The Young Lion

August 18, 1995.

Once at noon, the world factory in Manchester, the west side of the city became full of traffic, and the streets were full of people. If you look down from the sky, you can see the direction of the crowds and it is a modern stadium.

Dream Theater: Old Trafford!

A bus with a blue lion printed on it slowly drove towards Old Trafford. There is no doubt that it was the bus that Millwall took after arriving in Manchester.

From the beginning of the new season, Aldridge signed a contract with the car rental company. In the away game outside of London in the UK, Aldridge’s team must take the Milwall team logo on the coach, and tell everyone high-profile: Millwall is here!

Spare no effort in publicity is a necessary homework for the club to enhance its popularity, and car rental companies are also willing to provide such a service. As long as it is a game around Greater Manchester, it will undertake large customers such as Millwall, not to mention it can also use this to communicate with fan groups. It is also on the line, and it can also enhance the company’s brand.

After more than 20 days of summer training, Aldridge’s team was ready to go and prepared for the new season. The players also gradually entered the game from the leisure state of the holiday. Before the start of the season, Millwall played Five warm-up matches, all of which are English football opponents, three of the four teams relegated to the Premier League last year, plus two two Premier League teams that failed to advance last year, all were guest games, Millwall warmed up The game only achieved a bad record of four draws and one loss. In the analysis and prediction of the major media during the pre-season tour of the Premier League, Millwall’s poor pre-season warm-up performance may make their relegation prospects very unoptimistic.

If they can’t adapt to the Premier League more quickly, they may have been left behind by relegation opponents when they can get a foothold in the English timeout.

Aldrich does not have any requirements for the warm-up match. Warm-up warm-up is to let the players adjust their physical condition, not to fight hard to win.

In each of the five warm-up games, he played the whole team in the first half and the second half.

When the bus drove outside of Old Trafford, Aldridge, like everyone else in the bus, involuntarily cast his gaze out the window, staring at the magnificent modern stadium not far away.

There are crowds of people outside the stadium. Fans wearing Red Devils jerseys can be seen everywhere. They take pictures, talk and laugh, eat and drink, and playful… they don’t care about who their opponents are today, and the lazy enjoyment that is revealed is the pride and lack of confidence in Manchester United. Fear of any opponent’s contempt.

Players like Nedvide, Southgate, etc., couldn’t help showing their fascination when looking at the stadium landscape not far from the window.

Is this Old Trafford?

The legend of the Red Devils, the theater of dreams!

Aldridge took back his eyes and said that not envying is self-deception. There are so many envious teams in the world that envy Manchester United. There is no need to pretend that their kennel is better than Manchester United’s golden nest.

It doesn’t matter, everything will be there.

This is also the motivation for the team and himself.

At the reception of the Manchester United club officials, all Millwall staff who had gone to Manchester got off the bus and came to the locker room.

There is still a period of time before the game, the players will first put on jerseys to warm up off the field, Aldridge will randomly visit in the club.

After the warm-up time ended, the team returned to the locker room. Before the locker door closed, they could even hear the tsunami-like fans cheering at Old Trafford Hill. The old Trafford song was playing in the stadium Not as powerful as the fans.

When Wan Lai was silent, Aldridge stood in front of an empty tactical board. He never took out a tactical board before the game to write and paint, and he only did this when the midfield needed to be adjusted.

The eleven starters have changed their jerseys, and the replacement players are wearing jackets and sitting in the locker room, waiting for the final instructions from Audridge before the game.

“where are we?”

Aldridge asked slightly, his chin lifted slightly.

The players looked at each other, and Larson shrugged: “Old Trafford.”

“Yes, we are in Old Trafford, and we are here today to challenge the most watched team in the United Kingdom: Manchester United. Perhaps, they are not as good as Liverpool than the trophy, but in England, Manchester United Like a favored child, from the royal family to the fans, Manchester United receives the most attention. Waiting for the appearance, you can observe the expression of the Manchester United players. They are proud and dignified, as if they have a bone domineering, especially At Old Trafford, they are even more life-threatening. I, Aldridge Hall, today was the first Premier League I coached and the first Premier League in your life, tell me, tell me aloud, When we come to Old Trafford, when we come to Dream Theater, when our opponent is Manchester United, will we just come to visit? Will we be the background? We will be left behind by Manchester United tomorrow Disdain?”

