In the twelfth round of the Premier League, Millwall made their debut and played the London derby again, this time they were visiting to challenge Fulham.

Since the Champions League has been qualified ahead of schedule, the remaining two rounds of the Champions League group stage are handed over to the substitute lineup and there is no need to worry about it, so Aldridge has no intention of rotating the main team in the league.

But with last week's league and midweek Champions League games against Inter Milan, Millwall's squad played three games in seven days, with a slight dip in the terror on the pitch and a jubilant return to east London after a costly 1-0 win over Fulham to get three points.

After playing the game first, Aldridge spent the whole time sitting with his friends and watching the live broadcast of the football game.

Chelsea will be the last to make their Premier League action at the weekend, when they travel to Old Trafford to take on the Red Devils Manchester United.

Although Chelsea have been held to a draw at Everton before, the outside world is still shocked by Chelsea's momentum, with 31 points from the first 11 rounds, 10 wins and 1 draw!

So even if Chelsea are on a trip to Old Trafford, they are the more favourite side in the eyes of the outside world.

But after 90 minutes of battle, Mourinho's face was gloomy!

1:0

Home team ahead!

Manchester United beat Chelsea at home!

Breaking the Blues' unbeaten league run!

"Hahaha, you should have a glass of wine here!"

In Andrew's private clubhouse in the city of London, Aldridge and a group of friends sat on the couch after watching Manchester United's match against Chelsea, and they all raised their glasses in celebration.

With a glass of wine, Aldrich put his arm around Carter. Interested. Light another cigarette by the way. Carter turned his head to Aldrich and smiled: "Half a month, chasing 5 points!" Hehe, Chelsea are really going to be nervous now, by the way, do you want to send a text message to Ferguson to congratulate him! ”

Aldrich spat out a puff of smoke and said with a smile: "No, that's too bad, if Ferguson really saw me sending him such a text message." Hehe, I'm afraid it will be taken as a humiliation, it looks like Millwall is treating Manchester United as a thug, hahaha? ”

Aldrich finished speaking, but he was stunned again.

Carter was just joking, but he didn't expect to find that Aldrich took out his mobile phone from his pocket and began to write congratulatory text messages after a brief loss of consciousness.

He hurriedly reached out and pressed Aldrich's hand, and said with a wry smile: "Hey, you understand the reason, how can you pay it back?" ”

Aldrich pushed his hand away. A serious way: "No, no, no, the truth is the truth." Humanity is humanity and it occurred to me that I should have sent a text message to Ferguson to congratulate him on a great game. ”

Carter looked dazed and asked, "What does this mean exactly?" ”

"Revenge!"

Aldridge pressed send after writing the text message, then dropped the phone on the coffee table in front of him and turned to Carter and said: "Let me think about it, ten years ago, yes, almost ten years ago, before the summer of 1996, in the final stage of the Premier League season, I led Millwall to successfully snipe Kevin Keegan's Newcastle United, and when I sat in the bus after the game, Ferguson, he sent me a text message to congratulate me on a victory!" I replied with a text in a strong tone: Millwall's victory over Newcastle United was not to help Manchester United win the title! It's a big deal, but can you imagine Ferguson's mentality at the time? ”

Carter rolled his eyes and nodded, "Do you think he treats you like his own person?" Hehehe, you beat Newcastle United and he came to praise you as if it were a compliment? ”

Aldrich shrugged his shoulders and didn't say anything, and everyone knew it.

Ferguson quickly texted Aldridge back, and the old Scottish man was annoyed by Aldrich's text message before he had time to celebrate the team's defeat of Chelsea at home!

"Aldrich, what do you mean by this damn text message? Don't think the Premier League is your war with Jose Mourinho! Manchester United are not out of the game yet! It's not your turn to praise me for my victory! ”

"Hahahaha!"

Aldridge laughed out loud at the text message Ferguson replied to.

It's true that Manchester United are not out of the tournament yet, but after 12 rounds, the results are not particularly good.

Total time you have 7 wins, 3 draws, 2 losses, total 24 points.

Millwall 8 wins, 3 draws, 1 loss, 27 points.

Chelsea 10 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss, 31 points.

Three points behind Millwall and seven behind Chelsea!

But it's not a question of whether United are out of the game.

Aldridge smiled and texted Ferguson again.

"Alex, thank you for your text message from ten years ago!"

After this text message was sent, Aldrich waited for a long time, but did not see Ferguson reply to the text message, Carter quickly asked, "What's the matter?" He's angry? Still don't understand what you're talking about? ”

Aldrich shook his head and smiled, "I don't know." No matter, hehe. ”

It took about 10 minutes for Ferguson to reply.

