Super Prophecy Master

Chapter 527 The first person to leave
The championship award ceremony is the real award ceremony.

In the eyes of ordinary fans, the runner-up is equal to a loser. Perhaps their fans will remember the glory of the runner-up, but in the world of professional football, the championship is the eternal topic.

When looking back at the history of the Champions League, many people talk about 'how many championships a certain team has won' rather than 'how many times a certain team has finished runners-up' or 'how many finals a certain team has reached'.

That doesn't make sense.

A team that enters the final without winning the championship is tantamount to failure. Even if it is the awards ceremony for the champions and runners-up, everyone is watching the awards of the champions, and the runners-up can leave early after receiving the awards. It is even difficult for them to win the support of a few fans. applause.

Now the championship award ceremony is about to begin.

Millwall players line up one by one, and the line up is also particular. The players will stand freely, but the more important players will often stand at the front. There will also be heavyweight guests presenting awards. Right in the middle or back of the line.

Of course, some players don't care.

For example, Smicer and Pires, they don't care about their positions, they just smile and walk behind the team. For them, the honor of the championship can be remembered for a lifetime, and they are already very satisfied. They are about to leave and retire. Regardless of his age, he doesn't care about who will give him the award, or his status in the team.

Some players didn't care, but were elected by the team to the first place.

That's Livermore.

Livermore and Braniff were suspended. They watched the entire game from the stands below the rostrum. At the awards ceremony, they also appeared on the court and participated with their teammates.

Although Livermore did not participate in the competition, everyone unanimously recognized his performance in the "San Siro Brawl". At that time, Livermore's madness not only won the praise of all British media and fans, but also won the hearts of all teammates. After careful consideration, they all knew that if Livermore didn't stand up, the team might be suspended, not just the two of them, maybe they didn't even have a chance to win the championship.

Livermore was pushed to the first place by everyone, and even Braniff, who has always been competitive, followed silently.

The Millwall team is on stage.

As the head coach of the team, Zhang Yang can also win a medal. Like Mourinho, he is at the end of the entire team.

This is not an 'unimportant' position, on the contrary, it is quite important, because UEFA President Platini is responsible for the 'finishing' awards, and often he will only award awards to important people.

The most important person in Millwall is undoubtedly the head coach Zhang Yang.

Platini is a very successful football player. He was quite successful as a player. He played for Nancy, Saint-Etienne and Juventus in Ligue 1984. He has always been the pillar star of the French team. In [-] He helped the French team win the European Cup and was elected European Footballer of the Year three times in his career. French fans believe that he is a "Napoleon"-style legend.

A star with such achievements is definitely the top in the world.

After the end of his career, Platini sought to be a football coach, but his coaching experience was not successful. During his tenure as the head coach of the French national team, due to the low overall level of the French team at that time, the domestic league atmosphere was not correct, and the strength of the national team was average. , No matter in the European Championships, in the world qualifiers, or in the qualifiers for the Seoul Olympics, he failed to achieve satisfactory results, so he had no choice but to resign and leave the coaching position.

Next, Platini began to manage football affairs. With his image as a master, he served as the chairman of the French World Cup Organizing Committee in 1998, and then successively served as other jobs for the French Football Association and UEFA. In the UEFA election year, Platini defeated Johansson in the election to serve as UEFA president.

This is the first time Platini has seen Zhang Yang, but as long as it is related to European football, he must know Zhang Yang.

Millwall's results are too dazzling.

As the Premier League champions last season and the first team to participate in the UEFA Champions League, Millwall made it all the way through, knocking out Real Madrid, PSV Eindhoven and AC Milan, and successfully approached the final of the UEFA Champions League. Now they stand in the championship on the podium.

When the game was going on, Platini and others were also discussing Zhang Yang——
"I knew his age, but I didn't expect him to be younger than I thought."

"Leading the team to win the Champions League at this age!"

"It's really interesting, unimaginable. Probably a lot of people would say that, but I think the most incredible thing is that he only led the team at Millwall. If I had been a few years ago, I would have never heard of it. It's not just luck that Millwall got to where he is. In fact, he doesn't have much luck to count on."

The last sentence is what Platini said.

Platini's words have been recognized by many people. Millwall may rely on luck to win a game, but coaching Millwall to achieve good results depends entirely on ability.

Before last season, Millwall was only a newly promoted Premier League team.

In terms of lineup, strength, players and clubs, they are simply incomparable with the top clubs. To lead this kind of team to the Premier League championship, and now stand on the podium of the Champions League, I dare not even think about it want.

This is even more shocking than Porto winning the title a few years ago.

