The Young Lion

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Millwall sweeps everything!

The unstoppable mad lion!

Who's going to stop Millwall? Hall: No one!

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Fleet Street has done its best to hype up the recent series of excellent games played by Millwall. Aldridge beat Heathfield twice, Ferguson and Wenger successively, making him the number one public enemy in the European coaching circle.

Fleet Street is also complaining about the Champions League format.

In the two-stage group match, the excitement will be reduced first.

It’s okay to decide the top 16 in six rounds. At the beginning of the season, there is a warm-up period, which is good for the team and for the enjoyment of the game.

But 16 to 8 also needs to play 6 games, which reduces the excitement of the game a lot. Can the excitement brought by two fights in 180 minutes be the same as the excitement brought by the 360-minute scoring system in 6 games?

Just like now, the final round of the second stage of the Champions League group stage is about to start. Many games have lost their utilitarian meaning. Winning or losing has no effect on advancing to the top 8. The game is more like a routine.

At this time period, when the major leagues are in full swing at the end of the season, the Champions League is staged with no suspense and no excitement. The fans are dissatisfied, and the broadcasters are also dissatisfied. The teams participating in the Champions League are more like playing business. The game is about making money.

Two days later, Millwall will travel to Türkiye to challenge Galatasaray away. Millwall, who has won all 5 games and has advanced ahead of schedule, will definitely not send another main player to play. Even the big roster will not include the main players.

today. The team trained as usual. On a sunny afternoon, the main players who will be resting in London during the week had just finished a set of training and sat on the court to rest.

How about the castle?

Troublesome, it will definitely be far away from the club, a waste of time driving.

Ronaldinho was lying on the grass dangling his legs, exchanging ideas with Schneider.

Recently he wants to buy a new house,

I think the three-story building I live in now is too small. The ideal is a residence that can accommodate parties of more than 50 people.

Schneider pinched his biceps and poked it with his fingers, as if trying to test the hardness, he said casually: You can go directly to the boss' brother, and it will be done within three days.

Ronaldinho thought for a while, nodded and said: It seems that I still have to trouble him. Is it strange if you say it is strange. I have stayed in London for so many years, but now I want to buy a house, but I have no idea.

What's strange. If you don't play football, don't train, go outside every day, browse real estate news every day, you will know everything. Unfortunately, you don't do that.

Ronaldinho smiled and said, That's right, as the boss said, I only have one job, and that is to play football well. Haha.

Southgate, Henry, and Nedved were chatting not far away.

Henry propped his hands on the grass behind him, looking at another training field in the distance, Aldrich took the tactics book and carefully arranged the training tasks for the four players in front of him, Henry chuckled: Sometimes I really don't understand, all The papers are saying that the next game is going to be a formal game for us, why doesn't the boss sit down and take a break?

Southgate pointed to Ronaldinho, who was shaking his head leisurely, and said: If the boss didn't do this, he might not be what he is today, and we have many other excellent teammates.

Nedved smiled and said: After three years, you won't have such doubts, because you will get used to this scene.

Henry nodded. He is now in the glory of his career, but he has not been in Millwall for too long. From the summer of 1998 to now, it is only almost four years.

And like Nedved, who came to the team in 1994, and after the team won the Champions League in 1998, they also had doubts like Henry. There was no need for Aldridge to fight like this, but after another four years, They're used to a boss like that, they admire him and understand that's part of why Millwall has been so successful.

Henry said suddenly: Do you know what I am most afraid of now?

Ha, are you injured?

No, I am most afraid of the World Cup in the summer. The French team meets the England team. It is hard for me to imagine that I am playing on the field and then see that the person standing in front of the opponent's coach is the boss.

Henry patted his bald head. He had experienced that feeling before. When he played for Monaco and played against Millwall, he never wanted to experience that feeling again. There was a terrifying and weird feeling that he couldn't avoid.

Southgate smiled, while Nedved smiled a little far-fetched.

Southgate realized something, and said to Nedved: Hey, don't think too much, listen to the boss, now we have to maintain a happy mood and face every next game with full energy.

Nedved pushed Southgate and laughed.

As the World Cup is approaching, when this topic is discussed in the Millwall team, Nedved is the most lonely person, which also makes him a little embarrassed. Among the main lineup of the team, he is the only one who missed the World Cup.

Gattuso and his good friend Pirlo sat cross-legged next to the goal, with their backs against the goal post. Pirlo held his chin and looked at Aldridge on the other training ground, while Gattuso pulled a Hold the grass in your hand and count boringly.

Hey, do you think the Italian coach will be like the boss?

Gattuso looked back and followed Pirlo's line of sight, then turned his head again, and continued to throw away the grass in his palm one by one, and said: Which club are you talking about? The coach of Inter Milan? I'm not Italian. I heard that Milan's head coach has a good relationship with the boss in private. The newspaper said that when Thuram moved to Parma, the boss knew the coach who always lost the chain at critical moments. Lippi of Juventus should Nope, he always looks cool, and if the boss sits on the dugout and smokes a cigar while the game is going on, that's cool!

Gattuso's off-the-chain coach refers to An Pang.

Ancelotti coached Juventus for two seasons. There are failures at critical moments. In 1999, it was reversed by Manchester United. The league was reversed in 2000. Fans who are familiar with Serie A must remember the Peruggia Heavy Rain when Juventus lost the league championship. At that time, Ancelotti was on the Juventus coaching bench.

