The finale of the 13th round of the Premier League, the team ranked third in the standings played against the league leader. This was originally the game that Premier League fans paid most attention to on this day, and the media naturally focused on Elland Road. However, when the game ended, the Austrian team
Delic walked into the post-match press conference, but the place was quiet.
In silence, all the reporters present stared at Aldrich with complicated eyes.
No one congratulated him on his victory, and no one sympathized with Leeds United.
On the contrary, after being extremely shocked, the reporters who had stayed away from the incident and had nothing to do with the results of the game invariably felt a chill in their hearts, and had one thought: horror!
Before the game, public opinion believed that Leeds United was in trouble, but considering their unbeaten record of one win and one draw against Millwall last season, even if Leeds United would lose, it should not be so ugly, so embarrassing, and so vulnerable.
in this way......
Leeds United, ranked third in the Premier League, were beaten without any power to fight back and were massacred at home!
Arsenal, who ranked third in the Premier League last season, was beaten by 5 goals at the Lion's Den Stadium!
Every day, people ask: Who the hell can stand up and stop Millwall?
I had expectations for Arsenal, I had expectations for Leeds United, even when AC Milan came to Wembley, the outside world thought that Millwall was likely to suffer a draw and lose in the first game of the new season? Unlikely.
Millwall has only lost once in its history in European competitions, and it was on the road. It is unrealistic to expect Millwall to lose in London.
This 0:8 game was not only the failure of Leeds United to live up to their pre-match rhetoric and the expectations of the public who watched the excitement, but also directly caused the media to have a completely different view of Millwall.
They are strong. This is a fact.
But to be so strong, no one wants to believe it. But now they have to admit it.
Who else can you count on?
Manchester United?
Before today, maybe people really had expectations for Manchester United, but now, most people think that the Premier League is over!
Yes, this season of the Premier League is over, and there will be no suspense about the championship. There is only one suspense about Millwall: Can they set a new historical record?
After Aldrich sat down, no reporters asked questions. He said calmly: "If you don't have any questions, I'll leave first."
As soon as he finished speaking, the press conference scene suddenly changed drastically.
One second ago, there was deathly silence.
At this moment, all the reporters present raised their hands and asked questions with eager and frantic expressions.
Aldrich took questions very quickly, with almost no time to think.
"Before the game, could you have imagined that the score would be 0:8?"
"Of course it's impossible. If I said before the game that Millwall would beat Leeds United by 8, people on earth would think there was something wrong with my brain, but I always firmly believe that my players can defeat their opponents and win."
"If you hadn't replaced Ronaldinho and Pirlo at halftime, would the final score have been bigger?"
"Things that haven't happened and can't happen again. I don't make assumptions."
"Why were these two players substituted in midfield?"
"I have my own considerations, and I focus on the entire team. To shoulder the team's past, present, and future, every decision I make will be from an overall perspective."
"Before the game you said you liked Leeds United, but during the game you applauded and mocked Leeds United because of Smith's foul. Smith made an insulting move towards you when he came off the field. Will you still like Leeds United?"
When the focus of the question turned to the Smith spitting incident, Aldrich did not respond immediately, but remained silent.
The reporters at the scene stared at him without blinking.
After being silent for nearly half a minute, Aldridge said softly: "No one is perfect, and the same goes for the team. I like Leeds United's youth, passion, and drive. However, I hate Leeds United on the court today, especially in the second half.
performance, dirty, ugly, afraid to act like a real man
Let’s face up to competition. The competition on the football field is not about fists, brutality, or roughness. I regret Smith’s behavior. Did he think that if he spit on me, I would become dirty? Will I become dirty?
In front of countless Premier League viewers around the world, he tarnished his own image."
"Mr. Hall, will you forgive Smith's behavior?"
"Forgive? I'm not angry, nor do I hate him. Forgive? It's a strange question. If you see a gangster on the street, do you care about the gangster? My life goes on, my work goes on, I'm sorry, Smith
?I will forget about him tomorrow and he will not come back into my sights until the next meeting with Leeds United."
"No, Mr. Hall, my question was not clear. I want to ask, will you forgive Smith for his flagrant foul on the court?"
Aldridge's expression turned cold and he said calmly: "Whether I forgive him or not, it doesn't matter. What's important is, can his behavior be tolerated in the Premier League? And it directly led to the injury of my player Makelele. Millwall will
Complain to the FA, requesting the FA to investigate Leeds United players
Regarding flagrant fouls during the game, I don’t want to hear anymore that English football is characterized by fierce confrontation. Such excuses cover up the facts and distort the truth. If you can’t even distinguish the essence of flagrant fouls and fierce confrontation, then English football is a joke.
, haha, tomorrow again
Some people will say that I am talking nonsense and am not qualified to comment on English football, but please shut up these people. Either you lead the team to defeat me, or you'd better not provoke me. I don't care if you are a famous star of the England national team.
