The Young Lion

Dean Richards pointed at Ronaldo and yelled at him from the sidelines. Ronaldo immediately lowered his head and obediently ran to the backcourt to defend.

Messi and Aguero laughed secretly: It's a mess!

Although the two of them also began to frequently break through with the ball, they passed as soon as they should be passed. The reason for the excessive sticking to the ball was that they could not find the point of exit. Except for the goalkeeper, the other 10 members of the Japanese youth team ran back to the half-court defense. The large space instantly becomes narrow. Millwall's midfielder Alonso and Jenas came to the frontcourt to organize or support. Before the offense hits the dangerous area, it is necessary for the players to find the space for the ball by getting rid of the defense individually. .

C Luo's flower work is a bit too much. Playing like this when it is already doomed to be a massacre really has the meaning of humiliating the other party.

Although Richards has not played for a few seasons in his career, he is a defender after all. He deeply understands that if Ronaldo continues to play like this, maybe this game will be fine, but it will be very detrimental to his future growth. The villain on the scene, this is the rhythm of looking for a broken leg!

Ronaldo didn't dare to continue playing with fire, after all, he was ugly by being intercepted consecutively just now.

He thought it was a shame, but the audience didn't see it that way. Ronaldo was obviously playing against an opponent who was three or four years older than him. He dared to play like this, and his posture was very strong. Even if he failed, the audience appreciated it very much.

Especially the sponsor representatives in another box at the stadium.

Andrew came to Tokyo earlier than Millwall, and he came to meet with sponsors.

The sponsors who have a cooperative relationship with Millwall are looking forward to Millwall winning the Toyota Cup. Today's competition between the junior team and the youth team also surprised Umbro the most. Fresh from sponsoring Millwall's lower echelons, the publicity paid off immediately.

Representatives of sponsors stand with Andrew. They talked in low voices, and every time the sponsor representative asked someone, Andrew would give a general introduction to that person.

Villa, Alonso, Ronaldo. Messi, Aguero... the young players who have performed well in this game seem to be interested in signing directly.

In fact, I am more interested in the superstars of Millwall's first team, but because the team cooperated with Puma the first time, and Nedved and Larsen are also more loyal to sponsors, they can't be poached if they want to. Millwall may not be happy if he is really poached. Because it will cause a series of negative impacts on business cooperation.

Andrew is very friendly to the representative. Deep down in his heart, he hopes to become a sponsor of Millwall and replace Puma in the near future. After all, the ambition shown is very terrifying in the industry. Ronaldo, who almost won the World Cup in 1998, was under his command.

Enough to reflect its strength and expansion ambitions.

In terms of capital strength, it is the top in the industry. Moreover, no effort has been spared in the publicity. The cooperation between the stars and the team must be mutually beneficial and win-win.

If it is a first-team star. Andrew will still think about it, but he has nothing to worry about as a young player.

Planning to invest in advance means casting a net everywhere, especially according to Millwall's ability to make stars, as long as they invest in five or six players now, one or two will eventually reach the top stage and become a star. So the current investment is negligible compared to the return.

Cristiano Ronaldo began to play well on the field, assisted Aguero and scored a goal before the end of the game, and then a corner kick was scored by Barzagli. The Millwall Junior Team finally blew the Japanese Junior Team 10:0.

Even Aldridge didn't expect that Ronaldo, Messi, and Aguero would get a sponsorship contract after playing half a game. Although the remuneration was only tens of thousands of pounds, considering their age, it was enough to make them They are proud.

Alonso and Villa have also been favored, but the contract will be carefully considered. Andrew has no conditions to agree immediately. After all, Alonso and Villa may be able to enter the first team within two years according to their age. , and the three boys of Ronaldo, Messi and Aguero still have a long way to go.

After the youth team's game, the youth team will play.

Rest for half an hour in between.

The youth team brought by Millwall this time is not as dazzling as the youth team.

The strikers are led by David Lamour, Joe Cole and Didier Drogba.

The midfielder sent the young and mature De Rossi and Pedretti.

On the back line Metzelder and Ledley King guard the center, while Ashley Cole and Paul Ferreira serve as the left and right gates.

Three other young players from the usual reserves played.

No way, U21 players like Bresciano and Cahill with better abilities were loaned out at the beginning of the season.

When Saburo Kawabuchi saw Millwall's youth team start, he asked Aldrich with some doubts: Mr. Hall, the competition rules we negotiated before seem to stipulate the age echelon of u21?

Aldridge knows what the other party is asking, like De Rossi, Pedretti and others, they seem to be under 18 years old.

We don't have enough manpower, and some players in the 18-21 age group are on loan, so we put together such a lineup.

Kawabuchi Saburo didn't say anything more after hearing the words.

The U21 echelon of the Japanese youth team did not send the strongest lineup. For example, Hidetoshi Nakata, who landed in Serie A, is at this stage, but he is already a member of the national team.

Focusing on learning and communicating, that's what they plan to do.

