Before Christmas, Millwall beat relegation team Everton 3-0 at home, Ronaldinho became the protagonist in the game, in the absence of Nedved, Aldridge still put on a 442 formation, but Ronaldo's role on the field changed from a wing-back to a full-back, activating Ruud van Nistelrooy and Thierry Henry in the front, and he shot and passed twice to become the best player of the game in the game.

After the game, Aldridge was interviewed in the mixed area, and Ronaldo did not go back to the locker room, but rushed directly to the mixed area, shouting in front of the camera and rushing over to hug Aldrich.

"Boss, win!"

He was excited for a reason, and he didn't just win the race.

The camera locked on the master and apprentice duo who had a good relationship, Aldridge smiled and pushed Xiao Luo away first, and then said seriously to the camera: "Chelsea lost? I don't care much about them, yes, the table changed again after this game, we were overtaken by Chelsea after the defeat to Leeds and now we are ahead again, but Millwall's goal is not to surpass Chelsea, there are two teams ahead of us, Manchester United and Arsenal, and our ultimate goal for the season: no team in front of us. ”

'You said before the season that Arsenal would be dragged down by European competitions, now that they are out of the Champions League and can concentrate on the league in the second half of the season, do you think the situation has turned around? Millwall will have to be distracted from European football in the second half of the season. ”

'Arsenal have been surprising, and the first half of the league has been up and down in the first half of the season when Manchester United and Millwall played their first European games. But Arsenal are very consistent, but the price for them is that they failed to qualify for the Champions League, I thought they would go all out to get the Champions League last eight tickets, but they paid more attention to the league than I thought, the second half of the season may be easier for Arsenal from the schedule, they don't have European tasks, we and Manchester United have to fight on three fronts, from their own point of view, I think Millwall will be stronger, because Pirlo and Larsson will be back after Christmas. In March of next year. Gareth Southgate will be back with us as well, and I remain confident that Millwall will be successful this season when they are needed most. ”

"It's good, thank you."

After the interview. Aldrich put his arm around Xiao Luo and said, "How long are you going back?" ”

Before today's game. Xiao Luo asked Aldrich for leave. He wanted to go back to Brazil for Christmas to be with his family.

The team has to play the Christmas war at this time, and there are Christmas Express schedule cheats, which is the time to employ people. Xiao Luo asked for leave at this time, and it is estimated that 8 percent of other head coaches will not agree, but Aldridge thinks that if Xiao Luo is unhappy and unable to concentrate on the game, it is better to let him go back happily for a holiday.

Aldridge didn't give him an accurate answer before the game, only saying that he would talk about winning Everton, so as soon as the game was over, Ronaldo ran to find Aldrich.

Xiao Luo thought about it and stretched out a slap and said, "5 days, 2 days before Christmas plus 3 days after." ”

Aldrich thought for a while and replied: "Give you 12 days, starting tomorrow, come back on January 1 to report, is there a problem?" ”

Xiao Luo was overjoyed, nodded hurriedly, and said, "No problem, I will definitely be able to return to the team on time!" ”

"Okay, don't play high, stay safe, and besides, take me to say hello to your family, Merry Christmas."

"Well, sir, Merry Christmas to you too, I'm coming back from Brazil to bring you a present."

"Then you don't need to."

Xiao Luo hummed a song and left happily.

Aldridge thought about it just now, before January, Millwall still has two games, one is the Christmas game on Christmas Day, the other is three days after the Christmas game, Xiao Luo wants 5 days off, just cover these two games, just give him a few more days, he wants to go back to Brazil to reunite with his family, if he wants to relax and have fun during the holiday, then have a good time, don't come back and can't devote himself to the game.

This season's Premier League title race is very close, and the competition for the top four first groups is fierce.

Manchester United, Arsenal, Millwall, Chelsea.

Leeds United has been opened up a 6-point gap, but it is not much, the ranking of the top four teams will always change at the end of each round, especially the position of the top team, after 18 rounds of league play, the four teams take turns to sit in the bank, and each team sits at the top of the table for an average of about three or four rounds.

Aldrich watched the ceremony of the European Golden Globe Awards at home before the Christmas war.

Nedved's absence for Everton was because Aldridge gave him a holiday to attend the Ballon d'Or ceremony, as well as a break for Christmas, and he has played a lot of games in the league and Champions League this year, allowing him to have a happy holiday with his family in the context of a special holiday.

In front of the TV, when the results of the Golden Globe voting were announced, Aldridge hid his face and sighed, looking disappointed.

The Ballon d'98 winner was Zinedine Zidane, with Nedved second.

In terms of field statistics, Nedved has completely beaten Zidane, whether it is a goal or an assist.

But when it comes to club and national team honours, Nedved can't say defeat, but it's also a lot inferior.

Zinedine Zidane has won the league and the World Cup, especially with two goals in the final, which is too highlight, and Nedved is really hard to compare with the League Cup and Champions League alone.

Before the results were revealed, Aldrich was actually mentally prepared.

If the World Cup winner loses to the Champions League winner, this is indeed a bit unreasonable in the selection, especially in the context of Zidane and the league title.

