Super Prophecy Master

Chapter 226 Amazing Discovery

Zhang Yang also knew that it was not good for the team to win.

At home, they have been suppressed by Aston Villa. The defense is what the team does most of the time, and the offense is relatively much less. The performance cannot be compared with the previous few games.

This is due to the new formation.

In the case of an extra defensive midfielder, the overall lineup lacks a forward, and the offensive ability will be much worse. In addition, Zhang Yang emphasizes defense, so that the whole team is familiar with defensive coordination. Defense has become the key. Winning the game depends on The first was Josh Simpson's free-kick, and the second goal was only caught by Millwall because Aston Villa were eager to break through.

Anyway, there was some luck involved in winning the game.

But Zhang Yang doesn't care too much. Last season Millwall performed poorly but won more games. It's not a big deal at all. The final victory is what matters. While testing the new formation, win the game and get the Three points is quite a perfect result.

After the game, Zhang Yang actually praised everyone's performance.

He focused on Elliott.

In this game, Millwall's performance was also bright. Leaving aside Josh Simpson's wonderful free kick, Millwall did a good job defending in the backcourt. Aston Villa had a lot of shots, but most of them were scored in the second half. Yes, that kind of opportunity is not called an opportunity.

Elliott's appearance ensured that the front line of defense in the penalty area was stable, which greatly limited Aston Villa's offensive in the middle.

In the next few days of training, Zhang Yang also let the team focus on training the new formation. At the same time, he also began to think about other styles of play-playing Smicer as a central midfielder, and Jody Morris and Elliott as double backs. The waist is also in the 4231 formation. When Jody Morris became the midfielder, the situation is completely unremarkable. Zhang Yang spent half the night for this, using the "word spirit calculation" to modify his tactics, and he also got a good set. style of play.

Jody Morris doesn't have the same abilities as Livermore.

The two are almost opposites.

Morris has a strong ability to organize offense and is very smart in the game. When his position is pulled back, he can make Millwall's offense very smooth. The cooperation with Smiccher is also enough to make Millwall's midfielder Strength, and the Premier League team to fight.

The results of the 'Speaking Spirit Calculation' also proved this point.

After Jody Morris pulled back, let Smicer hit the midfielder, and the "current lineup strength" obtained by "Yanling Calculation" reached seven stars and seven points, which was higher than the previous 442 formation.

Zhang Yang felt that Morris' post-launch style of play was basically the best lineup for the 442 formation.

So far it's ok.

In the next month, the team will have to adapt to two sets of 4231 formations. The two can be said to be one attack and one defense. Coupled with the original 442 formation, the team can come up with three sets of tactics.

In this way, it is not easy to be targeted by the opponent.

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On September [-], in the fifth round of the Premier League, Millwall challenged Fulham away.

This can be regarded as a 'half derby'.

Millwall's biggest enemy is West Ham United, but in terms of the form of English football, the two can only barely be regarded as 'mortal enemies', because most of the seasons, the two teams are not in the same league, and the contradictions between each other Not as big as imagined.

Last season, Millwall 'stepped on the corpse of the deadly enemy' to become the champion of the British Championship, but West Ham United did not even qualify for the promotion play-offs. Perhaps some fans felt very relieved. For the two clubs, it was no big deal at all. .

Now that the two sides are not in the same league, naturally there is no enmity.

Millwall Club and Fulham Club are also very close, and there is also a problem of 'fan competition' between each other, but Fulham and Millwall have not played against each other a few times, and it is difficult to talk about enmity.

Fulham fans believe that their mortal enemy is Chelsea, and in turn Chelsea fans also believe that their mortal enemy is Fulham.

Millwall?

If Millwall regards Fulham as a sworn enemy, perhaps it is a bit exalted.

Millwall's historical record is too bad, they are not even qualified to become Fulham's mortal enemy. In the eyes of most Fulham fans, Millwall can only be regarded as a younger team that "barely rose to the Premier League".

When Millwall was a guest at Craven Farm, Fulham fans thought, "As the big brother, Fulham should educate Millwall, who has just risen to the top league."

That's the mentality of Fulham fans.

Millwall definitely has diametrically opposed views, but no matter what the fans of both sides think, the hype before the game is not intense, because Millwall and Fulham played against each other, it is difficult to arouse much media interest, and there is no public opinion to fan the flames. The game is just an ordinary league.

In fact, the views of the two teams on the game are completely opposite to the fans of the two sides.

