The Young Lion

Exit from the League Cup has had no morale effect on Millwall's preparations for the upcoming games.

The main players are also used to it, especially in England, where the influence of the FA Cup and the League Cup is declining day by day. Loose, it is no problem to hit the championship of the oldest cup competition, but if it is at a critical time, it is unavoidable to focus on key battles, and the FA Cup is only at the end of the year before the Premier League team will participate in the battle, and it will be in the second half , the strong teams will either compete for the league championship, or they will be distracted by the European knockout rounds.

These two cups have always had an extremely high chance of being upset, which is directly related to the attitude of the strong teams to participate in the battle.

Millwall will be a guest at Stamford Bridge on the weekend. During the preparations, the atmosphere on Millwall's training ground was relatively relaxed.

But in the lightheartedness, the players are very serious and committed.

During the break, Aldridge saw the players sitting together and chatting, so he walked over to listen to what they were talking about.

I bet on Henrik.

I bet Pavel.

I bet Thierry.

I bet

Hearing what they said, Aldrich was suspicious for a while.

These guys are gambling?

It doesn't sound like it.

Hey, what are you talking about?

Aldridge asked curiously.

Materazzi, who resumed training, laughed: We are guessing who will win the Ballon d'Or this year.

Aldrich suddenly realized that it was so.

His work has been easy recently, and the players have been motivated in training. The work attitude is almost a role model.

to be honest. It is also their selfishness.

Many players in the Millwall team have been shortlisted for the Ballon d'Or selection list. In addition to the main striker Trident, there is Nedved, last year's runner-up, Pirlo was nominated for the first time, and Schneider.

Last season's Champions League semi-finals,

The results of the league championship and the FA Cup championship made Millwall fail to defend the Champions League successfully, but it was enough to become the focus of European football, especially the strong posture since the new season. It also adds a lot of points to them.

The selection of the Golden Globe Awards is coming soon, and Millwall's explosive state in the past two months is the best publicity offensive.

These players also understand that only by maintaining such an excellent state and record can they get a higher evaluation when they hit the Golden Globe Awards.

Aldrich smiled and walked away, continuing to gamble without disturbing them.

What are they talking about?

Villas-Boas is also very curious about the conversations of the players.

Aldridge told the truth.

This year's favorite is Rivaldo, as well as Manchester United's Beckham. In our team, Larson, Nedved, and Henry all have opportunities. It's a pity for Ronaldinho. His limelight in the national team Not as good as Rivaldo.

Boas seems very concerned about the Golden Globe selection.

He came to the team last year. Witnessing that Nedved can only come second, I feel very uncomfortable.

He objectively commented that if Zidane did not perform against the sky in the World Cup final, then the Golden Globe Award should be given to Nedved. This player not only has a stable state, has scored goals continuously, and helped the team win the Champions League player of.

Aldridge's enthusiasm for the Ballon d'Or has begun to fade.

In the past, the club needed the influence of the Ballon d'Or to serve the club's development.

Now, half of Millwall's main players can enter the list of candidates for the Ballon d'Or. It's really hard for the club to come forward to praise a certain player. Such a preference for one player may cause cracks in this united team.

Beckham has no advantages. Apart from the Champions League champions, there is no other team honor. Rivaldo has advantages over our players. It is nothing more than the Copa America champion, top scorer, and best player. He scored in La Liga. With 24 league goals, there is indeed no player in Millwall who scored more goals than him last season, but so what? Where did Barcelona go in the Champions League? How has Barcelona performed in the league in the past two months? Vilas, In fact, even if the Ballon d’Or is not given to Millwall’s players, I don’t think it’s a big deal.”

why?

Boas looked puzzled, wouldn't it be good if there was one more Mr. Golden Globe in the club?

Aldridge smiled and said: Because we are already a phenomenal team in European football, the whole of Europe is waiting to see our next performance. In the eyes of the outside world, Millwall is a whole, a team, and the interpretation of football It's stunning and it's continuous. If the Ballon d'Or can make a player go down in history, then what I want to do is make the team of my players go down in history.

Boas was stunned for a moment, then nodded with a smile.

In fact, the most intuitive influence brought by the Ballon d'Or is attention. When Millwall has become the most watched team in European football, Aldridge doesn't care how many Mr. Ballon d'Or the team has. If there is, everyone will be happy. If not, ignore it.

However, the public relations work that needs to be done is still to be done, but the focus can no longer be tilted on a certain player, whether it is the head coach or the club owner, Aldridge must always put the overall interests of the club first.

In the past few years, Chelsea has been high-profile, whether it is from signings or dealing with the ambitions of the Premier League, but before Chelsea faced Millwall at Stamford Bridge this season, Chelsea was very quiet, as if revealing a breath of timidity before fighting .

At the end of the 5-0 slaughter of Manchester United in the tenth round, Chelsea once reached the top of the standings, but was quickly beaten down.

In the past three rounds, they lost away to Liverpool, lost to Arsenal at home, and lost to Derby County away in the last round.

Chelsea, which has suffered a three-game losing streak, is showing signs of infighting.

