Aldrich couldn't sit still.

At least he's going to have to do something to disrupt his opponent.

But he will first lead the team at home to Porto.

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

It will also be a crucial game as Millwall will need to confirm Champions League group stage qualification as far in advance as possible in order to focus on the league.

Millwall, led by Larsson, Nedved, Villa and Messi, made their debut at the Lion King Stadium.

Porto's first-round defeat to Inter Milan forced them not to lose against Millwall, and if they lose the first two rounds and give Inter and Millwall three points each, their hopes of qualifying will be dashed.

It's acceptable to take 1 point away from home.

But Millwall did not accept it!

Porto is going through a period of change in the way the club is doing business.

From the beginning of last season to this season, it was a transition, first the coach, and since Mourinho's departure, there have been frequent changes of coaches, which makes the management of the team not particularly stable.

Secondly, Porto has officially shifted from the traditional business policy of the past to become a European black store that "sells blood to get rich"!

Take Mourinho's period as an example, Mourinho coached for two full seasons, O2O3, O3O4, and Porto's financial balance in the transfer market was balanced, with a slight profit, less than 2oo million euros.

But after Mourinho left, in the summers of 2oo4 and 2oo5, the black store in Porto opened, and there was money. Naturally, you can make your business bigger. So their input is also very amazing. At the level of the Portuguese Small Nations League, they have invested a total of almost 650o euros in two summers, which is more than 6o% of clubs in the main league, and they have made a total profit of 750o euros in these two summers!

That's why Fleet Street also joked that Millwall deserves to be learned by many clubs around the world, and Porto is one of them, and they now have a profitable style in the Millwall transfer market.

Of course. Such words, to Millwall's ears, were more like a sarcasm.

At least since O2, Millwall have hardly sold key players, and those who have been released have failed to compete within the club, or have been forcibly poached, such as Ashley Cole, but it's really different than before.

Porto is so selling, and they want to make a difference in the European competition. That's not realistic.

Just like the Porto transfer market during the Jose Mourinho period, why not a support point for the team's stability?

There is a lot of turnover of players. It will have an impact on the combat effectiveness of the team, even if the people who leave seem to be lower than the people who come, but the team is kneaded and shaped, and it takes time to accumulate.

At the Lion King Stadium, Millwall had the absolute upper hand on the field, and Villa, who played as the main striker of the single arrow, played well.

In the 27th minute, Villa calmly stopped the ball from behind Nedved and smashed it past the opposing defender and fired into the near corner of the goal to open the scoring for Millwall.

Before the end of the first half, Messi suddenly stopped and crossed after cutting inside on the right side, and Larsson's header at the back post was crossed to the middle, and the follow-up Nedved volleyed the ball into the goal to extend the score to 2:o.

At the beginning of the second half, Messi cut into the penalty area after breaking through on the right side, and sent a nanny ball to Villa after attracting the opponent to fill the position, and Villa, who was outflanked in front of the goal, scored twice, and Millwall sealed the win!

Fans in the stands at the Lion King Stadium watched Larsson and Nedved, Messi and Villa.

It's really emotional.

Old combinations, new combinations.

The combination of the old and the new, Millwall's successive generations of lions have carried on the past and forged ahead into the future, giving people confidence in the future.

Millwall won their second Champions League group game with a score of 3:o, and although there are still four rounds to go, they are already in good shape.

Aldridge praised Villa after the game, saying in an interview with reporters: "I think Villa has been under a bit of pressure in the last few years, because people always compare him to Henry, sometimes it's an inspiration and an honor, because not all strikers can compare to Henry, I'm happy to see Villa working hard every day, he is also improving, he is about to turn 24, with his current appearance, I believe he is also ready to take on a bigger challenge, It was a desire he had from a very young age to play a more important role in Millwall. ”

Aldridge also praised Nedved and Larsson.

"Although you have written a lot of stories in the newspapers that make me angry, there is one thing that I agree with very much. You say that Millwall has Nedved and Larson, which is a blessing and luck for Millwall. Yes, it is fortunate that we have no words to express the respect and affection that I and all the people at the club have for Nedved and Larsson, who have not changed since the first day they came to the club and every day now, they have always been full of fighting spirit, they have always been conscientious and they have always been selfless and dedicated to the team."

