Millwall's strong momentum in the second half of this season is also related to the full preparation of the national teams in European football for the World Cup, and will not over-consume players on FIFA match days, such as Sweden and the Czech Republic, which have entered the World Cup, Aldridge communicated privately with their national team coaches, in order to ensure that the players have more energy to participate in the summer World Cup, in the case of the national team has qualified, as far as possible to reduce the consumption of players in the first half of the FIFA match days are mostly friendly matches, The coach of the national team was also very understanding, and even did not call up Nedved and Larsson for the FIFA match day in February, citing training as an excuse.

Millwall defeated Barcelona at home, although it was only the round of 16, but in the mouth of the media, this Millwall team dominated Europe and no one could stop it!

On March 9, Millwall visited Catalonia and ended 1:1 in 90 minutes between Camp Nou and Barcelona, and advanced to the top 8 of the Champions League with an aggregate score of 5:2.

Aldridge's clash with Black Swan Rijkaard in the Champions League is more like a contest between competitors in the same way, with Aldridge leading too much for Rijkaard to catch up.

This is different from the war between Aldridge and Mourinho, the style is different, and the suspense is more complex and unquantifiable.

Although Millwall won 4 wins and 1 draw in 5 Premier League games from the end of February to the whole of March, they are still unbeaten, and once again opened the gap with Chelsea, adding a one-point advantage, and Chelsea also maintained a good momentum with 4 wins and 1 loss, but they felt helpless against the super stable Millwall.

Aldrich, however, was in a bad mood, even irritable.

The state of Xiao Luo began to decline. It's getting easier and easier to get tired on the pitch. Little Ronaldo, who couldn't keep fighting, made Aldridge realize. Xiao Luo's decline has become an inevitable reality.

Millwall did not do well in the summer of the new season, but the team sacrificed the league at the beginning of the season to make up for this, and the substitutes played a huge role in the rotation, and only Xiao Luo exposed the decline in continuous combat ability, lack of stamina, and unsustainable stamina among the main players, which is obviously Xiao Luo's personal problem.

Aldrich didn't want to force Ronaldo. Simply give him more time to rest, the density of using him in the past is close to one game a week, now adjusted to an average of 10 days a game, Aldridge really can't "tolerate" seeing more and more "walking time" on the court.

This may be the time when the sea is difficult to water, Xiao Luo, who is used to seeing omnipotence and control the game, sees him begin to show his mediocre side, no one can stand it, but he can't bear to be harsh.

So Aldrich spoke openly and honestly to him.

If you play, I need you to give it your all!

Your physical condition is not ideal, we will not talk about it!

I'll give you more time to rest. Either you don't play, or you play and show your best form and attitude!

In a contrasting environment. Xiao Luo saw the energy of his teammates around him, the explosive endurance on the field, and he began to decline, he also had distress, there was helplessness, Aldridge talked with him for more than 2 hours, calmly and objectively analyzed the reason for the emergence of this phenomenon, is the negative impact of Xiao Luo's off-field nightlife since he was 18 years old, even if he is restrained, in the convergence, but it is difficult to return, to this day, when the average player should reach his peak, he began to decline in the peak.

Aldridge naturally thought about the team, and Xiao Luo accepted Aldrich's proposal, although Xiao Luo was still the main force, but his playing time began to be reduced.

For almost a month and a half, the league was able to maintain its previous momentum, which was inseparable from the excellent performance of Ronaldo, Kaka, and Villa.

A new round of healthy competition within Millwall's squad has also kicked off.

The Battle of the Heavenly Kings!

Who will be the one who will carry the flag in Millwall in the near future?

The outside world will compare and argue with each other among Villa, Kaka, and Ronaldo, but at the same time, the media points out that Millwall is more terrifying!

In the FA Cup quarter-finals on March 24, Millwall directed another massacre!

6-0 sweep of Middlesbrough!

In the game, Messi scored a hat-trick, Sergio Aguero came off the bench to score a goal, Moutinho scored an assist, and Veloso performed well at both ends of the attack.

Millwall's bench with Larsson, Glen Shire, and Nedved Town has also grown at a terrifying pace this season.

On the front line, Messi and Aguero, the Argentine twin stars, and midfielders Moutinho and Veloso Portugal twin stars, both of whom are U20 players, plus Ramos in the first team, has a very impressive performance when Schneider was injured and absent this month.

While the focus is on Cristiano Ronaldo Cabylia, Millwall's younger generation is coming out of the cocoon under Aldridge's tutelage!

After beating Barcelona in the round of 16 of the Champions League and entering the last eight, Millwall once again faced off against the Spanish team.

At the end of March, Millwall went to Valencia, Spain, to be a guest at the Love Song Stadium and challenge the yellow submarine Villarreal!

