Thanks for the reward of "Death of the Thief"! ——

From the 70th minute of the game, Millwall pressed Chelsea in attack, and the further the game dragged on, the more different the performances of the two teams became, and the gap was obvious.

Millwall are getting better and better, while Chelsea can't even fight back, and the previous physical exertion is starting to affect their performance intuitively.

Ronaldinho's personal break and breakthrough from a tight area was huge, and just after 80 minutes, he broke through Petroscu in front of the box before a sudden pause that gave Chelsea's overall defence a change in tempo.

After a pause, Ronaldo picked the ball forward, and the ball leaped lightly into a parabolic trajectory and fell near the left side of the penalty spot.

Duberry had just turned to grab the spot, but someone around him was quicker than him.

The Lion God of War, Nedved!

Flowing blonde hair, resolute eyes, and a brave and fearless body that slammed into the Chelsea defence!

Ronaldo's pass and Nedved were perfectly timed, with Nedved rushing head-on and the Chelsea defenders turning and chasing back, which was noticeably slow.

Moreover, Ronaldo's rhythmic pause was so brilliant that the Chelsea defenders also stopped for a moment, and this one allowed Nedved to take the lead when he entered the box.

Without waiting for the ball to hit the ground, Nedved volleyed!

De Huye made a subconscious save and touched the ball with his palm, but the ball did not change much direction after refraction and flew into the Chelsea goal!

"On 81 minutes, Millwall was ahead! The scorer was scored by Nedved, who has been on a hot streak of late. Following two holes in the last game, the Dortmund gate. The Czech scored again today! Millwall are less than 10 minutes away from winning their first title of the season. ”

Nedved raised his arms and shouted after the goal. Greetings to the Lions fans in the stands.

Champions, champions, we were champions last season and we will be champions this season!

It was a big blow to the Chelsea players and even more to the fans.

They have been looking forward to it for almost 30 years, and they have been destroyed by Millwall again and again, which makes their hatred of Millwall even more unforgettable.

Vialli also made substitutions. Zola was brought on to strengthen the attack and at the same time encourage the players not to give up.

Aldridge stood on the sidelines with his hands in his pockets, and without him saying anything, Nedved knew what to do.

Having a player like Nedved is a blessing for Aldridge.

A player who was arranged by him to play as a striker, but could do an impeccable defense!

Even in the era of ten years later, in an environment where the balance of attack and defense is more demanding, there are not many midfielders who can do it like Nedved now.

Chelsea fought back with all their might, but it was the end of the fight. Turn your head and go at the end of the game. Ronaldinho took Van der Meyde's long diagonal cross and chose to shoot from outside the box after seeing De Huye abandon the goal!

"Ronaldinho lobs from distance! De Huye must not have been able to save it, oh, what a pity, the lob shot actually bounced off the ground and hit the crossbar and bounced out again, and De Huye ran back to hold the ball. ”

Xiao Luo saw that the ball did not go in, he was angry and laughed, shook his head and hurriedly ran back.

In the end, Chelsea were unable to change the scoreline, and Millwall beat Chelsea by a narrow goal to claim their first trophy of the season.

"The English League Cup winner in '97/98 was born, and the winner was Millwall! Although Chelsea performed well in this game, but at the tactical level, it was Hall's complete victory over Villali, and then recall that two years ago, in the 95/96 League Cup final, Millwall and Aston Villa competed, today's Chelsea is very similar to Millwall at that time, lack of honor, rushing, eager to eat the opponent from the first minute of the game, that game Millwall finally won the reversal, Chelsea was unlucky, their opponent was not Aston Villa, but Millwall. ”

"That's right, today's Millwall is calm and unhurried, showing a strong temperament, they are not afraid of the opponent's attack, rhythmically control the game, will not be anxious because the opponent's attack is strong or they have not scored, they know that they will score, the first half consumed the opponent's physical energy, and then suddenly in the second half of the second half, the score is only 1:0, but Millwall created a number of threatening attacks in more than 20 minutes, which is several times that of Chelsea's threatening attacks in the whole game. A good player doesn't have to be a good coach, Vialli has just taken over, we can't expect too much from him, that's the decision of Chelsea FC, outsiders can't interfere, but from an objective point of view, Vialli is like a schoolboy in front of Hall, and Hall taught him a lesson today. ”

After winning the League Cup, Aldridge was not overly excited after the game, hugging and celebrating with everyone in the team.

Their path to League Cup qualification this season has been easy, with no serious challenges, which was the biggest factor in winning the title.

When the award was over, Ronaldo Jr. took a photo with Aldrich, and he and Aldridge held the small trophy of the League Cup together, showing a big buck tooth, and the other hand looked very happy compared to the thumb.

Aldridge joined the players in thanking the fans who were on hand to help them play, the trophy is important, but the mental stimulation is even more important, and when the big game is about to come, it is an effective stimulant for the whole team to be able to use a championship to boost morale.

The next day, Fleet Street gave Aldrich a new title: Trophy Reaper!

Aldrich himself didn't know exactly how many nicknames he had.

