The defeat to Leicester City in the final of last season's promotion play-offs to Leicester City, which has a low level of hostility, missed the opportunity to be promoted to the Premier League, which was a big blow to Derby County without a well-known player, and the shadow of defeat continued until the beginning of the season, with the first two league games drawn and lost against teams that were not very strong, while the teams at the top of the table showed good form and seemed to wake up Derby County all of a sudden.

On the afternoon of the match, Aldridge walked out of the dressing room, and when he passed through the players' tunnel, he paid special attention to the demeanor of the Derby County players, and found that they were full of energy and high morale.

That's good!

Aldridge is not afraid to meet a team with momentum, and the more motivated the team, the more it can help his team grow quickly, and at the same time, tactically it can also give him room to play on the defensive counter-attack.

On the contrary, Aldridge is most afraid of encountering a more conservative team, which in turn leaves his team with little room to play in attack.

As soon as he walked out of the players' tunnel, the noise of the Lion's Den Stadium drifted into his ears, and in the midst of this noise, Aldridge calmly walked to the home team's dugout.

"Aldrich! Aldrich! ”

The stands outside the passage were closer, and Aldrich unexpectedly heard someone calling him, and he stopped to follow the sound.

In the nearest stand, a young male fan waved at him with a poster, constantly shouting his name, and when he saw Aldrich looking over, he shouted even louder: "Aldrich, hey! I'm Brady, have you forgotten me? Come and sign my name, you damn boy! ”

Aldrich smiled dumbly, the young man of his age not far away was facing Qingxiu, if you didn't look closely, it was difficult to see the small freckles on his face, and at this moment he waved at Aldrich with a natural expression.

There were also several young men next to Brady, whom Aldrich recognized at a moment, who, like Brady, were Aldrich's childhood friends.

Although Aldridge studied all over Europe all year round, he still returns to London for a while each year to spend time with his friends except for the training of English football coaches.

Aldrich walked to the edge of the stands, and Brady handed Aldrich the poster and a pen in his hand.

The poster is Millwall's promotional poster for this season, with the heroic Aldridge at the centre, with the other first-team players standing cool behind him, with the green field in the background.

Aldrich signed his name on the lawn under his feet in the poster, then handed it back and chuckled, "How's it going?" ”

Brady took back the poster and looked down first, and said with a smile: "I went to school at the University of East London, so it's okay." ”

The friends next to him saw that Brady got the autograph, and they all asked Aldridge to sign it, some directly on the jersey, and some on the cap.

"Let's go have a drink after the game and see you at the old place."

Aldridge said casually while signing autographs, but he found that more and more fans asked him to sign autographs, and many fans around him followed suit.

Brady grinned and showed a mouthful of white teeth, and asked with a feigned fierce appearance, "Aldrich, can we win today?" Damn Derbyshire's fucking thing! ”

Aldridge returned the pen to Brady and did not answer his question, making an apologetic gesture to the fans around him who were still asking for autographs, before shrugging at Brady and turning to walk to the home team's dugout on the sidelines.

"Damn! Aldrich, if you lose the game, beware of being beaten by our gang! Especially if you hit that pretty face! ”

Aldridge turned around and smiled before giving Brady a middle finger.

Wow

Many fans around saw Aldridge raise his middle finger towards the stands and let out a lot of exclamations.

But Brady's group of lads burst into laughter, and then shouted at Aldrich: "Aldrich, if you dare to lose the game, we will beat you to death!" Haha ”

The fans around me reacted.

Dare Aldridge and these young people know each other, and that middle finger is just a joke between peers.

After this, the laughter around them became louder.

Millwall's fans are all working-class, they are not gentlemen, their words and deeds are absolutely not gentlemen, and rudeness and vulgarity are the most normal.

Aldridge, who jokes with his friends and gives him a middle finger, is like a rebellious big boy, which not only does not disgust fans, but even older fans smile when they see this, as if they see the shadow of their youth.

If Aldridge behaves like a gentle upper-class person all the time, it will make them feel a sense of distance and strangeness, even if Aldridge leads the team to a good momentum, but deep down it may be difficult to accept him, because there will always be a gap between people in the two worlds, but it is Aldridge with a working-class color who is easier to be accepted and tolerated by them.

Because the game hadn't started yet, the broadcast camera didn't capture the scene where Aldrich raised his middle finger just now, otherwise it would have been hyped up.

Aldridge stood in front of the dugout, as always, with his hands in his pockets and calmly waiting for the game to begin.

The fans in the stands were already showing signs of-for-tat before the game began.

“5:1,5:1，5:1”

Derby County fans in the corners of the stadium stands could only humiliate Millwall by shouting over and over for the bloody score three months ago.

And the Millwall fans could only shout sourly: "There are cowards at Wembley who lost to Leicester City!" ”

What if we win?

You don't stay in League One!

And now we're at the top of the table, and you're in the relegation zone!

There wasn't much hostility between the two teams, just a simple revenge battle.

It's like fighting with a stranger.

Three months ago, Derby County beat Millwall to the ground, and today, Millwall want to beat Derby County to a beating, and when the game is over, it will soon be forgotten, which is fundamentally different from the long-lasting and generational continuity between Derby rivals.

The battle between the fans in the stands has begun, and the game kicks off with the referee's whistle.

At the beginning of the game, Derby County really attacked aggressively, and there was a lot of momentum to oppose the visitors.

