Super Prophecy Master

Chapter 276
After Christmas, the attention of many media and fans focused on the 'Christmas War'. The Football Association's arrangements for the event are very commercial. eyeball.

This year's home game is Arsenal vs. Chelsea.

Arsenal was second in the league last season, while Chelsea was the defending champion. The confrontation between the two teams at this time is enough to attract a lot of attention. The only regret is that Arsenal's results so far are not very good, only ranking in the league The fourth place also makes the publicity a lot less gimmick. If it is replaced by the confrontation between Manchester United and Chelsea, it will definitely become more eye-catching.

As a 'dark horse' team, Millwall has kept a low profile.

On Christmas Day, Millwall trained for half a day, mainly to prepare for tomorrow's game. In the afternoon, all the players had a holiday. The holiday was for the players to spend Christmas night with their families.

The next morning, all the players assembled.

That day was the 'Christmas War', and Millwall went to Port City in southern England to challenge Portsmouth away.

Millwall didn't have time to make more preparations. The only thing that can be called preparation is that the coaching staff analyzed which players will have a round of truce, and other players can be properly arranged to play.

This is the main job before Christmas.

Not only this game, but also the arrangements for the next two games. Millwall must ensure that the main players can get the news before the game against Chelsea.

Some people may think that the game against Chelsea is only a round of the league and can be given up appropriately.

Actually not so.

Millwall and Chelsea are direct competitors. Even if the outside world believes that it is difficult for Millwall to compete for the league championship, as long as there is an opportunity, you must work hard for it. A head-to-head confrontation with Chelsea is very important, not just a round of the league, The matter of three points, as well as the impact on the morale of the whole team, if you lose to the opponent without resistance, it will definitely have a huge impact on morale, and its influence may continue in the next season. If you win the game head-on, it will change. To achieve a very good effect, for example: defeating the opponent head-on can make the opponent lose three points.

Millwall lost three points, but it's actually not a big deal.

Chelsea is different.

It's all because of Chelsea's results.

Chelsea's results are great. Since the away loss to Manchester United in the league, Chelsea has maintained a complete victory until now. If they can't stop Chelsea head-on, how can they compete against an opponent who 'doesn't lose points'?

The players will have no confidence!

Zhang Yang attaches great importance to the match against Chelsea. It is not just a matter of team competition. It is also a very challenging thing to confront the world's top coach Mourinho.

That was the team's opportunity, and it was his personal opportunity.

In order to preserve their strength before the match against Chelsea, some substitute players need to play in the first few rounds of the league. In the next three league games, Millwall basically has no choice in the starting lineup.

The first opponent is Portsmouth.

Portsmouth has always been a relegation team. Last season, Portsmouth was able to escape the relegation, but the gap with Crystal Palace was only two games. When talking about the goal of the new season, the head coach Palin also made it very clear, " We must strive to keep our place in the Premier League!" So far, Portsmouth ranks fifth from the bottom in the league, which also proves that they can only avoid relegation.

The head coach Palin is a very practical coach. He didn't boast about trying to achieve good results. So far this season, even when he defeated Liverpool halfway, he still kept a low profile in front of the media reporters. Everything he did was to avoid relegation.

Zhang Yang is about the same.

Zhang Yang has been talking about relegation, but Millwall's results... ahem... are really not convincing.

Before the start of the game, Zhang Yang also said, "I hope to beat Portsmouth, so that we have a better chance of completing relegation."

The media reporters are too lazy to complain.

Regardless of what the reporters think, Zhang Yang has been 'helping' Millwall to talk about relegation at the beginning of the season. Now that the league is almost halfway through, he naturally has to 'obey' talk about relegation. As for whether the reporters want to hear it, he doesn't care at all. up.

However, the process of the game proved that Millwall is much better than the relegation team.

Portsmouth sits at home, ushered in only Millwall's "semi-substitute lineup", but the situation has been suppressed, they have no advantage at all, and finally Millwall scored with Jody Morris' long shot. The goal was a zero-to-one away win over Portsmouth.

After watching the whole game, Zhang Yang also let out a sigh of relief.

Even if the team's situation is in crisis, they have not yet reached the point of relegation, and their strength is much stronger than the relegation team.

This gave the team some confidence.

In the recent games, no matter Everton, Newcastle United, or Blackburn and Manchester United some time ago, they are the suppressed side in every game. Even if they win the game, the process is very difficult.

That kind of game is pretty tiring.

