The Young Lion

The curtain fell on the Premier League, and the defending champion Millwall's domestic dominance of four consecutive championships came to an end. At the same time, the three consecutive championships in the Champions League also collapsed at the end of last year. The second generation of Wild Lions ended in the summer of 2002. The third generation The first season of Wild Lions is not on the right track as people expected, but it cannot be concluded that it has been overshadowed. After all, Wild Lions maintain considerable competitiveness. Looking ahead, I believe no one will rule out Millwall as the favourites.

Aldridge returned at the end of the season and ended with five consecutive victories in the league. He almost staged the miracle of turning the Red Devils and the Gunners at the last moment. It is embarrassing. There are many discussions outside. One game, or a draw with Manchester United at Old Trafford, then Millwall can achieve five consecutive league titles!

It's a pity that there is no if in reality. If there is, Arsenal will definitely need if more than Millwall.

What if Manchester United were crushed at Highbury?

If there is no subsequent draw and loss, if we can win one more game, if...

The Manchester United season is over.

The Premier League champion returned to Manchester, and the sky of the Premier League was washed from dark blue to red. Manchester United held a grand championship celebration, and a Manchester United superstar also chose to bid farewell when Manchester United returned to glory.

Although it has not yet been published, many people in the circle have already learned about the attitude of the Manchester United club, supporting Ferguson and letting Beckham leave.

Beckham was received by the Queen of England, awarded the Order of Obes, and then prepared to report to the England national team.

Arsenal's season is not over yet, they are in a tense state of preparation. Three domestic trophies. Liverpool and Manchester United took one each. There is also an FA Cup, which will be contested by Arsenal and Southampton.

Millwall, formerly known as the trophy harvester, was empty-handed on the domestic front. This was the first time since the 95-96 season.

Although they have actually won 3 championship trophies this season, they are too tasteless to be worth mentioning.

However, Fleet Street does not dare to hype this point, after all, Millwall still has a championship trophy to compete for. The weight is not too heavy, but it cannot be ignored.

UEFA Cup!

late May.

Aldridge led the team to Seville, Spain.

Millwall came early,

In the past, it was normal to arrive two or three days in advance for the European finals, but this time, they arrived four days in advance.

why?

Spain has beautiful scenery, good weather, everything is good except the economy!

Instead of preparing for the war in that ghost place in London, it would be better to come to such a beautiful place to prepare for the war. The mentality will be different, playing the finals. Aldridge has always advocated that it is best to relax the mind.

When this season's UEFA Cup kicked off at the Olympic Stadium in Seville, the two young men met on the sidelines as managers.

Even though the UEFA Cup cannot be compared to the UEFA Champions League, thanks to these two coaches, this year's final seems to be a lot more exciting.

Because they are too young.

One is Aldrich Hall, who will be 27 years old on his birthday tomorrow.

The other is Jose Mourinho, who is just 40 years old.

Is 40 considered young?

Of course, in the football circle, this is the age of a young coach, and how many coaches can stand on the field of the European finals at the age of 40?

Aldridge and Mourinho have known each other for a long time, and Mourinho can be regarded as a witness to part of Aldridge's glory.

He was beside Robson and Van Gaal, didn't he witness Barcelona being defeated by Aldridge?

Not to mention that he had personally visited Aldridge when he was on his own, but that meeting ended in discord.

In fact, if Aldridge hadn't returned to the Millwall coaching position, he probably wouldn't think of the Magic Bird most of the time, and only when he defeated the Celtics to enter the final did he realize that the opponent in the final was from Portugal Porto, Mourinho is the coach.

When he first coached, Aldridge really secretly imagined, when would he meet Mourinho as an opponent in the arena?

Among the countless pictures he envisioned, the 2003-04 Champions League was used as the background.

However, there is always a gap between reality and fantasy. Unexpectedly, it was ahead of schedule, and it was actually on the UEFA Cup stage.

Coming to the sidelines, Aldridge saw Mourinho with one hand on the baffle above the coach's bench and one hand on his hip, looking very cold.

Seeing his posture at this moment, Aldridge always had a feeling of wanting to laugh, because the other party was clearly 40 years old, but he was putting on a show, pretending to be cool.

And this kind of state, Aldrich has also experienced it before. At the beginning of coaching, he always cared about his posture and image, hoping to leave a deep impression on the outside world and strengthen his sense of presence. It is a kind of hype for a show .

Aldridge walked over with a gentle expression, the closer he was to Mourinho, the more he wanted to laugh.

Mourinho had clearly seen him early on, and the two even had eye contact, but Mourinho deliberately diverted his gaze, as if Aldridge didn't exist, or was just a passerby.

This is certainly not an escape.

But a gesture of contempt!

Quite a bit downright arrogant!

Until Aldridge walked in front of him, Mourinho's posture did not change, but he fixed his sight on Aldridge's gentle face.

Waiting for Aldrich to extend his hand to greet him, Long time no see.

Mourinho changed his posture, held his head high, stretched out his hand with a serious expression, and said solemnly: Hello, I am Jose Mourinho.

When Aldrich shook hands with him, he couldn't bear it anymore, and he tilted his head and smiled silently.

