The Young Lion

In the 36th round of the Premier League, the attendance at Old Trafford dropped by about 10%, and the opponent was Millwall.

Maybe it's because Manchester United's season is over and they are empty of all four.

Perhaps because Millwall will definitely send a substitute.

Perhaps, Red Devils fans do not want to see the team line up at home to welcome their biggest rival in the league today, and lose to this opponent.

Millwall sent all the substitutes to play. When they walked out of the player tunnel, Manchester United's players stood in two lines to welcome them.

Such a scene is rare. The biggest opponent in the championship welcomes the other side at home. It seems to be peaceful, but the cruel reality behind it is only deeply felt by the person involved.

The hearts of Manchester United players are extremely bitter.

They scored 81 points in 35 rounds. This is the season with the highest scoring rate since the Premier League reorganized 20 teams in 38 rounds, which proved their progress. But the league is not over yet, and Millwall has snatched the championship.

When the Millwall players came out, the Red Devils began to applaud, but the applause was obviously not for the Millwall substitutes. Many Red Devils involuntarily cast their eyes on the sidelines who walked to Ferguson's side on Aldridge.

That man made the Wild Lion stronger step by step, and then stepped on Manchester United. At least, in the past four years, when Millwall won the league championship, the biggest competitor was Manchester United. Maybe this pattern will continue in the future.

Ferguson had already lost this season, and lost again. At this time, he did not turn his eyebrows coldly at Aldrich. The two Premier League coaches stood on the sidelines and chatted calmly.

At this time, Ferguson was probably thinking about the same as Wenger.

What is the secret of Millwall that can train so many outstanding players?

Ferguson doesn't want to poach Millwall's people. Take a look around, who else can Manchester United go to poach? Find a partner for Stam? Left back? goalkeeper?

It is not Manchester United's tradition to just rely on poaching. What Ferguson hopes to achieve is to improve the level of Manchester United's youth training. On this point, Millwall seems to be the only one in Europe.

So the topic of the two chatting on the sidelines was the youth training. Aldridge didn't hide his secrets, and he talked endlessly about observing players and training them in a targeted manner. In fact, familiar theories such as teaching students in accordance with their aptitude.

When Ferguson can't stand listening,

Aldrich chuckled and walked back to the coaching bench of the visiting team to sit down.

There is no record pressure in this game. As for the undefeated golden body that is publicized in the public opinion waiting for Manchester United to break, Aldridge doesn't care much.

However, as a substitute and Manchester United as the main force, there is a gap in strength between the two teams, and Millwall is obviously the weaker side. Therefore, it is reasonable to play a targeted defense.

The game was played very exciting, and Beckham opened the scoring first. Cole made another victory. Before the end of the first half, Vicente assisted Lampard to get a goal back.

In the second half, Manchester United seemed to be trying to control the situation on the field and wanted to counterattack Millwall, but Millwall seized all the limited opportunities. The goals of Klose and Glenshire almost helped the team overthrow Manchester United in the away game. Scholes' goal in the 75th minute allowed Manchester United to save face at home.

Aldrich could tell that the Red Devils seemed a little absent-minded in this game. He wondered if it was caused by the heavy blow brought about by being only one step away from the league championship for four consecutive years. Ferguson lost his temper on the sidelines. Before the game, he also vowed that the Red Devils would not be discouraged, but the result was completely different in the game.

Millwall played off the bench. But they don't want the team's undefeated golden stature to come to an end in their own games, so they work very hard.

The score was 3:3.

Millwall came out unscathed at Old Trafford.

Next, Millwall finally ended the intensive schedule of a week of double matches.

In May, Millwall officially held a press conference, and Ivan hosted the press conference to promote Millwall's UEFA Champions League final promotional video.

Compared with two years ago Millwall launched two promotional films, this year there is only one. And it is still in the form of combining animation and reality.

The content is consistent with the animated promotional film two years ago.

Two years ago, the blue male lion, which symbolizes the wild lion, ran towards Amsterdam, the Netherlands as the ending scene.

At the beginning of this year's promotional video, there is a blue male lion sleeping soundly in the forest, with a big silver ear cup next to his stomach, engraved with the year 1998.

The male lion was suddenly shot into the eyes by light, and after opening his eyes, he raised his head in a daze. Looking in one direction, the light flickered in the distance, and another big-eared cup could be vaguely seen emerging in the air.

The lion started a new journey, defeating one enemy after another on the galloping road, but when the picture changed, the blue lion was on his way home from a city covered in scars, and on the city behind him, a German tank was on the city wall Drive around.

Defeat Munich!

This is the story of last year's Champions League.

However, the injured blue lion re-hardened himself in the forest. When the camera turned, the glory was revived and he was heading towards the Champions Cup again.

At this time, the screen will be interspersed with the shocking screen of Millwall's wonderful goals in the two stages of the group stage this season, beating Milan, beating Lazio, beating Bayern Munich, and beating Real Madrid. , and the screen turns again.

