The Young Lion

In the final match of League One, the Lions Den stadium was full of seats. In the stands that had been buzzing since before the game, the fans were obviously in a good mood today. Even though the outcome of the game is not important at all, it is the team’s last home game in League One after all. Coming here to support the game is a compliment to the team.

Millwall's main lineup, most of the players are sitting in the stands behind the bench, Larson, Nedved, Southgate, Pires and others are sitting in a row in suits and leather shoes, chatting with ease .

After the game, Aldridge was not in the mood to celebrate the championship. A League One champion does not need to make the players get carried away. He would call the team after the game for a season summary, and then directly give the players a holiday.

When Aldridge came out of the player channel, the fans stood up and applauded, and applause and cheers hovered over the Lions Den Stadium.

The Hall family took over the Millwall club, and the marshal Aldrich's record in coaching League One for the first time won the hearts of all fans.

The league points are about to leave a record score, the number of goals has reached 119, and the average number of goals per game exceeds 2.6. The players bought for the team quickly became heroes in the hearts of fans.

Millwall fans are full of expectations for next season's Premier League.

Aldridge raised his arms above his head and applauded towards the stands. When he walked to the coach's bench, he saw the Lion Roar fan organization pulling up a huge banner in the south stand.

To my favorite Aldridge: keep Larson!

The Lion Roar fan organization is not Aldridge's private property. At best, he just gives the fan organization some convenience in terms of tickets. He has no time to ask about other aspects, but this fan organization has a soul.

Just before the start of the game, when the British media disclosed that Manchester United intends to introduce Larson, the Lion Roar fans organization wrote an open letter to the club, in which they hoped that the club would keep Larson and avoid players such as Sheringham and Cascari. The recurrence of such incidents.

Cascarino only played for three seasons at Millwall, but he formed an unstoppable striker combination with Sheringham. Even now, Cascarino is still serving as the leading striker in Marseille.

And Sheringham is the pain in the hearts of Millwall fans.

Sheringham, who joined the Millwall youth team at the age of 16, played for the team for eight years, then first moved to Nottingham Forest, and then returned to London and came to White Hart Lane.

Millwall fans want to forget Sheringham in their hearts, but they always recall the beauty he brought to Millwall, but Sheringham is already the head scorer of the North London team, and Millwall fans can only look on in dejection. .

Will Larson on the team leave?

Aldridge did not express his position to the outside world, but he has already done ideological work for the players internally.

For example, Larson, Aldridge talked with him, if Larson wants to leave, Aldridge will not stop him, especially joining a traditional giant like Manchester United, what reason does Aldridge have to stop? The appeal of Millwall and Manchester United is simply not comparable.

However, Aldridge analyzed the situation for Larson from his standpoint.

Manchester United spent 6 million pounds six months ago to introduce Andy Cole, a transfer record, to replace Mark Hughes, the King of Wales. After Cantona's suspension and comeback, will Larsson definitely have a main position at Manchester United?

Anyway, he is in Millwall, there is no injury or attitude problem, and Aldridge will definitely guarantee his starting position and team status.

As for other teams in England, the transfer fee is a hurdle, the wages are also a hurdle, and because of the team's competitiveness, Aldridge persuaded Larson to stay.

By the end of the season, the news of the contract renewal of the players in the team will be announced collectively, coupled with Aldridge's cold treatment of media inquiries, this summer, Millwall will not usher in turmoil.

On the court, players from both sides had entered the field, and Aldridge also sat down on the coach's bench, chatting happily with Jansen.

In the past season, the atmosphere in the team was good, perhaps because of the young people, full of drive, and the coaching staff has also been rewarded through dedicated work. Seeing the team's invincibility in League One, everyone is full of pride.

Swindon is determined to win this game. If they want to succeed in relegation, they must win, so they have the momentum of fighting to the death.

As for Millwall's substitute lineup, Aldridge sent a 433 formation, with Phillips in the middle of the striker, Glenciel and Solskjaer on both sides, and Gattuso and Vieira in the midfield. , Central midfielder Ballack, four backs, Lucas Neal continued to play left back, Materazzi and Richards partnered with double center backs, Zambrotta also performed more and more steadily on the right back.

Swindon is playing the traditional 442. After the game started, he used a long pass to create a threat.

