The Young Lion

When the list of the top four of the Champions League was released, a scene that had never been seen before in the European Champions Cup was presented to the world!

Champions League semi-finals:

Millwall, England.

Spain, Real Madrid.

Spain, Barcelona.

Spain, Valencia.

Three of the Final Four teams are from the same league!

This is a great scene in European football in the new millennium and new era.

There has never been such a situation before, and because the Champions League has only expanded in the past two years, there were rarely two or more teams in the same league participating in the Champions League.

This phenomenon made the Spanish media happy.

Fleet Street strongly praised Millwall, and broke through the siege of the three heroes of La Liga!

Millwall encountered a powerful stumbling block in the semi-finals: Real Madrid!

This is another rival with Millwall. In the final two years ago, it was these two teams that staged the peak matchup in Europe. Millwall defeated Real Madrid through a penalty shootout to win the first club in history. Champions League trophy.

In the semi-finals, Millwall is still going to the Bernabeu to challenge Real Madrid in the first game.

Aldridge's work is step-by-step, and at this critical moment of sprinting across the board, calmness is the top priority.

Over the weekend, Aldridge led his team to usher in their arch-rival Chelsea at home.

Chelsea drove high and low this season. The only bright spot in the league was Manchester United, which had a 5-0 bloodbath in the first half. When they faced Millwall in the first half, they had already suffered a three-game losing streak. After Seoul gave them a four-game losing streak, until the end of the first half of the game, they only won one game since then, which can be described as ending in a terrible collapse. So Vialli shifted his focus, Chelsea began to go all out in the cup, the FA Cup entered the semi-finals, the UEFA Cup also advanced to the semi-finals with Arsenal, and the semi-finals will be staged in the London derby.

And in the league. They have been fluctuating in the middle and upper reaches since the first half of the season, and now they are at the end of the season. They are ranked sixth in the league, and they are two places away from entering the Champions League next season.

At this stage,

No matter how turbulent Chelsea is. The entire team has returned to calm, conflicts will be covered up, anger will be temporarily extinguished, and everything will be resolved after the end of the season a month later.

Chelsea obviously lacked stamina, especially in the second half of the multi-line battle, and played almost the same number of games as Millwall. But at this time, Millwall's physical advantage is clearly reflected on the court.

After all, Millwall has a strong lineup, with substitutes in the FA Cup, and proper rest for the main players in the league. There is not much pressure on the record. On the contrary, Chelsea must compete in every game, and there is no room for loss. At the end of the league, as a guest, the gap with Millwall was even more obvious.

Vialli had nothing to do on the sidelines, and Millwall took his time to beat his opponent by the same scoreline in the first half of the season at home.

3:0

Henry, Ronaldinho and Pirlo each scored a goal.

Aldridge applauded the fans in the stands at the end of the game. The game at the Lion's Den was one game less. Every time he thought that he might not be able to see those familiar faces from a familiar angle, There will also be a touch of sadness in his heart.

This is a situation shaped by the traditional history of a club with many loyal fans who are not fanatical. Coming to the scene to watch the football is an essential part of life. They do not participate in passionate celebrations, do not participate in the disputes of fans outside the stadium, and walk into the stadium every season and every home game day with season tickets. Sit in a fixed position to enjoy the game, applaud the team, cheer for the team, and feel sad for the team when the team loses.

Where Chelsea's fate will go this season is not a concern for Aldridge, who turned away after shaking Vialli's hand after the game.

Wild Lions fans don't bother to pay attention to Chelsea fans these days, but they hate another team even more today: Manchester United.

Damn Manchester United won too.

There are five rounds left in the Premier League, and Millwall leads Manchester United by 12 points. Manchester United seems determined to delay Millwall's victory.

On the contrary, Aldridge was happy with this situation. Winning the championship one day later is beneficial to the team.

The major European leagues are coming to an end. Serie A is the duo between Lazio and Juventus. The situation in La Liga is stalemate. There are 4-6 teams that still have the hope of winning the championship. Super Deportivo, Barcelona, ​​Valencia, Zaragoza , Real Madrid is carrying out a fierce strangulation, and the Premier League is Millwall's victory without any suspense.

The eyes of European football are focused on Spain.

In addition to the increasingly fierce league competition here, the two semi-finals of the European Champions Cup will be the first to start here.

Millwall’s preparations were in order. Villas-Boas took out 30 pages of opponent analysis data, which seemed to have stripped Real Madrid clean in theory. Jensen and Klinsmann scored the players’ status through training observations. The only bad news is that Larsson may miss the first Champions League semi-final.

Although Millwall is claimed by the outside world to be besieged by the top three in La Liga, they are still the number one favorite in terms of the championship index.

In the pre-match press conference, Aldridge expressed his fear of Real Madrid's attack in a low-key manner...

Spain has beautiful scenery, and the temple of football in Madrid: Santiago Bernabéu Stadium.

Located in the bustling financial district, it is a famous landmark building in the capital and even in the whole of Spain.

Aldridge sat with Villas-Boas as the Millwall team headed to Spain.

