Chapter 416: Unfinished business

May 26, 1999.
Manchester United and Bayern Munich division Nou Camp, the European Cup final matchup.
At the beginning of the game, Aldridge was already in Liverpool's newly bought house, leaning on the sofa with beer to enjoy the game.
Bayern Munich broke the ball with a free kick at the beginning of the opening.
Aldridge watched the game with an absolute bystander mentality, and felt a bit of torture.
When the game reached halftime, the doorbell rang at home, Aldridge went to open the door, and saw the two sisters Melanie, the younger brother carrying a large box of luggage, Melanie was wearing a wide dress.
"Hi, Aldridge."
Her younger brother was very polite. Even though she knew that there was a problem between Aldridge and his sister that was unresolved, she did not pose a hostile gesture.
Instead, he knew in his heart that his sister was right and wrong. As soon as Aldridge bought a house in Liverpool, she immediately packed up and moved over.
Either way, Aldridge and Melanie hope to witness the birth of their children as parents.
Aldridge helped bring the luggage upstairs, and then left Melanie to organize in the bedroom. He and her brother went downstairs to continue watching the game.
"Manchester United is going to be empty again this season, haha."
Bayern Munich is dominant in the scene, and no matter how Manchester United fans emphasized the strength of 99 Manchester United ten years later, in fact, in this year, Bayern Munich is definitely stronger than Manchester United, and Juventus is also the same, so Manchester United won the championship and called it a miracle. Just as the Federal Republic of Germany defeated Hungary in the past, it was an incredible miracle because it was weaker than the other side. Otherwise, if the strong team defeated the weak team, who would call it a miracle? Even if two goals are scored in stoppage time, they will not be deliberately praised afterwards.
Aldridge feels even weirder.
He, Millwall's coach, sat with a Liverpool die-hard fan to watch Manchester United's game, and then listened to Liverpool fans mocking Manchester United for nothing...
What kind of mentality is this?
Liverpool haven’t tasted the championship in years, right?
Perhaps, Liverpool fans support Bayern Munich.
At the end of the game, Heathfield really replaced Matteus. Now it seems that this substitution is more like letting Matteus accept the cheers of Bayern fans.
He is almost one Champions League champion, no regrets in his career!
But maybe, God gave Mattus a joke, and this day, this substitution has become the biggest regret of his career.
Melanie’s younger brother has been drinking wine from the beginning of the second half of the game, ridiculing Manchester United from beginning to end, recalling the glory of Liverpool’s of Europe...
But after 45 minutes, he thundered.
"grass!"
Manchester United pulled one back.
"Damn, Bayern Munich played a good 90 minutes and knelt in the last 3 minutes!"
He lifted the bottle in his hand and was about to fall to the ground. Fortunately, the cliff strangled him and realized that this was not the place where he should be wild.
Aldridge didn't want to listen to Martin Taylor's passionate praise of Manchester United's greatness, so he turned off the TV.
Perhaps just outside the house, many Liverpool fans in this Liverpool city reacted to Melanie's brother.
And Manchester, not far away, is bound to be a passionate celebration of carnival.
Coincidentally, last year Millwall won the first Champions League championship in club history. That day was Oudridge's birthday.
Today, Ferguson led Manchester United to return to the top of Europe after 31 years. 31 years ago, the man who led Manchester United in Europe, named Matt Busby, today is the 90th anniversary of Busby’s birthday. Perhaps, In the dark, Busby was watching the game in the clouds above Camp Nou.
Bayern Munich opened a good game, played twice the door frame, and then was magically reversed by Manchester United when preparing to celebrate the championship. The Premier League team reached the European Championship for two consecutive years. The new European football pattern has also entered a reshuffle. stage.
Melanie's brother left in a depressed mood. After he left, Aldridge sat on the sofa with his eyes closed.
Manchester United still won the championship. This championship is the tireless pursuit of Manchester United in the past three years. It can help Ferguson survive the crisis of trust, and it can also make the temperament of Manchester United players change. However, Manchester United’s attractiveness and influence will still be somewhat different. improve.
As he pondered, a hot, delicate body was posted in his arms.
"Who's winning?"
"Manchester United."
"Are you upset? Envy?"
"No."
"You can't hold me?"
Aldridge placed her in her arms, and put the other hand on her lower abdomen naturally, touching it gently.
Melanie sat up, took off the dress, and then took Aldrich's hand, put his palm on his stomach, and covered it with soft colors: "Can you feel it?"
Aldrich concentrated, but still shook his head, Melanie smiled: "I can already feel it, and sometimes it makes me uncomfortable."
"troubled you."
Aldridge bent down and kissed gently on her bulging belly.
Melanie gently stroked his hair and asked softly, "Are you coming to Liverpool because of me or because of your child?"
"I don't want to discuss this because it will make you unhappy in the end."
"Because I won't change my mind?"
"I don't want to discuss."
