Super Prophecy Master

Chapter 265 Best Coach of November

In the first half of the year, domestic media broke the news that Millwall's head coach was a young Chinese. As Millwall was promoted to the Premier League as the champion of the British Championship, the domestic sports media all criticized Zhang Yang. According to reports, Zhang Yang has also entered the field of vision of many domestic fans.

"A young Chinese coach in his early twenties coaching a Premier League team?" This news made fans feel like they were dreaming. They never imagined that a young coach in his early twenties would suddenly appear as the top international player. On the football stage, he is still the top head coach.

It happened in reality.

Domestic fans who heard the news would pay attention to Zhang Yang.

One statistic is enough to illustrate the problem: So far, the number of Zhang Yang's domestic Weibo fans has rapidly increased to more than 150 million.

This is just one aspect.

After the start of the Premier League, until the current low November, in the three and a half months, the domestic media did not report much on Zhang Yang. Most of them only mentioned the amazing results of Millwall and praised Zhang Yang's leadership level. .

There are very few others.

Few domestic media can interview Zhang Yang.

Outside the Millwall Club, there are always quite a few reporters, but the number of domestic reporters is still very small, and occasionally one will appear.It's you

This is actually impossible.

Millwall is already a Premier League club, and there are too many reporters to interview on a daily basis. On non-training open days or press release time, the club will definitely not allow reporters to enter, otherwise it will be easy to mess up internally.

Zhang Yang rarely gives interviews in private time.

That is also a necessary choice.

If every reporter who came could be interviewed, he wouldn't have to do anything on weekdays, and he wouldn't have enough time for interviews.

If the reporters can’t get the news, there will be very few reports, but if you really look into it, there are actually a lot of reports, but most of them have no connotation, or they just take photos of publicity from a distance, or they just reprint the reports of the British media. ,etc.

These news alone made the domestic fans very happy.

Although there are not many "substantive content" reports from the domestic media, domestic fans still pay attention to Millwall, and are also proud and proud of having a domestic coach who can coach the Premier League.

This is actually nothing to the big media.

For example, the ZY TV station that came here, ZY TV station is the largest TV station in China and one of the most influential TV stations in the world. Their ratings and influence are not comparable to other media, and the people they can interview From the presidents of various countries to the world's most wealthy people, it can be said that there is no big shot that ZY TV can't interview. A rookie from the football world, even if he has achieved some results, is nothing to ZY TV.

In addition, in recent years, ZY TV has rarely done domestic football reports.

ZY TV's sports channel will broadcast the matches of the Italian Football League in the early hours of the morning. It will basically not broadcast the domestic league matches, and at most it will broadcast some matches of the Chinese national team.

This is definitely not 'worshipping foreigners'.

ZY TV station is an official TV station, and it is impossible to "worship foreigners and fawn on foreigners". The reason for this is very simple: in the context of the decline of Chinese football, there are negative news about domestic football everywhere, and ZY TV station will not intervene in it. , It is also very difficult for them to do some positive reports, so they only broadcast the game of the national team and will not comment on it, unless the national team can achieve dazzling results, for example, the national team entered the 2002 World Cup, They naturally do a lot of reporting.

There hasn't been much good news in recent years.

Football is one of the three major sports in the world, and ZY TV will naturally not miss the report.

They didn't pay much attention to Zhang Yang before, but as Zhang Yang's reputation rose, especially when Zhang Yang led Millwall to defeat Manchester United, it immediately attracted the attention of ZY TV. Some superiors said, "This young man is doing very well. Ah! In his early twenties, he was able to create a sky in Europe, and even led an unknown team to defeat Manchester United! Finally, there is someone in Chinese football!"

So the interview team of ZY TV station came.

The interview team of ZY TV station is composed of three people: one is the leading interview reporter, named An Li, a professional woman in her early thirties, dressed in a smart attire, which makes people feel good; the other is Shao Ming. A professional photographer, with camera equipment on his shoulders, knows what his job is at a glance; at the end is a male assistant in his thirties, who only knows it is a translator after introduction, and is proficient in several European languages.

"The lineup is different, they are all talents!" Zhang Yang sighed, the general media interview team would never come up with such a gorgeous configuration.

