lightly: We have nothing to worry about. It should be Chelsea who is worried. Chelsea have gone through the run-in at the beginning of the season. Good situation, but Millwall's overall strength has improved this season, c Ronaldo, Kaka, Lahm, Silva and other players have improved very obviously. We defeated Chelsea in the league, and now, we are stronger than then powerful.

His remarks were in response to Mourinho's remarks that Chelsea were stronger than at the beginning of the season. It seemed that Mourinho was making excuses for the big loss to Millwall in the first half of the league. After Chelsea started to explode, they chased Millwall by 6 points in the league and won a championship.

Millwall, who returned to England, took a short rest, and immediately won Leicester City with a score of 2:0 at home, and advanced to the semi-finals of the FA Cup!

Glenshire has become Millwall's super-valuable signing this season. His contribution to the FA Cup's semi-finals is indispensable. On the basis of avoiding Millwall's excessive consumption, his role on the field also includes supporting Messi, Moutinho and other young players.

In the two Premier League games in March, Millwall successfully won, Chelsea saved their breath, and relying on utilitarian defense, the record was very good, and they also won the game.

When April is coming, Fleet Street defines April as: the month of Armageddon!

In addition to the two matches between Millwall and Chelsea in the Champions League at the beginning of the month and the middle of the month, at the end of April, in the penultimate round of the Premier League, the two teams will also usher in a confrontation in the second half of the league, which may be the final decision of the championship battle! (to be continued)

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