Millwall landed in Tokyo, detonating the city's football enthusiasm, two consecutive days Millwall first team attended five commercial events, if Aldridge is only the head coach, he will inevitably object, but he is also the owner of the team, for the club's popularity and influence commercial development, he can only participate in it, the players are not against it, after all, commercial activities can intuitively increase their income.

At half past one p.m. on November 31, the friendly match between the Millwall Junior Team and the Japanese Junior Team officially kicked off at the Tokyo National Sports Arena.

The venue was packed, and the Japanese people naturally wanted to support their national teams in close proximity, and one ticket can watch two games, and there will be a competition between the youth teams after the junior team game.

In the VIP box, Aldridge and members of the first-team coaching staff sat watching the game, and next to him sat a Japanese: the president of the Japanese Football Association, Saburo Kawabuchi.

Now he has only served as the chairman of the Football Association for four years, but he has been in power for more than 20 years in history, and he can be stable in power, which is also an important factor for the long-term development of Japanese football.

Saburo Kawabuchi whispered frequently with Aldrich in the box, most of the time the other party said that Aldrich rarely took the initiative to speak, because he couldn't stand the other party's broken English, and sometimes it took a long time to understand the other party's words after hearing a word or two.

Japanese football is Brazil, taking the technical route, which is also the choice of teaching according to aptitude. They may not even be able to dominate in East Asia. Not to mention the impact of strength with players from West Asia.

Junior team matches. The age limit of the players is under 17, and the Japanese junior team is almost all 17-year-olds, while Millwall's players from all echelons are not much different.

Patrice Evra, 17, Barzagli plus 16-year-old Lescott and Mexs form the backline.

The 17-year-old Parker and Carrick, along with Marcos Alonso, who turned 17 last week, form a central midfield partner.

The 17-year-old Joaquín and Vicente form a bilateral striker.

Up front is David Villa, who turns 17 in four days.

The goalkeeper picked someone at random.

In Japan, although soccer is not the number one sport, it has risen with the wave of national soccer in a small country with a population of more than 100 million. The number of fans was huge, and they must have been there today to support the Japanese junior team, but from the beginning of the game, the cheers in the stands became less and less.

The players of the Japanese junior team, despite honing their skills, are completely at a disadvantage against their peers at Millwall.

The offense couldn't advance at all, and the mistake of passing and receiving the ball directly led to Millwall's calm and fast attack.

Parker intercepted it at the back and then passed the ball to Alonso, and then Alonso and Crick made a series of kicks to the wall in a small area to complete a 2-on-3!

Alonso, who dribbled forward, made a precise run down the flank, and Vicente was able to speed up the opposition on the left. After dribbling down the ball and then knocking back to the top of the penalty area, Alonso faked a real pass. Villa successfully countered offside and easily sent the ball into the opponent's goal.

The opening was only 3 minutes.

The spectators in the stadium stands were dumbfounded.

Is this a junior team game?

Alonso and Carrick were dazzling to watch with back-to-back kicks, and it was amazing to see them with a kick in and out of the wall in a matter of seconds.

Saburo Kawabuchi was speechless, he knew that there would be a gap between the technical flow of Japanese football and the tactical flow of Millwall, but he didn't expect the gap to be so big!

After the goal, Villa trotted back to high-five Alonso in celebration before getting ready to restart.

Aldridge didn't care about today's opponent, and in fact he didn't have much effect on Millwall's training.

If you meet the opponent of the strength faction, there may be exercise value, but when you meet the opponent of the half-hanging skill and skill flow, Millwall's group of young people play like a fish in water, because as long as you can dominate the game through simple passing, the intensity of the physical confrontation is not as good as the English Youth League, and when it comes to the real big stage, in the game where every inch of land is contested, even if you can pass the ball into the opponent's door, you also need physical confrontation to protect the ball, and that kind of exercise is more meaningful.

The Japanese junior team had no control over the pace of the game, as long as they passed the half, they would inevitably concede the ball, the passing cooperation would not exceed three successful kicks, and individual breakthroughs were frequently tackled due to the physical confrontation being at a disadvantage.

Millwall's junior team played steadily, and the wing did not have a good opportunity to make a fuss in the middle, Alonso, Carrick, Parker plus the retreating Villa, the four of them did not try to break through in a combination, and completely relied on passing and cutting to create a chance with a kick, and the last was Alonso's push on the edge of the penalty area to help the team score again.

2:0, the time is the 11th minute of the game.

"Mr. Hall, how long have these kids been playing football together?"

Saburo Kawabuchi asked thoughtfully.

The current scene not only stunned the audience, but also the face of Saburo Kawabuchi, as the chairman of Japan, is not good-looking, if Millwall defeats the Japanese team by personal skills, then this gap is acceptable, the physical fitness of European players is there, but the two goals just now are not scored by Millwall players who rely on their technical ability to crush their opponents.

Aldridge thought for a while and said: "It's not a good question to answer, some players came to the club for training earlier, such as the kid who scored the first goal, he came to Millwall three and a half years ago, others, some two and a half years ago, some a year and a half ago, and there are only three players on the pitch who joined the club six months ago. ”

"It's no wonder that they have a high degree of tacit understanding."

