The Young Lion

Aya Sumy Park Stadium was dead silent, the carnival of the Middlesbrough fans came to an abrupt end, and what went up and down was the crazy roar of the Millwall Roar fans.

No one thought that Nedved would appear in that position at the front of the penalty area, no one!

In the first nine rounds of the league, in the eight games Nedved played, he was obediently moving around the center circle, more often retreating and participating in defense, rather than boldly inserting.

Even Brian Robson, who studies Millwall tactics, doesn't list Nedved as one of the game-stoppers.

But Bryan Robson gritted his teeth and closed his eyes when Nedved scored that brilliant equalizer.

He could clearly hear Aldrich's screaming on his knees not far away, and the roar of the hideous face under the blond hair, it was not a catharsis, but a declaration of victory!

Bryan Robson said silently in his heart: Boss, you are wrong, this is not a Millwall team that cannot be underestimated, but a Millwall team that will impact English football in the future!

In the twenty minutes following Middlesbrough's comeback, Bryan Robson saw a Millwall side who were composure and dominating the game.

Not only did they suddenly speed up the pace of the game, making Middlesbrough exhausted on the defensive end, but they also won tactically!

This kind of oppression and purpose, as well as the strength of tactical execution, Brian Robson has been in football for 20 years, has only been seen in top teams.

After Nedved scored, his teammates rushed towards him from all directions, but he tore his jersey and roared, while rushing towards the coaching bench of the visiting team.

The focus of his sight was Aldridge, who was kneeling on the sidelines and raised his arms and raised his arms to the sky. Although Aldridge was quickly embraced by the coaches of the coaching staff and drowned in the crowd, Nedved still turned towards Aldridge. Running all the way.

Nedved's mind was filled with bits and pieces of the short time with Aldridge.

Just less than two years ago, when he was at Sparta Prague, the head coach of the team said that he was a player with no future, a player who had to rely on luck to sit on the Sparta Prague bench.

Those words have always been engraved in the bottom of Nedved's heart, which is the source of his active and hard training every day, but he is still only a substitute in Sparta Prague.

In the summer of 1994, when a club was willing to offer him a sky-high price of more than one million pounds, even he himself felt that the club was joking with him.

After coming to London, Aldridge had a long talk with Nedved.

Nedved has never seen such a young head coach, nor has he seen such a serious head coach like Aldridge.

Aldridge not only carefully analyzed his strengths and weaknesses for Nedved, but also came up with a detailed training plan, clearly telling Nedved what kind of future he will be rewarded with as long as he trains hard. .

He is by no means an engineer, he has extremely high talent and talent, although his position is in the midfield, he can play the key man who decides the game.

Nedved has been waiting patiently. He will do whatever Aldridge asks him to do, even if he wants to try to move forward and participate in the attack, but he is restrained when Aldridge does not allow him. , Deep down in his heart, he understood that everything Aldridge did was for his own good.

Just after conceding the ball just now, Aldridge's tactical arrangement is very clear,

To equalize the score is not to rely on the attack from the left, nor the attack from the right. The final finisher must be a character that the opponent cannot think of, that is him: Pavel Nedved!

Nedved did it, and the moment he did it, he forgot everything.

Running from the front of the Middlesbrough penalty area to Aldridge, Nedved reached out and grabbed Aldridge's suit, and shouted excitedly: Boss, did you see it? Did you see it? We did it! We did it! done!

Aldridge hugged him tightly, repeating a sentence over and over again.

Well done! Well done!

Other Millwall players also rushed over and surrounded Nedved and Aldridge who were hugging each other.

It wasn't until the referee came over to issue a warning that their celebration came to an end.

Aldridge shouted to the lads walking back halfway: Come on! Hit them again!

Brian Robson, who heard his words not far away, was dumbfounded.

With 91 minutes to go on the scoreboard, the fourth official was delayed by a minute before calling stoppage time: four minutes.

With less than 3 minutes left, does Aldridge still want to take away a victory away?

But when Bryan Robson looked back at his players, he found that the Middlesbrough players were downcast and their morale had fallen to the bottom.

Seeing the victory slip through the fingers, one can imagine the psychological gap.

Instead, Millwall equalized the score. At the moment, they were full of fighting spirit and seemed to forget their fatigue on the court. Those were eleven lions who were alive and well!

Brian Robson shook his head. He didn't want a short-term crash to be reversed.

Three defensive players were replaced in one breath, and Middlesbrough used up the time in the backcourt after the kick-off.

The referee blew the whistle to end the game.