The interview team of ZY TV station is quite professional. When seeing Zhang Yang, An Li took the initiative to shake hands and strike up a conversation. The tone and content are very official, but it feels a little close and polite.

After chatting in the living room for more than ten minutes, An Li's topic turned to the interview. She gave Zhang Yang a document of about three pages. Zhang Yang is ready.

Interviews with ZY TV station may be broadcast on the TV screen. Personal image and voice content are very important. If other reporters make such a request, it will definitely make people feel disgusted. The feeling is also very easy to accept.

Zhang Yang thought about it and agreed.

The next step is to prepare for the interview. Ebenezer helped find a suit that fit well. He carefully combed his hair and touched a little foundation on his face. An Li couldn't help but stare brightly at the face of a starlet, and said, "I really don't expect to be a football coach with this appearance. Maybe you have a bright future in the entertainment industry or as an actor."

Zhang Yang laughed, "Thank you, this is the first time a beautiful woman has praised me."

The two chatted and laughed a few words, and the interview officially began.

An Li prepared three topics for questioning. The first topic made Zhang Yang a little bit embarrassed, not because it asked about privacy, but because the core content was, 'How to succeed at such an age'.

Why can I be successful?
Zhang Yang will definitely not tell them that he is a person with cheats in time travel, and success is inevitable by chance. He has thought about it carefully before, but there is no lag. "I think it should be attributed to three aspects."

"The first is the love of football from the bottom of my heart. I have loved football since I was a child, and I have always wanted to become a football star. Of course, like most children in China, that is just a dream, but I still I have always followed football, football has always been my hobby."

"The focus on football also allows me to patiently study the things in it. This is the second point: seriousness and patience. I will study a team carefully, including their tactical overall play, each player's The level of ability, how you put those players together, will perform at the highest level, et cetera."

"In addition, it is the influence of the environment. I came to the UK after finishing high school. The football atmosphere in the UK is very good. Everyone around me will talk about football. In this environment, I have been exposed to more football content. More resources and more professionalism.”

"Those are the reasons that contributed to my opportunity to work at Millwall."

"But to be honest, being able to be the head coach of Millwall is a bit of accident and luck. Do a good job."

Zhang Yang's answer made the interview team of ZY TV very satisfied. It is quite positive to attribute the success to hobbies and hard work, and the humility shown in the middle can also give people a good impression.

After that, we entered the second theme session, the focus is to talk about Millwall.

This question is a bit big.

Zhang Yang talked about the results from the beginning of the season to the present, "I dare say we have achieved good results. In the past thirteen rounds of the league, we have won ten games, and the other three games were only tied. So far we have maintained Unbeaten in the league."

"This is the result of the joint efforts of the whole team. I was very touched by the last round of the game. When the team was in a very passive situation, every player was working hard for a glimmer of hope. We did not keep conservative, but took the initiative to attack To win. In the end we did it and winning Manchester United can bring more confidence to the team."

"So far this season, we are second in the league. Chelsea are doing very well. They have four more points than us, but the league has only just started. Many British media are not optimistic about us because we are a small club. , it is difficult for small clubs to maintain their results in the second half of the league, but I think we can make such a good start, we should work hard to achieve better results, to keep the second place in the league and strive for the first place in the league, we must do it, As far as the whole season is concerned, we also aim at least in the top four!"

Zhang Yang's words are not surprising.

The interview trio from ZY TV nodded. They thought it was normal. Now they are ranked second in the league, and their goal for the whole season is to be in the top four.

Ebenezer was different.

In other words, as long as you are a British fan, you will be quite surprised by Zhang Yang's statement. The thinking of the "Premier League semi-finals" has a profound impact. Except for the "Premier League semi-finals", it is difficult for other teams to maintain their good results throughout the season. In the past few years, many teams have performed very well at the beginning of the season, but they have returned to their "original appearance" before half of the league, and it is not bad to have a top ranking by the end of the season.

Top four in the current league?

Ebenezer was a little excited when he heard it, and he couldn't believe it.

Can Millwall really do it?
Then I entered the third topic, which is also an inseparable topic: talk about the development of Chinese football.

This topic is very sensitive, but as long as it is an interview and report by the domestic media, the topic of Chinese football cannot be missed. Zhang Yang, as the head coach with the "highest level of coaching" in China, will definitely talk about Chinese football when he is interviewed.

