Millwall landed in Tokyo, igniting the city's enthusiasm for football. The Millwall first team attended five commercial events for two consecutive days. If Aldridge was just the head coach, he would definitely object, but he is also the team owner. For the club
If the popularity affects commercial development, they can only participate in it. The players are not opposed to it. After all, commercial activities can intuitively increase their income.
At 1:30 pm on November 31, at the Tokyo National Sports Arena, the friendly match between the Millwall Junior Team and the Japanese Junior Team officially kicked off.
The venue was packed, and the Japanese people naturally wanted to support their national team up close, and one ticket could watch two games. After the youth team game, there will be a competition between the youth teams.
In the VIP box, Aldridge and members of the first-team coaching staff sat here to watch the game. Next to him sat a Japanese: Saburo Kawabuchi, chairman of the Japanese Football Association.
This person has made great contributions to Japanese football. He established a century-old football plan for Japanese football and implemented it firmly. Now he has only served as chairman of the Football Association for four years, but historically he has been in office for more than twenty years and can govern stably.
, is also an important factor for Japanese football to stick to its long-term development plan.
Saburo Kawabuchi whispered frequently to Aldrich in the box, and most of the time it was the other party who said it. Aldrich rarely took the initiative to speak because he couldn't stand the other person's poor English. Sometimes the valet would have to think for a long time to understand a word or two.
The other person’s words.
Japanese football learns from Brazil and takes a technical route. This is also a choice of teaching students in accordance with their aptitude. If they take a power route, let alone break out of Asia, they may not even be able to dominate in East Asia, let alone compete with players in West Asia.
In the youth team competition, the age limit for players is under 17 years old. The Japanese youth team is almost exclusively composed of 17-year-old players, while the age gap between the players drawn by Millwall from various echelons is not large.
17-year-old Evra, Barzagli and 16-year-old Lescott Mexes formed the defense.
The 17-year-old Parker forms a central midfield partnership with Carrick and Alonso, who just celebrated his 17th birthday last week.
17-year-old Joaquin and Vicente form a bilateral midfielder.
On the front line is David Villa, who will celebrate his 17th birthday in four days.
The goalkeeper just picked someone at random.
In Japan, although football is not the largest sport, with the rise of national football, the number of fans in a small country with a population of more than 100 million is huge. They must be here to support the Japanese youth team, but
From the beginning of the game, the cheering sounds in the stands became smaller and smaller.
Even though the players of the Japanese youth team focused on honing their skills, they were completely at a disadvantage when facing players of the same age from Millwall.
The offense could not progress at all, and errors in passing and receiving directly led to Millwall's leisurely fast break.
Parker successfully intercepted the ball in the backcourt, and then passed the ball to Alonso. Then, Alonso and Creek kicked the wall continuously in a small area to complete a 2-over-3!
Alonso, who was dribbling the ball forward, accurately passed the ball to the wing. Vicente outran the opponent on the left, dribbled the ball down and then hit the top of the penalty area. Alonso faked a shot and passed the ball, but Villa was offside.
Successfully and easily send the ball into the opponent's goal.
It only started for 3 minutes.
The spectators in the stadium stands were dumbfounded.
Is this a youth team game?
Just the combination of Alonso and Carrick's continuous kicks against the wall is dazzling to watch. In a few seconds, the ball is interspersed with kicks through the wall, which indeed sometimes looks amazing.
Saburo Kawabuchi was speechless. He knew that there would be a gap between the technical flow of Japanese football and the tactical flow of Millwall, but he did not expect that the gap would be so big!
After scoring the goal, Villa jogged back to celebrate with Alonso high-fiving, and then prepared to restart the game.
Aldridge didn't care about today's opponent, and in fact, the training effect on Millwall was not much.
If you meet a powerful opponent, there may be training value, but if you meet an opponent with half-hearted skills, the young people like Millwall are like a duck in water, because they can dominate the game through simple passing and control, and physical confrontation
The intensity of the game is not even as high as that of the England Youth League. When it comes to the real big stage. In a game where every inch of ground is contested, even if you can pass the ball into the opponent's goal, you still need physical confrontation to block the ball and protect it. That kind of exercise is
more meaningful.
The Japanese youth team cannot control the rhythm of the game at all. They will inevitably lose the ball as long as they pass the half. Their passing coordination will not succeed more than three times. Individual breakthroughs are also frequently intercepted due to their disadvantage in physical confrontation.
The Millwall youth team played steadily. If there was no good opportunity on the wing, they would make a fuss in the middle. Alonso, Carrick, and Parker plus the retreating Villa. The four of them did not try in one cooperation.
The breakthrough relied entirely on passing, running, and kicking the ball to create opportunities. Finally, it was Alonso's push into the dead center of the penalty area that helped the team score another goal.
2:0, the time is the 11th minute of the game.
"Mr. Hall, how long have these kids been playing football together?"
Saburo Kawabuchi asked thoughtfully.
The current scene not only stunned the audience, but Saburo Kawabuchi, the chairman of Japan, also looked ugly. If Millwall defeated the Japanese team by relying on personal skills, then this gap would be acceptable. The physical fitness of European players is there.
But the two goals just now were not scored by Millwall players relying on their technical ability to crush their opponents.
Aldridge thought for a while and said: "This question is difficult to answer. Some players came to the club for training earlier, such as the kid who scored the first goal. He came to Millwall three and a half years ago. Others
Some of them were two and a half years ago, some were a year and a half ago, and there are only three players on the field who only joined the club six months ago."
