When Lahm and Villas-Boas came to the youth team to find Mulenstin, they were surprised to see Mulensteen teaching a stern lesson to a young player who, in Lahm's eyes, was probably only about 13 or 14 years old.

But in fact, this young man, this summer, just turned 16.

"That's right, today's game is the reality that I specifically asked the opponent to restrict you in a targeted manner, so that they can tell you how easy it is to be restricted by playing football with one foot! If your left foot is 100 points, then your right foot is 0 points today! You pass the ball with your left foot with precision, you shoot accurately, you dribble, you can do anything, but what about your right foot? Even a 30-meter pass would be wrong, and when being marked, there were 3 mistakes with the right foot to stop the ball! Leonel, God has given you unparalleled talent, not only talent, but also the innate inertia of the left foot! How rare this is, can you understand? Because when all the players in the world defend their opponents, 99% of their opponents are right-footed players! And the impact of your left foot will create difficulties for your opponent, but when your opponent knows this and tries to limit your use of your left foot, if you can't use your right foot to disrupt your opponent's plan, your ability will be limited a lot, a lot! ”

It was the 16-year-old Messi who was reprimanded by Murenstin, and his good friend Sergio Aguero was absentmindedly playing the ball not far away, actually secretly listening to Murenstin's lesson to Messi.

Messi's talent and talent are not only recognized by every coach at Millwall, but even by football critics who have watched him play.

Because he is simply an all-powerful king in the competition among his peers. It's the game master!

But. Professional football is not a competition for the same age group. In the real professional arena, you will directly encounter the old fritters who have been in the field for a long time.

It is impossible for Muhrensteen to let Messi change his habitual feet, and it is impossible for him to really let him achieve the balance of his feet, but at the very least, the gap between his feet should not be too obvious, and Messi cannot be a "one-legged monster" in the future, in that case, it will really limit his strength.

Even now in the game of Football Manager. There will be options for restricting the opponent's dominant foot, is this child's play? Is it? By no means!

With a certain level of excellent defensive players, in the restrictions on the opponent, the conditions will definitely involve the opponent's habitual feet, rather than standing in front of the opponent stupidly, etc., which really responds to all changes, but these are difficult for fans to see when watching the game.

Schneider, for example, focused on the moment when the opponent's possession dribbling was out of rhythm against Manchester United's defensive Ryan Giggs. When choosing the timing of the interception, it must be based on the space of Giggs's left foot touch. Or Giggs wants to pass him, and most of them use their left foot to control the ball to change the frequency or direction, which can be predicted, and Giggs has several wonderful breakthroughs against him, and you can often see Giggs use his right foot to protect the ball to confuse Schneider, and then use his left foot to break through and change direction after playing a rhythm difference.

That's why it's important to have a smaller gap between the feet, the greater the threat, the dominant foot doesn't change, but the other foot must be able to provide one-on-one confusion for the opponent's defense, which requires a certain amount of ability.

Messi originally also had a strong training of the right foot, just like the past Xiao Luo, Ronaldo, and Henry and others, they have walked this road in Millwall, but where there is a player with the ability to pass five levels and cut six generals, he can't fly with one foot, the simplest effect is that you stop the ball with your right foot and then dribble with your right foot, and you stop the ball perfectly with your left foot, and step directly out of the ball with your right foot, in terms of poor rhythm and efficiency, the latter is obviously better, which is reflected very frequently in Xiao Luo, Henry, Larsson and others.

Messi has only been slack in training in this area in the last two months, and today Muhrensteen deliberately knocked him, not only arranging the opponents of the U18 youth team, but also deliberately letting the players who are two years older than Messi specifically limit his left foot, so that Messi played a worse game.

Messi didn't refute anything, he knew that the coach was educating him, and he didn't rely on his mouth to say, he made him realize the importance of the game, and honestly expressed his attitude to Mulensteen, and then he would strengthen the training of his right foot, Mulenstin was not really angry, but his tone was a little harsh.

After Messi left, Messi saw Aguero squeezing his eyebrows at him, and there was no sense of schadenfreude, most of which was a kind of "catastrophe and not death" happiness.

In fact, Aguero is more envious, because the tradition here is that the more the coach talks to you, the more he values you.

It's been a long time since I've been here, and some players don't usually get scolded by the coach, and they spend three or four years quietly, and then they leave here when they reach a certain age, and they never come back, and they haven't even heard anything from him.

Villas-Boas and Lahm waited in the back until Messi left, when Villas brought Lahm to Mulensteen and told Mulensteen where Lahm had played.

Looking at Lahm's thin body, Muhrensteen looked strange and asked Boas: "Aldridge is trying to build a crazy attacking team in the first team?" ”

Ram didn't quite understand, but Boas laughed, "There should always be more pursuits than before, and besides, the situation this year is different from the past few years." ”

Muhrensdin thought for a moment before nodding.

