This year's European Super Cup was not as evenly matched as last year's battles. The scene was one-sided, with Millwall overwhelmingly defeating Valencia.
At the end of the game, Aldridge shook hands with Ranieri, and the numb look on the tinker's face made many fans feel sad.
Millwall won their second championship trophy of the new season.
The team was disbanded in Monaco, and international players from various countries were about to join the national team.
After many years, Aldridge once again went to participate in the Champions League group draw ceremony.
This is Carter's advice to him, to increase exposure. When European football is undergoing earth-shaking changes, Millwall's past comfortable state needs to sound the alarm.
Before the European Super Cup, as usual, UEFA's best awards will be awarded.
Unsurprisingly, Millwall became the biggest winner.
The club's Footballer of the Year was awarded to Ronaldinho.
The best goalkeeper is Porto's Baia.
The best defender is Millwall's Nesta.
The best midfielder is Millwall's Ronaldinho.
The best forward is Millwall's Henry.
As for the best coach, for several consecutive years, except for Ancelotti who won it last year, and Ferguson who won it in 2000, Aldridge won the award in other years, and this year is no exception.
For the first time, Aldridge accepted an official interview with UEFA in Monaco before heading to the Champions League group draw ceremony.
In the interview, he did not avoid the topic of star players defecting from Millwall.
"Millwall is a mature and successful club. We will not be completely different because of missing anyone. However, people may have overlooked a question. What is Millwall's pursuit? If we are limited to survival, at the top level
To survive, of course, even if our strength is lowered, we
We are still one of the ten strongest teams in Europe. However, we are not just surviving, we have pursuits. We are not trying to be one of the strongest. We are trying to be the strongest! Surpassing all other competitors, so,
We are trying our best to build the team and we don’t want to have any flaws!”
Facing UEFA reporters and cameras, Aldridge spoke freely and made no secret of his ambitions.
One day later, the draw results for the new season's Champions League group stages were announced.
After the reform from the Champions League, the tiering principle has been adopted. As time goes by, the points accumulated by the strong teams give the seeded teams an increasing advantage. Therefore, it is difficult to create a group of death in the group stage, unless there is an old giant returning to the competition after being away from the competition for many years.
Champions League.
As the defending champion and Millwall's group, Aldridge is not worried. In fact, there is not much difference between good and bad.
Millwall, Monaco, Olympiacos, Deportivo.
If the outside world says this is the group of death, then from the standpoint of Monaco and Deportivo La Coruna, the challenge to Millwall is not big.
The new season of European war has begun, and Aldridge returned home to spend time with his family. When the FIFA match day came, he finally no longer had to go to the national team and could steal half a day of leisure.
During this period, Millwall's newly appointed CEO Carter announced several major news.
Millwall will change its jersey sponsor starting next summer. Adidas will become their new partner and bring Millwall an average sponsorship fee of 25 million pounds per season. This figure is currently the highest in the world.
At the same time, other sponsorship contracts are also being updated at the same time. Carter has used his former business connections to quickly show his amazing abilities in the new position. What he has brought to Millwall is more stable business interests in the future.
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After the FIFA match day, Millwall players returned to the club.
The fifth round of the Premier League.
Chelsea drew 0:0 with Aston Villa away from home.
In another game.
Millwall sat at the Lion King Stadium and easily defeated the visiting West Brom with a score of 4:0!
After five rounds, Millwall holds the top spot!
Chelsea are 2 points behind.
Fleet Street mocked Mourinho's team: You didn't even last five rounds of the Premier League!
Aldridge is not proud of the team's dominance in the standings, and reporters only gave him a few words when asked about it.
Fleet Street believes that in league competition, Aldridge's ability to control the team's physical distribution and cope with games in different environments is far better than Mourinho. The FIFA virus has not had no impact on Millwall, but Millwall can
Minimize negative effects.
Midweek League Cup.
Millwall continued to sit at home and faced the challenge from Coventry.
The occupancy rate of the Lion King Stadium is only 90%. This stadium can accommodate more than 60,000 spectators. Today, when playing an opponent whose fundamental strength does not match, and the fans also know that Aldridge will rotate, there is no one in the stadium stands.
Full.
However, the audience who came to the stadium was still very enthusiastic.
Aldridge fielded a very young lineup.
Goalkeeper: Pagliuca.
Defenders: Ramos, Barzagli, Neal, Baines.
Midfielder: Pedretti, Moutinho, Kaká.
Forwards: Larsson, Villa, Grenjaer.
In the league after the FIFA match day, Kaká returned to South America with Ronaldinho, so he was allowed to rest for two more days. Nedved played 90 minutes in the last game and performed outstandingly, scoring two goals for West Brom.
ball.
Coventry was on tight defense from the start. Kaká was not used to it at first, because first of all, the defensive pressure was too great, and secondly, Moutinho was unable to press forward as flexibly as Alonso to attract firepower and change direction to liberate him. Aldridge was on the sidelines.
The on-the-spot command has always focused on directing Kaka, asking him to do more series connection, allowing the offense to be more patient in the frontcourt, and speeding up the passing rate, using the overall rhythm to break down the opponent's dense defense.
Coventry persisted for 30 minutes, and in the 31st minute, Baynes passed the ball from the wing and assisted Larsson with a header.
