Heading into November, Millwall's form hasn't dropped dramatically, but judging by their appearance on the pitch, it's not as crazy as it was at the start of the season.

Especially in mid-November, when Aldridge led the team to Anfield to play in the League Cup, they suffered their first defeat of the new season and went out of the League Cup!

Aldridge sent a bunch of young players on the pitch, Moutinho, Veloso, Messi, Baines, Ramos and others, and also put third goalkeeper Kirkland on the pitch to see his cousin.

Before the game, Aldridge cheekily told the media that the game was used to train the young players.

In fact, he sent a signal to Benitez that he wanted to have some tacit understanding with this old friend, everyone should practice and practice, don't overconsume!

However, Benitez said in front of the media that Aldrich must be setting off smoke bombs!

Liverpool have to show 200% combat power to face Millwall, otherwise, they may be eliminated at home!

Owen did not move to Real Madrid, but stayed at Anfield, and at the same time, Liverpool's transformation this season is still relatively obvious.

Steven Gerrard moved on to the shadow striker role and Carragher returned to centre-back, while Rafael Benitez brought in Michael Carrick in the transfer market, who had crossed paths with Michael Carrick during his time as an assistant at Millwall, and this time together for a future at Anfield.

As a result, Liverpool was decent in the early stages of the league this season, and after a while, they began to stabilize their strong momentum, although there is no hope of competing for the title, but they want to advance to the Champions League. You can still fight.

Liverpool, who started all their game, made their debut at Anfield. Aldrich's face was a little uncomfortable.

Fuck it!

Benitez certainly knew Aldridge wasn't setting off smoke bombs.

But Aldrich was relieved afterwards. Benitez can't let the Reds be eliminated at Anfield, right?

That would be very demoralizing.

Besides, it doesn't matter if Millwall is a group of child soldiers, overturning the wild lions, mental encouragement and motivation are also what Liverpool needs.

Millwall led the game for 60 minutes and led until the 68th minute of the second half thanks to a goal from Glen Schal, before being equalised by Steven Gerrard.

Aldridge didn't want to be cowardly away from home, so he simply had the courage to fight with his opponent.

It's a pity that luck won't be on his side every time, and the consequence of this fight is a tragic exit. Liverpool were held out of the quarter-finals of the Carabao Cup by Liverpool's 3-1 comeback.

This season's League Cup is gone, it doesn't matter, Millwall's other fronts have also made room for training: the Champions League!

At the beginning of November, they returned to Super Laco, and won 2:1 away with goals from Alonso and Ronaldo, and locked the round of 16 in advance after winning four consecutive Champions League group stage games.

Wait until the Champions League group stage is over. Next January, the FA Cup will start again. Millwall stabilized the record on the main front, rotated at the same time, and carried out the general strategy of training more smoothly and coherently, which is what Aldridge is more satisfied with.

In November, Millwall won three and drew one of their four Premier League games.

2-0 win at home to Birmingham.

Beat Crystal Palace 5-0 at home.

Drawn 2-2 away by Liverpool.

3-1 win at home against Arsenal.

The record is naturally good, but the goals conceded in the game against Liverpool and Arsenal have made Millwall's goalkeeper become the focus of the outside world, Bout was saved by Owen when the game against Liverpool was near the end of the game, and the goal scored by Arsenal at home also came from his save, this season because Kaka played as a midfielder, unable to provide the crazy defensive pressure in the midfield like Nedved in the past, so Millwall's chances of being successfully counterattacked by the opponent are relatively improved, In other words, the possibility of the goal being threatened has also increased, so Bout's save is easy to magnify.

Aldrich also wants to improve this problem, but how?

Chelsea wanted to poach Neuer in the summer, but it didn't succeed, because Schalke 04 didn't let go, thinking that Neuer had great potential, and at the same time Neuer was not interested in transferring to Chelsea, and it was impossible to get to the sky in one step, what did he do at Stamford Bridge?

Aldrich doesn't want to buy Neuer now, and in terms of technical maturity, Neuer has the future, not the present.

It is impossible for him to replace Bout if he is bought now, otherwise, the No. 3 goalkeeper of the German national team will not be Bout.

Turning a knife at a veteran who has been with the team for more than a decade with just one or two mistakes is not Aldrich's style, but he still has a plan for a rainy day.

If the moment really comes when he has to do it, he should always have a suitable candidate.

