The Young Lion

The thirty-second round of the Premier League kicked off at the Lion's Den Stadium.

Leicester City has no problem relegation, and won the League Cup in early March, which suddenly let their players relax. Martin O'Neill doesn't want to put too much pressure on the players, after all, they are facing away from the league. The most powerful Millwall, although they eliminated Millwall in the League Cup, but in that game, Millwall was obviously training.

In the past, the South Stand was the most lively place in the stands, but today is a little different. Fans can be seen holding up signs everywhere around the stands.

Dean, come on!

Forever Wild Lion: Dean!

We are with you!

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Fans were saddened to learn that Dean Richards was out of action due to a strange illness, because Richards was an impressive player, and Millwall entered the Premier League from League One. In last year's double championship and one Asian championship, Richards played more than 50 times for the team. Every Wild Lions fan firmly believes that Richards will be a reliable central defender in the future of the Wild Lions.

From the first minute of the game, Millwall played very oppressively. The players were full of fighting spirit and focused on the field.

The slightly relaxed Leicester City was quickly punished.

Larson's running position is becoming more and more ghostly now, and Fleet Street has given him the nickname of the fox, especially his impact after capturing the gap between the full back and the central defender is even more admirable, as long as there is a slight gap in the defense , He can catch it in the offense, and then he waits for his teammates who have the same heart to send the ball to his feet.

In the opening nine minutes, Larson is such a running position. Slanting into the heart of Leicester City from the left wing, Nedved's through ball arrived as expected, piercing the entire defense.

Facing the attacking goalkeeper, everyone expected that the striker, who had scored 31 league goals, would choose to shoot himself, but Larsson crossed the ball in the middle. Trezeguet, who followed up, poked the ball into the empty goal.

After scoring the goal, Trezeguet ran to the sidelines and took off his jersey. On the chest of the white vest was clearly written: Dean, come on!

Other teammates ran over and stood on both sides of Trezeguet, pointing to the slogan on Trezeguet's chest, clenched their fists and showed determination.

Last year began to issue a no escape order. This earned Trezeguet a yellow card.

But he doesn't care.

Aldridge stood up after the goal to applaud the team's performance, then sat down immediately.

Benitez still looks like a scholar. He was taking notes in his notebook and found that Leicester City did not have the determination to win, so he deserted and chatted with Aldridge.

I'm very curious why Trezeguet became the main force of the team.

Why do you ask?

Because he looks very average. The skills and speed at his feet, the two key ability conditions are not outstanding. I think if you use Tony, Tony's ability to play the ball will be very strong, because his physical condition can make him in the penalty area. Against any centre-back in the Premier League.

Aldrich rested his chin and said lightly: He is at the front. The absolute speed does not have to be very fast. Anti-offside depends on awareness and explosive power. Is it technical? Indeed, the turnover rate of David's forward pass is very high. Gao will not give me the surprise of scoring a goal after a flash of inspiration, but his position selection in front of the goal, the involvement of running without the ball, and the confrontation in the penalty area at critical moments are all top-notch. When he puts himself Do what he can do best, he is the most suitable striker for Millwall, for example, now he will not try to pass through balls. That is not his strong point, but his ability to return the ball is getting better and better. The stronger it is, the more opportunities it will give Pavel, besides, there is a statistics table in my computer at home, I wonder if you are interested in listening to this data.

What data?

Forwards goal percentage and shooting percentage. Maybe you don't believe it, but the club's scouts to observe the statistics of the league opponents tell me that Trezeguet is the most efficient striker in the Premier League. Of course, he is not the one with the most goals. , but, do you know how many of his 10 kicks hit the goal?

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7 feet.

70% hit rate?

Yes, then do you know how many goals he can score with 10 shots?

This, two?

Double, four. That is to say, in a game, if he has three shots, he will basically definitely score one goal.

Benitez looked pensive, and finally sighed: I thought it was your tactical arrangement of highlighting the winger's scoring that made him not outstanding, but actually improved his efficiency.

Aldridge said lightly: David is the striker who has the least number of shots in the Premier League, but he has the highest efficiency. When Millwall's record is not good, the outside world blames him for disappearing on the field. In fact, those who blame David The people must not have come to the scene to watch the game. They only watched the game broadcast or video, and they couldn’t observe David’s contribution to Millwall from the whole field. The opponent's line of defense, creating space for teammates, is also the role of his infrequent appearance in the camera, so that once he appears, it will definitely be the time for the fatal blow. The effect on the field is that the threat of the two wingers When passing the center forward, the opponent's defense will tilt its defensive center of gravity and guard against the two wingers. Then, when the attack center of gravity shifts to David's side, the strength of defending him will also decrease, allowing him to score goals more easily and play very high. s efficiency.

The power of the Millwall striker trident is to create opportunities for each other and then score crazy goals in a process of threat elasticity.

When the game came to the 26th minute, all the fans stood up and applauded solemnly. The applause lasted for a full minute.

Dean Richards' jersey number is No. 26, and fans spontaneously used this behavior to pray and bless Richards.

