Super Prophecy Master

Chapter 483 The villain died of too much talk
There was a controversy within England.

Most of the media in the London area still support Millwall. Some of the small and medium media have a bad relationship with Millwall. The other option is to support Millwall, otherwise the London fans will not buy it, and they will not end well.

Then it gets more interesting.

Some neutral media shifted their guns to AC Milan, saying that Millwall is qualified to represent English football, because the team's stars Darren Bent, Morris, Darren Ward, striker, midfielder, back line The three-way core are all pure English players. AC Milan is different. Their core Kaka is a Brazilian player, but AC Milan cannot represent Italy.

The Italian media immediately retorted, "AC Milan's most important player is Pirlo, not Kaka!"

The two sides launched a fierce debate on this issue. The core point is whether AC Milan can represent Italian football, and whether Millwall can represent English football.

After careful analysis of the lineup, some fans came to the conclusion that Millwall and AC Milan represent their respective countries, and there is nothing wrong with it. On the contrary, it is difficult for Manchester United and Chelsea to represent English football.

Among the core players of Manchester United, there are English players. We can only say Rooney and Ferdinand.

Chelsea have Lampard and Terry.

Both teams can say that there are only two players representing England, while Millwall has three players: Morris, Darren Ward, and Darren Bent. From the perspective of core players, Millwall has only two players. With a quantitative advantage, apart from the core players, Millwall also has a little more English players.

Both Manchester United and Chelsea can be said to be 'multinational teams', and most of their players are from other countries.

Millwall has only two or three more, but it is still much better than Manchester United and Chelsea.

AC Milan is much better.

Most of the AC Milan team are Italian players, they can fully represent Italian football, except for the controversial core Kaka, there is nothing else to say.

From this point of view, part of the reason for England's poor performance can also be found.

Like Serie A, La Liga, Bundesliga and other leagues, due to the influence of the Football Association's policy, most of them still use their own players. When the Italian team plays, many players come from AC Milan, Inter Milan, Juventus, Germany The Spanish team is even more powerful. Most of the lineup belongs to Bayern Munich, and the Spanish team is a combination of Barcelona and Real Madrid. The national team coach does not need to formulate tactics, and copying the club's style of play is enough to deal with most games.

Not England.

In the England team, if it is divided by clubs, many clubs can be found. Even Manchester United and Liverpool, which contribute the most players, can only have three or four players. It is impossible for most players to find club teammates in the team. They are all from one team alone, so it is very difficult to train and prepare for such a combined team. How well they can perform depends entirely on factors such as fighting spirit and on-the-spot status. Needless to say, the proficiency of cooperation.

From this point of view, there is actually another reason.

There is no concept of "British football" in world football, because the UK is divided into four teams: England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. However, players from Wales and Scotland can play in the English league freely, and their talents are also It is often carefully cultivated by English league clubs, which also leads to the stars trained in the English league. Many of them will go to Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland to play.

This situation is too much!
In the Millwall team alone, Braniff and Graham are Northern Irish players, Alan Hutton is a Scottish player, and there are even more other teams, neither the Welsh national team nor the Scottish national team. Soft persimmon, and the England team is going head-to-head. It's really hard to say who will win.

Imagine--
Combining several teams from England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland to form a 'British Men's Football Team' will definitely be a very scary team!

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The outside media are trying to raise the game to the level of 'England vs Italy' nations.

Zhang Yang was noncommittal about this.

He has no feeling for the England team, just because Millwall is an English club.

It doesn't really matter what the outside world says. Facing the Champions League semi-final level contest, Zhang Yang doesn't even need to motivate the players. Everyone will try their best to compete. As long as they can eliminate AC Milan, they will be able to enter the Champions League final. The opponent will be Manchester United or Chelsea. They are still unbeaten against the two teams in the league. Thinking that they will definitely meet Manchester United or Chelsea, every player is very confident.

With the support of this confidence, the players treated the match against AC Milan as the final of the Champions League.

