Chapter 376: Fight for the League Cup?

Ritzdale's exclamation sounded awkward in the assistant's ears, and he was groaning free of illness.
Nonsense.
Without good players, the club is definitely worthless.
If Manchester United do not have 92 top players such as Schumacher, Keane and Stam, what will Manchester United do to get a good record? What do you make money for?
"Cough, Millwall ranked seventh from the bottom of the Premier League in the summer of 1996. One year later, in the summer of 1997, they ranked sixth in the Premier League. In the operating income statistics half a month ago, they Second only to Manchester United, it ranks eighteenth in Europe. If you count their revenue from selling players, there is no doubt that they are the most profitable team in Europe."
Ritzdale listened and thought that Millwall’s income was mainly supported by excellent records. The European Cup Winners’ Cup + League Championship made them the sixth-ranked team in the league. Let their income be second only to Manchester United.
"It is predicted in the evaluation report that if Millwall can maintain the results of the past two years, then in 2001, they will become the Premier League, and even the highest operating club in Europe."
Why is it 2001?
Because Millwall will move into the new stadium in 2000, operating income will leap forward again.
Ritzdale said sternly: "Maintain the record of the past two years? Take an average league championship and a Champions League every two years? Plus the FA Cup and the League Cup? What a joke, the Champions League is so easy to get Did they have a lot of luck in winning the championship last season? Eliminating Juventus by the last minute lore, winning Real Madrid is a penalty, and come again? See if they can also Juvetus lore."
The assistant said: "In fact, as long as Millwall can keep entering the Champions League and entering the knockout, their operating income will steadily rank among the top ten in Europe after moving into the new stadium. It’s not surprising to win a few championships and become the richest club in Europe. When they returned from Tokyo, Millwall’s club CEO Adam Jane made a statement. I don’t know if you heard it.

Ritzdale was not interested and shook his head: "I haven't heard it, it's just that Millwall won another championship trophy."
"No, it has nothing to do with the Toyota Cup. Adam Jane announced that Millwall already has more than 10 million fans in Asia."
"What if Millwall has 100 million fans in Asia?"
Ritzdale scoffed.
The broadcast of the Premier League is packaged and sold, as is the Champions League. The number of fan groups does affect the distribution of the Premier League broadcast. However, the Premier League has its own assessment method, not what Millwall unilaterally declares.
There are so many fans in Asia, how much can the club's operating income increase?
Will 1% of them buy genuine jerseys?
Will you buy season tickets?
On the most intuitive income, foreign fans bring benefits to the club.
Ritzdale’s point of view, his assistant did not agree, patiently explained to him: "Adam Jane’s words are not meant for the club owner Hall, nor for the fans, he just used A tactful way is to tell the sponsor: Millwall’s influence in Asia! Although it is possible to exaggerate the facts, the effect is definitely good."
This is how Ritzdale reacted. It turns out that this is a marketing strategy of "surrounding Wei to save Zhao".
The greater the number of Millwall fans abroad, it does not intuitively bring huge revenue to their clubs, but it allows sponsors to pay more for the sponsorship fee. This trip to Tokyo, Millwall not only brought back a The Toyota Cup trophy also signed 5 new sponsorship contracts. The sponsors are all Asian companies, which is an important way for international influence to bring business income.
Finally, the assistant summed up: "Millwall has been able to rise rapidly in recent years, from a worthless club to a wealthy club in Europe. The most important thing is two points, one record, the second, commercial development, specifically snatching In the fan market, all commercial income of the football club is directly or reversibly paid by the fans. In other words, the team earns all the money of the fans."
Ritzdale looked at the stadium without a word, and the second half was about to begin, but he was thinking about how to make the white roses of Yorkshire bloom!
"You said, if we seduce Millwall's players, can we achieve our goals?"
Ritzdale also wants to make Leeds United into a strong team that can make money. In his heart, he thinks that it is so little, just a little!
Last season Leeds United ranked sixth in the league. Although this season temporarily ranked fifth, the gap with the top four has been widened. In the context of the UEFA Champions League expansion next season, he naturally hopes that the team can share that attractive At the beginning of the season, he was still very disappointed, because he wanted to dig in and Martin O'Neill declared a failure. Unexpectedly, O'Reilly surprised him.
His assistant shook his head and said: "The first team's main force will definitely not come to Elland Road. The replacement team is promising, but it must be bought, not to mention how much the transfer fee will be blackmailed, at least to the players in Millwall More than 1.5 times the treatment."
Ritzdale said lightly: "If Leeds United can enter the UEFA Champions League all year round, and there is hope to compete for the league title, the price is worth it. Didn't Millwall spend a lot of money to rebuild the team in the summer of 1994? I remember that all of England was laughing at Hall at that time. He spent the transfer fee of the total of the top three teams in the Premier League at that time and gave a higher salary than the total of the first team of Manchester United. The outside world thinks that it will not take two years. Millwall It will definitely go bankrupt, but after two years, Millwall's value has more than ten times."
