The Young Lion

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A night of beer with the Millwall coaching staff went ahead as usual on Monday, ahead of their European campaign.

Aldridge does not regularly appear in such gatherings, but the activities are carried out as scheduled every week. The members of the coaching staff relax and chat, talk about everything, or simply drink and play billiards, have fun game.

Today, Aldrich, who was wearing a casual outfit, was leaning against the bar counter with his glass in his hand, lost in thought.

Next to him, Boas and Blanco were discussing Millwall's recent record enthusiastically, and the specific problems in the game. The two expressed their opinions, sometimes frowning, sometimes lamenting. element of luck.

If that shot hadn't hit the post or the crossbar, how would the game have gone?

If that foul was not made, or the referee missed a penalty, where would the game go?

Aldrich suddenly said something.

We're changing tactics.

What?

Stella Marcioni was also holding a wine glass on the other side of him, and asked curiously.

Both Blanco and Boas looked towards Aldrich, waiting for the next step.

Aldrich took a sip of his wine and said in a deep voice, We can't lose any more points in the league. At least, we can't be pulled away by Chelsea. This point is very critical and will affect the whole season!

The three coaches couldn't help but nodded.

On this point, Aldridge said what everyone was thinking.

The consensus of the coaching staff is: only 5 rounds of the season have been played, and Chelsea leads Millwall by 9 points. It's not a big deal!

but if. Before the end of the first half of the league. If Chelsea extended the lead to 10 points or more, then the situation would take a turn for the worse, from a situation that didn't seem to be worth worrying about to a catastrophic situation!

9 points are single digits.

10 points are double digits.

In fact, the difference is only 1 point. But the psychological impact is huge!

Millwall players will certainly not give up,

No matter how much you fall behind, it's nothing to worry about.

However, Millwall's mentality will change, eager to close the gap, it is easy to breed anxiety!

In other words, it is easy to lose your mental balance!

Aldridge will not change his opinion on Chelsea, Chelsea will not be stronger than last season, at least the ability to snatch points in the league cannot exceed last season!

Because Chelsea's potential problems have not been exposed.

Chelsea can't always be this smooth. And once this favorable momentum stops, it will be accompanied by other problems.

Coached the team for many years. Not only did his own team have various problems, but Aldridge learned enough experience from his opponents in the same league, and the failure lessons he saw with his eyes are countless.

The point is that Millwall can't let Chelsea's mentality be completely at ease before Chelsea has problems.

Even if you don't expect Chelsea to collapse suddenly, you have to put pressure on Chelsea behind you, making Chelsea nervous!

Only under heavy pressure, when the problem breaks out, it will be more violent!

Blanco rolled his eyes and probably guessed what Aldrich meant by changing tactics.

He asked softly, Champions League?

Aldrich nodded and said, We will be a guest in Glasgow two days later. The strategy remains the same. We will still play the main game. But in the Champions League after that, we will hand it over to the substitutes. We will use the main force to guarantee the league points!

Rotation is a must. For Millwall, who is under tremendous pressure every year, if there is no rotation, or if the physical fitness of the players cannot be reasonably allocated, then various problems will inevitably be encountered at the end of the season.

According to the past practice, the Champions League is more important than the league. Even the giants, most of them focus on the Champions League to ensure that there is no pressure to advance to the Champions League, and then go to the league to fight against their opponents.

Just like in the past, Millwall mostly played four games in the Champions League group stage, looked at the points, had no pressure to qualify, and then stopped and let the substitute play the last two or one game. The rotation during the same period will make Christmas schedule Prepare.

This season, the league started unfavorably, and Chelsea won five consecutive victories, which forced Millwall to change its strategy and shift its focus.

It is not the Champions League that needs to be secured now, but the league.

Aldridge's strategy is to get 3 points in the first Champions League game. In the next five games, there will be three home games and three home games relying on substitutes. He believes that he can win at least two games, as long as the remaining two away games It is not a total defeat, Millwall is still not a problem to qualify, and the main players in the same period to score as many points in the league as possible is to catch up with Chelsea, at least before the end of the first half of the league, that is, in the next 14 rounds of the league. The gap of 9 points narrowed to within 3 points, the gap of a game!

After confirming the team's strategy adjustment in the first half of the season, Aldridge didn't say anything more, and the coaching staff knew the rest of the specific work.

The team's detailed work plan, especially for games, is not about recruiting strong men. Today, you can go if you can, and you can substitute if you can't. For the schedule planning within a certain period of time, it is natural to make arrangements in advance, except for emergencies that will cause Except for one or two adjustments made in a hurry, the overall plan is still proceeding step by step in the coaching staff's plan.

