The Young Lion

When Michel Platini saw Millwall's pre-match press conference at UEFA headquarters, he was furious at the headquarters!

Aldridge has made it clear!

If you have the ability, you immediately modify the rules!

Otherwise, when I defend the Champions League three months later, UEFA will obediently hand over the genuine Champions League trophy!

But if UEFA really amends the rules at this juncture, it will inevitably be ridiculed by the world!

Platini, who made his debut as a big treasure, is under a lot of pressure, especially in the Champions League, where the giants are still the dominant group.

Especially the Premier League teams.

Millwall, Manchester United, Liverpool, Chelsea.

For the top 16 places, the Premier League has won four!

And because of the draw rules for the top 16, they will not meet again. According to the strong momentum of the Premier League at this time, maybe the top 8 places may be occupied by the Premier League. , there will still be two Premier League teams!

What he promised doesn't look like he'll be able to deliver anytime soon.

The most urgent task in front of him is: If Millwall wins the Champions League four consecutive times, UEFA will not only go around and award the genuine trophy to Millwall, which will be ridiculous. At the same time, the European structure may be more difficult to change. Millwall Wall is strong, and the attention it brings to the Premier League will also increase. On the contrary, the Premier League is a league, and the distribution system will also benefit other teams. Unlike La Liga, Real Madrid and Barcelona are far behind the other 18 teams. Exclusive benefits.

In the dead of night alone, Platini whispered in his heart: Millwall cannot be allowed to defend the title, Millwall cannot be allowed to defend the title

On February 21, Millwall was a guest to challenge Inter Milan. This is the second season in a row that the two teams have met in European competition. As the biggest beneficiary of the Phone Gate incident. The strength of Inter Milan's lineup has been well reinforced, such as the introduction of Zlatan Ibrahimovic on the front line, the acquisition of Maicon from Ligue 1, the addition of the magical Grosso and so on.

Mancini tinkered with a 4312 formation that seemed to make Inter Milan very powerful in the Italian arena. He was the best in the league and was praised by the outside world for his technical and tactical system.

In fact, to put it bluntly, Inter Milan's overall strength crushes other opponents in the league, it's that simple. It doesn't make much sense to talk about the advantages and disadvantages of skills and tactics when there is a big gap between strength and weakness.

Millwall will play the League Cup final 4 days later on the weekend, so they will be a little conservative in the first round of the Champions League knockout round. However, on the scene, the Serie A leader lost all face at home and was completely suppressed by Millwall!

Aldridge's request before the game was simple: there may not be many great opportunities, but they must be seized!

They did not play a devastating rhythm, but based on control.

But at the end of 90 minutes, the score was 0:0.

Aldridge flew into a rage after returning to the locker room after the game.

Messi and Ronaldo were scolded by him!

This is your performance? You all want to score by yourself? But what? You can't score! When your teammates have a chance, why don't you pass? Why do you have to force your kick when someone blocks your shot line? You have failed your teammates Your efforts! You have let me down so much! Selfish ones! Remember me. Millwall's team interests will always come first! When you go back to the club, your holiday will be cancelled, let me stay in the youth team dressing room Take a good look at the slogan on the wall, the one you have read countless times in the youth team: Playing for yourself is playing for your opponent! Playing for the team is playing for yourself!

Aldridge usually doesn't get angry, but when he got angry, even the players on the sidelines were silent. Ronaldo and Messi didn't dare to make any rebuttals. They followed the team and left Milan City with their heads down and a little frustrated.

Although the result of 0:0 was a bit disappointing, for Millwall, the advantage of promotion is still on their side. After returning to the home court two weeks later, they can advance to the quarter-finals as long as they beat Inter Milan.

After returning to London,

Messi and Ronaldo didn't dare to disobey Aldridge's order. The other players went to the youth team one day during the holiday, which attracted the attention of youth team players such as Bale and Royce, but they came in casual clothes When they arrived in the locker room, they sat quietly on the bench and looked up at the slogans on the wall, which had been pasted on the wall for many years. The two of them occasionally chatted a few words and exchanged words, which temporarily eased the tension between the two of them. The battle between the heavenly kings!

In the weekend's League Cup final, Aldridge still sent Ronaldo and Messi to the field at the same time. He didn't say anything, but both Ronaldo and Messi understood that this League Cup final was a test for them!

If the selfish performance against Inter Milan in the middle of the week continues, then it is very likely that Aldridge will be abandoned!

The reason is very simple, there is no win.

Winning is no problem.

Can't win, any small problem is a big problem!

Already lessoned Hiddink in the league, Aldridge played Hiddink again in the League Cup final today.

