Aldridge's return, although there was some unpleasantness with Fleet Street at first, is still relatively welcomed by the media in the overall environment of European football.
Before leaving for Glasgow, Aldridge was smiling at the UEFA pre-match press conference. When asked by reporters about his thoughts on Millwall being eliminated from the group as the defending champions of the Champions League this season, Aldridge said in a relaxed tone.
Answered one sentence.
"That's not necessarily a bad thing because now we have hope of achieving a Grand Slam of honors for the club."
At this time, the European football media circle realized that among the club's honors, Millwall had swept across England and had already won two of the three major trophies in Europe, the European Cup Winners' Cup and the European Champions Cup.
European Super Cup and Toyota Cup, the only honors that have not been won are the UEFA Cup!
Due to the development of European football, the European Cup Winners' Cup has been discontinued, which means that teams that have never won this honor before will not be able to win this honor in the future.
Of course, we cannot say how glorious the European Cup Winners' Cup is. We can only say that in the history of the club, winning three major trophies is a bragging capital, which is better than nothing.
No strong team will go to the UEFA Cup specifically for the Grand Slam, but now that it has developed to this point, Aldridge's relaxed and optimistic attitude still makes the outside world admire him.
At least he didn't express a kind of contempt or condescension, as if Millwall should belong to the Champions League stage. The reality is like this. Accept the reality. And then face it optimistically and positively. It can be regarded as a different kind of joy in hardship. It is better than hanging a face.
Disdain to be strong.
It's just that the young marshal's talk of "achieving a Grand Slam" made the European media feel that they were deceived.
Because most of Millwall's main players were excluded from the squad for the trip to Glasgow, and they obviously rushed to Scotland with a group of child soldiers.
The song "You'll Never Walk Alone" echoed in Celtic Park. The Scottish giant Celtic were at home, waiting for Millwall to visit.
Aldrich now found that wherever he went, he could see familiar people, at least not strangers.
Celtic coach Martin O'Neill took the initiative to welcome him on the sidelines. The two cordially shook hands with each other and exchanged pleasantries.
O'Neill has told Aldridge before that he left Leicester City to coach the Celtics, and maybe he will meet Aldridge again on the battlefield in the future, definitely on the stage of the Champions League.
It's just that Celtic's competitiveness in the Champions League is really unflattering. He didn't expect that instead of Celtic entering the Champions League and meeting Millwall, it would be Millwall falling out of the Champions League, making the two old friends meet again.
A contest.
"What do you want from the UEFA Cup? Rangers have the momentum to turn around this year. Let's honestly defend the league title."
Before coming, Aldridge just took a cursory look at the Celtics' current situation.
O'Neill led the Celtics to suppress Rangers in the league for two years. Last season, Millwall went undefeated and won the championship. Celtic were also one step away from winning the league unbeaten. O'Neill's team won the league title.
They lost one game and scored 103 points that made Glasgow Rangers desperate.
This season Celtic are distracted by the European war, and Rangers have made a step further than last year. The two teams are now evenly matched. It is hard to say who will win the championship in the end.
Listening to Aldridge's ill-intentioned words, O'Neal retorted: "Millwall should not ask for the UEFA Cup at all. There is a Grand Slam. Maybe the Premier League can be reversed in the last three rounds. Stay focused on defending the title in the league."
Ah, in that case, Aldrich, your legend will add a new glorious page."
Aldridge spread his hands and said innocently: "Can't you see that I really saved my strength? Otherwise, what kind of Millwall do you think will come to Glasgow?"
"I......"
Martin O'Neill was speechless and looked depressed.
Looking at the list of players that Millwall is visiting this time, it is obvious that Millwall really did not show their full strength.
Seeing O'Neal's bickering, Aldrich turned and left with a chuckle.
"Stay for a drink after the game."
O'Neal shouted, and Aldrich raised his hand to make an OK gesture without turning around.
Walking to the visiting team's coach's bench and standing still, Aldridge in a suit and tie and Martin O'Neal in a sportswear next door each got into work mode.
Players from both teams appear.
Millwall's lineup today was booed wildly by Celtic's home fans!
Damn it, they’re already in the semifinals!
The Crazy Lion actually sent the second team here!
I don’t know whether I look down on the UEFA Cup or the Scottish giants!
"Millwall, who is visiting as a guest, sent a lot of young players today, let's take a look at the starting lineup.
Goalkeeper: Pagliuca.
Defenders: Johnson, Neal, Thiago Silva, Baynes.
Midfielder: De Rossi, Lampard, Kaká.
Forwards: Ronaldo, Villa, Larmour.
There are only a few names that we are familiar with in the European wars in the past, and players like Johnson, Silva, and De Rossi are very unfamiliar to the outside world. However, Sir Hall has always been known for his bold use of young players.
Maybe they will grow rapidly under pressure and become stars that cannot be ignored in European football in the future."
The Celtics also have an old friend of Millwall, forward Luca Toni.
The tall Italian man who was taken to Leicester City by O'Neill followed O'Neill to Scotland. Over the past three years, he has been prosperous and has become a hero in the hearts of Celtic fans. In less than three seasons,
Scored 100 goals!
He also performed well in the Europa League this season. Although the top scorer in the Europa League basically has no weight, his scoring prowess has attracted the attention of many strong teams in Europe.
The Scottish team relies on short passing teamwork as a technical and tactical tradition. In this regard, England is inferior to them. England's style tends to be open and close, while Scotland is famous for its delicate ground passing. Celtic are also good at this aspect.
They play relatively easily, especially with Tony on the front line. They don't play high balls frequently. They specialize in passing and cutting on the ground. Tony is very capable of controlling the ball on the front line, especially in the penalty area and receiving the ball stably.
The ball breaks away from the defender and is shot more smoothly than in the past in England.
