Super Prophecy Master

Chapter 386 The Early Collision Between Premier League and Serie A
After kicking the ball into the goal and the referee signaled that the goal was valid, Simpson ran back excitedly, pumping his fists all the way.

He is very excited.

This season, Millwall's strength has increased, and the addition of Quaresma is a huge threat to Simpson. When preparing for the season before the season, Simpson knew that Quaresma would play the main right midfielder.

The main force is different from the non-main force.

Simpson used to be the main right midfielder. The coaching staff didn’t make it clear when preparing for the game, but Quaresma is sure to play on the right. As a star worth tens of millions, Quaresma is not suitable for other positions. He can only play on the right. Avant-garde will definitely replace Simpson.

The pressure on Simpson is still relatively high. His position has been adjusted to the center, and he knows his position in his heart: substitute right midfielder, substitute center core, and substitute forward.

All three definitions are substitutes.

Simpson also knew that the coach paid more attention to himself, and the playing time of the all-rounder in the frontcourt would not be less than that of a player who could only play on the right, but he still felt secretly unhappy.

He knows why.

Simpson's skills are more offensive, and his ability to play as a substitute striker is a proof. As long as the playing position is very high, it is not suitable to play as a right midfielder, especially when the team needs a solid defense, the defense on the right needs others Taking care of both is tantamount to adding a burden to the team.

But in any case, Simpson still hopes that he can perform well. As long as he can perform well, the position becomes unimportant.

In recent times, Simpson has performed very well. He scored a goal against Shakhtar Donetsk in the Champions League. He scored two goals against Tottenham Hotspur in the previous league. Middlesbrough's goal, Simpson has scored six goals for Millwall, four of them in the league, one in the Community Shield and one in the Champions League.

For a player who played as a midfielder, that many goals is absolutely remarkable.

Simpson also hopes to have a good performance.

As Zhang Yang said, as long as he maintains a good performance and gets British citizenship next year, he doesn’t have to worry about the national team. All qualified football associations will invite him, and he will become an active party instead of passively thinking about it. Whether to join the Canadian national team.

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After Millwall completed the goal, many media praised Millwall's performance.

Neil Stadium announcer Mike Johnson excitedly called Simpson's name, "Simpson! He has performed very well recently, and we can see that he is more mature than last season! He is already the pillar of Millwall!"

At the same time, the feeling of West Ham United is not good.

West Ham has been hit a bit hard, not just a goal, their experience since the start of the game is: the team seems to have no chance at all.

Don't talk about opportunities, you can't even see hope!

Millwall's conservative style of play seems to have weakened the offense. The constant possession of the ball made it difficult for West Ham to adapt. Most of the time they couldn't get the ball, and they didn't even have an opportunity to attack. Occasionally they played a wave of counterattacks, most of which were hasty. In the end, if the formation presses up, you have to worry about defense in turn.

West Ham United players feel very uncomfortable.

Before the start of the game, head coach Alan Padreu encouraged them to dare to fight and grab, and encouraged them with the saying of a derby match, but in fact, most West Ham United players didn't feel much.

Millwall and West Ham?
Historically, the confrontation between the two sides can barely be regarded as a derby, but even the fans of both sides don't care too much, that is, the Derby was brought up by the media in the Premier League this season, otherwise the two teams would not have played against each other. There are several media attention.

This also made West Ham United players scoff at Derby's statement.

If it is a large-scale derby that has attracted worldwide attention, such as the Liverpool derby and Manchester derby, they will definitely be very motivated to play. The match between Millwall and West Ham United is different. Not much power.

After the game restarted, West Ham United played very passively, while Millwall continued to stabilize the lineup and slowly pushed forward to find opportunities.

In the 37th minute, Millwall scored again.

This time it was Darren Bent, who made it 2-0 with a powerful shot from the penalty area line.

At this point in the game, there is not much suspense left.

Although the media publicized the match as a 'derby', the two teams didn't feel deeply. The head coaches of the two teams treated it with the mentality of a derby, and the players of both sides didn't pay much attention to it.

For Millwall, the game against West Ham United was just an ordinary league game.

Conversely, for West Ham United, their results are not good. The "turning point" mentioned by the head coach Alan Padrew, they hope it will happen, but they can't see the hopeful game at all, so they don't Confidence can overcome opponents.

So where does the turning point come from?

This is the question of Alan Padreu's ability.

Alan Padrew is also a good coach, but it can only be said at the "Championship level". He has coached Reading before and worked hard in the Championship for most of the season. Such a star is definitely the first time in his coaching career.

Alan Padre has no experience, and he doesn't do his job well.

For example, he didn't figure out a way to quickly integrate the players. When encountering a strong team, West Ham United's formation is not stable, and it is very difficult to win.

Another example is that he does not have a very good resume, and it is difficult to convince the players in a short time. The tactical arrangements he made were not 100% implemented by the team. Some players in the team did not take him seriously at all.

Plus, he's had issues with his use of star players.

Carlos Tevez and Mascherano are the two most expensive players in West Ham United. Alan Padrew doesn't like Mascherano. Until now, Mascherano has only played once for West Ham United.