"You're such a vengeful person!"

After reading the text message, Aldrich laughed again.

Holding grudges or not is another matter, at least, the shape of reality now, as well as the mentality, whether it is Millwall or Aldrich, there has been a big change from ten years ago.

It can even be said that Aldridge has reversed the situation with Ferguson ten years ago.

Carter flipped through the Premier League schedule, poured Aldridge a drink, and asked casually: "Looking at Chelsea's schedule after the first half, the most difficult game before meeting us should be Arsenal, can we catch up with Chelsea before the Christmas game?" ”

Aldrich leaned back on the couch, and at this time the music was already playing in the hall, Andrew, Brady, Saul and others were all dancing with their female companions, and the cards playing next door were also playing billiards.

He closed his eyes and replied: "I don't dare to draw conclusions about this, well, but we should use this momentum to create more pressure on Chelsea!" ”

With that, Aldrich opened his eyes and approached Carter.

Chelsea led Millwall by nine points in half a month, and after a draw and a loss, they were chased by Millwall to four points!

It's a stressful juncture!

It is necessary to seize the opportunity to create difficulties for the opponent from the outside.

Aldridge had been just casually fanning the flames at the press conference, far from the time to really build momentum, because he thought the time had not come.

When Chelsea continues to win in a row and the momentum is like a rainbow, the more Aldridge talks, it will only give the outside world the impression that he is red-eyed, but it will make Chelsea's morale even higher!

Look, the young marshal is in a hurry!

Pray to God and worship Buddha every day, I can't wait for us to lose!

At this juncture, it's a good time.

Carter asked curiously, "What do you think of again?" ”

Aldrich blinked and said innocently, "I'm just using normal means." Hehe, you are the right wording, you didn't say that I was sinister, and yes, compared to the practices of many teams in football, I am considered clean. How did you take over the club's media resources? ”

Carter smiled and nodded, a look of indifferent confidence.

As early as when Evan was still working at Millwall, Millwall was responsible for the private communication channel with the media, which was not to control the media, and it was simply impossible, because the benefits brought by news broadcasts were difficult to quantify, and Millwall could not give enough benefits to the outside world to completely dominate the freedom of the press.

However, a cooperative relationship can be established.

For example, the Millwall Christmas sex scandal, which once made a lot of noise, the media must report it when they hear the news.

However, before the news is broadcast, the Millwall club will be notified in advance to avoid a surprise attack on Millwall.

And Millwall's sometimes leaks of intelligence in the transfer market are actually an exchange of interests, which they voluntarily leak to the outside world.

For example, when Aldrich came to Rome, several media outlets in Fleet Street broadcast the news a few hours in advance, saying that Millwall would sign Nesta, and this news proved to be correct, and the insiders in Fleet Street understood that it was not these media outlets that were powerful, but their news channels, which were within Millwall.

And one of the most upright cooperation, is Aldridge's exclusive cooperation with the BBC after the World Cup, live broadcast of the interview that he will step down as the national team coach after winning the championship, although he did not leave in the end, but that report allowed the BBC to obtain huge benefits, England players rushed into the scene to jointly retain Aldridge's audio-visual record, has become a classic picture in English football.

Carter is a veteran in this area, so he first established good relations with several important media outlets on Fleet Street after taking office, continuing and strengthening the covert cooperation between the two sides.

Last season, Chelsea were bombarded with public opinion, and this energy was reflected in the effect.

Is this illegal?

Freedom of speech, no crime!

What critics write in their columns is their freedom.

There is no forced sale to readers.

However, this is like a market maker in the financial market, who will use the media to mislead the public, and God knows how many stock commentators are puppets of the market maker!

If Aldridge wanted to "intimidate" Chelsea with public opinion when he met Chelsea last season, today he has to do it differently.

Don't say play a trick three times, the effect of playing twice may be very different.

'Didn't Chelsea want to be the best in the world? So, let's make it the strongest in the world! ”

As soon as Aldridge's voice fell, Carter also lit a cigarette, thought for a while and then understood, and asked softly: "Are you confident that Chelsea can't bear it?" ”

Aldridge pursed his lips and said indifferently: "If I can resist, then I will be convinced of the loss, but if I can't bear it, hum to say confidence, you ask me in vain, Millwall and Chelsea, will I have more confidence in Chelsea?" That's too cowardly! ”

Carter laughed, laughed, raised his glass and clinked glasses with Aldrich, and then drank them all.

Millwall used the media to 'intimidate' Chelsea last season.

This season, they are ready to "kill" Chelsea! (To be continued......)