Chapter 1070: Retired!

In April, England was full of war, the Premier League, the FA Cup, and the Premier League overlord Millwall is the only player in the Champions League to participate in the Champions League. It is a good show, especially, the suspense of the Premier League has always existed. Chelsea's pursuit of Millwall has always been the focus of constant publicity on Fleet Street.
In the penultimate round of the league, just two days after the FA Cup semi-final, Millwall is going to meet the challenge of Manchester United at home. When attending the pre-match press conference for an interview, a reporter asked Aldridge such a question .
"Millwall played the FA Cup in the middle of the week, but on the weekend, your league game was played at the earliest. On the contrary, Chelsea after a week of rest is the latest to start. You think the FA's schedule is fair. ?"
The atmosphere at the press conference became subtle, and many reporters laughed and said nothing.
The "Guardian" reporter asked this question, it seems to help Millwall to speak, standing in Millwall's position, but in fact it is a hidden killer, and wants to lead the topic to the place where Premier League fans are most concerned today.
Mourinho has shown the limelight, even if Chelsea has been second in the league, but when Chelsea cannot win the game, Mourinho will have many reasons to divert attention from the outside world.
Let people not discuss "Why didn't Chelsea win the game?"
Instead, discuss the remarks made by Mourinho.
Among them, Mourinho believes that the FA has given Chelsea a very unfair schedule. For example, what opponents have rested for a day and Chelsea have a rest for a day.
This is nonsense.
However, this trick has been unsuccessful, because Mourinho secretly changed the concept and placed Chelsea in the role of the weak. The power is naturally the FA. The outside world likes to see such a story of "raising the pole" attacking the power. , And chase the protagonist of the vulnerable.
Aldridge cleared his throat and coughed twice, and said lightly: "If there is no schedule for a week's doubles, the Premier League game is very regular. There is a game on Saturday, Sunday and Monday night, mostly on Saturday and Sunday. If the FA wants to allow each team to get the fair rest time in your mouth, then the schedule should be like this, Millwall will always play on Saturday or Sunday, or Monday, our game will always be Fixed on a certain day of the week, is this possible? Impossible! Because the schedule will definitely crash, such as Millwall fixed on Saturday, but our opponent is fixed on Sunday, so, how do we race? There must be a The team rests one more day, or one day less, or even two days. This topic is really boring. I think people who attack the unfair schedule are just covering up. In other words, if you will always take one day less than your opponent, then , Your league should end one and a half months ahead of time, but no, we all finish the schedule of all leagues in May, the fact is that sometimes you will take one or two days less rest than your opponent, sometimes you will have more than your opponent Take a day and two days off, if everyone complains for this reason, huh, why do you still play football? Everyone holds the calendar and schedule to debate."
The reporters were happy.
Aldridge has nothing to say about it, and he doesn't care about leading the battle. He naturally understands that this question was actually directed against Chelsea coach Jose Mourinho.
If he avoids it, he appears to be weak. Besides, what can he be afraid of?
Even though he has a good relationship with the FA, Aldridge has never complained about the FA’s schedule and has never received any convenience. Just like this season, when the FA arranged the schedule at the beginning of the season, he must have thought about it. Make it difficult to defend Millwall.
If Millwall easily wins the championship, it is naturally unfavorable for the global promotion of the Premier League brand, so there will be a wave of devil schedules at the closing stage to increase the stimulus. Similarly, Chelsea also have, although one less than Millwall Strong dialogue, but Aldridge still has no complaints.
The Guardian reporter continued to ask: "But there are indeed coaches in the Premier League who criticize the schedule. What do you think of this phenomenon?"
Not only Mourinho will attack the schedule, Wenger will also.
Aldrich replied, "I don't care much about other people's opinions, but personally, the head coach needs to protect the team, but overprotection of the team is sometimes unfavorable, sometimes in the face of failure, You have to make the players aware of the root problem, not how others are obstructing you and increasing the difficulty of external forces. The fact is that if you can be stronger, you should overcome these difficulties. I have coached for more than ten years in the past. In the process, I always hope that the players will face the difficulties, understand the reality, withstand the pressure, and then overcome everything. This is my philosophy and the football philosophy that Millwall should adhere to and carry forward. We have many excellent players, It was growing up in this environment and letting his name spread across the football field."
