The Young Lion

Last season's promotion to the play-off final lost to Leicester City, which had a low hostility, and missed the opportunity to be promoted to the Premier League. This is a big blow to Derby County, which has no well-known players, and the shadow of defeat It has continued until the beginning of this season. The opponents in the first two league games with one draw and one loss were all teams with poor strength, and the teams at the top of the standings showed good form, which seemed to wake up Derby County all at once.

On the afternoon of the match day, Aldridge came out of the dressing room. When passing through the player tunnel, he paid special attention to the demeanor of the Derby County players. He found that they were full of energy and fighting spirit. Presumably the opponent had also carried out internal mobilization before the game, and they were determined to win the game. .

That's great!

Aldridge is now not afraid of meeting aggressive teams. The more aggressive the team, the more it can help his team grow rapidly. At the same time, it can also give him room for defensive counterattack tactically.

On the contrary, Aldridge is most afraid of encountering that kind of relatively conservative team, which instead makes his team have little room to play offensively.

As soon as he walked out of the player tunnel, the noisy sound of the Lion's Den Stadium wafted into his ears. Amidst the noisy sound, Aldridge walked calmly to the coach's bench of the home team.

Aldrich! Aldrich!

The stands outside the aisle were relatively close, and Aldridge heard someone calling him unexpectedly, so he stopped and followed the sound.

On the nearest stand, a young male fan waved a poster at him, shouting his name constantly, seeing Aldridge looking over, he shouted even louder: Aldridge, hey! I'm Brady, have you forgotten me? Come and sign me, you son of a bitch!

Aldridge couldn't help laughing. Not far away, the young man who was about the same age as him faced Qingxiu. If you don't look carefully, it's hard to see the small freckles on his face. At this moment, he waved at Aldrich with a natural expression.

There were several young people beside Brady, and Aldridge recognized them at a glance. Like Brady, they were Aldrich's childhood playmates.

Although Aldridge has been studying in various parts of Europe all year round, he still returns to London for a period of time every year. Except for the English football coach training courses, he will gather with these friends at other times.

Aldridge walked to the edge of the stands, and Brady handed Aldridge the poster and a pen in his hand.

The poster is Millwall's promotional poster for this season. It is centered on the heroic Aldridge, with other first-team players standing coolly behind him, with the green field as the background.

Aldrich signed his name on the lawn under his feet in the poster, then handed the poster back, and said with a chuckle, How are you doing?

Brady took back the poster and looked down first, then smiled and said, I'm studying at the University of East London, so it's okay.

The friends next to him saw that Brady got his signature, and they all asked Aldridge to sign, some directly on the jersey, and some on the peaked cap.

Go for a drink together after the game, see you at the old place.

Aldridge said casually while signing, but he found that more and more fans asked him to sign, and many fans around him followed suit. If this trend continues, Aldridge may not be able to finish signing in the dark.

Brady grinned and showed a mouthful of white teeth, pretending to be fierce and asked, Aldrich, can we win today? Damn Derby County is really fucked!

Aldridge returned the pen to Brady,

Without answering his question, he made an apologetic gesture to the fans who were still asking for autographs, then he shrugged at Brady and turned to the home team coach on the sidelines.

Damn! Aldrich, if you lose the game, be careful to be beaten by us! Especially your pretty face!

Aldrich turned around when he heard the words, smiled and gave Brady a middle finger.

Wow

Many fans around saw Aldridge raised his middle finger towards the stands, and made a lot of exclamation.

But Brady's group of boys burst into laughter, and then shouted at Aldridge: Aldrich, if you dare to lose the game, we will beat you to death! Hahahaha.

The surrounding fans all reacted.

Dare to know Aldrich and these young people, the middle finger is just a joke among peers.

After understanding, the surrounding laughter grew louder.

Millwall fans are working class, they are not gentlemen, their words and deeds are definitely not gentlemanly, rude and vulgar is the most normal.

Aldridge, who would put up his middle finger when joking with his friends, is like a rebellious boy. Not only will this not disgust the fans, even the older fans will smile heartily when they see this, as if they saw their youth. shadow.

If Aldridge behaves like a gentle and elegant person all the time, it will make them feel a sense of distance and strangeness. Even if Aldridge leads the team towards a good momentum, it may be difficult to accept it deep in his heart. He, because there will always be a gap between people in the two worlds, on the contrary, Aldrich, who has a working-class color on his body, is easier to be accepted and tolerated by them.

Because the game hadn't started yet, the broadcast camera didn't capture the scene where Aldridge raised his middle finger just now, otherwise it would definitely be publicized.

Aldridge, as always, stood in front of the coach's bench, calmly waiting for the game to start with his hands in his pockets.

Fans in the stands had a tit-for-tat before the game started.

5:1, 5:1, 5:1...

Derby County fans can only humiliate Millwall by repeating the bloody score three months ago in the corner of the stands.

And the Millwall fans could only shout sourly: Cowards lost to Leicester City at Wembley!

So what if we win?

If you don't, he-damn stay in League One!

And now we are at the top of the table and you are in the relegation zone!

There is not much hostility between the two teams, it is just a pure revenge battle.

It's like fighting a stranger.

Three months ago, Derby County beat Millwall to the ground. Today, Millwall wants to beat Derby County to the ground. When the game is over, it will be forgotten soon. There is an essential difference between the immortality passed down by generations.

The war of shouting among the fans in the stands has begun, and the game kicked off after the referee blew his whistle.

