The Young Lion

The 34th round of the Premier League in the 2002-2003 season ended.

In the crazy celebration of the Wild Lions fans, Millwall sent away the visiting Magpies with 5 goals.

Manchester United beat Violent Ben 3-1 at Old Trafford.

Arsenal thrashed Middlesbrough with two goals at the Riverside.

There are four rounds left in the Premier League, and Millwall still ranks third in the standings, still 4 points away from the top duo.

At the end of the game, Millwall continued the tradition of thanking the home fans. Compared with the routine in the past, after today's game, all the players on the field felt refreshed and released all the pent-up in their hearts.

All the fans also believed that the haze hanging over the Lion King Stadium had completely dissipated!

Nesta held Southgate's hand in his left hand and Alonso's in his right, waving his arms to the fans in the stands from the sidelines.

It wasn't until the end of the game that he realized that maybe Millwall really hadn't changed much. He still couldn't feel Aldridge's substantial reform of the team, and even Aldridge never commanded from the sidelines.

But that's it, the game feels very different from what it used to be.

The whole team is alive and well, and even he is able to immerse himself in it freely when defending in the backcourt. The job of a defender is often to play with the heartbeat.

A close call, a momentary success or failure, will have a decisive impact on the overall trend of the game. The defenders are like walking on a tightrope. Outsiders cannot understand the short-term thrilling, wandering in the critical point of victory and defeat, death and survival. the stimulation.

He played this game extremely happily. In fact, there is no defender who does not make mistakes, and no defender is really one-handed. A world-class defender like Nesta will make mistakes sometimes, but today's 90 Minutes, the only time he let his opponent rush in front of him, he turned around and saw Southgate calmly strangled the opponent's attack in the final link, and the terrified Nesta wanted to laugh up to the sky.

As for the Newcastle United counterattack, when Nesta turned around worriedly, he could see the German goalkeeper rushing to the edge of the penalty area and not giving the opponent any chance. He seemed to be playing with his heartbeat, but he always let the opponent see Hope, and kill hope with my own hands, this feeling, as if dominating and ruling, refreshing!

When he left the Lion King Stadium, Nesta really began to have strong expectations for his future career development in the Wild Lions.

Aldridge left the club after the game without giving an interview.

When they returned home, the two sons happily discussed the Millwall game, and the atmosphere at the dinner table became much more active.

Only then did Aldridge realize that his life had fallen into an endless loop of contradictions.

He loves his son, but his son also loves Millwall. In the most common way, in order to please the two sons and make them happy, Aldrich really wants to make Millwall better, always be good... ...

Three days later, the Premier League Express.

Aldridge led the team is still fighting in the Lion King Stadium.

This day, he left Fleet Street speechless again.

Perhaps many reporters have already insulted Aldrich a hundred times in secret!

Millwall swept Newcastle United with 5 goals. Fleet Street and Aldridge did not deal with each other, so they shamelessly credited Klinsmann with this credit!

Saying that this is the legacy left by Klinsmann, the technical and tactical system left behind, and the change of tone, it is inevitable to argue for yourself.

So the conspiracy theories started.

This set of technical and tactical systems is very strong, but the Millwall dressing room has already planned to overthrow Klinsmann, and the whole team does not work hard, trying to force Aldrich to return!

Fleet Street is a mixed bag, anyway, this kind of conspiracy theory is quite popular, and the controversy surrounding Millwall has not disappeared. Only Wild Lions fans don't buy it, thinking that Fleet Street has always been bullshit.

And Fleet Street had just finished praising the set of Klinsmann's precious legacy. Only three days later, when Millwall played against Middlesbrough at home, this legacy was sent to the grave by Aldrich .

When sending away the Magpies, Millwall also completely sent Klinsmann away. Aldridge justified Klinsmann's name by his inaction in the field of competition in the early days of his return. Whether the outside world can see it or not, he doesn't care , his mind can be expressed.

So now, it is time to re-enter the era of Aldrich.

