Thanks for the reward of "Death of the Thief"! ——

After arranging the rooms for Messi and Aguero, it was time for dinner, and Aldridge left first, intending to let the two little guys take the initiative to adapt to the environment here.

Without an adult to lead them, they will instinctively blend in.

Aldridge went downstairs to the first floor, and when he passed by the indoor court, he saw that Ronaldo was still playing against the wall, he walked over and said, "It's time to eat, let's rest." ”

Cristiano Ronaldo stopped the ball, already sweating, and said in frustration: "Coach Muhrensteen told me to stick to the wall with my left foot for an hour every day, and I don't know what the point of this is." ”

Aldridge heard his complaint and understood it.

Training is boring, so coaches often rack their brains to design some interesting training sessions, which can not only improve the motivation of the players, but also achieve the training effect.

However, some of the most basic training, no matter how boring, must be completed by the players.

"Do you know who Ronaldinho is?"

Ronaldo bent down to pick up the ball, and said with a light expression: "Zhilu said, that Brazilian, he is very powerful, but I will definitely be better than him in the future." ”

Aldridge shook his head and said, "If you don't stick to this kind of training, you can't be better than him." He showed amazing talent when he first arrived, but his feet were not balanced enough and you can't understand the importance of foot balance right now, and if you can only play with your right foot in the future, your opponents will have an easier time limiting your play in defence. Forcing you to touch the ball more with your left foot. And then. Wait for your left foot to make a mistake while controlling the ball. Ronaldinho overcame this, except for the obvious difference in skill between his feet in the shooting link, but in the technical aspects such as dribbling, control, stopping, short passing, etc., you can hardly tell which foot he is not the dominant foot, which makes his threat with the ball skyrocket, because the opponent cannot predict which foot he will use to complete the next move. ”

Ronaldo frowned and pondered for a moment, and he matured prematurely to seriously think about Aldrich's words, and finally suppressed his impetuous mentality. Then he looked up and asked, "How long has he been training like this?" ”

"He trained with his left foot for an hour and a half every day, and he did it for a year without a single break. You are still young, the training time should not be too long, listen to the coach's arrangement, Muhrensteen will make you excellent, so, listen to him, don't question, hard work is enough. ”

Ronaldo nodded solemnly. Then he walked out of the indoor court with Aldridge, and he went to take a shower. Then go to the restaurant to eat.

Aldrich went back to his office, where Andrew was waiting for him.

"Got things done over there in Spain?"

Back in the office, Aldrich asked with a straight smile.

Andrew put down a magazine, sat on the sofa with his legs crossed, and said: "Well, Rivaldo's personal treatment has been negotiated, and the rest of the work is a dispute between Barcelona and Deportivo over the transfer fee." ”

Ronaldo moved to Inter Milan as early as July, and Barcelona locked in Rivaldo in terms of finding a replacement, although the transfer fee has not yet been negotiated, but the personal treatment has been negotiated privately, waiting for the clubs to reach an agreement on the transfer fee.

The brothers left the club together for dinner at a fancy restaurant in the city.

The two chatted about what had happened in the last two months, Aldridge recounted his experiences in various European countries, and Andrew gloated when he heard that he had been robbed on the streets of Rome.

Then, Andrew also told Aldridge the inside story of the introduction of Aguero and Messi.

Aguero's side is not difficult, but at the same time, there are Argentine giants Independiente who want to train Aguero in the lower echelons.

However, it is obviously impossible for the Independiente team to offer the 9-year-old Aguero a high salary, and this kind of "child-level" training is mostly provided by the club with opportunities, rather than giving young players high treatment.

The Aguero family, including siblings, is more than a dozen people who live in slums and obviously don't have the patience to wait for Aguero to become a star before they get out of poverty and become rich.

From the slums to London, it is equivalent to going from hell to heaven, and Andrew has given a sincerity beyond their psychological tolerance: immigrate to the UK, don't worry about investing, five years later, the British debt that was originally worth two million pounds, you can sell it if you want to, and keep it if you don't want to sell it, it's all yours anyway!

Messi's side is more complicated, Andrew found someone to pretend to be a scout for Boca Juniors, "accidentally" found Messi, and then asked him to go to training, but a medical examination was conducted, and the results were surprisingly found that Messi suffered from developmental hormone deficiency, and "Boca Juniors" dismissed their interest in Messi.

After waiting for half a month, when Messi's family went around for medical treatment, Andrew came to the door openly and sent an invitation letter, and the other party agreed without hesitation, and for fear that Andrew would regret it, he took the initiative to urge Andrew to arrange for them to come to the UK as soon as possible, so that Messi could get the best treatment.

Although there are some shady means in this, Aldridge does not feel that there is any problem, and from the results of the results, Messi's earlier treatment and targeted growth training are beneficial to him.

After chatting to the fullest, the two mentioned their eldest brother Barnett, who had not seen each other for almost half a year.

He has been in the United States for half a year, and he has not even called home for more than a month.

Andrew's words were full of complaints, and Aldrich could probably guess that the Asian financial crisis had begun, and the big brother was making a fortune on the east side of the financial war on the United States.