Boas was very preoccupied and showed worry.

From the pre-match preparation meeting, Aldridge did not use his opponent's technical and tactical analysis report.

Aldridge did not despise his work. Aldrich read the 30-page report twice and took a good look at it.

After reading it, he also praised Boas's work efficiency. However, when finalizing the team's tactics and formation for the first round against Real Madrid, Boas keenly discovered that what he emphasized in the report Several key points, Aldrich did not adopt, or even ignored.

Aldridge, is it because we beat Real Madrid that you...

Boas said half of the words. Then he stopped talking.

After all, the man sitting next to him is still his boss.

Sometimes expressing opinions is one thing, and challenging the authority of the boss is an act of ruining one's job.

He was worried that Aldridge would become arrogant. He is defiant, especially because he has won before, so he does not put Real Madrid in his eyes.

However, the current Real Madrid and the Real Madrid two years ago have undergone tremendous changes, especially in the team's technical and tactical play and formation.

You think I'm belittling Real Madrid. Right?

Aldridge smiled and said what he didn't finish.

Boas hesitated for a moment, then nodded.

Villas, you have done a good job, and I think the technical and tactical suggestions in the report are great.

That......

Listen, but this report is in a normal state, like. You're looking at Valencia, or Inter Milan, I think it's a perfect report, but you're looking at Real Madrid, the report The report is wrong from the starting point, and has a wrong direction, so I cannot adopt it.”

Boas looked shocked and asked, What kind of mistake?

You don't take the history of Real Madrid into account, you don't include the pride of Real Madrid in the analysis. Do you know Real Madrid?

I don't think there are many people who don't know Real Madrid?

Aldridge smiled, shook his head and said: In fact, more than 90% of fans, especially non-Spanish fans, even if they know that Real Madrid is a Spanish giant, they only regard them as clubs with Manchester United, Juventus, Barcelona and so on. It’s just giants with the same status, but the fact is that Real Madrid is unique and should be the most special among all the top-notch clubs in the world.”

Boas was thoughtful, but for the world, the situation of Real Madrid is just like the most common relationship between lovers, if you like it, you like it infinitely. There's nothing special about not liking that.

In the football circle, no matter how tall Real Madrid is, if you are not a Real Madrid fan, if you evaluate it objectively, that's it.

As for the Champions League six-time champion and the Champions League's reputation, I'm sorry, the age is too long. For the entire European football world, Real Madrid has not produced much shock in the contemporary era, especially in the past ten years. The limelight in the league is not as good as the rising dream team Barcelona.

Boas is a Portuguese. Even though he is the most famous Latin American country and region where Real Madrid's influence radiates, he did not put Real Madrid in a special position when he made a survey report on Real Madrid.

Real Madrid is an aristocrat, a natural and pure-bred aristocrat! No matter how many honors Millwall, Manchester United, Juventus, Milan and other teams win, they can't become a noble like Real Madrid, Villas, you understand ?

Boas seemed to have received a slap in the face, and he woke up the dreamer with a word. He slapped his forehead with one hand, and understood what the biggest factor he had overlooked was.

Real Madrid is definitely the most unusual team among all the strong teams in European football.

The club was born in the financial district. From the first day of the club's establishment, their supporters, fans, and fans are the upper-middle class groups in the social status of Madrid's aristocracy, middle class, and scholars. In the process, the source of funds, and the promoters of the promotion of influence, they were crowned with noble titles in their infancy.

In addition, when Spain was ruled by a dictator, Real Madrid was portrayed as the enemy of Catalonia, favored by the appearance of the dictator, and used as a target to resolve internal class conflicts, which further deepened this image.

This is completely different from other clubs. Regardless of the prestigious giants or the declining old powerhouses, their clubs are born and developed, relying on the bottom class, the working class, and the blue-collar class. For example, the development of the Juventus club is inseparable from the fact that a large number of workers attracted by the Fiat Group turned to support the team, forming the backbone and passing it down. As for the Premier League team, let alone , in the earliest days, most of the supporters were miners.

Therefore, the tradition of Premier League fans is to shout. It requires players to fight hard on the field, let them vent, and let them show their manly side. It doesn't matter whether the game is good or not.

And for those businessmen, scholars, celebrities, and nobles in Madrid who went to support Real Madrid, is there any need to vent? No, I just want to enjoy the game, to watch the best game, as the highest level of enjoyment!

Over time, Real Madrid has formed a unique tradition and style.

The management of the membership system allows fans and members to have the greatest say and can dictate the fate of the club, such as supporting who will be the chairman and overthrowing the head coach.

Fans can challenge the club directly, they want to watch the best games, but the requirements are very high, there must be a champion.

Therefore, the utilitarian football philosophy cannot survive in Real Madrid. Their white clothes are fluttering, and they must be elegant and glorious.

In the Senz era, Real Madrid's only meritorious coach Fabio Capello who led the team to the league championship still dismissed get out of class after winning the championship and left in charge, which interpreted this point to the extreme.

Real Madrid can do without a champion coach, but it must be elegant and gorgeous.