With the new year and new atmosphere, Millwall is still the focus of European football. There is one thing that may not attract attention at this time, but it caught Aldridge's attention for a moment.
Magic bird Mourinho takes over Porto!
Coaching at Benfica ended in failure. Mourinho regrouped in Liana and won the favor of the Portuguese Super League giants based on his excellent results for more than half a year. Behind him, his agent Mendes also contributed to the cause.
As soon as the news passed, Aldridge put it behind him and found that his mentality had changed slightly. When he first traveled through time, he would feel that famous coaches such as Mourinho and Guardiola were very close to him. This is very close, not because of his strength.
, but an impression, but as he walked through the late 1980s and 1990s again, it felt more and more distant. Perhaps, for him, the memory became more and more distant.
If you think about it carefully, by the time Magic Bird, Guardiola and others have become famous, now that I have laid a foundation that attracts much attention, when I face them again, my mentality will certainly be different from before.
Even An Pang, the coach of the Mesozoic Era, is not yet considered to have achieved such great success.
The winter transfer window is open, and there are many clubs making offers or asking for rent from Millwall. Most of the scandals between giants are fabricated by the media. In the middle of the season, there are few major signings. The factors that promote transfers, besides money,
It also includes plans for the entire season for both clubs, that is to say, even if there is
People want to buy Millwall's stars at sky-high prices. The offer is hard to refuse, but for the sake of the second half of the season, Millwall has to refuse the temptation. Maybe the transfer fee income will be very high, but for the second half of the season, the record
The impact is huge. The invisible losses may not be recouped by transfer fees.
However, some of the offers for renting out well-known players are sincere. However, Millwall's first team is tight this season. It is just enough for them to use, and they do not have enough manpower to rent them out. Several unknown players in the reserve team have been replaced by the British.
Clubs from League One and League Two have chosen them. Regarding their future, the club has given them a position and will not stand in the way. Accompanying the prince to study is just a basic task. They can find a way out, and everyone is happy.
People come and go, the reserve team not only undergoes huge changes in personnel in the summer, but also undergoes frequent personnel changes in the winter. This place itself is a hard-hitting camp, and players who have performed well in the reserve league for half a season are undervalued.
A level professional club looks normal. Millwall doesn't regret it either. Most of these players, who are top notch but only second-rate players, can bring a batch of fresh blood into their youth training base at any time.
Compared with the sudden increase in the work of the reserve team, the first team is orderly, no one comes, no one leaves. The winter transfer window seems to not exist for the first team.
In the middle of the FA Cup war, Premier League teams have joined the fray. Millwall will go away to challenge Wycombe in their first game. Naturally, the main roster will be substitutes.
In the training base, after today's training, the team will hold a pre-game preparation meeting. They will go to the game tomorrow.
Lineup running-in, tactical training. Everything was done step by step. Aldrich looked at the players on the bench training hard and with a hard-working and serious attitude. He was very satisfied. He didn't know if it was because most of the players on the main line-up had already become famous, or maybe it was because of their age.
Instead, he now feels that he prefers the players on the bench. At least they are motivated and enterprising, which makes people happy to see them.
Clapping his hands to attract the attention of the players, Aldrich waved again, and the players took the initiative to stand up and come to him.
The first team was all in front of him, and he said: "Those who are not in the squad tomorrow can leave now. Goodbye."
Southgate, Nedved and others said hello to their teammates and left first.
Now there were only 18 people left in front of us.
Aldridge glanced at the players in front of him one by one, and finally fixed his gaze on Ronaldo's face. His calm gaze made Ronaldo feel terrified.
In the last game he played, Aldrich gave him a lesson during halftime, which he will probably remember for the rest of his life.
Did you do something wrong again today?
Cristiano Ronaldo felt uneasy, thinking that Aldridge might give him an ideological inoculation...
However, Aldrich put his right hand into his pocket, walked up to him, and put his other hand on his shoulder. Ronaldo felt that his breathing became suppressed.
He almost blurted out: Boss, save me some face!
He is the youngest here, and also the most smug. If Aldrich lectures him in public, he doesn't know if he will lose his composure.
At his age, face is equivalent to dignity and cannot be violated.
In private, no matter what happens between the master and the disciple, it is kept confidential. Ronaldo can accept it. If it is made public, it is difficult to say.
Aldrich took something out of his pocket and put it in front of Ronaldo, which startled Ronaldo. After seeing what was in Aldridge's hand, he realized that he was in a false alarm, and his expression immediately became fanatical.
His eyes were sparkling, and he couldn't help but hold his head high and his chest high.
That's the captain's armband!
"Cristiano Ronaldo, this is the captain's armband of Millwall, do you want it?"
Aldrich asked with a normal expression.
Cristiano Ronaldo nodded quickly and said loudly: "Boss, give it to me!"
"Okay, if you have the confidence to have it, I will give it to you. But you must understand the responsibility of being the captain!"
"Don't worry, I will!"
Ronaldo's voice became louder.
In front of him was the captain's armband of a European dynasty team, which was of extraordinary significance.
