The Young Lion

On the day of the Manchester United game, Manchester, with its changeable weather, was very face-saving. The sunny autumn wind was cool and it was the best match for the players.

On the Millwall bus to Old Trafford, Aldridge sat in the first row, next to Jensen. He opened a football magazine in his hand and stared at a colorful picture with great interest.

Jenson glanced at the magazine in his hand and snatched it off without hesitation. He stared at the young man wearing a Barcelona jersey in the color picture and said with complete praise: "Manchester United missed a genius."

The color picture is actually just a screenshot of the live broadcast of the game. The protagonist in the picture is a Brazilian, named Ronaldo. He is wearing a Barcelona jersey with open arms to celebrate the goal after the goal.

Although the transfer price of 20 million US dollars came to Barcelona in the summer, the most sensation in the Spanish transfer market in the summer of 1996 was not him, but a player who moved from Real Madrid to Camp Nou, Louis ·Enrique.

But under the leadership of Bobby Robson, Ronaldo has quickly become a star and darling since the first match he played for Barcelona and the Spanish Super Cup against Atletico. .

Even the media in England, with complex emotions of envy, jealousy and hatred, began to chase the super-icon of football with the alien nickname.

Aldridge’s feelings were very complicated. Millwall’s two-month Lien Chan and Lian Jie had a wonderful performance, but they lost to a superstar who relied on his personal performance.

Even in London, Millwall's limelight was completely snatched away by Ronaldo.

The reason was just 20 days ago, in the seventh round of La Liga this season, Ronaldo, who has always been eye-catching, scored a goal that changed him from "human" to "half god".

In the away game against Compostela, Barcelona scored the third goal. Ronaldo spent 14 seconds from touching the ball to breaking the goal. After five non-goal goalkeepers, he rushed around, scoring his foot skills, situation judgment, physical fitness, etc. In other respects, his comprehensive ability was maximized, and then he scored the goal that shocked Bobby Robson with his head.

More interestingly, after the birth of this goal, the first person on the Barcelona coach to rush out and celebrate, named Mourinho, maybe it was he who participated in the coaching team this season and witnessed the rise of Ronaldo. Only then did he tell him that the best player he had seen in the world was called Ronaldo, but not Ronaldo.

After the game, Robson lamented that Ronaldo did not belong to this planet, and the aliens began to be famous in the world!

Later, Nike marketing continued to replay the process of scoring, and then played subtitles: Imagine asking God to turn you into the best player in the world...and God heard it.

Jenson was still joking about the fact that Manchester United missed Ronaldo, but Aldridge turned his head to look out of the window, feeling a little sad.

This is a good era, because it is fortunate to witness the rise of many superstars, but it is also a bad era for him, because you know that the trajectories of some superstars can become the stars of the stars. Too many are just in a hurry. Meteor.

Ronaldo, who went to La Liga in line with his characteristics and went to the world, missed the opportunity to be taught strictly by Ferguson.

If there is any deflection in the historical trajectory, Aldridge will imagine that Ronaldo will be able to get some golden words before the red and purple, instead of facing the two biggest enemies in his career: injury and depravity.

He is great, but he could have become the **** of football, but he did not. Apart from the World Cup and classic goals, his club's honor book is lacking.

Aldrich laughed at himself, and felt that his ideas were too harsh, just as more than a decade later, people demanded Messi and Ronaldo to carry the national team to the world.

But he only felt sorry for his position as the head coach. There are many geniuses. Instead of failing, he gave up, or lost to temptation.

Back to reality, Aldridge and Jenson casually talked about this Brazilian genius, but the two talked more about his technical characteristics and league environment.

In addition to La Liga's emphasis on ball control, their defense is not particularly good. Basically, whoever has the upper hand in midfield control, who has the initiative in the game, the state is good, the **** kills, the midfield does not control Live, there may be a defeat, even the Real Madrid Barcelona, ​​this is the same problem, from the perspective of the coach to analyze the many personal performance goals Ronaldo scored, many La Liga defenses are too bad, they only stare Holding the ball at the foot of the ball holder, and also like to grab, this gives the ball-breaking offensive players a lot of room to play. Looking at the crowd, they are often overtaken by an acceleration without a sense of hierarchy.

