Super Prophecy Master

Chapter 616 Arrives in Yokohama, Japan
Real Madrid's loss was "very painful". They came with the hope of "early qualifying". As long as they beat Millwall and Lazio lost to Olympiacos, they can rely on 8 points to lock in the qualifying spot one round ahead of schedule.

In the end Real Madrid failed.

The away loss to Millwall is actually not terrible. Real Madrid has not reached the moment of despair. At the same time, another news made Real Madrid slightly relieved——
Olympiacos defeated Lazio 2-1 at home.

Olympiacos had two points before, and Lazio had three points. Olympiacos is considered a good result. Real Madrid can still rank second in the group by virtue of the advantage of the win-loss relationship.

Conversely, if Lazio wins the game, the points will surpass Real Madrid.

This also made Real Madrid take a long breath.

Real Madrid is still quite embarrassing. It has nothing to do with the match against Millwall, but the overall situation of the Champions League group stage.

With only the last game left in the UEFA Champions League group stage, among the eight first-tier teams, except for Liverpool who failed to qualify early due to their poor record in the opening stage, only Real Madrid is left, and they have not secured a place in the top 16. Traditional rich.

The last round becomes very important.

Therefore, Real Madrid coach Schuster said in an interview, "The current situation is more complicated than we expected."

"So what we have to do now, and what we can do, is to make good use of the home court advantage and defend the honor of the Bernabéu in the last round!"

Schuster's words did not get much response.

Defending the honor of the Bernabeu?

Looking at the other boys in the Champions League, the top teams in the group are all seeded teams, only Group C is special. As the second-tier team, Millwall leads the group with Yiqi Juechen. They have secured their qualifications two rounds in advance, and now it is even more certain Qualified first in the group.

What about Real Madrid?

Five rounds, five points.

Although it is ranked second in the group, it is only because of the poor record of Lazio and Olympiacos, not how well Real Madrid played.

This so-called 'second' was all obtained by luck. Considering that the Bernabéu was scored by Millwall with five goals, is there any honor to defend?
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Millwall doesn't care about Real Madrid. The team is very happy to win the game, even if it is not an important game, but it is good for the top sixteen draw to be sure that the group is first. If you don't meet the seeded team immediately, the game It will probably be better.

Then they returned to the league.

On December [-], Millwall challenged Sunderland away.

When the team met Sunderland, Zhang Yang still had a lot of emotion. He thought that when he first took over the team, Sunderland dominated the British Championship. For Millwall, she was a giant.

In the season, Millwall continued to win, and the standings surpassed every opponent. It was only the last game. Sunderland made a mistake and lost to the opponent, and Millwall won the British Championship.

Looking back, the past is still vivid.

The current situation is reversed. Millwall has become an insurmountable opponent for Sunderland. No matter how hard they try, it will take decades or hundreds of years. If they want to surpass Millwall's current achievements, the possibility Both are very small.

Over the past few years, the positions of the two parties have undergone tremendous changes.

The same goes for this game.

Sunderland don't want any face at home, put on a full 10-0-0 defensive formation, most of the time there are no players even crossing the halfway line.

Fans and the media take it for granted.

This is the difference between the two sides.

Millwall worked hard to break the dense defense throughout the game, and finally relied on the goals of Braniff and Luca Toni to beat Sunderland with two goals in the away game and won the No.15 round.

Expanding the undefeated games to 53 games does not seem to be a big news. After the game, Zhang Yang didn't even mention the game, but only praised a few players who performed well.

After Millwall ushered in the League Cup opponents - Blackburn.

This is the quarterfinals.

The League Cup has reached the quarter-finals, and we must deal with it seriously. At this stage, it is easy to meet Manchester United, Chelsea and other teams. Braniff is not too difficult. 2 easily won the game.

2 to 1, it seems difficult, but in fact it is very easy.

Zhang Yang only sent out half of the main lineup. Millwall suppressed the audience and played very steadily. The backcourt players basically stayed behind, and Blackburn couldn't even find a chance to counterattack.

In the end, Blackburn's goal was also because Zhang Yang let the water go.

He predicted the goal and ignored it at all.

Just go in!

Anyway, the game has already been won, and there is no difference between 2-1 and 2-0.

After the League Cup was over, Zhang Yang gave the team a day off, packed up the next day, and led the team to fly to Japan to participate in the FIFA Club World Cup.

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The FIFA Club World Cup is an international football event promoted and hosted by FIFA. It aims to allow champions from all continents of the world to fight against each other like the World Cup, so that clubs from all continents can also have a world-class event.

Some fans mistakenly believe that the Club World Cup is an extended evolution of the Toyota Cup. In fact, this view is not entirely correct, because the organizers of the event are different. The Club World Cup is FIFA, while the Toyota Cup is UEFA and South America. Organized by the Football Federation.

In 2000, when the World Club Cup was first hosted, the Toyota Cup was still going on, and the 1998 Toyota Cup champions Real Madrid also had a qualification.

In 2005, when the World Club Cup was resumed, FIFA had reached an agreement with the organizer of the Intercontinental Cup (Toyota Cup) before that, combining the Toyota Cup and the World Club Cup into one, and the Toyota Cup officially disappeared. In the long river of history, the World Club Cup has officially become the only worldwide club event.

