Back in London, Aldridge volunteered to go to Southgate's home the next day.

Outside Southgate's apartment, paparazzi flocked to his mansion and irrational London fans stared at his mansion, some even holding insulting signs.

England, who missed out on the World Cup 94, missed out on their chance to qualify for the Euro 96 final on their home turf, which they certainly felt was a disgrace, and Southgate, who played in the sixth round of the penalty shoot-out, became the sinner.

Aldridge still drives his old BMW, he parked it in front of Southgate's house, pushed the door and got out of the car, and reporters around him flocked to take pictures and ask questions.

'Mr Hall, what do you think about Southgate missing a penalty?'

"Will Millwall be pressured to sell Southgate?"

I have to say that some players who have become "enemies of the country" will choose to leave their homeland if they can't withstand the pressure, Ginola is one, and the future Beckham has also moved such thoughts.

Aldrich took a moment to gather his emotions and faced the reporters around him, and when they were done taking pictures, he said lightly: "Are you all idiots? And those irrational fans, it's normal to miss a penalty, I feel sad for English football, the national team is obviously terminally ill, when will you be calm and rational in the face of defeat? Find out the reasons for the failure and summarize the lessons. I don't know when the England national team will look for excuses in the face of failure, the responsibility of the manager, the responsibility of the players, the responsibility of the venue, the responsibility of the weather. The ghost knows that there is no responsibility for the breakfast! Right now. England put the blame on Gareth from top to bottom. I just want to say, you're all bad guys, is England going to be better without him? Will you be able to win the championship? If that's what you're for, then we'll see how many more will dare to play for England in the future, idiots, wake up! ”

Aldridge pushed away the man in front of him and walked straight to Southgate's home.

Let's be honest. He deliberately turned on the "group taunt" skill, with a simple purpose: to attract hatred.

Aldridge knocked on the door, and it was Southgate's wife who did not dare to look at the wolf-like reporters and fans outside, only to open the door slightly to let Aldridge in and close the door.

Southgate was not in a very good mental state, and the blow of missing a penalty, coupled with the condemnation of public opinion, and the threat of besieging his home, made him suffer from internal torment.

Aldrich spent the day at his house, unraveling Southgate, and even cooking for himself and staying with the family as if he were a friend.

It was late at night. Andrew sent in assistants to arrange a plane for the Southgate family to go on vacation to the Mediterranean. Let them leave the UK for a while to avoid being in the public spotlight.

The next day, Aldridge became the target of public scrutiny, as he began to open fire on the media and critics in football circles across the UK.

His spearhead was directed at England coach Vinables, and he directly criticized the opponent for his body.

In response to the semi-finals of Germany vs England, Aldridge published a technical and tactical commentary in the "Daily Mail", with the headline: England self-destructs the Great Wall!

England is good at 442, and it cannot be said that the tactical style of play is outdated or out of fashion, because at the national team level, it is also completely different from the club, and the club can be tempered through one season, two seasons, or even longer, and hone a set of mature tactics.

However, the national team does not have that time and conditions, and the tacit understanding between the players is the biggest problem, so the strength of the Spanish national team that has made great achievements later is that they can transplant the club's mature tactical system.

'What exactly are England playing? In the starting lineup, in addition to goalkeeper Seaman, the remaining ten are Pierce, Southgate, Adams, Ince, Pratt, McManaman, Anderton, Gascoigne, Shearer, Sheringham. How many of these ten people are positive Indian defenders? Three, Adams, Southgate, Pierce. Many people say that England's tactics are varied, but in reality, this game was just a 352, or 343, that more than half of the players on the field are not familiar with, or 343. I don't know what Venables was thinking, but from the most basic formation, we can see that the players are not tacit, in attack, Gascoigne is very hard, but he is mediocre in the midfield position, because he was successfully limited by Germany, England except for the opening three minutes to rely on a corner to score, the chances created in the opening game are nothing more than a few long-range shots inserted by the back and a half-one-on-one chance missed by McManaman. However, the German team seized the weakness of the England backline, repeatedly broke the side defense of England, the equalizing goal was on the left side in front of the penalty area, the German fullback inserted to attract the attention of the England defense, and then the defensive space became larger, between the lightning and flint, a subtle through the defense line, the German and then unexpectedly crossed the other side, and the teenager Kuntz broke the goal to save Germany. What do we see in the picture of the goal conceded? England retreated almost twice as many as the German attacking players! But for what or conceding the goal? You can't blame Gascoigne for running back into the box to defend is wrong, but there are only three real defensive gates at the back, that's the problem, I believe that if it were a traditional back four, on the basis of attacking players coming back, England's wide defense would not have exposed so many problems, if it wasn't for the German team missing a few chances, they were more than capable of solving the battle in 90 minutes, and a lot of their chances came from breaking through England's right side defence. Was a penalty the reason for the loss? Yes, but will England have to hope that every player is a penalty shoot-taker? If so, then there's no need to talk about the future of English football, as long as 11 players huddle in the box every game and wait for a penalty to lift the trophy. ”

Aldrich's comments caused an immediate uproar as soon as they were released.