His assistant nodded. At this point, he couldn’t refute Ritzdale. To make this white rose bloom in Leeds United, it’s simply not enough to have the excellent players trained by the young coach O'Reilly and a few youth players. They must introduce high-level players so that the record can be improved immediately and qualitatively.
In the second half of the game, Millwall's attack was simple and rude. Since the player's physical fitness can't keep up, the straight up and down push can't play the speed advantage, and the back row is plugged in and can't be pulled back from the attack to the defense, then the easiest to play attack.
But Leeds United really came into being today. Like their young coach David O'Reilly, with a sturdy sharpness, there is really a bit of the shadow of Millwall.
In the second half, Aldridge dispatched troops to adjust his tactics. But Millwall’s offense was to fight thunder and not rain. The only result was a result of no results. He needed to hide a deeper offensive point. Like Lampard plugged in the attack, Leeds United’s The defense has been alert to him.
In the last twenty minutes, Aldridge let Southgate also insert an assist. This adjustment is the same as putting Real into the attack when playing Real Madrid. The result is good.
Southgate plugged in all the way. Because of the inertia of Leeds United's mark, Southgate suddenly caught up and caught them off guard. The tight defense showed flaws. As a result, Southgate went all the way to the penalty area and received Nedwig. Germany's straight ball hits the goal!
The ball flew directly into the stands.
Aldridge looked at this unbearable shot, but only felt a little regret in his heart, but did not complain about Southgate. Originally, he was a defender, but he went to the opponent's penalty area to complete a kick...
After the shot, Southgate touched the back of the thigh, and his expression suddenly became a bit painful. He saw Leeds United about to kick the goal kick. He killed him, and the back defense was lacking. So he sat down and the referee had no choice but to see him. Blowing stopped the game.
Elland Road Stadium booed, thinking Southgate was not kind to do so.
You rushed up to complete a free kick shot, we are going to fight back, you start to defraud our excellent fighter, really fucking!
Southgate is not a scam, it is a real injury!
The team doctor gave Aldridge a substitution gesture. After Southgate sat down, Aldridge asked Ferdinand to warm up. After receiving the confirmation from the team doctor, Aldridge reluctantly handed over the exchange list.
The price of a Toyota Cup is a bit big.
Looking at Larsson and Pirlo's comeback, the captain is hurt again.
After Southgate came off, Millwall's situation was a bit passive. The opponent slammed the newly played Ferdinand. This forced Millwall's midfielder to return to the defense deeper. When Millwall was about to change from defense to offense, but Advance slowly.
At the end of the ninety minute game, the score was still 1:0 and Millwall lost to Elland.
Fans of Leeds United were as happy as they were during the New Year. Aldridge went straight to shake hands with O'Reilly, and the other party took the initiative to walk towards him. Aldridge didn't want to talk more, but the other party was very enthusiastic. Derich didn't listen, and nodded and left the court.
In the press conference after the game, the reporters on Fleet Street looked serious. When Aldridge arrived, someone asked: "What is the reason why Millwall lost this game? Are they underestimating the enemy?"
Aldrich shook his head, belittle the enemy? surely not.
"Leeds United performed better today. They deserve to win. My players are too tired. We haven't eased from the fatigue of the journey to and from Japan. I believe that the performance of the next players will improve. If If not, then we have to adjust the season goals. Maybe we should consider considering next season to compete for the UEFA Cup championship trophy to complete the club honors slam."
As soon as his words fell, the atmosphere at the scene suddenly changed, from serious and dull to relaxed.
As Millwall has come over the past few years, the reporters who have followed the report for a long time are all a few years older, and the Audridge in their eyes is slowly changing, growing, and mature.
Like his mentality now is a good expression.
Losing a goal is not as if the end of the world is coming. Find the cause and solve the problem. Don’t make things complicated. It will not put more pressure on the players and make them nervous because of the loss.
There is no losing team on the football field, but to become a winning general, one must learn to face the defeat more calmly.
After commenting on the game, Fleet Street sent praises to both teams.
He praised the strength of the Leeds United Youth Army and praised Aldridge's glorious style.
As a result, four days later, when Millwall’s backup lineup lost to Leicester City in the League Cup quarter-finals, the tone of Fleet Street changed completely...
Two consecutive losing games in the League Cup, which is very rare in Millwall.
Before the advent of the Christmas Express, Millwall’s state was clearly not ideal. Audridge hoped to give the main force more rest time to adjust the state in preparation for the Christmas Express, the League Cup was eliminated, he was not lost at all, the original stage Even training is the main, and the status of the substitute players is not good. It is also reasonable to be eliminated by O'Neill's team. It is just that Tony abused Mills to make him look ugly.