Since Millwall adjusted its rotation strategy in the middle of the season, Aldridge has transformed. In the past, he only showed high posture in front of his rivals Chelsea and West Ham United.
And he also has a vague attribute of "poisonous tongue".
When he wanted to train young players, he would do anything to provoke his opponents, which cost him a lot of effort, such as studying the historical glory of the opponent's club and talking about it in front of the public media.
The general meaning is: how brilliant a certain team was in the past, how freehand or passionate the games were, but now, there is really no trace of it.
His psychological warfare purpose is only one: to anger his opponent!
Let those opponents dare to play against the Millwall substitutes for real.
There are pros and cons to this. The disadvantage is that Millwall took the initiative to stir up the opponent's anger. They really showed their power and Millwall couldn't win, so it seems that Millwall is to blame.
The good thing is that this can better train young players.
For example, in the first half of the schedule, the young players went to fight tough battles. Not to mention how weak the offensive players were. On the defensive end, Ferdinand, Materazzi and other players spent most of the time doing nothing. If they attack, they will always be counterattacked by their opponents. Don't attack.
, they only got a steady draw. They can't stand the test, how can they improve their level?
Aldridge doesn't care that Millwall has become a public enemy of the Premier League. It's normal for other teams to be jealous of their success. Anyway, opponents set up a bus to attack Millwall, which is essentially targeting Millwall. It's better for him to lead the war. Let's
The game becomes more enjoyable to watch. Young players can also get a better training environment. They can grow up as quickly as possible in a more stressful and complex game, which is very important for Millwall's future in the next three to five years.
Against this background, Millwall has entered an intense rhythm since January. Every game, regardless of whether the main players are on the field or not, is played with sparks. Even though not all games are won, the team as a whole has won.
The performance is still worthy of the championship status, at least there are no false starts in the game. Sometimes when we lose or draw, it means that the opponent performs better and uses hard power to fight hard to win or draw.
In the second leg of the League Cup semi-finals, Aldridge still used the substitute lineup. At the Lion's Den Stadium, Middlesbrough and Millwall tied 1:1 within 90 minutes. Due to the strange rules of the League Cup semi-finals, it resulted in
After entering overtime, Millwall must make a desperate move!
If the two rounds of 180-minute matches are tied, the away goal advantage will be invalid. However, if the 30 minutes of overtime are played and the score is still a draw, the away goal advantage will be valid.
In the first round, Millwall visited the Riverside Stadium and the score was 0:0. In the second round at home, the score was 1:1. It entered overtime. If Millwall failed to score, there would be no penalty shootout. Middles
Castle will directly enter the League Cup final.
Aldrich replaced three players at once before the start of overtime. The three young players with abundant physical strength had an immediate effect.
Ronaldinho, Klose, Van der Meyde.
Middlesbrough were not familiar with Ronaldinho. When their physical fitness declined and they were exhausted, Ronaldinho's personal performance created a huge advantage in parts of the field. In addition, his role as a full-back on the other side gave the two strikers Klose and Ruud van Nistelrooy a huge advantage.
Van der Meyde delivered the artillery shells, and Millwall scored three goals in a row in overtime, and finally advanced to the final with a total score of 4:1.
When the game finally came to an end, Fleet Street shouted: Dynasty of Lions!
Because Millwall has hardly seen its main players throughout the League Cup. Other strong teams do not pay attention to the League Cup and use it for training. The same is true for Millwall, but the result is obvious. Millwall's young team is more
Dazzling.
Millwall is no longer content to only show their talent reserve in the youth league, reserve league, and FA Youth Cup. They have also directly set off a youth storm on the League Cup stage!
Ronaldinho has become the leader of his group of young Millwall players under the age of 21!
Millwall is left to its own devices in the domestic cup competition. As the club's survival foundation, the league should be the main force to carry the banner and strive for honors in the European competition.
After the winter break of other European leagues, wars have reignited.
In late February, Millwall traveled to Germany's Ruhr area and expedition to Westphalia under the spotlight!
Aiming to win the European Super Cup, which is a continuation of last season’s championship!
This year's European Super Cup will be different from future restructured events.
The future European Super Cup will be held around September, which can be regarded as a championship contest from last season before the start of the new European season.
The current European Super Cup is not only held after the winter break, but also has a two-leg home and away format.
As the continuation and conclusion of last season's European competition, Millwall, as the European Cup Winners' Cup champion, will compete with last season's European Champions Cup champion Dortmund for the honor of "King of Europe"!
Dortmund, which defeated Juventus in the final last year, performed well in the Champions League in the new season. Despite the departure of meritorious coach Hitzfeld, they still dominated the group's top rivals with an absolute advantage.
However, their situation in the league is deteriorating. They only finished third in the Bundesliga last season. If they do not reach the top of the Champions League, they will have to move to the UEFA Cup.
The performance in the league in the new season is even more disastrous. Bayern Munich is still strong, Kaiserslautern has suddenly emerged. Where is Dortmund? In the middle and lower reaches of the standings.
The two Super Cup games will be the prelude to Millwall's return to European competition in the second half of the league. Next, they will usher in a very frequent schedule. In addition to the League Cup final, there will also be the FA Cup, league, and Champions League knockout rounds.