The other party seemed to be meeting Aldridge for the first time, and introduced himself solemnly.

Aldrich was a little confused.

Does the other party really despise me, or do I hope I will remember him!

Perhaps the last time he came to Aldridge's home as the coach of Benfica, Aldridge questioned whether the coaching position was stable, which made Mourinho leave in a huff. But in the end it proved that Aldrich was right. He did not stay long from Benfica.

This instead made him care more about Aldridge's existence.

A man who can say God is my second. Of course, he has the ambition to swallow the sky, and the requirements and goals will be very high. The requirements are for himself, and the goals are for the world.

As a competitive sport of football, it is natural to compare the strengths and weaknesses.

Of course Mourinho is aware of defeating Aldridge, maybe he is in Portugal. His stage is not enough to directly challenge Aldridge, but since they met in the UEFA Cup final today, it can be regarded as a chance that came by chance.

Mourinho obviously didn't want to chat with Aldridge, he was a bit strange, anyway, Aldridge looked very strange.

If you go through Mourinho's resume from beginning to end, you will find that this is actually such a wonderful and inspirational story!

His playing career was unsuccessful and unknown. It ended early, and he was in order to be a coach. As a translator, as an assistant, he learned from many people, even to the point where he forgot to sleep and eat, especially in Spain, he would always bring out some of his crazy ideas to discuss with people in the football circle, and those insiders in Spain He was despised, ridiculed, even isolated and marginalized, and then he returned to Portugal to start his coaching career. Although there were twists and turns at the beginning, he succeeded at a very fast speed after all!

How inspiring to make this fucking movie!

However, Mourinho tried his best to deny some of his past. People said that he was a translator. I hope that I am born in a famous family, born strong, a born winner, and the only successful person under the glory of God.

As for the grievances between him and Barcelona, ​​it more or less has a lot to do with his history that he doesn't want to admit.

Anyway, Aldrich thinks this is a very strange phenomenon, just like Italy once mocked Millwall, and many media ridiculed him for his behavior when he first coached. As a human being, Aldrich would never worry about it afterwards, especially, especially after he achieved great success, he would not take it to heart, why bother?

My success itself is to slap all the negative voice makers in the face. In terms of posture, be more humble, won't it win the respect of others? It can also highlight how noble and broad-minded you are.

Maybe people have different worldviews and values. Anyway, Aldridge and Mourinho are definitely not the same kind of people. The other side has many enemies, and Aldridge has many opponents.

Now, Mourinho will not dump Aldridge, shake hands, say a few words, and it's over.

Aldridge was very enthusiastic and shook hands with many Porto coaching staff. When he was about to walk back, Aldridge realized that Mourinho's face was not enough to pretend to be cool, so he didn't give him something Surprise, how can I make sense of it?

So, when Aldridge was walking back, he passed Mourinho and whispered something in his ear.

Mourinho frowned in doubt at first, but before Aldrich took three steps, his complexion changed drastically, his blood was surging, and he said angrily: Fuck, that brat back then, it turned out to be you! Or are you kidding me? !

Aldridge turned around and saw that Mourinho, who had finally stopped putting on a cool look, seemed to be chasing after him. Aldridge smiled, blinked his right eye and said: There was a man with good physical strength back then. , Chased me for half a street, but unfortunately, I grabbed my ears and yelled out my throat.

As he spoke, Aldridge grinned and spread his hands slowly backing away.

Mourinho took a step forward, as if he wanted to settle a bad debt that year, but he still held back.

An assistant by his side asked him what happened.

Mourinho calmed down and shook his head without saying anything.

Then, he laughed angrily.

He had already forgotten what Aldrich said in his ear just now, but when he repeated it with the same tone and similar accent, he quickly recalled it.

Time goes back to ten years ago, Mourinho was still in Portugal, Robson just came to Portugal to coach, Mourinho became Robson's translator, very simple translator, Robson needed Mourinho to attend the press conference Ao translated on the side.

At that time, a young reporter blatantly asked: Mr. Mourinho, when are you going to become the head coach?

Saying this kind of words on that occasion is not only off topic, but in Mourinho's ears, he is also suspected of being framed.

His boss is sitting next to him, and he is the head coach?

Is it to rebel?

In addition, Robson can't understand, in case someone relays it, will this affect his relationship with Robson?

Mourinho, who was also young at the time, was furious. He not only expelled the young reporter, but also chased him outside the club, wanting to question what the other party wanted to do!

Unexpectedly, the two almost staged a street fight. In the end, Mourinho let the kid run away and went to the hospital to check his eardrums...

It turns out that that kid is Aldrich!

It was many years later that Mourinho learned the truth. He didn't like this feeling. He could guess that maybe the other party was just joking, but he was kept in the dark.

This is not the first time he has met Aldridge. In the past few meetings, Aldridge has not mentioned this matter again. If Aldridge did not tell, it is possible that Mourinho will never know the truth for the rest of his life.

But now that I know it, it seems that the mood is even worse.

It seems that I have been played by the other party as a monkey for many years...

Mourinho, who was extremely angry, smiled back, and his smile gradually became ferocious. (to be continued..) ()