The most basic competition within a team is nothing more than the main position. Going beyond that, the more complicated competition may involve competition around the core position.
The stronger the team, the core, soul, flag, etc. are all more clearly divided.
Lampard and Klose have always been competing for the lowest level in the Millwall team: the main position.
However, this season, due to Nedvěd's serious injury before the season, and Lampard being one of the main players in England's World Cup victory, Lampard has secured his main position under Klinsmann, and there have been changes in the specific position he plays.
, but, the starting point is his.
As for Klose, due to Larsson's unsatisfactory performance in the new season after the World Cup, and Larsson's old age, Klinsmann couldn't wait to support Klose. Before Aldridge returned,
Klose is also the perfect choice for the starting lineup.
Before taking the position, there was competition.
Once you are in a high position, and then you are pulled down, it is tantamount to a disguised failure.
Therefore, emotionally and mentally, there will be more or less frustration, unwillingness, or negative emotions, which is normal.
However, this kind of emotion will not explode in front of outsiders. This is determined by professionalism, unless you die!
Aldridge replaced Alonso in the 75th minute of the game, and was replaced by Lampard, giving the team a signal to close up.
This is a signal for Ming Jin to withdraw his troops, but it does not mean that he will give up the attack and will play smarter based on Porto's attitude.
Porto didn't press like crazy, they slowed down the pace and spent more time controlling the ball.
If Porto presses with all their troops, they will catch the opponent's counterattack. Anyway, there are many fast players in the frontcourt.
Porto wanted to attack, but their own system was already a bit chaotic, their offense and defense were unbalanced, and their offensive effect was not ideal.
In the 83rd minute of the game, Aldrich replaced Larsson again, replaced Klose, and asked Nedvěd to retreat to further strengthen the defense.
Mourinho saw that the situation was over and did not make any more struggles. The on-the-spot substitutions like his desperate withdrawal of defenders and forwards in the future also depended on the situation. These were the cards in his hand. When he could not control the midfield,
Under such circumstances, if you weaken the defense and go into attack, do you think the beating is not bad enough?
Time passed by minute by second, and the situation on the field was unstable. Millwall still had the initiative, but the offense was mediocre. Most of them were formulaic and hasty endings, and the quality was very average.
When the full-time whistle sounded, Millwall's players smiled and hugged each other to celebrate the club's honorary Grand Slam.
The three major European Cups.
European Champions Cup, European Cup Winners' Cup, UEFA Cup.
Domestic league, double cup competition.
There are also useless Community Shield, Toyota Cup and European Super Cup.
Millwall, which had been without a trophy for a century, completed a sweep of all honors at the end of the ninth year after Aldridge took over.
The game was over and Millwall's players were celebrating on the field. Aldridge was about to walk into the field when he suddenly found Mourinho walking towards him with a solemn look on his face.
There is usually no handshake after the championship battle. After all, the mentality is very different. Before the game, everyone holds back their energy and maintains their grace to shake hands. After the game, it is heaven on one side and hell on the other. Shake hands?
Aldridge's old habit of being a villain has returned, fearing that Mourinho will retaliate for his joke back then.
The opponent is a famous coach in the future, but being a famous coach does not necessarily mean that he is a gentleman. Just like when he poked someone in the eye, the whole world saw it. Ferguson is a famous coach, and he will also cause a flying boot scandal when he gets angry.
Aldridge was on guard against Mourinho being violent, but the other party came over and stretched out his hand. Aldridge was stunned for a second, and then stretched out his hand to shake it. Mourinho shook hands solemnly without saying a word.
Then he turned around and walked into the stadium to comfort his disciples.
Aldrich thought about it for a moment and then laughed.
Does this mean losing openly?
He didn't know and didn't bother to think about it.
After Sevilla led the team to win the UEFA Cup, all games at Millwall this season have come to an end.
