Chapter 429: I love Anfield

Millwall defeated Tottenham 4-0 in the first game of the new season, and this result was not unexpected.
After the game, Aldridge only lightly stated that there was nothing fuss about winning the game. Although happy, the team's mentality will not fluctuate due to victory over Tottenham.
The unspoken message passed to the outside world is: Tottenham's strength is not good, and Millwall cannot be complacent because of the victory over Tottenham.
In the new season, Manchester United tied with Millwall to win the championship, but they were tied by Everton in Goodison Park. It seems that they have not recovered from the poor performance of the Charity Shield.
Next year is the competition year, the Premier League opening was already early, and the schedule is compressed densely, and Audridge can’t wait to face his opponent three days later.
Because the opponent they face in the next battle is the traditional and powerful Liverpool.
After defeating Tottenham, the team took a day off and came back to training the next day. Aldridge's work enthusiasm was high, and he smiled when he attended the press conference before going out.
The reporters on the scene could probably guess Aldridge's thoughts.
"Aldrich, you seem to want to play against Liverpool, why?"
Aldrich sat on the stage with his mouth upturned and said casually: "Because Liverpool is a young team, coach Holier is also my friend. I will look forward to playing with friends on the sidelines. This is the fun of this job. One, and I also want to see the performance of the three players Irving, Gerrard and Carragher."
"Why? Is Millwall interested in them?"
The unknown reporter asked seriously, Richard, who was sitting next to him, smirked. He followed Millwall for many years, and had already seen Aldridge's misalignment at a glance.
Aldridge put his smile away and said seriously: "Yes, Millwall was very interested in them, but it was only four years ago, when I personally invited them to join Millwall, they were rejected by Liverpool media. It has been reported that Liverpool later gave Gerrard their professional contract. From that day, although Millwall did not intend to introduce them in the transfer market, I still kept my attention on them and wanted to see their professional development. "
The reporter who questioned frequently nodded and recorded every sentence of Aldridge in his notebook. For him, it may be considered a big news. The transfer market door has not been closed. The manager of Millwall publicly declared that he is concerned about the three young players of Liverpool. Performance, who dares to guarantee that there will be no heavyweight transfers in the next 20 days?
Even if there is a heavy transfer, it can only happen to Owen, as for Gerald and Carragher, even the stars are not counted.
Some of the reporters at the scene bowed their heads and laughed. They felt that the questioning reporter was being tricked. Richard simply smiled and asked: "Aldridge, if, tomorrow's game is Liverpool's guest Millwall, you will still be today. Are you excited?"
Aldridge smiled silently, and nodded for a long while: "Of course, Liverpool, England's traditional giant Liverpool, of course I will be excited!"
"Who believes? Have you been excited before Liverpool came as a guest in the past two years? Obviously because you can go to Liverpool to see the children, why don't you say it honestly?"
"No, no, Richard, are you questioning my professionalism and work attitude? It’s impossible for fake public welfare to happen to me. I tell you that I love Anfield and from my first step into Anfield as coach At that time, I fell in love with that glorious and historic stadium. No coach will refuse to play there. Although it will make people feel dangerous, this is what the head coach enjoys!"
Not only Richard, but many reporters present booed at him with a smile!
Aldridge spread his hands helplessly, and finally gritted his teeth with a smile: "Believe it or not, whatever you want, tomorrow's game will make you realize that I am fully committed to the game!"
When Aldridge got up and left, Richard shouted loudly: "You are too hypocritical. You want to spend more time with your son. Does this have anything to do with whether you value the game?"
Aldridge hastened his pace and left the field quickly.
The next day, the team left Liverpool, the team got off the plane and took the bus to Anfield.
On the road, some players are listening to music, some are reading books, some are chatting, or some are simply looking at the city street scene outside the car window.
Aldridge had no special feelings for Liverpool before, but now his mentality becomes slightly more subtle when he comes to this city. This is where his son was born.
The thought of today's newspaper hype that he led the team as a guest to Liverpool actually held the mood to visit his son... Uh, Aldridge was stunned for a second. This idea always felt a little weird.
Shaking his head, he worried that the players would also be distracted.
Before arriving in Anfield, Aldridge stood up and clapped his hands, so that the players on the expedition looked at him, listened to the music, took off the headphones~EbookFREE.me~ closed the book, closed their mouths in chat, they were curious He looked at Aldridge without knowing what the boss said.
