The Young Lion

In a secluded community in East London, Dean Richards and his wife Samantha lived in one of the apartments. When he came to Millwall, the club’s community had not been built, and he did not choose the club. Free apartment, but save money, and hope to move to a more upscale community with his wife in the future.

After dinner, Samantha was washing the dishes and Richards was sitting on the sofa watching TV. He was in a bad mood recently.

This year he has fewer and fewer opportunities to play on the team. Originally, in recent months, the team has rotated a lot. It was his turn to perform, but because of a dizziness after training, he went to the doctor of the medical department. He couldn't even enter the bench list.

He now regrets that those doctors advised him not to race and wait for medical reports.

He was very dissatisfied, but it was dizzy, is this normal? It can only show that he is training too hard.

However, the other players worked hard again, and then his body will be extremely tired, but he was dizzy. After two and a half months, there was a physical reaction to vomiting, and Richards did not think there was too much problem. This kind of thing is on the court. It's not uncommon.

When Aldrich knocked on the door of his house with a calm expression, Richards was taken aback. At this time, the head coach personally came to the door. He must be talking about some very important topics. The first thing he thought of was: I want to be Sold!

After all, in the position of central defender, his competitors are getting better and better. Elgra is the first choice for the bench, and then Materazzi. Now he is reduced to competing with Ferdinand.

Did the days in Millwall come to an end?

Samantha poured water for Aldridge. Aldridge remained silent after sitting down and looked at this ordinary small apartment. After a long time, he whispered: "Dean, can we talk in private?"

Richards thought pessimistically: Sure enough, I was going to sell me!

Samantha probably thought of this, too, and suddenly lost her mood, and walked back to the bedroom with a slightly worried expression.

They certainly don’t want to leave. Richards firmly believes that his stay in Millwall will have a promising future. As long as the coach gives him more opportunities, his performance on the court will surely reassure everyone, coaches, teammates, fans!

Aldridge still did not know how to speak, but Richards said in a deep voice: "Boss, are you going to sell me? If it is true, you can tell me that I can bear it."

Aldrich smiled bitterly: As a bystander, I can't bear it...

After another short silence, Aldridge handed him the medical report and said softly: "Dean, you have been uncomfortable after training for the past few months. After the examination, the doctor found that you had a strange disease. And there is no cure. The doctor’s suggestion is that you temporarily stop training and competition. If you can be cured as soon as possible, then you can return to the field healthily. If not, I have prepared a new one. The contract gives you, you can stay in the club to choose a civilian job, or transfer to a coach. At the same time, the club will be responsible for your medical care throughout the process, you don’t have to worry about the cost."

Richards was dumbfounded on the spot, and then he opened the medical report in his hands like crazy. Many of the professional medical terms and examination data, he could not understand at all, and Aldridge could not understand, but in the final doctor diagnosis, use The written narrative is very popular, it is recommended to stop strenuous exercise, because his symptoms occur during or after strenuous exercise.

"I don't believe it! This is fake! This is the conspiracy of those bastards! This is a persecution of me! They want to destroy me!"

Richards shouted out of control and shredded the report in his hand.

He is 23 years old after two and a half months, and is about to enter the golden age of players, and this stage is very important to him!

The sudden blow left him irrational.

Aldrich got up and hugged Richards like a wild beast, and said sadly: "Dean, don't be so, calm down, calm down."

Samantha rushed out when he heard the outside sound in the bedroom, but saw Richards crying like a child in Aldridge's arms in tears.

"Boss, this is not true! This is not true! I am not sick, I can play football, I can play football!"

"Boss, this must be a misdiagnosis. I don't believe it. I'm going to a better hospital for verification. I must be able to play football..."

How hard will it be to not play football?

That would make his life meaningless, and it would also make the newly formed family lose its most important source of income.

The beautiful life he and his wife dreamed of went to another unpredictable turning point.

Aldridge didn’t want to believe it was true, but Thompson dragged and pulled it for three months before sending it to Aldridge. This was all about verification. He had communicated with famous British doctors and even flew in person. Go to the United States to find top experts through peer relations and make pathological judgments together, but the final conclusion is that this is a rare strange disease.

There are many kinds of diseases, some are immediate, and when there is a disease to be checked, the cause can be found immediately, and some are chronic diseases. Richards’s symptoms seem to be insignificant. Even the average player will not take it seriously, and it will pass after a rest, but This does not mean that the body is absolutely healthy. Maybe the disease factor only has a longer period of latent, and one bit by one will damage the health. When the disease frequently appears, it may be that the disease is ill and it is difficult to return.

Aldridge continued to comfort Richards, calm him down, and face this change with a positive attitude.

But his words seemed too pale and weak. As a bystander, he was very painful, but he couldn't fully appreciate the other person's pain. Speaking comforting words, it actually didn't help.

