Aldridge returned to London and took the initiative to go to Southgate's home the next day.
Outside Southgate's apartment, there were swarms of paparazzi, and irrational London fans also stared at his mansion. Some even held up insulting signs.
England, who missed the 1994 World Cup, missed the opportunity to qualify for the 1996 European Cup final at home. Of course they felt it was a shame, and Southgate, who appeared in the sixth round of the penalty shootout, became the culprit.
Aldridge still drove his old BMW. He parked the car in front of Southgate's house. After he opened the door and got out of the car, reporters around him swarmed around, taking pictures and asking questions.
"Mr. Hall, what do you think of Southgate's missed penalty?"
"Will Millwall be pressured to sell Southgate?"
It has to be said that some players who have become "enemies of the country" cannot withstand the pressure and choose to leave their motherland. Ginola is one of them, and the future Beckham also had such thoughts.
Aldridge took some time to collect his emotions and faced the reporters around him. After they finished taking pictures, he said lightly: "Are you all idiots? And those irrational fans, it is normal for them to miss penalty kicks.
Things, I feel sad for English football. The national team is obviously terminally ill. When can you face failure calmly and rationally? Find out the reasons for the failure and draw lessons. But I don’t know since when did the England national team start to fail in the face of failure?
Will find excuses, the responsibility of the head coach, the responsibility of the players, the responsibility of the venue, the responsibility of the weather, who knows if he is responsible for the breakfast he ate! Now, England has passed the responsibility to Gareth from top to bottom.
I just want to say that you are all slanderous. Will the England national team become stronger without him? Will it be able to win the championship? If this is your goal, then we will wait and see. Let’s see how many people will dare to do it in the future.
Play for England, idiots, wake up!"
After Aldridge finished speaking, he pushed away the people in front of him and walked straight towards Southgate's home.
To be honest, he deliberately activated the "crowd ridicule" skill for a simple purpose: to attract hatred.
Aldridge knocked on the door, and it was Southgate's wife who opened the door. Her eyes flickered and she did not dare to look at the reporters and fans outside. She only opened the door slightly to let Aldridge in and then closed the door.
Southgate's mental state was not very good. The blow of missing the penalty kick, the condemnation of public opinion, and the threat of besieging his home all made him suffer internally.
Aldridge stayed at his house for a day and entertained Southgate. He even cooked the food himself and stayed with the family like a friend.
Late at night, Andrew sent his assistant to arrange a flight for the Southgate family to go on vacation to the Mediterranean, allowing them to temporarily leave the UK and avoid being in the spotlight.
The next day, Aldridge became the target of public criticism as he began to take the initiative to open fire with the British media and football pundits.
He pointed his finger at England coach Venables and directly criticized him to pieces.
Regarding the semi-final match between Germany and England, Aldridge even published a technical and tactical commentary in the "Daily Mail" with the title: England Destroyed the Great Wall!
What England is good at is 442. We cannot say whether the tactics are outdated or not in line with the trend, because at the national team level, it is completely different from the club. The club can temper it in one season, two seasons, or even longer.
Hone a mature set of tactics.
But the national team does not have the time and conditions, and the tacit understanding between the players is the biggest problem. Therefore, the strength of the Spanish national team, which later achieved great success, is that they can transplant the club's mature tactical system.
"What tactics are England playing? Apart from goalkeeper Seaman, the remaining ten players in the starting lineup are Pierce Southgate, Adams, Ince, Platt McManaman, Anderton, and Gascoigne.
Because, Shearer, Sheringham. How many of these ten people are full-backs? Three
, Adams, Southgate, Pierce. Many people say that England's tactics are varied, but in fact, this game just played a 352 or 343 that was unfamiliar to more than half of the players on the field. Three defenders, double
Defensive midfielder, bilateral midfielders, attacking midfielder plus two forwards. Venable
I don’t know what Si was thinking, but from the most basic formation, we can see the lack of tacit understanding among the players. In the offense, Gascoigne worked very hard, but his performance in the attacking midfielder position was mediocre, because he was
Germany successfully restricted it, and England scored from a corner kick in the first three minutes.
, the opportunities created in the sports battle were nothing more than a few long-range shots from the midfielder and McManaman's missed semi-one-on-one opportunity. However, the German team took advantage of the lack of tacit understanding of the English defense and repeatedly beat the English side.
defense, the equalizer goal was on the left side in front of the penalty area, Germany
The full-back stepped in and attracted the attention of England's defense, and then the defensive space became larger. In a flash, an exquisite direct pass penetrated the defense. The German unexpectedly crossed the ball to the other side, and young player Kunz scored to save the game.
Germany. What do we see in the goal-conceding picture? England
There were almost twice as many defenders as there were German attacking players! But why did they still concede the ball? You can’t blame Gascoigne for running back into the penalty area to defend, but there are only three real defensive iron gates in the back line, and that’s the problem
I believe that if it is a traditional four-back system, the offensive players
On the basis of returning to defense, England's wing defense will not expose so many problems. If the German team had not missed several opportunities, they would be fully capable of solving the battle within 90 minutes, and many of their opportunities came from penetration.