"It's true that I didn't think about it so much last year, I just thought that I could continue to be brilliant according to the old way, but a month ago, I saw that Danielle and Xavi were a lot stronger, and suddenly I felt that the team's midfield was stronger than in the past, and it can indeed weaken some of the muscles of the wing defense."

Villas-Boas laughed: "It's true, Aldridge is always an eye-opener when it comes to improvisation, maybe in another two years, you may be able to develop a few defenders who can play in the organization." ”

Mulenstin smiled dumbly, shook his head and said: "I am only responsible for developing the technical ability of the players, and the more important thing is the organizational ability here, and here, I can't train it, only Aldridge or your first team coach can cultivate it." ”

He said and pointed to his temple, and the meaning was obvious: mind.

Villas-Boas left, and Lahm was taken by Muhrensine to the youth team's office building. in his office. Muhrensdin pulls out a videotape. Play it for Ram to watch.

Rahm saw that inside was a collection of highlights from the on-field table of some players.

To his surprise, almost all of the players in these highlights were wingers!

Muhrensteen explained to him: "I thought you were a striker brought in by the team, but when Villas said you were a full-back, I realised what role Aldridge wants you to play in the future. To be the best in the world, a full-back needs to be at least 70 per cent capable of being a top winger. If you add to this the fact that the full-backs themselves are more concealed than the wingers and have space to sprint in their positions, then in the actual game, the role they play is equal to or even better than that of the wingers. So in terms of your skill development, at least in the offensive area, you have to use the winger as a template, and not a traditional winger. Because at Millwall, there is not a single traditional winger. The cultivation of consciousness is the work of the first team, I am only responsible for the cultivation of your technical ability, first let you see these videos, is to let you have a bottom in your heart, know what direction you are working towards, the specific training content, will be tailored according to your characteristics, and you don't have to be pressured, feel as if you will learn a lot of tricks, no, practical first, maybe after a year and a half, you will not think that you have learned anything. ”

Ram listened as if he understood it, the first half of the way out, but the second half of the part he didn't quite understand: what does it mean not to think that he has learned something?

It was only after he began to be understood by Mulenstin and instructed in his studies that he realized the meaning of this sentence.

Because Millwall never taught players how to be tricky.

Success or not, in most cases is not one-on-one, but space and coherence, choose a good passing line, in the precise timing of the explosive force to play, you can pass a piece of people at a time, you can break through the entire defensive line at a time, and the wrong route selection, situation judgment, and the time of explosive release is not appropriate, may let you pass a person, but fall into the bag, will let the ball under your feet into a dead end, so that the team's attack is terminated by the opponent.

As for teaching, it is to strengthen the basic skills, or to focus on practicality.

The simpler things are, the more fundamental they are, and this is the foundation of Millwall's team philosophy, just like they never design complicated tactical routines, only set up a clear system, and then rely on players and execution, in the process, they may subconsciously create a wonderful landscape that others can't achieve.

Rahm unwittingly absorbed the essence of Millwall's philosophy during his special training, and everything from his personal abilities to his football mindset was quietly changing

Ahead of his trip to Chelsea, Aldridge attended a pre-match press conference for the opening game of the new Premier League season.

Compared to Chelsea, who have been out of the limelight since July 1st, Millwall seems to be a little dim, but when it comes to the theme of competition, Millwall still returns to the leading role, Fleet Street does not want to admit it, but it is also acting silently to tell the world: compared to Chelsea's swagger, Millwall is the most interesting football king in the entire European football world.

Sir Alex Ferguson has declared Manchester United's biggest enemy in defending their title this season is Millwall.

'Chelsea see Millwall as a contender.'

'Arsenal don't think Manchester United will be able to defend their title, they are title rivals with Millwall.'

"AC Milan won last season's Champions League, ending the Premier League's five-year domination of the Champions League, and AC Milan coach Carlo Ancelotti believes that the biggest opponent in the new Champions League is Millwall."

When Aldrich appeared on the stage of the press room, the reporters in the audience asked questions.

It can't be helped, Aldrich, the young marshal, is playing big again.

When I came, I threw a sentence: you ask first, and then I will answer all at once to save time.

Fleet Street wants to cry without tears.

He had an unpleasant falling out with Aldridge at the end of last season, and the young coach really held a grudge.

So everyone scrambled to throw out questions and waited for the young marshal's answer.

Aldridge's expression was unhappy, and after the scene was quiet, he picked up the mineral water on the table and took a sip, and said lightly: "Millwall will not always be strong, and will not always be the first competitor of the Premier League championship and the European Champions Cup." But that day has not yet come, at least not yet. Manchester United, Arsenal, Chelsea, AC Milan, what they think of Millwall, it's not for me to care. Millwall has only one enemy in the new season, and that enemy is named Millwall. ”

With that, the young marshal got up and left freely.

All the reporters on Fleet Street looked at each other and smiled wryly.

Well, the classic rhetoric of the young marshal has reappeared.

The Millwall boss said Millwall had only one enemy named Millwall.

That's ignoring everyone! (To be continued......)