Aldridge showed up late in the post-match press conference and summed up the game with his players in the dressing room, while also motivating them with words to erase as much as possible the mental blow of conceding before the end.

It's not that the 2:1 score is unacceptable to the whole team, but they are more energetic than any previous game, playing extremely seriously, and seeing the good game of 2:0 become 2:1, it is natural to have a psychological gap.

2:0 and 2:1, those are two very different situations.

The Italian media preferred Aldridge to talk about Juventus' performance, and they found fault with Juventus' performance on the basis of a good result for Juventus, believing that Juventus did not show the momentum of the Serie A giants.

"If Juventus have to win or get a draw, then it's disrespectful to Millwall, we gave everything to win, that's what Millwall deserved, Juventus played very well and scored an away goal, the aggregate score was only one goal away, that's the reality, it's not that Juventus easily take more here, on this basis, Millwall will face Juventus in the next leg, the probability of qualifying, I think it's still 50%, although we are ahead in the score, But Juventus have home advantage in the next leg, so the chances are equal for both sides. ”

The Italian media actually still has some sense of superiority, even if they think Millwall is not a small role, but Juventus plays for Serie A, and the Serie A champion plays the Premier League champion, so it should have a clear advantage.

Fleet Street has mixed feelings.

Before the final break, they were all ready to sing the praises of Millwall if they could win 2-0 at home to Juventus. The next round is going to be very good. But the goal conceded before the end turned the tide around.

The Fleet Street reporter frowned and asked, "When the team takes a 2-0 lead." Why did you choose to play the back two to defend passively? If the team is kept pressing, they may not concede the unlucky ball at the bottom, and maybe kill the suspense when Juventus attack aggressively. ”

Aldridge said with a solemn face: "I don't think my choice is wrong, I don't want to argue about this, because there is no need, I am the manager, I am responsible for the team, and the outside opinion has nothing to do with me." But I want to make one point: In normal games, the average 90-minute run of the Millwall team is between 10,000 and 12,000 kilometers, and the running distance of the players today should have increased by about 2,000 to 3,000 kilometers. When you look back at the process on the basis of the results, there will always be different voices, no one can give a correct answer, maybe I continue to let the team press the attack will score, maybe I will concede more goals, who knows? God, but neither you nor I are God. ”

Fleet Street reporters stopped bothering Aldridge. Instead, the finger was pointed at Juventus.

'Nedved was fouled by Torricelli when he scored and he was injured at the time. The opponent's actions were clearly worthy of a red card, but the referee only showed a yellow card, what do you think about that? Will there be a complaint with UEFA? ”

Aldrich pondered for a moment, but did not answer immediately.

Actually, the situation was a bit delicate.

Assuming that Nedved didn't score, Aldridge thinks the referee would be inclined to show a red card.

But the goal went in, Juventus fell behind, and the whole team interceded for Torricelli, and there was no over-the-top conflict between the parties, and the referee awarded a yellow card, and the Millwall players did not protest.

This is probably due to Aldrich's style.

It's hard to say whether such a style is right or wrong.

Aldridge just resents that the team really cares about the role of referee.

Originally, a qualified or excellent referee should be "invisible" in a game.

If the players are accustomed to putting pressure on the referee and protesting to the referee, this in itself does not give the team an advantage, because the referee also has the authority to enforce the law, he will be disgusted with the protesters, and may even cause a psychological tilt, but will give a harsher penalty to the protesting side, once this situation occurs, the players' psychology will fluctuate greatly, and part of the attention will be on the referee, which is very detrimental to the development of the game.

A normal game may be nothing, but if it happens in a crucial battle, the team is likely to collapse on its own.

The protester was the manager, and Aldridge also spoke to the fourth official after Nedved returned to the pitch, but the decision could never be changed, as it was.

"The referee has his own standard of punishment, the yellow card to Torricelli did make Millwall feel that the sentence was too light, but aside from this controversy, the referee did well today, Millwall will not complain to UEFA about this, Torricelli apologized to Nedved again immediately after the game, Nedved also accepted the other party's apology, they exchanged jerseys, that foul was really dangerous, but on the football field, you can't let this phenomenon go away. I remember a long time ago, I called on the FA to increase the penalties for dangerous actions, but the FA and the British football media at the time scoffed at my opinion, Millwall is alive in England, if even the local football community condones such dangerous behavior, Millwall will have to complain to UEFA? It's a sad joke. ”

In the traditional concept of football in England, football games need to be full of physical fierce confrontation, rather than spectatorically passing back and forth to tear apart the opponent's defense, one-on-one confrontation is the mainstream, and courage and tenacity are the embodiment of the inner spirit, but once bravery becomes savagery, it is another matter, but there is no obvious definition, therefore, Aldridge is helpless, but there is no way.