"Liverpool, I don’t want to emphasize how powerful they are. In fact, these years, or since we were on the top league stage, the Liverpool face is not as good as one year. Powerful players also affect the dressing due to life style issues. The team started to cleanse or break into the cold palace. Maybe you have no longer treated Liverpool as a strong enemy. You may even feel that they are not much different from Tottenham, but I want to say that in the past few years, Liverpool's away record is a fatal factor restricting them to challenge the champion, but their home record is very stable. In some seasons, they will only lose two games at home, and in some seasons, they will lose at most four games. In other words, on average, each season It is to lose three games. The 19 Premier League teams are visiting Anfield, only 3 or 4 teams can take the victory from there, we are not here for sightseeing, if you are interested, you can stay here after the game City for a while, but for the game, we definitely want to take the three separation, so even if you think Liverpool are not strong, I allow you to despise Liverpool players, but I hope you pay attention to the Anfield stadium and can take it in Anfield. Taking victory, I don’t think it can be used as a proud capital, but at least it will make our sense of accomplishment and satisfaction more fulfilling!"
The players nodded at each other after listening to Aldridge.
They came to Liverpool, the mood is very calm.
They were so calm that they all felt weird.
Liverpool, once famous in Europe, created Liverpool to rule the European dynasty!
Why play Liverpool, but now they have an unhappy response in their hearts?
Perhaps, as Aldridge said, they have played Liverpool every year in the past few years. They have suppressed their opponents in the league. The encounter in the cup has only been eliminated once, and they have been eliminated by replacing young players.
After really fighting and defeating the opponent several times, my heart naturally lightened that sense of importance.
But the game still has to be played. Peace of mind is a good thing, but if the fighting spirit drops, it is a bad thing.
Aldrich now mobilizes their fighting morale to divert their attention.
If you just stare at Liverpool's team of players and put your opponents in a Tottenham jersey, you really don't think there is much difference.
Therefore, Aldridge needs players to have as strong a desire as possible due to Liverpool's history, and to stimulate the players with Liverpool's past glory.
Anfield, still the terrifying atmosphere of the home field in the Premier League, the Red Army fans sing loudly and never stop singing It’s not because he is a dead enemy with Millwall. He just enjoys it. It’s a rare team that can make the team stronger because of the fans. Liverpool happens to be one of them. Kile is in it.
Before the game started, Aldridge whispered to Gilad Hollier on the sidelines. It wasn't Aldridge to greet the host, but the host voluntarily ran to communicate with him.
The content of the conversation between the two was focused on "Whether Millwall is going to dig Irving!"
After receiving Aldrich's verbal promise that he had no interest in Owen, Hollier was relieved.
As for Gerrard and Carragher, to be honest, they didn't make a name at all.
But since it was the player Aldridge personally invited to visit a few years ago, the Liverpool club naturally paid special attention to it.
But they also don't know what kind of excellent players Carragher and Gerrard will become in the future, and in what direction? I'm not sure.
Aldrich has always believed that Gerald can only become a "Legend of Liverpool", the biggest reason is that at the beginning of his career, he never had a clear positioning on the field.
Aldridge likes role players, has a clear specialty, and can use it to divide the work reasonably and clearly, so that the team’s 11-person puzzle can effectively complement each other. For example, Makelele is a defense, Pirlo is an organization, and Nedved is an offensive. The midfield system is not to be confused.
For players like Gerrard, the positioning is vague.
Can he defend him? Row.
Can you organize him? Row.
Is it OK to attack him? Row.
He can do all three things, but he is not top of all three!
Let him play defense, he will be ravaged by the top offensive players, let him go to the organization, it is difficult to penetrate the top defense in the offensive scheduling, let him go to attack, the ability to seize the opportunity seems to be unsatisfactory, especially with the ball to break through this Xiang Ling, who is also an offensive player in the midfielder or No. 9 and a half, is definitely more powerful than him.
The future development trend of UEFA is that even the top team, the team allows at most one player can only attack and not participate in defense, other players except the goalkeeper, 9 players must shoulder the defensive task.
In other words, a player like Gerrard has defensive ability as the basis, then next, he needs to strengthen his technical characteristics in the offense.
In the future, the most comprehensive evaluation of Gerrard is the comprehensiveness. However, this comprehensiveness just means that his comprehensive strength is very strong, but it does not seem to be able to compete with those top players with special skills.
Especially in the mediocre England national team, overview of Gerald's national team career, it is almost difficult to find a game he played particularly well, and those players with special characteristics, even in the weaker national team, also Can shine.
It is a pity that in the early stages of his career in Liverpool, Gerald did not meet the key and properly trained his famous teacher in the most critical period of improving technical ability and fixed position on the field. Waist, sometimes hitting the midfield, sometimes hitting the midfielder, he sometimes assists, sometimes scores, the whole game runs fast and never dies, but what is his role? It changes every year.
Carragher is even more tragic. He is still a substitute in the new season, but Hollier defines Carragher as a substitute for the full-back. Therefore, for a short period of time in the future, Carragher is a flaw that has been exploded at Anfield. .