Ronaldinho's training quality this day was extremely poor. He couldn't keep up with the rhythm in the morning. In the afternoon, the coaching staff separated him from the first team and trained alone.
I took a short rest at noon, but I still didn't get enough sleep, and the bloodshot eyes were clearly visible.
When he knocked on the door of Aldridge's office, Aldridge stood behind his desk with his back to him, his hands in his pockets and looking out the window at the training ground.
"Boss, I know you are very dissatisfied with my performance today. I apologize..."
Ronaldinho took the initiative to apologize when he walked in, but when he saw Aldrich still had his back turned to him, he raised his hand to stop him from continuing to say anything, and instead waved him over.
Ronaldinho walked behind the desk and saw several British tabloid newspapers on the table. The front pages showed his various ugly scenes of reveling in nightclubs.
When he walked up to Aldrich, he knew and experienced it for the first time.
It turns out that from this position and looking out of the floor-to-ceiling windows, you can overlook all the training fields of the entire Leo training base.
Here is Aldrich's office. After moving here in the summer more than five years ago, he stood in front of the window countless times, his vision covering the entire training ground in the Leo training base. The scene was not spectacular, but it was slightly amusing.
People are shocked.
The success of a team lies on the field, but the guarantee of success on the field is training. Without good training, there will be no good performance on the field. There is no doubt about this.
Luck? Goddess of destiny? That's just an excuse used by the weak to cover up their failures or to envy the strong.
"It was almost five years ago that you first appeared here and showed your talent for the first time on that field."
Aldrich pointed to a training field on the far side. It was too far away and it was impossible to clearly point out the specific area. But it could bring back memories for Ronaldinho.
That young man who won everyone's respect and admiration from the first time he touched the ball on the training field, his football dream started from here.
Ronaldinho turned to look at Aldrich, suddenly feeling that he couldn't understand Aldrich's eyes.
The boss who could accompany him crazy in the past, who was a hundred times harsher on him at work, and who was approachable in life, now gave him a sense of strangeness and distance.
When Aldrich slowly turned his head to look at him, Ronaldinho lowered his head.
Before coming, he was mentally prepared to face Aldrich's thunderous wrath. He would come as he wanted, be scolded, and then he could leave, and then everything would disappear.
However, when he met Aldrich's eyes, he did not dare to look at Aldrich's eyes again. It was full of disappointment, like a sharp sword that penetrated his heart and pierced his emotions.
The package of self-blame, guilt, and shame swept through his body in an instant, as if trying to drain all the strength from his body.
He always knew how high Aldrich's expectations were for him.
But at this moment, he seemed to have failed to live up to all his expectations for him.
"do you understand me?"
Aldrich spoke softly.
Ronaldinho nodded.
He thinks he knows his boss, so he never thinks that he has special privileges because of Aldrich's regard. If he breaks team rules, he will be punished.
"No, you don't understand. In my current position, I have to win, keep winning, make this club even more glorious and make Millwall an unshakable force in Europe. This is what I wake up every day.
Tell myself, I must be full of motivation to work, and I must forget what achievements I have made in the past, so that I can work down-to-earth, instead of naively thinking that nothing will change, victory will come easily, and defeat will always be at our hands.
He is defeated."
Ronaldinho nodded anyway. He wanted to say something, but felt that whatever he said seemed feeble.
Aldrich turned around and looked out the window again, and said softly: "Maybe you think I'm making a fuss. You were just late today and had a bad training, but I think this should be taken seriously. There is a first time and there is a second time.
, the third time, if things continue like this, if you don’t have good training as a guarantee, your competitive state will deteriorate.
The road is slipping. So, let's have an honest conversation, and I want to keep things simple, and I'm giving you time to go back to Brazil for a vacation, to be with your family, to be with your friends, and to indulge, okay, you deserve it.
, after all, you have relatively few friends here. I understand this. I will also play with my friends occasionally.
It's crazy. However, when you are in the club, you must plan your leisure time reasonably. I didn't let you play in the last game. I just let you have a good rest and let you recover from the fatigue caused by traveling with the national team.
, but you went to the nightclub instead, not only did you fail to achieve the set goal of rest and recovery
, even training has been affected. Ronaldinho, you belong to football, and you should work harder in this area. You know what amazing things you can do in this field. You only live once, please do it well.
Take advantage of it. Tomorrow the team will play in the Champions League, and you can stay at the club to train alone."
Only then did Ronaldinho realize, and he suddenly understood why he felt a sense of distance and strangeness from Aldrich.
Perhaps, it is because Aldrich still maintains a strong source of motivation for struggle despite such a successful career, working hard and having the ambition to be more successful.
He has won the league championship and the Champions League. Ronaldinho's name has transformed from a supernova to a genuine super star in Europe. Whether he can become a superstar depends on his performance in international competitions or his performance in international competitions.
The club continues its excellent form.
If there is anyone in Millwall whom Ronaldinho trusts the most, it must be Aldridge, his boss. Not only will he not hurt him, but everything he does is for his sake, making him good and making him better.
, let him become the best!
"Boss, I promise, there will be no next time!"
Aldrich raised his left hand and shook his head: "Don't make verbal promises, actions are more convincing than words."
Ronaldinho said nothing more and turned around to leave. As for him being excluded from the squad for tomorrow's game, this is the penalty imposed by the club. Moreover, based on his training performance today, he is not qualified to be in the starting lineup.
When Ronaldinho gently closed the office door, Aldrich stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling window and whispered in a low voice: "If you concentrate on playing football, God will also smile."
