Leeds United 0:8 Millwall!

The finale of the 13th round of the Premier League, the third-placed team in the standings against the league leaders, this was originally the game that Premier League fans paid the most attention to on this day, and the media naturally focused on Elland Road, but when the game ended, Aldridge walked into the post-match press conference, and the scene was quiet.

In silence, all the reporters present stared at Aldrich with a complicated look.

No one congratulated him on his victory, and no one sympathized with Leeds.

On the contrary, after the extreme shock, the reporters, who had nothing to do with the score result of the game, invariably gave birth to a chill in their hearts, and there was a thought: horror!

Before the game, public opinion thought that Leeds United had a lot of bad luck, but considering last season's unbeaten record of one win and one draw against Millwall, even if it was convenient for Leeds United to lose, it should not have been so ugly, so embarrassed, so vulnerable, so bad

Leeds United, who are third in the Premier League, were beaten to the ground and slaughtered at home!

Arsenal, who finished third in the Premier League last season, have been bloodied by 5 goals at the Lion's Den Stadium!

Every day, people ask: Is anyone going to stand up to Millwall?

Expectations for Arsenal, expectations for Leeds United, and even when AC Milan came to Wembley, it was thought that Millwall was likely to suffer the first draw of the new season and lose? Unlikely, Millwall have only lost once in European history, and on the road, counting on Millwall to lose in a European game in London? It's so unrealistic.

This 0:8 game is not only Leeds United's failure to live up to the pre-match rhetoric, and the expectations of the masses who are not too big to watch the excitement, but also directly turned the media upside down Millwall.

They are strong. It's a fact.

But it's so strong. No one wants to believe it. Now I have to admit it.

Who else can be counted on?

Manchester United?

Before today, people may have really expected Manchester United, but now, the vast majority of people believe that the Premier League is over!

Yes, the Premier League season is over, there will be no suspense for the title, there is only one suspense for Millwall: can they make a new history?

Aldrich sat down and no reporter asked. Then he said lightly: "If you have no problem, then I will leave first." ”

As soon as his voice fell, the scene of the press conference suddenly changed dramatically.

One second ago, there was silence.

At this moment, all the reporters present raised their hands and looked eager to ask questions.

Aldrich took questions quickly, barely time to think.

"Before the game, could you have imagined that it would be 0:8?"

'Of course not, if I had said before the game that Millwall would have won eight of Leeds, the people on Earth would have thought I had something wrong with my brain, but I always believed that my players could win against their opponents.

"If you hadn't replaced Ronaldinho and Andrea Pirlo at half-time, would it have been even bigger in the end?"

"Something that didn't happen and can't happen again. I don't make assumptions. ”

"Why did you replace these two players in midfield?"

"I have my considerations, I have my eyes on the whole team. With the past, the present, and the future on my shoulders, every decision I make is based on a global perspective. ”

"You said you liked Leeds before the game, but during the game you applauded and mocked Leeds because of Smith's foul, and Smith made an insulting gesture to you when he came off the pitch, would you still like Leeds United?"

When the focus of the question shifted to the Smith spitting incident, Aldridge did not respond immediately, but remained silent.

The reporters at the scene stared at him without blinking.

Aldridge said softly after almost half a minute of silence: "No one is perfect, and neither is the team, I like Leeds United's youth, passion and drive. However, I was disgusted with Leeds United's performance on the pitch today, especially in the second half, dirty, ugly, not daring to face up to the competition like a real man, the football field was not about fists, not savagery, not rude, I regretted Smith's behavior, he thought that if he spit on me, I would become dirty? Am I going to be filthy? In front of countless Premier League viewers around the world, he tarnished his image. ”

"Mr. Hall, will you forgive Smith for his actions?"

"Forgiveness? I'm not angry, I'm not jealous of him, forgive? Very strange question, you see hooligans on the street, do you care about hooligans? My life goes on, my work goes on, sorry, Smith? I'll forget about him tomorrow and won't be back in my sights until the next meeting with Leeds. ”

"No, Mr. Hall, I didn't make my question clear, I was trying to ask, will you forgive Smith for his malicious foul on the court?"

Aldrich's expression turned cold, and he said lightly: "It doesn't matter whether I forgive him or not." Importantly, can the Premier League tolerate such behaviour? And it directly led to the injury of my player Makelele, Millwall will file a complaint with the FA, asking the FA to investigate the malicious foul behavior of Leeds United players in the game, I don't want to hear what English football is the characteristics of fierce confrontation, and so on to cover up the facts and distort the truth of the justification, if you can't even distinguish the essence of malicious fouls and fierce confrontation, then English football is a joke, hehe, tomorrow someone will say that I am making a big noise, not qualified to evaluate English football, But please keep your mouth shut, either you lead the team to beat me, or, you'd better not provoke me, I don't care if you are a famous member of the England national team, or a legend of which giant, first of all, recognize a fact, Millwall is the Premier League champion, representing the pinnacle of English football, Millwall's record in the past three years in European competition proves that we are the representative of English football, I am not qualified? Who else is qualified to criticize such ugly evil in English football right now?! ”

Aldridge was loud and the audience was shocked.

