The Young Lion

In the early morning, Aldrich woke up from his sleep, and he was in a daze for a while. After 5 minutes, he fully woke up and walked into the gym wearing a pair of boxers.

Opening the curtains, the bright sunlight shines into the room. He puts on the earphones to listen to the morning broadcast, and then jogs on the treadmill. He is full of energy, as if something happy has been accompanying him, with a smile unconsciously on his face .

After waking up, the exercise was over. He walked into the bathroom, took a shower, looked at a photo posted next to the mirror while brushing his teeth, smiled and said to himself: Bert, Earl, good morning.

After breakfast at home, Aldridge drove to the club alone. On the way, he bought two cups of coffee at a street fast food restaurant. When he entered the training base, he handed one of the coffees to the young doorman.

Hi, Aldrich.

Good morning, Robert, yours, please.

Robert took the coffee and shook his head with a smile.

Since returning to the club to start working in the summer, Aldridge feels a world of difference compared to before. He is relaxed, happy, full of enthusiasm every day, and can infect everyone around him.

He also thought that maybe after having a child, he would settle down and his passion would decline, but in fact, every day now, he is more energetic, and it seems that every day is bright and brand new.

He didn't go to Liverpool yesterday because he was going to lead the team to play in the home league today. When he came to the training ground to prepare for the start of training, Klinsmann told him the bad news.

Ronaldinho accidentally hurt his leg while swimming last night. I'm afraid he won't be able to compete today.

Hearing this news, Aldridge didn't feel the slightest worry in his heart. Instead, I feel ridiculous.

What is he doing?

I don't know. After the pre-match preparation meeting was over yesterday. He and Villa and several other players were swimming in the club's indoor swimming pool. It seemed that his leg hit the wall when he turned back and forth. The injury was not serious. The team doctor checked and said he would rest for a week. It will be fine.

Aldridge scratched his head and sighed: Then let him recuperate well. The training depends on the situation. Follow the advice of the team doctor. We need to find a player to start for him today, uh. Let Joe Cole take his place. .”

Player injuries are sometimes strange. Of course, Gascoigne’s situation of standing on the ball with both feet and being tackled and injured by his teammates for several months is a special and funny negative example, but accidental injuries in life are very common. common.

Before the training started, Klinsmann threw the jersey of the main player to Joe Cole. Everyone couldn’t see Ronaldinho appearing on the training ground, and they were suspicious. Klinsmann then announced that Ronaldinho would recuperate for a week , is expected to miss the league today and four days later.

Villa and Joe Cole actually knew that Ronaldinho would miss the game last night, so they swam together and were by Ronaldinho's side when the incident happened. But they didn't take it seriously, and at most they were on the bench.

But Van der Meyde. Glenciel was not assigned to the starting lineup. Aldridge wanted to have a look at the next away game. Ronaldinho couldn't play, and then sent Van der Meyde to play.

Joe Cole took over the main jersey in ecstasy, put it on himself immediately, then turned his head and grinned at Villavicent and others, who bowed their heads and cursed inwardly: What kind of shit did Joe go? transport!

There are two Cole in the team, one of them is called Ashley, the other is called Joe, Villa and other teammates, including Ronaldinho, are called Joe Cole and Joe

There will be a game in the afternoon, and the training in the morning is not intense at all. Basically, it is a feeling of proficiency with more touches. After the club reasonably arranges food and rest, it is time to set foot on the court to meet the game.

In the fifth round of the Premier League, Millwall continued to sit at home and ushered in an opponent who had nothing to do with strength: Southampton Saints.

This team has finished fourth from bottom in two of the past three seasons, in other words, they were only one step away from being relegated.

Fleet Street commented that: Southampton did not relegate last season, it is simply unreasonable!

They are the team with the second-lowest number of goals scored in the league and the team with the second-most conceded goals in the Premier League.

In other words, their defense is poor and their offense is weak. What the audience wants to see is goals and excellent defense. They obviously cannot please the public.

However, last season they announced their relegation success two rounds ahead of schedule, and finally ranked fourth from the bottom.

Faced with such an opponent, even if Millwall lacks Ronaldinho, Joe Cole will replace him in the starting lineup. As long as Joe Cole is not helping on the court, it will not be a problem to win the opponent.

With the big brothers in the lineup, Joe Cole does not attract attention and is not the focus of the opponent's defense, so when he is covered by the team's stars, he plays with ease, not to mention the amazing feeling of becoming famous with one goal , At least it can make people's eyes shine. He can hold the ball on the court, dare to make moves, and is not afraid of losing the ball. Even if he loses the ball, he will fight back immediately.

Aldridge only gave Joe Cole 65 minutes, he didn't score or assist, but Millwall has taken a 3-0 lead, and he participated in the offensive support for two of the goals, winning when he was off the field The audience applauded.

Aldridge also applauded him when he came down, hoping that such a game will improve his self-confidence.

This is Millwall's fifth league game, and Aldridge has replaced two players in less than 70 minutes in the fifth consecutive game. The team's posture has also slowed down from the offensive, allowing Pirlo to control the rhythm.