Aldrich stopped talking.

In just 11 minutes, the Millwall junior team made the Japanese junior team realize the gap between the two sides, and the Japanese junior team was simply powerless to fight back!

After taking a two-goal lead, Millwall's junior team played more openly, showing more individual skills. Joaquin and Vicente are the two wings who are ravaging Japan's young full-backs. Forcing the opposition must have a central defender or midfielder to help the defence. But this would expose defensive flaws in other areas.

Villa had a good day, with two wide players attracting the defence and Alonso and Michael Carrick behind him, who scored four goals at the end of the first half.

And the score of the first half made all the Japanese fans at the scene regret buying tickets to enter the stadium.

7:0.

This score is so cruel!

The Japanese junior team collapsed after 20 minutes, and the defense was disorganized and full of holes.

That's why Aldridge thinks the game has no value for Millwall's Under-17s, the gap is too big. Moreover, the opposing player's tactical awareness is too weak, and his psychology is even more fragile, and he becomes impatient after scoring the third goal, and the defensive misposition occurs frequently.

At halftime, the people of the Japanese Football Association under the leadership of Saburo Kawabuchi went up to whisper, I don't know what they were discussing, Saburo Kawabuchi had a serious face, maybe this game made them see their own shortcomings, maybe they saw a stronger style of football, they were not angry. Originally, this game was played by the Japanese sponsor who spent a lot of money to invite Millwall to play, and the Japanese junior team was not capable of it itself. Millwall's men can't be blamed for showing no mercy.

The head coach who led the junior team today was Dean Richards, who made five substitutions at half-time.

Jenas, Nolan in place of Parker and Carrick.

Cristiano Ronaldo, Messi, and Sergio Aguero come on to replace Joaquin, Vicente, and Villa.

The first two substitutions were normal, and the audience couldn't tell that Jenas was only 15 years old.

But as soon as Ronaldo, Messi, and Aguero appeared, Japanese fans were all crazy.

Millwall is crazy!

Ronaldo looks 15 years old at best, Messi and Aguero are more like 11 or 12 year olds, especially Messi, you say he is 10 years old and absolutely no one doubts it.

The Japanese youth team also changed a group of people in the second half, and the group of people who were slaughtered in the first half were about to collapse, and they couldn't gain any experience in the game, so it was better to be calm and calm down.

Saburo Kawabuchi returned to his seat and was about to continue watching the second half of the game, but after seeing Millwall's substitution, he frowned and whispered, "Mr. Hall, is this Millwall's contempt?" ”

Aldridge turned his head and asked, "Mr. Saburo Kawabuchi, does the Japanese Football Association want Millwall to take this game seriously or perfunctory?" ”

"Of course, I hope you do your best!"

"Then let's just sit here and enjoy the second half."

Saburo Kawabuchi suppressed his anger, he thought about the same as the fans, thinking that Millwall was going to "play" with the Japanese youth team in the second half, you can make substitutions, but don't use this kind of humiliating substitution!

The newcomers to the Japanese junior team saw the three people on the opposite front, two of whom were still a head short of them, and they were immediately angry.

Look down on us!

But when the game began, the audience was dumbfounded.

Jenas made a successful tackle and handed the ball to Alonso, who went straight to Sergio Aguero in front.

Messi ran next to Aguero, and within a small range, Aguero and Messi played together.

Two-over-one, two-over-two, the third defender learned to be obedient and consciously wanted to block the opponent and continue to kick the wall, but Aguero, who took the ball, suddenly changed direction and broke through, and when facing the backline, he kicked straight into the ribs.

Winger Ronaldo rushed to the ground, the opposing defender immediately put a shovel to block his shooting angle, Ronaldo stopped the ball on the spot and pulled the ball to the middle, he had already faced the goalkeeper one-on-one, and he could score with a casual push, but in today's game, he played.

Rush to the goalkeeper with the ball, then step on the bike twice and turn and knock the ball into the opponent's goal.

There was a dead silence in the stadium, and then the Japanese fans gave Ronaldo a tidal round of applause.

This player is obviously much younger than the others, but he played so chic and gorgeous, and he also scored a goal, no matter how firm the audience's stance is, they can't suppress the urge to applaud him.

Aldrich shook his head slightly, revealing a wry smile.

This kid has made the same mistake again.

But friendly matches, it doesn't matter, it's okay to satisfy his vanity.

Saburo Kawabuchi was dumbfounded, because there were very few players in Millwall in the first half who made such technical moves, he didn't know if all the players in Millwall could do this, or if the horizontal line was such a height.

In fact, in the second half, Richards replaced Ronaldo, Messi, and Aguero, just to let them go up and play and feel the atmosphere of the game.

When the little man Messi protected the ball back and forth to get rid of the three defenders who attracted the opponent's three, the hearts of the audience were numb.

The Japanese junior team doesn't even have a chance to foul, that little guy is too fucked, left and right, forward and backward, usually not fast with the ball, seeing that they are close to each other, they immediately accelerate and change direction, and their waists are about to break!

Ronaldo also had a lot of fun, and his fancy moves attracted full applause, but after he was cut off twice in a row, the sideline coach Richards was also angry.

Let's go up and play, not like street football! (To be continued......)