The Young Lion

Thanks to Three Forests for the Forest for the reward!

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The entire time of a player's career is their entire life as a player in the green world.

Southgate's life as a soldier, when he was disarmed and returned to the field, his mentality was already in turmoil. A penalty kick would not make him nervous at all. In the anticipation of everyone, he walked into the opponent's penalty area and whistled at the referee After signaling, the penalty kick was easily shot into the goal.

The Millwall fans at the Hawthorns broke out in shocking cheers, and the Millwall players on the visiting team's bench also stood up and applauded.

Southgate was quite flattered and raised his hands in return to those who supported him.

This was an ordinary penalty, but it was exaggerated and embellished by Fleet Street after the game, such as the nine-year reincarnation, what Southgate defeated...

The game is still going on. After losing the ball, West Brom seems powerless to the game. defense.

Like a frog boiled in warm water, Millwall had already taken a 3-0 lead in the 80th minute of the game. The fans of the home team at the Hawthorn Stadium looked numb and did not leave the field early. The countdown to West Brom's departure from the Premier League.

Bryan Robson sat limp on the dugout, and Aldridge felt a little sorry for him.

There must be shady scenes in football, it is inevitable.

Even though Millwall is the team that always pursues victory in Aldridge's mouth, it can't really go all out to win every game. Because it is difficult for you to absolutely rule the minds of the starting 11 players.

in irrelevant games. The player's stance will of course change. It looks relaxed, or a little slack, there are many reasons, maybe it is really not caring about the outcome of the game, or it may be to avoid fierce confrontation and reduce the possibility of injury.

West Brom have a chance to avoid relegation, absolutely.

Relegation rivals Norwich are now five goals behind to Fulham!

Crystal Palace and Charlton are still tied for the time being.

As long as West Brom can win the game, they may really be able to stage a victory escape.

If Millwall and West Brom had agreed to send West Brom ashore before the game.

That would be a match-fixing because it was discussed in advance. That is the agreement ball.

But the two sides did not discuss it. If West Brom took the lead in the game, Millwall might really let them go. The focus of the whole team has turned to the Champions League. Even if it is a substitute, Aldridge does not want to have Injury or overuse occurs.

This could turn into a tacit ball.

The tacit understanding of the ball is reasonable, just like the Nordic brothers joined hands to beat Italy 2:2 in the European Cup.

Does that require an agreement?

unnecessary!

Just need a tacit understanding!

When the game develops like that, it is good for everyone, hello, hello, hello everyone, why fight? Of course, teams with higher ideological awareness. Will fight, but in the face of huge benefits. Don't look down on anyone, because if Italy is in the same situation, it is hard to guarantee that they will not do the same behavior as their Nordic brothers.

West Brom was unlucky that they ran into Millwall in the final game, and it happened that Southgate was about to retire. The Millwall team did not want to lose in the last official game where Southgate started, so , they were unable to play a tacit game.

When the whistle sounded for the end of the game, the West Brom fans were dejected and left the field quietly. It was not that they didn't want to use heroic cheers to see West Brom off. They hoped that their beloved team would make a comeback in the low-level league next year.

It's just that West Brom, who only won 5 games in the whole season, really broke the hearts of the fans!

In addition, today is of special significance to Millwall fans. The visiting team fans are here to dominate the guests. After the game, they are celebrating the seventh Premier League title. They are paying tribute to the legendary Southgate.

The 2004-2005 English Premier League season came to an end. Millwall once again scored 102 points to win the Premier League championship. West Brom in the final game is a pity. If they can win Millwall, they will win the Premier League. They will succeed in relegation, because their relegation opponent, Norwich, was slaughtered by Fulham 0:6 away, and Charlton also sniped Crystal Palace 2:2 at home. As a result, Crystal Palace overwhelmed with the same goal difference advantage Norwich was relegated, and Norwich and West Brom were relegated after the last round!

This is a day that belongs to Millwall, and it also belongs to Southgate. Interestingly, Crystal Palace was able to relegation successfully, and the official club also sent blessings to Southgate. Some media even joked that Southgate was at the end of the Premier League. Repaying his former club 11 years ago in the finale, his penalty gave Millwall the lead...  

Southgate smiled and applauded all the fans in the field. The Hawthorns echoed with the voice of Millwall fans praising him. When the Millwall players were celebrating in the field, Southgate unexpectedly walked into the players alone. aisle.

