On Monday night, Millwall's clash with Middlesbrough was the last fixture of the Premier League and therefore received the most attention, while Fleet Street was also aware of Millwall's itinerary in recent days ahead of the day's fixture.

The Super Bowl is a grand event broadcast by nearly 100 countries, and even though Britain has a disdainful attitude towards American football, after all, in addition to football, rugby also has a certain sports status, so when the Super Bowl live camera inadvertently swept to the Aldrich and Millwall players in the box, the British media exclaimed: Are they crazy?!

The day before the Premier League game, the Millwall first team was still enjoying the Super Bowl in the United States?!

Aldridge had no intention of dominating the crowd at Riverside Stadium, but he was inevitably the focus of attention after the game, both because of the win and because there was too much news about Millwall's recent whereabouts.

When interviewed in the mixed zone, Aldridge smiled and told Millwall the truth when asked by reporters to verify Millwall's trip over the past five days.

"Mr. Hall, what is it that allows you to take time out of your schedule to lead the whole team to the United States for an inconsequential game? I mean, you can go on your own, but don't think about the fatigue of the whole team? ”

Aldridge replied: "It was a pleasant trip to relax and my players and I took a short trip to reduce stress, which worked well and was better than leaving them alone at home for the weekend. ”

"Did your win away to Middlesbrough today give you that reason?"

"Of course not, even if we lose, I won't change my words, there's no need to lie about it, this time last year, I gave the team's main players a holiday, they didn't play for half a month, and this time this year, I used other ways to achieve the same goal."

'Middlesbrough lost at home to Millwall, what do you think of Robson? Was his tactics wrong in this game? Isn't it a good proof that Middlesbrough can take a point at Lion's Den but not at home? ”

Aldrich glanced meaningfully at the bespectacled male reporter, who always had to face and avoid the trap of questions in interviews.

As a manager, the most taboo is to comment on the ability of your peers, you can evaluate any team, but you can't directly express your opinion on the tactics and ability of the manager, that is what football critics and journalists like to do, between peers, there will be a kind of respectful etiquette tacitly, unless you make up your mind that from now on you will never interact with each other or never die.

Even Aldridge's criticism of Redknapp and West Ham United has never risen to the level of evaluation of Redknapp's coaching ability, which is very stupid, because from an outside point of view, you will only turn yourself into a clown, and your peers will see you as a mad dog.

'Middlesbrough did well and they were relegation favourites at the start of the season, but Robson hit back strongly with hard work and results, and Millwall beat Middlesbrough today because we were more in control of the game and created more chances, it's not Robson's problem, you know, Millwall invested a lot more in the team than Middlesbrough last year and this year.

After the interview, Aldridge led the team back to London.

He gave the team another day and a half off to return to training on Wednesday afternoon.

On Tuesday afternoon, Aldridge was called to the Leo academy by Andrew.

He came to the edge of the court in his training tracksuit, Andrew stood on the sidelines in a suit and leather shoes to watch the youth team practice, and next to him stood a slender teenager, who was clearly not white from the color of his skin.

"Hey, Andrew."

Aldrich screamed, only to see Andrew and the boy turn back together.

Aldrich was stunned for a moment, looking at the appearance of the black boy, and a nonsensical emotion emerged: The front teeth that can't be covered by the big mouth are so cute!

"Hey, Ronaldo, say hello to your boss."

Andrew patted the young man next to him on the shoulder and said encouragingly.

That teenager was called "Ronaldo", at least at the beginning of '96, the name Ronaldo had no special meaning for Europe, let alone thunder, especially since Ronaldo, who was later called "Alien", is now in a difficult situation in Eindhoven due to the problem of generals.

Aldridge walked over quickly, and he already knew who the young man in front of him was.

That bucktooth is so memorable.

"Hello, boss."

Ronaldinho, who is about to turn 16, was not afraid of life, and raised his head to greet Aldridge.

Aldridge smiled and held out his hand to him, and the two shook hands like adults, Aldridge doesn't like to treat players like children, even if it was 13-year-old Joe Cole last summer, Aldridge would formally shake hands when they first met.

On the pitch, the youth team players saw Aldridge come to the sidelines to watch the game, so they naturally trained harder, and now they are playing a match, Nagy is directing from the sidelines, and the young players are harshly adjusting their positioning and coordination.

Aldridge looked at the pitch and asked Ronaldinho: "Do you want to play?" ”

Ronaldinho, who was a newcomer, couldn't understand too difficult English, so Aldridge asked in the simplest English.

He hated the British Empire in his heart at the moment, why didn't he colonize Brazil back then? Let Portugal grab the territory, and make the official language of Brazil Portuguese.

