The Young Lion

When they hit the world, everyone worked together, thinking to one place, trying to make one place, and waiting for a stable position, it is inevitable that people are impetuous.

Millwall’s preparations for the new season took place in London, wherever he went. Even the friendly games invited others to the Lion King Stadium, organized a charity game called the Lion King Cup, and invited Paris Saint-Germain and Atletico Lisbon , Inter Milan, plus Millwall, four teams play a single round ranking game, each team plays three games, according to the points to determine the ranking.

Before that, there was another warm-up match with Bundesliga runner-up Schalke 04 last season, which was also played at the Lion King Stadium. After these four friendly matches, the fifth warm-up was the pre-season charity shield, and then, the new season The journey will officially start.

The team cannot run out of money every summer. The pre-season preparations last season did not do very well. Some players played the European Cup and went to Asia with the team for a lap. The impact on the new season is obvious. of.

There will be a World Cup next summer, and Millwall will have a lot of Chinese feet. This summer, Aldridge made up his mind to let the team prepare for the peace of mind and relax, avoid the journey, and cultivate as much energy as possible.

After all, in the new season, he has a lot of energy to disperse to the national team. The World Preliminaries group stage came to the final sprint. England has a decisive battle, and there is no loss in a game. Even if it is qualifying, prepare for the World Cup, the national team’s work There must be no carelessness at all.

On the day of team training in the new season, before 9 a.m., many fans outside the Leo training base were hanging out. In the days of the professional league truce, the biggest fun for local fans is to come here to watch the youth team’s player training games. In summer, In the U15 charity championship, Millwall won the championship again, and two small players shocked the whole of England.

14-year-old Messi and 13-year-old Aguero teamed up to create a field slaughter. It was a godly performance in the same age competition. From the regional knockout to the finals of the regional teams, there were 11 games in total. The game, one game every two days, finished in 20 days, in these 11 games, Millwall U15 Junior team scored a total of 76 goals! Messi and Aguero arranged 68, the two scored the top two scorers, Messi 39 goals, Aguero 29.

There is also a media report on Fleet Street throughout the event, and the sponsors are hyped up to attract attention.

The media evaluation is: This is more like a match between the Millwall professional team and the All England amateur team.

If it weren’t for Messi and Aguero, there was absolutely no possibility of falsely reporting their age, otherwise the outside world would doubt the age of Millwall’s team.

Fans go to watch these little guy games and have been habitually looking for Millwall's future big star. Joe Hart, Bynes, Messi, Aguero who played in this game are all reserved for fans He was deeply impressed, and Messi and Aguero’s extraordinary performance made them both have fans early. Many teenagers of the same age listed them as idols.

The only depression was Rooney, who suffered a foot injury after playing a game.

This morning, the fans saw that there were constantly high-end cars entering the club, and there were also sports cars pulling the wind. After seeing the fans, they cheered and applauded.

The first team players are back for pre-season training!

Fans are smiling, which means that the new season is about to begin, and they can experience the exciting game.

Crazy lion, continue to rush, don't stop!

Aldrich came to the training ground with laughter from his coaching staff, and many players were chatting there. Ronaldinho was headed by the ball to entertain himself, Pirlo was bad, and suddenly hit Ronaldinho’s body, Ronaldinho To stagger, still put the ball firmly on the head, and then make a face at Pirlo.

"The holiday is over, starting today, special training for the devil!"

Aldridge said solemnly as he walked up.

The players were all stunned, and the ball on Ronaldinho's head fell to the ground.

"Oh, it scares you! It’s the same rhythm as before. I’m not talking nonsense. The training intensity is from weak to strong. After a month, we will start the new season in perfect condition. For the new season, I will not say anything, every Every game gave me the best. We have to strive for the championship of every event. Why? The **** champion should be ours!"

As soon as Aldridge's voice fell, the players yelled and the players whistled.

After starting to jog, the players roared with joy and unanimously, repeatedly repeating Aldridge's words.

"The **** champion is ours!"

"The **** champion is ours!"

...

"Eh? What are they calling?"

"It seems to be scolding!"

"Who scolded?"

"Uh, it doesn't seem to be, it seems to say a champion."

"Listen clearly, they seem to be singing, the champion should be ours. And fuck!"

"Haha, yes, yes, the **** champion should be our crazy lion!"

Fans outside the training ground listened to the players shouting with excitement at the side of the training ground. They were infected by this atmosphere, and they showed an irresistible smile outside the training ground. They quickly spread out.

On the first day of the summer preparations for the Wild Lions training camp, it was announced that the new season was about to harvest the championship trophy!

Aldrich is satisfied with the players' condition on the first day, the most important thing is the mentality.

Twenty years ago, being able to play abroad with the team would be equivalent to traveling at public expense, and the players were very excited.

Now, players go everywhere they want to go wherever they want. They go outside to play business games with the team, attend business events, and deal with sponsors. They are also exhausting!

