Since Millwall's mid-season rotation strategy was adjusted, Aldridge has changed his appearance, and the high posture that he used to put on in front of sworn rivals Chelsea and West Ham United has become his daily routine.

And it also faintly has the attribute of "poisonous tongue".

When he wants to train young players, he will provoke opponents in every possible way, which makes him spend a lot of effort, such as studying the historical glory of the rival club and talking about it in front of the public media.

Roughly speaking, it means: how brilliant a certain team used to be, how chic or passionate the game was, but now, I really can't see a single shadow of this.

His psychological warfare has only one purpose: to provoke his opponents!

Let those opponents dare to play against Millwall's bench for real.

This has disadvantages and advantages, and the disadvantage is that the opponent's anger was provoked by Millwall, and the people really made a threat, and Millwall could not win, so it seemed that Millwall was to blame.

The good thing is that this can better train young players.

Like the first half of the schedule, the young players go to play tough battles, not to mention how weak the offensive players are, on the defensive end, Ferdinand, Materazzi and other players have nothing to do most of the time, attack it, they will always be counterattacked by the opponent, don't attack it, but only get a draw steadily, they can't stand the test, how to improve the level?

Aldridge doesn't care that Millwall becomes a public enemy of the Premier League, they are successful, and it is normal for other teams to be jealous, anyway, the opponent snipes at Millwall, which is essentially aimed at Millwall, it is better for him to dominate the war. Make the game look good. Young players also get a better training environment. Growing up as quickly as possible in a more stressful and complex game will be important for Millwall's prospects for the next three to five years.

Against this backdrop, Millwall have been in a tight rhythm since January, with sparks flying in every game, whether they are on the pitch or not, and even though not all games have been won, the team's overall performance is still worthy of the championship, at least there are no more stumbles. Sometimes when you lose or draw, the opponent plays better, and you fight hard to win or draw.

In the second leg of the League Cup semi-finals, Aldridge still used the substitute lineup, and at the Lion's Den Stadium, Middlesbrough and Millwall played 1:1 in 90 minutes.

If the two legs are tied at 180 minutes, the away goal advantage will be nullified. However, if the 30 minutes of extra time were played, the score would still be tied. then the away goal advantage is valid.

In the first leg, Millwall played 0-0 at the Riverside Stadium, and in the second leg it was 1-1 at home, and when it went into extra time, if Millwall could not score, there would be no penalty shootout, and Middlesbrough would go directly to the League Cup final.

Aldridge made three substitutions in one go before extra time, and the fitness of the three young players made an immediate difference.

Ronaldinho, Klose, Van der Meyde.

Middlesbrough were unfamiliar with Ronaldo, and when they were exhausted from fitness, Ronaldo's individual play produced a huge advantage on the pitch, and with Van der Meyde, who played as a full-back on the other side to feed two strikers Klose and Ruud van Nistelrooy, Millwall scored three goals in extra time to advance to the final with an aggregate score of 4-1.

When the game finally came to an end, Fleet Street shouted: Lion Dynasty!

Because Millwall's entire league cup road, there are almost no main players, other strong teams do not pay attention to the league cup, and use it for training, and the same is true for Millwall, but the result is obvious, Millwall's young team is even more dazzling.

Millwall are no longer satisfied with showing their talent pool only in the Youth League, Reserve League and Youth FA Cup, but also directly set off a youth storm on the League Cup stage!

Ronaldinho has become the leader of his group of young players under the age of 21!

Millwall have made the devil the devil in the domestic cup competition, and the league is the foundation of the club's survival, and it is the main force to carry the banner and at the same time fight for glory on the European stage.

After the winter break in other European leagues, the flames of war are back in flames.

In late February, Millwall traveled to the Ruhr region of Germany on an expedition to Westphalia!

Aiming to win last season's UEFA Super Cup!

This year's UEFA Super Cup will be different from the restructured tournament in the future.

The UEFA Super Cup will be held around September, and it will be a title contest from last season before the start of the new European season.

The UEFA Super Cup is now played not only after the winter break, but also in a two-legged home and away format.

As a continuation and end of last season's European competition, Millwall, as the winner of the European Cup Winners' Cup, will compete with Dortmund, the winner of last season's European Champions Cup, for the honor of "King of Europe"!

Borussia Dortmund, who beat Juventus in the final last year, have performed well in the Champions League in the new season, and in the context of the departure of the meritorious coach Heathfield, they still dominated the top of the group.

However, their league situation has deteriorated, finishing third in the Bundesliga last season and moving to the UEFA Cup if not for the Champions League.

The performance in the league in the new season is even more miserable, Bayern Munich is still strong, Kaiserslautern is on the rise, where is Dortmund? Middle and lower in the standings.

The two Super Cup fixtures will be a prelude to Millwall's return to European competition in the second half of the league, followed by a very frequent schedule of fixtures, in addition to the Carabao Cup final, the FA Cup, the league, and the Champions League knockout rounds.

