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No matter how much Mourinho has the ability to resist pressure, he is scolded by people for being utilitarian and negative, and repeatedly criticizing him for being overly conservative with his defense, deep down, he must be very unhappy.

If the opponent who lost to him attacked him so much, he naturally disdained it, and could fight back with one sentence, leaving the critic speechless: Lao Tzu won you!

However, he lost to Aldridge and Chelsea lost to Millwall, and he had to find other reasons to quibble, and he could only choose to avoid the core issue.

This kind of bashing is "unjustified"!

Indeed, if Aldridge is not the manager of Millwall, or if Millwall and Chelsea are not rivals or rivals, then he will praise Jose Mourinho for what he has done with Chelsea, just as he would have praised Valencia for playing very well in counter-attacking tactics.

Football is not rugby after all, and more than 80% of the game time in rugby has clear offensive and defensive sides, with an offensive group on one side and a defensive group on the other, but even in rugby, there will be a situation where the defensive group directly launches a counterattack touchdown after a successful interception.

On the football field, counterattacks will always be there!

Because no matter how strong the side is, it is impossible not to defend!

No matter how weak the side is, it is impossible to abandon the attack completely!

There is offense, there is naturally defense, and when the offense and defense are converted, counterattacks will inevitably appear.

The difference is only whether defense is the core tactic of a team's attack.

Once a team has determined its core tactics, it must create an environment for tactical performance. For example, Chelsea played counter-attack. Then secure the line of defense. Take the initiative to retreat, wait for the opponent to attack, and strike backwards.

Aldridge led LinkedIn Gran to build tactics in this way at the World Cup, and although the anti-counter-attack routines are different, the core concept is the same.

Mourinho doesn't care about the praise and criticism of the outside media, but Aldridge also ridiculed Chelsea on this issue, which makes him think that Aldridge is hypocritical and hateful!

Everyone understands what is going on. But you have to open your eyes and tell nonsense!

That's right, it's to fight the sworn enemy.

Man, it's always like this, you can't treat yourself and your enemies to the same standard, otherwise, you would be a saint.

Aldridge believes that the replacement of Mourinho is his own position and he will make the same statement.

Just as he mocked Tottenham for swinging the bus, is it true that Chelsea are really playing aggressively against strong teams?

There are still 45 minutes of the second leg in the Champions League quarter-finals, but these 45 minutes have become "garbage time" because the difference between the two sides in aggregate is too large.

Jose Mourinho in order to avoid a massacre of his team. Chose to retreat, at the same time. I also held a bad breath in my heart, wanting to see for myself what Aldrich would do with the current situation.

In the first half, Chelsea did not take the initiative to attack, maintaining a tight defensive formation, Millwall, there is no space to counterattack, how to deal with these 45 minutes?

Mourinho's idea is idealistic.

He overlooked one thing.

He pushed Chelsea's entire formation back and stopped attacking boldly, and the subtext was actually a message to the Chelsea generals: We gave up!

As a result, Chelsea's anger was completely discharged.

In the second half, Aldridge did not let the game become boring, he saw that Chelsea retreated and re-attacked, and in theory, Millwall could advance to the semi-finals without bloodshed, but the reality is that even if Millwall takes the initiative to attack, it will be difficult for Chelsea to cause damage to Millwall.

After the team's breath is released, if you want to improve again, it is difficult to climb to the sky.

It's just that Millwall will make the scene more exciting, but they won't attack wildly with impunity.

They shoot frequently from distance on the perimeter, and their penetrating attacks are not afraid of an increase in the turnover rate, in short, they are pressing Chelsea's attack in the shape of the field.

Jose Mourinho also sat back in the dugout, and in the 80th minute of the game, he lowered his head and closed his eyes, looking unwilling.

Aldrich has won again!

Even in the second half, Millwall had only a handful of genuinely dangerous attacks and did not score the third goal of the game.

The score is still 2:0, and the overall score is 5:1.

However, on the field, Millwall won!

In the eyes of the outside world, Millwall is still the wild lion who carries the banner of offensive football and leads the trend of football!

Chelsea, on the other hand, lost badly.

As the full-time whistle blew, Aldridge stood up from the dugout and reached out as he walked towards the players' tunnel, high-fives his fellow coaching staff in celebration as he went.

