In the summer of 2008, the season just ended in the Premier League, Millwall successfully defended the league title with a terrifying record of 35 wins and 3 draws, and the firepower of the attack group of the third generation of the Wild Lions did not dare to say that it made Europe fearful, after all, Millwall did not participate in the European competition, but in England, it has made all competitors shudder.

Messi, Ronaldo, Villa, as the main trident teamed up to score 87 goals in 38 rounds of the league, and if you count Kaka, the number of league goals alone will exceed 100!

Fleet Street joked: Ronaldo or Messi plays, Millwall comes with a 1:0 aura, if the two play at the same time, it comes with a 2:0 aura, if the attack group of four people all appears, 99% of the game wins belong to Millwall.

Millwall, under Aldrich's solid leadership, once again completed domestic domination and defended the treble!

In the European Cup in the summer, Spain has reached the top strongly!

Just a week after the European Championships, the Lion King Stadium ushered in a veteran retirement ceremony.

The ceremony takes place in the evening.

There are no full-court lights on inside the Lion King Stadium, but it is not pitch black in the stands of the stadium.

Three giant portraits flutter in the South Stand, and the huge lights shine on them, which is especially shocking at night!

Nedved, Larson, Schneider!

On the other three sides of the stands, on the seats arranged in advance, the picture created by lighting is as follows: 7, 10, 11.

Underneath each number, there is the name of the corresponding player.

Number 7, Schneider.

Number 10, Nedved.

No. 11, Larson.

The three veterans decided to retire together at this time!

Larsson will turn 37 in two months.

Nedved will be 36 years old in a month and a half.

Schneider was 35 years old by the end of the year. But. Serious injury in the Champions League last season. As a result, his form plummeted, and German coach Loew failed to give Schneider a chance to play in the European Championship at the last minute, and it was true that he lost his aura during Millwall's playing time this season, and there were some mistakes, and his physical condition dropped significantly.

The three veterans chose to retire together, and they did not hold a retirement game, but simply had a short farewell ceremony with the fans at home.

Inside the star-studded Lion King Stadium, Schneider. Nedved, Larsson, and the three of them walked into the stadium in casual clothes with relaxed faces, they stood side by side, and when the lights flickered and a huge pillar of light shrouded them, the whole stadium erupted in tsunami cheers and thunderous applause, which lasted for a long time!

Compared to Southgate's retirement, which was a star-studded retirement game, and a dazzling display of trophies and honors, it was a little pompous and fancy. Today, the three veterans have retired, and the ceremony is exceptionally simple and low-key. A qiē is all in the words.

They used 14 years of youth and blood to write their own legend of green shade!

They have made the number 7, number 10 and number 11 shirts meaningful in Millwall, and it will be Cristiano Ronaldo, Messi and Sergio Aguero who will carry on this honour and responsibility.

Although countless fans in the stands applauded, many fans burst into tears while applauding.

I don't want to say goodbye, I want to look at you more on the green field!

Aldridge stood on the sidelines and secretly wiped the moisture from the corners of his eyes, he knew that from the first day he took charge of the team, he knew that without them, there would be no success, so when they closed the curtain, his heart was filled with infinite gratitude.

He patted the backs of his two sons standing beside him, Earl and Burt wore the Wild Lions jerseys, and the brothers walked into the stadium with a flagpole wrapped in a flag.

Coming to the three of Nedved, Bert solemnly wanted to hand over the flagpole to Nedved, and the mad lion god of war would wave the banner of the mad lion!

But Nedved crouched down and smiled at Bert, leaning into his ear for some words, and then gave Bert an encouraging look.

Bert's face became determined, and he stood in front of the three of them, erecting the flagpole that was held up, and Earl pulled the corner of the flag, whirring

The flag of the Rusty Lion emblem appeared in the sight of the audience, and Bert began to wave the flag with all his might, and with every wave of his wave, the fans at the scene would burst into applause, and the momentum became louder and louder, soaring into the sky!

Nedved, Larson, and Schneider put their arms around their best friend's shoulders, watching the young Bert in front of them waving the lion flag again and again, this image made their hearts calm and sigh.

They are no longer the future of the Wild Lions, just as they chose to retreat bravely, and did not promise Aldrich to try to insist and write an immortal legend, that is meaningless, they just want to do the best thing for the Wild Lions, the current Wild Lions, what they need is fresh blood, while ushering in a new era in European football, the Wild Lions also need a new look!

They old guys, hehe, should be self-aware and leave opportunities to young people.

Because in another season, the Wild Lions will return to Europe, and the European competition in the new era will be more brutal and competitive than in the past!

They want players like Sergio Aguero, Jose Moutinho and Veloso to improve as much as possible in the coming year, and then the Lions will be in the best shape for the new era!

When the third generation of wild lions is getting closer to its peak, the first generation of wild lions almost announced that they will completely withdraw from the historical stage belonging to wild lions!

Half of the 98 years have passed, and after 98 years, Schneider, Nedved, Larsson, and Southgate have all retired, but the remaining Bout has also faded out of sight in the past two years, and he is on standby at any time in the Millwall substitute goalkeeper position in case the team needs it.

