"Boss, here you go, a specialty from my hometown."
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Every player walking to the training ground would take the initiative to greet Aldridge with a smile, and senior players on the team would joke with Aldridge.
Aldridge was also very happy today. He himself was not used to not seeing his players for two months. When he saw them come back in full swing, the smile on his face never faded.
Larson suffered a thigh strain in the last game of last season and has recovered in two months. However, to be on the safe side, his training will be arranged separately and the intensity will not be too high.
Seeing the players standing up on the training ground, Aldridge smiled and said, "I'm glad I recognize you."
The new players didn't understand, but the other veteran players burst out laughing.
Trezeguet smiled bitterly and said: "Boss, how long do you have to keep this joke going?"
Everyone still remembers how he looked so fat when he came back from vacation two years ago that he was almost unrecognizable.
In the past two years, young players have grown rapidly and their professional attitudes have become better. Therefore, even during the holidays, there will not be any players who lose their shape due to overeating and lack of exercise.
After laughing, Aldrich said to the mature coach Fiona: "Coach, let's start."
The veteran players followed Fiona step by step and started doing warm-up exercises at a distance, stretching their bones and muscles, allowing them to completely stretch out every part of their body and every muscle.
The new players followed the coach's movements and imitated them carefully. Fiona took special care of the new players, moving slowly and verbally reminding them to standardize their movements as much as possible.
Aldridge and other coaches followed suit. The one who suffered the most was Benitez. He usually runs and jumps with the players and does some exercise. This kind of difficult stretching action is difficult because of his big belly.
Make him unable to bend down.
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On the other side separated by the building is the training ground for the youth team.
Unlike in the past when the youth team recruited new players, there were quite a lot of people who came. But the talents were average. This year the youth team was expanded and there were a lot of good prospects. Najib felt it was necessary to give a speech.
Everyone at all levels stood in a line on the training field. Nagy stood in front of them. Mullenstine, Moniz and other coaches were standing in the back row, looking like they were leading a review team.
Looking at the team of nearly a hundred people, Najib said calmly: "Maybe you only started to hear about Millwall two years ago, or last year, or this year. Your impression of this place came from media reports. I need to
Let you understand the development philosophy of this club. First of all, we attach great importance to youth training. Your training venues, equipment, as well as the number and quality of youth team coaches are the best in England. They may also be the best in Europe.
Yes! Did you see the four words engraved on the youth team building behind me?”
The youth team players looked up in unison and saw four words engraved on the front wall of the youth team building not far behind Najib.
"Team! Will! Diligence! Talent! There is a sign in every dressing room at Millwall that reads: Those who play for themselves play for their opponents, and those who play for the team play for themselves.
!This is not the first football concept of Millwall, it is the famous saying of Herrera in the international era, but this is the essence of football.
The essence of the team! The team comes first, then the will. If you don’t have a strong will, then you can’t become an excellent player. Diligence is no longer the era when you can go fishing and pick up girls in Garrincha and you can become famous on the green field.
Yes! Do you want to be an excellent player? If you want to, you have to work harder than others.
Water, otherwise, no matter how good the talent is, it will be squandered by you. The last thing is talent, and there are many types of talent. Professional football is not a street ball show, and technology is just one of many qualities, such as game reading ability and team awareness. Make reasonable use of it.
Body, etc., these are all talents. You are all equal. Don’t just run faster than your peers.
If you feel that you are not as good as the opponent, don't think that you are better than others just because you have good ball control skills. Everyone is unique. Give full play to your own strengths, turn your advantages into your own talents, and show a diligent attitude.
, the will to not admit defeat, and always putting the team first, then you will succeed here!"
The players of the youth team all held their heads high and looked determined.
They were encouraged by Najib's words.
Indeed, in the past period of time, these people have made new friends. Even in playful games on the court, they have clearly realized that some people here are talented, while others seem simple and unpretentious.
This makes them feel pressured in the competition, fearing that they will be looked down upon by the coach.
But Najib's words dispelled their worries.
Millwall's youth training philosophy places more emphasis on the internal cultivation of spiritual quality.
Nagy continued: "Millwall is a club that has achieved success in a short period of time. Our head coach Aldridge Hall has been recognized in England. He has been awarded the best coach in the Premier League for two consecutive years. There are countless
Players want to play for him, look at the current situation
The players of the first team, your seniors, they were the most powerful offensive team in Europe last season, and they were also the best defensive team. You may have questions in your heart: Will there be a place for you in Millwall in the future? I
I tell you for sure, yes! But the opportunity requires you
Fight for yourself and become the next Lampard, Pirlo, Ferdinand, Capdevila, Gennaro Gattuso, and Grenjaer to come to the first team from the youth team. These players all came to Mill when they were under 18 years old.
Wall, who entered the first team after honing his skills in the youth team, did not
Come on, Millwall will still place its hopes on you! But you have to prove that you are worthy of being in the first team. Why? Because our worst performance in the past three years was the 96/97 season. In that season,
We only finished second in the league!"
