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On Monday, ahead of the European tour, the Millwall coaching staff's beer night went ahead as usual.

Aldridge doesn't show up at such gatherings on a regular basis, but the events go on as scheduled every week, with members of the coaching staff relaxing and chatting about everything, or simply drinking, playing billiards and playing games.

Aldrich, who was dressed in casual clothes today, leaned against the bar with his wine glass in his hand.

Villas-Boas and Blanco were next to him enthusiastically discussing Millwall's recent results and the problems that arose in specific games, and the two expressed their opinions, sometimes frowning, sometimes lamenting, and I have to say that there is always an element of luck in football games.

If that shot didn't hit the post or crossbar, what would the game have liked?

If that foul is not made, or if the referee misses a decision, where will the game go?

Aldrich said suddenly.

"We're going to change our strategy."

"What?"

Stramaccioni asked curiously, holding a wine glass on the other side of him.

Both Blanco and Boas looked towards Aldridge, waiting for the next step.

Aldridge took a sip of wine and said in a deep voice: "The league can't lose any more points, at least, it can't be pulled away by Chelsea again, this point is very crucial, it will affect the whole season!" ”

The three coaches couldn't help but nod.

This is Aldridge who said what everyone was thinking.

The consensus of the coaching staff is that with only five rounds of the season played, Chelsea are nine points ahead of Millwall. It's not a big deal!

But if that's if. Before the end of the first half of the league. Chelsea extend their lead to 10 points or more, and then the shape will take a sharp turn from a situation that doesn't seem too much to worry about, to a catastrophic situation!

9 points, single digits.

10 points, which is a double digit.

In fact, it's just a one-point difference. But the psychological impact is huge!

Millwall's players are certainly not going to give up, no matter how much they are behind, so there's nothing to worry about.

However, Millwall's mentality will change, and the desperate desire to close the gap will easily breed impatience!

In other words, it's easy to lose your mindset!

Aldridge will not change his opinion of Chelsea, Chelsea will not be "stronger" than last season, at least the ability to plunder points in the league is unlikely to surpass last season!

Because Chelsea's underlying problems have not yet been exposed.

Chelsea can't go this way all the time. And once this tailwind stops, other problems erupt.

He has been in charge of the team for many years. Not only has his team had all kinds of problems, but Aldridge has learned enough experience from opponents in the same league, and the lessons of failure have been innumerable with both eyes.

The point is, Millwall can't put Chelsea at ease mentally before they have problems.

Even if you don't expect Chelsea to collapse all of a sudden, you have to put pressure on Chelsea behind you and make Chelsea nervous!

Only under heavy pressure, then when the problem erupts, will it be more violent!

Blanco rolled his eyes, and probably guessed what Aldrich meant by "changing strategy."

He asked softly, "Champions League?" ”

Aldridge nodded and said: "Two days later, we will visit Glasgow, the strategy remains the same, or the main force to play, but after the Champions League, it will be handed over to the substitutes, and we will use the main force to ensure that the league points are scored!" ”

Rotation is a must, and for Millwall, who is under tremendous pressure every year, if they don't rotate or don't distribute their players properly, they will inevitably run into all sorts of problems at the end of the season.

According to the past practice, the Champions League is more important than the league, even if it is a giant, most of them focus on the Champions League, to ensure that there is no pressure to promote to the Champions League, and then go to the league to fight with the opponent.

Just like in the past, Millwall mostly played four games in the Champions League group stage, looked at the points, qualified without pressure, and then stopped and let the substitutes play the last two games or one game, and the rotation at the same time would prepare the Christmas schedule.

The season has been off to a poor start to the league and Chelsea have won five in a row, forcing Millwall to change their strategy and shift their focus.

Now it's not the Champions League, it's the league.

Aldridge's strategy is that the first Champions League game must get 3 points, the next five games, there are three home, three home by substitutes, he believes that at least two wins, as long as the remaining two away games are not all defeated, Millwall is still not a problem, and the main team in the league to get as many points as possible in the same period, is to catch up with Chelsea, at least before the end of the first half of the league, that is, in the next 14 rounds of the league, the gap of 9 points will be narrowed to within 3 points, a goal gap!

After confirming the team's strategy adjustment for the first half of the season, Aldridge didn't say anything more, and the coaching staff knew the rest of the specific work.

The team's meticulous work planning, especially playing games, is not to catch the strong men, today "you can do it, you can't go on the bench", for a period of time schedule planning, it is natural to make arrangements in advance, in addition to emergencies will guide zhì hastily make one or two adjustments, as a whole is still in the planning of the coaching staff step by step.

