The Young Lion

Millwall came and went in a hurry, arrived in Amsterdam by plane in the morning, played a friendly match with Ajax at the Arenal Stadium in the afternoon, and flew back to London after the game. The team disbanded at 8 pm.

This friendly match ended with a complete victory for Millwall, and the Dutch giants swept Ajax 5:2 in the away game without giving the Dutch giants any face.

Originally, Aldridge let the players play freely with a relaxed attitude, but Ajax was too serious. They assumed that they must win this friendly match. Olsen just took office and was eager to prove himself, completely ignoring In addition to his control of the team and the defects in the tactical system caused by the departure of many core players in the team, and Ajax has always been accustomed to playing 433 offensive football, this kind of opponent Millwall is the least afraid of, and you will fight back every time. , just like playing, poured five goals into the rebuilding Ajax.

The Dutch media lamented the depressing speed of the fall of the former giants. Just two years ago, Ajax was the king of Europe. Now at home, even Millwall, a new recruit of the Champions League who has not played in the first battle, can humiliate them.

Fleet Street applauded for Millwall. Some people think that this is a milestone for Millwall to tear off the label of Ajax of England. Among the coaches of Millwall's first team, except for coach Aldridge and Benitez In addition, other coaches are all from Ajax, and Millwall's style of play has become its own, and it has begun to make Millwall a special synonym. When you mention this word, you will not only think of this team, A passionate style of football also comes to mind.

Five days later, Millwall will take part in the final warm-up match before the start of the Premier League: the Community Shield.

Aldridge, who returned to London after defeating Ajax, was not in a hurry to go home, but came to the training ground, where he had an office of his own and the rest of the coaching staff shared one.

Craig did not go to the Netherlands with the team, but stayed in the club to study the information sent by Andrew's agency.

Tomorrow there will be a young player who has been forgotten to try out.

Aldridge folded his arms around his chest in the coaching staff's office, staring at the game video on the TV with his head slightly slanted.

Craig is next to him with the remote control, fast-forwarding the video from time to time, waiting for the players they will try out tomorrow to appear in the camera. Craig would slow it down, and it would be in slow motion for them to analyze the performance of the players.

Judging from his running position, his ability to read the game is still very strong. However, as a striker, he is consciously avoiding physical contact with the opponent's defender and fighting against the statistics of scrambling for the ball. Half a season , He only succeeded 7 times with the same chance over 100 times! This is also the reason why he was abandoned, but I think he should not have been used like this in the first place.

Aldrich listened to Craig's explanation,

Nod every now and then.

Through the long-range shot in the game video. Coupled with slow playback, the coach can more accurately analyze every player's choice of movement and personal performance in the game, which intuitively reflects the player's ability, which is different from the Excellent performance highlight video.

Aldridge shook his head and said: Liverpool makes people speechless. David Lamour received a technical education in the youth team, and the Liverpool youth team also played continental style tactics. After Lamour was seriously injured It is reasonable to avoid physical confrontation, even if there is a shadow in the heart. It can also be improved through the guidance of a psychiatrist. Loaning him to Doncaster is a disastrous decision. When the player needs the most care from the club, he let He went out to exercise alone, and Doncaster played the most traditional English football. Under this tactical system of holding high and playing long passes, Lamore played the role of a column center, not because he performed poorly. But the level of the team is too low, there are no teammates around him who can play at the same rhythm as him, and he is obviously a piano player, but he is asked to clean the toilet...

Liverpool's youth training concept is different from that of traditional England. Rookies such as Owen and Gerrard emerged during this period. Carragher, Thompson, etc., although they are among the top players, they do not appear to be skilled. But in English football, they are better than more than 99% of their peers in the same period, and they also have outstanding advantages in special training, such as the combination of Owen's speed and shooting skills, and Carragher's body and balance.

In such a youth training environment, David Lamour can overwhelm Irving. Although age is a very important factor, it cannot deny his potential and the level of ability he has achieved.

In May last year, Irving was a substitute for Larmore, and then Larmer was seriously injured during training. After recovering from the injury, Irving has entered the first team. There were no balls, but Owen scored in his debut, rewriting the record for the youngest goal scorer in the Premier League.

Before Irving became famous, Lamour was a more dazzling prodigy than Irving. A year later, the fate of the two took a turning point.

Perhaps it was Lamour's poor performance of not scoring a goal in Doncaster for half a season that finally made Liverpool make up their minds to give up this once highly anticipated tomorrow superstar.

Look at it from the most superficial point of view: he can't score in the low-level league where Doncaster is in. Can he be expected to make a difference in Liverpool?

But Aldridge doesn't see it that way. Lamour has encountered difficulties, and the physical and psychological impact of his serious injury must have severely impacted his career height.

But his technical ability is still there, especially the invisible quality game reading ability, which is particularly critical. There are many players with outstanding personal abilities who are very poor in this item. The effect of kicking is extremely gorgeous, but it does not make any contribution to the team, and even damages the interests of the team.

Aldridge decided to give Lamour a chance, with the soon-to-be 20-year-old striker now out of action in England.

The big teams are not interested in him, even the small teams at Doncaster's level seem to have little interest in him. After all, the data of zero goals in half a season is too terrible.