Porto is a Portuguese team. Although they are a Portuguese giant, they are nothing in Europe, but compared to Millwall, they are at least a "Portuguese giant" and they often participate in the UEFA Champions League. What about Millwall? No, getting tickets to the Champions League has already created history.

Platini admires Zhang Yang very much, and what makes him appreciate even more is that Millwall, coached by Zhang Yang, is not like most English teams who play very conservative games. On the contrary, in most games, They played very aggressively.

Of course, in today's Champions League final, Millwall was conservative enough.

Anyone can understand.

This is the Champions League final, it is normal to be more stable.

If you let go and attack, it is almost tantamount to giving up the trophy to the opponent.

Nobody would be stupid enough to do that.

Platini looked at Zhang Yang with a smile, and while hanging the medal around his neck, he said, "I knew your age a long time ago, but I was still very surprised. You are much younger than I imagined. I don't know much about the East. Human looks, but if someone told me that you are under 20 years old, I would believe it."

"Thank you." Zhang Yang responded with a smile.

Platini continued, "Have you been coaching for three years?"

"To be precise, two and a half years."

Platini shook his head and smiled, "Two and a half years. It's too short. It's shorter than imagined. Many coaches have been coaching for several years or more than ten years, and they won't achieve anything. It doesn't seem to apply to you. You It took two years to get the honor that most coaches can only look up to in a lifetime. To be honest, when I was a coach, I was completely inferior to you."

"You're being humble, it's just luck."

"Haha." Platini laughed loudly, "I believe Wenger, who led Arsenal, was lucky to win the championship, and I believe that Benitez, who led Liverpool, was lucky to win the championship, but leading Milwaukee Well, I even think it’s luck for you to qualify, but it’s definitely not luck to get to the final and win the championship. Young people, don’t be too humble, football doesn’t need to be humble, I believe you will be more successful in the future.”

Platini seemed to be pointing his younger generation with emotion.

Zhang Yang just smiled.

Platini didn't waste any time, chatted with Zhang Yang for a while, and after seeing all the medals were handed out, he walked to the trophy table and awarded the St. Brad's Cup representing the champion of the Champions League to the captain who received the award on behalf of the team Morris.

Morris grabbed the 'two ears' of the trophy with both hands, looked at the trophy with a serious face, and then, amidst all the gazes, raised the trophy above his head with both hands!

"Hula-"

The moment the trophy was lifted, the stadium erupted.

"Millwall!"

"champion!"

"Millwall are Champions League champions!"

The atmosphere at the scene reached a climax instantly, every fan was shouting, everyone was celebrating excitedly, the Millwall players on the podium shouted loudly one by one, they surrounded Morris in the middle and raised their hands high To touch the trophy, after Morris put it down, the trophy was passed among the players in turn, everyone would feel it with their cheeks, and some couldn't help but kiss the side.

One after another, the final trophy was in Zhang Yang's hands.

Zhang Yang did not feel the trophy, but held it up high, then closed his eyes and felt the madness of the scene, "Champion! Champion!"

"Millwall! Millwall!"

"Open up! Open up!"

Shouting loudly made people unconsciously intoxicated, Zhang Yang opened his eyes, looked at other people around him, and said loudly, "This is what it feels like to be a champion!"

"Now we are European champions!"

"We are the kings of Europe!"

"I have experienced the joy of being number one in Europe! It is really fascinating! We will continue to be here next season!"

Everyone else around laughed.

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"Millwall has become the new champion in the history of the Champions League! Zhang Yang has also become the youngest head coach in the history of the Champions League!"

"Millwall created the record of 'winning the Champions League for the first time'!"

"The Champions League top scorer belongs to Millwall striker Darren Bent!"

"The best team in the Champions League is Millwall, they have an absolute advantage in scoring goals!"

"Darren Bent, as the top scorer in the Champions League, has entered the ranks of candidates for the best player in the Champions League. He is definitely the best striker!"

"Zhang Yang will be the best coach in the Champions League!"

"Zhang Yang led the Millwall team and won the 'Triple Crown' of the Premier League, the English League Cup and the Champions League. He will be nominated for this year's FIFA Best Coach Selection. The chance of winning is very high!"

"Millwall's high-profile players, as well as Braniff, Vardy and Livermore, these players will become hot, Millwall won the championship, but also be careful in the transfer market!"

"..."

On the night when the Champions League final ended, until the next morning, the whole of Europe was full of topics about Millwall. The history created by Millwall's championship was discussed, Millwall's coaches and players were discussed, and some media began to talk about it. Spread the 'gossip'.

The news of the possible transfer of some well-known stars is the most basic.

Like Darren Bent.

