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Heading into April, the atmosphere of the east London team's fan base varies.

Charlton Athletic's fans are relaxed, the team is relegated and there is a possibility of a European ticket, they are not demanding, they just want to enjoy every game and focus on cheering for the team.

Hammers fans have watched the team be relegated from England to League One for many years, and this season is good, as long as West Ham United does not collapse at the end of the league, they will inevitably return to England next season!

It is estimated that many Hammers fans are already looking forward to the next restart of the hot East London derby with Millwall in England and China.

Lions fans are a little nervous right now.

Tied with Manchester United in the league, there are only 7 rounds left in England, and the results will be revealed soon, the Champions League is in the quarterfinals, whether the team can stage a miracle defense of the title, it is too early to think about this, but considering the difficulty of this achievement, Lions fans are afraid of repeating the situation on the road to defending the title back then.

Millwall also have pressure within the squad and that pressure has been with them since before the season.

Because they are the public enemies of England and the most watched team in Europe, with the pressure of an unbeaten league run at the start of the season.

But the top team needs to have a strong ability to withstand pressure, and when it comes to the sprint stage at the end of the season, Aldridge did not relieve the pressure on the team as in the past, on the contrary, he needs the team to overcome the pressure with fighting spirit and rush to the end of May!

After the FIFA matchday, Millwall welcomed Everton in the league who were aiming for relegation.

Three days later, there is a Champions League quarter-finals, and Aldridge rests the main players who have returned from the national team, and the more they are under pressure, the more they can't panic. It's his coaching style.

When 9o minutes have elapsed at full time. The Lion King Stadium fell silent for a short time. Then, the lion's song sounded again in the stands.

The score on the scoreboard is 1:1.

Millwall managed to get a draw.

Manchester United visited Anfield in this round, and returned home with two bullets, and the shape of the same score as Millwall became Millwall's one-point lead.

Millwall are in the league table, but Aldridge is not happy.

Not taking all three points against Everton was an upset.

At the same time, due to the first half of the season. Millwall's unbeaten run ended at Goodison Park, and Everton have really become Millwall's sufferers this season.

Aldrich didn't even know whether to be angry or not.

Everton, every season outlook, they are the grade of the middle of the English league, but every year they are at the end of the season before the thrilling relegation, it is not an exaggeration to say that they are relegation maniacs, but the strength of their squad is far from the height of relegation, can only make people hate iron and steel.

At this stage, the relegation team is really difficult to play, even if it is a home game. The opponent must win every point, and it is almost a tiger's mouth!

There is a lot of momentum within Millwall's squad. Each player is very serious in training and meticulous in their preparations.

Aldridge is now supervising the team's training and is a hands-off shopkeeper, often putting on a posture like a dignified old man.

The improvement of the overall age of the team represents the player's own mentality to a mature and stable period, and I have seen the sea, at this time, the urgent pressure of the league and the Champions League double-line attack, in the eyes of many veteran players are just a small wave, it is difficult to panic them.

When Schneider returned from the national team, he gave Aldrich a bottle of good wine from their winery, and Aldrich smiled happily.

During the training break, Xiao Luo and Villa sat in front of Aldrich, the sun is full today, shining on the body makes people lazy, this kind of weather training, good or bad, easy to make people sleepy, the best weather is that cool climate, which makes people feel refreshed.

"Boss, is it difficult to defend the Champions League?"

Villa asked curiously, looking up.

This year's Champions League is different from previous years, although Millwall has entered the top 8, but it is only 1 of the 4 English teams, Fleet Street represents England, Millwall can only be said to have a greater hope of entering the final, but the media hopes to see other teams in England go further, it is best that the top four are all occupied by English teams, as for whether Millwall can create a new history, they don't care very much.

Therefore, the call for Millwall to defend the title is not high, and the outside world has deliberately created a statement that it is difficult to defend the title, intending to put pressure on Millwall, and the media outside the UK must be the purpose of disturbing the morale of the military.

Just like Aldridge's psychological warfare when he puts pressure on Manchester United, the league, the Champions League, which one do you want? It's time to make a trade-off, be careful of the chickens and eggs!

Aldridge sat on the grass, clasped his hands on his knees and smiled: "Only five teams in history have defended their Champions League titles, Real Madrid, Benfica, AC Milan, and Nottingham Forest and Liverpool in England. It's hard, it's definitely hard, but because of the unexpected difficulty, when you do it, the sense of accomplishment will be incomparable. ”

In the context of the current time node, the so-called "no success in defending the title after the Champions League restructuring" has not been proposed.

98 years before the restructuring, now only o1 year, and after the restructuring of the difficulty of defending the title has increased sharply there are many reasons, one is that there are more participating teams, the competitiveness has improved a lot, before the restructuring, only the league champions of the major leagues can participate in the Champions League, the strength of those second-rate league champions can not shake the first-class league champions, after the restructuring, the runner-up of the mainstream league, the strength of the third or fourth place, the far second-rate league champion, the competitiveness can be imagined how strong, the defending shape shì has also become cruel, the second is the post-Bosman law era, the stronger the team, It is easier to recruit stars, and the strength limit of strong teams is also being raised year by year.

