The Young Lion

The chilly Kiev airport landed a small passenger plane flying directly from London, England.

The first one to walk out of the cabin door was Audridge in a suit and leather shoes. He had just taken two steps but then turned back. After a while, the suit on his body disappeared and was replaced by a warm jacket.

A group of colleagues in the coaching staff behind him was wearing a warm jacket. At this time, he took the opportunity to make fun of Aldridge. Before coming, he said that he must be graceful and wear a suit to be decent. As a result, it was blown by the cold wind of Ukraine. Behind the demeanor, the temperature is still relatively real.

In the second round of the UEFA Champions League group stage, Millwall made a guest challenge to Ukrainian class Dynamo Kiev Dynamo.

Before the expedition, Aldridge made the team pay attention to this game. Before the game started, it had been declared that it would be an arduous battle.

After entering October, the temperature in Ukraine began to drop sharply. The lowest daily temperature was close to zero. The competition was held at night. Although it was only five or six degrees lower than the temperature in the United Kingdom, the temperature of ten degrees and the temperature of five degrees felt Definitely different.

The team's expedition expedition, unlike last season when they went to France or the Netherlands to compete, the flight journey was less than two hours fast and three hours slow. They expeditioned to Ukraine and spent almost ten hours on the flight journey alone.

On short flights, players can recover after a short break. Long flights are more tormenting, especially mental exhaustion, which is more likely to increase fatigue, and also count the time spent outside the flight.

For more than 12 hours from the morning departure to the hotel in Kiev in the evening, Millwall did one thing: from London to Kiev.

At the right time, the geographical position, the people, and Milwall were the same as the guests to challenge Dynamo Kiev.

So Aldridge thinks it will be a tough game.

The first team players rest early after staying in the hotel. In order to achieve the best quality of rest for the players, Millwall gives each player a separate room, so that each player can recover from fatigue in his favorite and comfortable way.

For example, if someone likes to listen to some soothing music, some like to read a book, some want to talk to their family on the phone, etc., this allows them not to be disturbed by having teammates in the same room.

The coaches have a room for two.

Before going to bed, Aldridge played cards with two assistant coaches in the room.

Gambling with joy, while spending time, entertaining yourself in this foreign country.

They played Texas Hold'em. Oudrich had a bad hand in this game. Especially when his opponent was Benitez, who was still in the wind, he immediately fold. He hastily chose to be a pig and eat a tiger. The end.

"Really sympathetic to Barcelona."

Benitez raised a note, and then suddenly came out such a sentence.

It is estimated that the blood of Real Madrid was boiling again.

People who have worked in Real Madrid for such a long time always think of Barcelona in a special mood.

Jenson called and said with a chuckle: "This schedule is the most beneficial to us. The second round of visits to Kiev is now in October. When Barcelona comes to visit, hehe, it is December in the snow and ice, At that time, the temperature difference between Spain and Ukraine exceeded fifteen degrees, and Barcelona really deserves sympathy."

Aldridge took a sip and said lightly: "Even if the external factors are eliminated, Dynamo Kiev has enough strength to beat Barcelona. The upset in the first round of the group stage has proved this."

Millwall's team, the first round of Millwall's four-ball victory over Eindhoven may not be a surprise to the outside world.

The Premier League champion defeated the Dutch champions. From the perspective of the investment and personnel of the two teams, Milvoge won the victory unexpectedly, but the score was a bit larger. The outside world generally believed that the gap between the two goals was normal.

But another game in the same group burst into shock.

Barcelona's Camp Nou was defeated by Ukrainian champion Dynamo Kiev 3:0!

For a while, people began to pay attention to this summer coach to take office, or the third time the coach returned to Eastern Europe.

Aldrich pondered with his chin, when someone knocked on the door, Aldridge shouted and asked to come in when he came back, only to see Najib walked in without a frown.

Aldridge immediately asked: "How is it?"

Najib shook his head and said: "Alonso and Pedretti have rested under the care of the team doctor, but tomorrow's game will definitely not be played. Fortunately, it is just a common cold, not flu, otherwise it is really troublesome."

Aldridge sighed: "Otherwise, tomorrow's game will be cancelled. The youth team brought 16 people over. The two of them couldn't play at once. Maybe they will go to bed tomorrow, and someone has a cold."

Najib thought for a while and said: "Look at it tomorrow. If only two players are missing, the game will continue as usual during the day. If there are no players who can't play, cancel it. That's a pity."

"It's nothing, don't worry, it's also an exercise."

Because of playing the Champions League, Millwall’s youth team had three opportunities to go abroad for the second half of the year. They were all Millwall’s guests to play in the youth team friendly match in the same period in Europe. As for Millwall’s invitation to these opponents to come to London to take guests The youth team, all three teams refused without exception.

After all, there will be club costs, and it will also disrupt the youth team’s plan. Aldrich will just give up. If people don’t want to come, let’s just go and challenge.

