The Young Lion

Aldridge, who returned to London, took the initiative to go to Southgate's home the next day.

Outside Southgate's apartment, hordes of paparazzi, irrational London fans also stared at his mansion, and some even held up insulting signs.

England, who missed the World Cup in 1994, missed the chance to advance to the European Cup final in 1996. Of course, they felt that this was a shame, and Southgate, who played in the sixth round of the penalty shootout, became a sinner accused by thousands of people.

Aldrich was still driving his old BMW. He parked the car in front of Southgate's house. After he pushed the door and got out of the car, the surrounding reporters swarmed up, taking pictures and asking questions.

Mr Hall, what do you think of Southgate's missed penalty?

Will Millwall be pressured to sell Southgate?

It has to be said that some players who have become enemies of the country can't stand the pressure and choose to leave their homeland. Ginola is one of them, and the future Beckham has also thought about it.

Aldridge took the time to clean up his emotions. Facing the reporters around him, after they finished taking pictures, he said lightly: Are you all idiots? And those irrational fans, it's normal to miss a penalty. Things, I feel sad for English football. The national team is obviously dying. When will you face the failure calmly and rationally? Find out the reasons for the failure and learn from it. But I don’t know when the England national team will face failure. Looking for excuses, the responsibility of the manager, the responsibility of the players, the responsibility of the ground, the responsibility of the weather. Who knows if he-mother breakfast is responsible! Now. England puts the responsibility on Gareth from top to bottom. I I just want to say that you are all bad guys. Will the England national team become stronger without him? Can they win the championship? If this is your goal, then we will wait and see how many people will dare to play for England in the future Effectiveness, idiots, wake up!

After Aldrich finished speaking, he pushed away the person in front of him and walked straight to Southgate's home.

to be frank. He had activated the group ridicule skill on purpose for a very simple purpose: to attract hatred.

Aldridge knocked on the door, and it was Southgate's wife who opened the door. Her eyes flickered and she didn't dare to look at the wolf-like reporters and fans outside. She only opened the door slightly to let Aldridge in, and then closed the door.

Southgate's mental state is not very good. The hit of missing a penalty kick, the condemnation of public opinion, and the threat of besieging his home all made him suffer from inner torment.

Aldrich stayed at his house for a day, dismissed Southgate, and even cooked for himself as if he was a friend here with his family.

It was late at night.

Andrew sent an assistant to arrange a vacation flight to the Mediterranean for the Southgate family. Let them leave the UK temporarily to avoid the public spotlight.

The next day, Aldridge became the target of public criticism, as he began to take the initiative to fire at the media and football critics across the UK.

His spearhead was directed at England coach Venables, and he directly criticized the opponent.

For the semi-finals of Germany vs England, Aldrich even published a technical and tactical commentary on the Daily Mail, the title is: England self-destructs the Great Wall!

What England is good at is 442. It cannot be said whether the tactical play is outdated or not in line with the trend, because at the level of the national team, it is completely different from the club. The club can practice through one season, two seasons, or even longer. Hone a set of mature tactics.

But the national team does not have the time and conditions, and the tacit understanding among the players is the biggest problem. Therefore, the strength of the Spanish national team, which has made great achievements later, is that they can transplant the club's mature tactical system.

What tactics are England playing? In the starting lineup, apart from goalkeeper Seaman, the remaining ten are Pierce, Southgate, Adams, Ince, Pratt, McManaman, Anderton, Gasco Yin, Shearer, Sheringham. How many of these ten are Zhengyin defenders? Three, Adams, Southgate, Pierce. Many people say that England's tactics are varied, but in fact, this game is just Played a 352 or 343 that more than half of the players on the field are not familiar with. Three defenders, double midfielders, double forwards, front midfielders and double forwards. I don’t know what Venables is thinking, but from the most basic In the formation, we can see the lack of tacit understanding of the players. In the attack, Gascoigne worked very hard, but his performance in the midfielder position was mediocre, because he was successfully restricted by Germany. England only relied on corner kicks to score in the opening three minutes In addition, the opportunities created in the open battle were nothing more than a few long shots from the midfielder and McManaman missed a semi-single-handed opportunity. However, the German team seized the weakness of England's lack of tacit defense and repeatedly defeated England. The equalizing goal was on the left side of the penalty area. The German full-back stepped in to attract the attention of England's defense, and then the defensive space became wider. Between lightning and flint, an exquisite direct pass pierced the defense. , the German made an unexpected cross to the other side, and the teenager Kunz scored to save Germany. What do we see in the picture of the conceded goal? England retreated almost twice as many as the German offensive players! But why did they still concede the goal ?You can't blame Gascoigne for running back to the box and defending is wrong, but there are only three real defensive gates in the back line, and that is the problem. Basically, England's side defense will not expose so many problems. If it weren't for the German team missing a few opportunities, they are fully capable of solving the battle within 90 minutes, and many of their opportunities came from penetrating England's right side Road defense. Are penalties the reason for the loss? Yes, but should England pin their hopes on the fact that every player is a penalty shooter? If yes, then we don't need to talk about the future of English football, as long as 11 games per game Two players huddled in the penalty area, and then waited for a penalty kick to win the championship trophy.

