The Young Lion

The information Aldridge held in his hand was related to Drogba, and it was the performance statistics of Warcraft on loan.

22 goals, in addition to 21 goals in the league, there is one in the cup, the number of assists: 0!

For other coaches, this kind of data is close to full marks. Forwards are people who want to score goals and solve problems. It is a crime to demand that forwards have no assists.

But from Aldridge's standards here, Drogba is at best a pass, scoring 21 goals in 30 rounds of League One, which can only be said to be slightly better than the 17-year-old Trezeguet.

This is still far from the standard he requires for forwards. If Henry can't assist and Larson can't assist, Millwall's attack group will definitely not be able to play gorgeous statistics.

Next, Aldridge discussed professional issues with Drogba, and put forward further requirements for Warcraft, hoping that Warcraft can work hard in this direction in the future.

Drogba was happy to be taught, but his whereabouts in the next few months became a question again.

Aldridge asked him to stay in the team and play in the reserve league. Drogba got into trouble himself, and the consequences must be borne by himself. He has not played in the professional league in the past few months, and he can only blame him for his impulsiveness.

Before Drogba left, he sincerely apologized to Aldridge, and Aldridge nodded and accepted, without a single word in his words to take the initiative to teach the other party.

This is one of his habits of managing players. He has rarely warned players what to do and what not to do, but directly pointed out the consequences and let the players think for themselves.

With two games a week, or even three games a week, Aldridge's work is heavier than in previous years. He also put all his energy into the club.

But. Come mid-March. Millwall's recent record is not satisfactory.

In the league, they won one game and tied one game, and they suffered two consecutive draws in the second round of the Champions League group stage.

With three rounds left in the Champions League, Millwall only has 5 points.

This kind of situation was hardly seen in the past. Millwall was able to score at least 7 points in the first three rounds of the group stage and gained the initiative to qualify. However, after the peak period of their invincible record, they seemed to become mediocre all of a sudden. .

In fact, Aldridge is not only adjusting the state of the team. Also because the opponents he encountered during this period were not strong, he used actual combat to train his soldiers, and it is a bit exaggerated to describe it as the old with the new, but to be precise, the strong with the weak.

In addition, when the Premier League teams encounter Millwall, they always fight to the death.

Die with a bang, or win with glory and valor.

In the Premier League, the opponent's frenzied attack is tempering Millwall's young defense line by game. The game can often produce big results and ups and downs.

For example, Everton 3:3 Millwall, Coventry 2:2 Millwall.

It feels like Millwall's super attacking group can score as many as they can, and the defense dares to return a few to the opponent.

At the same time, the gap between Manchester United and Millwall in the league is narrowing. But it has not yet crossed the cordon.

The Champions League has two consecutive draws, and Millwall has not met outside expectations. This has nothing to do with Millwall's training, but at this stage, even if the opponent is not well-known, he is still fighting in the first round of the group stage. For Lazio and Bordeaux, Aldridge doesn't think there is a big problem, because Millwall's attitude is also mainly defensive when he goes away.

There are six rounds in the group stage. The best start is naturally to win at least two of the first three games, but what is the worst start? It is inevitable that the points in the three games will be below 3 points, which is too far from the theoretically eliminated 12 points, and Millwall has scored 5 points, and there are three games. At least from the overall perspective, it is absolutely possible To accept the situation, if you want to beat your opponent at the beginning, and the opponent plays a defensive counterattack, if you lose, the situation will be extremely bad. Aldridge does not want to become like Milan and only win 1 in three games. In the next three games, there is only one way to Huashan, and the tactical arrangement suffers from great limitations.

From January to mid-March, in more than two months, Aldridge completed the two major goals set in the middle of the season, such as training and adjustment. The beginning of February can be regarded as a warm-up for the end of the season. Now, it is time to really When the firepower is on!

The home dressing room at Wembley Stadium on Wednesday night.

Aldridge stands among the players, and now his job is easy to compare. Due to the maturity of the team's technical and tactical system, he only needs to focus on analyzing the opponent before the game and make targeted deployments, without making changes in the general direction of technical and tactical.

This is the necessary process for professional football clubs to accumulate and grow. No club can achieve success overnight.

Tonight will start the fourth round of the second round of the Champions League group stage. Millwall will face Bordeaux. In the last round, Millwall drew 1:1 with the opponent in the away game.

The team lineup is neat, Makelele returned from injury a month ago, and has recovered his form in recent games.

Aldridge said softly: What is the purpose of our hard work for a season? Not to break a certain record, not to score a few goals, but to have a carnival at the end of the season and let our efforts get a trophy Now, these goals are getting closer and closer, I need you to put all your energy into the game, every game, and try your best to hit all the trophies you can get in the next two months. This is our tradition , is the tradition of Millwall, let us greet the harvest season in the best condition!

The players stood up and gave each other high fives.

As Aldridge stepped out of the tunnel, he looked up at the overcast sky.

It's raining.

