626 The peak turns, the boom and the bust reverse

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In the box at Elland Road Stadium, Leeds United president Ritzdale had a calm face from before the start of the game, and this expression did not change in the slightest, and whenever Leeds United conceded a goal, he would close his eyes for about ten seconds.

He was also not alone in the box today, but Arthur did not come today, and his assistant accompanied him to watch the game.

With 85 minutes of play, Millwall's victory was no longer in doubt, with the three main players resting and Leeds United not attacking and killing time on the pitch.

Suddenly, Ritzdale whispered a word, as if talking to himself.

"Alas, next season's Champions League qualification hangs in the balance."

Champions League 1:6 and now O:5, Ritzdale feels that 1:6 is actually negligible, because Leeds United fell in the semifinals and lost to Millwall, which is the result expected by most people, but the negative impact is too great, but the money that should be earned in the Champions League is a lot.

And the league o:5 is deadly, Liverpool and Tottenham have played 3:1, after Liverpool wins, will get rid of Leeds United 4 points, Ipswich is still a draw, with three rounds left in the league, Leeds association against Liverpool, hope has become extremely slim.

Champions League qualification, the foundation of Leeds United's long-term development!

The result of this game can almost declare Leeds United's final ranking range for the season, outside the top four.

Ritzdale had to re-examine the strength of the team the year before. Fifth in the league. Last year. Fourth in the league, this year, there is a 99% chance of losing the race for fourth.

Leeds are not as secure in the top four as he envisioned, and fighting for a top four is not a situation he wants to see, which is dangerous and must ensure that Leeds can qualify for the Champions League.

He was already in a dilemma.

Leeds United's current team is the strength to fight for the fourth, and it can't be fought for. No one can guarantee that.

But if they don't finish in the top four next season, Leeds United will be finished!

There is no way back, but to continue to fight desperately.

Ritzdale will continue to strengthen the squad, which was discussed in his talks with O'Reilly yesterday.

O'Reilly is not a god, Chelsea's total investment in the past few years is comparable to that of Belize United, but as a result, Chelsea is now heavily in debt and half-dead, and Bates has to change his business strategy and find Ranieri who can dig into his potential internally and keep to himself.

Ritzdale hopes for a miracle. Leeds United can qualify for next season's Champions League if a miracle doesn't happen. He still has to continue to borrow to consolidate Leeds United's league position and go one step further to lock in the top four.

Compared to Ritzdale, the chairman, who is thinking about team building, the assistant next to him is not so serious.

When he heard Mr. President's words, his expression immediately froze.

Champions League qualification, hanging?

Hang a fart!

It's definitely out of play.

Leeds play Millwall today, then Chelsea and then Arsenal.

the London team!

Especially the damned Millwall.

The assistant still remembered the humiliation of being turned away by Aldrich two years ago.

Cursed in my heart that the Millwall bus had a car accident and a plane crash, it would be better for someone to set fire to the Lion King Stadium!

After the assistant finished cursing, he looked at Mr. Chairman, who lowered his head and frowned in contemplation, and suddenly wanted to cry without tears.

Why?

Why is Millwall, the former rogue team, so awesome now!

With the world's top stadiums, the transfer market makes a lot of money, there are champions every year, the head coach is young and handsome, the idols grab a lot of them, and the players are obedient and don't make trouble.

The ambitious chairman and the hard-working assistant have their own thoughts on their minds, and the game in the stadium is about to come to an end.

In the stands, there were die-hard Leeds fans who wept and Lions fans who were here to party unbridled from start to finish.

In the 89th minute, Aldridge turned from the sidelines and strode towards the players' tunnel.

"The game is not officially over, but Hall left early, which, this is clearly a contempt for Leeds United, and the camera language is very tasteful, first Aldridge's back, and then immediately cut to O'Reilly's expression."

Generally speaking, even if Millwall wins the opponent by 1o goals, the coach does not shake hands with the opponent and leaves early, either because of great love and can't bear to see the result, or because of great hatred, he has no scruples and does not even give the most basic respect to the opponent.

Aldridge is clearly not in love with Leeds.

He walked into the tunnel and prepared to go straight to the interview area, where his routine ended with Leeds.

The two visits to Leeds in these four days have not been very pleasant, even if both games have been big wins.

The Champions League, which eliminated Leeds United, the league, cut off Leeds United's chances of entering the Champions League next season.

Aldridge has been in charge of the team in England for 7 years, witnessing the last League One champion Leeds United fall into a trough in the English era, and then rise again to the peak, but this peak, in these four days, has crossed a turning point, and next, Leeds United will turn from prosperity to decline!

Generally, the decline of a strong team is relatively slow, and the aging of the squad is the most common reason for the decline.

And Leeds United fell from the top this time, and the degree of its collapse is jaw-dropping, and it can even be listed as a typical case of failure in the football industry, and Leeds United's final fate is shocking.

