Thank you for the reward of "Sansen for the Forest"! ――

The whole of a player's career is their life as a player in the green world.

Southgate's "life", when it came time to return to the field, the mentality had already been unhappy, a penalty will not make him the slightest nervous, in anticipation, he walked to the opponent's penalty area, after the referee whistled, easily shot the penalty into the goal.

The Millwall fans at the Hawthorn Stadium erupted in cheers, and the Millwall players on the away bench stood up and applauded.

Southgate was "flattered" and raised his hand to those who supported him.

It was an ordinary penalty, but it was exaggerated by Fleet Street after the game, such as what nine years of reincarnation, Southgate won something

The game continued, West Brom looked weak about the game after conceding the goal, and wanted to attack wildly, but they were afraid that the defense would be exposed to the opponent, but they couldn't really do meaningless defense.

Like a boiled frog in warm water, Millwall had already taken a 3-0 lead in the 80th minute of the game, and the home fans at the Hawthorn Stadium looked numb and did not leave the stadium early, presumably watching the countdown to West Bromwich Albion's departure from the Premier League with a feeling of seeing less.

Brian Robson sat limply in the dugout, and Aldridge felt a little sorry for him.

There must be shady scenes in football, and that's inevitable.

Even though Millwall is what Aldridge called a team that "always strives to win", it can't really go all out to win every game. Because it's hard for you to absolutely dominate the minds of the starting 11.

In an inconsequential game. Of course, the posture of the players will change. There are many reasons why you may seem relaxed or relaxed, whether you really don't care about the outcome of the game, or you may avoid violent confrontations to reduce the likelihood of injury.

West Brom have a chance of relegation, definitely.

Relegation rivals Norwich are now five goals behind Fulham!

Crystal Palace and Charlton are still drawn.

As long as West Brom can win the game, they may actually be able to pull off a victorious run.

If Millwall and West Brom had agreed before the game to send West Brom ashore.

It would have been a match-fixing because it had been negotiated beforehand. That is, the agreement ball.

But the two sides did not discuss, if West Brom took the lead in the game Millwall, maybe Millwall would really let them go, and the whole team's focus turned to the Champions League, even if it was a substitute, Aldridge did not want to have injuries or excessive consumption.

This could turn into a tacit game.

The tacit ball is reasonable, just like the Nordic brothers in the European Championship to beat Italy 2:2.

Does that require an agreement?

No, you don't!

All it takes is tacit understanding!

When the game develops like that, it's good for everyone, hello, hello, hello, everyone, why fight? Of course, the team with a higher ideological consciousness. Will fight, but in the face of huge interests. No one should look down on anyone, because in the same situation in Italy, there is no guarantee that they will not behave in the same way as their Nordic brothers.

West Bromwich Albion were unlucky to face Millwall in the closing game, and it coincided with Gareth Southgate's retirement, and the Millwall squad did not want to lose their final competitive game when Southgate started, so they were unable to play a tacit game.

When the full-time whistle blew, the West Brom fans were devastated and quietly exited, not because they didn't want to cheer for West Bromwich Albion and hope that their beloved team would make a comeback in the lower leagues next year.

It's just that West Bromwich Albion, who only won 5 games in the whole season, really broke the hearts of the fans!

Add to that the fact that today is a special day for Millwall fans, who are celebrating their seventh Premier League title and paying tribute to the legendary Gareth Southgate.

"The 2004-2005 English Premier League season came to an end, Millwall once again broke 100 points and won the Premier League championship with 102 points, West Brom in the closing game was more regrettable, if they can win Millwall, they will be relegated, because their relegation opponent, Norwich was slaughtered by Fulham 0:6 away, Charlton also sniped Crystal Palace 2:2 at home, as a result, Crystal Palace beat Norwich to relegation with the same goal difference, Norwich and West Brom are relegated after the final round! ”

It was a day for Millwall, and it was for Southgate, and interestingly, Crystal Palace were able to survive relegation, and the official club also sent their blessings to Southgate, and some media even joked that Southgate repaid his old club 11 years ago in the final curtain call of the Premier League, and his penalty goal gave Millwall the lead

Gareth Southgate smiled and applauded all the fans on the pitch, the Hawthorn Stadium echoed with the voices of Millwall fans singing his praises, and while the Millwall players were celebrating on the pitch, Southgate unexpectedly walked into the tunnel alone.

The Premier League season awards ceremony was about to begin, but Southgate, who was the captain of Millwall, left the stadium, leaving the fans in the stands puzzled.