Aldridge looked a little helpless on the sidelines. Millwall's game rhythm did not change, because there was no one who controlled the rhythm.
Since Pirlo became the main force in the team, he has tried to let Lampard play as an organizing midfielder and come as a substitute for Pirlo, but the effect has not been good, so since then, he has stopped letting Lampard play as a organizing midfielder.
Parde's idea of becoming a midfielder.
But today, even though he knows the results will not be good, he still lets Lampard play as a midfielder. He does not need to hold back, as long as he takes on the organizational tasks.
Lampard certainly has midfield organizational skills, but he is too formulaic. Basically, he can be predicted, and he likes to penetrate forward. Only the area in front of the penalty area is the area where he has the highest threat value.
Coming to a team at the level of Millwall not only requires the creative talent of the midfield organizer, which is the cliché "wonderful pass", but also requires the midfield organizer to have the ability to control the rhythm, when to be fast, when to
Slow, which is very important for overall dominance of the game.
If counterattacks are the main focus, the requirements for organizational talent will not be particularly high, because among the conditions for counterattacks, one must be that the opponent's defense is weakened, and the other is that the offensive space is wider. Therefore, in the England national team, Lampard
The performance was outstanding, but what he created in the actual positional battle was either Beckham's magical long pass or Scholes' wonderful through ball. Lampard was always responsible for formulaic over-response, not
Main offensive organizer.
When unable to change the rhythm, Millwall's offense seemed too predictable.
Aldridge walked back to the coaching bench and sat down. He turned to Jenson and said: "We need a substitute for the organizing midfielder next season. He is the only substitute for Alonso. He is not enough. It doesn't matter if he is younger."
In the Millwall club's internal information database, information obtained by scouts from around the world is updated at the same time every quarter, which can be used by Millwall to select talents.
Most of the time, they can replenish their blood internally, but there are also times when they are short of role players.
Jensen was thoughtful after hearing this, probably aware of some major changes.
Stramaccioni listened with his ears pricked up and asked in surprise: "We have Lampard and Alonso, isn't that enough?"
Aldridge shook his head and said: "Lampard is not an organizing midfielder, at least, not the organizing midfielder I need."
Jenson sighed softly and said to Stramaccioni: "Millwall's entire system used to run smoothly. It was what the outside world called a dual-core system. Pirlo was the main player in the midfield and backcourt, and Ronaldinho was in the frontcourt.
Nedved has organizational ability, but no one will praise his organizational ability, because in the attacking midfielder position, what is needed is his assault ability, series ability, and organizational work. He is not doing it. Lampard
The problem is that when he takes over Pirlo's position, he is not creative enough, and he likes to push forward, which squeezes the space of the players in front and conflicts with Ronaldinho's role. If he is placed
For the attacking midfielder position, he is not as good as Nedvěd for the time being. Instead, Alonso can take over Pirlo's position. Although he cannot match Pirlo in terms of talent, his defensive ability will bring other advantages."
Stramaccioni suddenly understood and asked Aldridge: "In your eyes, Alonso is better than Lampard?"
Aldrich glanced at him and smiled: "Looking at you, I thought you understood, but it turns out you still don't understand. This is not a question of who is stronger and who is weaker. What I want is someone who can do organizational work in the midfield and backcourt."
player, or in other words, what I want now is an organizing midfielder, not a fine player
A b2b all-around midfielder with strong power, all-around does not necessarily mean the best. England has many players who claim to be all-around, but if all the players are put on the field, do you think it will be very strong? If you still don’t understand, let me ask you,
Who do you think is better, Villa, Baines or Johnson?"
Stramaccioni subconsciously replied: "Of course it's Villa, no, no, no, no, you can't ask that, they are not the same type of players, Villa is a forward, Baines and Johnson are
Defenders, how can you compare them?"
Aldridge asked again: "What is the difference between the question you just asked? Are b2b all-around midfielders and organizational midfielders comparable?"
Although the versatile midfielder is the general trend in the development of football, it does not mean that the versatile midfielder is truly invincible.
In the team's technical and tactical system, there must still be a clear plan for various roles, otherwise, the system will be chaotic, just like England's incompatibility with double Germany, which is a similar situation.
The development of all-rounders is reflected in the technical characteristics and responsibilities of players. Just like Millwall's midfielder, it used to be Gattuso-Pirlo-Nedved. In attack, all three actually have tasks, but the responsibilities are clearly distributed.
, Gattuso focuses on defense and supports when attacking. Pirlo's main task is to organize the offense. When defending, even if his technical ability is weak, he must take responsibility. Not to mention Nedved, he makes a surprise attack when attacking and defends
Never stop running and blocking.
The new generation of crazy lions still need to strengthen the versatility of the midfield.
However, on the basis of omnipotence, role allocation still needs to be clearly defined.
De Rossi-Alonso-Nedved.
The main distribution of responsibilities is consistent with the second-generation Crazy Lion architecture.
However, in terms of comprehensiveness in offense and defense, that is, versatility, the third generation will be stronger than the second generation. In other words, there will not be anyone who is particularly bad in offense, and there will not be anyone like Pirlo in defense.
Seeing through the existence of weaknesses, this is the almighty development trend.
Among Lampard's three roles, he cannot be the first defensive midfielder, and he cannot compete with Alonso in the second. The one that suits him should be the third, which is Nedwi.
Germany's position, at least in Millwall's system, if he wants to rise to the top, he can only overtake Nedved. Therefore, Stramaccioni's problem is that he cannot
Yes, who is better, Lampard or Alonso? Ten thousand people would probably answer 55, or 64, or 73, but is that important? In Aldridge's eyes, it's not important, because Lampard's
The opponent is not Alonso, but Nedvěd, and Kaka from the same period. (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature, the novel is better and updated faster!
