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In the two European Championship qualifiers, England scored 11 goals heartily, without conceding a goal, dominating the field and domineering, especially the seemingly crazy and chaotic team running, but it can always burst out with infinite killing opportunities, and finally humiliate the opponent to death.

Aldridge's England have a new look after the World Cup, and instead of spending most of the time in the backfield and defending statically, waiting for the opponent to attack and attack, England are now extremely aggressive in their posture, and such a strong reversal has made England fans delight and surprise.

Because England looks even more iron-blooded and passionate than the previous two years!

Even if it doesn't make people feel the slightest artistic atmosphere, it is this rude and savage courage that inspires the original spark of power, which is most suitable for the appetite of English fans!

After the game, Xiaobei gave a charming smile in the post-match interview, and was asked by reporters about the state of the national team after the World Cup, he smiled: "Yiqiē is perfect, we kept Sir Hall with all sincerity after the World Cup, this is definitely the most correct decision, although our opponents in these two games are not strong, we can feel that England is becoming stronger than in the past." ”

"As vice-captain of the England team, if you could decide, how long would you like Sir Hall to be in charge of England?"

"Oh, fifty years, haha, that's certainly not possible, but I hope that before I say goodbye to the national team, he will continue to coach the Three Lions, he is the best coach in England and can lead LinkedIn Gran to usher in an era even more glorious than Millwall."

"Between Sir Hall and Sir Alex Ferguson, who do you think is better?"

Xiaobei originally liked this reporter a lot, but suddenly heard such a question. Immediately became dissatisfied with the reporter. The smile disappears. Shaking his head, he said: "It's too rude for you to ask that, I'm not qualified to evaluate the two great coaches, goodbye." ”

The two games of abuse are not very convincing, but they are a necessary process for the new England to hone and grow, compared to climbing from the bottom of the ladder of the World Preliminary Championships two years ago, now there is less pressure on the record, more mental pressure brought by the attention of the outside world, no matter what. Aldrich felt that life was still quite easy, easier than at any time in the past eight years.

Because all of England's official matches for the year are over, all it takes is a friendly next month to see the European Championship qualifiers come back to action until next spring.

This month, he will also end his in-house training at Millwall, and his plan for the end of the year will be to concentrate on staying in the family life circle.

In addition to the boasting of the national team's report, Fleet Street has been hotly debated by rational critics about the technical and tactical changes in England, with some arguing that it was too risky and others arguing that the young marshal should have taken the initiative to change.

At the very least, Aldrich's national team is a slaughter of the underdogs. There was no difficulty in winning, which only begs another question: if Aldridge is still at Millwall. What are Millwall's league points and Champions League group shape like now?

Thierry Henry was injured and it looked like Jurgen Klinsmann had just brought Alonso on and then pushed Frank Lampard up front and Ronaldo back to the left wing-back position, which was actually a change in the team's technical and tactical system, a noticeable change from before.

Millwall, on the other hand, beat Black Cat Sunderland 3-0 away in the 10th round of the league.

After ten rounds, Millwall has 6 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss, and is only 2 points away from Arsenal at the top of the table!

Arsenal's unbeaten run in the second half of last season and the dream start of the season ended at Goodison Park.

The Arsenal defeat was described by Fleet Street as a sniper from a mad lion.

Because the key player who ended Arsenal's unbeaten wave was England's new golden boy who was loaned to Everton by Millwall: Wayne Rooney.

At this time, looking at Millwall's league record, it is not so ugly, as long as it is not measured by the standard of unbeaten championships in the past, Millwall is still the favorite to win the championship this season.

However, in the Champions League in midweek, Millwall staged another unprepared drama.

3:2

"Defending champions Millwall defeated Camp Nou! The Lions' unbeaten streak in the Champions League has been ended! ”

"With two points from three games, Millwall's hopes of advancing to the round of 16 are getting slimmer!"

The problem is still the same.

Just after the FIFA match day, the weekend league was the main team, and then the Champions League was played in midweek, or away, Millwall's players were completely out of control of the game at the Camp Nou by Barcelona with their speed, from leading to being reversed, and then equalising and then being killed, Millwall only played 30 minutes of good football, and then, the game was developing in a crazy and unpredictable direction.

It is an indisputable fact that Millwall's dominance declined.

Alonso can't replace Pirlo, Lampard can't compare to Nedved, Klose doesn't reach Henry's level, not to mention the midfielders and defenders behind the central axis, even though Millwall is moving forward with the king-level operation system in the past, the decline in hard power is especially obvious in high-level confrontations.

However, how the team should operate, Klinsmann at least no longer confused, and Larsson, who was extremely bad at the Camp Nou in midweek, began to be abandoned by Klinsmann, Larsson, who is over 30 years old, has declined under the dual influence of the World Cup syndrome and the FIFA virus.

Klinsmann waited for Henry's comeback, and before Henry returned, he chose to trust Cristiano Ronaldo, a talented teenager with an energetic and strong desire to fight.

After a new Champions League defeat in midweek and a weekend league game at home to Everton, Millwall played another game with 80% of the past in the past, winning 2-0 at Everton, thus moving to the top of the table after Arsenal suffered two consecutive defeats to Blackburn!