Aldridge looked around at the other players and asked, "Anyone disagree?"
These are all substitutes. In fact, everyone understands that Ronaldo getting the captain's armband and being the captain in the true sense are two different concepts.
Aldridge has never officially appointed a captain other than Southgate, Nedved, Larsson, and Materazzi.
The first three players have been the main players of the first team since they came into the team, and their order is clear. If any of the three people cannot play, the person who takes over will wear the captain's armband.
Materazzi was the captain of the bench at the time, designated by Aldrich. After taking over and entering the main lineup a few years ago, the captain's armband of the bench was worn on Neal's arm. If Neal was injured, the bench
When playing a game, the player with the highest qualifications will wear the captain's armband. This is just a symbolic captain.
Neil has not been deprived of the captain's armband, because his eyes have always been on entering the main lineup and playing the starting lineup, rather than being the captain of the substitute lineup.
This is just an excess.
But Cristiano Ronaldo was personally appointed by Aldrich, which shows how highly he is valued. He is very likely to be a candidate for the true team captain in the future!
Only De Rossi showed a faint expression of disappointment.
Starting from the low-level youth team, De Rossi was the captain, and he was also the captain when he played for the reserve team. He entered the first team earlier than Ronaldo, but Aldrich handed the captain's armband to Ronaldo.
Aldrich made this decision after careful consideration.
After Cristiano Ronaldo played in his last game, there were many topics surrounding him, and the outside world praised him very highly. For example, he was the next superstar of the Lions. However, those flashy and redundant personal performances he performed in the game were Audrey.
Weirdly abhorred.
The bottom line is that Ronaldo has not yet perfectly combined technology and practicality. Even if these two points are perfectly combined, it must be integrated with the team's skills and tactics.
If he is allowed to develop like this, the fans' freshness will soon wear off, and they will gradually find that this kid is beautiful and good-looking at football, but he does not contribute much to the team, and sometimes it is even counterproductive. Then, he will be labeled
The "flashy" label.
This kind of path was taken by Cristiano Ronaldo when he was at Manchester United.
It is impossible for Aldridge to give Ronaldo a special "7" jersey like Ferguson did, even if it was not what Ronaldo himself requested.
Millwall does not have a heritage jersey number, but maybe there will be one in the future. With so many outstanding players in this generation, even if a dynasty collapses, what will be left to future generations is not only memories, but also legacy.
But Aldridge must patiently guide Ronaldo to prevent him from taking detours. The decision he made was to give him the captain's armband. Although he is not allowed to truly become the captain of the first team, as long as he comes on the bench and he also appears, he
That's the captain.
Being a captain means many things, the most important of which is team responsibility.
Aldridge feels that this kind of guidance is far more meaningful than the guidance and meaning brought by Manchester United's No. 7 jersey.
In Manchester United, the owner of the No. 7 jersey, unless he is the captain, cannot be above the captain. He still has to listen to the captain, otherwise he will commit the following crimes!
The hierarchy in football circles is almost feudal.
Making Ronaldo the captain means giving him more responsibilities, especially when he plays in a game. As the captain, the first thing he should think about is winning and leading the team to victory, rather than personal performance and individual performance. Team victory is far more important.
Far more important than personal victory!
No one objected. Aldridge handed the captain's armband to Ronaldo. When he got it, he excitedly put it on his arm and straightened his waist even more.
"Okay, let's go to the conference room."
After Aldrich gave the order, the players first went to the locker room to shower and change clothes, and then gathered in the conference room to listen to the pre-game preparation meeting hosted by the coaching staff, formulate tactics for tomorrow's battle, analyze the opponent's technical and tactical points, and conduct a series of
After setting up the arrangement, the remaining time is left to the players to digest it themselves.
Aldridge will never do these tasks 30 minutes before the start of the game. The effect is not high. Players cannot integrate them without a process of digestion and thinking. Sometimes, this is also Aldridge's standard for testing players' professional attitudes.
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Some players may have deserted during the pre-match preparation meeting, lost concentration, and played chaotically during the game the next day, losing touch with the team. Then, you can know that this player did not listen carefully to the coaching staff's pre-match arrangements.
Today's pre-match preparation meeting was not long, less than 15 minutes, because the opponent Weiganbei was not strong and the opponent's technical and tactical characteristics were not outstanding. The most important thing for Millwall was to arrange targeted offensive arrangements.
After all, Ronaldo is still a young boy under 17 years old. After taking a shower and changing his clothes, he is still wearing the captain's armband. It is estimated that he will wear it home and will definitely take a few photos to share with his family.
The pre-game preparation meeting ended and the players left one after another. Aldrich stopped De Rossi and smiled at him: "Come to my house for dinner tonight."
De Rossi agreed immediately, and the two went to the parking lot together. Aldrich drove a car, while De Rossi drove a Prince motorcycle. He was also at the age where young people love to show off, so it was fine.
Sometimes, I would ride motorcycles with some friends through the city, maybe it was a way to pick up girls and attract attention.
However, if he travels with Aguero Messi, basically no girl will come to talk to him, because it feels like he is bringing two little brothers out to play...
