Three days before the Champions League final, Millwall and Bayern Munich arrived in Milan, Italy, on the same day to prepare for this pinnacle battle.
Compared with Bayern Munich's last-minute escape and comeback to win the championship, Millwall won the league championship trophy with a hearty victory. Regardless of morale, confidence, or state, the outside world believes that Millwall is better. This is true.
The truth came out.
Will Millwall underestimate the enemy?
Aldridge responded at the pre-match press conference: Successfully defending the title can create history. Who would underestimate the opponent? What’s more, Bayern Munich defeated Manchester United and Arsenal in a row. Although Millwall will not compare itself with Manchester United and Arsenal.
Na is connected, but it is necessary to fight back against the outside world's evaluation of the lack of weight of the Premier League champion!
The Serie A championship is rich in gold, but Serie A teams have had dismal results in the Champions League for two consecutive years. Of course, one of the reasons defended by the Italian media is: because of the fierce competition in the league and serious internal friction, Serie A teams seem to be unwilling to compete in the European war.
Insufficient strength.
This argument sounds difficult to refute, but there is some truth to it.
But if you simply say that the Premier League is not competitive, then you are underestimating Manchester United, which has definitely entered the top five in the European power rankings in recent seasons.
Aldridge also solemnly said at the press conference: "Millwall came to Milan to create history at San Siro and leave with the Champions League trophy. The opponents are very strong, but we will defeat them in the game.
Because we are stronger!"
The outside world discovered that the young marshal's external remarks began to change.
He used to have a humble attitude. Even if Millwall was listed as a favorite, he would still be cautious.
But now, he always tells everyone in no uncertain terms about Millwall's ambitions.
Changed, Aldrich changed.
Because Millwall is no longer the Millwall it used to be.
Now, Aldridge wants to create Millwall's kingly image and the team's kingly temperament.
This is a far higher level than the temperament of a strong person, and it is also more difficult to shape.
A true king, no matter who his opponent is, must have the confidence and obsession to absolutely defeat his opponent. There should be no doubt from the outside world.
We must make further progress based on our previous pursuit of victory.
For them, it’s not failure if they don’t win the championship, but failure if they don’t win!
Of course, no team can guarantee victory in every battle, but when this belief is instilled in the players, it will give them a stronger sense of crisis when the game cannot be won. The awareness of defending honor also motivates the players.
A means to keep your spirit from slacking off.
They must always maintain their competitive ability to be worthy of Millwall's king status.
Professional football is very cruel. A player's career may only last 20 years, and the peak period is only about 5 years. To make the peak period longer. To prevent a huge decline in competitive status, the players themselves need to stay focused on their work.
Spend.
Bayern Munich coach Hitzfeld is much more low-key. After all, Bayern Munich was double-killed by Millwall last year. Although Millwall is not as eye-catching in the league as last year, and it cannot replicate the glory of last season's Triple Crown, Millwall
The further improvement of Wall's strength is irrefutable.
Millwall was beaten twice by Liverpool in the domestic cup competition, and the outside world did not criticize Millwall. Liverpool also finally aspired to win three cups, the League Cup, the FA Cup, and the UEFA Cup.
Millwall was the second team that lost to Liverpool. It can be said that Millwall sacrificed the honor of the domestic cup to continue their youth training tradition.
If we have to fight for all the championship trophies we can get, this will inevitably reduce the space for young players to play and practice, which is contrary to Millwall's youth training philosophy. In order to ensure the quality of youth training, young players are given opportunities to play every season.
Let them grow up, and the price will naturally be their performance on the court.
If you want to continuously cultivate young talents and win all the championships, how can such a good thing in the world be possible?
When you are lucky. For example, last season, for example, the cup championship won in the past few years, young people strive for success, or the knockout opponents encountered due to the schedule are not too strong and do not pay attention to other factors. In the end, I can only say that I will win the domestic cup championship.
It is Millwall who has made the money. If they are really determined to use their main force to compete for the domestic cup championship, then the sacrifice of the youth training tradition will obviously do more harm than good in the long run.
In this way, it seems that the opportunities for young people to play are still insufficient this season. This is the reason why Lampard and Ashley Cole left the team on loan in the middle of the season.
Since Aldridge came to Milan, the top three clubs in northern Italy, as well as some clubs with some financial strength, have sent managers to meet and negotiate with him privately.
Serie A has ended, and the signing of Italian teams has naturally come to the fore. Many people want to target Millwall players. This is not just a matter of days. As long as the players are slightly famous, they will naturally be coveted by their peers.
Aldridge declined all appointments, and both the club's transfer representative and CEO Adam also abide by the club's rules: no transfer talks until the season ends!
If Adam is photographed with a certain club representative, the outside world will naturally speculate, and once the news comes out, it will definitely disturb the morale of the military.
On the day of the game, the San Siro was packed. In addition to fans from Millwall and Bayern Munich who rushed to the venue to cheer for their respective teams, many neutral fans, especially local Italian fans, also came to watch the game.
