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"Millwall sweeps everything!"
"The unstoppable lion!"
"Who's going to stop Millwall? Hall: No one!"
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Fleet Street has done all it can to hype up a series of exciting games played by Millwall in recent times. Aldridge defeated Hitzfield twice and defeated Ferguson and Wenger successively, making him the public enemy number one in the European coaching world.
Meanwhile Fleet Street is complaining about the Champions League format.
The group stage is divided into two stages. First of all, the excitement is reduced.
Six rounds of games determine the top 16, which is nothing. At the beginning of the season, there is a warm-up period, which is good for the team and the enjoyment of the game.
However, to advance from 16 to 8, you still need to play 6 games, which makes the competition much less exciting. Can the excitement brought by two battles in 180 minutes be the same as that of 6 games with 360 minutes of points calculation?
Just like now, the final round of the second stage of the Champions League group stage is about to begin. Many games have lost their utilitarian significance. Winning and losing have no impact on advancing to the top eight. The games are more like routine formalities.
During this period of time, when all the major leagues are in full swing at the end of the season, the Champions League is staged with no suspense and no excitement. The fans are dissatisfied, and the broadcasters are also dissatisfied. Those participating teams in the Champions League are more like playing business.
The main thing is to compete and make money.
Two days later, Millwall will go to Turkey to challenge Galatasaray away from home. Millwall, which has advanced in advance after winning 5 games, will definitely not send another main player to the game. It will not even include a main player in the squad.
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Today, the team is training as usual. On a sunny afternoon, the main players, who will stay in London to rest during the week, have just finished a set of training and are sitting on the court to rest.
"How about the castle?"
"Troublesome, it will definitely be far away from the club, and driving will be a waste of time."
Ronaldinho was lying on the grass with his legs dangling, exchanging opinions with Schneider.
Recently, he wants to buy a new house, but he feels that the three-story building he currently lives in is too small. Ideally, he wants a house that can accommodate more than 50 people for parties.
Schneider pinched his bicep, poked it with his finger, as if testing the hardness, and said casually: "You can just go to the boss's brother, and it will be done within three days."
Ronaldinho thought for a while and nodded: "It seems that I still have to trouble him. Do you think it's strange or not? I have been in London for so many years, but now I want to buy a house, but I have no clue."
"What's so strange? If you didn't play football or train, wander around outside every day, and read real estate news every day, you would know everything. Unfortunately, that's not what you do."
Ronaldinho smiled and said: "Yes, just like the boss said, I only have one job, and that is to play football well. Haha."
Southgate, Henry and Nedved were sitting not far away and chatting.
Henry put his hands on the grass behind him and looked at another training ground in the distance. Aldridge took a tactical book and carefully arranged training tasks for the first four players. Henry chuckled: "Sometimes I really don't understand, everything.
The newspapers say that the next game will be just a formality for us, so why doesn’t the boss sit down and take a rest?”
Southgate pointed at Ronaldinho, who was shaking his head leisurely, and said: "If the boss hadn't been like this, he might not be where he is today, as well as many of our other outstanding teammates."
Nedved smiled and said: "In three years, you won't have such questions, because you will get used to such a scene."
Henry nodded. He is now at the peak of his career, but he has not been in Millwall for too long. It has only been almost four years since the summer of 1998.
Nedvěd and others came to the team in 1994. After the team won the Champions League in 1998, they also had doubts like Henry. There was no need for Aldridge to work so hard, but after another four years,
They are used to such leaders, and besides admiring them, they understand that this is part of the reason why Millwall is so successful.
Henry suddenly said: "Do you know what I am most afraid of now?"
"Haha, are you injured?"
"No, I'm most afraid of the World Cup in the summer, when the French team meets England. It's hard for me to imagine myself playing on the field, and then seeing the leader standing in front of the opponent's coaching bench."
Henry touched his bald head. He had experienced that feeling before. When he played for Monaco and played against Millwall, he never wanted to experience that feeling again. There was something terrifying and weird about it that made him taboo.
Southgate smiled, while Nedvěd smiled a little forcedly.
Southgate realized something and said to Nedved: "Hey, don't think too much, listen, now we have to stay in a happy mood and face every next game with full energy."
Nedved pushed Southgate and laughed.
As the World Cup approaches, this topic is discussed within the Millwall team. The most lonely person is Nedvěd, which also makes him a little embarrassed. Among the team's main lineup, he is the only one who has missed the World Cup.
Gattuso and his good friend Pirlo sat cross-legged next to the goal, with their backs leaning against the goal post. Pirlo held his chin and looked at Aldrich on the other training ground, while Gattuso pulled out a hand.
He counted the grass in his hands in boredom.
"Hey, tell me, would an Italian coach be like the boss?"
Gattuso turned back to follow Pirlo's gaze, then turned back and continued to throw away the grass in his palm one by one, saying: "Which club's coach are you talking about? Inter Milan's Cooper can be
I'm not Italian. I heard that AC Milan's head coach has a good relationship with the boss in private. Newspaper
It is said that when Thuram transferred to Parma, the boss got to know the coach who always failed at critical moments. Lippi of Juventus should not be like this, he always looks cool, if one day
It must be so cool to sit on the coach's bench and smoke a cigar while the game is going on!"
The "disgraced coach" mentioned by Gattuso refers to An Pang.
During Ancelotti's coaching tenure at Juventus, there were failures at critical moments in both seasons. In 1999, he was shockingly reversed by Manchester United. In 2000, he was reversed in the league. Fans familiar with Serie A must remember that Juventus lost the league championship.
