The Young Lion

When Ronaldo went from the Netherlands to Spain and went to the world, almost all the clubs in Europe did not pay attention to his performance. Aldridge also appreciated his performance with a bystander mentality as early as October last year. I really feel that Millwall and Barcelona do not intersect. Even if he made some remarks because of the selection of the Golden Globe Awards, he did not target Barcelona.

But in April, he realized afterwards: One of Ronaldo's two club intercontinental championships was the European Cup Winners' Cup in his only season with Barcelona.

Today, as expected, Millwall and Barcelona joined Rotterdam, the Netherlands, to compete for the championship!

The two teams that have never met in history have detonated many topics.

Aldridge was portrayed by the Spanish media as an arrogant boy who despised Barcelona, ​​and Millwall’s achievements were also attributed to the English Premier League, the clown usurped!

On May 15th, the European Cup Winners' Cup final is about to kick off, and the stadium is full of seats. In addition to the fans of the two teams, more than 10,000 neutral fans came here to enjoy this pinnacle of battle.

Pre-match performances are taking place on the court, and players from both teams are ready to go in the locker room.

Millwall had a longer preparation period than Barcelona, ​​and his players were adjusted to the best. In the locker room, Aldridge saw eleven energetic fighters.

The players are full of energy and ready to fight against opponents like Barcelona, ​​which not only excites them, but also makes them feel hungry.

Yes, they can't wait to play against the strong European teams, and the two rounds of battle with Paris Saint-Germain are still not enough.

Aldridge walked in front of each team member, examined their mental state, and nodded in satisfaction after making sure that the young men were fighting.

"Today is a final to decide the championship, a final that becomes a stepping stone for opponents if you lose. If you are waiting for a moment to make yourself different, waiting for a game to let Europe, let The world remembers you, so today is! I have a wonderful ideal, and I want you to be the first love of a new generation of fans."

Aldridge's words made the players confused.

First love?

We came to play football, not to fall in love!

The players pondered and understood the meaning of Aldridge.

Aldridge said lightly: "Everyone falls in love with football, there will be an opportunity, a game, a star, a moment, a name, a photo, etc. Sly’s Liverpool, Sacchi’s Milan, European Red Devils Belgium, Chain Defensive Italy, Maradona’s Argentina, Samba Corps Brazil, Barcelona Dream Team, etc., I hope that Millwall can become a fan of countless fans First love, let them fall in love with our football, remember each of our players, and remember the journey we have traveled, and this requires great moments, exciting games, we need our own style, and our own football philosophy , With our fighting spirit, etc., etc., I think that we already have the conditions to achieve greatness, and what we need now is to show our fighting spirit and achieve all this. Do you have faith?"

The players looked at each other's teammates. They didn't scream in excitement today, but stood up and swear in the chest: "Yes!"

Aldridge nodded and said: "Our opponent is Barcelona, ​​but we are not weaker than the other, I think we are stronger! Today, we will beat them with Millwall football, otherwise, I think I will have no face back London."

Larson asked doubtfully: "Why?"

"Because our neighbors will laugh at me, not counting Manchester United, Manchester City, Everton, these three clubs have won the European Cup of Winners, City of London, Tottenham, Arsenal, Chelsea, West Ham United, all four of our neighbors Having won the championship of this cup, if we can’t go back with the trophy, I really feel ashamed. How can we deserve to be the King of London? Ha ha ha."

Aldridge smiled helplessly spread his hands.

Simply counting the number of clubs that won the three European Cup championships. England has the most clubs in the Champions League and the European Cup. The UEFA Cup has also had three clubs involved. Even if England has a five-year European suspension period, this is enough to show that England’s status in the European League’s nearly half-century history, although the past few years have been a trough, but with the commercialization of the Premier League and the full recovery of major clubs, England has started a new round of catching up.

Southgate stood up and said in a deep voice: "In order for the boss to be able to go home with integrity, guys, fight today!"

"Fight!"

The players shouted in unison and followed the captain out of the locker room.

Aldridge also went out afterwards. After he walked out of the player's passage, the camera on the side of the court quickly pointed at him. The staff also ran three meters in front of him to capture a close-up picture.

Aldrich turned to Barcelona's coach seat and politely extended his right hand to Bobby Robson, who was a respectable elder, smiled at him, and the two began a cordial conversation.

"Jazz, I can play against you here, and my team and I are very excited."

The gray-haired Robson smiled and said: "I can't think of a good young coach like you in England, it seems I am really old."

"But you can still coach a giant like Barcelona, ​​are you really old?"

Aldridge smiled at him, and then he said, "I have no malice towards Barcelona, ​​but the media has some reports..."

"Hey, ignore them, most of the time in the newspaper is shit."

Aldrich smiled heartily, he didn’t want to turn himself into an undisguised coach who slammed others, but he had his own opinions and ideas to express, but he would be unruly in the process of spreading through the media platform. Reporters easily distorted the facts.

