Super Prophecy Master

Chapter 553

At the pre-match press conference, Zhang Yang met Chelsea's interim manager Grant.

Grant is a good old man, and he took the initiative to greet Zhang Yang. Zhang Yang also smiled politely, and then shook hands with Grant.

Reporters who filmed the scene had mixed reactions.

The media and neutral media that support Millwall are thinking that 'after Mourinho left, Chelsea and Millwall have become a lot more harmonious, and there is no such situation where the head coach meets like an enemy'.

The Chelsea media was quite dissatisfied.

They think that Chelsea and Millwall are mortal enemies, and the coaches of the two sides should not be so harmonious. Grant represents Chelsea, and taking the initiative to shake hands with Zhang Yang, isn't it tantamount to thinking that he is a head shorter?
The two who were shaking hands didn't think so much.

Grant's performance is very kind. He knows that he is a rookie in British football. Even if he is over 50 years old, he has never left Israel for most of his coaching career.

Zhang Yang in front of him is very young, but he is already recognized as a top coach.

Last season, Millwall won the "Triple Crown" of the League Championship, the League Cup and the Champions League. The results shocked the world and everyone found it incredible, including Grant himself.

In fact, winning the Champions League for the head coach does not necessarily win the recognition of the world.

Some head coaches can also lead the team to win the Champions League. Many people will attribute the reason to luck. For example, some temporary firefighting coaches of some wealthy teams, no matter how good the results are, the media, fans and clubs will attribute the reason In the case of the previous head coach, or because he was already very strong, leading the team to win the Champions League does not prove anything.

Millwall is different.

Even if Millwall does not win the Champions League, Zhang Yang will definitely be considered a top coach, because recalling that more than two seasons ago, Millwall was just a Championship team, a newly promoted team, two seasons It is definitely due to Zhang Yang that he can win such a magnificent result.

Grant is very aware of the gap between himself and Zhang Yang. He is a temporary 'firefighting' coach, and he doesn't know how long he can stay in the coaching position. He hopes to coach for a long time. Chelsea's coaching position is a good stage. If he coaches for a longer period of time, he must lead the team to achieve good results. He has not made any preparations for the game in front of him, but he still hopes to win.

Zhang Yang and Grant talked briefly, and then walked into the press conference together.

The atmosphere between the two is very harmonious, but the media will not let the harmony continue. Their questions are aimed at each other, but Zhang Yang does not want to destroy the rare harmonious scene. opponent!"

"We need to do everything we can to win!"

"The Community Shield is something we must fight for. The first championship of the new season, I personally think it is very meaningful, and the whole team is also looking forward to winning the championship!"

The meeting between Zhang Yang and Grant was not bad, but for the game, there was no idea of ​​showing mercy.

The Community Shield is also a champion.

The championship is wonderful. Winning the championship will boost morale, and it is equivalent to giving the team a good start, which is still very meaningful.

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This time the match between Millwall and Chelsea attracted the attention of many fans. The London media defined the game as a 'London Derby'.

Millwall and Chelsea are the two best-performing teams in London.

The geographical location of the two teams also has the meaning of a derby. Chelsea is in West London, while Millwall is an East London team. Although one is in the west and the other is in the east, Chelsea is actually located in the wealthy area of ​​the city. Millwall is located around the Isle of the Dogs on the banks of the Thames River. There is not much distance between Chelsea and Millwall. If you compare it to other cities, the two teams are definitely deadly rivals.

The fans of the two teams have mentality differences.

It can be seen from the mentality of supporting the media that Chelsea supporters regard Millwall as their mortal enemy, because Millwall has "robbed" Chelsea of ​​many championships in a row, including the League Cup, League and Champions League, and Chelsea have lost all of them. Given to Millwall, Millwall's 'Triple Crown' is tantamount to getting it by stepping on Chelsea's corpse.

Supporting the Millwall media is another matter entirely.

In the century-old history of football, Millwall and Chelsea are only teams from the same city, and they have not played a few games. Naturally, they are not sworn rivals. In the past two seasons, Millwall has not lost to Chelsea. Reasons to be hostile to Chelsea.

So the 'mortal enemy' is only one-sided.

