The quality of Ronaldo's training on the day was terrible, he couldn't keep up with the pace in the morning, and in the afternoon he was separated from the first team by the coaching staff and trained alone.

After a short break at noon, the sleep was still insufficient, and the bloodshot in his eyes was clearly visible.

When he knocked on the door of Aldrich's office, Aldrich stood behind his desk with his back to him, his hands in his pockets and looking out the window at the training ground.

"Boss, I know that my performance today has made you very dissatisfied, I apologize"

Xiao Luo walked in and apologized, but when he saw Aldrich still facing away from him, he raised his hand to stop him from saying anything, and instead beckoned him to walk over.

Xiao Luo walked behind his desk, and he saw several British tabloid newspapers on the table, and the front page picture was the ugliness of his indulgence in nightclubs.

When he walked up to Aldrich, he knew the Tao for the first time, and he experienced it.

It turned out that standing in this position, looking out of the floor-to-ceiling windows, you could overlook all the training grounds of the entire Leo training base.

This is Aldrich's office, and after moving in more than five years ago in the summer, he has stood in front of the window countless times, and the view of the training ground in the entire Leo training base is not spectacular, but it is also slightly shocking.

The success of a team is on the field, but the source of success on the field is training, and there is no doubt that there will be no good performance on the field without good training.

Luck? Goddess of Fate? It's just a rhetoric for the weak to cover up their failures or to be jealous of the strong.

"It was almost five years ago that you first showed up here and showed your talent for the first time on that field."

Aldridge pointed to a training ground at the far end. The distance is too far. It is certainly not possible to clearly identify specific areas. But it can make Xiao Luo reminisce.

The teenager who won everyone's respect and amazement from the first touch of the ball on the training ground, his football dream started here.

Xiao Luo turned his head to look at Aldrich, and suddenly felt that he couldn't understand Aldrich's eyes.

The head who used to be crazy with himself, a hundred times harsh on himself at work, and approachable when he lived, at this time, made him feel strange. Distance.

And when Aldrich slowly turned his head to look at him, Xiao Luo lowered his head.

Before coming, he was mentally prepared to meet Aldrich's thunderous rage, and he was reprimanded as he wanted, and then he could leave, and then everything vanished.

However, when he met Aldrich's eyes. He didn't dare to look into Aldrich's eyes again, inside. Full of disappointment, like a sharp sword, penetrating his heart, piercing the wrap of emotions, self-blame, guilt, shame, instantly swept through his whole body, as if to drain the strength of his whole body.

He always knew how high Aldridge expected of him.

But at this moment, he seemed to have lived up to all the expectations that turned around for him.

"Do you know me?"

Aldrich whispered.

Xiao Luo nodded.

He thinks he knows the boss, so he never thinks that he has the privilege of breaking the rules because Aldridge values him, and he will be punished.

"No, you don't understand. In my current position, I have to win, keep winning, to make this club even more glorious and to make Millwall an unshakable force in Europe. That's what I tell myself every day when I wake up, I have to be motivated to work, I have to forget what I've achieved in the past, so that I can work with my feet on the ground, instead of naively thinking that nothing will change, that victory will come and that our defeat will always be defeated. ”

Xiao Luo still nodded, he wanted to say something, but he felt that everything he said seemed pale and weak.

Aldrich turned around and looked out the window again, and said softly: "Maybe you think I'm making a big fuss, you're just late today, and the training is terrible, but I think this should be taken seriously, there is a first time, there is a second time, a third time, and in the long run, you don't have good training as a guarantee, and your competitive state will decline all the way." So, let's talk openly and honestly, and I also want to keep things simple, I'll give you time to go back to Brazil for a vacation, to be with your family, to be with your friends, to be indulgent, yes, that's what you deserve, after all, here, you have fewer friends, which I understand, and I also occasionally play crazy with my friends. However, when you are in the club, you have to plan your leisure time reasonably, in the last game, I didn't let you play, just to let you rest well, let you recover from the fatigue caused by the journey of the national team, but you went to a nightclub, not only did you not achieve the set goal of rest and recovery, but even the training was affected. Ronaldinho, you belong to football, you should work harder in this area, you know what amazing things you can do in this field, you only have one life, please take advantage of it. Tomorrow the team goes to play in the Champions League and you stay at the club and train alone. ”

Xiao Luo only realized it at this time, and he suddenly understood why he felt a sense of distance and strangeness from Aldrich.

Perhaps, it is because Aldrich still maintains a strong source of motivation to struggle, work hard, and have the ambition to be more successful in such a successful career.

He has won the league and won the Champions League, and the name Ronaldinho has transformed from a supernova to a real superstar in Europe, and whether he can step into a superstar depends on his performance in international competitions or his previous excellent form at the club.

If there is anyone in Millwall who is the most trusted by Xiao Luo, then it must be Aldrich, his leader, not only will not hurt him, but everything he does is for his sake, make him good, make him better, let him be the best!

"Boss, I promise, there's no next time!"

Aldrich raised his left hand and shook his head: "Don't make verbal promises, actions are more convincing than words." ”

Xiao Luo didn't say anything more, turned to leave, as for him being excluded from the squad for tomorrow's game, this is the punishment made by the club, besides, based on his training performance today, he is not eligible to be in the starting line-up.