When Zhang Yang was preparing, he thought about this issue the most. He was not in the mood to intervene in domestic football. He could not solve complicated issues. He only talked about it because he was interviewed, so he only talked about two issues. One is the cultivation of youth football, which is the environment of 'soccer education'; the other is the system of the domestic league.

"Compared with the football environment in the UK, children in the UK have received football education since they were young. More than five out of ten children will like football. Ordinary children will take football-related courses. Children, it is easy to get professional training."

"In terms of youth football training, Europe has a well-established system, and domestic people don't pay much attention to this aspect. It's like when I was a child, it was difficult to find a stadium, let alone play with a group of people. Occasionally There is an open stadium, but it will also be 'occupied' by adults, and there is no room for children to play football."

"Domestic exam-oriented education does not support children's development of sports hobbies, which are the 'mass' foundation for football development."

"In addition, at the high end, the domestic league system is still a little behind, and there is a big gap between the system and the professional leagues in Europe. These are the aspects that need to be improved. Football is not one or two days, one or two stars can drive To develop, it is necessary to slowly absorb experience and lessons, improve step by step, and the accumulation of each small step is very important..."

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The interview process of ZY TV's column group went smoothly. Zhang Yang talked about a few key points and the whole process lasted for about half an hour.

Zhang Yang felt that the interview process was very easy.

Although some sensitive issues cannot be discussed, he can express his views freely without intrigue with media reporters. This is the benefit of domestic reporters' interviews.

Zhang Yang has indeed achieved a certain degree of success, but in Europe, he is not a great figure. Media reporters only interview for news. If there is big news, they will be willing to report some negative news, just like the media treats entertainment. People in the circle, celebrities are always eye-catching, and negative news is even more attractive. Some gossip news attracts more attention than a TV series or movie released by a celebrity.

Zhang Yang is one of the 'many stars' in European football.

He is just 'one'.

China is different.

The backward development of domestic football has also led to Zhang Yang's coaching work to be very prominent. He is almost becoming a "national hero" figure in the football field. The media will hardly report negative news, and all reports will be positive.

This is 'political' correctness.

Even if there are some small flaws in Zhang Yang's personality, life and other aspects, they will be tolerated by domestic fans, and they will even think, "Genius is not perfect."

As long as the coaching career is done well, everything is fine.

The European media and the domestic media have two attitudes towards Zhang Yang, the difference between them is obvious, and the feeling is completely different.

After the interview, Zhang Yang's mood improved a lot.

Zhang Yang has not yet reached the stage of indulging in memories of past achievements, he is still very young, and there is still a long time in the future. With a relaxed mood, he quickly returned to work.

After three days of rest, Millwall ushered in a new round of competition.

The opponent is Birmingham.

This is also the last game in November.

Birmingham is not a strong team, and basically the goal every season is to avoid relegation.

Many media believe that the head coach Bruce has greater ambitions, and he is aiming at the European arena, but Birmingham's overall strength makes it difficult to achieve too good results. Their ranking No.12 in the league last season, so far this season is only Ranked tenth in the league, it will be very difficult to continue to climb up.

Facing such an opponent, Millwall, who just defeated Manchester United, did not underestimate the enemy. From the first minute, the team played very seriously, and finally defeated the opponent 1-2 in the away game, but the score also proved the difficulty of the process .

Birmingham performed very well, while Millwall was affected by the last game against Manchester United. The interval between the two games was too short, and some main players had to be rotated, which also affected the team's performance.

What is worth mentioning in the game is that Zhang Yang tried to let Vardy play for 10 minutes.

Vardy made his debut in the Premier League for the first time, but almost no one expected his performance, because Vardy also played for the eighth-level league team last season, and it is said that he failed to play the main force in that team.

What can such a player do?

The good news is that Vardy's performance was not that bad. He cooperated well with his teammates. In the end, Vardy didn't help the team score a goal, but during his appearance, except for a sudden steal, he didn't make any other mistakes.

Zhang Yang was already very satisfied.

It's like the outside world's opinion: Can a player who played as a substitute for a team in the eighth league last season expect to perform well in the Premier League?

