969 Peel back the cloak of mythology
Millwall's slump last season led to a turnaround in the impression of falling off the altar.
Arsenal have been suppressed in the league this season, and the FA Cup and League Cup have been eliminated from both domestic cups, which has made Millwall return to "mediocrity", or freeze in the norm of a giant team.
The giants will not always be the champions, and the giants will not always kill all the way.
The wealthy will be planted with their heads, the perineum gutter will capsize, and the record will be unstable, and the four major will be empty.
Millwall is a giant, no one dares to admit their football status, any team that has won four Champions Leagues and has half a team of world-class stars in the current era will be a giant, as for why Liverpool is falling from the position of giants, it is not that they have no past, but they only have the past, but they only have the past, but they do not seem to have a present and a future!
As for why Chelsea are developing on the road to giants, because they seem to have a present and a future, what is missing is glory!
Since the start of the Champions League knockout round at the end of February, Millwall has suddenly exploded in Europe in two months, and fans, football critics, and their opponents all over the world have realized that the Lions are back!
The wild lion that made all Europe tremble, is back!
They did not complete a big cycle of nirvana rebirth, they broke everyone's expectations just like in the summer of '98, and when everyone thought they expected the result, the Wild Lion returned to everyone's sight in a subtle but imposing state, unable to make people look away, and could no longer blame and criticize this team irresponsibly.
Aldridge is in his 10th year in charge. His wealth of experience has made Millwall's closing sprint of the season more united and ferocious than ever!
Weekend. Millwall beat Fulham 3-0 away. At the same time, Arsenal was a guest at White Hart Lane and was sniped by Tottenham!
Arsene Wenger, who had been talking and laughing not long ago and was adamant that he would not give Millwall a chance, left with a chilled face amid the gloating boos of all the Tottenham fans at White Hart Lane.
“2:2! The gap between Arsenal and Millwall has been reduced to 1 point! Could it be that the same story played out last season? Will Arsenal not even hold out for the final game? We don't know what kind of battle will be played out in the final three rounds between Arsenal, who have not tasted defeat in the league so far, and Millwall, who have only lost one game in the league. If you're a neutral fan, you don't want the suspense to end before the finale. But now it seems that Millwall is unlikely to give away the league title, but it is Arsenal who make them sweat, and before the final game, can they take all six points in both games? God knows! ”
Arsenal, Arsenal.
When Aldridge learned of Arsenal's situation after the game, he immediately put pressure on Arsenal.
'Look, Arsenal made a mistake and the gap between us is only one point, what happens next? I do not know. All I know is that at the end of the first half of the league. If the trophy had been awarded at that time, Arsenal had a five-point lead over us, and the trophy would have been theirs, but now, fate is in our own hands, and I don't care what kind of table Arsenal will be next, there is only one question in front of Millwall: the league trophy, whether Arsenal give it to us, or whether we will go to Highbury to get it back. ”
Arsene Wenger began to shy away from a war of words with Aldridge.
Millwall fans in East London, after a season, from the start of the war in August to the end of May, except for one month, the rest of the months, they are mostly treated with the attitude of enjoyment, and even daily life.
Supporting Millwall is the instinct of a die-hard fan.
You don't need to talk about it every day, you don't need to show off to talk to people, you can walk into the stadium, watch the team table from a familiar position, and shout and cheer as always, this is instinct and it is natural.
And when it comes to that special month, they can proudly say: a special month defined by our young marshal.
In May, Millwall is harvest time!
This month, the qiē is different, their blood is boiling, the competition has become tense and exciting, and the magnitude of the impact is not comparable to before.
In the past, there were Manchester United biting their breath to chase Millwall behind them, but now, it has become Millwall chasing Arsenal all season, and the fans know how difficult it is for the Lions to work and how hard some of the up-and-coming lads in the team are, so they will spontaneously gather there to cheer them on outside the training ground.
Alonso, De Rossi, Kaka, Cristiano Ronaldo, Lahm, Baines, Silva, Robben and many others, they also quickly had a lot of fans, which is also a way for the fans to encourage and affirm their efforts.
In midweek, Millwall prepared for the weekend's league fixture.
Arsenal and Manchester United started the FA Cup semi-finals, and after a fierce battle, Ferguson smiled, and Wenger's face became even more gloomy.
Arsenal, Champions League, League Cup, FA Cup, these three fronts have not been able to reach the end, Ferguson led Manchester United to play a classic game, even if the league has been left behind by Arsenal and Millwall, the defending champions have long been eclipsed in the league, but Manchester United is still declaring a sense of existence and giving them a head-on blow when Arsenal is at their most nervous.
