Thanks to "Thieves" and "Tianxuan" for the reward!——
No matter how much pressure Mourinho has, if someone points his nose at him and scolds him for being utilitarian and passive, and repeatedly criticizes him for being overly conservative, deep down, he must be very unhappy.
If an opponent who loses to him criticizes him in this way, he will naturally be dismissive and can reply with just one sentence, leaving the critic speechless: I beat you!
But he lost to Aldridge and Chelsea lost to Millwall. Apart from finding other reasons to quibble, he could only choose to avoid the core issue.
This kind of criticism is "unjustified"!
Indeed, if Aldridge was not the coach of Millwall, or if Millwall and Chelsea were not in a competitive relationship or a mortal enemy relationship, then he would appreciate what Mourinho did leading Chelsea, just as he would in the past.
I would like to praise Valencia for their excellent anti-counterattack tactics.
After all, football is not rugby. In more than 80% of the game time of rugby, the situation between the offense and defense is clear. One side is the offensive team and the other is the defensive team. But even in rugby, there will be situations where the defensive team will directly launch a counterattack and score a touchdown after successfully intercepting the ball.
situation arises.
On the football field, counterattacks will always exist!
Because no matter how powerful a party is, it is impossible not to defend!
No matter how weak the party is, it is impossible to completely abandon the attack!
Where there is offense, there is naturally defense. When offense and defense switch, counterattacks will inevitably occur.
The only difference lies in whether counter-attacking is a team's core offensive tactic.
After a team determines its core tactics, it must create an environment in which the tactics can be used. For example, if Chelsea plays a counter-attack, they should stabilize the defense, actively retreat, wait for the opponent to attack, and strike later.
Aldridge led the England team to create tactics in this way in the World Cup. Although the anti-counterattack routines are different, the core concept is the same.
Mourinho doesn't care about the praise or criticism from the outside media, but Aldridge also ridiculed Chelsea on this issue, which made him even more convinced that Aldridge is hypocritical and hateful!
Everyone understands what is going on. But you are telling lies!
That's right, it's just to attack the mortal enemy.
Human beings are always like this. They cannot treat themselves and their enemies with the same standards, otherwise, they would be saints.
Aldridge believes that Mourinho would have made the same remarks if he was in his own position.
Just like he mocked Tottenham for running the bus, does Chelsea really play aggressively and aggressively against strong teams?
There are still 45 minutes of the second round in the Champions League quarter-finals, but these 45 minutes have become "garbage time" because the total score gap between the two sides is too large.
Mourinho chose to retreat in order to prevent the team from being slaughtered. At the same time, he was holding back a breath of bad breath and wanted to see with his own eyes how Aldrich would handle the current situation.
In the first half, they had already resorted to counterattack. In the second half, Chelsea did not take the initiative to attack and maintained a tight defensive formation. Millwall had no room for counterattack. How should they deal with these 45 minutes?
Mourinho's ideas are idealistic.
He ignored one thing.
He asked Chelsea's overall formation to retreat and no longer boldly attack. This subtext actually told Chelsea's generals: We give up!
As a result, Chelsea was completely frustrated.
In the second half, Aldridge did not let the game become boring. He saw that Chelsea retreated and re-attacked. In theory, Millwall could advance to the semi-finals without a fight as long as it killed its opponents. However, the actual situation is that even if Millwall takes the initiative to attack,
Going out, it will be difficult for Chelsea to cause harm to Millwall.
After the team loses its breath, it will be difficult to improve again.
It's just that Millwall will make the scene more exciting, but will not attack wildly without restraint.
They frequently took long shots from the outside, and their penetrating offense was not afraid of an increase in turnover rate. In short, in terms of the situation, they were overwhelming Chelsea's offense.
Mourinho also sat back on the coaching bench. In the 80th minute of the game, he lowered his head and closed his eyes with a look of reluctance.
Aldrich wins again!
Even though Millwall had only a handful of truly threatening offensive attacks in the second half, they failed to score the third goal of the game.
The score is still 2:0, and the total score is 5:1.
However, on the scene, Millwall won!
In the eyes of the outside world, Millwall is still the crazy lion who carries the banner of offensive football and leads the trend of football!
Chelsea lost miserably.
When the full-time buzzer sounded, Aldridge stood up from the coaching bench, stretched out his hand as he walked toward the tunnel, and high-fived his fellow coaching staff as he walked.
"Defending champion Millwall defeated city rival Chelsea 5:1 in two rounds in the Champions League quarter-finals and successfully advanced to the Champions League semi-finals. Their opponent will be Juventus from Serie A! The first leg of the semi-finals will be
At the end of the month, if we can get past Juventus, Millwall will have a chance to defend the Champions League again!"
Mourinho said with a serious face in an interview after the game: "People are saying that Millwall is a representative of offensive football and they will not treat the game utilitarianly, but I only saw Millwall using the words of their coach.
