529 Performances
In this warm-up game in Singapore, Millwall's starting lineup really lacked the "sincerity" of the performance.
All subs!
On the goalkeeper is Kirkland.
Alonso started and Frank Lampard sat on the bench to chat with Gareth Southgate.
Ajax is very serious on their side, and most of the main forces are on it.
After all, Ajax came with full sincerity in training, and the No. 1 Eredivisie giants, who did not fall to sixth in the league last season, want to play against the top European teams, even if it is a friendly match.
The audience was originally excited, and the first feeling was that they had been deceived!
Expensive tickets in hand, sponsors promote, posters what Nedved, Rowe, Henry flickered!
There were many fanatical fans sitting in the stands behind Aldridge and constantly chanting his name, eager for Aldridge to go to the field to play in person.
Aldridge is quite popular, but he sat peacefully in the dugout today, chatting with Klinsmann.
Klinsmann took the initiative to chat with Aldridge, talking about the current situation of football in Germany, the European Cup, and it was not only England who returned from the heavy defeat, but also Germany in the same group and returned home in the group stage.
Even if Germany broke into the World Cup final two years later and won the runner-up, it is recognized in Europe that the German team during this period is the German team that fell to the bottom, and the fiasco of this year's European Cup is setting off a wave of reform in German football. If England are also included in the top team. So. Brazil also won very hard.
That World Cup. The strong teams that should have the strength to go to the bottom were all hacked, and the South Korean team achieved the highest ranking and record of Asian teams in the World Cup.
Aldrich was really convinced of the Germans, defeat is not terrible, what is terrible is the determination that does not change after defeat, on the contrary, the strict Germans are both war and football. Failures and mistakes can be faced, and then they can be angry and reformed.
So he had a relaxed mind, but he was very serious when he talked to Klinsmann.
The friendly match on the field was unexpectedly shattered!
Ajax is serious, and Millwall's young players are not playing to brush up on the opponent's experience, on the contrary, they will work harder than the main players, and exchange excellent performances for more opportunities.
Millwall pulled into formation. Never conservative, Ajax 433 has long been part of the team's DNA. In this way, the attack was fierce and the pace of the game was fast, and the goals were scored one after another.
The audience gradually discovered that the game without big names was so tense and exciting!
Millwall 0:1 Ajax.
1:1
2:1
3:1
3:2
3:3
4:3
4:4
4:5
Ten minutes after the end of the game, Aldridge made the last substitution, in the middle he had already made two substitutions, one for three or four players, and the last substitution, he replaced Ronaldo, Nedved, Larsson.
After a long time, the scene was already boiling, and just watching the goals of this game was very enjoyable.
Six minutes after the trio came on, Ronaldo set up Larsson's equaliser and Nedved missed the chance to finish in the final minute as Millwall drew 5-5 with Ajax.
Although the game was less starry, at least the scene was exciting, which made the audience linger.
Millwall departed for Hong Kong immediately after their first friendly match.
In Hong Kong, when Millwall arrived, the scene was even more shocking than in Singapore, it was a crowd!
The reason for this is that Hong Kong is Asia's backyard under the international promotion of the Premier League.
97 years ago, Hong Kong was still a jurisdiction of the British Commonwealth, local football scandals have led to the decline of Hong Kong football, fans here to watch European football, the first choice is the Premier League, dating back to earlier, that is, League One, so there is no shortage of Liverpool, Manchester United fans, and now, Millwall through five years in the Premier League, European outstanding performance, has a large number of Hong Kong fans.
At the same time, Pirlo, Thierry Henry and other players also arrived in Hong Kong to join the team, pushing this irrepressible passion frenzy to the top.
The frenzied enthusiasm of the fans here scared the players.
There were a lot of fans gathered outside the training ground and the hotel, and it became difficult for the players to walk around.
"Hey, do you really think you're here for a trip?"
Seeing Ronaldo and Henry whispering lazy, Aldrich reminded them to concentrate on training.
Thierry Henry's first thing to do on his return was to apologise to the team, as the negative impact of his transfer is sure to ripple through the team, and he hopes to regain the trust and support of his team-mates.
He has already renewed his contract, and the dust has settled, and his teammates laughed it off, apparently not minding anymore.
Xiao Luo turned around and made a grimace at Henry that could only be seen by the other party, pretending to be afraid of Aldrich, and Henry gave the other party a roll of his eyes.
The two continued to train, Xiao Luo had a lot of ideas, and there were reporters around their training ground, and there were also fans watching the stadium.
During the players' break, Ronaldo called Henry, Larsson, Schneider, and Pirlo together, and I don't know what they discussed, and then I saw these five people playing passing.
Uh, pass the ball to each other in order, but the ball can't land.
Not only that, but in the process of passing, the distance between them is getting farther and farther, and the difficulty of passing the ball will naturally increase.
At first, everyone was two or three meters apart, with feet, legs, heads, shoulders, like Xiao Luo with his back, to ensure that the ball did not fall to the ground and passed the ball to Henry.
As soon as the distance is opened, they can't make a single touch to complete the pass, and often stop, and then pass the ball out of the ball after the unloading adjustment, and keep the ball from landing.
The reporters on the sidelines and the fans in the stands didn't feel new at first, but the more they watched. The more excited I feel.
Especially after the distance between the five of them has been stretched by more than 10 meters. Watch them expertly stop the ball with their chest or thighs and kick it to their teammates without waiting for it to hit the ground. The balls flew around in the air, as if they all had a sense of rhythm that people couldn't help but dance.
Millwall's team-mates were also watching, and Klose's eyes were full of yearning: When can I have such a good sense of the ball and ball control skills as theirs?
