The Young Lion

Millwall was lively for a while at the beginning of July. A gathering of stars jointly announced the renewal of the contract, allowing Klinsmann to create an atmosphere of smooth transition to the outside world at the beginning of his tenure. Aldrich's office in Millwall did not The difference is that the house number label on the outside has changed, from the head coach's office to the chairman's office, and Klinsmann has a brand new office of his own.

On the desk in the office, there are photos of the lively and harmonious atmosphere when he renewed his contract with a group of Millwall stars.

Players who participated in the World Cup come and go in a hurry and continue to go on vacation, while players who have no World Cup tasks will return to the club in mid-to-late July to participate in pre-season preparations.

Klinsmann just took office and stayed in the club to form a new coaching team. Jenson Bernard was taken away by Aldridge and served as the assistant coach of the England national team. Now there are only three main coaches of the team, Bob, Craig, and Leo, plus Boas who was added later and can enter the core team of coaches. Counting Klinsmann himself, this can form a team. With a core framework of 5 people, plus special coaches such as physical fitness, tactics, technology, etc., the coaches of the first team are maintained at about 10 people, which is not too rich, but they pay attention to efficiency, clear division of labor, and perform their duties.

Klinsmann did not recruit people from the outside, it was a change of direction to buy people's hearts, and he would not give the outside world the suspicion of luring wolves into the house to suppress the veterans of Millwall. Moreover, among these people, Bob, Craig, and Leo three People with the deepest qualifications, but they have no intention of being the head coach, otherwise. He has already followed in Tolop's footsteps. Today Trop is doing very well in Belgium. Jenson's departure is also a sign, but it is not known where Jenson will pick up the coach in the future.

The supplementary personnel are all selected from within the club. Millwall itself also trains coaches. The selection range is very wide, and they can even be selected from their youth academies in other parts of Europe. Prestige and authority within the team. It needs to be built bit by bit. In this regard, seeking speed is a disadvantage, and seeking stability is the best policy.

Millwall is still the focus of the outside world, because they have some distinguished guests here recently.

German football emperor Beckenbauer.

His visit was not only a reunion with Klinsmann, but also his visit to the interior of Millwall.

Beckenbauer and his lover Klinsmann walked together at the Leo youth training base in Millwall. During the vacation, the youth training base was very lively. There were players training or playing practice games on the neatly divided training grounds. , before the World Cup. The Millwall Junior Team won the U15 Charity Cup consecutively. The Argentine twin stars who have become more and more shining in the past two years will become the focus of the outside world at this time. I watched Messi and Aguero's performance in training in Beckenbauer and was full of praise. I can't help but think of the bleak talent gap in Germany in the past 10 years. Then look at the youth training base in Millwall, which is full of talents and the cradle of superstars. It wasn't blown out.

Klinsmann's mind has not yet placed on the youth team,

Although he turned the club up and down again on the second day when he took office, it seemed that a newcomer came here for the first time, and the feeling of holding power was really different from before, as if he raised his hand and opened his arms. With five fingers, you can grasp the world!

But as time passed and the pre-season preparations were approaching, he had to work down-to-earth and put all his thoughts on the team building of the new Wild Lions.

The team that Aldridge left for him cannot be said to be perfect, nor can it be described as not weak, it must be very strong!

Although Nedved's serious injury is a hidden danger, the striker alone is complete. Ronaldinho, Henry, Larson, Klose, Villa, and the young ones are Ronaldo. In the team, Drogba and these people don't need Klinsmann to worry about the forward line alone. As for the newly joined Robben, they can be ignored for the time being.

Although the midfielder is the most injured, leaving Pirlo and Gattuso, a core part of the central axis was removed, from the most defensive midfielder to the core of the organization, it can be described as traumatic.

But Millwall is still well prepared.

The new World Cup champion Lampard, Joe Cole is back, Alonso, De Rossi, Pedretti, the attacking midfielder and the young Kaka, who have grown rapidly last season, and the reassuring substitute Lamour , Are these 7 people not enough? Perhaps the position of the defensive midfielder may make people feel uneasy, but Klinsmann got Aldridge's guarantee that before the start of the new season, there will be new players in the team to report and will fill in the weakness of the midfield defense.