The dismissive counter-attacking tactics defeated my team and Chelsea can leave with their heads held high. We were sincere, unlike some teams who are hypocritical."
When Aldridge was later interviewed, the reporter relayed Mourinho's post-match speech. He looked as usual and said: "I have said many times that I am not interested in listening to the complaints or excuses of losers. When others accuse Chelsea, someone is emphasizing.
The result, now that the result is out, some people are emphasizing the process, well, football is not a debate, what is the point of saying this? Millwall won at Stamford Bridge, they also won at the Lion King Stadium, this is everything,
goodbye."
Mourinho is not a popular media darling, but a topical figure and a controversial figure.
So when he suffered a disastrous defeat in the Champions League, there were voices that made matters worse.
Aldridge did use counterattack, but was praised by Fleet Street!
I think this is a perfect reflection of the young commander's rich tactical concepts and flexible application in actual combat.
Chelsea defended and lost.
Chelsea fought hard and lost.
In turn, Millwall won both.
The difference in strength between the two teams depends on the coach's on-the-spot command ability.
Chelsea's exit from the Champions League has slightly lowered Chelsea's evaluation of European strength. After all, the outside world's expectations were a bit high before, due to the sensation created by Chelsea's shocking signings and the illusion of superior strength.
On the day after the Champions League game, Aldridge was working in the office, browsing the medical department's reports on the recovery of Kaká and Alonso from injuries. There were also physical fitness tracking and evaluation reports for key players such as Ronaldinho.
The devilish schedule of the Premier League will kick off at the weekend. They will play 4 Premier League games, 1 Champions League game and 1 FA Cup game in the second half of the month. One game every 3 days, absolutely every 3 days!
This has happened in previous years, but the schedule has rarely been as densely packed as this season, with all fronts colliding together, and at the same time, the opponents are all European giants or former giants!
The most important point is actually the competitive environment of the league.
Chelsea are just 3 points behind them.
If the Devil's schedule collapses, Millwall is likely to be reversed by Chelsea!
They must maintain their leading position before visiting Stamford Bridge in the league. Only in this way can they take the lead when visiting Stamford Bridge and position their troops to occupy the strategic commanding heights.
dong dong
There was a knock on the door.
"Please come in."
Aldrich put down his report and raised his head to look at the visitor.
Carter walked in and smiled at Aldrich: "Have you read today's newspaper? Hahaha, Chelsea seems to have been brought back to its original shape all of a sudden."
Aldridge curled his lips and said: "It would be that easy. I'm still thinking about how to formulate a strategic plan for the second half of the month to face the league visit to Stamford Bridge at the end of the month."
"Haha, that's your job. I came to you because I have something serious to discuss."
"Oh? Well, I'll save a bottle of good wine too."
"You gave me the wine directly. I've always been curious about where the wine you have here comes from. You don't seem like someone who has the mind to search for fine wine outside."
"Well, they are all gifts from others. Schneider and his friends have a winery, and they release some good wines to me every year. Some are also gifts from Andrew or Barnett. They have more time to study in this area than I do.
I’ll just sit back and enjoy it.”
Carter chuckled, put away his smile after sitting down, and said: "One thing I just noticed now is why we only have one genuine Champions League trophy in the trophy exhibition room in the Lion King Stadium? According to UEFA regulations,
Shouldn't we be given two genuine European cars?
Champions League trophy? From 2000 to 2002, we won three consecutive championships. We should be given a genuine Champions League trophy. Last season, we won the fifth Champions League championship trophy and accumulated five championships. We should also be given a genuine Champions League championship.
A trophy.”
The difference between the original and the replica is very good.
Because the replica is no more than 4/5 the size of the original model.
Originally, Carter didn't pay much attention to this matter before, thinking that when he inspected everything in the club when he took office, there were indeed two authentic Champions League championship trophies in the Millwall Honors Trophy Exhibition Room for tourists at the Lion King Stadium!
One is an authentic piece that Millwall will retain forever.
The other one is the authentic championship trophy that Millwall brought back after winning the Champions League last season.
However, before the quarterfinals started, Carter discovered that he had made a common sense mistake.
Or maybe he ignored it.
Because Millwall's second trophy, the Champions League trophy they brought back after winning last season, was represented by him and player Southgate and returned the trophy to UEFA during the handover ceremony.
The current rule is that the team that wins the Champions League that season can keep the original trophy for 10 months. After 10 months, the trophy must be returned to UEFA and a replica will be kept. The size of the replica model must not exceed the original trophy.
4/5.
After this incident, Carter realized his previous mistake, so he specifically reviewed UEFA's rules. He believed that Millwall should have two genuine Champions League trophies that could be kept forever, but now there is only one left.
, because it was the start of the Champions League quarter-finals before, he did not come to Aldridge to discuss the matter. He had a good grasp of the priorities. Now that he had taken some time, he was not afraid of disturbing Aldridge, so he came to ask.