Now playing against Portsmouth with a semi-substitute lineup, they have played a considerable advantage in the situation, and they finally found some confidence.

Two days later is the Premier League No.19 round, Millwall vs. Wigan Athletic at home.

It was another easy game.

Wigan Athletic is also a newly promoted horse this season. Their performance is not bad. The ninth ranking in the league shows a lot of things. It is surprising that a newly promoted horse can rank in the middle of the league. It is to work hard for relegation, not to mention, Wigan Athletic, like Millwall, is promoted to the Premier League for the first time in history.

Compared with Millwall's performance not weaker than the giants, Wigan Athletic is not worse than 01:30 points.

Coach Jewell understands the gap between the two sides.

In terms of lineup strength, Wigan Athletic is no better than Millwall; in terms of season performance, the two sides are not comparable at all; plus Millwall is playing at home, the chance of Wigan Athletic winning is too small.

This game was abandoned by Wigan Athletic.

Wigan Athletic also has a huge problem of bench depth. If you want to get a better ranking, you must give up some games appropriately so that the main players can get enough rest.

When many media were looking forward to what sparks would come out of the "two extremely good newly promoted horses", they found that the two teams had all sent substitute lineups.

Needless to say Wigan Athletic.

Millwall also has a semi-substitute lineup, which is a little more gorgeous in the frontcourt. Smicer started the game, and Josh Simpson, who is back to health, also played. In addition, Vardy also played on behalf of the team. In the eyes of others, Vardy may not be able to help Millwall's marginal substitute.

The other positions are a bit pitiful.

When he saw Millwall's starting lineup, Jewell felt a little annoyed. If he knew that Millwall would send such a lineup, he would definitely have to work hard for it.

When the game officially started, Jewell had no regrets.

In the 3rd minute of the game, Millwall knocked on the door of Wigan Athletic. Jamie Vardy, who started the game, made a contribution. He received a pass from Smicer and shot from the penalty area to help Millwall Wall took the lead.

In the 20th minute, Josh Simpson used a free kick to help Millwall expand its lead.

With two goals in hand, the suspense of the game is not much.

Jewell no longer regrets not sending out the main lineup, because Millwall's substitute formation on the field is no worse than Wigan Athletic's main lineup.

This surprised Jewell.

It's not surprising that they are so publicized. In terms of real player ability, the lineups of the two teams are not much different, and Wigan Athletic is slightly stronger. But football matches are not about the strength of the players, but the overall performance of the team.

Millwall tactics bring players better performance. Even if there are many substitute players in the lineup, the overall performance has also improved to a certain extent.

Millwall can overwhelm Wigan Athletic, more importantly on the spot.

That's what confidence brings.

Why must the team find confidence?Have fighting spirit?Find the feeling of being a strong team?The purpose is to make every player have full confidence.

When Millwall was about to face Wigan Athletic, every player subconsciously felt that Wigan Athletic was not Millwall's opponent. They had sufficient confidence and would feel much more comfortable on the court without any pressure. So performance got better.

Of course, this also has disadvantages.

If Wigan Athletic burst into form, the team may make careless mistakes.

But it's okay.

Wigan Athletic's performance in this game was only average. Under the pressure of Millwall, their performance will only be worse, not better.

Millwall is the ultimate victor.

With the belief of winning, the whole team continued to compete with Wigan Athletic. In the second half, David Livermore helped the team score another goal and rewritten the score to [-]-[-].

This is also the final score.

After defeating Wigan Athletic, Millwall ushered in the third game after Christmas non-stop, and the opponent was Charlton.

This game was played very difficult.

Charlton is not easy to deal with. Their performance has declined compared to the early stage of the league, but with their home court advantage, they still suppressed the semi-substitute Millwall.

Zhang Yang kept emphasizing defense.

During the game, Zhang Yang personally directed the defense. He rarely did this, but facing Charlton's tough offensive, he had to use his voice to seriously remind the players to pay more attention.

This works a little bit.

Zhang Yang did not 'predict' Charlton's goal in both halfs, but it is a pity that Millwall also failed to score in time.

In the end, the two sides fought 0-0.

However, Zhang Yang is very satisfied with the results, or he is very satisfied with the results of the three consecutive games after Christmas. Sheng Yiping's record is tantamount to going through a difficult stage steadily.

That's a pretty good result.

Then there is only one last game left, and the most important one: Millwall will face Chelsea head-to-head.

(End of this chapter)