If the league wants to maintain its hope of defending its title, every Champions League knockout round must be played as a decisive battle. The FA Cup must be given to young players, but if it goes further, it will definitely affect the rotation of other games.
In view of this, Aldridge made it very clear to the players before leaving for Germany: One battle will determine the country!
We are about to completely end the suspense of the European Super Cup championship in the away game!
Although Dortmund suffered a defeat in the league, their performance in the Champions League in the first half of the season was extremely good. They did not pay much attention to Millwall, who performed better than them in another group.
First of all, they are the Champions League champions. No matter how awesome Millwall is touted by the outside world, in terms of actual honors, the two are worlds apart.
Secondly, they are playing at home, so they should show the momentum of being a local leader.
Aldridge has been very serious about Dortmund's preparations and studied their performance in the Bundesliga this season. The opponent's weaknesses are not hidden. After all, they performed poorly in the Bundesliga and were bullied by many teams that were not as strong as them.
Dortmund's performance over the same period in the past three seasons has a very obvious trend: offensive power has declined and defense has weakened.
This directly led them from the championship to the third place, and now to the middle and lower reaches of the standings.
To seize the opponent's defensive problems, Millwall played very targeted at the Westfalenstadion. It is still the same old routine, keeping a low profile, defending first and then attacking, and seizing the opponent's seven inches during the attack.
beat!
Since Larsson won the Ballon d'Or and second place in the World Footballer's personal honors, his scoring efficiency has dropped significantly!
So much so that the media began to criticize him for his lack of gumption.
In this regard, Aldrich has been defending Larson, even at the cost of quarreling with media reporters. In the coach's weekly regular column on the official website, and in articles published on some media platforms, he fully defended his disciple and despised those who slandered him.
Larson's people.
There are no problems with Larsson's condition, mentality, ability, etc.
There's just one problem: he's too famous!
As a result, all opponents' defensive focus is focused on him, so whenever he moves on the field and shows signs of threatening the goal, he will be strangled by the opponent with all his strength.
The decline in his scoring rate stems from this.
The reason why Aldridge defends him and still praises him is that Larson plays smarter. He knows that he is the target of public criticism and is the number one threat in the eyes of opponents, so he starts to serve his teammates more in the game.
, use yourself to attract the opponent's defense and cover other teammates' attacks.
Millwall's firepower is still very fierce, but the protagonists of the shooting have become Trezeguet, Shevchenko, and Nedved.
In the first round of the European Super Cup at the Westfalenstadion, Larsson scored a hat-trick of assists, helping the team gain a huge 4:1 championship advantage on the road.
Nedved scored twice, Trezeguet and Shevchenko each scored one goal.
With the away win as a basis, they could save a lot of energy in the second round. Aldrich even boldly decided to let young players play the second game to enhance their sense of honor and belonging.
After returning to London, Millwall went to Wembley without stopping for the first championship game of the season.
League Cup final.
The opponent is an old acquaintance, an old neighbor, Chelsea who will never stop fighting!
Chelsea's performance this season has been polarizing. They reached the final of the League Cup and ranked in the upper reaches of the standings, which was their best performance in the same period of time in the Premier League. At the same time, they have not yet exited the European Cup Winners' Cup, but the European Cup Winners' Cup was originally for them.
For the teams in the five major leagues, there are only two or three real tough battles. Like Millwall last year, people will only remember Millwall's defeat of Barcelona in the final, and even forget the battle with Paris Saint-Germain in the semi-finals.
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Gullit's romantic and beautiful football put Chelsea on the road to success, but the shortcomings are also obvious. It can be seen in the league that Chelsea has the fewest draws in the Premier League, winning and losing!
When they play well, they are invincible and are not afraid of strong players. For example, in the League Cup semi-finals, they defeated Arsenal with five goals at Highbury and advanced. However, when faced with adversity, they seemed helpless. They were either defeated or unable to do anything
Comeback.
Chelsea, the blue team, lacks a unique spiritual temperament and soul. Today they are no different from the mercenary team Blackburn Rovers used to be.
After many years of vigorous signings, Chelsea has a luxurious lineup, and it has become a new force in England.
However, Gullit has no luck. He has been fired by the club, and Vialli is now in charge of the team as player-coach.
Vialli's first coaching appearance was the League Cup final against Millwall.
He took action to bring a championship to Chelsea and gave out heroic words before the game to encourage the whole team.
With the new coach taking office, Chelsea's three armies are serving, while Millwall seems to be much more low-key.
Do we still need to mobilize when we play against Chelsea?
Aldridge just made some changes in the starting lineup.
Let some of the main players hold the line and lead half of the substitute players to compete for the championship trophy.
This is different from the semi-finals. Aldridge really didn't feel any pity when he failed in the semi-finals. In the League Cup, all the major giants couldn't work hard. Millwall's schedule was intensive, so he didn't care if he didn't make it to the finals.
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But now that he has come to the finals, where the outcome is determined by one game. If he wins, he will get a trophy, but if he loses, he will be laughed at in the background. He must pay enough attention. The excitement of winning and the blow of losing are too strong.
Not paying attention to it.
What’s more, the opponent is Chelsea! (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature, the novel is better and updated faster!