Coleman is the manager of Fulham.

From coaching in 2003 to the present, Coleman has spent two seasons fully understanding Fulham. He knows that Fulham is not a strong team. Last season, Fulham showed the polarization of offense and defense: they played Played brilliant attacking football, capable of scoring goals against any opponent, but was surprisingly weak defensively.

They worked hard to avoid relegation last season, and this season is not much better. They will also work hard to avoid relegation.

During the summer transfer period, what made Coleman angry was that the club did not invest a penny in the transfer market. Not to mention, many outstanding players left: No. 12 goalkeeper Van der Sar switched to Manchester United, and striker Anne Di Cole contributed [-] league goals last season, and now he has chosen to go to Manchester City.

In addition, the departure of Bonisel and Clark weakened the thickness of the midfield.

The comments of the media are, "Fulham is likely to pay the price for the excessive blood loss in the summer."

They have already begun to pay the price.

In the first four rounds of the league, Fulham only won one game, drew one game, lost all the remaining two games, and only got four points, which resulted in them only ranking fifth from the bottom in the league. The league has just started, and they will Work hard to break free from the relegation circle.

Now facing Millwall, Coleman has no confidence.

If he encounters a newly promoted team in the first round of the season, Coleman still has a bit of fighting spirit, but look at Millwall's results. He has remained unbeaten in four league rounds and won three games, which is much better than Fulham. It's not easy to beat Millwall at home, right?
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When the game started, Coleman found that the situation was not as bad as imagined.

Millwall is not as strong as imagined.

Millwall's performance in the first few rounds was quite good, but maybe it was because of good luck, or maybe it was because they played well on the spot. Anyway, their performance is very average now, and Fulham has an advantage in the situation.

Most of the offensive initiative is in the hands of Fulham.

When seeing this scene, Coleman has confidence in his heart. As long as the team can play the desired rhythm and defeat a not-so-strong opponent, it should still be easy.

Coleman's thoughts lasted as long as three 10 minutes.

For three to 10 minutes, Fulham has been in control of the situation. Millwall seems to have little power to fight back. Most of their energy is spent on defense.

That's when Coleman felt something was wrong.

Fulham did have the initiative to attack, but after each attack, they did not bring the threat they deserved. The opponent's defense was very tight. In the past time, they did not even threaten to shoot.

"Not quite right!"

Coleman frowned and carefully observed the game.

Soon he noticed the key problem: Again, Millwall's defense is doing very well.

In addition, Fulham did have the initiative to attack, but it was not won by them, but handed over by Millwall. Intense, most of their energy is devoted to defense, and the occasional counterattack also relies on counterattack, or simply let the frontcourt players go up to fight, other players will not keep up in order to ensure that the defense is such an offense, but it brings What is the threat twice, No. 305 minutes, Millwall took advantage of the opportunity to cooperate with the set ball in the front field, and almost broke through the Fulham gate.

Coleman saw a lot.

He found that the team's advantages are all false, but the opponent has the advantage.

"How did that happen?"

Coleman's frown became tighter. Before the game, he had read many reports about Millwall. The media continued to criticize Millwall's tactics. At first, it seemed like this. Millwall seemed to have nothing to do. Tactics can be said, their style of play is very simple, but also somewhat chaotic, each player plays very casually, and there is no way to see any well-established tactics.

It's like two armies are fighting now.

One army is orderly, operating according to the regulations, showing high fighting spirit; the other army has no discipline at all, everyone seems to stand randomly, and the whole is very chaotic.

In such a confrontation between two armies, the victor must be the disciplined one!
Everyone will see it that way!
But Coleman found a problem: Millwall's seemingly chaotic overall performance has exerted surprising power. Players in various positions seem to play at random, but the connection and cooperation are extremely smooth.

"How is this possible?"

Coleman couldn't figure it out at all. Since he became the head coach, it was the first time he had encountered such an opponent.

The game was chaotic?

All the players seem to be in random positions and play casually, but they are very skillful in cooperating with each other?

how did you do that?
"Maybe this is the reason why Millwall can achieve good results? Yes! They can achieve good results, it is impossible to rely on luck alone! This is the reason!" Coleman thought seriously.

This is an amazing discovery!

Coleman even felt that the outcome of the game was not important. It was much more important to study Millwall's real 'tactics' than a victory or defeat, because there were things he couldn't understand.

(End of this chapter)