The Young Lion

As the sun went down, Aldridge whistled in the afterglow, and he kept shouting at the players on the training ground for short pass cooperation.

"Robert, don't wait for the ball in place! Run out of space! The stadium is big, do you want to dance in place?"

"Lucas, push up, do you see Claude's position? You take another step forward, and blocked Michael's shot!"

"Pavel, there is no good line in front of you. When you are caught, don't blindly break through, split the ball to the sides or pass back! As the core of the midfield, your first task is not to throw the ball away. If you pass the ball wrong, it will be fatal!"

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The players on the training ground sweated and worked hard under the supervision of Aldridge to ensure that everything he requested was perfect.

When the training ended, Aldridge disbanded the team without much nonsense, and he and the coaching staff colleagues picked up the **** on the training ground one by one and put them away.

After everything was done, the sky gradually dimmed, and Aldridge came to light a cigarette under the shade of the tree, and Jenson leaned in, curiously found Aldridge frowning, as if there was an unsustainable worry hidden in it. Between hearts.

"What's wrong? Are you happy? We won the day before yesterday. Five wins, two draws and one loss in the first eight rounds. We are the top team in the standings."

Aldrich scratched his head and sighed: "I'm thinking about whether I should release the team's offensive ability. But I'm a little worried that the newly established defensive system will collapse."

Two days ago, before the arrival of FIFA match day, Millwall won Burnley at home 2:0. The victory of this ball was not dazzling. Millwall created few opportunities. But all grasped.

In the face of a passively defensive team or a solidly defensive team, Millwall’s chances of succeeding in counterattack sneak attacks are increasingly slim, and the offensive of the positional battle is slightly conservative, so the team’s recent atmosphere Somewhat dull.

Aldrich did not ask and knew that, like Piret, Schneider must hope to go deeper into the enemy's hinterland to show his talents. Nedved, the iron man who can't die, is also a large-scale activity from the restricted area to the restricted area.

But Aldridge was hesitant.

The main lineup has played seven games without losing a goal. Such a defensive effect is overwhelming. Aldrich believes that even with this conservative play, they are not stable at the end of the season. It is no problem to secure a championship and advance to the Premier League, at least to qualify for a play-off.

But the players are obviously not satisfied, the young and dreamy players want to show more talent.

Aldrich is not satisfied, offensive football is the trend of football, but defense is necessary to bring championships, he is just worried that this step forward will destroy the solid foundation of the past.

The league has only passed eight rounds, not even one-fifth. Aldrich's plan is to make the next adjustment when the league is over halfway, but the team's suppressed atmosphere makes him face a choice at the moment.

"I think we can give it a try. The training reports of the past two months show that at least the progress of the main lineup in team coordination and pass and catch coordination is obvious."

Jenson said so.

Aldrich nodded after thinking for a while. He knew that he did not have absolute authority on the team and won the game, but as long as something that made the players' inner resistance happen, maybe he was only 18 years old. The head coach will have an irreparable rift with the players.

"Mr. Hall, I have your phone!"

The training staff shouted in the distance. Aldridge said goodbye to Jenson, walked back to his office and picked up the phone. He heard a familiar voice, which made him suddenly realize after a surprise.

The professor is going far to Japan!

Just outside the main entrance of the club, stood a slender middle-aged man, is the first firing career of Alsena Wenger.

He gazed thoughtfully at the old club building of Millwall and seemed to be looking for something that would interest him.

"Arsena!"

Aldridge shouted at Wenger across the road, and Wenger turned around with a smile on his face.

Already at dinner time, Aldridge asked Wenger to be a guest at his house.

Barnett already lived in West London, and Andrew returned home only three to five times apart. Among the large villas, only Arthur and Amelia had a couple. When they saw Audric brought back a guest, they were very worried. happy.

At the dinner table, Arthur solemnly thanked Wenger. At that time, Audridge went to school, and during his time in France, he also received some care from Wenger.

After dinner, Aldridge invited Wenger to his study.

"Monaco has had a poor record since the start of the season, so I'm out of class, but my luck is not bad, and the club has invited me to coach, Aldridge, you are so smart, can you guess where I will coach?"

Despite Wenger's relaxed tone, Aldrich could hear the bitterness of the words.

After all, he left a club for five years.

Where is his next stop?

Of course, Aldridge knows that the Nagoya Whale of the Japan J-League.

But he smiled and shook his head without knowing it.

He knew that he didn't have to be a prophet everywhere, but he didn't do anything good except for him to show it.

Moreover, he does not want to talk about this topic in depth. There are many reasons for Monaco’s poor record. Among them, Aldridge’s high price and high salary have poached back defender Thuram. It is also a factor.

Wenger leaned back in his chair and said lightly: "I will go to Japan by the end of the month."