It's not good, it's really not good! We watch the Millwall game because we want to see their wonderful performances in 90 minutes, but now we can only enjoy the wonderful football they performed in 70 minutes or even 60 minutes.

When the commentator Martin Taylor saw Millwall's substitutions, he could basically guess what the next game would be like.

Martin, it's not Hall's fault. His team is too strong. He needs to give the subs some time and let the team save energy. If there is a person who should be responsible, I think it is the FA. They In the scheduled schedule, Millwall will not encounter strong opponents in the first nine rounds. Millwall will not face the challenge of Arsenal until the tenth round of the league. Once Millwall is in the UEFA Champions League group stage in the new season Entering a group surrounded by strong opponents, then Millwall will enter a difficult schedule starting from the tenth round of the Premier League. On average, there will be tough games every week, so it depends on their luck in the Champions League draw.

Although Manchester United quickly adjusted after tying Everton in the first round, they defeated Coventry City 2:1 in the game that ended yesterday and achieved four consecutive victories, but Millwall can absolutely kill the game in 60 minutes. I really can't imagine any team in the Premier League that can stop Millwall, you know, they haven't conceded a single goal! Even the number of absolute chances given to the opponent is zero!

So the Wild Lions fans are also looking forward to the start of the new season of the Champions League in the interview, and they can't wait to play against the strong teams in Europe.

In the end, Millwall won again with 4:0. Even though Millwall started to pull back in 60 minutes, the opponent who had been devastated to the point of collapse had no will to resist, especially when Millwall took the initiative to slow down. Opponents will be confused, thinking that Millwall will let the game enter garbage time, and let it go.

But Pirlo suddenly speeded up and played a wave of fast breaks. The effect is to seal the throat with blood!

Larsson scored twice, Henry and Nedved each scored a goal. In the Premier League standings, Millwall not only won all 5 games, but also scored 18 goals. Three Millwall players lead the scorer list, and Pirlo leads the assist list.

Four days later, Manchester United swept Newcastle United 5:1 at home, and Millwall beat newly promoted Bradford 2:0 away to declare the league temporarily over.

The match day is approaching, which has nothing to do with Aldridge's work, but before that, he will lead his team to play a League Cup at home.

The opponent drawn by Millwall is unknown: Morecambe.

For such an opponent, Aldridge was very happy and could use it for training. Morecambe also celebrated with flowers. They drew Millwall, a strong team that the whole of Europe pays attention to!

Because they play at home, the income from tickets and broadcast fees will make their club executives laugh from ear to ear. Maybe the prospects for promotion are not optimistic, but it doesn't matter. The League Cup and the FA Cup may not make money if they play more games. It's best to play at home. To meet the favorites to win the championship at home is simply a jackpot.

For Morecambe, Aldridge didn't bring any main players and played all substitutes. Millwall has a lot of substitutes this season. He plans to make a big rotation, which is also to stimulate competition among substitute players.

Morecambe management welcomed Millwall's arrival, but their fans did not.

Every time a Millwall player touched the ball, there were boos from the stands in a stadium even smaller than the Lions Den.

Aldridge is more involved in directing this kind of game than leading the main players, and behind him today, Villa, Joe Cole, Vicente and others sitting on the bench are all nervous. They are all looking forward to Aldridge Qi can give them some opportunities.

After the first half, Klose scored twice, Lampard made a long-range shot, and Millwall led 3-0 away. In the second half, Aldridge sent Villa, Vicente, and Joaquin three times. People, directly reorganized the attack line.

But less than 5 minutes into the game, Villa's defensive pursuit knocked down the opponent's player in the penalty area and gave the opponent a penalty.

After being pulled back by the opponent's penalty kick, Villa seemed to lose his mentality. He wanted to make up for his mistakes through meritorious service. Not only did he waste opportunities frequently, but he was sent off after receiving a second yellow card in the 75th minute of the game. .

When he was off the court, Aldridge ignored him and asked him to go back to the locker room alone to calm down.

Morecamby had the upper hand and launched a fierce attack at the last moment, but Vicente and Joaquin took advantage of their speed to counterattack and scored a goal each. Millwall's substitute team defeated Morecamby 5:1 and advanced to the next round.

After the game, Aldridge said in an interview in the mixed area of ​​​​the player tunnel: I know that tomorrow there will be a lot of criticism from the outside world against Villa, but all I want to say is that those are shit, he just made a mistake. I don’t care about the mistakes that young people will make. He is growing and improving. Is it possible not to make mistakes? I have confidence in him, he will learn from the lessons learned, and he will become better step by step in the future.”

When we returned to the dressing room, everyone had already changed their clothes after a brief shower, and got on the bus to return to London.

Next, some players will go to the national team, and some young players will also be recruited by the lower echelons.

The team won the ball, even if the red card ends, Villa's mistakes will not be magnified, especially will not have a negative impact on the team.

However, his mood was very low, and he sat in the corner of the last row of the bus, looking out the window alone and absent-mindedly.

Aldrich suddenly sat down beside him. (to be continued...) ()