The Young Lion

The next day, Aldridge randomly found a doctor in the hospital, paid for the inpatient ward, and walked in with Melanie who slept on his shoulder at dawn and put her on the bed under the quilt, he He walked out of the hospital and lit a cigarette against the wall in the street outside.

After a while, Melanie ran out of the hospital, saw Aldridge smoking outside, and her hurried pace slowed down. She walked in front of him and said softly, "I'll buy breakfast."

"No, let me do it, you have no language."

He said Aldridge was going to the nearby restaurant, but he saw Puskas wife Elizabeth coming from a distance, holding the handbag tightly in his hand, very nervous.

From her expression, Aldrich knew that she was on guard against thieves or robbers on the street. Budapest’s law and order is notoriously chaotic. After all, dragons and snakes are mixed here. It is the largest black market trading center in Europe. Here.

Aldridge greeted her, she was obviously relieved.

"Elizabeth, there is money in the purse, right?"

Aldridge asked without hesitation.

Elizabeth nodded calmly.

"You collect the money, Ferenc's medical expenses, I'm all inclusive."

Aldridge said firmly.

There is no cure for Puskas' disease, but someone has to be cared for 24 hours a day, and taking medicine only delays the development of the disease.

Elizabeth shook her head firmly.

Aldridge looked sad, and said in a deep voice: "Elizabeth, don't refuse, really, your health is not good, if you treat me as your child, don't refuse me, do you let me watch Are you suffering?"

Elizabeth, who is suffering from diabetes, said embarrassedly: "Aldrich, you are a good boy, but we cannot accept your help."

"Remember? Ferenc said that I am a stubborn person, so let me be stubborn once."

Elizabeth looked at Aldridge, who was sleepless all night long, and sighed heavily, before insisting.

She walked into the hospital to visit Puskas, and Aldridge took Melanie to a nearby restaurant for breakfast.

Sitting in an ordinary restaurant, Melanie said curiously: "Puskas used to be a superstar."

Aldrich knew her subtext and said lightly: "In that era, playing football can make you famous all over the world, but it can't make you rich, and the money they make is not much different from the miners."

Melanie suddenly realized, and then said: "If you tell this to the Real Madrid Club..."

Suddenly, Aldridge said in disgust, "Don't mention Real Madrid!"

Realizing his gaffe, Aldridge closed his eyes and said lightly: "I'm sorry, I'm in a bad mood, not against you."

Aldridge hated the Millwall club because he saw football hooligans beating hostile fans on the street. It was in the chaotic 1980s, and against Real Madrid, abandoning the relationship with Puskas He doesn't have any emotional tendencies, he doesn't like it.

But because of Puskas, Aldridge was full of disgust at Real Madrid at this moment.

Because he clearly remembered that, in the original history, ten years later, when Puskas, who was homeless due to medical treatment, wanted to sell his honorary medals, the matter was informed by the Real Madrid Club, and immediately came to condolences, and Hold a fair for Puskas.

Star-studded galaxy battleships entered Budapest, where Real Madrid's superstars earned their popularity and word of mouth, and then left happily.

Under the guise of Puskas, the income from the tickets for the Isaiah is close to one hundred thousand dollars, but even in the hands of the Puskas family, there is not even one tenth!

The following year, Puskas died without treatment.

There is no doubt that Real Madrid is here to show, otherwise, why not leave even the medical expenses that Puskas needs most are confirmed?

Spending tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of dollars in transfer fees every year to build a "Galaxy Battleship", but stingy gave the club the number one great contribution to the pitiful medical expenses.

Real Madrid seems to have forgotten, who made them so noble!

Before the 1950s, Real Madrid was born in the Golden Nest and was born with blood of nobility, but their record did not make them so noble, that is, in the 1950s, the European Champions Cup won five consecutive championships. , So that they can stand up in the chest like a giant standing in Europe, and in that most glorious five consecutive championship period, Puskas is an important contributor to the last two consecutive championships, and Puskas joined Real Madrid, Brought the Real Madrid League five consecutive championships, the league's top scorer for four consecutive years, and is still the fourth scorer in Real Madrid's history. Raul is trying to catch up. C Romau has not yet grown up. Three people: Di Stefano, Santillana, Sanchez.