The mighty and majestic blue lion stepped on a new piece of land with one foot, and the ground trembled. The scene behind it was extremely dark. A blue eagle fell from the sky, the white giant collapsed, and the German tank fell apart. The wheels rolled by alone.

There is a strange creature in this land, a group of chickens... Gallic roosters flapping their wings and jumping because of the trembling of the ground.

At the center of this group of Gallic roosters is a brand new European Champions Cup trophy, shining silver and looking beautiful in the sun.

The blue lion walks forward step by step. Every time he takes a step, the surrounding Gallic roosters jump. The scene is very dramatic. Just as the Gallic roosters parted ways, the blue lion, which seems to be full of magic, passed through under the rendering of special effects. Suddenly, there was a sound in the sky. The lion looked up at the sky, and it seemed that a huge dark cloud was moving quickly from the sky, covering the sun and making the whole land dark.

When the dark cloud was seen from far to near, it was very clear. It was a group of densely packed bats with bloody red eyes. This group of bats hovered over the Champions League trophy as if forming a huge tornado, and then began to dive down in groups, aiming at the Champions Cup trophy.

The blue male lion slapped the ground, and the Gallic rooster fled in all directions. A lion's roar resounded through the sky.

The screen went black, and three lines of large characters appeared in the center of the screen.

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In the end, the figures of Millwall players and coach Aldrich collectively appeared at the bottom of the screen.

Although the production cost of this promotional film has decreased compared with two years ago, the effect is very good and it still received wide acclaim after promotion.

Millwall didn't want to make promotional videos when they were full. They just wanted to visualize and concretize some impressions, so that they could make money.

Just like the blue lion in the picture, there were two versions of Millwall souvenirs that were very popular two years ago. There is a young blue lion cub and a grown lion. Children under the age of ten like it very much, and female fans also like it.

These things, if the club does not take the initiative to materialize them. How could its symbolism appear out of thin air?

Does it mean that just a lion dyed blue represents Millwall? Who are you fooling!

But the official promotional video and the products displayed on the club souvenir sales are different.

Fleet Street teases Millwall: Millwall can change his career to make movies.

The promo has gone viral in England, even more so than it did two years ago, because Millwall has more fans.

filming?

Aldridge really thought about it, but instead of making a personal biography, he was shooting Millwall Club. All of these can become part of Millwall's commercial promotion, bringing wider popularity and benefits to the club.

Millwall prepared for the game with peace of mind, and Aldridge worked step by step. In the penultimate round of the Premier League's London derby, he let all the main players play for this game, and left the final game to the substitutes. From the Champions League final and the FA Cup final, they will have more than 10 days of rest, and then play two finals a week.

In the game against Tottenham, Millwall was in good form, especially Larsson's further recovery. This is good news for the whole team. The only worry is that Makelele still won't make it to the Champions League final.

Millwall finally swept Tottenham 4:0 and continued their unbeaten streak. At the same time, the points in the standings reached 97 points. If they can win the opponent in the final round, they will finally win the championship with a record 100 points. This will also be a new record for the five major leagues, with 20 teams in the league as the standard.

There is only one game left at the Lion's Den Stadium, which is the final game.

Therefore, after the game, the team thanked the fans for a longer time than before, and Aldridge also went to the sidelines to take photos with many fans.

Just one day before the final match, Aldrich found that one of his employees was absent from the training that day, and their fitness coach, Ms. Fiona.

So he called to inquire and got bad news.

Fiona accidentally fell down the stairs at home last night, fractured her bones and needed surgery in the hospital.

After training, Aldridge bought a bouquet of flowers to represent the club and visited the hospital. Moreover, he and Fiona have worked together for many years, and there is still a working friendship, especially when the team is about to start to play in the Champions League final. , every staff member should go to enjoy the glory of the club together, but she probably won't be able to go.

When he came to the hospital, Aldrich walked outside the designated ward, knocked on the door and heard the sound of please come in. He pushed the door open and saw Fiona lying on the hospital bed with a man sitting beside the bed, who should be Her husband, the man who ran a farm in the countryside, and a girl sat beside the bed, watching Aldrich curiously with dangling long snow-white legs, and suddenly smiled and said, I remember you, Hall gentlemen!

Rosie, don't be rude.

Fiona scolded her daughter on the hospital bed, but Aldrich didn't think of the little girl. He shook hands with Fiona's husband, put down the flowers, and began to talk with Fiona, asking about her condition and expressing condolences.

Before leaving, Aldridge handed five tickets to Fiona and said: Everyone in the club hopes that you can go to Paris with us, even if you are in the stands, but if it is not possible, Don't force yourself, your health comes first.

Fiona was also frustrated, and sighed regretfully: There should be great difficulties, and I really want to be with the club, Aldrich, can I ask you one thing?

Huh? What's the matter? Just say it, and I will promise you as much as I can.

Fiona's eyes turned to her daughter, the little girl who made Aldridge feel a little conflicted.