Chapter 589: Critical turning point

The picturesque scenery in March of Yangchun, the changing conditions of European football, and the constant slaughter of flames!
The war of words between Ferguson and Aldridge has been heated up, and the two have even been described by the media as endless enemies!
The Premier League has also completely entered the orbit where it is difficult to predict who will win the crown.
The average leader position in the two rounds of the league will change the position. Manchester United and Millwall, the gap is always kept within the range of 3 points and one ball. Whoever makes a mistake, the opponent will seize the overtaking, but neither team can continue steadily. Played several consecutive winning streak to maintain the leading position.
There are both the team's own pressure and injury problems. At the same time, the Premier League has reached the stage where most teams start to "fight life". The downstream teams need to relegate, and the middle and upper teams need European tickets. It is best to play. Instead, it will be a midstream team that has passed the relegation line but is absolutely hopeless in the European War.
Fleet Street continues to create a hostile atmosphere between Millwall and Manchester United. The war of words between Aldridge and Ferguson has also made headlines. Everyone knows that no matter who wins in the end, there will definitely be a loser and a loser. Every word and every sentence spoken in this process of outside fighting will be turned out to be a laughing stock in the future!
In March, Millwall was out of the FA Cup, and the bench was blocked from the top 8 of the FA Cup, against Liverpool.
In the second year of Hollier's complete coaching of the Red Army, Liverpool began to show signs of revival. At least at home and abroad in the third-line cup competition, they are like a bamboo shoot!
The League Cup has just won, and the Red Army will be defeated to win the FA Cup and then cut the mad lion!
In a single season, the Cup double play eliminated Millwall, and the UEFA Cup also passed all the way.
In the second stage of the Champions League, Millwall initially committed the same problem as the first stage of the group stage. He came to a draw with AC Milan in San Siro and returned to the home to break the iron of the Belgian giant Anderlecht. Barrel array, but went to Paris in the third game, but encountered a draw away, the promotion situation has become suspenseful.
Aldridge's evaluation of the team's performance in these few games is only four words: quite satisfactory.
But this is the result he most wanted.
When it's time to sprint, don't force yourself too early!
AC Milan and Paris Saint-Germain struggled so hard that they only got a draw at home.
In the next three games, Millwall made three straight victories, 6 wins, 4 wins, 2 draws, 14 points, and advanced to the quarterfinals.
Anderlecht returned home to fight for the hope of promotion, but Millwall won with a defensive counterattack with a bloodless blade of 3: 0.
At the Lion King Stadium, people witnessed Paris Saint-Germain's inability to parry, AC Milan's dying struggling, two games, the score is the same, both are 3:0.
After winning three games and scoring 9 goals without losing, Millwall greeted the Champions League quarter-finals with a clear start and a competitive attitude.
Fleet Street is excited!
It has nothing to do with Millwall.
From the outside view, Millwall has no suspense to advance to the top 8, and the top 4 is the minimum consumption!
However, when the UEFA Champions League list of eight was released, England boiled.
Millwall, Manchester United, Arsenal, Leeds United!
A Coruña, Valencia, Paris Saint-Germain, Bayern Munich.
In the quarterfinals, the Premier League team took 4 seats!
Serie A has fallen!
Now is the era when the Premier League and La Liga are competing!
Fleet Street can’t wait to call out the slogan of the Premier League’s rise to Europa, and it also cited the Premier League’s new broadcast contract that began next season soared again, breaking the 1 billion pound mark. What does this prove?
Prove the value of the Premier League's ratings, and also guarantee the source of funding for the long-term development of the Premier League...
Next, everyone is most concerned about the Champions League draw group.
The worst situation of the 4 Premier League teams is to catch a fight and be divided into different half zones. If they are in the same half zone, at least one team can be guaranteed to reach the final!
After this assumption is put on the table, the coaches of Manchester United, Arsenal and Leeds all want to scold the mother!
I bought a watch last year!
Who the wants to be with Millwall? I don't want to do it with the half area!
After the lottery result came out, the whole England was shaking!
UEFA is really powerful.
The four Premier League teams did not meet, all of them were drawn to foreign teams.
The upper half.
Paris Saint-Germain vs Arsenal.
Manchester United vs Bayern Munich.
Lower half.
Leeds United vs A Coruna.
Valencia vs Millwall!
In addition to Manchester United not being happy, the fans of the other three Premier League teams cheered and celebrated.
Arsenal won the Paris Saint-Germain, which was not too strong. Leeds United signed a good luck. They picked up the 8 strong powers of La Coruna and Millwall's opponents. Oh, the UEFA Champions League final was staged again last season. !
After the draw results came out, the bookmaker adjusted the Champions League winning odds for the first time, and Millwall, the number one hottest winning odds, was sharply lowered!
