The Young Lion

At the post-match press conference, Aldridge felt a little tired of listening to Fleet Street singing his praises. Some reporters used Manchester United's defeat here to set off Millwall's victory over Galatasaray today.

Aldrich would not be fooled by this kind of ** soup.

Don't say that Manchester United 6 years ago is not the same as Manchester United today. Even if Millwall played Galatasaray in the same game, he is confident that he can still win, but he may not be able to win by 4 points .

Galatasaray's draw with Milan at the San Siro may have given Trim false confidence, thinking that he could play against Millwall at home, and the change in the second half was the biggest failure, but Aldridge didn't want to follow these Discussion by reporters is pointless.

The UEFA Champions League group stage has won both games, Millwall is considered by the outside world to have qualified ahead of the group stage, and Aldridge refuted this argument with a frosty face.

In fact, if Millwall maintains such a performance, it will definitely be no problem to qualify, but if it is exaggerated by the media, it will inevitably have a psychological impact on the team. He hopes that the team will guard against arrogance and rashness. Therefore, Aldridge declared that In the third and fourth rounds, the back-to-back matches with Milan are the key battles to qualify.

For this reason, he also specifically emphasized that Milan, which only accumulated 1 point in the two games, will fight to the death. If Millwall wants to qualify easily, Milan will definitely not agree.

In the same round, Milan was a guest in Germany and unexpectedly lost to Hertha Berlin.

Boarding the return bus, Aldridge just sat down when a football appeared in front of him.

Henry, who was terrified when he came, is now elated, and he performed a hat-trick. Take away the game ball. Have teammates sign it. Write down the date and place of the match, and the opponents you will play against.

Aldridge took the pen from Henry with a smile, signed his name on the football, and added a title before his name: head coach.

After winning the ball, the players were very excited, but they would not discuss the content of the game anymore, but chatted about some light-hearted topics and waited for the plane. Most of the players chose to rest tiredly, and Henry hugged the football fondly and closed his eyes.

He is full of longing for the new season. In the first half of last season, he recuperated from his injuries, and played pretty well in the second half. It can be regarded as a transition period to integrate into Millwall's tactical system and adapt to the center position. In the new season, when he and his teammates When they performed wonderful offensive football together, he knew in his heart that he should have the consciousness of a striker. To fight for the personal honor that belongs to the great striker.

But that aggressiveness doesn't make him selfish on the court.

Millwall's football philosophy is that the team is above all else,

in the tactical system. Creation belongs to the whole team, from defenders to forwards, they all need to be creative and serve the team, not midfielders to create, forwards to finish so monotonous and rigid, finishing is just a display of individual ability, when Larson can single-handedly When the goalkeeper passed the ball to Henry, Henry knew that if it was him, he should make the same choice, and it is precisely because they maintain a sense of creation and cooperation that their opportunities increase infinitely. Now, when it's his turn to grasp it, he must grasp it. He doesn't have to worry about personal data at all. If he can't play good-looking data, it is a problem of personal ability and has nothing to do with the support of the team.

Aldridge led the team back to London. In October, the weather began to turn cold. His life was step-by-step, and his schedule was very tight. He spent at least three nights a week in Liverpool, and he couldn't get a good job. Rest, because he will always be woken up in the middle of the night by two noisy sons, but he is not tired of it, Melanie came to London in late September, and she and the remaining three hot girls started to make a new record.

Millwall's schedule in October, because there is an international match day in the middle, so there are fewer games than in other months, and the real tough game is not in the league. It is a home game in Hell, Turkey as a guest, and then we will welcome Milan in the second half of the year During this period, two league games were played, and Aldridge let some substitutes play the game to give the main players sufficient rest time.

Middlesbrough 1:3 Millwall.

Millwall 3:0 Sunderland.

At the end of the twelfth round of the Premier League, Millwall won the 12-game winning streak in the Premier League in the new season. If you count their four-game winning streak at the end of the league last season, Millwall won 16 consecutive league victories across the season.

In the home game against Sunderland, there was no suspense about the result of the game. Millwall resolved the battle in 70 minutes, and then began to concentrate on preparing for the Champions League game.

But after the game, pictures of Aldridge and Sunderland striker Kevin Phillips hooking shoulders to each other at the end of the game made headlines.

Phillips, who left Millwall that year, was the biggest contributor to Sunderland's return to the Premier League within two years. Under Peter Reed, Phillips was given a heavy responsibility. At the beginning of the new Premier League season, Sunderland hadn't entered the rhythm yet, but In the past month, they have performed very well, and among the individual performances of the players, Phillips is undoubtedly the biggest star of Sunderland. He has scored more than 50% of the team's goals alone!

