Super Prophecy Master

Chapter 253 The goal belongs to Vardy

Tottenham Hotspur is not an easy team to deal with.

Tottenham Hotspur ranked ninth in the league last season. In order to allow the team to compete for European qualifications, Tottenham Hotspur spent 2600 million pounds in the summer and bought six players to supplement the lineup. For the first time, Hotspur's prospects look very bright.

Tottenham's improvement is obvious.

In the past league games, Tottenham Hotspur won five games, drew five games, and lost only one game. The opponent was Chelsea at home. Twenty points in eleven rounds was enough for them Ranked at the top of the league, but compared with Chelsea, Millwall and Manchester United in the first group, Tottenham Hotspur's results still have a big gap, but just like their strength, they have narrowed the gap with the first group difference.

Before Tottenham Hotspur's game against Millwall, many media also made predictions about the game. Most of the media believed that the match between the two teams should be a big result, because Tottenham is very good at attacking, and Millwall It is also worth mentioning that Millwall's forward line is also worth mentioning. In the past games, Millwall rarely failed to score in the game. Two teams with good offensive capabilities play against each other, and the score will naturally make people satisfied.

But in the No.12 round of the Premier League, the game at White Hart Lane was disappointing.

0:0.

This is the final score.

Tottenham Hotspur, who sit at home, did not score, and the visiting team Millwall also did not score. The two teams only drew a tie in 10 minutes. There are few games without goals for a long time. Feeling drowsy.

After the game, when Zhang Yang shook hands with Tottenham coach Joel, he couldn't help but smiled wryly, "I didn't expect you to play so conservatively."

Joel didn't care at all, instead he narrowed his eyes and smiled slightly, "For the sake of points, Millwall is not easy to deal with!"

Is this an affirmation of the strength of the team?

Zhang Yang shook his head and smiled wryly.

In this game, Millwall sent a semi-substitute lineup. They planned to fight Tottenham Hotspur. Although it is a semi-substitute lineup, it can still play a certain strength. Josh Simpson, Darren Bent They were all sent to the field. Zhang Yang thought that if he had a chance to score a goal, he would replace Simpson. But at the end of the game, Millwall still failed to score. At 10 minutes before the end of the game, Zhang Yang could only helplessly. Replace Simpson and let him rest for a while, so as not to affect the performance of the next game.

From that moment on, Millwall gave up the game.

It's not that Simpson is that important, but that Tottenham is doing its best to defend, and the fans' impression of Tottenham is offense.This team is very good at attacking, similar to Arsenal's style, their style is more pure.

This is also an important reason why Tottenham fans love the team.

But this game is different. Tottenham have made arrangements for Millwall, and they are quite targeted. For example, their marking of the two wings is not strict, and the focus is on defense near the penalty area.

This makes Millwall's threat to goal greatly reduced.

Millwall's wing strength is not strong, and Josh Simpson feels pretty good, but in essence, except for his free kick ability, he is just an ordinary player, and his abilities are not outstanding.

On the other side, Konchesky's technical ability is also very average.

It is unrealistic for Millwall's left and right players to rely on their individual abilities to threaten their opponents. Tottenham Hotspur saw this. They loosened the restrictions on the wing and concentrated on the center and the penalty area. Inside, the targeted restriction effect is very obvious, and Millwall did not threaten the goal many times in the audience.

Before Zhang Yang didn't expect that the team's tactics would be targeted, but it turns out that the coaches of the Premier League are not idiots, just like Joel who only watched a few Millwall games and understood Millwall's tactics. A good solution was found immediately.Joel's adjustments to the defense are completely aimed at the Millwall lineup. He doesn't even need to understand why Millwall can play so well, he only needs to understand the abilities of the players in each position.

If Millwall is strong in the center, then strengthen the defense of the center; if Millwall is weak in the wing, relax the defense of the wing.In addition, Millwall has an excellent set-piece player, so let the players pay attention not to foul outside the penalty area. Without the opportunity to set the ball, the opponent will naturally have no way to play.

and many more.

That's what Tottenham Hotspur did.

Their approach sounds simple, but it is very effective. Zhang Yang has long understood the shortcomings of tactics, but he still did not expect that Millwall would start to be targeted after only a dozen rounds of the league. He thought it would be Christmas After the festival.

This is actually a tactical question.

Millwall's tactics are to allow players in each position to fully exert their strength, but the problem is that the strength of Millwall's players can only be said to be average, and there are no players who are too comprehensive: the speed is average, and the skills are average. A body with excellent technology is average, but there are gaps in other aspects of physical strength.

This is the case for most of Millwall's players.

