The Young Lion

The most basic competition in a team is nothing more than the main position. Further up, the complexity may be the competition around the core position.

The stronger the team, the core, the soul, the flag, etc. are more clearly divided.

Lampard, Klose, the two in the Millwall team, has been in the lowest level of competition: the main position.

It's just that this season, due to Nedved's serious injury before the season and Lampard as one of the main champions of the England World Cup, Lampard has stabilized his main position under Klinsmann. The specific position has been changed. However, the starter is his.

And Klose also because of Larson’s unsatisfactory performance in the new season for a period of time after the World Cup, plus Larsen’s old age, Klinsmann can’t wait to support Klose in position. Before Aldridge’s return, Klose is also the first choice for starting.

There is competition before it gets higher.

If you are in a higher position, and then you are pulled down, it will be a disguised failure.

So, emotionally, mentally, there will be more or less frustration, unwillingness, or negative emotions, which is normal.

However, this emotion will not erupt before the eyes of outsiders. This is determined by professional qualities, unless, from the dead end!

In the 75th minute of the game, Aldridge first replaced Alonso. It was Lampard who was on the field to signal the team to accept.

This is a signal for Mingjin to withdraw his troops, but it does not mean that he will give up his offense and will play a smarter game based on Porto's attitude.

Porto didn't rush to grab, they slowed down the rhythm and had more time to control the ball.

If Porto's whole army presses, they will catch the opponent's counterattack.

Porto wanted to attack, but their own system was a bit chaotic, their offense and defense were unbalanced, and the offensive effect was not ideal.

In the 83rd minute of the game, Aldridge replaced Larson, replaced Klose, and allowed Nedved to retreat to further strengthen the defense.

Mourinho saw that the general trend was gone, and did not struggle much. On the spot, such as his future substitutions such as the withdrawal of the defender to the striker, it also depends on the situation. He has these cards in hand and cannot control the midfield. In the case of weakening the defense and investing in the offense, is it too bad to be hit?

Time, one minute and one second elapsed, the situation on the field was not exciting, Millwall still occupied the initiative, but the offense was mediocre, and most of it was formulaic hastily ended, and the quality was very general.

When the whistle sound at the end of the game started, Millwall players smiled and hugged each other to celebrate the club's honorary Grand Slam.

Three European Cups.

UEFA Champions League, European Winners Cup, UEFA Cup.

Domestic league, biathlon.

There are also tasteless community shields, Toyota Cup, European Super Cup.

Millwall, who had no crown for a hundred years, completed the sweep of all honours at the end of the ninth year, less than ten years after Aldridge came into power.

The game was over, Millwall's players celebrated on the court, Audric was about to walk into the court, and suddenly found Mourinho came towards him with a solemn face.

After the championship game, there is generally no handshake. After all, the mentality is very different. Before the game, everyone will hold their hands and maintain their manners. After the game, he will shake hands in heaven and hell?

The old fault of Aldrich's heart has been committed again, for fear that Mourinho will come to revenge for his joke.

The other party is a future handsome, but a handsome does not mean that he must be a good man. Just like he poked his eyes, the world has seen that Ferguson is a handsome, and he will make a flying boot door when he gets angry.

Audric guarded against Mourinho's movements, but the other party came over and extended his hand. Audric froze for a second, and then reached out to hold the other side. Mourinho did not say a word, shaking hands solemnly. Then he turned and walked into the court to comfort his disciples.

Aldrich thought for a while, and immediately lost a smile.

Does this mean losing outright?

He didn't know, and he was too lazy to think about it.

After Sevilla led the team to win the UEFA Cup, all Millwall games ended this season.

And a League Cup is not worth Millwall’s rave, Aldridge let the team disband on the spot, many people have to go to the national team, the schedule is very tight recently.

Aldrich and the coaching staff's Jenson and Stramaggioni did not leave Sevilla. They rested at the local hotel for one night before flying directly from Spain to Africa.

The England national team has always been famous, and its strength and fame have never been equal. It is essentially a propaganda influence. The Fleet Street is indispensable. In addition, England won the World Cup last year. With the help of the media, it is world-renowned.

With popularity, naturally fame and fortune are indispensable.

First, the Japanese team came to London to play a friendly game. This summer, the European season has just ended, but the FA has arranged for the England team to play a friendly game in Africa.

Considering the completion of this friendly match, they will return to England in early June to play the fifth round of the European Cup qualifiers at home against Slovakia.

I have to say that the schedule arranged by the FA is very tossing people, there is no way, the benefits dictate.

When Aldridge came to Africa, he was clearly in the limelight. He and Beckham met with South African founder Mandela. The photos of the three people not only became headlines in sports, but also grabbed the spotlight in international news.

While England came to South Africa, it was warmly welcomed by African fans. After an intimate friendly match, the England team rushed home to prepare for the fifth round of the European Cup qualifiers.

The England team, which had won four games before, beat the visiting Slovakia 4-1 without suspense at Old Trafford.

The European Cup qualifiers won all five games, and as long as they win the next game, they can advance to the 2004 European Cup two rounds in advance.

Only in the dressing room of Old Trafford, after the game, Lampard took the initiative to talk to Aldridge.

In this game, Aldridge was very dissatisfied with Lampard's performance, because he appeared inattentive in the game, and his attention was obviously inattentive. After only 15 minutes in the second half, he was replaced, even if the score was 3:1.

In Manchester United’s locker room, the other players have left. Aldrich told the stadium staff to close the locker door, turned around, and looked at Lampard who took off his shirt and sat on the bench. , Calm looking Lampard lowered his head and whispered: "Boss, I want to move away."