"It's no wonder, they have a high degree of tacit understanding."
Aldrich said no more.
In just 11 minutes, the Millwall youth team made the Japanese youth team aware of the gap between the two sides. The Japanese youth team had no power to fight back!
After taking a two-goal lead, the Millwall youth team played more openly and showed more personal skills. Joaquin and Vicente violently attacked Japan's young full-backs on the wing, forcing the opponent to have a central defender.
Or midfielders can help defend, but this will expose defensive flaws in other areas.
Villa played very happily today, with two wide players attracting the defense, and Alonso and Carrick behind them to deliver bombs. At the end of the first half, he scored four goals.
The score in the first half made all the Japanese fans regret buying tickets to enter the stadium.
7:0.
This score is too cruel!
The Japanese youth team completely collapsed after 20 minutes. The defense was disorganized and full of loopholes.
This is also the reason why Aldridge believes that this game has no training value for the young players of Millwall U17. The gap is too big, and the opponent's players' tactical awareness is too weak, and their psychology is even more fragile. They were beaten into the third place.
After scoring the ball, he became impatient. Defensive out-of-position situations frequently occurred.
During the halftime break, people from the Japanese Football Association were whispering to the side under the leadership of Saburo Kawabuchi. I don’t know what they were discussing. Saburo Kawabuchi’s face was very serious. Maybe this game made them see their own shortcomings, maybe they saw something more.
Strong football style. They didn't get angry. Originally, this game was sponsored by Japanese sponsors who spent a lot of money to invite Millwall to play. The Japanese youth team is not capable, so we can't blame Millwall for being ruthless.
The head coach leading the youth team today was Dean Richards, who made five substitutions at halftime.
Jenas and Nolan came in to replace Parker and Carrick.
Ronaldo, Messi and Aguero came on to replace Joaquin, Vicente and Villa.
The first two substitutions were considered normal, and the audience could not tell that Jenas was only 15 years old.
But as soon as Cristiano Ronaldo, Messi and Aguero came on the stage, the Japanese fans went crazy.
Millwall are so fucking crazy!
Cristiano Ronaldo looks 15 years old at best, while Messi and Aguero look more like 11 or 12-year-old children, especially Messi. If you say he is 10 years old, no one will doubt it.
The Japanese youth team also changed a group of players in the second half. The group that was slaughtered in the first half was about to collapse. They can't gain much experience in the game anymore. It is better to calm down and calm down.
Saburo Kawabuchi returned to his seat and prepared to continue watching the second half of the game, but when he saw Millwall's substitutions, he frowned and whispered: "Mr. Hall, is this contempt from Millwall?"
Aldridge turned around and asked: "Mr. Saburo Kawabuchi, does the Japanese Football Association hope that Millwall will take this game seriously or treat it perfunctory?"
"Of course I hope you will try your best!"
"Then let's just sit here and enjoy the second half of the game."
Saburo Kawabuchi suppressed his anger. He had the same idea as the fans. He believed that Millwall was going to "play with" the Japanese youth team in the second half. You can make substitutions, but don't make such humiliating substitutions!
When the new members of the Japanese youth team saw three forwards on the opposite side, two of whom were a head shorter than them, they immediately became furious.
Look down on us!
But when the game started, the audience was dumbfounded.
After Jenas successfully stole the ball, he handed the ball to Alonso, who passed it directly to Aguero in front.
Messi ran next to Aguero, and within a small area, Aguero and Messi cooperated.
Two over one, two over two, the third defensive player learned the lesson and consciously tried to block the opponent and continued to kick the ball over the wall. However, Aguero, who had the ball, suddenly changed his direction and broke through. When facing the back line, he suddenly
Put your feet into the space between your ribs.
Winger Cristiano Ronaldo rushed over, and the opponent's defender immediately put a shovel to block his shooting angle. Cristiano Ronaldo stopped the ball on the spot and pulled the ball to the middle. He was already facing the goalkeeper one-on-one. He could score with just one push, but
In today's arena, he started to play.
He rushes towards the goalkeeper with the ball, then steps on his bicycle twice, turns around and knocks the ball with his heels to send the ball into the opponent's goal.
There was a dead silence in the stadium at first, and then the Japanese fans gave Ronaldo a wave of applause.
This player was obviously much younger than the others, but he played so coolly and gorgeously, and even scored goals. No matter how firm the audience stood, they couldn't resist the urge to applaud him.
Aldrich shook his head slightly and showed a wry smile.
This kid is at his old habit again.
But it doesn't matter if it's a friendly match, it's okay to satisfy his vanity.
Saburo Kawabuchi was stunned. Since few Millwall players made such technical moves in the first half, he didn't know if all Millwall players could do this, or if the level was at such a high level.
In fact, Richards replaced Ronaldo, Messi and Aguero in the second half just to let them play and feel the atmosphere of the game.
When the little Messi protected the ball and changed directions to get rid of the opponent's three-man defense, the hearts of the entire audience were numb.
The Japanese youth team didn't even have a chance to commit a foul. That little guy was so fucked up. He was moving left and right, forward and back. He was usually not very fast with the ball, but when he saw someone approaching him, he immediately accelerated and changed direction. Their waists were so fast.
Broken!
Cristiano Ronaldo also had a great time, and his fancy moves attracted applause from the crowd. However, after he was intercepted twice in a row, the coach Richards on the sidelines was also angry.
Let you go up and play, not just like street football!
