The atmosphere at the post-match press conference was eerie.

Aldrich sat on the stage with a nonchalant face, waiting for the reporters to ask questions.

The media outside Catalonia are waiting, waiting for Aldrich to strike back against the Catalan media.

The game itself is no longer a hot topic for asking any questions.

In other words, Millwall's 5-0 away slaughter of Barcelona was originally a shocking news, and there was a market for how to write it.

As the minutes ticked by, there was silence at the scene, and the Catalan media reporters did not take the initiative to ask questions, which must have been self-inflicted.

The other reporters were not happy to see this, so they began to fan the flames.

"The game is over now, Mr. Hall, is there anything you would like to say to Van Gaal?"

Aldrich moistened his throat with saliva, and said lightly: "No, I don't know him, and given his previous remarks, I don't want to discuss any topics related to him." ”

This time to Barcelona, Aldridge felt a little indifferent from before and after the game.

It doesn't seem to mind Van Gaal's disparagement of Millwall and him.

He just felt that he couldn't make a villain's face, and he was crazy when he won the ball.

It's rampant now, and one day it will be returned.

He is not the manager of Mourinho who has a lot of grievances with Barcelona, and he will only meet Barcelona two or three times a year if he is unlucky.

After three points from the away win over Barcelona, Aldridge put Barcelona behind him ahead of the second meeting in two weeks' time.

Led the team back to London and just got off the plane. Aldrich drove alone to a fancy restaurant. In the box, I saw a lot of people waiting for him.

Andrew took two assistants with him. Evan and Adam, as well as PUMA's sponsor representatives.

They are here to negotiate important matters.

The Golden Globe voting is still half a month away.

Although this award is to select the performance of players in the past season, but the performance of players in the first half of the new season has a great impact on the vote, this is a matter of impression, after a summer, the players who performed well last season have also faded, and the players who have performed well in the recent period of the new season. It is easier to influence the judges' judgment.

So during this period of time, the club, the agent, and the sponsor must work together to help the player hit the Ballon d'Or!

Millwall FC will feature two finalists, Larsson and Nedved.

Nedved was actually in the final Ballon d'Or squad last year, but the score was in single digits, and the Premier League runners-up plus European Championship runners-up only made him go round and round at the Ballon d'Or, with compatriot Poboski in the top 10.

Sweden did not qualify for the European Championships in England in the tournament year, leaving Larsson out of last year's list.

But this year is different, there is no competition this year. The Confederations Cup is a training stage with very low influence.

But. There is still a lot of difficulty in terms of competition.

The biggest rival is naturally Ronaldo, an alien who was in Barcelona last season, and only has the Spanish Copa del Rey on the club's lauries, and in the national team honours, he also won the Copa America in the summer of '97.

The good news is that the America's Cup is a competition on another continent.

Larson and Nedved, who to praise?

Aldrich didn't want to participate, but if he didn't participate in this kind of momentum, maybe neither disciple would have a chance to reach the top.

Last year's European top scorer was Larsson's biggest prize.

In the publicity campaign that is about to start a full-scale explosion, Larsson's season data, annual statistics, club honors, and individual honors will be a powerful weapon to impact the judges' judgment.

After six hours of talks, the representatives of all parties left the hotel one after another, and everyone began to act tacitly in accordance with their duties.

Sponsor Puma is not only a partner of Millwall, but also intends to maintain a long-term relationship with Millwall, and many of Millwall's stars are the face of their brand.

Larsson's endorsement sneaker phantom was on the shelves, and the promotional video began to be broadcast on European television.

Millwall's collaboration with Armani advertising also landed on billboards in landmark squares in major European cities, and the young and athletic Millwall "male model" team set off a wave of fashion.

Evan's Publicity Department put elaborate highlights of Larsson's performances online, and the videos have become popular on football-related websites across Europe.

During his three-and-a-half-year spell at Millwall, Larsson scored the most goals in all competitions in the club's history.

Sometimes you don't think a striker is great when you look at one goal, two goals alone.

But the goal highlights have the most striking visual impact.

Evan spent a lot of money to find a team to make the best video highlights, and made a total of four.

The first is the all-goal highlight, which records more than 150 club and international goals scored by Larsson over the past three and a half years.

The second is the assist highlights, in order to show his versatility, he is also presented as a striker's clever assists, which is bound to give people a greater impact.

The third is the highlights of the key battles, this video summarizes Larsson's key goals in the most crucial games of the Millwall Premier League title race last season, helping Millwall to reach the Premier League throne with an unstoppable attitude, FA Cup, European Cup Winners' Cup final, he has scored, which has made his performance in key games skyrocket! This video also has a certain relevance, especially in the final of the European Cup Winners' Cup, where Ronaldo became the background.

The fourth video is a bit of a textbook, showing the world how Larsson can break the goal.