In the opening 30 seconds, he hit a long-range shot from outside the penalty area, although it was outrageous, but it was also a shock.

Millwall, on the other hand, was calm and did not seem to be able to adapt to the ferocious pressing of the opposition front, and Thuram kicked the ball back to the opposition player in a hasty clearance, forcing Makelele to foul and contain the Derby attack.

In the opening three minutes, Derby's high-pressure pressing left Millwall breathless.

The fans in the stands were very anxious.

What the?

What kind of rhythm to lose?!

Aldridge, who was standing on the sidelines, was very calm, his hands still in his trouser pockets.

In fact, he was not worried but happy.

Derby's high-pressure pressing is what Aldridge mentioned at the preparation meeting before, and the players must have remembered it, but the pace of the first two league games was obviously slow, even if Xiu Anlian bombarded indiscriminately, it was just a high ball, and compared to Derby County, which had been formed and almost promoted to the Premier League last season, Xiu Anlian and Sunderland were still a notch.

Millwall's players just haven't adapted yet, as long as they settle down and adjust themselves, then everything will be on track.

Set-pieces are one of the most important goalscoring tactics in League One, so when Derby County were awarded set-pieces, most of their players rushed forward.

The ball was hoisted into the penalty area, and in a crowd of people scrambling to get up and down for a header, Stam blocked the Derby County player next to him, took off and pushed the ball out of the box, and consciously took advantage of the situation to push the ball to the left side of the back.

The ball bounced off the turf and before the Derbyshire could rush to snatch it, Pire's right foot flicked it forward, and the ball slashed through the air in a graceful arc over the Derbyshire player's head, and then Pire sprinted with all his might, with a large gap in front of him.

At this moment, Aldridge's right hand was pulled out of his pocket, and he swung it fiercely in the direction of the Derby County goal, and shouted with a hideous face: "Charge me!" Don't be slow! ”

In fact, it doesn't need to be said that after the first two games and training, Millwall's attacking quartet already knew what to do at this time.

Pire runs fast with the ball.

Larsson and Trezeguet pulled apart and sprinted forward in layers.

Schneider on the right also quickly cut in along the wing.

The fans in the stands also roared, and it was an uplifting picture.

A second earlier, Derby County's set-piece was threatening Millwall's goal, and in the blink of an eye, the four Millwall players were sprinting forward on their respective tracks like track and fielders.

The two players behind Derby County followed closely behind Larsson and Trezeguet, and Pire, who had the ball, also had Derby players chasing back at full speed behind the flank.

When Pire dribbled close to the halfway line, he made a long pass, and the ball jumped up across the entire half of the court and flew diagonally towards the right.

The unmarked Schneider was on the spot where the ball was flying.

However, such a long pass in high-speed running is a great test of the player's technical ability.

It would be a shame if such a good opportunity was wasted.

Millwall fans prayed in their hearts that Schneider would take the long ball.

Aldrich, who was standing on the sidelines, had a pounding heartbeat.

The scene in front of him is the most perfect embodiment of his counter-attacking tactics.

The player inserts at high speed in the counterattack, and the player with the ball does not stick to the ball, and quickly pushes the ball through the gap to the opponent's half, not only so that the opponent has no time to set up defense, but even makes the opponent unable to catch up!

He had faith in Schneider!

If Pire's pass is not in place, then there is nothing to say, but the trajectory of the ball flight is just right, Schneider, as one of the most skilled players in this generation of German players, it is not easy to stop the ball in high-speed running, but if he plays well, he will definitely not disappoint.

Sure enough, Schneider, who was high-speed in the right corridor, only used the arch of his right foot to lightly cushion the ball, and the situation that was joked about "stopping the ball two meters away" did not happen to him.

It's just that the footwork and movement of this stop ball are pleasing to the eye.

Schneider didn't move forward with the ball after stopping the ball, his speed was not his specialty, and if he dribbled forward, his speed would give Derby County more defensive time, so he passed a half-high ball diagonally to the left front, to the left side of the front of the Derby penalty area.

The ball arced again in mid-air.

Millwall's two forwards and the opposing two defenders were running towards the Derby goal, Schneider's pass was in front of them, and the Derby defenders at the front post did their best to make a flying tackle, but could not stop the ball from passing in front of them with their toes.

Trezeguet was shaken by a defender who had been tackled and missed the spot, but he was still running forward.

And Larsson, who had already run in place on the left side, faced the ball that fell in front of him, he lightly knocked with his left foot, and the Derby County defenders who were chasing him were unbelievable, and they were even ready to pull down Larsson outside the penalty area, but they didn't expect that in the high-speed movement of the ball, Larsson obviously had the opportunity to form a single knife, but he gave this opportunity to score to his teammates!

The ball was knocked back to the middle, and Trezeguet, who was already unmarked, received the ball and adjusted slightly before pulling out his feet and shooting angrily!

Seeing the ball being blasted into the goal, the opposing goalkeeper did not react, Aldridge, who was on the sidelines, clenched his fist and raised his arm, turned around and smiled: "This is simply wonderful!" ”

From defending to attacking to breaking goals, the statistics took 11 seconds to quickly counterattack and break the goal, which made Millwall fans blood gushing, and the Lion's Den Stadium instantly turned into a sea of carnival!

The Millwall players who scored the classic goal at full speed were like the blue lions on the club's crest in the eyes of the fans!

The entire Lion's Den Stadium in Millwall seemed to emit a lion's roar that shook the world!