The Young Lion

In the afternoon before the second round of the Champions League semi-final, the Millwall youth team came to Munich with the first team and played a friendly match with the Bayern Munich youth team.

The offensive line led by Joe Cole, Villa, Vicente and Joaquin completely destroyed the Bayern Munich youth team and won a big victory 5:2.

Under the leadership of Najib, the youth team did not go to the surrounding areas of Munich, such as looking for a friendly match with the youth team of Munich 1860, but sat in the stands behind the coaching bench of the visiting team to watch the game.

For such an important game, the members of the youth team also want to enjoy it up close.

This is also a way for the club to cultivate a sense of belonging for young players.

But when the team was eliminated by Bayern Munich, the young players also showed disappointment on their faces.

On the field, Aldridge came in front of Ronaldinho. Everyone didn't realize that Ronaldinho had been strained. They only thought that he slipped and missed a penalty kick and was lying on the ground sad.

Aldridge bent down and reached out to pull his hand away, seeing a tear-stained face.

Gone was the face whose smile would have infected all Millwallers at Lions Den.

Boss, I'm sorry!

Ronaldinho knew how much the whole team valued and looked forward to defending the European Champions Cup, but he kicked everyone's dreams away.

Aldridge showed him a gentle expression without any bitterness. He didn't speak, and pulled Ronaldinho up from the ground. Until Ronaldinho was injured.

He put one of Ronaldinho's arms on his shoulders, and then walked towards the middle circle with his arms around him.

Ronaldinho leaned on Aldridge's shoulder and still couldn't stop his tears. He kept apologizing to Aldridge, as if he had made a huge mistake.

When Aldridge walked towards the middle circle, there were cameras following him all the time, and the live broadcast was still not over. Perhaps the audience in front of the TV was more curious about how the young marshal would react next.

The commentators couldn't help but sigh, especially the commentator from England, Martin Taylor.

He said with a heavy tone and full of reverence: This scene is unfamiliar to us and to the fans of Millwall. It is not that Millwall will not lose. They have lost, and they have also lost within a short distance of the league championship. I've done it before, but today's defeat is a milestone in the history of the Millwall club.

will go down in history. Bayern Munich defeated Millwall 1-0 at home. This is the first European defeat in the history of the Millwall club, and the Champions League loss! After embarking on the European War in the previous season, Millwall has maintained an unbeaten record of 31 games in the European Cup Winners' Cup and the Champions League. If the finals were counted last season, they had 8 wins and 3 draws in 11 games. In the finals, the regular time plus extra time was a tie, and they won the championship with penalty kicks. This season, Millwall has achieved 8 wins and 1 tie in the first 9 UEFA Champions League games. We have reason to pay tribute to Millwall and Aldridge Hall! They have never been favored. Even if they compete in the Champions League this season as the defending champions, the outside world is still not optimistic about them, because they lost too many outstanding players in the summer, almost half of the team's main force, but Hall quickly trained them. The new generation of wild lions, and came to the semi-finals, and played against Bayern Munich, who has many World Cup and European Cup champions. In the game, we did not see Millwall falling into a disadvantage. In the end, it was a pity that the penalty shootout was eliminated. But I believe that they will come back and attack the European Champions Cup again. Never lose confidence in Hall's team. They can create miracles, bring fans supreme enjoyment, and write the history of the football temple !

Aldridge brought Ronaldinho to the center circle, facing the players with their heads bowed in frustration, he asked the three team captains to pull up the players who were lying on the ground.

He waved to the sidelines again, gesturing for the substitutes and replaced players to come over.

Finally, he pointed to the stands behind the coach's bench and asked the youth team members to join them.

The stadium security staff hesitated for a moment, and finally let these young men in suits and leather shoes walk into the stadium. They were all dressed in the same suit at a young age, looking heroic, with the Millwall team logo printed on the left chest of the suit.

After everyone got together, even if the cameramen and reporters next to him came over, Aldrich turned a deaf ear to him.

His eyes scanned everyone's expressions firmly, and then said in a deep voice: We lost this game! Yes, we lost, but we lost! We will feel sorry for losing to Bayern Munich, but we don't You should blame yourself, be discouraged, and lose. It is your fortune to be able to confront such a powerful opponent. It is shameful to lose! Your expressions now seem to be attending a funeral. What are you mourning? Have we reached the end? No! This is not the end! Absolutely not! This is the beginning, a beginning, and a milestone for a stronger Millwall future! Ronaldinho, put away your tears, you are only 19 years old, you should be here today Proud of your performance! You made Bayern Munich's defense line must have at least 1.5 people to mark you! Materazzi, look up, I give you 9 points for your performance today! Every one of you is, what is the difference of 1 point ?In the future, on the road of struggle, we have to leave here with our heads held high, not to convey any information to the outside world, but to tell yourselves: We still have the future! The future is in your hands, and in your hearts, the key is how you To face it, whether to really fall down here and then fall down, or to make ourselves stronger and make our team stronger! Now, hold your head high, throw away the sadness, and we, start again!