The Champions League knockout matches will be played as decisive battles in order to maintain their title hopes, and the FA Cup will certainly be handed over to young players, but the further it goes, it will certainly affect the rotation of other competitions.

In view of this, Aldridge made it very clear to the players before leaving for Germany: a war is a certainty!

We are going to put an end to the suspense of the UEFA Super Cup away from home!

Borussia Dortmund have been in excellent form in the Champions League in the first half of the season, despite a thump in the league, and they don't take a better side of Millwall than them in another group.

First of all, they are Champions League winners. Millwall was blown up by the outside world. A real honor. The two are worlds apart.

Secondly, they are fighting at home, and they should show the momentum of the head snake.

Aldridge has taken Dortmund's preparations very seriously, studying their performance in the Bundesliga this season, and the weaknesses of the opposition are not hidden, after all, they have performed poorly in the Bundesliga and have been bullied by many teams that are not as good as them.

In the same period of Dortmund's performance in the past three seasons, there is a very obvious trend: the decline in attacking power. Weakened defense.

This led directly to them going from first place to third place and now to the bottom of the standings.

Seize the problem of the opponent's defense, Millwall played very targeted at Westphalen Stadium, it is still the same old routine, low posture, defend first and then attack, and grab the opponent's seven inches in the attack to the death!

Since Larsson's individual accolades of winning the Ballon d'Or and second in the World Footballer of the Year, his goalscoring efficiency has dropped significantly!

So much so that the media began to slam him for his lack of initiative.

Aldridge has been defending Larsson, even going so far as to engage in a verbal fight with media reporters. In the regular weekly column of the boss on the official website, as well as in articles published on some media platforms. He defended his disciples with all his might, despising those who defame Larson.

There is no problem with Larsson's form, mentality, ability and so on.

There's just one problem: he's too famous!

As a result, the defensive focus of all opponents is focused on him, so whenever he runs on the field and has signs of threatening the goal, he will be stifled by the opponent with all his might.

This is the reason for the drop in his goal percentage.

And the reason why Aldridge defends him and still praises him is that Larsson plays smarter, he knows that he is the target of the public and the number one threat in the eyes of the opponent, so he begins to serve his teammates more in the game, using himself to attract the opponent's defense and cover the attack of other teammates.

Millwall's firepower is still fierce, but the protagonists of the end gun strafing have become Trezeguet, Shevchenko, and Nedved.

In the first leg of the UEFA Super Cup at the Westphalian, Larsson scored a hat-trick of assists to give the team a huge 4-1 advantage on the road.

Nedved scored twice, while Trezeguet and Shevchenko scored one each.

With the away win as a basis, they can save a lot of energy in the second leg, and Aldridge even made a bold decision to let the young players play the second game in order to enhance their sense of honor and belonging.

After returning to London, Millwall immediately headed for Wembley for their first title race of the season.

League Cup final.

The opponent is an old acquaintance, an old neighbor, and the undying Chelsea!

Chelsea's performance this season has been polarised, reaching the final of the Carabao Cup and being at the top of the table, their best result in the Premier League in the same period of time, and the European Cup Winners' Cup is yet to be out, but the European Cup Winners' Cup is supposed to be only two or three real tough games for teams in the big five leagues, like Millwall last year, people will only remember that Millwall beat Barcelona in the final, and even forget about the semi-final against Paris Saint-Germain.

Ruud Ruud Gullit's romantic and beautiful football set Chelsea on the road to success, but there are also significant drawbacks, as can be seen in the league, Chelsea have the fewest draws in the Premier League, and they are both winners and losers!

For example, in the League Cup semi-finals, they slaughtered Arsenal with five goals in Highbury to advance, but in the face of adversity, they seemed helpless, either they were beaten to a thousand miles or unable to turn the tables around.

Chelsea lack a unique spirit and soul, and they are no different from the mercenary Blackburns of the past.

After many years of vigorous recruitment, Chelsea has a luxurious squad and has become an emerging force in England.

However, Gullit has not been blessed, he has been sacked by the club, and the man who is now in charge of the team as a player and coach is Vialli.

Vialli's managerial debut came in the Carabao Cup final against Millwall.

He was committed to bringing the title to Chelsea and made a bold pre-match speech to encourage the team.

The new manager has taken office, Chelsea has served in all three armies, and Millwall has been much more low-key.

Playing Chelsea, do you still need to mobilize?

Aldridge only made some changes in the starting line-up.

Let some of the main players press the formation and lead half of the substitutes to attack the championship trophy.

This is different from the semi-finals, the semi-finals fell, Aldridge really doesn't feel any pity in his heart, the League Cup, the major giants can't work, Millwall has a dense schedule, and he doesn't care if he doesn't make it to the final.

But now that he has come to the finals, a winner or loser, if he wins, he will have a trophy, and if he loses, he will be ridiculed as a background, he must pay enough attention to it, the excitement of winning and the blow of losing are too strong, and it is not good if he does not pay attention to it.

What's more, the opponent is Chelsea! (To be continued......)