Xiao Luo nodded, his eyes shining eagerly, and it was clear that he also wanted to compete with those children on the field.

Aldridge shouted at Najib and beckoned him to come over, and after Najib walked over, Aldridge pushed Xiao Luo in front of him and said with a smile: "Give him ten minutes, well, play forward." ”

"Side or Medium?"

"Play whatever he wants, let his teammates pass him the ball and see how he feels."

Najib nodded, then took Ronaldo to the dugout, changed him into his shirt, and then gave him time to warm up, and he would be replaced ten minutes before the end of the training match.

Aldridge asked Andrew on the sidelines, "Is everything done with his family?" ”

"Well, he arranged a girls' school for his sister, and he was happy that there was a shop in the neighborhood that went under his mother's name. To be honest, from my non-professional point of view, this kid is an artist on the pitch, accustomed to the fierce and rough football of England, and seeing him play is like enjoying an elegant opera. ”

Aldrich smiled noncommittally: "You can read opera? Still elegant? ”

"Hahaha, yes, I'm just a vulgar guy, I've been a little busy lately, I'm going to fly to Brazil in two days, if nothing else, Rivaldo will land in Europe in the summer, are you interested? If I had advised him, he would have considered Millwall, especially this season. ”

"No, if you want to bring him in, you have to knock on the FA's door, and there is no place for him in the team."

"Okay, when Rivaldo lands in Europe in the summer, I'll be able to make a name for myself in South American football, and then I'll be able to build a bigger network there."

Aldridge nodded silently, and it wasn't long before Nagy walked up to him and Ronaldo was substituted at the other end of the pitch.

Today's game is all young players under the age of 17 playing together, with Ashley Cole, Villa, Capdevilla, Joe Cole, because the physical confrontation is not very intense, like Joe Cole and Villa will not be drowned in tough defense on the field, and can always find space to play.

As soon as Ronaldo came on the pitch, Najib frowned.

Before going on the field just now, he specially told Xiao Luo, although the language barrier, he told him through the tactical board to let him play as a striker, and Xiao Luo also nodded to show that he understood.

But as soon as he got on the field, Xiao Luo ran directly to the midfield to ask for the ball.

Najib was about to raise his hand to make a trumpet shout when Aldrich smiled at him and waved his hand, saying, "Just to see today." ”

Najib had no choice but to give up.

Ronaldo quickly got the ball, from the midfield, and after he took the ball, he turned around and passed a player who came up to steal, which made Najib furious, and he yelled: "Daniel, how many times have I said that! Don't risk grabbing and protect the space behind you! ”

The boy named Daniel just wanted to give Xiao Luo a dismount, but he didn't expect that he would become a stepping stone for others, and he was dumbfounded in the process of chasing back.

Xiao Luo took the ball and danced on the court like an elf, knocking the ball left and right, brushing the ball with his toes to wipe the opponent, and the combination of man and ball made his teammate Joe Cole stunned, Joe Cole is a genius, but his ball sense and foot skills are obviously inferior to Xiao Luo.

The youth coaches on the other side of the training ground also stood up and stared at Xiao Luo with blazing eyes, as if they had seen a ghost!

Aldridge and Andrew were smiling, and Najib was thrilled to see Ronaldo's performance, but he kept whispering two words over and over again.

"Pass, pass, pass, pass! F－uck！ Pass the ball! ”

Xiao Luo took the ball from the center and back all the way to break through the three defenders, and the last line of defense was divided by the ball of others, and finally pushed the ball directly into the goal.

After the goal, he turned around and smiled a little smugly, and the other children had jaw-dropping expressions on their faces.

Najib slapped his head on the head, he shook his head and said, "This kid is incomparably talented, but if he keeps playing like this in the future, it's really not optimistic." ”

Aldrich patted him on the shoulder and said, "Then it depends on how you train." ”

It's normal for talented young players to stick to the ball at their feet, especially for Brazilian players, and it's the coach's responsibility to correct their playing habits so that they can use their talents in the best possible way.

With seven minutes remaining, Nagy called the player who had just conceded the ball in front of him, reassigned them to defend and the game resumed.

Just now they all despised Xiao Luo, a strange boy, and after being scored such a humiliating goal, they obviously paid attention to it, plus Najib's command, in the next seven minutes, although Xiao Luo received the pass from his teammates, and wanted to continue to pass people to complete the goal, but repeatedly died halfway, basically he did not have the space to continue to pass after a person, and was intercepted by the defenders with numerical advantage and joint defense tactics.

After the match, Nagy deliberately left Ronaldo behind and began to teach him the first lesson, while Aldridge and Andrew left laughing.

It was a pleasant day, and it was worth Audridge to invite Andrew to a seafood dinner.

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