If you win, you will be infinitely close to the championship trophy.

Failure, of course there is nothing to say, the Millwall club can prepare for vacation in advance.

In the two rounds between Millwall and AC Milan, the first round was held at the Neil Stadium. The schedule is somewhat unfavorable for Millwall. In the first round, we must play an advantage, otherwise we will go to the San Siro Stadium and want to play well. State, defeating AC Milan head-on, the difficulty is too great.

AC Milan also wants to have an advantage in the first round.

The reason why AC Milan is eager to gain an advantage is not that they have no confidence in the home game of the second round, but that it involves the issue of league competition.

In fact, Millwall is not in the eyes of AC Milan.

AC Milan has enough capital to be proud of. They are the team with the best performance in the Champions League in recent years, and they are also the top giants in Europe. Millwall is just a team that has risen suddenly. The results in the league and the Champions League are very good. But AC Milan believes that Millwall has not experienced a strong enough challenge.

For example, the Champions League.

Millwall's biggest record is the elimination of Real Madrid, but everyone knows that Real Madrid's performance has declined sharply in recent years. They lost their wings in the top [-] of the Champions League. The veterans of the team left one by one, and the rookies It also takes time to adapt. Real Adrian's lineup is very gorgeous, but like a newly formed team, it is very difficult to get any good results in the Champions League.

Millwall's elimination of Real Madrid is no big deal at all.

Although Millwall is not in the eyes of AC Milan, there is a saying in China that "despise opponents strategically and pay attention to opponents tactically". AC Milan still attaches great importance to preparations. Coach Ancelotti organized the coaching staff Study Millwall, study the most suitable play strategy, and personally supervise the players to prepare for the game.

AC Milan's goal is to play enough advantage in the first round, then back to the San Siro Stadium, they can easily eliminate Millwall without any accidents.

This is also a way to reduce the pressure on the league.

Affected by the 'Callgate' incident this season, AC Milan is suppressed by Inter Milan and Roma in the standings. They have to take care of the league and compete for the Champions League at the same time. The pressure on the team has become very high.

If they can play enough advantages in the first round, they can breathe a sigh of relief and devote themselves to the league competition without continuing to distract their energy.

As the game approached, the smoke of the war had already filled the air.

AC Milan flew to London one day earlier. Afterwards, the club manager, who is also a famous Italian footballer, Galliani, accepted an interview with reporters and expressed his confidence in winning, "We came with the belief that we must win. Two rounds In the game, the first round is also very important, we need to play enough advantage to ensure a stable victory in the second round."

This statement is arrogant enough.

Millwall and AC Milan didn't even play each other in the first round, so they publicly declared that they would have enough advantages, which meant almost defeating Millwall in one round.

What is that concept?
Before Millwall and Eindhoven played against each other, Zhang Yang also thought this way. Millwall won five away goals, which is naturally enough to guarantee the team's qualification.

Against Millwall, AC Milan needs at least a three-goal gap to play enough to advance.

The number just crossed the line.

When the gap was more than three goals, AC Milan returned to the San Siro, and defense alone was enough to beat Millwall.

Neither ball will work!

With Millwall's offensive prowess, a two-goal advantage does not guarantee victory.

Millwall has confidence in this, and AC Milan must be very clear.

When Zhang Yang learned what Galliani said, he was still lying down at home to rest, and he had enough energy to prepare for tomorrow's game. This is the benefit of the home court. Rest in the hotel, the home team can rest at ease and rest normally, just adjust their condition and prepare for the competition.

Zhang Yang didn't reply immediately.

It was not until the next day when Millwall was warming up in the morning that the reporters found Zhang Yang.

Zhang Yang walked out of the court, faced a group of reporters, and said without any thought, "Have you ever played games? It's just an online game, like an RPG upgrade game like "World of Warcraft". fierce."

A group of reporters looked at each other, wondering what Zhang Yang was going to say. Could it be that he wanted to find a partner to play games with?

of course not.

