Super Prophecy Master

Chapter 592
The victory in the seventh round of the Premier League allowed Millwall to successfully widen the points gap with Arsenal and secure the first place in the league.

However, the points of other competitors are gradually catching up.

For example, Manchester United.

Manchester United started the game with two draws and one loss, but won all the next four rounds, especially the last round of home defeat against Chelsea, which boosted the morale of Manchester United.

The attention of many media is focused on the top battle between Millwall and Arsenal. In fact, the match between Manchester United and Chelsea has also attracted a lot of attention.

In terms of the long-term trend of the league table, Manchester United and Chelsea are teams that will definitely move forward. They are also strong contenders for the league championship.

Chelsea in the Mourinho era can be said to be the nemesis of Manchester United. The two teams have met six times in the league. Manchester United's record is one win, two draws and three losses. They are at an absolute disadvantage. One win, one draw and one loss, did not take any advantage.

Now Mourinho is gone.

Ferguson and his Manchester United immediately made a beautiful turnaround, 2-0. With the goals of Tevez and Saha, Manchester United beat Chelsea and rose to third in the standings. Two points short.

At the end of the game, the Manchester United team celebrated wildly.

There is still a lot of controversy about the penalty in this game.

Ferguson did not rejoice for the victory, he behaved calmly, and even complained for his opponent. He said that Mikel's red card and Saha's penalty kick in the final stage were misjudged, "I saw the process of the red card, a bit Sloppy. It was an intentional foul, it could have hurt Evra, but some other referee might not have given a red card."

Ferguson did not forget to defend his players, "Joe Cole's shovel on Cristiano was a red card. This kind of foul would directly kick the opponent and leave the game. The referee just gave a yellow card because he had already Sending off a Chelsea player, he was balancing the first penalty."

He went on to say United should have been awarded the penalty, but not the one Saha scored.

"(Joe Cole tackled Evra) Manchester United deserved a penalty, I think it was a penalty. The penalty awarded to Saha was a bit sloppy, but it was offset by Joe Cole's one."

Manchester United finally won the game [-]-[-], the biggest score against Chelsea in all competitions in three years.

Ferguson was not satisfied, "Looking at the content of the game, Manchester United played very well in the first half hour, the penetration was great, the passing was great, and we should have led by 2 or 3 goals during that time, but Cech started the game from the very beginning. Keep making great saves."

Although Manchester United is very happy to win the game, the focus of the Premier League is still Millwall, because Millwall has the best record. After beating Arsenal by one goal, they are three points ahead of Arsenal and five points ahead of Manchester United. Considering The league has only passed seven rounds, and the advantage is still relatively large.

However, in terms of the game process, Millwall and Arsenal "lived up" to the expectations of the media. Most of the media paid attention to this game because the game was likely to be a "goal shootout". The match between Manchester United and Chelsea was much more dull, and the "Times" even used "disappointment" to describe it, "The process of the game was very disappointing. Arsenal, Millwall, Wenger and Zhang Yang all seemed to be playing for victory The ball, not playing for football."

"It's a utilitarian game. Arsenal want to win. Maybe they think it can end with a draw. Millwall thinks the same way. The two teams working together make the game very dull."

Other media commented on the game saying--
"Indescribable, unpredictable."

"disappointing."

"It's really unexpected that utilitarianism will make football lose its color."

"Manchester Athletic" unreservedly sarcastically said, "The game is like dog shit on the side of the road, and it feels disgusting to look at it!"

However, for Millwall ranking first in the league, various media still gave praise, because Millwall did not rely on "utility" to get the first place, they scored the most goals, [-] goals in seven rounds, very efficient Surprising.

The "Guardian" summarized the data of the opening seven rounds. Millwall's offensive data is far from other teams. "Seven games, 101 shots, [-] goals, an average of five shots, you can hit One goal, and there is no doubt that Millwall are number one in the Premier League in terms of chances, and that must be due to their frontcourt."

