The 34th round of the 2002-2003 Premier League season ended.
In the wild celebrations of the Lions fans, Millwall sent away the visiting Magpies with 5 goals.
Manchester United defeated Violent Bend 3:1 at Old Trafford.
Arsenal defeated Middlesbrough with two goals at the Riverside Stadium.
With four rounds left in the Premier League, Millwall is still ranked third in the standings, still 4 points away from the top two.
At the end of the game, Millwall continued the tradition of thanking the home fans. Compared with the more routine formalities in the past, after today's game, all the players on the field felt happy and relieved. All the pent-up feelings in their hearts were released.
All fans also believe that the haze hanging over the Lion King Stadium has completely disappeared!
Nesta held Southgate's hand with his left hand and Alonso's hand with his right hand, waving his arms to the fans in the stands on the sidelines to thank him.
It was not until the end of the game that he realized that maybe Millwall really hadn't changed much. He still couldn't feel Aldridge's substantial reforms to the team, and Aldridge didn't even give instructions from the sidelines.
But that's it, the feeling of playing the game is completely different from before.
The whole team is very lively, and he is also able to immerse himself in it when defending in the backcourt. The defender's job is often to play with the heartbeat.
A critical moment, success or failure in a split second, will have a decisive impact on the overall trend of the game. The defenders are like walking on a tightrope. Outsiders cannot understand the short and thrilling moment, which is wandering at the critical point of victory and defeat, death and survival.
The excitement it brings.
He played extremely happily in this game. In fact, no defender does not make mistakes, and no defender can really stop everything. A world-class defender like Nesta will also make mistakes sometimes, but today's 90
Minutes later, after letting his opponent rush past him for the only time, he turned around and saw Southgate calmly killing the opponent's offense in the final stage. The terrified Nesta wanted to laugh to the sky.
As for Newcastle United's counterattacks, when Nesta turned around worriedly, he could see the German goalkeeper rushing to the edge of the penalty area without giving the opponent any chance. He seemed to be playing with his heart, but he always let his opponent see it.
Hope, and then kill it with my own hands. This feeling is like domination and rule, so refreshing!
When he left the Lion King Stadium, Nesta really began to have strong expectations for his future career development with the Lions.
Aldridge left the club without being interviewed after the game. When he returned home, his two sons happily discussed the Millwall game, and the atmosphere at the dinner table became much more lively.
Only then did Aldrich realize that his life had fallen into an endless cycle of contradictions.
He loves his son, but his son also loves Millwall. In the most common terms, in order to please his two sons and make them happy, Aldridge really wants to make Millwall better and better all the time...
Three days later, Premier League Express.
Aldrich and his team are still fighting at the Lion King Stadium.
On this day, he left Fleet Street speechless again.
Perhaps many reporters have secretly insulted Aldridge a hundred times!
Millwall swept Newcastle United with 5 goals. Fleet Street and Aldridge didn't deal with it, so they shamelessly put the credit on Klinsmann!
To say that this is the legacy left by Klinsmann, the technical and tactical system, and the change of tone, one would inevitably have to quibble with oneself.
So I started throwing out conspiracy theories.
This technical and tactical system is very strong, but the Millwall locker room has already planned to overthrow Klinsmann. The whole team is ineffective and wants to force Aldridge to return!
Fleet Street is a mixed bag. Anyway, this kind of conspiracy theory is quite popular. The controversy surrounding Millwall has not disappeared yet. Only the Lions fans don't buy it and think Fleet Street has always been bullshit.
Fleet Street had just finished praising that "Klinsmann's precious legacy". Only three days later, when Millwall faced Middlesbrough at home, this "legacy" was sent to the grave by Aldridge.
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When sending the Magpies away, Millwall also completely sent Klinsmann away. Aldridge used his inaction in the competitive field in the early days of his return to justify Klinsmann's name. Whether the outside world can see it or not, he doesn't care.
, just express his feelings.
So now, it’s time to re-enter Aldrich’s era.
"Today, Millwall's starting lineup has changed significantly from before. First of all, the veteran Larsson returns to the starting lineup! At the scene, when the host read Larsson's name, cheers and applause erupted like a flood.
There is no end to the trend. Millwall fans will never forget this heroic king. He has returned to the starting lineup and returned to the fans' vision. Larsson will also burn his energy for the Wild Lions and contribute everything he has! Another
One change is that Nedved returned to the attacking midfielder position, and Lan
Pade was placed on the bench, and the other two midfielders, Alonso continued to start, partnered with him was the Italian De Rossi. This Italian had good performance and growth last season, but this time
There was a lack of performance opportunities during the season. I only heard that he performed very well in the reserve league, leading the Millwall reserve team to lock in the reserve league championship early. It seems that Sir Hall is building a new generation of crazy lions, De Rossi,
Alonso, Lampard, the three of them will compete fiercely in the midfield."