Tevez's situation is slightly better, but he only played four times and scored only one goal, which made Alan Padrew not trust Tevez very much.

The two star players are not reused, which is equivalent to having a luxurious lineup and not playing at all. It is no wonder that even the players of West Ham United do not recognize Alan Padrew's coaching ability.

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In the second half, Millwall continued to maintain tactical suppression and did not give the opponent a chance in the game. From the 73rd to the 77th minute, two consecutive goals also made West Ham completely give up the game.

In the remaining garbage time, Zhang Yang played the injured Quaresma to adapt, and also let Curtis Weston play to adapt to the Premier League.

Many media jokingly said, "Millwall has started to use 'derby' to train players."

The final score was 4-0.

Millwall won the so-called 'derby' against West Ham very easily.

After the game, when the media called the data, they found the secret of Millwall's big win: Millwall's ball possession rate reached 70.00%. Four times, the number of passes was four times that of West Ham, and the number of shots reached 21 times, West Ham United only had a poor 2 times.

What else is there to say about this kind of data comparison?

After the game, The Times stated, "This is not a derby, but a complete crush. The gap between the two teams may have crossed the league—even West Ham United, which played in the British Championship last season, Playing against Millwall, it won't be so bad!"

Next came a group of media to criticize West Ham United.

The head coach Alan Padrew was the key person being criticized. Alan Padrew said empty words before the game, saying that 'the game will be a turning point'. As a result, West Ham United continued to lose. Some media laughed and said, "The game is a success." A turning point for West Ham United's relegation!"

There are also media who believe that he is not suitable for being the Premier League coach. "He still lacks experience in leading the Premier League. Compared with Zhang Yang, he is a rookie, even though he is more than twice as old as Zhang Yang!"

Amid the constant criticism from the outside world, the official website of West Ham United announced a message: In view of the poor performance of West Ham United, the board of directors decided to remove Alan Padrew from the position of head coach.

When Zhang Yang saw the news, his mood became very complicated.

After the match between West Ham United and Millwall, Alan Padrew was fired. Is that caused by his own reasons?It seems that the next time we play against a weaker team, Millwall should be more lenient, otherwise it would be a bit too bullying to let more opponents be 'fired'. At that time, the media and fans may send him a "peer killer" ' name.

It's kind of interesting.

When I have free time in the future, I can write an autobiography called "Peer Killer". Maybe many readers will be interested in an autobiography with such a prestigious name?
But think about it.

Zhang Yang suddenly thought of writing an autobiography, or that writing is risky, in case some metaphorical content offends a big company and is charged with "picking quarrels and provoking trouble", "defamation", or "damaging the reputation of products" It is a bit unlucky to be arrested across provinces after returning home.

The "literary prison" in modern society is quite severe.

cough cough...

Here is a solemn reminder: "Writing is risky, and you need to be cautious when entering the industry!"

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Five days later, Millwall ushered in the last opponent in the Champions League group stage at home - Roma.

When the results of the Champions League group draw came out, everyone felt that Valencia would compete with Roma for the first place in the group, and the remaining teams would be second in the group. Whether there is any change depends on the performance of the spoiler Millwall.

Millwall played very well. Roma scored three points in two rounds. In terms of the relationship between victory and defeat, they can only rank third in the group.

So far, Roma has not shown enough level.

In the first two rounds, even if Shakhtar Donetsk beat a weak team with a big score of 0 to 4 in the first round, it was nothing; in the second round, they lost 1 to 2 at home to Valencia, which made their qualifying situation difficult Well, poor performance against opponents of the same level will definitely not be recognized.

Just after two rounds of the UEFA Champions League group stage, what will happen to Roma is also full of uncertainty.

The media is looking forward to Rome's performance.

Roma's transfers in the summer were excellent, players who left were insignificant players, players who arrived were of good quality, and among the players brought in, the biggest name was Pizarro, who was dug from Juventus, anyone must admit , Pizarro's arrival, so that Rome's midfield ability to upgrade a notch.

In addition, the incoming Vucinic, Tonetto, and Cassetti are all excellent players, and some scattered loopholes in the "corners" of last season have also been strengthened.

"Italian Sports" commented on the transfer of Roma as, "Spalletti (Roma coach) has strengthened his team's combat effectiveness this summer. Vucinic and Pizarro are the main introductions. Selling Coover Ray is hard for people to understand, and the biggest problem is that the bench is not deep enough."

With excellent signings, coupled with the original lineup that is expected to compete for the league championship, the strength of Roma's lineup is worthy of recognition. What will happen when they meet their group rival Millwall has also attracted the attention of many media.

Every match between a Premier League team and a Serie A team will attract a lot of attention. Millwall is the defending champion and is now the top team in the league. Roma ranks No.2 in Serie A and is one of Italy's powerful players. It sounds like Rome suffered a bit, but considering the historical background, Rome immediately overtook Millwall.

The match between the two sides was also characterized as, "Before the knockout round, the Premier League and Serie A will collide in advance!"

(End of this chapter)