And a League Cup was not worthy of Millwall's party, so Aldridge dismissed the entire team on the spot. Many people had to go to the national team, and the recent schedule was quite tight.
Aldrich and the coaching staff, Janson and Stramaccioni, did not leave Seville. They rested in a local hotel for one night and then flew directly from Spain to Africa.
The England national team is already well-known. Strength and fame are not synonymous. They are essentially promotional influence. Fleet Street has contributed a lot. In addition, England won the World Cup last year, and with the help of the media, it has become even more famous around the world.
With popularity comes fame and fortune.
First, the Japanese team came all the way to London to play a friendly match. This summer, just after the European season ended, the Football Association arranged for the English team to go to Africa to play a friendly match.
Considering that after this friendly match, they will return to England in early June to play the fifth round of the European Cup qualifiers at home against Slovakia.
I have to say that the schedule arranged by the Football Association is very torturous. There is no choice but to benefit.
After Aldrich arrived in Africa, he obviously stole the show. He and Beckham met with Nelson Mandela, the founding father of South Africa. The photo of the three of them together not only made headlines in the sports world, but also stole the spotlight in international news.
When England came to South Africa, they were warmly welcomed by African fans. After a non-intense friendly match, the England team rushed home without stopping to prepare for the fifth round of the European Cup qualifiers.
The England team, which had won all four previous games, defeated the visiting Slovakia 4:1 at Old Trafford without any suspense.
They have won all five matches in the European Cup qualifiers. As long as they win one more game, they can advance to the 2004 European Cup two rounds in advance.
But in the Old Trafford dressing room, after the game, Lampard took the initiative to talk to Aldridge.
In this game, Aldridge was very dissatisfied with Lampard's performance because he seemed careless and obviously unfocused during the game. He was replaced after only playing 15 minutes in the second half, even though the score was 3:1.
In the Manchester United locker room, other players had already left. Aldridge gave a few instructions to the stadium staff, closed the door to the locker room, turned around, and looked at Lampard, who had taken off his shirt and sat on the bench, but had not spoken yet.
, Lampard, who looked calm, lowered his head and said softly: "Boss, I want to transfer and leave."
Aldrich immediately became angry and shouted at him: "Frank! Are you afraid of competition?"
In fact, the two have a tacit understanding, and there is no need to discuss why Lampard cannot get the main position in Aldrich's new lineup.
The facts are clear: even Nedved, who is about to turn 31, is still better than him.
And Lampard can't take over the position left by Pirlo.
Even though he is excellent and capable, he has the same problem as Gerrard or many midfielders in England during this period.
In the fast-paced game frequency of the Premier League, they lost the concept of controlling the rhythm of the game. This can be avoided when training him. However, in the early days, Millwall did not have high requirements for this. They were just pursuing being faster and faster than others.
So that others can’t keep up!
And when Millwall began to control the rhythm of the game and instilled a "metronome" or "rhythm master" concept in the midfielders, especially the offensive organizers, Lampard was loaned out again, and he also missed it
The best period of thinking shaping.
Why does Millwall have such conceptual requirements for midfield playmakers?
Because their opponents are all setting up buses!
Because they came from obscurity to the position of a wealthy family!
No matter how fast you are, what's the use?
Your opponent will use intensive defense and passive football to contain you. What's the use of just relying on speed?
The control of the rhythm of the game has naturally improved and continues to improve.
Lampard, on the other hand, has grown up in another direction. Generally speaking, he is an attacking midfielder, but if you describe it specifically, he is a b2b all-round midfielder. When attacking, he can also switch to a shadow forward, and when defending, he can serve as a shadow forward.
A central midfielder, but unable to compete with a full-time defensive midfielder.
His ability is very good in discovering openings, finding openings, and taking advantage of them.
The problem is that Millwall is not the England team before the World Cup and in the World Cup.
Millwall no longer relies on counterattacks as their main offensive method.
