The Young Lion

The atmosphere at the post-match press conference was eerie.

Aldrich sat on the stage calmly, waiting for the reporters to ask questions.

The media outside of Catalonia are waiting, waiting for Aldridge's counterattack against the Catalan media.

There is no hot topic for asking any questions in the game itself.

In other words, Millwall's 5-0 slaughter of Barcelona in an away game was originally a shocking news, and there is a market for how to write it.

Time passed by every minute and every second, and the scene was silent. Those Catalan media reporters who did not take the initiative to ask questions must have brought shame on themselves.

Seeing this, the other reporters were unhappy, so they started fanning the flames.

The game is now over, Mr Hall, do you have anything to say to Van Gaal?

Aldrich took a sip of water to moisten his throat, and said lightly: No, I don't know him. In view of his previous remarks, I don't want to discuss any topics related to him.

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This trip to Barcelona, ​​Aldridge felt so indifferent from before to after the game that he was a bit dusty.

Doesn't seem to mind Van Gaal's belittling of Millwall and him.

He just didn't think it was worthwhile to look like a villain, and go crazy when he won the ball.

It's crazy now, and one day it will be paid back.

He is not a coach like Mourinho who has a lot of grievances with Barcelona. Throughout the year, he will only meet Barcelona two or three times if he is unlucky.

After scoring three points in an away win over Barcelona, ​​Aldridge put Barcelona behind him for the time being before their second meeting in two weeks.

Led the team back to London, just got off the plane. Aldrich went to a high-end restaurant by car alone. In the box, I saw many people waiting for him.

Andrew took two assistants. Evan and Adam, as well as Puma's sponsor representatives.

They discuss important matters here.

Ballon d'Or voting is half a month away.

Although this award is based on the performance of players in the past season,

However, the performance of players in the first half of the new season has a great influence on the voting. This is a matter of impression. After a summer, the popularity of the players who performed well last season has also faded, and the players who have performed well in the new season recently. It is more likely to affect the judgment of the judges.

So during this period of time, the club, agent, and sponsors must work together to help players hit the Golden Globe!

Millwall club finalists are two players, Larsson and Pavel Nedved.

Nedved was actually shortlisted for the Ballon d'Or last year, but his score was in single digits. The Premier League runner-up and the European Cup runner-up just made him wander around the Ballon d'Or. Compatriot Poborski was also shortlisted top ten.

Sweden did not enter the European Cup in England in the big competition year, so Larsson missed last year's list.

But this year is different, there is no competition this year. The Confederations Cup is a training stage with extremely low influence.

but. Competition is still very difficult.

The biggest competitor is naturally the alien Ronaldo, who was in full swing in Barcelona last season. The club's honor book only has the Copa del Rey. In terms of national team honors, he also has the America's Cup champion in the summer of 1997.

The good news is that the America's Cup is another continental event.

Larsson and Nedved, who do you favor?

Aldridge didn't want to participate, but if he didn't participate in this kind of momentum, perhaps neither of the two disciples would have the chance to reach the top.

Last year's European top scorer is the biggest weight for Larson's award.

In the upcoming publicity campaign, Larson's season data, annual data, club honors, and personal honors will all be powerful weapons to impact the judgment of the judges.

After six hours of talks, representatives of all parties left the hotel one after another, and everyone performed their duties and started tacit actions.

The sponsor Puma is not only a partner of Millwall, but also intends to maintain a long-term cooperative relationship with Millwall. At the same time, many stars in the Millwall team are their brand spokespersons.

Larson endorsed the Phantom sneakers, and the promotional video began to be broadcast on European TV stations.

The cooperation advertisement between Millwall and Armani also landed on billboards in the landmark squares of major cities in Europe, and the young and strong Millwall male model team set off a wave of fashion trends.

The club's publicity department under the leadership of Yiwen put the elaborate highlights of Larsson's performance on the Internet, and these videos occupy popular positions on all football-related websites in Europe.

Larsson has played for Millwall for three and a half years, and the total number of goals scored in all competitions has become the first in club history.

Sometimes looking at one goal or two goals alone, you don't think how great a striker is.

But the goal collection has the most shocking visual impact.

Ivan paid a lot of money to find a team to make the best video collections, and made four in total.

The first is the All Goals Collection, recording Larsson's more than 150 goals for club and country over the past three and a half years.

The second is the collection of assists. In order to show his comprehensiveness, he also presents his ingenious assists as a striker, which is bound to give people a greater impact.

The third is the highlights of the key battles. This video summarizes the key goals of Larson in the most critical games of Millwall's Premier League championship last season, helping Millwall ascend to the Premier League throne with an unstoppable attitude. He scored goals in both the Total Cup and the European Cup Winners' Cup final, which made his performance in key games soar! This video is also targeted, especially in the European Cup Winners' Cup final, Ronaldo became the background.

The fourth video is a bit like a textbook, telling the world how Larson can break through.