Most of the colleagues in the coaching staff are family members. They come out to have a small gathering at night, and they don't want to play crazy, so they left one after another when they saw that the time was almost up.

Aldridge has not left, he is waiting for someone, checking the time on his phone from time to time, he has sent a text message to that person before, and he is sure to meet here.

Near nine o'clock in the evening, someone came, and Aldrich had already put away his wine glass, replaced it with two glasses of juice, and waited for the other party's arrival.

The person who came was Ronaldo, who knew Aldridge very well, so he sat down beside Aldridge and said hello, Hey, boss, good evening, what do you want to talk to me about?

Ronaldo went straight and looked in good spirits.

Aldridge looked Ronaldo up and down, wearing a casual shirt and jeans. Of course they are brand names. And earrings. The hairstyle is also carefully combed.

Aldridge would not think that Ronaldo dressed up specially to meet him later, he must have spent dinner with some beautiful woman, and maybe even turned down the nightlife date.

Gently rubbing the cup of noodles with the belly of his fingers, Aldrich looked calm, and did not look at Ronaldo's eyes, but looked at the liquid in the juice glass.

He said lightly: Cristiano, what do you think of your performance in the past two years?

Ronaldo was taken aback. After thinking about it, he replied: I think it's not bad, but I can still be stronger. I'm trying to improve every day.

Aldrich nodded in approval and said, Well, it's not bad, it's not bad, it's not bad

He kept repeating not bad like a repeater, but his voice became lower and lower.

Ronaldo realized that the topic Aldridge wanted to talk to him must be very serious. He thought Aldridge was thinking about wording, probably. It is because they are afraid that the words will cause differences between the two.

So he said bluntly: Boss, what do you want to say? Just tell me, even if you are dissatisfied, I will listen carefully.

Aldridge raised his mouth, shook his head slightly, and said: If I am dissatisfied with you, you must be unhappy and feel that it is unfair. In the past two years, your sense of presence on the court has become stronger and stronger, and your contribution to the team It is also improving. Your average post-match rating is stable at an upper-middle level. There are no terrible games, but it seems that there are no particularly memorable games. Cristiano, in fact, 99% of the coaches in the world should be right You are satisfied with your current situation, because you are as you said: not bad. However, I am worried, you are not bad, will this season be not bad and next season, still not bad It’s not bad, it’s always at this level of ‘not bad’. Kaka, who came to the team later than you and has been integrated into the team for a shorter time, has already started to play a key role in some games. I don’t know Whether it affects you will make you reflect on whether you have any problems.

C Luo Wenyan fell into deep thought, and he began to seriously think about this issue.

Aldridge turned his attention to Ronaldo at this time.

If you only look at the field data, Ronaldo is very good.

The average goals + assists per game is comparable to the leading stars of other giants.

However, on the super strong team like Millwall, the statistics are actually just that, don't take it too seriously!

Because of a 90-minute game, if Millwall goes crazy, all the suspense will disappear in 10 or 20 minutes. If the opponent collapses, then Millwall can generate jaw-dropping statistics!

If you analyze Ronaldo's data in a nutshell, you will find that it is full of icing on the cake moisture.

In other words, out of 10 goals, 5 may be insignificant to the overall situation of the game. It is nothing more than whether the score is 3:1 or 4:1.

Tough battle ability, when a player needs to come forward at a critical moment, it is difficult to see Ronaldo.

This aspect is also most afraid of competition.

Kaka's statistics are actually not as good as Ronaldo's. On the one hand, it is determined by Kaka's position, and on the other hand, it is indeed related to Kaka's short time in the team, and his playing time in the past two seasons is not as good as Ronaldo.

But Kaka obviously gave people an aura of fearlessness on the field!

No matter what the situation is, Kaka is trying to play a more important role. At the critical moment, it is hard to say whether he can become a hero, but even if he passes by, he at least leaves this shadow, which makes people I saw his determination and fighting spirit.

However, it is difficult to see such a situation in Ronaldo.

It seems that Ronaldo stayed in Portugal in the summer of 2004, like the player who wanted to work hard for the national team but couldn't make an earth-shattering player.

Within the Millwall team, the new generation of players has its own problems, and Aldridge is now trying to improve the problems bit by bit.

Ronaldo has Ronaldo, Villa also has Villa, and the problem on Villa is actually more intuitive, that is, Villa lives in the shadow of Henry, which is what Villa must do in the future. The key point is to get rid of this bondage, and Ronaldo's problem is a common problem of young people. He became famous early and was too nostalgic for the colorful world. (to be continued...)

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