The Young Lion

At the post-match press conference, Aldridge showed up very late. He summed up the game with the players in the locker room, and at the same time encouraged them with words, trying to erase the mental blow of conceding the ball before the end of the game as much as possible.

It’s not that the 2:1 score was unacceptable to the whole team, but that they were more energetic than any previous game and played extremely seriously. Seeing that the good game of 2:0 turned into 2:1, there is a psychological gap. A matter of course.

2:0 and 2:1, those are two completely different situations.

The Italian media hoped that Aldridge would talk about Juventus' performance in this game. They were nitpicking on the basis of this good result for Juventus, and believed that Juventus did not show the momentum of a Serie A giant.

If Juventus had to win or draw then it would be disrespectful to Millwall, we gave everything to win and Millwall deserved it, Juventus played well and got An away goal, the total score is only one goal difference, this is reality, and it will not be that Juventus easily take away more here, on this basis, Millwall will face Juventus in the next round I think the probability of qualifying is still 50%. Although we are ahead in the score, Juventus will have the home court advantage in the next round, so the chances of both sides are equal.”

In fact, the Italian media still has some sense of superiority. Even though Millwall is not a small player, but Juventus is playing on behalf of Serie A, and the Serie A champion plays the Premier League champion, then it should have a clear advantage.

The mood on Fleet Street was mixed.

Before the finale, they were all ready to sing praises for Millwall. If Juventus could win 2:0 at home, the next round would be very easy to play, but the conceded goal before the finale reversed the situation directly.

The Fleet Street reporter frowned and asked: When the team took a 2:0 lead, why did you choose the top two midfielders to defend passively? If you keep the team pressed, maybe you won't lose the last unlucky player. The ball, maybe it can kill the suspense when Juventus attack aggressively.

Aldridge said calmly: I don't think my choice is wrong. I don't want to argue about this because it is unnecessary. I am the coach and I am responsible for the team. The outside world has nothing to do with me. But I One thing I want to point out is that in normal games, the average running distance of the Millwall team in 90 minutes is between 10,000 and 12,000 meters. The running distance of the players today should have increased by 2,000 meters on this basis. To about 3,000 meters. When you look back at the process based on the results, there will always be different voices, and no one can give a correct answer. Maybe if I continue to let the team press the offense, I will score goals, and maybe I will lose more. Multiball. Who knows? God. But you and I. Neither are God.

Fleet Street reporters no longer made things difficult for Aldridge, and instead pointed their finger at Juventus.

Nedved was violated by Torricelli when he scored,

He was injured at the time, and the opponent's actions were clearly worthy of a red card. But the referee only showed a yellow card, what do you think of this? Will you file a complaint with UEFA?

Aldrich pondered for a moment, but didn't answer immediately.

In fact, the situation at the time was a bit delicate.

Assuming that Nedved didn't score that goal, Aldridge thinks that the referee will tend to show a red card.

But the goal was scored, Juventus was behind, and the whole team interceded for Torricelli, and there was no excessive conflict between the two parties, the referee gave a yellow card. The Millwall players did not protest.

This is probably caused by Aldridge's style.

It's hard to say if this style is right or wrong.

Aldridge just resents the fact that the team really cares about the role of the referee.

Originally, a qualified or excellent referee should be invisible in a game.

If the players are used to putting pressure on the referee and protesting to the referee, that doesn't in itself give the team an advantage. Because the referee also has ideas and law enforcement authority, he will dislike the protesters, and may even cause a psychological tilt. Instead, he will punish the protesting side more severely. The power is placed on the referee, which is very detrimental to the development of the game.

The usual games may be nothing, but if this happens in a key battle, the team is likely to collapse itself.

The person who should protest is the coach. Aldridge also communicated with the fourth official after Nedved returned to the field, but the penalty can never be changed. This is the fact.

The referee has his own penalty standards. The yellow card against Torricelli did make Millwall feel that the sentence was too light, but apart from this controversy, the referee performed well today. Millwall will not complain to Ou on this matter. The Football Federation complained that Torricelli apologized to Nedved again immediately after the game, and Nedved also accepted the other party's apology. They exchanged jerseys with each other. The foul was indeed dangerous, but in the football field In fact, you can't make this phenomenon disappear. I remember a long time ago, I called on the FA to increase the penalties for dangerous actions, but the FA and the British football media practitioners scoffed at my views at the time. Millwall It's a sad joke that Millwall is going to complain to UEFA if even the domestic football community is condoning such dangerous behavior in England.