There was no rain when we came to Wembley, and the weather forecast also informed that there might be light rain tonight. Millwall was prepared and prepared the equipment for the rain battle for the players.

Accompanied by the cheers of the fans in the stands, Aldridge walked to the coach of the home team and stood still.

The coach of Bordeaux is Eli Pope, who is called a young coach by the French media. It sounds exaggerated. The opponent is 45 years old, but he is in the football industry. If the 45-year-old coach is new to the industry. He will indeed be called the Young Marshal. The opponent led Bordeaux to beat Marseille to win the league championship last season, and at the same time led the team to the top 16 this season. It is not too much to be praised by the French media.

But today, there is only one young coach on the field, and that is Aldridge.

Millwall's recent situation is not good. Now there are only 5 points. If you can't get all three points from Bordeaux today, the last two games will be dangerous. By this time, the goals of each team have become very clear. Feyenoord has 0 points in three games and is almost out of the game. Millwall has 5 points, Lazio has 7 points, and Bordeaux has 4 points. Today's game will be a watershed in the group's qualifying situation. It is no exaggeration to say that it is a life-and-death battle. It will set the tone for the next two games.

The situation looks grim. But Aldridge wasn't nervous.

In other words, he thought about it with his heart, Bordeaux. Isn't the situation grim for the two opponents of Lazio? The score situation is so stalemate, and if you lose a game, you may fall into the passive position of being eliminated. However, Bordeaux still ranks third without winning.

In the long drizzle, the game kicked off.

Millwall took the initiative, played at a moderate pace, and moderately controlled the overall situation. Because of the rain, the effect of deliberately playing fast would not be very good.

Bordeaux, like the previous game, defended and counterattacked.

It's just that they didn't play so well at home when they came to the away game.

Pop stood on the sidelines with a serious face.

If the probability of Millwall being unbeaten reaches 80%, and Bordeaux only has a 20% probability of winning, then, converted into the number of opportunities on the field, Bordeaux must seize the few good opportunities that can be counted.

In the 17th minute of the game, Bordeaux counterattacked and advanced to the front court. He was about to hit the penalty area, but was intercepted and resolved by Materazzi. Immediately afterwards, Millwall also played a fast break. The ball passed through the midfield quickly. When it came to the frontcourt, it became an offensive and defensive contest with a balanced number of people.

Henry took the ball with his back, turned around and started explosively. Unexpectedly, he didn't pass the ball and then moved. He directly dribbled the ball past the opponent's defender and entered the penalty area.

After 18 minutes, Millwall applied continuous pressure. After capturing the second fighter, Pirlo passed the ball through the counter-cut route to Ronaldinho. Germany scored with a shot.

In the first half, Millwall took a two-goal lead, giving all Wild Lions fans who followed the game a reassurance.

Steady.

Aldrich walked into the locker room with a calm expression.

What is a strong team?

As long as they don't fall behind, when it's time to exert their strength, a team that doesn't make mistakes at critical moments is a strong team.

Millwall has developed this temperament, this intangible temperament has been honed in the past few years in the league, especially the experience of winning the championship until the last moment, with ups and downs, in both defeats and victories. A valuable experience learned in a very different taste.

Bordeaux launched a Jedi counterattack in the second half, but their performance in the away game was significantly lower than in the previous game. After Millwall scored the fourth goal in 70 minutes, Bordeaux players fell into despair.

Can't win!

Pop sat down, and he didn't change.

He knew deep down that no matter what adjustments he made at this time, he would be criticized as useless after the game.

Change striker to strengthen attack?

Unsurprisingly, goals were conceded with 20 minutes remaining.

Then such a substitution is a failure.

Change the backcourt players to strengthen the defense?

0:4 behind is still a fart!

Wouldn't he be criticized for lack of courage after the game?

So Pop simply did nothing.

The strength is not as good as the opponent, the skills are not as good as others, and the loser is convinced.

Just like the results achieved by other French teams against Millwall, Pope's mind is quite peaceful.

Paris Saint-Germain, which is in dire straits now, was double-killed by Millwall in its glory days? Monaco were blocked from the Champions League final by Millwall.

Not to mention France, Serie A, which is known as the world's first league, and the top three in the north did not get any advantage from Millwall.

Shame on you?

Feeling ashamed is arrogant!

At the end of the game, the result on the scoreboard was 5:0, and Millwall took all three points.

Aldridge shook hands with Pope after the game and left the court.

The entire Millwall team simply thanked the fans present and left quickly.

In the same city derby on the weekend, Millwall and Arsenal fought fiercely for 90 minutes. At Highbury, Wenger and Aldridge shook hands and the score was 1:1. In the standings, the gap between the two teams has exceeded 20 points

When the fifth match of the second round of the Champions League group stage was about to start, there was a calm press conference for a while, and Aldridge was involved in the war of words again.

This time, the provocative person was a Swede who coached a team called Lazio, and his name was Eriksson. (to be continued...) ()