Najib's words shocked the teenagers physically and mentally.
Crazy lion, so damn crazy!
Listening to it makes people's blood boil.
Second place in the league is the worst time to perform!
Nagy was playing a word game. In the first year, Millwall was indeed the league champion, but it was a League One league with zero gold content for top teams.
"In the new season, our first team will compete in the Champions League and will go to various European countries to compete with championship-level teams. At the same time, the club will arrange friendly matches with the youth teams of foreign clubs. On the schedule, we will follow the first team
Going abroad, but there are only 16 people on the list for each trip, but all players over 15 years old have a chance to be selected. I want to compete with the young people from other European giants.
If you want to compete between teams, use your performance in training to convince me and let me take the initiative to write your names on the roster. At the same time, the two players with the best performance in training at each level each week will win the club's home court.
With the tickets for the game, these players can sit in the VIP stands and watch the game. If you want to go and watch the game comfortably for free, then use your training results to exchange for the tickets in my hand!"
This is the club's approach to cultivating a sense of belonging and honor among young players. Compared with other clubs' practice of constantly reducing free tickets to players in order to make money. Millwall did the opposite, preferring to sell fewer tickets but still give them
Free tickets for players, especially young players.
But if there is a situation like Terry's situation in the future where he gets free tickets from the club but sells them privately, the club will take punitive measures and cancel the free tickets.
The young players cheered excitedly. It was a pleasure to watch the game. But if they could travel with the team to various parts of Europe, it would not only be a trip abroad, but it would also be very exciting.
After Najib's lecture ended, these boys were all fired up and eager to start training, eager to join the first team immediately.
The formal and systematic training of the youth team has officially begun. Players from different echelons are scattered on different training grounds, and coaches from all levels of echelons have also walked over to preside over the training.
After the first team's warm-up activities ended, everyone was curious to find that two coaches, Tolop and Craig, directed the club staff to move in two machines, which looked like two cannons, but the barrels were a little short.
"Boss, what is that?"
Fanny approached Aldrich and asked. Aldrich smiled and pulled him to the center of the field, letting Fanny stand there. Then he waved to Craig. The other party started the machine with a smile.
Suddenly, the "cannon" fired a ball at a very fast speed, in the direction of Ruud van Nistelrooy. Ruud van Nistelrooy was startled and hurriedly avoided it.
"Hahaha."
The team members all understood that this was a ball-serving machine similar to tennis training.
"Hey, Rude, I'm not asking you to hide, I'm asking you to practice stopping the ball!"
Fannie realized it was a false alarm, cheered up and said, "Hey, this is fun, keep going."
Craig continued to press the button of the machine, and every 15 seconds, a ball would be shot out. Although the machine did not move, the trajectory of the ball would be slightly different due to factors such as wind direction and rotation. Ruud still stopped the ball at the beginning.
It was a bit bad, but as he became more focused and adapted to the rhythm, his performance got better and better.
Craig's task was very simple, that is, put the ball in behind the machine, and after a bag of more than 20 balls were all shot out, only a few minutes passed, but it also made Ruud van Nistelrooy feel a little uncomfortable, and then the task was
It's easy, just go and pick up the ball.
The other team members saw this new gadget and knew that they could practice their ball sense and ball stopping skills, so they all wanted to try it out.
There are not many machines, so everyone has to take turns. Glenchard even wants to try to practice his shooting skills without stopping the ball.
Aldrich feels that this machine is quite useful. At least it is more efficient and saves time than manpower.
Today's training is mainly relaxed, and the systematic training of physical reserves will officially start tomorrow.
Aldrich planned to let the players start running first, so he started half-court training in groups, and the extra players went to experience the two ball machines.
Gudjohnsen did not appear on the training ground. He is still in the recovery stage and rest is more important.
Klose, Van der Meyde, and Duff, these three players immediately became energetic when they heard that there was a half-time match. They all wanted to show off to their teammates and coaches.
However, Aldridge did not arrange for the three of them to join the team. Instead, he asked the three of them to stand next to him and observe the training of his teammates.
The training base has an indoor five-a-side football field and a seven-a-side football field, but there are none outside.
The three rookies stood next to Aldrich and saw that their teammates were divided into strange teams. One team was offensive, one team was defensive. And whether it was the horizontal half or the vertical half, there was only one goal.
"Boss, is this a game? There is only one goal. It's not like a half-court basketball game, right?"
Van der Meyde was born in Ajax and felt that the training he received in the past should be the best, but when he saw it today, he was really surprised.
Aldrich smiled and said: "It's not a basketball rule where two teams alternately attack and hit one basket. Our rules are relatively simple. The offensive team scores a goal and wins. The defensive team passes the ball ten times without conceding the ball after successfully defending.
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After the three players understood the rules, they began to watch the match between their teammates.
