Super Prophecy Master

Chapter 212 England's World Cup depends on you!
The British sports media will pay attention to every team in the Premier League, but in comparison, the giants receive much more attention than ordinary small clubs.

As a newly promoted Millwall, when it is mentioned, it is always given a prefix-'entering the Premier League for the first time in history', fans will have the impression of Millwall, 'this team is not strong' , or 'the goal of this team will be to avoid relegation', or 'they will be good if they can avoid relegation'.

Then, no more.

During the pre-season preparations, only some media in London would occasionally pay attention to it, and other media did not pay attention at all.

During the Millwall warm-up match, some reporters also came to interview. After the game, the Millwall Club held a press conference to summarize matters related to the game and pre-season preparations. However, the number of reporters who came to interview, including cameramen, assistants, etc. Together, there are no more than 30 people, and a large part of them are small media.

Zhang Yang found that he still had to deal with the 'London area media', he was really not interested at all.

So the press conference became very official.

The match between Millwall and Ipswich Town did not cause any waves. In the eyes of more people, it is normal for Millwall to win Ipswich Town in the warm-up match. The score is three It's not surprising that they won't win the Championship if they can't even play against a Championship team.

Zhang Yang is quite satisfied with the team's performance.

The problem revealed in the game remains unchanged: the whole team has not yet reached the level of proficiency in adapting to the new tactics.

After the game, Zhang Yang had only one sentence, "In the future, until the season officially starts, our main task is tactical training."

Ten days before the start of the season, Millwall did not look for an opponent for the warm-up match. After discussing with the coaching staff, Zhang Yang believed that there was no need to find an opponent. They had already played against an amateur league team and a strong team in the English Championship After playing the game, if you look for an opponent, you have to look for the Premier League level.

That's not a good thing.

Few teams would want to play against rivals at the same level in the warm-up match, because they are rivals themselves.

Outside the scope of English football, it is even more unnecessary.

In the new season, Millwall has no European competitions. Including all cup matches, their opponents will all be English clubs. It is completely meaningless for the team to gain experience in confrontation with other league teams.

Next to the time period when the new season officially starts, the schedule will be completely fixed.

Millwall is just going to have to do a good job in training.

As the first round of the new season approached day after day, Zhang Yang's heart became more and more anticipatory, and he did not forget a very important job: to add killer weapons to the team.

What is the trump card?
That is the means of scoring goals with individual ability.

Last season, when the team's offense was weak, Zhang Yang promoted David Livermore and asked him to train his long-range shooting ability to help the team score more goals.

That is a killer feature, and Livermore's long-range shot will also make opponents feel very helpless.

Livermore's long-range shooting training relies on the ability of 'word spirit bewitching', which can 'forcibly designate followers, and followers can gain the ability of the word spirit to increase'.

After Millwall won the league championship last season, the ability of 'Spiritual Bewitching' has been improved and the number of followers has increased by one.

It is now possible to specify a follower again.

Before the start of the season preparation training, Zhang Yang had considered the issue of followers. In fact, he did not have a wide range of choices, because the specified improvement effect was related to the trust of followers. He would definitely choose the old players in the team, and they would Have greater trust in yourself.

Choosing Livermore before was actually a kind of helplessness. At that time, few players in the team trusted him. For example, a guy like Livermore who has no brains and is still a marginal figure on the team, as long as you give him a little trust, he will return it. more trust.

It is different now.

After more than half a season, as the team miraculously won the British Championship, many old players have great confidence in their coaching ability, so there are more choices.

Zhang Yang selected two people, one is Jody Morris and the other is Josh Simpson.

"Which one to choose?"

This is a difficult question to decide.

Jody Morris' advantage lies in his outstanding personal ability; Josh Simpson's advantage lies in his youth.

In terms of technical strength, Josh Simpson is inferior, but his speed is very fast, and the 'embroidered legs' under his feet are also very good. First day genius.

Before Zhang Yang coached Millwall, Josh Simpson performed well, but he was only a substitute player in the team like Curtis Weston.

Zhang Yang directly used him as the main force, because the original right forward Breinen was 34 years old and couldn't run anymore.

The process of Josh Simpson being promoted to the main force was a matter of course, and even Bryan had no objection. After that, his performance was indeed very good, and he began to help the team score goals by the end of the season.

Zhang Yang also used Simpson as his main force this season.

Josh Simpson's shortcomings are also obvious, that is, his lack of personal ability, his overall view is not very good, he is a little edgy when he is on the field, and he was suddenly cut off when he dribbled the ball last season. There is no need to talk about his experience. , who is under 19 years old and has only played in a professional league for one season, it would be strange to have any experience.

Jody Morris is much better.