According to outside analysis, Millwall still had the advantage in the final held at a neutral site!
There are no Italian players in Bayern Munich's team, but there are Italian players in Millwall's team, including four in the starting lineup!
Materazzi, Zambrotta, Gattuso, Pirlo!
Therefore, some of the neutral fans came to San Siro with a purely appreciative mentality, while others came to support Italian players.
San Siro is still performing theatrical performances and giving appetizers to the audience before the game.
Aldrich sat in the locker room, looked around at all the players, and said calmly: "Do you need me to say anything to stimulate your fighting spirit?"
All the players, with eyes as wild as wild beasts, said in unison: "No need!"
Ambition is not just for Aldrich.
Most of these players have followed Aldridge for many years and are playing in the Champions League final for the third time. If they can win the championship, their record of winning the Champions League three times will be enough to go down in history!
This honor is actually great. However, if we really compare history, there is a big mountain that makes all current players very helpless.
From the first year to the fifth year of the Champions League, Real Madrid won five consecutive Champions League titles. Among them, Gento won five times with the team and later won it again, becoming the player with the most Champions League titles.
Six Champions League titles. Gento dominates the throne, and Di Stefano only has five. If we really want to break down the rankings, Real Madrid accounted for one vote during their five consecutive championships.
However, honors are not boring statistics. The difficulty of the Champions League today is much more difficult than it was back then. A player who can win two Champions Leagues is already very remarkable. Now, there are many players in Millwall who hope to win the third Champions League.
Starting from the European Champions Cup, as long as we do it, looking at the past two decades, this will be a peerless glory that no one can match!
In the face of such glory, Millwall's players are full of fighting spirit. To use a more common saying, if this battle is successful, they will almost be able to become gods!
No matter who comes to stop one, come and destroy the other!
Aldrich stopped being verbose. The main purpose of his pre-game training was to mobilize the players' fighting spirit. Obviously there was no need for him to deliberately emphasize this point today.
The players walked out of the locker room proudly, gearing up for a big fight.
Aldridge entered the court and shook hands with Heathfield first. This was the fifth time the two had played against each other in three years. They couldn't talk privately, but it was appropriate to exchange a few greetings. As for the game, both of them tacitly kept silent.
Talking is just a kind of meeting with friends to chat for a few words.
The stands at San Siro today are divided into two camps: red and blue.
Fans of Millwall and Bayern Munich found it strange.
In the league, Bayern Munich competes with Schalke 04 for the championship. Schalke 04 is blue. Bayern Munich is red. Today, in the Champions League final, they met Millwall, who is blue.
Millwall fans also find it strange that there is a red-blue war with Manchester United in the Premier League, and when it comes to the Champions League final, it is still a red-blue confrontation.
But on second thought, the fans of both teams comforted themselves, thinking that this was a good sign.
Well, the blue of Schalke 04 lost.
Ha, Manchester United's red team also lost.
The weird and similar psychological activities of the fans of the two teams are quite interesting.
"The 2000-2001 UEFA Champions League final was staged today at the San Siro Stadium in Italy. The two teams were Millwall, the last Champions League winner from England. As the defending champion, their opponent was Bayern Munich from Germany. Both teams were in the fourth quarter.
We won the league championship a few days ago, but the championship was decided in the last round. In the past two seasons, Millwall and Bayern Munich have played four times, with a record of 3 wins and 1 loss. Millwall has an obvious advantage, but
The defeat in Munich in 1999 cost them the opportunity to defend the Champions League that season. Last season, they succeeded in revenge with a double defeat of Bayern Munich at home and away, and finally won the Champions League championship trophy for the second time. This season, the two teams met again, as UEFA
The two top teams recognized by the world in recent years, Millwall and Bayern Munich meet in the final, which is not unexpected. They have such strength to come here, but there is only one champion. We keep our eyes open to see who can finally win the championship trophy.
Bar!"
Players from both sides came on the field, each with high fighting spirit. In terms of pure momentum, Millwall is actually slightly inferior to Bayern Munich. The strength of the German team during this period, the mental bonus is very significant, this is not illusory, it reflects
On the field, it is all about fighting spirit, fighting spirit, unity and cooperation, etc. To put it simply, football skills are very important, but sometimes, teams with a strong spirit can often show terrifying combat effectiveness.
"The following is an introduction to the starting players and starting lineups of both sides.
The defending champion Millwall is missing the absolute main player Ronaldinho. He sat on the bench today. He was replaced by Grenciar, and Butt, who was injured in the middle of the season, also sat on the bench.
Bayern Munich also has main players absent. Jerry Metz's inability to play may affect the trend of the game. He is a very key defensive midfielder for Bayern Munich. Today, Heathfield started with teenager Hargreaves, but
Okay, the two sides have finished picking sides, the game will start immediately, Millwall kicks off first, let us witness the birth of the European king this season!"