The Premier League season awards ceremony is about to begin, but Southgate, as the captain of Millwall, left the stadium, which puzzled the fans in the stands.

When the awards ceremony in the stadium was ready, the red carpet from the sidelines to the podium was laid out. The players' families smiled and watched the players on both sides of the red carpet. Today's award MC is the press officer of the FA.

The championship trophy was held out by the FA executive in one hand. On the other side, the fans saw Southgate in a suit and leather shoes also holding the other side of the trophy.

Eh? Looking at Southgate's outfit, could it be that he will be the award presenter today? It's so strange, it seems that he won't receive the championship medal?

Southgate put the championship trophy on the podium, and then he stood there. After the master of ceremonies called out the name of a player, Southgate waited on the podium to put a championship medal on the other side .

When hanging the medals around the necks of his teammates, Southgate hugged each teammate hard and smiled. This is his curtain call. It was also a moment of pride for him.

When he came to Millwall. Millwall looked bleak, but when he left, Millwall was in full bloom!

The picture of him embracing with Aldridge on the podium became the street scene of the fleet the next day. Behind the two of them was the scene of Millwall first-team players wearing medals and smiling in the background.

Nedved and Larsson took over the Premier League trophy from Southgate together. The two held the trophy high, one left and one right. The name of the wild lion resounded through the sky!

After Millwall's glorious peak in 2002, it successfully defended the league title again in 2005. Fleet Street is praising Millwall's greatness, looking forward to May 25th, if Millwall can defend the Champions League.

There is no doubt that the second era of Lions ruling Europe, the dynasty will come again!

After the Premier League ended, the Millwall team rested for two days. On the first morning of the holiday, Aldrich took his daughter Bonnie to go shopping. Bonnie, with her pretty braids, rides on Aldrich's neck as she hangs out with her dad in West London. Aldrich taught her how to use a camera, and she also hung a point-and-shoot camera around her neck, and she could take pictures of whatever she was interested in or liked.

The father and daughter went shopping together very warmly and happily.

But at noon, when Aldrich was eating ice cream with Bonnie, Southgate called to tell him his decision.

Boss, the chairman of the Football Association invited me to join the Football Association. They have great sincerity. I thought about it all night and decided to agree to them.

Aldridge wiped Bonnie's mouth with a tissue, and said to the phone, What exactly do they want you to do?

To be honest, this news made Aldrich a little depressed.

Southgate has not officially retired yet, because Millwall's season is not over yet, and there is still a Champions League final.

But the FA came to grab people first!

There is no doubt that Southgate, the captain of the contemporary England World Cup winner, must have prestige in English football, not to mention the support of Millwall behind him. If he enters the political arena in the football circle, it will be a fortune that cannot be ignored resource wealth.

They wanted me to be the director of youth football in England.

Oh? This is a fairly reliable position.

After Aldrich heard it, he realized that he might be wrong. He thought that the FA's win over Southgate would be to give him an idle position as a help for a certain force, but he didn't expect that it was not purely utilitarian considerations.

The decline in the quality of English youth players is not empty talk. Judging from the results of the European Youth Championships in recent years, England’s low-level national teams have not performed well. In addition, the Premier League stage has squeezed the living space of local players. Relatively, young local players are even worse. It is difficult to have a bright future, and there are fewer and fewer outstanding players, or even if they are excellent, they cannot be compared with the geniuses of other mainstream powers.

Well, because this is a role that may be able to make substantial contributions, I thought about it for one night. I wanted to try and bring some of Millwall's youth training experience over to promote the reform and development of youth football in England. develop.

Well, Gareth, since you have already made up your mind, I still say that, I absolutely support you, go ahead, if you need help, just ask.

Okay, thanks, boss.

After hanging up the phone, Aldridge fell into deep thought.

For the club's meritorious players, he actually has some ideas, that is, he hopes that the legendary players who can retire in the club can play a role in the club as much as possible, including entering the management team, or serving as the team's publicity ambassador, Mir Wall is taking the international route. According to the commercialization strategy formulated by Carter, there may be many competitive and commercial activities around the world in the future. At that time, the role of legendary players will be very obvious.

However, as a local player in England, Southgate entered the FA job, which is also a good result. It can be regarded as maximizing his influence on the best stage, that is, the local effect. When people refer to it, there is always a prefix: Millwall Famous.

To Aldridge's surprise, 21 years later, Southgate became the chairman of the FA!

At that time, the kings of the Lion King Stadium had become Hall II and Prince of the Wild Lion. (To be continued..)

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