Millwall fans don't regard Chelsea as a deadly enemy, which has not affected the fans' enthusiasm for watching the game. They still hope to see the situation of Millwall. The first game of the new season is still very worth watching.

More than 2 Millwall fans and nearly [-] Chelsea fans came to the scene. Coupled with a large number of neutral fans, the newly renovated Wembley Stadium was packed.

The voices of the fans filled the entire stadium, making the atmosphere of the game very hot.

When the two teams walked out of the tunnel, the fans' voices reached a small climax.

Live broadcaster Jon Brown chatted about the upcoming game, "We saw that the two teams started to enter the field. At the front of the Chelsea team was Captain Terry, followed by Lampard, Bridge and others. Teammates, Millwall's team, Zambrotta took the lead, and their pace was lighter. The head coaches of the two teams, Zhang Yang and Chelsea's interim team leader Grant, have already entered the field, and they went to the coaching bench..."

"Grant's name is probably unfamiliar to everyone. He transferred from Portsmouth to Chelsea as head of football more than two months ago. Now he is playing as Chelsea's team manager. He should be an interim manager. Chelsea still have time to find a new one. The head coach..."

The Chelsea club has not yet announced the news. The outside world believes that Grant is only a temporary head coach and will not really coach for a long time. It is similar to an assistant coach who temporarily works as a head coach.

Following Jon Brown's introduction, the two teams took a group photo and guessed coins, and then stood on both sides of the court.

Under the whistle of the referee, the whole game began.

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The starting lineups of both teams are relatively conservative.

Chelsea is still the same team as last season. Malouda, who joined the team, failed to get a chance to start. For Millwall, the only new player who started was Sneijder. He and Braniff The partner played the dual core in the middle, and Morris sat on the bench.

Millwall still uses the 451 dual-core style of play.

After a period of preparation, the new formation 352 has been able to play, but it is only "usable". Most players are still not used to it, and they don't know how they will perform in the big battle.

Zhang Yang didn't like the 'uncertain' result, so he still formed a 451 formation.

This is the formation of last season, and the players are already familiar with it.

Even if a new player wants to adapt to 352, he must adapt to 451 play, because 451 is the foundation, and 352 is also a "dual core", the two cores are positioned front and rear, the tactics become more complicated, and the coordination requirements are also higher .

The 352 formation is a higher level than the 451 formation.

In terms of team formation, Zhang Yang let Sneijder play on the field to give him more time to adapt. Sneijder has a good tactical awareness and worked hard in preparation and training. He is a midfielder and wants to play a core position. , this position is the most difficult to adapt to, but he is the fastest adapting to tactics among the new players, except for substitute goalkeeper Mike Taylor.

The starting lineup and formation of the players of the two teams basically did not change compared to last season. The media made the opening analysis and believed that both sides played very conservatively and would conduct a period of exploration. But in fact, Millwall played a magnificent opening game. offensive.

This is just the first game of the new season.

Millwall was not conservative at all, and took the ball towards Chelsea's half, launching a fierce offensive.

Millwall's performance surprised many people.

Opposite but Chelsea!
Even if the head coach Mourinho leaves, even if the lineup is still the same as last season, Chelsea's strength is definitely not bad, and they are fully capable of competing for the top three in the league.

The reporters in the media seat exclaimed, "Millwall is really strong...they attack right away! Don't they know that Chelsea is best at playing defensive counterattacks?"

"Zhang Yang must have been overwhelmed by the 'Triple Crown'!"

"Maybe Millwall took advantage of the opening and wanted to sneak up on a ball! Will there be a chance?"

"..."

Seeing Millwall playing so aggressively, the media and fans who supported Millwall also looked forward to it.

Millwall's pre-season preparations are somewhat mysterious. In late July and early August, only two training sessions were held publicly, one of which was physical training, and the tactical training was somewhat incomprehensible.

In addition, Millwall has almost no warm-up games.

The only warm-up match was between China and Barcelona. Some fans found the game and watched the game video. Millwall played a 352 formation, which is the latest formation. The game process was very good. The first half However, whether to temporarily choose 352 for the warm-up, or to adapt to the new formation, whether to use the new formation in the new season, etc., many things are full of uncertainties.

