Super Prophecy Master

Chapter 373 Senior's Sense of Superiority!
When the Spanish media and Valencia reprimanded Zhang Yang, Millwall was already playing the last game of the difficult schedule-the third round of the Premier League, away to Middlesbrough.

Middlesbrough were the team 'dumped' by McLaren.

After the end of last season, McLaren officially announced his departure from Middlesbrough. After the World Cup in Germany, the FA announced that McLaren would succeed Eriksson as the head coach of the England national team.

McLaren left for 'better future'.

Although McLaren pursued personal honor and was determined to leave Middlesbrough, Middlesbrough fans did not blame him. McLaren's contribution to Middlesbrough cannot be erased. He helped Middlesbrough get a Champions of the UEFA Cup, Middlesbrough also reached the final of the UEFA Cup last season.

In the summer, Middlesbrough saw a lot of changes.

In addition to McLaren leaving the coaching position, former England international Southgate retired and took over the vacancy left by McLaren as Middlesbrough coach.

After Southgate took office, he did not drastically change Middlesbrough's lineup. They are still strong offensively and weakly defensive. Middlesbrough's striker configuration is no less than that of the Premier League giants. The capital that staged a big comeback.

Both Viduka and Yakub can stand alone, especially Yakub. His speed and explosive power are enough to deter any line of defense in the Premier League.

Hasselbaink left the team due to age, but Middlesbrough's bench still has a super substitute like Maccaroni. The Italian striker has fully proved his worth in the UEFA Cup.

Defense is Middlesbrough's weakness.

Middlesbrough's defense can be called "better troops and simpler administration". With Quedreux's departure and Southgate's retirement, Middlesbrough's defense line can be reassuring. Only Rigot and Exiogu , Butters, Taylor and several defenders.

This is also an aspect that is easy to be targeted by opponents.

Zhang Yang also arranged the game according to the characteristics of Middlesbrough.

As soon as the game started, we could see that Millwall changed his strategy, with double defensive midfielders and four defenders. The team's style of play seemed to return to last season. The 'dual core' tactics were suspended, and the 4231 formation guaranteed the defense.

The biggest focus of the opening was Millwall's wide starter-Quaresma.

After joining Millwall, Quaresma has not represented the team in an official game except for two warm-up matches. In the previous two league games, including a Community Shield Cup competition, Quaresma sat out On the bench, did not get 1 minute.

In this game, Zhang Yang sent Quaresma.

Millwall's tactics are very simple, that is, they pay attention to the defensive style of play. The old players know how to play, and as long as the new players play their positions well, there will be no mistakes.

Quaresma started the game, but he was more cautious.

Maybe also nervous.

Quaresma has had a failed trip to La Liga, and his memories of playing in Barcelona are not very good. It is his first time participating in the Premier League. He hopes he can perform well, but nervousness is inevitable, after all, he is not familiar with it. In the league, opponents like Middlesbrough are not easy to deal with.

What Quaresma will do has attracted a lot of attention.

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In the opening 10 minutes of the game, Middlesbrough's offensive has been very fierce. They took advantage of the home court and launched a siege to Millwall. However, in terms of the midfield competition between the two teams, Millwall still has a certain advantage. Livermore The interception with Sean Davis was a huge obstacle to Middlesbrough's offense, and the midfielder led by Smicer also posed a big threat to Middlesbrough.

In general, Middlesbrough has an advantage, but the advantage is not obvious, but media analysis believes that Middlesbrough has performed quite well.

Many people see it that way.

"Middlesbrough took advantage of the opening time and continued to attack Millwall's goal. Their offensive was quite strong, and Millwall seemed a little out of shape."

"The game was going very well for Middlesbrough."

"For a team like Middlesbrough, the offense is continuous. The correct approach for Millwall should be to maintain offensive suppression instead of passive defense."

"Millwall's style of play is too conservative, perhaps considering Middlesbrough's offensive strength, but rashly adjusting tactics has affected the team's performance. No team dares to say that it can prevent Middlesbrough's offense , perhaps Zhang Yang should make tactical adjustments."

"..."

On the Millwall coach's bench, Zhang Yang sat steadily, with a relaxed expression on his face, playing with two delicate dice in his hands, as if he didn't care about the game situation at all.

The camera pointed at it twice in a row, and the commentator even made a special joke, "Dice seems to have become Zhang Yang's new hobby. He has been holding poker last season. Probably he hopes to use gambling props to bring good luck, but Millwall's Good luck, maybe other coaches can learn from it."

At this moment, Zhang Yang turned his head to look at the Middlesbrough coach's bench with a smile on his lips.

Southgate is the manager of Middlesbrough.

Southgate's process as Middlesbrough coach seems to be very easy, but in fact it is also very tortuous. Southgate played for Middlesbrough last season and announced his retirement at the end of the season. After that, he took the initiative to recommend himself to replace Michaela Len, Middlesbrough manager.

