Super Prophecy Master

Chapter 602 The Most Important Game

After the third round of the Champions League group stage, Millwall continued to be watched by the European media.

This is because of Millwall's good results.

The UEFA Champions League group results are still second. Many media believe that Millwall can qualify for the group stage, but they did not expect that they can be so strong. Even if they draw with Lazio at home, no one denies Millwall's performance. It's just their bad luck. ——
In the whole game, two kicks were made at the goal post alone, and there were two balls that flew out of the baseline against the post. Even scoring one of the four goals was enough to determine the final outcome.

This is bad luck.

Luck plays a large part in football games, but when bad luck comes, it is normal to lose as much as you play.

Many of Millwall's hostile media hope that they can bring bad luck to the league, because Millwall has been unbeaten in 49 rounds and is about to face a game that breaks the unbeaten record--
The away match against Aston Villa!
In recent years, Aston Villa has been continuously investing. After Martin O'Neill came, the cost of buying players reached 2600 million pounds last season. Aston Villa continued to spend a lot this season--
400 million, Heywood.

850 million, Leo Cork.

350 million, Knight.

After three transfers, O'Neal sold ten players with a wave of his hand, and the entire lineup has undergone relatively large changes.

When a team's lineup changes a lot, it's hard to say what record it can achieve, but in the past [-] rounds of the season, Aston Villa's answer sheet has been passable, with a record of four wins, three draws and [-] points. Ranking in the middle and upper reaches of the Premier League also made the media look forward to Villa's final results.

Now Villa welcomes Millwall at home.

This game is a difficult challenge for Villa. They beat Chelsea before, and they hope to win when they meet Millwall. In the home game, any team wants to get points. Before the game, Martin O'Neill Said, "I've heard a lot of talk about records, but that's about us. All we want to do is get points, maybe even win."

"Millwall are difficult opponents, no one can deny that no team has beaten them since last season."

"But any game is not absolute. I tell everyone that we must play the game seriously. As long as we play our style and state, we have a chance."

For Millwall, the game has special significance. As long as they can continue to remain unbeaten, they will create a new unbeaten record in the Premier League.

Before Millwall only shared the 49-round unbeaten honor with Arsenal, it is still very attractive to have the opportunity to surpass and create a new record.

So can Millwall do it?

This is something that the whole of England, and indeed the whole of Europe, is concerned about.

Even though the match between Aston Villa and Millwall was not a heavyweight confrontation, it undoubtedly became the focus.

Many media have supported Aston Villa.

As far as England is concerned, it is either support or opposition. There are very few media supporting Millwall, and other media do not want to see Millwall "monopolizing" the Premier League. They can only hold a confrontational attitude.

Despite the opposition, critical coverage was positive.

It is still a bit difficult to say that Millwall wants to beat Aston Villa away, but it is much easier just to remain unbeaten.

Zhang Yang didn't see it that way.

"Every game we play, it's about winning, not being 'unbeaten', I don't think that makes sense."

"The unbeaten record is very attractive, but the competition to win is more important. I tell everyone, must work hard, not keep clean sheets."

Zhang Yang's statement has received many praises.

The spirit of football competition is to strive for victory, to set records for the sake of setting records, not true sportsmanship.

But in fact, Zhang Yang is very concerned about the undefeated record, which is related to the completion of the task, and the arrangement of tactics is different from what he said. He almost gave up the 352 style of play, and only focused on playing 451, playing dual-core parallel position control In football, pay more attention to defense, so that the team can have the control and confrontation that appear and the ability to break dense defenses.

Zhang Yang didn't say that to the players. He told the team to face up to the opponent, "This is our most important game, more important than the Champions League, more important than other leagues, and finals. We want to set records! We have reached this point, we cannot Fall at last!"

"Presumably each of you wants to see a record-setting moment, not a loss at a critical moment!"

"I hope you can play the game as a final and play conservatively. Most importantly, try to defend as much as possible and don't give the opponent any chance."

"Villa is not a difficult team to deal with, our frontcourt goals are enough!"

"The bad luck of the last round will not last until this one..."

The last sentence made many players laugh.

The last game against Lazio was simply unlucky. Everyone knows it well, and they feel depressed when they think about it.

