Super Prophecy Master

Chapter 211 Two warm-up matches

"As one of the troika of the Czech team, Vladimir Smicer is an experienced midfielder, but it is not a wise choice for Millwall Club to choose to sign Smicer. Chelsea's salary is too high, which will make their financial situation worse. In addition, Millwall's midfielder does not have a position for Smicer. From the above two points, it can be analyzed that this will be a failed signing... "

"For Smiccher himself, if he chooses to join a newly promoted team, it is better to cut his salary and join another team. If he can decide to cut his salary, Liverpool Club will also consider keeping him..."

This is an analysis article from Manchester Athletic.

Millwall's signing, being able to appear in the "Manchester Athletic", can be regarded as a bit of a "high climb", perhaps with the help of Smicer's reputation, but the words in the analysis article are not very good.

"Failed signing?"

Seeing this word, Zhang Yang just smiled dismissively.

If the same signing is placed on giant clubs such as Chelsea and Manchester United, the media will not talk about the so-called "failure" even if Smicer does not even have a minute of playing time during the season. depth'.

So the analysis of 'failure' is meaningless, all because Millwall is a small club and a newly promoted team with financial difficulties.

Millwall's two attention-grabbing transfers, the £300m signing of Darren Bent and this one, the signing of Smicer on a free transfer, were both considered failures.

One of them is a British Championship shooter in his early twenties who has not become a star; the other is a 32-year-old veteran who is about to return to his hometown to play until he retires.

From the perspective of the media, what transfer does not fail?
That is to sign those stars who are in their prime and can obviously supplement their strength.

But Millwall can't do it!
Not to mention the transfer fee and the like, Millwall is obviously not attractive enough. As long as they can play some famous stars, they are unwilling to join a team that will be relegated next season in the eyes of most people.

Therefore, the transfer of small clubs is doomed to fail.

Zhang Yang just glanced at it as entertainment gossip, and analyzed the so-called "reasons for failure" mentioned in the article, which is not tenable at all.

First, crush the club's finances.

This is a problem that Ebenezer needs to pay attention to. Zhang Yang will not want to coach for a season, and Millwall will have financial problems and go bankrupt.

But that won't happen.

With Ebenezer's shrewdness, even if the club is relegated next season, it will not go bankrupt. In addition, will Millwall be relegated?If he is relegated after only one season of leadership, Zhang Yang feels that he can also end his career as a head coach. With so many abilities added, he can still bring out such poor results. The job of head coach is not suitable for him at all.

Also, Smicer is useless?
The media may think that with Smicell's reputation, he will definitely play the main force, but in fact, Millwall is very short of midfielders, and one Jody Morris is far from enough.

In terms of the strength of the Premier League, two players should be deployed in the same position, otherwise there will be no 'rotation' players, and it will be difficult for the main players to persist throughout the season, let alone midfielders.

Smicer is bound to get a lot of playing time.

Zhang Yang chose to sign Smitchell, one is to hope that he and Jody Morris will maintain the strength of the midfield, and the other is to hope that his arrival will allow Millwall to increase the flexibility of tactics. A technical player with a good overall outlook is too dependent. If Smicer and Morris play together, what kind of changes will happen?This still needs to be carefully studied by using the "word spirit calculation".

The last point is that the arrival of Smicer can help the team increase its experience. A star who has played for a giant for a long time must have experience that is unmatched by ordinary players. He can help the team mature quickly.

This point is also of great significance. Most of the captain's players have not participated in the Premier League. Even Jody Morris, as a core player, has no experience in a few Premier League games at all.

Zhang Yang also hopes that Smicer can give Jody Morris some help.

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When Smiccher came to the team, Zhang Yang asked Aldous to give him tactical 'remedial lessons'.

The other players have finished their tactical lessons, and Smicer has dropped a lot of content. Even though he has a lot of experience, he must work hard to adapt to a new set of tactics.

Smicer didn't understand at first, so when he saw those complicated tactical data, his reaction was not much better than that of Jody Morris. Then, under the explanation of Aldous, Smicer began to be patient. study.

He is very interested.

Just like Rudy Clark’s feelings, maybe some young players are very resistant to learning tactics, and veterans over the age of 30 are starting to think about the future. In their view, the learning process of tactics may be very helpful to the future, not at all. I will resist it, but I will study memory very seriously.

At the same time, Millwall's tactical training also went very smoothly.

