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Istanbul, Turkey.

Once the capital of Constantinople, the Roman Empire, the Byzantine Empire, the Latin Empire, the Ottoman Empire, and now the capital of Turkey, this former political center of Europe, full of complexity and conflict, economy, culture, religion, located on the Eurasian dividing line, can be imagined not simply like a clear sky.

As the canopy rotates, the curtain of day is replaced by dark light and shadow, and the closer Millwall's bus gets to the stadium on the way to the Ali Samyan Stadium, home of Galatasaray FC, the more "welcomes" there are on both sides of the road.

Aldrich didn't have time to admire the city's alternative scenery, but the thumping sound brought back memories from years ago.

In the streets outside Galatasaray FC, fans in red and yellow jerseys held banners with hideous expressions, and some even carried torches, set off fireworks, and were carried by the crowd shirtless, shouting frantically at the Millwall bus: "Welcome to hell!" ”

Henry opened the car window to look at the scene outside, and just in time to know which fan threw a small stone in front of him and flew in front of him, slamming it on the window in front of him, causing him to reflexively shrink his head, causing a burst of unbridled ridicule from the fans outside.

Not only did the fans laugh outside, but Larsson, who was sitting next to Henry, also laughed when he saw Henry shrink his head.

Henry had palpitations, although he knew that the road was blocked by a car window and was not worried about being hit, but suddenly saw a UFO flying in front of him from far to near. Who isn't afraid?

He turned his head to see Larson laughing at himself. He said fearfully: "The people outside are like a group of devils. Stadium security can't be a problem, right? ”

Having played in England for more than a year, Henry also learned about the football atmosphere in Turkey from reports in the British media.

It sounds like fanaticism, but in the mouth of the British media, it is a mess that has been criticized by words.

The world is as black as a crow, and the British media is also short, Manchester United visited Turkey a few years ago, which caused massive riots on and off the pitch. Foreign media believe that the chaos caused by British football hooligans occurred, but the governments of both countries came forward to deny this, and the British media investigation found that it was actually the Turkish official mismanagement that made the situation worse, but at that time, British fans walked out of the UK, they were treated as football hooligans, and they killed a group of people with a rod, so over the years, whenever there is a Premier League team visiting Turkey, from the media to the club. The focus will be on security, and no one wants to see a riot happen. That would be the sorrow of football.

Larsson closed the book he was reading along the way, turned to Henry and smiled: "If you had come to the team a few years ago, you wouldn't have been touched by the current situation, look, Pavel, Gareth, Bernd, they are very calm like me. ”

Henry asked curiously, "In the early years?" Millwall hasn't been to Turkey before, has it? ”

"Well, it's the first time, but we used to have an opponent, their fans are not like those Turkish fans outside, they really hate us and gnash their teeth, you haven't been able to experience the east London derby, I think it's your regret, let's see if there is a chance in the future, and I don't know if West Ham United have been relegated in League One."

West Ham United?

Thierry Henry was thoughtful, and said that at the beginning of his arrival at Millwall, he really had a detailed understanding of Millwall's history at that stage of recuperation.

In Millwall's official diplomatic relations, leaving London only Manchester United is a competitor, in London, Arsenal is a competitor, Tottenham Hotspur is a role in a level of competition, the most important thing, the team's mortal enemies, as Millwall players, must understand who the club's mortal enemies are, the first is West Ham United, secondly, once upon a time Crystal Palace, and now, the second place should become Chelsea.

Coincidentally, Aldridge sat in the front row and was thinking about West Ham United.

To the competition venue, police cars are needed to open the way, mounted police escorts, and the bus is besieged by fans like demons and monsters.

"Babu, does the back of your head still hurt?"

Aldrich suddenly raised his head and asked loudly, and the whole car was stunned.

Babu sat down in the seat behind him and asked inexplicably, "Why does it hurt?" ”

"West Ham United, East London derby."

"Grass! Sure enough, it started to hurt again! ”

Babu involuntarily touched the back of his head, and the players and coaches who knew the joke laughed heartily.

In the hot East London derby that year, Babu was hit in the back of the head with a metal lighter by a hostile fan, and was escorted to the hospital on the spot, the fan was not only banned from entering the stadium for life, but even spent half a year in prison for deliberately injuring people, that is not a joke, a careless person may be stoned to death!

"By the way, how have West Ham been doing?"

Aldrich turned to look at Jenson.

Jenson had a strange expression and said: "In the first season after relegation, they sold a lot of people and cut the salary pressure of the team, Lao Lei failed to lead the team back to the Premier League in the first season of League One and was sacked by the club, and then the team was in chaos last season and almost relegated to League Two, this season it seems that Glenn Rodell of the youth team took over the team and stabilized the situation again, what?" Do you miss them? ”

Aldridge laughed: "I don't feel anything, but when I recently visited the club's official website, I found an interesting picture that 13% of fans actually want to see West Ham United return to the Premier League next season, hehehe. ”

'Haluha, there was actually a sign of that last year, and they wanted us to draw for West Ham United in the cup and get the east London derby back in action.

