Unexpectedly, the sales of major newspapers such as The Times the next day were not as high as those of some tabloids compared with the same period last year.
Although these major newspapers focused on describing Millwall's championship celebrations, and Liverpool's stumble at the feet of Bradford, who was fourth from the bottom in the league, resulting in Leeds United finishing fourth in the league and winning the title despite an away draw.
A place in the Champions League qualifying rounds for next season.
However, their informative game report reviews, including reviews of the Premier League season and other articles, are no match for a photo from a tabloid.
Aldridge had never taken a photo, and the photos of him shirtless in the Lion's Den were processed with special effects and published. It no longer mattered what the text described. In short, the sales of the tabloid increased significantly.
Aldrich had no choice but to say that this was not an infringement, especially since most tabloids wrote articles in a serious manner, citing his photos to earn sales. The effect was surprisingly good. Of course, most of the people would pay for it.
Most of the readers are female.
Millwall begins full preparations for the FA Cup final.
Aldridge reminded the players in training that they must first forget about the Champions League final, so that they can play well in the FA Cup final.
If the whole team is thinking about the Champions League final, they are likely to focus on one thing and miss the other. And since the FA Cup will be played first, once the FA Cup final is lost, the impact will be spread to the Champions League final four days later.
Chelsea, the opponents in the FA Cup final, began to disrupt Millwall. Vialli believed that Aldridge's coaching level was admirable, but it was unfair to the players this season.
"I don't know what lineup Millwall will field. Even if Hall says it himself, he can't be trusted. Everyone knows that. He will lie to confuse opponents. But if he fields the main lineup to face the FA Cup, I think it will
It’s not fair to other Millwall players, Klose, Groenjar, Larmour, Lampard, they are Millwall
Larsson Nedvěd, the biggest contributor to our reaching the FA Cup final? Yes, they are stronger. But they did not play for a minute in the previous games of the FA Cup, not even a minute, but
They appear in the final and they are heroes when they win. People will not remember the real heroes. I am talking about Lampard and Grenjaer."
If Vialli's remarks were said by a neutral person, they would definitely sound reasonable.
But when it came out of his mouth, everyone understood what it meant.
Disturbing the enemy, maybe, is a little timid.
In the five years since Millwall entered the Premier League, they have not lost against Chelsea in the past five years and have achieved an overwhelming win rate.
Vialli's remarks caused a stir in Fleet Street and received many supportive voices.
This is a common thing. Fleet Street is not absolutely in favor of Millwall. Once at the right time, they can create a greater public opinion effect, they will not hesitate to stand against Millwall.
This wave of public opinion will inevitably affect Millwall, but Aldridge chose to remain silent.
He is not the nanny of the team, he is the owner and the coach.
Thinking is what the players themselves should do.
In essence, Aldridge is safeguarding collective interests, not a certain player. He is not insisting on giving honors to Pirlo, Larsson and the others, playing in the finals and playing in the strongest lineup. Is that wrong?
If the substitute players feel unbalanced, it means they have not corrected their mentality.
They were the ones who were eliminated from the League Cup, and they were the ones who advanced to the FA Cup final. But it is undeniable that Millwall did not encounter too many challenges on the way to the FA Cup. The biggest opponent they encountered was Arsenal, and Arsenal won the FA Cup.
The main force knocked them out of the League Cup, the substitutes came on as substitutes, and Millwall passed the FA Cup.
Only the semi-final against Aston Villa was a particularly exciting performance for them. In the others, there were still problems. The result was a win, but they should pay more attention to their own improved training value.
Besides, if you only focus on one trophy, haha, what can you expect from a player like this?
Being able to be so lucky in defending the FA Cup this year is inseparable from Manchester United's withdrawal. Manchester United is stronger in the league this year than in the past few years. The league points will not lie. If they participate in the FA Cup, they are likely to compete with Mir
Wall met, either in the finals or on the road before.
Unfortunately, in January, the Football Association of England put a "gun" to the head of Manchester United, forcing them to give up the FA Cup and instead fly to Brazil to participate in the first FIFA Club World Cup.
Manchester United had already played in the Toyota Cup, but was still forced to participate in the Club World Cup and therefore had to withdraw from the FA Cup.
At that time, FIFA also invited Millwall, but Aldridge directly rejected it.
The teacher comes from Wuming!
The Champions League champion is Manchester United. Millwall was only the domestic champion last season, so why should they join in the fun?
The reason why the FA secretly threatens Manchester United to go to Brazil to participate in the Club World Cup is that the FA believes that England must have a team to participate in such FIFA-organized events, and then please FIFA and bid for England to host the 2006 World Cup.
Increase your chips.
According to what Andrew told Aldridge afterwards, the reason why the FA did not put pressure on Millwall was because the England national team did not have a coach at the time. The FA was afraid that they would not be able to find a coach before the European Cup started. Aldridge always
He is the best person to deal with emergencies, so he doesn't want to stalemate the relationship with Millwall, and besides, as long as there is an English team participating, that will be fine.
As a Millwall player, you have to be both sensible and ambitious.
Aldridge did not talk to the players. Some things are better left unsaid than said. Being open and honest will only make tacit things become awkward and change the atmosphere in the locker room.
This is a competitive environment, and it is important to recognize yourself and measure yourself.
