The Parc des Princes in Paris was packed, and the stands were full of hustle and bustle.

In the visitors' dressing room, Millwall's players were ready to go, everyone sitting on the benches with their heads held high and in high spirits.

Their eyes were fixed on Aldridge, waiting for the most rephementary pre-match encouragement.

Aldrich stood by the door, his hands in his pockets, and the face of the heroic young marshal Furui Bubo finally changed, became soft, and turned into a faint smile.

"Almost three years ago, most of you came to the team at that time, David, Henrik, Pavel, Claude, Michael, Gareth, Bernd, Hans. The others came to the team two years ago, maybe you don't know what I said to these seniors, I can repeat, I said, your opponents are Manchester United, Arsenal, Liverpool, it is a famous European giant, three years have passed, we have conquered England, we have met the traditional giants of England several times, they are not terrible, we have proved through hard work, we are better than them! But this is not the end of our line, and today, I want to say something fresh to all of you, where are our limits? Is it the European Cup Winners' Cup? No, or rather, our limit is not the trophy, but history, we want to leave a glorious chapter in the history of football, and on the way forward, we will meet a strong team like Paris Saint-Germain that has reached the semi-finals of European competition for five consecutive years, and in the future we may meet AC Milan, Real Madrid, the German giants Bayern Munich, or other strong teams, but our goal is not only to beat them, it is never, it is not to beat an opponent. It means we can stop. We're going to keep winning. Until you can't kick, let's look back together, how many classic moments we will create in this journey, leave it to future generations to look up, I am confident to do it, what about you? ”

The three captains of the team took the lead and shouted in unison: "Yes! ”

Aldrich pulled his left hand out of his trouser pocket, opened the door to the locker room, and said with a light smile: "Crazy Lion." Rush, the outside is your stage, it is the game you should enjoy, let the world know you, take every game as the starting point of your legend, keep this mentality, always, always, always, don't be satisfied! ”

Syllable!

Syllable!

Syllable!

Every player with a strong face would give Aldridge a high-five with his left hand as they walked out of the dressing room.

Aldrich closed his eyes and enjoyed the moment. In today's game, he was excited and enjoyed at the same time.

His promises to his players are being kept alive.

Reach the Premier League. Shake the rule of the giants, and now, they have come to the stage of the European competition, the arena that puts the whole of Europe in focus!

The European Cup Winners' Cup has been a small game in the past, but when it comes to the semi-finals, it is completely different.

The two semi-finals were both strong matches.

The other two teams to fight each other are La Liga giants Barcelona and Serie A Fiorentina.

Millwall are the new Premier League champions and face Paris Saint-Germain, last year's Ligue 1 runners-up and reigning champions of the European Cup Winners' Cup.

Coming to the semi-finals, the European Cup Winners' Cup has risen dramatically.

So in fact, today's match against Paris Saint-Germain is Millwall's first tough game on the European stage, and the previous knockout rounds were just bullying small fish and shrimp, and there was nothing to show off.

As the players walked onto the pitch, Aldridge was the last to walk out of the tunnel and when he saw the flickering lights of the stadium, he stood on the sidelines and looked around the pitch with his head held high, just as he had done when he first stood at Anfield.

The home coach Luis Fernandes approached him, and the pair met at Auxerre last summer and exchanged football tips together, but they had little personal relationship, unlike the other and Arsene Wenger, who would have sold Anelka to Wenger for £500,000.

"Aldrich, I didn't expect us to meet here again."

Fernandez shook Aldrich's hand warmly and smiled.

Aldrich shrugged and smiled: "I didn't expect it, I thought we would meet again in the Netherlands." ”

Fernández Haluha smiled and said, "But God only allowed me and one of you to go to Rotterdam." ”

"Then I can't wish you good luck today."

"Good luck to me!"

"Hehehe."

After the two exchanged pleasantries, Aldridge slowly walked to the coach's seat of the visiting team and stood still, his face changed, and he looked at the field with a serious and cold look, his eyes intertwined with the flame of fighting spirit.

"The first leg of the 1996-1997 European Cup Winners' Cup semi-finals is about to be played at the Parc des Princes, and the home team is the last champions, Paris Saint-Germain, who obviously have an advantage over Millwall, who are playing in Europe for the first time, but they are still distracted by the league, and now they are only in second place in the league, but Millwall from the Premier League have been crowned Premier League champions five rounds earlier four days ago, Millwall is a team that many people are probably not familiar with, if you don't care about English football, you may not have heard of it a year agoBut they are indeed a strong team, with 18 consecutive wins in the Premier League and a record of 31 league games unbeaten so far, and perhaps many people do not believe that it is their manager, Aldrich Hall, who is about to turn 21, that has brought this team from nothingness to the European stage. ”

The narrator took a long time to introduce Aldridge, after all, Aldridge has set many new records that have never been seen before, and his age alone is definitely a shocking record when he appears on the sidelines to direct the team.

It wasn't until the game was about to start that the commentator began to introduce the starting line-ups of both sides.

Paris Saint-Germain's side played 442.

Goalkeeper: Rama.

Defenders: Vernier, Ngoti, Le Guin, Domi.

Midfielders: Guerran, Leroy, Coe, Rayi.

Forwards: Loko, Leonardo.

From the perspective of formation, Paris Saint-Germain's midfield is a big diamond, with Gaeran at the back, Rai at the front, Koe at the left, and Leroy at the right.

It's not surprising that the two strikers are up front. However, their back four system is not the same as a parallel position. Centre-back Ngotti is up front. Löguin dragged back, one to intercept in front and one to break down, apparently in response to Millwall's expertise in playing through balls.