At dusk, Aldridge sat in the office to see the report of the medical department. The players returned to the team. The first thing is to go to the medical department to check the physical condition. If there are special circumstances, the coaching staff needs to formulate a training plan.

Well, it’s normal for players to slack off during the holidays. As long as it’s not the case of being skinny two months ago, and the shape of the body is like a personal change, coaches can accept it. Ronaldinho weighs 7 pounds and works hard. After training, it is no problem to lose 5 pounds in a month.

Boom Boom Boom!

"Please come in."

Aldrich looked up and saw Paul Ferreira walked in. After sitting across from the desk, Ferreira looked politely and said: "Boss, after my careful consideration, I decided to go to another club. My situation here, the head must know clearly, Millwall's cultivation of me, the contract treatment given to me, the coach and teammates here are all very good, but, just..."

"Just you want more opportunities, right?"

Aldridge spoke the rest for him, and Ferreira nodded frankly.

Paul Ferreira, 22, has played only 18 times last season. If Millwall can go further in two domestic cups, he will definitely make more than 20 appearances, but even 20, this is still far away. Not enough.

When he was his age, there was no longer any mention of physical fitness, and there was no way to start bursts like the Glenshare and don't tell how many start-up bursts in a game. It was okay to play a few games in the first two years.

At the age of Ferreira, at least one game a week is no problem, just like Ashley Cole wants to rent out to work out, Zambrotta, Pirlo, once young players, have now come to a season Completed more than 40 games at a stage where there is no physical problem.

Aldridge was silent for a moment, he wanted Ferreira to stay, but like Ferreira stayed, if Ferreira stayed, unless Schneider suddenly fell and there was no recovery, then Ferreira still had Opportunity to take the lead in Millwall, otherwise, Ferreira is destined to be a substitute for the next two years, there is no guarantee of playing time, and the improvement of experience ability will be impossible to talk about, will be squandered on the bench of Millwall .

"Have you considered where to go in the past?"

Aldrich asked this, Ferreira knew that the boss had agreed to his departure.

Ferreira is young. In the past, he played well in the bench and did not have many amazing performances. The top giants will certainly not consider buying him to play the main force. Ferreira himself knows this, he said: "I want to go back Portuguese development."

Aldridge nodded and promised to help him contact the new owner.

Portugal’s top three giants, Sporting Lisbon, Porto, Benfica, are not the best in Europe in the contemporary era, and only dominate the small Portuguese country. The vertical strength comparison is in the first class, and it can’t be squeezed into the super popular column. Ferreira returned to Portugal. All three giants are interested in introducing him. Eventually, Porto took him away from the Lion King Stadium for £7 million.

After Ferreira left, the coaching staff was worried about the thickness of the back lineup.

There are only seven linebackers left. In addition to the main four, there are three remaining, Balzali, Metzelder, and a Neil. Neil is a take-all in the backcourt, and both full-backs can After fighting, Aldridge thought about it and decided not to recruit.

Neal’s loyalty is stronger than he thought. In the summer, some teams want to rob him, but he said in an interview: "Leave Millwall? One day, it must be the leader who left the club. I will be better than him. Leaving later, as if I had come to Millwall earlier than him."

Calculated, Neal's qualifications are deeper than Audridge.

Before Aldridge came to take over the Lions, Neal was in the youth team. The two players left that year, Keller left in the summer, and Neil continued to stay. Although he is not the main force, he is the most in the Lions. People who are qualified to be loyal.

The lineup was crowded last season. After streamlining the staff this season, Audridge strives for stability in the new season, no longer recruits, and can create more appearance opportunities for Neal. At the end of the year, 28-year-old Schneider, The 24-year-old Zambrotta, the 28-year-old Materazzi, and the 31-year-old Southgate. This main defense line is at the peak of the players. As long as there are no injuries, they will play full time. It's no problem, but Aldridge doesn't like to squeeze players' energy and use players in an endless manner. Three reserve players are theoretically enough, which is not enough. Then recruit newcomers from the lower echelon.

After more than a week of training, the first warm-up match for the Lions came as scheduled.

Schalke 04 lost the league title in the last minute of last season. It was a great joy and sorrow. He came to the new season to fight hard. He wants to show his skills in the UEFA Champions League. The summer warm-up game is very serious. After exaggerating the score and defeating the German team, the whole team came to London to prepare for the baptism of the mad lion who has won the Champions League consecutively in the past two seasons!

Warm-up games, warm-up-based, Aldridge does not need to practice tactics, the team's main frame remains intact, the purpose of the warm-up game is very simple, so that players find the feeling of the arena.

A turbulent warm-up match came to an end, Schalke 04 was scored 3 goals by Millwall. Although Schalke 04 did not reach the best state, Millwall obviously did not exert force. The Premier League, the Champions League do not Xianshan made his opponent feel a huge gap in strength.