The Young Lion

Aldrich couldn't sit still.

At least he has to do something to interfere with the opponent.

But first he has to lead the team against Porto at home.

At the end of September, the second game of the Champions League group stage came.

This game is also extremely critical. Millwall needs to determine the Champions League group stage as early as possible, so as to concentrate on the league.

With Larson, Nedved, Villa and Messi, the Millwall bench lineup made its debut at the Lion King Stadium.

Porto lost to Inter Milan in the first round, which forced them not to lose against Millwall. If they lost the first two rounds and gave Inter Milan and Millwall 3 points each, then they The hope of qualifying will be dashed.

Taking 1 point away is acceptable.

But Millwall won't take it!

Porto is going through a period of change in club management thinking.

From the beginning of last season to this season, it is a transition. First of all, the coach. Since Mourinho left, there have been frequent coaching changes, which makes the team management not particularly stable.

Secondly, Porto has officially shifted from the traditional management policy to become a European black shop of selling blood to get rich!

Take Mourinho's period as an example. Mourinho coached for two complete seasons, 0203,0304. Porto's financial balance in the transfer market was balanced, slightly profitable, less than 2 million euros.

But after Mourinho left, in the summer of 2004 and 2005, Porto's black shop opened, and a total of more than 140 million euros was recovered in the transfer market, and there was money. Naturally, the business can grow bigger. So their input is also amazing. At the level of the Portuguese small country league, they have invested a total of almost 65 million euros in two summers, which is more than 60% of the clubs in the mainstream leagues, and they have made a total profit of more than 75 million euros in these two summers!

So Fleet Street also joked: Millwall is worth learning from many clubs around the world, and Porto is one of them. They now have a profitable style in the Millwall transfer market.

certainly. This kind of remark, to Millwall's ears, is more like a kind of irony.

At least since 2002, Millwall has hardly sold its main players, and those who let go are all failed in the competition within the club.

Or it was forcibly poached, such as Ashley Cole, but compared to before, it is really different.

Porto sells people so much, and wants to make a difference in the European war. This is not realistic.

Just like the Porto transfer market during Mourinho's time was not obvious, isn't it a support point for the team's stability?

Player turnover is frequent. It will have an impact on the combat effectiveness of the team. Even if the people who leave seem to have lower combat effectiveness than those who come, it takes time for the team to knead and shape.

At the Lion King Stadium, Millwall has the absolute upper hand on the field, and Villa, who is the main striker of the single arrow, played well.

In the 27th minute, Villa went straight behind Nedved and calmly stopped the ball and dunked. After passing the opponent's defender, he pushed a shot from the near corner of the goal and opened the scoring for Millwall.

Before the end of the first half, Messi suddenly stopped and made a cross after cutting in from the right. After outflanking the point, Larsson headed the ball to the center. Nedved followed up with a volley and sent the ball into the goal. Within, the score was extended to 2:0.

At the beginning of the second half, Messi broke through from the right and cut inside the penalty area. After attracting the opponent to make up, he sent a nanny ball to Villa. Villa, who outflanked the goal, scored twice and Millwall sealed the victory!

The fans in the stands at the Lion King Stadium looked at Larsson and Nedved, Messi and Villa.

It's really emotional.

Old set, new set.

The combination of the old and the new, Millwall Lions from generation to generation continue to forge ahead, which makes people full of confidence in the future.

Millwall won the second game of the Champions League group stage with a score of 3:0. Although there are still four rounds in the game, their appearance is already very good.

Aldridge praised Villa after the game, and said in an interview with reporters: I think Villa has been under a lot of pressure in the past few years, because people always compare him with Henry. This is a kind of encouragement and honor, because not any striker can be compared with Henry. I am very happy to see Villa who is working hard every day. He is also improving. He will celebrate his 24th birthday soon. The way he is doing now, I believe he is also ready for a bigger challenge, which is what he wanted from a very young age, to play a bigger role in Millwall.

At the same time, Aldridge also praised Nedved and Larsson.

Although you have written a lot of reports in the newspapers that make me angry, there is one thing that I agree with very much. You say that Millwall is blessed and lucky to have Nedved and Larsson. That's right, this is our luck. Words can no longer express the respect and love I and everyone in the club have for Nedved and Larsson. From the first day they came to the club, every day until now, it seems that nothing happened Any changes, always full of fighting spirit, always conscientious, always selfless dedication to the team

Aldridge is pleased to see Villa is getting rid of Henry's shadow.