Grabbing, long-range shots, headers, left foot, right foot, volleys, picks, regular movements, irregular movements, all of his past actions of scoring in different ways, this is like a textbook for scoring goals.

Andrew, as an agent, was also active, meeting with the top management of the mainstream newspapers on Fleet Street, communicating privately with the leaders of the television station, and not only getting the videos promoted on TV, but also from the newspapers. Different aspects such as the football program began to build momentum for Larsson.

Nor is it required that they sing praises to Larson. Just discuss Larsson's performance. Keeping Larsson exposed is a boost.

Millwall itself was calm, with Aldridge speaking to reporters with ease: "Larsson, Nedved, Makelele, Shevchenko, Trezeguet, Southgate. I'm sorry, but I think all my players are eligible for the Ballon d'Or, who will win? Who will make it to the top 10? To be fair, to help a club like Millwall go from second tier to top-flight title in just three years, and to achieve honours on the European stage, my players are all amazing, they may not be really famous, but given their results, I think quite a few of them qualify for the top 10 of the Ballon d'Or. ”

The British media inevitably focused on the Golden Globes, with Shearer being third last year. This year, England did not have a good player to compete in, and they retreated to the second. They naturally want players from English clubs to win awards.

Millwall's players were naturally favourites.

Larsson has also become the most popular star.

The Premier League champions, FA Cup winners, European Cup Winners' Cup, Premier League top scorer, Europe's top scorer helped Millwall set a new winning streak in the top five leagues, and Larsson's name has long since become golden.

In mid-November, just before the closing of voting for the Ballon d'Or, Millwall welcomed the fourth round of the group stage of the European Champions Cup, against Barcelona, who had played two weeks earlier.

In this sensitive period of the Ballon d'Or awards, Barcelona is depressed.

There are only two of them in the squad who can compete for the Ballon d'Or, Figo and Enrique.

The other favourite to win the Ballon d'Or was originally Barcelona, but now it belongs to Inter Milan.

Moreover, with Barcelona's current situation in the group stage, they don't have the energy to participate in the Alloy Ball Award.

With two losses and one draw in the group stage, is there any hope of qualifying?

Yes, a little bit.

Before the game, Louis van Gaal was a guest in London and experienced the horrors of Fleet Street.

In his pre-match press conference, Van Gaal said Barcelona still have hope of qualifying, as long as they beat Millwall, only God knows what will happen in the last two rounds of the group stage.

Fleet Street sneered, reviving the old story, and taking out Van Gaal's remarks half a month ago in a different way.

'Mr van Gaal, English football may not be strong enough for you and a team that has been successful in the Premier League has nothing to be proud of, but at the Camp Nou, you led Barcelona to a very embarrassing losing record, do you still stick to your old views?'

"I don't want to talk about topics that aren't relevant to this game."

"Hehe, it's really funny, you made a lot of remarks that had nothing to do with the game half a month ago, but today you changed your tune?"

"Millwall's win was ugly, they just cowered in the half, they fought back quickly and they counter-attacked, they just stole a big win and that's it!"

Van Gaal is still the arrogant and conceited Van Gaal, even if he loses face, he is still unconvinced.

When the two teams met at Wembley, Aldridge was in the same position as half a month ago.

Don't shake hands with each other, just stand on the sidelines and supervise the battle.

In the past half month, Millwall have maintained a good form with one draw and one win in the Premier League, Manchester United have won one and lost one, and the gap between the two teams has narrowed by one point.

Although Millwall were more than 10 points ahead of second place this time last year, they are one point behind Manchester United this year.

However, the outside world still gave Millwall high praise.

The team's record is most afraid of horizontal comparison.

Millwall played in the league last year without distractions, and had a huge lead in the second half of the season, freeing up some energy to focus on the FA Cup and the European Cup Winners' Cup, and eventually won the title.

Manchester United's rookies, as the defending champions last season, were the first time to play in the Champions League as a main player, and they were not eligible to play the previous season.

At that time, Manchester United, which was fighting on both sides of the European competition and the league, almost collapsed on all fronts, the Champions League group stage was difficult to qualify, and the league also recorded consecutive defeats, many records were wiped out, and for a time the talk of the fall of the Manchester United dynasty was very loud.

This year is not only the first time for this group of players to play in the Champions League, but also the first time in the club's history to participate in the Champions League.

Being able to hit this part is enough to make the outside world's evaluation of Millwall go to the next level.

Wembley Stadium was packed.

Millwall's match against Barcelona was a rare luxury for fans.

Fans of the Lions came to Wembley with a relaxed mentality, and there should be no suspense about the team they support to qualify from the group, but today we have to see what Barcelona has with the halo of giants.

We have poured five of them at home, and when we came to Wembley, it wasn't just a matter of raising your hands and surrendering?! (To be continued......)