, or a legend of a wealthy family, first of all, understand clearly
The fact is that Millwall is the Premier League champion and represents the pinnacle level of English football. Millwall’s record in the European wars in the past three years proves that we are the representative of English football. Am I not qualified? Now in English football, there are still
Who is qualified enough to criticize this ugly evil behavior?!"
Aldrich made such a splash that the whole room was shocked.
The reporters stared wide-eyed at Aldrich, who had a serious but angry expression.
Is this to punish Smith to death?
This is the first thought that comes to the minds of reporters.
However, everyone soon rejected this view in their hearts.
If Aldridge wants to fight with an opponent's player, it would be too petty. It is completely contrary to what he said before about ignoring Smith. Isn't this a slap in the face?
Things are certainly not so superficial.
Soon, everyone realized that Aldridge was actually using the topic to put pressure on the FA, increase punishments, and try to avoid the possibility of Millwall players encountering flagrant fouls.
There is no way. The team with the best technical advantage and ball control advantage in the Premier League is Millwall. In other words, they dominate the game and if the opponent cannot resist it with conventional means, then they can only use non-conventional means, even fouls.
Don't hesitate, this is a normal phenomenon.
In the past, when the technical stream encountered the powerful faction, if the technological stream had the upper hand, the powerful faction would go on a rampage to restrict the opponent. This has been true since ancient times.
Now, although the barriers between technology and strength have been completely broken down and are being integrated and sublimated, creating new types of players, some methods remain unchanged.
The next day, the sensational football news in England was of course that Leeds United was massacred by Millwall with eight goals at home. Not only did Leeds United suffer an unprecedented bloodbath, but they also lost both games and people. Elland Road became a "purgatory on earth". Fleet
Street even edited a short film to record the tragedy that happened on Elland Road that day.
Starting from the Leeds United fans flocking to the stadium in droves with great interest, and their high spirits and confidence when they were interviewed before the game, to the reaction of the fans in the stands when they lost one goal after another during the game, and some fans left the field at half-time.
The game was not over yet, the stands were mostly empty, and the scenes of some die-hard fans crying sadly made this miserable day even more desolate.
Also making headlines was Alan Smith's flagrant foul and the unethical behavior of spitting on Aldridge.
The FA immediately announced an investigation into Smith's flagrant foul incident.
After returning to London, Aldridge asked the club to make two reports. One was submitted to the Football Association, which recorded the frequent fouls committed by Leeds United during the game, focusing on Smith's flagrant foul and the fact that Makelele was injured.
A second report was given covertly to Fleet Street, allowing the media to continue to focus on the incident.
In fact, the second report had nothing to do with that game, but under Aldrich's instruction, the club staff worked overtime to produce a fairly reliable report.
This report actually collates the development of the Premier League in the past few years and the trend of Serie A, the world's first league.
There is no doubt that today's Premier League is an upward trend created by overseas famous players. Millwall is a pioneer in this regard. During the same period, Chelsea also made great contributions to the Premier League.
If there were not high-level foreign players coming to the Premier League one after another to serve as pioneers, the Premier League's outdated employment mechanism in the past and the lack of local talents, how could it support the sky of the Premier League? Now there is no Gascoigne, Lai
Inker, Hoddle, Barnes, Keegan and so on are all the British stars who are enough to support their appearance, what about Beckham? Even the British have not forgiven him yet. The selection of the Ballon d'Or Award is about to take place in the UK.
The media's support for him shows his emotional tendencies.
When international football is already developing towards a trend of encouraging offense, should the Premier League rest on its laurels?
In this way, why should we attract more overseas famous players to play here?
Come to England to recuperate?
The newly appointed Premier League CEO Scudamore has declared in the new season that he will promote the Premier League to the world.
If the Premier League cannot strictly manage this kind of malicious fouls, then who can guarantee that it will be the ugly side of English football when it is promoted to the world?
Signs have already been shown in Serie A during the same period. Due to excessive utilitarianism and the unscrupulous use of any means to win, many game scenes are dull and boring, and the foul aggression is beyond the normal range. There are a series of big-name stars on the injury list of the entire league. This is a good day.
Well, that one will enter the injured camp again tomorrow. Serie A's attendance has dropped, the audience has disappeared, the enthusiasm of sponsors has turned to hesitation, coupled with the continuous scandals and doubts, this is no longer the glorious and prosperous Serie A scene.
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Fleet Street was building public opinion, Millwall was exerting official pressure, and other intricate relationships were at work. Although Aldridge did not achieve the best results, he was at least able to obtain psychological comfort.
Smith's ticket was issued. In addition to a certain fine, he was suspended for 10 games. At the same time, the referee committee also made a voice that it would not condone malicious fouls on the field.
It sounds righteous, but if you think about it carefully, it seems that you just heard a fart sound. (To be continued...)