Aldridge's expression, speech, and body movements were recorded by the camera next to him from the beginning to the end, and the players immediately changed their expressions.

Southgate shouted in a deep voice: Millwall!

All Millwall players and coaches shouted in unison: Come on!

Aldridge turned around and led the team off.

This scene is extremely shocking.

Millwall, who lost the game, was led by the young coach with a majestic expression. Everyone's expression could not see sadness, but they could see an unyielding tenacity from their resolute expressions.

Even Ronaldinho, with tears on his face and his shoulders held by Villa and Joe Cole, had sharp eyes.

On this fallen field, Ronaldinho made an oath in his heart.

He will lead Millwall back and give all Millwallers a Champions League!

Will!

Will! ! !

After the whole team returned to the locker room, Ronaldinho was injured, Schneider had cramps, and the team doctor was dealing with it. The players calmly began to shower and change clothes without saying a word, preparing to leave Munich.

Aldridge walked to the postgame press conference.

When Aldrich walked into the press conference, the reporters from Fleet Street in England greeted him with reverence and applause.

Fleet Street were taken by surprise by Millwall's elimination.

But Millwall was not a disastrous defeat, but a tragic penalty shootout. In the 120 minutes of the game, although Millwall did not score a goal, it also successfully limited Bayern Munich's offense, except for the set ball header. Break outside the door.

As for the result of this game, Coach Hall, do you have anything to say now?

Aldridge replied calmly: Congratulations to Bayern Munich for qualifying to the final. They deserve the victory. I said before the first round that both Millwall and Bayern Munich deserve their name. The strength of the two teams No difference, the suspense will be decided in an instant, Nedved's goal helped us get off to a good start, Effenberg's header was also achieved by Bayern Munich's hard work, and finally won by penalty kick Negative, although cruel, seems to be fair, we were a little bit unlucky, which is normal, penalty shootouts are inherently unpredictable, no one has full confidence.

The Fleet Street reporters nodded in agreement with Aldridge.

Judging from the 210-minute game process of the two rounds, the fight between Bayern Munich and Millwall is inextricable. The goals of the two teams are not created by excellent opportunities. If it is usually called accidental, But in this top-level contest, chance is inevitable.

A reporter from the German Bild raised his hand and asked: Ronaldinho, the sinner who missed the penalty kick in the sixth round, before he took the penalty kick, we noticed that Millwall captain Southgate had a relationship with him. After a short verbal exchange, did he take the initiative to take the sixth penalty?

Aldrich suddenly changed his face, and said sharply: Sinner? You fucking show me some respect! None of my players are sinners! You can blame me, the team was eliminated, the responsibility is mine, yes I asked him to take a penalty kick! I ignored his physical limit and caused him to strain. If you must find a sinner, it is me!

After saying that, Aldrich got up and left the table, not wanting to argue with the reporter anymore.

The Bild reporter was dumbfounded.

Inexplicably, he turned to look at the group of British reporters in Fleet Street.

Mahler Gobi.

Isn't it your best thing to find sinners after penalty kicks?

Isn't it traditional in England?

I respect your traditions, your young commander is crazy!

The reporters on Fleet Street raised their eyebrows, not surprisingly.

This young marshal is famous for protecting the calf. From the time he quarreled with the media for Southgate, as long as it was within the scope of football, he never let the outside world put mental pressure on the players.

Not to mention the heavy responsibility of losing sinner.

Millwall was defeated in Munich, and the return flight landed in London in the early hours of the morning.

When Aldridge led the team out of the airport and was about to take the bus home, they saw nearly a thousand Wild Lions fans gathered outside the airport. They shouted the names of each player and cheered for them.

If you haven't watched the game and don't know the result in the first place, you must think that Millwall has won.

Seeing that many fans came to support them for the first time, the players were extremely moved, and some even had moist eyes.

Aldridge was also infected by this scene, and made a gesture of worship towards the surrounding fans before getting on the bus.

After returning home, Aldridge sat on the sofa. Although he encouraged the team to cheer up immediately after the game, who would encourage him?

Looking at the ceiling with a bitter smile.

Defending the European Champions Cup is a long way to go.

sorry?

No, he didn't feel that way.

Being able to play against Bayern Munich this season, as the head coach, he thinks it is a precious memory. When he is old, he should be able to recall it with a smile. Victory and defeat are commonplace. There is no shame in losing. One of the joys of his job is to learn from each other.

Ding dong.

Doorbell rang.

Aldrich really laughed this time. It turned out that there were still people who would come to comfort and encourage him at this time.

Opening the door, as expected, I saw Yiwen rs holding a fruit salad ()