The Young Lion

Paris Saint-Germain, Inter Milan and Sporting Lisbon, the three teams will arrive in London in late July and will play the Lion King Cup charity match at the Lion King Stadium.

Millwall gave a lot of appearance fees, but because of Millwall’s attention and influence, 70% of the event broadcast fee income is enough to pay the appearance fees of these three companies, and the rest, including tickets, Instead, Millwall can earn more than 2 million.

Fleet Street really convinced Millwall, and now they can make money without leaving home.

2 million doesn't sound like much, but in terms of the spending budget for the wealthy, it is equivalent to a transfer fee for an important player to a lower-level team in La Liga or Bundesliga.

Wild Lions fans are very happy. In previous years, even if Wild Lions did not go to the Far East to pan for gold, they would still play friendly matches everywhere. This year, it is good. They are playing in the local area, and they can enter the stadium to watch the matches at close range, and the opponents are not unknown people.

Millwall defeated Sporting Lisbon in the first game and won two consecutive warm-up matches.

But it aroused suspicion in Fleet Street.

Whether playing Schalke 04 or Sporting Lisbon, several Italian internationals in the team did not play the whole game, basically only played half of the game, and were replaced in the second half.

It's still early for the transfer window to close, and the Italian media are chanting Pirlo go home, Zambrotta, come back quickly every day.

Aldridge said firmly in an interview: Millwall will not have any players leave in the summer! I know Pirlo, Zambrotta, and other players are linked to other teams in the media. But they Not going anywhere. Just staying at Millwall. Going into a new season with everyone and trying to achieve greater things.

The reason why the Italian media made rumors about which giants Pirlo and the others would join the Serie A giants in every three days was because of players like Pirlo and the others, who themselves had the idea of ​​returning to Italy.

But Aldridge tried to persuade them to stay, the reason is very simple.

Next year is the World Cup year, the Italian national team is very competitive, you stay at Millwall. You are definitely the focus. As long as you don't have any problems, your performance will definitely be guaranteed.

But if you go back to Italy and go to a new team, a new coach, a new team environment, a new technical and tactical system, and a new league style, various factors will make the new season unpredictable. A misbehaving. Or it has been in a downturn for a while, which is likely to affect the prospects of the national team.

The teacher and the apprentice did not speak clearly.

Everyone tacitly.

From Aldrich's reasons to convince them, they have actually reached a silent agreement.

The 01-02 season was their last season playing for the Wild Lions.

After the World Cup, they will return to Italy.

And the Wild Lion at that time, with key players such as Southgate, Nedved, and Larson all over 30 years old, is bound to usher in the construction of the third generation of the new Wild Lion!

Compared with the first generation of Wild Lions who reached their peak and the main players of the second half of the team went their separate ways, the second generation of Wild Lions can go to today and maintain the main frame of the season for another season. Everyone has their own aspirations, and everyone’s situation is different. If he is an Italian, he has become famous in football and wants to return to his hometown with glory. In fact, deep down in his heart, there has always been an unspeakable depression: When will it be his turn to return to his roots and return to China? Woolen cloth?

This is a bond of the soul, an instinct of destination.

The second game of the Lion King Cup, Millwall vs Paris Saint-Germain.

Aldridge and Fernandez played against each other again. The last time, it was already 1997. Millwall eliminated the defending champion Paris Saint-Germain in the semi-finals of the European Cup Winners Cup. Four years later, Fernandez entered the palace for the second time to coach Paris Saint-Germain. Germantown, against Millwall is no longer the same.

When Paris Saint-Germain entered the stadium, there was warm applause from the Wild Lions fans.

Many fans held up a wild lion jersey with the number 19 on it, with Glenn Shire's name printed on it.

The seven-year veteran had just left the team and returned to the Lion King Stadium in less than a month. Although he was an opponent, the Wild Lions fans still sent a belated thank you.

Aldridge hugged and chatted with Glenshire alone, asking him about his situation in Paris. Glenshire seemed to be affected by the atmosphere of the scene and spoke a little unnaturally. Then, he and the Millwall starters Group photo, took a weird photo of 12 people.

This is Millwall's third warm-up match. The players' physical condition and competitive state have returned to a certain level of strength. Compared with the previous two games, they played tepidly. Today, they played against Paris Saint-Germain very well. The pace is fast, but there are a lot of mistakes.

This kind of mistake is easy to understand. Players' kicking awareness basically will not regress. Therefore, if the top-level ball awareness is applied to a team that has not recovered to 80% of its peak state, teammates will make mistakes in cooperation.

In the 70 minutes of the second half, Millwall had already led 3:1. Aldridge replaced a large number of main players and let the young people go up and charge.

If Millwall had this lineup and this strength back then, it is estimated that Paris Saint-Germain would have been completely eliminated at home in the first round, and the second round would just be a formality.

Fernandez couldn't help but sigh. Speaking of it, the current lineup has changed a lot compared to that year. Compared with the past, he still remembers only Southgate, Schneider, Pirlo, Larson, and Ned. Vader five people.

