Super Prophecy Master

Chapter 576 The gap is too big

Outside the lottery venue.

A lot of media reporters went to the Real Madrid group who had just come out, and also received attention from AC Milan, Inter Milan, Barcelona and other teams. Some top stars, such as Darren Bent, who just won the best striker, Kaka, who won the best midfielder, was surrounded by many reporters.

Ferguson's Manchester United team came out, and many reporters immediately surrounded them.

Millwall and his group came out following Manchester United. They didn't care who was in front of them. They just walked out the door normally. They didn't expect to offend Manchester United, because after Zhang Yang came out, he jumped at the Manchester United reporter and immediately changed direction. and galloped away with Millwall.

The Manchester United group was immediately embarrassed.

Ferguson snorted coldly. Fortunately, the surrounding British media did not embarrass the old Jazz too much, but everyone can see that the media is more interested in Millwall.

The same is true.

Millwall's performance is better than Manchester United's. Two consecutive seasons of league titles are enough to overwhelm Manchester United.

Millwall has more to see too.

As the "Triple Crown" last season, on the stage of the UEFA Champions League, it will naturally be the defending champion. The head coach Zhang Yang is still very young and full of topics. After the start of the new season, Millwall continues to perform well. All three league games, one Community Shield and one UEFA Super Cup have been won.

In the European arena, most of the media are also more optimistic about Millwall.

This is not just the treatment of the defending champion, but the performance of Millwall, which is indeed very promising. The influential football media in Europe, "French Football", "Kicker" and "Marca" all agree Analysis of the Champions League, even if the group group has not yet come out, it can be judged in advance which team is more likely to win the championship.

The first group is AC Milan and Barcelona.

The second group is Real Madrid, Millwall and Inter Milan.

Manchester United, Chelsea, and Liverpool in the Premier League can only enter the third group. The reason why Manchester United is not favored is that their performance has not been good in recent seasons. Chelsea is because of a coaching change. The new coach Grant is not trusted. The relationship between strength, in other words, Millwall is "optimized" to enter the top five teams.

"Marca" analyzed, "In the past two seasons, Millwall has achieved amazing results, and their lineup is relatively stable. The biggest change in the summer transfer comes from the striker. The departure of the leading shooter is worrying, but in the past few years In one game, Vardy, Luca Toni, and the midfielders broke out almost across the board, allowing the world to see Millwall's world-class offensive firepower, and there is no need to worry about their goals. Millwall's other positions , are supplemented, and the overall strength has increased compared to last season."

"Under the leadership of Zhang Yang, a young coach who is good at creating miracles, Millwall's goal must be to defend the title, and their success rate is quite high."

In this group draw, Millwall is also the biggest winner.

"Best goalkeeper", "best player", "best coach", plus Bent's "best striker", Millwall has gained a lot and his performance has been unanimously affirmed.

So Millwall is the main character.

Manchester United is just a supporting role.

The first question from the media was for the UEFA Champions League group draw, "Mr. Zhang Yang, what do you think of the group results?"

Zhang Yang thought for a while and said, "Not bad."

Real Madrid, Lazio, plus Olympiacos are not as good as last season's situation, but considering Millwall's promotion to the second tier, the draw is not bad.

In addition, Zhang Yang will also consider geographical location, and it would be best if there are no Nordic opponents.

It’s like meeting CSKA Moscow. It’s not about how strong CSKA is, but it’s very difficult to play away games. If you want to go to Russia to play, the ice and snow will definitely give people a bad feeling. The team is also easy to get injured when facing the Nordic giants. .

"Just good? Is there anything else?" The reporter subconsciously asked, "Last season, your expression was 'good signing', now? I mean, I hope you can have a definite expression."

It would be rude to say that.

Zhang Yang knew that the reporter was digging a hole, but he didn't care too much. He just smiled and said, "If you really want to make an evaluation, it should be considered. We are old rivals with Real Madrid. Lazio... is about the same as Rome? Greece's The team is a bit tricky because we know so little and we should focus on those two games."

The reporters around were suddenly excited.

This is provocation!
There are three opponents, Real Madrid, Lazio and Olympiacos, specifically saying that they must deal with Olympiacos seriously. Doesn't it mean, "Real Madrid, we understand, don't take it too seriously, Lazio, probably similar to Roma, can cause us a little trouble. So We will take the game against Olympiacos seriously."

The media reporters immediately knew how to report.

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Many media reported on the day, and Zhang Yang’s speech when accepting the award became the main theme of the praise report. After the ceremony, the statement about “seriously deal with Olympiacos” was also quickly heated up.

