The Young Lion

Aldridge couldn't sit still.

At least he has to do something to interfere with his opponent.

But he must first lead the team against Porto at home.

At the end of September, the second game of the UEFA Champions League group stage came.

This game is also extremely crucial. Millwall needs to determine the qualifying of the UEFA Champions League group stage as far as possible in order to concentrate his energy in the league.

Millwall's bench lineup led by Larson, Nedved, Villa, and Messi debuted at the Lion King Stadium.

Porto lost to Inter Milan in the first round, which forced them to lose against Millwall. If they lost in the first two rounds, and they were given 3 points each for Inter Milan and Millwall, then they The hope of qualifying will be shattered.

It is acceptable to score 1 point away.

But Millwall does not accept it!

Porto is going through a period of change in the club's business philosophy.

From the beginning of last season to this season, it is a transition. The first is the coach. Since Mourinho left, the coaching has changed frequently, which makes the team management not particularly stable.

Secondly, Porto has officially shifted from the traditional business policy of the past to become a European black shop that "gets rich by selling blood!"

Taking the Mourinho period as an example, Mourinho coached the entire two seasons, 02-03, 03-04, Porto transfer market financial balance is balanced, slightly profitable, less than 2 million euros.

However, after Mourinho left, the Porto black shop opened in the summer of 2004 and 2005, and a total of more than 140 million euros were recovered in the transfer market. With the money, naturally the business can be enlarged, so their investment is also Very amazing, at the level of the Portuguese small country league, they invested a total of almost 65 million euros in the two summers, which is more than 60% of the clubs in the mainstream leagues, and in these two summers, they made a total profit of more than 75 million. EUR!

So Fleet Street also jokes: Millwall is worth learning from many clubs around the world. Porto is one of them. They now have a profitable style in the Millwall transfer market.

Of course, such words are more ironic in Millwall's ears.

At least since 2002, Millwall has hardly sold the main players. What they let go is that they failed to compete in the club or were forcibly poached, such as Ashley Cole, but compared to before, it is really Not the same.

It is not realistic for Porto to sell people like this and want to make a difference in the European War.

Just like in the Mourinho period Porto's transfer market is not obvious, is it not a support point for the team's stability?

The frequent flow of players will have an impact on the team's combat effectiveness. Even if the people who walk seem to have lower combat effectiveness, the team's kneading and shaping will take time.

In the Lion King Stadium, Millwall had the absolute upper hand, and Villa, who served as the single-arrow forward, played well.

In the 27th minute, Villa responded to Nedved behind to calmly stop the ball and make a kick, swaying the opposing defender and pushing the goal at the near corner to succeed, opening the record for Millwall.

Before the end of the first half, Messi suddenly stopped in the right lane to make a cross, Larsen headed the ball after the outswing and crossed the middle of the road, followed by Nedved's volley cushion shot and sent the ball into the goal. Within, expand the score to 2: 0.

At the beginning of the second half, Messi cut into the penalty area after breaking through on the right. After attracting the opponent's replacement, he sent a nanny ball to Villa. Villa who scored in front of the goal scored twice and Millwall locked the victory!

Fans in the stands of Lion King Stadium looked at Larson and Nedved, Messi and Villa.

Really filled with emotion.

Old combination, new combination.

The combination of new and old, Millwall generation after generation of mad lions continue to make people full of confidence in the future.

Millwall won the second game of the UEFA Champions League group stage with a score of 3:0. Although there are still four rounds in the game, their appearance has been very good.

Aldridge praised Villa after the game. He said in an interview: "I think Villa has been under a lot of pressure in the past few years because people always compare him with Henry. Sometimes This is an inspiration and glory, because no striker can be compared with Henry. I am very happy to see Villa working hard every day. He is also improving. He will soon celebrate his 24th birthday. His current performance, I believe he is also ready to meet greater challenges, that is the desire he had when he was very young to play a more important role in Millwall."

At the same time Aldridge also praised Nedved and Larson.

"Although you have written a lot of reports in the newspaper that make me angry, I agree with one thing. You said that Millwall has Nedved and Larson, which is Millford's blessing and luck. That’s right, it’s our luck. Words can’t express the respect and affection of Nedved and Larsen for me and all the club’s people. They didn’t seem to happen from the first day they came to the club. Any change has always been full of fighting spirit, hard work, and selfless dedication to the team..."

