Abramovich was furious that the good foundation laid by the team at the start of the league was gone after three months!
The rift between him and Mourinho also surfaced!
The reason is that Shevchenko, whom Abramovich advocated for, has not been reused!
And Shevchenko, who played in a limited time, did not show the strength represented by his price.
When Millwall reversed Chelsea's comeback and climbed to the top of the standings, the focus of Fleet Street was still on Chelsea. It seemed that the outside world was not surprised by Millwall's comeback, even though many media had previously supported Chelsea and claimed that Chelsea could dominate.
In Europe, a Blues dynasty will be created after the Crazy Lions!
The media always adapts to the changing circumstances.
In terms of news focus, Stamford Bridge has relatively more news than Millwall, although it contains a lot of negative news.
Including conflicts between generals, doubts about Mourinho's coaching ability stem from his inability to make good use of Shevchenko, a top striker who became famous in the Premier League and is famous in Serie A.
There is also the conflict between Abramovich and Mourinho, which is naturally a topic of interest to the outside world.
Especially when the topic became hot, many players in the Chelsea locker room stood up to defend Mourinho and firmly supported Mourinho, which raised the attention of the news to another level.
After all, there are still some players who have been left out in the cold and will try to "overthrow" Mourinho's internal rule at this time, thereby gaining the opportunity to turn their careers around.
In such a complex situation created by public opinion, The Times did not join in the fun. They more professionally pointed out the key factors in Chelsea's reversal!
"Although Chelsea, led by Mourinho, did not win the league title last season, they did get the highest points in the history of the team in the Premier League and even the top league. It can be said that Chelsea had a successful but not brilliant season. By the end of the season
In the second season, the resistance they encounter will naturally increase. This is the most common situation in top leagues. For example, some teams can only play well for one season. In the second season, their strength does not seem to have changed much, but their record has.
In addition to the violent fluctuations, a common rule in the Premier League is: most newly promoted teams will not survive the second season.
Millwall's success in defending the league title over the years cannot be ignored because of the positive changes they have made in each season. The sense of worry is very strong, but Chelsea lacks experience, are they not performing well enough? At least in a competitive environment, they are indeed not good enough.
, especially when the league comes with
The sweeping momentum at the start made other teams even more panicked. Therefore, in the middle of the season, after most teams had passed the comfortable state at the beginning of the season, they began to fight for every point. Chelsea's biggest problem also surfaced.
Izuku: Their performance in the tough battle competition was lackluster!
Once upon a time, at least half of the Premier League teams would adopt the 4321 defensive counterattack formation created by Sir Hall when facing Millwall. This created difficulties for Millwall for a period of time, but Millwall survived and they could cope with it.
Very quickly, this may be the same as what they failed to do in the summer of '98
Related to the successful defense of the Premier League for the first time, in the following seasons, Sir Hall attached great importance to the team's second year after winning the championship, and made many adjustments and changes to the team that we can see, which made those who thought they had figured out Mir
Wall's team suffered a lot in trying to snipe Millwall to defend their title.
Chelsea probably thought that they had not won any important trophies to prove themselves, so they did not attract too much attention. In fact, looking at what they have done in the transfer market over the years, they have even made many wealthy clubs in Europe panic!
Mourinho's preparation for this season is not sufficient now. At least, Chelsea is not ready to deal with the middle and lower reaches teams using iron barrels to deal with them. What should Chelsea do?
Chelsea needs positive changes. Now is not the time to discuss who is right and wrong, which player is more important, the owner and the coach, and who is the boss of the team. They still have the opportunity to prove themselves, but first, they cannot mess up!"
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The Premier League is in turmoil. The season has not yet reached the final sprint stage, and it has not even finished the first half!
But most outside observers know that the most critical moment in the Premier League competition this season has arrived!
If Chelsea has been catching up with Millwall from the start like last season, even if it is lagging behind now, people will still have a wait-and-see or optimistic attitude towards Chelsea's future.
But in this season's competition, the key confrontation is that Millwall is catching up with a big disadvantage of 9 points behind!
Even if it's a tie, the goal difference is the lead!
However, the psychological gap against Chelsea is too great and the impact is too strong. Once they continue to lag behind, they may be discouraged in the league. It will be difficult to maintain the tenacity and tenacity of last season after changing roles from leader to chaser.
tenacious!
Aldridge ignored the news from the outside world. Of course he knew that Chelsea had been in the headlines recently. Regardless of whether it was positive or negative, Millwall was behind the scenes. Gunners writers in many media were publishing some sensational articles and reports for this reason.
Let Chelsea be the team at the forefront.
Don’t they want to be number one in the world?