After taking the lead, the situation of the game suddenly became clear to Millwall.
Aldridge also stopped frequently directing actions and allowed the players to perform by reading the game.
At the beginning of the second half, Coventry hoped to play a fast break. As a result, the ball was intercepted by Pedretti just after halftime. Millwall had a fast break in the frontcourt. After a series of rapid passes and cuts forward, Kaka was in the middle.
Break through into the penalty area and send the ball into the opponent's goal.
At this time, Aldridge was ready to make substitutions and let Villa take a rest. On FIFA match days, Villa began to be used by the Spanish national team as an attempt. Apart from Morientes and Raul, Spain
At the same time, golden boy Torres also emerged.
In the 60th minute, Aldridge made a substitution and Villa was substituted. He needed to recharge his batteries for the next key league battle.
This substitution does not have special significance for the game, but it is absolutely historic for the players and their families.
Because the player Millwall replaced is named Messi!
Since Messi entered the first team, today is the first time that Messi has been included in the game squad, so his father called all his relatives and friends to come to the Lion King Stadium to watch the game. Aldrich specially asked the club to send the tickets.
It's for Messi's family. And their seats are arranged in the stands at the edge of the stadium.
At this moment, Messi's father is hugging Messi's brother from one side to the other, and he is cheering like countless Lions fans behind him. Perhaps the applause of many fans is for Villa who comes off the field.
Messi's brother shouted excitedly and cheered for him, while Messi's father burst into tears with excitement.
This elf with outstanding talent had a congenital physical disease. Fortunately, fortunately, he was not ruined by injuries. Now, he has begun to dream of football, and has begun to truly ascend the stage of the green world, heading towards the supreme throne!
Many die-hard Millwall fans at the scene also know Messi. They love him very much, just like they also love Ronaldo. Although they are not English nationals, when a player comes to the club under the age of 12 and plays in the club,
After years of growth here, and finally being able to play for the club, this will make the fans' emotion towards the players special.
The series of dazzling achievements of Millwall's youth team and youth team are inseparable from the shadows of Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, Aguero, former Villa, Alonso, De Rossi and others.
The cradle of superstars in the Crazy Lions has produced new stars. Today, they will start to wear jerseys and compete in all directions!
Coventry is not Valencia. They are playing away from home, and there is a huge gap in strength between them and Millwall. They don’t have much thought about defending their honor. They are unlucky to draw Millwall in the League Cup, especially since they haven’t won yet.
If we can get a home game, we can make a lot of money from the tickets. Now, we can only pay more for the TV broadcast fee.
After Villa came off the field, Larsson moved to the center and Messi played the winger on the right.
Coventry doesn't pay much attention to Messi, a "little guy", and they don't pay attention to how the Millwall youth team is doing.
Messi was not showy in the early stage after coming on the court. He completed the pass with his teammates step by step. When there was no space and absolute certainty, Messi had no idea of trying to break through.
After he passed the ball several times, the Coventry players marking him on his side gradually lowered their vigilance towards Messi.
In the 77th minute of the game, Kaká passed the ball to Messi on the right during focused marking. Messi suddenly dribbled the ball inward, passed the opponent in front of him with a start, and then accelerated to change direction when he came to the penalty area.
He broke into the penalty area and broke through the entire opponent's back line. The stands cheered, and Messi's father and brothers even roared wildly.
Messi gently picked up the ball with his left foot. The ball flew into the air and flew towards the goal. The beautiful and unpredictable arc was in the sight of all spectators. When the ball hit the inside of the far end post of the goal, it bounced into the goal.
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What a wonderful goal!
"Wow! Dear viewers in front of the TV, please remember the name of the goal scorer. He is a very famous local youth training player of the Millwall youth team. His name is Messi and he played in the first line for Millwall today.
Before his debut on the team, he had already won many youth team and lower-level honors for Millwall. He broke the personal scoring record in the England Youth League last season.
The goal record in the FA Cup has also been refreshed by him. Now, he has scored his first goal in the Millwall first team! This is his debut! Look at his skillful foot skills when breaking through, which makes the opponent
With his explosive speed that cannot be matched at all, and his calmness when shooting, we have reason to believe that he will achieve high achievements in Millwall in the future. Audiences who like Millwall must remember him!"
After Messi scored, he ran towards the sideline with a smile and rushed to Aldridge. Well, because of his short stature, it was more like he rushed into Aldridge's arms.
Aldrich slightly bent over and hugged his shoulders, pointed to the stands not far away, and smiled at him: "Go and celebrate with your family. You should share this moment with them. They have paid so much for you."
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Messi turned to look at Aldridge and said: "I know, boss, thank you."
Aldrich patted him on the back, and Messi stopped talking and trotted to the edge of the stands.
His father smiled with tears streaming down his face. After Messi came over, he originally wanted to hug Messi, but Aguero rushed past excitedly and shouted: "Messi, you are amazing, you just came out."
Just scored a goal! It’s amazing! I’m so jealous!”
After Messi hugged his close friends, he also hugged his father and brother. Many Lions fans around him came to praise him and encourage him, and even young people were pursuing him.
This scene was locked for a long time by live TV cameras, and will often be used as the opening scene when Messi's personal career is reviewed in the future. He rushed into Aldridge's arms, and made his family extremely proud...
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