The information Aldridge is holding in his hand is related to Drogba, and it is the performance statistics of the loan of Warcraft.

22 goals, in addition to 21 in the league, one is in the cup, assists: 0!

In other coaches, such a statistic is close to a full score, and the striker is to score goals, the character who solves the problem, and it is a crime to demand that the striker has no assist.

But by Aldridge's standards, Drogba was at best passing, scoring 21 goals in 30 rounds in League One, which can only be said to be slightly better than the 17-year-old Trezeguet.

That's a long way from the standard he demands of a striker, and if Henry doesn't assist, Larson doesn't assist, Millwall's attacking group will never be able to put up flashy statistics.

Next, Aldridge discussed professional issues with Drogba, and put forward further requirements for Warcraft, hoping that Warcraft can work in this direction in the future.

Drogba was gladly taught, but where he went for the next few months was again in question.

Aldridge asked him to stay in the team and play in the reserve league, Drogba got into trouble by himself, and the consequences are always borne by himself, and he can only blame himself for being impulsive because he has not played in the professional league for these months.

Before Drogba left, he sincerely apologized to Aldrich, who nodded in acceptance, and did not say a word to take the initiative to teach the other party.

This is one of his habits of managing players, and he has rarely told players what to do and what not to do, but directly pointed out the consequences and let the players think for themselves.

With two races a week, or even three races a week, Aldridge's work is heavier than in previous years. He also put all his energy into the club.

But. When the middle of March arrives. Millwall's recent results have not been satisfactory.

One win and one draw in the league, and the second round of the Champions League group stage suffered two draws in a row.

With three rounds of Champions League remaining, Millwall have just five points.

This is something that has hardly been seen in the past, with Millwall picking up at least seven points from the first three rounds of the group stage to secure the initiative to qualify, but after a peak of their invincible record, they suddenly seemed to be mediocre.

In fact, Aldridge is not only adjusting the team's form. Also because the opponents he encountered during this period were not strong, he used actual combat to train troops, and it is a bit exaggerated to describe the old with the new, to be precise, with the strong with the weak.

In addition, the Premier League team met Millwall with a posture of fighting to the death, either dying vigorously or winning with glory and heroics.

In the Premier League, opponents attack like crazy, hammering Millwall's young defence one game at a time, often with big scores and ups and downs.

For example, Everton 3:3 Millwall, Coventry 2:2 Millwall.

It feels like Millwall's super attacking group can score a few, and the backline dares to return a few to the opponent.

At the same time, the gap between Manchester United and Millwall in the league is narrowing. But the cordon has not yet been crossed.

The Champions League was drawn twice in a row, and Millwall did not live up to expectations. This has nothing to do with Millwall's training, but at this stage, even if the opponent is not well-known, it is still from the first round of the group stage, so in the face of Millwall, he is also extremely cautious at his home stadium, drawing Lazio and Bordeaux, Aldridge does not think there is much of a problem, because to go away, Millwall's posture is also based on defense.

There are six rounds in the group stage, and the best start is naturally to win at least two of the first three games, but what is the worst start? Inevitably, the points in the three games are below 3 points, which is too far from the 12 points that are the highest points in the theory of elimination, and Millwall got 5 points, and there are three games, at least from the overall situation, it is an absolutely acceptable situation, if you think about the beginning of the game, you must beat the opponent, and the opponent is playing a defensive counterattack, in case you lose, the situation will be terrible, Aldridge does not want to become AC Milan only 1 point in three games, and there is only one way in the next three games. The tactical arrangement suffers from great limitations.

From January to mid-March, in more than two months, Aldridge completed the two mid-season goals such as training and adjustment, and began to warm up for the end of the season in February, and now, it is time to really fire up!

Wembley Stadium home dressing room on Wednesday night.

Aldridge stands in the middle of the players, and now his job is easy, because of the maturity of the team's technical and tactical system, he only needs to focus on analyzing the opponent before the game to make targeted deployments, and does not need to make changes in the general direction of technical and tactical directions.

This is the process that a professional football club must go through to build up, and no club can achieve success overnight.

Tonight kicks off the fourth match of the second round of the Champions League group stage, with Millwall taking on Bordeaux, after drawing 1-1 away from home in the previous leg.

With a full squad, Claude Makelele returned from injury a month ago and has found his form in recent games.

Aldridge whispered: "What have we worked hard for a season? It's not about breaking a record, it's not about how many goals we've scored, it's about having fun at the end of the season and getting paid for our efforts, and now, as we get closer to those goals, I need you to put your all your energy into the game, every game, every two months to hit all the trophies you can get, it's our tradition, it's Millwall's tradition, let's go into the harvest season in the best possible condition! ”

The players stood up and high-fived each other in encouragement.

