Chapter 73
"Beep..."

A long whistle sounded.

In the anticipation of the fans in the auditorium, the two teams lined up, and with the whistle of the referee, the second half of the game officially started.

Zhang Yang stood on the sidelines.

He was wearing a semi-casual suit and a pair of lace-up leather shoes, with his chest upright and his hands behind his back.

It was the attire of a professional manager.

From the camera lens, the slightly handsome face and the corners of the mouth revealing a smile, really have a kind of calm and calm, pointing charm.

"Sky Sports" commentator Paul Scott couldn't help but praise, "Compared to other football coaches, Zhang's image is really outstanding. If there is a world head coach draft, Zhang will definitely win it without any suspense. No. 1."

"Unfortunately, this is not a draft, but professional football. Zhang's age is not an advantage, but a disadvantage. He has almost no experience. It is difficult to be an opponent of those experienced old coaches."

"Then we will see how Ipswich Town will try to equalize the score."

From the brief evaluation, it can be heard that for this game, Paul Scott is optimistic about Ipswich Town, even if Ipswich Town falls behind by one goal, he is still optimistic about Ipswich Town.

This is trust in Joe Royle, but also distrust in Zhang Yang.

There are many people who hold similar ideas with Paul Scott.

Zhang Yang's age and experience are really difficult to connect with professional football, and it is difficult to generate a sense of trust. Combined with Millwall's dangerous situation in the first half, many people are still optimistic about Ipswich Town.

Ipswich Town manager Joe Royle doesn't think things are going well.

He was frowning tightly.

After the start of the second half of the game, Millwall obviously shrunk their defense, and their offense was not so active. They played a lot more conservatively.

This also poses a problem for Ipswich Town.

Joe Royle did not change his tactical play style. He still let the team defend firmly, relying on fast breaks and counterattacks to find opportunities. Ipswich Town is also good at playing in this way, using a solid defense to slow down the pace of the game. When attacking, you need to speed up. Between slow and fast transitions, the opponent will not adapt, and the team's offensive efficiency will greatly increase.

But Millwall didn't take the initiative anymore!

Joe Royle is not worried at all if the two sides face each other in a slow pace at the beginning of the game. The slow pace is what Ipswich Town has adapted to, and their performance can only be better.

Things are different now.

The slow pace is indeed something the team adapts to, but when the pace of both sides slows down, a shortcoming will also appear-time will pass quickly without knowing it.

Ipswich Town one goal behind!

If the game ended like this, Ipswich Town would lose the game.

The current Ipswich Town is in a situation of 'can't afford it'. Continue to play at a slow pace. As long as Millwall's defense is solid, it will not be easy for them to score goals, but if they speed up the pace, the team's performance will not be enough. promise.

Joe Royle was in a tangle.

He turned his head and glanced at Millwall's coaching bench, and his mood suddenly became a little complicated: that young man standing on the sidelines is not so easy to deal with!

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Zhang Yang has no intention of tactical confrontation.

He knows himself.

As for football tactics, his eyes are almost blackened, and he can only talk about them in general, and there is no way to go into details. Let him compete with those experienced coaches in the tactical confrontation in the game. The short, attack the other's long', as the saying goes, is the rhythm of courting death.

He just saw that Ipswich is good at playing defensive counterattacks, so he asked the team to strengthen their defense.

Anyway, the team leads!

You are not in a hurry, and we are not in a hurry, it's that simple to see who can spend more than who!
This trick is surprisingly effective!

In the few minutes of 'prediction', the game became very boring, the football kept rolling back and forth, but it couldn't reach the penalty area of ​​both sides.

Millwall has no chance, and neither has Ipswich Town.

That's the good news!

Up to now, Millwall has won half of the game. Whether they can win the game depends on the next situation.

With the ability of 'foreseeing', Zhang Yang is full of confidence.

Want to score?
As long as you dare to score goals, I dare to make adjustments in advance so that your goals will end before they start.

This is what he is good at!
In the 64th minute of the game, a dangerous situation still occurred. The 'prediction' showed that Ipswich City took advantage of a set-piece opportunity, and right midfielder Geert kicked the ball directly into the goal.

That was quite a wonderful free-kick goal!
Zhang Yang reacted instantly. He glanced at the field and shouted twice in one direction, "Marvin! Marvin!"

Marvin Elliott, who was running back, turned his head suspiciously, and saw the new young head coach waving at him.

"This way! Come here!"

Marvin Elliott ran over in a few steps.

Zhang Yang quickly warned, "Marvin, you must remember, don't foul in front of the penalty area, and don't give the opponent a chance to set the ball!"

Marvin Elliott nodded suspiciously.

He didn't quite understand what Zhang Yang meant, but let him be careful not to foul, so be careful not to foul in that moment!
Soon that scene appeared.

A forward pass from the Ipswich Town midfielder stabbed the football into the area within ten meters of the penalty area. Marvin Elliott scrambled for the ball, but the opponent reacted faster and Elliott was squeezed away. I was a little angry in my heart, and I wanted to hit the other party hard at that time.

At this time Elliott remembered Zhang Yang's advice, "Don't foul in front of the penalty area! Don't give the opponent a free kick!"

So Elliott gave up.

The Ipswich Town player easily received the pass from his teammate. He glanced at Elliott proudly, but facing Millwall's double-teaming defense, he could only pass the ball back to his teammate.

