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5/26/99.

Manchester United and Bayern Munich meet at Camp Nou for the Champions League.

Aldridge was already in Liverpool's newly bought house at the start of the game, leaning back on the couch and enjoying the game with a beer.

Bayern Munich opened the scoring from a free-kick by Basler early in the opening period.

Aldridge watched the game with an absolute spectator mentality, and felt a little torture.

At halftime, the doorbell rang at home, and Aldridge went to open the door, and saw Melanie's siblings, the younger brother carrying a large suitcase of luggage, and Melanie wearing a wide dress.

"Hi, Aldrich."

Her brother was polite, and did not take a hostile posture even though he knew that there was a problem between Aldrich and his sister.

On the contrary, he knew in his heart that his sister was duplicitous, and Aldridge had just bought a house in Liverpool, and she immediately packed her bags to move over.

Either way, Aldrich and Melanie want to witness the birth of their child together as parents.

Aldrich helped with the luggage and went upstairs, leaving Melanie in the bedroom to tidy up while he and her brother went downstairs to watch the game.

"Manchester United are going to be empty again this season, Haluha."

Bayern Munich is dominant on the scene, and no matter how many Manchester United fans emphasize the strength of 99 Manchester United ten years later, in fact, in this year, Bayern Munich is definitely stronger than Manchester United on paper. It's the same with Juventus. So. Manchester United won the championship and called it a miracle, just like the Federal Republic of Germany's victory over Hungary back then, it was precisely because it was weaker than the other party that the victory was called an incredible miracle, otherwise, a strong team defeated a weak team, who would call it a miracle? Even if you score two goals in stoppage time, you won't be deliberately praised afterwards.

Aldrich felt even more eccentric.

He. The Millwall manager sat with a die-hard Liverpool fan and watched the game and listened to the Liverpool fans mocking the United for not getting anything done

What kind of mindset is this?

Liverpool haven't tasted a championship in years, right?

Perhaps, Liverpool fans support Bayern Munich in their hearts.

At the end of the game, Heathfield did replace Mateus, and now it seems that this substitution is more like letting Mateus accept the cheers of the Bayern fans in the stadium.

He is just one Champions League winner away, and he has no regrets in his career!

But perhaps, the heavens played a joke on Mateus, this day. This substitution has become the biggest regret of his career.

Melanie's younger brother was drinking and talking from the beginning of the second half. From start to finish, taunt Manchester United and reminisce about Liverpool's glory in Europe

But 45 minutes later, he was furious.

"Grass!"

Manchester United pulled one back.

"Damn, Bayern Munich played a good game for 90 minutes, and knelt down in the last 3 minutes!"

He raised the bottle in his hand and was about to throw it to the ground, but he reined in the precipice, realizing that this was not the place where he should be wild.

Aldridge didn't want to hear Martin Taylor's passionate praise of Manchester United's greatness anymore and turned off the TV.

Maybe just outside the house, in this Liverpool city, there are many Liverpool fans who have the same reaction as Melanie's brother.

And just a short distance away, Manchester, is bound to be a carnival of passionate celebrations.

Coincidentally, Millwall won the first Champions League title in the club's history last year, and that day was Aldridge's birthday.

Today, Ferguson leads Manchester United back to the top of Europe after 31 years, 31 years ago, the man who led Manchester United to Europe alone, named Matt Busby, today, is the 90th anniversary of Busby's birth, perhaps, in the dark, Busby is watching the game in the clouds above Camp Nou.

Bayern Munich got off to a good start, hitting the woodwork twice, and then were miraculously reversed by Manchester United as they prepared to celebrate the title, and the Premier League side topped the European Champions Cup for the second year in a row, and the new European football landscape has also entered a stage of reshuffling.

Melanie's brother left depressed, and after he left, Aldrich sat on the couch and closed his eyes to rest.

Manchester United still won the championship, this championship is what Manchester United has been tirelessly pursuing for three years, which can help Ferguson through the crisis of confidence, and can also make Manchester United's group of players have a change in temperament, and Manchester United's attractiveness and influence will still be improved.

Just as he was pondering, a fiery delicate body was attached to his arms.

"Who won?"

"Manchester United."

"You're not happy? Envy? ”

"Nope."

"Can't you hold me?"

Aldrich took her in his arms, and his other hand naturally rested on her lower abdomen, caressing it gently.

Melanie sat up, took off her dress, then took Aldrich's hand, put his palm on her stomach, and whispered with a soft face, "Can you feel it?" ”

Aldrich concentrated, but shook his head, Melanie smiled, "I can already feel it, sometimes it makes me uncomfortable." ”

"It's hard for you."

Aldrich bent down and kissed her gently on her bulging belly.

Melanie gently stroked his hair and asked softly, "Are you here in Liverpool because of me, or because of the child?" ”

"I don't want to discuss this, because it's going to upset you at the end of the day."

"Because I'm not going to change my mind?"

"I don't want to discuss it."