Aldrich's comments caused an immediate uproar when they were posted.

Even though Venables has to take responsibility for England's stop in the semi-finals and dismiss get out of class, Glenn Hoddle resigned from Chelsea and is about to take over the national team, but the outside world still believes that England led by Venables played beautiful football. The 4:1 victory over the Netherlands in the group stage is a classic game.

next few days. Aldridge has a very high appearance rate. Various media interviewed him, or appeared on ball commentary programs, and he had tit-for-tat debates with various celebrities or experts.

Even the 4:1 victory over the Netherlands was considered insignificant by him, because the Netherlands' total defense exposed their defenses' weaknesses, and in the trend of contemporary international competitions, defensive victory is the mainstream.

Many neutral and objective football critics also supported Aldridge in the replay of the game video of the England-Germany battle. A clear analysis of the fragility of England's tactical system, especially in defense.

Some reporters also clearly pointed out that the reason why Aldridge suddenly became a big mouth has only one purpose: to protect Southgate, to offend him, or to make him disappear from public view, it is all for Southgate. Blow up again.

In the end, the European Cup came to an end at the end of June. Germany defeated the dark horse Czech Republic and won the European Cup in England with a feud, which made the English extremely angry.

Perhaps England have been paying off the unsolved case of beating Germany in the '66 World Cup to lift the Remit Cup. In the next 30 years, the two teams met in international competitions, and the German team will leave England with painful memories. And England's unbeatable record has lasted for more than 20 years!

The dust of the European Cup has settled, and the Olympic Games are coming one after another.

The players in the Millwall team include international players who participated in the European Cup, and some were recruited by the youth echelons of various countries to play in the Olympics, such as Pires and Vieira.

Aldrich's vacation ended earlier than he expected, and he did a lot of unplanned things after returning to London. At least it was not his intention to fight the war of words over the war between Britain and Germany.

The French team was eliminated by the Czech Republic in the semi-finals. After the game, Thuram did not return to China, but stayed in London, directly found Aldridge, and submitted a transfer application.

Thuram made his debut in Ligue 1 and became a star in Ligue 1. He originally came to Millwall with the intention of seeking gold, but he himself did not expect to be famous in England. He spent two pleasant years here , he thought it was time to leave.

If Serie A in the 1990s was a purgatory for top shooters, then for defensive players, this is a paradise for seeking Taoism and becoming immortal.

Thuram aspires to Italy, and almost like most defenders of his generation, he wants to go to Italy to become a world-class defender.

And precisely this summer, an Italian team officially invited him: Parma.

The Millwall club has a pile of faxes of transfer intentions every day, some offer, some enquire, and some want to loan their young players.

Aldridge has to browse at least 20 club offers from different countries every day, and most of them are insulting in his eyes.

Wanting to take away his players for two to three million pounds is simply a dream, even if it is a wealthy family.

There are also some players who do not want to transfer, for example, some teams offer Nedved £12 million, Trezeguet £7 million and so on.

But most players don't want to leave, some are loyal, some are dissatisfied with their next home. If they want to leave, they will definitely go to a club that is more competitive than Millwall.

Parma embarked on a glorious road to rise in the early 1990s. In the past three years, it has been a championship team in Serie A, and has won the Cup Winners' Cup and UEFA Cup in the European arena. In addition, the milk king Stefano- Tanzi's strong investment in the club has made Parma an emerging force that cannot be underestimated in Serie A.

Parma is not a wealthy family, nor has it won the Serie A championship. However, in this era, the gold content of Serie A is too high. The reputation of the Little World Cup is by no means in vain. The champions of the Premier League, Ligue 1, Bundesliga, and La Liga are even more powerful.

Because of this, when Parma's offer of £5 million came to Millwall, Aldridge rejected it without even thinking about it, and in order to let the other party retreat, he added a line in his reply: 10 million plus Feng!

Buffon is only 16 years old, but he is definitely a treasure. Parma will not trade Buffon.

To Aldridge's surprise, Thuram approached him on his own initiative and applied for a transfer.

Parma must have contacted Thuram in private, no doubt!

This kind of thing is an unspoken rule, and Aldridge has nothing to complain about. 99% of the transfers are against the transfer regulations of FIFA. There is no need for Aldridge to complain. Isolated, only those poached and bankrupt clubs will helplessly sue. (To be continued..) (m)