It is not easy to be the head coach of a Premier League team. It is difficult for many experienced head coaches to be favored by Premier League teams. Shley and other coaches compete.

In the end Southgate succeeded.

The Middlesbrough club considers that Southgate has a better understanding of the team. In addition, Southgate has just retired and served as the coach in the first season. The required salary is relatively low. He has become the new helm of Middlesbrough.

The club chairman Gibson gave Southgate enough trust in Southgate: "Southgate is a person from the inside of the team. He is familiar with the entire team. He can start his work directly. I I believe he will be a great coach."

Southgate is under pressure right now.

In the previous two league games, they lost 2 to 3 away to the newly promoted Reading in the first round, and beat Chelsea 2 to 1 at home in the second round. The combination of the two games is not bad. Middlesbrough continues to continue the title of "strong team killer" .

But the real challenge is long-term stable play.

If a team wants to achieve good results in the league, it must first be stable. Last season, Middlesbrough played well in the first half of the season, but the results in the second half of the schedule took a sharp turn for the worse. By the end of the season, they were even on the verge of relegation. McLaren was also controversial because of this. Although they are still competing in the UEFA Cup, the domestic league is the foundation of the foundation, and ensuring league results is more important than anything else.

Southgate knows that.

However, he is even more aware that if they can defeat Millwall, Middlesbrough will win two of three games and win two consecutive strong teams, and the pressure on their shoulders will be much less.

So Southgate has expectations for the game.

From the beginning of the game to now, Middlesbrough has played well. Although the advantage is not large, it is quite remarkable to be able to suppress Millwall. I still remember the two games last season. Middlesbrough had no way to fight back against Millwall. force.

At this time, as if he felt the gaze looking over, Southgate turned his head and looked at Zhang Yang.

There was a smile in the other person's eyes.

"What does he mean?" Southgate was a little puzzled. He was a famous star, more than ten years older than Zhang Yang, but he was still a rookie in the field of head coaching.

Zhang Yang thought so too.

It is really not easy to meet a rookie who is younger than his coaching age in the Premier League, and a sense of superiority of an "old senior" arises spontaneously.

This is the meaning of Zhang Yang's smile.

Of course, there is another more important meaning...

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Does Middlesbrough really have an advantage?
If this question is raised, there must be a group of media who will stand up and give an affirmative answer. In the previous game time, Middlesbrough held the ball longer, attacked more times, and shot more times than Millwall.

Isn't that an advantage?

Zhang Yang's view is completely opposite, and Millwall has the advantage.

In this game, Millwall's tactical focus is on defense, and 'conservative play' means giving up some offense, so that Middlesbrough can play an advantage.

It can only go here.

As the game progressed, Millwall has regained its advantage, and the comparison of the ball possession time between the two sides is changing.

Three minutes later, Middlesbrough's offensive ended, and Millwall suddenly launched a fast break.

The attack is played from the wing.

From the beginning of the game to the present, Quaresma has not played much, but this time he showed his outstanding personal ability. He swayed Boateng and Rigot in a row, and immediately tore through Middlesbrough's defense.

Quaresma passes the ball in front of the penalty area, Smicer receives the pass and pushes towards the side.

David Livermore, who was following behind, sent the ball directly into the Middlesbrough gate with an iconic bombardment. Goalkeeper Schwarzer watched the football fly into the goal without even a little reaction from his body.

When the goal came, there was a moment of silence in the stadium, and then the Millwall fans who followed the team to the Riverside Stadium burst into cheers of celebration.

This goal came too suddenly!

"Livermore! Livermore! Iconic shot! On the penalty area line, Livermore put the ball straight into the goal! This shot is amazing! Livermore shot without hesitation, goalkeeper Schwarzer Nothing happens!"

"Schwarzer's reaction shows the quality of the shot, the ball is fast enough, and there are some angles. The other Middlesbrough players didn't have time to organize. Schwarzer couldn't do anything!"

"Sudden goal! Wonderful goal!"

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The commentator's surprised shout also explained the mood of most people. Millwall's goal came too suddenly. Just now Middlesbrough still had an advantage. Many people were also praising Middlesbrough's performance. In a moment, Millwall completed the goal.

This is amazing.

The Millwall players celebrated excitedly, and the players on the bench also rushed out, but Zhang Yang just clapped his hands twice.

He wasn't surprised at all.

It's not that 'precognition' judged the goal, that's only part of the reason.

From the beginning of the game, Millwall had no passiveness at all. The 'conservative style of play' was completely formulated for Middlesbrough's style. As a result of 'Spiritual Divination', Millwall's lucky value was assessed as 'Little Lucky', It shows that the team's luck is also good.

In this case, why would the team lose?
After Livermore helped the team complete the goal, Zhang Yang looked at Southgate again, and the meaning in his smiling eyes was, "I am an old man, you have just coached and you are still young."

(End of this chapter)