Aldridge was awkward, not hysterical, but there was a deep rage inside and outside.

“Do not!”

The players roared in unison.

Aldridge nodded and said in a deep voice: “Remember our opponent is Manchester United, remember this is our dream theater, and remember that today will be our famous moment! Tell the arrogant Manchester United, Old Trafford Germany, we love here! Because we will take the victory here! This is you, this is me, the big day in life! Go ahead, beat them, don’t give a trace of kindness to trample Manchester United to me! Milwaukee! The lions of Seoul, run!”

With a big wave of hand, Millwall’s team was full of energy, as if killing the door of the locker room and going out.

The coaching staff and other players walked away and looked at each other with a smile. They were already accustomed to Aldridge’s inspiring passion, but every experience would be shocked from the heart. If they can play on the court , Will forget everything and desperately!

Old Trafford has been remodeled several times in nearly a hundred years of history, and the Ferguson era has also left him with a penchant for the transformation of this special course.

The biggest change is that the player channel is rebuilt on the top of the corner flag of the stadium. Such a change will make the home court advantage play to the fullest. Whether it is playing or exiting, halftime, players and referees will both After passing here, even the visiting team’s head coach has to walk dozens of meters from the sidelines to enter the player channel. In this way, Manchester United fans on the sidelines can collectively exert pressure on players, coaches, and even the head referee!

Both the substitute players and the first team coaches have gone out. Aldridge is at the end. The team’s starting players are lined up to wait for the game. They are really looking at Manchester United’s starting players. As Aldridge said, The Manchester United players held their heads high, and the winning tickets revealed between the eyebrows were holding their colors, which was very different from other opponents.

This is a kind of temperament. It is a Red Devils temperament cultivated in Manchester United for a long time. It is not innate, but it is enough for life.

Ferguson’s appearance also seemed to be delayed for some time. The two coaches met in the player tunnel. The two bypassed the players and then met outside the player tunnel.

Ferguson walked to Aldridge with a smile, and the two walked to the side of the coach side by side.

“Today the Millwall boys are very fighting spirit.”

“No way, relegation team, the strength is not good and then lose momentum, then next year will really return to the first division.”

Aldridge replied with a smile.

Fans on the sidelines cheered Ferguson’s name, but Ferguson turned to smile at Aldridge: “I think Millwall can be ranked in the top ten this season, and it is certainly no problem to relegation.”

“I hope so, huh.”

“A drink after the game?”

“Then Manchester United must be merciful, otherwise I will lose miserably, my wine is very poor.”

“Hahaha, Aldridge, has anyone said you are a little fox?”

Aldridge raised an eyebrow with a smile, and said nothing more.

Ferguson patted his shoulder, then raised his hands, applauded, and stepped onto the home team coach.

Old Trafford’s coach seat is very peculiar, not set up on the sidelines, but integrated with the stands.

Aldridge did not take the visiting team coach seat, he stood on the sidelines, put his hands in his pockets and looked at the court, waiting for the game to start.

The three sides of the southwest and north are surrounded by the red ocean, and the visiting fans are arranged in the east. It is exactly the opposite of the traditional Manchester United fan group. It is also for safety reasons, and the most loyal fans of each team are separated as far as possible. .

The Lion Roar fan organization came to Old Trafford with the team. There are now more than 1,000 visiting fans using Millwall’s traditional dark blue jerseys in the East Stand to form a small and exquisite but meaningful picture: Blue lion, that is Millwall’s team logo!

In the East Stand near the stadium, two beautiful and beautiful women were sitting there. Melanie looked at Aldridge with a telescope in hand and saw him standing indifferently with his hands in his pockets. Scolded his lips and said: “Humph, cool!”

Victoria looked around boredly, and she seemed distracted, only to talk to Melanie about her dealings with Aldridge.