In England's traditional football concept, a football game needs to be full of fierce physical confrontation, rather than passing the ball back and forth to tear apart the opponent's defense for viewing. One-on-one confrontation is the mainstream, and bravery and tenacity are the inner spiritual manifestation. Becoming barbaric is another matter, but there is no clear definition. Therefore, Aldrich is helpless, but he has no choice.

Regardless of Millwall's historical status in England, even the traditional giants cannot change the status quo by themselves. If the FA really adopts Aldrich's suggestion, that will be a big problem. There will be a flood of people accusing the FA of favoring Millwall and making rules for them more in line with their style.

Therefore, nothing remains the same, what the convention is, or what it is, the various forces will live in peace, and changing something rashly is often a war of interests that affects the whole body.

It was almost midnight when we got home, and Aldridge couldn't fall asleep, so he was sitting on the sofa in the living room thinking.

2:1.

Going to Turin in the second round, what kind of tactics should the team use?

He was still thinking about the Champions League.

This is justifiable. In fact, this season, Millwall's main players have mostly focused on the Champions League.

Even though they are currently ranked third in the league, it seems that everyone does not think there is a big problem. One is confidence, they think they will not fall behind, and the other is attractiveness, the Premier League title, the main players have already won it last season, and this season is the first time to compete in the Champions League, so naturally they pay more attention to the results of the Champions League.

It's like tasting a cream cake, and suddenly there is a chocolate cake that you haven't eaten before, and you will naturally focus on the chocolate cake.

Maybe their performance in the same period in the league is not as good as last season, but it is definitely better and more stable than their previous season. Everyone doesn't think the gap with Manchester United is a distance that is difficult to catch up.

but. When the players want to concentrate on playing a good game. The pre-match preparation and the state after the exhaustion of the game will affect at least two league games during this period.

Aldridge was quite clear in his mind, if he wanted to say the priority, the Champions League must be more important than the league this season! Not to mention players. Even he thinks the Champions League is more important!

Millwall's lineup determines that it is impossible for them to show 100% performance in both battles. Since the Champions League is not out, of course the Champions League is the main one.

2:1 is a tangled score.

It is a situation where the head coach cannot make up his mind to take the ultimate route.

It is impossible to choose between the total score of 2:1, whether to be determined to the ultimate anti-counterfeit, or to take a great risk to die.

ding dong

While Aldrich was in deep thought, the doorbell rang.

He checked the time, it was already 11 o'clock in the evening. I don't know who came to the door.

He walked to the door and looked, and found that it was the neighbor opposite, so he opened the door and asked curiously, Yiwen, what's the matter?

Ivan had obviously bathed. The usual hairstyle is a ponytail, and now the long blonde hair is draped behind the shoulders, and the casual attire exudes fresh fragrance.

Holding a plate of waffles, she smiled and said, You can't sleep, can you?

Aldrich invited her into the house, and sighed with a smile: Yeah, uh, I'm thinking about the team.

Yiwen put the plate on the coffee table and said, Usually at this time you are not asleep, I know you are worried about the team.

why?

Because it is often when the team loses or does not perform well, you will go to bed very late, and I live opposite you.

Peeping Tom, I'm going to sue you.

Whatever. I made some waffles. Whether it's delicious or not, I have to eat it anyway, hehe.

Aldrich picked up a piece and tasted it. In fact, there was nothing unique about the taste, but he exaggeratedly showed an expression of enjoyment, and exclaimed: Well, whoever marries you is really his blessing.

Yiwen smiled casually, sat down and asked, When do you plan to go to bed?

Aldrich poured her a cup of tea, then sat on the sofa and raised his legs and said, I don't know, I'm always thinking about things in my mind, so I'm very energetic.

It happens that I can't sleep either, so I'll stay with you here.

Then you should find something to do, right? Why don't you help me clean up? Haha.

It's a good idea, let's find a movie to watch.

After all, she got up and went to the DVD rack next to the TV to browse, and she really found a movie that she hadn't watched in less than half a year.

When the title of the movie appeared on the TV, Aldridge lamented: Well, if I watch this movie twice, I guess the sun will dawn.

Yiwen sat down on the sofa next to him, watching the movie with a gentle and calm expression.

The new movie that has been hot for the past few months.

Aldridge didn't go to the cinema. If he watched a movie with the players, he wouldn't watch this kind of movie. Most of them were action movies or sci-fi movies, and Melanie didn't have time, so he missed the movie when it was released. When I went to the cinema to watch it, I just bought the DVD and kept it at home.

Aldridge continued to think about the team. There was a beautiful woman watching a movie beside him. He really calmed down and thought about it. Perhaps subconsciously, he regarded Ivan as a family member and didn't see outsiders, so he didn't take it seriously. ()