And the mainstays of the second generation of Wild Lions, Xiao Luo and Henry, have also entered the countdown to leave.

Their competitive state has been completely incomparable with the third generation of the Lions' new force, they have dedicated their best youth to the Lions, Ronaldo and Henry will stay in Millwall for another season, scheduled to go to the United States after the end of the season to pan for gold, change direction to help Millwall to carry out business cooperation with American football clubs, open up the American market. Wherever they go. will carry the identity of the legend of the wild lion. To be talked about and to be remembered about their legendary journey in European football!

The simplicity of the retirement ceremony for Nedved, Larsson and Schneider is also related to the fact that they did not completely say goodbye to the Lions, Southgate went to the FA, and the three veterans were retained by Aldridge in the club with great sincerity. Moving into management, or being involved in the club's global commercial development, or the team's future internal operations, they have just stopped their campaign on the green world stage, and have not completely left, and will play an important role in Millwall.

When the new season arrived, Lions fans were familiar with the new situation with very subtle emotions: in the VIP stands at the Lion King Stadium, Nedved, Schneider, and Larsson sat side by side to watch the game. Sometimes talking and laughing, sometimes with a strict expression.

This made the fans definitely not used to it at first

In the 2008-2009 season, Millwall still did not compete in Europe. And this season's Champions League will be the last edition of the European Champions Cup!

Aldridge also knows how important this season is, so he has focused on further improving the quality of young players in cup competitions, including Bale and Reus, who have been on the first-team bench.

The European Elite League is also growing, with the number of member clubs soaring to more than 30, but the UEFA Super League has not reformed the format and is still 24 teams to ensure the quality of the competition.

In the summer of 2009, Millwall failed to continue the complete monopoly of domestic trophies, winning only two trophies, the League Cup and the League Championship, and the FA Cup went awry in the middle of training and were knocked out.

After the end of the season, Henry and Xiao Luo went to the major leagues hand in hand, in their farewell ceremony, the club will show the second real trophy of the Champions League, which is engraved with the name of the second generation of the Wild Lions, the first is Xiao Luo, Henry followed, that belongs to them in the Wild Lion to create brilliant memories and glory, the Wild Lion Legend Hall of Fame suddenly became crowded, Xiao Luo and Henry became one of the most shining names in the ten years of glory of the Wild Lion, and the new journey has been placed in front of the Lion's eyes.

In the summer of 2009, European football ushered in a new round of shocks, although the world economic crisis began to erupt, but the football market continued to rise uncharacteristically, because the first European Super League is about to kick off, those teams who are sure to qualify, before the new season starts, have received a lot of TV broadcast fees and sponsorship fees, and this is only part of it!

England are confirmed to play in the A division of Manchester United and Chelsea, Liverpool will go to the A play-offs, won in the A division, lost in the B division, Arsenal will go directly to the B division, Millwall will start from the B division qualification.

The Italian teams in the A division are Inter Milan and Juventus, AC Milan will play in the qualifying round, and the B division will be Fiorentina and Roma will be in the qualifying round.

There was a disappointing result on the Spanish side, the qualification for the A-level competition, La Liga duo Barcelona Real Madrid obtained it steadily, but a year and a half ago it was determined that it belonged to Valencia, but it was snatched away by Sevilla, a member of the follow-up team, because of the league record lead, and even, Valencia did not even qualify for the B division, which had Atletico Madrid, and the qualification ticket was obtained by Villarreal.

For teams that have already qualified for the A or B divisions, they have been one step ahead of the competition funds, and they have set off a wave of spree in the transfer market, attracting high-quality stars from first-tier clubs, and the transfer market in European football has been booming.

Millwall are quiet, and the pyramid system of football market resources is vividly reflected in them.

The best talent resources are hard to come by, and they are priceless.

Millwall already has Messi, Ronaldo, Kaka, De Rossi, Nesta, Buffon, Lahm, Alonso and other top players, they are not afraid of others to buy players to enrich their strength, relatively, this time the shock of the European football pattern, in this period, Millwall is actually the most beneficial!

Because in terms of operating costs, they are far ahead of their opponents!

Don't look at Real Madrid and Barcelona's super high price and treatment, but in terms of cost, they need to pay a high transfer fee + contract treatment.

Millwall already has the best stars, after obtaining new benefits, they don't have to spend more than 100 million or even more transfer fees, they can use this part of the cost to increase the team's salary system, so that they can pay players higher, while other teams want to dig, relatively, the cost has to increase!

This makes Millwall even more determined to keep the top players in the squad! In terms of salary, it can already lead other giants in Europe!

The new season is getting closer, and Millwall's opponent in the UEFA Super League B qualifier is Greek champion Olympiacos! (Want to know more exciting news about "The Wild Lion Marshal"?) Open WeChat now, click on the "+" sign in the upper right corner, select Add Friends to add an official account, search for "Qidianzhongwenwang", follow the official account, and never miss every update! (To be continued......)