This one will definitely not happen!

Afterwards, Zhang Yang talked about the points that need to be paid attention to in the game, and he especially urged not to be careless. He repeated this point many times, "If we take the lead, don't change our style of play. We should pay attention to how to play or how to play. Defense is not just for the sake of being undefeated, as long as we play normally, the victory will definitely belong to us!"

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Home team locker room.

Aston Villa coach Martin O'Neill is also mobilizing all players. He used media reports to irritate everyone, "Have you seen the reports? Everyone thinks that the opponent will definitely be able to win fifty rounds unbeaten. Change In other words, they thought it was impossible for us to beat our opponents, even at Villa Park!"

"We've been forgotten! We've been ignored! If they can do it and we won't be on the page, everyone will be talking about Millwall!"

"indeed!"

"Millwall is outstanding. They won consecutive league titles and European titles. They won the title unbeaten last season... How brilliant! And we are just an ordinary team. What's the point of calling it a strong team... a strong team? ?”

"We should have the determination to win!"

"We've been working hard. Me and the other managers and all of you. The opposition is tough but this is Villa Park, we play here a lot and the stands are full of our fans. We can't just watch, they're playing We wantonly celebrate the so-called '50 rounds unbeaten' on our turf!"

"We are not a stepping stone for opponents to record!"

Martin O'Neill's words were very effective. The Villa players rushed into the field like chicken blood, holding back their energy to perform well.

After the start of the game, Villa also performed very well. According to them, they even played against Millwall for nearly 10 minutes in a row, and the scene was not at all inferior.

Such a performance surprised the media and fans.

Even the local fans of Villa feel that the team's performance is unexpected. You must know that the opponent is the powerful Millwall. Maybe two seasons ago, this name was nothing, but now most teams, when they meet Millwall We all adopt a 10-0-0 style of play, otherwise there is no chance of winning at all.

Sadly, Villa should be one of them too.

Compared with other teams, Villa is nothing special, strength, lineup, performance, results, etc., Villa's good results are only equivalent to the previous seasons, and Millwall's unbeaten streak and long-term stability in the league At the top of the list, there is no qualification for comparison.

In the current game, it is quite remarkable to be able to fight against Millwall without losing the wind.

The cheering shouts of the Villa fans became more vigorous.

But soon, they discovered that it was actually not a good choice to attack. Villa played with momentum and did not fall into a disadvantage in the situation. compared with each other.

In the 10 minutes of the game, Villa had three shots, two of which were long-range shots, and one was a header, but it was no surprise that there was no threat at all, the opposing goalkeeper just watched Shooting, without even a chance to play, the ball flew out of bounds on its own initiative.

Millwall had four shots.

One of them was a long-range shot, three were direct attacks, one long-range shot and two direct attacks were all within the range of the goal frame. If it weren't for goalkeeper Sorensen's quick reaction, Villa's goal would have been broken.

The gap is evident from the data.

When the number of times increases, the gap between the audience can also be reached, and some fans are starting to worry.

Facts have proved that even the best goalkeeper is not a panacea.

In the 204th minute of the game, Millwall launched a wave of steady offensive. They took advantage of the 'dual-core' parallel position. The football quickly moved from the right side to the left side. Pires assisted and made a pass. , sent the ball into the penalty area.

Vardy saw the opportunity, squeezed the opponent's defender, turned around and completed the volley.

Faced with such a sharp shot, Sorensen had no choice but to watch the football fly into the goal without any reaction.

"1 to 0!"

"Millwall lead Villa!"

This goal made Villa fans sigh. They felt that the team's performance was good, but the gap in the ability of the frontcourt players was too great. In the same opportunity, Millwall's performance was much better.

Martin O'Neill sighed too.

Of course he knows the gap between the two sides, but he still encourages the players to work hard to win. As long as they can beat Millwall, it will be a great encouragement to the team. Playing the next league with confidence will become much easier. Players will think, "We beat Millwall, no other team has done it."

This is confidence.

There is a price to be paid for finding confidence, and it is not easy for Villa to do so.

Now Millwall scored a goal, just halfway through the first half, it seems that there is still a lot of time, but it is not so easy for Villa to catch up.

(End of this chapter)