Even though the loss in the game that ended just now was too ugly, Saburo Kawabuchi felt that the game was very valuable. Of course, Aldridge felt the exact opposite, they came to gain knowledge of Japanese football.

It is not convincing enough to say how strong the national team can play, but the Japanese Football Association has seen with their own eyes that a club’s youth echelon can play such wonderful football. experience.

The technical and tactical content of the youth team is not as high as that of the youth team.

Although Millwall still took the lead early, Aldridge didn't even smile.

When Lamour sent the ball over the top to Drogba, the latter squeezed the opponent away like a tank and blasted the ball into the opponent's goal. This is the crushing of innate conditions, and has little to do with the gold content of skills and tactics.

for this game. The Japanese youth team really selected strong and strong players to compete, but he-mother met an unworldly monster Drogba, as if it was really a war between man and beast.

Drogba has only been in the team for half a year, and his skills are terrible, but he can still hold his position. The Japanese players couldn't even push, they bumped with their bodies, good guy, Drogba stayed still, but they bounced off themselves.

There was a scene six minutes after the goal that Aldridge couldn't help but chuckle.

A defender in Japan wanted to steal the ball from the back before Drogba got the ball with his back. Drogba realized it and turned around halfway to protect the space for the ball. The opponent rushed up from behind and stretched his legs. Then half of his body hit Drogba's back, and then he fell to the ground and rolled 180 degrees in the air...

The referee called Drogba for a foul.

Drogba spread his palm innocently, turned his head inexplicably and looked at the Japanese player who fell to the ground and clutched his hip joint.

This guy rushed too hard, just as he stretched his legs, Drogba moved his position, and he hit it but was bounced away. It's also because he didn't stand firmly on his supporting feet, probably because he was eager to grab the ball.

This ball doesn't seem like a lot of exercise value either. The lineup of players was improvised, and the tacit understanding was not enough, so they could only rely on individual ability to play the game. There are not many opportunities, and the play is a bit dull.

But Aldridge still found bright spots from the game.

David Lamour, a former prodigy, was very active on the court. Perhaps he was not at a disadvantage in physical confrontation with Japanese players. Not only did he pass a few wonderful kicks, but he also attacked in the frontcourt with Joe Cole End to play high-efficiency cooperation.

Before the end of the first half, it was Joe Cole who dribbled the ball past a man and went straight to the ribs. Lamour countered offside and then volleyed and scored. Aldridge applauded in his heart. Lamall's running awareness and game reading ability are very good. As long as he can improve his physical confrontation, he may not be the main striker in Millwall. , but the bench is definitely no problem.

Aldrich no longer cared about what Saburo Kawabuchi and the Japanese Football Association thought about the game, he turned his head and started a long exchange with Jansen.

The center of the conversation between the two was Larmore.

At the end of the game, the Millwall youth team beat the Japanese youth team 3:1.

At dusk, the audience stood up and applauded the players on both sides.

In just four and a half hours, the Japanese fans at the scene saw the gap between Japanese football and the top European teams.

Although this is not a game between the Japanese national team and the first team of Millwall, but the contest between the echelons can vaguely see the future.

The Japanese Football Association cordially invited the Millwall coaching staff to have dinner. Saburo Kawabuchi had many questions about youth training and wanted to ask Aldrich for advice.

Although Aldridge was Chinese before crossing, he did not refuse Saburo Kawabuchi's invitation. This is a purely academic exchange.

It was around nine o'clock in the evening when he returned to the hotel, and Aldrich was standing alone on the balcony of the suite with an ashtray, smoking.

The bustling Tokyo night scene came into view, and his eyes were filled with smog. Looking at the scene of flashing neon lights and busy traffic, he seemed to be able to see through the glamorous world, and there seemed to be a sense of depravity in the air.

For some reason, he suddenly had a sad emotion lingering in his heart.

Leading Millwall along the way, he has changed from a nobody to a top coach. At such a time, he hopes to have someone around him, a partner who can share with him, and does not need a passionate carnival, even if it is just standing by his side Watching him smoke, looking up at the night sky together, and admiring the night view of the city will give him a special sense of satisfaction and happiness.

But, no, there is nothing, only the noisy voices from the street can be heard intermittently in my ears, and the place next to me is empty.

He took out his phone and called Melanie.

Now Melanie is also in a very chaotic stage in her career and life.

The Spice Girls ended their global tour, Halliwell quit, Victoria wanted to get married, and other members were also pregnant. It seemed that this star group that had become a household name in the British music scene in just a few years was on the verge of falling apart.

They themselves don't know what the future will be like, and they are in a stage of joint discussion, but no matter what, the glory they can achieve has already begun to discount.

Aldrich didn't know how Melanie felt when she had no contact with Aldrich for a month and a half.

After he called, no one answered, so he was hung up directly.

twice in a row.

Not a minute after Aldrich put down the phone, he received a text message from Melanie.

Don't contact me again, I won't change my mind, I will raise the child by myself, it has nothing to do with you!

After reading the text message, Aldrich grabbed the ashtray, turned around and fell into the room... ()