The Young Lion

Thank you Thieves for your reward! ——

From the 70th minute of the game, Millwall fully oppressed Chelsea in the offensive. The longer the game dragged on, the more different the performances of the two teams became, and the gap was obvious.

Millwall played better and better, but Chelsea couldn't even fight back. The previous physical consumption began to directly affect their performance.

Ronaldinho's personal escape and breakthrough in a small area were huge threats. Just after 80 minutes of the game, he broke through Petrescu in front of the penalty area, and then there was a sudden stop, which made Chelsea's overall back Defense has also undergone a change in rhythm.

After a pause, Ronaldinho picked the ball forward, and the ball jumped up briskly, crossing a parabolic trajectory and falling near the left side of the penalty spot.

Dubéry just turned around to grab the landing point, but there was someone faster than him.

Wild Lion God of War, Nedved!

Fluttering blond hair, resolute eyes, brave and fearless body impact Chelsea's defense line like steel!

The combination of Ronaldinho and Nedved's passing timing was just right. Nedved rushed forward, and Chelsea's defenders turned around and chased back, which was obviously slow.

What's more, Ronaldinho's rhythmic pause was so wonderful that Chelsea's defensive players also stopped for a while, and just this one gave Nedved a chance to grab a point when he entered the penalty area.

Before the ball landed, Nedved volleyed!

De Houye made a subconscious save and touched the ball with his palm, but the direction of the ball did not change much after the refraction, and it still flew into Chelsea's goal!

In 81 minutes, Millwall took the lead! The goal was Nedved, who was in hot form recently. After breaking through the Dortmund gate twice in the last game. The Czech scored again today! Millwall is away from this season Less than 10 minutes left for the first title.

Nedved raised his arms and shouted after scoring. Greetings to the Wild Lions fans in the stands.

Champions, champions, we were champions last season, and we will be champions this season!

This goal hit the Chelsea players hard, and it hit the fans even harder.

They have been looking forward to it for almost 30 years, and they are clearly within reach of the championship trophy, but they are destroyed by Millwall time and time again, which makes their hatred for Millwall even more unforgettable.

Vialli also substituted.

Zola was replaced to strengthen the offense and at the same time encourage the players not to give up.

Aldridge stood on the sidelines with his hands in his pockets. Needless to say, Nedved knew what to do.

With a player like Nedved, Aldridge really feels that he is a blessing.

A player who was arranged by him to play as a midfielder, but who can defend impeccably!

Even in the era ten years later, in an environment that requires players to have a higher offensive and defensive balance, there may not be many attacking midfielders who can do what Nedved is now.

Chelsea counterattacked with all its strength, but it was already at the end of its strength. Turn around, at the last moment of the game. Ronaldinho received van der Meyde's slanted long flyer and went to the meeting. After seeing De Huye abandoning the goal, he chose to lob from outside the penalty area!

Ronaldinho's long-range lob shot! De Huye must be unable to save it. Oh, what a pity, this lob shot actually bounced on the ground, hit the crossbar and bounced out again. De Huye ran back to throw Hold the ball.

When Ronaldinho saw the ball missed, he laughed angrily, shook his head and hurried back.

In the end, Chelsea failed to rewrite the score. Millwall beat Chelsea by one goal and won the first championship trophy of the season.

The English League Cup champion was born in the 97/98 season, and the champion was Millwall! Although Chelsea performed well in this game, at the tactical level, it was Hall's complete victory over Vialli. Let's recall two years ago , the League Cup final of the 95/96 season, the contest between Millwall and Aston Villa, today's Chelsea is very similar to Millwall at that time, lack of honor, eager for success, can't wait to eat the opponent from the first minute of the game, It was Millwall who came back to win that game, Chelsea were unlucky, their opponent was not Aston Villa, it was Millwall.

That's right, today's Millwall is calm and unhurried, showing a strong temperament. They are not afraid of the opponent's attack, they control the game rhythmically, and they will not be anxious because the opponent's attack is strong or they don't score. They know they will score. , The opponent's physical energy was consumed in the first half, and then suddenly exerted strength in the second half of the second half. The score was only 1:0, but the number of threatening offensives created by Millwall in more than 20 minutes was the threat created by Chelsea throughout the game. Attacking multiple times. A good player is not necessarily a good coach. Vialli has just taken office, and we cannot demand too much from him. It is the decision of the Chelsea club, and outsiders cannot interfere, but from an objective point of view, Vialli In front of Hall, he looked like a primary school student, and Hall taught him a lesson today.

After winning the League Cup, Aldridge was not overly excited after the game, hugging and celebrating with every player.

This season, their road to the League Cup promotion was easy, and they did not encounter severe challenges. This is the biggest factor in being able to win the championship.

When the awards were over, Ronaldinho took a group photo with Aldridge. He and Aldridge held one side of the small League Cup trophy together. The other hand of Ronaldinho with big buck teeth was very happy compared to his thumb.

Together with the players, Aldridge thanked the fans who assisted in the battle. Trophies are important to win the championship, but mental stimulation is even more important. In the upcoming battle, it is important for the whole world to be able to use a championship to boost morale. The team is an effective stimulant.

The next day, Fleet Street gave Aldrich a new title: Trophy Reaper!