Regardless of Millwall's place in England's history, even the traditional giants are unlikely to change the status quo on their own, and if the FA does take Aldridge's advice, it will be a big problem, and the outside world will flood in criticism, and people will accuse the FA of favoring Millwall and making rules for them that are more in line with their style.

Therefore, nothing remains the same, what the convention is, or what it is, and the various forces will be at peace with each other, and they will change something rashly. It is often a war of interests that affects the whole body.

It was nearly midnight when I got home. Aldrich couldn't sleep. I have been sitting on the sofa in the living room and contemplating.

2:1.

In the second leg to Turin, what kind of tactics should the team use?

He's still thinking about the Champions League.

This is understandable, in fact, this season, Millwall's main players have also focused most of their energy on the Champions League.

Even if they are now third in the league, it seems that there is no big problem, firstly, because of the confidence, they think that they will not fall behind, and secondly, because of the attractiveness. The Premier League champions, the main players have won last season, and this season is playing in the Champions League for the first time, so they naturally pay more attention to the results of the Champions League.

It's like having tasted a cream cake and suddenly having a chocolate cake in front of you that you haven't eaten, and naturally you will focus on the chocolate cake.

Maybe they didn't do as well as last season in the league period, but they were definitely better and more consistent than they were the previous season, and they don't feel like a difficult gap to catch up with Manchester United.

However, when the players have to concentrate on playing a good game, the pre-match preparation and the state after the game energy is exhausted. At least two league games will be affected during this period.

Aldrich knew in his heart that if he wanted to say the priority. This season is bound to be the Champions Cup more important than the league! Don't talk about players, even he thinks the Champions League is more important!

Millwall's squad determines that they can't play 100% on both fronts, since the Champions Cup is not out, of course, it is the Champions League.

2:1 is a tangled scoreline.

It's a situation where the manager can't make up his mind to go the extreme route.

Iron-hearted extreme anti-reversal to the end, or taking great risks to break the boat, both of these situations are impossible to choose in the case of a total score of 2:1.

Ding dong

As Aldrich pondered, the doorbell rang.

He looked at the time, it was already 11 o'clock in the evening, and he didn't know who came to the door.

I walked to the door and looked at it, and found that it was the neighbor on the opposite side, so I opened the door and asked curiously, "Evan, is there something wrong?" ”

Evan has obviously bathed, his hair is ponytail on weekdays, and his long blonde hair is draped over his shoulders at the moment, and he exudes a fresh fragrance in casual clothes at home.

She held a plate with waffles and smiled, "You can't sleep, can you?" ”

Aldridge invited her into the house and smiled and sighed, "yes, uh, thinking about the team." ”

Evan put the plate on the coffee table and said, "Usually when you haven't slept at this time, I know that you are worried about the team." ”

"For what?"

"Because it's often when the team loses or doesn't perform well, you go to bed late, and I live across from you."

"Voyeur, I'm going to sue you."

"Whatever. I made some waffles, they were delicious or not, I had to eat them anyway, hehe. ”

Aldrich picked up a piece and tasted it, in fact, the taste was not unique, but he still exaggerated his expression of enjoyment, and exclaimed: "Well, if anyone marries you, it will be his blessing." ”

Evan smiled disapprerovingly, sat down and asked, "When are you going to sleep?" ”

Aldrich poured her a cup of tea, then sat on the sofa and crossed Erlang's legs and said, "I don't know how to go, I keep thinking about things in my head, and I am very energetic." ”

"It just so happens that I can't sleep either, so I'll stay with you here."

"Then you should find something to do, right? Why don't you clean up for me? Ha Lu Ha. ”

"If you want to be beautiful, find a movie to watch."

After that, she got up and went to look through the DVD rack next to the TV, and really found a movie that she hadn't seen in less than half a year.

When the opening credits appeared on TV, Aldrich lamented, "Well, if I watch this film twice, I guess it will be dawn." ”

Evan sat down on the couch next to him and watched the movie with a soft and calm face.

Titanic

A new film that has been popular for the past few months.

Aldridge didn't go to the cinema, if he watched the movie with the players, he wouldn't watch this kind of movie, most of it was a bloody action movie or a science fiction movie or something, and Melanie didn't have time, so he missed the opportunity to go into the cinema when the film was released, and then just bought the DVD and kept it at home.

Aldridge continued to think about the team, there was a big beautiful woman watching a movie next to him, he really calmed down to think, maybe subconsciously, he regarded Evan as a family member, and he didn't see anything outside, so he didn't take it seriously. (To be continued......)