Millwall's starting lineup has changed significantly from before. The first one is the return of the veteran Larson to the starting lineup! At the scene, when the master of ceremonies pronounced Larson's name, there was a flood of cheers and applause at the scene There is no end to the trend. Millwall fans will never forget the hero king. He has returned to the starting lineup and returned to the fans' vision. Larson will also burn his energy and contribute everything to the Lions! One change is that Nedved returned to the position of the attacking midfielder, Lampard was placed on the bench, and the other two midfielders, Alonso continued to start, and his partner was the Italian De Rossi. The Italian had a good performance and growth last season, but he lacked opportunities to perform this season. I only heard that he performed very well in the reserve league and led the Millwall reserve team to lock the reserve league championship early. Look at it In Sir Hall's new generation of wild lions, De Rossi, Alonso, Lampard, the three will compete fiercely in the midfield.

In fact, the real reform has not yet begun.

But one thing will not change, and that is the philosophy.

The second generation of Wild Lions swept across Europe relied on offense, especially the four-man attacking line headed by Ronaldinho, Nedved, Larson, and Henry in the gorgeous attack group.

Since this is a success, we should continue to persist. Even though Nedved and Larson are a bit older, the tacit understanding and richer experience over the past few years will make them still be trusted by Aldridge Players, especially Larsson and Nedved are known for their long career life and good state at the end of their careers.

It should be noted that in 1998, Aldridge didn't have to worry about the future of the position they occupied. Even if there was an injury, as long as it was not a serious injury, it was fine for someone to make do with it. Now, you can't think like this.

Now it is 2003, the more time goes by, the state and energy of Nedved and Larsson will go down. Although the number of games that can last will not drop significantly, in order to improve the quality of games, their playing time will increase. Gradually and gradually decline year by year.

So in their position, what they need to prepare is not the usual emergency backup, but the crown prince who can take over the position in the next two or three years!

Larson's successor will undoubtedly be Ronaldo.

As for Nedved's successor, Aldridge is now undecided between Lampard and Kaka. The former b2b is more similar to Nedved, while the latter has stronger offensive ability. Balance impact on the team system.

But he is not in a hurry, and he still has time to investigate. Millwall's main force will ultimately depend on strength.

Middlesbrough is now ranked in the middle and lower reaches of the Premier League. Combat, at the Lion King Stadium, surrendered early in the first half.

In this game, Aldridge stood on the sidelines. There are not many games left in this season. He does not intend to change the team at this time. He just let the team return to the system of the second generation of Wild Lions. Season, and then start to reform.

Today he is mainly inspecting the team's midfield defense system. What makes him feel gratified is that even though he has not played a few times for the first team this season, De Rossi's state has not been left behind, but compared to last season's The rate of improvement has declined, but in the reserve team, they are already outstanding.

He partnered with Alonso, and the future defensive hardness will exceed the combination of the second-generation mad lion Gattuso and Pirlo, because Alonso himself has stronger defensive capabilities than Pirlo.

Think about the development trend of football, the modern winger group is about to dominate, the defensive barrier requirements in front of the back line will be higher, and the beast waist will become more and more mainstream.

Millwall has to develop on the basis of the past offensive frenzy, and the hardness of the midfield defense will be higher than in the past.

When the game progressed to the 88th minute, Aldridge was already sitting on the coach's bench, the score was 3:0, and there was no suspense for Millwall to win the game.

The loud and clear singing in the stands of the stadium was suddenly interrupted, and a burst of ecstatic cheers suddenly broke out.

2:2, the score between Manchester United and Arsenal became 2:2. If the final score does not change, then Millwall will be only 2 points away from the top of the list! Only 2 points!

Obviously, the fans in the stands are also paying attention to the top battle between Manchester United and Arsenal.

Regardless of who wins the two teams, with 3 rounds left in the league, if Millwall is 4 points away, then Millwall basically has no possibility of catching up to the top of the list, but if it is 2 points, as long as Millwall won all the next three games, while Manchester United and Arsenal have 3 games, as long as there is a game that cannot be won, even if it is a draw, the final champion will be Millwall, because in terms of goal difference, Millwall has Very big advantage!

At the end of the game at the Lion King Stadium, Aldridge turned directly into the player tunnel, while the Millwall players stayed in the field, waiting for the final result from Highbury.

Manchester United and Arsenal drew! The game at Highbury is over, 2:2, the score will not change again!

The fans in the stands of the Lion King Stadium cheered, and the Millwall players were all smiles.

To quote the sour report from Fleet Street the next day: Is Millwall really working another miracle?

Whether a miracle will happen or not, Aldrich doesn't know, and he doesn't expect too much, because fate is not in his own hands, and he only focuses on the current work.

The Europa League semi-finals are coming as scheduled.