The Young Lion

Before the national team's battle report came out, Aldridge, who had nothing to do, was the first to board the streets of the fleet during the FIFA match day.

His day like a horse watching flowers, became the headlines of major newspapers.

Even though his serving sentence is like a show, no one can blame him.

Even the mayor of London praised the environmental protection slogan written on his sports jacket. Britain is already a country that advocates environmental protection.

In the small performance of the Spice Girls to promote the new album that night, the same promotional slogan was printed on the back of the clothes Melanie wore. Aldridge had never communicated with Melanie beforehand, and it is estimated that she got After receiving the news, they improvised an echo across the air at night, and this kind of tacit understanding benefited both of them at the same time.

Some TV stations even edited the follow-up cameras during the day and broadcast them as a special program that night, called Special Volunteers.

Over the past few days, Aldridge's popularity has once again risen to a new height, and his influence is also rising.

In the Times published on Friday, a reporter wrote an article pointing out: When football experts are estimating the value of Millwall players and arguing who is the most valuable player in this team, who has estimated Aldridge? What is your value? In my opinion, the number one star of Millwall is not Larsson, Nedved, or other players, but Hall, if Hall disappears from Millwall, I believe more than 80% of them will go again A change in Millwall's competitiveness will reduce Millwall's competitiveness by at least one level, and Millwall's image is likely to be brought back to its original shape. Hall, this young coach, is as attractive as any popular star in the Premier League And the coach, of course, he still needs trophies to prove himself, but we boldly assume that if Hall proves himself with the championship, how much will his value increase from now?

In the past few days, Aldridge has worked as a cleaner, went to nursing homes, orphanages, and was accompanied by several players to the hospital. The behavior of the players was instigated by agent Andrew, which is conducive to establishing a positive public opinion for them. Image, and all of this, with the color of the Millwall club.

Even West Ham United and Chelsea, who have never died with Millwall, cannot accuse Aldridge of a series of behaviors at this time.

One undeniable fact is that celebrity does matter.

An ordinary person saying please be kind to the old and the young is not as effective as saying the same thing from the mouth of a celebrity.

Aldridge is doing free public service advertisements, and this kind of advertisements are needed by the society, and the public recognizes them from the bottom of their hearts and hopes that the more the better.

Now not only Millwall people like Aldridge, more and more neutral fans are also becoming Aldridge supporters, this kind of support will be passed on to the Millwall club, as can be seen from the sales of jerseys and souvenirs come out.

Off-site public service announcements and voluntary labor are not Aldrich's main job. Therefore, the outside world is hyped, and most of the time allocation in his life is still in his job.

After the FIFA match day, Millwall continued its good momentum. A big victory in the league put Southampton firmly in the relegation zone. Then, the atmosphere of the Millwall club became a little tense, because they are about to usher in history moment of sex.

The atmosphere on the training ground has gotten weird.

Although the players are usually trained hard and earnestly under the supervision of the coach, it is common for them to tell a joke to relax the atmosphere occasionally.

But in the days leading up to the Carabao Cup final, the players became very quiet and just buried themselves in training.

There is quite a taste of the calm before the storm.

Aldridge has not been in the industry for a long time. He lacks experience, let alone him. In the 110-year history of the Millwall Club, this is the first time that it has ushered in the cup final.

He himself is not flustered, on the contrary, he sees it very openly. It doesn't matter if he loses by decompressing himself, the days ahead will be long.

But he has to find a way to win, that's his job.

But he was at a loss. He didn't know whether to let the players relax or make the players more serious at this time.

The first option, the fear of letting the players really relax and underestimate the opponent.

The second option is to worry that the players will be overly nervous and will not be able to play freely.

Aldrich was in a dilemma, and finally called the coaching staff from top to bottom for a special meeting.

The other coaches also noticed this situation, and when Aldrich asked them for advice, they stared at each other, unable to do anything.

Because they are also big girls getting on the sedan chair, it's the first time.

Although he used to work at Ajax, he was not in the first team after all, couldn't enter the dressing room, and didn't know how to deal with the preparation process before the game.

Aldridge thought about it, and decided to choose the lesser of two evils. Instead of underestimating the enemy and letting the team relax mentally, it is better to let them step onto the final stage with high fighting spirit.

In the locker room after training, Aldridge will play a more famous tune when the players are resting.

Burana.

Legend has it that the Nazi German army used it as a military song in World War II, and it was changed into a classic The-mass by the famous music group ERA a few years later.

