The Young Lion

The beautiful scenery in March in Yangchun is picturesque, the situation in European football is changing, and the fighting is constantly raging!

The war of words between Ferguson and Aldrich has reached a fever pitch, and the two have even begun to be described by the media as endless enemies!

The Premier League has also completely entered the track where it is difficult to predict who will eventually win the championship. watermark ad test watermark ad test

On average, the league leader will change hands in two rounds. The gap between Manchester United and Millwall has always been within 3 points per game. Whoever makes a mistake will seize the lead, but neither team can continue stably. Played several consecutive victories to maintain the leading position.

There are not only the team's own pressure and injury problems, but also the Premier League has come to the stage where most teams start to fight with their lives. , On the contrary, it will be a mid-range team that has passed the relegation line but is absolutely hopeless in the European war.

Fleet Street continues to create an atmosphere of hostility between Millwall and Manchester United, and the war of words between Aldrich and Ferguson has repeatedly hit the headlines. Everyone knows that no matter who wins in the end, then there must be a loser, and the loser Every word and every sentence spoken during this external battle will be interpreted and made into a laughing stock in the future!

In March, Millwall was eliminated from the FA Cup, and the substitute lineup was blocked from the FA Cup quarter-finals against Liverpool.

In the second year of Houllier's full coaching of the Red Army, Liverpool began to show signs of revival, at least in the third-tier cup competitions at home and abroad, they are like a broken bamboo!

The League Cup has just won the League Cup, and the Red Army is taking the prestige of winning the FA Cup to beat the wild lion again!

In a single season, Millwall was eliminated in a double play in the cup, and the UEFA Cup also passed all the way.

Millwall made the same mistake in the second group stage of the Champions League at first as in the first group stage. At first, they drew with Milan at San Siro. Returning to the home court to break the iron barrel formation of the Belgian giants Anderlecht. But the third game went to Paris, but suffered a draw in the away game, and the promotion situation became full of suspense again.

Aldridge's evaluation of the team's performance in these few games is only four words: quite satisfactory.

However, this is the result he wanted most.

Before it's time to sprint with all your strength, don't use your strength too early!

Milan and Paris Saint-Germain fought hard and only got a draw at home.

In the next three games, Millwall won three consecutive victories, 6 games, 4 wins, 2 draws and 14 points to advance to the top 8.

Anderlecht returned to the home court to try their best to advance, but was defeated by Millwall with a defensive counterattack 3:0.

At Lion King Stadium. People have witnessed the powerlessness of Paris Saint-Germain and the dying struggle of the Milan giants. In the two games, the score is the same, both 3:0.

With three victories and nine goals without conceding a single goal, Millwall greeted the knockout round of the Champions League quarter-finals with an obvious burst of fighting spirit and competitive state.

Fleet Street is excited!

Nothing to do with Millwall.

In the eyes of the outside world, there is no suspense for Millwall to advance to the top 8, and the top 4 is the minimum consumption!

However, when the top 8 list of the Champions League was released, England was boiling.

millwall. Manchester United, Arsenal. Leeds United!

Deportivo, Valencia, Paris Saint-Germain, Bayern Munich.

In the top 8, the Premier League teams won 4 seats!

Serie A is down!

Now is the era of the Premier League and La Liga!

Fleet Street couldn't wait to shout the slogan of the rise of Europa in the Premier League, and also cited the new broadcast contract of the Premier League starting next season to skyrocket again, breaking the 1 billion pound mark. What does this prove?

Prove the ratings value of the Premier League, and at the same time protect the source of funds for the long-term development of the Premier League team

Next, everyone is most concerned about the UEFA Champions League draw.

The worst situation for the 4 Premier League teams is to fight against each other and be assigned to different half areas. If they are divided into the same half area, at least one team can be guaranteed to enter the final!

After this assumption was put on the table, the coaches of Manchester United, Arsenal, and Leeds United wanted to scold their mothers!

I bought a watch last year!

Who the hell wants to smoke with Millwall? Not even the same half area!

After the lottery results came out, the entire UK was shocked!

UEFA is awesome.

The four Premier League teams did not meet, and all were drawn to foreign teams.

upper half.

Paris Saint-Germain vs Arsenal.

Manchester United vs Bayern Munich.

lower half.

Leeds United vs Deportivo.

Valencia vs Millwall!

Apart from Manchester United being unhappy, the fans of the other three Premier League teams cheered and celebrated.

Arsenal drew Paris Saint-Germain, which is not too strong, and Leeds United signed well. They drew Deportivo, who is not far behind them in strength, and Millwall's opponent. Hehe, last season's Champions League final was staged again !

After the result of the draw came out, the gaming company immediately adjusted the odds of winning the Champions League, and Millwall, the number one favorite, dropped the odds sharply!