After speaking, Aldridge didn't answer, and Wenger looked at him questioningly, and asked, "Why? Are you not surprised at all?"

Aldridge shrugged and whispered: "Well, I'm surprised, so I can't speak."

"Hypocritical! Forget it, talk about your team. I came to London this time, but I just wanted to see your team."

Wenger held the hot tea and stared at Aldridge with a smile.

Before he came, he didn't expect that Aldridge's team actually ranked first in the Premier League, although there is almost no gap with the team behind him, and even only rely on the advantage of the goal difference.

But enough to surprise Wenger, after all, this is a newly formed team, and it is mainly young players, able to lose only one goal after eight rounds of games, this is absolutely inseparable from the coach's strategy.

Aldrich knows everything, and Wenger wants to talk about what he says, including his team building philosophy, tactical system, and even the club's business vision beyond the scope of the head coach.

But Millwall has always been the second-level team in the league, and the topic of the two eventually returned to the top Premier League arena.

"I watched an England national team game at Wembley yesterday. Before the game, there was a phenomenon that made me feel incredible. Aldridge, why do people in this country seem to hate Manchester United so much? I used to understand Manchester United in France , It should be the most popular team in the UK."

Wenger frowned, puzzled about the problem.

Recalling the national team game yesterday in his mind, he sat quietly in the stands waiting for the game to start, but half an hour before the game, the Wembley Stadium's stands repeated repeated singing.

"If you hate Manchester United, then stand up!"

As a result, in the repeating wave of singing, the fans all stood up in less than ten minutes!

Aldridge laughed helplessly.

"This question is complicated, but Manchester United is indeed the most popular team in the UK, so to speak, there are 22 teams in the Premier League. There are definitely many loyal fans in each team, tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, etc. , But the base of fans in the UK is even larger. Those ordinary fans, fans watching TV at home, and fans without community football clubs will naturally like Manchester United. When the TV broadcast went into thousands of households, it was Pakistan. The splendid moment of the Spy Boys rebuilding the dynasty, coupled with the generation of England’s top World Cup with Manchester United players as the core, so Manchester United has the largest number of fans in England."

"The fans at Wembley hate Manchester United?"

"Where is Wembley?"

"London."

"London fans almost hate Manchester United, there are more factors in it, including political factors. Manchester is absolutely loyal to the Queen. Economically, Manchester’s once-worldly factory has gradually declined, but London is open and exaggerated. Traditional and cultural , Manchester is old-fashioned, London, huh, huh, this is the confrontation between cities, Alsena, you will understand all this in the future, just like Manchester and Liverpool are only half an hour away, but they are two very different cities. The hostile plot is more indescribable than the dead enemy."

Wenger murmured: "Is this the birthplace of modern football?"

In the 100-year history of British football, if football is just an ordinary sport or a game, it is impossible to develop and grow, nor is it enough to make football the most popular sport in Britain.

Football is a war in a peaceful age.

Behind it is the spark of passion that collides with politics, culture, tradition, economy, history, hearts and so on.

Turning on the map of the United Kingdom, you can easily find the grudges and resentments that football has set off there.

English football is never lonely, because it's so smoky everywhere!

Aldridge and Wenger talked about some of the current Premier League teams.

The two consecutive Manchester United have no need to talk about it. The Reds Liverpool have long been famous in Europe. Leeds United and Newcastle United are flourishing. However, there is a team that Wenger and Aldridge have discussed for a long time.

That was only last year's Blackburn 4-point league runner-up behind Manchester United.

This is a team with no foundation, and the population of the small town is only 100,000.

But the speed of the rise in a short time is jaw-dropping.

Aldrich is willing to talk about the reasons for this team, the most important thing is the future development of football trends.

Golden Dollar Football!

Who is the originator of the English dollar football?

It's definitely not Chelsea ten years later.

It's Blackburn!

Iron Walker Jack Walker returned to his hometown and joined Blackburn, injecting 30 million pounds of capital into the club, which made the team that was unable to even pay for the game away on the road and even the train fare change, and had a shock to the championship throne. Strength.

Ten million pounds may be just a transfer fee for a top star after ten years, but in the early 1990s, thirty million pounds was enough to turn a team of salted fish!

Blackburn invited Liverpool King Dalglish to coach, and the team has sent a lot of first-class players, almost all players of the European national team level.

Blackburn, who has been exposed, almost won the league title last season. The devil front formed by the team Alan Shearer and Chris Sutton is unstoppable. Last season, the UEFA Cup staged the elimination of the Bundesliga giant Bayern Munich. Good show.

This is the impact of Jin Yuan on football, plus Bosman's law is about to open a new era of football, the traditional football rules will undergo earth-shaking changes.

Although Aldridge also brought Millwall a capital injection of 30 million pounds, but he may be difficult to continue his generous investment. To meet the needs of this football transformation period, Aldridge needs to plan a lot, many .