If counterattack is the main method, Lampard performs very well and is almost perfect. Just like when he played in the World Cup in England, when he fought on counterattack, his penetration was impossible to prevent because he could always find the best open space and open it up.
Be there to create a threat.
But at Millwall, most of their work on the court is to create opportunities and create spaces. When almost all opponents face Millwall, the first point to stifle Millwall's offensive threat is: compress the space!
Therefore, Lampard can only compete with Nedvěd, but compared to the technical sophistication at his feet and the proficiency of teamwork, Lampard has no advantage.
In other words, in the system that Millwall is currently forming, among the offensive combinations, among Ronaldinho, Henry, and Larsson, who would you rather cooperate with? Who is the most efficient when working together?
There is no doubt that it is Nedved.
But Nedved is 31 years old after all.
What Aldridge thinks is that in two years, Lampard can compete with Kaká.
Survival of the fittest, the principle of club development.
Now, Lampard has proposed a transfer. Aldridge thinks that Lampard is holding back and is afraid of competing with others.
However, Lampard raised his head, showed a bitter smile, and asked: "Boss, I am the main player of the World Cup champion, why should I compete? Why can't I be the main player in the team? In the top European football team
How many teams in the team will not give me the main player?"
Frank Lampard.
In 9 days, his 25th birthday will come.
And he has already won the World Cup as a main player, the highest achievement in the world.
Perhaps Aldrich didn't understand the bitterness in his heart.
He believed that Aldridge's lack of determination to help him rise was definitely not due to competitive reasons.
Because he thinks he is stronger than Nedved now!
It's just that Aldridge couldn't ignore the veteran, couldn't put Nedved, the club's hero for nine years, and even a hero who ranked among the top three in team history, on the bench!
He believed that Aldrich had been blinded by emotion and reason.
But he couldn't blame anything.
Because, because Aldridge is a man of temperament, he returned to his job as the club's head coach from a comfortable life.
As for competition, Lampard doesn't want to discuss it with Aldridge.
What’s there to discuss?
He is a World Cup champion.
And the guy in the same position in the team, Kaká? He also participated in last year’s World Cup, but did anyone care that there was a player named Kaká in the Brazilian team?
When it comes to Lampard, there is no competition.
He just needs to wait, wait until Nedved gets older, wait until Nedved's performance on the court declines to the point where Aldridge has to make a decision, then he can take over.
And he didn't want to wait.
Aldridge took a deep breath and tried to calm down. After all, Lampard has been at Millwall for a long time and is also his capable player in the national team. He still hopes that Lampard can be at Millwall in the future.
Showing his talent, he said in a deep voice: "Frank, we need to discuss this issue calmly and patiently."
"Boss, I don't want to discuss, I just want to leave, because you can't let me play the main role next season, Pavel is your first choice, and I don't meet your requirements for Xavi's position.
"
After Lampard said these words, Aldridge's expression suddenly changed, and he roared at him ferociously: "You are just escaping from competition! F! What do you think Millwall is? What does it mean to succeed here? You know
? If you go elsewhere, you will have the main force, but what can you gain? Stay in Millwall and work hard to compete for the top position. Even if you can only play the main force for 3 or 4 years, the glory you can achieve is far greater than what you can achieve elsewhere.
I have been playing for the team for ten years, twenty years will be more!"
Faced with Aldridge's roar, Lampard did not dare to look at him, turned his gaze away, and whispered: "I will work hard to succeed if I go to another team."
Dead silence, dead silence.
Aldrich closed his eyes.
He heard something that made him saddest.
"Success? Hehehe, Manchester United, Arsenal, Real Madrid, Barcelona, Bayern Munich, AC Milan, Juventus, some of them may have achieved certain achievements in the past five years, but compared with Millwall, what in the whole of Europe?
Every club dares to be there
In front of Millwall, in front of me, Aldrich Hall, saying that he is successful? Frank Lampard, if you want to leave, then leave! You can watch from the outside, watch Millwall from a distance,