Throughout this time, there are only a handful of goalkeepers in Europe who can sit in the main goalkeeper position of giants, withstand the test of top competitions, and play a solid game.

Because the goalkeeper position is too special, the giants do not dare to use this position to train, the risk is too high and too high.

Even some young talented goalkeepers must have risen to the top with their excellent performances, rather than staying in this position early and falling a few times, slowly getting up and thriving.

Casillas of Real Madrid.

Chelsea's Petr Cech.

Gianluigi Buffon at Juventus.

Some of the older ones, Dida, Kahn, the younger ones who are still good at the stage, Valdés, and Arsenal's Lehmann.

In the end, Aldridge wrote two names on the shortlist: Buffon, Van der Sar.

If he is determined to get rid of Bout next summer, then he will compete with Manchester United for Edwin van der Sar.

But if not, in the future, he will go and smash Buffon back.

Although Millwall and Juventus are in a "cold war" at the club level, at this time and then, especially thinking about the summer of 06, Aldridge does not think that Millwall can't poach Juventus's people!

In the Champions League group stage at the end of November and the beginning of December, Millwall won two consecutive draws, drawing away to Monaco, yes, Millwall only equalized in the 77th minute of the second half by Larsson's goal, and in the final group game, it was Olympiacos who held the equalizer, Messi scored his first goal in the Champions League.

After the Champions League group stage, Millwall FC took the initiative to renew Messi's contract and give him a salary increase.

The signing fee was an upper-middle-class home in London, much to the delight of the Macys, who moved into a new house with better conditions.

At the beginning of December, Millwall played two league games in four days, winning one and drawing one.

In the first half of the league, Fleet Street joked that Liverpool became Millwall's least favorite city, but there were also unscrupulous tabloids recalling the old story, saying that Aldridge was too fond of Liverpool and showing mercy to Liverpool.

Coincidentally, Chelsea and Millwall have the same record in their last six league games, with the gap between the two teams still being eight points.

Especially at the beginning of December, Chelsea failed to get all three points in Highbury, before the game, Millwall had already left London, the whole team flew to Japan, as long as Chelsea won three points, it could close the gap with Millwall, from eight points to six, but Chelsea still failed to beat Arsenal in Highbury.

Before the arrival of the Christmas Express, the Millwall team flew to Japan, which was their first time in two years to participate in the Toyota Cup, and the country has sparked a football fever.

This year's Toyota Cup is historic.

Because this is the last Toyota Cup, from next year, the Intercontinental Club Champions will participate in the FIFA Club World Cup.

At the Yokohama International Sports Arena, the whole Millwall team is very relaxed, and the fans in the stands are very fanatical, not only chasing Ronaldo, but also young players in the Millwall team, such as Kaka, Ronaldo, Villa, Alonso and other players, have also become idols in the hearts of a new generation of fans.

In this year's Toyota Cup, Millwall did not face much of a challenge against Colombia's Caldas club.

Millwall's overall strength was overpowering, but they also had a complete technical and tactical approach, using their masterful possession advantage to wear down their opponents and unleash the fatal blow when they rushed into action.

Ronaldo is a casual player on the pitch, Cristiano Ronaldo is also playful, and when Kaka rushes up, Villa is like a blue-collar warrior, selflessly contributing or looking for opportunities on the pitch.

At the end of the game, Millwall rushed into the field, and two years later, they won the Toyota Cup again!

"4-0, Champions League champions Millwall destroyed Copa Libertadores champions Caldas with dominance, and the Millwall star group is impressive, although they certainly didn't give it their all, as they will soon be back in the Premier League for a brutal Christmas Express schedule! Congratulations to Millwall, who won the last Toyota Cup! It is also the team that has won the Toyota Cup the most times in history, winning the championship 5 times! In 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, and now 2004, as the Toyota Cup becomes history, Millwall, the king of the Toyota Cup, has brought this competition to a more perfect end, and from next year, we will enjoy the FIFA World Champions Club League, and hopefully the new international club competition will be even more exciting than the Toyota Cup! ”

At the time of the Toyota Cup awards, Aldrich unexpectedly learned that the organizers had set up a special award for him, probably because the organizers on the Japanese side wanted to make the event more brilliant, anyway, the Toyota Cup was going to the grave, in addition to the award for the best player in the game, Aldrich also specially awarded Aldrich a Toyota Cup Best Coach Achievement Award! (To be continued......)