The Young Lion

Four months ago, the poor performance of the Millwall Christmas Express schedule caused the league's defending champions to drop in succession, once falling out of the top four, top five, and ranking sixth in the league.

After Drogba and Essien were sold out in the winter transfer window, the interior of Millwall was calm and the team's reorganization performance stabilized.

However, this stability is not a vigorous momentum, but a steady rise, without the shadow of the strongest mad lion, the strength has roughly stayed in the top ranks of the Premier League, not a state of detachment and independence.

At least, the situation on the standings is shown this way.

Fleet Street is very happy, even Premier League fans are also very happy.

For a league, suspense is the most important.

The suspense for the Premier League this season is more intense than in the past few years.

The top three!

When there are six rounds left in the league.

Millwall rushed from the sixth half of the league back to the third place in the league, only 1 point away from the top of the list.

Manchester United and Arsenal share the same goal, keeping pace with each other, followed by Millwall.

Both sides of the Millwall domestic cup were declared out. Instead, they were out of the UEFA Champions League group and moved to the UEFA Cup as the third group. The promotion system of the two rounds of the knockout host and guest. Millwall seemed absent-minded and occasionally played a game. A shocking defeat, but he always made it through in the second round, so Millwall's task this season is only the league championship and the UEFA Cup.

Although Klinsmann's coaching in the second half received some praise, after all, he successfully stopped the decline in the Millwall league rankings and rose up to chase back to the championship group. The gap of 1 point can be ignored. , Anyway, just one or two games.

But there is more and more controversial news surrounding Millwall.

"Joe Cole is jealous again and fought again!"

"The FA Cup out night, Lampard, Ashley Cole, Robben Nightclub."

"Ronaldinho, who lost the Golden Globe, no longer smiles. He is a cancerous tumor in Millwall's locker room!"

"Silence Larson received sympathy and support from many Millwall veterans, and Millwall's locker room was partially cracked!

"Henry has been privately dissatisfied and has been placed on the sidewalk, complaining: Why should I give the center to Klose?"

"Kaka's father threatened that Millwall would no longer give Kaka the main force, and the Brazilian genius would seek a transfer!"

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April 12.

Aldrich came to Old Trafford with his two sons, sitting in the VIP box to prepare for the game.

It’s not uncommon for Fleet Street to hype Millwall’s news, and the words in the newspapers are obviously unbelievable. Moreover, the information channels are always obtained by a “guess” or side-track approach, which is unconvincing.

In the penultimate round of the league, Manchester United faced Millwall at home. The difference between the two teams is one point. There is a high probability that the final suspense of the league champion this season will be determined.

Because Arsenal and Manchester United still have a league in the back, if Millwall wins this game, then in the next five rounds, Millwall will be able to sit down and watch the tigers, and if Manchester United wins, the final title may be in Manchester United. Started with Arsenal, and after two rounds at the Battle of Uranus in Highbury!

Manchester United, although Beckham and Ferguson's relationship fell to the freezing point, but the key battle, Ferguson still sent Beckham.

On Millwall, Klinsmann stabilized a more gorgeous offensive system in the second half of the season. The performance was okay, and there was indeed potential to be tapped. The double midfielder in the midfield can attack and defend well. With Alonso and Nedvi Germany sat down, attacked the trident and added a Lampard behind it, the large diamond attack group.

It was just that Klose was placed in the center, and Henry pulled the edge. The fleet rumored that Henry was dissatisfied with playing the winger. It can not be said that it is unreasonable. Henry himself has the ability to play the winger, but he is obviously more qualified than Klose to play the center.

As for "Ronaldinho who was Aldridge's brother", which was laughed at before, it now becomes "Klose is Klinsmann's son".

Larsson was abandoned because of one or two poor conditions. Ronaldo was still young, and his performance naturally fluctuated. Henry returned to play as a winger, but Klose, whether it is good or bad, is the main center of thunder.

This game made Aldridge look mad!

Such a crucial battle, Ronaldinho, Henry, Klose, are not in state!

Looks positive, but loses all aura, I don’t know whether it is tired or numb, it feels like a routine in the game, and Nedved screams at them, but they add a lot of useless personal bad performance to Manchester United The line of defense is a paper paste, can you break it if you want to punch it?

Ferguson did not have a full-time defensive midfielder against Millwall, and deliberately changed to attack the middle of the attack. The effect is not obvious, but it seems that it is correct to play this way, because seeing Nesta and Southgate frequently fill in positions, assist defense, By hurriedly destroying the opponent's attack, you know that at a certain moment, the crisis appeared on the occasion of a desperate attack. If it were not for the two defenders' outstanding and excellent cooperative defense interception consciousness, I am afraid that they have already been hit with holes.

When the whistle sounded at the end of the game, at Old Trafford, the fans of the Red Devils shared a voice.

"Milwall! Who is the boss of England?"

The scoreboard showed a dazzling score.

1:0!

Manchester United scored the only goal in the game through a set ball. In the sports game, they still could not cross the last line of defense between Southgate and Nesta.

