399 Psychological warfare succeeded

After beating Manchester United in the FA Cup semi-finals to reach the final, the British media is increasingly clamoring for Millwall to win the treble.

The season has come to an end, and looking at the whole of Europe, there are only two teams left to hope for the treble, one is Millwall, and the other is Bayern Munich.

Millwall, who won the treble two years ago, but the European Cup Winners' Cup, which was second to the Champions League, was seen as a good time for Millwall to hit new heights, and if they can accomplish this feat, Aldridge Hall will become one of the legendary coaches.

In the past, Aldridge would have had to focus on the team's mentality, but now it is not necessary.

For a player like Xiao Luo who will suddenly have ups and downs, the big brothers in the team are his best tranquilizers.

Larsson, Nedved, Southgate and others were all very calm.

During training breaks, they sit on the sidelines and share their experiences with the young players.

They have been in a hurry to win on the road to glory, and they have never forgotten the season when they first appeared in the Premier League, and in the final stages of the league, people now only remember Manchester United's comeback against Newcastle United, but only the Lions fans and those players can never forget, when they had the initiative to win the title, even better than Manchester United, but collapsed in the face of losing their cool in successive battles.

The honorable big brothers talked about the experience at that time, but it was because of that experience that they were able to maintain a stable mentality in the face of the same situation in the future.

The advice to the young players is simple: forget everything and train normally. Serious play. Suppress all the excitement of inner anticipation first. When the season is over, unleash as much as you want.

Millwall are heading to Munich in midweek, so Aldridge will still be on the bench for the weekend's league fixture, even though they have just played Manchester United in midweek.

At the pre-match press conference, Aldridge played psychological warfare again.

"I'm more concerned about the second leg against Bayern Munich now, Derby County? Are they looking for a ticket to next season's UEFA Cup? Is it? I'm not interested in that, it's a war in another part of the Premier League. I've beaten Arsenal on the bench, I've beaten Manchester United, what will Derby do on my home turf? Hehe, I could already guess how the game would play out, with Derby setting up a 10-0-0 formation, blocking the box with a man-wall, and then they fantasized about gleefully taking away a point at the end of the game. Does it make sense for such a team to represent England in the UEFA Cup? Especially, even if they take a point away from the Lion's Den, so what? Middlesbrough and Leicester City are within three points of their total. Will they be able to move up the rankings as much as they want? I'm afraid I can't even hold on to the eighth place in the current table, let alone surpass Aston Villa and Liverpool. ”

Aldridge's pre-match remarks thoroughly angered Derby. From the coach to the team, the players have expressed their intention to snipe Millwall at the Lion's Den Stadium to compete for the championship.

Millwall will probably face the easiest game of the Premier League's last five games, with a game against relegation rivals Everton, which is more difficult than Derby County due to the visiting factor.

Derby County were sixth in the table after a win over Liverpool a month ago, but they suddenly found themselves in a European position, so their mentality changed, and they then suffered a powerful home defeat to Newcastle United who were behind them in the table, 3-4.

This was followed by defeats to Manchester United and Leeds United, and after three consecutive defeats, they beat Nottingham Forest at home in the last round to halt the slump.

In general, there is still hope to get the UEFA Cup tickets back, so Aldridge chose to provoke them at this time, not only in public opinion, but also in the arrangement, he sent a substitute, which is a kind of contempt in the eyes of the outside world, unlike Manchester United and Arsenal in the Cup, if you lose, you lose, and it is not a final, and once the league falls off the chain at this stage, it will bury the team's efforts throughout the season.

Aldridge took a frantic stance at the press conference, with no one in sight.

However, in the pre-match meeting, he had a different face to the players.

He takes this game very seriously and demands a lot of tactical discipline.

Anti-anti, anti-anti, anti-anti!

No player is allowed to take it lightly.

Relatively speaking, if this soft persimmon is not crushed, the situation behind it is really very unfavorable.

Before the start of the game, Aldridge tried to shake hands with the Derby County coach and did his best as a landlord, but the other party ignored him with a cold face.

He didn't care, he was even happy in his heart.

The other party is angry, this sign is very good!

He is not afraid of emotional opponents, as long as the joys, sorrows and sorrows are displayed, they make him feel at ease.

But he is most afraid of opponents who don't change their face and are calm as if they want to become immortals, such as Lippi last year and Heathfield who just fought each other, you can't guess what the other party is thinking!

Less than three minutes into the game, Derby County looked like they were anti-visitors from the beginning and came to the Lion's Den to score three points!

As a result, Glen Charles made his way past two on the counter-attack, single-handedly breaking through the opponent's last defender and facing the onrushing goalkeeper to cross the ball to the unmarked Ruud van Nistelrooy, who easily slotted home the empty net.

