The Young Lion

An uncompetitive league cannot breed absolute powerhouses in European football, and it is difficult for a club without fierce internal competition to reach the top, let alone dominance.

Millwall is very strong, this is the intuitive impression from the outside world, but in Aldrich’s view, to keep Millwall strong, internal competition must be intensified, and Henry, Ronaldinho, Nedved, Pirlo, etc. When the absolute main force has a sense of crisis, they not only have to defeat all powerful enemies externally, but internally, they also have to defend their own status and meet the challenges of newcomers.

Therefore, after the main frame of Millwall's first team has stabilized and reached a certain level of strength, Aldridge's work focus has begun to shift, training and training rookies. This seems to be a rainy day, but its purpose is by no means to train anyone. He needs young players like Alonso, Villa, Barzagli, Ashley Cole, etc. Grow up and give pressure and a sense of urgency to the main members of the first team.

Don't slack off, if you slack off a little, they will be replaced by newcomers!

Natural selection, survival of the fittest, this is the law of the whole world, and of course it applies in the football circle.

In the match against Feyenoord, Aldridge has seen the potential shown by these young players, and has begun to turn his talents into real strength bit by bit. This is a very good phenomenon.

1:2

Feyenoord are behind.

Substitution for Millwall.

Aldrich is very pleased that the youth army was able to lead the score at 70 minutes, now. He couldn't ask for more. Joaquin and Vicente went straight up and down the sidewalk and were close to running out. Joe Cole is ubiquitous in the midfield and has reached the end of his strength.

At this time, Aldridge will play his role as the head coach to help this group of youths keep the incomparably precious victory in their eyes.

Grenshall, van der Meyde and Gattuso played together.

Millwall changed 4213, Gattuso and Pedretti formed a double midfielder, and Alonso was a central midfielder. The two-sided striker and Villa attacked the city.

When Vicente, Joaquin and Joe Cole were off the court, Aldridge stood up and hugged the three of them respectively.

Feyenoord's players almost lost their minds and attacked wildly. If they lose at home to Millwall, a team that should be called a team 2, they will be a laughing stock.

One will succeed and all bones will wither,

The rise of stars on the green field is always accompanied by the fall of one enemy after another, which becomes the background to set off the glory of the winner.

With Gattuso strengthening the central defense, although Feyenoord attacked fiercely. But it is getting farther and farther away from breaking the door.

In the 83rd minute, Glenshall received Van der Meyde's long pass from the right to transfer the ball from the left. Facing Feyenoord, who was empty at the back, he dribbled the ball for a long distance, and single-handedly entered the penalty area under the cover of Villa's movement, and scored Millwall's third goal with a burst shot against the goalkeeper. ball.

1:3

Millwall sealed the victory.

When the whistle sounded for the end of the game, Millwall's youth army jumped up and down excitedly. This was originally an insignificant game, but for them, it may be a milestone in their careers!

After the game, the media took the trouble to check the numbers for this group of youths and began to nickname them the XX II, but everyone from the club to the fans at Millwall didn't care about the public opinion of the game, and their eyes were on the draw for the top 8!

At the draw ceremony, when the vs symbol was drawn between the name of Millwall and the name of another team, the picture was frozen at the moment that shocked the soul.

Bayern Munich vs Millwall

The Champions League matchup is staged ahead of schedule!

This is the headline of almost all the media the day after the lottery results came out.

In this season, the two teams recognized as the most powerful in the entire European football met in the quarter-finals ahead of schedule!

Millwall is the favorite to win the title, ranking first.

Bayern Munich is the second favorite to win the title, followed closely.

Even though Bayern Munich hated the Nou Camp last season, Bayern Munich and Millwall still left Manchester United, Real Madrid and other tycoons behind this season.

Although Millwall did not encounter strong opponents in the two rounds of the group stage, their unimaginable performance in the league made them the biggest favorites to win the championship. Although it is not surprising that Bayern Munich is the best in the league, they are in the Champions League. China has a strong posture to overwhelm the group and advance. For example, in the group stage, the total score of the home and away confrontation was 8:3 against Real Madrid.

(In the original history, Bayern was challenged by Leverkusen in the league this season, and the competition was stalemate, but the record of Leverkusen's lack of Bout, Schneider, Ballack and other important figures in this book was affected.)

In the countless taverns on the banks of the Thames, when the fans of Millwall got the news of the draw result for the first time, all the fans cheered!

Defeated to Munich a year ago, everyone in the Wild Lions was unwilling. From the players to the fans, everyone wanted to start a confrontation with Bayern Munich. If possible, they would really like Millwall to participate in the Bundesliga and take Bayern Munich out of the Bundesliga. Kicked down from Banba's position.

Friday morning, Aldridge came to the training ground to start a new day of work.

Now, the players are no longer particularly excited about participating in the Champions League, and they will not talk about their opponents in training with interest.

They are used to facing all enemies with a normal heart, but today, a trace of something unusual is still spreading in the team.

