Super Prophecy Master

Chapter 273 The Opponent's Mistake

On December [-]th, Everton's home game against Millwall officially started.

Everton coach David Moyes has made a lot of preparations for the game. He is confident to lead Everton to defeat Millwall. His confidence comes from two points: one is that Everton is good at playing against strong teams.

There is a reason why many media call Everton a "shit-stirring stick". Everton has always regarded the team as a top team that is "not inferior to the top four in the Premier League". They have the confidence and strength of a strong team. Leaving aside whether there is any, at least they will not have any fear when facing a strong team.

Millwall is one of the strong teams.

'Dark horse' does not represent a real strong team, but at least the performance is not worse than the strong team.

The second point is that Everton has been in a very good state recently. Winning four out of five games is enough to prove everything. There are also tough opponents such as Newcastle United and Middlesbrough, but Everton still did it. It proves that they have recovered the state of last season.

In this home game, Everton is full of confidence.

David Moyes also believes, "It's time for Millwall to lose." It is impossible for any team to remain unbeaten. Millwall played very well in the previous game, but they cannot continue to be so good, otherwise Chelsea It is impossible to be competitive. The depth of Millwall's bench is a big problem. When the schedule reaches the middle of the game, Millwall's performance will definitely decline.

However, the remarks in the media did not favor either side.

Many media are optimistic about Everton, but Millwall did not show signs of 'slump in performance'. In the last game against Blackburn, Millwall was indeed at a disadvantage. It was a bit of luck to win, but Millwall Hall did not send all the main players, and even Josh Simpson did not play.

This time Millwall will definitely go all out.

This is the speculation of the media.

When the two teams stepped onto the field, they also found that their guess was correct. Millwall started with 11 players, basically the main players, and there were also small changes: Josh Simpson played on the front line, right The avant-garde was replaced by Smicer.

This adjustment confuses many people.

Smicer is still the second right midfielder. His position in Liverpool is not fixed. It is the best to partner with Gerrard in the middle. It is not surprising to play right midfielder. It is the first time for Josh Simpson to play forward.

"Can Simpson be qualified for the striker position?" Many people were wondering.

This is also a tentative adjustment made by Zhang Yang.

Josh Simpson played well on the right, but only because he is good at free kicks. Except for free kicks, Simpson has little contribution to the right, almost no defensive contribution, and most offenses rely on speed to fight.

Zhang Yang put Simpson on the front line, and his partner with Darren Bent is still worth looking forward to.

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The game officially started.

Everton and Millwall can’t talk about any historical grievances. This is the first time they have faced each other head-to-head this season, but there is no doubt that both teams hope to win. From the first minute of the game, the fight became very fierce, but most of the two sides They were all entangled in the midfield, and none of them pushed too far forward in the opponent's half.

The game situation surprised many people.

One of Millwall's offensive and defensive balances is that it is normal to be suppressed by a strong team, but Everton is also very conservative. In the first 10 minutes of the game, all four of their defenders stayed in their own half. There are no cases of running past the center line.

This is enough to show how much Everton attaches importance to defense.

Everton's conservatism has also caused many media to re-evaluate Millwall's weight in the hearts of various Premier League teams.

Many media have labeled Millwall as a "dark horse". "Dark horse" means good performance and also means "average strength". However, other clubs in the Premier League pay more attention to Millwall than the media. They study Millwall and find , Millwall's frontcourt offensive efficiency is very high. If you push forward and suppress Millwall with strength, the chance of winning is not great, because Millwall's counterattack efficiency is very high, just like the last game, Black Ben suppressed Millwall, but in the end Millwall scored two goals.

Many media said it was 'luck', and also talked about 'God help', but in many games before, Millwall was 'unable to score, but scored goals', David Moyes observed this situation, He decided to change his strategy, let the team play more conservatively, and not give Millwall any chance. If you want to beat Millwall, you must first defend the goal. Football has always been 'defense wins'.

This is also one of David Moyes' confidence.

Millwall has sent all the main players, but Everton's strength is not bad. Coupled with the home game, targeted arrangements and recent good form, Moyes will be confident.

After a period of time in the game, Moyes's thoughts changed a little.

His face became serious.

The game on the field was as expected. Even with the serious emphasis on defense, Everton still controlled the situation. They had more possession time and attacked more times, while Millwall had relatively less. At the same time, Everton's offensive threat is also quite small. In the previous time, the team did not once hit the ball into the Millwall penalty area.

