The team came back from behind to win, and Aldridge was naturally in a good mood.

After the game, he was interviewed in the mixed area, but the reporter grabbed two questions.

One was that Bolton boss Colin Todd complained that the referee had given Millwall almost forty seconds in stoppage time, which directly affected the final outcome of the game.

Although Bolton only went from one point to zero points, the relegation team not only needed a golden point, but the morale boost of the defending champions in an away draw was also indescribable.

Aldridge did not want to dwell too much on this issue, but only formulaically stated that the referee has his own standards, and that Bolton has delayed time at the last moment, and it is normal to make up some more time appropriately.

'Rio Ferdinand's performance in the opening half-hour today was nothing short of a disaster, he scored an own goal and then fouled in the box and recklessly awarded a penalty, do you think he still deserves Millwall? Will Millwall consider bringing in a better backup centre-back? ”

Aldridge's expression was still relaxed when he heard this question, but his tone was much more exaggerated.

"Wow, pay attention to your words, disaster was too much, yes, he didn't get into the game at first, but then he found his groove and scored a goal for the team and didn't make any more mistakes defensively. I think he has the potential to be a world-class centre-back and Millwall's future depends on him, so I wouldn't be looking for a replacement for him, he's only 19 years old and just starting his career. ”

"Witnessing the low-level mistakes he made today, you still insist that he will become a world-level defender?"

"No one is born perfect, and the difference between a good player and an average player is the tenacity of willpower. In the face of adversity. Some players gave up. Surrendered, so the achievement was lost, but Leo is not, he has a strong heart and willpower, so he can quickly make up for his mistakes, today's game will definitely be something he will never forget, and I hope he will not forget. In this way, he can become better on the basis of learning from his lessons, I am disgusted with the outside world being stingy with young players and being stingy with young players, sneering at players who have played badly in one or two games, and concluding that his future is bleak, but too many people ignore their age, you should look at it, more 18, 19, 20 year old players at this age, can they play in the top flight of England? ”

Aldridge took this opportunity to criticize the outside world and protect his disciples, not to mention that young players are still immature in terms of skills, ability, experience, etc. Even if you are a world-class star, there will always be ups and downs in a season. It was a normal thing, but it made an annoying sound under the media rendering.

In the weekend league after European competition, the Premier League was full of upsets.

Manchester United drew at Derby County, Arsenal drew at promoted Crystal Palace, Liverpool lost by two goals in the Merseyside derby, Aston Villa lost at home to the wild Wimbledon and Newcastle United were beaten 4-1 away at Leeds United.

Of last season's top six Premier League powerhouses, only defending champions Millwall won at the bottom of the pack, with the other five teams either drawing or losing, and Leicester City's defeat at Chelsea, the table changed dramatically.

Millwall is back!

They were level at the top of the table with Manchester United, but thanks to goal difference, Millwall returned to the top of the table after a two-month gap.

Next year is the World Cup year, so the FIFA match day is earlier than in odd-numbered years, and the players are back to play in the national team just after the league is played.

On a sunny afternoon, Aldridge sat in the stands of the youth team stadium to watch the youth league match.

Some of the players who were not included in the game list also sat in the stands, as well as Xiao Luo, who had nothing to do.

He sat next to Aldridge with a smug look on his face.

Aldrich thought at first that he was happy that something good had happened to him, but slowly, he felt a little strange.

Xiao Luo grinned as if he was coming at him, and there was a bit of "targeted" demonstration in his eyes.

"What are you doing?"

"Hey, hey."

"Don't do that, it creeps me out."

"Hey, hey."

"I'll change seats."

The player who can scare the head coach away, it is estimated that Xiao Luo is the first.

Xiao Luo hurriedly raised his eyebrows and said, "You are about to fulfill your promise." ”

Aldridge's expression was stunned, and he immediately understood what this kid's smile meant.

"How many goals did you score?"

"Guess."

"I'd better change seats."

"Oh, it's boring, I've scored 11 goals."

"Where's the assist?"

"12 pcs. Hey, the German is so nice, put the ball over his head and he can put it in the opponent's goal, I like him more, the Dutchman is a little bit worse. ”

Aldridge was surprised, he didn't expect Xiao Luo to do such a good job in the reserve team, and it was surprising that he could play such a statistic as a winger.

The Germans were Klose, the Dutchmen were Van Nistelrooy.

Xiao Luo's "clear love and hate" is too obvious.

"They have different characteristics, your evaluation is biased, especially don't say this to your teammates."

"I'm not a fool, tell them directly, I like you and don't like him, isn't this looking for depression?"

Aldrich chuckled, shook his head, and said no more.

Ronaldo elaborated on the reasons why he liked Klose and didn't like Vanney.

Because the Germans are humble and not so strong.

Xiao Luo sent him a high ball assist, and the opponent had a good chance of scoring a goal, and for Xiao Luo, it was easy to brush the assist.

In addition, Klose will take the initiative to cover for the two wingers, and most of Ronaldo's goals come from Klose's assists.

The two of them are a bit of "good friends".

