A year ago, Aldridge commented in an interview that Gullit had reached the end of his career and despised Fleet Street's pursuit of him, which caused dissatisfaction among Chelsea fans.
But Gullit really only played for Chelsea for one season. Chelsea's ranking was almost unchanged from the previous season, and even fell into the bottom half. After Gullit took office, the media naturally started to pick a fight between the two.
In terms of professional age, Gullit and Aldridge are both young coaches. Aldridge took the job two years earlier than him and has already achieved some success. Gullit's cards are not the best, but they are not either.
It's not bad, and the results are passable, but compared with Millwall's complete victory in the past three months, it's not on the same level.
Millwall fans still looked down upon Chelsea and did their best to humiliate Chelsea, arrogantly arriving in the stands of their mortal enemy.
Aldridge has reduced the frequency of wars of words this season because the team is the leader and at the cusp of the storm, the right path is to avoid causing trouble and stabilize internal military morale. Secondly, no one takes the initiative to provoke him.
Manchester United is in the critical stage of regrouping, and the Champions League is about to usher in its final group stage life-and-death match. If Ferguson has a clear head, he should let the team prepare for the game in a low-key manner to avoid becoming the focus and adding pressure.
Although Arsene Wenger landed in North London, he is also busy rebuilding his arsenal. He is also in the process of getting familiar with England. War of words? If reporters don't trouble him, he will burn incense. Thank God.
Liverpool's Roy Evans has always been Aldridge's defeated opponent. How can a defeated opponent be brave? For him to go to Aldridge to start a fight is tantamount to humiliating himself.
Kevin Keegan, who was knocked out of the championship by Millwall last season, was in dire straits and bought Shearer. But the defense was still a mess and his life at St. James Park had begun to become difficult.
The archrival West Ham United has been in a state of relegation since the beginning of the league. Old Ray would only start a war if he was crazy. He only asked Aldridge to be merciful before the start of this season's East London Derby.
As for Gullit, he is a superstar among players and a gravel in the coaching world. Before he has proven himself, he does not dare to openly challenge Aldridge.
In this chaotic and troubled era of the Premier League, every club has its own troubles, and no one wants to jump out and challenge Millwall. Most of them have no strength, and a small number of those who have strength are afraid of being beaten. If the points gap between Manchester United and Liverpool can be narrowed
One thing, maybe the psychological war has already begun, but unfortunately, my own team is also in turmoil.
Aldridge was unwilling to comment on Chelsea at the pre-match press conference. When asked, he said three words perfunctorily: just so-so.
attack?
So-so.
Defense?
So-so.
Is football style sexy?
So-so.
Gurlitt?
So-so.
DiMatteo?
So-so.
Vialli?
So-so......
Chelsea is in an "average" ranking, and the number of goals scored and the number of goals conceded are also at the "average" level.
Aldrich thought his comments were fair, but they were misinterpreted and turned into contempt.
Gullit did not dare to go too far in his response: "Hall's coaching performance is indeed excellent, but he should have more respect for Chelsea. It is not his turn to judge my players."
If reporters hadn't asked, Aldrich wouldn't have bothered to say anything.
Besides, he feels he respects Chelsea enough.
Our two families are mortal enemies!
If I don't step on you, I respect you.
Stamford Bridge, sunny and sunny.
Aldrich appeared in front of the visiting team's coaching bench, looked around and then chose to sit down.
Gullit also sat with the coaching staff in sportswear.
Players from both sides began to appear.
When the commentator introduced the starting lineups of both sides, there was a burst of singing in the stands.
The originally quiet stands were mostly Blues fans, but today there were less than 4,000 Lions fans here.
But they gathered in the visiting team's stands. The Roar fans led by Brady made preparations before the game and started singing loudly when they arrived.
Aldridge glanced at the visiting team's fans' stand. There were all kinds of cheering slogans there, which he was used to.
But what is the song they sing in unison?
Aldrich frowned slightly, listening to the obscene words and music in that song. Isn't this too vulgar?
It is normal for fans in the stands to humiliate each other and make up songs.
But each other also has a bottom line. Fans who do not adhere to the bottom line will cause harm to the club. For example, after the Munich air crash, Bolton fans made a plane crash during the match against Manchester United. This directly made Bolton the target of public criticism. The Premier League team
They are so enthusiastic that it even makes it difficult for them to even sign players.
The song that Millwall fans sang today was really unpleasant.
What puzzled Aldrich was that the lyrics had nothing to do with Chelsea.
Did you come to Stamford Bridge to show off your shameless hooliganism?
He didn't notice that Gullit's expression next door was frighteningly gloomy, and his mouth moved as if he was grinding his teeth.
Materazzi and Gianluca Zambrotta on the bench both laughed.
Aldridge saw the expressions of the two players and asked, "Why are you laughing?"
Materazzi pointed to the visiting team's stand, and Zambrotta also looked there and raised his eyebrows.
"What do you mean? What's so funny about this?"
It was a dirty and obscene song, but Aldrich didn't find it funny.
Materazzi smiled and said loudly: "Boss, this song was sung by Chelsea coach Gullit before."