In fact, the real reform has not yet begun.
But one thing will not change, and that is the concept.
The second generation of the Wild Lions relied on offense to sweep across Europe, especially the attacking foursome headed by Ronaldinho, Nedvěd, Larsson, and Henry in the gorgeous attacking group.
Since this is a success, we should continue to persevere. Even though Nedved and Larsson are a little older, their tacit understanding over the past few years and their richer experience will make them still Aldrich's trustworthy ones.
Players, especially Larsson and Nedved, are known for their long career life and good form at the end of their careers.
It should be noted that in 1998, Aldridge did not have to worry about the future of the position they occupied. Even if there was an injury, as long as it was not a serious injury, someone would usually just make do with it. But now, we can no longer think like this.
It is now 2003. As time goes by, the state and energy of Nedvěd and Larsson will decline. Although the number of games they can last will not decrease significantly, in order to improve the quality of the games, their playing time will decrease.
It gradually decreases year by year.
So in their position, what they need to prepare is not the usual emergency substitutes, but the crown prince who can take over the throne in the next two or three years!
Larsson's successor will undoubtedly be Ronaldo.
As for Nedved's successor, Aldridge is now torn between Lampard and Kaká. The former is more similar to Nedvěd in b2b, while the latter has stronger offensive capabilities. To put it bluntly, there is one point for him.
The balancing influence of the whole team system.
However, he is not in a hurry. He still has time to investigate. Millwall's main force will ultimately have to be won by strength. Whether it works or not depends on the effect and the performance of the strength.
Middlesbrough is currently ranked in the middle and lower reaches of the Premier League. It has firmly reached the shore and cannot move forward. The team's strength at the end of the season has always been determined by fighting spirit. Middlesbrough lacks fighting spirit and it is an away game.
Battle, at the Lion King Stadium, surrendered early in the first half.
In this game, Aldridge stood on the sidelines. There were not many games left this season. He did not intend to change the team at this time. He just let the team return to the second-generation Mad Lion system until next time.
season, and then start reforming.
He was mainly inspecting the team's midfield and backfield defensive system today. What made him happy was that even though he had not played a few times for the first team this season, De Rossi's condition was not lost, but it was just worse than last season's performance.
The improvement rate has declined, but in the reserve team, it has already been outstanding in strength.
When he partners with Alonso, his future defensive strength will be stronger than that of the second-generation Mad Lion Gattuso and Pirlo, because Alonso himself has a stronger defensive ability than Pirlo.
Thinking about the development trend of football, the modern wingers will soon dominate, the defensive barrier requirements in front of the back line will be higher, and the waistline will become more and more mainstream.
Millwall needs to develop on the basis of the past offensive frenzy, and the midfield defense will be more demanding than in the past.
When the game reached the 88th minute, Aldridge was already sitting on the coaching bench. The score was 3:0. Millwall won the game without any suspense.
The loud singing in the stadium stands suddenly stopped, and a burst of ecstatic cheers suddenly broke out.
"2:2, the match between Manchester United and Arsenal, the score became 2:2. If the final score does not change, then Millwall will be only 2 points away from the top of the list! Only 2 points!"
Obviously the fans in the stands are also paying attention to the first place battle between Manchester United and Arsenal.
No matter who wins or loses between the two teams, with 3 rounds left in the league, if they are 4 points behind Millwall, then Millwall basically has no possibility of catching up with the top spot, but if it is 2 points, as long as
Millwall won the next three games, and in the three games between Manchester United and Arsenal, as long as one game cannot be won, even if it is a draw, the final championship will be Millwall, because in terms of goal difference, Millwall has a
Very big advantage!
At the end of the game at the Lion King Stadium, Aldridge turned directly and walked into the tunnel, while Millwall's players stayed on the field, waiting for the final result at Highbury.
"Manchester United and Arsenal drew! The game at Highbury is over, 2:2, and the score will not change again!"
The fans in the stands of Lion King Stadium cheered and the Millwall players also smiled.
To paraphrase Fleet Street's sour report the next day: Are Millwall really pulling off another miracle?
Aldrich didn't know whether a miracle would happen, and he didn't have too many expectations, because fate was not in his hands and he only focused on the current work.
The Europa League semi-finals are coming as scheduled.
