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Celtic also have a strong fan base in Hong Kong due to their Commonwealth background, but compared to other Asian regions, it is obvious that they have a better fan base, so the upcoming friendly match at Hong Kong Stadium, Millwall and Celtic, is not lacking in commercial selling points.

But the Celtics couldn't steal the limelight from Millwall after all, Millwall's training could make headlines, and the farce of Aldridge and Ronald Jr. was spreading wildly even in the European media.

Aldrich, who was painted with a small piece of gauze wrapped around his arm and a band-aid on the side of his chin, was "damaged" when he attended a press conference.

If the outside world doesn't know what happened to Lu Dao, then his appearance will definitely cause people to reverie, and there will be rumors that he fought with the players, but all the reporters present know where Lu Dao Aldridge's injury came from.

Everyone was in a happy mood and smiled in their hearts: they deserve it!

Who made him play tricks during the race!

also picked up Xiao Luo's shorts, fortunately the underwear was not ripped off, otherwise, the fun would have been even greater.

Today's press conference was more of a colloquial interview, and the first topic of conversation was the non-landing pass that Henry Jr. played during the break.

"If you've followed Millwall first-team training, I don't think many people would be surprised, because in London, at our training base, there's a training session where you improve the ball control, there's a machine on the pitch and you have to deal with difficult volleys and stop the ball. Pass. Shooting and other technical movements. Over time, it helps them improve their skills, but we don't specialize in group training like yesterday, it's for the players to have their own fun. ”

Aldridge's words surprised the reporters at the scene, and deeply realized how terrifying the strength of Europe's top teams is.

That kind of difficult volley ball pass to each other, just play!

In fact, it can only be limited to the category of "play".

Real race. Back-to-back volleys are hard to come by, and a single chance to get a good shot can create a great chance that can have a direct impact on the game.

The reporters then asked Aldrich about his sprint with Ronaldo.

Aldridge didn't feel embarrassed either, and replied with a smile: "If I win him, then he's finished, really, the coaching staff will squeeze every minute of his time to improve his physical condition." ”

"Do you play against him often?"

"He likes to challenge me, shoot with me, bounce the ball. Dribble around the pile or something, I won't be fooled. Again, if I can win him, it's not a question of winning or losing, his problems will be big, big, and the consequences of his loss will be very serious, well, hell, he will definitely be trained by the coaching staff in a hellish devilish style, but some people in our coaching staff will be fooled, such as Klinsmann, he has three shots with Ronaldinhobi, all three defeats, since then, Klinsmann will not accept any challenge from the players, he will be smart to suppress them with what the players don't have, Experience is one of them. ”

The vast majority of Asian journalists in the room, especially the many Hong Kong sports journalists, preferred to listen to Aldridge talk about football-related things that had nothing to do with the game.

There is no need to talk about friendly matches, Aldridge talks to them about tactics, preparations, goals and so on, so what's the point?

"It sounds like Ronaldinho is a star at Millwall who is not just very active on the pitch?"

Aldridge smiled dumbly and then said: "Yes, he has an innate simplicity of temperament, and when he came to the club on his first day, he was probably that tall. ”

Aldrich stood up, measured the height with his hands, and then continued: "I talked to him, he seemed absent-minded, his eyes were fixed on the youth team playing on the training ground, it seemed that the only thing that could attract him was football, I asked him to try it on the field, ten minutes, maybe fifteen minutes, he conquered everyone on the field, passed one player, two, three, more, and then sent the ball into the door, the players on the field looked at him as if they had seen a monster, and the biggest reaction was the youth team manager, Najib, Nagy has a rare gaffe, he thinks that Ronaldinho will either become a veritable genius in the future, or he will become a devil who hinders the development of the team, and in the next two years, Najib will do his best to cultivate Ronaldinho, tap his potential, teach him how to use his talent reasonably, integrate into the team, become a catalyst for the team on the pitch, and make the team have chemistry, Ronaldinho did it, and did it better than we expected, as the outside world saw, he was like a happy elf, It's got a new element to Millwall's football, we like him, the fans like him, and it's hard not to like him to the people who watch him play. ”

Aldridge's words of praise for Ronaldo are indeed from the heart, Ronaldo Jr. has a special contribution to Millwall, that is, his happy samba, his attitude towards football, and the attitude of enjoying the game, which makes the internal atmosphere of Millwall club, the image of the team, and even rise to the concretization of football philosophy and philosophy, all of which have a positive impact on him.

When people take the trouble to "war" and "hate" football games, Xiao Luo can use his football to dilute these elements, simply allowing people to enjoy, appreciate, and obtain visual and sensory pleasure, and the realm is different.

At the press conference, Aldrich gave the reporters enough news material, and they all ended happily.

In the evening, the Hong Kong Stadium was packed, and the fans who supported the Lions were obviously more.

Aldridge, dressed in casual attire, formally walked over to shake hands with the Celtic boss after entering the game.

Old acquaintances.

Martin O'Neill.