Aldrich's expression was stunned. Was this vulgar pornographic song sung by the braided guy next door?
Materazzi continued laughing: "A few years ago he joined an unpopular band and sang many covers of these songs as a bassist. For a while in Italy, everyone thought he was disgusting. What was the name of that album?
I forgot."
"It's called "Revelation-Time"."
Zambrotta added immediately.
Aldridge, like the other coaches and players, covered his head and laughed.
The braided handsome guy who relies wildly on his talent is really different. So cool.
This explains why Millwall fans directly humiliated the opponent's coach today.
Aldridge smiled and then looked at Chelsea's starting lineup.
Even though Gullit has two forwards, Vialli and Zola, in Chelsea's lineup, the one unbeatable striker is a veteran, the Welsh king of the last era, Mark Hughes, and today he partners with Vialli.
The midfield organizer is Di Matteo, paired with Chelsea's spiritual leader Wise, and the addition of LeBoeuf in the defense has strengthened the team's defense.
Although Chelsea's international team building route was a little later than Millwall's, they have finally built a team that is famous and well-known. It is definitely not comparable to the world's rubbish teams like West Ham United.
But how well 11 players can play together remains to be seen on the field.
When the game started, the two sides immediately got into action, and the pace of the game was very fast from the first second.
Chelsea's strength has increased this year, a new coach has taken office, the players are high-spirited, and there are tough guys and villains in the team. There are also stars. Naturally, they are not afraid of Millwall, who have won fourteen consecutive league games. They can fight with each other with real swords and guns.
Have a show!
Chelsea's pressing style after the start made Millwall really uncomfortable. After all, it is the opponent's home court, and the players enter the state slower than the home team. This is normal.
The game was very tense at the beginning.
Pirlo's organization was very unsmooth under the pressure of Wise and Di Matteo. Occasionally, the penetrating ball was hit from the center. Sweeper Leboeuf was able to make a heroic clearance, but the action seemed a bit big, but the fans in the stands liked it.
The movements and cheering sounds came and went.
In the first twenty minutes, Millwall had almost no good chances.
But Chelsea didn't take advantage either. Di Matteo, who was doing technical work in the midfield, didn't perform well under the double attack of Nedved and Pirlo. The route of the ball was always predicted, even if his defensive skills were still good.
Schneider, who is still practicing, is also able to observe the situation on the field and seize the position in advance to resolve the opponent's passing and penetration on the right.
Benitez said to Aldridge: "Pirlo did not perform well today."
"He was intimidated by Wise. He was a cunning bad boy."
"Let Nedved withdraw?"
"No, I originally wanted to see if he could adjust on his own, but it seems he still needs some advice."
Aldridge stood up from his seat, just as Vialli was knocked to the ground by Stam during the fight and the team doctor needed to come in to check the injury, so he called Pirlo over.
"Andrea, for ten minutes, all attacks will be on the left side. After ten minutes, the attack will be on the right side. Do you understand?"
Pirlo asked in confusion: "What if there is no good path for the ball on the left?"
"Do as I say and you will understand in ten minutes."
Pirlo nodded and stopped asking, and began to carry out Aldrich's instructions.
Millwall had more time to control the ball, and although Chelsea grabbed the ball fiercely, their formation was not chaotic, so Pirlo's previous balls were directed to the center and front of Nedved's feet because the space was slightly larger, and because the opponent had a
Leboeuf is good at playing sweeper, but he is not afraid of penetrating balls in front of the penalty area.
As the midfield commander, Pirlo began to frequently play the ball to the left, which caused Millwall's offense to tilt to the left, and Chelsea's defensive formation naturally began to compress to this side.
Capdevila, Larsson, and Nedved, with Pirlo commanding from behind, Millwall stormed the left wing and launched waves of efficient attacks.
Unfortunately, several shots missed the goal.
Before ten minutes were up, Pirlo understood Aldridge's intention.
Originally, the formation on the field was balanced, and Pirlo would only look for openings in static space.
But when Millwall's offensive focus is frequently concentrated on a certain side, the opponent will automatically adjust due to the disadvantage, and inadvertently, the defensive loopholes on the other side will appear.
In the 36th minute of the first half, Pirlo once again appeared in the left area of the midfield to pick up the ball. Chelsea's defensive formation was set up, obviously focusing on this side.
Pirlo made a long diagonal pass and unexpectedly passed the ball to the front right wing.
Schneider, who has been playing as a wide midfielder for the past two years, has long been familiar with Millwall's attack. When the space appeared in front of him, he rushed up with familiarity, and the combination of passing and running was perfect.
Stopping the ball steadily in front of him, Schneider passed the ball forward. Shevchenko was unmarked on the edge of the penalty area. He took a step forward with the ball and then shot the ball. The ball stuck to the ground and penetrated into the goal.
Far corner.
The previous waves of offensives ended in vain, and Pirlo himself felt a little powerless. He thought it was because the opponent's defense was so good, but in fact it was because he had not yet discovered his potential!
Looking at his teammates celebrating in front, Pirlo smiled. Although he still needs more practice to improve himself, he has begun to enjoy his role in the team and the feeling of strategizing. It's awesome!