Morris is almost a perfect player. Even the media admits that "Morris can't give up the main position to Smicer", so you can know how good Morris is.

Morris is no worse player than Smicer, he is five years younger and is at the peak of his career.

Zhang Yang considered carefully, but he didn't think of who to choose. He could only use the old method and call two people to inquire. It was Morris who was called that afternoon. Morris walked into the head coach's office with some doubts. I was asked a strange question, "Jodi, I think you are very talented in free kicks. How about you practice more free kicks in the next period of time?"

"Am I gifted with free kicks?"

Jody Morris was full of doubts. He seemed to understand what Zhang Yang meant, "Boss, there is no free-kicker in the team, but my level is not very good. In fact, I worked hard ten years ago. I remember when the whole of England was saying 'David Beckham', but no matter how hard I tried, I didn't improve much."

"is it?"

Zhang Yang found himself 'fooling' Morris.

Morris's tone was quite positive, "Okay, the team needs someone who is good at free kicks, but I think the newcomer Vladimir (Smichel) is very good, and he can play free kicks in the future." !"

Zhang Yang didn't know what to say.

Morris was still thinking about himself, "I can also play in some positions that I am good at, but whether I can score goals depends on luck. Free kicks can't be good at just playing hard. It requires talent."

"Boss, you haven't been a professional player before, so you may not be very clear about it, but some things really require talent. There are not many players in the world who are good at free kicks, and there are only a handful of them who are outstanding, such as..."

"..."

For the next 5 minutes, Zhang Yang kept listening to Morris nagging, and his ears felt uncomfortable. He found himself being 'educated' by Morris, and finally he said weakly, "Okay, you go first , I'll think about it again."

"Then I'll go first."

Morris seemed to feel that after a rare 'education' of the coach, he suddenly became in a good mood, and even hummed a ditty in the corridor.

Zhang Yang hammered the table hard to vent, gritted his teeth and said, "It seems that it can only be Xiao Qiao (Josh Simpson)!"

This is Zhang Yang's 'nickname' in private. There are too many players on the team who start with the pronunciation of 'Joe'. Jody, Joey, and Josh are sorted by age. Thinking of Simpson's appearance, coupled with the nickname 'Little Joe', I feel the desire to vomit.

The next morning, the whole team assembled.

After the team roll call ended, Zhang Yang pulled out Josh Simpson alone, and said in a forced tone, "Little Joe! It's you!"

"what?"

Many people were stunned, "What the hell is Xiao Qiao?"

Zhang Yang coughed lightly and said, "Josh, I'm calling you."

"Ah? Boss, what's the matter?"

"From today onwards, you have to arrive early every morning for an hour, and practice for an extra hour in the evening. Use two hours to practice free kicks." Zhang Yang put on an attitude of Bole knowing horses, "I found that you are very good at training. Free kick talent, you will definitely be better than Beckham in free kicks in the future. Our set kicks depend on you, and you will definitely become England's head free kicker in the future, and you will be Beckham's successor , and even stronger than him!"

As Zhang Yang spoke, he gave a thumbs up in cooperation.

Everyone else was stunned.

Beckham's successor?Josh Simpson is also a right midfielder. It is not an exaggeration to say that, but the premise is that Simpson can play famous, such as scoring ten or eight goals in the Premier League first?
In the next moment, many people burst into laughter. Their focus was on 'an extra hour of training in the morning and afternoon'.

"Josh, no, little Joe, work harder in the future! You are Beckham's successor!"

"Little Qiao, you are our hope!"

"England is counting on you to win the World Cup!"

"We must work hard!"

"..."

Josh Simpson was about to cry, he received two bad news: one is that he has to get up early in the future, and he has to go back an hour later in the afternoon; ?

Many people in the team were laughing, thinking this incident was very interesting, they kept speculating, "Could it be that Josh offended the boss?"

"It's very possible!"

Many people are thinking this way, they think of Simpson's new girlfriend, "Could she have something to do with the boss?"

It also reminded me of what Simpson joked in the locker room, "If my boss and I walk on the street, passers-by will definitely regard him as my younger brother." Could it be that this sentence was known by the boss?
The only person in the team who did not participate in the discussion was Livermore. Instead, he comforted Simpson, "Boss asked me to practice long-range shooting, you see? My long-range shooting ability has improved rapidly. Now the boss says you have free kick talent. You should be happy, maybe you can really be better than Beckham in the future!"

This sentence made Simpson very relieved.

But at the beginning of the training, a word Jody Morris revealed made Simpson's heart half cold, "The boss came to me yesterday and asked me to practice free kicks, but how can I believe it so easily?" Morris As he spoke, he looked at Simpson with pity, "Unfortunately, you don't even have a chance to refute."

"..."

(End of this chapter)