The Young Lion

Aldridge is sitting in the locker room. This comprehensive stadium, which has only been built for four years, is not like a simple football stadium in England, so the internal landscape is spectacular, with all kinds of facilities, and it can keep up with the development of modern trends. Above is a view of the Yokohama sports field.

The well-informed Aldrich looked at the brand-new furnishings in the locker room. It has only been four years. Naturally, there is no historical background. Just like Japanese football, it has just started. ambition.

Competitive sports are like this, as small as a club or as large as a country, there is no ambition to be competitive, no ambition to reach the top and look down on the world, no matter how much you talk, you will not be able to enter the room, only if you are really determined to fight, you will have a future to talk about.

With the World Cup final just around the corner, Aldridge was asking himself a question.

Are your ambitions satisfied?

I can't answer it myself, but if I ask myself, compared with eight years ago, what about my current ambitions?

There is no dispute about the answer. Naturally, today is not as good as it was eight years ago, when it was a blockbuster, and it was a state of climbing the peak and stepping on the top of all living beings.

It's unavoidable, a bit more sour and detached arrogance, who will show the arrogance? I don’t know, it’s nothing more than putting on airs, once the sea was too difficult for water, except that Wushan is not a cloud, a bit of a master’s mentality of not knowing the truth, looking at the world, which mountain is waiting for him to climb? And who can fight endlessly with him?

Aldrich also understood that if it wasn't for the advantage of time travel, he would be nothing!

But since this person who was doomed to be worse than a fart in his previous life is now a top football coach in the world, let him live his life as a villain, and let him be a bit more unrestrained and frivolous.

He took out his phone and looked at it. in the text box. There is a draft text message that he has prepared. It is the message he is going to send to every player in Millwall after this game. He will inform the whole team that he is resigning from the position of coach, and hopes that the players will support Klinsmann and continue to insist that the general will be the mad lion. potency.

Aldridge didn't announce the news to the whole team face to face in the locker room because Aldridge was afraid. I'm afraid that the whole team will stay, I'm afraid that I will soften my heart.

He is not special, he may occasionally be conceited when he is proud, claiming to be superior to other coaches, but when he is sober, he will still put all opponents in a higher position than himself, so he will take pains to ponder and study Opponents, during brainstorming, all try to put themselves in other people's shoes and think as much as possible, and they are also afraid that they may not do well.

But one thing, he has a clear conscience. That is diligence.

Don't look at Aldridge's success in the football circle,

The status rose again and again. Now that he is retiring, he must be called a famous legend, but in the circle of real aristocrats in England, Aldridge is mostly ridiculed by those celebrities, gentlemen and ladies as a fool. Even the prince who should be cautious in his words and deeds to protect the face of the royal family has more scandals and gossip than him. All kinds of high-end entertainment and pleasure are common, not to mention those rich people who roll up banknotes and light cigarettes. Desk football coach?

Ferguson is old and has limited energy, so he began to delegate power. Aldridge does not compare with him, Wenger is not young, and Aldridge does not compare with him. High and low, really put energy and time into work, it can be called painstaking effort, Aldrich thinks he is second, I don't know who dares to be the first.

He is like this, and so are the coaches around him. It is this group of young and energetic people who sang their youth and eulogized their blood. .

I may not be as smart as any of you.

Maybe it's not as talented as any of you.

Not as good as those of you who are fascinated by famous teachers.

But I just fight harder than you, work harder than you, and beat you, don't be convinced!

When Aldridge came back to his senses, the locker room was already full of people.

The entire England team and the coach stood in front of him, and Aldridge stood up. Whether a team is as good as one is not a matter of words, but a feeling.

Players are willing to work hard for you, and you are willing to pay for the players. Everyone puts the common interests of the team first. This is the general's heart!

It took a year and a half at most, a group of people who only got together in an average of a month and a half.

I envy you all, really.

Aldrich smiled and said.

This confused the Three Lions, who were so full of ambition to prepare for a terrifying battle. They always felt that this moment should be the time to sharpen their swords, but Aldrich's opening remarks made the murderous spirit dissipate a little.

I am a fan first, and then I am a football coach. I am not a fan. I can't love football. If I don't love football, I can't do this job well. It's true that I envy you. I envy you from the bottom of my heart, because You guys are going to the world cup final, if you can, try to make michael hate me for the rest of your life, i will put him on the bench, i will wear his jersey and play forward, i like to play forward, alas, my one minute career I have never played in the league, and I can't even do 20 ball jumps.