"Heavy Rain in Perugia", Ancelotti was on the Juventus coaching bench at that time.
After seeing no response from Pirlo for a long time, Gattuso turned around and asked with a smile: "Are you reluctant to leave? Then you can stay."
Pirlo raised his head, the back of his head pressed against the pillar, his eyes a little dazed.
In fact, the four Italian internationals wanted to leave, but their initial thoughts were not firm. Everyone has complex factors affecting their life, family, career, and even the conservative ethos of the Italian national team may also affect their thoughts. Sometimes they just give it to themselves.
Find your own reasons and convince yourself, but Pirlo knows that he wants to leave
His belief is very firm. His family is in Italy. He is not a fisherman family like Gattuso. He is an out-and-out rich second generation. Moreover, he is tired of always speaking English as his second language with people here.
Communication, in the context of extremely successful and brilliant careers, the environment here itself limits their social interaction.
There are gains and losses, life will not be perfect, and the focus of the world is not on him. He wants to live more freely, more freely, and more contentedly. If he chooses to leave, then he must be prepared to lose.
He knew that he would never meet a coach like Aldridge again in his life, a leader who left a deep impression on him even when he watched him work from a distance.
But there is no way, football is not everything in his life, and he has already gained so much in the field of football.
Pirlo turned around and saw Gattuso plucking grass and then counting and throwing them away. He cursed: "Are you too cheap?"
"Do you care?"
Gattuso glared at Pirlo, then lowered his head to continue counting, but raised his head again and frowned.
Damn, I forgot where to count!
Before he could trouble Pirlo and blame him for interrupting him, Pirlo smashed a handful of grass directly on his head, got up and ran away.
"Idiot, I'm going against you! Stop right there!"
Seeing this pair of good friends starting to fight each other again, the other teammates burst into laughter.
Aldridge was working on another field when he suddenly noticed that the attention of the players in front of him was drawn away. He turned around and saw Gattuso riding on Pirlo, constantly pulling grass from the turf and stuffing it into Pirlo's jersey.
He waved his finger and pointed at the two men and shouted to Boas: "Vilas, let them run circles, three times!"
It was supposed to be a break, but I actually had the energy to play around. I was very happy, so let’s run around to vent my energy.
Boas suppressed his laughter and waved to Pirlo and Gattuso, supervising them to run laps.
Aldridge is back at work. From the outside, it doesn't matter whether Millwall plays or not in the next game. They have qualified early.
But for the head coach, this game is part of the job, and in Aldrich's eyes, this is a very important job: training new players!
If he doesn't pay attention to such games, it's hard to imagine that Ronaldinho, Gattuso, Materazzi, Alonso, Klose and other players can still grow up well.
There were four players standing in front of him, Ronaldo, Kaká, Klose and Villa.
If it were just to train the players and increase their game experience, Aldridge wouldn't need to assign too many tasks to them, but Aldridge thinks it's time to start specializing in training Kaká and Cristiano Ronaldo.
"Where did I just say that?"
Aldridge was disturbed by the fight between Pirlo and Gattuso, so he asked questions.
Klose said: "Boss, you said we would not rely on one player."
"Ah, yes, the outside world knows that Millwall's Henry is the top scorer, so they will restrict him in a targeted manner. If our tactics absolutely use Henry as the core of the offense, we may be restricted at critical moments, so you will see
Goals scored by Larsson, Nedved and Ronaldinho
It is not low. The key role here is the entire offensive team. It only relies on one player and other players create opportunities for him. Then the offense is very single. However, if everyone can create opportunities for each other, the power of such an offense will increase exponentially.
Whatever ascends, let it be done likewise to you."
Klose and Villa must understand what Aldridge said, and Kaka and Ronaldo may need a little more time to digest it.
"Okay, let's be more detailed. One-on-one, you all have a certain success rate of breakthrough. Whether it is 20% or 50%, if you are given 5 chances, you will succeed at least once. What is the problem? Your opponent will not succeed.
Maybe one person is used to defend you every time. This is the focus of defense. If we only rely on Klose, then the opponent will invest 2 or 3 people.
Defend him and limit him, and our offense will be finished. But if Klose and Villa both have such threats, the opponent's focus will constantly swing between them when defending. If we have 3 people, 4
If each individual can exert the greatest threat, then the opponent will not be able to keep up with our rhythm, and the offensive threat will shift faster than the defensive focus! This is the focus and essence, do you understand?"
Except for Ronaldo, everyone else nodded.
Cristiano Ronaldo asked: "Then how do you make all four of them a threat?"
Aldridge said: "Read the game, observe the situation, if you face two or three people defending, the first thing you have to realize is: I attracted 2-3 defensive players, then the opponent's defense in other areas will definitely
There will be holes or become weaker, and my teammates will have a better chance to threaten the goal. At this stage, you must first develop awareness. Don't just use your eyes to see the opening and think it is there.
Opportunities, you have to think about it. When this kind of thinking becomes inertia, your ability will be greatly improved if you use it in the game. You have to understand that we are a wealthy family, we are a top team, and no opponent will directly expose you to carelessness.
An excellent space allows you to score a goal or provide an assist to your teammates. If you don't think about it, you will always have to fight back, because only on counterattack can you have a huge space for your eyes to see."
After thinking for a while, Ronaldo nodded fiercely, as if he had an epiphany. (To be continued...)