The two chatted and the bus stopped.

Millwall arrived at Old Trafford.

On a sunny weekend, Old Trafford was shrouded in gloom.

Changing the jersey shoes in the locker room, Aldridge let the players warm up on the field, he stayed quietly in the locker room.

Compared with Millwall who came up later and ridden the dust, Manchester United can be said to have opened higher and lower this season. Today, Manchester United has almost fallen into the bottom since the establishment of the Premier League!

Since the start of the new season in August, Manchester United has won the Community Shield. The league away win over Wimbledon Beckham shocked England, but then, Manchester United suffered three straight draws. As of the ninth round of the Derby victory in Liverpool, England have nearly five Premier League In the game, they won four wins and one draw, in good condition, but in the next two rounds of the English Premier League, Manchester United went straight back from the spring back to the cold winter!

Newcastle United have five goals at home to cleanse Manchester United.

Southampton beat Manchester United 6:3 at home.

Three days ago, the home side of the Champions League against Fenerbahce, Manchester United home defeat unexpectedly 0:1.

The Red Devil's unbeaten home record in the European War forty years has disappeared in Ferguson's hands!

Suddenly, the overwhelming voice of the outside world was: Manchester United dynasty fell!

It's hard to say how great this 40-year European home unbeaten record is, because before 1993, Manchester United had nearly 30 years to miss the top league championship, so they didn't go to the Champions League and occasionally played a League Cup As with the Winners' Cup, the opponents are not the kings of the European mainstream leagues, and their home undefeated water is very high. Moreover, most of the years during the period were not even in the European War.

But Manchester United's poor state is no need to argue.

Now, Manchester United are also paying for their youth. Ferguson let the young players in the team play for 90 minutes in the Champions League. The fatigue of running back and forth and the pressure of the media's criticism when the record is not good seems to be under pressure. Defeat them.

Even more worrying for Manchester United is that Cantona has been greatly hit mentally. In the summer of the European Cup, without his French team stopping the semi-finals, the King of Old Trafford realized that the national team's door is no longer possible. He opened, this mental blow is even more serious than physical injuries, because the player's game motivation will be lacking. In the first half of the year, in order to be selected for the national team, his spiritual leadership role and personal play are extreme. Other young men in Manchester United Under his leadership, people grew up together, withstanding the pressure and growing up quickly.

But since the new season, Cantona's performance is unsatisfactory. Before Manchester United's two-game losing streak, his red card directly led him to miss the last two defeats, and the young Manchester United players were almost on the verge of collapse.

In the shadow of a three-game losing streak, Manchester United will usher in the challenge of Millwall today. At this time, the league only played eleven rounds, but Millwall has 28 points and Manchester United 19 points. The distance between the two teams has been opened It's 9 points!

After the players warmed up, they returned to the locker room and Aldridge stood up and put his hands in his pockets.

Looking around each player with a calm face, he said lightly: "Do I need to say something?"

All the players shouted in unison: "No!"

This is Old Trafford, Dream Theater.

I almost took three points here last season, and today, I will never leave regrets again!

The sharp-eyed and ruthless Aldridge said softly: "In the past three months, we have conquered Highbury and leveled Anfield. Today, we will rule the Dream Theater! Crazy Lion, set off!"

He turned to open the door of the locker room and walked out first. The players followed him confidently with various expressions.

The Manchester United players waiting to play in the player channel are very different from the past. They lack some domineering Red Devils. The three defeats in the past ten days have caused them to be too mentally shocked and reflected from the inside out.

Aldridge walked along the side of the court towards the visiting team's coach seat. He held his head blank and expressionless. The Red Devils fans in the nearest stand leaned out to carry out various verbal attacks on him, even with a middle finger.

Aldrich doesn't mind. On the contrary, if the home team fans applaud you, it will only prove that you are a soft egg and come to give the Red Devils three points!

Ferguson also sat early in the position, chewing gum with a stern expression.