Aldridge was immediately angry and shouted at him: "Frank! Are you afraid of competition?"

In fact, the two of them did not want to talk about why they did not need to discuss why Lampard couldn't get the main position in Aldridge's new lineup.

The facts are clear: Even Nedved, who is about to be 31, is still better than him.

And Lampard couldn't take the place that Pirlo left.

Even though he is excellent and capable, he has the same problems with Gerrard or many midfielders in England during this period.

In the frequency of the fast-paced competition in the Premier League, they lost the concept of controlling the rhythm of the game, which can be avoided when training him. However, in the early days, Millwall did not have high requirements for this, they were only pursuing faster and faster than others. So that others can't keep up!

When Millwall began to control the game rhythm and instilled a "metronome" or "rhythm master" concept into the midfielder, especially the offensive organizer, Lampard was loaned out, and he also missed The best thinking shapes the period.

Why did Millwall have such a conceptual requirement for midfield organizers?

Because their opponents are swinging the bus!

Because they came to the position of giants from obscurity!

No matter how fast you are, what's the use?

Opponents use intensive defense, passive football to contain you, you rely on fast, what's the use?

The control of the game rhythm has naturally improved and has been improving.

Lampard is growing toward another path, generally speaking, is an attacking midfielder, but if it is described in detail, he is a B2B all-round midfielder. When attacking, he can also switch to shadow striker, and when defending, he can act Midfielder, but cannot match the full-time defensive midfielder.

His ability is very good at discovering Kongdang, finding Kongdang, and using Kongdang.

The problem is that Millwall was not the England team before the World Cup.

Millwall stopped using counterattacks as his main offensive.

If counterattack is the main method, Lampard played very well and was almost perfect, just like when he played in the World Cup in England, when he counterattacked, he was plugged in and was undefeated, because he always found the best empty zone, and Appeared there to create a threat.

However, in Millwall, most of their work on the court is to create opportunities and create emptiness. Almost all opponents face Millwall. The first point of stifling Millwall's offensive threat is to compress space!

Therefore, Lampard can only compete with Nedved, and can be compared with the degree of subtlety of the technology under the feet. Compared with the skill of teamwork, Lampard has no advantage.

In other words, Ronaldinho, Henry, and Larson are more willing to cooperate with the offensive team in the system formed by Millwall. Who is the most efficient combination?

There is no doubt that it is Nedved.

But Nedved is finally 31 years old.

What Aldridge thought was that, in two years, Lampard could compete with Kaka.

The survival of the fittest, the club's development criteria.

Now, Lampard has proposed to transfer, Aldridge believes that Lampard has backed down, fearing to compete with others.

However, Lampard raised his head, showing a bitter smile, and asked: "Boss, I am the main force of the World Cup championship, I, why should I compete? I, why can't I get the main force in the team? The top ball in Europe How many teams in the team will not give me the main force?"

Frank Lampard.

In another nine days, his 25th birthday will come.

And he has already won the World Cup as the main force, the highest achievement in the green world.

Perhaps the bitterness in his heart did not understand Audridge.

He believes that Aldridge did not make up his mind to help him in position, which is by no means a competitive cause.

Because, he thinks he is stronger than Nedved!

It's just that Aldridge can't neglect his veteran, and he can't put Nedved, the club's hero for nine years, or even the top three heroes in the history of the team on the bench!

He thinks Aldridge has been blinded by his emotions.

But he couldn't blame anything.

Because, because Aldridge is a temperament, he returned to the job of the club's head coach from the ease of life.

As for competition, Lampard did not want to discuss with Aldridge.

What can be discussed?

He is the World Cup champion.

And the one in the same position in the team, Kaka? He also participated in last year's World Cup, but who cares that Brazil has a player called Kaka?

In Lampard, there is no competition.

He just had to wait, and wait, when Nedved went old, and wait, when Nedved's performance fell to Aldridge's decision, he would be in position.

And he did not want to wait.

Aldridge took a deep breath and tried to calm himself as much as possible. After all, Lampard stayed at Millwall for a long time, and he was also a competent player in the national team. He still hoped that in the future, Lampard could be at Millwall. Using his talents, he said in a deep voice: "Frank, we need to discuss this issue calmly and patiently."

"Boss, I don't want to discuss, I just want to leave, because, next season you can't let me play the main role, Pavel is your first choice, and Harvey's position, I do not meet your requirements. "

After Lampard said these words, Aldridge's expression suddenly changed, and he snarled at him grievously: "You are just escaping the competition! F! What do you think Millwall? What does success mean here? You know Do you go elsewhere, you have a main force, but what can you gain? Stay in Millwall, and strive to compete for the upper ranks, even if you can only play the main force for 3-4 years, you can get more brilliant than you are in other places. The team has been playing for ten years and more in twenty years!"

Faced with Aldridge's roar, Lampard dared not look at it, and turned away, whispering: "I go to other teams and will work hard to succeed."

Silence, silence.

Aldridge closed his eyes.

He heard a sentence that made him most sad.

"Success? Ha ha ha, Manchester United, Arsenal, Real Madrid, Barcelona, ​​Bayern Munich, AC Milan, Juventus... Over the past five years, they may have achieved some results, but compared with Millwall, the whole of Europe, What club dare to say in front of Millwall, in front of me, Aldrich Hall that he was successful? Frank Lampard, if you want to go, then go! You can watch outside, far away Looking at Millwall, I will tell you again what success is!"