After the draw results for the fourth round of the FA Cup came out, Aldridge lamented the fate.
Although they are a team from England's second tier league, they met a Premier League team for the third time in the cup, and it was Newcastle United who they had played against in the first half of the season.
The only good news is: Millwall has home field advantage.
This can add another considerable amount of income to the club.
Newcastle United, coached by Kevin Keegan, is still a pleasing team in the Premier League, but they are unable to challenge for the championship this season. The top two teams in the Premier League standings are Blackburn Rovers and Manchester United, and
Leave the teams behind you far behind.
Therefore, Newcastle United will naturally attach great importance to the FA Cup.
Aldridge, as always, is determined to let the bench team grow through cup competitions.
After entering February, Millwall has maintained a strong momentum in English League One. The increasingly mature team is invincible in English League One. Aldridge is now least afraid of encountering teams at the top of the standings or near the relegation zone.
, because these teams will take risks for points, and the temptation to gain three points will allow Millwall to take full advantage of quick counterattacks.
On the contrary, when facing a team that has no desires and wants to lose badly, Millwall will be unable to attack for a long time and lose points.
The fourth round of the FA Cup started at the Lion's Den. Aldridge once again saw Kevin Keegan, who was already a little giddy. His slutty crimson suit made Aldridge laugh.
It’s no wonder that Kevin Keegan feels good about himself. He was a rookie two years ago. He took charge of the team after leaving football for eight years and brought Newcastle United to the Premier League. Then he won the title of newly promoted team last year.
This year, although last season's top scorer Andy Cole was sold, the club earned more than 4 million pounds, and the team's record has not declined, and it is still in the Premier League.
A well-established and respected team.
Interestingly, the owner of Newcastle United also has the surname Hall, and he is also extremely wealthy with a net worth of hundreds of millions of pounds.
After the 90-minute game ended, Kevin Keegan looked a little ugly.
The Premier League team he led faced Millwall's substitute lineup at the Lion's Den and ended up with a 1:1 draw.
Underestimating the opponent's arrogance was the fundamental factor in failing to win the game. After all, a few months ago, Newcastle United defeated Millwall with the same lineup at home in the League Cup without any blood.
After the game, Kevin Keegan said embarrassingly that he would win the game in a replay at home.
Aldridge is relatively happy. If the substitute team can play one more game, they can gain more experience, not to mention additional income.
Facing Kevin Keegan, he blasted Millwall to divert attention: lack of respect for the FA Cup!
Because Millwall is not in the main lineup.
Aldridge responded lightly: "We are about to usher in the most important game of the entire season. Is the FA Cup optional? Such a statement is very irresponsible. If it weren't for a little bit of bad luck, my team would
Being able to advance to the next round at home, coach Keegan's criticism
It makes no sense. If we are condemned because we did not send all the main players, then why did Newcastle United not win against Millwall who did not send all the main players? Are they also retaining their strength? Or are they even more contemptuous of this?
The oldest cup competition?"
Now Aldridge has become one of the favorite coaches of the London media. He is always able to face wars of words calmly and calmly, instead of making unreasonable accusations against others. While bringing news, he can also keep in touch with the media.
A relatively harmonious relationship.
Before the FA Cup replay arrives, Millwall does have to play a crucial game of the season.
Round 32 of English League One: Millwall vs Middlesbrough.
Three months ago, the two teams played a 2:2 first-place battle at the Aiya Sumei Park Stadium.
Three months later, the top two teams in the standings are still Middlesbrough, followed by Millwall.
But the gap between the two teams has changed from goal difference to a shocking thirteen points!
It's not that Middlesbrough's performance is not good enough. Their performance in the same period has surpassed Nottingham Forest, which was second in last season. But Millwall is so good. Their points in the same period are more than those of the English League One champion Crystal Palace in the same period last season.
Eight points!
The 13-point gap makes the suspense of the English League One championship getting smaller and smaller, and the result of the 32nd round of the first-place battle may kill all suspense.
The Daily Mail devoted a large space to publishing the article written by reporter Richard.