As early as April, there have been various reports on the transfer of Darren Bent in the media, such as Manchester United, AC Milan, Liverpool and other teams are all very interested in Darren Bent.

This is true.

There are also a lot of untruths. Some media said convincingly that Vardy would choose to join Chelsea on the grounds that "Vardy's performance in the final moved Mourinho." Similar news is a bit funny. Mourinho If you can't keep your position, what's the point of being optimistic about a certain player?
The above news about the players is fairly normal, and the news about the coaches is even more unreliable.

"British Football News" published an article praising Millwall for winning the championship. At the end of the article, it said conclusively, "Zhang Yang will join Chelsea. Abramovich appreciates Zhang Yang. The Russians believe that Zhang Yang is the best head coach in the world. "

"Abramovich is going to give Zhang Yang a salary that is twice as high as Mourinho's. It's not easy to refuse."

"Zhang Yang has already agreed."

"Now the two parties only need to formally sign the contract!"

Some of the reports of "British Football News" may be true. For example, Abramovich is optimistic about Zhang Yang, but the specific progress is very mysterious. Zhang Yang only heard from his assistant Ruan Hailong that Chelsea Club asked him about his intention to leave. Ruan Hailong refused.

What else is there to say?

The report about Zhang Yang is still in the past, after all, there is wind in chasing rumors.

Zhang Yang had just returned to the Millwall club and was about to inquire about the club's celebration arrangements when he noticed an additional piece of news in the media: "Leicester City Club of the British Championship invited Millwall assistant coach and former Chelsea star Dennis- Wise, as the team's head coach for the new season."

The news came out of the blue.

When Zhang Yang watched the news, he couldn't help laughing. He joked to Wise at the door, "It says you're going to Leicester?"

"Ah... sorry... Zhang, I was invited a while ago, but I haven't decided whether to leave yet."

Zhang Yang immediately put away his smile, "Is this true?"

"I...I'm not sure yet." Wise was a little embarrassed because he didn't let Zhang Yang know in advance.

Zhang Yang just felt a little surprised. He had no objection to the coaching staff's pursuit of being the head coach.

Is that considered an improvement?
Zhang Yang had thought before that he would give his blessings to any assistant coach who wanted to leave, but it was still strange to hear that Wise had left. After all, he had worked with Wise for more than two years, but it was almost time have you left?

Wise is not reconciled to just being an assistant coach.

Zhang Yang has always been aware of this. He nodded to Wise and said, "You probably already have the answer. Yes, being the head coach is a good choice. Leicester City, a good team. Then bless you! But ..."

Wise was a little embarrassed, and when he heard the turning point in Zhang Yang's words, he asked a little suspiciously, "What?"

"If one day you feel that you are not qualified to be the head coach, my coaching staff will still welcome you." Zhang Yang said seriously.

Wise was stunned for a long time, then smiled wryly, "I don't even know whether I should be angry or thank you."

"That's what a friend should say."

Zhang Yang said.

After working with Wise for two years, Zhang Yang has a good understanding of this guy. Wise is actually good enough to be an assistant coach, but he is not suitable to be a head coach at all.

Probably Wise himself didn't know, he hadn't completely given up yet.

Zhang Yang felt that he should be on the coaching staff and leave a place for Wise. After all, the friendship here is here. What if this guy came back sooner than expected and came back in two months?
That's entirely possible!

Zhang Yang blessed Wise very "friendly", and wished him success in Leicester City, but he didn't care much in his heart. Wise's departure was just like a friend leaving. He should wish his friend success, the coach As far as the work of the group is concerned, Aldous and Frederick can also take over his work.

The summer transfer period is coming soon, and it will be very easy to find a qualified assistant coach.

Millwall's assistant coaches do not have to work hard, because tactics and games do not need to be considered by the assistant coach. Zhang Yang handles them all by himself. The assistant coach is only responsible for daily and training work, and at most assists in formulating game and training strategies.

In the past two seasons, Wise has been the "first assistant coach". His work is more leisurely than Frederick's. Most of his work is to follow the team to the game and lead the team to warm up.

Yes, Wise has been 'leading the team' for a long time.

But actually?Whether it is the formulation of the game's style of play, the on-the-spot command and adjustment of the game, it is all decided by Zhang Yang. Millwall's good results may be due to Wise, but the proportion of credit is very small, or even completely small. Does not affect the team's performance.

So what does Leicester City fancy Wise?

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Of course, other people don't know about the above, including Leicester City naturally. They probably think that Wise has a lot of credit for Millwall's good results?
"Amen!"

Zhang Yang said a moment of silence to God for Leicester City and prayed they would not be relegated so quickly.

(End of this chapter)