The day before the Community Shield, training ended early, and the players stood in line at the Leo training base, dressed in neat and clean jerseys.

Aldridge's coaching staff, also dressed in dark blue tracksuits, sat next to each other and the players stood behind them, smiling and holding their heads high.

The photographer took a "family portrait" of them for the new season.

The youth team was also taking pictures, and each echelon took a group photo, and then all of them took a group photo.

And that's not all. Aldridge asked the photographer to take another photo of all the Millwall players.

The young boys of the youth team came to the training ground of the first team. The young players who were usually chattering all of a sudden became quiet. Probably shocked by the aura of these stars in the first team, their eyes frequently turned to Larsson, Nedved, Southgate and other stars, with both awe and longing in their eyes.

Because there are more than 100 people, there are more casual queues.

Aldrich stood in the middle of the crowd, smiling and his arms around his chest, crowded in front of him.

At the front of the line. Cristiano Ronaldo sat cross-legged on the turf, holding his cheeks with one hand and looking cold, Messi and Aguero stood on the edge of the front row with their shoulders around each other, and the two teenagers looked very serious.

With the cameraman's thumbs up, this photo taken in early August '97 became a classic "family portrait" for Millwall and even the future of world football.

Aldrich felt pride in his heart at the moment when the photo was taken.

Millwall not only has the present, but also the future, and he is extremely confident that Millwall will become the most powerful super-giant on the planet!

Attached is Millwall's 1997-1998 first-team squad.

Goalkeepers: Bout, Keller, Wright.

Defender: Schneider. Mills, Elgra. Southgate, Ferdinand, Materazzi, Zambrotta, Capdevilla, Neil.

Midfielders: Makelele, Gattuso, Pirlo, Ballack, Lampard, Nedved.

Forwards: Larsson, Trezeguet, Shevchenko, Glen Schal, Ruud van Nistelrooy, Gudjohnsen, Klose, Duff, Ronaldinho, Van der Meyde.

A total of 28 people.

Appendix 2, Millwall Youth Team Hope Star List of each echelon, the loan of young players in the following seasons will not be repeated, if the transfer will be a one-time pass.

U18：

David Dunn.

Francis Jeffers

Paolo Ferreira:

Sebastian Squeraci

Miguel

Darius Vasseur

Paul Robinson

Tim Cahill:

Marco Bresciano

Christian Paulsen

U16：

Philip Mex

Vicente

Xavi Alonso

Benoit Pedreti

Andrea Barzagli

Ridley King

Brad Hangeland

Joe Cole

Michael Carrick

Ashley Cole

Scott Parker

David Villa

U14：

Danielle De Rossi

Jermaine Jenas

U12：

Sergio Aguero

Cristiano Ronaldo

Leonel Messi

Wembley, London.

The Millwall squad arrived for the last warm-up game before the league kick-off, at least in Aldridge's mind.

With Millwall winning both the league and FA Cup last season, the Community Shield, which is considered to be last season's domestic champions, will be up against the league champions and the league runners-up.

Millwall vs Manchester United.

With an hour to go before the game, more than eighty percent of the seats in the stands were empty, and players from both sides warmed up on the field.

Aldridge stayed in the dressing room to prepare for the pre-match lecture, he seemed more relaxed, and at this time, someone knocked on the door, Jenson opened the door and found that it was a Manchester United player, Jenson did not think that the opponent was in the wrong place, but smiled at the other party and said: "Long time no see, Ole, how are you doing?" ”

Dolden-faced Ole Gunnar Solskjaer took the initiative to visit the Millwall dressing room, where he respectfully greeted every coach who had coached him before, and then came to Aldridge, where the former master and apprentice asked about each other's current situation, and Solskjaer congratulated Aldridge again.

Despite the fact that he has put on the shirt of the Red Devils, he has a good relationship with the Millwall coaching staff, with Aldridge privately texting him to congratulate him when he is performing well at Manchester United, and texting condolences if he is injured or performing poorly.

Even Pire and Vieira, who had a bit of an unpleasant quarrel with Aldridge during the transfer that year, lined up to come to the Millwall dressing room before the match between Arsenal and Millwall last season, mostly to express gratitude, no matter what, Millwall cultivated them, maybe Vieira did not play much in official games, but it does not mean that he was treated unfairly at Millwall.

For example, Phillips, who has moved to Sunderland, has always been in close contact with Aldridge, often telling Aldridge about the problems he has encountered in Sunderland, hoping to listen to Aldridge's advice.

Aldridge doesn't take the initiative to dictate players from other teams, but if his former disciples want to listen to him, Aldridge won't be hesitant to take the time to help them.

After chatting with Ole Gunnar Solskjaer for more than ten minutes, Babyface left the Millwall dressing room satisfied.

This kind of etiquette or old-fashioned pre-game visit is very particular about timing, basically not within half an hour before the game, because it may be mistaken for a spy, so Babyface comes early and leaves early.

When Aldridge appeared on the sidelines of Wembley Stadium, the Lions fans in the stands welcomed him with loud applause.

The Community Shield is a symbol of the new Premier League season.

Aldridge stood in front of the coach's bench as usual, his sharp eyes as if to announce: 97/98 season, go to war! (To be continued......)