As soon as Aldrich finished speaking, the corners of the mouths of the people in the room turned up, thinking that Aldrich was like a child at this moment.

Two hours to go, my England job is over, Gareth, don't talk, you just listen to me. I will no longer be England manager, but you will still be England international, The World Cup is held every four years, and the finals are the same. In four years, only 22 players in the world can start in the finals. With substitutions, there are 28 players standing on that stage. Four years, 28 players, eight years , 56 people, even if it is 12 years, there are only 84 people, minus the initial growth period of the player's career, cut off the trough at the end of the player's career, no matter how brilliant, playing 3 World Cups in 12 years should be the limit, Players who can participate in 4 or 5 times. Add up. There are only 10 people in total. And how many professional players will be born in the process of 3 World Cups? How many players will retire? Countless, countless, as this Among the 84 people in the limit, it’s not just me who envies you? I don’t know how many fans and professional players in the world are also envious.”

In the words as light as smoke, the English players in the room put away their smiles and looked solemn.

It is not easy to come here. 28 players in 4 years, only 84 players in 12 years, not to mention cutting half of them to win the championship. It is conceivable that Aldridge's few words can make the players of the team highly concentrated, but there is no rigid and old-fashioned motivation in the past Bring half the pressure.

Aldridge looked gentle, and finally said: This should be the only World Cup final in my life. I am proud of you and myself. You should be the same, to put it bluntly. Although some of you are still young , but I think that England will no longer be able to enter the World Cup finals in the next ten years. Why do you want to ask? I can also tell you that because the development of England’s league is extremely unfavorable to local players, and more and more foreign players make it difficult for local rookies. Living space, especially for players who emphasize technical ability, England itself is no match for foreign players. Naturally, if there are a few seedlings, they will be easily taken away by foreign players. This game will be the best in your international career An important game.

After finishing speaking, Aldridge walked around the players and muttered in a low voice, which was still heard by the players.

Today, after waiting for 36 years, next time, will it take another 36 years?

After Aldrich left, the generals of the Three Lions, Southgate said in a deep voice: Anyway, I definitely can't count on four years later, because I will be really old after four years, John, Saul, Leo, The three of them are the pillars, so this game is the most important game in my life. I want the Hercules Cup, and an opportunity that I can't even dream of is in front of me. Guys, let's take the Hercules Cup together. Take it back to England, will you?

nonsense!

McManaman spit out a sentence, and immediately everyone in the locker room laughed

Aldridge walked into this comprehensive stadium. Before the game, half of the closing ceremony has been completed. After the awards ceremony, there are remaining ceremonies. These are not what Aldridge cares about. , Just like every theatrical performance before the Champions League final, he never pays attention to it.

The coach of the German team, Wöhler, is obviously more experienced than Aldrich. He has played in the World Cup final, and now he has led the team to the World Cup final. ?

However, experience does not mean courage. On the sidelines, Worrall was secretly surprised when he shook hands with the smiling Aldrich: In the previous 6 games, this young coach was serious and unsmiling. The appearance of the general, why are you smiling today?

If he couldn't figure it out, he simply didn't want to, anyway, it was hard for this young marshal to figure it out with common sense.

Besides, he really can't relax.

It is not unreasonable that England's probability of winning the championship is evaluated by the outside world above the German team.

It is true that players on both sides have been suspended, but the German team is more injured. It is the suspension of midfielder Ballack, which has suffered a lot in offense and defense. Those who are suspended are all full-time role players, and it is true that they have an impact on their strength, but it is really not painful for the offensive and defensive system, which cannot be evaluated by superimposed personal strength.

Aldridge has been open-minded this time, and in two hours, he will end his World Cup trip.

I don't know if it's because he defeated Brazil, but he has a faint feeling that he will no longer have any regrets in this World Cup. If England can't beat Germany, he will not only hate iron and steel for two days, but also scold England for being helpless. The great Liu Adou will not make things difficult for himself anymore.

The World Cup, where the heroes of the world took the stage, lasted for a month. You sing and I come on the stage. In the end, 30 teams came to an end, and the rest were England and Germany.

Standing in the area in front of his own coaching bench, Aldridge shrugged and muttered to himself: Well, I shook hands with seven national team coaches, no, eight, Sweden is two coaches, and Japan has turned around , Kneeling and celebrating and getting a little limelight, I didn’t practice kneeling and celebrating in vain, um, this World Cup, I didn’t come in vain. (To be continued...) ()