After all, Xiao Luo played the reserve team game to know how hard it is, and he still suffers a little in physical confrontation, especially the reserve team members of other teams, many of whom are players over 23 years old, and he can't get cheap at all, so it is impossible to play football and play with players of the same age. He's a great deal. In reserve. This trick is not good, and people will directly knock him over with their bodies.

As for Ruud van Nistelrooy, the reason why Ronaldo doesn't like him is that the opponent only puts himself as a center forward, plus the seniority in the team, when Vanney plays in the reserve team, he will always ask the two wingers to pass the ball to him, let the wingers serve him, and give him the ball compared to Klose. It's not so easy, often Xiao Luo has to find a vacancy to pass the ball to him, and then he wants to insert a goal, but the opponent doesn't pass the ball, and chooses to shoot.

After listening to Xiao Luo's tirade, Aldrich sighed in his heart.

The team is different.

Millwall has changed dramatically in just over three years.

The team in the summer of '94 was certainly not the best Millwall, and the club was not only deprived, but also discredited.

But. The players who came to the team were almost nothing. Both fame and fortune are blank.

So we can be very united and sacrifice each other to make the team better, and everyone's interests will grow at the same time.

But now, the club has a fame, a championship halo, and the competition has become cruel and fierce.

The first thing the players may think about is not what to contribute to this team, but what kind of status they have here, especially the players who can't play the main team.

Because everyone knows that as long as you can gain a firm foothold in the first team and become the main player, then what will follow is the doubling of the contract, the focus of the outside world's attention, and the fame will definitely soar.

Today's Youth League match ended with Millwall Youth winning 3-1 at home, with Vassell, Cahill and Bresciano each scoring a goal to help the team win.

Only a little over 1,000 local fans attended the game, and since it wasn't a weekend, attendance was much lower than usual.

Najib Najib, who has led the youth team, has led the team to a strong performance since the new season, with all wins in the Youth League, the FA Youth Cup is also soaring, and the goal statistics are also the highest in the English Youth League, and the only defeat in the new season was the defeat of Dynamo Kyiv.

Aldridge came to watch the game as a move to kill time, and the team will still have a holiday tomorrow, and when he walked out of the field, Xiao Luo followed him and asked: "Boss, is there anything to go tomorrow?" ”

"No, what?"

"Can you take me to another city? I heard that in the summer you took the new Italian kid to visit various European countries. ”

"How do you know the truth?"

"I saw the picture in the cupboard in his locker room and asked him."

"Oh yes, summer just drops by."

"Then take me to play tomorrow."

"Well, I'm going to go to the gym tomorrow."

Xiao Luo looked reluctant, shook his head and said, "How boring is that?" I broke two treadmills in the gym, has your house been repaired? ”

"No, I'm going to ride my bike to the countryside to see the scenery, so I can get fit."

Xiao Luo thought for a while and said, "Then take me, I don't have a place to go anyway, I plan to give myself a holiday tomorrow, and I won't practice." ”

Aldrich stared at him suspiciously and asked, "Where's your girlfriend?" ”

"It's early."

"Why?"

"I don't like her friends, they're all students, and I feel like someone looks down on me there."

"Really?"

"Well, and she's not pretty enough."

"You're so demanding."

"It's okay."

Aldrich agreed to Ronaldo's offer, then shook his head and went home.

It is certainly not a good way to educate the players who are always left to work in the club's dormitories, and Millwall will arrange for them to study at a nearby school for younger players who live in the club's dormitory, and there will be a little more freedom in their schedule.

Occasionally, activities are organized to enrich their lives.

So the next day, Aldrich traveled on his bicycle from home, taking a lot of people with him.

Xiao Luo's big mouth informed his friends last night and pulled a ticket to travel together.

Even Sergio Aguero and Messi followed them on small bicycles, and Aldridge led the way on his bicycle, his face burned in panic, and he looked like a "child king".

I don't know why, seeing the immature Messi, Aldridge naturally thought of Ronaldo, and then looked at the players who traveled.

Villa, Carrick, Mex, Alonso, De Rossi, Messi, Aguero, plus Ronaldo, I really haven't seen Ronaldo's figure.

Aldrich deliberately went to the training base before leaving the community, and sure enough, he caught Ronaldo, this kid is still practicing hard, practicing hard, practicing hard

Whether he liked it or not, Aldrich dragged him anyway, got him a bicycle, and let him go with the group.

The 12-year-old Ronaldo was not happy at first, thinking it was a waste of time.

But by the time they enjoyed the scenery and food outside the countryside in the afternoon, the kid hardly wanted to go back to the training base.

It happened that in the countryside where they were cycling, there was a primary school that was holding an autumn sports day, Aldrich and they visited it, and then Ronaldo and Aguero broke the 100-meter record of this primary school

Aldrich looked embarrassed when he went out, because passers-by saw their group of bicycles with strange eyes and a smile on their faces, but when dusk fell and set out on the way home, Aldrich looked at the group of boys around him, and his heart was really indescribably happy.

Hateful, forgot to bring a camera.

Otherwise, taking pictures of them sitting in a row by the river will definitely be a classic in the future. (To be continued......)