The tenth round of League One's first battle: Middlesbrough VS Millwall finally ended with a score of 2:2, and the two teams shook hands.

Although both teams have scored a league point, but mentally, the Millwall players have gained more from this game than Middlesbrough.

Bryan Robson and Aldrich walked towards each other together, and after shaking hands, they whispered in each other's ears.

Mr Hall, this game made me look at Millwall and you with admiration. Your team has an enviable future.

Brian, you taught me a lot today, thank you. I'll be waiting for you at Lions Den next year, so we can sit down and have a drink.

It's a deal.

good luck.

The two coaches looked at each other with a smile and left respectively, but the smile on Robson's face was slightly bitter.

Aldridge can't say that he is proud of himself at the moment, but can only say that he has just experienced a battle of ups and downs, and he has achieved the result he wanted, and his mood is full of joy.

A routine televised postgame interview awaited Aldrich as he passed the interview area.

Although Millwall was the top of League One before the game, the public is not optimistic about Millwall's away trip. Most of them think that they will suffer a loss like Tranmere. But after 90 minutes of the battle, Millwall Fighting back to a draw, they kept the top spot in League One. Although the points gap was shortened by the teams behind, it is clear that Millwall is the most popular team in League One right now.

Mr Hall, how do you feel about the draw at Ayersummer Park? Can you comment on the performances of Middlesbrough and Millwall?

Aldridge shook his head with a smile on his face: It's unbelievable, it's unbelievable. Millwall's performance today was impeccable. We played a great game. Maybe this is only the League One. Knowing that Millwall is still young, Middlesbrough? They are playing well, they are strong at home, they don't make mistakes on the field, they control the game very well, except for being beaten by Millwall Two goals aside, it's impeccable. They're still the best team in League One and I'm sure Middlesbrough will always be the favorites this season.

Aldridge almost got carried away praising his team, and he finally remembered his style when facing the media: Praising the opponent generously is actually praising himself better.

Schneider's own goal made the team fall behind. Do you have anything to say about that goal?

It was just an ordinary conceded goal, and nothing else matters. There is no doubt that Schneider was one of the best players on the court today. He assisted his teammates and scored for his teammates in the first and second half. His performance deserves a round of applause from the team.

After a short interview, Aldridge returned to the visiting team's locker room. All the players of the team had changed their clothes and were ready to return. Seeing their smiling faces, Aldridge said loudly before leaving: Hey, how did you perform today? It is worthy of praise, just like today, with confidence and determination to win, keep playing like this!

Okay, boss!

Everyone responded with a smile, and then followed Aldridge and left the Aiyasumi Park Stadium.

On the way back, Aldrich listened to music with earphones on and was in a good mood.

I have been thinking about the team's performance in the game for a long time. Although it was only a game, Millwall's fighting spirit and tenacity in adversity are truly commendable. Players like Nedved, Aldridge I really want to keep him for the rest of my life. There is no doubt that Nedved can become the lion king of the wild lions in this group of Millwall players!

On such a beautiful day, Aldrich was disturbed by a phone call at night.

Aldridge, congratulations on your away draw today. I watched the video of the game and Millwall is impressive.

Aldridge was lying on the sofa, holding the landline phone at home in his arms.

The English with a Scottish accent in the receiver really made him uncomfortable, but he couldn't hate it.

Why don't you talk?

Alex, let's be honest, which player do you want to consult about the possibility of transfer.

There was silence on the other end of the phone.

Bryan heard that Larsson could be in the transfer market.

You want Larson?

United need a new striker.

How long can you give him?

What's the meaning?

Larson has only played in League One. He was in the Netherlands before. Whether he can adapt to the Premier League and Manchester United will take time, won't it? How long can you give him to adapt?

There was silence on the other end of the phone.

Aldridge did not reject Ferguson outright. On the contrary, he retreated and tried to make Ferguson give up on himself.

Manchester United needs a striker, and it is definitely a striker who can fight. Blackburn this season is simply crazy, and Shearer continues the god-level performance of last season.

Are you rejecting me?

Aldrich looked at the ceiling and smiled bitterly.

If Manchester United pay five million pounds and give Larson a contract with a weekly salary of more than 20,000, what's the use of refusing? Keeping him will only create problems within the team, won't it?

Five million pounds? How dare you ask for it!

What? I bought it for millions of pounds, so can I sell it for two or three million?

Forget it, if it's five million, I'd rather be slaughtered by that bastard Keegan.

That's right. Andy Cole has proven himself in the Premier League. Manchester United don't have to hesitate to incur debt.

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