Chapter 1055: Before the big battle month

After the Toyota Cup ended, the Millwall soldiers split in two ways, and Audridge led the team back to London to prepare for the league a few days later.
The other way is led by the club's CEO Carter. He accompanied Ronaldinho, Nedved, Henry, Larson and Nesta to the Golden Globe Awards ceremony.
Five players in the Millwall team entered the final selection list, of which Ronaldinho Ronald asked for the golden ball.
He has been a runner-up for the Golden Globe Awards for two consecutive years, and has been nominated before that, the popularity base can be described as very strong.
Although the call for Henry in the rehabilitation is not low, but the poor performance in the European Cup, the French team will be lowered in the group stage out, and since the new season he has been injured, there is no court appearance rate, and the momentum is obviously unable to match Compared with Ronaldinho, who has an impressive performance throughout the year.
In addition to the excellent performance of the club, Nedved also has the Czech team to impress the outside world in the European Cup, and Larson is also the same.
Nesta was definitely not awarded. The club gave him a holiday, gave him a short break, went shopping with his teammates, and accumulated energy for the Christmas Express campaign at the end of the month.
At the awards scene, Ronaldinho was as relaxed as in the past, with no burden in his look. Perhaps it was a moment of extreme disappointment in the past, and his mentality became better and better with the passage of time.
When the final result was revealed, the applause at the scene was deafening.
Ronaldinho won the Golden Globe Award with obvious advantages!
Moreover, Millwall took the top three!
Ronaldinho, Nedved, Henry.
Ronaldinho's performance in the highlights of the year is a gift from the European dark horses!
On the club's court, Millwall played Porto in the Champions League final, and Porto was the dark horse.
The England team that won the European Cup is characterized by the overall type of the team. On the basis of personal performance, it is good, but it has not yet reached the level of shocking eyeballs, especially the offensive players who won the European Cup, most of them are clubs. Dragged down by the record, failed to produce a brilliant transcript at the club.
A week later, they went to Switzerland, Ronaldinho continued to become the winner of the Shinco Golden Globe Awards, and once again boarded the throne of World Footballer!
In 2004, Ronaldinho reached the peak of his personal honor.
At this point, Millwall coach Aldridge has a new title: Golden Ball coach.
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In the 18th round of the Premier League, Millwall played lightly. Not only did the team return from Japan to prepare for a rush, but also with a number of main players missing, Aldridge sent most of the bench players at home. In this game, they were played by Newcastle United at home. The team tied, and Chelsea shortened the gap between the two teams to 6 points with the home game Norwich.
Aldridge celebrates the birthday of her little princess Bonnie at home this month, and her lovely daughter is two years old!
I wanted to let Ronaldinho and others rest during the Christmas War, but Ronaldinho, who had just got the double footballer, rushed back to the club, and the heart of the battle surprised Audridge.
It seems that he is not too worried about Chelsea chasing another 2 points in the standings, and Ronaldinho is more nervous than him.
The Christmas Express is approaching, and according to tradition, Aldridge still adjusts the team to give some players a holiday.
Let Cristiano Ronaldo and Carcassett take a break. The two of them will pick the girders at the beginning of the new season.
Alonso and De Rossi were taken on leave last year and took the initiative to fight this year!
The Christmas Express will play 3 games in 7 days.
The test for Millwall is only physical fitness, nothing else, because Manchester United, Chelsea, Arsenal, Liverpool, they have played once in the first half, the Christmas Express is just a intensive impact of the schedule, at this point, the strong Mil Walls has no worries.
In the Christmas Express campaign, Millwall ended all games of the year with a three-game winning streak!
Two players, Ronaldinho's shine, topped the standings, Millwall won five championships in 2004, almost perfect.
After a period of highlights, Fleet Street commented on the performance of the Premier League teams in the first half of the new season.
In terms of the league alone, Millwall is undoubtedly the best and has yet to lose.
But referring to the results of other fronts, Mourinho's Chelsea stepped into the ranks of top teams!
Premier League, Champions League, League Cup, in the case of the FA Cup Premier League team has not yet participated in the game, Millwall has broken the League Cup in the first half of the front line, but Chelsea have advanced to the semi-finals, and the Champions League performance Counting is excellent, so in terms of overall performance, Millwall and Chelsea are the two most outstanding teams in the new season in England. Especially Chelsea have also won three consecutive victories in the Christmas Express campaign. The situation of falling behind before the month occurred.
After defeating the Lion King Stadium, Chelsea's league performance is better than Millwall, they shortened the gap of 4 points, even if there are 6 points, this is actually not a short gap.
At the beginning of the new year, Chelsea and Millwall's dragon battle has also become fierce, and everyone in the league is competing for no mistake!
Ronaldo and Kaka returned to the team after a short vacation. After a short break and adjustment, they started the second half of the league!
With the accumulation of experience in the first half of the season and the accumulation of actual combat psychology, this gave them a small leap in performance on the court.
In three Premier League games in January, Millwall and Chelsea all scored 9 points!
Counting the Christmas Express campaign, when other teams basically lose points, the giants of East London and the power of West London gradually began to make other Premier League opponents feel desperate!
As described in The Times.
