The Young Lion

Since taking over the Millwall club in the summer, Aldridge has been almost dizzy almost every day. He completed the team's major blood exchange within two months and pushed down and rebuilt a new team.

After the start of the season, he worked diligently on the training of the first team on weekdays, especially the tactical exercises he carefully manipulated. Even at night, he would bury his head in the work of studying opponents’ data, but this is only the work of the first team. He will also watch the home games of the reserve team and the youth team. This is a signal that he serves as the head coach to the substitute players.

He didn’t want people such as Barack, Fanny, Gattuso, etc. to mistakenly think that buying them to Millwall was just indiscriminate, so Aldridge was present in person when the reserve team and the youth team played at home, just to let them understand that the club treated them. Of importance.

Usually after the end of the game, Aldridge’s players are free when training. They will also chat with these players based on their performance. They are not long-winded and point to the end of the supervision.

It was this subtle effort that gave Aldridge a clear position in the hearts of the players: the head coach!

The next day is about to embark on an away league game that drives fast in the middle of the week. Aldridge wears coach sportswear by the training ground to discuss things with Jenson.

"So serious? Six people recommend resting?"

Jenson opened his mouth exaggeratedly, and then said with a lip: "Will it be too exaggerated? Our players seem to be in good physical condition. Recently, the game is a little bit more, but we gritted our teeth and insisted. We will play again in the next seven days. With two games, you can rest for a whole week."

Aldridge looked at the players on the training ground with his arms in his eyes and murmured: "Larsen came to the team to report after participating in the World Cup. Trezeguet came to the United Kingdom in less than two months. Lucas also returned Less than eighteen years old, Piray, Schneider and Makelele have all played in the past six rounds. Dr. Sampson suggested that they rest, I think it makes sense. You are right, bite Keep your teeth clenched and you may be able to survive the next two games in the next seven days, but Dr. Sampson convinced me with a metaphor."

"Huh? What analogy?"

"Spring. The body's fatigue load is like a spring that slowly presses down. If you can't combine work and rest and rest properly, then press the spring down little by little. When the limit is reached, the force of the spring's rebound will explode to the body. The destruction of the limit, and every time the limit rebounds, the spring will be weakened. Then, the next time the limit is pressed, the spring may be crushed."

After Aldridge finished speaking, Jenson opened his mouth slightly and said incredulously, "Is he alarmist?"

Aldridge lowered his head and smiled, "He is an expert in sports medicine, who doesn't listen to him, who listens to it? Moreover, I said, he has convinced me, in the long run, I also hope that the players can have a healthier Longer career."

Jenson understood that Aldrich’s intentions were decided, and he frowned: "If the six main players are not on the field, the substitute players will be fine, but it's just the position of Makelele, I'm afraid Vieira..."

Jenson’s brain has turned quickly. Two forwards can be replaced with Phillips and Solskjaer from the bench. There are Glenchar and Beckham on the two sides. The full-back can go to Zambrotta. It's just that the key position of the defensive midfielder, neither Vieira nor Gattuso, can replace Maclele, whose performance is stable and amazing.

"Don’t think about it. Instead of using the half-main half-substitute lineup, I would rather have a full replacement. The main eleven stay in London for a break. Tomorrow we will take the replacement lineup to visit Tranmere. Oh, if the bench list is not enough, from The reserve team will draw two or three people to come up."

Jenson looked at Aldridge in astonishment. The young man was really acting unexpectedly!

If a few main forces have to rest, they will simply be gone!

But Jensen's thoughts quickly became clear, and agreed with Aldridge's approach.

The entire first-team player teamed up in less than two months. The main lineup and the bench lineup are also clearly divided in training. The team has different tacit understanding.

The sudden combination of Vieira and Nedved into a new midfielder is not necessarily an effect equal to or greater than one plus one.

As Nedved is an excessive bridge in the midfield, he may not be able to form a tacit understanding with Beckham and Glenshire.

Rather than take a series of uncertain factors to the away game, it is better to let the bench lineup to train, so that a large-scale rotation will make the remaining half of the bench players unhappy.

When the players are depressed on the court, if they can't win the ball, why ask for it?

Jenson deeply admired Aldridge's courage and free and easy, and every point in the league will be contested, but Aldridge seems to really not value points.

Looking at the back of Aldridge towards the training ground, Jenson sighed: Perhaps as you said, after these players have matured, the password to victory will naturally be in their hands.

The training in the morning was coming to an end. Aldridge came to the training ground to clap his hands, attracted the players to his eyes, and watched the players sweat, Aldridge spoke softly.

"The eleven players who started in the last league will not be used for training in the afternoon. You stay in the hotel. Dr. Thompson will arrange you for restorative training in the afternoon. Also, you will take a rest tomorrow. The remaining players will come as usual in the afternoon. Here, I will announce tomorrow's starting list and tactical arrangements in the afternoon. Do you have any questions?"

