The Young Lion

The news of Stam's transfer has been raging in England. In three years, he has grown into a top defender in England and an undisputed star among defensive players. His transfer will naturally become the most concerned topic.

Millwall officially announced that Stam will transfer after the end of the season, and other information will not be disclosed.

The heat of the news continued to heat up, because Stam did not appear on the Millwall training ground again. It was not until a week later that Stam appeared in Manchester for a medical examination that everyone in the outside world understood: Stam moved to Manchester United!

Aldridge could have kept his mouth shut about Stam, but he chose to cut the mess quickly. If he kept his mouth shut, then Stam's incident would be tracked by the British paparazzi all the time, and outside public opinion would surround Millwall Well, if it continues to develop, it will have a bad impact on the team.

Rather than concealing it, it is better to ignite the fuse directly. After the incident broke out and the news heat passed, the team will return to calm. In terms of timing, Aldridge believes that he did nothing wrong. Before the start of the second round, the Stam transfer incident has begun to cool down.

Paris Saint-Germain came to London's Wembley Stadium, and they were united to fight a comeback. Aldridge led Millwall to wait for work here, and let the other foot enter the final.

The Wembley Stadium was full of seats. Before the European games, the highest attendance rate here was only 70%, because the visiting teams were all low-level players, but today Millwall is going to play against the defending champion Paris Saint-Germain. Not only Wild Lions fans flocked here, but many neutral fans also came here to cheer.

Before the game. Aldridge walks onto the pitch. Immediately detonated the stadium atmosphere. The Wild Lions fans in the stands sang songs in support of Aldridge, cheering him on with applause and cheers.

Aldridge was wearing a black windbreaker, walking forward with his hands in his coat pockets, his face was very calm, and even looked a little cold.

In the past week, due to Stam's transfer incident, the atmosphere of the club was not very good, because it has been harassed by the media. However, the players in the team unified their minds and quickly stabilized their morale. In the league a few days ago, they used a big victory to boost morale.

Aldridge's shoulder was bumped suddenly, he stopped and turned his head to look, and what came into his eyes was a cartoon-shaped blue lion, which was Millwall's mascot: Leo.

Before the start of the game, some staff members dressed up as mascots were active on the sidelines, took photos with the fans, and teased the little fans in the stands. It's all normal to please the audience.

Aldridge watched Leo the mascot reach out to him. Aldrich showed a smile, just stretched out his right hand, but the other party withdrew his hand again,

Let Aldrich into embarrassment.

The fans in the stands were amused by this scene.

Aldridge was not upset, and was about to turn around and leave, but the mascot Leo hugged him again and gave a thumbs up to the stands.

Fans in the nearby stands had cameras and immediately took pictures of this scene.

Aldridge kept hooking up with Leo for ten seconds, then let go of him, and then continued to walk towards the coaching bench of the home team. Unexpectedly, the restless blue lion caught up with him again, and even more aggressively pulled He held his hands and made a dancing motion.

The fans burst into laughter.

Aldridge watched the other party dance, and his facial muscles began to twitch.

Are you fucking undercover?

Came here to make trouble?

He looked towards the sidelines as if asking for help, intending to ask the stadium management to remind the lion.

I'm the Millwall manager, not kidding!

Hey, give me enough time!

Aldridge shouted in a low voice.

After Leo stopped moving, a muffled voice came from inside the lion head.

Boss, you are so boring!

Aldrich vaguely recognized the owner of the voice.

Ronaldo?

Hmm, if you don't dance, I will dance by myself.

Aldridge laughed dumbfounded.

Unexpectedly, today's unlucky lion was played by Ronaldinho.

Next, Leo danced a beautiful samba on the sidelines, leaving the audience in the stands dumbfounded.

That lion is so cute!

More and more fans wanted to take photos with Leo, Aldridge grinned, shook his head slightly and walked towards the coach's bench.

What are you playing with him?

Benitez saw Aldridge approaching and asked with a frown.

Aldrich smiled and said nothing, not because he wanted to play, but because he was forced by Ronaldinho.

At this time, he saw the coach of the visiting team Fernandez appearing on the sidelines, so he walked over to say hello and exchanged a few words.

In this game, the two sides used their main force, and the lineup was the same as in the first round of the confrontation. Aldridge noticed the expressions of the Paris Saint-Germain players, and they were extremely firm. They did come to London with the belief of a comeback.

Aldridge stood on the sidelines, quietly waiting for the game to start.

Although this is London, the team is not very familiar with this field. From the advantage of the familiarity of the field conditions, there is not much difference between the two teams. This is the most glorious stadium in England!

The only absolute advantage for Millwall is the cheering of the fans in the stands.

Before the start of the game, there was a name resounding through the sky in the stadium, and the Lions fans tirelessly shouted Millwall's name rhythmically, like a slogan, but it never ended.

Fernandez encouraged the team with an unparalleled aura on the sidelines, forming a tit-for-tat confrontation with Aldridge's silent tall and stalwart.

After the opening, Paris Saint-Germain immediately launched a fierce offensive. The players ran and interspersed aggressively, especially strengthening the long-range shots outside the penalty area, trying to knock the mountains and disrupt the rhythm of Millwall.

In the third minute of the game, Lai suddenly lifted his foot to hang the goal from 40 yards away, and the ball slid out of the goal, which shocked Bute into a cold sweat.

