Entering November, Millwall's form has not declined significantly, but judging from their performance on the court, it is not as crazy as it was at the beginning of the season. =
Especially in mid-November, when Aldridge led his team to play in the League Cup at Anfield, they suffered their first defeat of the new season and were eliminated from the League Cup!
Aldridge sent a bunch of young players to play, including Moutinho, Veloso, Messi, Baynes, Ramos and others, and also asked third goalkeeper Kirkland to play to see how he performed.
Before the game, Aldridge shamelessly told the media that this game was used to train young players.
In fact, he is sending a signal to Benitez. He wants to have some tacit understanding with this old friend. Let's just practice and don't spend too much!
But Benitez said in front of the media that Aldridge must be setting off smoke bombs!
Liverpool must show 200% combat effectiveness to face Millwall, otherwise, they may be eliminated at home!
Owen did not move to Real Madrid and stayed at Anfield. At the same time, Liverpool's transformation this season is quite obvious.
Gerrard moved to the shadow forward position and Carragher returned to the central defender position. At the same time, Benitez's transfer market brought Carrick.
They had crossed paths with Carrick in the Millwall youth team, and this time they worked together to create a future together at Anfield.
Therefore, Liverpool's early performance in the league this season was quite satisfactory. After a while, it began to stabilize its strong momentum. Although it was hopeless to compete for the championship, it could still compete for the Champions League.
When Liverpool, which started with all the main players, made their debut at Anfield, Aldridge looked a little confused.
Damn it!
Benitez must have known that Aldridge wasn't just setting off a smoke bomb.
But Aldridge felt relieved afterwards. Benitez couldn't let the Red Army be eliminated at Anfield, right?
That would be very demoralizing.
Besides, regardless of whether Millwall is a group of child soldiers, defeating the Lions, spiritual encouragement and motivation is also what Liverpool needs.
Millwall took the lead for 60 minutes in this game, leading until the 68th minute of the second half thanks to Glenchard's goal, before being equalized by Gerrard's goal.
Aldrich didn't want to be cowardly in the away game, so he just boldly gave his opponent a try.
Unfortunately, luck will not be on his side every time. The result of his efforts this time was a tragic exit. He was reversed by Liverpool 3:1 and was blocked from the quarterfinals of the League Cup.
This season, the League Cup is no longer a training stage. It doesn't matter, Millwall has also made room for training on other fronts: the Champions League!
In early November, they visited Super Deportivo and defeated their opponents 2:1 in the away game with goals from Alonso and Ronaldinho. After winning 4 consecutive victories in the Champions League group stage, they locked in the top 16 in advance, with two remaining games in the Champions League.
, you can train properly, and the stimulation and training value for players are higher than those in the League Cup!
After the Champions League group stage is over, the FA Cup will start again in January next year. Millwall's overall strategy of stabilizing the results on the main fronts, rotating at the same time, and training troops has been carried out smoothly and coherently. This is something Aldridge is quite satisfied with.
place.
In four Premier League games in November, Millwall achieved 3 wins and 1 draw.
Defeat Birmingham 2-0 at home.
Beat Crystal Palace 5-0 at home.
The away game was tied 2:2 by Liverpool.
Beat Arsenal 3:1 at home.
The record is naturally good, but the goals conceded against Liverpool and Arsenal made Millwall's goalkeeper the focus of the outside world. Butt made a save when the game against Liverpool was about to end, but Owen scored the equalizing goal.
, and the goal scored by Arsenal at home was also due to his save.
Since Kaká played as an attacking midfielder this season, he was unable to provide the crazy defensive pressure in the midfield and frontcourt like Nedved in the past. Therefore, Millwall's chances of being successfully counterattacked by opponents have been relatively increased, which means that the goal is more likely to be threatened.
It has also increased in height, so Bute's problems with missing saves are easily magnified.
Aldrich also wanted to improve this problem, but how?
Chelsea wanted to poach Neuer in the summer, but failed because Schalke 04 refused to release him and believed that Neuer had great potential. At the same time, Neuer was not interested in moving to Chelsea, and it was impossible for him to go to Stamford Bridge in one fell swoop.
What to do?
Aldridge has no intention of buying Neuer now. In terms of mature technical capabilities, Neuer has the future, not the present.
If you buy him now, it is impossible to replace Butt. Otherwise, the German national team's third goalkeeper will not be Butt.
It's not Aldridge's style to take action against a veteran who has been with the team for more than ten years based on just one or two mistakes, but he still has plans for a rainy day.
If the moment comes when he has to take action, he should have a suitable candidate.
