201 Airborne Dream City
After Millwall won the Premier League five rounds ahead of schedule, East London was in a state of revelry, with Millwall fans crowding around the streets and alleys to celebrate each other, and when night fell, the sky was overshadowed by the brilliant fireworks.
The fans inside the bar couldn't contain their excitement, and tonight was destined to be a sleepless night, even if the midnight ban in the UK had not yet been lifted.
Millwall's players also held a party where players brought their families to celebrate the season's success.
Carefully calculated, they not only set a record of 18 consecutive wins in the league, but also created a record of 31 unbeaten games.
There was a faint light in the Millwall manager's office.
Aldridge didn't go to the dressing room after the interview because the players were all out to celebrate, he went straight back to the office and then continued to study the PSG profile, he just wanted to paralyze himself from his work.
Don't think about Richards' fate, don't think about Stam's transfer
Two things, it hit him very hard.
"Aldrich, come out and watch the fireworks with me! Harooha, Brady texted me, they were having a field party in the eastern suburbs and they were setting off fireworks! ”
Evan pushed open the door of the office with great interest, only to see Aldridge with a slightly numb expression, facing the TV, holding a remote control in his left hand, a pen in his right hand, and a tactical book on his desk, which was densely packed like ghost drawings.
Evan's excited expression faded as she gently closed the door. Walking behind Aldrich and pressing his hands on his shoulders, the picture on the TV was already a snowflake, and Aldrich stared at the TV like this, gritting his teeth and his eyes were full of unwillingness.
"What happened?"
'Manchester United want Stam and Stam has decided to leave in the summer.
"Are you sad?"
"No, I'm not reconciled! F-uck! What am I not as good as Ferguson? What is Millwall that have not been compared to Manchester United this year? F-uck! One by one, Thuram, Pire, and now Stam. F-uck! In their eyes. Millwall doesn't deserve them! F-uck! F-uck! F-uck! ”
Bang.
Aldrich slammed the pen in his hand on the opposite wall, then held his head in his hands and closed his eyes, Evan couldn't see his hideous expression, full of resentment!
He paid!
He really gave everything he could!
When someone else is in love and hate with a woman at his age. He's focused his time on the team. Only when you need to take a break. For the team, he put all his heart and soul into it.
The team has been unbeatable in the Premier League this season and the club has shown great ambitions. Construction is underway on the new stadium, and within five years, Millwall will be the brightest team in London, and even the most visible in England.
But there are still people who want to leave, and there are still people who abandon him without any nostalgia!
Aldridge wanted to ask Stam in person: What do you get by going to Manchester United? Except for money, Millwall can give you anything else!
Unlike Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, Patrick Vieira and even Phillips, who have also proposed a move this season, Aldridge owes them a debt because they have quality but no place at Millwall, and Aldridge does not want to delay their careers and sends them away with a blessing.
Even if Thuram left last year, Aldridge was not emotional at all, because Serie A and the Premier League are not comparable, not that Serie A has thrown a few streets behind the Premier League, but it is two different leagues, and it is indisputable that Serie A is stronger.
But Arsenal, Manchester United and Millwall are in the same league, there is a very intuitive comparison, Pire left, Aldridge thought that the other party lacked respect for the club, and Stam's departure made Aldridge feel humiliated.
Not only him, but Millwall FC as well.
What about winning five rounds early?
As soon as Manchester United threw an olive branch, the main players immediately prepared to pack their bags and take a plane to Manchester, which invisibly seemed to tell the whole world: Millwall is still a small dick if it has a championship, and even if there is no championship for a giant like Manchester United, it is still a stage that top players yearn for.
If it weren't for the fact that the person next to him was Evan, Aldrich wouldn't have been so gaffe.
Evan bent down and picked up Aldrich's face, puffing out his cheeks and saying angrily: "Aldrich, someone is bullying us, what should we do?" ”
After a short period of venting his emotions, Aldrich had already regained his senses, and when he saw the angry face of Evan's delicate face in front of him, he smiled and said slowly: "Whoever bullies us, we will let him go to hell!" ”
Evan raised his fist and glared, "Then, you will let Manchester United go to hell!" Let those ungrateful players regret it for the rest of their lives! Their departure from Millwall was not a loss for Millwall, it was the biggest mistake of their lives! Aldrich, you can do it, I believe in you, because you are the most cunning. ”
Speaking of the most embarrassing, the corners of her mouth lifted up, revealing a touching smile.
Aldrich looked up at the ceiling, closed his eyes and smiled.
"Doesn't that sound like you're hurting me?"
"No, it's a compliment to your best!"
Evan stood up, pulled Aldrich up from his seat, straightened his suit for him, and said with a smile: "Don't be in a bad mood, let's go, let's drink." ”
Aldridge adjusted his mood, put the desk in order, and finally left the club with Evan, and drove to the eastern suburbs of London, Brady held a barbecue party for more than 100 people in the suburbs, Aldrich's arrival made the atmosphere skyrocket, every member of the Lion's Roar had to take a photo with Aldrich, everyone sang and danced, set off fireworks, and imagined a more brilliant future for Millwall
The war in Europe is rekindled, Millwall won the championship ahead of schedule, completely withdrew from the league, and the remaining key battles, the domestic FA Cup semi-finals, and the European two-legged face Paris Saint-Germain, these three games are played, and if they pass smoothly, then the rest is the final in May!