In the original history, the news of Ferguson's retirement came this year, and O'Neill was one of the favorites to take over, but because Ferguson canceled the idea, O'Neill was courteseously hired by the Scottish giants Celtic and took over.

O'Neal's resume in the Premier League has been nothing short of brilliant. Miracles all the time. By the time he leaves Leicester City in the summer. A new League Cup trophy was added to the club that season.

O'Neill was in a good mood when he met Aldrich again in a foreign country, but apologized to Aldrich in his opening remarks.

"Aldridge, you should be able to understand that I can't thwart the decision of the Leicester City board."

"Hey, that kind of little thing, don't worry about it, it's nothing."

Aldrich didn't care.

O'Neill's mouth is talking about Gudjohnsen being sold to Chelsea by Leicester City. In a circle, the players who had come out of Millwall donned the shirts of their sworn enemies.

Aldridge really doesn't care, Chelsea and Millwall are not on the same level, Gudjohnsen is also a passerby who is quickly forgotten by fans in Millwall, as long as he does not transfer directly from Millwall to Chelsea, the next time they meet, fans may not have any dissatisfaction with Gudjohnsen, just like meeting a passerby.

This sentiment is similar to Arsenal's contempt for Tottenham.

Martin O'Neill also fell out with the top over the board's direct involvement in selling Goodjohnsen away. Believing that there was no future in staying at Leicester City, he accepted Celtic's invitation. By the way, Tony is also taken away to meet a new challenge.

Fans unfamiliar with the Premier League may think that Celtic won't have any challenges to face in the Scottish league, but this is not the case.

Just last season, the champions of the Soviet Super League were Rangers, and Celtic were the runners-up, but this runner-up lost face.

10 teams in four round-robin 36 games, Glasgow Rangers scored 90 points to win the championship, what about Celtic? Runner-up, 69 points, a difference of 21 points!

Against this backdrop, Martin O'Neal's arrival in Glasgow is bound to bring Celtic back on their feet in the city, and that's his new challenge.

Aldridge and O'Neill chatted for a long time on the sidelines, and there was no shortage of jokes, such as O'Neill's departure, Leicester City's strength plummeted, and the new season has one less league opponent to cause problems for Millwall.

Leicester City is a small team, but the small team in the Premier League may often be the nemesis of a strong team, even if O'Neill is not Aldrich's nemesis, but in the past few years, Leicester City's hard bone, Millwall, the wild lion, has struggled to gnaw, and sometimes it really breaks his teeth if he can't gnaw it.

Amid the cheers of the fans at the scene, the friendly match between Millwall and Celtic kicked off.

The Scottish side are a team player, and they are the originator of short passing, and this style has continued, with Millwall fielding most of the substitutes in the first half, and playing against most of the Celtics' main line-up, playing clearly not dominant.

O'Neal is a coach with an emphasis on defense, and because of this, the first half of this game was not as unrestrained as the last game against Millwall against Ajax, and most of the time it was Celtic who controlled the tempo and pushed very patiently in attack.

Aldridge's preparation for the friendly match in Asia is targeted, and in this match against Celtic, he really wanted to use half-time to see how Alonso, Joe Cole, Villa, Metzeld, Ferreira and other players will perform against an opponent who is patient and well-organised with short passes.

Will it be frizzy because of the inability to master the game, the mentality is unbalanced, and the tactical discipline is lost, which eventually leads to mistakes and affects the game.

The score was 0-0 in the first half, and Millwall did not dominate the field, but they tried to keep the goal open.

In the second half, Millwall replaced players such as Ronaldo, Lampard, Larsson, Nedved, etc., while players like Henry, Pirlo and other players who participated in the European Championship and played in the second half of the game still sat down and watched today, waiting for them to play the last game of the friendly match, against Monaco.

With some of Millwall's main players and stand-up substitutes on the bench, the situation on the pitch immediately changed and it was their turn to control the tempo of the game and dominate.

Because it was a friendly match, the players would not rush too hard, and Millwall also patiently played passing and cutting on the field, and the effect was certainly not as good as that of the official game, with many mistakes, and the success rate of passing and receiving the ball also decreased significantly, but it could still have an advantage.

Ronaldo improvised a scissor-foot cross to assist Klose to score with a header, setting off a frenzy of enthusiasm in the stands.

Just before the break, Larsson's close-range shot was blocked, and Nedved followed up with a long-range shot from outside the area to make it 2-0 as Millwall won the warm-up game.

Aldridge is never obsessed with the victory or defeat of friendly matches, and after the game, he saw O'Neill's expression a little helpless, so he walked over and chatted with him again, and said: "I hope that one day we will play again in the Premier League." ”

O'Neill pushed his glasses and frowned: "Why can't we meet in the Champions League?" ”

Aldrich smiled dumbly when he heard this, and gave a thumbs up to the other and nodded.

But he said in his heart: Martin, how many strong teams in Europe don't want to meet Millwall in the Champions League? (To be continued......)