"We are very pleased to see that the Premier League competition is fierce and cruel! Chelsea made a qualitative leap after investing heavily. In addition to exposing some problems in direct dialogue with the defending champion, they have shown other teams to feel chilled at other times. For example, Manchester United and Arsenal. In the past, Millwall only covered the sky. Now, they still need to look to Chelsea. This is a reality that makes Manchester United, Arsenal, and Liverpool aspiring to rejuvenation feel frustrated, but objectively speaking Chelsea has improved the competitive landscape of the Premier League. If there is no Chelsea, it may be that the Premier League champions have lost their suspense! It is foreseeable that if there is no major event that affects the two teams, then Millwall has a 99% chance of defending the title. However, the FA Cup has already started, and the Champions League knockout will also follow in late February. In addition, in the event of a core player injury, this is also an important factor that will affect the team’s record!"
In January, the FA Cup started, and Millwall defeated Burnley in the third round with the bench lineup, and then defeated Bournemouth in the fourth round, successfully advancing to the FA Cup 16.
In the same month, Chelsea eliminated Manchester United in two rounds of the League Cup semi-finals and reached the League Cup finals. The FA Cup reached the top 16.
Although this month's record was good, Aldridge was not happy. Nesta suffered a minor injury. To rest for a month, Alonso also suspended due to a red card in the league.
Coming in February, the Millwall League was tied for two consecutive games. After Chelsea's first victory, the Millwall score gap was shortened to 4 points.
In the second game, Millwall played first. When the news of Millwall's draw came, Stamford Bridge cheered, and Mourinho thought Chelsea was making a big reversal!
However, this season, the first team to become their nemesis appeared.
Manchester City!
In the first half of the league, the first defeat was to lose to Manchester City. Mourinho didn't expect at home, Manchester City actually tied Chelsea.
Chelsea missed the opportunity to shorten the score to 2 points, still behind Millwall by 4 points!
Aldridge finally got better, because Henry came back.
In the two-match game, the problem exposed was that Villa’s experience was not enough. After the excellent performance in the first half, the opponents in the second half played against Millwall, and naturally they will focus on killing Villa. !
It may also be that during the Christmas campaign, Villa did not have a rest before and after. After all, Millwall is still relatively weak on the center bench, so his state has also declined.
It was at this time that Henry came back and declared a strong return by scoring two goals in the fifth round of the FA Cup!
Millwall reached the quarterfinals in the FA Cup!
With Chelsea's fronts advancing by leaps and bounds, Mourinho became active again after the New Year, frequently putting pressure on Audric in front of the media.
Aldridge ignored him and slapped Mourinho in reality.
In the fifth round of the FA Cup, Chelsea defeated St James Park Stadium and missed the top 8!
After the game, although Mourinho said that Chelsea would focus on the league and the Champions League, the subtext is that the FA Cup exit can avoid energy dissipation and physical exhaustion, but everyone knows that he is smiling and is optimistic.
At the end of February, the Champions League playoffs started.
Henry is back to the starting lineup!
Sixty thousand Lion fans in the stands of Lion King Stadium welcomed Henry's return. They ushered in the challenge of Leverkusen at home.
In the first round, Millwall had an overwhelming advantage and got a 4:0 result at home, laying the foundation for advancing to the top 8.
On the penultimate day of the month, the first crown of the New Year in England was born!
Mourinho coached Chelsea in the first season and won a championship trophy as quickly as possible.
Although it is an unremarkable League Cup, it is very important for morale.
Before Millwall returned to Leverkusen in March, Fleet Street blew up.
"Chelsea and Millwall meet in the Champions League quarterfinals!"
Chelsea's Champions League game is one day ahead of Millwall, so when they advanced, the top 8 match was also released, and Millwall is almost impossible to be overturned by Leverkusen!
Millwall sent a substitute line-up on the road, not contempt for Leverkusen. Although there are only two Premier League games in March, they still have a FA Cup quarter-final game to play. At the same time, there is a FIFA match day this month. Physical exertion is a test.
Millwall, who came off the bench, lost to Leverkusen 1-2 away, with a total score of 5:2 and advanced to the quarterfinals of the Champions League!
In an interview after the game, Aldridge talked about playing Chelsea in the quarter-finals and said lightly: "We have nothing to worry about. It should be Chelsea's concern. Chelsea passed the early season of the run-in, and now it seems that they are gradually entering. Good situation, but Millwall's overall strength has increased this season. The progress of players such as Ronaldo, Kaka, Ram, Silva is very obvious. In the league we have defeated Chelsea, and now, we are more than then. powerful."
His remarks were in response to Mourinho’s remarks that Chelsea was stronger than the beginning of the season. It seems that Mourinho was making excuses for losing the first half of the league to Millwall, thinking that Chelsea was still running in. They didn't break out. After Chelsea started breaking out, they chased Millwall 6 points in the league and won a championship.
Millwall returned to England to take a short break, and immediately scored 2-0 at home to Leicester City to advance to the FA Cup semifinals!
Glenshare has become a valuable aid for Millwall this season. The FA Cup can reach the semi-finals. He has contributed to it. On the basis of avoiding excessive consumption of Millwall, his role on the court also includes supporting Messi, Moutinho and other young players.
In the two Premier League games in March, Millwall successfully won, Chelsea saved a breath, plus relying on utilitarian anti-reaction, the record was very good, and also won the game.
When April is coming, Fleet Street defines April as: the month of the decisive battle!
In addition to Millwall and Chelsea playing two games in the Champions League at the beginning and middle of the month, at the end of April, in the penultimate round of the Premier League, the two teams will also greet the second half of the league. That may be the final decision of the champion. Battle!