The players kept silent during training, their expressions were serious and focused, as if they were all newcomers to the team with their tails tucked up, not daring to joke or gossip, trying to be the three good players in the eyes of the coach.

Aldridge is a lot like saying thank you to UEFA.

Thank you so much fucking!

Draw us together with Bayern Munich.

He was originally having a headache on how to keep the team's fighting spirit, and would not be mentally slack because of the huge advantage in the league.

As soon as the results of the UEFA quarter-finals draw came out, hehe, it was like giving the Millwall team a shot of doping.

At this time, they encountered the creator of the only European defeat in the history of the Millwall club, Bayern Munich!

It couldn't be better!

It seems that everyone has not forgotten the game last year.

Standing beside Aldrich, Klinsmann was filled with emotion.

Having experienced many battles, he naturally has the memory of losing that he can't let go of until the day he dies.

But. Can make a team. Everyone is unanimously engraved with the loss. From another point of view, Bayern Munich is also quite awesome.

At this point in time, among the top 8 opponents, Bayern Munich is the best. Hehe, good luck.

Do you think drawing Bayern Munich is the best result? They are the favourites.

Klinsmann looked surprised.

Aldridge smiled and said no more.

The success of defending the league title is imminent. If the quarter-finals cannot draw an opponent that absolutely stimulates fighting spirit and fighting spirit, then Millwall is likely to lose morale before the semi-finals of the Champions League. And at that time, it was too difficult to mobilize it again, like a sleepy person who started to squint his eyes, no matter how hard he tried to cheer up, it was just eyelids fighting and struggling.

In the afternoon, Aldridge called Nedved and Ronaldinho to talk for a long time.

In order to prepare for Bayern Munich, this time, Aldridge needs to strike first.

In fact, before encountering Bayern Munich last year, Millwall was in a stage of self-change and should adjust its posture in time.

Before, they were dark horses. Regardless of whether the opponents encountered are strong or weak, they will treat them as a meal on the plate. Aldrich has always been very effective in dismantling moves when he sees them.

But when playing against Bayern Munich, Heathfield lowered his stance and asked Millwall to make a move. Bayern Munich attacked later. Millwall, or Aldridge, was a little uncomfortable. He was used to cracking opponents. He was not fully prepared for how to adjust after being cracked by the opponent.

But this year, Aldridge has quickly made up for his shortcomings in coaching ability, so he always expects his opponents to create trouble for him, just like playing chess, he always hopes that his opponents can break the game, so as to hone himself .

In the league weekend, Millwall will face Leeds United at home.

O'Reilly, who was high-profile and imposing before the two teams played against each other in the first half of the season, can't be more low-key now.

Beat Millwall?

This possibility was never mentioned.

Use a diplomatic rhetoric to deal with the media, such as the team will go all out, as long as the players do their best, he will be satisfied.

Aldridge gave the opponent an 8:0 a few months ago, but now he is not showing off his might, and understates that it is just an ordinary league game.

Millwall is only waiting to announce the ownership of the league title, but the situation of Leeds United is still caught in a fierce competition.

The top two in the standings, Millwall opened the third place Arsenal by more than 20 points, Manchester United also surpassed Arsenal by more than 10 points, first, second, third, divided into three grades, and third place to The score difference of sixth place is within 6 points of two games.

Arsenal, Leeds United, Liverpool, Chelsea, the semifinals, oh, wrong, it is the semifinals with a place in the Champions League qualifiers.

There are only seven rounds left in the league, and these four teams will fall behind if they are not careful.

The good news for Leeds United is that at least they are not ranked sixth, but ranked fourth. Even if they lose, they will not fall into the situation of chasers.

Over the weekend, Aldridge welcomed O'Reilly and his team at the Lion's Den.

Millwall sent all the main players to play today, without any scruples about the upcoming Champions League quarter-finals, and the first round is still a guest.

Millwall's starting lineup is very strange today, Andy, have you noticed?

The main force has not changed. Are you saying that Millwall should use a substitute?

No, I mean, Ronaldinho played in the attacking midfielder position, Nedved went to play the left winger.

Maybe it's just changing positions, Millwall attacking players often do this, shifting positions.

No, Ronaldinho has been active in the front midfielder area for 20 minutes since the start of the game. He didn't go to the wing.

But it looks like it's working fine.

There is a big gap in the ability requirements of players to play on the side and in the center.

Therefore, many players can only play on the side, because playing on the side can ignore one side, and only consider the defensive players on this side of the court when playing one-on-one.

In the middle, front, back, left, and right, and in all directions, if you want to break through one-on-one or firmly control the ball, the area that needs to be observed will become larger, and the requirements for ability will become higher.

Ronaldinho can play in the attacking midfielder. It cannot be said that he played for the first time today, because he would often switch positions with Nedved in previous games, creating a threat in the attacking midfielder area. Today, Aldridge fixed him in the attacking midfielder. In the waist position, he does not want Ronaldinho to make a breakthrough in the middle, he needs Ronaldinho to play more creativity in this area!

And this move is designed to deal with Bayern Munich! (to be continued...) ()