"Well, then we won't talk about it until the child is born. Aldrich, answer me seriously, have you betrayed me in the past six months? ”

"Nope."

"Really?"

"Really."

Melanie put her arms around Aldrich and whispered softly in his ear, "I believe in you." Now that you've taken a vacation, let's forget all your worries about the summer here. ”

The next day, Manchester United returned with the trophy and Fleet Street sang praises, which was also the time to bring the news to Millwall.

The headline of the Solitaire's football section reads: Millwall's 'Revenge'!

Look at the title related to Millwall. See what's available. It's not at all with Millwall. But it does have some origins.

The contributor portrayed the goals of Sheringham and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer as the revenge of Millwall against Bayern Munich, both of whom had brief spells at Millwall, and both of whom had come through the Millwall academy and were youngsters.

The news from The Sun made Aldridge sick, as if Millwall didn't have the strength to compete with Bayern Munich.

Aldridge began his holiday with Melanie in Liverpool, and Liverpool's local media "The Echo" repeatedly came to the door to interview him, but Aldridge refused one by one.

He now only gives an exclusive interview once a year. He was interviewed by the BBC at the end of the season.

One is to maintain his fame, if it is the news every day, he will become ordinary.

Second, I don't want to create an image of being too high-profile and arrogant.

Although he entered the holidays, the club's summer operations had already begun.

The first is the player contract, the first-team player contracts are in a safe state, plus there was a contract extension after winning the Champions League last season, even if they won the double this season, Millwall has no intention of renewing the contract of the first-team players, but some youth team players will renew their contracts according to performance.

Millwall sold most of their squad last season in the summer. As a result, the European giants began to poach Millwall before the summer transfer began.

Next year is a big tournament year, unless it's a big player this summer. Generally speaking, the stars who are fighting for the national team's main qualification will be considered for the consistency of their performance on the pitch, and there will be no change to the main framework of the Millwall first team, and the players will want to create another brilliant season in the new season.

Aldridge has one of the main players at the center of the team: Claude Makelele.

In fact, he thought about a move in the summer of '98, but he chose to stay, and there was a kind of reciprocation in it, and he was grateful to Aldridge for constantly recommending him to Jacques in front of the media before that, and eventually he managed to board the French chariot and become one of the members of the local World Cup winners.

So he stayed last season, but according to the feedback from his agent, Makelele did want to leave and go to a more "noble and honorable" club, and when he renewed his contract last summer, his agent revealed to Millwall: this is the last contract Makelele has signed with Millwall.

The contract is four years, and not all agents are ugly and sinister, at least Makelele hopes that even if he leaves, he can say goodbye to Millwall amicably, and reveal this information to Millwall, the subtext is to let Millwall prepare for his departure as soon as possible, and at the same time not to delay until the contract period is approaching, so as not to lose any transfer fees.

However, in the summer of '99, Makelele was really reluctant to listen to offers from other clubs, fearing that he would not be able to make the French squad for next year's European Championship if he did not perform well at a new club, and at least next season, he would be happy to continue to play for Millwall in the blue shirt so as to ensure a place in the national team.

With Millwall's outstanding results for several years in a row, and their success in youth training to become famous in Europe, many teams are now not only poaching Millwall's main players, but also increasing their efforts to focus on buying Millwall's young players, hoping to produce the next Shevchenko, Ronaldinho, and Pirlo in a year or two after buying them back

So this summer, Millwall is facing a tough situation, not whether they can keep the main team, but whether they can keep the younger substitutes.

Aldridge can't rely on 11 players to make a difference in a season, he has to have reliable substitutes, so retaining them is a priority this summer.

He told Adam to get active, convincing the seduced substitutes to be patient, stay at Millwall, and be willing to make concessions if a new contract is needed, as long as the conditions are not too excessive.

This summer, he neither travels nor plans to go to Europe to search for hopeful stars, and he waits with great anticipation for his child.

Millwall, who was touted by the outside world as having 12 titles in four years and was opening up a dynasty, became famous and his influence in European football has further risen.

The G14 won a phased victory in the war with UEFA, further beginning to squeeze the Champions League profit share.

With the Manchester United takeover completely gone, media mogul Murdoch rescinded his plans to enter football under pressure from the British government, and Edwards learned his lesson and began to keep a low profile.

England national team did not perform well in the European Championship qualifiers, and had to participate in the European Championship qualifying play-offs in the second half of the year, England national team coach Glenn Hoddle began to write a personal autobiography, in the unpublished manuscript, recording his superstition about witchcraft, reincarnation of the fate of the world, after the publication of this autobiography in the future, the England national team manager will be caught in a storm of public opinion

The Lions fans are full of anticipation, and the countdown has begun in their hearts, and their eyes are set on the new millennium, when this gorgeous team moves into the Lion King Stadium, what kind of team will stand in Europe?

Volume V: The End of the Dynasty Overture.

Next Volume: The Giants Are Invincible. (To be continued......)