As Aldridge walked out of the players' tunnel, he looked up at the gloomy sky.

It's raining.

There was no rain at Wembley and the weather forecast had warned of a chance of light rain tonight, so Millwall was ready to prepare their players for the rain fight.

To the cheers of the fans in the stands, Aldridge walked to the front of the home team's dugout.

Bordeaux is coached by Elie Baup, who is called a young coach by the French media, and it sounds exaggerated, the other party is 45 years old, but in the football industry. A 45-year-old coach is a beginner. Indeed, it will be called a young marshal. It is not too much to lead Bordeaux to beat Marseille to win the league title last season, and at the same time lead the team to the round of 16 this season.

It's just that today, there is only one young coach on the field, and that is Aldrich.

"Millwall haven't been in a good situation lately, they only have five points, and if they don't get all three points against Bordeaux today, it will be dangerous for the last two games. By this time, the goals of each team have become very clear, Feyenoord has 0 points in three games, almost declared out, Millwall 5 points, Lazio 7 points, Bordeaux 4 points, today's game will be a watershed moment in the group qualifying situation, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a battle of life and death, will set the tone for the next two games. ”

The situation looks dire. But Aldrich wasn't nervous.

Or rather, he thinks of it like a heart, Bordeaux. Aren't the two rivals of Lazio also in a grim situation? The points situation is so stalemate, losing one game may fall into the passivity of going out, but Bordeaux is still in third place without winning.

In the long drizzle, the game kicked off.

Millwall took the initiative, played unhurriedly, and controlled the overall situation moderately, because of the rain, deliberately playing fast would not be too effective.

Bordeaux, as in the previous game, counter-attacked.

It's just that when it comes to the away game, they certainly don't play as well at home.

Popp stood on the sidelines with a solemn face.

If Millwall are unbeaten with an 80 per cent chance and Bordeaux have only a 20 per cent chance of winning, then Bordeaux will have to take advantage of the few good chances that have been converted into the number of chances on the pitch.

In the 17th minute of the game, Bordeaux counterattacked and advanced to the front, and was about to hit the penalty area, but was intercepted and defused by Materazzi.

Henry took the ball with his back and turned to burst into action, unexpectedly did not pass the ball and ran again, and directly dribbled the ball past the opposing defender into the penalty area, and scored a low shot through the Bordeaux goal.

Eighteen minutes later, Millwall pressed and caught a second chance before Andrea Pirlo cut straight to Ronaldo, who swept down and then swept in front of goal, then slotted home from Nedved to get on the spot.

Millwall had a two-goal lead in the first half, reassuring all the Lions fans who were following the game.

Steady.

Aldrich walked into the locker room with a distraught face.

What is a strong team?

As long as you don't fall behind, when it's time to exert your strength, the team that won't go wrong at the critical moment is a strong team.

Millwall have developed that temperament, an intangible temperament that has been honed over the past few years in the league, particularly from the championship to the last minute wins, with its ups and downs, and the valuable lessons learned from the two very different tastes of defeat and victory.

Bordeaux launched a second-half counter-attack, but they were clearly down from the previous game, and after scoring their fourth goal by Millwall on 70 minutes, the Bordeaux players fell into despair.

Can't win!

Popp sat down, and he didn't make any substitutions.

He knew deep down that no matter what adjustments he made at this time, he would be criticized after the game for nothing.

Changing strikers to strengthen the attack?

Not surprisingly, they conceded with 20 minutes remaining.

Then such a substitution is a failure.

Changing the midfielder to strengthen the defense?

0:4 behind, still guard against a fart!

Won't you be slammed for your lack of courage after the game?

So, Baulp simply didn't do anything.

The strength is not as good as the other party, the skill is not as good as the person, and the heart of the loss is convinced.

Like other French powerhouses who have met Millwall, Pope is quite calm.

Paris Saint-Germain, which is now in dire straits, was not killed by Millwall when it was brilliant? Monaco were kept out of the Champions League final by Millwall.

Don't talk about France, Serie A, which is known as the first league in the world, and the top three in the north did not get any bargains on Millwall.

Shame on you?

It's arrogant to feel ashamed!

At the end of the game, the scoreboard was 5-0 with Millwall taking all three points.

Aldridge shook hands with Popp after the game and left the pitch.

The Millwall squad quickly left the stadium after simply thanking the fans who were there.

In the weekend derby, Millwall and Arsenal battled for 90 minutes, and at Highbury, Arsene Wenger shook hands with Aldridge to make the score 1-1, and the gap between the two teams in the standings has exceeded 20 points

As the fifth match of the second round of the Champions League group stage was about to start, Aldridge was again involved in a war of words after a quiet press conference.

This time, the provocative person was a Swede who coached a team named Lazio and his name was Eriksen. (To be continued......)