"This can be used for commercials."
Jenson stood beside Aldrich and said with a smile.
Just saw Ronaldo swing the ball accurately to Henry with his heel and scorpion tail on the spot, and Henry unloaded the ball with his shoulder and turned the ball upside down to head it to Larsson.
Aldridge looked at Xiao Luo and Schneider, and chuckled: "It's good to be young." ”
Xiao Luo usually has a loving side in training, but he won't pull others up, and he has a lot of fancy moves. There is no place for it in the competition, and it is useless to practice, but today, it is really a performance for the audience to enjoy.
It was time for the break, but Xiao Luo and Luo had not yet let the ball hit the ground, and the distance between them had been stretched to more than 15 meters, and the fans in the stands would cheer every time they passed the ball.
Aldridge picked up the whistle on his chest and blew it to signal the team to resume the next step of training, and Ronaldo chested the ball off before firing it towards the goal.
bang
The ball hit the crossbar and bounced back. It bounced straight back, but it still didn't hit the ground. Larsson added a direct volley and the ball flew towards the empty goal again, and this time, it went in.
The fans in the stands were stunned, presumably thinking that Ronaldo had deliberately hit the crossbar.
Especially after Larsson's volley, Ronaldo walked over and high-fived the opponent with one hand, and it looked like he had delivered an assist.
Not only Xiao Luo himself knew the truth, but his teammates and coaches also knew that it was just a coincidence.
The Millwall team conducted an open-ended training session in Hong Kong, leaving the crowd stunned.
And the climax is not over yet.
When testing the sprint speed, Ronaldo was in a group with Glen Shire, and as a result, Ronaldo was blown up by Glen Shire.
Aldrich looked at Xiao Luo's results, a little dissatisfied, called Xiao Luo to the front of a symbolic "criticism", Xiao Luo expressed his determination to seriously recover his physical condition, and then, he challenged Aldrich.
"You're just competing with him, aren't you known as an athlete?"
Klinsmann was also heckling around.
Aldrich was helpless and accepted a sprint contest with Ronaldo.
While the team tests the players' ability in the 100 meters, the training is mainly for the short 30 meters sprint.
After all, in the game, no matter which position the player is, it is impossible to rush 100 meters, so a player like Klose, who has no advantage in 100 meters, feels that the speed is not fast, but in fact, his speed is not ordinary!
Because of the 30-meter short-distance burst sprint, Klose's start and burst are very good, coupled with the awareness of timing, he starts half a second before the opponent, and in one second, the distance after the sprint will be opened in the blink of an eye.
Aldridge knew he would be blown away in his sprint, so he decided to increase the distance from 30 metres to 50 metres.
Ronaldo protests, Aldrich refuses!
When the two stood at the starting line, Klinsmann was the referee, and Aldridge whispered to Ronaldo: "Let me." ”
Xiao Luo asked rhetorically, "Is it good?" ”
"Please eat the most unique Chinese food!"
"It's a deal!"
The moment Klinsmann's arm fell, Xiao Luo rushed out like a cheetah, and Aldridge was also activated, but he was dumbfounded.
Deal?
Is this the "let me" word?
You and Glenn Charbi didn't have such a terrifying outbreak just now!
This is a battle without suspense, Aldridge is a self-proclaimed athlete, and that is also in the category of ordinary people, compared to professional footballers, especially players with speed advantages, it is simply not on the same order of magnitude.
At 30 meters, the winner was divided, and Xiao Luo was at least 4 meters ahead.
But Xiao Luo's heart was too bad, not only turned around and squeezed his eyebrows at Aldrich, but also deliberately slowed down a little, just a little ahead of Aldrich, and pressed him to the finish line.
This made Aldrich furious.
Just before the finish line, Xiao Luo was about to cross the line, and Aldrich began to be shameless!
He reached out to pull Xiao Luo's clothes, but he himself may be anxious, he stumbled under his feet, and the whole person fell forward, and the hand that went to pull Xiao Luo's clothes still grabbed something.
Xiao Luo's smug expression suddenly petrified, the whole person lost his center of gravity, not only fell to the ground, but also felt a cold lower body, he looked back: I'll strangle!
His shorts were ripped off by Aldrich
Aldridge let go of his hand and rolled on the ground, his forehead resting on his arm, and he couldn't help but laugh, but he was embarrassed to stand up.
There was a dead silence at first, and then the crowd in the stands went crazy.
The reporters hurried to take pictures.
Millwall's players were also laughing.
Only the team doctor nervously ran over to check if the two people who fell to the ground were injured.
Hurt, is a little bit.
But it's all abrasions, skin trauma.
Xiao Luo stood up and lifted his shorts, pressed the waistband of his pants with one hand, as if he was afraid that Aldrich would pick up his pants again, and came to Aldrich who was sitting on the ground with a cry and laughter, and raised his other hand and said confidently: "Boss, you are too shameless, right?" ”
"It's you who don't have sportsmanship! If you win, you win, and you deliberately made me make a fool of yourself! ”
Aldrich held his forehead and argued with no breath.
Xiao Luo rolled his eyes, laughed, and said, "It was you who made a fool of me, and it made me a big fool!" ”
Aldrich didn't bother to talk to him, raised his hand and said, "Pull me up, you liar." ”
Xiao Luo pulled him up from the ground, and at this time, he remembered the agreement he had made before the start, and still said without changing his face: "I let you, really." ”
"Liar."
Aldridge scolded with a smile, and the two walked to the sidelines, accompanied by the team doctor, to do some simple wound cleaning.
At the scene, the cheers were louder. (To be continued......)