Paris Saint-Germain, Inter Milan, and Sporting Lisbon, three teams arrived in London in late July and will play a Lion King Cup charity match at the Lion King Stadium.
Millwall paid a hefty appearance fee, but due to Millwall's attention and huge influence, 70% of the revenue from event broadcast fees was enough to pay for the appearance fees of these three companies, and the rest, including tickets,
Millwall can earn more than 2 million instead.
Fleet Street has really won over Millwall, and you can now make money without leaving home.
Two million doesn't sound like much, but considering the spending budget of a wealthy club, if it's given to a lower-tier team in La Liga or the Bundesliga, it's equivalent to a transfer fee for an important player.
Wild Lions fans are happy. In previous years, even if the Wild Lions did not go to the Far East to pan for gold, they would play friendly matches everywhere. This year, they are playing locally. They can attend every game to watch the game up close, and the opponents are not unknown people.
Millwall easily defeated Sporting Lisbon in the first game and won two consecutive warm-up matches.
But it aroused suspicion in Fleet Street.
Whether it was against Schalke 04 or Sporting Lisbon, several Italian internationals in the team did not play the whole game. They basically only played half a game and were substituted in the second half.
It's still early for the transfer window to close. The Italian media is chanting "Pirlo goes home, Zambrotta, please come back quickly" every day. The three of them are like a tiger, and if there is any slight disturbance, they can make a big fuss.
Aldridge said firmly in an interview: "No more players will leave Millwall in the summer! I know Pirlo, Zambrotta, and other players have been linked to other teams in the media, but they
I'm not going anywhere, I'm just staying at Millwall. I'll be with everyone, start a new season, and strive to achieve greater achievements."
The reason why the Italian media has been making rumors about which Serie A giant Pirlo and the others will join is because players like Pirlo have the idea of returning to Italy.
But Aldrich worked hard to convince them to stay. The reason is very simple.
Next year is the year of the World Cup, and the competition for the Italian national team is very fierce. If you stay at Millwall, you will definitely be the focus. As long as you don't have any problems, your performance will definitely be guaranteed.
But if you go back to Italy, you will have a new team, a new coach, a new team environment, a new technical and tactical system, and a new league style. Various factors will make the new season unpredictable.
If the performance is abnormal or has been in a downturn for a period of time, it is likely to affect the prospects of the national team.
The master and the disciples did not make their words clear, and everyone understood each other tacitly.
Judging from the reasons Aldrich persuaded them, they actually reached a silent agreement.
The 01-02 season was their last season with the Lions.
After the World Cup, they will return to Italy.
And the Lions at that time. With Southgate, Nedved, Larsson and other key players over 30 years old, it was bound to usher in the construction of a new third generation of Lions!
Compared with the first generation of Mad Lions, when half of the team's main players went their separate ways after reaching their peak, the second generation of Mad Lions can reach this day and maintain the main framework for another season, which is already commendable. Aldridge doesn't blame anyone.
Everyone has his own ambitions, and everyone's situation is different. If he is an Italian, has become famous in football, and wants to return to his hometown in glory, in fact, deep down in his heart, he has always had an unspeakable frustration: when will it be his turn to return to his roots and return to China?
Woolen cloth?
This is a bond of the soul, an instinct of destination.
Lion King Cup second game, Millwall VS Paris Saint-Germain.
Aldridge and Fernandez met again. The last time was in 1997. Millwall eliminated the defending champion Paris Saint-Germain in the European Cup Winners' Cup semi-finals. Four years later, Fernandez entered the palace to coach Paris Saint-Germain for the second time.
Germany, against Millwall, is no longer the same.
When Paris Saint-Germain entered the stadium, there was a warm applause from the Lions fans.
Many fans held up a Lions jersey with No. 19 printed on it and Glenchard's name printed on it.
The seven-year veteran had just left the team and returned to the Lion King Stadium less than a month later. Although he was an opponent, the Lions fans still expressed their belated gratitude.
Aldridge hugged and had a cordial conversation with Grunchard alone and asked him about his situation in Paris. Grunchard seemed to be affected by the atmosphere of the scene and spoke a little unnaturally. Later, he also joined Millwall's starting players.
We took a group photo and took a weird photo of 12 people.
This is Millwall's third warm-up match. The players' physical condition and competitive status have returned to a certain stage of strength. Compared with the previous two games, which were tepid, today's match with Paris Saint-Germain was very exciting.
The pace is fast, but there are a lot of mistakes.
This kind of mistake is easy to understand. A player's kicking awareness will basically not regress. Therefore, if top-level kicking awareness is applied to a team that has not returned to 80% of its peak state, there will be mistakes in the cooperation between teammates.
In the 70th minute of the second half of the game, Millwall was already leading 3:1. Aldridge replaced most of the main players and let the young people rush forward. He and Fernandez stood on the sidelines to communicate. It was a friendly match, so it didn't hurt the friendship.
"If Millwall had this lineup and this strength, Paris Saint-Germain would have been completely eliminated in the first round at home, and the second round would have been just a formality."
Fernandez was very sad. Speaking of which, the current lineup has changed a lot compared to the past. Compared to the beginning, the only ones he still remembers are Southgate, Schneider, Pirlo, Larsson, and Ned.
Vader five people.
Even goalkeeper Bute was not in the starting lineup today.