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Ronaldinho went home and rested that day. The next day he got into the rhythm of focused training early.
Millwall did not include him in the squad for the Champions League away game. Aldrich avoided talking about it at the press conference and coolly dealt with the discussion about Ronaldinho. As long as Ronaldinho can correct his mentality and stop showing up in nightclubs, there will be no talk about him.
The off-field topics will disappear.
Sporting Lisbon, Newcastle United, Derby County, Manchester City. Sporting Lisbon, Leeds United, Southampton.
In 7 games in 40 days, Millwall achieved 5 wins and 2 draws.
In the Champions League, they played back-to-back against Sporting Lisbon, away from home and then at home. They got a draw at home and all three points at home. After four rounds of the first stage of the Champions League group stage, Millwall had 2 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss, ranking second in the group with 7 points.
, the situation of this group surprised the outside world. Spartak Moscow from Eastern Europe defeated Millwall in the first round. After an upset, they won three consecutive victories and gained points.
It has reached 12 points. It is very likely to advance directly as the first in the group. It is only one draw away from the theoretical realization. Anyway, qualifying is no problem, but the stronger Hamburg and Sporting Lisbon are ranked third and fourth in the group.
, as long as Millwall defeats Spartak Moscow in the next round, it will basically be declared qualified for the group, but the possibility of unexpected elimination is not impossible.
There were 4 wins and 1 draw in 5 games in the league. Except for a draw at Elland Road where O'Leary's desperate midfielder pressed hard, all other opponents were defeated by Millwall.
After 15 rounds of the Premier League, Millwall has 9 wins and 6 draws, continuing its unbeaten momentum. The unbeaten record in the league has also reached an astonishing 63 games!
In the Premier League standings, Millwall is only ranked second.
Manchester United's start to the new season was not ideal, but starting from the 9th round, they won 7 consecutive victories. After 15 rounds, they occupied the top spot with 36 points with a record of 11 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss, 3 points ahead of Millwall.
Arsenal, which suffered two consecutive defeats in the 14th and 15th rounds, has a tendency to fall behind, with 7 wins.
With 4 draws and 4 losses, there were only 25 points. Even before Christmas, they were left 11 points behind by the leaders. Leeds United, with 7 wins, 5 draws and 3 losses, had 1 point more than Arsenal. Liverpool had 7 wins, 2 draws and 6 losses.
Following closely behind with 23 points, Chelsea bid farewell to the championship group early with 4 wins, 5 draws and 6 losses with 17 points.
Fleet Street breathed a sigh of relief, the situation in the Premier League was much more optimistic than last year.
The championship group, well, there is no longer the group expected before the season. No one doubts that the competition for the league title this season is still between Millwall and Manchester United. Behind them, Arsenal, Leeds United, and Liverpool are all two points away from the top spot.
The number of digits means a difference of at least four games. With such a margin for error, Millwall or Manchester United may make mistakes as a single team in the remaining 23 rounds of the league, but
The possibility of two teams making mistakes at the same time and giving the team behind them a chance to catch up is really slim. Especially in a 6-point battle, the possibility of a strong dialogue to gain an advantage in two rounds is not high, even if Arsenal is given a gift.
Manchester United has only lost one team so far this season, but that was at Highbury. If Arsenal cannot escape from Old Trafford in the second half, it will be a tie between the two teams, and no one will take advantage.
For more than a month, Aldrich was in a good mood.
In addition to Ronaldinho eliminating the previous negative news with his training and on-field performance, at the same time, Millwall welcomed a player who will soon belong to them in London.
Kaka learned in the hospital in Sao Paulo that Millwall and the Sao Paulo club had once again reached a player transfer agreement. At the same time, Andrew came to the hospital to visit him on behalf of Aldridge and handed him Aldridge's letter.
This time, Kaka was moved.
He has never played in a formal game, and has not even made his professional debut yet. Millwall's offensive against him in the summer has actually tempted him, but his family does not want him to go to Europe prematurely.
Especially since Millwall is full of talents, if he goes directly to a top club, he may not get many opportunities and is afraid that he will be buried.
He hopes to make a name for himself in Brazil first and then consider developing in Europe.
A sudden disaster occurred, and he broke his spine. For a player who was injured in this area and was still broke, a top coach in European football still did not give up chasing him. Kaká, there is no reason not to be touched.
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In particular, Millwall also contacted the top medical team for him at the same time, and rushed to Brazil as a last step. Regardless of whether Kaka agreed to the transfer, Millwall's arrangement was free of charge.
Kaká’s father is his agent. After seeing Millwall’s sincere move, he finally gave the nod to let Kaká transfer to Millwall. As for salary and benefits, Millwall’s signings for the first team
The minimum standard is very generous compared to Brazilian players, especially the current Kaká.
The Kaka family came to London, not to settle down, but to accompany Kaka to receive spinal treatment and recovery in London. Aldridge would take time to visit Kaka in the hospital and exchange some football topics with him.
As for player transfers, Millwall has reached an agreement with Sao Paulo. Kaka's transfer value is 6 million pounds. The transfer time is next summer. The transfer will be in January next year. Millwall cannot operate and there is no space.
Kaka is a non-European player. If you want him to come to Millwall, you must activate the special talent clause. The club must operate and deal with the Football Association. There will be plenty of time in the summer to make full preparations to facilitate this. If in
If the month is yellow, the possibility of yellow is very high. (To be continued...)