Looking at this time, there are only a handful of goalkeepers in Europe who can occupy the position of the main goalkeeper of the wealthy clubs, and can withstand the test of top competitions and perform steadily.
Because the goalkeeper position is so special, even the richest clubs dare not use this position to train their troops. The risk is too high.
Even some young talented goalkeepers must have risen to the top through outstanding performance, rather than staying in this position and falling several times early, and then slowly getting up and thriving.
Casillas of Real Madrid.
Chelsea's Petr Cech.
Buffon of Juventus.
Some old ones, Dida, Kahn, young Reina, Valdez, who are quite good at this stage, and Arsenal's Lehmann.
In the end, Aldridge wrote down two names on the candidate list: Buffon and Van der Sar.
If he is determined to get rid of Bute next summer, then he will compete with Manchester United for Edwin van der Sar.
But if not, in the future, he will hit Buffon and come back.
Although Millwall is in a "cold war" with Juventus at the club level, at this moment, especially when thinking about the summer of 2006, Aldridge does not think Millwall can poach Juventus people!
In the Champions League group matches at the end of November and early December, Millwall scored two consecutive draws, drawing with Monaco away from home. Yes, Millwall only tied with Larsson in the 77th minute of the second half.
In the final game of the group stage, Olympiakos was tied, and Messi scored his first goal in the Champions League in this game.
After the Champions League group stage, Millwall took the initiative to renew Messi's contract and give him a salary increase.
The signing fee was an upper-middle-class house in London, which made the Messi family ecstatic, and they moved into a new house with a better environment.
In early December, Millwall played two league games in four days, winning one and drawing one.
In two consecutive away games, they scored 3 points against Aston Villa, but were tied with Everton at Goodison Park in Liverpool City. In the first half of the league, Fleet Street joked that Liverpool had become Millwall.
The city he dislikes the most, but some unscrupulous tabloids have revived old stories, saying that Aldridge was overly fond of Liverpool and showed mercy.
Coincidentally, in the past 6 league games, Chelsea and Millwall have the same record, and the points gap between the two teams is still 8 points.
Especially in early December, Chelsea failed to take all three points at Highbury. Before the game, Millwall had left London and the whole team flew to Japan. As long as Chelsea scored three points, the match with Millwall could be shortened.
The gap changed from 8 points to 6 points, but Chelsea still failed to defeat Arsenal at Highbury.
Before the arrival of the Christmas Express, the entire Millwall team flew to Japan. This was their second time here after two years to participate in the Toyota Cup, which sparked a fanatical football craze in Japan.
This year's Toyota Cup is of historic significance.
Because this is the last Toyota Cup, starting next year, the intercontinental club champions will participate in the Club World Cup organized by FIFA.
At the Yokohama International Sports Arena, the entire Millwall team was very relaxed. The fans in the stands were very enthusiastic. They not only followed Ronaldinho, but also young players in the Millwall team, such as Kaká, Cristiano Ronaldo, Villa, and Aaron.
Players such as Suo have become the idols of a new generation of fans.
In this year's Toyota Cup, Millwall did not encounter much challenge. Their opponent was Caldas Club of Colombia.
Millwall's overall strength suppressed their opponents, and their technical and tactical concepts also completely defeated them. They used their skillful possession of the ball to consume their opponents, and when their opponents attacked rashly, they launched a fatal blow.
Ronaldinho shows off his skills while strolling on the court, Cristiano Ronaldo also plays tricks, and is unstoppable when Kaka charges up. Villa is like a blue-collar warrior, making selfless contributions or looking for good opportunities on the court.
At the end of the game, the entire Millwall team rushed onto the field. Two years later, they won the Toyota Cup again!
"4:0, Champions League champion Millwall destroyed South American Copa Libertadores champion Caldas with dominant strength. The performance of Millwall's star group was unforgettable, although they certainly did not go all out because they were very
We are about to return to the Premier League for the brutal Christmas Express schedule! Congratulations to Millwall, they won the last Toyota Cup championship! They are also the team that has won the most Toyota Cups in history.
The team has won the championship 5 times! In 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, and now 2004, as the Toyota Cup becomes history, Millwall, the king of the Toyota Cup, brings an even more perfect end to this event.
Starting next year, we will enjoy the World Champions Club League hosted by FIFA, and we hope that the new international club competition will be more exciting than the Toyota Cup!"
When the Toyota Cup presented the awards, Aldridge unexpectedly learned that the organizer had set up a special award for him. Probably the organizers in Japan wanted to make the event more glorious. Anyway, the Toyota Cup was about to go to the grave, except for the competition.
In addition to the best player award, Aldridge was also specially awarded a Toyota Cup Best Coach Achievement Award! (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature, the novel is better and updated faster!