The players were a little ignorant after listening.

Southgate wondered: "Boss, are we not going to play away tomorrow? Not even on the spot?"

Aldridge smiled: "Well, Dr. Thompson suggested that you rest, I will give you a holiday, you can accompany your family, you can find friends to go shopping, but I hope you understand that the holiday is to restore your physical fatigue, Rather than letting you indulge, we still have the league in five days. If any of you are not able to recover to the satisfaction of Dr. Sampson, please go to the bench."

Earlier I heard that I went to the hotel to find Dr. Thompson in the afternoon.

They like Dr. Thompson very much, because the doctor will arrange a masseur to give them a muscle massage, which makes them feel very comfortable, plus they can take a bath or swim in the hotel, which is really comfortable.

Among the hotels where the team is staying, the only thing that dissatisfied the players is probably a light and tasteless diet.

However, after hearing the holiday tomorrow, the eleven of the main eleven were shocked in a conditioned reflex, thinking that Aldridge was dissatisfied that they had only had a difficult victory in the past three games.

But after listening to Aldridge, they suddenly realized that this is a combination of work and rest.

Even though the main goalkeeper Keller, midfielder Nedvide and Southgate all felt that they had no problem with their physical fitness, but when thinking about the 46-round schedule of the Premier League, they also accepted Aldridge's arrangement.

As for the players who were originally on the bench, they were ecstatic. There was no match between the reserve team and the youth team in the middle of the week. They could only redouble their hard training. They did not expect happiness to come too suddenly.

Although they have played in the two rounds of the League Cup, the opponents are the third and fourth tier teams. In terms of strength, the opponents in the Ligue 1 are more challenging. They are eager to try and want to show one in the League. Fan, tell the head coach that they are not worse than the eleven main players and have the strength to occupy a seat in the Premier League.

After the team disbanded, they returned to the hotel collectively. After lunch, they took a nap. After arriving at the training ground in the afternoon, Aldridge noticed that he had neglected something.

Who is the captain of Millwall going to the away game tomorrow?

Aldridge remembered this: the three team captains are in the main lineup.

In the previous two rounds of the League Cup, Millwall's captain on the field was Solskjaer. At least he was a substitute for the main lineup. No one in the senior lineup can doubt it.

But the Cup is different from the league after all. With this bench lineup, it is likely to be in the Premier League again in the future when the schedule is tight. It requires a real team leader that is different from the temporary captain.

In the afternoon, there were only 15 first-team players on the training ground, and 11 others remained in the hotel.

They stood on the training ground full of vitality, waiting for Aldridge to arrange training in the afternoon. More, they still expected Aldridge to arrange tactics to deal with tomorrow's game.

But they found that the head coach walked back and forth in front of them when they came to the training ground.

The players' eyes moved from left to right, and then from right to left, and they were all anxious!

Old God Aldridge was pacing back and forth endlessly, slightly lowering his head to reflect on military events.

Of these eleven, the first-team substitutes were first ruled out by Aldridge, Dean Richards, Zambrotta, Bout, Barak, Solskjaer, Phillips, Glennshire.

Because these replacements are likely to fill the main lineup because of the main injury, they may not be on the field when the replacement lineup is rotated for the game.

The remaining options are not many, Beckham and Neville are directly excluded, then Vieira and Materazzi are left.

Aldridge suddenly stopped, took the captain's armband from his pocket, and walked to the tall Tall Matrazzi. Under the eyes of the other party, Aldridge dropped the captain's armband to him.

Materazzi surprisedly took the captain's armband and confused, "Boss? Hmm?"

He glanced at Solskjaer at the same time. In the previous League Cup, the captain was Solskjaer. Why is it now in his own hands?

Aldrich said casually: "If any of the main strikers are injured or suspended, Ole is definitely the first choice for replacement, so as a backup lineup, you need a new captain, Marco, from today, you are the team The fourth team leader, I don’t ask if you are competent, you tell me, if you want to, can you fulfill the duties of the team leader?”

The characteristics of the young Materazzi are very distinctive, fierce and fierce, and the physical quality of the central defender is nothing to say, plus he started to practice from the Italian regional leagues at a very young age. , I am afraid of temper and speed.

Aldridge hopes to become the captain of Materazzi to be more stable, as long as he has the idea of ​​focusing on team responsibility in his mind, it will be a good help for his growth.

Materazzi grinned and put the captain's armband into his pocket very politely, and smiled at the teammates around him: "From today on, I am the captain, who is training lazily, not desperate on the field, I'll beat anyone!"

There was a lot of laughter around, and Aldridge smiled.