Many media criticized Zhang Yang, thinking that he was a little arrogant.

Most of these media come from Spain, or from the Madrid area. Spanish football is not united. For example, the media in Catalonia gave Zhang Yang a thumbs up and said, "Real Madrid really don't have to deal with it seriously. .”

There was no news from Italy.

Lazio is just showing signs of resurgence. Even if it is a far-right team, they are unwilling to show up and fight against the "somewhat powerful" Millwall.

In fact, the pressure on Lazio in Group C is also the greatest.

In the eyes of most people, Group C consists of Real Madrid, Millwall, and three teams from Lazio competing for qualification. Similarly, in the eyes of most people, Real Madrid and Millwall have great chances. Lazio wants to Qualifying depends entirely on luck.

Sadly, Lazio thinks so.

Although they entered the Champions League, Lazio is also a powerful Serie A team, but their family knows their own affairs. The root of their rise is a large number of competitors such as Juventus and Fiorentina. Only then can Lazio have a chance to enter the semi-finals of the league and enter the real Champions League, otherwise they will not even have a chance.

Therefore, Lazio's re-emergence is not strong enough to defeat other league opponents, but the opponent suddenly fell, and their strength has not improved much. Such strength, coupled with the fact that they have not participated in the Champions League for several seasons, what can they do with Europe? Strong teams?

The Italian media complained about Lazio, but in fact, Italian football is not united, and domestic politics seriously affects the division of football. The media in Milan heard that Zhang Yang ignored Lazio, and followed up with a few words of sarcasm. There were only a few media in Rome, who were critical. do some reporting.

That's all.

English football is much more united, at least externally. They have greatly praised Zhang Yang, thinking that he has shown the pride of English football. The British media are actually very dissatisfied with most of the European media reports.

Throughout the past few seasons, English teams have won the Champions League in a row. Last season, the Champions League finals belonged to England.

Under such circumstances, why do you think that Barcelona and AC Milan have a better chance of winning the championship?

The only England that is favored to win the championship is Millwall. Manchester United and Chelsea will be ranked behind, which also makes the British media very dissatisfied. In their view, the most hopeful, the second and the third are all Should be England.

The media suddenly became noisy because of the grouping and which team was more likely to win the championship.

At the same time, Millwall ushered in the fourth round of the league. They went to White Hart Lane to challenge the home team Tottenham Hotspur.

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In the summer, Tottenham Hotspur was the focus of the transfer market. Perhaps it was the sixth and seventh consecutive results in the previous two seasons, which gave the club management confidence. They decided to invest heavily in order to let the team have The strength of "competing for the top four".

In the Premier League, "competing for the top four" is too important. As long as they can enter the top four, they will be able to participate in the European Champions Cup, and the club will have the opportunity to hit the top of Europe.

The club directors met and made up their minds to enter the big pockets.

The joining of "Standard King" Darren Bent has proved Tottenham's determination. Tottenham's management and fans believe that the combination of Darren Bent and Berbatov will become a nightmare for any club.

At the same time, Tottenham did not forget to strengthen their defense: bought Kapoor from Auxerre, introduced K-Boaten from Hertha Berlin, and introduced Bayer from Southampton. The joining of three defenders cost nearly 2000 million to 900 million pounds is definitely a big deal.

The addition of the top scorer in the Premier League and Champions League will definitely strengthen his scoring ability.

The joining of three star guards can also greatly improve the defensive ability.

The British media’s evaluation of Tottenham’s transfer is still very high, and they also believe that they have the ability to hit the top four in the league. The coach's Martin Joel did not participate, and none of the players he hoped to buy, such as Martin Petrov, came.

Martin Joel was very dissatisfied with the transfer, and he also expressed his dissatisfaction publicly.

Then the Premier League began, and Tottenham suffered an embarrassing two-game losing streak. They lost to Sunderland and Everton respectively, which also put Martin Joel's coaching position in jeopardy. The most important thing is that in the two games, Darren - Bent hardly got a chance, he only played 10 minutes in the second half of the Everton game.

In this way, the pressure Martin Joel will face can be imagined.

Tottenham are planning to change coaches.

Tottenham executives have contacted Sevilla coach Juande Ramos in advance, hoping that the Spanish coach can lead Tottenham towards the goal. Ramos publicly stated that Tottenham made a "dizzying bid" to invite him to coach , but Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy immediately denied it, but it is certain that Martin Joel, who has led the team with good results in the past two seasons, is no longer trusted.