Millwall had just two changes to their starting line-up.

Goalkeeper: Bout.

Defenders: Schneider, Elguera, Southgate, Capdevilla.

Midfielders: Makelele, Ballack. Nedved.

Forwards: Larsson, Trezeguet, Shevchenko.

When Stam had a showdown with Aldridge, Aldridge made it clear to him: "Now that you have decided to go, I have to put a successor in place for the sake of the team, so you will be excluded from the squad for the rest of the season, unless there is a shortage of people."

Although Stam was dissatisfied, he took the initiative to leave. Millwall are a young squad and should understand how devastating the absence of a regular centre-back can be. In order to prepare for the future, Aldrich has no reason to do so.

Everyone stepped back, Aldridge did not block his transfer, and Stam waited for the countdown to the opening of the transfer window.

So Aldridge chose to let Elgra take the position, officially become Southgate's new partner, originally according to qualifications, Materazzi should be on the position, but Materazzi is still a little frizzy on the field, Aldridge chose the calm atmosphere in the past two years into the Spaniards, anyway, Materazzi will not play less times, Materazzi understands this, he is not the kind of person who messes around, the strength is there, who is high and who is low, everyone has a rod scale in their hearts, and it is not the head coach who is employing people according to preference, if it is really based on preference, Then Materazzi is clearly the first choice.

As for Pirlo, in this kind of European away game, Aldridge naturally has to defend first and then attack, and it is not surprising that Ballack, who has a stronger defensive ability, starts.

The referee blew the whistle for the start of the first half, and the battle quickly began.

Paris Saint-Germain started a blitzkrieg as soon as they came up, the player was like a motor full of electricity, starting at full speed, Rai used his foot skills to deceive Ballack after taking the ball in the front court, and wanted to pass the opponent again, but was accurately cut off by Makelele, who was watching from behind like a "viper".

Barak looked at the thirty-year-old big brother Rayi, Socrates' younger brother, a Brazilian, who had such delicate skills at his feet, and he had just been passed too easily.

Aldridge didn't mind Ballack being passed on the sidelines.

Millwall have been beaten all over the Premier League and finally come to European competition against a team with a completely different style, and the lads need to open their eyes to adapt.

French football is one of the representatives of the Latin school in Europe, from the national team Platini's generation has laid the Latin style, and there is a Latin tradition in the league, their football style is delicate and gorgeous, and it is combined with the whole of rapid forward passing and cutting, free and "cunning".

It's just that this style of football is still a bit overly dependent on stars, and it needs to have very good skills at the feet to organize players to tear apart defensive flaws, Millwall only needs to adapt for a while, Aldridge firmly believes in his team, tough and concise team football has no reason to lose to opponents, what they lack is experience, the heart of the big scene, they definitely have it!

Paris Saint-Germain attacked ferociously, but they couldn't score.

Like many of the teams Millwall have encountered, they have a very reasonable formation when attacking, but it is often the attacking players who run into place early and stand in position, and when the ball reaches their feet, they are already closely marked by defenders, and most of the time it is up to the players to open the gap with one-on-one ability.

Millwall's defensive formation is also very well positioned, Trezeguet retreats to harass near the opponent's back, Larsson and Shevchenko retreat to cut the offensive formation of the opponent's full-backs in the half, Nedved wanders in the half and Ballack forms a package for Rai, if Rai chooses to break through one-on-one, Makelele, who forms a joint defense, will definitely not give him a second chance.

After ten minutes of play, PSG's attack eased and began to slow down the tempo and play through and cut through by wearing down the opponent's patience.

It was this change in their rhythm that made Millwall's players subconsciously pounce forward, which directly led to a gap in the backcourt defense.

Leguin cleared the ball at the back, the ball fell at the feet of Leroy, he passed the ball to Rai with a straight pass, the latter took the ball with his back but wiped the ball with his foot, the ball changed slightly and rolled past the feet of Makelele, Leonardo, who retreated to receive the ball, took a step laterally and changed direction sharply, Southgate's frontal defense was not in a hurry to kick, but lowered the center of gravity to compress the opponent's space.

Leonardo suddenly stopped with the ball and in the nick of time, he passed the ball between Southgate's legs, Loko used a quick stop to speed up the run to shake off Elgra, just in time to receive Leonardo's pass, half-turned to meet the ball and slotted away.

The shot hit suddenly, neither stopping the ball nor turning around to shoot head-on, Bout held the near corner of the goal, only to find that the ball was headed for the far corner, he immediately fell to the ground and swooped out, but his fingertips could not touch the ball, and he watched as the ball bounced into the net on the inside of the far post.

"In the opening sixteen minutes, PSG scored! It was Loko who made the contribution, he and Leonardo completed a delicate cooperation, Rai passed the ball as he wanted, Leonardo assisted through the crotch, and Loko skillfully shot into the far corner of the goal, what a pleasing combination! Paris Saint-Germain have taken a crucial step towards defending their title! ”

After conceding the goal, Aldridge called Ballack in front of him and said lightly to him: "Don't put pressure on yourself, just play normally, today you go back to the defense range deeper, cover our penalty area, and then tell Pavel that he knows what to do." ”

Ballack nodded, returned to the field and spoke to Nedved, who immediately understood.

Aldrich didn't calculate it well.

The Latin players in the Paris Saint-Germain squad are too good individually, and their ability to create chances one-on-one is stronger than the teams they have encountered before, so it is not enough to limit Rai, if the opponent's two strikers play Southgate and Elgra two-on-two, Millwall may be in big trouble, although they may not be able to play every time, but if they seize two or three chances in a game, it will be a disaster. (To be continued......)