Aldridge is happy to see that Villa is coming out of Henry's "shadow".

This kind of "shadow" formation is actually quite normal, when the outside voice is constantly saying "how far is Villa from Henry", when Villa is not playing well in the game, people will say "if Henry is there"

Naturally, Villa will have mental stress.

The crux of the reason why the coaching staff saw that he had this psychological "shadow" was that Villa seemed to want to imitate Henry's style of play at a certain time in the past!

This made him not swing better on the court, but regressed.

Fortunately, he is a key player for the club, and the coaching staff has helped him adjust himself in time to get out of this shadow, not to be "Henry II", but to be a new "Villa".

As for Messi, Aldridge didn't say a word after the game.

The praise given to young players needs to be done in moderation, rather than boasting on the field, which will only have the opposite effect and is easy to make the coach's praise gradually "devalued".

After the Champions League game, Aldridge started firing at Chelsea before the weekend's league game!

Stepping into October, the eighth round of the British war began.

Millwall are at home to Everton.

Chelsea are visiting Anfield.

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

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

Fleet Street sometimes mocks him as Aldrich's little henchman, from the day he picked up the coaching whip in England, he has been Millwall's "royal coach", from the lower league teams to the old British powerhouse Everton, he has been silently and selflessly helping Millwall train!

The transfer of some of Millwall's eliminated players to Everton has been described by Fleet Street as "Sir Hall's reward for Moyes".

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

So Everton came to challenge Millwall, Moyes wanted to touch the tiger's butt and try it!

What if the tooth extraction is successful?

One accidentally sniped Millwall to defend their league title this season.

At that time, who would dare to say that Moyes was Aldrich's henchman?

Even if it used to be, now he is a second or fifth boy, and he stabbed his eldest brother in the back!

Speaking at the pre-match press conference ahead of the trip from Merseyside, Moyes took the game at the Lion King Stadium very seriously, as if he had anticipated all the difficulties and had been clever enough to think of a solution.

However, at the pre-match press conference held in the Millwall Club press room a little later, Aldridge did not say a word about Everton!

Completely ignoring Everton!

Aldridge is talking about Chelsea.

And cleverly waited for the reporter to ask questions about Chelsea before he took the opportunity to lead the topic of the press conference to Chelsea.

'Chelsea's seven wins in a row surprised a lot of people? I don't remember how many times in the past many years, Millwall, Manchester United, Arsenal, have won seven in a row, right? Does that mean anything? Has Chelsea already won the title? No! But if you want to talk about this seven-game winning streak, then let's talk about it objectively and calmly. ”

As soon as Aldrich said this, the reporters in the press room looked at each other.

Journalists who are familiar with Aldridge have already curled up the corners of their mouths, knowing that the young coach has the intention of starting to cause trouble for Chelsea on media platforms.

Anyway, Aldridge wouldn't be bored here to talk nonsense with them first.

Secondly, talking about direct competitors on media platforms requires great caution when talking about top coaches!

Because the more you talk about it, the more you care about it, and it's likely to affect your team.

This is a counterproductive psychosuggestive behavior.

It's like a lot of people go to an interview and keep saying to themselves: don't be nervous, don't be nervous, don't be nervous

But when it came to the interview, he must have been very nervous!

The "don't" you say to yourself has the opposite effect!

So Aldridge, when he is at a disadvantage, speaks up in front of the media, and tries to avoid commenting on opponents and his own team as much as possible.

Just like in the old days, when talking about Manchester United and Arsenal, he would just stay on each other and not involve Millwall.

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

If you include your own team, just blindly saying that Millwall will catch up with the opponent, and Millwall is not afraid of the opponent, it sounds very vain, and it has a taste of giving yourself courage.

Most of the reporters in the audience have already understood that Aldridge wants to put pressure on Chelsea, and as for whether it is internal or external pressure, it will have to wait for Aldridge to uncover the mystery himself.

Aldrich cleared his throat and prepared to fire. (To be continued......)

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