"Only five teams have successfully defended their titles, and if we can do so, we will be the sixth."

Villa propped his hands on the grass behind him, staring at the sky with ethereal eyes.

Although it is not a handful of sixth, it is also a shocking honor.

Xiao Luo lowered his head and said no.

He has worked hard this season, especially at the end of the season, when he is halfway through the Champions League defence.

Defending the Champions League, Millwall had one chance, the last time. Fell in Munich.

Xiao Luo has been relieved. But that doesn't mean his ambitions are starting to fade. Becoming the sixth team to successfully defend the Champions League, Millwall's name will be special among the giants!

"Don't think about it so much, the top 8 haven't passed yet, we want to defend the title, others also want to win the championship, and at the top 8 level, no one will give away the victory lightly."

Aldrich smiled after speaking.

Can you not want to?

Even he himself is desperate to defend the Champions League. In doing so, his three Champions League titles in four years not only make Millwall's dynasty more convincing, but also his own managerial record to a new level, which will equal Paisley's record of three Champions League wins in five years.

But if he really can't do it, he won't be too harsh, and he won't be arrogant or discouraged if he wins. Lose, lose. There is nothing to panic about, but you can't lose to yourself.

The atmosphere of the team's active preparation is good, and everyone is working hard with their actions to make their name go down in history.

Millwall's major fan groups are also in action, buying a large number of away tickets, and rushing to the away stadium to cheer on the team up close.

At the previous dinner with Brady and his wife, Brady laughed and talked about it, and many members of the fan organization were ready to skip work.

The Champions League is played in midweek, and most of the fans have to go to work the next day, but if the team can get a result that they are happy with, the fan base will naturally celebrate, and no one will go to catch a flight home to prepare for the next day's work after watching the game.

After preparing for the game, Millwall's whole team set off and boarded their plane to Valencia, Spain, to challenge the Bat Army.

Mestalla, the nest of the Bat Legion, the burial ground of many strong teams in the past two years!

"In the 1/4 final round of the Champions League in the OO-O1 season, Valencia welcomed the defending champion Millwall at home, which was like a fateful meeting again, and the two teams, whether they were fans, managers, or players, must not be at peace in their hearts! In last season's Champions League final, Millwall beat Valencia to lift the Champions League trophy for the second time, and this season it is believed that Valencia's strength has plummeted and cannot occupy a place in the big club feast, but Cooper has made Valencia all the way to the quarter-finals with his excellent coaching ability, which is admirable, just as it is unbelievable that Millwall sold half of the team's main squad in the summer last season, but still made it to the last four. Although Valencia have the advantage of being at home, they meet Millwall, and the difference in quality cannot be ignored. ”

Aldridge walked into the pitch and stood on the sidelines, looking around the pitch, this is not his first time here, it was here when he brought the LinkedIn Gran national team to Spain for an away friendlie.

However, today there is a real sense of immediacy that looks like a person.

The large number of Bat Army fans in the stands are still different from the fans of the Spanish national team, and the momentum created is also very different from the friendly match.

Valencia fans must be aggrieved and want revenge, want to let the Lions bleed here, and pay for the pain of losing last season's Champions League final.

The Lions' fans came to the away stadium and were equally excited to cheer in the stands, on a par with the home fans.

Before entering the stadium, they will show hostility when they contact or watch the Valencia fans in the streets around the stadium, which is a gesture that the Lions fans were very accustomed to, feeling unwilling to be reconciled by the defeat on the court, and eager to meet sooner to complete revenge.

Crazy Lions fans don't care about it now, and will even joke that they should be glad that they are a Spanish team, not an English team, and they know in the English mixed two or three years that the more they think about "revenge", the more painful they will be.

The team that dared to talk about revenge before the all-England match with Millwall, 1, 2, 3, absolutely less than 4.

Valencia coach Cooper appeared in the stadium with a solemn face, he took the initiative to shake hands with Aldridge before the game, the two did not know each other, and they met again, as far as the friendship of the landlord, the demeanor should still be shown.

As he looks ahead to the game, he has been saying that Millwall are the favourites to advance and that Valencia will have to show a bit of courage to have a chance of beating Millwall.

Aldridge has a deep respect for Cooper, Valencia was poached last summer, but this season is very brave, and reaching the last eight is a good proof that he can't get here with luck.

But respect is respect, Aldrich's expression changed, and there was a fierce murderous aura in his eyes.

Brutal green arena, someone has to fall!

Defending the Champions League, whether it is for my disciples or myself, this is the supreme honor, and those who stand in my way have no immortal reason! (To be continued......)