After Samantha learned the whole story, tears came out immediately, and Aldridge sat with the young couple for a night.

The next day, Aldridge notified Richards' family and arranged a new medical examination for Richards. No matter what, he was soberly aware of his physical condition and was always more convincing than others' accounts.

And this afternoon, Aldridge, who was sleeping all night, was bloodshot in his eyes, and he was sadly commanding the team's Premier League on the sidelines.

They were a guest to challenge the relegation team Coventry. The team's condition seemed to be affected by Aldridge's mental depression. Coventry scored a goal in the first half and created a point in the second half of the bombing. The ball, Larson took the penalty to help the team get a draw.

At the same time, Manchester United won two goals at home to win Everton, narrowing the gap between the two teams to 11 points.

There are seven rounds left in the league, and after two rounds, Millwall will also have a direct confrontation with Manchester United. Ferguson will not reluctantly reopen the possibility of the championship, thinking that Millwall will not be able to withstand the leader in the league final stage. The pressure may also be slackened and overtaken. After all, in the last few rounds, in addition to the direct confrontation between Manchester United, there are two contests with the rivals of London.

Aldridge responded impatiently to the reversing cries that ignited at Manchester United: "Does Manchester United think they can win the championship? Then continue to fantasize."

The players in the Millwall team are also aware of the unusual state of Aldridge.

The following week, the atmosphere in Millwall's training ground was a bit depressed. Everyone wanted to know where Richards was. Why was Aldridge's worried face?

In Wembley midweek, Aldridge sent a substitute player to face Bran of Norway. Because of the four-ball advantage in the first round, Bran also began to face Millwall's strength, so the second round of the game played was a bit dull. , Millwall just got a ticket to the semifinals with a small win.

Before the start of the weekend league, the draw of the European Cup Winners' Cup came out, and Millwall finally had to meet a strong opponent in the European competition.

Defending champion: Paris Saint-Germain.

Aldrich didn't respond very much to this. Anyway, everyone touched. If you want to win the championship, you have to fear all opponents.

At the weekend, they will welcome Leicester Cup champions at home.

Martin O’Neill led the promotion to Leicester City. The record was very good. Last year, he took over the team for six months and led the team to a super success. The Premier League debut also early enough to get the relegation score, and also helped the club get the League Cup trophy. The young master under the direction of Brian Kraft was shocked.

The day before the confrontation with Leicester City, Aldridge called all the players on the training ground, and Richards stood beside him in a suit.

The whole team looked at Richards curiously.

Why did you come in a suit?

After everyone was there, Aldridge reached out and Richards stepped forward, facing all his teammates, trying to maintain a calm tone.

"Sorry, everyone, I can't play football with you anymore."

"Why? Do you want to move?"

Matera asked straightforwardly that he and Richards had been a regular substitute partner before, and the relationship between the two of them had been very good.

After all, Richards couldn't control his emotions, and tears burst into his eyes and shook his head: "No, I, I have a strange disease, I can't play football in the future, but I will stay here, the boss will teach me to be a Coach, this is also very good, when I can enter the first team coaching staff, you have to listen to me, ha ha, ha ha ha..."

At the end, he squeezed out his smile, but two lines of tears dripped down the turf along his chin.

All players were shocked.

Materazzi stepped out of the crowd and stepped forward to hug Richards tightly. Richards finally fell into a runaway, crying and all his teammates surrounded him.

Aldridge turned his back and closed his eyes to try not to let his tears flow out.

The next morning, Millwall held a press conference and Aldridge announced that Dean Richards would temporarily say goodbye to the Greenery Field due to physical reasons.

He did not say that Richards will retire, but if he can not cure his strange disease within two to three years, then Richards has no chance to stand on the top stage.

Once the news was released, it immediately caused shock in English football.

Although Dean Richards was a substitute at Millwall, his performance still attracted the attention of people in the circle, because he was young, and the media even predicted that as long as he could get a stable playing opportunity at Millwall, then continue to improve, then After four or five years, when Adams's excellent guards enter their career, Richards will be an important candidate for England's new generation of defense.

However, no one thought that this high-backed central defender star, at the age of less than 23, ended his career. Although Aldrich used the word "goodbye" in the press conference, but The outside world agrees that Richards can no longer be a top player.

For a period of time afterwards, the inside story of Richards leaving the Greenery Field due to "physical reasons" was gradually revealed. When the outside world lamented the envy of talent, he also praised Millwall's humanized management because of the reason. Chaz’s strange disease is only a sign. No one can pack a ticket saying that football will affect his health, but Millwall did not take the health of the players to take risks.

Richards has been a coach in the club since then, starting with the youth team. After two and a half years, he finally found out his cause and recovered to health after receiving eight months of treatment in the United States. After recovering, he announced that he would leave the Greenery Field forever and have been a coach at Millwall.