In the first leg of the semi-finals of the European Cup Winners' Cup, Millwall played away first. Arriving in the French capital a day earlier than expected, a total of 44 players from Millwall's first team and youth team, plus the coaching staff and accompanying staff, arrived in Paris on Tuesday evening.
The youth team started low and went high on the trip to Norway last month, and the first game was bloodied by the Bran youth team, and then the two friendly matches were hearty, so in the clash with Paris Saint-Germain, Aldridge also contacted the French club for the friendly match of the youth team, so that the young men in the team can have more opportunities to practice, but also to see the world.
Compared to last month's European tour, this time we are in Paris. Aldridge led the team a day early. After getting off the plane, he asked the team leader to take all his luggage to the hotel, while he took the players to wander the streets of Paris, where he had been before and had some impressions of this dream city. So they don't need a guide.
Dine at one of Aldrich's best memories, upscale restaurants. At night. They visited the sights, the players bought souvenirs for their family or friends, and the youth team lads were even more excited. Group photos were taken along the way.
After a night of shopping, let the players relax, the players back to the hotel to rest honestly, the next day can rest for most of the day, in the afternoon to get familiar with the field, and then a day of simple training to warm up, the evening game.
The day before the game, Aldridge led the team to acclimatization at the Parc des Princes and attended an official press conference in Paris.
Because he knows French, he did not encounter communication difficulties at the press conference, which is a positive image for him personally, players from different language countries have no difficulty communicating directly with him, and he will not be left out in the face of reporters, from a publicity point of view, Aldridge is the kind of person that the media likes.
"Millwall won the Premier League five games with a record of 31 games unbeaten, so you're going to focus on Europe, right? Do you think Millwall's quality will be able to claim a trophy? ”
Facing reporters in France, Aldridge replied in a low-key manner: "The game is played one game at a time, it's only the semi-finals now, it seems to be very close to the championship trophy, but maybe after 90 minutes it will be a different situation, especially since we are facing the defending champions, they have good coaches and players, they are the favourites because they are more experienced than us." ”
'I heard that you know coach Fernandes, and in a previous interview, he spoke highly of you, believing that you were the one who made Millwall a top team in the Premier League, and he warned the PSG players that if they took you lightly, then they would say goodbye to the final. Do you think he's a kind of psychological warfare? ”
Aldridge said: "Yes, we know each other, I admire Fernandes, he is just doing his job, his team is very strong, so he has to avoid the team's underestimation mentality, if I change him, I will do the same. ”
"Who do you think is better than him? We've seen a lot of media in England use terms like tactical seeker or Skywalker when evaluating you, thinking that you always have a whimsical idea to get the team to win when you line up your formation, at least in this regard, who is stronger, you or Fernandez? Surely you've learned about PSG's tactical play, right? ”
Faced with this mean question, Aldrich smiled bitterly in his heart, the world is as black as a crow, reporter, reporter.
"I don't judge my peers, it's a form of respect. A good head coach should know how to teach according to his aptitude, according to the situation, if it is just one-sided to say which coach did what, what other coaches did not do, to compare, this is simply ignorant and superficial. I'm looking forward to tomorrow's game, but tomorrow's result won't change my appreciation and respect for Fernandes. ”
After dealing with reporters, when night fell, Aldrich stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows of his hotel suite, just in front of his position, just in time to faintly see the Parc des Princes in Paris.
In this day and age, Paris Saint-Germain is an important piece of the French football map, and indeed the European football map.
Three years ago, in the ranking of the International Federation of Football History and Statistics Federation, Paris Saint-Germain ranked first in the world!
Two years ago, Paris Saint-Germain set a record for Ligue 1 teams to win all of their Champions League group stages.
In recent years, it has been in the top three in the European standings and has had the glory of being at the top of the list.
Last year, Paris Saint-Germain beat Bayern Munich to become UEFA's Team of the Year! At the same time, he became the first and only European Cup Winners' Cup winner in the history of Ligue 1!
FROM 91 YEARS, THE INVESTMENT OF THE TV INDUSTRY GIANT CANAL+ AND LATER ITS FULL OWNERSHIP, OPENED THE PRELUDE TO THE ERA OF CAPITAL FOR PARIS SAINT-GERMAIN, SO THAT PARIS SAINT-GERMAIN'S FINANCIAL BUDGET HAS BEEN RANKED IN THE TOP THREE IN LIGUE 1, HOWEVER, THIS YEAR IN HISTORY SHOULD BE THE BEGINNING OF THE DECLINE OF BIG PARIS, UNTIL ALMOST FIFTEEN YEARS LATER TO RISE AGAIN IN FRANCE.
Aldrich looked at the Parc des Princes at night and felt envious from the bottom of his heart.
It's not the stadium, it's the natural environment of Paris Saint-Germain.
Paris Saint-Germain is the only big club in Europe with a population of tens of millions, who are their mortal enemies? There is no matching city rival, but Marseille.
It's hard to imagine that the big teams in this magical city would cease to be the focus of Europe, or even France, for the next fifteen years due to infighting.
Alas, the tyrannical creatures.
Aldrich could only sigh like that. (To be continued......)