Two minutes later, Leonardo took a long shot from the right outside the penalty area. The ball is blocked by Bout. Loko, who caught the second offense, was blocked by Elguera with his thigh.

Another minute passed. Just after Leroy crossed the center line and made a diagonal long pass into the penalty area, Southgate fell to the top. Loko crossed the chest to stop the ball and then shot without power. The ball was easily put into Bout's arms.

In the first ten minutes, Millwall was beaten helplessly by Paris Saint-Germain.

Aldridge was still expressionless on the sidelines, and Jansen even came up and suggested to him: Let Nedved retreat and Pirlo switch positions!

Aldrich shook his head and refused.

The reason for being suppressed is in the midfield. After Pirlo replaced Ballack in the starting lineup, there was a clear drop in defensive strength in this strong dialogue. In the last game, Pirlo only played for more than 60 minutes. At that time, most of the veterans of Paris Saint-Germain had declined in physical fitness, but this game had just started, they were full of energy, and they entered the game state very quickly.

Aldrich kept repeating in his heart: Andrea, hold on, Andrea, hold on...

If it is simply stuck in the defensive position, Pirlo has no problem, but the defensive technology needs to be strengthened. It is not a big problem to let him block the trajectory of the ball in sports combat. But in the face of a technically delicate player like Rai, the possibility of being deceived is very high, and Paris Saint-Germain deliberately retreats the organization area, and Makelele does not dare to press too high and let himself appear behind him Too much space.

Pirlo also stepped back consciously, connecting his defensive position with the back line, even if he was passed, he could compress the opponent's advancement space.

Paris Saint-Germain must score goals, so their offensive is getting more and more fierce. This is risky. Millwall’s tactics today are also very simple.

Pirlo was passed by Lai again, but he consciously blocked his right, luring Lai to break through from his left. Just as Lai passed Pirlo, Makelele appeared in front of the opponent and made a move on the opponent. Before the next move, Makelele stretched out his foot to break the ball, and then handed the ball to Pirlo.

Seeing this defense, Aldrich nodded to express his satisfaction.

For Pirlo's defensive training, Aldridge almost let the coaching staff guide one-on-one. He may lack defensive skills, but he must have excellent defensive awareness and defensive positions to make up for the technical links.

This was the case just now. His position was reasonable, so that Lai could only break through from the right in terms of route selection. Pirlo was passed, but he formed a defense with Makelele. After Lai passed Pirlo, instead Let Makelele take the lead in defense, because Makelele is waiting for the opponent to come from here.

After taking the ball, Pirlo looked in front of his eyes, and then sent the ball straight to the frontcourt. Nedved dribbled the ball laterally after taking the ball, which attracted Guelan's attention, and then he passed the ball Trezeguet retreated, and Trezeguet, who was facing the incoming ball with his back, passed the ball back to Larson, who was leaning towards the center from the left. The latter rubbed the ball like a pass and shot. The line of defense went to the back of the penalty area.

This series of passes was not sloppy at all. The ball went from the backcourt to the frontcourt, from the center to the left, and then passed diagonally from the left to the back of the penalty area. The transfer rate challenged the nerve reflexes of the Paris Saint-Germain players.

Goalkeeper Rama also moved on the goal line following the direction of the ball. At this time, he moved from the right to the left, following the ball's trajectory, and a blue figure came into view.

Ukrainian nuclear warheads!

Shevchenko dives to the top! Rama misses the ball! Goal! Millwall leads 1-0! The total score is 3-1!

The stands of Wembley Stadium were like a roaring tsunami. The fans raised their hands high and all stood up, cheering and applauding for a long time.

Aldridge swung his fist heavily, his expression still a bit grim.

Shevchenko's goal made Paris Saint-Germain worse.

Fernandez hadn't surrendered yet, and he was cheering on the players from the sidelines.

But Paris Saint-Germain became more and more discouraged, while Millwall became more and more calm. Fifteen minutes later, Pirlo stepped forward and hit the defender with a long-range shot, refracted and bounced into the goal.

Lama saw that the ball was flying to the right, and he was 100% sure that the save was successful, but the defender stretched out his foot to block it, but the ball was refracted to the left side of the goal in the middle, and Lama threw himself out. Lu looked to the left in despair, but no miracle happened, the ball still flew into the goal.

Millwall led Paris Saint-Germain by two goals in the first half to make it 4-1 on aggregate.

During the intermission, Aldridge still sounded the alarm to the players in the locker room, and could not relax in the second half.

Paris Saint-Germain played another very threatening offensive after the start of the second half, but they seemed to lack some luck today. Leonardo's one-and-a-half single-handed ball actually hit the post and bounced out.

Aldridge replaced Larson with Ballack in the 70th minute of the game, allowing Ballack and Makelele to play double midfielders, while Nedved was free in the frontcourt.

Under the change of base defense, Millwall kept the score of 2-0 until the end.

When the game ended, all the players of the team ran to the coach's bench, whether they were substitutes or the coaches of the coaching staff, they hugged together to celebrate the victory.

Millwall reached the final in the first European competition, and the European Cup Winners' Cup final in the Netherlands next month will be the pinnacle match between Millwall and La Liga giants Barcelona! (To be completed) continued..) (m)