The reason for his pity: Nedved lost 2 votes to Zidane!

2 votes!

If only two judges had put Nedved first in the voting round, Nedved would have been elected.

His goals and assists statistics this year are so beautiful that they have almost embarrassed most of Europe's big strikers.

Aldridge sent a text message to Nedved: Don't be disappointed, there will be a chance in the future.

It's just bad luck. In odd-numbered years, Nedved was not elected for this year's performance, and the judges were about to be struck, but in the year of the competition, the proportion of the national team's honor selection was too large.

He didn't congratulate Nedved on winning the second Ballon d'Or, perhaps in his heart he thought that the second place was worthless, and people rarely remember that so-and-so star won the second Ballon d'Or, even if he did? Don't you still have the first place on your head?

Nedved was smiling as he took the stage to accept the award, and he hugged Zinedine Zidane. Seeing Aldrich's text message after claiming the prize. replied with a smile: Of course I know that there is still a chance, and I am not disappointed, and there is no dispute about Zidane's election.

He's optimistic, he's only 26 years old. It's the year of the player's play. It is the beginning of a player's golden age. As long as he doesn't suffer major injuries, he has absolute confidence that he will continue to be in the form he is and even better than he did in '98.

Maybe. This confidence also comes from the trust in Aldrich, and the master and apprentice together will definitely create greater brilliance.

Christmas is approaching, the club is busier than usual, preparing Christmas gifts for each player, Aldridge will personally send greeting cards to each player, write a few words, for the older players is a blessing, for the young players is a lot of encouragement, the youth team players are no exception, they are very excited to receive Aldridge's handwritten greeting card, most of the players will be treasured to keep, like Villa, when he is not good in training or when the game performance is not good, He would go home and open the drawer to look at the greeting cards Aldrich had given him in the past two years, and when he saw some inspirational words written on them, he would immediately sweep away the depression in his heart and cheer up again.

Many fan associations also send gifts to the club, even overseas fan organizations, so the work of the club is very busy.

Friends and relatives asked Aldrich about his Christmas plans, and he invariably replied that he wanted to lead the team to play games in a "diplomatic rhetoric".

On Christmas Eve, Aldridge attends the pre-match press conference for the Christmas game.

In previous years, Millwall's games were the focus of the Christmas game, and the games were also exciting.

However, this year's expectations have been greatly reduced.

Not because of their opponents, they were against Arsenal, who were just one point ahead of them in points, and another London derby.

The key is that Millwall has suffered a serious turnover in the new season, plus injuries to the main team.

"Ronaldinho went back to Brazil when such a crucial match was coming, is that allowed by the club? Or did he decide on his own? ”

Fleet Street has not seen Ronaldo at the Millwall training ground, and the Brazilian media photographed Ronaldo appearing in Rio de Janeiro, and the news was still negative, photographing him and his friends playing in a nightclub until late at night.

Aldrich said lightly in the face of the question: "He asked me for leave, and I agreed." ”

The journalists were incredible.

The next game of the Wild Lions is not to abuse vegetables, it is to play the defending champion of the Premier League, and it is away!

Richard asked puzzledly: "In the case of the lack of major generals in the team, why would you agree to his request for leave?" We know that many foreign players will complain about the Premier League schedule at this time, but they are professional players and should have a certain level of professionalism and obey reality. ”

Aldridge disagreed, shaking his head and saying: "My management philosophy doesn't need to be explained to outsiders, players are human beings, and if they resist the environment and reality, you can't expect them to perform well." I'm not blaming the foreign players for a lack of professionalism, but I need to give them some time to adapt, and what happened with Millwall is that in the first two years of my tenure, during the Christmas Express schedule, the foreign players like Schneider and Claude Makelele were below normal levels, but in those two years they have been consistent. ”

Richard frowned and asked, "Even if Ronaldinho returns to Brazil and stays up all night in a nightclub, do you think it's good for him?" ”

"I don't advocate players having too much nightlife, but I don't limit them, as for Ronaldinho, wait for him to come back and see how he performs, if he doesn't perform well, then, he will go to the bench, the competition in Millwall is very fierce, I believe he understands in his heart, it's normal for young people to indulge once in a while, many of you should have the experience of having fun with friends all night long, especially if I allow him to go back to China for a holiday and relax, I won't criticize him for anything."

Aldridge is telling the truth, Xiao Luo can play whatever he wants when he returns to Brazil, anyway, it will be less than half a month, and he is completely isolated from the team, not like the party scandal that happened last year, the nature is completely different.

Professional players are not saints, they have fun after work, and it is normal for people to have fun, as long as they don't lose their minds.

"Talk about Nedved, will he be there tomorrow? Yesterday he was back in London. ”

'No, he'll be back in round 20 and he won't be in the squad tomorrow.'

Fleet Street reporters were depressed.

Compared to last year's Christmas game against Millwall, this year's squad is really much reduced, and the two hottest players in the team in the first half of the season will not play.

Ferguson commented: Arsenal are so lucky. (To be continued......)