Valencia was defeated by Millwall in the finals last year. They played 180 minutes in two rounds. The probability of Millwall passing is higher than the final. At the same time, the opponents in the second half of the semifinals, Leeds United and A Coruña It is difficult to have the strength to prevent Millwall from reaching the final, and since Aldridge took office, it is an unbreakable law that the final must be won in important events!
Of course, they lost the Charity Shield champion, but no one would think that kind of event is an important event.
When Aldridge first appeared in the media after the Champions League knockout draw, he refused to answer any questions related to the Champions League because his role has changed from the Millwall club coach to the England national team coach.
At the end of March, the national team assembled to prepare for the World Preliminaries.
The England internationals came to the Leo training base, and Aldridge held a press conference of the national team in advance, and then concentrated on preparing for the battle.
There are still reporters asking him questions about the club, he automatically ignored.
Moreover, he thought that there was nothing more to talk about.
Strength is there.
But for the prospects of the World Championships in England, Aldridge's job as the national team coach, he can not help but answer.
"The team in England has a total of 8 games. If we divide these 8 games into one stage, the 1-5 game is the foreshadowing, and the 6-8 is the decisive battle. Now I can’t look forward to the decisive battle, because this has a premise, That is, in the next 4 and 5 games, the England national team can qualify for the decisive battle! If these two games are lost, the meaning of the next three games will change. People think that Greece is not strong. But I don’t think so. Greece still has the chance to fight for the playoffs. It happens that the game with England is their biggest turning point. If they can beat us, the probability of their qualification for the playoffs will be greatly improved. If we neglect the enemy, say Maybe he will miss the World Cup."
Aldridge’s words did not arouse Fleet Street.
The outside world's enthusiasm for Aldridge's role as the national team coach has been unprecedentedly high. People have seen the qualitative change of the national team in his hands in the short term. Before the England national team has no problems, no one will ask for trouble to make him difficult. .
In order to participate in the World Cup, not only must I support Aldridge, but also be objective and calm.
Aldridge is right, in this group, England, Germany, Finland, Greece, Albania.
The hot spots are two traditional strong teams. Albania is definitely impossible to qualify, and the chance of qualifying for the play-offs is not slim. It is simply impossible. Unless eight games are played, the other four teams are all released.
But Finland, Greece, it is absolutely possible to become a dark horse team, squeezing out a traditional strong team to qualify for the playoffs.
Germany temporarily leads the pack, while England is not optimistic, with 3 wins and 1 draw each with only 4 points.
Next, in the fourth and fifth games, although the round has not yet reached the final battle, as Aldridge said, these two games are very crucial to decide whether Greece and Finland have a chance to become dark horses. Turning point.
Coming to Leo training base, Aldridge and Klinsmann exchanged player status on the sidelines.
"As the season closes, the status of these players who play the main role in each team is at least maintained at a generally high level. This is good news, though."
"But their physical condition is not optimistic."
Aldridge spoke out for Klinsmann.
"Yeah, Millwall and Manchester United are all two-line combat. They compete in the league. The Champions League has reached the quarterfinals. Liverpool have even more than our game. The League Cup has won and the FA Cup has entered the quarterfinals. , The UEFA Cup has also entered the top 8!"
Aldridge didn’t complain or sigh, so it’s not to be blamed.
He and Klinsmann walked to the training ground and looked at the tired England internationals in various expressions. They organized their training in an orderly manner. These were some easy training projects. Even the tactical exercise was canceled, and the players were tried as much as possible. Relax and rest.
At this time, as long as they are able to maintain good health and come up with a good physical state, for a few days of competition, the competitive state will be better played.
The atmosphere of the national team was not as relaxed and happy as it was last time, because everyone was under a lot of pressure.
Only a small part of this pressure comes from the national team.
Mostly, it comes from the club.
In the next less than two months, it will determine what they can gain from their efforts throughout the season.
Dense competitions, forced by the league situation, may have some games against mid- and downstream teams become key battles.
For Owen, Gerrard and other players from Liverpool, the league is no match for the championship, but the qualification of the Champions League still has to compete, and there are two cups to go all out, they not only play more, as traditional giants A member of the team, the pressure may be greater than the Millwall players!
With 10,000 steps back, Millwall could not win the championship this season, which would not be too much of a blow. But Liverpool, if they can’t reach the Champions League, can’t get a more weighty championship, just relying on a League Cup, this The word giants really can't say anything.
The pressure from the players, coupled with the confrontational emotions within the Premier League, everyone has less talk, either for whom, or just do not want to say, can't relax easily!
For this reason, in the two-day home training of Aldridge, they are very grateful to Aldridge.
Everything the young master does, they all see in their eyes, they are most in need at this stage.
There is no rhetoric to emphasize that the national team's game must win such vain pressure.
Nor did they work overtime to increase their physical burdens, and coming to the national team was more like taking a breath and rejuvenating.