It took all the players about two weeks to understand the tactical issues. When it comes to tactical training, most of them know what to do without the guidance of an assistant coach. What they have to do is to be familiar with running and standing on the court. As well as cooperation, it is to habituate the tactics of play, not to do it as rules and regulations.

During a week of tactical training, Zhang Yang accepted an interview with a reporter from the "Daily Mirror". He said, "Millwall's signings are all over, and we will not sign any players."

"I am very satisfied with the current lineup, and I have nothing to add. And I also believe that with the current lineup, the team will be able to achieve good results."

The "Daily Mirror" reporter asked, "What do you mean by good grades?"

Zhang Yang laughed, "Our performance will surprise everyone!"

On July 26, the entire Millwall team appeared at the Neil Stadium and had a warm-up match with Stevenage, a team in the English third division. In the end, Millwall defeated the opponent 6-2.

The outcome of the warm-up match is of little significance.

In the game, there was no so-called 'main substitute' distinction. Zhang Yang replaced every player on the field, and all players, including the third goalkeeper, got playing time.

Zhang Yang watched the whole game carefully.

He didn't make use of any abilities, but just watched the game carefully. The warm-up games are a process for the team to familiarize themselves with tactics, and can also help examine the player's ability status, discover some tactical problems and solve them.

That's what matters.

In the match against Stevenage, the overall performance of the team was very relaxed, and every player on the field was not under pressure. That may be because Stevenage is not a strong team. It is difficult for a professional team to pose a threat to Millwall, but despite this, Stevenage still scored two goals.

It wasn't Millwall who let the water go, it was Stevenage who scored based on his performance.

Zhang Yang also saw the problem, which is very simple: the team is still familiar with the tactics. Many players in the game pass, run, and cooperate very rigidly, leaving traces of tactical planning. Occasionally, there will be players who don’t know what to do. How to run.

Livermore had the worst performance.

This is not unexpected.

Livermore's understanding of tactics is also the worst, but Livermore did not cooperate closely with others, but he scored two goals with long-range shots, leaving opponents Stevenage and the new players in the team behind. Very impressed.

"This strong man's brain is not very good, but his long shots are terrible!" Many people also know the reason why Livermore can become a first-team player, or even half of the main players.

The tactical literacy and technical level shown by Livermore are obviously not in line with the Premier League level, but as long as he gets the ball near the penalty area, relying on his personal ability, he is enough to directly threaten the opponent's goal.

The first warm-up match only proved one thing: the Millwall team is not yet familiar with the new tactics.

In the next week, the focus of the training was very clear, which was to familiarize the team with the new tactics. Zhang Yang even asked the youth team to practice with the first team, and organized a direct confrontation every two days to help the players in the game. Know how to play according to tactics.

The time was August.

On the first day of August, Millwall had their second warm-up match against Ipswich Town in the Championship.

This is an old rival.

Ipswich Town was eliminated in the promotion play-offs, and the budget was greatly affected, but the sale of Darren Bent, which brought in £300 million from the transfer market, also allowed them to regroup and prepare for the new season. hit the Premier League.

Zhang Yang attached great importance to this warm-up match.

Playing against old opponents can also directly see how much Millwall has improved.

Ipswich Town still maintains the traditional style of play. Even in the warm-up match, they defended very calmly. Facing Millwall's offensive, their defensive formation also maintained very good.

But that's all.

Millwall's tactical style of play is very straightforward. It looks simple on the surface, but in fact, it can help everyone in the team to show their strength more. The current Millwall is no longer the same as last season. up.

From the very beginning of the game, Ipswich Town fell into a passive state, and that kind of passivity made people feel very depressed: the opponent obviously played very simple and direct, but they just couldn't counterattack and play, as if every player on the opponent was Suddenly a good state broke out, and every small cooperation, although very simple, was also very targeted.

Ipswich Town was the first team to experience the strength of the 'new tactics'.

They are powerless.

Many players in the team were quite surprised, "This is the Premier League team? But last season, they still had an advantage against Millwall..."

Reality is often cruel.

A team that had no pressure last season, but now the opponent feels no pressure.

Zhang Yang did not make frequent substitutions, and only made three adjustments in the first half. It was not until the second half, when Darren Bent helped the team score the third goal, that he began to make extensive substitutions.

The result of the game was finally locked at 3 to 1.

Ipswich Town scored a goal, and it was a loss to save face, but everyone in the Ipswich Town team knew that the score did not represent the process. They felt the tension between the two sides from the first minute. Huge gap.

This Millwall team is totally different!

(End of this chapter)