"It can be seen from the data that Vardy, Luca Toni, Simpson and Braniff are all efficient."

Arsenal lost the game, but after summing up the first seven rounds, they also received praise. They ranked first in the Premier League with a 50.00% shooting rate.

Although shooting on target does not mean scoring a goal, it also shows the efficiency of shooting to a certain extent.

Instead, Manchester United faced criticism.

Manchester United scored seven goals in seven league rounds, but their number of shots was as high as [-], which was higher than that of Millwall.

Even if Manchester United wins Chelsea, this data must be confirmed.

The data does not tell everything, at least it proves that Manchester United's frontcourt has very poor shooting efficiency, and the players who mainly shoot must bear certain responsibilities.

After the seventh round of the league, Millwall can breathe a sigh of relief. At least the league points have gained an advantage, and the pressure of being chased is less.

But the arena is still crowded.

During Zhang Yang's training, he began to emphasize that the players pay attention to their bodies instead of tactical training. As long as the health of the players can be ensured, the team can continue to win.

Next up for Millwall is the League Cup.

The English League Cup has entered the third round, and the top eight teams in the Premier League have also joined in. Millwall's opponent is Leicester City.

This is an easy game.

Millwall defeated Leicester City [-]-[-] at the Neal Stadium to advance to the next round of the League Cup.

After the Carabao Cup is the league again, Millwall vs. Bolton at home.

Bolton is not a difficult opponent.

Last season, Bolton ranked tenth in the league, and the adjustments in the summer were relatively small. The signings are worth noting two players, McCann and Helgusen.

McCann is a defensive midfielder with a fierce style.

Helgusen's deal is somewhat questionable, as he has only scored seven goals in 57 starts for Fulham.

In terms of players who left the team, only Ben Haim was a "real loss", and the other five were actively cleaned by Bolton.

Overall, Bolton hasn't changed much.

Everyone in Millwall felt that the game was very easy, and the home game also gave the team greater confidence.

Unexpectedly, the game was extremely difficult.

From the first minute of the game, Bolton continued to defend, and Millwall was used to it. Most of the middle and lower reaches of the Premier League would not play against Millwall, but would only stick to the goal and fight back.

Of course, that's the best option.

Millwall was prepared, and Zhang Yang formed a 451 formation, but there was no definite answer to breaking the dense defense. Even with the "speaking method" in hand, it was very difficult to break the goal.

In the second half, Zhang Yang made substitution adjustments. He replaced Barragan with Luca Toni and a forward for a guard. He didn't mean to play a 352 fast break, but just wanted to have an extra forward to find opportunities to score goals.

But in the end Millwall still failed to score the goal.

0:0.

Millwall can only accept the result of a draw.

After the game, Zhang Yang felt that there was nothing to say, "This may be considered an honor. Every league game is like this. The opponent can only defend. We have tried our best. Yes, I dare say we did not play badly, but the goals were very poor. By luck."

Zhang Yang showed ironic helplessness.

It doesn't matter to Bolton. The head coach Sami Lee said cheerfully that it is a very satisfying result to be able to take away a point under Millwall.

"A lot of teams didn't do it. In the last round, Arsenal also worked very hard. They were still at home, but we were away, and we did it." Sami Lee said, "Millwall is a strong opponent, very strong. Strong, everyone has to admit that other teams should stop them. Just like us."

What Sami Lee said made Zhang Yang feel speechless.

Is this to "unite all forces that can be united to resist Millwall"?
Zhang Yang was very upset, and Millwall was very upset, but the media was very happy to hear what Sammy Lee said, because Millwall was too strong.

Last season, Millwall won the league and FA Cup double.

Last season, Millwall won the 'Triple Crown'.

So far this season, Millwall has won the Community Shield and the European Super Cup successively, and is still ranked first in the league. Before this game, it also pulled down No.2 Arsenal by three points.