This year's 95/96 season, Real Madrid fans should count their wrenches, this is their thirtieth year away from the Champions League!

When the glorious ending came thirty years ago, Puskas was still on the team.

Now Real Madrid can show off only the glory of that period.

But that's it, Puskas is just a piece of their global commercialization ten years later.

And when they show off their history, they still put Puskas on their lips.

Aldrich, who has lived for nearly 50 years, has already seen through the vicissitudes of the world. Football has never been perfect. Here is full of betrayal, indifference, hatred, and turning over his face faster than turning over books. Deal with it.

Even now because of the appearance of Aldrich, he will not let history repeat itself, but he still has a fire in his heart, and it took a long time before he calmed down the flames.

He wants Puskas to get the best treatment and his family to live more comfortably, which is far more meaningful than endless hatred.

When he returned to the hospital after breakfast, Aldridge saw a thin man outside the ward. The man was twenty-five or sixty years old. The scholar's swank head, and the glasses he wore made him even more dumbfounded.

"Nagy!"

Aldridge yelled softly outside the door.

Najib Sandur turned his head and looked at Aldridge in surprise, then walked in front of him, reached out his hand, and said seriously: "I didn't expect you to really come."

That international letter was sent to Audridge by Najib. He is a member of the Hungarian national team coaching team. He has worked with Audridge for half a year and is the only friend of Audridge in Hungary except Puskas.

Aldrich didn’t hold Najib’s outstretched hand, but gave him a hug and said angrily: “You say that makes me sad, I am such a ruthless and unjust person in your eyes?”

Najib sighed and said honestly: "No, because you are busy, I think, even if you come, it will be in mid-September."

Aldridge suddenly realized that in mid-September it was FIFA competition day, and he had more free time.

The two chatted on the corridor about the illness of Puskas, and then the topic turned to football.

"It is hard to return. The foundation of the domestic youth training is to be rebuilt. Hungary has completely disappeared from the football map. The teacher's generation is the last glory."

Najib's tone was very sad.

With Hungary's football growing, it is now impossible for the nationwide system to create a strong team as it did half a century ago. Moreover, the world is changing and football has become more scientific. It is not possible to quickly and powerfully draw a strong man from the army.

Aldridge patted his shoulder and said softly: "You can't change anything. Really, football is a bottom-up game. Without a good foundation, there is no good superstructure. Come back to London with me and say Truth be told, only you know my football concept best. We cooperate to create an unimaginable future."

Najib looks like a nerd, but he seems to have inherited the genes of the Hungarian cafe football culture half a century ago. He is a tactical madman. He is able to study tactics all night with Aldridge tirelessly. It is a full theoretical study. Person, but his character is destined to make him unable to command an adult team, because he is bored, he can put the tactics on the head, but lacks the most important point of football: passion.

"I will make a decision next month."

Najib whispered.

Aldridge figured it out a little after thinking about it.

Najib is in Hungary with the last hope.

At the end of the European Cup qualifiers in 1996, Hungary, Switzerland, Sweden, Iceland, and Turkey were in the same group, and Hungary was in a very bad situation. There was only theoretical promotion hope. If Turkey cannot win in the next game, then it will be announced. The hope of the European Cup is shattered.

Aldridge nodded: "Okay, I will wait for your reply next month."

If Najib can come to help him, Aldridge feels that this is even more powerful. Although Najib does not have the talent to command the adult team, he has some skills in training and implementing football concepts, teaching young players the patience and vision , Aldridge is ashamed, at least, he can’t do his tirelessly to correct the bad habits of the players. In Aldridge’s view, the player shows what he can show, he can play it out, and his vices can’t be changed, he didn’t. Time to correct each other one by one, the first team head coach is not a youth coach, not to teach players how to play, but to allow players who can play to kick the team's football.

After spending another day in Budapest, Aldridge paid for Puskas’ medical expenses and then began to contact the best hospitals in the UK. He tried his best to get the old man the best medical care.

When he returned to London on Wednesday, he rushed to the northeastern Lincolnshire town of Cleethorpes, where Millwall went to the Brendel Park stadium to challenge League Cup opponent Greensby.