"Van Nistelrooy! Ruud van Nistelrooy, who has scored 17 goals in the league, is a season with hopes of winning the Premier League Golden Boot! It's incredible to say, he scored 10 goals as the main player in the first half of the season, and in the second half of the season he was in better shape in the limited playing opportunities, scoring repeatedly, and now he is no longer the main player, there are still four league games ahead, maybe he doesn't have many opportunities to play, so he has to seize every opportunity to expand his goal count! Well, the number one scorer in the Premier League can't play at Millwall, and Hall's team is incredible. ”

The Derby County boss turned grim and barked at his players to push them harder to turn the game around.

-yes. It's all substitutes on the other side!

Aldridge was very relaxed. Sitting in the dugout and talking and laughing with Klinsmann.

He's really suspicious of being pretentious. It's just for the opposing coach to see.

Lao Tzu chats with colleagues, farts and laughs, hehe, still win you!

Angry or not? Angry or not?

Then abuse my team on the field!

It was destined to be a game that Derby County did not want to remember, and it was also a classic psychological battle that Aldridge fans talked about during his long coaching career.

When full-time was over, Derby County were devastated from the manager to the players.

If they lose, not many people are optimistic about them before the game.

However, a record 0-8 defeat away from home would have nailed them to the pillar of shame for thousands of years.

Ruud van Nistelrooy completed his hat-trick in the first half, with Derby County attacking wildly and being battered by Millwall's counter-attack down the wing. Glenschal had a good time, just watching this game, many viewers thought that the Danish Golden Wings were possessed by the king of the ball, and every long-distance run made people's blood boil.

In the second half, Derby County began to foul frequently, tackling Gattuso, injuring Donny van der Meyde, paying the price of two red cards and conceding three goals in the last 10 minutes of the second half.

Substitute Duff scored twice, and commentators labulated that Duff was like Manchester United's Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, scoring four goals in the last 10 minutes of the game against Nottingham Forest, while Ole Gunnar Solskjaer also left Millwall. The final score of that game was 8-1 and Manchester United won wildly. Millwall swept Derby County today, 8-0 was also the biggest margin of the Premier League this season.

Ruud van Nistelrooy, who played his senior year in this game, took the match ball and then let Glen Shire, who provided him with an assist, Van der Meyde, who left the pitch injured, and Klose, who also scored and assisted a hat-trick, signed the ball.

He was interviewed by reporters in the players' tunnel with the ball in his arms.

"Ruud, congratulations, you've scored 20 league goals so far, at least four goals behind the scorers, are you happy with your performance?"

Ruud van Nistelrooy smiled and replied: "It was a good day, especially the shooting felt good, and I want to thank my team-mates, their selfless assists were key to my goal. ”

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that everyone is more active in making the ball for Vanney in this game, and Glen Charles has two one-on-one faces to the goalkeeper and gave the ball to Vanney.

'You're the top scorer in the league for Millwall, but you're on the bench in big games, have you spoken to Coach Hall? Why does he not trust you in a crucial battle? ”

The smile on Fanny's face disappeared, and he fell silent, then shook his head and turned away without answering the question, his back giving the outside world infinite reverie.

Did he communicate with Aldrich?

Yes, but not much.

Because it's not necessary.

He doesn't need to prove to Aldridge that he can score, his individual quality is recognized in the team, but he doesn't fit in with the attacking group of the main line-up.

Ruud van Nistelrooy knows this that Aldridge will not sacrifice the scoring ability of Larsson, Nedved and Ronaldinho to create a super goalscorer Van Nistelrooy.

Ruud van Nistelrooy spoke to Aldridge when rumours of United's interest in Ruud van Nistelrooy emerged, and he probably guessed Aldridge's attitude.

Millwall would not show the utmost sincerity to keep him.

This sincerity is not money, but the promise of the main force.

He is ready to ask Andrew to help him contact his next home after the season, but as a striker who averages about 1 goal per game in a single season, his value is unaffordable for more than half of the first-tier clubs, and he has to find a suitable club for him, a team that can make him shine, which is difficult.

At the end of the same round, Manchester United beat Sheffield Wednesday 3-0 at home, while Arsenal swept Wimbledon 5-1 in a local derby.

Chelsea, the chain has dropped.

Martin O'Neill's Leicester City held Chelsea to a 2-2 draw at Stamford Bridge.

Toney and Gudjohnsen each scored a goal and Fleet Street commented it was Millwall's strategic sniping against Chelsea

At the same time, Leeds United was forced to draw 1:1 by the relegation team Charlton Athletic away from home, and the theoretical chance to win the title disappeared, and the gap with the top four teams almost declared that they could not get the top three rankings, but the theoretical opportunity still exists, just to see if the suspense will disappear in the next league game, and in the next league game, they will go to the Lion's Den Stadium.

Aldridge in order to prepare for the second leg of the match with Bayern Munich, the main lineup rested for almost 8 days, and then, the whole team boarded a special plane to Munich, Germany, ready to set foot on the Munich Olympia Stadium and compete with Bayern Munich! (To be continued......)