For this set, Millwall's bench lineup is not afraid.

As the famous England star Brian Clough said: If football must fly in the sky, why isn't the turf also built in mid-air?

The more this kind of holding high and playing high, the more Millwall will be able to counterattack through the ground.

The mentality of the entire coaching staff is very relaxed. Everyone is talking and laughing. Aldridge only occasionally glances at the situation on the court. The young players cherish the experience of every game. He does not need to stand on the sidelines to supervise. The players on the court Naturally, the three armies served.

But when the game progressed to the second minute, a shocking scene suddenly appeared on the field.

Swindon lifted the ball into the Millwall penalty area once from midfield. The dropped ball was easily cleared by Materazzi with a header, and it was passed to Vieira in front. After receiving the ball, Vieira organized an attack and counterattacked.

But as soon as the ball reached Ballack's feet, the referee suddenly stopped the game and turned around and ran towards Millwall's backcourt.

Everyone's eyes are also cast to Millwall's backcourt.

I saw Materazzi furiously scolding a Swindon striker who was rolling on the ground!

The Swindon striker covered his face and screamed on the ground, excruciating pain.

what happened?

Aldrich frowned and turned his head to ask, he didn't see it just now.

In the coaching staff, Babu pointed his head and said, Just now, it seems that Marco slapped the opponent's Robbie Gates to the ground!

Aldridge stood up from his seat, and the Lion's Den was booed loudly because the referee showed Materazzi a red card!

Materazzi hit someone without the ball?

Aldridge felt that he could really do this.

But, for what?

A spat?

Is the opponent provocative?

Materazzi can't be racially discriminated against.

Marco, what happened?

When Materazzi walked off the field with a gloomy face, Aldridge asked calmly. Materazzi looked very ugly on the sidelines, moved his mouth, and finally just shook his head and walked into the player channel.

Aldridge felt helpless, apparently Materazzi was unwilling to say.

Materazzi was sent off two minutes into the game, and Swindon immediately had a numerical advantage. Robbie Gates, who was rolling around on the ground, rubbed his face and stood up, and went to the sidelines to receive treatment from the team doctor. There is indeed some redness and swelling on the skin, but there is no other serious problem.

Aldridge glanced at the Swindon coach next door who was waving his arms with joy to let the players seize the opportunity to attack, and sighed softly. Aldridge made a gesture on the sidelines, pointed his two midfielders, and then pointed towards the penalty area. Pointing inside.

The Millwall players were all waiting for Aldridge to give instructions. After this gesture, Gattuso and Vieira immediately understood: the double defensive midfielder retreated deeper when defending, forming a numerical advantage in the penalty area.

Anyway, Swindon is playing a long pass, and he does not transition in the midfield at all. The number of midfielders is disadvantaged, and the opponent probably will not take advantage of it. Besides, Gattuso and Vieira cover each other. It is enough for one person to sweep in front of the penalty area. Now, Barack will naturally be delayed a little bit.

After making the adjustments, Aldridge returned to the coach's bench, frowning in distress and said, What happened just now? Fuck, this small stadium.

There is no big screen at the Lion's Den Stadium, otherwise you can watch the slow-motion replay.

Craig, like many fans in the stands, took out a radio from his pocket and began to listen to the commentary of the game broadcast.

After a while, the fans in the stands booed as soon as Swindon got the ball.

And Craig explained to Aldrich with a wry smile: The radio commentator restored the whole process of the incident, it seemed that Materazzi walked forward after making a header clearance, and Robbie Gates walked up to him and violated Materazzi. together.

Infringement? What action?

Aldridge frowned, a little confused. If Materazzi was the first to be violated, with his cunning on the court, the opponent should have received a red card.

Craig stammered: The broadcast camera captured the image of, uh, Robbie Gates, he, he seemed to poke, poke, poke Materazzi's ass with his finger.

Including Aldridge, the entire coaching staff looked sluggish.

And the substitutes sitting behind also heard it, and someone couldn't hold back, and burst out laughing.

Materazzi was fucked!

It took a lot of perseverance for Aldrich to hold back his smile, and he said to Jansen with a weird face: Go and comfort him, don't let him smash our locker room...

Jansen got up immediately, and couldn't help showing a smile before walking into the player tunnel.