Aldridge is very happy to see that Villa is getting rid of Henry's "shadow".

The formation of this "shadow" is actually quite normal. When the voice of the outside world keeps saying "how far is Villa from Henry", when Villa is not playing well in the game, people will say "if it is If Henry is present..."

Naturally, Villa will be mentally stressed.

The reason why the coaching team saw that he had this psychological "shadow" is that, at some time in the past, Villa seemed to want to imitate Henry's style of play!

This makes him unable to play better on the court, but has regressed.

Fortunately, he is the player that the club focuses on. The coaching staff discovered this phenomenon and helped him to adjust himself in time to get out of this shadow. Instead of being "Henry II", he would be a brand new and independent "Villa".

For Messi, Aldridge didn't mention anything after the game.

The praise given to young players needs to be modest, and not to be praised in every game, that will only have the opposite effect, and it is easy for the coach's praise to gradually "depreciate".

In the Champions League, Aldridge started shooting at Chelsea before the league started this weekend!

In October, the Premier League started its eighth round.

Millwall is going to face Everton at home.

Chelsea is going to be Anfield.

Aldridge turned a blind eye to Everton at the pre-match press conference, which made Moyes vomit blood!

Speaking of "shadow", Moyes also has "shadow"!

Fleet Street occasionally mocked him as Aldridge's junior. From the day he picked up the coach in England, he was Millwall's "royal coach", from low-level league teams to coaching the old Premier League powerhouse Everton. He is silently and selflessly helping Millwall train his troops!

Some Millwall players who had been eliminated were transferred to Everton, but were described by Fleet Street as "the reward given by Sir Hall to Moyes."

Moyes dismissed Fleet Street's comments on the surface, but deep down, he wanted to get rid of this shackle and prove himself: Lao Tzu is not Hall's younger brother!

So Everton came to challenge Millwall, Moyes wanted to touch the tiger's ass!

What if a tiger's mouth is successfully extracted?

One accidentally sniped Millwall to defend the league this season.

By that time, who dares to say that Moyes is Audric's follower?

Even if he used to be, he is now a second-five-fifth child, and he stabbed him in the back!

Before his expedition from Merseyside, Moyes spoke at a pre-match press conference. He paid great attention to the game at the Lion King Stadium. He seemed to have foreseen all the difficulties and wisely thought of countermeasures.

But after a pre-match press conference in the Millwall Club Press Room, Aldridge said nothing about Everton!

Ignore Everton completely!

Aldridge is talking about Chelsea.

And cleverly, he waited for the reporter to ask questions about Chelsea before he took the theme of the press conference to Chelsea.

"Chelsea's seven-game winning streak has surprised many people? I haven't remembered how many times in the past many years, Millwall, Manchester United, Arsenal, created a lot of seven-game winning streak? What does that mean? It means that Chelsea has already Did you win the championship? No! But if you want to talk about this seven-game winning streak, then let’s talk objectively and calmly."

As soon as Aldridge said this, the reporters in the information room looked at each other.

Reporters familiar with Aldridge have turned their lips slightly, knowing that the young coach is intentionally starting to cause Chelsea trouble on the media platform.

Anyway, Aldrich will not be bored with them here at first.

Secondly, talking about direct competitors on the media platform, you need to be very cautious about the top coaches!

Because the more you talk about, the more you care about it, which is likely to affect your team.

This is a reactionary psychological suggestion.

It's like many people keep saying to themselves when they go to interview: don't be nervous, don't be nervous, don't be nervous...

But at the moment of the interview, he must be very nervous!

The effect of saying "no" to yourself is the opposite!

So when Aldridge is at a disadvantage, he will open up in front of the media and try to avoid commenting on putting his opponent and his team together as much as possible.

Like when talking about Manchester United and Arsenal in the past, he will only stay on the other side, not involving Millwall.

For example, the pressure of Manchester United, the history of Arsenal's crash and so on.

If you include your own team, but simply say that Millwall will overtake the opponent, Millwall is not afraid of the opponent, it sounds very false, has a kind of brave taste.

Most of the reporters in the audience have already grasped the idea, knowing that Aldridge will put pressure on Chelsea, and whether it is internal or external pressure, then they can only wait for Aldrich to unravel the mystery.

Aldridge cleared his throat and prepared to shoot.