The day after the victory, Aldridge enjoyed a hearty dinner at his parents' house in the evening, but it was a pity that the eldest brother did not return from the United States.

After dinner, Aldrich and Melanie went to the cinema to watch a movie, and then returned home to Wushan.

On the morning of the 17th, the FA Cup final.

Aldridge drove to the team's training ground, early in the morning on the outside of the training ground, because it was a weekend, many fans came here early to cheer for the team, and before the start of training, the players would also go outside to sign autographs for the fans.

The fans were enthusiastic and happy to look at the players on the training ground.

Aldridge arrived on the sidelines of the training pitch in sportswear, the coaches were all there, and the other players who had been a little slower came out of the locker room before training began.

You can see their mentality from their relaxed expressions, and their mental state is also good, obviously yesterday's holiday, the main players did not indulge.

"Hey, boss."

The players greeted Aldridge one after another, and at first they were still smiling, but when they saw the expressionless Betnes and the thick stack of papers in the opponent's hand, most of the players walked away with a strange look on their eyes.

Most of them were a little scared of Benitez.

Especially Pirlo and Schneider.

Aldridge is the head coach but he doesn't have the energy to get his hands dirty when it comes to the club's first-team work.

For example, his focus is on tactical layout and locker room management, as well as on-the-spot command.

The team's specific technical training is in charge of Mulenstin, physical training is in charge of Babu, and tactical training is in charge of Benitez. Jensen coordinates all aspects while maintaining communication with the players during training.

The other first-team coaches are divided into different groups.

Benitez is a perfectionist. This made a lot of players a little unbearable for him.

Nedved was the man of the match in one game. Even though he made 70 passes and succeeded 60 times, with a success rate of more than 80 per cent, and had a good record in other areas, Benitez would praise Nedved on the day after the game: Pavel, you did a good job yesterday, so let's talk about your 10 bad passes yesterday.

Rafa Benitez's demands on his players are too much for some players to bear. At this time, either Jensen or Aldridge will become the listener of the player's private complaints.

It sounds like a first-team coach who sings white face and black face, and that's exactly what it is.

In the past, Benitez's role was played by Aldridge, but he will not be as "perverted" as Benitez, but it is natural to have higher requirements for the players, otherwise, the players will meet the 80% pass success rate and will feel that this is the best version of themselves. Maybe it's okay in the short term, but in the long run. This is not necessarily a good thing.

After a warm-up session, Benitez took his notebook and prepared to talk to the players individually, which made the players after jogging like they were facing a big enemy, and their faces changed.

Aldridge grabbed Benitez's arm, shook his head slightly and smiled: "Forget it today, after the afternoon game, they will be on vacation, what you say to them now will not have an effect." ”

Benitez hesitated for ten seconds, and then said with a helpless expression: "Okay, I hope they can make us have a pleasant holiday." ”

"I have faith in them."

Seeing that Benitez didn't come over, the players looked at each other and finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Truth be told, they're leaving this afternoon after their last game of the season, and they don't want to talk to their coach about anything they did the day before yesterday, even if they have time, but what? Will you come back tomorrow to train?

There was no intensity in the morning training, the players were just here to relax.

The coaches were also not on hand to supervise, and Aldridge and Muhrensteen were chatting together.

"Really? What's the use of that? ”

Muhrensdin asked curiously.

Aldrich said: "There are tennis trainers used in tennis training, and I found a manufacturer to customize a batch of football balls, which are the same principle as tennis, but the mechanical structure is enlarged. I think you can train the player's ability to handle the ball, don't you think that some parts of the player's skill training are too static now? ”

Muhrensteen fantasized in his mind.

Tennis servers are nothing new, or rather, more intuitive in baseball training, with the serve shooting the ball and the baseball player swinging the bat to practice hitting the ball.

Football ball machine?

"Is it for the goalkeeper?"

That's what came to Mulensteen's first thought.

Aldridge smiled: "You can train the goalkeeper to save, but if you adjust the angle of the machine, the ball will also have a different trajectory, so that you can train the players to stop the ball at a long distance, especially if the player is difficult to predict the landing point of the ball shot from the machine, you need to react and run in a short time and then stop the ball, which is more of a test of the player's ability, isn't it?" What I mean is that the machine doesn't make movements like a human, and the player who is ready to receive the ball has the awareness of catching the ball and judges the path of the ball and the trajectory of the landing point when he sees his teammates swinging their legs, but the machine doesn't swing their legs, leaving less time for the player to react. ”

Mulenstin's eyes lit up, and he said: "You can also train players to shoot with high difficulty!" Attacking and defending players scramble for unpredictable ball drops"

Aldrich was stunned for a moment, and said casually: "Huh? How did I not think of that? You're really going to draw inferences. ”

Mulensdin laughed and asked, "How did you come up with such a thing?" ”

Aldridge shrugged his shoulders and said: "I think we should add more difficult conditions for players to train their skills, in the Premier League, Bergkamp just stopping the ball is an art, as long as the ball touches his foot, it seems to have the magic of making the force very strong, but when we train, if the coach keeps playing the ball to train the players individually, it will tire us out and let the players play." It will also delay the training of the kickers. So. I was thinking about adding training equipment to replace human training, and I saw a tennis news a few months ago, so I thought of this method, and the factory will send me a machine in the summer, and then I will see the effect. ”

Muhrensteen is clearly happy that Aldridge is doing this, and he is looking for the best of his players' skills and training to perfection, and Aldridge can not only focus on that. And there is a lot of investment, which makes him happy and happy inside.