Zhang Yang said with a smile, "I know that kind of game, it's very interesting, a group of people go to fight the boss, usually before starting a group to fight the boss, the boss will always say a bunch of nonsense, which is still very ironic, such as 'I slap you Can kill you all', 'You are destined to sink into endless hell', 'Become undead', of course, that is of no practical significance, because in the end there is only one result of the boss, and that is to fall! Fall again and again Next! I really feel sorry for these bosses..."

Zhang Yang shrugged his shoulders and continued, "In short, only the weak side will constantly emphasize their strength, and the villain is often easy to die from talking too much."

The surrounding British media burst into laughter.

The Italian media all had a dark face, and at the same time felt a little bit interesting: Galliani, who is famous in Italian football, was ridiculed as a game boss and a big villain. Thinking about his bald image, it is really happy emotional.

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Neil Field.

The UEFA Champions League semi-final, Millwall vs. AC Milan, has officially started.

Millwall sits at home with high morale, and AC Milan is not bad at all, but the game between the two sides is not fierce, football is passed around most of the time, Millwall is not in a hurry to attack, and AC Milan is not in a hurry.

The game went on for 15 minutes, and the rhythm was still a bit slow, and the offensive strength of both sides was not too strong.

This is the trial phase.

Millwall is a newly emerging team in the Premier League. It is the first time in history to participate in the UEFA Champions League. In the past hundred years, Millwall has only had one European competition experience, and it was eliminated in the qualifiers. Naturally, it will not encounter Traditional giants AC Milan.

It was the first time in history that the two sides played against each other.

Millwall's understanding of AC Milan is limited to game video research and media reports.

The reverse is also true.

AC Milan is completely new to Millwall.

In this game, Millwall used the newly familiar 4231 formation, but the core of the game was not the starting midfielder Braniff, but Jody Morris, who played as a defensive midfielder.

With Morris as the core, the division of labor between the two midfielders is clear.

Livermore's job is mainly to defend, while Morris has to take into account both defense and offense, and is responsible for maintaining the rhythm of the entire team and transition between offense and defense. He is also the captain of Millwall.

Using the opening test time, Millwall is also familiarizing himself with the new formation.

The core of Millwall's tactics has not changed, but the new formation still needs to adapt to time. The opening rhythm is relatively slow, and the players need to adapt to running.

Ten minutes is enough.

Millwall cannot be said to be fully familiar with the new formation, but there will be no mistakes in using the new formation.

Compared with the 'dual-core' double-forward style of play, Morris and Livermore's parallel positions, together with Braniff in front, form a midfield triangle position, which strengthens the defensive thickness near the center line and controls The force will increase accordingly.

In addition, in the case of only a single forward, the support for the striker is definitely not as good as the "dual core". In order not to be out of touch with the midfielder, the two players on the striker - Darren Bent and Vardy will also run relatively backward. Some.

This also increases midfield control.

The 4231 formation can also make it easier for strikers to get the ball, instead of hitting the goal every time they get the ball, Darren Bent and Vardy will have more room to play.

These are all advantages.

It is impossible for any formation to be without flaws. Compared with the 'dual-core' style of play, the flexibility of midfield cooperation is much lower. Due to the reduced support of the midfield, the threat of the striker is also reduced.

To sum up, the new formation is to sacrifice a certain amount of offensive ability, supplement the thickness of the midfielder, and increase the midfielder's ability to control the football.

Although the formation is just Morris changing from an avant-garde to a midfielder, the formation is a whole. If a player's position changes, other players will also be affected. From the perspective of positioning, the new formation must be old and more defensive.

This is also to deal with AC Milan's possible quick counterattack.

Italian teams are all good at defensive counterattacks, and AC Milan is the best among them. AC Milan is already strong, so it is unimaginable for them to easily play a threatening counterattack, and the game will become more difficult.

(End of this chapter)