"Alonso is the button for Millwall to get back to the top!"

When Alonso came up with a 93% pass completion rate, nine dangerous passes and one assist. David Miller makes no secret of his admiration. Think in the post-Pirlo era. The man who can play as a playmaker in midfield is none other than Alonso, and by no means the Frank Lampard that Klinsmann chose in the first place.

The new season, which started in mid-August, quietly arrived in November, and before you knew it, the new season had already begun for two and a half months.

Millwall are back at the top of the table, but the Champions League group stage is in a matter of life and death.

While Jurgen Klinsmann needed his team to come out of the Champions League of Death, there was an undercurrent in the Millwall dressing room.

In preparation for the do-or-die battle against Barcelona in early November. Jurgen Klinsmann sent a young squad in the Carabao Cup and still passed easily, and then visited Anfield, Klinsmann still sent a young squad in the hope of retaining more strength for the Champions League three days later, but Millwall was defeated by Owen at Anfield, and the top spot was temporarily snatched by Arsenal.

When it came to matchday in the fourth round of the first group stage of the Champions League, the Lion King Stadium was packed, and all Lions fans knew that if they couldn't win this game, Barcelona would not be won. Millwall will most likely miss out on the round of 16, plus their opponents are Barcelona. The appeal of the game is enough.

Aldridge sat in the box and waited for the game to begin.

Earl asked him curiously: "Dad, why is Barcelona so low in the league and higher in the Champions League than Millwall?" ”

Aldrich thought for a long time and didn't know how to explain this situation, which was actually commonplace.

Because football itself is irregular.

Van Gaal entered Barcelona in the second summer, Rivaldo terminated his contract early, and Riquelme, who was introduced by Barcelona, was directly ignored by Van Gaal, and Barcelona had a terrible start in La Liga, and a win was hard to find.

If you don't look at the Champions League, just compare the league, Millwall's record is a few streets behind Barcelona, but Klinsmann's public opinion pressure is much higher than that of Van Gaal, which is both normal and weird, and in the final analysis, it is the media energy that is at work.

And Barcelona's table in the Champions League is very different from the league, the first three rounds, 2 wins and 1 draw, win Lens, draw AC Milan, win Millwall, how can this be a team that has a terrible record in the league?

Millwall's technical and tactical system remained unchanged in this game, with Jurgen Klinsmann watching the game on the sidelines with a stern expression, while Louis van Gaal sat calmly in the dugout.

When the first 5 minutes of the game, Ronaldo broke through the bottom and crossed to assist Klose to open the scoring, the entire Lion King Stadium was boiling!

Van Gaal's face was ugly, surprised by the Portuguese boy who was fast and nimble, he didn't expect Millwall to send Ronaldo, or Ronaldo should not be any threat in terms of age, he ignored it, and the Barcelona players on the field also despised it, but gave Ronaldo room to play.

Klinsmann's face turned red with excitement, he was under great pressure to reuse Ronaldo, and now that Ronaldo can repay him with a good watch, it can also relieve the pressure on his shoulders.

In the last game at Camp Nou, Millwall was not in good shape, but today at the Lion King Stadium, most of the main players have rested for nearly 10 days, and they have the advantage of being at home, plus Alonso's organization and scheduling in the midfield is stable, Millwall's entire offensive and defensive system runs smoothly, and has been maintaining the game in a fast pace, repeatedly impacting Barcelona's defense, and finally destroying it completely.

In the 31st minute, Xiao Luo attracted the opponent's three defenders on the left side and passed the ball to the back point, and the unmarked Ronaldo pushed the half-empty goalkeeper to expand the score to 2:0.

Before the end of the first half, Millwall attacked from a corner kick, and Ronaldo drove the ball directly to the top of the arc of the penalty area, which caught the Barcelona defense off guard, and Lampard on the periphery played a beautiful volley, which shocked the world's eyeballs, and Millwall led Barcelona 3:0 in the first half!

The home fans at the Lion King Stadium exhaled and raised their eyebrows, feeling that the team was playing heartily today, and the opponent was completely powerless.

In the second half, Barcelona wanted to counterattack the main visitors, but they were counterattacked by Millwall at the beginning, and this time it was Ronaldo who scored.

With four goals in hand and Millwall in hand, Klinsmann finally breathed a sigh of relief and asked the team to slow down the tempo, which was considered to save energy.

Barcelona only scored one goal in the final stages and could not reverse the heavy defeat.

"Defending champion Millwall finally ushered in a victory in the Champions League group stage, they defeated Barcelona with a score of 4:1, but unfortunately, after four games, AC Milan occupies the top spot in the group with 8 points, Barcelona ranks second in the group with 7 points, Millwall ranks third in the group with 5 points in four games, 1 win, 2 draws and 1 loss, and the next round of the game against Lens at home is still a battle of life and death, when AC Milan will fight with Barcelona, Millwall wants to break through from this group, and the next game must win Lens, In the final round, they will visit San Siro to challenge AC Milan! ”

Aldridge applauded the team at the end of the game like all the home fans.

Today's game is more convincing, as long as the Millwall team has no problem with physical fitness and the offensive and defensive system is running smoothly, with the strength of this group of players, it can still maintain the height that a giant should have. (To be continued......)