The technical ability of each player has its own tendencies. Tottenham Hotspur easily completed targeted defensive arrangements based on the abilities of Millwall players.

For Tottenham Hotspur's approach, Zhang Yang can't think of many ways.

In fact, the root cause is the gap in strength between the two sides. If Millwall's player level can be the same as that of Tottenham Hotspur as a whole, it will be difficult for the opponent to make targeted defenses. They cannot guarantee that their players can defend.

But there is a gap in strength between the two sides.

Millwall's overall strength is definitely less than six-star, while Tottenham Hotspur's strength is definitely more than seven-star. There is a gap in the ability of ordinary players between the two teams. No matter how sophisticated the tactics are, they cannot be perfect, and they are naturally easy to be targeted.

The way Zhang Yang can think of is to increase the options in front of the goal and make the tactics simpler.

When the tactics are simple, it is not easy to be targeted.

To give the simplest example, when a striker is about to shoot, he doesn’t think about anything else, he just needs to raise his foot to complete the shot. If the opponent next to him can’t limit the defense, it’s pointless to interfere no matter how much he tries, because the player who shoots has no Other thoughts, just kick the ball directly to the goal.

That's the simple tactic.

Simple tactics are the easiest to decipher, and simple tactics are the most difficult to decipher. Simple tactics are not easy to be targeted, because the opponent can only defend head-to-head with a straight pass. For example, if a player wants to pass, everyone knows Who he wants to pass on, but the speed is not fast enough, and it doesn't make sense just to know.

Cracking is also very simple: just fast enough!
Zhang Yang has thought about the content of the tactical training for the next stage, and it will also make the team work hard for the goal, but after all, it cannot be completed in a short time. Now they must prepare for the game against Manchester United.

Before that is the English League Cup, and Millwall has a game against Tottenham Hotspur.

This game is completely training.

Some media analyzed the game and said that 'Millwall may try their best to regain face', but Zhang Yang has no idea of ​​​​recovering face. Many outside media believe that Millwall's loss to Tottenham Hotspur is an embarrassment. , because they are second in the league, but they would be fools if they were bewitched by the media.

The last round where the two teams played against each other was at White Hart Lane!

It was Tottenham Hotspur's site, and Millwall was not fully present, so he had already prepared himself for not being able to win the game. A draw is actually a good result, just like what Zhang Yang said after the game , "We are a relegation team. The depth of the bench cannot be compared with other teams. The decline in performance is predictable."

This low-key attitude made the reporters unable to say anything.

What can they say?
As the head coach of Millwall, Zhang Yang admits that the team's bench is not deep enough, and the performance will definitely decline in the future. Do they still have to refute it?
That would be tantamount to supporting Millwall!

The 'opposition' media couldn't say anything, they could only say that 'the dark horse's good results can't last long', even so they were all scoffed at by the fans: Millwall just drew with Tottenham away, and they still Ranked second in the league and has remained unbeaten in the league so far.

This kind of achievement is called decline?
Does Millwall have to rank first in the league to be called a good result?
The media are very depressed.

Some media are still very concerned about the contest between Millwall and Tottenham Hotspur, but they were soon disappointed again. There is nothing to say about the game. In a 'fight for victory' situation, Millwall sent out a full substitute lineup, with none of the main players on the field.

The result of the game can be imagined.

Tottenham Hotspur easily beat Millwall 3-1.

After the game, the media can only say, "Zhang Yang doesn't care about the League Cup, and Millwall sent a substitute lineup, which is enough to prove that they don't take the League Cup as their goal."

In fact, Zhang Yang still has some regrets.

Being eliminated by Tottenham Hotspur in the League Cup means that there will be no League Cup in the future, and the team has lost an important 'training ground'. There is also good news that the final training has played a role: Vardy scored a goal .

The only goal for Millwall came from Vardy.

That was in the 49th minute of the game, Tottenham Hotspur's defense was careless and the football was passed to the penalty area. Vardy caught the ball and waded into the penalty area, facing the goalkeeper and volleying the ball into it.

The media don't care about goals.

Millwall lost the League Cup and was at a disadvantage in both matches with Tottenham Hotspur. This is the key to media reports, but Zhang Yang cares about scoring goals because the goals belong to Vardy.

Vardy!

Vardy is the future striker. He has just turned 18 now, and the normal history has not yet risen, but when Vardy has a goal against the Premier League team, maybe it will start to explode?
At that time, Millwall will have another powerful striker.

Braniff, Darren Bent, plus Vardy, Manchester United's striker is not so gorgeous, right?

Zhang Yang began to look forward to the match against Manchester United.

(End of this chapter)