Grab points, long shots, headers, left foot, right foot, volley, lob, regular movements, irregular movements, all the movements he used to score goals in different ways in the past are presented, this is like a scoring textbook .

As a broker, Andrew also became active, meeting with the top executives of mainstream newspapers on Fleet Street, and communicating privately with the leaders of the TV station, not only letting these videos be promoted on TV, but also from the newspapers. Various aspects, including football programming, began to build momentum for Larson.

Nor are they required to sing Larson's praises. Just discuss Larson's performance. Let Larson maintain a higher exposure, then it will be a boost.

The Millwall club itself is very calm. Aldridge said easily in an interview with reporters: Larson, Nedved, Makelele, Shevchenko, Trezeguet, Southgate ...uh. Sorry, I think my players are all eligible for the Ballon d'Or, who will win? Who will be in the top 10? In all fairness, can help a club like Millwall in just three years From the second tier to top-flight champions and European honors, my players are all amazing, they may not really be famous, but considering their achievements, I think many of them have Qualified to be in the top ten for the Ballon d'Or.

The British media will inevitably focus on the Golden Globe Awards. Last year, Shearer was the third in the Golden Globe Awards. This year, there are no good players in England to compete, so the next best thing is. They would naturally like to have a player from an English club take the prize.

The Millwall players were naturally favourites.

Larson has also become the most popular star.

The Premier League champion, the FA Cup champion, the European Cup Winners' Cup champion, the top scorer in the Premier League, and the top scorer in Europe have helped Millwall create a new winning streak in the five major leagues. Larsson's name has already become golden.

In mid-November, just before the Ballon d'Or voting deadline, Millwall ushered in the fourth round of the European Champions Cup group stage. The opponent was Barcelona, ​​​​who played against Barcelona two weeks ago.

In this sensitive period of the Ballon d'Or selection, Barcelona is very depressed.

Only two of them can compete for the Ballon d'Or, Figo and Enrique.

Another favorite to win the Ballon d'Or was Barcelona, ​​but now belongs to Inter Milan.

Moreover, according to Barcelona's current situation in the group stage, they don't have the energy to participate in the Golden Globe Award.

Two losses and one draw in the group stage, is there any hope of qualifying?

Yes, a little bit.

Before the game, Van Gaal was a guest in London and had a taste of the horrors of Fleet Street.

In the pre-match press conference, although Van Gaal said that Barcelona still has hope of advancing, as long as they beat Millwall, only God knows what will happen in the last two rounds of the group stage.

Fleet Street sneered, repeated the old saying, and took out what Van Gaal said half a month ago.

Mr. Van Gaal, English football may not be strong enough in your impression, and there is nothing to be proud of for a successful team in the Premier League. However, at the Nou Camp, you led Barcelona to a very embarrassing loss record. You Do you still stick to your previous point of view?

I don't want to discuss topics that have nothing to do with this game.

Hehe, it's really funny. Half a month ago, you made a lot of remarks that had nothing to do with the game, but you changed your tune today?

Millwall's win was ugly, they would just hunker down in half-court defense, they were quick counter-attacks and quick counter-attacks, they just stole a big win, that's all!

Van Gaal is still the arrogant and conceited Van Gaal, even if he loses all his face, he still refuses to accept his soft words.

When the two teams met at Wembley, Aldridge was exactly the same as he was half a month ago.

Instead of shaking hands with the opponent, just stand on the sidelines and supervise the battle.

He is not in a good mood. In the past half month, Millwall has one draw and one win in the Premier League, maintaining a good state. Manchester United has one win and one loss, and the gap between the two teams has narrowed by one point.

While last year at this time Millwall was more than ten points ahead of second place, this year they are one point behind Manchester United.

However, the outside world still gave Millwall high praise.

The team's record is most afraid of horizontal comparison.

Millwall played in the league with no distractions last year. They had a huge lead in the second half of the season. They freed up their hands to devote some energy to the FA Cup and the European Cup Winners' Cup, and finally won the championship.

As for Manchester United's rookies, as the defending champions last season, it was the first time they played in the Champions League as a main player. They were not eligible to play in the previous season.

At that time, Manchester United, which was fighting on two fronts in the European War and the league, almost collapsed across the board. It was difficult to advance to the Champions League group stage, and it also set a losing streak in the league. Many records were wiped out.

And Millwall this year is not only the first time for these players to play in the Champions League, but also the first time in the history of the club. Under the influence of the two-line battle, Millwall not only did not fall behind in the league, the future of the Champions League promotion is very bright .

Being able to achieve this level is enough to raise the outside world's evaluation of Millwall to a higher level.

Wembley Stadium was packed.

The game between Millwall and Barcelona was a rare high-level enjoyment for fans.

Wild Lions fans came to Wembley with a relaxed mind. There should be no suspense for the team they supported to qualify for the group stage. Today, we want to see what Barcelona, ​​which has the aura of a wealthy family, can do.

We have poured five at home, and when we come to Wembley, isn't that just a show of surrender? ! (to be continued..) ()