After lunch, the players rested in the training hotel before heading to Wembley, London.

By the time Millwall's buses pulled into Wembley in the afternoon, countless fans had already gathered around England's greatest stadium.

Today's England is rendered in blue, Millwall is nicknamed the Mad Lion, the main color is blue, Chelsea is nicknamed the Blue Lion, and the main color is naturally blue.

This makes it easy for fans of both teams to be confused off the pitch. If you don't look at the advertisements and team emblems on your chest, I'm afraid it's hard to tell whether it's friend or foe.

That's why. Chelsea were lucky to draw the home kit today, with Millwall having to wear the white away kit.

Unfortunately, most of the fans in the stands were blue, and although there were also Millwall fans who wore away kits to help the game, there were still a number of fans who wore dark blue home shirts.

Originally, the fans on both sides accounted for half of the pitch, and Chelsea's side was full of a sea of blue, while Millwall's side was not so extreme, and the blue and white mixed stands did not look any shocking.

The stands, where only more than 3,000 people gathered, were white.

It was a lion's roar led by Brady and Fred.

That's where the fan organization comes in, dressing uniformly so that their cheers can show the strength of the 12th.

The fans of the Lions are so depressed.

Invisibly, they were outnumbered by the Chelsea fans.

But who's to say they were wrong to come in a home shirt?

The FA is to blame for giving Chelsea a 'home advantage'.

Aldridge didn't particularly care about this.

In addition to last year's two finals, this year's European home stadium is also played at Wembley, and Millwall's adaptability to the venue is obviously better.

It's just that they are accustomed to the scene of the home team's fans cheering, and at first glance they encounter Chelsea's blue ocean cheering for their opponents, it is estimated that Millwall's players will also have an illusion: the fans have defected!

Aldridge was not present at the pre-match press conference, which Millwall had informed the FA before going to the European Cup Winners' Cup.

There was no time.

The FA doesn't mind this, after all, Millwall went to play the European Cup Winners' Cup final to save face for England, and they won the championship.

This blue civil war in London seems to herald the rise of London on the English football map, with only Arsenal carrying the banner in the past, and the rest of the focus is on the two cities of Manchester and Liverpool, although Tottenham Hotspur was once considered a force to be reckoned with among the Premier League's powers, but in recent years, no one has taken Tottenham Hotspur seriously.

Millwall's strong rise has shattered the old pattern, and Chelsea have shown ambition with Bates' reckless borrowing investment, and England's focus has rightfully begun to turn to London.

This is not only the London Civil War, but also a derby between sworn enemies!

Millwall chairman Arthur walked into the box with a smile on his face before the game, and he didn't mind coming to the box today because it was his favorite enemy: Bates.

Bates looked a little nervous in the box, his face solemn and solemn, and he took this championship extremely seriously.

When Arthur walked in, he didn't even notice it, as if he was thinking about something.

Arthur spun around behind him twice, looking at Bates with a smile, and when Bates found him, Arthur raised his eyebrows and smiled, "Old friend, can I sit here and watch the game with you?" ”

"Can you get out of here?!"

Arthur grabbed the other party's hand and shook it, and said with a smile: "Laugh one, now the live broadcast camera outside must have captured this scene, if you drive me away, it will be too ungraceful, right?" When I go outside, I say: Bates didn't dare to watch with me, he was afraid that Chelsea would lose the title. What do you think? ”

Bates gritted his teeth and said, "Old bastard, do you have to be so shameless?" ”

Arthur sat down with a golden sword, poured himself a glass of wine, and smiled casually: "Alas, who made you embarrass me in the first place? Our two families are mortal enemies again, the seeds of hatred have long been planted, the law of the jungle is the law of the jungle, Chelsea is now a soft sheep, Millwall is a lion, of course I want to open my mouth and bite you into a blur, if you were me, I would do the same, right? ”

Bates sat down with an indignant look on his face and said in a deep voice, "Arthur, in the past two years, you have humiliated me countless times, will this make you happy?" ”

Arthur poured himself another glass of wine, exhaled heartily after drinking it, turned his head and grinned, "Yes, I'm happy!" To humiliate you is to make me feel happy! Maybe you don't understand the survival philosophy of our Hall family, if someone punches us, we won't just be satisfied with fighting back and punch the other party, we will beat the other party so hard that they don't want to die, and they will never dare to attack us again. West Ham United have been beaten to the first division, uh, Chelsea's relegation is not going to happen for a while, but, like today, we will keep you from winning the title, and when we lift the trophy and sing and dance, I will send you a picture of the championship to remember, who made your efforts go to waste, who made your dreams shattered, who made you feel bad for many days like constipation, and who made you look up in London! (To be continued......)