"Well, then we will not discuss this matter before the child is born. Aldrich, answer me seriously, have you betrayed me in the past six months?"
"No."
"Really?"
"Really."
Melanie hugged Aldridge and whispered in his ear: "I believe you. Since you have already started on vacation, let us forget all the worries and spend the summer here."
...
The next day, Manchester United returned with a cup, and Fleet Street sang praises, and it was at this time that it was able to pull the news to Millwall.
The title of the "Sun" football section is: Millwall's "Revenge"!
Looking at the title is related to Millwall, but the content is completely unrelated to Millwall, but it does have some origins.
The writer described the goals of Sheringham and Solskjaer as Millwall’s revenge against Bayern Munich. Both of them have played Millwall briefly, and in calculations, they both debuted from Millwall , Is a star trained by Millwall youth training.
The "Sun" news made Aldridge feel sick, as if Millwall had no strength to compete with Bayern Munich.
Aldridge started his vacation to accompany Melanie in Liverpool. Liverpool's local media "Echo" went home five times to try to interview him, but Aldridge rejected them one by one.
He is now only interviewed once a year, and he was interviewed by the BBC after the season.
One is to maintain his fame, if it is news every day, he will become ordinary.
Secondly, I don't want to create an image that is too high-profile and proud.
Although he entered the holiday, the club's summer operation has already begun.
The first is the player contract. The first-team player contracts are all in a safe state. In addition to the renewal after winning the Champions League last season, even if he won the double crown this season, Millwall has no plan to renew the contract for the first-team players. , But some youth team players will update the contract based on performance.
Last season, Millwall sold most of its main force in the summer, making European giants start digging corners against Millwall before the summer transfer.
Next year is the competition year, unless this summer is a high-ranking player, generally speaking, the star who strives for the national team’s main qualification will be considered to play stably on the field, and the main framework of the Millwall first team will not change, players We all want to be more brilliant in the new season.
The main player in the team's disappointment, Aldridge confirmed that there is one person: Makelele.
In fact, he thought about the transfer in the summer of 1998, but he chose to stay, and there was a kind of gratitude in it. He was grateful to Aldridge for continuously recommending him to the national team in the media before Yakai, and finally He also successfully boarded the French chariot and became one of the local World Cup winners.
So he stayed last season, but according to the feedback from the agent, Makelele really wanted to leave and go to a more "noble and glorious" club. When he renewed last summer, his agent Disclosure to Millwall Club: This is the last contract signed between Makelele and Millwall.
The contract period is four years, and not all agents are ugly and insidious. At least Makelele hopes that even if he leaves, he will say goodbye to Millwall in a friendly way and disclose this information to Millwall. The subtext is to let Millwall He prepared for his departure early, and don't drag it until the contract period is approaching, so as to avoid a loss in transfer fees.
However, in the summer of 1999, Makelele was really reluctant to listen to the offers of other clubs. He was afraid of going to a new club and did not perform well. He could not enter the French roster for the European Cup next year. At least next season, he was happy Continue wearing a blue shirt to fight for Millwall, so as to ensure the selection of the national team.
With Millwall's outstanding record for several years in a row and their youth training success gaining a reputation in Europe, many teams now not only tap Millwall's main force, but also increase their efforts to buy Millwall's young players. I hope to train the next Shevchenko, Ronaldinho, Pirlo one or two years after I bought it back...
So this summer, the severe situation facing Millwall is not whether he can retain the main force, but whether he can retain younger bench players.
Aldrich cannot rely on 11 players to make a difference in a season, he must have reliable substitutes, so keeping the substitutes is the focus of this summer's work.
He asked Adam to take an active role and convince those substitute players who were seduce to be patient and stay in Millwall. If a new contract is needed, as long as the conditions are not too excessive, Aldridge is willing to make some concessions.
This summer, he neither travels nor plans to go to Europe to collect the Star of Hope. He is expecting his child to be born.
Millwall, who has been touted by the outside world for 12 years and 12 crowns, is opening up a dynasty, and his reputation in the European football world has further increased.
The war between G14 and UEFA achieved a staged victory and further began to crush the profit sharing of the Champions League.
The Manchester United acquisition completely disappeared, and media tycoon Murdoch was subject to pressure from the British government to withdraw his plan to enter football. Edwards learned his lessons and began to shift to a low profile.
The England national team did not perform well in the European Cup qualifiers and had to participate in the European Cup qualifier play-offs in the second half. The England national team coach Glenn Hoddle began to write his own autobiography. In the unpublished manuscript, he recorded his The superstition of witchcraft, the world view of reincarnation, after the publication of this autobiography in the future, the coach of the England national team will be caught in the storm of public opinion...
The fans of the crazy lion are full of anticipation, and the countdown has begun, and their eyes are on the new millennium. When this magnificent division moves into the Lion King Stadium, what kind of team will stand in Europe?
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