The Young Lion

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Millwall's unbeaten run was terminated, and Aldridge was at peace.

There is no team that never loses. Millwall has reached nearly a hundred games in all competitions this wave of unbeaten games. It has already reached the limit, and the end is over. There is nothing to regret.

As for Klinsmann's non-rotation, it is nothing more than too obsessed with the outcome and can't let it go. In other words, he has no idea about going to Tottenham in an away game and sending a substitute to play. It is more reliable than coming off the bench.

Because of the World Cup, Millwall's main players have much less summer rest than other teams. Coupled with the arduous task of the game and the load inside and out, Millwall is a test for Millwall's physical fitness this season.

This is why the lineup Aldridge left for Klinsmann is close to 30 people.

It is to take into account that the team's main lineup needs more rest time during the game.

Aldridge promised not to intervene in Klinsmann's management of the team's sports operations, and he will do what he says. I believe Klinsmann will soon realize this.

Difficult choice, Aldridge can make a decision without any worries when he is coaching, because he is not only the head coach, but also the boss. Linsmann is different.

Aldridge has long been mentally prepared that the team will have problems. Looking around the world, which team will not have problems? Has it always been smooth sailing?

Millwall is not exempt, nor can it violate the laws of football development, and problems will naturally arise, otherwise. What do you want a head coach for?

The only thing that worries Aldridge is Nesta. When the team went to France to challenge Lens, Aldridge came to the team's medical center. Learn about Nesta's injury.

Contrary to his expectations, Nesta was injured this time. He was also detected by the Millwall team doctor for an old injury that had not been treated thoroughly.

Aldrich, although he can recover from this injury after a three-month truce, the hidden danger is that the old injury may recur in the future. My suggestion is to let him undergo a comprehensive treatment, which will take about half a year. About time. I don’t know if Jurgen will agree.”

After listening to Nesta's attending doctor at the medical center, Aldridge said without hesitation: The rules in the club are,

Player health comes first. The head coach should also listen to the doctor. You can just inform Jurgen Nesta to recuperate for half a year. I don’t want to ignore the long-term interests for the sake of short-term interests. Especially, we are discussing the health of a superstar player.

The doctor smiled bitterly: But we have issued a warning before that some players in the team should rest, but Jurgen still let them go to the game.

After thinking for a while, Aldridge said: Then you exaggerate the physical condition of the players. Simply put, it is alarmist talk.

The doctor was surprised at first, then nodded helplessly.

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The defending champion was tied by Lens! Barcelona and Milan also drew in the same group! But Millwall suffered the biggest loss in the death group! No one thought that Lens could qualify from this super death group. And the other If the three strong teams want to advance to the next stage of the group stage, they must go all out to get 6 points from Lens, which is why Klinsmann still sent the main force to play away games in the face of countless warnings. But His gamble was unsuccessful. According to Millwall’s post-match statistics, the running distance per capita was a full 1,000 meters shorter than that of Lens! This is a shocking gap. If Schneider hadn’t been the savior at the last moment, I’m afraid Millwall I can't even take a point away from home.

Sitting on the luxury passenger plane returning to London from France, Klinsmann had mixed feelings in his heart. This is Millwall's special passenger plane, and the cabin was dead silent. The loss a few days ago. Today's draw has lowered the morale of the team. Moreover, the main players continued to fight under exhaustion, and began to resist psychologically. Even if it didn't develop in the direction of contradiction, but it was just silent and silent, which made people notice the abnormality of the atmosphere.

After all, the league and the Champions League are the team's two most important fronts. After Klinsmann calmed down, he became ruthless and abandoned the other fronts. He said that he gave up, but in fact it was a return to the combat policy of the Aldrich era. Focusing on training young players, the league and the Champions League are the main battlegrounds for the main players.

In view of the fact that the team lost 2 points in the first game of the Champions League and wants to qualify for the death group, it has already fallen behind the other two competitors. Then the next three Champions League group matches will be against Milan and Barcelona back to back Two, these three games are very important, and they must be the main players. Before the arrival of these three games, the main players must be given sufficient time to rest and restore their combat effectiveness to the best. Therefore, in the league, it is necessary to take risks. , Let the young people rush to kill.

Klinsmann and his coaching staff made plans for the players' appearances for the next few games on the plane.

On the weekend, the long-awaited call came out, and Klinsmann finally sent a substitute lineup at home in the league. The opponent was not strong, and it was the newly promoted Manchester City.

An old man who is no stranger to English football and Aldridge came to the Lion King Stadium for the first time as a coach.

After he walked into the field, he stood in front of the visiting team's coach's bench and looked around the entire stadium. He paused in the box where the chairman of Millwall was in thoughtful eyes for a while, and muttered to himself: Time flies so fast, who would have thought You kid is actually standing at such a high place now.

The head coach who led Manchester City was none other than the King Keegan at St. James' Park.