The reporters stared wide-eyed at Aldrich, whose expression was serious and hiddenly angry.

Is this going to put Smith to death?

This is the first thought that comes to the minds of journalists.

However, everyone soon denied this idea in their hearts.

If Aldridge is going to fight with an opposing player. This is too petty. Contrary to what he said earlier about ignoring Smith. Isn't this pumping your own mouth?

Things are certainly not so superficial.

Soon, everyone realised that Aldridge was actually playing on the spot, putting pressure on the FA to increase penalties and try to avoid the possibility of malicious fouls on Millwall's players.

No way, the team with the best technical advantage and possession advantage in the Premier League is Millwall, in other words. If they dominate the game and the opponent can't resist it with conventional means, then they can only use other means than the conventional ones, even if they don't hesitate to foul them, which is a normal phenomenon.

In the past, the flow of techniques and techniques met the force and the force of the faction, and if the flow of techniques and techniques had the upper hand, the force and the force of the faction would be rampage to limit the opponent, and there were ancient times.

Now, although the barrier between skill and strength has been completely broken, it is being fused and sublimated, and a new type of player is derived. But some of the methods have not changed.

The next day, the football news that caused a sensation in England was, of course, Leeds United being slaughtered at home by an eight-goal goal from Millwall. Leeds United not only suffered an unprecedented bloodbath, but also lost and lost, Elland Road became a "purgatory on earth", and Fleet Street even edited a short film to record the tragedy that happened on Elland Road on this day.

From the Leeds United fans flocking to the pitch in droves, to the elation and confidence they were in their pre-match interviews, to the reaction of the fans in the stands when the goals were conceded one after another in the game, the fans left the stadium at half-time, the game was not over, the stands were empty, and the images of some die-hard fans weeping added to the bleakness of this tragic day.

Also making headlines was Alan Smith's malicious foul and the immoral act of spitting on Aldridge.

The FA immediately announced an investigation into Smith's malicious foul.

Aldridge made two reports from the club upon his return to London, one to the FA, which recorded the frequent fouls committed by Leeds United during the game, with a focus on Smith's malicious foul and the fact that Claude Makelele was injured.

The second report was secretly given to Fleet Street to keep the media focused on the incident.

In fact, the second report had nothing to do with that game, but at Aldridge's behest, the club staff worked overtime to make a fairly reliable report.

This report is actually a compilation of the development of the English Super League over the past few years and the trend of Serie A, the world's number one league.

There is no doubt that the current Premier League is an upward trend created by overseas celebrities, Millwall is a pioneer in this regard, and Chelsea have also made a huge contribution to the Premier League at the same time.

If, without the successive high-level foreign players coming to the Premier League as pioneers, the Premier League will be able to hold up the sky of the Premier League with its outdated employment mechanism and the lack of local talent? Now there are no Gascoigne, Lineker, Hoddle, Barnes, Keegan and other English stars who are enough to hold up the façade, Beckham? Even the British have not forgiven him, and the Golden Globe Awards are about to be selected, and the British media's support for him can be seen to be emotional.

At a time when international football is already moving towards encouraging attack, is the Premier League resting on its laurels?

In this way, why should more overseas celebrities be attracted to work here?

Are you coming to England to recuperate?

The new Premier League chief executive, Skuda Moore, declared that he would promote the Premier League to the world this season.

If the Premier League can't strictly manage this kind of malicious fouls, then who can guarantee that it will be the ugly side of English football when it comes to the world?

In the same period of Serie A has already shown signs, due to excessive utilitarianism, unscrupulous means for victory, many games are boring and boring, foul aggressiveness beyond the conventional range, the injury list of the entire league, a series of big-name stars, this is good today, tomorrow that one is in the injured barracks, Serie A's attendance has declined, the audience has passed, the enthusiasm of sponsors has turned hesitant, coupled with the continuous scandal doubts, this is no longer a brilliant and thriving Serie A scene.

With Fleet Street building public opinion, Millwall putting pressure on the authorities, and other intricate networks at work, Aldridge was at least psychologically comforting, though not the best of the best.

Smith's ticket was issued, in addition to a certain fine, the number of bans was 10 games, and at the same time, the referee committee also made a voice that it would not tolerate malicious fouls on the field.

It sounds righteous, but when you think about it, it seems like you just heard a fart sound. (To be continued......)