Coach killer, civil war expert, derby maniac

Millwall, who did not have a major trophy in the history of the past 100 years, has won two League Cups, two FA Cups, a Premier League title, and a European Cup Winners' Cup in less than four years in charge of Aldridge, and six heavy trophies have also made Aldridge complete the transformation, and he is no longer just noticeable because of his youth in English football. Rather, it has been fully affirmed. The outside world held him to the height. It's no less than Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson.

The Sun even went so far as to make an image to cover the football section.

In that picture is a Q version of Aldrich, dressed in a suit and leather shoes, but more like a cute child, with three trophies in front of him, the league, the FA Cup, and the League Cup.

Aldrich frowned on his chin in the Q version, and there was a text above his head explaining his distress: I should take one. Two, or three?

At the top, the headline reads: Troubles of each season.

The newspaper also designed two rows of cartoon children underneath, no more, no less than two rows of exactly 19 people, each wearing a different jersey, representing the other 19 clubs in the Premier League, they looked at Aldridge above the head high.

On this day, the sales of The Sun were amazing, and many fans couldn't help but laugh when they saw the cover headline, but they also offended people, especially the fans of the other 19 clubs.

Aldrich is helpless, he likes fame. It would make it easier for him to manage the club, but he didn't want to be a public enemy. Fleet Street wanted him to be a public enemy.

He became a public enemy, which meant that there would be a lot of war, and the news would roll in.

With the good momentum of winning the Carabao Cup, Millwall welcomed Dortmund again at Wembley, and the second leg of the UEFA Super Cup kicked off.

In this game, Aldridge sent a large number of young players, guessing that the opponent would play more aggressively in order to turn the tables, and Millwall continued to use defensive counter-attacking tactics.

However, Aldridge overestimated the young player's ability to withstand pressure on the big field, the defense was quite reliable, and the offense was a mess.

Duff was clearly out of sorts, either too big with the ball on the flank, or a mistake in possession.

Fortunately, the defense of the substitute squad is not fragile, Gattuso, Materazzi, Ferdinand are all players who can already be trusted.

Rio Ferdinand has been relegated to the reserve squad since Christmas, and he and Mills and Frank Lampard have helped the reserve team win back-to-back victories over the course of a month, earning Aldridge's trust with a positive and hard training attitude and dedication to the reserve team.

At the same time, they have settled down on their return to the first team and reintegrated into the squad through the professionalism they have honed in their spare time.

Millwall were down by two goals at one point in the game, and after adjustments in the second half, Ruud van Nistelrooy pulled one back, and Dortmund was deflated when the aggregate score went to 5:3.

In the end, Millwall won the UEFA Super Cup at Wembley.

As a continuation of last season's championship, after Millwall won the championship, fans in the stands of Wembley Stadium played a slogan: Five crowns!

League, FA Cup, European Cup Winners' Cup, UEFA Super Cup, Community Shield.

Millwall won a total of five trophies in the '96/97 season!

Aldrich is known as a trophy reaper, and it's really not for nothing.

But he didn't have time to celebrate, and he had to keep his head above water, because a powerful enemy was about to come to London and fight them fiercely!

Serie A giants, Bianconeri Juventus!

When the Champions League quarter-finals were about to begin, Millwall fell to third place in the league.

It's not that they haven't been in good form in the last two months, they have closed the gap on Manchester United to just seven points, but the other team behind them has become more and more courageous and unstoppable.

Arsene Wenger's Arsenal have won consecutive games since February, and they must win every battle!

They overtook Millwall by two points and were only five points clear of Manchester United.

There's nothing Aldridge can do about it, the league is like that, you just have to play better to make sure you win the title, and you can't expect your rivals to be all gone.

Millwall's two league games against Arsenal this season have been completed, with one win and one loss, and there is no chance to snipe at Arsenal.

Millwall's young squad occasionally played two draws, conceding four points, which is the price, and the brutal Champions League knockout rounds have kicked off, and Millwall have no energy to juggle the league.

In this regard, Aldridge was very stubborn at the press conference: Millwall is not out of the game, the league is temporarily ranked third, and the gap with Manchester United is only 7 points, there are ten rounds left in the league, Manchester United can win 8 games, and they take the championship, they can't win 8 games, then we'll see.

He can't show weakness, otherwise it will make the young players less aggressive towards the game.

Fleet Street was puzzled by this, and they all felt that Millwall had been able to play this season to this extent, which was already remarkable.

If you want to hit the Champions League, you have to train the youngsters, do you still have to defend the title in the league?

Millwall's league goals this season are thought to be realistic, based on the results of the Champions League knockout rounds.

If you are out of the game against Juventus, then you will go all out to defend the league title, and there will be chases, after all, the energy of the main force is no problem.

But if Juventus are past the hurdle, Millwall's realistic goal in the league should be to finish runners-up and secure Champions League qualification next season.

Anyway, it is impossible to give up the Champions League, if Juventus is really eliminated, it is the top four, and if you put the knife on Aldridge's neck, he will not give up! (To be continued......)