This is an absolutely inspiring piece of music that can arouse the passionate emotions of men fighting hard.

The weekend final is of great significance to most players. It may be the first trophy in their careers, and it is also the first trophy in Aldridge's coaching career.

And this affects the nerves of every Millwall person.

Will the 110-year wait and the 100-year history of no crown come to an end on the last Sunday of February 1996?

After training on Saturday, Aldridge returned to his parents' villa in the eastern suburbs and stayed here for one night.

The next day, his mother kissed his forehead and his father hugged him before he went out with his suit and leather shoes neatly packed.

Then, Aldridge walked out of the villa and drove to the club with a calm face.

Arthur and his wife still stayed at home, and Amelia asked Arthur: Will we sit in the same box with Alice in the afternoon?

Arthur snorted and said, How is it possible? I don't want to have a conflict with an old man who has cancer.

Aren't you on good terms?

What the hell, he's just using me to annoy Bates, he looks at me like he's looking at a pony boy, shit, it's amazing to be rich, in a few years, our family will be richer than him.

The couple said that Ellis is the owner of Aston Villa. He is a wealthy man with nearly 20 industries involved. However, his investment in Aston Villa is very stingy. The model is taking care of the team.

Doug Ellis, about 70 years old, suffers from prostate cancer and loves to show off his wealth. He usually sits in a red and stylish Rolls-Royce. Six months ago, he invited Chelsea owner Bates to his cruise ship for vacation. Bates said in front of his face that the cook on the ship was terrible, which made Alice upset, turned his face on Bates, and then wooed Arthur, who was fighting with Bates at the round table meeting, Ah Although Se has the attributes of a hooligan, he is a smart person. He was a little angry with Bates when he made false claims with Ellis, but it was just for fun anyway.

But today was the day when Millwall and Aston Villa competed for the League Cup. Arthur couldn't play with Ellis anymore. If the two sat in the same box, Arthur felt that something would happen.

Aston Villa won the championship, Arthur might not have smashed the box.

Millwall won the championship, Arthur was too excited to celebrate, and Ellis might not be able to bear it.

Arthur had planned that on this absolutely special day, he would stand in the stands with his former brothers, just like their parents used to cheer on the team at the Lion's Den.

Other family members can go to the box, but he won't go anyway.

In the past 110 years, since Arthur can remember, his grandfather and father have recited a sentence countless times.

Millwall has no champions.

If you say you don't care, who the hell will believe it!

The first championship trophy, I have waited too long, the sea has turned into a turbulent field, and countless young youths have walked into the grave...

Today, Arthur is extremely proud. His son will definitely end the club's century-long history without a championship. He firmly believes in it.

And this is also a day when he and many brothers back then carried the expectations brought to the grave by their ancestors and had to witness side by side.

Traffic from east London to north London began to jam just after noon.

The reason is that Millwall fans began to flock to Wembley Stadium in northwest London. Wembley Stadium, which can accommodate more than 60,000 fans, must be full today. In addition to the tickets allocated to fans of the two teams, Tickets sold through normal channels were also sold out, and even if the price was severely raised by scalpers, the enthusiasm of Millwall people to grab tickets and enter the stadium remained undiminished.

For Aston Villa, they had a glorious moment, they reached the top of Europe 14 years ago, but that seemed to be the last glory, and they have never won the top league championship since then, but the League Cup champion, the year before last, in 1994 The champions are them, and this is the second time they have reached the final in three years.

Unlike the Millwall League Cup finals where the opponents they encountered were not strong, Aston Villa's road to promotion can be described as a series of strong ones. It seems that their final tickets are more valuable.

It is precisely because they have proved their strength during the promotion process that it makes the finals even more exciting.

Millwall, who is now third in the Premier League standings, is facing fifth-ranked Aston Villa. There is no doubt that this is a strong confrontation, although the names of the two teams do not sound loud enough.

When the team buses of the two teams drove into Wembley, Aldrich saw a blue ocean outside Wembley through the window. Because it is located in London, Millwall people would come even if they didn’t have a ticket. Come here and cheer for the team from the nearest distance.

Aldrich told himself in his heart: Maybe for himself, he can lose, but for them, even if he dies, he can't lose!

Heck, the bus stopped and the door opened.

Aldrich was the first to get up, and said in a deep voice without looking back, Millwall.

The players shouted reflexively: Come on!

get off.

Aldridge was the first to get off the bus.