Now Millwall also uses the 451 formation, which is still the dual-core play style of last season. It is necessary to take a closer look at the specific performance.

In fact, the media and fans are full of anxiety about what Millwall will do.

This is for historical reasons.

In the history of football for a hundred years, many teams' "dominance" cannot be maintained for a long time. Perhaps it is because winning the championship will make the team lose motivation. Will leave, the latter has appeared in Millwall, and the leading striker Darren Bent chose to leave.

Although the team also added Sneijder, Maxi and other stars in the summer transfer, many fans still miss Darren Bent because he is the team's leading shooter, and they don't think these new players can replace him. The role of Darren Bent.

Whether Millwall's strength has increased or declined is still unknown.

In the current Community Shield game, the media and fans are watching Millwall's performance. They are very anxious. While looking forward to Millwall's outstanding performance, they are also very afraid of seeing the lost scene.

The start of the game was somewhat disappointing.

Millwall launched a tough offensive. For more than two minutes in a row, the football was under Millwall's feet. They used a strong midfielder to play consecutive gorgeous cooperation, but in the end they still couldn't find a chance to shoot. Vardy He didn't receive the ball twice in a row. He was defended too badly and lost two opportunities. Millwall's offensive was nothing to gain.

Chelsea's defense is quite tough.

Chelsea and Millwall have a lot of experience. They have built a solid line of defense at the front of the penalty area. One is to limit Millwall's cooperation, and the other is to prevent Millwall from suddenly shooting, whether it is Livermore, Simpson, Pires and other players can take a threatening long-range shot from the outside. Last season, when the two teams played against each other, Chelsea suffered a lot in this regard. They simply strengthened the defense at the front of the penalty area and did not give Millwall Chances for outside shots.

It was Lampard who retreated who blocked Vardy's pass this time.

Lampard's clean steal won a lot of praise from the media. The stadium broadcaster Jon Brown also said, "Very beautiful steal! Just stuck on the route! Lampard has calculated that Vardy will pass Ball! But it’s normal, Vardy’s strength is good, he is a rare genius among young people, but his experience is still too immature compared to Lampard!"

"Lampard is the biggest name in Chelsea's midfield. It may be a bit demeaning to other players, but he is the most important. Even if there are Ballack, Essien, Mikel and others, he is still the most outstanding!"

Zhang Yang looked at Lampard's steal and felt helpless, just like the commentator's analysis, Vardy is still too immature.

Vardy's strength is very good, but strength does not represent experience. Compared with a veteran midfielder like Lampard, Vardy is just a child who has not grown up, and his passing routes have been seen through.

Fortunately, Vardy is not a cooperative midfielder. He is a striker who needs to score goals. It doesn't matter much if the forward pass is seen through.

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Chelsea have played against Millwall for the past two seasons.

The match between Chelsea and Millwall is no longer a sensational news, but Chelsea has never defeated Millwall.

In fact, this is not considered 'new'.

Including Manchester United, Arsenal, and Liverpool, they have never defeated Millwall. Last season, Millwall topped the league championship with an 'unbeaten record', and also won the Champions League, domestic League Cup, and Community Shield. The Total Cup was eliminated early. In other words, they lost an FA Cup. There are many other teams that have never defeated Millwall.

From Chelsea's point of view, this is a shame that is difficult to wash away, because their feelings are much more painful than other teams, even Manchester United, which has not won the championship for several seasons.

Chelsea are against Millwall in the League Cup final, against Millwall in the Champions League final, against Millwall in the Community Shield.

That was simply a tragedy.

Now is the Community Shield of the new season. Even if the head coach Mourinho left Chelsea, the Chelsea players still have a deep memory.

In the process of constantly playing against Millwall, Chelsea players have continued to learn lessons. They know more about Millwall than the outside world imagines. Some players use their personal time to watch Millwall games. I hope Can really beat Millwall once.

Millwall has become the demon of Chelsea players.

The current Chelsea players are very familiar with Millwall's 451 dual-core style of play. They know this style of play. The key point lies in the front of the penalty area. The two central midfielders are both in front of the penalty area. Millwall is not too strong. The sideways, the sideways dribble the ball, and eventually choose to pass to the center.