Unbeknownst to him, Ipswich had conceded a goal.

Seeing that the scene that should have happened was changed, Zhang Yang let out a long breath and felt a lot more relaxed.

For the next 10 minutes, the game was uneventful.

Joe Royle finally couldn't sit still.

If they continue to struggle while watching the game, Ipswich Town will have no hope of evening the score.

He has to do something.

Joe Royle chose to make a substitution. He replaced a midfielder with an avant-garde player.

The signal couldn't be clearer!
Ipswich Town is about to step up the offensive!
Ipswich Town's substitutions had long been expected by Zhang Yang, and the opponent would definitely make adjustments, while Millwall had already stabilized his defense. All he needed to do was to see the threat and make judgments and adjustments in advance. .

The game continues.

Ipswich Town's substitutions worked surprisingly well.

Just 4 minutes later, Zhang Yang 'predicted' the danger, and Ipswich Town played a series of coordination, and finally sent the ball into the Millwall gate.

Zhang Yang will not treat the goal as if it happened.

This time he didn't make any adjustments, he just used the ability of 'speak out' after Ipswich's offensive started.

"Mistake!"

A voice that seemed to penetrate time and space came out from the open mouth. The Millwall player who passed the ball on the field suddenly made a mistake. He should have passed the ball to his teammate, but his foot deviated slightly, and the football rolled. To Marvin Elliott next to him.

Elliott received the 'pass' in a daze, then reacted and immediately drove forward with a big foot.

Zhang Yang breathed a sigh of relief.

What few people know is that Millwall escaped yet again!
After going through two dangers, Zhang Yang felt that he was a 'tinker' again, and he was still a voluntary worker, and no one knew about his work. Others probably couldn't understand his depressed mood.

"It's not a good idea to always passively see and dismantle tricks!"

Zhang Yang thought.

So he turned to look at the bench.

There was a row of players on the bench, everyone wanted to show up, Zhang Yang thought about it, and gave Curtis Weston the chance.

"Curtis, it's your turn!"

Weston walked over excitedly and asked Zhang Yang, "Coach Zhang, do you have anything to explain?"

"Coach Zhang? What's your name!"

Zhang Yang was a little dissatisfied.

Weston asked in a daze, "But Frederick said, you like to be called the head coach."

"That's only for him!"

Knowing that someone was speaking ill of him behind his back, Zhang Yang clenched his teeth.

"Then what do I call you? Zhang Yang? Zhang? Mr. Head Coach? Boss? Boss?" Weston said several titles in one breath.

Zhang Yang showed a look of "children can be taught", and coughed twice after thinking about it, "Let's be the last one, the last one is more suitable."

"Boss?"

"Ah."

"Boss!"

"Ah."

Zhang Yang nodded in satisfaction, and then got down to business, "You stand at the front when you come out and put pressure on the opponent. If you have a chance, use your speed to dribble the ball to find an opportunity!"

Weston nodded.

Zhang Yang replaced Weston, and he just wanted to take the initiative to play cards, and the team could not always be passive in defense. Weston's speed, coupled with Neil Harris' calmness, could always cause trouble for Ipswich Town Come on!
He thought so.

Others don't quite understand it.

Some reporters in the media seats frowned at this substitution adjustment—

"It's time for Millwall to think about defense now?"

"As long as you defend, you win. Why did you switch to a striker? They should switch to a defender!"

"Who can expect that young Chinese to know how to command the game?"

"..."

During the discussion among the media reporters, Zhang Yang watched the game with a look of surprise, his mouth opened wide.

In the 'precognition' screen, he saw Wellington score.

Weston scored?
This time he did nothing!

When he saw the counterattack with a goal, Zhang Yang grinned and commanded with one hand raised high. His expression and tone were full of excitement, "Go up! Go up! Go up! Now is a good opportunity!"

The camera lens immediately pointed to the past.

"Sky Sports" commentator Paul Scott said in surprise, "Looking at Zhang Yang shouting to direct the game! He seems very excited, which means obviously to let the team attack? It should be like this! But now Millwall may be more Defense should be considered, football is not only about attacking..."

"Perhaps, he was the head coach for the first time, and he lost his reason with excitement. Poor Millwall actually chose such a head coach!"

The reporters in the media booth burst into laughter.

They were all talking about Zhang Yang's command, and they couldn't understand it at all. At this point in the game, Millwall can defend very steadily, so why should he emphasize offense.

The Millwall players are another idea.

When they are in a fierce game, they are not in the mood to think about complicated issues. Joey Healey, who was still hesitating whether he should go up to participate in the attack, immediately hesitated after hearing Zhang Yang's shout. He hesitated and ran up.

The head coach said he was going to attack, so why hesitate?
Joey Healy made up his mind, strode forward to get up, then received a pass in the corner of the penalty area, and he lobbed a kick into it.

The football flew into the air and then crashed into the penalty area.

Jody Morris rushed into the penalty area, crowded the position and competed with the opponent, the football hit his shoulder and flew out, Josh Simpson followed up from the wing, and stabbed the ball to the goal.

Two Ipswich Town players, watching the football rush by in front of them!
After a while, a figure appeared!

That was the young Weston, he stretched out his right foot facing the ball, and lightly shot the ball into the net!
(End of this chapter)

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