As for the back line, although the departure of full-back Zambrotta is regrettable, Klinsmann ushered in the return of Ashley Cole, so that he can take a reassurance on the left back, but Southgate As his partner, Materazzi's position, who will fill him is quite nerve-wracking. In the position of central defender, his own team's reserves are not rich. Metzelder is the main defender of the World Cup runner-up. Klinsmann plans to The German compatriot will be reused in the new season. Thiago Silva, who is training in the new team, can only wait and see. Barzagli, Neil, and Lescott can only be used as substitutes. He felt a headache, Schneider did not have a suitable substitute, Ashley Cole had Baines to rotate occasionally, Neal was weak in offense and strong in defense, Klinsmann did not intend to let him rotate as a full-back, As a substitute for the right back position, Johnson of the youth team will soon be 18 years old, and he can only try next season, but he dare not really use it as a stable back.

In terms of goalkeeper, his compatriot Bout is still trustworthy. As the third goalkeeper of the German team in the 2002 World Cup, Bout has no chance to play, but in Millwall, it is no problem to be the first goalkeeper. Pagliuca enters the rhythm of retirement, and Kirkland can Gain experience as you rotate appropriately.

When I was not in charge of the house, I didn't think so much, but when I really became the head of the house, I felt like walking on eggshells mentally.

This is just a consideration of strength on paper. How to cohere as a whole, how the new Millwall will take shape, and how the Lions' offensive and defensive system will work in the post-Pirlo era is before Klinsmann. It is one problem after another, if you are not careful, you may end badly.

Seeing Klinsmann's absent-minded state, Beckenbauer knew what his apprentice was thinking. It was the first time to be a coach, and the pressure can be imagined. He said softly: Being at the helm of a giant like Millwall, you must first Have your own opinions, secondly, don’t turn your opinions into prejudices and contradictions, and finally, you must be decisive and firm, once you waver and hesitate, then you will not be far from failure.”

Klinsmann came back to his senses when he heard the words, nodded and suppressed his thoughts for the time being, and asked with a smile: What do you think of Millwall's youth training mechanism?

Eye-opener.

Beckenbauer sincerely praised.

In the balance of club record and economic factors, few clubs will boldly give young people such a broad space. Although Bayern Munich claims that there are nearly 200 people in each echelon of youth training seedlings, but the number is large, and the training process is not detailed enough. Millwall's investment in the youth training base is comparable to that of the middle and lower reaches of the Bundesliga. The youth team configuration of many clubs in Germany is very simple, like Millwall here, team doctors, psychologists, professional coaches, physical therapists, etc. Wait, this is not comparable to a stadium, a dormitory, and a coach with a whistle. I heard that for some young players who have performed very well and are beginning to emerge, they have already assigned a person in charge of public relations activities early?

Klinsmann smiled and said: Yes, I am afraid that they will make mistakes. Children aged 15 and 16 are actually immature and easy to be tempted. When necessary, someone still needs to restrain them, lest they have not yet real When you grow up, you squander your talent.

Beckenbauer suddenly envied the boys who were being trained here. As far as youth training is concerned, Millwall's hardware facilities are top-notch. Looking at the world, there should be no better hardware facilities than they enjoy. And the all-round Staff monitoring and training, from physical to psychological, and even foreseeable psychological fluctuations, the club is as thoughtful as possible, although in the end there is only one word: money.

But how many clubs have the courage to invest such a huge amount?

Specific professional training, you can introduce it to me. There are so many children, it seems dazzling, and it seems to be unsystematic.

Klinsmann said with a smile: Millwall has a wide range of talent selection, but there are generally two and a half stages in the training. The first stage is technical training. This aspect is specially responsible for Mullenstin. He is the owner of the entire youth team. The technical director of the echelon, his team will formulate technical training according to the characteristics of each player, like Ronaldinho in the first team, and the new generation of Ronaldo who has high hopes. When cultivating such talents, Mu Runstin has put in a lot of painstaking efforts, trying his best to let them combine skills and practicality, and it is the same for other players, so the players promoted by the Millwall youth team, regardless of other qualities, are very practical in terms of technology , not rough. Waiting until the u18 youth team stage is the final stage of developing skills and tactics. If young players who join the team late, they can postpone this stage until the reserve team, laying a technical foundation in the early stage and cultivating skills and tactics in the mid-term Accomplishment, late stage, that is to really go to the professional arena to prove yourself, gain experience, sharpen your mentality, etc. At the same time, in the middle and late stages, players will start to focus on another training, which is to increase strength training and strengthen the body Confrontation ability, which helps them reduce the occurrence of injuries. Although this is a general framework system, but for different players, the specific implementation is different from person to person. Aldridge once said that the youth training base It is not a processing factory. Every player, even at the age of 10, is a special individual. There must be a special training plan for different individuals. Therefore, as you can see, the number of coaches in the youth training base is five times that of the first team.

Beckenbauer pondered Klinsmann's words carefully, nodding frequently, but at the same time deeply agreeing with Aldrich's words. (to be continued...) ()