In the third round of the league, Tottenham challenged Manchester United away. After nine and 10 minutes of hard work, they finally lost the game with one goal.

In this game, Darren Bent started, and Tottenham performed well overall, but Manchester United is too strong, and they are playing at home. Tottenham can be said to have no chance at all. There are no chances to find the ball, even if you get the ball, without the support of your teammates, you can't find any opportunities at all.

This game is sad.

For Tottenham, an away loss to Manchester United is acceptable, but a three-game losing streak in the league is unacceptable. The new season has just begun. They have zero points in three games, ranking first in the league. Looking back at the summer transfer After spending a lot of money, and looking at the current bad situation, Tottenham are very dissatisfied.

The Tottenham executives will definitely not attribute the reason to "self-assertion". They brought the Premier League and Champions League double golden boots, and brought a few star defenders. It is Martin Joel's responsibility to lead the team to lose consecutive games.

Martin Joel was not dismissed from his position, but only because the negotiations with Juande Ramos were not fully finalized.

Now almost all the outside media know about this incident, and they have conducted detailed analysis and reports on the incident. The Tottenham players also know about it. Martin Joel refuses to admit the coaching crisis, but it does not help at all, and he has never been forced. Before he was dismissed, he was still the head coach of Tottenham and still needed to lead the team to participate in the game.

Millwall ran into this kind of Tottenham.

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The game at White Hart Lane has officially begun.

Tottenham put up an all-main lineup at home, Berbatov's partner Darren Bent started, Robbie Keane was placed on the right, Janus and Zokola led the midfield, and another player Yes, Malblanc, who has been performing steadily for a long time, has four backs Bayer, Ledley King, Dawson and Chimbonda, and England goalkeeper Robinson continues to serve as the first goalkeeper.

This lineup is still quite gorgeous.

The striker is at the top of the Premier League, the midfielder is slightly worse but not weak, and the back line is very gorgeous, which is the general comment of the media, but the level of play is a bit disappointing.

Millwall sent out a 352 formation and launched an offensive at the beginning.

Tottenham is a team that is good at attacking. Their style is similar to Arsenal. The two north London teams have always attracted fans with offensive football. Even in extremely passive games, Tottenham have always played against each other.

This is style.

The style cannot be changed, especially for a team like Tottenham, if they take an extremely passive attitude, even if they win the game, it will cause dissatisfaction among the fans.

Zhang Yang likes this kind of team.

The new 352 formation is very suitable for confrontation with opponents. Tottenham's performance is still unstable. Even in the home game, they did not play well, so that they were suppressed by Millwall at the beginning.

The goal came very early.

In the 4th minute of the game, Morris crossed the left side and gave Maxi a chance. Maxi followed up with a long shot and hit the goalpost. Vardy kicked a straight kick and shot into the net.

0:1.

As a guest at White Hart Lane, Millwall scored the first goal.

The Tottenham fans at the scene felt very sad when they saw the fans. They had lost the first three league games and they had to face Millwall at home.

O Millwall!
No team could beat them last season, and Tottenham's chance of winning at home is very small. In the current state, even the fans are not optimistic about Tottenham's victory, but under such circumstances, they were scored by the opponent in 4 minutes , it is too impossible to accept.

The Millwall show continues.

In the 7th minute of the game, Vardy caught the ball and kicked it back. Livermore followed up with a strong shot and hung the ball straight to the upper left corner of the goal.

0 is better than 2!

When the football flew into the goal, Tottenham coach Martin Joel couldn't help covering his cheek, and many Tottenham fans also booed in dissatisfaction.

Everyone knows that the boos from the fans are for Tottenham, and they are expressing their dissatisfaction with Tottenham.

After leading by two goals, Millwall played a lot easier, and wonderful cooperation appeared frequently. Fortunately, Tottenham's defense seemed to be a little more stable, and Millwall did not give Millwall any more opportunities.

In a confrontational battle, the defense cannot be too solid.

In the 31st minute of the game, Tottenham's offensive ended and before they had time to retreat, Millwall launched a quick attack, Morris kicked a very wonderful pass, Vardy succeeded in countering offside, and formed a single chance for the goal .

Facing the attacking Robinson, Vardy used a strong shot to help Millwall score the third goal.

After the ball was completed, Millwall didn't seem to be in the mood to celebrate, because the game went so smoothly, and the goal didn't seem to be a big deal. Tottenham felt the opposite. They all felt at a loss and didn't know the game. How to play, the opponent scored three goals before the first half, and it feels like the gap is too big.

(End of this chapter)