Through Millwall's strong midfield control, coupled with the excellent performance of the new attack group, especially Ronaldo and Messi are no longer selfish, Millwall's offense has regained its vitality, the ball transfer is very fast, and personal breakthroughs are also great. Just right, coupled with Kaka and Villa's go-between in the middle and shifting the focus of attack to them from time to time, Millwall defeated Chelsea 2-0 in 90 minutes to win the League Cup. Ronaldo and Messi each built a achievement.

During the championship celebration, Aldridge emphasized the team's philosophy to them again, and it seems that this game also proved the correctness of their criticism in the middle of the week.

Look, when you play for yourself, you don't score and the team doesn't win.

When you play for the team, you score goals, we win games, now hold the trophy and celebrate!

With the momentum of winning the League Cup, Millwall dispatched substitutes to the main players in the league to recharge their batteries. Ten days later, they had a showdown with Inter Milan at the Lion King Stadium.

March 8.

The Lion King Stadium is packed with crowds. Millwall fans are not worried about this game. As long as they beat their opponents, they can advance. Just look at Inter Milan's attack in the first round, even if there are two towers of Adriano and Ibrahimovic Forwards, but their offense is very weak, due to the disadvantage of midfield control.

Aldrich originally had a normal mentality towards the game, but on the day of the game, UEFA suddenly changed the referee team. On the grounds that the previously appointed referee was unwell, when he saw the temporarily replaced referee , his face was very ugly.

He will never forget this person, although his memory is very vague, but after seeing him now, he has an ominous premonition.

The referee is: Tom Herning!

It was a done deal, and Aldridge couldn't protest anything out of thin air. He tried his best to comfort himself when he walked into the stadium: everything was a coincidence, how could there be so many conspiracy theories? Don't mess yourself up!

He walked into the Lion King Stadium, and there was a wave of cheers at the scene as always, and it was the fans who greeted his appearance.

Aldridge went to shake hands with Mancini. Mancini was proud of himself in Serie A, but when he came to the Champions League, he was walking on thin ice mentally. He tried his best not to show his timidity in front of Aldridge.

Players from both teams played in high spirits.

The second round of the 2006-2007 UEFA Champions League 1/8 finals is about to begin. The defending champion Millwall is playing against Inter Milan at home. The two teams shook hands at San Siro 0-0 in the first round. Today, they will play in the Lion King Live and die on the pitch!

Let's take a look at the starting rosters of both sides.

Millwall started 433.

Goalkeeper: Buffon.

Defenders: Ramos, Nesta, Silva, Ram.

Midfield: De Rossi, Alonso, Kaka.

Forwards: Messi, Villa, C Ronaldo.

Inter Milan starting 4312.

Goalkeeper: Cesar.

Defenders: Maicon, Materazzi, Cordoba, Grosso.

Midfield: Zanetti, Vieira, Cambiasso, Stankovic.

Forwards: Adriano, Ibrahimovic.

The habit developed over the years makes Aldridge fully focus on the game once the game starts.

Usually, this kind of concentration will automatically ignore the existence of the referee, and the most perfect referee should be an invisible person.

With the loud cheers from the Lion King Stadium, Millwall quickly launched an offensive at home!

The players of the whole team entered the game state very quickly. At the beginning of the game, they speeded up the rhythm, passed quickly, moved back and forth, and tore apart the opponent's defense.

After two horizontal transitions back and forth in the frontcourt, the ball came to Messi's feet. The Argentine genius who had established his main position this season began to show his simple, practical and incomprehensible extraordinary skills!

He stopped the ball from the right sideline and started, and Xiang took a step back to take Cambiasso who swayed up to intercept him, and then cut in the middle to get rid of Cambiasso, and then defended Vieira and Grosso. At that time, Messi accelerated his dribbling continuously, rushed between the two abruptly, and avoided Vieira's shovel!

When he came to the penalty area, Messi didn't stick the ball anymore. As Vieira's defense was broken, the space in the middle had come out, and he immediately passed the ball to Villa who was running towards the center!

As soon as his foot passed the ball, someone stretched out his foot from in front of him and stepped on his ankle, causing him to fall to the ground with a scream!

Villa knew what to do when he was running. He kicked the ball and knocked the ball to his side in front of Materazzi. Kaka slammed from behind him and led the ball into the penalty area. ball!

However, the referee's whistle sounded!

Foul by Inter Milan!

Kaka ignored the whistle, and almost in the next second, he volleyed directly and the ball went straight into the net!

After scoring the goal, Kaka turned around and found that the goal was invalid, and Messi fell out of the penalty area in pain, covering his face with one hand and slapping the turf with the other.

The referee Herning signaled Millwall to get a free kick outside the penalty area, but he only gave a verbal warning to Cordoba without even showing a yellow card! (To be continued...) R1292