Bute has recovered from his injury, but if he wants to regain his main position in the new season, he still has to wait for the opportunity. Pagliuca performed bravely in the second half of last season and was the hero of Millwall's defense of the league and Champions League. Aldridge is not
It may be possible to put Pagliuca directly on the bench in the new season, but Pagliuca's age determines that he cannot represent Millwall's future. Butt will be the main force that will be relied on for a long time in the next few years, so
It takes a while, waiting for an opportunity. To put it bluntly, when Pagliuca's condition has declined and his performance is not good, he will be demoted to the substitute. Before Pagliuca joined, Aldridge made it clear to him.
Chu, he personally has no objection, let alone playing as a substitute at Millwall. Due to the many games in England and the intensive schedule, Millwall's substitute goalkeeper is by no means a water dispenser.
"Well, it's hard to say this kind of thing. Anything can happen on the football field. Your statement is too pessimistic. Let me comfort you. If Millwall met Paris Saint-Germain in the championship season, who would win? But who would win?
It’s really hard to say.”
Fernandez was stunned by Aldrich's joke, and then pointed at him, smiled and shook his head.
That's right. This idea of Guan Gong fighting Qin Qiong is really mediocre.
The final result of the game was 4:2. Millwall won two consecutive games. In the third game, its opponent Inter Milan achieved one win and one draw. In the third game, the two teams clashed to determine the winner of the Charity Cup in the warm-up match.
At the end of the game, Schneider exchanged jerseys with Grenchar. The two of them have the best relationship in the team. The scene of the two blessing each other and holding hands together was also captured by the courtside cameraman. In the future,
, will be a precious scene in their memory.
Aldridge held a club press conference in high spirits the day after the game.
Reporters from Fleet Street flocked to Millwall, wanting to see with their own eyes who the only signing Millwall made all summer!
Kaka's transfer, after "a lot of hard work", was finally completed!
On the stage in the press conference hall, Aldridge and Kaká stood side by side, with Kaká, a sunny, handsome and youthful young man as a foil. The 25-year-old Aldridge looked a little vicissitudes, but the two
They are all handsome guys, and it would not be surprising if they were photographed standing together, even if they were on the cover of a fashion magazine.
Aldridge handed the No. 22 jersey to Kaká.
Kaká held the jersey with a smile on his face, put it on after showing it for a while, and then sat down in front of the stage with Aldridge.
Aldridge was in a great mood and said into the microphone: "Today, Millwall can proudly announce that we have signed a talented player who has the ability to reach world-class levels in the future. He is from Brazil. People can call him Kaká."
, you all know that the names of Brazilian players are too long, and the name Kaká, I am sure that countless fans will talk about it in the future. Millwall has always focused on long-term construction, and signing Kaká is our tradition.
Performance, I firmly believe that he will leave his own great footprint at the Lion King Stadium."
Aldrich seems to be performing a one-man show.
The reporters in the audience looked at each other.
They are so conflicted!
Faulty?
Millwall has a tradition of picking up rubbish.
A few years ago, they laughed at Millwall for signing Klose, an amateur league waste, but Klose's performance last season slapped them in the face.
Today's Kaká comes from a good background and belongs to the famous Brazilian club Sao Paulo. He is 19 years old. However, there is no record of his official game appearance in the Sao Paulo club.
Since Kaka finalized his transfer to Millwall this summer last fall, the Sao Paulo club only provided Kaka with training guarantees and did not allow Kaka to play in the Brazilian League at all.
Speaking of which, there aren't many games. The Brazilian League matches from spring to winter. Kaká just didn't play in the first half of the year and didn't even have a debut in his career.
In fact, Sao Paulo did this just because they were worried about Millwall's return.
Kaka performs well and Millwall will definitely buy him.
If Kaká does not perform well, Millwall may regret it, and the player will lose their money and not make any money.
Anyway, if he is not allowed to play, the Sao Paulo club will surely make a profit, so why take the risk?
Because of this, Fleet Street couldn’t find any professional league game data for this boy. Millwall bought it for 6 million pounds. Although this amount of money is too much, it is not much for a wealthy club. If it is too little, a mid-level club can buy him.
He is the main player in his playing years.
Reporters were tacitly afraid of being slapped in the face, so they did not dare to question Aldridge's rhetoric announcing Kaká's joining.
It's cold.
When Kaka saw this scene for the first time, he was not at ease. Instead, he found it interesting. His eyes rolled around and the corners of his mouth curled up. It felt like he was being maliciously cute.
Aldridge laughed angrily, stretched out his hand in front of his face, pointed at all the reporters, and scolded with a smile: "I know what you are thinking! Don't even think about it! In 1995, Millwall made their debut in the Premier League. You guys
Some people are going over old scores and saying that Millwall had something fishy in signing Nedved. Nedved was not a genius. In that year, you questioned whether Shevchenko was a genius. After that, you doubted Klose. So
Many years have passed, don’t you still understand? Since the FA has passed the review and agreed to Millwall’s introduction of talent clause to introduce Kaká, this shows that Kaká does have extraordinary talent. In other words, Kaká comes to play in the Premier League.
, is the Premier League’s luck, because he can bring attention and influence to the Premier League, just like Nedved, didn’t you all feel sorry when Shevchenko left? That’s what it means!”