Even goalkeeper Bout is not in the starting lineup today.

Bout has recovered from his injury, but he still has to wait for the opportunity to regain his main position in the new season. Pagliuca performed bravely in the second half of last season and was the hero of Millwall's defending league title and the Champions League. Aldridge did not Maybe Pagliuca will be placed on the bench in the new season, but Pagliuca's age determines that he cannot represent the future of Millwall. Bout is the main force that will be relied on for a long time in the next few years, so it will take a while, wait a chance. To put it bluntly, Pagliuca's state has declined. When you behave badly. It was easy to push him down to the bench. Before Pagliuca joined, Aldridge made it clear to him that he would not have any objections personally, let alone playing as a substitute at Millwall. Due to the many games in England and the intensive schedule, Millwall's substitute goalkeeper. By no means look at the role of the water cooler.

Well, this kind of thing is hard to say. Anything can happen on the football field. Your statement is too pessimistic. Let me comfort you. If Millwall met Paris Saint-Germain in the championship season, who would win the championship? It's really hard to say.

Fernandez was taken aback by Aldridge's joke, and then pointed at him and shook his head with a smile.

That's right, this idea of ​​Guan Gong fighting Qin Qiong. Really mediocre.

The final result of the game was 4:2, and Millwall won two consecutive victories. In the third game, the opponent Inter Milan scored one win and one draw. In the third game, the two teams clashed to determine the champion of the Charity Cup in the warm-up match.

At the end of the game, Schneider and Glenshire exchanged jerseys. The two of them had the best relationship in the team. , will be a precious scene in their memory.

On the second day after the game, Aldridge held a club press conference with great enthusiasm.

Reporters from Fleet Street flocked to Millwall, wanting to see with their own eyes, who was Millwall's only signing throughout the summer!

Kaka's transfer, after untold hardships, is finally completed!

On the stage of the press conference hall, Aldridge and Kaka stood side by side, with Kaka as a sunny, handsome and youthful young man, the 25-year-old Aldridge looked a bit vicissitudes, but the two They are all handsome guys, standing together and being photographed, even if they are on the cover of fashion magazines, it is not surprising.

Aldridge handed the No. 22 jersey to Kaka.

Kaka held the jersey with a smile on his face, showed it for a while, put it on, and then sat down with Aldridge in front of the stage.

Aldridge was in a great mood and said into the microphone: Today, Millwall can proudly announce that we have signed a talented player who is capable of reaching world-class levels in the future. He is from Brazil and people can call him Kaka. , as you all know, the names of Brazilian players are too long, and the name Kaka, I am sure there will be countless fans talking about it in the future. Millwall has always paid attention to long-term construction. I firmly believe that he will leave his great footprint at the Lion King Stadium.

Aldridge seems to be playing a one-man show.

The reporters in the audience looked at each other in blank dismay.

Their hearts are extremely contradictory!

Are you picky?

Millwall has a tradition, a tradition of picking up litter.

A few years ago, they laughed at Millwall for signing Klose, an amateur league waste product. Klose's performance last season slapped them in the face.

Today's Kaka has a good background. He is 19 years old in Brazil's famous Sao Paulo club. However, there is no record of his official game appearances in the Sao Paulo club.

Since Kaka decided to move to Millwall this summer last fall, the Sao Paulo club only provided Kaka with training guarantees, and did not allow Kaka to play in the Brazilian League One at all.

Speaking of which, there are not many games. The matches in Brazil are from spring to winter. Kaka just didn't play in the first half of the year. He didn't even have a debut in his career.

In fact, Sao Paulo did this because they were worried about Millwall's return.

Kaka performed well, and Millwall will definitely buy it.

If Kaka's performance is not good, Millwall may go back on his word, and this player will lose his hands and make no money.

Anyway, if he is not allowed to play, the Sao Paulo club will make a solid profit, so why bother to take risks?

Because of this, Fleet Street couldn’t find the kid’s professional league game data. Millwall bought it for £6 million. The main player of his playing year.

The reporters tacitly feared being slapped in the face, so they dared not question Aldridge's rhetoric in announcing Kaka's joining.

It's cold.

Seeing this scene for the first time, Kaka didn't feel at ease, but found it interesting, her eyes rolled around, and the corners of her mouth curved, as if she was trying to show off maliciously.

Aldrich laughed angrily, stretched out his hand and swept it in front of him, pointed at all the reporters, and scolded: I know what you are thinking! Don't even think about it! In 1995, Millwall made his debut in the Premier League, you guys Some people turned over old accounts and said that Millwall signed Nedved before. Nedved was not a genius. In that year, you questioned whether Shevchenko was a genius. After that, you doubted Klose. Many years have passed, don’t you understand? Now that the FA has passed the review and agreed to Millwall’s use of the talent clause to introduce Kaka, this shows that Kaka does have extraordinary talent. In other words, Kaka came to the Premier League to play. , is the luck of the Premier League, because he can bring attention and influence to the Premier League, just like Nedved, didn’t you all regret when Shevchenko left? That’s what it means!” (unfinished to be continued……)\t()