The point is not whether you can play in the finals, the point is whether you are qualified enough to be better than your teammates at the same position and get the starting spot based on your strength.
Perhaps Fleet Street hoped to see Millwall's substitute players "rise up", but the rebellion did not happen. Perhaps it was also due to the fact that the Van der Meyde incident happened not long ago, so Millwall remained calm.
May 20th.
The FA Cup final is played at Wembley.
Coincidentally, today is Aldridge's 24th birthday.
Two years ago today, they won the first Champions League trophy in the club's history. Today, Millwall's players are united and still hope to reward themselves with the trophy and use it as a gift to the leader who made them famous.
At Wembley, Chelsea wore the traditional dark blue jersey, while Millwall wore the away white jersey.
Aldridge has been standing on the sidelines supervising the battle. When playing against Chelsea, he does not need to adjust his tactics too much because he knows the opponent thoroughly. Vialli also has difficulty in creating problems for Aldridge at the tactical level. There is no headache like Del Bosque's change of formation.
Appear.
By controlling the midfield and taking advantage of the players' passing and controlling abilities, Millwall steadily dominates the situation on the field. When defending, they mainly focus on high-pressure pressing. With this method, they are almost reaching the level of proficiency.
The only shortcoming is the center. Klose still cannot replace Henry. It is difficult for him to keep up with the dizzying rhythm of the main lineup's offensive, passing and coordination. After the opening, he got a lot of opportunities, or he ran slowly.
It's just that the timing wasn't right.
Henry is sitting on the bench. He has firmly won the Premier League Golden Boot and the European Golden Boot. If nothing unexpected happens today, Aldridge is not going to let him play. In the last two rounds of the league, the main players have had rest time.
He is the only one who insists on playing in order to score goals.
Vialli watched as his team played deeper and deeper, and its counterattacks became weaker and weaker. He was familiar with this scene. In the past two years against Millwall, his team could not take any advantage in the midfield.
For example, Chelsea often attacks Manchester United, but they always stumble against Arsenal and Millwall, because Manchester United's midfield is sometimes very empty, while Arsenal and Millwall's midfielders will not give their opponents any chance to pass and penetrate successfully.
At this point, Chelsea does not have an advantage. In terms of personal ability, their players except forward Zola can make a difference. In other points, the chance of winning one-on-one is not high.
In the 34th minute of the first half, Schneider reached down and passed the ball from the bottom line, causing chaos in the Chelsea penalty area. Desailly made a clearance and hit his own player. Larsson missed the ball and sent it into the goal.
"As expected, Millwall scored first! Chelsea's overall strength is far behind Millwall. It's a bit pale to talk about tactics at this time. After all, comparing the players of the two teams at the same position will naturally tell everyone who is stronger.
The Premier League champions, the creators of the unbeaten record in 48 league games, are better than Chelsea in terms of skills, tactics, mentality, game experience, etc. Although this goal does not look convincing, the side that has the absolute advantage
It seems natural to be ahead."
The Lion fans in the Wembley stands were shouting loudly, waving Millwall flags and shouting wildly.
The Blues and Chelsea fans were about to collapse.
Suppressed by the mortal enemy, suppressed to death!
This situation has been going on for five years!
Five years!
Who will save them?
Especially in the past five years, this is the third time they have met Millwall in the final where the Champions Trophy is decided. It seems that today will be their third runner-up finish in front of Millwall.
This really devastated Blues fans.
The Lions fans don't think so much, just like they have been suppressed by West Ham United for most of the past 100 years. When the great captain of West Ham United became an English legend, who has considered what the Lions fans think?
Weak, who cares?
Aldrich turned his head and glanced at Vialli after the goal. The other man put his head in his hands and closed his eyes as if he let out a long sigh.
In the 44th minute of the game, Ronaldinho dribbled horizontally in front of the penalty area and just passed a Chelsea defender when he was suddenly tackled to the ground from behind.
Aldridge saw this scene on the sidelines, especially after seeing clearly the jersey number of the player Chelsea tackled. He immediately shouted to Schneider, who was closest to him on the court: "Go! Put Ronaldinho and the opponent together."
Separate! Don’t let him conflict with the other party!”
After receiving the order, Schneider immediately ran towards the location of the incident.
Aldridge had no expression on his face. He saw that the player who put the shovel was the bad boy Wise. Ronaldinho stood up after falling, but he didn't know what Wise said when he stood up at the same time. Ronaldinho really talked to him.
The exchange started, but Ronaldinho did not physically touch the opponent.
Ronaldinho thought that I was going to play in the Champions League final. Fortunately, he was not injured by the shovel. Naturally, he paid more attention to protecting himself. When Wise released the shovel, he jumped to avoid it and fell to the ground. This was not diving, but self-protection.
Protect.
Diving is to get a foul without the opponent's non-foul behavior. Ronaldinho's action is to avoid himself being injured. Could he just wait for the opponent to actually kick him in the leg?
But Wise just satirized him for being a performer.
Ronaldinho was furious at this, and he also knew that the other party was not a good person. Theory? Reasoning is of no use!
So, the two simply exchanged swear words and faced each other. The tip of their noses was less than 5 centimeters away from each other, and the situation became tense. (To be continued...)