As soon as the game started, Derby County really attacked aggressively, with a great momentum of turning away from the guest.

In the opening 30 seconds, he took a long shot from outside the penalty area. Although it was outrageous, it was still a shock.

On the contrary, Millwall was very calm and seemed unable to adapt to the opponent's fierce frontcourt. Thuram kicked the ball back to the opposing player in a hasty clearance, forcing Makelele to make a foul to curb Derby County's attack.

In the opening three minutes, Derby County's high-pressure press made Millwall breathless.

The fans in the stands were very anxious.

What are you doing?

What kind of rhythm to lose? !

Aldridge standing on the sidelines was very calm, his hands still in the pockets of his trousers.

In fact, he was not worried but happy.

Derby County’s high-pressure press was mentioned by Aldridge at the preparatory meeting before, and the players must have kept it in mind, but the rhythm of the first two league games was obviously slow. It's just a high ball, and compared to Derby County, which was mature and almost promoted to the Premier League last season, whether it is Xiulian or Sunderland, they are still a level behind.

The Millwall players just haven't adapted yet. As long as they stabilize their minds and adjust themselves, then everything will be on the right track.

For the high-level League One, set kicks are one of the important goal-breaking tactics, so when Derby County got a set kick in the frontcourt, most of their players rushed up.

The ball was hoisted into the penalty area. As a group of people struggled to take off for the header, Stam fended off the Derby County players around him. After taking off, he pushed the ball hard out of the penalty area. Backfield left.

The ball bounced on the turf. Before the Derby County player rushed up to grab the ball, Pires gently lifted the ball forward with his right foot. The ball crossed the Derby County player's head in a beautiful arc in the air. Then, Pires sprinted with all his strength, with a wide gap in front of him.

At this moment, Aldridge pulled his right hand out of his pocket, waved it fiercely towards the Derby County goal, and shouted with a ferocious face: Come on! Don't take it easy!

In fact, it doesn't need to be said by him, after the first two games and training, Millwall's frontcourt attacking four already knew what to do at this time.

Pires makes a quick run with the ball.

Larsson and Trezeguet sprinted forward in a structured manner with the distance between them.

Schneider on the right also quickly plugged in along the sidewalk.

The fans in the stands also roared, and an exciting picture came into view.

Derby County's frontcourt set ball was still threatening Millwall's gate a second ago, and in the blink of an eye, the four Millwall players sprinted forward on their respective runways like track and field athletes.

The two players behind Derby County followed Larson and Trezeguet closely, and Pires, who took the ball, was also chased by Derby County players at full speed behind him.

When Pires dribbled the ball close to the center line, he made a long pass directly, and the ball leaped across the half court and flew obliquely towards the right.

Schneider, who is unmarked, is on the landing point of the ball's trajectory.

But such a long pass in high-speed running is a test of the player's technical ability.

It would be a pity if such a good opportunity was wasted.

The Millwall fans prayed in their hearts that Schneider would take the long ball.

Aldridge, who was standing on the sidelines, was beating like thunder.

The scene in front of him is the perfect embodiment of his counterattack tactics.

Players jump in at high speed during the counterattack, the player with the ball does not stick to the ball, and quickly advances the ball through the gap to the opponent's half. Not only does the opponent have no time to deploy defense, but even the opponent cannot even catch up!

He has confidence in Schneider!

If Pires' pass is not in place, there is nothing to say, but the trajectory of the ball is just right. Schneider, as a player with the best skills among German players of this generation, cannot stop the ball at high speed. But if he plays well Definitely will not disappoint.

Sure enough, Schneider, who was plugged in at high speed in the right corridor, only used the arch of his right foot to release the ball perfectly. The situation that was joked about stopping the ball two meters away did not happen to him. .

It's just the coherent footwork and movement of this stop ball that is pleasing to the eye.

After stopping the ball, Schneider did not move forward with the ball. His speed is not a specialty. If he moved forward with the ball, his speed would give Derby County more time to defend. Therefore, he passed a half-high ball and flew diagonally. To the left front, the left side of Derby County's penalty area.

The ball drew another arc in midair.

Both Millwall's two forwards and the opposing two defenders ran towards the Derby County goal. Schneider's pass was in front of them. The Derby County defender in the front point tried his best to go out, but Failed to stop the ball passing in front of him with his toes.

Trezeguet was shaken by the defender who intercepted the shovel and missed the front point, but he was still running forward.

On the left side, Larson, who had already run in place, faced the ball falling in front of him. He lightly knocked with his left foot, and the Derby County defender chasing him was unbelievable, and he was even ready to pull Lar down outside the penalty area. Sen's preparation, but he did not expect that with the ball running at high speed, Larson obviously had the opportunity to form a single goal, but he gave the opportunity to score to his teammates!

The ball was knocked back to the middle, and Trezeguet, who was already unmarked, made some adjustments after receiving the ball and shot angrily!

Seeing the ball being blasted into the goal, the opponent's goalkeeper didn't respond. Aldridge, who was on the sidelines, raised his fists and raised his arms, turned around and laughed, It's so wonderful!

From defending to attacking to scoring, the quick counterattack that took 11 seconds to score the goal made the blood of the Millwall fans spurt, and the Lions Den Stadium instantly became a sea of ​​carnival!

The Millwall players who made this classic goal while running at full speed are like the blue lions on the club's logo in the eyes of the fans!

The entire Lion's Den Stadium in Millwall seemed to send out a lion's roar that shook the world!