In interviews, BBC reporters kept mentioning O'Reilly, hoping that Aldridge would evaluate his opponent and that Aldridge would explain why he did not shake hands with him after the game and whether it was related to the events of the last Champions League game.

It dawned on Aldrich why he was so disgusted that the outside world was talking about him and O'Reilly together, comparing them and creating gimmicks.

This has nothing to do with coaching ability, record, image and other factors, but Aldridge and O'Reilly are not the same type of head coach in their bones, just right. O'Reilly is the kind of manager he doesn't agree with.

The English coach has a big say in the recruitment. Leeds United's frenzied devotion. It also started after O'Reilly took office.

When the Hall family had a net worth of 200 million pounds, Aldridge only dared to ask his eldest brother to borrow 3ooo million pounds, he was sober, in the football industry, there is no money, but spending money must be done within his means.

The club has the support of a strong consortium, and the exhibition has financial guarantee and quick results. This is true, but it is just a record on the field, and the economic benefits are absolutely negative, like Italy, almost all of them run clubs in this model, relying on the broad boss with a backstage, the boss has money, he doesn't have to worry about eating and drinking, the boss has no money, and he is liquidated and bankrupt. Parma, Lazio and other clubs were short-lived. What is the essential difference with Leeds United? If Bates hadn't found a Russian owner to take over Chelsea and get out of his shell, there would have been no iron-blooded Blues in history who shook Europe, and it would only add a failure to Leeds United's footsteps.

Another result of the Italian league is that when these backstage bosses, even such as Moratti and Berlusconi, are unable to invest, the club's financial situation plummets, and the entire Serie A is far behind the UK in the process of promoting the football market and creating its own brand value income.

Aldridge does not deny that there are owners who have a simple love for football, so they invest regardless of the cost, but this is not a long-term way for the football club to survive.

Besides, seven years ago, he couldn't have predicted what the future would hold, what about having an innate advantage to attract talented players? Is there a guarantee of absolute success? Fortunately, he succeeded, and also created the brand value of Millwall, so that a club has a long-term foundation, Millwall is not a transfer market now, every season has a lot of profits, as long as the momentum is stabilized for a few years, the position of the giants will be solid, Millwall can run in a virtuous circle.

Thinking about the future fate of Leeds United, Aldridge didn't want to stay a minute at Elland Road.

How many Leeds fans will O'Reilly, Ritzdale, make it painful for many Leeds fans in the long term?

After a perfunctory post-match interview, Aldridge left Elland Road and sat on the team bus waiting for the team to converge and return to London.

The drizzle stopped, the clouds cleared, and as dusk approached, a ray of dazzling light from the sky shot into the window of the bus, which was reflected on Aldrich's face

Millwall slaughtered Leeds United 11:1 in two consecutive away games, England was shocked and caused a sensation in Europe!

The outside world realised that Millwall had reached the peak of their form in the most crucial sprint at the end of the season.

The only person who dissented was Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson.

The old Scottish man has made a high-profile claim that Millwall will still make mistakes in the final three league games, and that United will hope to turn it around, even if the final battle will be in the final league game, and the Red Devils will definitely beat Millwall to the top of the league.

Aldrich did not respond to the outside world, and facts speak louder than words.

Ferguson was just quibbling, but not to hit Millwall, on the contrary, to make the Red Devils not let go of that breath!

The Red Devils are targeting the final league game, but what about Millwall? When there are still three rounds of the league, there is already a double insurance, even if one of the first two games made a mistake, the final game was played at the Lion King Stadium, facing the Red Devils, Millwall's situation is much more comfortable than Manchester United, and Ferguson's previous claim that Millwall's two-line combat pressure is huge, this situation is gone, Millwall still has to play the Champions League, but the final is after the end of the league, as for the second leg of the Champions League semi-finals, Millwall can ignore it.

Leeds United went to London for the second leg of the Champions League semi-finals, and O'Reilly did not bring many soldiers and horses, and mainly new faces, and most of the main players did not even enter the squad.

The media clamored that this was Leeds United's "battle for dignity", but the Leeds people knew in their hearts that the reality was cruel and could not hide their sadness: 1:6, o:5, where is there dignity to talk about?

Leeds United have lost two games in a row, and the main players of the two consecutive games would rather die than face Millwall for the third time in a week!

Leeds United's Champions League is over, the league is also 99% over, O'Reilly calmed down at this time, relieved all the pressure, and prepared for next season, this third game, he first put on a posture of training, so that more young players can appear, it doesn't matter if he loses, I have recovered a little bit of the old spirit, and admitted in an interview that he is not Millwall's opponent, but the two routs are not the true embodiment of Leeds United's strength, Leeds United's squad is young, and there is still room for improvement.

O'Reilly's remarks did not get much support from the outside world, he just said the facts, but the outside world hoped that he could be crazy and let this third game continue the war, but Leeds United bowed their heads and recognized the reality, whether Ming Jin withdrew his troops or raised his hands to surrender, the second leg of the Champions League semifinals was destined to lose its due significance. (To be continued......)