Valencia was defeated by Millwall in the final last year. They played 180 minutes in two rounds. Millwall has a higher probability of passing the final than the final. At the same time, the semi-final opponents in the lower half, Leeds United and Deportivo , it is difficult to have the strength to stop Millwall from reaching the final, and since Aldridge took office, it is an unbreakable law that Millwall must win the finals of important events!

Of course, they lost the Charity Shield title, but no one would think that kind of event counts as a major event.

When Aldridge appeared in front of the media for the first time after the Champions League knockout draw, he refused to answer any questions about the Champions League, because his role had changed, from Millwall club manager to England national team manager.

At the end of March, the national team assembled to prepare for the world preliminaries.

England's international players came to Leo's training base, and Aldridge held a national team press conference in advance, and then concentrated on preparing for the game.

There are still reporters asking him about the club, but he automatically ignores them.

Besides, he thought there was nothing more to talk about.

The strength is right there.

But for the prospect of England's World Cup preliminaries, Aldridge's job as the coach of the national team. He couldn't help but answer.

England's group has a total of 8 games. If these 8 games are divided into one stage, the 15th game is the foreshadowing, and the 68th is the decisive battle. Now I can't look forward to the final battle, because there is a premise, that is, after receiving In the 4th and 5th games, the England national team can qualify for the decisive battle! If these two games are lost, the meaning of the next three games will change. People think that Greece is not strong. But I don’t I believe that Greece still has a chance to fight for the play-offs. It just so happens that the game against England is their biggest turning point. If they can beat us, their chances of qualifying for the play-offs will be greatly improved. If we underestimate the enemy, we may miss it World Cup.

Aldrich's words did not arouse the disgust of Fleet Street.

The outside world's support for Aldridge's role as the national team coach is unprecedentedly high. People have seen the qualitative change of the national team in his hands in a short period of time, before the England national team has no problems. No one will ask for trouble to make things difficult for him.

In order to participate in the World Cup, now not only to support Aldridge. Also be objective and calm.

Aldrich is right, in this group, England, Germany, Finland, Greece, and Albania.

The favorites to qualify are the two traditional strong teams. Albania is definitely impossible to qualify, and the chances of qualifying for the play-offs are not slim, it is impossible, unless the other four teams are released in 8 games.

But Finland and Greece are absolutely likely to become dark horse teams, squeezing out a traditional strong team to qualify for the play-offs.

Germany temporarily leads the powerhouses, England is not optimistic, with 3 victories, 1 draw and 1 loss, only 4 points.

Next, the fourth game and the fifth game, although the round has not yet reached the decisive battle, but as Aldrich said, these two games are very critical, to determine whether Greece and Finland have a chance to become dark horses turning point.

Came to the Leo training base, Aldridge and Klinsmann exchanged player status on the sidelines.

Towards the end of the season, the status of these players who play the main force in each team has at least remained at an above-average level. This is good news, however.

However, their physical condition is not optimistic.

Aldridge spoke out for Klinsmann.

Yeah, Millwall and Manchester United are fighting on two fronts, fighting for the title in the league, reaching the quarter-finals of the Champions League, Liverpool even played more games than us, winning the League Cup and entering the quarter-finals of the FA Cup , the UEFA Cup also entered the top 8!

Aldridge didn't whine or moan, either, which is the case, no blame.

He and Klinsmann walked to the training ground, looked at the exhausted England internationals from all directions, and arranged the training in an orderly manner, all of which were some easy training items. Even the tactical drill was cancelled, so that the players could play as much as possible. relax, rest.

At this time, as long as they can recharge their energy and show good physical condition, their competitive state will be able to perform better for the game in a few days.

The atmosphere of the national team is not as relaxed and happy as it was in the last assembly, because everyone is under a lot of pressure.

Only a small part of this pressure comes from the national team.

Mostly, it still comes from the club.

With less than two months to come, it will be decided what they will gain from their season-long efforts.

Intensive games, due to the situation in the league, some games against mid-lower teams may become key battles.

As for Owen, Gerrard and other players from Liverpool, the league championship is out of the question, but the Champions League qualification still has to be contended for, and there are two cup competitions that must go all out. A member of the team, the pressure may be greater than the Millwall players!

Taking a ten thousand step back, Millwall's failure to win the championship this season is not a big blow, but Liverpool, if they can't make it to the Champions League, can't win a more important championship, just relying on the League Cup. The word rich and powerful is beyond words.

The players are under a lot of pressure, coupled with the confrontational mood within the Premier League, everyone talks less, either against someone, or they don’t want to talk, it’s not easy to relax!

Because of this, they were very grateful to Aldridge during Aldridge's two-day local training.

They saw everything the young marshal did, and it was what they needed most at this stage.

There is neither high-spirited speech to emphasize that the national team must win such a pressure-increasing speech.

They didn't work overtime to increase their physical burden. Coming to the national team is more like taking a breath and recharging their energy.