Aldridge also took the initiative to stand up and applaud at this moment, followed by other coaches and substitute players.

The live broadcast shot swept across the audience, and the game commentator was full of admiration.

Millwall has left countless classic games this season, double-killing Arsenal, double-killing Liverpool, and defeating Manchester United with six goals in an away game. Unstoppable, they have left countless classic moments, and today, they have created a touching scene.

Just three minutes after the applause of the fans stopped, Schneider made an assist from the right and made a diagonal pass to the penalty area. The score expanded to 2:0.

After scoring, Larsson signaled his teammates not to stop him, and he ran to the bench, took the jersey thrown by Materazzi and held it up high.

That's Richards' No. 26 jersey.

The applause of the Lion's Den Stadium rang out again, and it couldn't stop no matter what.

The fans were all moved.

It's hard for them to imagine how united the Wild Lions are now.

Witnessing the disintegration of the Blackburn Mercenary Corps, they were terrified that these players would go their separate ways after Millwall's success, but it was tearful to see them on the pitch. The fans believe from the bottom of their hearts: they love the team, love their teammates, and they will stay here forever!

Leicester City is not strong, but on the one hand, Millwall wants to withdraw from the league as soon as possible, and on the other hand, it also uses this game to pay tribute to Dean Richards, which makes them fight in 90 minutes. Majestic.

Shevchenko scored twice in the second half. Locked the score at 4:0.

After the game, Aldridge invited Martin O'Neill to a small gathering in the office.

Aldridge congratulated Martin O'Neill on the Carling Cup, who in turn wished Millwall a Premier League title.

Aldrich, sell someone to me next season.

Faced with such a proposal, Aldridge was confused and said: Will Leicester City be listed before the summer transfer window? Otherwise, you can afford a high price to buy my players?

Now is the stage of the frenzy for the listing of Premier League clubs, and investors and businessmen are doing everything they can to use clubs to go public. Many businessmen can earn tens of millions of pounds in profits in about three years by diluting equity and other methods. Everton, Aston Villa, Manchester United, etc. are typical.

There is also news from the outside world that Leicester City is also preparing for listing and financing, but there has been no substantial progress.

Martin O'Neill shook his head and said, Of course we can't afford your main player, but I want one as a substitute player.

Tell me who it is first. Is it Glenshire?

It's not him. You said last time that you won't let him go, even on loan. I'm talking about the Italian center forward.

Luka Tony?

Well, I have studied the personnel reserve of Millwall. In addition to the main Trezeguet at the center position, your usual substitute is the Dutch lad. If the Italian doesn't give him a lot of game training, he will be abandoned in Millwall. Wall, his type of center needs a lot of experience.

Aldridge sighed slightly.

O'Neal is right, a center like Tony must improve his ability to fight in the penalty area through a lot of games, otherwise it may really be abolished.

How would you use him?

If he came to my team, I would build a play around him.

The two chatted for a while. In fact, O'Neill's coaching ideas are relatively simple and clear, based on defense and counterattack, but it's too monotonous to play like this. The team is not as strong as theirs and is more defensive, what should we do then?

A powerful center like Tony can hold the position in the penalty area and get the ball with his back. Whether it is a British style slam or a penetration in the middle, his role will be very significant, just like how Aldridge described Makelele: Absolutely Characteristic players, use it without fuzzy effect.

But I don't want to sell him.

Aldridge was a bit concerned about money. After all, the club was burdened with the debt of the new stadium and his big brother, which was almost 200 million pounds.

O'Neill couldn't laugh or cry, and said: If you don't sell him, he will be abandoned on Millwall's bench, and you won't be able to sell him if you want to sell it in the future.

Well, I'll rent you for half a season first to see the effect. To be honest, if I sold him directly, he might not even be willing to go to Leicester City.

You are very cunning. I will help you train players. In the end, he returns on loan. Wouldn't the tactical system I have worked so hard to build come to an end?

This is what I think, let him go to Leicester City to play half a season first, if he performs well and you are satisfied, then you can rent another half season until next summer, if he is willing to transfer, I will Also make sure that it is not a wrong decision for him to go to your place, then, we can sit down and talk about the transfer.

O'Neill stared at Aldridge for a while, shook his head and smiled bitterly: After all, you just don't want to suffer. As you said, if he has a good life with me, then we will talk about his transfer next summer, and the price will be the same. Is it the same as this summer?

Aldridge said earnestly: You should think about it this way. If you spend money to introduce him this summer, but he can't integrate into Leicester City, then your transfer will fail. Rent first and then buy, at least you I have a bottom line in my heart, even if I spend a little more money next summer, but I feel at ease and it is worth the money, and spending money to buy it this summer is really a bit of a gamble, can Leicester City afford to lose?

O'Neill put down his glass and sighed: I'm convinced of you. You should be a salesman. Well, in summer, I'll rent him out for half a season. You will pay the salary, and the rental fee will be 0. How about it?

Aldridge thought for a while and said, Since we are friends, Millwall will suffer a bit.

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