This illustrates the weakness of Everton's attack.

Millwall's defense is full-court. The team does not have a fixed defensive strategy. Half of them rely on players to play, and the other half rely on man-marking supplementary defense tactics. Millwall's defense also starts from the midfield. The most heavily defended area is from the center line to the penalty area line.

In this area, Everton played very hard.

If you want to break through Millwall's goal, you must break through Millwall's defense line, but after the football reaches the key area, because the backcourt players have not kept up, it is difficult for only the frontcourt players to break through. There are few, and the number of attacks is also quite a lot, but they can't play a threatening offensive.

Millwall is different.

Millwall's tactics have not changed in any way. When there is a chance, we should counterattack and counterattack, and cooperate with each other. Every player has performed well, and the offense can always bring a certain threat.

After 15 minutes of the game, David Moyes discovered that the tactical strategy was wrong, and the problem lay in the team's performance.

If they play defensive counterattack normally, Everton can also perform well.

For example, when confronting strong teams such as Manchester United and Arsenal, Everton always chooses to defend and counterattack, but Millwall does not bring so much defensive pressure, and they still have the upper hand in the situation.

The team's defensive counterattack just created a situation. When it was time to attack, they couldn't go up the backcourt, which made the offense a little bit unplayable. The opponent should attack and defend, and it was not affected at all.

Everton should have advanced positively, but chose to be conservative in tactics, which was a wrong approach.

Zhang Yang sat on the coach's bench with a smile on his lips.

The game situation was unexpected.

He never expected that Everton would be so 'conservative'. Was the opponent intimidated by Millwall's results?That might be something to be proud of.

The form on the field is the key.

This was originally a difficult game to play. If Everton chooses to play normally, Millwall will face tremendous pressure on the defense. It is not easy to beat the opponent.

But the opponent didn't do this, but chose to play conservatively.

This is interesting!

Everton still seems to have an advantage in the situation, but it is obvious that Millwall's efficiency is higher, which is the inevitable result of Moyes' tactical failure: in the absence of defensive pressure from the backcourt, the frontcourt The offense will definitely be higher. The specific performance is that Millwall's offensive efficiency is much higher.

Millwall's efficiency was immediately apparent.

In the 206th minute of the game, Millwall played a smooth match, and the offense led by Jody Morris made six consecutive fast passes on the right and center. The speed of the six passes was quite fast. Fulton was caught off guard by this continuous rapid pass.

"Pay attention to this wave of offensive!"

The commentators at Goodison Park were all surprised by Millwall's cooperation. They stared at the screen for a while and were speechless. They waited until they found striker Darren Bent with the ball before subconsciously shouting, "Danger— —!!"

Darren Bent ran out of space.

Everton's defense was a little messed up. When Darren Bent got the ball, there was no defense around him. He turned around and volleyed to meet the ball!
This is a very effective shot!
The football went straight to the far corner of the goal, and goalkeeper Martin only had time to wave his hand, and he could only watch the ball fly into the goal from a distance.

"The ball went in—!!"

"Goooooooooooooooal!!! Darren Bent!!!"

"0 to 1! As a guest at Goodison Park, Millwall took the lead to break through the home team's Everton gate! Millwall played a very fast and effective offensive, giving striker Darren Bent a chance, very decisive The shot! Darren Bent once again showed everyone his superb skills in front of goal!"

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The moment the football flew into the goal, David Moyerston stood up in shock.

Moyes was already worried about the game before, but in the middle of the game, it is impossible to make major adjustments. He can only hope that the team can perform well, at least to delay the time until the intermission, but he still underestimated Mir Wall's efficiency.

At this moment, Moyes understands why Millwall has achieved good results. While focusing on defense, he can still have such a high efficiency in the frontcourt, which is definitely not something that ordinary teams can possess.

In the attack just now, Millwall's players in every position performed very well.

Central midfield: Jody Morris, Marvin Elliott.

Right: Smicer, Alan Hutton.

Forward: Darren Bent.

Each of the five players who directly participated in the offense showed outstanding game status, which is why a wave of offense can be played so fast and smoothly.

This also shows that the analysis of Millwall in the media is correct. Their tactics are specially designed for players in various positions so that players in each position can perform well. Perhaps the individual players of Millwall are not as good as Everton. , but the overall performance of the team is much better than Everton.

How will you play the next game?
David Moyes suddenly realized that Everton had fallen into a difficult situation, and he could only hope that the players could perform better.

(End of this chapter)