Two months ago, he was still in the media to provoke psychological warfare, letting other Premier League teams and Millwall die. In the recent past, he has already succumbed to the conflict. Because of the internal and external problems of Manchester United, he has no energy to provoke a war of words at this time. Even Liverpool are leading Manchester United in the standings.

In the past two months, Aldridge faced the media with a low-key attitude. No matter what Ferguson said, he responded with an official tone: If Manchester United can always maintain a high level of performance, then they won the league championship is normal, they Is stronger and more experienced than us. We just want to play the next game well, the champion? Manchester United is the biggest hit.

Looking at the weary Manchester United lineup that lacked Cantona, Aldridge came to the sidelines and stood still, putting hands in his pockets to watch the players play.

How important is spiritual leadership?

That is an invisible force that will enhance the team's strength by a grade!

The recent defeat of Manchester United is closely related to Cantona's status and suspension.

On the Millwall side, the team that Aldridge is committed to building has been the mainstay of the team since the central axis that was originally delineated.

Larson, Nedved, Southgate, this does not involve a power struggle. Although no one can shake the status of three people in the locker room, but the spirit of hard work and never fail to infect the entire team!

The game is about to start, and the players on both sides look solemn.

"The focus of the twelfth round of the English Premier League is about to start in Old Trafford. The defending champion Manchester United meets the current league leader Millwall. Millwall has been in a hot state recently and has scored fourteen consecutive games. Victory, nine consecutive wins in the Premier League, Hall’s team is now not only a difficult defeat, but also even the draw can not get opponents to catch, in the pre-match media survey that, even if Manchester United have the advantage of home, but Milwaukee It’s a popular win. Oh, Manchester United. They lost 11 goals in two rounds. This is the worst consecutive defeat in 66 years. Three days ago, they put an end to the 40-year European home unbeaten record. Has the Red Devil Dynasty reached the end?"

"Martin, if Manchester United can't snipe Millwall today and suppress the opponent's winning streak, then Manchester United can basically declare the defending defeat failed."

"Why? Is the 12-point gap difficult to track? The league has only 12 rounds! Newcastle United also led 12 points last year."

"Because Millwall's defense is better! They can score, but the defense is also very strong. Hall's team is still improving. Now all Premier League teams are overwhelmed by Millwall because of your containment Unable to hold on to their midfield, Nedved and Pirlo's tandem configuration is simply the best choice. Should it be a mark or a regional defense? Is it a frontline or a backcourt? Millwall always has a response. Road, they can open the gap from the middle, the side attack is also very mature, the offensive score points are very evenly distributed, Larson, Trezeguet, Shevchenko, Nedved, four of them in the past nine rounds of the league A total of 20 goals were scored! Among them, Larson had a maximum of 7, Pirlo, Schneider, Stam also scored goals. Millwall’s offense is now undefeated, and once they can be in Latara today Ford retired, and I feel that as long as the team does not have problems, nothing can stop them from winning the club's first top league championship."

"But in order to make the Premier League more exciting and suspenseful, we hope that Manchester United will be able to show the momentum of the defending champions. At least in Old Trafford, they can no longer accept the blow. Now let me introduce you to the starting list of both sides. Manchester United, goalkeeper: Shu Mei Chel, defenders: Neville, May, Pallist, Elvin, midfielders: Bart, Keane, Scholes, Beckham, Solskjaer, striker: Cole. Manchester United played today A 451 formation, it seems that Ferguson wanted to contain Millwall’s strong midfield control. Cantona missed the game because of a direct red card suspension. He came back in the next round, and Giggs missed due to injury. , The Red Devils fans have begun to miss his breakthrough on the sidelines as if he had no one else."

"Millwall, starting goalkeeper: Bout, defenders: Schneider, Stam, Southgate, Capdevila, midfielder: Makelele, Pirlo, Nedved, forward : Larson, Trezeguet, Shevchenko. Hall’s goal this season is obvious. His main lineup is going all-out in the league, and the League Cup and the European Cup of Winners are sent off the bench, which makes his The players got a good shift, full of energy, and each game played steadily and well. Well, the game began. The guest Millwall kicked off first. What strategy will they take to face Manchester United? We will wait and see! "