Turning his head to look at the others in the Barcelona coach seat, Aldridge unexpectedly walked to a young man, saying that he was younger and actually more than a decade older than Aldridge.

That's right, Mourinho, the assistant who has followed Bobby Robson since Lisbon, the madman "under God".

Mourinho has been watching Aldridge. From the moment Aldridge walked out of the player's channel, his eyes have not left Aldridge. He carefully looked at the well-dressed and confident young man, Mu Rinho was puzzled.

Why is he so successful when he is so young?

Did you just have money to buy the club?

This is impossible!

What is his way of success? What is the management philosophy? What is the foundation of the tactical philosophy?

As Robson’s assistant, one of Mourinho’s job is to collect intelligence, so he should be the most knowledgeable of Millwall among all the Barcelona coaches, but he still can’t use words to briefly summarize Milwaukee. If you have a complicated and in-depth discussion on Barcelona’s tactical routine, Barcelona obviously has not much time to prepare for the battle. Moreover, the arrogant giants have always focused on highlighting themselves and will never be led by opponents. The immobile gesture suppresses the opponent and puts the control of the game in his own hands.

"Hello, Mr. Mourinho."

Aldrich formally shook hands with Mourinho. The latter stared at him with full of alertness. After shaking the hand, Aldridge found that the other party seemed to be like an enemy, so he smiled and said: "If you If you want to discuss tactics, you can find me. I am also a person who likes to study tactics."

Aldrich turned away.

Mourinho stared suspiciously at his back.

In fact Mourinho's days in Barcelona will be very difficult next.

After Robson left, Van Gaal took office, and Mourinho’s work was completely marginalized. For jobs like team training, Robson was handed over to Mourinho, but Van Gaal did not allow him to intervene. , But for Mourinho, who already has a lot of experience, he began to sum up the experience, explore his own football philosophy, and began to discuss with all the people in the football circle he can contact, but in Spain, he It is always a small character that is not seen by the mainstream.

Aldrich’s words are actually subtexts.

Regardless of whether Mourinho will be the head coach in the future, and whether he will still join Chelsea, at least, if his workaholic can come to Audridge, he will definitely make Millwall stronger.

Aldridge walked back to his position with a smile, whispered: "Fortunately, they did not notice."

Prior to this, Audric also worried about whether he would be recognized by Robson and Mourinho. He was at the scene of the Lisbon press conference five years ago, making Mourinho chased out of anger and almost turned into two. The "little reporter" who was fighting on the street.

Fortunately, Aldridge made himself disguised at that time. Moreover, the other party would not care about that kind of thing. Aldrich's figure has changed compared to that of that time, and his voice has also changed.

With a self-deprecating laugh, Aldridge felt that he had a higher self-esteem. Why should people remember him!

At this time, the players of both sides entered the field, Aldridge's smile converged, his eyes became sharp, and the players on the field also looked at him. He looked at each player with his eyes. The encouragement in his eyes, More like the friends of the players, it seems that they simply support them, but the players can gain confidence and strong confidence through the figure of Aldridge!

He is like a monument of victory, standing forever on the sidelines, sending confidence to every player.

"The 1996-1997 European Cup Winners' Cup is about to start. The two teams that entered the finals this year are Millwall from England and Spain's giants Barcelona. Millwall is the Premier League champion. Barcelona has won the Spanish Super Cup this season. The champion, behind Real Madrid by 2 points in the league, they also reached the finals of the Kings Cup, this is definitely a match between the kings team, the two teams are star-studded, below, introduce the two sides The starting list, Millwall starting 433, goalkeeper: Butt. Defenders: Schneider, Elgra, Southgate, Capdevila. Midfielder: Makelele, Pirlo, Nedvi Germany. Forwards: Larson, Trezeguet, Shevchenko. Barcelona starting lineup 4231, goalkeeper: Baia. Defenders: Frere, Cotto, Abelado, Serge. Double back: Popescu, Guardiola. Avant: Figo, Drapena, Enrique. Forward: Ronaldo. This is a contest between the two young teams. The minimum age of the players on both sides of the game is 18 years old, the biggest is At 29 years old, the average age of Millwall's starting lineup is close to 23 years old, and the average age of Barcelona's starting lineup is close to 26 years old. There is no doubt that this is a young matchup!"

The two players took a group photo before the game, and before preparing for the kick-off, Millwall's teammates bent in a circle to hug their teammates' shoulders. Southgate shouted with a calm face: "Milwall! "

The team roared in unison: "Chong Chong Chong!"

"Milwall!"

"Chong Chong Chong!"

"Milwall!"

"Chong Chong Chong!"

After the third shout, everyone stood up together, cheering each other, and then the formation was scattered, ready to kick off.

In the first half, Millwall kicked off first.