In fact, Aldridge and Phillips hugged and chatted after the game, just a reminiscence of past masters and apprentices. Phillips would ask Aldridge from time to time in Sunderland in the past two years about his personal development or on-field skills. The problem is that his training in Sunderland naturally did not receive more professional guidance and training like he did in Millwall, but the foundation he laid in Millwall helped him to perform better on the field, ranking first in the scorer list Being second only to Larson and Henry is the best proof.

Fleet Street has malicious intentions that Aldridge wants to recruit Phillips again, and Aldridge directly denies it after the game.

The bleak autumn wind in October is more like a season of nostalgia and nostalgia.

When the strong dialogue between Millwall and Milan was about to start, Aldridge was asked about the old man in the pre-match press conference.

Do you regret the decision to sell Shevchenko?

No regrets, he dreamed of Milan, he went to Milan and realized his dream. I wish him well. And hope he is always happy. That's the whole story.

If you had the chance, would you buy Shevchenko back?

No matter what kind of world you are in, there are no ifs.

Who do you think is stronger, Henry or Shevchenko?

I would never compare two players individually, it is meaningless. Successful teams have successful players, but successful players may not be suitable for every successful team.

Is your subtext saying Shevchenko is no longer suitable for Millwall?

I didn't say that, but if you follow Millwall for a long time, there is a big difference between Millwall two years ago and Millwall now, and Shevchenko was a big part of Millwall at the time. Henry is an important member of Millwall now. The two have different characteristics, but in different contexts, the importance of the two is the same. Now Shevchenko is doing well in Milan. I don’t know why you guys Would have liked him so much to leave Milan.

Aldrich got a little impatient when asked.

Reporters tacit understanding among each other.

I'm afraid the world will not be chaotic.

Otherwise, where is the news?

If Millwall wins this game, they can basically announce that they have advanced to the top 16 in advance, right?

I said, there is no if, we won this game with 9 points, and theoretically we can't qualify. Moreover, I don't think Millwall can win this game easily. We are against Milan.

Aldrich was very entangled by the reporter's question.

He can neither show an attitude of underestimating the enemy, but he can't exaggerate Milan's strength too much. It is really difficult to balance this degree.

The next night, Aldridge saw Shevchenko in the tunnel, and the two exchanged arms for a while.

Helping Milan win the league championship last season, Shevchenko became the new favorite of San Siro, but Milan's performance in the new season is not good enough.

Serie A didn’t start until the end of August. In addition, the league now only has 18 teams and 34 league rounds. The schedule is relatively loose. The Premier League has played 12 rounds, and Serie A has only played 6 rounds. Milan has remained unbeaten in six games, but only won. With 2 victories, there were so many draws with big scores that the fans enjoyed very much, but it revealed that Milan's defense had a big problem from the side.

After Aldrich chatted with Shevchenko, he patted each other's arm and left with a smile. Shevchenko looked at Aldrich's back with a sense of loss.

In his memory, he seems to have never seen Aldridge show a disappointed or regretful expression. Even if a player like him who helped Millwall win the Champions League wanted to leave, Aldridge did not say it repeatedly. If he wanted to stay, the negotiation between the player and him was completed very quickly. Aldridge kept him, but the player refused, ok, Aldridge let him go.

Of course, Shevchenko was not abandoned. On the contrary, he abandoned Millwall and Aldridge to pursue his childhood dream.

But neither Millwall nor Aldridge will enter the role of an outcast. As one of the most important players ever, Shevchenko found that now in the eyes of Aldridge, he is at best an ordinary friend.

The past is like smoke, blowing away with the wind, and Aldridge never dwells on the past.

When Shevchenko stepped into Wembley in Milan's shirt, his heart skipped a beat.

Not because the fans here welcomed him back, on the contrary, he was treated like a normal Milan player here.

Looking around, there are no fans in the stands who will welcome him with slogans, or hate him, he is like air, like a stranger coming here for the first time!

He may have forgotten what kind of people the fans in the stands belong to.

It's a group of fans who sing No one likes us, it doesn't matter!

Shevchenko and those who have left, even if they would cause regret or hatred at the time, it didn't take long for the fans to feel relieved.

You are going to pursue your dreams and put on the noble jersey, so go for it!

We never depend on others for our survival. Those who stay are brothers and family members, and those who leave are strangers or enemies.

The psychology of Wild Lions fans is reflected from the social life norms.

Should they be grateful to Shevchenko?

Why be grateful?

In the eyes of the fans, it was not Shevchenko who made Millwall brilliant, it was Millwall who made him!

What they are most grateful to is Aldridge, and those players who have stayed to write the legend of the club with loyalty. Even if Bout is a goalkeeper, his status in the hearts of fans is a hundred times higher than that of Shevchenko. Bout eulogizes! (to be continued...) ()