In the second year of Vialli's coaching, Chelsea's dressing room entered a period of turmoil. There was no way, who made Chelsea always introduce young famous players? These veterans have achieved success and fame. As a player, Vialli is just equal to everyone. As a head coach, he has no immediate achievements. What can he use to convince the public?

This situation is also the original intention of Aldridge's reluctance to buy famous stars in the past few years, but although he is still young, he can be in the field of the head coach. There are not many people who can question him. The authority within the team is also fully erected. It's just that he doesn't need to spend a lot of money to buy stars now.

Leboeuf relentlessly criticized Vialli's coaching level on his personal homepage. Didier Deschamps, who had just joined the team, was also very unhappy. One negative report after another formed a haze over Stamford Bridge.

The betting company has adjusted the odds of the head coach dismissed at the end of the Premier League season, and the person ranked first is Chelsea coach Vialli.

Chelsea, who have lost three games in a row, played against Millwall, which has won 13 games in a row. The outside world knows who to be optimistic about without guessing, even if Millwall is a guest.

At the pre-match press conference, Fleet Street felt that Chelsea was not chaotic enough, and wanted Aldridge to also fan the flames. But Aldridge refused to comment on any issues related to the internal affairs of the Chelsea club.

It’s true that Millwall and Chelsea are mortal enemies, but Aldridge’s duty as a coach must not be lost, and the bottom line must not be lost. If he taunts Chelsea or criticizes the internal affairs of the club, this seems to be an opportunity. As far as stepping on the deadly enemy is concerned, it will actually be Aldridge who will suffer image loss.

Just like the phlegm that Smith spit on him, it looks like Aldrich's clothes are dirty, but the audience sees, how many people will applaud Smith?

On Sunday, the north London derby between Arsenal and Tottenham was advanced. Aldridge learned of the result while waiting for the game to start at Stamford Bridge.

After listening to the radio broadcast, Bob told everyone the score over there.

2:1

Tottenham 2, Arsenal 1.

In the middle of the week, Arsenal fought against Millwall for 120 minutes with all their main players. Lost this derby between the dead at White Hart Lane as a guest.

How can you have both the fish and the bear's paw?

Wenger won a Carling Cup and saved a little face for Arsenal in front of Millwall, but then suffered a defeat in front of rivals Tottenham, and then he had a headache for the Champions League life-and-death battle.

Aldridge learned the score and stopped thinking about it. He stood on the sidelines of Stamford Bridge and directed the game.

Chelsea, Chelsea, which has invested heavily in successive years, Bates may be bleeding in the stands.

It is not enough to have good players, especially a group of excellent players who have been recognized. They need honors, trophies, and a bigger stage, but if Chelsea can't give them, then the contradictions will explode like a torrent, which cannot be stopped!

Vialli also stood on the sidelines, looking lonely and alone.

Chelsea, who have lost three games in a row, has low morale. They also know that there is no good luck against Millwall, who has won 13 games in a row.

Chelsea still spent a lot of money in the transfer market in the summer, but in front of Aldridge, they were all familiar faces.

For example, Mr. Ten Million Sutton has only scored one goal so far, which is the icing on the cake in the game that slaughtered Manchester United. For the rest of the time, the suspense he left for people is: Will you still score?

There is also the world champion captain Didier Deschamps, who once met Millwall against Juventus, and met him again at Stamford Bridge today, giving the impression that he is old, but his style is still the same.

Chelsea successfully defended for 64 minutes in the first and second half, and was defeated by Henry in the 65th minute. Immediately afterwards, they seemed to be discouraged. The blow of the recent three-game losing streak was too heavy, coupled with the discord between the generals and the conflict in the dressing room There are so many factors, it’s okay not to concede a goal, but once a goal is conceded, the mental outlook of the whole team seems to have changed.

From 65 minutes to 80 minutes, Millwall scored three goals in a row in 15 minutes, and in the last ten minutes, he mastered the rhythm to lure the opponent to attack wildly.

But Chelsea really didn't attack.

Even their own players have lost confidence in Sutton, what the hell, a striker is useless, Zola is marked to death, the midfielder is too high, and the opponent counterattacks!

Four consecutive losses. Within 20 days, Chelsea lost four consecutive Premier League games. They need to adjust their status in time. There are many problems to be solved. The first is the problem that the striker cannot score. Sutton spent 10 million pounds on the club this summer. All Chelsea fans are disappointed by the striker that was added. Millwall's Henry also spent 10 million pounds when he moved to the club last year, but Henry is now the top scorer. His average number of goals per game is close to 1.1. , Sutton, scored 1 in 14 league games. If Chelsea can't solve the problem of forward weakness, it will be almost impossible to get a better ranking this season than last season. At the same time, Congratulations to Millwall, they have achieved 14 consecutive league victories in the new season. If you count the 4 consecutive victories at the end of last season, they have achieved 18 consecutive league victories across seasons. This record is tied with their 96/97 The winning streak of the season when they won the top league championship for the first time in the season is also the winning streak of the five major European leagues, and we can now expect them to break the record they created themselves! (To be continued...) ()