The formation of this kind of shadow is actually very normal. When the outside voice keeps saying How far is Villa from Henry, when Villa does not perform well in the game, people will say If the If Henry is present

Naturally, Villa will have mental pressure.

The crux of the reason why the coaching staff saw that he had this psychological shadow was that Villa seemed to want to imitate Henry's style of play at a certain period in the past!

This made him unable to play better on the court, but regressed.

Fortunately, he is a player that the club focuses on. After discovering this phenomenon, the coaching staff helped him adjust himself in time to get out of this shadow. Instead of being Henry II, he should be a brand new Villa.

For Messi, Aldridge said nothing after the game.

The praise given to young players needs to be done in moderation, not every occasion. It will only have the opposite effect, and it is easy to gradually depreciate the coach's praise.

After the Champions League, Aldridge started firing at Chelsea before the weekend's league match!

Entering October, the eighth round of the Premier League begins.

Millwall host Everton.

Chelsea will be a guest at Anfield.

Aldridge turned a blind eye to Everton in the pre-match press conference, which made Moyes vomit blood!

Speaking of shadows, Moyes also has shadows!

Fleet Street sometimes ridiculed him as Aldridge's little follower. From the day he took up the coach in England, he was Millwall's queen coach, from a low-level league team to coaching the veteran Premier League team Everton, He is silently and selflessly helping Millwall to train troops!

The transfer of some of Millwall's eliminated players to Everton was described by Fleet Street as Sir Hall's reward for Moyes.

On the surface, Moyes dismissed Fleet Street's remarks, but deep down, he wanted to get rid of this shackle and prove himself: I am not Hall's younger brother!

So Everton came to challenge Millwall, and Moyes wanted to touch the tiger's ass to try!

What if the tooth extraction is successful?

Accidentally sniped Millwall's defending league title this season.

At that time, who would dare to say that Moyes is Aldridge's follower?

Even if he was in the past, he is still a sophomore now, and he stabbed his elder brother in the back!

Moyes, who spoke out in his pre-match press conference ahead of his departure from Merseyside, took the game at the Lion King very seriously, as if he had foreseen all the difficulties and thought of a clever way to deal with them.

But at the pre-match press conference held in the Millwall club press room later, Aldridge didn't mention Everton!

Completely ignored Everton!

Aldridge was talking about Chelsea.

And cleverly, after the reporter asked questions about Chelsea, he took advantage of the opportunity to bring the topic of the press conference to Chelsea.

Chelsea's seven-game winning streak has surprised many people? In the past many years, I don't remember how many times, Millwall, Manchester United, Arsenal, have created many seven-game winning streak, right? What does that mean? It means that Chelsea has Did you win the championship? No! But if you want to talk about this seven-game winning streak, let’s talk objectively and calmly.”

As soon as Aldrich said this, the reporters in the press hall looked at each other in blank dismay.

The reporter who was familiar with Aldridge already had the corners of his mouth slightly raised, knowing that the young coach wanted to start causing trouble for Chelsea on the media platform.

Anyway, Aldrich will not be here to talk nonsense with them in the first place.

Secondly, when talking about direct competitors on the media platform, you need to be very cautious about top coaches!

Because the more you talk about it, the more you care about it, which may affect your team.

This is a counterproductive psychological suggestion behavior.

Just like many people keep saying to themselves when they go to an interview: don’t be nervous, don’t be nervous, don’t be nervous

But at the moment of the interview, he must be very nervous!

Saying don't to yourself has the opposite effect!

Therefore, when Aldridge was at a disadvantage, he spoke in front of the media, and tried his best to avoid commenting on his opponent and his team together.

Just like when talking about Manchester United and Arsenal in the past, he would only keep the topic on each other and not involve Millwall.

For example, the pressure of Manchester United, the history of Arsenal's collapse and so on.

If you include your own team and just blindly say that Millwall will overtake the opponent and that Millwall is not afraid of the opponent, it will sound vain, and there is a taste of embolden yourself.

Most of the reporters in the audience have already understood that Aldridge is going to create pressure on Chelsea. As for whether it is internal or external pressure, it can only wait for Aldridge to reveal the answer.

Aldrich cleared his throat, ready to fire. (to be continued...)

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