When Xiao Luo gently closed the office door. Aldrich stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows and whispered, "If you concentrate on playing football." God will smile too. ”

Xiao Luo went home that day and rested. The next day, I got into the rhythm of focused training early.

Without him in Millwall's squad for the Champions League, Aldridge avoided talking about it at the press conference, coldly dealing with the discussion about Ronaldo, as long as Ronaldo himself can correct his mentality and not reappear in the nightclub, the off-field talk about him will disappear.

Sporting Lisbon, Newcastle United, Derby County, Manchester City. Sporting Lisbon, Leeds United, Southampton.

In 7 games in 40 days, Millwall won 5 and drew 2.

Champions Cup first away and then home back-to-back game against Sporting Lisbon, away to a draw, home to all three points, the first stage of the Champions Cup group stage four rounds, Millwall 2 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss accumulated 7 points ranked second in the group, the situation of this group surprised the outside world, Spartak Moscow from Eastern Europe after beating Millwall in the first round. He won three consecutive victories and reached 12 points. It is very likely to advance directly as the first in the group, only one draw away from the theoretical realization, and there is no problem in qualifying anyway, while the stronger Hamburg and Sporting Lisbon are in the third or fourth place in the group, and Millwall can basically declare the group as long as they beat Spartak Moscow in the next round, but the possibility of unexpected exit is not impossible.

In the league, there are 4 wins and 1 draw in 5 games, except for a draw in the middle of the field that was used by Ole to fight for a draw, and all other opponents were cut down by Millwall.

After 15 rounds of the Premier League, Millwall won 9 and drew 6, continuing their unbeaten streak, and the unbeaten league record has also reached an astonishing 63 games!

In the Premier League standings, Millwall is only in second place.

Manchester United's new season is not ideal, but from the 9th round, they won 7 consecutive wins, 15 rounds of battles, with a record of 11 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss, 36 points to occupy the top position, 3 points ahead of Millwall, in 14, 15 rounds suffered two consecutive defeats Arsenal has a tendency to fall, 7 wins, 4 draws, 4 losses only 25 points, Christmas has not yet arrived, was thrown off by the leader 11 points gap, 7 wins, 5 draws and 3 losses Leeds United is 1 point more than Arsenal, Liverpool 7 wins, 2 draws, 6 losses and 23 points followed, Chelsea won 4, drew 5 and lost 6, accumulating 17 points, and bid farewell to the championship group early.

Fleet Street breathed a sigh of relief that the situation in the Premier League was much more optimistic than it was last year.

The championship group, uh, there is no longer the group expected before the season, no one doubts that the competition for the league title this season is still between Millwall and Manchester United, behind Arsenal, Leeds United, Liverpool are in double digits from the top of the table, which means at least four games of win-loss difference, such margin for error, Millwall or Manchester United, a single team in the remaining 23 rounds of the league may make mistakes, but two mistakes at the same time, while giving the possibility of the latter team catching up, is really slim, Especially in the six-point battle, it is not very likely that the strong dialogue can get an advantage over two legs, even if Arsenal is a team that has only one defeat so far this season, but it is in Highbury, and if Arsenal can't get out of Old Trafford in the second half, it is equivalent to a draw between the two teams, and no one will take advantage.

For more than a month, Aldridge was in a good mood.

In addition to Ronaldo's training and on-pitch performances to eliminate the negative news he had brought before, Millwall FC welcomed a player in London who was about to belong.

Kaka learned at the hospital in Sao Paulo that Millwall had reached another transfer agreement with Sao Paulo, and Andrew visited Aldridge in hospital to deliver Aldridge's letter.

This time, Kaka was moved.

He hasn't played an official game, and he hasn't even made his career debut, and Millwall's offensive against him in the summer has actually moved him, but his family doesn't want him to go to Europe too early, especially Millwall, who is full of talent, and he goes directly to the top giants, I'm afraid he won't get many opportunities, for fear that he will be buried.

He wants to make a name for himself in Brazil before he thinks about going to Europe.

Disaster fell and he broke his spine, and for a player who was injured in this area, and a penniless player, a top coach in European football still did not give up the chase for him, Kaka, there is no reason not to be moved.

In particular, Millwall also contacted the top medical team at the same time, and then rushed to Brazil, regardless of whether Kaka agrees to the transfer or not, Millwall's arrangement is free of charge.

Kaka's father is his agent, and after seeing Millwall's such a sincere move, he finally nodded and let Kaka transfer to Millwall, as for the salary, Millwall's minimum standard for the first team to recruit is very generous compared to Brazilian players, especially the current Kaka.

The Kaka family came to London, not to settle down, but to accompany Kaka in London for chiropractic treatment and recovery, and Aldridge would take the time to visit Kaka in the hospital and exchange some football topics with him.

As for the transfer of players, Millwall reached an agreement with Sao Paulo, Kaka's transfer is worth 6 million pounds, the transfer time is next summer, and the transfer will be in January next year.

Kaka is a non-European player, and if he wants to come to Millwall, he will have to activate the special talent clause, and the club will have to operate, deal with the FA, and have plenty of time in the summer to prepare for this, and if it is in January, the possibility of Huang is very high. (To be continued......)