Although the domestic cup competition is said to be a military training.
However, the FA Cup is heavier than the League Cup, and at this stage of the semi-finals, it is impossible for the giants to continue to train, after all, if you win two games in a row, you will get a cup championship trophy with a long history and international influence!
Like Aldridge who dared to train in the semifinals in the past, it was only accidental, and it attracted a lot of criticism, which is just a special case, and it will not be the norm for giants.
Aldrich turned into a big mouth.
He immediately fell into the trap for Arsenal.
'It's been said that Millwall will have a bigger task than Arsenal to juggle the Champions League, and now that Arsenal can concentrate on the league title and Millwall only have one more Champions League game than them, after our second leg against Chelsea next week, if Arsenal don't win the title in the penultimate round, then the pressure of the schedule can disappear. Arsenal's unbeaten run in the league seems to me to be a false powerhouse, they lost the Carabao Cup, they lost the Champions League, and a lot of games, they have lost the FA Cup now, they are in the league, why won't they lose? The difference between the league and the cup is very subtle, I'm tired of people saying in my ear that Arsenal are replicating the myth of Millwall's past, even if they end up unbeaten and win the title, the points are at least 6 points away from Millwall's past unbeaten title, the league is sometimes an arithmetic problem, 3 games, win 2 games and lose 1 game is 6 points, and win 1 draw and 2 games is 5 points, hehe, Arsenal has 12 draws in the league, which means 36 points from 12 games, they have lost 24 points, if they are brave, they have the atmosphere of a broken boat, fight back two or three wins, even if you lose one or two games? It will be very cost-effective in terms of points, and it will also end the suspense of the Premier League early, but they don't, and now, Millwall, which is getting better and stronger, has the initiative in its destiny. ”
In terms of psychological warfare, Wenger is clearly not Aldridge's opponent.
Aldridge knows exactly what his team needs, Millwall needs momentum, the older generation of players can't afford to lose two consecutive league titles, and the new generation of rising stars is hungry for the league trophy in their arms.
Arsenal's big votes, and Arsenal-leaning critics, are reminding Wenger that this is Aldridge's psychological warfare.
Repeatedly downplaying Arsenal's unbeaten record, constantly mentioning Arsenal's defeats, and even using "arithmetic problems" to satirize their "loss of ambition to win in order to be undefeated".
This is absolutely unfair.
Nonsense!
Psychological warfare has never been about talking about truth and promoting truth, goodness and beauty.
It is to strike at your psychological defenses, to shake your heart, and to create a psychological environment for you to panic.
Why do you think Ferguson is more than 10 points behind and dare to conclude that Newcastle United can't win the league title?
Why did Aldridge play a psychological war with Ferguson in a catch-up posture on one side and continue to defy Manchester United on the other?
Psychological warfare is never a reasoned debate, but a means of seizing an opportunity to strike at an opponent at the right time and to its advantage.
The pressure on Arsenal comes from the fact that they have been the league leaders since the second round of the league!
And on the road that has been undefeated, it began to be mythologized!
Aldridge is looking to peel off their mythical cloak and shake their confidence, and in the final sprint to the season, Millwall's favours are the most important three points.
For one, the pressure on Arsenal itself.
Second, Arsenal were knocked out of the Champions League at the beginning of April and lost in the FA Cup semi-finals at the end of April.
Third, Millwall shortened the league points with Arsenal at the same time, and at the same time, the Champions League soared to bring a shocking effect!
There are two positive factors for Arsenal.
First, they are ahead in the league points, and in fact the initiative is still in their hands.
Second, they only have the last three league games left of the season, and they are focused on the league title and nothing else.
In the penultimate round of the league, Millwall beat Bolton Wanderers 3-1 at home, while Arsenal also beat Birmingham City 2-1 at home.
Arsenal won in a thrilling way, and after the FA Cup semi-final defeat, they were far more nervous than Millwall.
Although Millwall claims to take care of European competitions, when this point is analyzed in detail, Millwall's consumption may only play one more league game than Arsenal.
Because they played both legs of the Champions League in London, east London to west London, Arsenal and Manchester United played the FA Cup semi-finals and played on a neutral ground.
Millwall played lightly in the second leg of the Champions League semifinals, Aldridge continued to play defense, the youngsters played well, Robben and Ronaldo played the wingers crazy inside, plus Kaka and Villa echoed in the front court, Millwall played 2:2 with Chelsea away from home, and the aggregate score was 7:2 to advance to the Champions League final. (To be continued......)