The first Club World Cup was hosted in 2000. At that time, there were 8 teams participating, namely Manchester United, Corinthians, Vasco da Gama, Necasa, Real Madrid, Al Nacer, Laga- Casablanca and South Melbourne.

In the end, Corinthians won the championship, Da Gama won the runner-up, Necasa beat Real Madrid on penalties to get third, and Real Madrid ranked fourth.

At that time, the World Club Cup was not well received by the outside world, especially at the stage of the most intensive European team competitions.

As the champions of the Champions League, Manchester United failed to enter the top four, and Real Madrid only finished fourth.

In 2005, FIFA successfully merged the World Club Cup and the Toyota Cup, and the World Club Cup came back. In 2005 and 2006, both Club World Cups were participated by 6 teams, that is, the champions of the six continents.

This year has changed.

FIFA decided to add a quota for the host of the event, and the number of participating teams reached 7, but it has no effect on European teams, because according to the rules of the World Club Cup, the European and South American club champions can directly play in the semi-finals, and the other five The teams compete for the remaining two semi-final spots.

Millwall is the winner of the UEFA Champions League last season. Naturally, it has the qualification to participate in the World Club Cup. It also directly enters the semi-finals of the World Club Cup by virtue of its status as a European club.

The World Club Cup is a game of determination.

Millwall has to play two games. If they lose in the semi-finals, they have to fight for the third and fourth rankings with another team that did not enter the finals. If they win the semi-finals, they can enter the finals to compete for the championship.

Zhang Yang doesn't think "third" and "fourth" have any meaning.

The World Club Cup has little influence, not because of the FIFA organization, and he doesn't even want to participate.

To compete for 'third', 'fourth'?
That makes no sense at all.

So when he led the team to Japan, Zhang Yang set a goal-championship.

Can only be a champion!
When Millwall arrived in Yokohama, Japan, he was warmly welcomed by Japanese fans, and thousands of Japanese fans came to pick him up.

It also reflects Millwall's growing influence.

If we go back to a few years ago, few Japanese fans would know about Millwall. Now it is different. Millwall has won consecutive Premier League titles and last season won the Champions League and became the 'Triple Crown'. The influence is naturally huge.

Just three weeks ago, Millwall broke Arsenal's unbeaten record and created a new unbeaten record, which was also frantically reported by the world media. It can be said that the current Millwall is not much less popular than the top giants.

When Millwall players came out of the airport passage, many Japanese fans on both sides were screaming.

"That's Vardy!"

"I know him, Ned!"

"Braniff, I like him the most!"

"Behind Braniff is Weston, also a good striker."

"Livermore!"

Somewhat unexpectedly, Japanese fans seem to prefer Livermore, or Japanese female fans prefer. When Livermore came out, a large number of female fans shouted his name frantically.

Livermore couldn't believe it, and communicated with Simpson in front, "Are they calling me? That name seems to be mine."

"Of course it's you, you are really popular with female fans!"

The Simpsons are definitely satirical.

Livermore could hear it, but he didn't care too much, because he was confused by the scene in front of him. When he was in London, he was famous, but he certainly couldn't keep up with his teammates.

Like Morris.

Such as Vardy.

Now he seems to be the most popular among... female fans.

what happened?

However, no matter how loud the cheers Livermore got, it was incomparable to Zhang Yang. When Zhang Yang came out with his luggage, the fans on both sides erupted in the highest cheers, and many fans shouted his name——
"Zhang Yang!"

"It's Zhang Yang!"

Zhang Yang smiled and waved to the fans on both sides, which immediately aroused even bigger cheers.

The players in front are used to it.

No matter where he went, the fans gave the biggest cheers to Zhang Yang, because he is Millwall's biggest star.

Seeing that Livermore was still struggling with the issue of being popular with female fans, Zhang Yang walked over and explained, "David, you forgot that you had an extra income last month? So, of course you are the most popular."

"what?"

Livermore was a little confused, but he remembered that last month it seemed that he had an extra income, and it was not a small income, nearly 20 pounds. The agent said it was an event promotion and advertising fee.

He didn't care either.

The popularity now seems to be because of that income?It's not bad to think about it, there is income and popularity.

After the bus carrying the entire Millwall team drove into the streets of Yokohama, Livermore didn't think so.

On the event posters on both sides of the street, there was a muscular muscular man with a naked upper body. He was handsome, fair and handsome, with the Millwall team logo printed on his head. With Mars, the rest of the poster is an advertisement for the World Club Cup.

The Millwall players in the bus were stunned, then burst into laughter--
"This poster is so handsome! Livermore, you are so handsome!"

"The kicked football brings sparks!"

"Are you participating in a beauty pageant?"

"No wonder you are liked by female fans...Your muscles, your handsomeness...I can't help it! Hahaha...David will become handsome..."

Under the collective laughter of his teammates, Livermore's face turned black, and he almost vomited blood three liters in his heart. He decided to change his agent when he went back, and never accept similar advertisements again.

(End of this chapter)