Aldridge spread his palms and shook his head and smiled, I have to say that the psychology of fans is actually very understandable, mortal enemies, no matter whether the other party is good or not, try to step on the other party into the abyss is the scene they want to see the most, West Ham United fans must also hope to meet Millwall in the cup, this mentality is the same as Millwall in the lower league, West Ham United in the top league, and Millwall also hopes to meet West Ham United in the cup.

Millwall's bus pulled safely into the Ali Samiyan Stadium. Wait for the car to stop. The noise of the outside world becomes smaller. Millwall's players feel like they've come from one world to another.

The game was played in the evening, and the team began to warm up for the game, and there were already many fans in the stadium waiting for the game to start.

After the players were back in the dressing room, Aldridge stood in the middle of the dressing room and said lightly: "This is a stadium called hell, it will have a big psychological impact on you, and in itself, the frenetic home atmosphere will not make your technical ability diminished." It won't deform the football, it won't let mines appear on the pitch out of thin air, but, don't laugh! ”

Before Aldrich finished speaking, Xiao Luo burst out laughing, and was glared at by Aldrich and immediately choked.

"But it's going to distract you from what you should be 100 per cent focused on the game and the football and get caught up in other things, and that's what will affect your performance, and I only want one thing from you: ignore the fans in the stands. 90 minutes to play football in our style and that's enough. ”

Anyway. Aldrich turned and left the locker room.

When he walked out of the players' tunnel, he frowned, his feet didn't even step on the turf of the stadium, he smelled a pungent smell, turned his head at the exit and looked, good guys, there are fans in the stands behind set off fireworks, at first glance, I thought the stands were on fire!

Galatasaray's fans in the stands "show their powers", the mainstream are singing, singing their own team song, repeating the lyrics of madness, passion, winning the championship and so on, Aldridge is curious about what Garem means in the song.

The stands are filled with a variety of huge banners, the most striking of which is the "Welcome to Hell" banner.

Frenzied fans greeted Millwall's arrival with exaggerated body movements, and as they looked around the pitch, Aldridge couldn't help but smile down.

The demons in the stands danced wildly, and it was a bit of a hellish atmosphere.

But whose hell is this?

Aldridge was booed by the home fans as he calmly walked to the dugout and sat down, sometimes having to learn how to take stock of the situation.

If he's not mistaken, there is an England manager who has historically coached the Turkish giants, then won a duel between two rival clubs, and then made an exaggerated provocation that directly threatened him with death, leaving him with almost a permanent body and soul.

The boss explained his behaviour afterwards, believing that his provocations were commonplace in England, and he did not expect the Turkish fans to react so aggressively.

This has little to do with the quality of the fans, but the legal system of the social environment and the difference in management efficiency in the field of football, the same provocation will cause dissatisfaction among fans in England, and may break out fan clashes outside the stadium, but the personal safety of the coach is guaranteed, but in Turkey, especially between the sworn enemies, any excessive provocation may cause its own tragedy.

Aldrich can't come to "hell" to show a high-flying posture, he is here to lead the team to play, not to invade.

"The second matchday of Group H of the Champions League is about to begin, Galatasaray is at home to Millwall from the Premier League, and the situation is still optimistic that Galatasaray will qualify from this group, they have drawn with AC Milan, and now they welcome Millwall, as long as they can take points from Millwall, they still have hope of progressing to the last 16. Millwall topped their group with a comfortable 4-1 win over Hertha Berlin in London on matchday one, and their attacking firepower was a guarantee of victory, but it was unclear if they would be able to perform properly against Galatasaray, Turkey's claimed hellish home stadium. ”

The frenzy continued as the game got underway, with Millwall opening the game with possession and a corner three minutes later.

Ronaldo ran to take a corner kick, but was hit by a "rain of coins" at the corner flag, and he held his head to complain to the referee, but that obviously didn't help.

Nedved ran over to stop Ronaldo's entanglement with the referee, pulled Ronaldo away and whispered to him, "Don't be disturbed by off-court factors." ”

Xiao Luo picked up a coin on the ground and asked, "This is also an off-site factor?" ”

Nedved nodded with a serious expression and said to him: "Concentrate on the game, if you continue to complain to the referee and your attention is distracted by the behavior of the fans, isn't that the situation Galatasaray wants to see the most?" ”

Ronaldo reacted and followed Nedved's advice, the battle-hardened Nedved has accumulated a wealth of experience in the East London derby, this kind of coin rain is really nothing to make a fuss about, sometimes players just have to endure the attacks of hostile fans, abuse, humiliation, and even threats, survive, resist pressure, and not be disturbed, in order to temper a big heart, a psychological defense line that cannot be broken. (To be continued......)