England's right wing defense. Penalties were the reason for the defeat
Is it? Yes, but should England place its hopes on every player being a penalty kick expert? If so, then we don’t need to talk about how English football will develop in the future, as long as 11 players are huddled in the penalty area in every game, and then
Just wait for the penalty kick to win the championship trophy."
Aldrich's comments caused an immediate uproar upon publication.
Even though Venables was dismissed after taking responsibility for England's failure to reach the semi-finals, and Glenn Hoddle left Chelsea and was about to take up the role of the national team, the outside world still believed that England led by Venables played beautiful football. Group Stage 4:
1 The big win over the Netherlands was a classic game.
In the next few days, Aldridge was highly visible. Media outlets interviewed him, or he appeared on football commentary programs, where he had tit-for-tat debates with celebrities and experts.
Even the 4:1 victory over the Netherlands was considered by him to be unworthy of mention. Because the Netherlands' total offense and total defense exposed weaknesses in their defense, and in the trend of contemporary international competitions, defensive victory is the mainstream.
Many neutral and objective football commentators also supported Aldridge. In repeatedly reviewing the game videos of the England-Germany war, they clearly analyzed the fragility of England's tactical system, especially in terms of defense.
Some reporters also clearly pointed out that the reason why Aldridge suddenly became a loudmouth has only one purpose: to protect Southgate. Whether it is exonerating him or making him disappear from the public eye, it is all to make Southgate disappear from the public eye.
Bounce back from the shock.
Finally, the European Cup came to an end at the end of June. Germany defeated the dark horse Czech Republic and won the European Cup in England in a feuding manner. This made the English extremely angry.
Perhaps England has been repaying its debt for defeating Germany in the 1966 World Cup to win the Jules Rimit Cup. In the thirty years since then, when the two teams met in international competitions, the German team will leave England with painful memories, while England cannot win every match.
The record has lasted for more than 20 years!
The dust of the European Cup has settled, and the Olympic Games are coming one after another.
Some of the players in the Millwall team are international players who have participated in the European Cup, and some have been recruited by youth teams from various countries to compete in the Olympic Games. For example, Pires and Vieira.
Aldrich's vacation ended earlier than he thought, and he did many unplanned things after returning to London. At least it was not his original intention to start a war of words over the war between Britain and Germany.
The French team was eliminated by the Czech Republic in the semi-finals. After the game, Thuram did not return to his country. Instead, he stayed in London and directly approached Aldridge to apply for a transfer.
Thuram debuted in Ligue 1 and became a star in Ligue 1. He originally came to Millwall with the intention of looking for gold. He did not expect that he would also become famous in England and spent two happy years here.
, he thought it was time to leave.
If Serie A in the 1990s was a purgatory for top shooters, then for defensive players, it was a paradise for spiritual enlightenment.
Thuram yearns for Italy, and like most defenders of his generation, he wants to go there to become a world-class defender.
And precisely this summer, an Italian team officially extended an invitation to him: Parma.
Millwall Club receives piles of faxes of transfer intentions every day, some of which are offers, some of which are inquiries, and some of which want to rent out their young players.
Aldridge browses at least twenty club offers from different countries every day, and most of them are insulting in his eyes.
Wanting to take away his players for two to three million pounds is simply a fool's errand, even for a wealthy club.
There are also players who don't want to transfer. For example, one team offered 12 million pounds for Nedvěd, 7 million pounds for Trezeguet, etc.
But most players don't want to leave. Some are loyal and some are dissatisfied with their next clubs. If they want to leave, they will definitely go to a club that is more competitive than Millwall.
Parma embarked on a glorious rise in the early 1990s. In the past three years, they have been a championship contending team in Serie A. They have won the Cup Winners' Cup and the UEFA Cup in the European competition. Together with the milk king Stefano-
Tanzi's heavy investment in the club has made Parma an emerging force that cannot be underestimated in Serie A.
Parma is not a wealthy club and has not won the Serie A championship. However, in this era, the value of Serie A is too high. The reputation of the Little World Cup is by no means a waste. In the eyes of the outside world, even the third, fourth and fifth players in Serie A may be better than
The champions of the Premier League, French Ligue 1, Bundesliga, and La Liga are even more powerful.
Because of this, when Parma's offer of 5 million pounds came to Millwall, Aldridge rejected it without thinking. In order to make the other party give up, he added a message in the reply: 10 million pounds.
Feng!
Buffon is only 16 years old, but he is an absolute treasure. Parma will not trade for Buffon.
What Aldrich didn't expect was that Thuram took the initiative to find him and applied for a transfer.
Parma must have contacted Thuram privately, there is no doubt about it!
This kind of thing is an unspoken rule, and Aldridge has nothing to complain about. 99% of transfers are in violation of FIFA's transfer regulations. There is no need for Aldridge to accuse him. It will only make him be criticized by the football circle.
Isolated, only those clubs that have been poached and are about to go bankrupt will complain helplessly.