For the Red Devils, it is the familiar figure of thousands of Red Devils: David Beckham.

At the end of the game, Aldridge stood up and saw Millwall players leaving the stadium quickly with their heads and footsteps, as if stingy to express their lost emotions.

Klinsmann stayed in place until Ferguson came to shake hands with him before he recovered and shook hands with each other.

Below the box, countless Red Devils fans turned to ridicule laugh at Aldridge.

At this moment, Aldridge is not the greatest young commander in England, or the most hated lion-maker in the eyes of the Red Devils.

At a young age, Burt put on a fierce look with his teeth clenched, his fists clenched and stood in front of Aldridge, and showed no signs of weakness to the crowd of fans below.

Earl turned around and pressed into Aldridge's arms. The child who said in a word that he had grown up secretly wiped tears from the corners of his eyes.

Aldridge left Old Trafford with two children, ignoring Ferguson's text message inviting him to visit the office.

On his way home by plane, Aldridge kept meditating.

In the end, he came to a conclusion.

The earth is not turning around him.

He hopes that the family will be happy and happy, he hopes to spend more time with his family and enjoy his life, and he also hopes that the mad lion can continue to surpass the world in the post-Aldrich era.

How can things in the world be as he wishes?

In the eight years of coaching Millwall, he gave up a lot. The first is time. He put all his energy into his work. Therefore, even if he has inherent advantages, he thinks he should be Got.

Now, he wants to look at the wall and appreciate the direction of the team he built, still standing on top of the peak. It seems that it is too naive.

After returning home, Burt and Earl were unhappy, and began to avoid Aldridge.

The following day, Fleet Street published a heavy special report.

"Crazy Lion has declared the end of the Premier League!"

After Millwall lost to Manchester United, Arsenal swept the Saints Southampton 6:1 at home at the same time, the top two teams with the same points throw Millwall away by 4 points.

With 5 rounds left in the league, Millwall’s hopes of defending the league have become increasingly slim, because 4 points represents the gap between the two games.

Although Manchester United and Arsenal will also stage a dragon fight, Kemir Wall's next five rounds of the league, which also has a hard bone, the first is the next challenge to the magpie Newcastle United, the final battle will also play the Reds Liverpool, these two The teams are all determined to get the Champions League tickets in the top four, and are now ranked in the top six, one can imagine the difficulty of the game.

In view of this, Fleet Street can't wait to declare the end of Millwall's dynasty. In this season, it is unable to dominate Europe again. At the same time, the rule within England also declares collapse!

On Thursday evening, after dinner, Burt and Earl wiped their mouths and ran upstairs. Aldridge called out, and both of them thought they had not heard.

Aldridge frowned, saying to himself: "Are there some domestic violence? They have been disobedient in the past two days, and they have not agreed, so it is not good to go on like this!"

Yiwen Wen, who was packing up the cutlery, put down the plate in his hand and came to Aldridge to sit down and said softly: "They really grew up."

"Ok?"

Aldridge looked away, puzzled.

Ewen took his hand and whispered: "After you returned from Manchester that day, they secretly asked me, Millwall lost to Manchester United, are you sad or not? I told the truth, I told them, you must be inside Very painful. So, they have been hiding from you for two days, do you know why?"

Aldridge probably guessed it. Somehow, he felt a little sour in his heart. I didn’t know if it was touched, or he was really proud of his child.

Do the two young masters who don't know the sorrow, also understand the feelings of adults?

Yiwen continued: "They think you left the club in order to make them happy. Although they like to have you by their side, they also hope you can be happy. You are the omnipotent father in their hearts, most of them Over the years, they will often sneak a sneak peek at the games you have coached Millwall in the past, just to see you on the sidelines, the father who can be crazy and happy."

Aldridge closed his eyes just to cover up the moisture in his eyes, he shook his head and smiled bitterly: "It's not fair to say that, at home, I have more joy, but I won't be crazy."

Yiwen smiled and said: "But you haven't found that you will also be distracted at home, especially when you have breakfast in the morning, pick up the newspaper and open the sports section, and see the news of the crazy lion, you can't help it. Frowning, and thinking for a while, you did not find that when you make these actions, Earl and Burt always have their mouths closed, and they seem to be worried for you. They are really good children, and I hope Bonnie will be like them in the future. ."

Aldridge sighed a long time, really wondering whether it was joy or sorrow, Yiwen stood up, kissed the probe gently on his face from behind him, and finally said in his ear: "Don’t feel guilty in my heart, I I hope this home is your support, not your burden, just like Burt and Earl, they want you to be happy, and I also hope to play golf, watch horse races, go shopping, participate in amateur bicycle competitions, go diving trips ......In the past six months, your life is not regular at all, and you are always trying to find a suitable rhythm. Go back. If you don’t go back, just watch Millwall fall step by step, you are not reconciled."

Ewen cleaned up the dining table, and Aldridge was still sitting at the table, remembering her words.

At this time, his cell phone rang and he glanced at the caller ID.

Caller: Klinsmann.