"For the Premier League, February 24th is still a day of chasing each other between the two teams in the best form. It is a never-ending war between Dalglish and Ferguson. But in English League One,
On the field, perhaps the speculation about the championship will come to an end completely, and he will lead the league by a long distance.
Millwall took the lead and opened up the 13-point gap behind Middlesbrough, which made all pursuers despair. If Millwall wins this game at home, no one will doubt that the League One champion has been produced.
, although there are still 14 rounds in the league, which exceeds the entire schedule.
1/3, but once Millwall leads second-placed Middlesbrough by 16 points, then it's all over! At this moment, we recall that Bryan Robson was defeated by Millwall at home three months ago
In the interview after the equalizer, the amazing captain said: We were not able to
Win a game that determines the league championship! At that time, everyone thought Robson was alarmist, but just imagine, if Millwall did not take away the precious draw at Aiya Sumei Park, the morale blow to the entire season would have been
What kind of impact will it have?..."
The media always likes to predict the trend of football matches. If you guess it right, it is true knowledge, and if you guess it wrong, it is sensationalism.
However, this issue of the Daily Mail sold well. Richard's article was widely recognized, and the cover showed an old photo of Nedvi at the Aiya Sumei Park Stadium three months ago.
After Germany scored the equalizing goal, the moment Aldridge knelt down, raised his arms and roared to the sky, it was a young man who was not a player who made an action similar to a player's celebration and catharsis, and Aldridge's popularity suddenly rose.
The war was about to begin, and Aldridge was in the office looking at the team roster and Dr. Thompson's injury recovery report on the players.
dong dong
"Please come in."
Bernd Schneider, wearing casual clothes, walked into the office. Aldrich closed the document in his hand and asked gently: "Bernd, is something wrong?"
Schneider sat down across from the desk and said honestly: "Boss, I think I have fully recovered and I want to start the next game."
He has been recuperating from his injury for the past month and returned to the team to participate in joint training last week.
Aldrich smiled, stood up and poured him a glass of water, then stood outside the desk, his butt slightly touching the table, and he smiled and said: "But I plan to let you be a substitute in the next game.
"
Schneider raised his head and looked at Aldrich, frowning and said: "But I have fully recovered."
Aldrich waved his hand and said: "I know, but the next game will be very intense. Bernd, you are an indispensable member of the team, and I don't want to take the risk of having you face an intense game after your comeback.
We still have a lot of games this season, don't we?"
"But......"
"But the next game is against Middlesbrough, right?"
Schneider nodded.
In the first place battle, such a crucial battle, he naturally wants to appear in the game.
Aldridge bent down and asked mysteriously: "Bernd, you have been with the team for more than half a year. What kind of person do you think I am?"
Schneider was stunned, scratched his head and said: "Boss, you are a pragmatic person, a down-to-earth person, uh, a reliable person."
Aldridge shrugged and said: "Actually, I am also an ambitious and arrogant person. To tell you the truth, I don't take Middlesbrough seriously at all. Yes, they are a mature team.
But they have no potential, and our potential has only been tapped less than half. Our future is destined not to be theirs.
They can be compared with each other, so what I am thinking about now is the opponents in the Premier League half a year from now. Then the games with Manchester United and Liverpool will be called real battles. Don’t listen to the key battles promoted by the media.
, putting us in the same league as Middlesbrough really pisses me off."
Bernd-Schneider was amused. He didn't expect Aldrich to have such a side.
But his intelligence made him understand instantly. He nodded and said: "Boss, I understand. I won't disturb your work. Bye."
After sending Schneider away, Aldridge went back behind his desk and wrote down the starting lineup for the weekend's game in his playbook.
There are no other changes in the main lineup except for Beckham replacing Schneider in the right midfield.
At a press conference the day before the game, Aldridge said in a low-key manner: This is just an ordinary league game. No matter what the result is, the schedule that will really determine the league championship will be in April and May.
Such an argument made Aldridge the target of verbal criticism from the media the next day, saying he was being too hypocritical.
However, his humble expression of the importance he attached to Middlesbrough and his respect for Bryan Robson still won him a lot of plaudits.
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