As Millwall sent the challenge to the door, these teams could not refuse, anyway, it was a matter of face.

When there is a well-known star in Millwall's first team, the youth team's players will also be given the name of II.

For example, Harvey Alonso, his ability to organize and dispatch in the midfield is very good. With the name of Pirlo II, Pedretti has the shadow of French predecessor Makelele, known as "Little Makelele" .

Therefore, the ability of these two people to overwhelm those players who are one or two years older than them is included in the youth team's roster, allowing them to receive diversified training earlier.

After the end of the game, the coaches rested one after another.

The next day, the players reported their situation, especially their physical condition, after getting up, and they must not conceal any uncomfortable physical reactions.

Players are very careful in this regard. They all know that a healthy body can ensure good performance. Millwall is also very human under the management of Aldridge. He has been seriously injured and neglected for a year like Neal. It took a lot of energy and time to return to the team, and these players all remembered it in their eyes.

Learning that the youth team did not add a cold to the sick, Aldridge breathed a sigh of relief. During the day, the youth team's game with the Dynamo Kiev youth team will continue as usual.

In the eyes of ordinary people, cold is a very common disease, and most of them can heal without medicine.

However, for football players, a cold is a big problem. During strenuous exercise, it will cause respiratory diseases, and the body will become fragile. Perhaps an irregular movement will cause injury.

Like historical Chiellini said in history: I hope Krasic will get the flu.

It sounds like a joke to ordinary people.

This is actually one of the most vicious curses in football.

In the afternoon, on the court used by the Dynamo Kiev youth team, the Millwall youth team played a friendly match with the opponent. Audric did not go to the game. The final result was that Najib told him after the game: 4:2.

The Millwall youth team lost by two goals.

Aldrich left behind when he knew it.

A match that was not expected to be too high originally caused a swarm of European media.

At the site of the press conference before the Champions League, Aldridge was sitting still.

Journalists from all countries want to see how the competition between the first two of this group will develop.

"It’s just a round of group games. Millwall’s current group first is meaningless. We have neither made it out nor the other teams have been eliminated. Therefore, the rankings have no meaning, maybe only to the fourth round. After the fifth round of the group stage is over, we will know who is qualifying and who is determined to be out."

Aldridge seemed very calm, he did not want to cause too much attention, which in turn made the team popular.

Therefore, he highly praised Dynamo Kiev at the press conference.

"This is a team that participates in the UEFA Champions League all the year round, but sometimes they have a bit of luck and cannot enter the main game. But this year they entered the European War very early and eliminated the Welsh champion and the Danish champion in the qualifiers. There is no doubt that Dynamo Kyiv stepped onto the stage step by step, plus the legendary coach Lobanovski who returned to the team this summer, Dynamo Kyiv is very strong, they beat in the Camp Nou Barcelona is not accidental, and Millwall played only one UEFA Champions League game. Although it won, I don’t think we have a Champions League better than Dynamo Kyiv, and even the tradition of European wars. I will not allow players to despise here. , Because then, we will definitely leave here with disappointment and failure."

When talking about the prospects of the game, Aldridge expressed the utmost importance to Dynamo Kiev. Some English media reporters put forward a hypothesis, which attracted the shame of their counterparts in Europe.

"If Dynamo Kiev also uses an extremely conservative defensive counterattack at home, will Millwall still have a chance?"

This is the original words of the English reporter.

Journalists in all major European media shook their heads secretly.

Aldridge also smiled and said: "A team that can enter the Champions League stage has its own unique label style. Second, the fierce and brutal competition situation makes every team have to give every effort to each game. Victory. I said just now that Dynamo Kiev is very strong, and Millwall is not a favorite to win, so the question I should think about is: Should Millwall play extremely conservatively."

The English media reporters were a little bit dissatisfied. They felt that Millwall played for England on behalf of England, so he had to show his confidence as a champion division, and he was confident to win here.

Other European journalists nodded again.

The young commander was quite sober, no matter whether he really valued Dynamo Kyiv in his heart, he was at least eloquent in speaking.

On the stage of the Champions League, what kind of onion is Millwall?

If you think you won the European Cup Winners Cup last season, you can say that this team is still a frog.

Real hero, how many have you encountered?

The media outside of England have also heard that Millwall suffered a tough bus tactical sniper in the Premier League, but because the impression of the tactics behind the Premier League tactics is still rough, they did not take it seriously, only thought it was England's unknowable teams were stunned by strong European-style teams.

The journalists in England were indignant at the contemptuous eyes of their colleagues.

They firmly believe that if the weather factor is excluded, even if Milwall plays away, Dynamo Kiev will not be able to dominate.

In this context, the second round of the UEFA Champions League group stage kicked off, and the highly anticipated Premier League champion Millwall came to challenge Dynamo Kiev, and the war was on the verge.