The lower-level clubs issued invitations to him, and Lamore himself could not accept it. The contract he got when he joined Liverpool at the age of 16 was higher than the asking price of these small teams.

Millwall is not stingy with young players. Even with a contract with a weekly salary of 500, the salary expenditure is less than 30,000 pounds a year, and a salary budget of 1 million can train nearly 40 rookies. His annual budget is 4 million, which includes salary and daily expenses.

Those like Millwall who dare to spend more than 10% of their operating income on youth training. The only one in England.

The next day, Aldridge did not personally preside over Lamor's trial training, and handed it over to the youth team.

Young players with better talents than Lamore, the Millwall youth team grabbed a lot of them, but Lamore left an impression on Aldridge last year, so he paid special attention to whether Lamore could play in Millwall in the future. Wall made a name for himself. Aldridge's expectations will not be too high, we'll see.

The new season is about to kick off, and the players are gradually improving their status on the training ground. Everyone has very high expectations for the new season. They can't wait to step on the stage of the UEFA Champions League as soon as possible.

Even if the Champions League has undergone a new round of expansion, the number of teams participating in the main match has increased from 16 to 24. But the level of the competition has not declined. On the contrary, the competitiveness has increased, because the league champions and runners-up of strong countries have the opportunity to participate, which can allow some more competitive runner-up teams to also set foot on this stage, such as Serie A, and last season. The league scored more than 100 goals but finally had no choice but to come second to Barcelona after Real Madrid.

Stimulated by stepping onto the Champions League stage, the fighting spirit of the players is stronger than last season.

The day's training is over. Aldridge and the coaches went to pick up the balls scattered all over the field.

At this moment, a Mercedes-Benz drove into the training base and stopped in front of the office building. Andrew, whom he hadn't seen for a long time, got out of the car and appeared. Then, he opened the rear door and brought two short teenagers around ten years old with a smile. out.

The three came to the side of the training field, and the two teenagers looked at the surrounding environment curiously. Andrew gently caressed the tops of their heads with one hand on each side.

After Aldridge picked up the ball, he turned his head and saw Andrew, and at the same time saw the two teenagers looking around, a feeling of excitement rose in his heart.

The smile on his face grew stronger, and Aldrich walked up to Andrew, first bent down to formally greet the boy on the left, and extended his right hand to shake hands with him.

Hi. You like to be called kun, right? Hello, my name is Aldrich Hall. If you like this place, you can play here. There are many teenagers who play football very well here.

Aldridge speaks Spanish. Although it is different from the Spanish in Argentina, there is generally no problem in communication.

The boy stared at Aldrich with his head raised, and said solemnly: Boss, I will play well here.

After speaking, he reached out to shake Aldrich's hand, but he couldn't hold Aldrich's hand with one hand, so he used both hands.

Aldridge looked surprised, and he glared at Andrew, knowing that the other party must have taught him this.

Moving to the other side, Aldrich looked at the handsome young man, smiled and said: Leo, I know you are sick, but don't be depressed, everyone gets sick, you will recover soon here, I hope You enjoy football here.

Andrew caressed the two teenagers with his hands on the head. The previous one was 9-year-old Aguero, and now Aldridge is facing 10-year-old Messi.

Messi has been diagnosed with developmental hormone deficiency, treatment is only the most basic aspect, what is more important is his future growth, Aldridge will let him get the best medical care here, and at the same time in order to help him grow , but also set up a coaching group to make a special plan for his situation.

The 10-year-old Messi's eyes are now shrouded in grayness, and he can't see any brilliance.

Unlike Ronaldo who shouldered the family's hopes since he was a child, Messi's pressure in growing up came more from the spirit and body.

Even in the original history, the 11-year-old Messi was diagnosed with a disease, and he had to receive years of treatment and unremitting daily special training, and because of his short stature, he appeared thin among his peers. It is also an admirable inspirational history.

When meeting Aldridge for the first time, Messi just nodded slightly without saying a word.

Aldridge is no wonder, because of his personality, even when Messi becomes a football superstar in the future, he still shows an introverted side.

He personally took the two teenagers to report to the youth team, and Aldrich gave them the same dormitory.

The dormitory for young players in Millwall is a family-style apartment. Everyone has a shared living room and dining room, and two people share a room. On the first floor of the dormitory building, there are small indoor courts, gyms, swimming pools and other facilities.

When he walked into the dormitory building, it was almost time for dinner, but Aldridge stopped in his tracks. Like him, Messi and Aguero cast their eyes on the small indoor court with the door open. A boy like water, facing the wall at a distance of three meters, repeatedly kicked the ball towards the wall with his left foot.

Kicking, catching, kicking, catching...all done with the left foot.

Seeing someone at the door, the teenager stepped on the ball and turned his head to look, greeted Aldridge, then glanced at Aguero and Messi, his expression remained unchanged, and then continued to kick the ball against the wall with his left foot.

Aldridge said to Messi and Aguero: His name is Cristiano Ronaldo, he is 12 years old, and you will be teammates. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to the starting point to vote, Monthly ticket, your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile phone users please go to m. to read.) ()