I will give you the best public opinion treatment in the world!
Standing in this position, it is right to be prominent and glorious, but once you fall, the heavy pressure caused by being hurt by countless people is also overwhelming!
Standing at the top, isn't it like walking on a tightrope at high altitude?
Millwall will face the final round of the Champions League group stage.
In view of Millwall's tight schedule in the coming period, Aldridge made a decision to send a lineup of half substitutes and half reserves in the last round of the Champions League group stage!
Take a look at their December schedule.
I just finished playing the Premier League at the beginning of the month.
On the 6th, we will visit Porto.
On the 10th, we returned to the Premier League to continue playing away league games, and our opponent was Crystal Palace.
On the 11th, the Millwall team will head to Asia, targeting Tokyo, Japan, to participate in the Club World Cup!
No. 15. The first game of the Club World Cup.
Regardless of the outcome of the first game.
On the 18th, either the third or fourth place finals or the finals!
On the 23rd, the make-up match for the 17th round of the Premier League!
On the 26th, the Christmas Express starts! The first show.
On the 29th, the second show of Christmas Express!
On the 31st, the third show of Christmas Express!
If we look at next month, then...
On January 2nd, the fourth game of the Christmas Express battle will continue. After the battle, Christmas Express will end!
After that, the league was suspended for nearly half a month. But after the 7-day recovery period, the FA Cup war will ignite in the middle!
It can be said that from December to January 2, in 33 days, Millwall will play 10 games!
Excluding match days, Millwall does not have an average recovery period of three days at all!
This is why at the beginning of the season, Aldridge was unwilling to apply for a rescheduling of the league when participating in the European Super Cup. Furthermore, due to the team's insufficient preparations in the summer and continuous poor performance at the beginning, the record was unsatisfactory.
The Premier League schedule has always been brutal.
FIFA also joined in the fun and changed the useless Toyota Cup into the Club World Cup. It was just for commercial interests, but Millwall was overwhelmed!
If they don't have experience and a strong lineup, I'm afraid this month's horrific schedule will bring Millwall down!
So when Aldridge rushed to the Dragon Stadium after qualifying from the Champions League group, he sent out a lineup consisting of half a team of substitutes and half a team of reserve players.
It can be called a child soldier!
Almost all players in the reserve team have Millwall youth training accounts. As long as they are under 21 years old, they can represent Millwall in the Champions League without signing up!
This final match of the Champions League group stage is just for errands.
Aldridge also didn't want to lose face. In the away game, he let a group of players who were very unfamiliar with the outside world appear on the field, and then launched a solid counterattack in the away game.
Porto also has hopes of qualifying for the UEFA Cup. They want to defeat Millwall at home, and then hope that Inter Milan can defeat Rangers, allowing them to finish third in the group and enter the UEFA Cup.
However, at the Dragon Stadium, Porto first paid the price for their aggressiveness.
Maybe they really underestimated the enemy. Seeing that Millwall sent a group of unknown players, they attacked without hesitation.
Although this group of Millwall players are unknown, they still have people in key positions. For example, there is Neil in the defender, Lamore in the midfield line, Moutinho and Veloso who have experienced on the field, and Messi in the forward line.
West, there is also a young player Aguero who plays center today.
The little-known youth training players in other positions were impeccable in terms of tactical execution and worked hard. They put up a tight formation to resist Porto's indiscriminate bombardment and seized an opportunity in the first half.
, Messi assisted Aguero to open the scoring!
The scene of Aguero and Messi running on the sidelines with their arms around each other shocked Aldridge. In a game that was originally routine, seeing the Argentine twins running with youthful passion was really exciting.
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Porto cheered up after losing the ball, focused on defense, and patiently attacked Millwall's defensive barriers.
In terms of overall strength and home court advantage, Porto is completely stronger than Millwall's starting lineup today. However, Millwall used tactics to narrow the strength gap between the two teams as much as possible. Unfortunately, after resisting for 80 minutes, it still failed.
Can hold it.
Porto finally tied the score in the 81st minute!
The score of 1:1 was maintained until the end of the game.
Porto fans left disappointed.
Because in another game in the same group, Inter Milan also qualified early and had little fighting spirit, so they shook hands with Glasgow Rangers.
What surprised Inter Milan was that they actually won the first place in this group!
They had 4 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss.
Millwall has 3 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss.
Inter Milan may be happy to avoid many strong teams in the knockout draw.
Millwall felt that it was irrelevant. The first place in the group and the second place in the group. Drawing lots to avoid who is all unfounded and unnecessary.
However, the draw at Millwall caused an uproar after the game! (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature, the novel is better and updated faster!