"Defending champions Millwall defeated their rivals Chelsea 5-1 over two legs in the quarter-finals of the Champions League and advanced to the semi-finals of the Champions League, where they will face Juventus from Serie A! The first leg of the semi-finals will be played at the end of the month, and if they can get past Juventus, Millwall will have a chance to defend the Champions League again! ”

Mourinho said sternly in his post-match interview: "People are saying that Millwall are the epitome of attacking football, they don't take the game utilitarianly, but I only saw Millwall beat my team with the counter-attacking tactics that their manager dismissed, Chelsea can walk away with our heads held high, we are sincere, not hypocritical like some teams." ”

Aldridge was later told by reporters about Jose Mourinho's post-match remarks in an interview, and he said as usual: "I've said many times that I'm not interested in listening to the complaints or justifications of the underdogs, when people blame Chelsea, some people are stressing the result, and now the result is in, and someone is stressing the process, well, football is not a debate, what's the point of saying that? Millwall won at Stamford Bridge, they won at the Lion King Stadium, and that's a qiē, goodbye. ”

Mourinho is not a media darling who is loved by the public, but a topic and controversy.

So when he suffered a heavy defeat in the Champions League, the sound of falling stones came and went.

Aldridge did use anti-reverse, but. But it was praised by Fleet Street!

It is believed that this is the rich tactical concept of the young marshal. The perfect embodiment of the flexible use of on-the-spot combat.

Chelsea play counter-attack. Lost.

Chelsea fought hard and lost.

Millwall, in turn, won.

The difference in strength between the two teams and the coach's ability to command on the spot are decided.

The Champions League exit has lowered Chelsea's European strength assessment slightly, after all, the expectations of the outside world have been somewhat high, due to the sensation and illusion of detachment created by Chelsea's shocking recruitment efforts.

The day after the Champions League match, Aldridge was in his office, reading the medical department's report on Kaka and Alonso's recovery. There are also physical fitness tracking evaluation reports of key players such as Xiao Luo.

The Premier League's devil's schedule kicks off at the weekend and they will play four Premier League games, one Champions League and one FA Cup in the second half of the month, three days and absolutely three days!

This has happened in previous years, but it is hardly as dense as this season, with all fronts colliding together and against European giants or former giants!

The most important point is actually the competitive environment of the league.

Chelsea are three points clear of them.

If the devil's schedule collapses, Millwall is likely to be reversed by Chelsea!

To maintain the leader's edge ahead of the league trip to Stamford Bridge. In this way, they can take the advantage when visiting Stamford Bridge and occupy the strategic commanding heights in formation.

Knock knock

There was a knock on the door.

"Please come in."

Aldrich put down his hand to report. Raise your head and look at the person who came.

Carter walked in and smiled at Aldrich, "Did you read today's paper?" Hehehe, Chelsea seem to have been beaten back to their original shape all of a sudden. ”

Aldridge pouted: "It was that easy, and I'm still thinking about how to make a strategic plan for the second half of the month to face the league trip to Stamford Bridge at the end of the month." ”

"Haha, that's your job, I came to you to talk to you about business."

"Oh? Well, I'll save a good bottle of wine too. ”

"Give me the wine directly, I've always wondered where you got the wine here, you don't look like someone who has the heart to go out and search for fine wine."

"Well, it's all sent by others, Schneider's winery and they release some good wines to me every year, and some are sent by Andrew or Barnett, and they have more time than me to study in this area, so I just sit back and enjoy it."

Carter smiled, sat down and put away his smile, saying, "One thing I just noticed now, why is there only one authentic trophy in our Champions League trophy exhibition room inside the Lion King Stadium?" According to UEFA rules, shouldn't we be given two real Champions League trophies? In 2000-2002, we won three times in a row, and we should be given a real Champions League trophy, and last season, we won our fifth Champions League trophy, accumulating five titles, and we should be given a real Champions League trophy. ”

The real thing is a good difference from a replica.

Because the replica is only no more than 4/5 the size of the original model.

Originally, Carter didn't pay much attention to this before, thinking that when he was inspecting the club when he took office, there were indeed two genuine Champions League trophies in the Millwall Trophy Exhibition Room at the Lion King Stadium for tourists to visit!

One is a genuine piece of Millwall that is permanently preserved.

The other is the real championship trophy that Millwall brought back after winning the Champions League last season.

However, before the round of eight began, Carter realized that he had made a common-sense mistake.

Or maybe he ignored it.

Because Millwall's second trophy, which was brought back after winning the Champions League last season, was represented by him and player Gareth Southgate, who returned the trophy to UEFA in the handover ceremony.

The current rule is that the team that wins the Champions League that season can keep the original trophy for 10 months, after which it will be returned to UEFA and a replica will be kept no more than 4/5 the size of the original.

After this happened, Carter realized his previous mistake, so he deliberately flipped through the rules of UEFA, he thought that Millwall should have two real Champions League trophies that can be kept permanently, but now there is only one left, because it was the Champions League 1/4 finals when the game started, he did not come to Aldridge to talk about it, the priority, he grasped the balance in place, and now he is taking time out, and he is not afraid to disturb Aldridge, so he came to ask. (To be continued......)