When the award ceremony was ready in the stadium, the red carpet leading from the sidelines to the podium was laid out, and the players' families were smiling and watching the players on both sides of the red carpet.

The trophy was carried out by the FA executive in one hand, and on the other side, fans saw Southgate, who was in a suit and leather shoes, also carrying the trophy on the other side.

"Huh? Looking at Southgate's outfit, could it be that he will be the guest of honor today? It's strange, it looks like he won't receive the championship medal? ”

Southgate placed the trophy on the podium and he stood there as the master of ceremonies called out the name of a player before Southgate waited on the podium to put on a winner's medal.

As he hung medals around his team-mates' necks, Southgate hugged each team-mate vigorously and smiled. This is his curtain call. It was also a moment of pride for him.

At the time of his arrival in Millwall. Millwall looked desolate, but when he left, Millwall was in full bloom!

The image of him and Aldridge hugging on the podium became the street of the next day, with Millwall's first-team players smiling on their medals in the background.

Nedved and Larsson took the Premier League trophy from Gareth Southgate, with the duo holding the trophy aloft on the left and right, as the Hawthorn Stadium salute roared and colours flew in the air. The name of the mad lion resounded in the sky!

After Millwall's glorious peak in '02 and successfully defending the league title again in '05, Fleet Street is celebrating Millwall's greatness and looking forward to the day Millwall can defend the Champions League on May 25.

There is no doubt that in the second era of the lion's domination of Europe, the dynasty will come again!

After the Premier League season, Millwall rested for two days, and on the first morning of the holiday, Aldridge took his daughter Bonnie shopping. Bonnie, with her pretty pigtails, rode around Aldrich's neck and hung out with her father in West London. Aldrich taught her how to use a camera, and around her neck, he also had a point-and-shoot camera that she could take pictures whenever she was interested or liked.

The father and daughter went shopping this time very warm and happy.

But at noon, Aldridge and Bonnie were eating ice cream when Southgate called him to tell him about his decision.

"Boss, the chairman of the FA invited me to take up a temporary post in the FA, and they were very sincere, so I thought about it all night and decided to agree to them."

Aldrich wiped Bonnie's mouth with a tissue and said into the phone, "What exactly do they want you to do?" ”

To be honest, the news made Aldrich a little depressed.

Gareth Southgate hasn't officially retired yet, as Millwall's season is not over yet and there is a Champions League final to go.

But the FA came to "grab people" first!

There is no doubt that the captain of the contemporary England World Cup, Southgate, must have prestige in English football, not to mention the support of Millwall, if he enters the football circle, he will be a resource that cannot be ignored.

"They wanted me to be the head of youth football in England."

"Oh? That's a pretty good position. ”

After Aldridge heard it, he realized that he might have thought wrongly, thinking that the FA's efforts to woo Southgate would be to give him an idle position as a help for a certain force, but he didn't expect that it was really not a purely utilitarian consideration.

The decline in the quality of England's young players is not empty talk, judging from the results of the European Youth Championship in recent years, England's low-level national team list is not good, coupled with the Premier League's squeezing of the living space of local players, on the other hand, it is more difficult for young local players to get ahead, and there are fewer and fewer excellent players, or even if they are excellent, they cannot be compared with the talents of other mainstream powers.

"Well, it's because it's a role that might make a real difference, so I thought about it for one night, and I wanted to try to bring some of Millwall's youth experience over and promote the reform and development of youth football in England."

"Well, Gareth, since you've decided, I'm still the same sentence, I absolutely support you, go ahead, if you need help, feel free to ask."

"Okay, thanks, chief."

After hanging up, Aldrich fell into deep thought.

For the club's meritorious players, he actually has some ideas, that is, he hopes to be able to retire the legendary players in the club, as much as possible to play a role in the club, including joining the management, or serving as the team's promotional image ambassador, Millwall is taking the international route, according to the commercialization strategy formulated by Carter, there may be a lot of competitive and commercial activities around the world in the future, and when the time comes, the role of legendary players will be very obvious.

However, Southgate, as a local player in England, entering the FA is also a good result, which can be regarded as maximizing his influence on the best stage, that is, the local effect, in the future, when he is mentioned, there will always be a prefix: Millwall legend.

To Aldridge's surprise, 21 years later, Southgate became the president of the FA!

At that time, the king of the Lion King Stadium had become "Hall II" and "Prince of the Lion". (To be continued......)