Despite the fact that Vinables was sacked for England to stop the semi-finals, and Glenn Hoddle left Chelsea to take over the national team, it was still believed that England under Vinables played beautiful football. The 4-1 win over the Netherlands in the group stage was a classic game.

The next few days. Aldrich has an extremely high appearance rate. He was interviewed by various media outlets, or appeared on football commentary programs, and he had-for-tat debates with various celebrities or experts.

Even the 4-1 win over the Netherlands was considered unworthy because the Netherlands' all-out attack and defence exposed weaknesses in their backline, which is dominated by defensive victories in the contemporary trend of international competition.

Many neutral and objective football critics also supported Aldridge in the video of the match between England and Germany. A coherent analysis of the fragility of England's tactical system, particularly defensively.

Some journalists have also made it clear that Aldridge's sudden turn into a big mouth has only one purpose: to protect Southgate, to exonerate him, or to make him disappear from public view, all in order to reinvigorate Southgate from the blow.

In the end, the European Championship came to an end at the end of June, and Germany defeated the dark horse Czech Republic to lift the European Championship on English soil in a feuding gesture, which made the English people extremely angry.

Perhaps England have been paying off their debts over the unsolved battle to beat Germany to lift the Remet Cup at the World Cup in '66. In the next 30 years of international competitions, the two teams will meet each other, and the German team will leave a painful memory for England. And England's winless record has lasted for more than 20 years!

The dust has settled on the European Championships, and the Olympics are coming one after another.

Millwall's squad includes internationals who have played in the European Championships, as well as those who have been recruited by youth teams from various countries to play in the Olympics, such as Andreas Pire and Patrick Vieira.

Aldrich's vacation was over, sooner than he had expected, and he had done a lot of unscrupulous things when he returned to London, at least it was not his intention to go to a war of words over the Anglo-German war.

France was eliminated by the Czech Republic in the semi-finals, and after the game, Thuram did not return home, but stayed in London, directly approached Aldridge and applied for a transfer.

Thuram made his debut in Ligue 1 and became a star in Ligue 1, originally came to Millwall with the intention of panning for gold, he himself did not expect to make a name for himself in England, and after spending two happy years here, he thought it was time to leave.

If Serie A in the 90s was a purgatory for top scorers, then for defenders, it was a paradise for defenders.

Thuram yearns for Italy, almost like most defenders of his generation, who wants to go to Italy to become a world-class defender.

And it was precisely in the summer that an Italian team officially launched an invitation to him: Parma.

Millwall FC have a daily stream of faxes of transfer intentions, some with offers, some with inquiries and some wanting to sign their young players on loan.

Aldridge browses at least two dozen club offers from different countries every day, and most of them are insulting in his eyes.

Wanting to take away his players for two or three million pounds is simply a dream, even if it is a giant.

There are also players who don't want to transfer, for example, the team has offered Nedved £12 million, Trezeguet £7 million, etc.

But most of the players don't want to go, some are loyal, some are unhappy, and if they do, they will definitely go to a club that is more competitive than Millwall.

Parma embarked on a glorious rise in the early 90s, with the last three years being a title contender in Serie A, winning the Cup Winners' Cup and the UEFA Cup in Europe, and milk magnate Stefano Tanzi's commitment to the club, making Parma an emerging force to be reckoned with in Serie A.

Parma is not a giant, nor has it won the Serie A championship, but, in this era, the gold content of the Serie A league is too high, and the reputation of the Xiaoshilu World Cup is by no means in vain, in the eyes of the outside world, even if it is the third, fourth or fifth place in Serie A, it may be more powerful than the champions of the Premier League, French Ligue 1, Bundesliga, and La Liga.

Because of this, when Parma's offer of 5 million pounds came to Millwall, Aldridge refused directly without thinking about it, and in order to make the other party retreat, he added a clause in his reply: 10 million Gabuffon!

Buffon is only 16 years old, but he is definitely a gem, and Parma will not trade Buffon for it.

To Aldridge's surprise, Thuram took the initiative to find him and applied for a transfer.

Parma must have approached Thuram privately, no doubt!

This kind of thing is an unspoken rule, Aldridge has nothing to complain about, 99% of transfers are against FIFA's transfer regulations, Aldridge does not need to complain about anything, it will only make himself isolated by the football circle, only those clubs that are poached and are going bankrupt will complain helplessly. (To be continued......)