Kevin Keegan, almost two years ago, led the England team to lose at home to the German team. After going to the toilet, he resigned voluntarily. Manchester City returns to the Premier League!

Fleet Street interpreted Kevin Keegan's choice of career in Manchester City as Keegan's relentless struggle with Ferguson. It is unreasonable to coach a team in the first-level league. Based on Keegan's glorious history at Newcastle United, there are no shortage of suitors for him in the middle and lower reaches of the Premier League.

Keegan and Aldridge are strangers to each other, and it is normal to have friction during competition. But in the end, we can have a glass of wine and chat together. Living to Keegan's age, of course he can understand that he invited Aldridge to be his national team assistant. Being rejected by Aldridge, it must be that Aldridge has his own ideas. Facts have proved that Aldridge can lead England to success, and Keegan has no regrets, let alone jealousy of Aldridge out of nowhere, which is completely unreasonable.

It's just that at this time, the scene is full of emotion. In the magnificent Lion King Stadium, facing the European overlord Lions, and Aldrich sitting high in the chairman's private room, how can Keegan not be filled with emotion?

Manchester City are newly promoted. As a guest again, Keegan himself advocates offense, but if he dares to challenge Millwall to attack in an away game, then he is really looking for a dead end.

With Tottenham's success in the last round, there was a wave of 4321 in England.

Millwall bears the brunt, except that the championship group will not change the mature technical and tactical system, basically other opponents, from the midstream to the downstream, and then to the relegation corps, regardless of the home and away scenes against Millwall. They are all ready to sacrifice 4321.

And 4321 has been analyzed indefinitely by British football critics, which is convenient for many coaches, including Keegan, who is not good at training defense. He really studied it painstakingly. This kind of borrowing doctrine is very practical. Anyway, there are ready-made ones there, so there is no need to use them for nothing!

So much so that the Sun joked: Sir Hall dug a sinkhole for Millwall!

This game is almost exactly the same as the last game against Tottenham. Manchester City mainly focuses on defensive counterattacks, and with their strength, they can't achieve the anti-counterforce power of Tottenham. At least, Tottenham still bought it at a discount from Leeds United What about Robbie Keane? A newly promoted Manchester City, almost all the troops are used for defense.

And Millwall came on the bench. Worry Klinsmann to death.

The creativity of positional warfare has plummeted, like Kaka. Cristiano Ronaldo, the brilliant twin star last season, is a good counter-attack player. His technical ability in tough battles needs to be improved, especially in dense defenses. They seem at a loss. The arrow Villa lacks support and is almost invisible.

A dull 0:0 was born, and Keegan left the Lion King Stadium with 1 point in a happy mood.

Before Klinsmann, there are new problems.

The next round will be an away game against Chelsea, the mortal enemy Derby, and three days after Chelsea, it will be the Champions League home game against Milan, how to choose?

Before playing Chelsea, there is still a League Cup game. There is nothing to say about it. Just let the substitutes play to deal with it. Millwall narrowly beat Derby County 2:1 in the middle of the week to advance to the next round.

Chelsea this season is somewhat similar to Lazio in Italy. Ranieri claimed that he didn't spend a penny in the summer, but he actually made money. The team encountered a financial crisis and needed the club to help each other.

Kneading the team's capable tinkerers led Chelsea to compete in the Premier League with a tenacious attitude this season.

Considering the special significance of the game against Chelsea, Klinsmann still took out the main lineup after 10 days of rest to go all out to play the derby. As for the Champions League three days later, it will also be the main team. The positive factor is that there is a home game profit.

Aldridge still did not go to the away game to watch the game. In this game, Millwall's unbeatable momentum in the league continued. Chelsea did not have much advantage on the field, but Zola, who was old and rejuvenated in his second spring, was in this season. As if blessed with a high-level buff, the state is brave and extraordinary.

Millwall took the lead twice in a row, both of which were equalized by Zola!

Chelsea failed to win Millwall at home, but Stamford Bridge was full of cheers. The immortal Zola became a derby hero. When the suffering Chelsea was in bankruptcy crisis, the Blues fans sought after the Italian even more.

The house leak happened to rain overnight, and Klinsmann was in a precarious situation, and he felt extremely frustrated.

Millwall's status forced them to take the initiative even if they were playing away games.

However, Millwall's midfield defense does have problems. Aldridge originally brought Nesta to make up for this weakness, but Nesta was injured, and the problems at the beginning of the season were exposed again.

With three unbeaten matches in the league and a record of one loss and two draws, Fleet Street began to predict when Klinsmann would leave get out of class!

At the critical moment, captain Southgate stood up, united with the locker room, and firmly expressed his support for Klinsmann.

The old players who have experienced the ups and downs understand better than the young people that if they do not support Klinsmann at this time, then Millwall's entire season will be over.

Externally, we must show a gesture of unity! (to be continued)