Not making mistakes is already the best performance!
Zhang Yang can see Vardy's nervousness. This guy's brain circuit is different from ordinary people, and he seems a little disorganized in doing things. However, he will still appear very nervous when he makes his first appearance in the Premier League. In a state of nervousness, no mistakes. Well done.

When the number of appearances increases, with the experience of representing the team and playing in a normal state, Vardy may still be able to perform well.

Zhang Yang was looking forward to it.

The match between Millwall and Birmingham did not attract much media attention, because there is a more important event in this round, that is, Manchester United's match against Chelsea at Old Trafford.

That's the real focus.

Chelsea is the defending champion, and they have played very well so far this season. They only lost two points in the [-]th round of the league, ranking first in the league with an absolute advantage.

Manchester United, needless to say.

The confrontation between Ferguson and Mourinho has started since last season, and the confrontation between the two teams is more eye-catching than the previous match between Millwall and Manchester United.

Many media are optimistic about Chelsea. Although they don't like the 'big mouth' Mourinho, Chelsea's results are there. They almost swept the Premier League, while Manchester United seems a bit weak. They lost to Midell three rounds ago. Fortress, who also lost to Millwall in the last round, are ten points behind Chelsea.

That's ten points!
The thirteenth round of the league has just passed, and the difference has reached ten. Many media even feel that after halfway through the league, Manchester United will not even have a chance to compete for the championship.

Ferguson and Manchester United have rarely become the weak side.

This game is also considered a 'life-and-death' game. If Manchester United loses to Chelsea again, the difference between the two sides will reach thirteen. The double-digit difference will make it difficult for Manchester United to have a chance to recover.

But the final result proved that Ferguson is an "old Jianghu", and the "old Jianghu" has an instinct that cannot be ignored, that is, the ability to "survive" in adversity. If you want to achieve something, you must first survive. Ferguson has already Having lived at Manchester United for 19 years, he could survive the harshest winter under Liverpool's rule in the early 80s, and what he is facing now will not be desperate.

1 is better than 0!

Manchester United beat Chelsea.

Ferguson led the team in the trough and played a shocking Jedi counterattack.

After the game, Ferguson rarely had a smiling face. He expressed his satisfaction with the team's performance and believed that this result would bring great confidence to the players. "When you play against the champion, it is always a big battle. Today is like this. Excellent game."

"I think for an hour we were brilliant and then for a while, until the last five minutes, we were under a lot of pressure because the opponents were doing everything they could to try to equalize, which is what a champion would do. "

"There is a huge difference between winning and losing because it means a huge difference in points. Before we performed poorly, it is natural to be behind the leaders by points. This is normal. But now, we have regained our confidence. .”

Afterwards, Ferguson praised the performance of the young players in the team, and then was targeted by the media, "Will the previous consecutive losses make him feel pressure in the coaching position?" Ferguson was immediately unhappy, and he even cursed. , "It's absolutely bullshit, it's absolutely nonsense!"

When the reporter reminded that there were still children watching the interview, Ferguson's expression eased a little, "Do you know that we have lost [-] games in a row? There will always be pressure."

Zhang Yang watched the post-match interview video carefully, and couldn't help but smile in relief.

The British media always seemed to be targeting him, and he felt very depressed, but after watching the interview with Ferguson, he became more aware of one thing: the British media was not targeting him, but every head coach was targeted.

Is Ferguson famous enough?
Is it authoritative enough?

Look at the reporter's question, "Will Manchester United lose consecutively before, will it make you feel pressure in the coaching position?"

What is this nonsense?The reporter almost didn't say: "If Manchester United loses to Chelsea, will the Manchester United board of directors consider firing you? Or will you consider resigning yourself?"

This kind of question...it's really refreshing to put it on the opponent!

Zhang Yang felt very relieved.

Zhang Yang felt even more relieved the next day.

November has passed, and with the arrival of December, the FA's selection has also been released. Millwall has three wins and one tie in four games. Good Coach'.

This title was previously held by Charlton coach Kubeshley and Chelsea coach Jose Mourinho respectively.

"Best coach of the month" still has a certain influence, at least it will be a rhetoric in media reports, and it will also become a topic of private discussion among fans. After that, the media reports on Zhang Yang have increased a lot.

(End of this chapter)