The reporters got the new news material, and they no longer continue to put pressure on Aldridge, I hope he can give more.
Tomorrow is a league, the topic should return to the theme.
Regarding whether the FA Cup defeat to Manchester United will have an impact on tomorrow's league, Aldridge said seriously: "I am quite satisfied with Millwall's performance of the FA Cup this season. The players tried their best and I also saw The steady growth of some young players, including emerging newcomers like Moutinho, Messi, Verroso, Ramos, their performance in the first few rounds of the League Cup and the FA Cup deserves praise, they are steadily Growing, they represent the future of Millwall. As for the loss to Manchester United, the impact will definitely be there, Millwall will not ignore the defeat, and others will take it from us, we will naturally get back, very good, the opportunity is in us Right now, we will welcome Manchester United’s visit tomorrow at Lion King Stadium."
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The following day, East London was sunny in the afternoon and the Lion King Stadium was full.
The crazy lion fans sighed in the stands.
Manchester United seems to be here with a relatively relaxed mindset.
They got tickets for the FA Cup final. In the last four games of the league, as long as they are not all losers, winning the next two games will ensure the qualification of the Champions League. The final goal of the season is the FA Cup.
Come here today, maybe you can snipe Millwall, not to mention Chelsea, just watching Millwall uncomfortable!
Aldridge and Ferguson met again on the sidelines in a short period of time. The two didn't make any exchanges. They simply shook hands and returned to the coach seat to wait for the game to begin.
Manchester United's starter today is no different from the FA Cup starter, Millwall changed all but the goalkeeper.
Before the game started, the live camera locked Southgate, who was sitting on the bench and looked lonely.
For Southgate, his career has been sentenced to "death" by Fleet Street.
His poor performance in the FA Cup semi-finals made him the target of criticism from some of the best outside critics.
Some rigorous newspapers are more objective and full of warmth. They sympathize with Southgate and rationally analyze his future.
Obviously, Southgate is no longer worthy of Millwall's starter. At the same time, for the construction of the future, Millwall's backup may not need a 35-year-old veteran next season, although he can Bringing some experience, but he is a bit unstable on the field, how can he intuitively contribute to the team?
Considering that he was the captain of England’s World Cup win and was seriously injured because of England’s European Cup expedition, which prevented the newspaper from making a negative article on Southgate’s poor performance, more mentioning his contribution And the positive significance that exists in Millwall.
Lion fans who watched the game through live TV, couldn’t help but look sad when they saw Southgate’s lonely expression, and many Lion fans who watched the ball collectively in the bars were silent.
It makes people sad and sad.
But the pain in the hearts of outsiders is never as good as the pain in Southgate's own heart, bursting with pain.
Looking at the teammates already on the field, Southgate's eyes are quite complicated.
Longing for that piece of greenery, galloping on that passionate stage, now, he has lost the qualification to play in battle.
The most painful thing for him is that although Aldridge comforted him privately after the FA Cup semi-finals, he relieved him and told him: The team needs him!
Need him to promote young players, need him to impart experience in the locker room, to set an example for young players.
But Southgate knew in his heart that he should say goodbye.
When he was unable to contribute to the team, Glenn Charles chose to leave. When the team needed him, Glenn Charles returned.
Now it is Southgate’s turn to make his own choice.
He thought about persevering, working hard, and burning his life for the crazy lion!
But reality made him have to bow his head. He was not a particularly strong center defender. What he needed was flexibility and agility. However, his physical fitness declined after a serious injury, which made him lose the capital of a real lion.
Looking at the back of Aldridge standing on the sidelines, Southgate suddenly returned to normal, the melancholy in his eyes disappeared, and his tight face relaxed.
The head coach, who is younger than him, has gone through 11 years of ups and downs with him. These 11 years should be worth too many players, even the eleven years of the star. It was a glorious time. It is an indelible legend in the memory.
He personally has no regrets.
The only one who wanted to say sorry to the club was that he couldn't end in perfection. When the team needed him most, he disappointed many people!
His career has been perfect and worthwhile!
It's time to make the only contribution he can make.
That is to take off the mad lion's jersey and turn to leave.
Can you put on the shirts of other teams?
Southgate never thought about that kind of thing.
So he made a decision.
Retired!