Villarreal is definitely not a traditional strong team or an old powerhouse in La Liga, it only entered the top Spanish arena for the first time at the end of the last century, and after the new century, the results were stable, and began to make a splash, the League Cup semi-finals are a big miracle, last season they got their best historical ranking in La Liga, third place, to participate in this season's Champions League, the first time they set foot in the Champions League, they broke into the quarterfinals, obviously an out-and-out dark horse!

Millwall, who came to the Love Song Stadium, had some reservations, at least that's how the outside world saw it.

With the increase in age, the number of injuries in Henry has also begun to increase, although they are all minor injuries, but they will inevitably affect the state of the stadium, and the World Cup is just around the corner, for the sake of insurance, it is natural to be more cautious in use.

Henry was suspended due to injury, and Xiao Luo was put on the bench by Aldridge without injury, and the outside world was speculating whether Aldridge and Xiao Luo had a conflict. But things inside Millwall. Only the master and apprentice know it.

De Rossi, meanwhile, received a yellow card for his last game. With the accumulation of yellow cards suspended, Schneider is still 10 days away from his return, Ramos was able to get the starting position, and it can be said that Millwall has the main players in the third line who cannot play, which is good news for Villarreal.

Villarreal's sudden rise will make the manager also get the attention of the outside world.

"Chilean Engineer" Manuel Pellegrini made a name for himself in his first European debut, winning third place in the league in his first year with the Yellow Submarine, and the following year. That is, this year, although the two-front battle made it impossible for them to maintain the momentum of last season in the league, but the Champions League reached the quarterfinals, which is enough to make him beautiful!

Aldridge shook hands with Pellegrini on the sidelines with great interest, and Pellegrini was also full of excitement because he was about to face the strongest boss on this stage in the Champions League!

What if you win?

Spring is blooming.

Aldridge's mentality is to play against more different opponents on this stage, especially the famous ones, which is one of the great pleasures of his profession.

The first leg of the Champions League quarter-finals kicked off at the Love Song Stadium, with Villarreal hosting defending champions Millwall. Judging by today's starting line-up and line-up, Millwall are slightly conservative. Maybe it's really the fear of capsizing in the gutter.

Villarreal started 4312.

Goalkeeper: Barbosa.

Defenders: Venta, Rodriguez, Alvarez, Arua Barena.

Midfielders: Senna, Hosico, Sorin, Riquelme.

Forwards: Forlan, Jose Mari.

Millwall started 4231.

Goalkeeper: Bout.

Defenders: Ramos, Nesta, Silva, Lahm.

Double midfielders: Alonso, Nedved.

Defenders: Cristiano Ronaldo, Kaka, Glen Char.

Forward: Villa. ”

Nowadays, there are many strong people in the yellow submarine formation.

Venta was a late bloomer, Arua Barrena was the main player in Boca Juniors' dominance of South America at the beginning of the century, and central defender Rogrides was considered Argentina's defensive guarantee for the next decade (the future was ruined by injuries).

After Makelele left La Liga, the closest ability and role to Makelele in the back position was Senna in the yellow submarine team, who changed his flag and joined the Spanish national team, and was also one of the key figures for the Bullfighter to dominate Europe two years later!

Hosiko is the quintessential Basque midfielder, with Sorin running all over the pitch and Riquelme at the heart of the midfield, who is the only remaining master of the classical midfield against the backdrop of Zidane's retirement at the end of the season.

After leaving Manchester United, Forlan suddenly came to La Liga and became a phenomenal goalscorer, able to score incredible goals in a variety of ways.

Such a yellow submarine should not be underestimated.

Manuel Pellegrini still has a lot of ambition for this game.

Although he was a little humble in his posture, the desire to win was even stronger when he saw Millwall's starting line-up.

In his opinion, Aldridge despised him, and Millwall did not take Villarreal seriously!

Look, Millwall didn't even have a full-time defensive midfielder, isn't that a disdain?

Xiao Luo was also put on the bench to retain his strength!

Pellegrini decided that Aldridge wanted to step on Villarreal's corpse to advance to the semi-finals!

Young marshal, don't underestimate me!

Pellegrini has ignited infinite fighting spirit, and is bound to let the lions who are alone in the world fall on the Love Song Stadium!

However, 10 minutes into the game, Pellegrini looked at the shape on the pitch and suddenly burst into tears!

Millwall had almost 80 per cent possession in the first 10 minutes!

In front of the La Liga team that is best at ball control and game control, is Millwall coming to the door to get an axe?

Aldrich's gaze was calm and unmoved.

Instead of sending Pedreti to replace the absent De Rossi, Aldridge let the winger recycle for the obvious purpose of strengthening the midfield!

Whether it is Rijkaard or Pellegrini, in Aldrich's eyes, they are actually the same.

His mindset is the same as it was ten years ago.

Break the world! (To be continued......)