Most of the colleagues on the coaching staff are family people, and they don't go crazy when they come out for a small gathering at night, so they see that the time is almost up and everyone leaves one after another.

Aldrich hadn't left, he was waiting, glancing at the time on his phone from time to time, and he had also texted the man before, making sure to meet here.

Towards nine o'clock in the evening, someone approached, and Aldrich had already put away his wine glass, replaced it with two glasses of juice, and waited for the other party's arrival.

The person who came was Ronaldo, who was naturally very familiar with Aldrich, and sat next to Aldridge without seeing it, and greeted: "Hi, boss, good evening, what are you talking about with me?" ”

Cristiano Ronaldo went straight and looked in good spirits.

Aldridge looked Ronaldo up and down, casual shirt jeans. Of course, they are all famous brands. And studs. The hairstyle is also carefully combed.

Aldrich would not think that Ronaldo was deliberately dressed up to see him later, he must have spent dinner with some beautiful woman, and he may have postponed a nightlife date.

Rubbing his fingers softly, as if unconsciously, Aldrich looked at the liquid in the juice glass, and his eyes did not meet Ronaldo's eyes.

He said lightly: "Cristiano, what do you think of your watch in the past two years?" ”

Ronaldo looked stunned. After thinking about it, he replied, "I think it's not bad, but I can still be stronger, and I'm trying to improve every day." ”

Aldrich nodded in approval and said, "Well, it's not bad, it's not bad, it's not bad."

He kept repeating "not bad" like a repeater, but his voice grew lower and lower.

Ronaldo realised that Aldridge must be serious about what he wanted to talk to, and he thought Aldridge was thinking about the wording, probably. It's the fear that words will cause disagreement between the two.

So he bluntly said, "Boss, what do you want to say?" Sue me directly, even if you are dissatisfied, I will listen carefully. ”

The corners of Aldrich's mouth rose, shook his head slightly, and said, "If I am dissatisfied with you, you must be unhappy and feel unfair." In the past two years, your sense of presence on the pitch has become stronger and stronger, your contribution to the team has also improved, your average post-match rating has remained at the upper middle level, and there have been no terrible games, but there don't seem to be any particularly memorable games. Cristiano, in fact, 99% of the coaches in the world should be happy with the situation you are in because you are like yourself: not bad. However, I'm worried, if you're not bad, will you always be 'not bad' this season, and next season, you'll still be 'not bad', and it will continue to be in this 'not bad' journey. Kaka, who came to the team later than you and has been in the team for a shorter period of time, has started to play a key role in certain games, and I don't know if that has affected you or not, and it will make you reflect on whether you have a problem at all. ”

Ronaldo was lost in thought when he heard this, and he began to think seriously about the question.

Aldridge turned his attention to Cristiano Ronaldo at this point.

If you only look at the number of games, Ronaldo is very good.

With an average of goals + assists per game, he is comparable to the leading stars of other giants.

However, on Millwall's super strong team, counting jù, in fact, that's just the case, don't take it too seriously!

Because of a 90-minute game, if Millwall goes crazy, 10 minutes, 20 minutes will make a qiē suspense disappear, if the opponent collapses, then Millwall can brush up on jaw-dropping numbers!

If you analyze Ronaldo's number jù sharply, you will find that it is full of a lot of "icing on the cake" water.

In other words, out of 10 goals, maybe 5 are insignificant to the overall situation of the game, it is just whether the score is 3:1 or 4:1.

Tough fighting ability, when a player needs to step up at a critical moment, it is difficult to see Ronaldo.

This aspect is also the most afraid of competition.

Kaka's number is actually not as good-looking as Ronaldo, on the one hand, it is determined by Kaka's position, and on the other hand, it is indeed related to Kaka's short time in the team, and his playing time in the past two seasons is not as good as Ronaldo.

But Kaka obviously gives people a fearless momentum!

No matter what the situation is, Kaka is trying to play a more important role, and at the critical moment, whether he can become a hero or not, it's hard to say, but even if he passes by becoming a hero, he at least leaves this shadow, which makes people see his determination and fighting spirit.

However, it is difficult to see such a situation in Cristiano Ronaldo.

It seems that Ronaldo stayed in Portugal in the summer of 04, like the player who has to work hard for the national team, but can't fight for an earth-shattering player.

Within Millwall, a new generation of players has their own problems, and Aldridge is now starting to improve them little by little.

Ronaldo has Ronaldo's, Villa also has Villa's, and the problem on Villa is actually more intuitive, that is, Villa lives in the shadow of Henry, which is the focus of Villa's future must get rid of this shackle, and Ronaldo's problem is a common problem of young people, who became famous early and is too nostalgic for the world of flowers. (To be continued......)