So the middle lane is the most important.

In addition, Millwall does not have a high center forward, not last season, this season introduced Luca Toni, and did not appear on the field. Passing and receiving into the restricted area.

As long as he can stick to the front of the penalty area, Millwall's offense is nothing special.

The above is Chelsea's summary.

Chelsea also played according to judgment. They blocked the front of the penalty area very tightly, so that Braniff wanted to cooperate with Sneijder, so they did not retreat a little, and the transition from left to right in the frontcourt became less smooth. up.

Chelsea's defense was effective from the beginning. They used defense to limit Millwall's offensive, and at the same time looked for opportunities to launch continuous counterattacks.

So from the perspective of the scene, Chelsea's defense is very tight and the counterattack threat is great. It seems that Millwall can't find any opportunities. They are very active but the situation is a bit passive.

The situation of the game on the court has also led many media to judge that Millwall's tactics have been thoroughly studied by Chelsea, and Chelsea have been able to gain an advantage by playing in a targeted manner.

Some media gloated, "Maybe Mourinho shouldn't have left so early, because he couldn't see Chelsea beat Millwall."

"Leading Chelsea to the game is only a temporary team leader, but the players all know how to play and don't need to command at all. Every Chelsea player knows how to beat Millwall!"

The media also began to find reasons for Millwall's strength in the first two seasons.

"The reason why Millwall performed well is because their tactical play has an advantage. They played new tactics continuously, and other teams didn't know how to deal with it."

"It's different now. Millwall's tactics have been thoroughly studied. Every team knows how to play. From the current game, we can already see that the new season will be very good for Millwall. very difficult..."

The game lasted only ten minutes, and many media already believed that Chelsea would be the ultimate winner.

fans.

Chelsea fans are naturally very excited. They don't analyze so many reasons, they just see that the team seems to have an advantage.

Millwall fans are very flat, because Millwall is actually not too passive.

The game between Millwall and Chelsea last season was sometimes much more difficult than it is now, but in the end it was Millwall who won the game.

It's just pretty much even now, is there anything to worry about?

When many people are optimistic about Chelsea, they actually don't realize that the reality is often very cruel.They think that Chelsea have thoroughly studied Millwall's tactics, but they don't know that Millwall has also been improving.

indeed.

According to the media's thinking, Chelsea has thoroughly studied Millwall's tactics and knows how to play in a targeted manner, which is very troublesome for Millwall.

But Millwall has been improving.

The summer preparation process is not a waste of time. Even if the game is still played with 451 dual-core tactics, Millwall has improved accordingly. In the process of adapting to 352, they have a more thorough understanding of 451 tactics. , It can be said that the game went smoothly, and he was completely proficient in tactics, running positions, and coordination, and almost never made any mistakes.

This is backed by data.

Last season, with the same starting lineup, the lineup strength score of "Yanling Calculation" was only one or two points more than eight stars. The current starting lineup, the lineup strength score of "Yanling Calculation" easily surpassed eight stars and five point.

This is ascension.

The player's pure control of tactics will increase the overall level of performance.

In addition, in the process of getting familiar with the new formation 352, another significant improvement of the team is that the forward pass is more targeted.

The outstanding feature of the 352 formation is that it is fast. In the process of continuously adapting to the formation, many of them are forward passes. When you get used to the 352 formation and use other formations, the forward pass will become sharper.

This is not entirely a good thing.

Because some formations do not support fast forward passes, such as the 442 formation, the consequences of continuous forward passes are continuous mistakes and consecutive conceded goals.

The 451 dual-core style of play doesn't matter much.

Although there is only one striker, passing the ball to the front of the penalty area can already create a threat. Even if it is a 352 formation, it will not pass directly to the penalty area. When it reaches the front of the penalty area, there will be a pause if there is no chance.

That's enough.

By adapting to the 352 formation, Millwall has a more thorough grasp of the dual-core tactics, and forward passes can also bring more threats.

This is ascension.

If Chelsea still look at Millwall from the perspective of last season, they will definitely suffer a big loss.

This is also Zhang Yang's confidence in continuing to use the 451 formation.

(End of this chapter)