Aldrich himself didn't even know how many nicknames he had.

Coach Killer, Civil War Expert, Derby Maniac

Millwall, which did not have an important championship trophy in the history of the past century, has won two League Cups, two FA Cups, one Premier League title, and one European Cup Winners' Cup in Aldridge's less than four years of coaching. The championship trophy and six heavy trophies have made Aldridge complete his transformation. In English football, he no longer attracts attention just because he is young. But it has been fully affirmed. The outside world will hold him high. No less than Manchester United coach Ferguson.

The Sun even made an exaggerated picture as a headline on the cover of the football section.

In that picture is a q version of Aldridge, although he is dressed in a suit and leather shoes, he looks more like a cute child. There are three trophies in front of him, the League, the FA Cup, and the League Cup.

The q version of Aldrich frowned with his chin in his hand, and there was a text above his head explaining his distress: I should take one. Two, or three?

The headline at the top reads: Annoyances of every season.

The newspaper of Meipin also designed cartoon children sitting in two rows at the bottom. There are exactly 19 people in the two rows. Everyone wears different jerseys, representing the other 19 clubs in the Premier League. They hold their heads up and look up. Aldridge.

The sales volume of The Sun was astonishing on this day. Many fans couldn't help laughing when they saw the headlines on the cover, but they also offended people, especially the fans of the other 19 clubs.

Aldrich is helpless, he likes fame. Because it would make it easier for him to run the club, but he doesn't want to be a public enemy. Fleet Street just wanted him to be a public enemy.

He became a public enemy, which means that he will face many wars, so the news keeps coming.

With the good momentum of winning the League Cup, Millwall ushered in Dortmund again at Wembley, and the second round of the European Super Cup kicked off.

In this game, Aldridge sent a large number of young players. Guessing that the opponent would play more aggressively in order to make a comeback, Millwall continued to use defensive counterattack tactics.

However, Aldridge overestimated the ability of young players to withstand pressure in a big scene. The defense was fairly reliable, and the offense was a mess.

Duff obviously played abnormally, either dribbling the ball on the side was too big, or he made a mistake in possession of the ball.

Fortunately, the defensive line of the substitute lineup is not weak. Gattuso, Materazzi, and Ferdinand are all players who can already be trusted.

After Ferdinand was sent to the reserve team on Christmas, he, Mills and Lampard helped the reserve team win consecutive victories in a month, and won back Odry with a positive and hard training attitude and a focus on the reserve team. odd trust.

At the same time, after returning to the first team, they kept their own place and reintegrated into the team through the professionalism of extra training in their spare time.

Millwall fell behind by two goals in the game. After adjustments in the second half, Van Nistelrooy pulled one back. When the total score reached 5:3, Dortmund was also discouraged.

In the end, Millwall won the UEFA Super Cup at Wembley without bloodshed.

As a continuation of the championship last season, after Millwall won the championship, the fans in the stands of Wembley Stadium played a slogan: five crowns!

League, FA Cup, European Cup Winners' Cup, European Super Cup, Community Shield.

Millwall won a total of five championship trophies in the 96/97 season!

Aldridge is known as the trophy harvester, and it's not for no reason.

But he didn't have time to celebrate, and he had to keep a clear head at all times, because a powerful enemy was about to come to London to have a brutal fight with them!

Serie A giants, Bianconeri Juventus!

When the quarter-finals of the Champions League were about to start, Millwall's ranking in the league fell to third place.

It's not that they have performed poorly in the past two months or so. They have narrowed the point gap with Manchester United to only 7 points, but another team that was originally behind them has become more and more courageous and has signs of being unstoppable.

Wenger's Arsenal has won consecutive battles since entering February, and they must win every battle!

Overtook Millwall by 2 points, leaving only 5 points behind Manchester United.

Aldridge has nothing to do about it, the league is like this, you can only make yourself better to ensure that you win the championship, and you can't expect all your competitors to loosen up.

Millwall has played two league games with Arsenal this season, with one win and one loss. It seems that there is no chance to snipe Arsenal.

Millwall's young lineup occasionally played two draws, and the points lost were 4 points.

In this regard, Aldridge was very stubborn at the press conference: Millwall is not out yet, temporarily ranked third in the league, and the gap with Manchester United is only 7 points, there are ten rounds left in the league, and Manchester United can win 8 games , They take away the championship, and they can't win 8 games, so let's wait and see.

He can't show weakness, otherwise it will make young players less aggressive in the game.

Fleet Street is very puzzled by this. They all think that Millwall can play to this point this season is already very remarkable.

You want to hit the Champions League and train young people. Do you want to successfully defend the league title?

The outside world believes that Millwall's goals in the league this season should be more realistic, and the choice should be based on the results of the Champions League knockout rounds.

If you are out against Juventus, then go all out to defend the league title, and there are still some chasing, after all, the energy of the main force is fine.

But if they pass Juventus, Millwall's realistic goal in the league should be the runner-up, ensuring the qualification for the Champions League next season.

Anyway, it is impossible to give up the Champions League. If Juventus is really eliminated, it will be the semi-finals. If Aldridge has a knife on his neck, he will not give up! (to be continued...) ()