After not seeing Pirlo's response for a long time, Gattuso turned his head and smiled and asked, Are you reluctant to leave? Then you can stay.

Pirlo raised his head, the back of his head was against the pillar, his eyes were a little dazed.

In fact, the four Italian internationals wanted to leave, but their initial thoughts were not firm. Everyone has intricate factors that affect them. Life, family, career, and even the conservative ethos of the Italian national team may also affect ideas. Sometimes it is just to find reasons for yourself and convince yourself, but Pirlo knows that he is leaving. Faith is very firm, his family is in Italy. It's not a fisherman's family like Gattuso, he is an out-and-out rich second generation. Besides, I am tired of always communicating with people in English as the second language here. In the background of extremely successful and brilliant careers, the environment here itself limits their social interaction.

There are gains and losses, life will not be perfect, and the focus of the world is not him. He wants to live a freer, more chic, and more satisfying life. If he chooses to leave, then he must be prepared to realize the loss.

He knew that he would never meet another coach like Aldridge in his life, a boss who impressed him deeply even when he watched him work from a distance.

But there is no way, football is not the whole of his life, and he has already gained more in the field of football.

Pirlo turned around and saw Gattuso pulling out the grass and throwing one by one, cursing: Aren't you too cheap?

Can you handle it?

Gattuso glared at Pirlo, then lowered his head to continue counting, but raised his head again and frowned.

Damn, I forgot where I counted to!

Before he could trouble Pirlo and blame the other party for interrupting himself, Pirlo smashed a handful of grass directly on his head, got up and ran away after smashing.

I'm stupid, it's against you! Stop for me!

Seeing that this pair of good friends started chasing each other again, the other teammates burst out laughing.

Aldridge was working on another field, and suddenly found that the attention of the players in front of him was attracted away. He turned around and saw Gattuso riding on Pirlo, constantly pulling the grass from the turf to stuff the inside of Pirlo's jersey. Waving his finger at the two men, he shouted at Boas: Villas, let them run laps, three laps!

It was originally a break time, but I actually have the energy to play and play, I am very happy, so let's run around to vent my energy.

Boas held back a smile and waved to Pirlo and Gattuso, supervising them to run laps.

Aldridge has returned to work here. From the outside world's point of view, it doesn't matter whether Millwall plays or not in the next game. He has qualified ahead of schedule.

But for the head coach, this game is part of the job, and in the eyes of Aldridge, this is a very important job: training new players!

If he doesn't pay attention to this kind of game, it's hard to imagine that Ronaldinho, Gattuso, Materazzi, Alonso, Klose and other players can still grow up well.

There are four players standing in front of him, Ronaldo, Kaka, Klose, and Villa.

If it is just to train players and increase game experience, Aldridge does not need to assign them too many tasks, but Aldridge thinks it is time to start training Kaka and Ronaldo.

Where did I just say?

Aldridge was disturbed by the fight between Pirlo and Gattuso, so he asked a question.

Klose said: Boss, you said we will not rely on a certain player.

Ah, yes, the outside world knows that Millwall's Henry is the top scorer, so he will be restricted in a targeted manner. If our tactics absolutely focus on Henry as the core of our offense, at critical moments, we may be restricted to death, so you will see It is understood that Larson, Nedved, and Ronaldinho's goals are not low. The key role here is the entire offensive team, which only relies on one player. Other players create opportunities for him. Then The offense is very simple, but if everyone can create opportunities for each other, the power of this kind of offense will increase geometrically, and it will be the same on you.”

What Aldridge said, Klose and Villa must understand that Kaka and Ronaldo may need a little more time to digest.

Okay, let's talk about it in more detail. One-on-one, you both have a certain breakthrough success rate, whether it is 20% or 50%. If you are given 5 chances, you can succeed at least once. What is the problem? It is possible to use one person to defend you every time. This is the focus of defense. If we only rely on Klose alone, then the opponent will invest 2 or 3 people to defend him and limit him, and our offense will be over. Yes. But if both Klose and Villa have such a threat, the opponent’s center of gravity will continue to swing between them when defending. If we have three or four of us can play the greatest threat, then the opponent If we can’t keep up with our rhythm, the offensive threat shifts faster than the defensive center of gravity! This is the point and essence, understand?”

Except for Ronaldo, everyone else nodded.

Ronaldo asked: Then how to make all four of them play a threat?

Aldridge said: Read the game, observe the situation, if you face two people, three people defense, the first thing you have to realize is: I attract 2-3 defenders, then the opponent's defense in other areas must be There will be gaps or weaker, and my teammates will have a better chance to threaten the goal. At this stage, you must first cultivate awareness, don't just look with your eyes, and think that there is a chance when you see the gap, think about it, when this When this kind of thinking becomes inertial, when you use it in the game, your ability will be greatly improved. You must understand that we are a wealthy family, and we are a top team. No opponent will be careless and directly expose you to an excellent space. If you score or give an assist to a team-mate, if you don’t think about it, you’ll always be on the counter-attack, because only on the counter-attack you have huge spaces for your eyes to see.”

After thinking for a while, Luo nodded fiercely, as if he had an epiphany. (to be continued..) ()