If it continues, I am afraid that there will be no rivals in the Premier League!
Surely not!
Therefore, it is still necessary to jointly boycott Millwall. Millwall must encounter difficulties. No matter what this season, Millwall will not be able to win the championship.

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Zhang Yang was not in the mood to entangle with Sammy Lido, and immediately after the game against Bolton, he ushered in a match against Reading.

There are only four days between the two league rounds.

Like last season, Reading is still very stingy in the transfer market.

The Colchester defender Halford, who spent 250 million pounds in the winter transfer period, is considered to be one of the biggest failures in the history of the Premier League. The board of directors and coach Kerber can only favor some young players who play in high-level leagues. Of course , price is still the primary factor, and the final result is that only two people join the club's first team.

Carifa Cisse, a defensive midfielder who played for Boavista in the Portuguese Super League, became the first player to be introduced. He signed a three-year contract with the club, with a transaction value of about 60 pounds.

The second deal was to poach the 23-year-old right forward Emesel Faye from the Nantes team who were relegated last season. The contract is also three years. He has played more than 100 times in Nantes. On behalf of the French team won the championship, but he finally chose the Côte d'Ivoire national team, and appeared in the Côte d'Ivoire squad for the World Cup in Germany.Reading football director Hammond believes that Faye's way of playing can bring some kind of qualitative change to the team.

Two rookies have joined, and the others are free sign-in players. Reading is fighting for the new season with such a lineup.

Of course, the result was tragic.

So far, Reading has two wins and one draw, ranking No.16 in the league, and barely entered the relegation zone. Considering that Fulham, No.18 in the league, has one win and three draws, only one point behind Reading, in fact, it is the same as entering the relegation zone The area is no different.

The Reading team, which performed like this, could not keep up with Sammy Lee's Bolton, so they faced Millwall at home, and they did not hesitate to arrange a defensive formation.

"We're going to defend until the end of the game!"

This is what the Reading team expressed.

Many media who came to interview hope that Reading can achieve their goals. They don't need them to beat Millwall. A draw is enough for Millwall to fall to second in the league.

That's what many people want to see.

But in the end Reading's performance was disappointing, or Millwall performed too well.

Millwall held his breath up and down, the last round against Arsenal, the last round against Bolton, and this round, they have to face "broken dense defense" in almost every game, which is really a bit of a headache. With the continuous "broken dense defense", the players are used to it, and their performance on the field is more stable and better.

Zhang Yang simply dispatched two forwards, but the formation was not 352, but 442. "Breaking the dense defense" does not require too complicated tactics at all. The simplest style of play is the best, 442 formation, surrounding the opponent's half. Hit, and pay attention to the defense at the same time.

With a simple set of 442, Millwall scored a total of five goals in the first and second half, which shattered Reading's idea of ​​"fighting for a tie" and even made them feel desperate.

"The same style of play will not always be effective, and the effect will not be exactly the same when used by different teams."

"Defense wins, I admit, but defense alone doesn't win Millwall!"

Zhang Yang said seriously after the game.

This sentence was used as the front page headline by various media——
"Defense wins, but defense doesn't win Millwall!"

"Defense wins, but defense doesn't win Millwall?"

As long as the symbol is changed later, the meaning of the expression will change, some are in favor, some are questioning, and some are disdainful.

There must be more opponents in the Premier League who will choose to use defense to deal with Millwall, which may even include Manchester United and Chelsea.

This is what Millwall has to face.

After leading the team back to the club, Zhang Yang convened the coaching staff, and the focus of the discussion was "how to enhance the ability to break through dense defense".

This is a long-term thinking job.

Zhang Yang asked everyone to think, write down something, record something, and at the same time increase training for the team to break the dense defense. Can't play normally, facing the opponent's intensive defense, no matter how the formation is changed, it will not be able to perform.

This is where it gets really annoying.

"A master is lonely...the master also has a lot of troubles!"

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